Texas Role in 1898 Battle Central to Schley Inquiry
Washington Sept 24 The naval court of inquiry hears testimony on the battleship Texas in the Santiago fight with Cervera. Officers Heilner Bates Schroeder recount maneuvers and engine status as the court weighs whether Schley kept a close blockade comparable to Sampson and the implications for Schley's conduct.
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Brooklyn
Texas
Philip
Bates
Heilner
Rayner
New York
Viscaya
judge advocate
Admiral Sampson
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
Admiral Schley
Colon
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Wilson
Heilner e
Schroeder
Roosevelt Promises Aid to St Louis Exposition
President Roosevelt had a busy day meeting Rear Admirals Bowles Walker and ex-Senator Carter and others, pledging hearty support for a complete insular exhibit from Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. The ethnological display will be expanded with more than 70 types represented. Secret Gage and treasury officials visited. Postmaster General Smith met the President. he rode in the suburbs and slept at the White House for the first time in this trip.
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Ile
Washington
Roosevelt
Walker
Pasco
Isthmian canal commission
McComas
Maryland
Bowles
Carter
Montana
war department
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Gage
treasury department
Smith
White House
Czolgoss Trial Opens Over McKinley Death
Buffalo September 24 Leon F Czolgoss went on trial for the murder of President William McKinley. He pleaded guilty then not guilty as jurors were quickly seated. The court heard that the defendant premeditated the shooting at the Temple of Music and seven physicians and witnesses described the fatal wound and autopsy findings.
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Buffalo
Leon F. Czolgoss
William McKinley
Truman C. White
supreme court
Loran L. Lewis
Robert C. Titus
Carlton E. Ladd
Temple of Music
FREDERICK V. LAURER
RICHARD J. GARWOOD
HENRY W WENDT
SILAS CARMER
JAMES S. STYGALL, JR
WILLIAM LOTOR
WALTER E. EVERETT
BENJAMIN C RALPH
SAMUEL P. WALDO
ANDREW J. SMITH
JOACHIM H. MERTENS
ROBERT J. ADAMS
Haller
Herman Mynter
Mann
Mynter
Milburn
exposition hospital
Czolgosz
Peney
White
Titus
President Shot Case and Robbery Reported in Philadelphia
Testimony described the autopsy findings on the president who died from a gunshot wound to the stomach causing pancreatic infection and eventual death. In a separate incident eight masked men robbed the Holmesburg Tacony and Frankford railway office, blowing open safes and stealing about 2100, then fleeing by boat.
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Holmesburg
Tacony
Frankford
Philatelphia
Holmesbire
Tacony and Frankford
eatterie
Serde
George Nolan
Clarence Depew
Tacony water works
Delaware river
Nolan
Depew
Shamrock and Columbia The Two Cup Yachts Prep for Contest
New York reported both the Columbia and Shamrock were cleaned and overhauled at their docks. They will be measured today before being towed to Sandy Hook for mooring buoy trials. Sir Thomas Lipton hoped to be aboard Shamrock during the races and received a wreath from the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Ben Fitzsimmons sent a gun metal horseshoe engraved with well wishing messages.
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New York
Columbia
Shamrock
Sandy Hook
Thomas Lipton
Royal Cork Yacht club
Ben Fitzsimmons
Robert Fitzaimmons
Cummins Proposes Railways Tax Compared With Lands
Centerville Iowa September 24 A B Cummins republican nominee for governor opened the state campaign condemning anarchy. He urged railway taxation be reformed by valuing railroads against real property farms and city lots to ensure equal taxation and no special exemption.
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Centerville
Iowa
Towa
A. B. Cummins
Mr. Cummins
Denver News Briefs Chronicle Various Local Items
Fire yesterday destroyed the Grand Trunk elevator and one duck across the St. Clay river at Point Edward. James MeJames, M.D. of Cheserfield county NC, famed pitcher for the Brooklyn nine, died yesterday. Chandler B. Benjamin Andews of the University of Nebraska ha issued a denial of a Chicago lecture claim that lying is justifiable. Wayne county Democratic convention at Honesdale PA nominated Ebon H. Clark for county treasurer and Dr A D Brydon for coroner. Neil Jordan, a Paterson NJ letter carrier, was suspended for vile language about Mr McKinley after learning of his shooting. The big floating steel dry dock bought from Spain will be sent to the new Olongapo naval station in the Philippines.
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St. Clay river
Point Edward
James MeJames
Cheserfield county
North Carolina
Brooklyn baseball nine
Chandler B. Benjamin Andews
University of Nebraska
Chicago
Wayne county
Henesdale
Ebon H. Clark
Honesdale
A. D. Brydon
Neil Jordan
Pollitt
Paterson
McKinley
Havana
Spain
Olongapo naval station
Philippines
Shafter sets out strike history in settlement terms
Pittsburg Sept 24 President Shafter releases a history of the recent Amalgamated Assocation strike and the settlement terms. He claims lack of AFL support and misreports by newspapers, notes Gompers failed to appear, and lists mills included in the settlement and conditions for reemployment and non-discrimination.
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Mitchel
Qut
Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
J. D. Hickey
Milwaukee
bircoe
American Federation
national lodge
Aline Workers
Gompetsa
Gompers
Morgan
eerfer 9
Mr. Morgan
New York
Gompere
John Kesa
United Mine Workers
Hasley
Civic Federation
Henry White
Garment Workers
Professor Jenks
Cornell University
Mitchell
Sargeant
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Elwood
Ind
Elwood Cite
Laughlin
Mid- Motern
Faltanas City
Agdergon
End
Joe
New Kensington
Atlanta
Connellsville
New Castle
Lisbon
dolnstownm
Cana
La Helle
Canal Dover
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