Meriwether Fight Case At Naval Academy Heard
The court martial at the Naval Academy heard arguments on Meriwether's conduct during a secret fight with Midshipman Branch. Lawyers disputed whether Branch provoked, whether falls caused death, and if discipline or manslaughter fits. testimony contrasted physicians and witnesses amid calls for cautious punishment.
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Naval Academy
Branch
Meriwether
The
Hartford
Judge Advocate
Roosevelt Praises Jews For Patriotic Conduct
A Carnegie Hall gathering marked the 250th anniversary of Jews in America with addresses from ex president Cleveland and other leaders. Roosevelt’s letter read aloud lauded Jewish loyalty and contributions to American nationhood and civic life.
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Cleveland
America
Commercial Tribune
New York
Carnegie Hall
Frank W. Higgins
George B. McClellan
New York City
David Greer
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mayer Sulsberger
Pereira Mendes
Fairbanks
Jacob H. Schiff
Frank Damrosch
Russia
Schiff
Mr. Cleveland
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Williams Street
Higgins
Moses
McClellan
Bishop Greer
Sulsberger
Mendes
Rescue on Santa Fe Train Thwarts Thirsty Death
In Randsbury California a freight crew rescued Richardson after spotting a coat bundle and bank draft along the rails. He said he walked from Death Valley with two burros dying of thirst, having been without water forty eight hours before the train officer found him and brought him to Barstow.
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Commercial Tribune
Randsburg
Cal
Navy
Richardson
Rodriguez
Kramer
Santa Fe
Barstow
Death Valley
Kloppenburg elects Hubbarth mayor in four year cycle
Kloppenburg held its first election in four years last night choosing Charles A. Hubbarth as Burgomeister with 338 of 558 votes for the Quail ticket. The Independents claimed victory as rivals the Turkeys and Rabbits trailed. Charlie Ross Jr upset Charlie Ross Sr for Schautenkratzer, while Harry Horstmeyer and Charles Newman earned village posts.
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Kloppenburg
Charles A. Hubbarth
Charlie
Charlie Ross
Schautenkratzer
Avondale
Mt. Auburn
Clifton
Corryville
Charlie Hubbarth
Harry Horstmeyer
Schotzmeister
Charles Newman
Harry Weyman
Scramble for Pennies at English Woolen Mills
Excitement filled Fifth and Race streets as English Woolen Mills Company workers tossed a peck of pennies to a crowd. The annual event drew shoppers and families before noon with a frenzied scramble among young and old, girls among them.
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English
Woolen Mills Company
Obituaries for M Chesney Taussig Curtis and Anson
Obituaries report the sudden death of Ensign M Chesney dean of Syracuse University College of Fine Arts and professor of music painting and languages. Also noted are the deaths of Geo Taussig in St Louis and Colonel William P Curtis in Kentucky with survivors and estates described. Henry Anson founder of Marshalltown Iowa died of pneumonia leaving a son Adrian Anson in Chicago.
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Ensign M'Chesney
College of Fine Arts
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Geo. Taussig
St. Louis
Bap
Taussig
Cincennnati
John R. Wright
William P. Curtis
New Orleans
Richmond
Patty Clay
Earl Curtis
Curtis
Kentucky
Henry Anson
Marshalltown
Iowa
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
Marshall County
Mutual Life Probe Drama Tangles Morgan and Erie
The Financial Times reports a tangle over a proposed deal involving the Mutual Life Insurance Company, J. P. Morgan, and the Erie Railroad. Morgan allegedly faced pressure to back a 8,960,000 purchase of 56,000 shares of C., H. & D. stock at 160, with financing via Erie bonds. The plan reportedly would shift a railroad system to Morgan’s influence, with commissions and complex trust arrangements. The probe risks exposing whether Mutual Life funds were used to back brokerage gains and railroad transfers, as Morgan prepares to testify before a New York Legislative Committee.
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Pennsylvania
New York Central
Erie
Morgan
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual
Mutual Life
J. P. Morgan
Legislative Investigating Committee of
New York
Morgan & Co
H. B. Hollins & Co
The
Wall Street
Underwood
HL & D
Great Central System
Great Central
Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton
Illinois Central Adds Chicago to Nashville Through Service
Illinois Central will start a new vestibule passenger train between Chicago and Nashville on December 10. The southbound departure is 5:25 p.m. from Chicago with arrival next morning at an early hour, and the northbound run leaves Nashville at 7:15 p.m. arriving in Chicago at 9:30 a.m. The service uses IC main line from Chicago to Hopkinsville Kentucky and the Tennessee Central from there to Nashville. IC to take control of 80 miles of line on December 1, marking the first through Chicago to Nashville service by the railroad.
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Chicago
South
Illinois Central Railroad
Nashville
Tennessee Central
Illinois Central
Time Table of 1872 Highlights A&GW Advantages
A 1872 Atlantic & Great Western timetable, now part of the Erie system, shows early railroad advertising. It touts Cincinnati morning coaches and through cars to New York with reserved seats, plus broad gauge. Officials listed include D. E. Holmes, W. B. Tinney, A. Y. Lindsay, and Albert Snyder.
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Atlantic & Great Western
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad
Erie System
H. E. Huntington
Cincinnati
New York
Erie
D. E. Holmes
Kentucky Railroad Commission Report Figures from Bankfort
The annual report shows Kentucky railroad mileage valued at 55,999,546 with property valued at 61,149,924. Mileage totals 3,874. Gross receipts rose from 194 to 34,856,447, while net receipts dropped from 9,552,263 to 9,134,967. The record notes 1033 wounded, 77 employee deaths, 132 passenger deaths, and 263 wounded.
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Commercial Tribune
Bankfort
Railroad Commission
Kentucky
Thanksgiving Weather Delights Nation as Cold Wave Passes
A sharp cold wave brought feasible Thanksgiving weather with feathery snow in places and a clear day across the country. Cincinnati recorded a low of 24 degrees and a high of 29 as the cold air moved from beyond the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast.
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Turkey
Mississippi
Atlantic
Cincinnati
Mutiny in St Petersburg and Sevastopol Battles Reach Crisis
Telegrams report a telegraph workers strike in St Petersburg alongside mutinous fleets at Sevastopol. Reports detail mutinies, street fighting, and countermeasures as government moves toward martial law and looming civil unrest across Russia.
Warlock deadlock widens in Russian postal strike
Warsaw reports near total stalemate between postal and telegraph workers and authorities as soldiers refuse to replace striking operators. Fears grow of a general strike in Russian Poland amid arrests and exile of opponents. In Sebastopol, rebel fleet assaults loyal ships while coast batteries fire back, mutineers are pursued and capture follows.
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Chouknin
Pateleimon
Baron Meller Gakomelskle
Seventh Army Corps
Sebastopol
Novosti
Schmidt
Baron Meller Gakomelskie
Brest
Listok
Biriloff
Marine
Sevastopol
Russia
Poland
St. Petersburg
Post and Telegraph Departments
Warsaw
Moscow
Russian
Rostislav
Sacken
Pamyat Azova
Svirepy
Otchakoff
Burglar Note Flips Stash in Lincoln Post Office
In Able near Lincoln a burglary left a note “Shame to take money” after robbers rifled the post office. Only $1.85 was taken. Inspector Moore suspects amateurs rather than professionals, who would not have left the taunting note.
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Lincoln, Neb
Able
Lincoln
Moore
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