Admiral Taylor Says Navy Needs More Officers Now
Admiral H. C. Taylor reports a critical officer shortage hindering winter fleet maneuvers. He cites 577 deficit, proposes 1360 total and adds midshipmen, lieutenant commander's numbers, and reorganization to focus two main squadrons in Atlantic and Asiatic waters.
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H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
West Indies
Naval Academy
House
Admiral Taylor
District of Columbia
North Atlantic
Asiatic
Taylor
Pacific
South Atlantic
The New Musket Delivers Satisfactory Trials
Gen. Crozier reports the improved musket completed and tested with very satisfactory results. Changes reduce weight and cost while boosting production speed. The red bayonet is a feature, lightening the gun and replacing bayonet and scabbard with trenching tools. The new rifle weighs about nine and a half pounds, lighter than German and Mauser rivals, yet faster and more penetrating.
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Washington
Autopsy Links 19-Year-Old Nellie Corcoran Death to Hysteria
New York on November 10 details from Nellie Corcoran autopsy indicate the 19 year old died after a 20 day trance due to hysteria. No disease was found in any organ and physicians say self-hypnotism sparked the initial sleep leading to hysteria.
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New York
Nellie Corcoran
Commission to Investigate Labor Conditions in America
A delegation from England’s Industrial Commission attended the Central Federated Labour Union meeting in New York on Sunday. Spokesman Geo D Kelly of the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers urged fraternal ties, saying Britain seeks cooperation not competition and praising American production while noting shared aims to improve workers’ conditions.
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Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers
Manchester
New Missouri Pacific Train to Hot Springs Inaugurated
Louisville report: a telegram from H C Townsend announces a new Missouri Pacific train from St Louis to Hot Springs Arkansas. The service departs St Louis at 8 p m and completes the trip in twelve hours. The entire equipment for this service is new.
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R. T. Matthews
Missouri Pacific
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Hot Springs
Ark
Brakeman Earnest Armstrong Killed in Lexington Yards
In Lexington Kentucky on Sunday Earnest Armstrong a married brakeman fell from a moving freight car as he descended from the train. The wheels crushed his body from the chin down and left him mangled beside the track.
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Lexington
Earnest Armstrong
Worcester Spy editor Jeremiah Evarts Green dead in Plainfield
Jeremiah Evarts Green, postmaster of Worcester Massachusetts, died at Plainfield New Jersey from acute brain disease. He was nephew of the late Wm Evarts and cousin of Senator Geo F Hoar. From 1868 to 1891 he edited the Worcester Spy.
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Jeremiah Evarts Green
Worcester Mass
Plainfield, N
Wm. M. Evarts
Geo. F. Hoar
Worcester Spy
Courtroom Throngat Second Trial of Molineaux Opens
New York November 10 The court opened for the closing scenes of the second trial of Roland B. Molineaux charged with the murder of Katherine J. Adams on December 28, 1898. About 1000 persons sought admission to the courtroom.
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New York
Roland B. Molineaux
Katherine J. Adams
State Senator Patrick J Sullivan Dies in Atlanta
Atlanta November 10. State Senator Patrick J. Sulivan of Augusta GA, a prominent member of the upper house, died Sunday at St Josephs Hospital.
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Atlanta
Patrick J. Sulivan
Augusta
St. Joseph's Hospital
Cape Town Fire Destroys Eight Acres at Eastland
Cape Town dispatch reports eight acres at Eastland, Cape Colony, burned in a blaze. Thirty large buildings in central Eastland were destroyed, leaving extensive damage in the town. In Lincoln Nebraska the first snow of the season fell on Sunday night with temperatures plunging about 40 degrees.
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Cape Town
Eastland
Cape Colony
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Mayor's Procession Reaches Petticoat Lane Unfashionable Street
London reporters note the mayor's procession for the first time traveled Petticoat Lane, an area long considered unfashionable, marking a symbolic moment in city pageantry.
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London
Petticoat Lane
Multiple incidents across states highlight fast growth and losses
Okemah Oklahoma grows fast. Mangum Oklahoma sees a block of business houses burn. A six story candy factory is planned in Dallas. An unknown man dies by jumping from Brooklyn Bridge. Pennies stolen at Paris Texas depot. Eleven freight cars wrecked near Hempstead Texas. Jonesboro Arkansas reports a $150000 loss from a box factory fire. D W Hogan of Yukon elected president of Oklahoma Bankers association. Mrs Thomas Henderson shot and robbed near Carlock Tennessee. C D Thompson named minister to Brazil. Bonham Texas banker elected president of St Louis Bankers Trust. J M Guffey steward drowns Port Arthur Texas. Hunting party member Charles Cobb shot near Bonham. Baby found with note on Chicago train. Metropolitan Street Railway incorporation filed in Dallas with $4.5 million capital.
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Paris
Tex
Central Road
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Chapman & Dewey
Jonesboro
Ark
Thomas Henderson
Carlock
Tenn
D. Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Brazil
BR. D. Steger
Bonham, Tex
Bankers’ Trust Company
St. Louis
Thomas A. Homer
J. M. Guffey
Port Arthur
Charles Cobb
Ladonia
Chicago
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Austin
Boy Fatally Injured Sleeping Under Car in San Antonio
Nov 10 report from San Antonio states 15 year old Houston Mc Ginnis was found asleep under a Southern Pacific car Sunday night and died from having both legs cut off in the mishap.
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San Antonio
Houston McGinnis
Southern Pacific
Sagasta Resigns as Premier to King Alfonso
Madrid reports Premier Sagasta has tendered his resignation to King Alfonso. The king will consider it and has informed the cortes.
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Sagasta
Alfonso
Cortes
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