Division in court as to Admiral Schley
Washington reports the Dewey court of inquiry near closure with two reports signed by Dewey and Lemly. The majority faults Schley for delays and missteps in the Santiago campaign while Dewey records six dissenting points, praising Schley’s leadership at key moments. Secretary Long to sign the record, no further action expected.
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Admiral Schley
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Sehley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Dewey
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Moralprac Dewey
Senate
Court of Inquiry
Sedley
Santiago
George Dewey
Samuel
Lemly
Admiralk Benham
Ramsey
Navy Department
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Benham
Schley
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Santiago de Cuba
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Sandber
Colon
Port Battery
Brooklyn
Wiccaya
Texas
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Judge Advocate
Dewey
Key West
Comimalore
Adube
Cienfuezes
Tormytin Eten
Chenfuegos
Orge Dewey
Nel C. Lemly
U.S. N
Advoca
George Dew
Samuel C. Temly
Tate
Seer Y. Admiral
Cold Wave Grips Midwest and Northwest Across Dec 14
The cold wave brings record low temperatures from St Pont to Chicago and St Louis, with 25 below zero in St Pont and 54 degree drops in Chicago and St Louis. Ice forms on the Mississippi near La Crosse as frostbite and freezing deaths occur, including W. E. Baylor near Waldron. The front extends from northern Illinois to Arkansas and is expected to push toward the Atlantic by Sunday.
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la Crossais
Mississippi
Washington
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Chicago
St. Louis
Hillness
Arkansas
Atlantic Coast
Indianapolis
Waldron
W. BE. Baylor
Tremely
Taxation case heard on Omaha real estate valuation protests
The Omaha Board of Review reopened hearings after protests by the Real Estate Exchange against reductions in assessments for franchised corporations. The Street Railway and Gas companies had valuations cut by 240 000 and 300,000 respectively, with hearings resumed to address protest time. The matter involves the city’s tax commissioners and reveals a procedural dispute over snap judgments. The report also references historical naval remarks by Admiral Dewey and Commodore Schley related to the Santiago blockade.
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memnaTit
Omaha
Neb
Dee. Lee
City Board of Review
Board of Revie
Omaha Street Railway Company
Sha Gas Company
Real Estate ‘Exchange Committee
Reed
Beard
Bank Conditions Report Issued By Controller
Washington December report issued for National banks showing condition as of close of business Tuesday December 10. Includes other items: a fatal and several injuries from a railway crossing collision near Decatur India and a U.S. Congress update on Philippine revenue measure. Also notes plans to cover the Des Peres River in St Louis with buildings built over it.
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Washington
Congress
House
Philippine Islands
Eee
St. Louis
Spalding Demands Freedman Ousts To Break Baseball Deadlock
New York dispatch reports Albert G. Spalding insists he will not withdraw as National League presidential candidate and will force a vote before adjournment. He brands Andrew Freedman a traitor and plotter and says Freedman must exit baseball entirely. Spalding cites letters and meetings as backing for his stance and vows action to end the league stalemate.
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New York
N. E. Young
Albert G. Spalding
A. G. Spalding
Spaing
Freedman
Andrew Breedman
Epenix
Pur
Ely
Andrew Freedman
National League
Spalding
Dell
Freedwan
Brush
Frank de Ma Robison
Bruly
Robison
Hart
Seden
Posten
Na Vonal
League
Standig
Spaldig
Ty Krush
KILLS HIS MOTHER AND HIMSELF IN WISEBAKER CASE
Mrs. Wisebaker lay dead with a broken skull and stove poker nearby. Jacob Wisebaker, her son, was seen leaving the home and was later found dead in Long’s livery stable with a bullet wound. A revolver bought an hour earlier was recovered. Pension money had been received Wednesday. authorities believe robbery led to the attack and suicide.
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Samlnsky
Dee
Valentine Wisebaker
Jacob
Long
Million Dollar Studebaker Estate Bond Filed
In northern Indiana a record bond filing by executors of the late Clem Studebaker estate totals 2.74 million dollars furnished by a Baltimore trust. The will allocates 400 shares of 1185 Studebaker stock to three children, cash sums, 10 thousand to each of seven grandchildren, residence properties, stock in Mishawaka Wool Boot, and a large block of South Bend Gas stock. The estate includes 2500 acres of farmland and about 200 thousand dollars in life insurance, with total property estimated around five million dollars.
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South Bend
Indiana
Ann Stndeer
George M. Studebaker
Clement Studebaker, Jr
Charles Arthur Carlee
Clem Studebaker
Baltimore Trust Company
Tate
Studebaker
Stadert Manufacturing Company
Atain
Mishawaka Wool Boot Company
South Bend Gas Company
Threats by Priest Endanger Wife During Lecture Plans
Aran City December reports Father Anthony Politeo a Kansas City priest threatened his wife with death over her plan to lecture. He followed her to her lawyer’s office demanded to know if she would lecture. He vowed to shoot if she spoke against him. Lawyers restrained him and removed him.
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Aran City
Anthony Politeo
Kansas City
Kan
St. Joseph
Andis
Mel
Politeo
BE McCall
Pennsylvania
Noyes
Prominent Men Pass From Earth Scenes
Dec 14 reports from multiple cities note notable deaths including Dr Robert Curry founder of Curry university aged 50 in Pittsburg Verve Haute Indiana D W Minshull reputed wealthiest man in western Indiana aged 74 Trenton Balfour speaks on foreign competition in London Dec 4 and Terre Haute Indiana elects W P Ljams president for the sixteenth time Other obituaries list banker William F Lindemann of Viroqua Wisconsin who died suddenly in his private office He previously partnered with former Secretary of Agriculture Richard Aalk Rusk
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Piltsburg
Robert Curry
Curry University
Verve Haute
Ind
D. W. Minshull
Indiana
Heath
Wisconsin
Viroqua
Wis
William F. Lindemann
Lindemann
Rusk
Pitiable Death Rate In South Africa
London reports that October and November returns from concentration camps show a high death rate among whites, including 2,635 child deaths in October and 2,271 in November, with six month total 15,961. Kitchener notes a dawn ambush near Ermelo resulting in Boer deaths and many prisoners. A college to accept a $12,500 gift with a $37,000 fundraising goal was decided at Snurtiet College in Mis.
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London
Kitchener
War Office
Bruce Hamilton
Piet Viljoensger
Snurtiet College
Upper Aston
Mis
Baptist Educational Sury
Fierce Storm Continues On Coast Of Great Britain
The east coast storm worsens with ships wrecked off Hartlepool and several lives lost. Reports also note embezzlement findings in Ballston Spa and various local disasters including a miner’s fatal shaft fall and a Cochrane house fire.
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London
Great Britain
Queen
West Hartlepool
Acquits Mrs Bonine in Ayres Murder Case
Washington jury found Mrs Lola Bonine not guilty of murdering Jamies Seymour Ayres Jr at the Kenmore hotel. The verdict, returned last evening after a brief deliberation, surprised few and released the defendant. The trial drew wide attention as the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
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Washington
Ayres
Ida Lola Bonine
Gompers Reelected American Federation Chief in Scranton
Gompers is reelected president of the American Federation of Labor with James Duncan of Boston as first vice president. The report recalls an 1879 comment by former Secretary of State Evarts praising Western public men and notes an aside on the origin of the word sunny from astrology and its sun sign meaning.
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American Federation
Scranton
Gompers
James Duncan
Boston
William M. Evarts
President Hayes
Omaha
Sunny
Swedish city sizes compared to American cities
The author notes Stockholm is the only Swedish city comparable to larger American cities, being somewhat smaller than Pittsburg. Gothenberg is similar in size to Columbus, Ohio, while the remaining Swedish cities are described as towns.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Pittsburg
Gothenberg
Columbus
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