Sampson Objects to Dewey Report on Santiago Command
Washington December 22. Admiral Sampson objects to Dewey's statement that Schley commanded at the Santiago battle. Sampson contends he commanded and Schley was second in command, and that the court was not asked to decide who led. Judge Advocate General Lemly replies to Schley's exceptions and urges approval of the court findings.
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Washington
W. T. Sampson
Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Long
Navy Department
Theall
Admiral Sampson
Commodore Schley
United States
Euch
Lemly
Secretary Long
Admiral Schley
Judge Advocate
Secretary Gage Plans Retirement From Treasury
Washington reports say Secretary Gage will resign his post as soon as a successor is named by President Roosevelt. He views his Thursday night address as a farewell to duties and prefers to be relieved before spring. The president has tried to dissuade him but may support an early departure.
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Cal'Secure
Washington
New York
Gage
Treasury
Roosevelt
Tne
Bank Robbery Charged Arrest of former merchant in Springdale heist
Fayetteville Ark December twenty second N B Carlisle once a merchant and later a livery stable man was arrested last night on charges of robbing the Springdale bank Thursday of seven thousand dollars He is held on three thousand dollars bond for examination Monday About three thousand dollars was recovered A overcoat believed to belong to Carlisle was found with a pistol and a package containing one thousand dollars in bills in the pockets
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Avormer
Springdale
Fayetteville
Ark
N. B. Carlisle
Springdale Bank
Carlisle
Jacksons found guilty of immoral practices and fraud
Theodore and Laura Jackson were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey on charges of immoral practices and fraud. The judge promptly sentenced Jackson to fifteen years penal servitude and Laura Jackson to seven years. The pair listened in apparent astonishment and remained silent.
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London
Theodore
Laura Jackson
United States
Annadelia Diss de Barr
Old Bailey
Jackson
Hazer Expelled at Lake Forest University
Chicago Dec 22 Gus Johnson a Decatur Ill senior has been expelled for hazing tied to rivalries between College and North halls at Lake Forest University. Five others suspended two until Sept 1 1902 with permission to ask to return.
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One Hazer
Chicago
Lake Forest University
Gus Johnson
Decatur
Ill
Ourl
Gardner Defeats Carter to Claim Middleweight World Title
In San Francisco on December 22 George Gardner defeated Kid Carter by knockout in the eighth round to establish himself as the world middleweight champion. The bout highlighted Gardner's superiority as he finished Carter decisively.
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Gardner
Carter
San Francisco
George Gardner
Kid Carter
Groundbreaking at Forest Park World Fair site
In Forest Park Missouri officials and invited guests broke ground on the world’s fair site. Attendees included Gen. John C Bates Col John D G Oglesby Gov Yates of Illinois and Gov David R Francis. The ceremony featured invocations addresses by Corwin H R Spencer and Rev Dr S J Niccolls and a program at the Coliseum with Gov Francis Congressman James A Tawney and Gov Jefferson Davis. A banquet at the Southern hotel closed the day.
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Werta
Nebraska
Missouri
Ambig
John Co. Bates
The
John D. G. Oglesby
Yates
Illinois
Forest Park
S. J. Niccolls
Corwin
HR. Spencer
David
Exposition Company
Gov
Francis
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Seymour
Coliseum
Southern Hotel
Hay Will Remain: President Urges Secretary Not to Resign
Washington December 22 officials deny reports Secretary Hay plans to retire soon. A statement cites Hay not retiring during ongoing canal negotiations and notes President Roosevelt strongly desires his continued service in the cabinet.
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Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Harrison son of ex president admitted to practice in court of claims
Col Russell B Harrison son of the late President Benjamin Harrison was admitted to practice in the court of claims in Washington. He denied rumors that he was opposing a pension for Mrs Benjamin Harrison, saying he was in the capital purely on legal business and reluctant to speak on family matters.
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Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Russell B. Harrison
Court of Claims
Col. Harrison
Boiler Explosion at Black Diamond Steel Works Kills Three
Pittsburg December 22 a boiler explosion at Parl Brothers Black Diamond steel works on Thirtieth street left three dead one missing and twelve injured. Superintendent Reuten Miller Jr says boilers were checked last week and in excellent condition. Cause unknown. a full investigation is underway.
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Pittsburg
Black Diamond Steel Works
Parl Brothers
Thirtieth Street
Reuten Miller, Jr
Old Man Patrick Warren Found Near Sioux City
Patrick Warren of West Superior says he was sent by an employment agency to work on a railroad. He slept at the police station after walking from Deadwood. He notes 375 men is the largest crew at the line and over 3,000 have been shipped by agencies, with many forced to walk home.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Patrick Warren
West Superior
Deadwood
Onawa Man Proposes Free Public Library Plan
John Addison Oliver, father of District Court Judge John F. Oliver, offered a free public library in Onawa. He would provide a building two lots and 4000 dollars, with the town paying 1000 dollars annually for support.
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Carnegie
Onawa
Iowa
John Addison Oliver
John F. Oliver
District Court
Rawlinson Named Commercial Clerk in State Treasurer’s Office
Place for Rawlinson La Crosse Wisconsin December 22 Charles H Rawlinson of this city has been appointed commercial clerk in the office of State Treasurer Davidson at a salary of 1200 dollars a year He is a well known Republican.
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Rawlinson
la Crosse
Wis
Charles H. Rawlinson
Davidson
Deer Seaxon at its Hest Lead South Dakota Deer Hunt
Deer hunting season peaks this month with plentiful game within twenty five miles of Lead. A party returned yesterday with five deer after a harvest trip.
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Hest
Lead
S. D
Wayward Sons Arrest in Monticello Theft Case
Ralph Bradford twenty two and Samuel Longfellow twenty five, sons of respectable parents, are arrested in Monticello Minnesota on December 22 charged with theft.
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Monticello
Minn
Ralph Bradford
Samuel Longfellow
Freight Car Wrecks Near Nora Springs
A freight wreck occurred at Nora Springs Iowa on December 22 when a train split in two. Four cars were wrecked and traffic was delayed with no injuries reported.
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Nora Springs
Iowa
Timberman in Mine Is Killed in South Dakota
William Price a timberman for the Homestake company was killed yesterday at the 600 foot level when a boiler weighing a ton crushed him in Lead South Dakota.
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Lead
S. D
William Price
Homestake Company
Horrible Fate Fells Workers in Blast Furnace
A disastrous explosion in a blast furnace claimed multiple employees. The incident is described as the most deadly accident in the company’s history, prompting investigations and safety reviews.
Doomed workers perish in Pittsburg gas furnace blast
Ten men die and forty are injured when a gas furnace explosion at the Jones & Laughlin Soho works in Pittsburgh sends flames 80 feet high. Fifteen laborers, including fourteen Bulgarians, are trapped by burning cinders as a wheelbarrow collapses into the furnace bell. Frankowicz dies in view of onlookers as the crowd watches a brutal, chaotic scene. The company’s general manager calls it one of the worst disasters in its history.
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Pittsburg
Soho
Jones & Laughlin
Frankowicz
Ile
Stock Yard
Second Avenue
J. B. Laughlin
Collision Shatters SP Trains Near Uplands Kills Three
A head on crash between north and south bound Southern Pacific coast limited trains near Uplands injured about twenty five people and killed three. Both engines and cars were destroyed with fires in the northbound smoker, which carried several Italian laborers. The railroad cites failure of the northbound engineer to wait as ordered at the siding.
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San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Uplands
Bank Robbery at Springdale Arkansas Leaves $1000 Behind
A lone man robbed the Springdale bank at noon taking about 7000 dollars from the vault after forcing the assistant cashier to open it. A bystander was ordered to surrender and the thief dropped 1000 dollars on the sidewalk before fleeing north in a buggy. Bloodhounds pursue the suspect across a wooded mountain.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Springdale
Bull and Wife Found Dead in Parsons Home Stabbing
In Parsons Kansas on December 20 John F Bull a noted real estate and loan broker and choir leader and his wife were found stabbed to death at their home. Indications point to wife murder and death by own action.
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Parsons
Kan
John F. Bull
Bull
Methodist Church
Brief notes from the wires in a denser forum
Various items include Representative Mercer proposing a 2 000 000 appropriation for a new agricultural department building, a senate wage bill setting a minimum wage for women, Max O'Rell's Baltimore lecture canceled due to appendicitis, and Henry C Payne possibly shaping a government telegraph plan. Also Rockefeller gifts urged, Vorwärts seized for an article on unemployment, a breast cancer cure via X rays, Lasker joining Owens College as assistant lecturer, and Kruger senile decay claims with a hired text-writing secretary.
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Mercer
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Mitchell
Max O'Rell
Baltimore
Henry C. Payne
post‘Office ‘Department
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Berlin
Arbeidos
Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Markets report grain and livestock prices from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul on December 21. Wheat corn oats rye flax and barley prices are listed for multiple grades with cash and future figures plus cattle hogs and sheep price ranges in major western and midwestern centers. Entities include St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul with price figures and grade listings.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Ife
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Tree Fatality Near Minnesota City
William Burke Jr. of near Minnesota City died when a tree fell on him. He was 25 years old and unmarried. Authorities reported the accident occurred near Winona, Minnesota, on December 21.
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Winona
Minne
William Burke, Jr
Minnesota City
Demon In Skloon Row Incident Ends in Homicide
An eighteen year old opened fire during a street confrontation in Skloon Row. The shooter killed a Black man and fled while Black bystanders moved away. the incident involved racial tension and a fatal outcome.
Nervy youth shoots three in Davy saloon riot
Wayne Demon of Catlettsburg Kentucky opened fire as a dozen armed black men demanded whites leave Eugene Dye's saloon in the mining town of Davy. Demon killed three black men and fled as others panicked. He works as an assistant bookkeeper for Cole Crane Co of Cincinnati and had awaited a train to go home for holidays. Police made little effort to catch him.
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Welch
W. Va
Wayne Demon
Davy
Eugene Dye
Demon
Catlettsburg
Cole, Crane& Co
Cincinnati
Two North Dakotans Die of Gas Poisoning in Chicago Hotel
John F. Weber and Stephen Hinsterger, Valley City farmers, were found dead in a St. James hotel room in Chicago from gas poisoning. The jets were on and believed blown out by unfamiliar users. Papers show they were en route to Mileway Ontario from Valley City.
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Chicago
John F. Weber
Stephen Hinsterger
Valley City
N. D
St. James
Mileway
Ont
Movable schools eyed to handle city population shifts
Chicago awaits Supt. Cooley's report proposing movable one to eight room frame school buildings as a flexible solution. The plan would avoid new permanent schools where demand is unsettled, allowing relocation as populations change.
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Chicago School Board
Chicago
Board of Education
Cooley
Chicago Coal Shortage Triggers Widespread Cold Weather Crisis
In Chicago on December 22, a coal famine warning looms as demand surges. Merchants and manufacturers call for fuel while elevators in tall buildings shut down and office workers endure in overcoats. Apartments lack heat as factories plan to close Monday to conserve coal during the crisis.
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Chicago
Three Men Shot in Lawton Standoff Ends in Fortified Suspect
In Lawton Oklahoma on December 22 three men were shot in a dispute near here. The shooter is identified as Roberts who is fortified in a house and defying arrest. The sheriff and two marshals are at the scene. The dead men's names are not yet known.
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Lawton
Okla
Roberts
Two Die In Fatal Shootout Over Arrest
In Austin on December 22 Con stable J W Murray tried to arrest dentist I M Simcock at Burnett. Simcock drew a pistol to resist and both men fired simultaneously. both Murray and Simcock were killed.
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Austin
Tex
J. W. Murray
I. M. Simcock
Burnett
Simcock
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Paris
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London Daily News
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Kruger
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