Precedent Set for Schley Court Inquiry Scope
New York dispatch reports Admiral Schley seeking a naval court of inquiry to review the Santiago campaign. Secretary of the Navy Long selects Dewey, Kimberly, and Benham as members with Samuel Lemley as judge advocate. the precept orders full fact finding and recommendations. The court assembles September 2 and may sit months beyond Congress convening.
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New York
Win- Scott Schley
Santiago
Schley
naval M@iquette
Washington
Yong
Ada
Santiago Naval
Ashington
Adm
Dewey and Jr
Kimberly
Benham
Schley Court of Riot
Samuel C. Lemley
Adsneral
Navy
Care
Court of Inquiry
Schley Court of Inquiry
Navy Department
Dewey
Dewey, As President of the Purt
Chiey
Secrey Long
Key West
Loor
Brooklyn
Hodgson
Long
Senate
Mit
Lemley
Congress
Department
Fatal shooting affray at King's Mines sparks mob fears
In Cambridge County one man was killed and three fatally wounded in a shooting affray at King's Mines. Grant Taylor, 25, died after a clash sparked by alleged intimacy between a colored man, William Bisby, and Taylor's wife. Melvin and Mack Shelton and Joseph Bedden were wounded as vigilante violence escalated before sheriff arrival. Bisby barricaded himself. crowd anticipated lynching after deaths.
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Cambridge
King’s Mines
This County
Grant Taylor
Melvin Shelton
Mack Shelton
Joseph Bedden
William Bisby
Shelton
Taylor
Redden
Bisby
Admission of the Collegio Presidente Reported
A terse notice notes the admission of the Collegio Presidente. Details are sparse, but the event involves a formal recognition by the governing body. Further specifics on date, location, and participants are not provided in the readable text.
Kitchener to Assume India Command After South Africa
Pretoria July 27 report says Lord Kitchener will leave for England August 3 to rest five months, then take over supreme command in India. Sir Bindon Blood expected to succeed him in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
England
India
Sir Bindon
South Africa
World Cotton Supply Figures From Secretary Hester
Secretary Hester reports the world cotton supply at 2,887,000 bales, compared with 1,413,675 last year, with American figures presented as 1,407,887 this year against 881,675 previously, in New Orleans dispatch dated July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
Remarkable German Baby in Colorado Springs
A Great Baby. Colorado Springs, Col., July 26.-A is. Frank Leaf, Germans, which ges 17 pounds wet, is 24 inches and measures 13% inches across He is normal except in
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Colorado Springs
Col
Frank Leaf
Directors reject Yerkes electricity plan for railway
July 6 report from mis metropolitan railway directors declines Charles T. Yerkes offer to wire the system. They resist surrender of control over the line, citing postponed electrification.
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Mdon
Mis Metropolitan Railway
Charles T. Yerkes
Farmer John id found dead with buckshot on roadside
Murfreesboro Tennessee July 26. John id a prominent farmer of J ers Gap was found dead Thursday afternoon with buckshot in his back. He was under indictment on an attempted criminal case against W J Hoover.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
John Id
Jers Gap
W. J. Hoover
Claims For Damage Filed By Antonio Megu a
Antonio Megua filed with the Span commission a claim for property destroyed by Spanish troops.
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Antanio Meaga
Span‘commission
Allied Villagers Armies in Southwestern Chi Li
London reports cite native sources describing 25 000 armed Allied villagers in southwestern Chi Li. Many are old Boxers or disbanded soldiers who have seized imperial supplies sent from Peking. Peking dispatch notes a throne communication urging reform and honest administration.
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London
Chi Li
Peking
The
Standard
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Kun Yang
Grand Lottery Draw Underway in El Reno Oklahoma
In El Reno Oklahoma Territory on July 29 the Kiowa Comanche land lottery began with 13 000 claims and 165 865 registrants. A two wheel draw selects envelopes containing applicant names. ten draw officials operate the process as 500 names per district are drawn daily toward completion by Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Reno
O. T
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
D. P. Dyer
St. Louis
United States
Frank Dale
Oklahoma
Lawton
Lot
Insurgents Active Near Panama City Reported
Kingston Jamaica July 29 Newspaper reports from Panama say insurgents operate in large numbers near Panama City. Government orders citizens to concentrate to repel attacks and protect property. Panama is guarded at sea by a gunboat with precautions to suppress news of developments.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Panama
Northern Kansas Drought Ends With Widespread Rainfall
Atchison July 29 drought in northern Kansas since April 15 was broken by a weekend rain. Missouri Pacific reports from stations up to 300 miles west and north into Nebraska show a shower from a quarter to two inches in most spots, lasting three to four hours. Central and southeastern Kansas have seen rain, but northern counties remained dry until the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Nebraska
Mad Mullah Fight Forces British Retreat In Arabia
In the July 17 clash at Aden, the Mad Mullah army was routed leaving 70 dead. British casualties included Lieut. Fredericks and 12 men killed, Lieut. Dickson and 20 men wounded.
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Aden
Arabia
Fredericks
Dickson
Shamrock II and Erin Pass Westward From Ireland
A dispatch from Tuskar Rock reports Shamrock II and Erin left Gourick last Saturday for New York and were seen passing at eight o clock Sunday morning heading westward Kept in St George s channel near Ireland.
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London
Tuskar Rock
Ireland
St. George’s Channel
Erin
Gourick
New York
Edward J. Kelley Dies at Premium Point Cottage
Edward J. Kelley commodore of the New Rochelle Yacht Club died suddenly at his Premium Point cottage in New Rochelle from hemorrhage of the lungs. Admiral Schley had been due to visit his yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Kelley
New Rochelle Yacht Club
Adm. Schley
Premium Point
New Rochelle
St Pauls Cathedral in London Faces Structural Danger
A London telegram to the Journal reports St Pauls Cathedral in London is endangered by fissures in the walls and subsidence signs. The notice notes the danger and potential collapse risk amid mounting concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
A Sack of Silver Disappears from Bank Vault
In Chicago on July 29 a sack containing 1000 silver dollars, weighing about 60 pounds, vanished from the Commercial National Bank after being left outside the vault when the bank closed. Detectives have found no trace, marking a second mysterious loss for the bank within a year. Separately, a bundle of $20,000 sent to Burlington, Iowa, by Adams Express was found to contain only paper clippings when opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commercial National Bank
Adams Express Co
National State Bank
Burlington
Kansas Rainfall Delays Planting Across Santa Fe Route
Topeka reports copious rains drenching Kansas along the Santa Fe line and into the western areas. Farmers began planting turnips Kaffir corn and sorghum forage on Monday amid wet fields and common rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Motor-paced 15 mile race set for Asbury Park track
New York reports Harry Eikes and Jimmy Michaels have been matched to ride a 15 mile motor-paced race as the main event at the national circuit meeting to be held at Asbury Park on August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Eikes
Jimmy Michaels
Asbury Park
Birmingham Negro ministers urge workers to stay amid strikes
Birmingham circulars by Negro ministers urge members of the race to not leave the city for northern or eastern points to fill positions created by striking workers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blaze Burns Mrs Ware and Family in Fire Accident
In Battle Creek Michigan on July 29 Mrs Jacob Ware and her 14 year old daughter Lola along with Henry Steast suffered severe burns when Mrs Ware ignited a stove burner unaware the basin had recently flowed.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Jacob Ware
Lola
Henry Steast
Ware
Skeleton of Ill. farmer found after 30 years missing
In Pana Illinois on July 29 workmen tearing down an old house near Shelbyville unearthed a skeleton believed to be John Russell a Tower Hill farmer who vanished thirty years ago authorities opened the case as a likely long missing person story with natural condition uncertainties and ongoing identifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana, al
John Russell
Tower Hill
Ill
Shelbyville
Cuban Electoral Bill Outlines Universal Suffrage and Restrictions
Havana July 30 The Cuban constitutional convention debates an electoral bill by the electoral commission. It provides universal suffrage with literacy and age restrictions for office holders. It sets birth or long naturalization requirements for governors, provincial legislators, congressmen, senators, and the president, with two elections planned and specific provincial representation allocations. The text notes Havana obtaining 20 provincial seats and lists other provinces and elector counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Electoral Commission
Santa Clara
Santiago
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Porto Principe
Santa Ma Ara
Russian hard wheat arrives in Kansas City for seed use
Fifteen carloads of Russian hard wheat from Odessa reach Kansas City and are stored at the government warehouse. Four more carloads are expected to bring 14,446 bushels for seed distribution in Kansas and Oklahoma to improve Kansas hard wheat for export flour. Total cost to lay down was $2.23 per bushel.
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Kansas City
Odessa
Russia
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Strike Settlement Hinted In Amalgamated Talks At Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh July 30 a heated conference between Amalgamated Association leaders and steel company reps discussed settlement terms for the steel workers strike. The plan calls for open mills and non union workers in plants, with a revision to wages and a formal agreement expected to be signed by major mills including McKeesport, Pittsburgh, and Monessen. The executive committee met to ratify the proposed terms and prepare a formal program for the mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fsburgh
United “Steel Corporation
E Amalgamated Association
All Mills
Illest
Mpany
Wees Wood
McKeesport
Lindsey & McCutcheon and Mills
Pittsburgh
American Steel
Wellseet
Non- Amalgamated Association
Nated Association
Arters
Ark
Sieteesrs
Bele
Woman forfeits homestead claim by marriage in survey dump
Manervia McClintock, 25, of Oklahoma City drew Claim No 9 in Lawton district at El Reno Monday. She married Sunday and by this act forfeited her right to make a homestead entry worth an estimated $10,000. She could have chosen a claim near a county seat town.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
O. T
Manervia McClintock
Lawton
el Reno
Park hotel owner fatally shoots wife then kills himself
In Dodge City Kansas on Monday E Kirby, 40, proprietor of the Park hotel, shot and killed his wife, 36, in the forehead and then shot himself in the throat. Died instantly. The dispute over property was given as the cause.
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Dodge City
Kan
E. Kirby
the Park Hotel
Kirby
Civil Service System in Hawaii Reported Excellent
Civil Service Commissioner Rodenberg returned from a trip to Hawaii with Chief Examiner Serven. He says an excellent civil service system is in operation there and observed favorable conditions during their official visit.
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Washington
Rodenberg
Hawaii
Serven
Commission
Forest Fire in Jemtland Strains Sweden With Troop Aid
In Stockholm on July 30 a forest fire in the province of Jemtland has grown enormous. Three thousand troops have been ordered to help battle the flames as hot weather continues to plague the region.
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Stockholm
Jemtland
Young Peter Jackson Beats Handler in Baltimore Bout
Baltimore July 30 report says California colored lad Young Peter Jackson defeated Jimmy Handler of Newark New Jersey in nine rounds. It was described as the fiercest slugging match ever held in Baltimore and marked by swift exchanges and strong blows from both fighters.
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Baltimore
Young
Peter Jackson
Jimmy Handler
Newark
N. J
Odell Issues Extradition Papers for Tom Sailor
Gov Odell issued requisition papers on Monday to extradite Tom Sailor wanted in Pittsburgh Pa for the co Odell game. Sailor is serving a 15 day sentence at Buffalo N Y.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Tom” Sailor
Pittsburgh
Co. O. d
Sailor
Buffalo
Michaels Edges McDufee in 20 Mile Motor Pace Race
In Revere Massachusetts on July 29 Jimmy Michaels won the 20 mile motor paced race at the bicycle track defeating Eddie McDufee by seven and one quarter laps with a time of 33.05 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Mass
Jimmy Michaels
Eddie McDufee
Michaels
Austrian tenor Wurster falls over cliff at Faulhorn
Lauterbrunnen July 29 Herr Wurster the Austrian tenor while descending the Faulhorn fell over a precipice and lodged in a tree 50 feet down He was rescued without being seriously hurt
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Lauterbrunnen
Herr Wurster
Faulhorn
New York State Building to Open at Pan-American Exposition
Buffalo New York July 30 New York's state building at the Pan American exposition will be formally opened on Tuesday August 6 with ceremonies in the morning at the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Racial Trouble in Leake Township Arkansas
News from Leake township Nevada county reports whites had warned Lige Siegler a Negro they would whip him Sunday night. Siegler and his son fired on them, killing Lewis Haynie brother of State Senator Haynie and Hop Halton brother of merchant John Halton. About 400 Negro residents live there with 30 whites and trouble had been brewing. White groups left for the scene from Waldo and Stephens. the Negro house was surrounded.
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Camden
Ark
Hay
Leake Township
Nevada County
Lige Siegler
Ziegler
Lewis Haynie
Haynie
Hop Halton
John Halton
Stephens
Waldo
Stehens
J P Morgans Purchase Relics Linked to Lafayette Jug
London report cites J P Morgan leaving a 10000 pound check with Gen Horace Porter to be delivered at the United States embassy. The relics include a sculptured gold jug and sword Lafayette carried through the American campaign, said to be in a London pawnbroker shop. The origin of the relics remaining unclear.
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London
J. P. Morgan
United States
Paris
Daily Express
Horace Porter
LaFayette
Six Nephews as Pallbearers in Brown Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Pitts Brown wife of Judge Henry B. Brown of the U S supreme court were conducted at Gen Henry M Duffields home in Detroit. Six nephews served as pallbearers and the interment occurred at Elmwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Caroline Pitts Brown
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
AFL Circulation Urges Union Support in Amalgamated Strike
New York on July 30 the American Federation of Labor issued a circular calling unions to stand by the Amalgamated men with assessments if the strike remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Munn & Go
F St
Washington, D
Humbert's Death Anniversary Commemorated in Italy
On July 30 Toine reports the first anniversary of King Humbert I's assassination at Monza on July 20 by anarchist Gaetano Bresci. Commemorative services were held across Italy.
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Toine
Humbert
Monza
Gaetano B Bresci
Italy
Strike Declared Off At Sharon Steel Works
Sharon Pennsylvania July 30 The six week old strike at the National Steel Co Sharon works by the blacksmiths was declared off Monday and the workers returned to work. It is said the company conceded nearly all the demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon, Pa
Sharon Works
National Steel Co
Rev Adam Miller Died at 91 in Chicago Home
Reverend Adam Miller known as the Father of German Methodism in America, claimed to be the oldest Methodist minister in the United States, died at his Chicago home on Monday at age 91.
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Chicago
Adam Miller
America
United States
American churchman reports Boer hunger and death camps
Rev Herman D Van Brockhuisen described to a Chicago audience the dire conditions in the Transvaal and Orange Free State camps where unsanitary quarters and disease cause widespread deaths. He travels the U S to raise funds for relief, sending aid to Pretoria while predicting continued Boer resistance. Kruger urged Americans to oppose aiding Britain with munitions and horses.
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Chicago
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Christian Reformed Church
Herman D. van Brockhuisen
Pretoria
United States
Brockhuisen
Great Britain
Europe
Broeckhuisen
Kruger
American People, Mr. Kruger
Columbia Defeats Constitution To Win Astor Cup
In Newport Kansas on July 30 the Columbia beat the Constitution boat for boat by two minutes and fifty four seconds to claim the $1000 cup offered by Col. John Jacob Astor. The Constitution disappointed the crowd and owner Duncan announced plans to overhaul her rig and not race again until improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Columbia
Constitution
Newport
K. S
John Jacob Astor
Duncan
In the Corn Belt Rain Refreshes Crops and Cools
Official weather reports confirm widespread rain across the corn belt since Sunday night with cooler conditions. Rain fell generally in most areas over the past 24 hours, with lighter amounts in southern Ohio, Kentucky and southwestern Nebraska. Kansas City recorded over an inch to nearly two inches in places. Nebraska saw fair rainfall. eastern and northern Oklahoma had showers. Missouri experienced fairly heavy rain.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Corn Belt
Ohio
Kentucky
Nebraska
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Rioting at Colwich disrupts town in July clash
Eight threshing machine crews rode into Colwich Kansas on Sunday and smashed five saloons after failing to obtain liquor due to the Sunday law. They also wrecked pumps. Citizens formed a posse to arrest them but the threshers refused to retreat. Rioting continued Monday as arrests failed. the sheriff was called to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Colwich
Russian Tibetians Attack Kostoff Expedition
London reports a St Petersburg dispatch says the Russian government has been advised that 2,000 Tibetians attacked Maj Kostoff's expedition of 20 men on July 16. Half were killed and the rest severely wounded. The government will demand satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Secretary Root's Stenographer Named in Washington
Wendell W. Mischler of Ohio appointed stenographer to Secretary Root to succeed Frederick D. Squires who resigned. Mischler has been performing the duties of the position under attempt for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell W. Mischler
Ohio
Root
Frederick D. Squires
Mischler
Turkish bath car rides debut in St Louis transit
In St Louis on July 30 a novel transit idea appears a Turkish bath car at Union Station. Visitors heading to the World’s fair may ride a car outfitted for a bath en route to the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Union Station
Health officer halts vaccination amid lockjaw deaths
Cleveland health officer orders a suspension of vaccination due to an alleged impure virus causing lockjaw. Four patients have died and authorities plan to fumigate every house with formaldehyde to curb the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Friedrich
Gen Gordon's Daughter Engaged Amid Southern Interest
New York July 30 announcement states Miss Caroline Lewis Gordon, daughter of Gen John B. Gordon, is engaged to Orrin Bishop Brown of New York. The news will attract attention across the South as a notable union linked to a prominent family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caroline Lewis Gordon
John Bb. Gordon
Orrin Bishop Brown
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