Admiral Dewey Returns to New York Amid Welcome
Admiral Dewey arrives in New York after twenty three months at sea with Olympia. Shore batteries fire salutations as crowds cheer from Sandy Hook to the Hudson. Dewey praises his people’s welcome, avoids political remarks, and notes plans to clean up the ship before the harbor voyage.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
W York
Sandy Hook
Bey
Vie Luck
Piotr John Petersen
Olympia
Hook
Tower Bay
Admiral Dewey on Otis and Filipinos Who Are So Difficult
The Fyening Post prints an interview with Admiral Dewey criticizing General Otis for trying to hold many roles at once. He praises American sailors as the best and discusses the Luna assassination, Aguinaldo’s influence, and Filipino readiness for self government, noting Filipinos are not ready yet but may be soon.
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New York
Fyening Post
Admiral Dew
Manila
Salora
Dii
Bernardino Nesalado
Son
Admiral Dewey
Luna
Aguinalde
Navy Yard
Aguinaldo
Otis
Philippines
General Otis
Sailor Admiral Declines Political Role In Government
A historical account recalls Admiral Dewey declining to join politics after the Manila event. He emphasizes his training as a seaman and desire to remain on ships, stating he would not govern as a regiment commands. The interview touches on rumors of his father’s party and mentions German interference at Manila.
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Wes
Dewey
Wheeler
Wheer
Irso
Cours
Olympia
Bae
Deannot
Diedrich
Manila
Quarantine Against Miami By Savannah Sanitary Board
A special meeting of Savannah's sanitary board placed Miami Fla under quarantine due to yellow fever. Inspectors were instructed to bar entry from the city, while Health Officer Brunner advised strengthening measures. In Key West forty six new yellow fever cases and two deaths were reported.
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Savannah
Florida
Sanitary Board
Miami
Fla
Brunner
Key West
Suns Compositors Strike Over Unkept Agreement
Non union compositors who filled in during a locked out printers’ dispute strike in New York on September 24 claiming management breached a contract. They allege wage differences with 4 cents per 1,00 cms promised but paid less, while 8 to 10 correctors were hired and deductions cut their earnings. Thirty eight of the regular ninety four men abandoned work.
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New York
Sun
Julia Morrison Freed as Trial Nears in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga on September 20 Julia Morrison and her husband James were named in the murder of Agtac Frank Selden. James was discharged after authorities found no evidence tying him to the crime. The case heads to a grand jury next week as the defense likely raises an emotional insanity plea amid sensational press reports.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Julia Morrison
Aiiang James
Agtac
Frank Selden
Circuit Court
Pullee
Cummings
Hy James
James
Mies Morrixon
Coner
Misa Morrison
Leiden
Lecienheimer
New Orleans
Miss Morrison
Premeditation Questioned in Theaters Case
The article notes that premeditation of the killing will be proven by local theater stage hands and that the burden of showing justification lies with Miss Morrison to avoid prison, referencing an unwritten state law against the execution of Newerman.
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Miss Morrison
Newerman
Postoffice Safe Is Robbed in Harriman Tennessee
Burglars blew the money chest at the Harriman postoffice in Tennessee. About $1 and several registered letters were stolen. Bloodhounds tracked the burglars, but after several hours no capture was reported.
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Harriman
Tennessee
Tenn
Adula Turned Over In Storm Off Port Antonio
Details of the wreck of the Atlantis Line steamer Adula from Kingston Jamaica describe its foundering at 320 p m yesterday off Jamaica's coast while bound for Baltimore. The ship carried 2000 barrels of oranges from Port Antonio and Amerton. Four sailors and the chief officer drowned while the rest reached shore.
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Port Antonio
Kingston
Jam
Atls Line
Adula
McAuley
Baltimore
Jaamaica
Amerton
Watez
Percy
Carpenter Connor
Coroner’s Jury Blames Railroad For Fatal Crossing
Wade H. Stanton of Bennettsville was struck by a train while driving a buggy over a Bennettsville railroad crossing. The horse died, the buggy was wrecked, and Stanton died next morning. The jury held railroad officials careless for not sounding the whistle.
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Columbia
Wade H. Stanton
Bennettsville
Stanton
Bloodshed 18 Now Imminent in Clay County
Pittsburg Ky September 26 A grave situation grows daily as the Griffins Chadwells and Barnett trial for Wash Thacker’s death is postponed Guards are doubled at the jail amid threats of lynching by armed Griffins supporters. Citizens urge troops for Friday trial. In Vancouver B C a destructive fire sweeps Rossland aided by strong winds.
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Clay County
Pittsburg
Griffins
Chadwells
Barnetts
Wash Thacker
Philpots
Manchester
Wildcat banker Imboden jailed after forging $16000 draft
Leonard B. Imboden, president of the Planters Bank, a Kansas City wildcat concern, was found guilty of forging a $16 000 draft and sentenced to ten years. Born in Texas, he claimed backing from Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia and New York trust firms while promoting banks and cattle ventures across Kansas Texas and New Mexico.
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Kansas City
Leonard B. Imboden
Planters’ Bank
Imboden
Texas
General Imboden
George Washington
South
W. M. Imboden
Fort Worth
Hogg
Kansas
New Mexico
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
F. Hancock
Hancock
Nebraska
American Exchange Bank
Blair & Co
Neal
Charges filed against Atlanta Captain Slaughter in three counts
Chief of Police W. P. Manly charges Captain Bradley Slaughter with three counts including violations of police rules insubordination and misdemeanor. The sensational case alleges gross neglect of duty and criminality implications. A secret conference set arraignment timing as readers await the board’s schedule.
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Bradley Slaughter
W. P. Manly
Laughter
Captain Slaughter
Police Department
Atlanta
Slaughter
Semore
Ui 2
Department of Police of
Hugh Ment
Gut Unea
Ter
Detective Bureau
Chargman Patterson
Weill
Matterso
Police
Ftn
Manly
P Jain
Han
Aghter
Slauchter
Judges Paid for Election Affairs in New York
Testimony before the Mazet investigating committee shows judges contributing to election funds. Surrogates Fitzgerald and Ransom, Justices Maddox Smyth Fitzsimmons Leventritt, and Cowing Freeman describe various payments to Tammany. Some opposed the contribution system while others backed it. Gaynor testified he refused stock offers to influence water system adoption.
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New York
Mazet Legislative Investigating Committee
Sterday
Fitzgerald
Tammany
Maddox
Justice Smyth
Supreme Court
Tamman
Justice Fitzsimmons
City Court
Justice Leventritt
Judge Cowing
Court of General Sessions
John A. Freeman
Gaynor
Ramapo
Brooklyn
May Buy the Electric Lines Chattanooga Street Car Purchase May Change Owners
Chattanooga Tenn September 28 Ste Olalj J. B. Harrison of Knoxville representing the Hambleton syndicate of Baltimore is here with Perry Warner of Nashville. It is understood the deal for transfer of the local electric road to the Baltimore parties will follow at once. The Hambletons have secured figures on city transportation except the electric street railroad, and Harrison and Warner expect to reach agreement tomorrow.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ste Olalj
J. B. Harrison
Knoxville
Hambleton Syndicate
Baltimore
Perry Warner
Nashville
Electric Road
Hambletons
Electric Street Railroad
Harrison
Warner
Old Confederate Capitol Blazes to Honor Dewey
Montgomery Alabama September 26 news that Admiral Dewey had arrived sparked loud applause as city officials gathered at the state house where the former Confederate government was organized amid a large crowd and ceremonial flare.
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Dewey
Montgomery
Ala
Admiral Dewey
United States
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