Witnesses Testify in Sutton Naval Death Inquiry
Sergeant Arthur Todd testifies he saw Lieutenant Sutton killed and an officer fire the shot. Mrs Sutton's letters read in open court claim conspirators beat Sutton at Carvel Hall and that Utley, Adams, and Osterman were involved to cover up the death. The reading sparks a heated legal dispute over public access to the letters.
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Boston
Arthur Todd
Ae Marine Corps
Annapolis
Lieut. Sutton
Sutton
James N. Sutton
Naval Board of Inquiry
Leonard
Davis
H. M Swartz
Marine Corps
Washington
Jimmie
Lifeboat ordeal cited after coastal storm
A Letter from Angleton Texas describes a daylight coastal storm that caused widespread property damage. A party of twenty six spent six hours in a life boat with the life saving station rescuers guiding them to shore. One cousin reports his house collapsed and will likely be torn down after the destruction.
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Wm. Cowgill
Angleton
Texas
Guernsey County
Train derails near Creston injuring five during Chautauqua week
Five injured as a Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train derails near Creston Ohio. Spreading rails blamed. passengers rushed to Creston for care. Cambridge Chautauqua concludes with praise for high class program and plans for next year amidst uncertain finances.
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Creston
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Burbank
Here
Ella Kiser
Pittsburg
P. Born
A. A. Born
E. A. Orr
John Dalzell
Martin's Ferry
A. G. Freeman
Latrobe
W. 8. Sands
Jacksonville
Fla
Jennie L. Levitt
Bellevue
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Amos
Treasury to undergo efficiency tests for all government staff
Secretary MacVeagh expands the reform begun in commerce and labor to the treasury department. He appoints three assistant secretaries with Norton as chairman to oversee the new system. Cards are issued to every employee and division chief for self and peer assessments on work quality and appointment status.
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Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Dublin
N. H
MacVeagh
Norton
Heirs Fight For Million Acres Near Marietta
In Marietta Ohio an 1788 Ohio company land grant deeded to Admiral John Paul Jones in 1792 is now in dispute. Attorney A Dewey Follett seeks possession basing on records while Mrs Gombault of Paris France claims the land as Jones heirs. She shows a deed of trust amid poverty forcing her action.
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Marietta, O
Marietta
Ohio Company
John Paul Jones
A. Dewey Follett
Gombaultt
Paris
France
Washington County
Jones
Veterans Pack St Louis For Grand Army Encampment
Salt Lake City dispatch reports the forty third Grand Army of the Republic encampment with about 50 000 veterans and visitors in St Louis. Drums and fife corps parade streets as headquarters bands provide music. Five of fourteen living past commanders in chief attend including General S S Burdett of Washington and Eli Torrance.
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Salt Lake City
Grand Army of the Republic
Rps
Burdett
Washington
Eli Torrance
Stockholm Strikes Relax as City Sees Busier Streets
Stockholm shows livelier streets as carts and street cars operate despite strikers threats. King Gustave rides without escort past headquarters. Gas and electric plants run without interruption while railroad employers ponder joining. Rumors of strike collapse spread as workers chafe at leaders' tactics.
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Stockholm
Gustave
White swallow found in unused oats box at Lenox barn
George Parker of Lenox Massachusetts found a white swallow in an oats box in his barn. The box had been unopened for two years and Parker believes the bird entered before 1907 and fed on oats, its confinement bleaching its feathers.
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Lenox
Mass
George Parker
Parker
Neighborhood court hears assault case in Silver Cliff area
Mayor Bradford's court held a morning session with numerous Silver Cliff residents as witnesses in the Ohio versus Jennie Moore assault case. The warrant filed by John Donovan accuses Mrs. Moore of assaulting his wife Clara Donovan.
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Bradford
Silver Cliff
Ohio
Jennie Moore
Moore
John Donovan
Clara Donovan
O. V. Wells
Four hundred drown in Kobe coral fleet disaster
A violent storm offshore Kobe capsized coral boats and drowned four hundred and fifty fishermen. The disaster occurred as the fleet units battled towering seas with crews from Japan. Rescue efforts continued as authorities investigated the storm’s fury.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
Two men killed by B. and O. train in Chicago crossing
James Cannon a boiler maker and Dennis Crowley his helper were struck and killed at a railway crossing in Chicago this morning by a B. & Q. line train. The accident happened as the men were near the crossing and the crew could not avert the collision. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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Chicago
James Cannon
Dennis Crowley
Greece Replies To Turkish Demands Over Crete Annexation
Athens delivers a formal, lengthy reply to Turkey denying hostile intent toward Crete and asserting Greece’s continued efforts to maintain friendly ties with Turkey. In Canea, Crete, the Greek flag was lowered after evacuation by international troops amid protests by four protecting powers.
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Athens
Greece
Crete
Turkey
Canea
Well Known Actor Dies Suddenly
Richard Goulden, a well known actor, died suddenly on a houseboat in New York this morning.
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New York
Richard Goulden
Weather forecast for Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania today and Wednesday with light to moderate north and northeast winds. West Virginia also expects fair weather today and Wednesday.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Autopsy Confirms Slaying of Anna Schumacher in Rochester
Rochester police pursue a suspect in the case of Anna Schumacher a seventeen year old girl whose body was found buried in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Coroner Henry Kleinstein reports she was choked and beaten after a criminal assault with brutal injuries observed. A broken spade from St Bernard's seminary pig pen is a key clue near the scene and investigators believe the killer is not a tramp and may still be in the city.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anna Schumacher
Holy Sepulchre
Henry Kleindienst
Seminary
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Appendicitis Victim Better After Seattle Exposition Trip
Mrs. W. R. Forsythe of Kimbolton recovering from a severe appendicitis attack. While visiting relatives in Enterprise Oregon she fell ill and needed emergency surgery at a La Grande hospital. Doctors Molli tor and Anderson supervised the operation after a special train transported her there.
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W. R. Forsythe
Kimbolton
B. J. Forsythe
Enterprise
Oregon
Seattle
la Grande
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Holland
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Ninth Illinois Cavalry
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Calker
Mississippi
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G. A. R. Reunion
St. Louis
Atlantic City
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