Schley Victory Message Sidetracked by Sampson Dispatch Mixup
Washington report details court of inquiry findings on who first notified the navy department of the victory over Cervera. It explains Schley’s message was intercepted due to competing cables from Lieut. Iglunton and Lieut. Sears, and that Sampson’s dispatch became the public’s first recognition of victory.
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Schley
Sears
Iglunton
Sampson
Staunton
Santiago
Washington
Santiago Harbor
Ellis
Brooklyn
Cristobal Colon
Oregon
Victory
Secretary of Navy
Cervera
Schley Denies Receiving Message About Santiago Claim
Schley and his attorneys deny ever receiving Sampson's May 22 dispatch stating Spaniards were in Santiago. Hear admiral Cotton testified that he delivered a similar dispatch to Schley on May 27.
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Schley
Sampson
Santiago
Cotton
Torpedo Boats On Picket Washington Court Testimony
Capt Wise resumed the Schley court stand stating he did not direct Sigsbee to signal that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor. Spencer Wood testified on picket lines at Cienfuegos while Capt Harber denied a picket there. The witness noted torpedo boats were forgotten during the war and spoke of dispatch changes between Schley and the department.
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Washington
Wise
Schley
Sigsbee
Santiago Harbor
Spencer Wood
Cienfuegos
Rayner
Harber
The
Texas
Cienfuegos Harbor
Hanna
Harvard
Department
Sweeping injunction restricts election inspectors in city
Judge Leathers grants a restraining order that bars the election commissioners and mayor from recognizing or appointing inspectors other than the named plaintiffs. It forbids delivering ballots and supplies to anyone but the plaintiffs and blocks any sworn-in inspectors except those elected or specified by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leathers
Cleck Geckler
Common Council
Sampson Is Rejected For Stayton Representation
Washington September 27 A written application by Admiral Sampson asking that Attorney W H Stayton of New York be permitted to represent his interests was submitted to the court Friday afternoon Admiral Dewey said the request would not be granted Stayton presented the application and resumed his seat outside the rail
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Washington
Admiral Sampson
W. H. Stayton
New York
Dewey
Stayton
Will Recover 210000: Secret Service Traces Stolen Funds
Secret service agents report recovery of 200000 last week from the Carter theft totaling 750000. In July 110000 was recovered, with securities and cash valued at 400000 traced to Chicago depositories and then to an eastern city. Agents have gone to seize the funds.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Oberlin M. Carter
Huntington
W. Va
Three Boys Struck by Knickerbocker at West Street Crossing
A cart carrying Bennie Howard of 119 Greeley St and two other boys was hit by the Knickerbocker special on the Big Four West Street crossing at 6 10 p m Thursday. Howard jumped clear with minor injuries while the other boys were thrown clear outside the rails. The mule pulling the cart was badly crippled and had to be killed.
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Bennie Howard, i
Greeley St
Fred Arom
Knickerbocker
West-st
Howard
Patterson Cleared of Assault and Battery Charge
Police judge Daly released Billy Patterson from a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after testimony showed self defense. Patterson had previously stabbed John Morrison at a Winds Street saloon, Morrison being near death for many hours. Patterson bore a good reputation, and the evidence inclined toward self defense.
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Daly
Billy” Patterson
John Morrison
Patterson
Morrison
Four Dead In A Well Northfield Center Ohio
Mrs Perry Curtis and her three young children were found drowned in a well north of Northfield Center Ohio. Authorities believe Mrs Curtis drowned the children and then herself after recently leaving an asylum. Her husband had been away from home for days.
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Northfield Center
Perry Curtis
Cold Blooded Fake Ties to Indianap lis News Lie
Mrs. Morgan Huffman of Keuts Indiana writes to Postmaster McGinnis asking for a clearer description of a bloody shirt and clothing found along Fall Creek three weeks ago. She says her missing husband may have been the suicide and describes him as a well built man with brown hair and eyes and a tan shirt and shoes. The shirt used by the fake death story was white with a blue stripe and the note’s handwriting is linked to a local newspaper man.
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Indianapolis
Morgan Huffman
Keuts
Ind
McGinnis
Fall Creek
Morgan's Palatial Train Heads to Golden Gate
J Pierpont Morgan and 14 guests depart New York bound for San Francisco for the Protestant Episcopal general convention. A chef and staff accompany the party. Morgan has leased the Charles Croker mansion in Frisco. The six car train travels with the Empire State Express to Buffalo then Lake Shore to Chicago.
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New York
Golden Gate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Protestant Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Sherry’s
President McKinley
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Chicago
Charles Croker
Frisco
Auburn prison holds Leon Czolgosz before execution
Leon F. Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley, is kept under two guards in Auburn prison until Oct. 28 when he will be taken to the death chair. He may see only a priest, and a large crowd watched as he was moved from Buffalo to Auburn. He collapsed, was revived by brandy, and later dressed in prison garb before entering a cell. He expressed regret en route but maintained he acted alone.
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Auburn Prison
Buffalo
Caldwell
Czolgosz
Auburn
Nominee Bookwalter Repeats The Charge At Flaskamp Hall
Republicans held a large meeting at Flaskamp's hall on Hilside avenue and Seven teenth street. Mayoral nominee Bookwalter accused the city of withholding about 50,000 in debts not recorded on books. Councilman Negley cited rising indebtedness as proof. Other speakers included Judge Stubbs and Frank Littleton.
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Negley
Judge. Stubbs
Weieneseiee Irwin
Frank Littleton
J. Robison
Republican Club
Bookwalter
Prosecutor Ruckelshaus
James Collins
John McFarland
Henry C. Sickels
Street payrolls rise as Board approves repairs
The street repair payroll for the week ending Sept 26 amounts to 1380.66, up from 994.16 last week, with prior weeks listed at 767, 473.47, and 438.80. A separate permanent street repairs payroll totals 456.08, compared with 310.18 last week. A resolution authorized cement walks and curbs on Pickens street from Nineteenth to the alley north of Twentieth, while a remonstrance against wooden block paving on Temple avenue from Washington to New York, with 18 names, was filed. C Bender was awarded a 1000 partial estimate for new engine houses.
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Board of Works
Sahm
Czolgosz Makes Conflicting Statements En Route to Auburn
Amid travel to Auburn, Czolgosz smoked cigars and claimed sorrow for Mrs McKinley while denying accomplices in the president’s murder. He said he did not know the man arrested in St Louis who claimed to have tied the handkerchief. Through Jailer Mitchell he sent his father a note saying he left such a bad name.
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Czolgosz
Auburn
McKinley
St. Louis
Mitchell
Chambers Goes South to Leg for Fairbanks
A dispatch from Atlanta reports Col. Smiley N. Chambers of Indianapolis traveling to Georgia to secure Republican support for Senator Fairbanks’s 1947 presidential nomination. He says Fairbanks will likely be presented at the next national convention with Indiana’s solid delegation backing, with plans to extend the trip to other Georgia cities.
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Atlanta
Political leaders clash over city books inspection
Republican nominee Bookwalter declined Mayor Taggart's invitation to inspect Indianapolis city books at City Hall. He argued books balance and claimed some debts and allowances are concealed in pigeon holes. Taggart countered that books are public and rejected the charges as false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Taggart
Court House
Mayor Indicted for Police Action Failure in Lexington
Lexington officials report mayor Duncan and the city police leadership faced indictments on charges tied to failing to compel arrests of pool room operators. The mayor, the chief of police, and the chief of detectives are named in the case.
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Lexington
Duncan
Republican slate tours Nordyke & Marmon plants
Republican nominee Bookwalter with Maj Megrew and W B Holton toured Nordyke Marmon West Indianapolis plants Friday morning. They shook hands with workers through the machine shop and women’s department, distributing cigars and badges while being greeted by an amiable crowd and many Maguire buttons.
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Bookwalter
Maj
Megrew
W. B. Holton
Nordyke & Marmon
Indianapolis
Holton
Union
DePoy Granted Divorce After Hasty Self Prosecution
Mary DePoy wins divorce from William B DePoy after he represents himself in court and questions his wife about private life matters. Judge Leathers oversees the case granting Mrs DePoy all real estate and half the personal property, with life interest to support their child, amid testimony of alleged insanity and cocaine use.
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Mary DePoy
William B. DePoy
Judge Leathers
DePoy
Leathers
George Bone
Mrs. DePoy
Irvington
Georgia
Lfe
Barroom clash after Maguire meeting shocks ward 13
An evening at the Columbia hall saloon after a Maguire gathering ended in a barroom dispute. Edward Lyons, a Maguire worker, and Charley Heinrichs clashed when Lyons toasted Bookwalter leading to a scuffle as Heinrichs grabbed Lyons by the neck.
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Columbia Hall
Edward Lyons
Maguire
Charley Seinrichs
Jack Moriarity
Moriarity
Lyons
Heinrichs
Pullman Granted Divorce After Desertion Suit
Mrs Pullman receives $1000 yearly alimony as circuit court dissolves marriage from George M Pullman amid desertion claims. Testimony links Pullman to Mrs Blanche Bowers, wife of a famed songwriter, who sues for alienation of affection. Pullman, in San Francisco, rumored engaged to Miss West sister of his brother Saniers wife.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Lynne Fernald
Pullman
Blanche Bowers
New York
Bowers
Tunnels Plan to Bypass Crossings on West Side Street
City engineer Jeup examined the proposed new street from Grover street to Washington street along the White River. The route would run under the Big Four and Vandalia crossings to avoid dangerous crossings, about 2,500 feet long, with Jeup favoring the plan.
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City
Jeup
Grover St
West Indiannapolis
Washington St
White River
Kentucky-ave
Grover
Washington-sts
Czolgosz Interview From Auburn Train Pickup
The Evening Times reports an Auburn dispatched interview with Leon Czolgosz after the Rochester to Auburn leg. He says he never relented after deciding the deed and would not turn back even if caught. He expresses remorse yet insists he did his duty and fears his fate, while a prison doctor cites fear as the main cause of his distress.
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Rochester
N. Y
Evening Times
Auburn
Czolgosz
Temple of Music
Oil Tank Explosion Kills Six in Newark
An Essex and Hudson gas company oil tank exploded in Newark on Thursday killing Lawrence Kirch William Meyer Otto Newman Alfred Snyder Nicholas Miller and an unidentified man. Seven others were injured and the fire is believed caused by a spark.
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Essex and Hudson Gas Company
Lawrence Kirch
Wm. Meyer
Otto Newman
Alfred Snyder
Nicholas Miller
What Will Dunn Do On City Loan And Funds
The council finance committee will report on a temporary loan tax levy and appropriations and a transfer of 500 dollars in city hospital funds Friday night. It is not expected to grant Controller Dunn more than 34 360 dollars, though it asked him to obtain city attorney opinion on a 92 000 dollar loan. The speculation is that if Dunn receives less than 92 000 dollars he may delay paying police and fire payrolls, with blame on the administration.
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Council Finance Committee
Dunn
Finance Committee
Community obituaries and local notices from Indianapolis
James Redforth 71 dies after visiting daughter in Anderson and funeral planned in Indianapolis. George W. Dowell funeral set for Sunday with body sent to Mason Illinois. Central College of Physicians opens session Monday with Dr Walker Schell speaking. Large kindergarten penny boxes distributed. about 3009 women to canvass house to house. Bertha Marschoke sues street car company for 20000 with husband Frederick also suing. Ex-Attorney General Miller files supreme court brief in Gallup tax case. Gallup estate owes 52746.69 back taxes. executor Edward Gallup claims New Hampshire residency. Minnie Jacobs, 14, jailed for stealing savings bank. admits taking $20. John Shea to have jury trial Wednesday in liquor law case. Woodmen of the World officers Josiah Towne and W E Cady hosted reception. South Indianapolis improvement company incorporated with 100000 capital. new manufacturing addition planned. Local court to try Albert Kirk et al. October 4 for drunkenness and assault. Dr James W Adams dies September 14 in Des Moines. Reiffel Packing and Provision Company of Indianapolis, 10000 stock, incorporated. officers named.
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Bertha A. Marschoke
Virginia Ave
Frederick
W. H. H. Miller
United States Supreme Court
William P. Gallup
Gallup
Edward P. Gallup
New Hampshire
Minnie Jacobs
S. Delaware Sr
John Shea
Henry Seyfried
Henry Spaan
Josiah Towne
W. E. Cad
Kirk
Washington
James W. Adams
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Reiffel Packing and Provision Company of
Martin Reiiffel
Lewis Metre, Jr
Edmund Doetz
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at 6 p m on September 28 calls for fair weather Friday night and Saturday. Temperatures are 60 at 7 a m, 78 at noon, and 80 at 2 p m. In general, warmer conditions are expected across Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, with possible rain in Michigan and northern Illinois.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
A Coffin at His Gate in Nevatrro County Texas
In Fort Worth Texas on September 27 a troubling report from Nevatrro county describes white capper intimidation. A farmer named Thomas Collins found a coffin at his gate containing buckshot and a note threatening his life. Collins testified in local option cases amid rising tension and emigration by several parties, mostly African Americans, leaving the area.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Nevatrro County
Thomas Collins
Burial of Prince Henri in Paris Funeral Held
Burial services for Prince Henri of Orleans were conducted in Paris today for a funeral following his death in Saigon on August 9. The body was placed in a hearse for transport to Dreux for the burial ceremony, with services in the capital concluding before departure.
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Paris
Henri of Orleans
Saigon
Cochin China
Dreux
Irda
Judge Wilson Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Judge Wilson was buried in Oak Hill cemetery on Thursday. The report notes President Roosevelt spanks his children when they disobey him. Secretary Gage has left for a vacation to be spent in Chicago and Colorado. Mrs. McKinley’s annual pension is expected to be fixed at $5,000 by Congress with no objection anticipated. The government plans to remove penniless prospectors from Cape Nome to prevent starvation.
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Wilson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Roosevelt
Gage
Chicago
Colorado
McKinley
Congress
Cape Nome
Grippe cures touted in early health ads
An OCR fragment touts microbe causes of grippe and promotes Cascarety Candy Cathartic Dr widen as a system tonic. It mentions a quick permanent ee and credits a BSc with a 60. v designation, implying a medical advertising claim from a past era.
Anti-Saloon League Endorses Bookwalter In City Election
The Anti-Saloon League led by Rev. R Hunter backs Republican mayoral candidate Bookwalter, citing his temperance pledges. It scores other candidates including Maguire Dungan Stubbs Barnett Laut and various ward choices, while noting undecided or cautious stances. The Civic Alliance scheduled a 4 a.m. meeting to discuss endorsements.
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Indorse
Alliance
Anti-saloon League
Bookwalter
League
Charles Maguire
Sutton
Harris
Marsee
Little Choice
Wysong
Turpin
Barnes
Hopkins
Republian
Songstock
Wolsiffer
Sengstock
Henry Laut, Jr
Civic Alliance
Pang Yim's son to join him in Indiana trip this fall
Pang Yim, a Chinese merchant on Virginia Ave, plans to return to China this fall with his eight year old son and then bring the boy back to Indiana. Details note Yim’s past marriage to a white woman, subsequent separation, and a multiple letter identification scheme with local and Pacific port collectors to ease his travel. Joint business ties include Pang Wih Jung and Moy Kee. Jung shown with Second Presbyterian membership credentials.
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Pang Yim
Virginia-ave
China
Indiana
Indianapolis
Yim
George Carter
Pang Wih Jung
Moy Kee
Goveror
Jung
Customs
Pacific
May Kee
Second Presbyterian Church
Spinday
Second Presbyterian
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Schley Court
Baldwin's
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Leon F. Czolgosz
Mclkinley
Bookawlier
Flaskamp’s Hall
Hilside-ave
Teenth St
Mrs. McKinley
Chambers
Fairbanks
Bookwalter Watson Taggart
Bookswalter
West Indianapolis
Newark
N. J
City Life
James Redforth
Anderson
Central College of Physicians
Walker Schell
Terre Haute
George W. Dowell
Hill Ave
Mason, Hi
Prince Henri
Washington Chat
Rev. R. ¥. Hunter
C. A. Bookwalter
the League
Ber
Thomas
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