Chicago Mayor Declines Tillman Lecture Role
Chicago, Nov 27. Mayor Dunne refused to preside at an Orchestra Hall lecture by Senator Benjamin Tillman. He said supporting Tillman would invite censure and mob violence, citing Tillman’s past race remarks and his stance against violence, lynching, and disorder. Adele J. Keeler condemned the mayor’s decision as cowardly.
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Chicago
Dunne
Orchestra Hall
Benjamin Tillman
Gas, Oil and Electric Light Committee
Adele J. Keeler
Chicago Union Hospital
Tillman
Senator Tillman
Negroes try to halt Tillman meeting in Tacoma
A Tacoma delegation led by Rev A J Carey asked Mrs Keeler to cancel a Tillman lecture. She refused saying only Tillman’s death would alter their program. The incident tied to a violent dispute produced arrests and hospital stays among locals.
Fourteen-Match Week Planned For Ring Since January
Not less than fifteen rounds of boxing scheduled over the week ending January 21. The card features four bouts likely to headline a local arena show with promoters aiming for strong attendance and future title implications.
Switchman Killed Between Cars in Yard Accident
In Spring Valley Illinois on November 27 a C N W switchman was crushed between two railway cars while his wife attended a friend's funeral Michael Bruns aged 33. The accident occurred in the Chicago and Northwestern yards leaving a grieving family.
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Spring Valley
Michael Bruns
Chicago and Northwestern
Immigrant Steamship Florida Weathered Severe Storm
In a gale four days kept 1500 Italian immigrants below decks on the Florida from Genoa and Naples. The ship endured near hurricane conditions with seas that toppled her and spouts sighted at night. Captain Neera narrowly escaped a plunge as waves battered the vessel but all passengers remained safe. In Des Moines a jury in the Swift case failed to convict. the minister will be retried.
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New York
Florida
Genoa
Naples
Neera
Des Moines
Smith McPherson
United States
John H. Swift
Winterset
W. J. Cornell
Rev. Swift
Norwegians Honor Their Queen in Mobile
Mobile ships join in royal birthday tribute as Norwegian masters decorate vessels. Telegram from Queen Maud at Sandringham thanks Mobile for congratulations.
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Mobile
Ala
Queen Maud
Norway
Sandringham
England
Berkshire Cotton workers gain 5 percent wage increase
Mill workers in Adams Massachusetts will see a 5 percent raise effective December 8, affecting about 2500 employees and higher than the Fall River mills’ latest rise. Bids for 15 million dollars of isthmian canal contracts will open in Washington on December 17 with American Dredging Company among bidders.
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Adams
Mass
Berkeshire Cotton Manufacturing Company
Fall River
New York
Washington
American Dredging Company
San Francisco
Marshall C. Harris
W. M. Hoogs
Honolulu
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Harris
Ribs Question Sparks Gentle Classroom Banter
A high school physiology class prompts a light exchange as the teacher asks Charles how many ribs he has. Charles defers to the textbook but adds he is long waisted, prompting a candid, humorous moment about anatomy and self‑perception.
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Charles
Mess Call on the Battleship Louisiana
The bugle sounds, crews gather in the big mess room for meals aboard the Louisiana. President Roosevelt and his party dined in a room partly set near a secondary battery gun during the voyage to Panama.
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Roosevelt
Louisiana
Panama
Roosevelt Returns From Panama Voyage Praises Navy
President Roosevelt completes a long sea voyage visiting the Panama Isthmus Porto Rico and the U S Navy expresses deep pleasure in the trip. He praises the navy Panama and Porto Rico and plans to address the canal in a future message. Uruguay envoy Pedro Roquena Bermudez protests a naval guard delay at the yard entrance.
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Washington
Panama
Isthmus
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
Potomac
Louisiana
Piney Point
Navy Yard
Miss Roosevelt
Mr& Roosevelt
White House
United States Navy
Panama Canal
Pedro Roquena Bermudez
Uruguay
Senor Bermudez
Marine Guard
Weather forecast brief for Midwest states
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Expect generally fair skies with colder temperatures and brisk to high westerly winds in Illinois. Snow possible near Lake Michigan in Indiana and Lower Michigan with colder conditions and winds shifting from southwest to northwest. Wisconsin and Iowa trend fair with colder air and northwest winds in eastern Wisconsin.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Grain and livestock quotes from Chicago markets November 26
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show wheat at around 73 cents for December and 75 for May, corn near 42 to 44 cents, oats around 33 to 35 cents, pork futures near 14.40 to 14.75, lard around 8.3 to 8.6, and short ribs near 7.0 to 7.9. Cash sales list assorted wheat, corn, and oats quality grades, while live stock receipts reach about 40,000 hogs and 38,000 cattle with varied price ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Market Reports Cattle Hogs Sheep Nobly Steady
Chicago market notes from November 27 1906 show cattle and sheep steady to good while hogs run slow after yesterday. Official receipts 40252 hogs 5279 cattle 8000 sheep 20000 with mixed packers and shipping grades quoted and futures quiet ahead of a Thursday market closure.
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Chicago
Buffalo Live Stock Market Quotation Summary
East Buffalo New York November 26 Dunning and Stevens report cattle receipts 290 cars market lower with best shipping steers at 4.50 to 5.75 per cwt heifers 4.25 to 4.75 cows 4.50 to 4.00 and hogs 6.26 to 6.30 per cwt sheep and lambs receipts 120 cars with lambs 7.50 to 7.60 and wethers 5.50 to 6.30 while calves steady at 8.00.
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Texas
East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Hoge
New Jersey Heads to Final Sea Trial at New England
The battleship New Jersey, stationed at Charlestown navy yard, departs for a 24 hour sea trial off the New England coast. A board of inspection and survey from Washington aboard will judge if the ship is fit for official government acceptance. The vessel was built by Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts and is already in commission.
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New Jersey
Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Washington
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Masa
British Mutineer Moody Sentenced in Portsmouth Court Martial
Moody a first class stoker and ringleader in the November 4 mutiny at the naval barracks in Portsmouth has been sentenced by a court martial to five years penal servitude for taking part in a mutinous assembly and inciting others to join.
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Portsmouth
England
Moody
Naval Barracks
Tent Dwellers Linked to Silent Life Ends in Shelter
Terre Haute Indiana November 27 Isaiah Wilson a 72 year old man living alone in a Shelburn tent changed himself to the center pole of the tent. He had worked as a teamster since arriving in Shelburn and spoke of nothing of his past or any associations.
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Liecluse Hange
Terre Haute
Ind
Isaiah Wilson
Shelburn
Caruso Appeals Police Court Conviction Over Monkey House Incident
An appeal order allows Enrico Caruso to challenge a police magistrate ruling fining him ten dollars for annoying women in Central Park's monkey house. Deputy Commissioner Mathot cites broader fearsome misconduct by Metropolitan staff and warns of possible prison if repeated. Caruso did not attend the brief municipal proceeding, and his attorneys filed the appeal sworn detailing the arrest and conviction.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Central Park
Jader O'Sullivan
Metropolitan Opera House
Mathot
Gariso
Monkey House
Metropolitan
Tee Mathet
Beker
O’sullivin
Taft Declines to Hear Niagara Power Diversion Debate
Secretary Taft cut short an argument by J Horace McFarland of Philadelphia against diverting Niagara River waters for power. McFarland criticized alleged statements by Captain Charles W Kunz of the corps of engineers. Protests against diverting the falls were voiced by civic leaders and others present.
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Washington
Taft
Corps of Army Engineers
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Association
Philadelphia
Niagara River
Canada
United States
McFarland
Charles W. Kunz
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Wreck blamed on crew and company in Indiana line crash
The Woodville coroner cites fault by the engineer who led the first section of the Passenger train, plus the conductor and head brakeman of the freight, and the B and O company, for the November wreck.
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Woodville
Ind
Boston
New York
Ely Rose
Chicago
Rome
George W. Cable
Fra C. Stevenson
Lexington
Christchurch
Philadelphia
Bu Hamara
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James Hamilton Lewis
Keeler
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Springfield
Wough
Miles S. Macon
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Attorey Macon
Georgia
Arthur Kehoe
Heath
John Wieming
West Chicago Avenue
Kehoe
Aight
Malcolm Bradus
McGovern
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