Schley Court of Inquiry Moves to Argument Phase
The Schley court of inquiry entered the argument stage as Admiral Schley and Captain Sigsbee adjusted testimony and judges admitted documents. The session included objections to new witnesses and a debate over remarks attributed to Dewey and Roys, with Hanna leading the government’s opening.
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Washington
Schley
Admiral Schley
Sigsbee
Admiral Sehley
Santiago
Frank B. Richards
George Lynch
New York
Cuba
Cuban
Spain
Lynch
Somers N. Smith
Richards
St. Paul
Sigshee
Lemly
Commodore Schley
Rayner
Hanna
Admiral Dewey
Roys
Southerland
Lemily
Senate
KE. P. Hanna
Bergen
Schley Corrects Testimony On Key West Question And Sigsbee
Schley took the stand to correct three days of testimony noting errors and revisions. He described pressures to ram the Maria Teresa and Vizcaya, and admitted possible mistakes about the Eagle’s May 19 passage and the no news report. He disputed claims that he planned to go to Key West and clarified Sigsbee’s statements about coal and vessel size.
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Schley
Ram
Maria Teresa
Cereera
Vizcaya
Eagle
Sigshee
Sehley
Key West
Not Bombarding Fortifications Dictated by guns Topic
Admiral Schley recalls discussing whether fortifications housed Honturia or Krupp guns with Admiral Sampson. Court dialogue questions witnesses ability to contradict new testimony and Roys status as an uncontradicted witness amid rebuttal rights.
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Admiral Schley
Admiral Sampson
Menttion
Honturia
Agin
Roys
Rayner
Pri Srty
Case Against Hearst's Paper Contempt Proceedings Delayed
Chicago American editors seek venue change and jury trial as contempt charges face continuance. The defense argues the matter published was not intended to embarrass or intimidate the court, noting William R Hearst as majority stockholder and Andrew Lawrence as managing editor responsible for content.
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Chicago
Hearst
Chicago American
Hanecy
William HK. Hearst
Andrew Lawrence
Father Hunts His Daughter in Midwest Search
Henry Johnson from Oakland California arrives in St Joseph seeking his daughter Clara Belle Johnson who ran away with Walter A Sampson. Tracked via Denver and Chicago to find a Michigan Central train they rode, but marriage records shown at the courthouse do not list the pair. The couple has not arrived in the city.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Ienry Johnson
Oakland
Cal
Clara Belle Johnson
Walter A. Sampson
Denver
Chicago
Michigan Central
Aroused County Clerk Church
Johnson
Mattoon Man Reappears After Ten Years Missing
In Mattoon Illinois John White a farmer vanished ten years ago after a trip to a grocery store. He was rumored dead until he reappeared in Janesville North Dakota Texas during his absence and told his wife there is the soda. They are living together again with no explanation given.
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Mattoon, Ill
John White
Here
Janesville
Texas
North Dakota
White
Dry goods clerks accused in Fort Wayne misappropriations
Four major Fort Wayne dry goods stores have detectives in the city for ten days or more. They seek evidence against several women clerks accused of misappropriating funds. The merchants say the scheme has operated for over a year with many clerks implicated.
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Fort. Wayne
Ind
Prominent Minneapolis Transfer man B. C. Pratt Dies at 71
Minneapolis resident B. C. Pratt died suddenly after breakfast Sunday. Longtime transfer business operator and influential citizen, he had Bright's disease for four years. He was 71.
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Minneapolis
Minn
B. C
Pratt
Bright
French Mediterranean squadron seizes Smyrna customs
Paris dispatches report that Admiral Caillard's division arrived at Smyrna and seized the customs, signaling action by the French Mediterranean squadron in the region.
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London
Paris
The
Daily Mail
Caillard
Smyrna
Fires Threaten Poplar Bluff Area as Forest Flames Rage
A dispatch from Poplar Bluff reports the fiercest forest fires since 1835 burning near the city in the southeastern Missouri region. The fires have burned for three days threatening thousands of cattle and horses in the area.
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St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Governor’s Crop of Sugar Beets in Saginaw Area
Governor Bliss grew 100 acres of sugar beets this year and ships to Alma Bay City and Saginaw factories. Beet growers report difficulty obtaining railcars to ship the crop.
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Saginaw
Mich
Bliss
Alma
Bay City
Havana Cigarmakers Seek Expulsion of Tampa Agents
Havana workers accuse Tampa Resistencias agents of attempting to recruit Havana cigarmakers to move to Tampa and petition the government to banish these agents from the city.
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Havana
Tampa Resistencias
Tampa
Kohlman Couple Repeats Golden Wedding Ceremony
Racine Wisconsin November fifth Mr and Mrs John Kohlman celebrated their golden wedding at Holy Name church repeating the ceremony from fifty years ago with service in remembrance and fellowship for family and friends.
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Racine, Wis
John Kohlman
Holy Name Church
Boers Seize Guns From Benson’s Column Near Brakenlangte
Pretoria reports the Boers escaped with two guns captured from Colonel Benson's column after the engagement near Brakenlangte in the eastern Transvaal.
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Pretoria
Benson
Brakenlangte
Transvaal
Lecture series schedule and ticketing details
The remaining lecture course dates are Friday evenings including Nov 8 and Nov 22 in Col Rain and H V Richards respectively, plus Dec 13, Jan 3, and Jan 24 with speakers Frederick Truman and Fredrick Musical Oo and a Passion Play. Tickets at Wilson Beamer Hardware store.
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Col Rain
Richards
Frederick Truman
Dee
Fredrick
Plurality Forecasts From Iowa to Nebraska As Elections Open
Des Moines reports Republican gains on a snowy election day with a projected 77 000 plurality in Iowa boosted by 21 000 extra GOP votes over two years ago. Democratic and Prohibition leaders expect stronger county officer results while Nebraska predicts low turnout amid zero temps and snowfall.
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Frank Q. Stuart
Democratic Committee
Iowa
Cummins
Denver
Cole
Noy
Township and County Races Shape Kansas Political Climate
In Kansas today turnout focuses on township officers and county commissioners with party lines tight. A strong victory for one party is viewed as boosting momentum for next year s state election.
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Kansas
Doubtful Ohio counties draw keen legislative interest
Across Ohio voters show interest in doubtful counties as Republicans claim strength in legislative races while Democrats pin hopes on the legislature. Ohio and national stakes loom with potential gubernatorial and U S Senate implications as results near.
Vote Will Be Apathetic This Year
Springfield Mass November five 1900. Colonel A H Goetting chairman of the Republican state committee says they would be satisfied with a 50000 plurality for Governor Crane. The challenge lies in getting the vote out.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Scott
Democrats
de France
Springfield
Mass
A. Hy. Goetting
Republican State Committee
Crane
Single Democratic ticket in Mississippi treasurer race
Jackson Mississippi on November 5 reports no excitement or interest in the upcoming special election for state treasurer and secretary of state with only one ticket, the Democratic slate, shown.
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Jackson, Miss
Township Officers Elected Toneka Kansas Naw F
Township officers were elected in Toneka Kansas with results announced by the local election board. Officials confirmed voter turnout and listed newly seated trustees and clerks for the rural township.
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Toneka
Kan
Boa Constrictor Sightings Rumor in Wisconsin Town
Reports from Centerville Station near Red Bud describe a large boa constrictor seen by farmers last week. Hunters pursued the snake, which allegedly escaped from a circus train near Carbondale a year ago, with no capture yet. Also from Red Bud a monkey faced owl dies after a parrot injures both owls in a cage incident.
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Red Bud
Wis
Centerville Station
Here
Carbondale
Coultersville
T.s
Uhnols
Young Matron Claims to Be Northwest's Youngest Grandmother
Des Moines La Nov 5 A 20 year old Iowa Falls woman Mrs Jas I Carleton claims the record as the youngest grandmother in the northwest. Married in Ohio eighteen years ago she was 11 when wooed to marry. At 15 she became a mother and now at 20 her daughter is 14 and married. She hopes to be a great grandmother by 45.
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Des Moines
Jas. I’. Carleton
Iowa Falls
Northwest
Carleton
Ohio
Prelates Visit the School at Notre Dame
Arch bishop Christie of Portland and Bishop Orth of Vancouver visit Notre Dame in Indiana for a few days en route to a bishops and archbishops convocation in Washington. The archbishop is serenaded by a campus band and speaks about religion and morals in education, noting opportunities for able youth.
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Notre Dame
Pacific
Ind
Christie
Portland
Ore
Orth
Vancouver
America
Telegraph faster than Cupid
Dorothy Hinkle a 15 year old schol girl from Dodge City Kansas is detained at the Harrison street police station awaiting her father’s arrival from Kansas Gardner a brakeman on the Santa Fe road had started east and the girl had gone to the home of a married sister in Chicago to meet and marry him police arrested her before the plan could proceed.
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Chicago
Dorothy Hinkle
Dodge City
Kan
Harrison Street
Kansas
Miss Hinkle
William Gardner
Santa Fe
Gardner
Fire damages Knox area buildings in Sunday blaze
A Sunday morning fire in Knox Indiana, aided by a strong breeze, destroyed or damaged the C. H. Conrad grocery, A. E. B Ham residence and book store, Roy Conn bowling alley and billiard hall, J. M. White hardware store and K. P. hall, and Short Bros. grocery on the ground floor. Total damage estimated at 50 000 dollars.
Three Story Building Burned in Freeport Fire
The Weishar building in Freeport occupied by F. A. Read dry goods on the lower floor and offices on the upper floors was destroyed by fire on November 5. The incident left the structure a complete loss with damage spreading through the three-story brick building.
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Freeport
Lls
Weishar
F. A. Read
Gustavus Adolphus College marked quarter centennial
The St Peter Minnesota celebration closed with a lecture by Dr Justay Andreen of Rock Island Illinois. The report notes the event as part of the college’s 25th anniversary.
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Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minn
Justay Andreen
Rock Island
John Considine
Meredith
Seattle
China
Notice of non responsibility for subcontractor debts
The undersigned give notice they will not be responsible for any debts incurred by any of our sub contractors their agents or laborers nor those of our own agents unless Upon our regularly written and properly signed orders.
Strike era violence shocks Columbia machinists
Young machinists from Newton Massachusetts were called from bed by a mob during a recent strike in Columbia Nevada. William Seaver was killed and Pinder wounded in a dawn shooting. Arthur McCraney and Parry Jones were arrested with warrants out for others. Police link to strike tensions and self defense claims surface.
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Columbia
S.water Binder
William Seaver
Newton
Mass
Seaver
Pinder
Arthur McCraney
Parry Jones
McCraney
Virginia political meeting turns deadly in Ferrum shotgun attack
At Ferrum Virginia a black man Willam Tate fired a double barrel shotgun into a crowd at a political meeting wounding and killing several. William Robinett died at once John Themes died later two others seriously hurt Tate fled as search crews and bloodhounds hunted the area. In Raleigh North Carolina Louis Connell convicted rapist was hanged at Payetteville Cumberland county. He proclaimed innocence on the scaffold and a priest declared him innocent.
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Roanoke
Raleigh
N. C
Nev. S
Payettevile
N.C
Louis Connell
James West
Cumberland County
Bashi Barauk Burglar Threatens Family After Robbery
Our Bashi Barauk Burglar Massillon Ohio nov. s Balser Race and his wife with two sons living near the city were tortured by burglars early Sunday morning. They surrendered over $1000 in certificates of deposit and $40 in cash. The intruders set fire to their furniture and threatened to roast them alive. One of Race’s sons may not recover.
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Bashi Barauk
Massillon
Nov. S
Balser Race
Race
Salvation Army Captain Dies in Pulpit Hymn
Captain Josep Martin head of the Salvation Army in Lafayette Indiana collapsed and died from heart disease in the pulpit of the Adventist chapel while singing a hymn on Sunday evening.
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Lafayette
Ind
Josep Martin
Salvation Army
Adventist
Louisville Beer Breweries Consolidate Behind New Co
In Louisville on November 1, nine lager beer breweries transferred their properties to a newly formed Central Consumers Company capitalized at 3.5 million dollars. The move consolidates local brewing assets under one corporate umbrella.
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Beer Breweries
Louisville
Market Quotations and Farm Prices Across Cities
Chicago prices show mixed grains with November wheat at 7 and 7.1, corn around 57 58, oats near 86 87, and pork and lard futures steady. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo reports note varying hog, cattle, and lamb prices with regional supply details. St Louis futures list No 2 red wheat at 71 75 and corn at 59 61 cents.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Bvasks Eee
Sim Bog BT OY Os
Asss
Cdbs
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Canadas
St. Louis
City Bus Line Call Up for Orders at Hotel Allen
A fragmented notice directs readers to contact Bus Line No. 1 at Hotel Allen and leave orders, promising prompt attention to the matter by Frank Rogers.
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Pone No. 1
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Fog and tax fear cloud London in wartime year
London's fog blocks streets and transport as Great Britain plans new taxes and loans. Sir Michael Hicks Beach warns of greater burdens ahead while John Morley cites a decade of rising government spending and a looming fiscal danger.
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London
Great Britain
Michael Hicks Reac
Bristol
South Africa
Sir Michael
Morley
John Morley
M. PL
Forfar
Scotland
Spaniard at Manila Called Down Sternly for His Opinions
A Manila meeting on the Philippine commission draft act against treason and sedition heard Vice Governor Wright defend the death penalty for treason while Senor Reyes argued against it and deportation to the United States. other speakers claimed the bill could lead to blackmail and questioned political crime definitions. A separate note reports a bull terrier in Omaha biting Mrs. Lake, hydrophobia suspected, and in St Joseph, machinists and boilermakers switch to Chicago and Western Rail positions as strikers seek replacements.
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Manila
Nev
Philippine Commission
Wright
Filippinos
Senor Fabella Reyes
Ile
United Sates
Worcester
Kincumbert
Reve
McKinley
Senor Reyes
Senor Prencamine
Federal Party
Fener Partsta
Filipino Congress
Spain
Citiiens
Omaha
Neb
Nev. S
Fred Ia’ E
Rnsvivants
George B. Lake
Chicago
St. Joseph
Burlington Railway
Chicago @ieat Western
Oelmein
Oelwein
Chamberlan's Cough Remedy Praised by Local User
A letter lauds Chamberlan's Cough Remedy for relieving a severe cough and chest pains after multiple doses. The writer, Ralph S. Vey, claims three bottles cured the cold and fears of pneumonia. Available at Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Chamberlan
Ralph S. Veye
Wheelley
W. Va
Stewarts Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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Foraker
Nash
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CC. McChord
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William J. Deboe
Smith
Virginia
Chicago Grain and Produce
Nicola
Hardware
Furniture CO
B. W
W. M. Bailey
United Kingdom
Birmingham
Trafcalcar Square
Daily News
Citizens’ Savings Bank
CWA
H. Exex
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M. Sprout
Frank R. Sacre
Keer
Pennsylvania Coal
Delta
Centerville
Beacon
Eldon
Canton
Illinois
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Oskaloosa
Columbia Ehamacy
John Shields & Son
T. J. Dempsey
SIO& Square
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Harwood
South Ride
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Tombie
Washington, Iowa
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Councellor
Ora ‘Estore
Marsh W. Bailey
Felon
City Hall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Schuyler W. Livingston
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C. A. Dewey
Attorney-At-Law
Washington CO. Savings Bank
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Charley
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
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Brown
Philadelphia
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National Bank
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O.M. Kaek
First National Bank
Iowe
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Resleeeie
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Ant Astier
J. T. Anderson
Ass't
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Tara
Dave Keltn
Hotel Colonao
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M. Lombardo
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Muscatine
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Agt
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Peoria
Indianapolis
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Effant Tan
Brighton
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Sun
St. Paul, Dally
Way Freight
Ex Sun
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Bai
Tay
Peoria Mall
Marshalsteen
Lawmore
Elitown
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