Schley Inquiry Nears End as Witnesses Testify
Washington Oct 16 with one new witness Lieut Commander James H Sears the flag lieutenant described the Cuban campaign the siege of Cienfuegos the blockade of Santiago and the July 3 battle. He praised Schleys calmness under fire and recounted engagements. Subsequent witnesses including Captain Cook medical officer de Valin and engineers testified to Schleys bravery and conduct.
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Washington
Schley
James H. Sears
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Cristobal Col
Cervera
Viscaya
Brooklyn
Sears
Cook
Lemly
Rayner
Secretary of the Navy
Colon
Charles M. de Valin
Nicholson
Yeoman
Ellis
J. P. J. Ryan
B. W. Wells, Jr
Commodore Schley
Brooklyn Officers Testify At Schley Court Inquiry
The Schley court of inquiry recalls Capt. Cook and Lieut. Commander Sears with new statements, then questions Cmdr. Mason and Lieuts. McCauley and Webster about the July 3 engagement. Witnesses praise Commodore Schley’s cool courage under fire and recount engine uncoupling and signals at Cienfuegos.
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Washington
Schley
Brooklyn
Cook
Sears
N. F. Mason
Edward McCauley, Jr
Charles Webster
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Massachusetts
Commodore Schley
Colon
Mason
McCauley
Webster
Schley court hearings hear eight Brooklyn sailors testify
Washington Oct 18 Admiral Schleys supporters heard eight witnesses today all from the Brooklyn including Lieut Charles Webster Lieut Commander Griffin Ensign Abele Haligan Macy Hand and Ralph Marble Medical Director Paul Fitzsimmons recounted fighting off Santiago with Fitzsimmons saying Brooklyn fought largely alone and kept the Colon from escaping Questioning over New York presence was withdrawn Marble also recalled Capt Sigsbee telling Schley Spaniards were not at Santiago
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Washington
Schley
Brooklyn
Commodore
Charles Webster
T. D. Griffin
Colon
Haligan
Rayner
Advocate Lemly
New York
Ensign Marble
Capt
Sigsbee
Commodore Schley
Santiago
Nicholson testifies on Santiago fight in Schley inquiry
Lieutenant Commander Nicholson, aboard the Oregon, described the battle off Santiago. He observed the Spanish fleet forming a column and turning west, with no clear move toward American ships despite heavy smoke. He recounted the destruction of the Maria Teresa Oquendo and Viscaya and then detailed the chase.
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Washington
Nicholson
Oregon
Schley
Santiago
Want Chinese Laborers In Hawaii Labor Shortage
Washington reports Henry E. Cooper territorial secretary and former Hawaii acting governor met with Secretary Wilson to discuss Hawaii’s labor crisis. Cooper warned natives die at about 40 per thousand and foreign laborers leave faster than they arrive. He urged widespread Chinese immigration as the most promising solution to the shortage.
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Washington
Henry E. Cooper
Territorial
United States
Hawaii
Wilson
Cooper
China
Police chiefs urge federal act to suppress anarchy
Washington reports the National Bureau of Identification board of governors and Pinkerton head call for Congress to define anarchy and empower police to arrest and prosecute offenders nationwide. They urge police and marshals to lobby senators and representatives for immediate action.
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National Bureau of Identification
Congress
Washington
Pinkerton
National Association of Chiefs of Police
Cabinet meeting highlights tea growth in South Carolina
Washington October 19 The cabinet met for under an hour with Secretary Hay present for the first time under the new administration but not submitting any items. Secretary Wilson led the session giving a talk on tea growth in the United States and praising South Carolina grown green tea as equal to world standards.
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Washington
Hay
Root
Gage
Wilson
South Carolina
Tariff Revision Questioned by Senator Mitchell
Senator John H. Mitchell warns that a general tariff revision could harm current business conditions in Portland while supporting inquiry into reciprocity with included foreign products and potential removal of tariffs to the free list. Milwaukee plans a new steamboat line by Dunkley Transportation Co with expanded warehousing and docks before month’s end.
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Portland
Ore
Congress
United States
John H. Mitchell
Milwaukee
The
Daily News
Dunkley Transportation Company
Chicago
Leprosy case hits Copenhagen physician after West Indies trip
City Physician Feilberg, returning from the West Indies, has a strongly developed anaesthetic leprosy believed to have been contracted from a woman patient he attended there. The case is regarded as hopeless.
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West Indies
Copenhagen
Feilberg
Crowe Brothers Hope Bond Secures Pat Crowe Return
John J. Crowe of Council Bluffs says his brother Pat Crowe will not surrender until a $500 bond is placed. If pledged, Pat Crowe may be in Omaha within a week, according to John J. Crowe who runs a saloon in Council Bluffs.
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Omaha, Neb
John J. Crowe
Council Bluffs
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Santos-Dumont Circles Eiffel Tower in 20 Minutes
M Santos-Dumont flew his airship from St Cloud at 2 44 PM reaching about 250 meters and circling the Eiffel Tower before returning in 20 minutes. Officials say wind allowed the feat within the 30 minute prize window though the judge noted a 40 second descent time. The crowds cheered as Deutsch praised the effort and prize.
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
St. Cloud
Eiffel Tower
M. Deutsch
The
Aero Club
Comte de Dion
Aero Committee
Santos-Dumont
Santos- Dumont
Parc d
Seine
Nice
Deutsch
MM. Tattin
Rose
Ader
Capt. Renard
Baron Brodsky
Don Sabate
Marquis de Dion
M. Rose
Rio Janeiro
San Paulo
AFL to Hold National Convention in Scranton
President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor sent out the formal call for the national convention to be held in Scranton Pennsylvania on December 5.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Scranton
Richmond General James A Walker Dies at Wytheville
Gen. James A. Walker ex member of congress from Ninth Virginia and brigadier general in the Confederate Army died Sunday morning at his Wytheville home. He once commanded Stonewall Jackson's old brigade.
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Richmond
James A. Walker
Congress
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Wytheville
Crops Wither as Monsoon Fails in Punjab
Lahore reports autumn crops in unirrigated Punjab withered entirely due to the monsoon failure. The dry spell affected vast areas, threatening harvests and local livelihoods.
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Lahore
Punjab
Five Firemen Fall From Ladder in Leather Goods Fire
Five firemen were hurled from a breaking ladder at a leather goods factory blaze in Chicago. Keating Smith and Shoemaker suffered total destruction of its factory and contents with estimated losses of 110000 dollars.
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Chicago
Keating, Smith & Shoemaker
Yale Bicentennial Celebrations Begin in New Haven
Yale University opened its bicentennial with religious services at Battle Chapel led by President Hadley. Prominent fellows and former presidents attended as Yale colors and decorations filled New Haven streets. Further sermons and ceremonies followed at Center church United church Trinity church and other venues as visitors arrived for the anniversary events.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale College
Institution of Learning
Yale
Roosevelt
Battlechapel
Arthur Twining Hadley
Joseph Twichell
D. D
Hartford
Thomas G. Bennett
Yale Corporation
Twichell
Timothy Dwight
Henry Howland
New York
Charles Ray Palmer
University Corporation
Academy
Hadley
Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Corporation
University
Newman Smyth
Center Church
Joseph Anderson
Waterbury
United Church
Walton Wesley Battershall
Albany
Trinity Church
West Point Auto Crash Kills Benedict and Injures Kane
An auto accident near West Point on a rain slick hill killed Frederick H. Benedict, son of E. C. Benedict, and gravely injured guest Grenville Kane. A chauffeur, traveling from Tuxedo to attend the football game, lost control, the car struck a breakwater, toppled, and Benedict was crushed beneath the car. The crash occurred about two miles north of Central Valley.
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West Point
N. Y
Here
Frederick H. Benedict
E. C. Benedict
Cleveland
Grenville Kane
Benedict
Kane
Central Valley
Secretary Root Ends Adirondack Vacation In Utica Visit
Secretary of War Root left Little Farhead Lake on William C. Whitney’s preserve Saturday morning and arrived in Utica late Saturday afternoon. He will spend Sunday in Hamilton with his son at Hamilton College and his brother Prof. Oren Root. He is reported in excellent health and has enjoyed venison from his own hunt. He will return to Washington early next week.
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Utica
N. Y
Root
Little Farhead Lake
William C. Whitney
Adirondacks
Hamilton
Hamilton College
Oren Root
Washington
Germans seek tariff Union to curb American goods
Berlin dispatch reports the Bund Der Industriellen meeting on the American danger and German tariff. Dr Wendlandt warned of US growth in exports to Germany, cited high US duties and low German duties, and urged tariff hikes. He pushed a European customs union or common accord to treat American goods differently.
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Berlin
Bund der Industriellen
The
Bund
Wendlandt
Germany
United States
Saxony
Roosevelt
America
Court of Claims reconvenes reviews 5838 cases in year
The United States court of claims reconvened after the summer recess. In the year 5838 cases were disposed of including 112 judgments for claimants and 25 for the United States. Bowman act and naval bounty claims from Manila and Santiago were decided with most claimants winning.
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Washington
United States Court of Claims
United States
Manila Bay
Santiago Bay
Treasury Department
Czolgosz Death Sentence Arrangements At Auburn Prison
Warden Meade and Superintendent Collins spent hours arranging the electrocution of Leon F. Czolgosz, with 26 witnesses allowed from 1,200 requests. Dr. Charles F. McDonald to assist the autopsy. Erie County sheriff to receive an invitation. Execution planned for October 28 or 29 before 6 AM.
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Albany
N. Y
Meade
Auburn Prison
Collins
Leon F. Czolgosz
McKinley
Charles F. McDonald
State Commission
Erie County
Charleston Exposition Opens December First With Depew Oration
The Charleston exposition near completion reports progress ahead of any prior U S event. It will open December 2 1901 with a preliminary religious service on December 1. Senator Chauncey Depew will deliver the principal oration.
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Charleston
S. C
Exposition
Chauncey Depew
Duel on the Street Ends in Double Slaying in Waco
On Augustine avenue ex sheriff W. T. Harris and son fought Dr. T. G. Lovelace and stepson Z. T. Reynolds in a collision sparked by family disputes. Harris Jr. and Harris senior died. Lovelace and Reynolds surrendered to county jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Waco
Tex
Brann- Davis
Augustine Avenue
W. T. Harris
W. T. Harris, Jr
T. G. Lovelace
Z. T. Reynolds
Young Harris
Lovelace
Harris
Reynolds
Prosident National Bank
Buti
Cotton Belt Railroad
Father tracks missing daughter of nine years through gypsy camp
Crawfordsville Indiana October reports a miller Peter Bell pursued a nine year old daughter who vanished after school. A gypsy gang allegedly abducted her and kept her in Carthage Missouri camp. Officers restrained the gang leader who yielded the girl. Bell plans extradition to Ohio for trial.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Peter Bell
St. Mary’s
Mercer County
Bell’s
Bell
Mexico
Quincy
Keokuk
Carthage
Mr. Bell
Ohio
Sensational Stamp Vault Burglary At Chicago Post Office
Chicago detectives report a bold burglary of the wholesale stamp department netting 74,610 in stamps. Thieves crawled 300 feet under flooring, bored a 18 inch square hole in a steel vault bottom, and carried away 500 pounds of stamps in a wagon. The plan aimed to reach the cashier's vault containing money and stamps worth hundreds of thousands.
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Chicago
Memphis Trotting Association opens fall meeting feature record
Memphis Tennessee October 22 The Memphis Trotting Association opened its fall meeting with Little Boy owned and driven by C K G Billings of Chicago lowering his world pacing record to 2 01 and a half miles to wagon 2 02 The mile was run in 2 01 percent
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Trotting Association
Little Boy
C. K. G. Billings
Chicago
Russia's Retvizan 41s Hits Speed Test Off Isle of Goars
Boston reports the American built battleship Retvizan 41s reached 18.01 knots on a ten mile trial off the Isle of Goars. Russian officers on board noted the ship's speed, stability and steam and expressed satisfaction with the new Navy acquisition despite no tidal correction yet applied.
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Boston
Russia
Isle of Goars
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