Colon on edge as gunboat threat looms in Panama
Columba era reports say the Colombian gunboat Pinzon arrived at Colon and warned of bombardment if landing occurs. Officials mobilize defenses with barricades and reinforced bridges while residents seek refuge aboard warships in the harbor.
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Colon
Colombia
General Pinzon
Chagres
Gatun
Senor de la Rosa
Diaz
Lugo
Savanilla
Bogota
United States
Machias
McCrea
Washington
Panama
Marines Ashore In Panama as Naval Commanders Report
The Colombian government claims a landing at Chorrera and recapture of prisoners, while Liberal sources dispute details including alcalde Taboga’s release. Ships Iowa and Boyaca are involved, with tensions over US marines and reinforcements from Barranquilla anticipated.
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Colon
Panama
Perequito
Tahbegea
Panama Harbor
Taboga
Iowa
Perry
Boyaca
Panamia
Alban
Chorrera
Tabdga
Domingo Diaz
Empire Station
Barranquilla
Rouquebrune Councillor Fatally Shoots Deputy Mayor
At a Rouquebrune municipal council meeting on Saturday night M. Orsini drew a revolver and killed deputy mayor M. Sigaut, seriously wounding the mayor and the mayor’s brother who attempted to arrest him. Orsini escaped.
Wu Ting Fang to Speak at John Jay Banquet
Wu Tingfang, Chinese minister to the United States, will be guest of honor and one of the principal speakers at the Commercial Club’s John Jay banquet in Kansas City on December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Fing Pang
Kansas City
Wu Ting Fagn
United States
John Jay
Commercial Club
Boat Club to Remodel City Hall as Club House
The Grand River Boat Club of Lansing has arranged with the Barnes estate to remodel the old city hall for use as a club house in Lansing Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boat Club
Lansing
Mich
Grand River Boat Club
Barnes
City Hall
President and Mrs Roosevelt Return to Washington
President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned to the city about 5 o clock yesterday afternoon after their outing down the Potomac River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
City
Potomac River
Eight Miners Dead in Pocahontas Mine Rescue Return
In Bluefield West Virginia on November 25 eight mining men who entered the Pocahontas Collieries west mine were found dead after a rescue attempt. A 40 man team reentered from the main entrance reaching 3 500 feet before deadly white damp halted progress. Rescuers then tried Tug River entrance finding seven bodies scattered and two clinging to each other as air ran out. The victims include A S Hurst Rob Odham Frazier G Bell Walter OMally Joseph Cardwell R S St Clair State Mine Inspector Price and Maurice St Clair.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Mine
Pocahontas
Tug River
A. S. Hurst
Rob Odham
Frazier G. Bell
Walter O’mally
Joseph Cardwell
R. &. St. Clair
Price
Maurice St. Clair
Bobh St. Clair
O'Malley
Prige
Rich Prairie Land Reaped By Diking At Bay City
Bundy and Fifield bought low land near the Pere Marquette line between Bay City and Saginaw. They dredged and diked to drain waterlogged prairie and created one of the state's richest farming tracts. Saginaw rivals followed, developing fertile west side fields. The system may shift water pressures along the Sag inaw river, risking new flood risks downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Bundy & Fifield
Pere Marquette
Saginaw
Saginaw River
Camp of Nortonville Miners Seized and Campers jailed
In Madisonville Kentucky on November 25 the famed Nortonville miners camp was disbanded by order of County Judge Hall. Most campers were captured and jailed on charges of breach of peace and unlawful assembly as authorities cited armed attacks on mines and homes. The move followed appeals by local residents and Governor backing, amid union disputes and railway labor tensions threatening coal and steel industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Nortonville
Hall
John G. B. Hall
United Mine Workers of America
Hopkins County
Judge Hall
Moonshine Ring Unearthed in Pittsburg at Pride Street
U S revenue officers uncovered an illicit distillery in Pittsburg inside a dwelling at 54 Pride Street. Harry Siekowitz alias Harry Sharkowitz is jailed on charges of possessing unregistered still and distilling equipment. The operation reportedly produced eighteen gallons daily with mash and spirits present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Revenue
Harry Siekowitz
Harry Sharkowitz
Pride Street
Sharkowitz
Epworth League Convention Closes With Victory Songs
Hampton Louisiana reports the Iowa State Epworth League convention closing with large attendance and high interest. Dr. McDonald preached in the morning and President Benton of Upper Iowa University delivered an afternoon sermon. Dr. Nicholson led the evening services as the convention ended in rejoicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Iowa State Epworth League
McDonald
Benton
Upper Iowa University
Nicholson
Father shoots daughter by accident with new shotgun
Fort Wayne Indiana November 25 Louis Boissenet accidentally killed his seven year old daughter Lavina when he showed her how a newly acquired magazine shotgun worked. He did not know a shell was loaded in the magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Louis Boissenet
Lavina
Italian Laborer Severely Wounded in Rail Collision
A rear end crash on the Chicago and Alton railroad near Pontiac Illinois Saturday about 7 p m left an Italian laborer with both legs amputated and likely fatal injuries. The engineer and fireman escaped by leaping from the passenger train chasing wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Is
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Baltimore Bishop Thomas J. Conaty Consecrated
In Baltimore yesterday morning Mer Thomas J. Conaty rector of the Catholic University at Washington was consecrated titular bishop of Samos. The see of Samos has been extinct for many generations making the title purely honorary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas J. Conaty
Catholic University At
Washington
Samos
Oil Struck at Mason's Landing in Perry County
Oil was struck Saturday at Mason's Landing in Perry county about fifty miles above Hvansville on the river. The flow is twenty five barrels daily. Farmers are asking big prices for their lands. The company owning the new well is composed of Indianapolis capitalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hvansville
Ind
Mason’s Landing
Perry County
Indianapolis
French Mine Strike Ends in Nord Department
Paris reports a partial coal miners strike in Nord has ended as workers agreed to resume work and await broader action through a formal resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Department of Nord
Lectures Share Friday Evenings Schedule Details
The schedule lists remaining lectures by Frederick Truman on Friday December 13 and January 3 by Fredrick Musical Co on Friday January 24 and season tickets for the C. H. Wilson lecture course available at Wilson Beamer Hardware store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Truman
Fredrick Musical Co
C. H. Wilson
Wilson- Beamer
Defense Detains Camp Members After Surprise Raid
Military forces with Judge Hall and civil officers reached near the camp and arrested all but twenty five or thirty men who had fled with arms. Tents were torn down and hauled to Nortonville, with a box car used to transport them. Arlie Oates of Kentucky state guards led the camp in custody. Oates and Jim Platt escaped. Prisoners face charges of unlawful assembly and breach of peace. Judge Walter Evans to hear injunction arguments in Owensboro. Operators seek to make the injunction permanent to cover all mines in the county.
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Judge Hall
Nortonville
Arlie Oates
Greenville Company
Kentucky State Guards
Providence
Oates
Jim Platt
Walter Evans
Louisville
Federal Court
Owensboro
Evans
Reinecke District
Reinecke
Result of a Railway Switchmen Wage Demand
About one third of Pittsburg switchmen in freight yards issued a wage and work change demand to city railroads with a 10 am deadline. A refusal could trigger a widespread strike, crippling operations in congested areas during a period of strained railroad service. The dispute stems from issues not caused by the railroads themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cole's Hot Blast Stoves For Sale At Rankin Store
Cole's Hot Blast Stoves are advertised as cleanest and most economical on the market. Available for sale at A. J. Rankin's located at 33 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
A. J. Rankin’s
Singer Sewing Machine Office and Repairs Ad
An advertisement lists Singer sewing machines and repair services at Nicola and Harmon’s with phone contact 331 for sales and service information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machines
Nicola & Harmon
Harlem River Railroad Strike Ends After Settlement
New Haven officials announce the Harlem River strike is off. The company offers reinstatement to those who went out, prioritizing old workers for all vacancies and promising investigations into unfair treatment. The agreement is an unconditional surrender by the men except for promised work for all available positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven and Heartford Railroad Company
Harlem River
Freak of an Ohio Lunatic Ruins Glass After Asylum Discharge
William Rossman, recently discharged as cured from the Dayton asylum for insanity, wrecked about 85 000 worth of plate glass in Haton Ohio. He used stones to smash 148 windows, 113 of them large plate glass in business houses, and kept at it overnight until he was captured and jailed. His prior mania centered on breaking windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haton
William Rossman
Asylum For
Dayton
Rossman
Union Labor Preference Asked for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Members of the Central Trades and Labor union of St. Louis presented resolutions to President I Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company urging that union made material and union labor be given first choice in fair construction. Francis promised the matter would be considered by the proper committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union of
I Francis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Francis
Dickinson Arrives in Constantinople Dominions Talks
Dickinson the U S special diplomatic agent arrives in Constantinople after conducting negotiations for the release of Miss Ellen M. Stone. The arrival follows months of challenging diplomacy in a high profile international case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Constantinople
United States
Ellen M. Stone
Bribery Cases Postponed to January Term
In Lansing Michigan on November 25 the French and Adams bribery cases are expected to be carried over to the January term of the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Adams
Ericult
Umbria Delayed by Fog Off Liverpool Liner Not Sailed
A Cunard liner Umbria did not sail for New York from Liverpool as fog delayed departure yesterday afternoon. Other notes report widespread incendiary fires destroying churches in Spanish provinces, Iris aground off Lloilo for three days, and Dublin Nationalists clashing with voters. In Chicago a trader Lynch J Koster was arrested for theft by his mother, while Clem Studebaker of South Bend shows potential recovery per doctors.
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Cunard
New York
Liverpool
United States
Iris
Lloilo
Dublin
Lynch
Koster
Chicago
Clem Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Kansas
Robert Moriarity
Robert Soper
Eau Claire
Wis
Chicago House Wrecking Company
William Volkmar
Graf Waldersee
Hoboken
le Resistencia Union of
Tampa
Fla
Yukon
Skagway
John T. Smith
Frank Starr
Jellico
Tenn
Dance in Armory D Wednesday Night Nov 27
A dance will be held in Armory D on Wednesday evening November 27 with music by the High School band. The notice notes the event as a local social gathering for students and residents.
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Armory D
Engraved calling cards offer from The Journal office
The Journal office advertises fine engraved calling cards with new late styles and urges readers to order at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Future of the Girls and Life Insurance Debate in Chicago
A Catholic Woman's National League meeting hears Mrs. Eagle urge girls stay at home to learn wives’ roles while James Bowman argues marriage could ease wage inequality. The article notes Chicago life insurance leaders with large policies, then reports on a judge’s stance against spanking and a planned Chicago Guild of Industrial Arts workshop with $100,000 funding goal.
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Mecidental
James KE. Eagle
Catholic Woman's National League
James H. Bowman
Chicago Federation of Labor
Eagle
Bowman
Artisan
Chicago
Industrial Art League
Chicago Guild of Industrial Arts
Green and
van Buren Streets
Margaret W. Springer
Submarine Fulton Emerges After 15 Hours Under Sea
A large crowd watched the Fulton submarine rise from Peconte Bay at 10:30 AM after a 15 hour submerged test. Crew of three officers and five men reported no discomfort, praised the air quality and machinery, and Captain Coble said the craft could stay submerged for three months with enough food.
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New York
Fulton
Peconte Bay
Long Island
Ike McGinty
Say
Coble
Helland Company
Pulten
Lowe
Arthur MacArthur
Ehvery
Bus Line-Call Up Orders For Frank Rogers At Hotel Allen
City instructions request to call Bus Line at Hotel Allen to leave orders for Frank Rogers. The note promises prompt attention to the requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
A. M. E. Church Thanksgiving Dinner at Armory Hall
Members of the A. M. E church plan a Thanksgiving Day dinner in Armory Hall to benefit the church. The event promises a glorious meal with hoped for large patronage. Dinner priced at twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. E Church
Armory Hall
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claim Ad
An advertisement asserts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure is a guaranteed remedy with a money back refund if not satisfied after one bottle. The price is 50 cents and the druggist is listed as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Germany Protests at Chamberlain War Remarks Spark Uproar
Berlin reports show daily meetings and widespread protests against British Secretary of State Chamberlain after his Edinburgh speech. German pastors and veterans societies sign petitions while newspapers debate whether the uproar is aimed at Britain or Germany’s foreign policy.
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Berlin
Germany
Chamberlain
Edinburgh
Pastors’ Society of
Gladbach
Wurtemburg Veterans’ Society
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Liebral
Tageblatt
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Frankfurter Zeitung
Poland
Caucasus
Algeria
Tonquin
Bosnia
Albany deemed unfit for habitation by naval surgeons
In Geona Italy the United States steamship Albany, English built and now on the Monocacy, is judged unfit for habitation by naval surgeons. Surgeon Harris reports the vessel’s construction is radically wrong from a sanitary standpoint and outlines essential changes needed to make it reasonably sanitary.
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Washington
United States
Albany
Geona
Italy
Harris
Navy
Praise for Chamberlan's Cough Remedy
Ralph S. Meyers of Wheeling West Virginia endorses Chamberlan's Cough Remedy claiming a severe cough and danger of pneumonia were cured after a second dose. He notes chest rattles subsided and he recovered fully. Sold by Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
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Chamberlan
Ralph S. Meyers
Wheeling
W. Va
Stewarts Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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Kentucky
Indiana
Federation of Railway Employes
Ohio
Future OF
Chicago Men and Life Insurance
Professor
Wow
West
Henry C. Lytton
George Trytton
W. Gates
John M. Smyth
George McReynolds
Moses Bensinger
William Best
N. Martin
Geo. T. Robie
John Shedd
Jesse Spalding
W. C. Thorne
Evra J. Warner
To. I. Naugle
William Wrigley, Jr
Tuthill
James
Armatrong
Kneleowood High School
Chicago Health Department
Holyland
Wes
A. M. E. Church
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Cons
H. Keex
C. M. Krex
Frank Stewart
J. M. Sprovans
Frank R. Sacer
Pennsylvania Coal
Delta
Centerville
Keb
Beacon
Eldon
Illinois
Canton
Ilinois
Douds Station
Oskaloosa
Columbia Pharmacy
Sohn Shields & Son
T. J. Dempsey
Ooffer
Johnson
Harwood
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Owa
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Cffion
Kear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Lowa
W. H. Butterfield
Ora ‘L'S
Marsh W. Bailey
Feice
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Schuyler W. Livingston
Court House
A. Dewey
Attorney-At-Law
Washington DO
Savings Bank
Eeeamaas
Erate
Charley
Pheet
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Wanamaker
Brown
Philadelphia
R. A. Riley
National Bank
We. Hare
A. Warre
O.M. Keox
First National Bank
Penvnsions
Wm. Blair
C. J. D. Kevinson
Ce R. Mea
W.R. Jeffrey
Presa
A. Anderson
Pras
Capital and
Caahier
Anderson
Cotober
Dave Keltner
Hotel Colenso
Lila Whitmore
Velvet
Lombardo Bros
Lombardo
le Fat
Columbus Junction
Musca
California
Pacific Northwest
K. Stewart
Agt
Burlington
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago Andianapolis
Colubus Junction
Effant
Tan
Brighton
WEET
Mason City
A.m
Peoria Mall
Marshalston
Jin Tittemore
Owe
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