Naval academy hazing probe into Kimbrough and Cooper
A boarding hazing investigation at the naval academy into third class midshipmen Kimbrough and Cooper follows reports of exhaustion fainting. A board of inquiry chaired by Lt. Cmdr. E. B. Durell will probe all hazing incidents and report to Superintendent Sands. Witnesses have testified. Kimbrough and Cooper remain hospitalized improving. Father of cadet Warren A. Vandeveer protests dismissal of his son and heads to Washington to appeal.
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Annapolis
Kimbrough
Cooper
Naval Academy
T. P. Magruder
Sands
Board of Inquiry
BE. H. Durell
Magruder
Academy
Midshipman
Cottin
Academy Hospital
Henry G. Cooper, Jr
Oxford
N. C
G. W. Vandeveer
Mount Tholly
N. J
Warren A. Vandeveer
Vandeveer
Washington
Bonaparte
Midshipman Vandeveer denies duty lapse in hazing case
Mount Holly N J December 15 midshipman Warren A Vandeveer writes to his parents that he was not on duty when hazing at the Annapolis Naval Academy occurred and says the hazing was done before his shift. He notes he was investigated and suspended while the dismissal was recommended.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Warren A. Vandeveer
Annapolis Naval Academy
Admiral Sands
Jordone P. Kimbrough
Vandeveer
O. C
Asmissal
Veteran Hotel Keeper Dead in Madison
Jacob Van Etta a prominent Madison hotel keeper for fifty years died of cancer at age 73 on December 15 event noted in local obituaries.
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Madison
Wis
Jacob van Etta
Hoch the Wife Murderer Loses Bid on Appeal
The Supreme Court affirms the lower court verdict in the Hoch case, leaving Hoch without any remaining legal options. The ruling closes the lengthy murder case with the defendant facing the sentence already imposed.
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Hoch
Supreme Court
Pfister Is Not Guilty in Larceny Case for Wisconsin Rendering
Milwaukee jurors acquitted Charles F. Pfister of larceny as bailee of 13 000 dollars belonging to the Wisconsin Rendering company. The verdict follows a charge some viewed as tied to political strife. The report also notes Johann Hoch’s murder conviction and upcoming execution on February 23. Turkey formally surrenders to powers over Macedonia finance, with the international fleet withdrawn.
Train Hits Wagon. Two Children Die in Washington
A fast eastbound freight struck a wagon carrying Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Zinkands and their two children at the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern crossing on Eleventh Street Washington Indiana. The wagon was demolished and the occupants in the vehicle were hurled about fifty feet. The two children, aged four and five, were fatally injured while Mr. and Mrs. Zinkands sustained minor injuries.
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Washington
Ind
Lewis Zinkands
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Eleventh Street
Zinkands
Great Dry Dock Dewey towed to Manila for repairs
The enormous dry dock Dewey will be towed 14 000 miles from Chesapeake Bay to Manila by three colliers Glacier Brutus and Caesar. Naval officers say the dock can cover about 100 miles per day and reach the Philippines in three to four months. It rises to expose a ship hull for cleaning painting and repair.
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Chesapeake Bay
Manila
Philippines
Glacier
Brutus
Caesar
Senate Debates Panama Canal Emergency Plan to November
The senate spent four hours debating the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill with speeches by Teller Scott and Morgan. They discussed salaries the canal railroad contracts and the need for broader canal legislation. Morgan urged surveying the San Blas route as a solution and Tillman pressed for more scrutiny of Wallace. Republican caucus backs two state plan for Oklahoma Indiana Arizona and New Mexico with Arizona and New Mexico united except for opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Scott
Morgan
Panama
de Lesseps
Wallace
Tillman
Hopkins
Commission
Tlinois
Canal Commission
Allison
San Bilas
San Blas
Taft
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Dee
Oklahoma
Indiana Territory
G. Jones
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Adams
Wisconsin
Tawney
Minnesota
Cannon
Badger Solons Fall Short on New Ballot Voting
Madison Wis Dec 15 the state assembly in a 59 to 26 vote reconsidered the Roycroft or Minnesota ballot bill as lawmakers linger over adopting a new voting method.
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Badger Solons
Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Roycroft
Minnesota
Massachusetts Ballot Measures Encounter Turbulent Votes
A Massachusetts legislative session saw mixed results as several measures faced close votes. A proposal to give the state railway commission joint-rate power failed on a tie, and another measure restricting primary petition percentages did not pass. The senate concurred on no new capital, and a university investigation resolution was adopted.
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Massachusetts
State Railway Commission
State University
Thatway
Senate
Juntgen Granted Access to Bank Books in Wrecking Case
Judge J W Craig grants W W Dantaen permission to examine bank books and records for his defense in the Magar county bank wrecking case. The scope excludes evidence against other parties. Books are under federal custody in Danville. Dantaen may inspect in person with his attorney and one bank attorney. Also reports of a planned absorption of American Hide and Leather by Central Leather, with Milwaukee stock ties.
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Paris
Hi. Pee
J. W. Craig
Circuit Court
W. W. Dantaen
Magar County
Juntgen
J. B. Parrish
Cess
Danville
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
American Hide and Leather Company
Central Leather Company
Central
Chicago Markets Report December 15 1905 Live Stock and Hogs
Market notes show steady to higher cattle hog and sheep prices. Receipts and shipments for hogs cattle and sheep listed with ranges for light mixed rough and heavy shipping grades, while individual classes like porkers and beves print firm bids.
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Yes
Great Northern Hit Ten Parties in the Bill Indictments
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Great Northern Railway and associates for offering rebates on iron piping shipments to Winnipeg and against the Mutual Transit company and its agents. Immunity granted to several witnesses who testified, including a Tufts executive, with charges detailing rebates in 1904 and 1905 shipments from Philadelphia to Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Total rebates cited amount to $1,248.62 across two cases.
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Great Northern Railway Company
Wood & Co
Winnipeg
C.J. Campbell
Creat
Northern
I’. Lake
New York
Mutual Transit Company
Wood Company
Walter Weed
George Wood
Stuart Wood
Richard Wood
The
Paul J. Diver
Muttal Transit Company
National
Masence of Coffee Company
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Raesence of Coffee Company
Mutual Transit
Charles M. Hearld
Tufalo
Mang
T Wood
Tra
National Essence of Coffee Company
Florence
N. J
Camden
Emans
National Kasenes of Coffee Company
Mutiny and Uprising Reported in Russia as 100 Sailors Arrested
London reports a mutiny aboard the Czarevitch with 100 Russians arrested in Colombo. Peasant uprisings spread near Riga and Venden with attacks on officials and sailors joining harbor strikes. St Petersburg telegraph workers strike while the emperor maintains stance with Witte spurring action and Menshikoff attacking the dissent.
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London
Russia
Colombo
Ceylon
Battleshi Czarevitch
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Riga An Venden
Courland
Rig
Riga
Terro
Peasan
Ep A
de Witte
M. Menshikoff
Lincoln governor blocks Crow removal to Iowa
Governor Mickey announces he cannot honor Iowa's request to remove Pat Crow to that state citing a criminal charge pending in Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Web
Mickey
Iowa
Pat Crow
Crow
Nebraska
Grand Jury Summons Farmers’ Sons in Cigarette Law Inquiry
About twenty five Jownville Indiana schoolboys are summoned to testify before the grand jury on cigarette law violations. Indictments are expected and more boys may be called as the investigation continues.
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Jownville
Ind
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Wisconsin Rendering Company
Constantinople
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International
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Ohio
Foraker
House Republican Caucus
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Jlowa
Pat Crowe
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