Schley Appeals to President on Dewey Based Grounds
Admiral Schley has publicized his appeal to the president seeking reversal of court findings on his command and credit for the Santiago victory. He bases three grounds on Admiral Dewey s testimony and asks annulment of Secretary Long s endorsement in favor of the majority report.
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Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Department
Dewey
Secretary Long
Secretary of the Navy
Schley
Santiago
Long
Admiral Dewey
Santiago Bay
Commodore Schley
Key West
Cienfuegos
Gheat Gallows Pair Escape From County Jail
Edward and John Biddle, death row inmates for the murder of grocer Tt. D. Kahney, overpowered guards in Pittsburg at 4 am. They hurled a guard from a railing, shot another, and fled through unlocked gates aided by outside help.
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Pittsburg
Edward
John Biddle
D. Kahney
Mount Washington
James McGeary
McGeary
Ross Street
Kahney
Patrick Fitzgerald
Biddle Brothers
Fulton Street
Fitzgerald
Edward Biddle
Walter Dorman
Jessie Bodine
Jennie Seebers
Dorman
Biddles
John
Stone
Carnegie Trustees Meet to Plan Absolute Control of Endowment
Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Institution board held their first Washington session. Carnegie declared his aim to entrust the trustees with complete control of the $10,000,000 endowment, with no influence on their judgment. Gilman and Walcott said no organization plan had been drafted yet and full board discussion would shape the final administration.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
National University of Post-Graduate Studies
Carnegie
State Department
Wilson
Scott and Elkins
West Virginia
Budd
California
Dr. Gilman
Cullom addresses senate as tariff, land grants passed
Washington Jan 30 after routine business the senate passed a bill letting the United States use naval patented devices. Mr Cullom spoke on reciprocity treaties. Other acts authorized Duluth car transfer over the canal and reserve lands plus 3200 for a Browns Point lighthouse. Debate on the Philippine tariff and press censorship continued with contrasting views from Dubois and Lodge.
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Senate
United States
Mr. Cullom
Tls
Browns Point
Commencement Bay
Manila
General Wheaton
Schurman
Dubois
Lodge
Root
Minnesota Delegation Debates Morris Timber Bill
All Minnesota members except Rep Eddy met in Rep Tawney’s committee room to discuss the Morris bill authorizing timber sales on Indian reservations. The conference ran from 3 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon as the group explored the measure and its implications.
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Washington
Minnesota
Congress
Eddy
Representative Tawney
War Secretary Announces Supplementary War Estimate
London reports the war secretary Mr Brodrick introducing a supplementary estimate of 5 million pounds in the house of commons. The measure raises the year's war cost to 61,070,000 pounds while troop strength in South Africa stands at 237,800. Monthly expenses now run about 4.5 million pounds.
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London
Brodrick
House of Commons
South Africa
Mine Yields Nearly Pure Silver Vein Discovery
Two prospectors Dave Lieulwyn and W H Harmon working a leased mine report a vein of almost pure silver. They secured 13 tons of ore with an assay value near 8000 dollars per ton, signaling a major find in Niehart on Monday January 29.
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Niehart
Mon
Dave Lieulwyn
W. H. Harmon
Goebel Murder Trial Jury Links To Life Sentence
Frankfort Ky Jan 31 The jury in the Jim Howard Goebel murder case convicted him and fixed the punishment at life imprisonment after a verdict shift from death to life. It was Howard’s second trial the first ending in a death sentence. An appeal is planned.
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Frankfort
Jim Howard
Goebel
Howard
Court of Appeals
Waiting for the Prisoner in Casper Wyoming
A mob of 100 armed men patrolling Casper railroad yards waits for Sheriff Tubbs and his prisoner Charles Woodward the murderer of Sheriff Ricker. Woodward faces a potential lynching as guards protect stage stations and the county jail. Acting Governor Chatterton seeks protection measures and Mayor Cantlin's support while Judge Framel pledges a speedy trial.
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Casper, Wy
Tubbs
Charles Woodward
Ricker
Rattlesnake Mountains
Woodward
Chatterton
Cantlin
Eveor
Framel
Williams Elected President of Retail Grocers Association
Joseph E. Williams of South Bend Indiana was chosen president at the forenoon session of the National Association of Retail Grocers convention. Also elected were Vice President William Gray of Brooklyn Secretary Charles Pfeiffer of St Louis and Treasurer E G Ashley of Toledo.
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Milwaukee
Joseph E. Williams
South Bend
Ind
National Association of Retail Grocers
William Gray
Brooklyn
Charles Pfeiffer
St. Louis
E. G. Ashley
Toledo
farmer Isaac Putney arrests over Chinamen in women's clothes
Ogdensburg New York January 30 Isaac Putney a Lisbon farmer was arrested while driving into the city with a group of Chinamen dressed in women's clothes. Authorities say the Chinamen were brought from Canada during the night.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Isaac Putney
Lisbon
Canada
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