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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1901
Page
1
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings and majority opinion on command at the Battle of Santiago. He rejects further proceedings and declines Sampson’s counsel’s request to reopen the issue. A memorandum quotes the secretary praising the court’s labor and notes the decision to end the matter.
Baltimore December 6 Attorney General Rayner condemned Secretary Leng for a decision in the Schley controversy calling it arbitrary and tyrannical. He said the court ignored Admiral Schley’s testimony and witnesses and claimed Leng rejected conclusive proof. Rayner warned of future steps and suggested the end may rest with higher authority.
The Navy Department in Washington on December 20 1901 approves the court of inquiry findings. It states no further proceedings will be had and notes command questions were excluded. The department forwards brief materials from counsel for Rear Admiral Sampson and related protest discussions regarding Admiral Lampoon and the Santiago battle credit.
Secretary Long announces no action will be taken on command issue after court of inquiry recommendation. A report by the judge advocate and related papers are sent to Rear Admiral Schley. The admiral, at his hotel, declines to comment and plans to leave Washington for New York City.
Washington December. General remarks say Gerre tary Long viewed the formal offer dissolving the Schiry court of inquiry. Admiral Dewey acknowledged receipt and announced the dissolution in accordance with the secretary’s order.
Washington December 2. Cap Francis A Cook lay dangerously ill at the naval hospital in this city as the bureau of navigation closed for the day. The department ordered Laval Cadet Harold B E Cick on urgent duty to Washington. Captain Cook’s son Pat was to join the hospital in this city as the opothec father’s condition improved late tonight.
An 1880s style railroad accident near Seahville Henderson division of the Louisville line killed three workers and left several others seriously injured. The freight train jumped a trench and fell about 130 feet, with workers aboard fatally hurt or fatally injured. Four or five men were listed as dead or fatally hurt, and investigators expected more damage as the train collapsed into the gauge.
A Fayetteville Gazette report says most of the $23,000 stolen from the Lombard Bank in a bold bank robbery was recovered after the bandit fled into the mountains. Only about $50 remains missing as the suspect’s coat and pistol were located yesterday.
A jury awarded $124 738 against Iron Mountain and Southern Battery Company for the destruction of bales of cotton at St Leula. The Wol’ Gohl Meountile company represented the plaintiff. A fire from an unknown source caused the damage during a April event, with testimonies detailing the incident and losses.
December 21 report from Weatington notes Western Texas fair and warmer in the east and south with partly cloudy Monday and brisk coastal winds. Oklahoma and Indian Territory expect rain on Sunday and likely Monday with southerly winds.
In Wieblta Kansas on December 21 the district court cases against Mere Natt and other colleagues were dismissed by the supreme court. The ruling ends all important questions at issue in the matter.
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