Army Cruelty at Fort Sheridan Described in Board Testimony
Private Charles Hammond testified before a board of inquiry at Fort Sheridan recounting brutal treatment by Captain Lovering and sentries including dragging, kicks, a rope, and repeated prods. He was kept in solitary confinement on bread and water after disobedience and alleged abuse. Captain Lovering admitted dragging Hammond and pricking him with a sword but defended the actions as disciplinary. The court adjourned to continue the inquiry.
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Chicago
Charles Hammond
Fort Sheridan
Lovering
Hammond
Captain Lovering
Captain
Company D
Bainbridge
Richards
Plattsburg
N. Y
Reversible Plush and Blankets Offered at Low Prices
Advertises reversible plush robes in black and dark green with plush lining at four dollars and other Carriage Robes styles at four dollars. Stable blankets with surcingles priced around one dollar, all-wool street blankets offered at three and four dollars, waterproof horse covers available at two fifty.
Judge Tuthill Rules Lustgart Case Public Is Prejudiced
In Chicago on October 22 Judge Tuthill says the Lustgert case public has been prejudiced making a fair jury impossible. Bail was not granted nor formally sought amid a conference with State Attorney Deneen Assistant McEwen ex judge Vincent and attorney Phalen. Judge predicts Luetgert may never be tried here again due to pretrial publicity.
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Chicago
Tuthill
Deneen
McEwen
Vincent
Phalen
Luetgert
Deneén
General Miles seeks expanded artillery and infantry forces
General Miles, commanding general, reports to the Secretary of War praising army efficiency and coastal fortifications progress. He requests Congress authorize two artillery regiments and five infantry regiments, expands Alaska posts, and outlines coast defense funding across numerous ports and harbors from Penobscot to Puget Sound.
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Washington
Miles
Secretary of War
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Alaska
Penobscot River
Kennebec River
Maine
Portland
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
M Harbor
New Bedford
Mass
Narragansett Bay
Long Island Sound
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
D. C
Hampton Roads
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston Harbor
Savannah
Key West
Pensacola Harbor
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
San Diego
San Francisco
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Lake Champlain
Hitchcock & Co. Silk Dealers Fail in New York
W G Hitchcock & Co a silk dealer firm assigned to William J Curtis. The partnership of William G Hitchcock George J Geer and A Howard Hopping faces liabilities potentially over 1 million with assets likely matching. Preferred claims total 62000 from deposits by employees and others. exact position to be determined in a week or ten days.
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New York
W. G. Hitchcock & Co
William J. Curtis
William G. Hitchcock
George J. Geer
A. Howard Hopping
Windsor Fire Relief Fund Rushed for Windsor Conflagration Victims
A Boston meeting formed a relief committee with Thomas F. Anderson as secretary to raise funds and clothing for about 2000 homeless Windsor residents after the devastating fire. Funds may be sent to Kidder Peabody & Co. and clothing to Dominion Atlantic Railway. the Yarmouth Steamship Co. will ship gratis. Boston Merchants' Association directors donated $100 to the effort.
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Boston
Thomas F. Anderson
Windsor
J. H. Smith
M. J. Keating
B. F. Keith
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Bankers
Devonshire Street
J. F. Masters
Dominion Atlantic Railway Company
Long Wharf
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Lewis Wharf
J. R. Leeson
Henry M. Whitney
Jonathan A. Lane
John Gilchrist
E. M. McPherson
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boiler Explosion Kills Foreman at Detroit Cabinet Plant
Detroit Cabinet Company boiler exploded this morning causing serious injuries. Laurentine Tunney, foreman in finishing room, died after being hospitalized at Harper. Engineer Moser Peltier suffered a fractured skull and is expected to die. Other workers were seriously injured. cause under investigation. No fire occurred.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit Cabinet Company
Laurentine Tunney
Harper Hospital
Moser Peltier
New York’s Subway Plan Heads Toward Construction
As mayor takes office on January 1, the city weighs the underground railway project demand. A special commission appears likely to back the plan and bids are being organized by three contractor syndicates from New York Chicago Baltimore and Boston to build the line for below the stated maximum cost.
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New York
Greater
Special Commission
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Chicago
Baltimore
Boston
Post Office Changes at Melrose Highlands
The Melrose Highlands post office will close tonight and a Melrose branch opens in a drug store as sub station No 1 with William Schooff in charge. Two carriers are appointed and delivery extends through the Highlands ending the postmastership dispute and free delivery question.
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Melrose Highlands
Melrose
William Schooff
Highlands
Carter Harrison's Boom Gubernatorial Bid Signals Chicago Moves
Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison launched his bid for Illinois governor at the second annual meeting of Democratic editors. About 150 editors attended as A L Hereford introduced him and urged Harrison to stand on the Chicago platform to gain statewide and national prominence. Harrison affirmed strong commitment to the 1896 Democratic doctrine amid hearty applause.
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Chicago
Harrison
Democratic Editors of
Illinois
Har
Rison
A. L. Hereford
Association
Hereford
Adjournment Expected Indorsement of 1900 Chicago Platform
Madrid dispatch notes an imminent adjournment with a platform adoption in support of the Chicago platform for 1900 and a pledge by members to back it. The Imparcial argues Spain must respond to U S perceived injustice and advise a formal memorandum to powers stressing national honor over material interests.
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Chicago
Madrid
The
Imparcial
United States
Spain
America
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