Dispatches to Schley Highlight Court of Inquiry Testimony
Washington reports detail corrections to a navy testimony about dispatches delivered to Commodore Schley during the Spanish American War. Witnesses include Admiral Cotton and Rear Admiral Cotton, noting coaling difficulties, encoded orders, and changes in department dispatches. Two men killed at Dallas are also noted in brief.
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Washington
Claxton
Heilner
Brooklyn
Texas
Cotton
Norfolk Navy Yard
Harvard
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
Navy Department
Key West
Kingston
United States
Admiral Cotton
Santiago Harbor
Rayner
Admiral Schiley
Department
Mr. Rayner
Advocate Lemly
Admiral Schley
Scorpion
Double Homicide Rocks St Johns Saloon and Street
Early today Miles O Donnell was stabbed to death in a saloon and Howard Phipp was shot to death on the street. George Ford is charged with killing Phipps and Tom Corbin with O Donnell. Both men were arrested. In St Johns N F on Sept 25 the failure of the firm O W H Tessier is announced with Bank of Montreal as principal creditor.
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Miles O’donnell
Howard Phipp
George Ford
Phipps
Tom Corbin
O’donnell
St. Johns, N. F
O. W. H. Tessier
Bank of Montreal
New York Employer Plans Five Percent Wage Increase
M C D Borden owner of American Print Works New York plans a 5 percent wage rise to begin October 1. local mills debate effects with most manufacturers saying keep current scale or risk shutdown. Bourne mills also considering a similar raise and continue profit sharing with workers every six months.
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Fall River
Mass
M. C. D. Borden
New York
American Print Works
Borden
Textile Council
George A. Chase
Bourne Mills
Canal Treaty Prospects Bright as Pauncefote Sails
London reports progress in Pauncefote negotiations with Hay on canal terms. Senators may see a December submission and possible ratification. In New York, baseball magnates plan a National Athletic company to merge leagues and cut costs. Separately, wholesale grocers from New England discuss a 200-member stock firm to control distribution.
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London
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
Senate
America
New York
National League
Hart
Chicago
Andrew Freeman
National Athletic Company
Freeman
Tacoma trio arrested on obscene mailings charge
Tacoma reports Charles Govan James W Adams and James Larkin members of a home anarchist colony were indicted by a federal grand jury in Spokane for depositing obscene newspapers in mails. They were jailed in Tacoma awaiting examination Morong is named in a related indictment partial text.
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Tacoma
Charles Govan
James W. Adams
James Larkin
Home Anarchist Colony
Federal Grand Jury
Spokane
Morong
Norwich man shoots former housekeeper then dies
In Norwich New York on Sept 25 Henry W Wood shot his former house keeper Elizabeth Greenleaf at Plymouth and then killed himself. Greenleaf had left Wood for Louis Carne ros, her brother in law, two weeks earlier. Greenleaf is not expected to survive the injuries.
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New York
Helen Bloodgood
Miss Bloodgood
Bashing Ridge
N. J
Norwich
N. Y
Henry W. Wood
Elizabeth Greenleaf
Plymouth
Balloon Jupiter Flight Reaches Cuxhaven After 350 Kilometer Route
Vienna reports Herr Herbert Silberer of the Aero club and M. Emile Carlo launched the balloon Jupiter on Monday at 10 p.m. They landed Tuesday at noon in Cuxhaven, completing a 350 kilometer journey in 14 hours.
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Vienna
Herbert Silberer
The
Aero Club
M. Emile Carlo
Jupiter
Cuxhaven
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Base Ball and Athletic Trust
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