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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
1
Enlisted sailors dispute a proposed training scheme, arguing officers are not adequately prepared to represent the navy. The contention centers on misalignment between officer oversight and enlisted needs, signaling dispute over readiness and leadership.
The piece argues Admiral Melville accepts the naval personnel act but warns officer and manpower issues. It discusses promoting warrant machinists to commissions, potential effects on discipline, and the tension between training shipboard engineers and preserving traditional rank structure.
London reports a long list of honors and promotions in remembrance of South African services. Lord Methuen is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Major General Kitchener receives the Order of the Bath, and Major General French and Ian Hamilton are promoted to lieutenant general.
A large crowd gathered as Molineux took the stand amid a dramatic courtroom scene. Supporters and spectators filled the room as the key witness prepared to testify, drawing intense public interest.
John McEndree of Martinsville has confessed, with Rufus Cantrell, to stealing over twenty bodies from Indiana cemeteries. Detectives anticipate further arrests of prominent white men as the probe expands, with authorities warning more suspects remain at large.
Miss Lulu Barney a 22 year old Elkhart society girl was fatally wounded by Dr Harry Guimyer a local dentist after a dispute over their long romance. Attorney Turner forced a confession from Guimyer who said he was drunk and did not blame others. Miss Barney remained weak but alive briefly and testified that she did not expect the shooting.
W K Vanderbilt was fined 10 francs and sentenced to two days in jail after being convicted by default for speeding in Paris. He may appeal to the Supreme Court or face arrest on return to France. The incident occurred September 12 on the way from Maison Lafitte races. His lawyer, Chas Le Frere, was surprised by the disposition.
Special Despatch reports a Bowling Green inquiry into whether Mrs Adeline Duncan of Bowling Green is dead alive or impersonated by others. Letters from Anderson Marion and Toledo prompt police probes. no conclusive identification yet of Mrs Hill or Miss May George as the real Mrs Duncan.
Miss Marian Jones daughter of Senator John P Jones of Nevada is announced to wed Robert Farquhar of Boston The U S tennis champion is described as well known and her fiancé is listed with a brief note on Farquhar
In Cleveland on October 31 Mayor Johnson clashed with Republican Tax Board official William Mylechraine in public a street scuffle near a noonday Republican meeting. Report says Johnson’s fist struck Mylechraine amid heated exchanges with Democrats alleging false taxation claims.
Ada Bryant of Georgetown, once linked to George M. Barnes, has been identified as Mrs. J. Craig Havemeyer of New York City. The divorcee, once a miner’s daughter, rose to wealth after a long pursuit from a failing health start to prominence.
J Pierpont Morgan visited Chicago on October 31 seen at the Chicago Club and the horse show. He declined interviews and did not confirm business talks though rumors tied his trip to the combine of harvester companies and merging interests. Morgan was accompanied by Frank Sturgess and J Lanier of New York.
The President departs for Manassa with Secretary Root Surgeon General Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou for hunting and brief travel. He plans bird shooting on Sunday and battlefield riding Monday before visits to Oyster Bay Philadelphia and New York.
Henry Douglas, an ice wagon driver of Paducah Kentucky, learned a former tramp he aided two years ago named him as beneficiary of a life insurance policy worth 5000 dollars. The benefactor was James Holman a soldier who died in a Manila hospital.
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