Evans testimony on Schley case details naval battle
Rear Admiral Evans testified before the Schley court of inquiry about the May to July Santiago campaign voyage, fuel provisioning, and the battle off Santiago. Captain Jewell and Commander Miller also spoke on fleet movements, weather, and coaling, while questions shielded sensitive operational details.
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Ommander Miller
The
Merrimac
Jewell
Admiral Schley
Evans
Washington
Jvans
Santiago
Sehley Naval Court of Inquiry
Key West
Tivaeus
Sehley
Act
Bunthigo
Colon
Maury
Theo. Fr. Jewell
Minneapolis
James M. Miller
Coliier Mesritnne Untich
Llohson
Santineo
Adina Evans
Theodoreahdiewell
Weln Dillen
Commie
Canmedore Schlew
Marich
Lemly
Admiral Sehley
Line
Aenite
Naval Nabe
Savini
Secant
Slesher
Dewell
Santiiee
Cnr
Cuphal Dewell
Addie
Santhage
Seliley
Jowell
Vaymer
Tee
Sigshes
Hineelf
Dowel
Wike
Sigebee
Towell
Mr. Wagner
Yale
Wits
Cienfuegos
Bintingo
Morrinne
Hayter
Miller
Ilewan
Philip
Texas Alunalled
Tivelisen
M. Will
Sail and weather notes from the Merrimack voyage near May
Reports detail the Merrimac voyage from Cienfuegos to Bilboa with the collier and tow of the Yale. Witness testimony discusses wind, speed, and the presence of battleships affecting maneuvering. The weather and engine issues, plus questions about towing and coal, frame the inquiry.
Union party files nominations for state offices
The Union party filed candidates with the state department including Judge Harman Yerkes of Bucks for Supreme Court and Rep Po A Corey of Luzerne for state treasurer. Other filings include Henry Budd and Harry Davis for judges in Philadelphia and Andrew Lesher for president judge in the Seventeenth district, plus Socialist tickets. Filing closes tomorrow with department hours extended to midnight for public convenience.
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Associated Pree
Warrlebure
Harman Yerkes
Bucks County
Po A. Corey
Luzerne County
Union Party
Supreme Court
State Department
Frank M. Riter
Philadelphia
Henry Budd
Harry Davis
Vonminion Pleas Court
Andrew Lesher
Lewisburg
Spvcialist
Z. Mahlon Barnes
Charles Wweydrick
Erie
Capture of Ellen Stone Told by Survivors in Bulgaria
A detailed account from Mrs. H. C. Haskell of Samovka Bulgaria describes Ellen Stone missionary capture by brigands in Turkey. Stone and Mrs Tsilka were seized while traveling with students and teachers after seeking money and transport. One brigand killed a companion for a horse and the captors later released the group. News spread rapidly across Bulgaria due to Stone’s fame.
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Kansas City
Ellen M. Stone
Turkey
H. C. Haskell
Samovka
Bulgaria
Mise Stone
Bansko
Macedonia
Samokova
Miss Stone
I'silka
Dr. House
Salonika
Dickinson
Manila Hemp Scandal Opens in Senate Probe
A senate sub committee under the military affairs panel began an inquiry into charges against Lieutenant Colonel H. O. B. Heistand over an alleged Manila hemp conspiracy. The panel, led by Senator Hawley, investigates alleged use of official positions to control hemp output in the Philippines.
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Asakclatad Press
Washington
Senate
Committee On
Hawley
Proctor
Burrows
Cockrell
Harris
IL O'Elowk
HH. O. B. Heistand
Heistand
Philippines
Hawke
President's Salary Warrants Drawn After Death
Treasury issues warrants to cover the late president’s salary at death time and Roosevelt’s salary through October 1. Warrants total around 2,000 dollars and were drawn today for the assorted payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Owen
Roosevelt
Condensed state news from various towns
Reports from Mahanoy City Hartshorne Sunbury and Mici Chunk detail thefts shootings and political notes. Names include Thomas Powarty Alph Ramsey John Specht Daniel Stiler Griffin while a state canvass nominates Hikin for governor and others for district attorney and colour or.
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Carbon County
Hewatlican County
Hoday Houminatea
Haniel W. Stiler
Miwoh Chunk
Cisuit
Sow Grifiin
Lehighton
Dilobayty
Vie
West State Canvons Bothaw
John I Kikin
Sentinel Vault Guard Tightened After Ghoul Story
Canton dispatch reports United States Infantry at West Hill Cemetery guarding President McKinley’s resting place after Private Deprend’s tale of prowlers. Most officers accept the incident as overworked nerves. only one questions a ghoul plot. More sentinels to be posted. inquiry said to be possible.
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Prem
Canton
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Westhiwn Cemetery
Restine
McKinley
Deprend
Con
Nin
Gener Otis
Chicago
General Otis
Sergeant Cook
Kook
Tim
Uty
Ware
Port Wayne
Mid
Torhiy
Avery
Fort
Captain Biddle Questions Westlawn Incident
Captain Biddle who guards Westlawn cemetery doubts a reported attack occurred. After an overnight review, he says the sentinel may have erred and daylight reveals no evidence of a struggle. Investigators carried out a careful check but findings remain unconvincing to the official.
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Anton
Biddle
Westlawn Cemetery
Westliwn Cemetery
Ble
Eclf
Powers Forms New Independent Baseball League
President P T Powers of the Eastern Baseball league announces the formation of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. The body unites U S and Canadian clubs outside the National and American leagues to protect club and player rights and seeks cooperation from all member clubs.
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New York
P. T. Powers
Eastern Baseball League
United States
Canada
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Powers
Trains Die In Berkshire Division Collision
Three men died and two were seriously injured when two freight trains on the New York New Haven Hartford line collided near Long Hill. Engineers Burns Holt and Fireman Gustafson Pitcher died or injured. officials blame Holt for running the southbound extra past Stepney.
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Bridgeport
Berkshire
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Long Hill
FF. Burns
Gustafson
Naly
Holt
Pitcher
Stepney
Police Meet Spanish Mob in Madrid and Barcelona
Exclusive AP report from Madrid describes a Sept 40 anniversary rally of 20,000 Republicans and Socialists in Barcelona. Crowds placed a wreath on the General Prim monument amid clashes with police. Police fired to quell the volley of stones, wounding three demonstrators and two officers.
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Madrid
Barcelona
General Prim
Disaster at Ladysmith Mines Reported by Wire
Exclusive wire recounts a fire in No 2 slope at Extension mines near Ladysmith. Within half an hour the blaze spread raising smoke as 8 to 15 miners were said to be in danger or lost. names listed include MacCaullum Reeves Wilson Tony Stallan Griffiths Blakely Motti shaw Dolan and others unaccounted for.
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Victoria
Dunemary
Welling Colley Company
Alex Hindon
Ladysmith
Nxtension
Tre
MacCaullum
Reeves
Wilson
Tony
King to Visit India Amid Crown Claim in Empire
Exclusive wire report from London states that after the South African War ends King will tour the colonies and India. It is said he will be crowned emperor of Initia during his India visit.
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Edward
Iosa
London
South
Alexandra
India
Steamship Arrivals from Global Ports Include New York Voyages
Ships arriving and clearing in transatlantic crossings list vessels such as Champagne, Germanic, Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, Servia, Hamburg, and Kronprinz Wilhelm with routes including Havre Cherbourg Southampton Genoa Naples and Rotterdam. Multiple lines show departures and arrivals through Cherbourg and New York, with several vessels bound for European ports and back to New York.
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Pregs
New York
Sopit
Champagne
Havre
Whocama
Mamburg
Rotterdam
Trav
Genoa
Minneapolis
London
Servia
Liverpool
Germanic
Philadelphia
Southampton
Kron Prine Willom
Bremen
Mymouth
Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grose
Dew You
Heremen
Gibraltar
Alireds Allen
Naples
Getou
lHonligne
Venezuelan crisis deepens as imports fall in Caracas
Exclusive wire reports Caracas shows a collapsing economy with little paid debt service for thirty eight months and few importers covering costs. Government salaries are halved and many citizens face hunger while the mood toward President Castro hardens amid fears of a Colombia Venezuela rupture aiding revolutionary forces.
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Caracas
Associated Plan
Venexuela
Colon
Colombia
Venezuela
Castro
Wind favors Columbia in second America's Cup race
New York reports the second race between Columbia and Shimrock II for the America's Cup set for tomorrow with a triangular ten mile course and a start around 11 30. Forecasts predict light to fresh northerly winds shifting by noon as both teams seek momentum after Saturday's dramatic contest and betting tightens around Columbia at roughly even money.
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New York
Washington
Sandy Hook
Thomas Lipton
Columbia
Farmer Fatally Wounds Wife Then Ends Life
An aged farmer near Hero fatally strikes his 60 year old wife on the head with an iron piece after a quarrel over money. Believing her dead he commits suicide by shooting himself in a tragic domestic case. The couple had been married forty five years and had five children. The dispute centered on money matters.
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Associateu Pres
Sing Sing executes Arthur Flanagan in week incident
AP report from New York notes Arthur Flanagan, an inmate described in harsh terms, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week beginning Now 18. He and fellow inmate Emerson were imprisoned for burglary and accused of murdering Hugh Medorven at the Weat Side prison last October. Flanigan fled to Wanire, then captured at Pitsburg.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Flanagan
Sing Sing
Flanagan
Emersons
Hugh Medorven
Weat Side
Kieron
Flanigan
Jin Wanire
Pitsburg
Memorial exercises honor President McKinley in court
Memorial services were held in the United States courthouse for President McKinley with prominent members of the bar in attendance. Speakers denounced anarchy and gold standard advocates, noting followers remain active in the country.
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McKinley
Toomierm
Presilnvt
Haske Kollsiat
Lieley
United Baloe
Deaths of a Day from the Associated Press
Exclusive wire reports memorialize notable deaths including Charlotte Bons parte widow of Count Weinwil born in Bowe inise Victoria and Tiaardt Kroger son of the former president recently surged to Heiioli as he died.
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Charlotte Bonsparte
Count Weinwil
Bowe Inise
Victoria
Tiaardt Kroger
A& Son
British Protctorate Expected Over Koweyt Rail Line
In foreign brief items from Bombay and Vienna, reports suggest Britain will soon proclaim a protectorate over Koweyt connected to the Baghdad railway. the issue stems from an Anglo Turkish dispute. Other dispatches note casualties among Boer forces and financial strains in Venezuela amid a banking crisis. Austria Hungary plan to defer renewing German trade pacts.
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Bombay
Gayette
Koweyt
Bagdad
Persian Gulf
Balangiga Disaster and Katipunan Branch Reported
Reports from Manila and New York describe the Balangiga massacre where more than forty Americans of Company C Ninth Infantry were killed by insurgents in the Philippines after a breakfast attack by 400 bolo men. A new Katipunan branch is said to operate at Tarlac with native constabulary, aiding plans for uprising. Captain Connell of the Ninth Infantry is reported killed, while Dr. Griswold, a medical officer from Connecticut, is listed as missing or dead. The war department awaits full casualty lists.
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Tarlac
Associated Prom
Manila
Hughes
Samar
Markley
Tannan
Balangiga
Company
Ninth Infantry
Katipunan
Marcelino Marivilla
Banoang
New York
David J. Connell
Thomas W. Connell
Ninth United States Infantry
War Department
Washington
Connell
Ramsay
St. Lyme
Conn
Griswold
Connecticut Volunteers
Inba
Philippines
Local Corporations Chartered by State Department
The state department announced chartering actions for multiple companies. Notable entries include American Woodworking Machinery Company, Cresson Bridgeway Ship, The Kerowool 611 Company, Suburban Elowthe Company of Derry Township, Granville Electric Light Company, and Philadelphia based Alr Store Company with varying capitals.
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Uxchoice
Meas
Horeisburg
Sept
American Woodworking Machinery Compan
Tonys Nene
Ded Coy
Millen
Cannybria County Telephone Company
Cresson Bewy
Candbichy Counties Capital
Simw
Kerowool
New
Miss Lemly Burned to Death in Salem Home Fire
Unclear OCR report states Miss Lemly, a young girl related to Captain Tewly, died in a Salem Ohio home fire after her clothing ignited from a kitchen accident. The incident was reported by The Associated Pros.
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Miss Lemly
Carlotte
Laura Lome
Tewly
Judy Advocate
Sehley Court of Inquiry
Salem
Unclear Text From The Anoointed Cross Cinton
The readable fragments describe a person named McKintey and mentions outings and a condition, but the overall event, place, and date are not discernible. No clear actions, organizations, or outcomes are present to form a concise news record.
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Cinton
Whin McKintey
Weather recap from yesterday with temps and humidity
Yesterday’s weather report lists high and low temperatures and humidity readings. The fragment notes a high around 68 degrees and relative humidity near 02 percent, with a 24 hour period ending in the late afternoon.
Weather Forecast for Eistern Pennsylvania
A forecast from Washington on October 20 indicates fair weather on Tuesday and Wednesday in Eistern Pennsylvania with a night northerly wind turning variable.
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Washington
Bopt
Pennsylvania
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