American Cup Duel Ends In Narrow Columbia Victory
New York September 28 the Columbia defeated Shamrock II in a gripping forty mile sprint by thirty nine seconds on a windward leeward course. The close race featured expert seamanship and dramatic near encounters as both crews battled for the coveted cup.
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New York
Columbia
Thomas Lipton
Charlie Barr
Sycamore
Shamrock
Lord Dunraven
New York Harbor
America
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Long Island
South Atlantic
Ohio Democrats bar Bryan and Hill from speaking tours
Columbus reports reveal Democratic leaders in Ohio refuse to invite or permit speeches by William Jennings Bryan or David Bennett Hill this year. The plan envisions limited public discourse in Democratic counties and engineered silence on national issues, with home talent delivering talks under state committee revision.
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Ohio
David Bennett Hill
New York
National Democratic Party
New Yorker
Nebraskan
Bryan
Hill
Ohio Committee
Hamilton
Montgomery
Clark
Muskingum
State Committee
Cincinnati
Dayton
Zanesville
Lorenzo D. Abel
Joseph Dowling
Bucyrus
Schley Court Hearing Details Cipher Testimony
In the Schley court of inquiry Captain McCalla testified about the Eagle’s role and the cruiser’s waterlogged condition while Lieutenant Commander Southerland described signals and actions off Santiago. Cipher expert Barnes argued the May 28 1898 Schley despatch was accurately translated from Harvard Kingston dispatches.
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Washington
Schley
McCalla
Marblehead
W. H. H. Southerland
Eagle
Spain
Licieutenant
Cassius B. Barnes
Navy Department
Department
Harvard
Kingston
Southerland
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Mr. Slayton
Admiral Sampson
Brooklyn
Evans
Z . Rayner
Barnes
London Crowd Reacts To Shamrock II Finish
September 28 London crowds watched the Shamrock II lead at the turn but the Columbia won after red rockets announced its triumph. The spectacle drew cheers and groans on the Thames embankment and at Crystal and Alexandra palaces as disbelief gave way to cautious judgment about final results. Hotels reported American bettors offering 2 to 1 on Columbia.
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Crystal and Alexandra Palaces
Thames Embankment
Columbia
Shamrock Sr
Syrian escape from prison stir in Cincinnati tale
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune from Columbus details efforts to pardon Abraham Dabrouge a Syrian sentenced to one year for six stolen typewriters. The report claims Turkish government opposition and Syrian-American factions both aid and hinder his bid for clemency as inspectors weigh if funds from abroad influence the case.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Abraham Dabrouge
Cincinnati
Dabrouge
Toledo
Cleveland
Syria
Abdul el Hamid
State Board of Pardons
Miss Hanna Names U S Warship Cleveland
Bath Me September 28 Great interest attended the launching at the Bath Iron Works of the United States cruiser Cleveland. Miss Hanna Ruth Hanna with a silver hatchet christened the cruiser and American champagne flowed as the ship slid free. The Cleveland is a protected cruiser authorized by Congress in 1899 with a 232 foot water line and 3 200 ton displacement, armed with ten five inch guns and several small armaments.
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Bath Iron Works
United States
Cleveland
Ruth Jlanna
Hanna, Frye
Hale Ane
Littlefield
Hanna
Lipton Deems Regatta Fair Despite Loss on Erin Deck
New York set pieces as Sir Thomas Lipton calls the race fair and square though Shamrock was beaten. Captains Wringe Morgan Barr reflect on wind limits and Columbia's comeback after the outer mark. Lipton remains hopeful for better breeze in future contests.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Bob Wringe
The
Erin
Sir Thomas
F. D. Morgan
Columbia
Barr
Republican campaign to begin with Delaware mass meeting
The Republican Speakers Bureau plans a rapid campaign with many engagements after the opening mass meeting at Delaware. Senators Hanna Foraker and Fairbanks are slated to speak, while Governor Nash and Governor Shaw join the slate, focusing on state issues and taxation. Campaign clubs will be organized actively with D. Q. Morrow and Urban Hester directing efforts.
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Republican State Committee
Delaware
Erie County
Senator Patterson
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
Senator Hanna
McKinley
Nash
Shaw
Iowa
Tom Johnson
Sam Jones
Ohio
Chauncey M. Depew
General Henderson
House
Senator Fairbanks
Fairbanks
D. Q. Morrow
Republican
Urban H. Hester
H. Kirtland
Hanna and Ruth Hanna Pass Boston Bound for Bath Me
Senator Hanna and his daughter Ruth travel via Boston toward Bath Maine where Miss Hanna will christen the cruiser Cleveland. Hanna expresses optimism Roosevelt will carry forward McKinley policy and reciprocity plans while noting several treaties to be considered in the next Congress. He declines to discuss McKinley’s assassin.
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Hanna
Ruth
Bath
Cleveland
Roosevelt
McKinley
Washington
Buffalo
Jamaica
Nebraska Methodist conference votes to admit women delegates
In David City Nebraska on September 28 the Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Conference approved a rule change by a 96 to 5 vote to allow women to serve as lay delegates to the General Conference.
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David City
Neb
Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Conference
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