Court of inquiry to investigate Schley campaign actions
Washington reports that Secretary Long orders a court of inquiry into Admiral Schley's conduct in the Santiago campaign. The panel includes Admiral Dewey and admirals Kimberley and Benham with Judge Lemley as judge advocate general. The court meets September 1 at the navy department and may sit for months, possibly past Congress convening in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adm
Winfield Scott Schley
Long
Santiago
Kr. Adm
Sehrey
Washington
Secretary Long
Schley
Wedavidsy
Ada Sehire
Adu
Dewex
Adi. Kintberrey
Benham
Schley Court of Inquiry
Samuel C. Lemley
Adm. Dewey
Curt
Adm. Schley
West Indian
Seecretary Long
Schrey
Uienfuegos
Cienfuegos
Key West
Department
Brooklinn
Hodgson
Brooklyn
Natal
Adm. Sedley
Senate
Navy Department
Lemley
Congress
Kimberly
Adi
Dewey
Lir
Adms
Benhain
Lord Kitchener to relinquish command in South Africa
Reports say Lord Kitchener will quit his South Africa command on August 3 and travel to England for five months before assuming supreme command in India. Sir Bindon Blood is expected to succeed him in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchen
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
England
India
Sir Bindon Blood
South Africa
World’s Visible Cotton Supply Report
Secretary Hester reports the world’s visible cotton at 2,302,857 bales for July 27, up from 1,413,675 last year. American visible supply stands at 1,407,887, compared with 881,673 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
Great Baby Born in Colorado Springs
A newborn boy is reported to the Prank family in Colorado Springs Colorado weighing 77 pounds net and measuring 24 inches in height with a chest of 3 inches. The infant is described as normal aside from a minor ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Ron
Mar. Prank
Taxpayers seek injunction over park lease for World’s Fair
St Louis taxpayers led by Wordes and Beyman file injunction against leasing Forest Park to a private corporation for the World’s Fair. They argue the ordinance turns the park over to private gain and that city bonds totaling five million dollars make the city a partner with the exposition company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Messrs. Wordes
Beyman
Exposition Company
Forest Park
Race Declared Off In Montreal Turf Clash
The Abbott cannot race Crescens at Brighton Beach on August 15 due to a fever in The Abbott. The planned mile for a $12,000 purse was scrapped. Crescens would have attempted exhibition miles and wagon records at Brighton Beach on August 15 and 17, previously held by The Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ad Geers
Abbott
Crescens
Brighton Beach
New York
Thunderstorm floods London streets and disrupts transit
A two hour thunderstorm with hail and lightning hit London on Thursday. Streets became rivers, sidewalks overflowed, and water entered homes. The underground system froze, trains halted, and several public buildings and a new theater were damaged. Rural crops near London were flattened and telegraph lines torn down. Suburban transit faced blockages as floodwaters rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Latrobe Works Abandons Plan to Bring Black Laborers
General Manager Acrizen of Latrobe steel and coupler works at Melrose Park declared the project abandoned and that the colored laborers will be sent home to Alabama. The men sat in cars at TaGrange near Chicago while Melrose Park citizens urged their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Acrizen
Latrobe Steel and Coupler
Melrose Park
Alabama
TaGrange
Coal miners raid recruits in western mines
Knoxville reports agents for several Jarre coal mining companies are recruiting Negro miners in the region. A party of 56 went to McAnlister Indian Territory. Miners will be drawn from various points in Virginia and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Jarre
West
McAnlister
Indian Territory
Virginia
Tennessee
Chicago Masonic temple death of John L Collins
John L Collins son of Kir Napoleon Collins died after being crushed between an elevator and shaft in the Masonic temple Chicago. He fell about 200 feet to the basement and left a wife and child and two brothers in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John L. Collins
Napoleon Collins
Masonic Temple
California
Boer Convoy Captured Near Beltzelburg
Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria reports Garrat's column capturing a Boer convoy near Beltzelburg with 25 prisoners. British casualties totaled 3. French's columns advance the enemy north in Cape Colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Garrat
Beltzelburg
Cape Colony
Officer Transfer Relieves Randbury From Detroit Post
Lieut. Col. Thomas Randbury of the corps of engineers has been relieved from duty at Detroit Michigan where he served as engineer of the Eleventh Light House district and ordered to Cincinnati as division engineer of the central division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Randbury
Corps of Engineers
Detroit
Mich
Cincinnati
Central Division
Grand Lottery Draw Opens in El Reno Oklahoma Territory
Thousands watch as 13 000 claims compete for 165 865 registrants in a Kiowa Comanche land opening. Two 15 foot wheels hold applicant envelopes with 500 names drawn from each box daily, led by W A Richards D P Dyer and Frank Dale. The process starts slow but rapid drawing expected to finish by Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Reno
O. T
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
2D. P. Dyer
St. Louis
United States
Frank Dale
Oklahoma
Tawton
Upps
Lot
A Sack of Silver Vanishes From Bank Vault
A sack containing 1440 silver dollars, about 60 pounds, disappeared from the Commercial National Bank after leaving it outside the vault at closing. Detectives are investigating, marking the second such loss for the bank in a year. A separate case involves a $20,000 bundle shipped by Adams Express to Burlington Iowa that arrived with only paper clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commercial National Bank
Adams Express Co
National State Bank
Burlington
Kansas rains linger as farmers plant forage crops
Copious rains spread across Kansas along the Santa Fe line and to the western regions. On Monday farmers began planting turnips Kaffir corn and sorghum for forage across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Local cycle stars set for 15 mile motor paced race
New York reports Harry Fikes and Jimmy Michaels matched to ride a 15 mile motor paced event on the Asbury Park cycle track. The race is the principal attraction at the national circuit meeting to be held there on the date in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Fikes
Jimmy Michaels
Asbury Park
Maine Battleship Launched At Cramps Yard In Philadelphia
The battleship Maine was launched Saturday at the Cramps ship yard with Miss Mary Preble Anderson christening and breaking the wine bottle. Gov. Hill of Maine and naval officials attended. The Maine, sister to the Ohio, measures 358 feet load water line, 72 feet 2.5 inches beam, 23 feet 6 inches draft, 12,500 tons displacement, 16,000 indicated horse power, 18 knots speed, 2,000 tons coal bunkers, and a crew of about 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Maine
Cramps
Mary Preble Anderson
Portland
Gov. Hill
Naval
Washington
Ohio
Congress backs pocket spittoons to curb tuberculosis
London reports the final tuberculosis congress meeting chaired by Lord Derby adopted resolutions urging legislation to banish expectoration in public places and to notify authorities about phthisics while promoting pocket spittoons. It also urges health officers to curb transmission via milk and meat and calls for a rigid inquiry into human versus bovine tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Congress On Tuberculosis
Lord Derby
Congress
Dr. Koch
Reindeer Purchase For Alaska Mission
Lieut Betholf, sent to Siberia to buy reindeer for Alaska, reports arriving at Vladivostok with 500 deer at 13 roubles each and a further 106 secured plus a plan to charter a steamer to Port Clarence. Expected delivery by late August. Price about 36.70 dollars per deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Betholf
Siberia
Alaska
Vladiviosck
Viadivitosck
Port Clarence
Sensational shooting in Clarksville chancery court room
A July 27 courtroom gunfight in Clarksville involved four lawyers William Daniel Jr and Sr F C Gilbert and George Gilbert. The elder Daniel was shot in the neck while Daniel Jr. suffered a scalp wound and arm injuries. F G Gilbert sustained arm and hand wounds as fifteen shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Chancery Court Room
William Daniel, Jr
F. C
George Gilbert
Whic Young
Encounters at St. Helena Over Oath to King Edward
Report from Jamestown July 27 describes Boer prisoners at St. Helena clashing over taking the oath of allegiance to King Edward. The irreconcilables’ vigilance committee punished oath takers with demeaning treatment, ringleaders jailed in the fortress, and several confrontations led to moving oath takers to a separate enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Helens
Jamestown
St. Helena
Edward
Explosion at Memphis Ice Co Factory Kills Engineer
An explosion in the ammonia tank at the Memphis Ice Co factory in Memphis Tennessee Friday afternoon killed Engineer John Smith and seriously injured E A Harrington of Hot Springs Arkansas. Harrington suffered severe eye burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Ice Co
John Smith
E. A. Harrington
Hot Springs
Ark
President Kent suspended by Southern Baseball association
Chattanooga Tenn July 27 President Kent of the Southern Baseball association is suspended pending an audit of his books by the auditing committee The report is said to be favorable to Kent and the suspension is expected to be lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Kent
Southern Baseball Association
Renewal Talks Near End Of Steel Strike
In Pittsburgh on July 29 the Amalgamated association and United States Steel officials met in New York for hours with J P Morgan C M Schwab and Judge F H Gary present. A basis for renewed negotiations was discussed with hopes for a quick settlement this week. If the basis proves acceptable, talks proceed. if not, the strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
New York
T. J. Shaffer
John Williams
Workers’ Organization
Shaffer
Williams
Steel Trust
Rope
Carnegie Steel Co
J. W. Jenks
American Steel Hoop Co
Harper
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
M. Schwab
If. Gary
Storm Blows Through North Dakota Leveling Buildings
A severe rain and wind storm swept much of the state with tornadolike damage near Tappen 125 miles west of Fargo. A church store and several dwellings and barns were blown down while the Northern Pacific depot was ro om roofed. Wires down for hours and crops ruined along a several mile wide path. Red River valley saw heavy rain while northern areas had less wind and Minnesota grain suffered damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farzo
N.D
Tappen
Fargo
Northern Pacific
Red River Valley
State
Farge
Minnesota
Desperate rifle duel ends in deaths near Forest Hill
Edwin Blalock is dead after a Winchester rifle bullet to the head. M. F. Blalock suffers a broken leg from a bullet. Robert Wright senior also has a broken leg. Robert Wright Jr is a fugitive from justice. The duel occurred about dusk Sunday on Morris Avenue south of Memphis near Forest Hill cemetery following a dispute between Wright Jr and Blalock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Edwin Blalock
M. F. Blalock
Robert Wright, Sr
Robert Wright, Jr
Winchester
Morris Avenue
City
Forest Hill Cemetery
Robert Wright,Jr
Edwin Blatock
Arrest of notorious green goods man in Pennsylvania
Washington July 27 Chief Post Office Inspector Cochran was advised of the arrest at Mauch Chunk Pa of F Wallace regarded as the most dangerous green goods man the department has had to deal with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cochran
Mauch Chunk, Pa
F. ‘Wallace
Department
Treaty with Great Ips Aimed at Securing Port Access
A terse notice notes a treaty with Great Ips intended to secure access to key ports. The document outlines aims to control strategic harbor routes and ensure safe passage for trade, signaling a shift in maritime diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ips
Fatal melee at King's Mines ends in killing and multiple wounds
In Cambridge County a deadly affray erupted at King's Mines after an alleged affair. Grant Taylor was killed. Melvin Shelton Mack Shelton and Joseph Bedden were fatally or severely wounded. William Bisby, a colored man, barricaded in a house as sheriff guards faced a rising mob of miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
King’s Mines
This County
Grant Taylor
Melvin Shelton
Mack Shelton
Joseph Bedden
William Bisby
Shelton
Taylor
Redden
Bisby
Hmself
Allied villagers and regency reform signals
London reports list 25,000 armed allied villagers in southwestern Chi Li many as old Boxers or disbanded soldiers who have seized imperial supplies from Peking. The regency in Peking receives a long throne communication urging reform and honesty of administration modeled on Japan and the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chi Li
Peking
The
Standard
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Kun Yang
Japan
Insurgents Active Near Kingston Reported From Panama
Dispatches from Kingston dated July 29 indicate large rebel forces near the city and a government order for citizens to concentrate to defend property. Panama shielded by a gunboat and officials tightening controls to prevent leakage of developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Panama
Drought Ends in Northern Kansas With Widespread Rain
In Atchison Kansas on July 29 drought ending as Missouri Pacific reports rain across 300 miles west to Nebraska. Most stations record a shower of a quarter to two inches lasting three to four hours. Northern counties remain dry until the past day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Nebraska
Coutural
British Defeat in Aden Fight Leaves 70 Mad Mullah Dead
In a July 17 clash at Aden the Mad Mullah were routed by British forces. Seventy of the opposing side were killed while British casualties included Lieut. Fredericks and 12 men killed and Lieut. Dickson with 20 men wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Arabia
Lieut
Fredericks
Dickson
Shamrock II and Erin Headed West From Ireland
A Tuskar Rock dispatch says the Shamrock II and the Erin left Gourick Saturday for New York and passed Sunday morning as they headed westward toward the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tuskar Rock
Ireland
Erin
Gourick
New York
Commodore Edward J. Kelsey Dies at New Rochelle Cottage
Edward J. Kelsey commodore of the New Rochelle Yacht Club died suddenly at his cottage on Premium Point New Rochelle from hemorrhage of the lungs. He was to have entertained Admiral Schley aboard his yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Kelsey
New Rochelle Yacht Club
Adm Schley
Premium ‘Point
New Rochelle
Langs
St. Paul’s Cathedral Faces Substantial Subsidence Risk
A cablegram from New York dated July 29 reports that St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is in danger due to subsidence. The note cites concerns about structural stability and potential damage to the historic site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
St. 'S Cathedral
Heat Eases In Hoo sier Towns As Lightning Fires Hit Oil Wells
State items report widespread heat relief in many towns. Indiana cities recount lightning fires at Hartford City oil wells, barn strikes in Knightstown, and residences hit in Union City. Several prostrations occur and one death from heat in Sulivan. Jeffersonville reports heat exhaustion and several horses killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Hartford City
Knightstown
Union City
Sylvester Ware
William Morgan
S. D. Warwick
George Alenander
Harry Moorman
C. C. Fisher
Daniel Stoner
C. L. Ostergren
Sulivan
Anteon Tounsehe
Columbus
Jeffersonville
James Fitch
Woman shoots fatal ambush in Briggstown killing man
Mrs. Mark Freese of Franklin shot and killed William Gray a stone contractor at Briggstown after encountering him at work. Accompanied by her husband she fled to Red Mills then Franklin where she surrendered to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gray
Briggstowwn
Mark Freese
Franklin
Shelbyville
Ind
Briggstown
This County
Gray
Judge Woods' Successor: Monks Nominated for U S Circuit Judge
Reports from Indianapolis July 2 say Senator Fairbanks will recommend Chief Justice L J Monks of the Indiana Supreme Court Winchester for the United States circuit court seat for the Indiana Illinois Wisconsin district. Monks, 56, on the bench 25 years. Fairbanks with President McKinley at Canton discussed the appointment with Attorney General Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
L. I. Monks
Indiana Supreme Court
Winchester
Judge Woods
United States Circuit Court
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Monks
McKinley
Canton
Knox
Census Bulletin Highlights Indiana Population, Age Groups
The Census Bureau bulletin details Indiana's school age population at 843,585 with foreign born 10,255 and colored 13,491. 425,219 males and 415,?21 females. Military age males total 530,615 with 31,722 foreign born and 14,365 colored. Voting age males reach 720,206 with 118?7 foreign born and 18,445 colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Indiana
Iron Worker Peter Tillbury Attacks Guest with Carbolic Acid
In Muncie Indiana Peter Tillbury visited Kate Phinney’s home and dumped carbolic acid on Mrs. Mary Torrey injuring her eyes neck chest and arms. He reportedly begged her to marry him for years.
Old Grudge Ends in Killing on Jefferson Township Farm
Salem Ind July 27 George McKinney was shot and killed by Henry Huddleston while picking blackberries with his wife on their shared Jefferson township farm. Both men rented from the same landlord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ind
Jefferson Township
George McKinney
Henry Huddleston
Deserter Arrested in Anderson
Henry Gooch, a former member of the 12th cavalry at Ft. Riley, was arrested at his Anderson home by a government officer and returned to service.
Trout die-off in Hartford City pond due to heat
In Hartford City Indiana on July 26 several bushels of brook trout were found in the private pond of J. E. Green after hot weather raised water temperature above 50 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Jy. E. Green
Kokomo Man Injured in Explosion at Bottling Works
In Kokomo Indiana on July 26 Captain Flynn of the Kokomo Catholic team was injured Thursday due to a large copper tank explosion at Draper Bottling Works. The incident left Flynn and others shaken as workers reported the blast and resulting debris. Authorities investigated the cause of the explosion and safety measures at the plant are being reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Igas. Flynn
Astelly
Simste
Draper ‘Bottling Aworks
Strange Dust Tower Seen in Petersburg Flood Drought
A six minute dust whirlwind rose at Main and Fighth streets Petersburg Indiana reaching ten feet wide at the top and about one hundred feet tall. The funnel formed over burning straw with ember pockets and collapsed into a smaller cone making 635 revolutions. Witnesses reported it amid a 24 day drought as a possible omen of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Main
Fighth
Beasley Killer Shot by Fritz Men in Reed's Station
In Pedford Indiana at Reed's Station Nelson Fritz and his son shot and killed Beasley in a confrontation after a fist fight with Beasley's sons. Beasley died instantly from shotgun wounds and a revolver shooting followed. A sheriff's posse pursues Fritz and his son through the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heasley
Nelson Fritz
Pedford
Ind
Reed's Station
This County
Doh Beasley
Beasley
Fritz
Investigation urged into Indiana insane hospital commitments
Attorney General Taylor recommends the governor request the state board of charities to personally visit and examine all state hospitals for the insane. He urges a thorough investigation to determine which inmates are sane and worthy of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
Indianapolis
Ind
Central Insane Hospital
Taylor
Brave Act Turns Fatal in Indianapolis Traffic
In Indianapolis on July 27 a collision involving the Stevens family and an interurban car left Will Stevens badly hurt and another 7 year old child uninjured thanks to an extra motorman catching the child. Later that Friday night Samuel Craigle stepped in front of a motor car downtown and was taken to hospital in presumably critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Stevens
Will Stevents
Samuel Creigle
Freight Wreck Halts Traffic In Rushville
A west bound through freight on the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton line wrecked near Harrison Street, splitting the train. Five loaded cars were shattered and traffic was delayed for hours in Rushville Tad July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Tad
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Harrison Street
John Willman Committed for Insanity in Richmond Hospital
John Willman, a blind and considered wealthy man from Vartford City Indiana, was committed to the Richmond hospital for the insane on Friday. Once prosperous and married, his wife left him for another, and he has since fallen into dissipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vartford City
Ind
John Willman
Hospital For the
Richmond
Minister Joseph F. Gerkin Dies at 68 in Shoals
Rev. Joseph F. Gerkin aged 68 died Friday in Shoals Ind after a lengthy illness of consumption. A 26 year local minister of the Methodist church he was a Civil War veteran and a prominent member of G A I circles.
Charles Fischer Dies in Osborn Incident of Sunstroke
In Anderson Indiana on July 29 Charles Fischer formerly of Osborn Ohio, suff ered sunstroke and bade his friends farewell. They followed him into the county courthouse basement where they grabbed poison from his hand just after he entered the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Charles Fischer
Osborn,c
Court House
Brothecr Deadly Pattie Quarrel in Hinjora Ind July 29
A quarrel between brothers in Hinjora Indiana on July 29 led to a deadly outcome at the head of the residence. Police report indicates a fatal injury inflicted during the dispute and investigators are reviewing the scene and statements from witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinjora
Ind
I Kinnamon
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Latrobe Steel & Coupler Co
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Battleship
Cramps Ship Yard
Congress On
Chancery Court
Kent Suspes
J. P. Morgan
C. M. Schwab
F. H. Gary
North Dakota
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