Schley Roosevelt conference fuels prize money dispute
Admiral Schley met with President Roosevelt for about an hour at the White House and gave no comment to reporters. The talks, regarded as focused on the Schley Sampson case, aim to end the long running controversy. Secretary Long defends Navy prize money rules and cites court determinations while detailing payouts to Schley, Sampson, and other officers for the Santiago battle.
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Minnesota
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Court of Claims
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Santiago
Cuba
Auditor of the Treasury
Congress debated Schley matter after Supreme Court visit
Representatives described the Schley case mood after Admiral Dewey verdicts. Cummings of New York and Rayner discussed naval bills and general affair conditions with Admiral Schley supporters. Maryland's Schirm introduced a £12,000 appropriation for bronze tablets honoring six naval victories from Jones to Santiago Bay.
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House
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New Oe
House Committee On
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Admiral Dewey
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Maryland
John Paul Jones
Santiago Bay
Winfield Scott Schley
Lowndes Sought for Navy Secretary by Roosevelt Aid
Friends of ex governor Lloyd Lowndes of Maryland press for Roosevelt to appoint him Secretary of the Navy if Secretary Long retires. Backers say it would ease the Sampson Schley dispute and recognize the South. They hail him as a reformer with social standing and wealth.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Lloyd Lowndes
Maryland
Roosevelt
Navy
Secretary Long
Sampson-Schley
Lowndes
Maclay's successor named at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary Long appointed John A. Kearney of Cohoes New York as historian laborer at the New York Navy Yard succeeding B 8 Maclay removed by order of the President for his criticisms of Rear Admiral Schley. Kearney will be paid 2.48 dollars per day.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Long
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New York Navy Yard
Schley
To Honor Schley in Louisville
Louisville Ky January 6 Major John H Leathers of this city has received a letter from Admiral Schley granting the invitation of the Louisville Knights Temp lo ve and the Board of Trade for January and 30.
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Louisville
John H. Leathers
Admiral Schley
Louisville Knights Templove
Board of Trade
England's Trade in 1901 Review by The Times
London dated report summarizes 1901 trade as mainly affected by external causes. Home demand industries fared better than sea trade sectors, miners policy raised price fears, and Welsh coal prices plus freight declines aided American footholds in the Mediterranean Atlantic and parts of South America. Raw material prices fluctuated, wages fell, but living costs mostly eased though bacon and lard rose.
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the Times
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Continent
South America
Times
Justice Done The Boers Pressed In Orange River Colony
The War Office denies a report that two intelligence officers negotiating with Boers near Warm Baths were shot by hidden fighters. Beresford’s constabulary battled Boers on January 4 in the Orange River Colony, killing Field Cornet Pretorius and ten men, and capturing thirty five including Field Cornets Leroux and Plasmus.
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War Office
Lord Kitchener
Intelligence Department
Warm Baths
Beresford
Orange River Colony
Pretorius
Leroux
Plasmus
Chamberlain Defends Britain in Birmingham Speech
Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, argues that anti British sentiment abroad is historical and not caused by a wicked government. He defends imperial isolation, urges new markets, warns unions against output restrictions, and cites Hanna and Schwab on industry.
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Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Great Britain
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Hanna
Schwab
Steel Corporation
Maxim to Enter Balloon Race in St Louis Prize
Sir Hiram Maxim, the American inventor, said he would compete if $200,000 for an airship race was deposited in a bank. He has spent about $100,000 on experiments and would spend more, confident of winning. Santos-Dumont and Langley are named as likely rivals in the St. Louis prize race.
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London
St. Louis
Hiram Maxim
Santos-Dumont
Langley
Notable rate war to begin among ocean liner lines
The Pall Mall Gazette reports an imminent rate war between American owned lines and the White Star and Cunard Lines. The move signals intensified competition in transatlantic passenger and freight services, with price changes expected to affect travelers and shipping firms alike.
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London
The
Pall Mall Gazette
White Star
Cunard
Professor Virchow in Good Condition After Fracture
BERLIN January 6 report that Professor Virchow after a street car fall sustained a fracture of the thigh bone. He is doing well.
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Professor Virchow
Berlin
Queen of Belgium Reported Worse at Spa
BRUSSELS January 6 Marc Henriette Queen of the Belgians has worsened at Spa and is reported to be suffering from heart disease.
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Brussels
Marc Henriette
Spa
War on blackmail begins as Aldermen clash over bribery plot
New York January 6 1900 Tim Sullivan wins a resolution pressuring Mayor Low to disclose sources of bribery information as fusionists fear loss of control. Aldermen Malone Lundy Matthews carried to City Hall amid tensions with Tam many allies. Matthews vows to attend despite weakness. Mayor Low pledges a war on “shake-downs” and “take-offs” and to punish extortion with broad public cooperation. Judge Foster urges careful investigation of wholesale bribery claims before the grand jury.
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Tom Philadelphia Timms
New York
Tammany
Board of Aldermen
Young
Tim” Sullivan
Low
McInnes
McCall
Malone
Lundy
Matthews
Aly
Bg Gurteg
Warren W. Foster
Judge Foster
More Schools for Porto Rico in Budget Push
Porto Rican Legislature works in harmony as the educational budget seeks 100000 more than last year. Proposals include 200 extra schoolhouses and a 400000 appropriation. Ten bills filed, one seeks 50000 for a Porto Rican exhibit at the St Louis Exposition. Brumbaugh, Porto Rican Commissioner of Education, reports he will resign to Secretary Hartzell.
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San Juan
P. R
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Hartzell
Stein ship entertained by Governor in San Juan
German training ship Stein was royally hosted in San Juan by Governor Hunt before departing for Cienfuegos. Business in San Juan, Puerto Rico, paused for Three Kings Day as gifts exchange mirrors Christmas in the North. Presidents of Central American states plan a January meeting at Corinto to discuss closer relations. Germany's 1901 exports to the United States totaled 8,007,052 dollars based on 1900 valuations.
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San Juan
Hunt
Cienfuegos
Porto Rico
Corinto
Nicaragua
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United States
St. Petersburg
Vladimir Borgoras
Coal Shortage Eases as City Finds Surplus Ahead
Philadelphia faces a tight coal supply with no city reserve and mines prone to storm disruption. Reading Company runs 27 of 38 collieries. more start today as shipments rise from Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys. Consumers discover rail rebate undercard pricing. dealers got coal 25 cents cheaper per ton while public saw no reduction.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Non-Vaccinated Students Barred From Penn Today
Dean Penniman of the University of Pennsylvania announces that all students lacking vaccination evidence or who failed two vaccine attempts will be barred from study today. Notices were posted in department buildings as Philadelphia health efforts disinfect city offices and curb smallpox.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Geary
Bureau of Health
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Soar Ili
Es Res
Allmendinger
Boy Fatally Shot by Companion in Claysville
Washington Pa January 6 Nease Maher 15 was shot and likely fatally wounded by companion Ray Elder at Claysville while the pair played with a revolver. Elder believed the weapon unloaded and fired at Maher’s head. Elder attempted suicide but was stopped. Both families are well known.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Nease Maher
Ray Elder
Claysville
Elder
Maher
Shaw Leaves for Home from Washington
Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa newly appointed Secretary of the Treasury visited executive departments and held a brief audience with the President before departing for home at six this evening.
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Washington
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Five-time Hang Sentence for Monroe Lewis
Hampton Va January 6 Judge Sidney Smith resentenced Monroe Lewis for the murder of Albert Pretlow Fort Monroe soldier to hang on February 7 next. This is the fifth time Lewis has been sentenced to hang.
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Hampton
Sidney Smith
Montague
Monroe Lewis
Albert Pretlow
Fort Monroe
Lewis
Jenkins Dies During Inaugural Aldermen Speech in Everett
In Everett Massachusetts on January 6 Robert H. Jenkins collapsed and died while delivering a speech to accept the office of president of the Board of Aldermen at the city government inauguration.
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Everett
Mass
Robert H. Jenkins
Board of Aldermen
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland
Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey? cloudy in north portion Tuesday and Wednesday with light south winds. Delaware and Maryland expect fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with light southerly winds.
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Pennsylvania
New Pirinba
Delaware
Maryland
Weather Bureau Bulletin From Philadelphia January 6 1902
The United States Weather Bureau reports in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on Monday January 6 1902. This brief notice outlines meteorological observations for the region and notes prevailing conditions, temperatures, and notable atmospheric patterns for the day.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadel . Pa
Policeman Shot by Prisoner After Hot Alley Chase
Policeman Richard Doyle of the Twelfth district was shot in the breast by Charles Francis Montague alias George Watson after a pursuit that ended in an alleyway. Watson, leader of a trolley wire theft ring, was captured near 1924 North Eleventh Street. Doyle was hospitalized and recovering.
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Charles Francis Montague
George Watson
Richard Doyle
Twelfth District
Doyle
Dick Doyle
Etter
Montague
Frank Montague
Callowhill Street
Norristown
Young Montague
Frank Wilson
Camac Street
Wilson
Aniel Wood
Wood
Smith
Ulrich
William Simms
Delaware County
Watson
Columbia Avenue
Thirteenth Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fawn Street
Fawn
Montgomery Avenue
Twelfth
Berks
Mr. Wood
Simms
Tom Travers
Harry Brooks
North Eleventh Street
Joseph Conway
Travers
Charles Francis Jague
Governor fixes six executions in one day
Raleigh N Y January 6 Governor Aycock set February 25 as the date to hang six white men. Burglary sentences target Asheville and Lincoln ton, while one execution for assassination occurs at Wilson. This marks the first postwar hangings.
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N. Y
Aycock
Asheville
Wilson
Lincolnton
Mrs Oelrichs Buys Newport Estate
A deed filed transfers two Newport lots from William K Vanderbilt Jr and Virginia Vanderbilt to Theresa A Oelrichs wife of Herman Oelrichs. The parcels include the Rosecliff estate on the Cliffs and a 30 foot passage from Bellevue avenue to Rosecliff in Newport Rhode Island.
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Newport Estate
Philadelphia Times
Newport
R. I
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Virginia Vanderbilt
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A. Oelrichs
Herman Oelrichs
Rosecliff
Bellevue Avenue
Urge Repeal of Revenue Taxes
Chicago January 6 the executive committee and commerce and manufactures committees of the Business League met to urge Congress to repeal revenue taxes.
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Chicago
Committee On Commerce
Committee On Manufactures of These Business League
Congress
Sparta Leaking Before Sail Sparks Fishing Trip Abandonment
Atlantic City January 6. The Sparta was leaking before she sailed last Thursday and pumps were not brought along. Captain Heil Parker of the Edith reports a broken machinery aboard Sparta while fishing near Five Fathom Bank. crew remains safe. Government pilot Jesse Yates cautions she may be disabled but seaworthy. Alberta and Parker boats joined in a search without new clues. Parker returned with a missing rudder.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Sparta
George Goose
Heil Parker
Edith
Five Fathom Bank
Jesse Yates
Piiot
Alberta
Mark Casto
Parker
Prohibition Leader Woolley Reports Global Temperance Progress
John G. Woolley, head of the Prohibition party, returns from seven months abroad studying liquor laws. He spoke at over ninety temperance meetings in Australia Scotland Hawaii Samoa New Zealand Ceylon France England Wales and more. He says America is currently the farthest advanced in the prohibition movement.
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John G. Woolley
Mr. Woolley
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Scotland
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Tutuila
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Ceylon
France
England
Wales
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America
Flirting on Public Thoroughfare Made a Misdemeanor
Albany reports a bill to punish flirting on public streets as a misdemeanor. The same session sees a penal code amendment making attempts on the President’s or New York Governor’s life treason. State Treasurer Jaeckel notes treasury balance at end of 1901 was $6,199,229 versus $2,918,831 in 1900.
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N. Y
William S. Bennet
New York
United States
Jaeckel
New York State
Romance Ends in Death as Bride Is St
A romance of a week ends with the death of Mrs. Stephens aged 68 after a New York wedding to M Theodore Stephens 21. She lived at 65 Central Park West and suffered heart disease. The couple were married December 30 in New York and she died Sunday morning at 9. Her son William D. Stephens, a Dock Street produce dealer, notes the family event as the body was brought to this city.
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M. Theodore Stephens
New York
Mrs. Stephens
Central Park West
Young Stephens
Faison
Coray Declines Governor Candidacy After Reform Leadership
E A Coray, reform leader of the last Legislature, reports letters urging a gubernatorial bid from across the state but says he will not seek State office this year. He stresses he will not be a candidate for Governor or other State office.
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Reform
Marine Captain Thorpe to Lead Detachment on Leonidas
Norfolk report credits Captain George Thorpe with temporary duty command of a Marine detachment slated for Venezuela bound on the collier Leonidas. The ship is said to take 1,200 tons of ammunition and stores to the North Atlantic squadron at Culebra after coaling.
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George ©. Thorpe
Marine Corps
Venegzuelan
Leonidas
North Atlantic
Culebra
Smuggler Brought Diamonds Worth 10000 Into U S
H Staiinski of Providence R I is under arrest for bringing diamonds into the country without the proper entry. Diamonds valued at 10000 were found secreted in his clothing in St Albans Vermont on January 6.
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H. Staiinski
Providence
R. I
Telegraphic Brevities From Ashington To Buffalo
Henry St Geor resigns as dean of the law faculty at Ashington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia after a family quarrel. Gust Radtke of Laporte Indiana sets himself on fire and will die. Bert Farrington of Millon Michigan shoots James Hooker at Hooker’s home. Farrington in custody. John Sadlier, Springfield Foundry GM, shot and killed by discharged employee John Wenney. Government dock test at New Orleans conducted by Board of Examiners. The Illinois battleship raised. Schooner Alaska arrives at Machias Massachusetts badly battered. crew frostbitten. Governor Nash appoints Colonel Kilbourne of Columbus Ohio to Vicksburg monument commission, replacing Andrew Hickenlooper. Dowle Stevenson case to reopen in Chicago for evidence about Zion Lace industries disclosures. Mississippi Valley Railroad southbound train collides with a switch engine. no injuries. St Louis Police Commission ordered to show cause for contempt over injunction against raiding Southern Telegraph Money Company. Buffalo Mayor ordered served with enforcement actions.
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Ashington and Lee University
Lexington
Gust Radtke
Laporte
Ind
Bert Farrington
Millon
Mich
James Hooker
Farrington
Hooker
John @. Sadlier
Kilbourne
Columbus
Vicksburg Monument
Andrew Hickenlooper
Cincinnati
Dowle-Stevenson
Chicago
Zion
Stevenson
Mississippi Valley
Theeek
Sampele Cone
Tietian W.huyru
St. Louis Police Commission
Southern Telegraph
Buffalo
Midnight session approves rules to harmonize city democracy
The Democratic convention adopted new rules and a schedule of procedure after hours of debate. Hasson committee proposals were refined to fix typographical errors and ensure clarity on primary election officer oaths and executive committee duties.
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Hasson Committee
King
Yix
Donnelly
City Committee
Committee of Nine
City and
APPROVE HASSON COMMITTEE
The town meeting democracy group met at 1222 Walnut Street to discuss Hasson committee recommendations chaired by Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon. Absentee Governor Robert E Pattison prompted questions as the rules discussion continued. Gordon later read a statement pledging unity and fair elections within Philadelphia's Democratic factions.
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Walnut Street
Hasson Committee
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Fox
Robert E. Pattison
Gordon
Hassan
J. Donnelly
Philadelphia
Union party city committee fixes January 16 convention
At the Union party city committee meeting held at 1212 Walnut last night a convention date was set for January 16 to nominate City Solicitor Councilmen and minority Magistrates. Delegates will be chosen by ward committees. Committees named include Finance Executive Conventions with listed members.
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Walnut Street
W. C. Bullitt
Bruce Burns
Tremont Bowman
Lymarne Edward Wadsworth
Frank M Rlter
Andrew Brown
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