Schley Court Chosen for Navy Inquiry on Santiago Campaign
Washington July 26 The Navy Department issued the precept for a court of inquiry led by Admiral Dewey to investigate Admiral Schley in the Santiago campaign. The scope includes delays at Cienfuegos, progression to Santiago, coal supplies, and a contested loop of the Brooklyn. The court may sit months into December with witnesses from navy army and civil life.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Key West
Department
Brooklyn
Hodgson
Admiral Schley
Secretary Long
Senate
Schley
Long
Lemly
Congress
Eulate
Admiral Cervera
Kimberly
Maller
Dewey
Benham
George Dewey
D. C
Winfield
Washington, D. C
Theovy
Spain
Sine Squadron
Baden-Powell Returns Amid Enthusiastic Welcome in Southampton
General Baden-Powell arrived at Southampton and was welcomed by the mayor and officials before boarding a train to London. He detoured to Woking to visit Captain McLaren, where a large demonstration with bands and bonfires greeted him as firefighters hauled him to McLaren’s residence.
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Southampton
Baden-Powell
Pierhead
London
Woking
Captain McLaren
India
Mafeking
Fire Brigade
Official report on Winkfontein killings by Lord Kitchener
London July 27. The Daily Mail publishes Lord Kitchener s official report on Winkfontein. It states Lieutenant Hearn, wounded, saw a young Boer shoot dead Lieutenants Spring and Findley while they bound their wounds. Duff collected testimony from eight privates and NCOs alleging Boers shot wounded men. one Boer in authority tried to stop the killings. Kitchener will add sworn testimony.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Lord Kitchener
Vinkfontein
W. S. B. Duff
Winkfontein
Hearn
Spring
Findley
Sevveral
American Sheet Steel Company
W. Dewees Wood
McKeesport
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Sheet Steel Company
Demler
American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated
Percy Denner
Dennler
Denner
Monessen
United States Steel Corporation
Trust
Kitchener to step down Aug 31 and return to England
London reports from a Pretoria rumor that Lord Kitchener will resign his command on August 31 and go to England for five months, with Sir Bindon Blood expected to succeed him in South Africa.
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London
Cape Town
the Standard
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
England
Toe
Inc
Sir Bindon Blood
South Africa
Those Who Take the Oath of Allegiance at Sy Helena
Boer prisoners at Su Helena face abuse from comrades over the oath of allegiance to King Edward. Those who swore the oath are moved to a separate inclosure after severe clashes and indignities by a vigilance committee. Ringleaders are imprisoned in the fortress.
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SY. Helena
Jamestown
St. Helene
Su Helena
Edward
Ophir Departs Fremantle With Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
The steamer Ophir sails from Fremantle bound for Mauritius carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The voyage marks a royal voyage segment as the royal party travels southward from Western Australia.
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Fremantle
Western Australia
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Mauritius
Curious explosion at royal reception in Perth
A Perth dispatch to The Daily Mail reports a loud report during the open air reception for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. The Duke leapt from his chair and cried that someone might be shooting. Police have begun a thorough search and authorities say the blast was accidental.
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London
Daily Mail
Perth
Australia
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Alpine Tragedy Details Of Matterhorn Disaster
A London party of Miss Trow Miss Bell Dr Black and guide Lennard Carrel fell while ascending the Matterhorn near Zermatt. Miss Trow survived unhurt with Carrel unconscious. Dr Black and Miss Bell died lower on the slope after the cord broke. A relief party heard a cry from the ice gully.
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Mont Cervin
Miss Trow
London
Nan
Miss Bell
Edward Bell
Dr. Black
Brighton
Lennard Carrel
Carrel
Fifteen Shots But None Fatal In Court House Brawl
Nashville telegraph reports a sensational Clarksville shooting in the chancery court room over a lawsuit. Four bar members and relatives exchanged shots, injuring William Daniels Jr and Sr and F G Gilbert with non fatal flesh wounds. Despite ten bullet holes, no one died.
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Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Clarksville
Chancery Court
Clarksville Court House
William Daniels, Jr
F. G. Gilbert
George Gilbert
William Daniels
Daniels
Gilbert
Daniels, Jr
William Daniels Jr
Strike Near End At Judge Gary's Office
Report notes renewed talks as conferences convene at Judge Gary's chambers. Efforts by M. M. Garland aim to secure peace and settle the near ending strike.
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Gary
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Broadway
C. M. Schwab
Garyand
J P. Morgan
M. M. Garland
Amalgamated Association
Garland
Hanna
Cleveland
Mystery Bride Reveals Lorillard Kinship Scam Behind Allien Union
A Wall Street ledgers the strike chatter. A man known as Mr Allien married Miss Barnes in a sham ceremony to hide a real marriage to Lily Barnes. The Lorillard estate bequest to Mrs Allien is clarified by identifying the impersonator. The tale unpacks how a woman acted as a putative husband to shield scandal and legal rights.
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William Toffey
George F. Perkins
Jersey City
Rancocas
Burlington County
N. J
Pierre Lorillard
Lillian B. Allien
Allien
Miss Barnes
Europe
Africa
Lily A. Barnes
Lily B. Allien
Lillian Barnes Allen
Lorillard
Barnes
Orange
Louis
Lewis
Public nuisance cited in tunnel health probe
Grand jury resumes hearings on the Park Avenue railroad tunnel with testimony from Joseph Gordan and officials including Dr. Cyrus Edson. Edson reports ventilation failures and toxic gases from engine exhaust endangering passengers, worse than the Black Hole of Calcutta, with two daily trips weakening most people.
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Grand
Park-ave
Joseph Gordan
Arthur M. Waitt
New York Central
Cyrus Edson
Charles A. Doremus
George T. Stewart
Bellevue Hospital
Joseph S. Wood
Board of Education of
Mount Vernon
Michael BK. Feeney
Frederick Springer
Daniel F. Lenahan
Doremus
Calcutta
Doerr Dies in Harness Class at Hollywood Park
John B. Doerr, noted New York horseman, collapsed in the ring during Class 40 harnessed pairs at Hollywood Park in Long Branch New Jersey. Despite doctors' arrival, he died after the ride ended. His horses were withdrawn from the show as tributes to the summer resident of Doerrhurst.
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Long Branch
N. J
Hollywood Park
John B. Doerr
New York
Doerr
Doerr Dies at Sixty. Noted Horse Merchant of New York
John B. Doerr, aged sixty, long a Philadelphia native, built a horse business in New York after moving in 1879. He formed Fiss & Doerr and later Fiss Doerr Carroll, presiding over stables on East Twenty third Street and export stables at Thirty-sixth Street. Residence was 119 East Twenty Fourth Street. country home Deerhurst in Branchport New Jersey. Estate valued between $500 000 and $800 000. He married Mary Cloud in 1866 and left a widow with two children.
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John B. Doerr
Philadelphia
William Fiss
Fiss & Doerr
Fiss
Doerr
De Beers Experts Seek Diamond Districts Across Americas
Kingston Jamaica July 26 The De Beers Mining Company experts finish review of British Guiana diamond districts and plan a similar survey of Venezuela Colombia Peru Bolivia and Brazil.
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Kingston
Jamaica
de Beers Mining Company
British Guiana
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
Blind Woman Held for Theft in Harlem Court
Detective court action follows the arrest of Emma Turner a 34 year old blind woman of East 130th Street on charges of stealing a gold watch 1500 in cash from John Feery who lives at East 122nd Street. Turner a Feery family member claimed the money and watch were hidden in the house and that Feery drank heavily. She was held on 1500 bail.
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Harlem
Emma Turner
East
John Feery
Turner
Feery
Feerys
Policeman Murders Father-in-law in Cheraw Crime
A Cheraw policeman Thomas Murray shot and killed A A Mc Donald in his yard after forcing his daughter to return to him through threats and abuse. Murray, the town’s lone policeman, fled after the fatal shooting following a domestic conflict stemming from a separated wife.
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Columbia
S. C
A. A. McDonald
Cheraw
Thomas Murray
Murray
Government Pays Old Soldier for Forty Years’ Debt
Edward Knott of Port Chester receives two months pay owed since Civil War service in the 4th New Jersey Volunteers. The pay, offset earlier for clothing, was delayed for thirty eight years until the Second Auditor of the U S Treasury sent the check. The Berkshire Hits advertises luxurious through trains over Harlem Division by New York Central.
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Edward Knott
Port Chester
United States Treasury
4Th
New Jersey Volunteers
Knott
Quartermaster’s Department
Berkshire Hits
Harlem
New York Central
New York
Brooklyn
Earthquake Felt in Elko at 2 20 P M
A heavy shock of an earthquake was felt in Elko Nevada at 2 20 this afternoon. The vibrations ran north to south and lasted three or four minutes. An important notice to the public appears from Poland Water Depot advertising carloads of water daily from 3 Park Place North.
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Elko
Nevada
Poland
Park
Bridge Break Sparks Citywide Inquiries And Conflicting Explanations
City departments probe a bridge break with Health, District Attorney, and Police oversight. Key officials clash over heat versus rod defects, while two engineers offer diverging explanations. Repairs completed, traffic restored, but calls for systematic inspection arise.
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Department of Bridges
Health Department
Police Department
Murphy
Greatsinger proposes train like runs over bridge
President Greatsinger of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company proposes coupling cars before crossing the bridge to form trains rather than single cars, to increase capacity for vacation travel. A note directs readers to send 6c stamps to Hudson River Day Line Pier-Advyu for day trips.
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Greatsinger
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Hudson River
Advyu
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