President Declares Captain's Victory in Schley Case
Washington Feb 20 The president releases a long statement evaluating the Santiago naval campaign and the court of inquiry findings. He finds the court did substantial justice overall and that the debate over command is nominal. agitation over the matter should cease.
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Schley
Santiago
Washington
White House
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Sampson
Court of Claims
Court of Inquiry
McKinley
Brooklyn
New York
Philip
Clark
Sampson’s
Oregon
Wainwright
Admiral Sampson
Dewey
Benham
Ramsay
Theodore Roosevelt
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives in New York for Royal Visit
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in New York after a ceremonious welcome with 21 gun salutes and a grand reception. He toured the Kronprinz Wilhelm and met Admiral Evans, Gen. Brooke, the German ambassador, and U.S. officials before boarding the tug Nina for Washington. Roosevelt hosted a White House banquet in his honor.
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New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Prince Henry
Robley D. Evans
Prince
Illinois
Converse
Frederick Chapin
Frank T. Evans
von Rebeur-Paschwitz
Washington
Kronprinz
Fort Wadsworth
Admiral Evans
Fort Hamilton
Tompkinsville
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Olympia
Battery
Recreation Pier
Hohenzollern
Brooke
Barker
White
United States
Hill
Gen
Corbin
Col
Bingham
Cowles
Nina
Hay
Long
Count Quadt
White House
Col. Bingham
von Holleben
District of Columbia
MacFarland
Commission
Capitol
House
Senate
Horror in New York Armory Blaze Kills Fifty or More
Fire at the Seventh Regiment armory and adjacent car barns in Manhattan erupted at 1:30 am. The hotel on Park Avenue was enveloped as guests fled in panic. Police counted up to 50 dead with explosions from ammunition and dynamite threatening nearby buildings. The blaze left major destruction with $1,000,000 in losses and forced crowds into stables for shelter.
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New York
Seventh Regiment
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Avenue
Metropolitan
Park Avenue Hotel
James Pepper
Louisville Distiller
Croker
Seventyfirst Regiment
Metropolitan Street Railway
Manhattan
Ira Shaler
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Armory
East Thirty-third Street
Albemarle
Lexington Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Reed
President withdraws Tillman invitation to Henry of Prussia dinner
The president withdrew his invitation to Senator Tillman for the White House dinner honoring Prince Henry of Prussia. The action followed Senate floor disturbances last Saturday when Tillman, senator from South Carolina, was declared in contempt of the senate.
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Washington
Tillman
Prince Henry of Prussia
White House
Senate
South Carolina
Passenger train crashes with wrecking train in Aurelius
Rochester N Y February 25 Passenger train No 211 westbound on the Auburn road collided head on with a wrecking train moving from Canandaigua to Syracuse at 130 am last night at Aurelius Both engineers and their firemen from Rochester and Syracuse were seriously injured in the crash
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Rochester
N. Y
Auburn Road
Canandaigua
Syracuse
Aurelias
John Haysman
Durand
Carmelite Brother Gored by Bull Near Niagara Falls
Brother Telephorus of the Carmelite Fathers, 30, stationed at the monastery opposite Niagara Falls, was killed when a bull gore incident occurred on Sunday.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Telephorus
Order of Carmelite Fathers
Outlaw Band Battle Leaves One Dead in Guthrie Shootout
In Guthrie Oklahoma a clash with the outlaw band that killed Sheriffs Smith and Beck at Anadarko last month left Walter Swofford dead and Deputy Sheriff W A Jones seriously wounded. After minutes of fighting Sam Casey and Bill Watson surrendered. Watson is a Kentucky fugitive on a murder charge. Rewards totaling nine thousand dollars remained outstanding for the three men.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Smith
Beck
Anadarko
Walter Swofford
W. A. Jones
Asher
Sam Casey
Bill Watson
Watson
Kentucky
Miss Ellen M Stone Released From Captivity
Miss Ellen M Stone the American missionary freed from Turkish brigands arrived at Strumitza Macedonia with Mme Tsilka and her baby both released unharmed. News from Salonika and Washington confirmed the safe status and anticipated delivery into American hands within hours.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Salonika
Strumitza
Macedonia
Miss Stone
Dickinson
Salonika-Uskub
Boston
Dr. Judson Smith
American Board
Benjamin F. Stone
Chelsea
Salonica
Haskell
Edward B. Haskell
Washington
State Department
United States Legation
Nineteen Die In Park Avenue Hotel and Armory Fire
A fatal blaze in New York left nineteen dead, all hotel guests, with $750000 in damage. The list includes Col. Charles L. Burdett of Hartford and ex congressman Gaston A. Robbins, among others from Denver Chicago and Connecticut. Bodies moved to morgues and sent to homes as investigators worked.
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Park Avenue Hotel
New York
Park Avenue
Seventy-first Regiment
Norman Acton
Bellevue
Colorado Springs
Charles L. Burdett
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Volunteers
William J. Bernhardt
Chicago
Lee G. Conrad
Fred S. Hovey
Lyons
N. Y
West Thirtieth Street
J. R. Hames
Thomas Horne
Denver
Col
H. B. Claflin Company
John Ivison
Minnie E. Liggert
Daniells & Fisher Company
J. McManus
Charles Underwood O'Connell
New York Hospital
Supreme Court
Gaston A. Robbins
Savannah
Esther Schlessinger
Jacob Spahn
Rochester
John G. Walker
Columbia
Tenn
Alexander M. Piper
United States Army
Salome Foster
Drowning tragedy near Sistersville involves Kennedy couple
Mr and Mrs Daniel Kennedy of Cochranville Ohio were drowned on the Ohio river near Sistersville West Virginia as they tried to cross by ice. Mrs Kennedy slipped into the water as the ice broke and Mr Kennedy attempted a rescue but was swept under. Both bodies were recovered within about twenty minutes.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Daniel Kennedy
Cochransville
Ohio River
Ohio
Tragic murder suicide near Kickapoo shocks Peoria
A woman named Jenkinson, driven insane, killed her husband with an ax five miles north of Kickapoo and then shot herself. He died at five o'clock after lingering from the blast. Three small children witnessed the home tragedy.
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Peoria
Ill
Kickapoo
Jenkinson
Fatal Train Collision Near Summit Lake
A head on freight train crash on the Northwestern road near Summit Lake, 16 miles north of Antigo Wisconsin, left two brakemen Fred Lyons Roy Middaugh and fireman Bert Nightzer dead. Engineer Harry Hogan was badly injured.
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Antigo
Wis
Summit Lake
Fred Lyons
Roy Middaugh
Bert Nightzer
Harry Hogan
Vacancies Expected on Supreme Bench Soon
Washington February 24 news indicates the president may appoint two new justices to the Supreme Court due to the probable retirements of Justices Bhiras and Gray.
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Washington
Supreme Bench
Bhiras
Gray
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Admiral Sampsion
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Taylor
Evans
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Iowa
Oquendo
Teresa
Indiana
Colon
New York City
President Roosevelt
Admiral von Tirpitz
Walla of Armory
Seventy-first Armory
First Brigade
Signal Corps
Second Battery
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