Threatened scandal in War Department over disappearing gun
Washington November 14 A wartime dispute over the disappearing gun ends a Fortifications Board ruling and sparks rumors of a scandal. Gen Miles and Gen Buffington clashed over field guns, while Capt Lewis faces accusations of leaking plans. An inquiry extends to the Fortifications Board and all offices involved to determine responsibility and preserve trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Army Fortifications Board
Miles
Buffington
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Fortifications Board
Paris
Gen. Miles
Lewis
The
Tallisee Ees
Lewis Na Romine
Adjutant General
Gen. Buffington
Treavor Heir Protests Over Glenview Estate Charges
Henry G. Treavor of New York sues in Westchester Surrogate Court to require trustees of his late father John B. Treavor's estate to rectify charges claimed improper for Glenview maintenance on Warburton Avenue Yonkers. Trustees include William Allen Butler James H. Stuart and Colgate Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Henry G. Treavor
New York
Westchester County
John B. Treavor
Glenview
Treavor
Warburton Avenue
William Allen Butler
James H. Stuart
Colgate Hoyt
Great Drought Strains Kentucky Mountain Counties
Lexington Ky Nov 14 Prolonged drought brings great suffering in the mountain counties. Prayers and special services are held for rain water is hauled long distances. Kentucky River tributaries dry springs and cisterns empty. Families without hauling facilities rely on neighbors. Stock and crops suffer as seed fails to germinate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Irregular stock notes and commodity quotes
A terse list of market items and prices including wheat No 2 red at 79 c corn No 2 at 47 c oats No 2 mixed at 26 c and iron northern No 1 foundry at 15 50. Butter Western creamery at 26 c. Mentions pages for related items such as Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out of Town Buyers and various notices across multiple pages. Also refers to the Adirondack Water advertisement and a luncheon at Marshs 34th and Broad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Intelligence
Gcorporations
Hallroads
United Service
Weather Report
Snow Storm Grips West with Heavy Blizzards
Deadwood South Dakota reports the worst storm of the season with two feet of snow in higher terrain and freezing temperatures. Telegraph lines say winds lash prairies north and west while city traffic in Lead and Deadwood is halted. Rail traffic remains unsettled as Blizzard roars into La Crosse Wisconsin with zero temperatures and fierce winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Belle Fourche
LA. Crosse
Wis
Elmira forgery case twists as Loonie retracts Flood links
Miss Catherine Loonie in the Elmira jail retracts her confession accusing Mayor Flood in the forgery case. Attorney Babcock says the retraction was voluntary while Prosecutor Hassett awaits further deposition after a late-day shift in the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Loonie
Mayor Flood
Elmira
N. Y
Loonie
Catherine Loonie
Auburn
Danaher
Frank H.flood
H. N. Babcock
Flood
Babcock
Eustace
Pioneer banker Henry Elling dies in Virginia City
Helena Mont Nov 14 Henry Elling president of the Union Bank and Trust Co and a famed Montana pioneer died of pneumonia at his Virginia City home. Originating in Germany he came to Montana thirty years ago, helped found the Alder Gulch era bank in 1872, was involved in mining ventures and leaves about 3 million dollars to a wife two sons and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mon
Henry Elling
Union Bank and Trust Company
Virginia City
Montana
Germany
Alder Gulch
Suit Over Pastor Language Divides Dutch Reformed Church
In Orange City Iowa a district court dispute seeks to force pastor J F Heemstra to preach in Dutch claiming church members subscribed to a Dutch language contract. The court sustained a demurrer and ruled no jurisdiction, with a substitute petition planned to enforce Dutch worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Orange City
Dutch Reformed Church of
Sioux Centre
J. F. Heemstra
Woman Chases Husband Through New Haven Court
In New Haven on November 14 Mrs. Ving Seeley chased her husband John W. Seeley from the Police Court through the business district after his non support arrest. Judge Bishop ordered $3 a week in support or jail while papers on divorce were served. Mrs Seeley vowed to cowhide him, claiming the divorce suit is to dodge support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Ving Seeley
John W. Seeley
Winchester Company
Seeley
Bishop
Exchange
Rescue of Maplewood Crew Brings Eight Aboard in Boston
Captain Ira Colbeth and eight crew members of the three masted schooner Maplewood were landed in Boston by the Viola Reppard after abandoning their wrecked vessel on the Gulf Stream. They had no food or water from Friday morning until Sunday night. Total loss for the captain amounts to $1,000 in clothing, instruments, and money. Crew reported to owners Crowell & Thurlow of Boston.
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Boston
Ira Colbeth
Maplewood
Viola Reppard
Gulf Stream
Nevil
Colbeth
Crowell & Thurlow
Burnett's Vanilla Ad Warns Against Substitutes
Short newspaper advertisement urges consumers to demand Burnett's vanilla and not accept cheap dangerous substitutes from grocers highlighting purity and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Brnett’s
Czar Suffering From Typhoid Fever
The Czar’s illness, which began as influenza, has developed into typhoid fever. Bulletin reports a good night, satisfactory general condition, and a temperature of 101 with a steady pulse. Body Surgeon Hirsch and Dr. Tichonoff, under Baron de Freedericksz, note the diagnosis and a thoroughly satisfactory course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Baron de Freedericksz
Imperial Household
Hirsch
Tichonoff
Czarevitch Proposes Immediate Return to Russia
Fredensborg Denmark reports Grand Duke Michael intends to return to Russia at once. London dispatches say Dowager Czarina cites telegram indicating the Czar's illness is not particularly serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredensborg
Denmark
Czarevitch
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
London
Daily News
Copenhagen
Barges Drift Out To Sea In Fierce New Jersey Gale
The barge Robert Ingall Carter owned by Capt. James Hughes and a second barge Hudson were lost off Montauk Point during Saturday’s gale while towed from Perth Amboy to Boston by the tug Teaser. The Teaser, beset by the storm, parted towlines and could not locate the vessels despite a search ending in Vineyard Haven. The Carter, once a schooner renamed and rebuilt as a barge, carried four to five men and was commanded by Capt. Edward Bartlett of Trenton. A Nantucket lightship report hinted at sightings of a missing craft by Sunday.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Robert Ingall Carter
James Hughes
Montauk Point
Carter
Hudson
Perth Amboy
Boston
Teaser
Vineyard Haven
Portland Harbor
Hughes
Edward Bartlett
Trenton
Chet
Haley
Nantucket South Shoals
Extraordinary rescue as man saved after 38 hours underground
Thomas McPheeters of Palestine Illinois became trapped while digging a weir on Charles Seliechter's Gill Township farm three miles south of New Lebanon. After thirty-eight hours subsiding sand and a curbing arch blocked his escape, rescuers tunnelled through with a rubber hose delivering nourishment. He emerged with only a bruised shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Charles Seliechter
Gill Township
New Lebanon
Thomas McPheeters
Palestine
Ill
McPheeters
Burglar Makes Comfortable Meal Then Robs Brooklyn Flats
A burglar at 323 Putnam Avenue in Brooklyn entered the Oldson and Smith apartments while occupants were away. He prepared a meal using lamb chops coffee olives and jelly before fleeing with about 120 worth of jewelry and silverware stolen from the two flats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Knight of the
Jimmy
Putnam Avenue
N. C. Oldson
H. S. Smith
Oldson’s
Oldson
Smith
Oldsons
Smiths
Alabama Knitting Mill Being Moved to Birmingham
The knitting mill formerly at Anniston operated by Frank Nelson and others has been purchased by J A Yates and associates of Birmingham. It is being moved to Birmingham and will be installed soon with roughly twice the former workforce. The industry was among Anniston’s most prosperous, producing hosiery from coarse to very fine grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Anniston
Frank Nelson
J. A Yates and Associates
Boers Offer Surrender Terms from Botha to Roberts
London dispatch reports Commandant General Botha sent Lord Roberts a surrender terms proposal from Pretoria. The Lisbon correspondent notes Portugal has revoked Herr Potts’s exequatur as Transval Consul at Lorenzo Marques. The Daily News says Roberts hinted troops cannot be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Botha
Daily Mail
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Lisbon
Herr Potts
Lorenzo Marques
Daily News
Gelderland Arrives at Suez with ex President Kruger Aboard
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland reaches Suez carrying ex President Kruger who stays in his cabin. his health is good. A Marseilles reception delegate boarded the ship, and the final destination remains unknown until Port Said where she will coal. Kruger also received an ovation at Dar es Salaam in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez
Gelderland
Kruger
Marseilles
Port Said
Dar-es-Salaam
Carnegie Plans 3 Million Polytechnic School in Pittsburg
Pittsburgh dispatch reports that Andrew Carnegie intends to create and endow a polytechnic school for practical mechanics and industrial sciences in Pittsburg with about 3 million dollars. Details are expected to be announced tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Miners to be stockholders for Pittsburg Coal Co
Pittsburg Coal Co starts plan making 20000 employees stockholders with an accident and death fund and later a pension system. A Harrisburg charter was filed by the Pittsburg Coal Company Employes Association to act for workers, with J E McDonald as general manager. The association aims to help employees invest savings in preferred stock, with monthly payments of at least one dollar per share and earnings used to pay for shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Harrisburg
J. E. McDonald
Liquor license revoked for Capital Hotel in New Rochelle
Supreme Court Justice Keogh signed a decree revoking the Capital Hotel license after P Acconcia misrepresented continuous operation since the Rhines law and lied on his license application. The action was led by Miss Eliza Moulton and the New Rochelle Women's Christian Temperance Union, citing proximity to churches and a concert hall run last summer. Acconcia vows to appeal to the highest court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Viernon
N. Y
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
New Rochelle
Supreme Court
Keogh
Capital Hotel
P. Acconcia
Eliza Moulton
Women's Christian Temperance Union
New Haven
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Acconcia
Illinois Senatorship race heats up in Chicago
Congressman Cannon announces candidacy for United States Senatorship in Danville papers. Warner appears in Chicago with no entry plan. Senator Cullom departs for Washington to attend Cuban frauds inquiry and expects to return within ten days. Col. Hitch leads campaign from Great Northern Hotel with John Ames Charles Selby ex Gov Fifer and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cannon
Danville
United States
Warner
Cullom
Washington
Senate
Charles P. Hitch
Springfield
Great Northern Hotel
John C. Ames
Charles E. Selby
Joseph W. Fifer
Fortune For An Innkeeper In Westchester
John Melin innkeeper of Pocantico Hills Westchester County received news from Sweden of a fortune exceeding 100000 dollars. Married with two children he plans to remain at his inn near Rockefeller residence despite opposition to liquor traffic and will travel to Sweden to claim the inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John Melin
Pocantico Hills
Westchester County
Sweden
Melin
John D. Rockefeller
Seized Gems Claimed as Widow of Peter Gray Owner
In Mexico City on November 14 officials report diamonds seized by U S customs in New York are said to belong to Mrs Peter Gray widow of a local businessman. She claims she entrusted Sefor Preza to sell them in the United States and asserts no intent to defraud customs. Total value about 6000 dollars and the gems are not linked to Maximilian or Empress Carlotta. The case stirs local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Peter Gray
United States
New York
Sefor Preza
Maximilian
Carlotta
Episcopalian Church Moves to Bar Divorced Marriages
The American Protestant Episcopal Church adopts three canons on marriage and divorce to prohibit remarriage by clergy and bar divorced individuals who remarried outside the church from communion. The committee, chaired by Dr. Morgan Dix, finalized the measures after prior delays, with adoption likely at the next convention in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Twergez
Morgan Dix
Eugene Hoffman
New York
Mann
St. Louis
Fulton
Philadelpia
Eccleston
Baltimore
Francis A. Lewis
Philadelphia
Francis L. Stetson
Charles H. Stanley
Washington
D. C
E. G. Bradford
Wilmington
Del
Lewis
Dix
Hoffman
Sunday funerals to be abandoned in Muncie
Muncie Indiana November 14 Sunday funerals will soon be abandoned in this city. At a meeting of the Muncie Ministerial Association the question of discontinuing Sabbath services was considered and officers report the practice will be discontinued. Leading ministers say Sunday services interfere with regular church and Sunday school schedules and that Sunday funerals are not practical in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Illinois to Receive Silver Tea Service Gift
Chicago reports the new battleship Illinois will soon be presented with a silver tea service as a donation from the State of Illinois. The set includes a candlestick, server ladle, kettle, trays, and various other pieces as part of the grand gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
State of Illinois
Special Trains Yale Princeton Game
Pennsylvania Railroad runs two special trains for the Yale versus Princeton game saving New York at West 23d Street Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets at 10 25 and 11 25 A M and 10 30 and 11 30 A M November 17 Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Princeton
New York
Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stockton Torpedo Boat Goes Ashore at Horn Point Shoals
Annapolis nov 14 the torpedo boat Stockton ran aground on horn point sand bar after striking at 9 pm tuesday night with four and a half feet draft. attempts by launches and a tug failed to move her as Admiral Rodgers and other officials await developments amid low tide and hope for high tide to refloat the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Stockton
Horn Point Shoals
Patuxent River
Chesapeake Bay
Horn Point
Naval Academy
United States Commission
Admiral Rodgers
Robly D. Evans
Robeker
Opulent Coachman’s Suit Seizes Yacht for Debt
In New Rochelle New York on November 14 Sheriff Molloy seized the fifty foot yacht Bohemian Girl once owned by Walter C Coffin to satisfy a $100 claim by John Stewart a coachman of Premium Point Stewart says Coffin owes him for unpaid rent of a barn amounting to $100 last summer Stewart who works for Henry Holt the New York publisher has a $1 000 indemnity bond and the sunken yacht is being raised for a public auction with deputy sheriffs in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N. Y
Walter C. Coffin
Sheriff Molloy
John Stewart
Premium Point
Coffin
Henry Holt
New York
Stewart
Echo Bay
Alabama Block Coal Company to Build New Orleans Plant
The Alabama Block Coal Company joining with Southern Railway will set up a large coal receiving and loading plant in New Orleans and compete with Pittsburg mines for steamship and export trade. Barges will deliver coal from Greenville Mississippi to New Orleans with expanded terminal work planned at Greenville. Representatives of the involved interests will arrive soon to finalize details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Alabama Block Coal Company
Alabama Coal
Southern Railway
Pittsburg
Greenville
Miss
Woman killed for a witch in Clay County West Virginia
Mrs Viola Boggs of Big Otter Creek Clay County was shot through a window and killed as Jack Cottrill remained in jail on suspicion. Cottrill believed she was a witch and claimed to be haunted by her during the last three months driving him and others into witchlike hallucinations. Mrs Boggs was seventy years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Va
Viola Boggs
Big Otter Creek
Clay County
Jack
Cottrill
Boggs
Clay
Calhoun
Carbolic acid misused by nurse harms Newburg baby
In Newburg New York on November 14 a six day old infant lost vision in one eye and may lose the other after nursing staff mistakenly used carbolic acid instead of boracic acid for an eye wash. Doctors Howell and Waldrop rushed to treat the child, who bears facial burns and facial scarring likely for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
N. Y
William J. Teller
John T. Howell
Competition in steel trade stirs Alabama market
In Birmingham on November 14 reports swirl that American Steel and Wire Co seeks a Southern foothold through absorbing Tennessee Coal Coal and Railroad Co or Alabama Steel and Wire Co. Local operators deny moves, noting no sale consideration for the Eakley rod mill. The mill runs day and night to meet rising demand, especially in the Southwest and Europe, signaling strong competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
American Steel and Wire Company
South
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Eakley
Europe
American Steel Company
Emergency Rations Tests Lead Army Dispatch
Capt. Fred W. Foster leads a 25 man detachment from Fort Reno on a ten day march into the Caddo country to test emergency ration meat and compound foods. The test finds sweet chocolate cakes useless and suggests milk as a better aid. Foster and Capt. Fountain of the Eighth Cavalry will file detailed War Department reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Fred W. Foster
Fort Reno
Foster
Fountain
Eighth Cavalry
War Department
Cable Car Kills Priest on Broadway in New York
The Very Rev John E Barry Vicar General of Manchester Diocese was struck and killed by Cable Car No 229 opposite Astor House on Broadway. Gripman George Miller was arrested for homicide. Barry attended a triduum for St John Baptist De La Salle and died instantly with the crowd offering last rites. Bishop Bradley of Manchester canceled today’s service, body to Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Barry
Concord
N. H
Diocese of
Manchester
Broadway
Astor House
George Miller
East Ninety-third Street
Macduougal Street
Barry
St. John the Baptist de la Salle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Father Culloch
Father Murphy
de la Salle Institute
Barclay Street
Brooklyn
Father Barry
Church Shock
Culloc
Murphy
Bausch
Sergt. Mooney
Church Street
Miller
D. M. Bradley
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Social Functions in Concord Postponed By Death
The Very Rev. John E. Barry Vicar General of the Manchester diocese died in New York. Concord canceled many social events planned for the evening. Barry, born August 1836 in Eastport Missouri, was educated at Holy Cross Worcester and Montreal and ordained in 1864 in Portland. He served as Administrator of the Maine and New Hampshire Diocese after 1874 and became Vicar General. He left Concord for New York on Monday to join Bishop Bradley at a retreat attended by Christian Fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
John E. Barry
Manchester
New England
New York
Father Barry
Eastport
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Montreal
Portland
Bacon
Maine
New Hampshire
James Healy
Bradley
Christian Fathers
Use of Artificial Indigo in Germany Boosts Indigo Trade
Vice Consul General Hanauer reports artificial indigo now superior and cheaper than natural, driving demand in Germany. First half of 1900 imports show a 45 percent drop in natural indigo from 1899 levels, with artificial indigo dominating exports. East Indies supply 68 percent of indigo. United States accounts for 29.9 percent of artificial indigo imports, followed by Austria-Hungary and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanauer
Frankfort
State Department
Germany
East Indies
United States
Austria-Hungary
England
Armour to Print Stamps for Internal Revenue
Armour & Co. secured a contract to print internal revenue stamps on checks and railway tickets. The deal yields about $1,000 monthly and ties to their Union Stock Yards printing office where they handle labels, soap wrappers, stationery and more. The establishment is a multi-thousand dollar investment with ongoing contracts for other clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour & Co
Armour& Co
Union Stock Yards
Senator Davis Improves After Comfortable Day
In St Paul on November 14 the physicians said Senator Davis had a very comfortable day. He slept about three hours and seemed brighter and more cheerful in the evening. Temperature 99, pulse 120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Senator Davis
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la Crosse
South Dakota
Czar
Indiana
Weil
Alabama
Roberts
MR. Krueger
Mr. Rockefeller
Preza Diamonds
Episcopal Church
Nurse
Teller
Gripman
Armours
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