Dewey Selected to Lead Schley Court of Inquiry
The U S Navy announces Admiral George Dewey as president of the Schley court with Rear Admirals Kimberley and Benham as members. The inquiry convenes September 12 at the Navy Department in Washington with open proceedings and broad witness latitude.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Board of
Schley
Admauirel Dewey
Lewla A Kimberley
Andrew E. K. Benham
Navy Department
Washington
Long
Lemly
Edley
Sampson-Schley
Admiral Dewey
Mana Bay
Kimberly
Benham
Lang
Samuel C. Lemily
Navy
Schley Court of Inquiry
West Newton
Mass
L. A. Kimberley
Sampson-Sehley
New York
Chleys
Great Neck
L. I
Lam
Brooklyn Bridge Service Limited After Bridge Damage
New York July 26. No full service on the Brooklyn bridge today as several suspension rods were found broken yesterday. A ten car service was allowed but could not meet demand, forcing pedestrians and commuters to walk or use ferries. Wagons examined the structure and full repairs were expected within a day or two. An offer halted street car and vehicle traffic near noon.
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New York
Brooklyn
Storm devastates Kaukauna as mill walls collapse
A July Kaukauna storm tore down the damaged walls of the Russeau Brothers grist mill, taking with them supply wires for the electric company. The bridge and Wieconaln avenue traffic were halted, leaving the town in darkness overnight. The heat abruptly shifted to a refreshing cool spell.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Russeau Brothers
Heetric Lighting Company
Wieconaln Avenue
GIVES LA CROSSE A PARK
By May filings A W Pettibone transfers the north half of Barron Island in the Miskisstopi river to the Pettibone park commission and donates 6000 dollars to keep the park in good condition. Pettibone has already spent about 9000 patting it in shape.
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Te Crome
Wis
A. W. Pettibone
la Crosse
Pettibone Park Commission
Barron Island
Heo
Biggest Baptist Young People's union convention opens in Chicago
About 4000 delegates and visitors gathered at the Coliseum for the Baptists Young People's union opening. Speakers included Francis Barker Louis A Crittenden and Rev John L Jackson with Rev H F Stillwell among visitors. The board reported a $14,600 debt with a proposal to raise $10,000 at the convention.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Ill
Young People’s Union
Coliseum
Tommorrow
Francis Barker
Sthems
Louis A. Crittenden
John
John H. Chapman
Board of Managers
Wellsville Steel Mills Face Non-Union Operation Push
Mill drive at Wellsville intensifies as non-union workers enter the forge while McKeesport stays quiet. President Shaffer tours the area amid talks of court injunctions and possible strike escalation. Boston Iron and Steel workers form an Amalgamated lodge. Painter’s works near disruption as brickwork is torn down. Mayor Black’s stance wins broad support from strikers in western Pennsylvania.
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Associated Pres
Fittsburg
Wellaville
Wellsville
Shaffer
Esterday
Brookman
McKeesport
Dewees Wood
MATOR
Black
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Duquesne
NEW Lodge
Boston Iron and Steel Company
Boston
Clark’s Solar Ironworks
Lindsay & MacQutcheon
Allegheny
Coal and Iron
Painter's Muds
West End
Shafferstill
Lincoln
Amalgamated
Yachts Race Amid Windward Course Leads Stir Contests
The Milwaukee boat holds a strong lead in the Canada’s Cup trials as Detroit and Illinois chase. Weather brings south wind and varying sea conditions with nine or ten mile courses. Overnight haziness near the buoy complicates standings while Milwaukee maintains edge as Cadillac Orion and Illinois follow.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Cadillac
Trinois
Detroit
Orton
Ilinois
Illinois
CadGlaé
Illnois
Cadlac
Cadill Jac
Orion
Ninois
Milwaukes
Smallpox Case Sparks Isolation Efforts in Neenah
A new smallpox case in Neenah prompts swift action. Tommie Clawson, son of a shoe merchant, is quarantined in the lively downtown area. The health board plans an isolation hospital on city property while other cases, including a suspected email pox at Mrs. C. B. Clark's residence, are closely watched.
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Sneenah-Menasha
Wis
Neenah
Tommie Clawson, & Son
C. B. Clark
Park Row
Bhe
MacMachie
Wash- Ingcan Street
Neenah Health Board
John Renich
Menasha
Cheago
John Keating
Neenah,s
Milwaukee
Duluth
Neenahelty Hall
Messrs
Larry
George Gabcock
John Mewitt
Lucius Bergstrom
Henry Kimberly
Jessie Delaware
Chicago
F. D. Lake
Brown
Marinette
P. V. Lawson
Miss Post
Ponyston
N. J
James Wright
Mr. Brown
Amphion Band
Twin City
Dr. Hanson
Jim Brown
John Heating
Win Wheeler
Mra. Smith
Going to Berlin Speaker Wenderson Leaver London
London July 25 D BR Senderson a member of the United States House of Representatives left here for Germany this morning en route to Berlin on a government mission.
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Wenderson Leaver
London
Associated Press
D. BR. Senderson
United States House of Representatives
Gerlig
Able Educator Dead in Lemars Iowa at Seventy Three
News reports prof Jacob Wenll died in Lemars Iowa aged seventy three. A Swiss normal school graduate Wenll served as county superintendent of schools in Wisconsin and was noted as a capable educator. He later moved to Chicago to enter the book trade and then relocated to Iowa.
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Northwestern
Weyauwera
Wia
Jacob Wemll
Lemars
Iowa
Wenll
JBL
Wisconsin
Chicago
Man Stabs Self in Train Toilet In Prayer Over Friend
A young man identified as Henry H. Armsted of New York stabbed himself in the heart and slashed his throat in a sleeping car toilet aboard the southbound Oregon Short Line express at the depot. He cried to accomplice George William Fletcher, “Harry, I did this to save you,” before collapse. Fletcher, declining to speak, is linked to Philadelphia and New York circles. Armsted and Fletcher are said to be mining company insiders and recent eastern university graduates.
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Associated Prose
Butte
Mont
Henry H. Armsted
New York
Armated
Companion
Henry
Armsted
George William Fletcher
Philadelphia
Idaho
Fletcher
Shepper
Harry
Eastern University
George A. Fletcher
Frm
Mitchell, Fletcher & Company
West
Mr. Fletcher
Fire traps two men in Neenah laundry blaze
F B E Livermore and T J Whitman, owner and employee of Neenah Steam Laundry, escaped death when a fire torn through their Wisconsin Avenue shop between two and three this morning. They leapt from second floor windows. Livermore suffered a broken ankle and severe burns while Whitman sustained facial and foot injuries. The barber shop in the same building was saved, and the two story frame block owned by Hans Oleson sustained about 2500 in losses. insurance on Livermore’s plant stands at 500.
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Neenah-Menasha
Wis
F.be, Livermore
T. J. Whitman
Neenah
Mr. Livermore
Peter Jensen
Hans Oleson
Loot for Sale Shown in Minneapolis Windows
Government information reports display in Minneapolis glove shop windows loot from Pekin sacking offered for sale. Justice Department seeks Treasury aid to trace owners import history and duty payments. Special Treasury agents ordered to investigate who brought items into the country and whether duties were paid.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justices
Minneapolis
Mint
Department of Justice
Tredanry Department
Treasury Department
Shocking Death in Masonite Temple Fall
John L. Collins aged 63, reportedly son of Admiral Collins, leaped to his death in Chicago on July 25. He became trapped between an elevator and shaft on the thirteenth floor, was dragged down a story, then fell two hundred feet to the basement of the Masonite temple.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John L. Collins
Admiral Collins
Free Trade Declared for Porto Rico Under Foraker Act
The proclamation by President McKinley formalizes free trade between the United States and Porto Rico. It notes the Foraker act requires local taxation and Porto Rican legislative action before duties cease, and confirms the island’s civil government and active Porto Rican legislative assembly.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Porto Rico
United States
Foraker
Wiliam McKinley
Congress
Legislative Assembly of
Oshkosh Jubilant for Milwaukees Cup Race Trials
Oshkosh plans a citywide celebration with whistles bells and rockets to honor the Milwaukee boat in the Canada Cup trials in Chicago. The Northwestern schedules the event with fire bells from Oshkosh Water Works and multiple plants joining in the noise. Fire Chief Robert Brauer secured mayoral approval to ring hose house bells when the whistles blow.
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Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Chicago
Northwestern
Oaklash
Bedlam
Oshkosh Water ‘Works Company
Maxey
Calliope
Campbell-Cameron Lumper Company
Paine Lumber Company
Diamond Match Company
Hol- Aster-Amos Company
Jones & la Borde
Robert Brauer
Fire Department
Mulva
Deaths of a Day: Catherine Gelper and Infant Annie Nimmer
Mrs. Catherine Gelper of Flack Wolf died this morning from consumption after a year ill. Funeral set for Saturday at one from the residence. Infant Annie Nimmer, two months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nimmer of 3% Tenth Street, died Wednesday afternoon of cholera infantum. burial to occur tomorrow.
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Catherine Galgor
Felix Gelper
Flack Wolf
Annie FB
Nimmer
Carl Nimmer
Tenth Street
Consecration of Rev. Peter Muldoon as titular bishop
Immense Chicago crowd witnesses Holy Name cathedral ceremony for Rev. Father Peter J. Muldoon named titular bishop of Temassensia and auxiliary to Archbishop Feehan. Cardinal Martinent officiates with two archbishops, a dozen bishops, 40 priests and many acolytes. Vestments cost about $10,000 and were presented by priests’ organizations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Holy Name Cathedral
Peter J. Muldoon
Temassensia
Mont
P. A. Feehan
Sebastian Martinent
Washington
Feehan
Chisago
Ryan
Philadelphia
Father Muldoon
Mgr Martine
Blanap Muldoon
Badger Day Program at Pan-American Exposition
Wisconsin plans a major Pan-American exposition day with formal ceremonies at 10 30 a m in the temple of music featuring music by a Cuban band and speakers including Willet Spooner Taeut Gov Jesse Stone EB R Hicks John G Milburn and likely Daniel W Lockwood. An informal Wisconsin reception follows with souvenir badges and a special Nickel Plate train from Madison. Wisconsin showcases butter in dairy, woods in forestry, and a large five hundred variety exhibit in agriculture.
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Mall
Northwestern
Buffalo
N. Y
Iuly
Wisconsin
Badgerstone
Temple of Music
Willet M. Spooner
Jesse Stone
EB. R. Hicks
John G
Barger
Wiseconsin
Madison
John €. Spooner
Silburn
New Carriage Plant Planned for Oshkosh
Oshkosh to gain a three story brick carriage plant adjoining the old Otter street structure. The project, estimated at about $6,000, will extend 45 by 12 feet with a full basement five feet below street level and three feet above, preserving window light for the Oshkosh Clothing Manufacturing company. Contracts to be let and excavation to begin next week.
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Oshkogh
Wilson Brothers
Otter Street
Wilton Brothers
Tt 1Y
Oshkosh Clothing Manufacturing Company
Fosburgh Case Defense Rests in Mass Trial
Pittfield Massachusetts July 25 The Fosburgh trial defense rested this afternoon at 2:90 without calling the defendant or his wife to testify. Associates Press notes the proceedings paused as the defense concluded its case awaiting further action.
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Associates Press
Pittafield
Mass
Fosburgh
National Elks Aged Home Site Decision Delayed
Milwaukee July 6 The Elks national home site selection for aged and indigent members is postponed for another year. Offers along Lake Michigan between Manitowoc and Two Rivers and at Waukesha influenced the committee’s recommendation. Jerome E B Fisher was unanimously elected to the revived committee. The convention also debated laws and appeals as the Corso carnival parade drew thousands and prize winners were announced for costumes and meritorious displays. Dr. Charles P. Cooper of Honolulu may win the Elks’ longest-distance honor with no close competitors.
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Milwauker
Wic
Grand Lodge
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Waukesha
Jerome E B. Fisher
Wis
Fun
Frolio
Grand Rapids
Mich
Prine
Toledo
Ohio
Chicmga Lodge No
Greenville
Miss
Omaha
Neb
Elks
Charles P. Cooper
Honolulu
Barn Fire Sparks Lightning Storm at Hagel Street
A lightning strike at nine o'clock ignited a dry barn owned by Andrew Peterson at 27 Hagel Street. Three tons of hay and several chickens were lost. damage about 75 dollars with 50 dollars insured. Nearby residents were shaken but unharmed. A second blaze near Nekim destroyed a Nekim town farm barn housing two horses.
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Andrew Peterson
Hagel Street
Fie Department
Paternon
Oshkosh and Appleton Prepare for Key Baseball Clash
Oshkosh hosts Appleton at Combination Park tomorrow afternoon in a highly anticipated game. Manager O Rourke secured local talents new to the diamond this year. Madison university alums Harry Gould and Charles Freeman join the lineup, with Gould behind the plate and Freeman at first base. George Spore also stars at third base. Appleton counters with President Farley of the state association at second. First pitch scheduled for 3:90.
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Combination Park
Oshkosh
Appleton
O'Rourke Haa
Harry Gould
Charles Freeman
Madison University
Gould
Freeman
George Spore
Farley
State Association
Weather Note From SHOO Day Broadcast Mess
Fragmentary OCR reads as a weather update with faults and missing details about dowdy winds, night conditions, and time. Unable to determine specific location or event.
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Bencham
Admiral Schiey
Brooklyn Bridge
Trafic
Baytist Youngs People's Convention
Wellsvill
Theix Force
McKeenport Mukea
Altost Aby Giti
Heturn—Dane
Til
Orlon
Chiergo
Union
Imols
Prairie
Minute
Ehoh
Berlin
Prof. Wewll
Waupaca County
Young Man
Autete
Montans
LEAP
Mresment McMinley
Catherine Geiger Puanen
Hack Wolf
Badger
Wilson
Peterson
Bagel Street
Abrams Bare
Nekinl
Oshkosh Nine
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