Admiral Schley Tells of Battle and Court Proceedings
Washington Oct 25 Admiral Schley testifies in the court of inquiry about the battle off Santiago noting ship hull fouling and slow speeds, describing reconnaissance at Cienfuegos and Santiago, the blockade and coaling efforts, and recounting events from May 24 to May 31 with emphasis on intelligence from Nunez and dispatches from the department. A large crowd filled the courtroom and applauded at times while Dewey favored adjournment for his throat condition.
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Admiral Dewey
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Brooklyn
Texas
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Ravrer
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Navy Yard
Cienfuegos
McCalla
Navy Department
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Field
Colon
Mole St. Nicholas
Department
Nunez
Asceraderes
Yale
Wise
Philip
Agate
Merrimac
Admral
Havana
Key West
Marblehead
Alomg
Sigsbee
Massachusetts
Hydrographic Office
Hiesinzon
Rayner
St. Paul
Santago
Port Antonio
Sampson
Cape Cruse
Barker
Cuba
Piole St. Nicholas
Gonaives Channel
Bozeman Widow Faces Murder Charge in Black Case
Preliminary hearing opened for Mrs John H Black accused of murdering her husband John H Black at their ranch near Bozeman The physician Dr C M Chambliss testified that Black died from morphine poisoning after a illness that included vomiting and restlessness The case centers on arrangements around Black s will and drug administration during the days before his death
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George D. Kease
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Bleck
Salesville
Plack
Ysiar
Back
Safley
Roosevelt to Write Original Message to Congress
Cabinet members present as Roosevelt plans to draft his own message to Congress on original lines. He will skip the cabinet chapter approach and omit department reports, focusing on chosen topics. Hay mentions Miss Stone case with responses from Consul Dickinson Sofia and Charge Foldy Constantinople.
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Hay
Miss Stone
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Sofia
Spencer Foldy
Constantinople
Czolgost A Christian Visit to McKinley Assassin
Leon F. Czolgozz was visited in Albany prison by Father Fudzinski at the request of Weber Fudzick. The priest said Czolgosz is a Christian, born a Christian, and that may have renounced Christianity but remains a Christian. Father Fudzinski pastors Corpus Christi church in Buffalo.
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N. Y
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McKinley
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Subton
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Teco-Dem
Dimon Weber Fudzick
Asassin
Associated Press
Czolgonz
Corpus Christi Church of
Buffalo
Yangtze Viceroys Face Yang Lu's Revenge
Shanghai reports that General Yung Lu sent a secret dispatch to Li Hung Chang claiming the empress dowager seeks friendly ties with Russia and urging a prompt Manchurian treaty. The note is seen as a move to retaliate against viceroys who blocked his plans and signals Britain may back the Yangtse rulers.
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Shanghai
Yung Lu
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Yang Lu
Great Britain
Workmen Walk Out in Chicago Great Western
Five hundred Chicago Great Western employees quit work in Oelwein Iowa. They demanded removal of a foreman they describe as brutal. The company refused the demand.
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Chicago Great Western
Buckney
Chicago Great Western Railway
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Stephen H. Little
W. A. Read
New York
Helena Safe Blow Open and Robbed
Bold safe blowing at Banford and Evans feed store on Fuller avenue and Lawrence street. Thieves entered through the front door, blew the office safe with dynamite, taking about 200 dollars in cash. Tools used were stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop and left among the ruins. A bartender heard a shot but details remain largely unknown.
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Standard
Helena
Banford & Evans
Fuller Avenue
Lawrence Street
Fire kills nineteen in Philadelphia business section blaze
A devastating fire in Philadelphia’s business district claims nineteen lives with many missing and an unknown number injured. Officials fear the death toll may rise as investigators search the scene.
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Philadelphia
Deadly Philadelphia Fire Kills Nineteen and $500000 Lost
A major blaze in Philadelphia’s Market Street scene destroyed the Hunt, Wilkinson & Co building and three smaller structures. Eighteen people died, later revised to nineteen, with more than twenty injured and property losses totaling about half a million dollars. Fire officials reported an underground explosion as a possible cause, while rescuers searched the ruins for additional victims.
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Market Street
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
Commerce Street
Henry Cleas
Dorothy Kramer
Martha Baker
Margaret Hebden
Susan Gormley
Harry House
H. A. Sparrow
Charles BE. Sparrow
Fred Wittington
Charles Land
Wilkinson
Hunt, Wilkinson &Co
H.A. Sparrow
Charles E. Sparrow
Electrical Bureau
City Hall
Department of Public Safety
William F. Potts & Sons
Potts
Americans Adopt Concentration Plan Amid Samar Uprising
Manila reports Samar islanders warned to gather in towns or be branded enemies. Troops fear open-land engagements. de Jesus capture disrupts revolutionary leadership on Leyte and Biliran. Sumner notes Tayasan clash as U S cavalry routs insurgents and destroys barracks, rice, and gear. San Jose attacked as Batangas battle continues.
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Samar
Francisco de Jesus
Lukban
Cebu
Leyte
Biliran
de Jesus
Sumner
Tayasan
Batangas
First Cavalry
San Jose
21St Infantry
Patrick Connelly
Famine Threatens Anhui and Kiang Su Provinces
Reports to the British Consul General warn that about 1,600 people in Anhui and 3,000 in Kiang Su are on the verge of starvation as famine spreads. Local and foreign funds total £9,000 with little relief available. a committee of consuls is forming to aid victims.
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Shanghai
Warren
Anhui
Kiang Su
Banquet to Schley Accepted by Chicago Club
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley accepted an invitation from the Hamilton Club of Chicago for a reception and banquet in his honor. Edwin A. Munger reported the telegram from Washington stating thanks and that no date could be named yet.
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Winfield Scott Schley
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Edwin A. Munger
Washington
Schley
Four Die From Kaline Burlington Wreck Victims Succumb
Four of the injured in the Kaline derailment near Kaline died today in Ottumwa Iowa. Victims include John Sivewright of Kansas City James Maes of Unionville Missouri Wyman Marion of Lancaster Missouri and Mrs M Freeland of Missouri The deaths reduce the toll from yesterday and two others remain gravely ill including Conductor J A Seaverin and Sophia Patterson.
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Kaline
John Sivewright
Kansas City
James Maes
Unionville
Wyman Marion
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