Kearsarge to Begin Official Trial Trip Sept 25
Acting Secretary Allen approves Newport News request for the battleship Kearsarge to undergo her official trial on Sept. 25 off Cape Ann Mass. The vessel must complete turning gear and armor positions while achieving an average 16 knots for four hours. Remaining work should finish so she can be commissioned next month.
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Washington
Allen
Newport News Company
Kearsarge
Admiral Hichborn
Naval Constructor
Woodward
Cape Ann
Mass
Alabama
Tax assessment leak shocks Tuscola residents
In Tuscola township and Douglas county Illinois a large hidden tax assessment added 475 000 dollars to Tuscola and 575 000 dollars to Douglas county drawing ire from wealthy residents who vow to contest the law. Admirals thank gunner in Gibraltar. Dewey sails for New York after salute.
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Tuscola, Ills
Board of Review
Tuscola Township
Douglas County
Gibralter
Here
New York
Dewey
Olympia
Peppiatt
Devastation
Dreyfus Verdict Sparks International Reactions
Protests and diplomatic maneuvering follow Rennes verdict as Austria Italy and Germany weigh boycotts. Demonstrations erupt in Naples and Budapest while Paris faces calls for diplomacy and a possible German manufacturers' boycott. Duking it out in duels raised by Count Esterhazy.
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Rome
Austria
Italy
Rennes
Naples
Express Train Robbed by Four Masked Men
Express train No 10 on the Southern Pacific was robbed Saturday night by four masked men who dynamited the safe and took the contents. The train was halted and run a mile up the track before the thieves departed on foot northward. A posse pursue the robbers as details remain unclear.
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Cochise
A. T
Southern Pacific
Ae Express
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Express
Conchise
Otis Plans Dual Manila Campaign With MacArthur And Lawton
General Otis advances a two division campaign to start with the dry season. MacArthur will lead the north division and Lawton the west and south as 64,649 troops and dynamite guns operate from Manila. A strict port blockade and Cavite operation are planned under joint Navy Marine and Army coordination.
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Washington
Otis
MacArthur
Lawton
Aguinaldo
Manila
Navy
Marine Corps
Watson
Cavite
Pope
Marconi to Visit Washington for Wireless Experiments
Signor Marconi plans to bring full wireless telegraphy gear to Washington for trials with Rear Admiral Bradford chief of the bureau of equipment. An onshore receiver and a warship transmitter will test range and viability, with a naval vessel reserved for the project. The arrival is expected within weeks after talks led by Lt Commander J C Colwell.
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Washington
Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Signor Marconi
J. C. Colwell
London
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Jerry
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ST. Louis
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Trav
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Wee
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Toot Agi
Dallas, Tex
Navy Yards
B. F. Tilley
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Pago Pago
Samoa
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Transvaal
America
South Africa
Mexico
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Progresso
Ives
Yucatan
St. Charles
Nellie Battezor
Henry Battezor
Bombay
India
du Paty de Clam
Boycott
Esterhazy
Kansas City
Thos. Phelan
Dreyfus
Berlin
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Perdon
James A. Garfield Lodge
Order of Western Star
Hersfeld
Order
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Budapest
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Dubuque
Arthur Williams
W. J. Williams
Klondike
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Waco
Tex
Paul Guyot
Tampico
Montgomery
Guyot
John P. Altgeld
Tanner
Altgeld
Joe Patchen
Johnston, Pa
H. Y. Hawes
Senator McCarthy
Goshen
N. Y
Hawes
Patchen
Cleveland
McCarthy
Gibraltar
United States
Admiral Dewey
Marconi
Sydney
S. W
George Houston Reid
Radway
Mr. Lyne
Imus
Eads Vanda
Geo. W. Higgs
Main
W. J. Wallace
W. P. Trant
Ourtown
James
James Melloucald
TRE
Ci Bakery
E. Griesser
Webb Bros
W. C. Fountian
Grice & Zimmerman’s
M. F. Heenan
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