Schley court inquiry hears Captain Cook on Santiago campaign
Washington report details Captain Francis A. Cook testimony from Key West May 19 to the July 3 battle. He described the Brooklyn loop and retrograde movement, coal concerns, and Schley’s leadership. Eduardo Nunez, Cuban pilot, testified on May 26 1898 and the court adjourned after Nunez.
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Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
Lemly
Schley
Francis A. Cook
Brooklyn
Santiago
William F. Fullam
New Orleans
Joseph Beale
Harvard
Commodore Schley
Navy Department
Department
Mr. Beale
Beale
Eduardo Nunez
Cervera
Cook
Key West
Sampson
Haror
Cienfuegos
McCalla
Canary Islands
Martinique
Havana
Captain McCall
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Yale
Sigsbee
Nunez
Santiago Harbor
Merrimac
Texas
Vizcaya
Mr. Ecos
Edwardo Nunez
Admiral Schley
i_terpeter
Nunez c
Nunez S
Sch
Cuban
Calixto Garcia
Cebereco
Mason
Dewey
Czolgosz to be watched at execution in Albany
Superintendent Collins will seek a state official to witness the electrocution of Leon F. Czolgosz in Auburn. Only 26 witnesses will attend as thousands send flowers and letters that never reach him, with donors unnamed and likely unrevealed.
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Albany
N. Y
Cornelius V. Collins
Hay
Leon F. Czolgosz
President McKinley
State Department of Prisons
Czolgosz
Collins
Auburn
Mrs Hannah Powderly Dies at Washington Home
Mrs Hannah Powderly wife of Terence V Powderly died at her home in Washington on the evening of Oct 16 She was connected with the Knights of Labor as general master workman and her husband held the post of commissioner general of immigration
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Washington
Hannah Powderly
Terence V. Powderly
Commissioner General of Immigration
The
Knights of Labor
Cere
Negro Scalded to Death in Meridian Yard Wreck
A passenger train on the Vicksburg road collided with six coal cars in Meridian Mississippi yards. Steve Lowe, a Black man, was scalded to death and several others injured with varying severity.
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Meridian
Miss
Vicksburg Road
Steve Lowe
Mexican Outlaw Gregorio Cortez Sentenced to Hang
Gregorio Cortez, the Mexican outlaw chased in the lower Rio Grande valley last spring, was convicted at Karnes City of murdering Sheriff Morris of Karnes County and sentenced to hang.
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Dallas
Tex
Gregorio Cortez
Rio Grande Valley
Karnes City
Morris
Karnes County
Earl of Minto May Resign as Canada Governor General
The Daily Chronicle reports friction with the ministry may lead Earl of Minto to resign before term completion. If he steps down, the post could be offered to Baron de Blaquiere.
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Arl of Minto
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Earl of Minto
Canada
Baron de Blaquiere
Cuba Adopts Elect ion Law With Central Scrutiny Board
Governor General Wood promulgates a revised Cuban election law removing the inked in requirement for inscribed Spaniards to prove voting eligibility. Spaniards may register like native Cubans. A central board of scrutiny will forward reports to the governor general. Elections set for February 24, 1902 with ballots for president vice president and senators.
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Havana
Wood
Central Board of Scrutiny
Inquiry into Captain B F Tilley Governing Tutuila
Rear Admiral Evans leaves Washington for San Francisco to join Rear Admiral Casey in Samoa aboard the Wisconsin. Casey probes missionaries’ allegations on Captain B F Tilley moral character. If needed a naval court may be ordered with Evans as president. officers Cooper Glass Thomas Merry Reiter Harrington and Myers to sail aboard the Solace from San Francisco.
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Washington
Robley D. Evans
San Francisco
Casey
Pacific
Wisconsin
Tutuila
Samoa
B. F. Tilley
Evans
Cooper
Glass
Thomas
Merry
Reiter
Harrington
Myer
Milwaukee Lumber Merchant Missing Under Cloud of Foul Play
Anton Stollenwerk a 61 year old Milwaukee businessman vanished after leaving for St Louis on October 1 to negotiate timber lands. He was expected back the following Saturday but no word has reached Milwaukee. He reportedly carried substantial money, is five feet five inches tall, smooth shaven, with a florid complexion and weighed 225 pounds.
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Milwaukee
Anton Stollenwerk
St. Louis
Stollenwerk
Travel by train to California with sleeper service
If you are going to California apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway about the through tourist sleeping car service to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Round trip tourist tickets on sale daily.
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California
Chicago and North- Western Railway
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Local Auctioneer Offers Countywide Advertising Service
Brockway Huron D licensed auctioneer offers to attend auctions anywhere in the county by day or percentage. Provides complete advertising management at reasonable rates and promises savings. Coffee cups furnished free.
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Brockway
Huron
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Police O'Conner
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Dongola Kid Shoes
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E. B. Soper
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Rognee
Geo. C. Fullinweider
Standard Savings Bank
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