Dewey Files Suit for Naval Bounty at Court of Claims
Admiral George Dewey filed a claim for naval bounty from the Manila Bay battle on May 1 1898. The action, first of its kind, aims to set precedent for thousands of similar claims and involves several vessels and prize money disputes related to Spanish-American War actions. The Navy Secretary and Attorney General refer the cases for judicial determination.
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Washington
George Dewey
Court of Claims
Manila Bay
Navy Department
Spain
Secretary of the Navy
Attorney General
United States
New York
Santiago
Cuba
Concord
United States Steamship Manning
Ericcson
Yale
United States Battle Ship
Massachusetts
McCulloch
Texas
Almirante Oquendo
Infanta Marie Teresa
Vizcaya
Cristobal Colon
Pluton
Furor
Reina Mercedes
United States Steamship
Hist
Estrella
Cuba Espana
Delgado
Manzanillo
Congress
Executive Departments
President McKinley to Protect Veterans Rights Amid Order
Special Dispatch reports President McKinley will issue a federal order to safeguard veterans rights under new rules. G A R commander John W Kay cites cases of discharge at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and other departments. The order will prohibit dismissals without good substantial reasons.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
McKinley
State Department
John W. Kay
Walter Thorne
Long
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tragic elopement ends in cemetery murder suicide
Ray Sutton killed Miss Leona Elmore in City Cemetery at night and then shot himself. The couple had been engaged but the father had objected to the wedding planned for Monday. Sutton had recently been discharged after a Philippines service, and both families are wealthy and prominent.
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Commercial Tribune
Mason City
Ill
Ray Sutton
Leona Elmore
Sulton
Philippines
San Francisco
Carnegie offers 50 000 for memorial library in East Liverpool
East Liverpool Ohio July 15 Andrew Carnegie who lived here in youth offered the city 50000 for a memorial library if a free site is furnished. The offer will be accepted.
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East Liverpool
Andrew Carnegie
Dagley and worker Injured by Falling Boom Pole
Special Dispatch from Asheville reports E. C. Dagley of Muncie Indiana and a colored worker were injured at the North State Electrical Power Company plant when a boom pole fell. Dagley suffered a crushed skull and his injuries are believed fatal. Dagley was an inspector.
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Commercial Tribune
Asheville
N. C
E. C. Dagley
Muncie
Ind
North State Electrical Power Company
Here
Murder charge follows execution defying writ
William Going the Choctaw Indian was executed despite a habeas corpus writ from U S Judge John R Thomas. The judge said he would ensure the law is fully investigated and all guilty parties are brought to justice. The incident heightens tensions over tribal and federal authority in the Indian Territory.
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Kansas City
Tulsa
J. T
William Going
United States
Thomas
Indian Territory
Wife shoots Chicago heir in self defense case
Louis W. Holladay, son of Chicago magnate Jesse W. Holladay, lies fatally wounded in a St. Louis Baptist Sanitarium after being shot by his wife at their home. Mrs. Holladay, Annie Brewster by birth, was arrested and claims self defense after the incident linked to a 1897 meeting in Houston, Texas.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
St. Louis
Louis W. Holladay
Jesse W. Holladay
Baptist Sanitarium
Feudists Retreat After Armed Stand at Morehead Barricade
In Morehead Kentucky on July 15 a large posse pursued the Warmans and Sorrells faction. Seven men from Bath County joined the Warmans to defend against officers. The barricaded house was found empty and fortified with log breastworks. The group, including many armed men and women, crossed the Licking River at dawn and headed toward Breathitt mountains.
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Commercial Tribune
Morehead
Farmer's
Sorrells
Warmans
Bath County
Marshal Scott
Morgan
Licking River
Breathitt
Flagler seeks sanity inquiry into wife amid million dollar fortune
Millionaire Henry M. Flagler has petitioned for a legal inquiry into the sanity of his wife. The move stems from her substantial independent fortune and will enable him to seek guardianship if the court finds her incapable. Dr. Carlos F. McDonald is named as the chief medical witness in the Sanitary ward case.
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Henry Flagler
Commercial Tribune
New York
Henry M. Flagler
Carlos F. McDonald
Sherin
Flagler
Editors At Ease Indiana Editors Association at Winona Lake
Warsaw Ind July 15 The Indiana Republican Association of Editors did not hold a regular session on the second day at Winona Lake and spent the day visiting and enjoying assembly entertainments. No formal program is planned for the week with meetings only occasionally. Governor Haggard is among the attendees and Mrs Ida Wells Barnett gave a lecture on Social Prejudices.
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Commercial Tribune
Warsaw
Ind
Winona Lake
Indiana Republican Association of Editors
Governor Haggard
Ida Wells Barnett
Street Car Motorman Fatally Shot in Mistaken Identity
Vincennes Indiana July 15 Last night Hugh McMahon a street car motorman was fatally wounded by Peter Saeger who mistook him for a burglar while McMahon passed the house of Albert Wheeler a mail carrier next door McMahon may have been peering into a window rather than breaking in He was single and his widowed mother’s sole support and the case remains a mystery
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
Hugh McMahon
Peter Saeger
Albert Wheeler
McMahon
Magistrate orders destruction of forty tons rotten fruit at Lipton jam plant
London July 15 a magistrate ordered the destruction of fourteen tons of rotten fruit seized at the boiling room of Sir Thomas Lipton's jam factory as part of an investigation into improper processing.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Mer cier Is Neat Dreyfus Acquittal and War Minister Trial
A controversial claim suggests if Dreyfus is acquitted, then the War Minister should face trial. Retired General presses to convict, using public platforms to sway opinion and expose alleged failures.
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Dreyfus
Duel a mort likely in Dreyfus trial struggle
Paris dispatch says Dreyfus trial will be a duel a mort with Dreyfusites and anti Dreyfusites staging a decisive fight. If guilty or acquitted the agitation continues as Mercier and Esterhazy tied to secret documents loom in the inquiry and Picquart reveals the dossier details.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Dreyfus
General Mercier
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
General Boulanger
Georges Lebret
Dupuy
Council of War
Rennes
Ist
Council of War of the
Cherche-Midi
Carriere
Cuignet
Court of Cassation
Legal dispute over Mercier case and Dreyfus dossier details
Discussion notes the French constitutional limits on prosecuting a former secretary of war and the Rennes council of war. It details the handling of the Dreyfus dossier including its storage in the general staff, two-key safekeeping, and the roles of officers Gribelin and Picquart in accessing the files.
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Gribelin
Picquart
Dreyfus
M. Gribelin
Federal Referee Vacancy Draws No Applicants in New Albany
In New Albany Indiana a Federal Referee post for the district sits vacant with no applicant. The job pays ten dollars per bankruptcy filed and requires a five thousand dollar bond. Former magistrate J P Huckeby is approached but conditions delay acceptance while petitions await action.
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Commercial Tribune
New Albany
Ind
W. H. Watson
J. P. Huckeby
Olympia sails for Trieste after quarantine approval
The U S cruiser Olympia, having passed a strict quarantine, left Port Said today for Trieste to obtain free pratique before continuing to New York. She is expected to reach Trieste on July 19.
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Olympia
Trieste
Port Said
United States
New York
Three Men Are Killed In Ishkooda Mine unrest
In Ishkooda Alabama Tuesday night three miners were killed by a mob of striking negro workers. Sheriff O'Brien hurried with deputies to restore order as firing continued through the village and homes were attacked. The unrest stems from wage disputes after Georgia workers were brought in.
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O’brien
Thomas
Jesse Lee
Lee
Too Closely Watched Junta Move Abroad
Report says the Filipino Junta will be moved from Hongkong to Labuan, a British colony near Borneo, as American officials have watched Junta members so closely at Hongkong that arms supply to insurgents has become impossible.
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Manila
Hongkong
Labuan
Borneo
Weather Delays Troop Movements in Manila Cable
War Department reports Manila July rainfall of twenty inches with typhoons hindering transport departures. Sixth Infantry unloading stalled at Negros. California loading now. Colorado ships depart tomorrow on Warren with Idaho North Dakota and Wyoming next week once transport Grant is coaled. OTIS.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Negros
California
Colorado
Warren
Idaho
North Dakota
Wyoming
Grant
Roosevelt resting at Oyster Bay all summer
Governor Roosevelt remains at Oyster Bay for rest and says his New York military appointments function is limited to passing names from the War Department. He notes no Seventy-first involvement and that many appointments were made without his consultation.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Youngs
Europe
War Department
Department
Kruger Measured Demands Slow Peace Talks At The Hague
London reports limited progress in Transvaal negotiations with Kruger's measures and Milner's demands not fully met. Chamberlain seeks translation of Kruger's plan while British press growls for war. At The Hague, hints of beyond meaningless chatter and disputed commissions gauge a weak arbitration outcome.
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London
Transvaal
Kruger
Volksraad
Alfred Milner
Mr. Chamberlain
Hague
Prince of Wales
Sir Thomas Lipton
Abolition of Samoan Kingship Advances in Pacific Deal
Reports from Washington say the Samoan Kingship is being removed beyond provisional terms. The three governments reportedly accept this as part of a permanent Samoa government system, with the Samoan Commission’s report likely to be unanimous and treaty action expected to be largely formal.
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Washington
Samoa
Samoan Commission
Warren G A R Denounces Spring Hill Post Over McKinley Comments
Bell Harmon Post of Warren Ohio passes resolutions denouncing a Spring Hill Kansas G A R post for declaring it proper to invoke God to remove President McKinley over H Clay Evans remaining as Commissioner of Pensions. The Warren group calls the language dangerous and asks charter revocation and permanent ban from the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren
Bell Harmon Post
Spring Hill
Kan
William McKinley
H. Clay Evans
Warren G. A. R
Grand Army of the Republic
McKinley Buys Driving Team for 3600
FOX LAKE Wis July 15 President McKinley purchased a team of driving horses from Geo Warren & Sons in Fox Lake for 3600. The sale highlights the president's interest in horse power for transportation and shows notable expenditure in the summer.
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Fox Lake
Wis
McKinley
Geo. Warren & Sons
Bright Side Ramblers Detained in Columbus Train Jumping Case
Peter Zuttering and John Derra of Cincinnati were arrested in Columbus for train jumping after being released from custody. Zuttering, son of a Cincinnati photographer, traveled to Europe as a stowaway before returning home penniless, while Derra left home after a marital quarrel. Both planned to return to Cincinnati when nabbed arriving in Columbus ready to board a train.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Peter Zuttering
John Derra
Cincinnati
Zuttering
Europe
New York
Derra
Fourth at Honolulu as Levi and Sewall Deliver Addresses
Honolulu July 4 ceremonies featured a sunrise national salute and an 8:30 civic parade. Rabbi M S Levi of San Francisco gave the principal address with Harold M Sewall also speaking. Sugar exports for the first half of 1899 rose to 197000 tons valued at 16000000, with arrivals far outnumbering departures, especially Japanese migrants.
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Chicago
Honolulu
Victoria
B. C
Opera House
M. 8. Levi
San Francisco
United States
Harold M.sewall
Hawaiian Islands
Custom House
Hilo
Jese
Harrison Otis Objects to Jamaica Treaty Features
General Harrison Gray Otis returned to Washington from New York to protest parts of the reciprocity agreement with Jamaica. California citrus growers fear Jamaica’s free entry of oranges and lemons would harm their interests, and Otis met with the President and the Secretary of State on their behalf.
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Washington
Harrison Gray Otis
New York
Jamaica
California
Otis
Oil Worker Paralyzed After Well Belt Accident
Findlay Ohio July 15 J H Dailey a driller for John Miller was caught in a belt at an oil well in the Swing addition. He was hurled against the engine his chest struck a rod and he was paralyzed. He lies in a semiconscious state and his recovery is doubtful.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
J. H. Dailey
John Miller
A Wrong Method Commanding General Should Have Noticed
A historical analysis argues the commanding general failed to notice the rebellion’s true strength. It assesses strategic missteps, leadership decisions, and missed indicators in the campaign timeline.
Retirement Rumors Persist Despite Alger Absence
Rumors of a government retirement circulate even though Alger is not in the capital. Resignation stories resurface amid ongoing political chatter and speculation about leadership changes.
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Alger
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