Court of Inquiry Probes Booz Hazing at West Point
West Point court of inquiry opened to examine if late Cadet Oscar Booz was mistreated as a fourth class man at the Military Academy. Witnesses described hazing practices, pepper sauce tests, and non brutal corrections, with several cadets testifying to limited injuries and no straitjacket use. The proceedings covered upper class exertions, class relations, and the role of hazing in enforcing discipline among 1897 cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Oscar L. Booz
Military Academy
Sherrill
North Carolina
John M. Bannister
Clovis
John H. Poole
Michigan
Booz
Breth
General Claus
Guy E. Carleton
Leonard E. Prunty
Kansas
Robert M. Beck, Jr
Rhode Island
Dean
William M. Cooley
William FP. Platt
Louis Soleliac
Maryland
Emory J. Pike
Iowa
Clous
United States
Brooke
Academy
General Brooke
The
Richard Furnival
New York
Creed F. Cox
Virginia
GeneralRooke
Cox
Gen
Fathers and Son Die in Engine Room Tragedy
Edward Clark aged 62 of Gloucester New Jersey and his son William 35 of Camden New Jersey were killed in the engine room of John Grass turning establishment on North Second street. Edward was crushed by a revolving fly wheel while William died from steam scalding after his father fell against the boiler safety valve. Both men worked for Blacksham Field in the Gloucester shop. The bodies were recovered and taken to the morgue. Edward leaves a widow and three daughters. William leaves a wife and children.
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Edward
William Clark
John Grass
North Second Street
Gloucester
N. J
William
Camden
Blacksham & Field
Clark
Engine Company No. S
Thomas Camp
Engle Room
Edward Clark
Powell Street
Cedar Grove
Sues for lost love of youth in breach of promise case
Ella Brown of Newark New Jersey aged 20 sues John F. Johnson of Pennsylvania for breach of promise claiming engagement formed on her 19th birthday. She alleges frequent cross state visits letters and trips but Johnson later refused marriage and Ella seeks 5000 damages.
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Ella Brown
Newark
N. J
John F. Johnson
Pennsylvania
John
Ella
Chester
Fila
Wealthy Roxborough Manufacturer Sevill Schofield Dies
Sevill Schofield died of heart disease at his home on Pechin and Markle streets in Roxborough. Born in 1832 near Lees England, he started a yarn mill in Manayunk with his father in 1857, building a large business. Survived by his widow and six of eleven children.
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Sevill Schofield
Pechin
Markle Street
Roxborough
Mr. Schofield
Lees
Oldham
England
Schofield
Manayunk
Popular Society Girl Engaged to Wed Mr. F Cadwallader Dade
Miss Frances Rawle Pemberton daughter of Mrs. Clifford Pemberton is engaged to Mr. F Cadwallader Dade. The couple come from prominent circles with ties to the late Brigadier General Pemberton. Dade belongs to the University Club Delta Phi at Penn and Germantown Cricket Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Rawle Pemberton
Clifford Pemberton
F. Cadwallader Dade
Pemberton
Dade
University Club
Delta Phi
University of Pennsylvania
Germantown Cricket Club
Naval Board Faces Dilemma Over Three Sheathed Battleships
The Board of Construction weighs bids for three sheathed battleships after reviewing eight other vessels. Debates focus on Pacific coast allocation and whether bidders can be forced to amend bids indirectly by restoring omitted construction items. The board must decide cost limits and potential redesign options.
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Washington
Board of Construction
Long
Remark by General Fitzhugh Lee on Cuba Policy
In St Louis General Fitzhugh Lee clarifies a Chicago dispatch quote claiming he predicted the American flag would float over Cuba. He says the remark meant the flag would stay until Cuba forms a stable government to protect life and property and invite investment. Lee notes U S promise of self government to Cubans and responsibility for outcome rests with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fitzhugh Lee
Department of the Missouri
New England Society
Chicago
Cuba
United States
Soren
Lee
Filipino Christmas letter to Americans by Sixto Lopez
Sixto Lopez, a Filipino agent in the United States, appeals at Christmas for peace and reconciliation. He contrasts suffering in the Philippines with American liberty, urging pity, justice, and a shared hope for ending bloodshed, as he writes from Philadelphia on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixto Lopez
United States
Pallippines
Philadelphia
Post office clerk complains over withheld robbery suspects names
William W. Chalfant of branch post office No. 21 accuses Director English of refusing to reveal two men who allegedly visited the post office early November 30 to plan a robbery. Chalfant says he woke to the intruders at 2:30 am and notified police. officials dismissed it as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Chalfant
Fifteenth
Tasker Streets
Director of Public Safety English
Chalfant
Jones
Ashbridge
Director English
Measey
Hicks
Washington
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West Point Gadets
Freth
Nathaniel B. Bower
John Breth
Xmas
CR ' A
Edit E. Cor
13Th Rd South Sts
Fening
Sues
Frances’ R. Pemberton
Ledddden
Steinway
N. Stetson & CO
Cheetnut St
Naval Board
Johann Hoff
the Prince of Wales
Abergeldie Castle
Aberdeenshire
MR. Newman
London
E. C
Hoff
H. R
H. Prince of Wales
J. Cross
Abergeldie
Ballater
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central Depot
Eisner & Mendelson CO
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
Matanzas
el Caney
Morro
Havana
Fitzhugh Lupe
Fevre
Brooklyn
Bentham
Director of Public Safety
Althac
Canningham and
Girard
Cunningham Piano Co
Chestnut Street
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