Verdict shocks Washington as Schley court condemns actions
The Schley court of inquiry delivers a sweeping condemnation of Schley with nine specifications upheld. Dewey and Ramsay vote against nine counts, Benham against eight, revealing a split in opinion on his conduct before and during the Battle of Santiago. Public figures weigh the verdict, while Schley refuses to comment and presses await full opinions.
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Sebley
Culon
Benhan
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Rainst
Sehiey
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Isidor Raner
Admiral Dewey
Washington Post
Maclay
Department
Representative Mudd
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Congress
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Novel scheme lands couple jobs after street signs appeal
Charles Travis and his wife traveled from Oswego to Syracuse seeking aid. They wore signs pleading for work on South Salina Street until Work promises surfaced at vendors and shops. After a summer in Buffalo restaurant, their prior employer left unpaid wages, prompting the street plan.
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Syracuse
Charles Travis
Oswego
John Hazeltine
Oneida
Travis
Ins
Lovelock
Buffalo
Corpse Sat Up In Corfin Ravaging Burial Alarm
New York December 14 Henry Sehmidt formerly of 13 Great Jones Street woke in a Hudson Heights quarry after lying as a corpse. He claimed to have fallen asleep last Sunday and woke to find undertaker Necker preparing to inter the body. Doctors report unusual pallor and no breathing prior to the sit up.
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Sehmidt
New York
Des
Henry Sehmidt
Great Jones Street
Hudson Heights
N. J
William Huttenlocher
Guttenberg
Necker
Flo
Schmidt
Concentration Camps Report Details Deaths and Plans in South Africa
A British blue book reports October deaths in concentration camps at 8 156 with 2 088 children and November deaths at 2 507 with 4 271 children. Lord Milner outlines health measures replacing huts with small camps near sea coast towns in Natal and the Cape Colony to aid recuperation and mobility for internees. General Eitchener notes Boer engagements and gun recapture during operations in the eastern Transvaal. The Gold Commission convenes in Johannesburg to discuss mining rights and prospecting safeguards for crown and private lands.
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London
South Africa
Lord Milner
Tohannesberg
Gold Commission
Chamber of Mines
Tucker
Loveday
Loveday Said That Prospectors Had No Chance Under the Present Law Heo
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X Ray Boy Beats Divening Rod At Beaumont Oil Find
Harry Selvou of Avidao Oil reports a Beaumont gusher after drilling a mile from the proved field. The X ray boy from Uv Idna Texas, famed for locating water and oil reservoirs, claimed to see the oil at about 1200 feet and the company backs his powers guiding the discovery.
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Harry Selvou
Avidao Oil Company
Beaumont
Bnd
Guy Fowley
Fepley Boy
Uvidna
Tex
West Texas
Alaska to Maine for Help in Canning Industry
A long distance labor deal links Alaska canning interests with 11 Eastport fish packers and teammakers who will travel to Oregon then Alaska to work on salmon packing. The move aims to introduce new methods and save costs. representatives’ expenses were covered across the continent. Sir Thomas Lipton notes the Shamrock Sails and gear were lost to fire, creating a major setback for the yacht’s racing prospects.
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United States
Alaska
Portland
Ore
Eastport
Oregon
Lipton
Lonian
Thomas Lipton
Associated Press
New York
Shamrock Sr
Lam Vot
James Wilcox Denies Involvement in Nell Cropsey Disappearance
The typewritten answer from James Wilcox, Nell Cropsey's lover, to Justice Cropsey's letter asserts he has no knowledge of her disappearance. He recalls seeing her crying on a porch, says he would inform her family if he knew her whereabouts, and notes uncertainty about the mystery despite police searches.
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James Wilcox
Elizabeth City
N. C
Nell Cropsey
Dawson
Message on Roosevelt Speech Drops in Terre Haute
In Terre Mante Indiana on December 14 the city schools faced opposition from Democrats led by the Gazette over reading President Roosevelt’s message in higher grades as an English and civics sample. Superintendent Wiley now says the plan will be dropped for the present. The idea followed Superintendent Kendall of Indianapolis who sent teachers a note proposing the message for history civics and English.
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Terre Mante
Ind
Wiley
Roosevelt
Gazette
Terre Haute
Kendall
Indianapolis
Pheasant Entangled by Tightly Coiled Snake Mystery
Reading Pennsylvania December 14 report details John T. Embree finding a pheasant shot on the wing with a dark green snake coiled around its neck. The snake, about a foot long, had frozen in place for six weeks, strangling by warmth or charm failed, bird found unscathed otherwise. Local gunners call it the strangest neck lace seen.
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Reading
Cisco Hollow
Tioga County
John T. Embree
Grand Lodge Year Progress in Connecticut Masonry
The Grand Lodge year in Connecticut Masonry winds down with 10 subordinate lodges closing for the year. Expected membership rise near 600 from a starting 17,397, plus expanded Masome home housing for 400 inmates. Grand Master Frederick Stevens of Bridgeport and Grand Secretary Barlow have toured New York and Rhode Island, meeting rival grand masters and dining with Matinicogkloge No. 506 at Oyster Bay during Roosevelt’s April 24 mass, with New York’s Charles W. Mead present. The annual conclave in New Haven on January 15 will cover these items. Editor Sanford of the Daily News reports he has vanished after collecting 600–700 dollars. warrants issued for embezzlement, money moved by labor leaders to keep the paper afloat. In Shanghai, empress dowager’s birthday spark triggers a Kuofeng-fu palace fire, while in Augusta seven hunters are killed by mistaken game, a new season record.
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Frederick
Stevens
Bridgeport
Barlow
New York
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
Charles W. Mead
Grand Lodge
New Haven
Derby
William RB. Sanford
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