Spectacular naval attack on Narragansett forts ends in victory
The combined army and navy squadron led by Rear Admiral Higginson swept through Fort Adams and Fort Wetherell near Narragansett Bay. The Brooklyn Olympla Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts pressed in at ten knots, delivering decisive fire with mortars and rifles. After a rapid, near twenty minute engagement, the forts fell back and ships moved into the bay with running lights and searchlights, while a landing party destroyed cables and searchlights. The Brooklyn sustained damage from an uncharted obstruction and will dock for repairs. no blame assigned.
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Narragansett Bay
Adams
Wetherell
Higginson
Narragansett Fort
Narragansett
Beaver Tail Point
Brooklyn
New Bedford Harbor
Manila
Kearsarge
Alabama
Fort Adams
Fort Wetherell
Conanient Island
Jileginsen
Empire
John J. Purcell
U.S. N
Naval War College
Darling
J. B. Coghlan
North Atlantic
Buzzards Bay
Navy Yard
Block Island
Tompkinsville
New York Navy Yard
Cuba
Guantanamo
Delaware River
East River
Newport
Navy
Francis Rawle Chosen President of National Association
Francis Rawle a Philadelphia lawyer is named president of the American Bar Association. He has served as librarian of the Philadelphia Law Association since 1876 and contributed to Bouvier's Law Dictionary. A Harvard alumnus he was elected an overseer in 1890 after arts and law degrees in 1809 and 1871 respectively.
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Francis Rawle
National Association
American Bar Association
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Law Association
Bouvier
Czarina of Russia III described as seriously ill
Reported 30 years old. mother of four daughters. Former Princess Alexandra Alix, daughter of Ludwig V of Hesse, married to the czar in November 1894 after Alexander III’s death. On moving to Russia she became Alexandra Feodorovna and is said to wield notable influence on the young emperor.
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Czarina
Russia
Alexandra Alix
Ludwig V
Grand Duke of Hesse
Alexander IiI
Alexandra Feodorovna
Death of Edward Eggleston Hoosier author dies at 64
Edward Eggleston author of The Hoosier Schoolmaster and The Graysons died last week at Jones Park Lake George New York at age 64 He was born December 10 1837 in Vevay Indiana His early life included a Methodist circuit traveler period and work as editor for Little Corporal Independent Pearl and Home He later wrote the popular Hoosier Schoolmaster and other books.
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Graysons
Jones Park
Lake George
New York
Edward Eggleston
Joseph Cary Eggiesten
Vevay
Ind
Indiana
Uip
Little Corporal
Chicago
The
Independent
Brooklyn
Pearl and Home
Hoosier
Real wild men found in Celebes district Lamontjong
Two German investigators in Celebes claim to have found real wild men and women in Lamontjong. They interviewed the Rajah who ordered two women and a child shown to them. The tribe is described as the oldest in Celebes, living in wooded mountains, planting maize, being anonymous, unable to count beyond one, and never lying. Dr. Paul and Dr. Saraim intend to return to obtain permission to bring a pair to Europe.
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Breslau
Celebes
East Indies
Lamontjong
Paul
Saraim
Europe
Feud Rival's Grandsons Enlist in Navy Amid Goebel Case
Simultaneous with Gov Goebel accuse case a brother of Jim Howard newly accepted as army recruit, Perry McCoy and Anse Hirt field grandsons of rival feudists enlist in the navy. The piece notes the army navy openings as an outlet for feud tension.
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Army
Navy
Jim Howard
Gov. Goebel
Perry McCoy
Anse Hirtfield
Perry County
Louisville Courier Journal
Dorothy Dix Praises the American Girl
Dorothy Dix extols American girls in the New Orleans Picayune. She notes resilience, wit, beauty, and versatility. The piece contrasts American daughters supporting families in adversity with European norms, praising girls who work hard to repay generosity and keep faith with loved ones.
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Liorothy Dix
New Orleans Picayune
America
Head of Pythian Sisterhood Mrs W A Dilworth elected
Mrs W A Dilworth of Omaha has been elected supreme chancellor of the Pythian Sisterhood at San Francisco. She has long been active in the order since 1888 and helped found the first Pythian Assembly west of the Mississippi.
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W. A. Dilworth
Pythian Sisterhood
San Francisco
Omaha
Pythiane
A. A. Young
Myresworth
Focal Assembly
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Admiral Higginson
Gardiner’s Point
Gen. MacArthur
Fishers Island
Price's Neck
Old Fort Trumbull
New London Harbor
Coghlan
Classachusetta
American Bar
Czarina OF
Nicholas II
Edward Feggleston
Dorothy Dix
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