President Roosevelts Schley decision ruffles public support
Chicago February report on a White House conference where President Roosevelt revealed an outline of his Schley ruling. The plan favors no hero over another and questions Schleys command during Santiago. Leaders from Congress heard the president view the case as unfavorable to Rear Admiral Schley.
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Roosevelt
White House
Schley
Congress
Benators Allison
Iowa
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Spoonar
Wisconsin
Grosvenor
Ohio
Cannon
Illinoia
Henderson
Iosva
Wan
Behley
Santiago
Court of Inquiry
Secretary Long
Key West
Cienfuegos
Bciley
Sampson
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Illinois
France
National Association
England
Trains Collision Near Gifford Kills Four
Marshalltown Iowa February 17 four dead after a head on crash on the Iowa Central line one mile north of Gifford. Victims include Wallace Frew and Frank Patton engineers and Elmer Ogle and John White firemen. traveling salesman Lawrence Jegan injured. Several passengers hurt. cause cited as Frew’s failure to notice the other train.
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Iowa Central Road
Gifford
Wallace Frew
Keithsburg
John White
Oskanoosa
Eldora
Frank Patton
Elmer Ogle
Lawrence A. Jegan
Chicago
Frew
Dr Mueller’s Mission to US Prompts Secrecy and Prohibition Goals
Brussels report says Dr. Mueller former Boer diplomat traveled under alias to the United States. He bears a letter to President Roosevelt expressing regret at not congratulating Roosevelt on his accession and hints at visits to the republic. He aims to reorganize Boer propaganda and push US restrictions on war contraband exports with European Boer backing. The Hague report notes Wolvarans and Wessels sailed to New York.
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Mueller
Orange Free State
Holland
United States
Keuger
Roosevelt
Dr. Mueller
Great Republic
Europe
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Hague
Messrs. Wolvarans and
Wessels
Ee New
Prince Henry Sails for New York Ahead of Voyage
Bremerhaven reports Prince Henry sails aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm at 3:43 PM toward New York with crowds cheering aboard the Weser. The ship plans a fast crossing, with arrival expected near noon Saturday. A later check noted he denied apologizing to Admiral Dewey for Manila Bay actions.
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Prince Henry
New Yee
Atlantic
New York
Kiel
Cherbourg
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Southampton
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Hoever
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Spain
Prince
Boers Plot US Tour and Deaths Reported Across Cities
Reports from Amsterdam and London detail Massra Wessels Wolmarans and York with Kruger arranging a United States tour to pursue Boer interests amid mentions of Spanish American War disclosures. Separate notes cover Albert Klein’s suicide at Michigan and the death of minstrel Billy Wein in Chicago with heirship valued at 250000.
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Wolmarans
New York
Prince Henry
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
San Francisco
Queen Regent to Sign US Friendship Treaty Today
The Madrid iWeb reports the queen regent will sign a treaty of friendship with the United States today. Officials expect formalization of renewed diplomatic ties and a statement of mutual cooperation between the two nations.
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Madrid
United States
Prince Henry Arrives in England amid Festive Ocean Welcome
At Bremerhaven a large crowd cheerfully saluted Kronprin z Wilhelm and Prince Henry as the royal party arrived aboard the Deutschland. Flags waved along the ships and the harbor while the prince, in plain clothes, joined a 65-piece luggage convoy and prepared to dine privately aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm before an uneventful voyage to Southampton.
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Prince Henry
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Deutschland
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Kronprinzg
Wilhelm
Southampton
Kronpring
Dierer
Prince Henry Wee
England
Big Dry Goods Store Burns in Indianapolis
Fire at Brosman Bros on Washington Street gutted the dry goods house. The blaze threatened nearby H P Wasson & Co but was confined to the original building. Loss estimated at $65,000.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Brosman Bros
Washington Street
H P Wasson & Co
Brosman’s
Winget Convicted of First Degree Murder in Sandusky
The Sandusky court found David Winget guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Fred Blangke, a prominent vintner. This marks his third trial. previous verdicts sentenced him to death by electrocution, and efforts to spare him on Civil War service arguments continued.
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Sandusky
David Winget
Fred Blangke
Winget
Bell cleans up Batangas insurgent district
Manila reports Gen. J. Franklin Bell has virtually wiped out the insurgent movement in Batangas province as his forces conduct a sweeping operation through the district.
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Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas Province
Fire destroys Carl Junction opera house block building
Fire early Sunday leveled the opera house block in Carl Junction Missouri destroying three stocks of general merchandise and causing an estimated loss of 40000 dollars. Miner Mark Enos was fatally injured by falling walls in the blaze.
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Opera House
Mark Enos
Earthquake Toll Mounts in Shamaka and Surrounding Areas
Reports from Shamaka, Tiflis, and Baku detail thousands dead and dozens of destroyed structures as aftershocks continue. Authorities say the town is nearly ruined, with twenty five thousand residents without food or shelter and rescue efforts hampered by vast wreckage and secretive collapse zones.
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Shamaka
Mussyulmans
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
Berlin
Baku
Transcaucasia
Shamnaka
Russian Transcaucasia
Washington confirms Miss Stone ransom paid to captors
The state department reports the ransom for Miss Stone has been paid and she may be returning to Constantinople. Her companion Mme Tsilka is believed released with no ransom paid for her, and officials say the incident is closed for Stone though accountability for Turkey or Bulgaria may follow.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Department
Secretary of State
Constantinople
Mme Tsilka
Turkey
Bulgaria
Susan B Anthony Honored on Eighty Second Birthday
Washington February 17 marks Susan B Anthony’s eighty second birthday at the National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting. She received many congratulations and floral tributes while foreign delegates sent greetings read from the platform. Anthony, tearful, recalled fifty years of work for the cause as Miss Laura De Merritte gave the invocation.
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Washington
National American Woman Sufffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Laura de Merritte
Miss Anthony
Evangelist Rev George Needham Dies Sudden in Narberth
Philadelphia reports the death of Rev George Carter Needham at his Narberth home from heart neuralgia. Born in Ireland about 60, he toured England Ireland and the United States with Moody and Sankey, wrote Bible works, and gained fame with books like The Spiritual Life and Street Arabs. Survived by a widow and two sons.
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George Carter Needham
Narberth
Tennessee
Chicago
Needham
Ireland
Dublin
England
Boston
Canada
Moody and Sankey
Moody
Japan
China
Hia Uetle
Nordham
British Troops Ambushed Near Joannesburg Farm
February 12 near Klip river south of Johannesburg a hundred fifty mounted infantry surrounded a farmhouse suspected Boers hid inside. A Boer escaped pursued by British who, trapped on a ridge, fought bravely with carbines and revolvers until overpowered. Two officers and ten men killed, several officers and forty men wounded before retreating to a blockhouse.
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Pretoria
Klip River
Johannesburg
Marconi Wireless Reports All Well Aboard Eronprinz Wilhelm
A Marconi wireless message from the Eronprinz Wilhelm, 90 miles off the Lizard, stated all well weather fine and sea smooth. The report comes amid ongoing transatlantic communications and naval traffic updates from London.
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London
Marconi
Eronprinz Wilhelm
Lizard
Eight killed in Naples building collapse report
Naples on February 17 reports eight people killed by the collapse of two mansions in Via Causite derari. Several medics have been extricated from the ruins.
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Causite Derari
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