Schley Cross-Examination Probes Retrograde Move Details
Washington October 30 Admiral Schley faced intense cross examination by Judge Lemly on the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santiago and the decision to turn back after reaching the vicinity of the port. The session used a typed question list comparing Schley’s statements with other testimony and logs to uncover why the retrograde movement occurred. The inquiry inched forward as new questions on the timing and distances were debated.
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Washington
Schley
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Lemly
Admiral Schley
Senate
Sampson
Navy Department
Night fleet not warned but would have knocked out Cervera says witness
Witness testifies that if Cervera's fleet appeared at night the Eagle would have attacked per flag instructions from Hampton Roads. He recalls the voyage to Santiago and disputes about the Eagle's water and coal, noting coal supply as the deciding factor in leaving Cienfuegos.
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Lemly
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Cervera
Hampton Roads
Folger
Southerland
Cienfuegous
Eagle
Brooklyn
Ambiguity of Information Fueled Westward Move
Captain Lemly confronted Admiral Schley over his decision to sail west as the sea calmed and barometer rose on the 27th. The Brooklyn log showed calmer conditions yet Schley admitted steering westward after receiving no further orders. He explained his reasons after confirming he did not disobey orders.
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Captain Lemly
Admiral Schley
Schley
Staton
Motives Behind Westward Move in Naval Command
Admiral details influencing a westward squadron move from Santiago harbor. He cites Captain Sigsbee and pilot Ney as doubting the Spanish fleet, plus an ambiguous May 27 dispatch and Order No. 7 with a Sampson memorandum. He trusted scouts as cavalry of an army and relied on department information but sought independent verification.
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Sigsbee
Santiago Harbor
Naney
Sampson
Department
Genaives
Hayil
Cape Cruz
Key Francis
Bahama Channel
Cape Crus
Santiago
Lemly
Czolgosz Executed by Electricity in Auburn
Leon Czolgosz, assassin of the president, died instantly in the Auburn prison death chair after a brief struggle to speak. He declared his crime and his contempt for the president’s enemies, then expressed sorrow at not seeing his father before the 1,700 volt current ended his life.
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Auburn
N. Y
Leon Czolgosz
Mead
Czolgosz
Fair Aeronaut Alive Claim Surfaces From Indiana
A disputed Indiana report says aeronaut Lillian Fay, who vanished after an ascent at Boyd Park, is alive. Alfred Anderson of Denver recalls meeting Fay at Koeyd Park and says she inquired about his progress and is currently in Milwaukee enjoying good health.
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Chicago
Rero
Ind
Lillian Way
Boyd Park
LaSalle
Mis
Illinois
Alfred Anderson
Denver
Koeyd Park
Fay
Anderson
Tay
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago's Olympian Games organized with Furber chosen president
Chicago officials reported that the International Olympian Games association completed a key preliminary step. Harry J. Furber Jr was elected president and other officers were named while by laws were adopted shaping the 1904 games in Chicago.
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Chicago
Harry J. Furber, Jr
Hunters arrested after assault on Dr. Hill in Vincennes
Vincennes Indiana October 30 John Mc Kinney and Barnett Bass were arrested Monday on a charge of assault with intent to kill Dr John Hill a wealthy resident who lies in a critical condition after being ordered off Hill’s farm where the men were hunting.
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Vincennes
Ind
John McKinney
Barnett Bass
John Hill
Fires Increase in Iowa Insurance Losses Rise
Des Moines reports that insurance men statewide say fire losses in Iowa are 50 percent higher this year than last, with increasing incidents noted across the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Travel excitement triggers stomach illness remedy ad
The text notes travel and diet changes causing diarrhoea and promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy available at Stewart's and Cook and Sherman.
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Stewart's
Cook & Sherman
Fish and Poultry Dressed to Order at Todd Stuart's
Readable notice states Todd Stuart operates a shop offering dressed and cut fish and poultry to order. Keeps implied emphasis on custom processing and fresh offerings for customers.
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Todd Stuart
Insurance policy in effect from premium delivery, Supreme Court rules
Washington October 80. The United States Supreme Court ruled that an insurance policy takes effect on the date of premium delivery, not on the application date. The case involving Fred A. McMasters tested grace period timing, concluding the policy was valid and the grace began one year after premium delivery.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Fred A. McMasters
F. E. McMasters
Iowa
McMasters
Supreme Court
Schwab Visits Chicago and Nearby Mills
Chas M Schwab president of United States Steel visited South Chicago Illinois Steel plant inspecting expansion plans for strategic consolidation The tour continued with Joliet Wisconsin and Waukegan visits to review western plant advantages Milwaukee and Bay View also visited Schwab headed east after the loop to examine more sites.
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Chicago
Chas. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Big Steel Combination
Trust
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Joliet
C. M. Schwab
Schwab
Waukegan
Milwaukee
Bay View
German Navy Captain Urges Fleet to Press American Hands Off
Berlin reports that Captain von Welt heim of the German navy told Hanover Fleet Society members that Germany must build a stronger fleet to deter American competition in Central America. The remark drew stormy applause, while papers largely ignore the statement and Freisinnige Zeitung warns of political mischief.
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Berlin
Fleet Society
Hanover
von Weltheim
Germany
Central America
Freisinnige Zeitung
Father Crowley Remains Obdurate After Excommunication
Rev. Jeremiah J. Crowley, excommunicated two days earlier for charges against Auxiliary Bishop Muldoon, Chicago diocese, issues a long letter to Cardinal Martinelli reiterating his accusations and denying proper service of the excommunication sentence.
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Father Crowley
Chicago
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Muldoon
Martinell
Poisoning case in Webb family cleared by postmortem
In South Bend Indiana a postmortem on Charles Webb's body found the Webb family members Mrs Rebecca Webb and Cora Webb asphyxiation victims. The findings exonerate the other son and the daughter from any involvement.
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South Bend
Ind
Webb
Charles Webb
Rebecca Webb
Cora Webb
Dutch Longshoremen Seek Allied Action Against English Ships
The Dutch longshoremen delegation visiting Hamburg reports strong support from Hamburg dockers for boycotting English ships in protest of the Boer War. Hamburg workers unanimously agree to cooperate in the movement to back the Dutch action.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Brandow in Jail for Neighbor’s Murder in Harbor Springs
George Brandow of Harbor Springs Michigan is jailed charged with the murder of neighbor John Furti after a Saturday night incident at Brandow’s home. Brandow says Furti and a companion came to his house intent on assaulting him, leading to a fatal fight.
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Brandow
Harbor Springs
Mich
George Brandow
Cross Village
John Furti
Fruti
Furti
Popcorn Record Harvest Report From Illinois Farm
A. N. Schaeffer of Edgar County harvested 1800 bushels from 102 acres in Charleston Illinois The yield is just over seventeen bushels per acre The cost to raise sort and shell averaged about 17 dollars per acre including ground rental
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Charleston
Ill
A. N. Schaeffer
Edgar County
New Danger for Wheelmen in Bicycle Accident
Emanuel Daveler cut his throat when a high collar jammed the wound as he was thrown while dodging a passing horse during a bicycle ride. Six stitches were needed to bring the wound together. doctors expect recovery.
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Sterling
Emanuel Daveler
Canadian Order of Railway Men Organizing in Canada
Ottawa Ont Oct 30 A movement is on foot to organize an order called the Canadian Order of Railway Men independent of international bodies. Those interested include engineers firemen trainmen conductors and telegraphers.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Order of
Canada
Chicago man charged in fruit theft at St Joseph
George I. Watson of Chicago was arrested in St Joseph for a $1,000 fruit theft. He says he was robbed in jail of money and a $100 ring. prisoners were stripped and searched but nothing was found.
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St. Joseph, Mich
George I. Watson
Chicago
Burlington Institute to Close Permanently
Burlington Iowa trustees vote to close Burlington Institute founded in 1851 due to chronic funding shortfall. The college will cease operations as of an announced date.
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Burlington, Ia
Burlington Institute
Lecture Series Tickets For OC Wilson Course
Friday evenings list remaining lectures with speakers Frank C Bruner Ooi Rain H V Richards Frederick Truman Fredrick Musical o and Passion Play. Tickets for season or single lectures are available at Wilson Beamer Hardware store.
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Frank C Bruner
H V Richards
Frederick Truman
Fredrick
Race riot at Duncan chapel camp meeting leaves many dead
A Black and white clash at Balltown Louisiana after a Sunday camp meeting results in nine Black deaths and several White casualties. Victims include Joseph Seal and Charles El. Hott among Whites. dying is Edward Thompson. Church leader Rev. Alexander Connolly and others die or are wounded. Dozens escape into woods as violence endures for about thirty minutes.
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Picayune
Balltown
Duncan's Chapel
Pearl River Valley
Joseph Seal
Willis Seal
Varando
Charles T. el. Hott
Edward Thompson
Georgia
Stephen Duncan
Bill Morris
Atake
J. J. Ball
Massacre at Live Oak: White mob kills nine blacks in Washington Parish
Violence erupts after a licensing dispute at Lott's tent in Live Oak. Constable Boon's posse confronts Crear Lott. gunfire kills Joe Seal, preacher Connolly, and nine black residents. Whites burn the tent and church. over 1,000 armed men descend. nine victims buried in unmarked graves. The Black community flees the parish.
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Live Oak
Crear Lott
Boon
Lott
Joe Seal
Preacher Connolly
Sophie Lott
Clear Lott
Parker
Beverly
Washington Parish
Monticello
Guilty Verdict in Ill Treatment Case of Child in Ithaca
The jury found Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Moore guilty in probate court of cruelly treating Herman Moore a 9 year old son by a former wife. The village marshal, Moore, faces deferred sentence while the probate judge decides on the disposition of the child.
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Ithaca, Mich
H. C. Moore
Herman
Moore
Ohio State Football Center John Sigrist Dies From Injuries
Columbus Oct 80 John Sigrist center rush for Ohio State University football died Monday from injuries suffered Saturday afternoon in the game with Western Reserve. He was caught in a mass play and his spine was fractured leaving his body severely twisted.
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Columbus
John Sigrist
Rush
Ohio State University
Western Reserve
Cridler Appointed European Agent for World’s Fair
Thomas W. Cridler, third assistant secretary of state, accepted the St. Louis World’s Fair Company’s offer to serve as European agent for the exposition.
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Washington
Thomas W. Cridler
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Ad Claims Smith’s Formula
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the guaranteed cure with a money back refund if not satisfied after one bottle. The offer specifies a 50 cent price and directs readers to visit their druggist.
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Smith
Frick and Johnson Contractors Notice of Liability
The undersigned state they will not be responsible for debts incurred by sub-contractors agents or laborers or their own agents unless a regular written signed avavutra is produced Frick Johnson Contractors by J H Frick President.
Divorces Surge in Chicago Suburban Counties
In a report from Dixon Illinois dated October 30, Lee county shows seventeen divorce cases on the docket while De Kalb has eighteen. Waukegan records eighteen filings with wives initiating most suits. Woodstock in McHenry counts seventeen cases with two thirds filed by wives. Kane county awaiting forty eight, Aurora and Elgin city courts tally sixteen, totaling sixty four pending county level divorces.
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Woodstock
McHenry County
Kane County
Aurora
Elain
Iowa Law Declared Void On Sale Of Tanglefoot
Clarinda Iowa October 80 Judge Wheeler in district court declared unconstitutional the Twenty eighth general assembly law prohibiting sale of Hyuer shipped into Iowa in original packages Liquor agents from Omaha covering southwestern Iowa were arrested and fined The Law and Order League of Iowa has pushed prosecutions The agents sought a ruling on interstate commerce grounds and the case may be appealed to the US Supreme Court
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Clarinda
Wheeler
District Court
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Iowa
Omaha
Towa
Law and Order League
League
United States Supreme Court
Secretary Gage Qualifies Denver Bank Position Claim
Secretary Gage explains his remark about twenty $25,000 bank jobs was general not specific. He has since received many applications for endorsement and prepared a printed regret letter clarifying the statement.
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Chicago
Gage
Denver
Woman Dies En Route Home From Richmond Train
Mrs C H Leinart of Fincastle Tennessee died on a Knoxville bound train while en route from Richmond to die at home. Her husband met the train and learned she had died an hour earlier. In Manila a hat and umbrella factory employing thousands plans to move to Hong Kong after closing amid tariff disputes.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C. H. Leinart
Fincastle
Richmond
Manila
Hong Kong
Ex Connecticut Governor Harrison Dead at 80
Henry B. R. Harrison former Connecticut governor from 1885 to 1887 died at his New Haven home aged 80. He served as governor and was a prominent state figure. His death marks the end of a notable political era in Connecticut.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry BR. Harrison
Connecticut
Market Quotes and Livestock Prices From Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago Board of Trade quotations for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and Butter plus produce and live stock bids from East Buffalo N Y and St Louis on Oct 29 with December and May futures ranges for grains and meats and current cattle hog and sheep quotes. Includes market activity for regional traders and receipts estimates for the day.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Mixea
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
St. Loui
City Bus Line Call Up Phone No 1
Hotel Allen directs callers to leave orders for Frank Rogers and promises prompt attention to all requests.
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Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Royal Tour Plans Spark Pageant As King Delivers Honors
King Edward, aged and pallid, presided over investitures at St James Palace for 250 officers and others. Elaborate reception plans accompany the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with naval displays at Portsmouth. A grand London procession is set for Saturday with 10,000 troops and traffic suspensions. Cor respondents note Canada impressed but find Buffalo disappointing.
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London
Edward
St. James Palace
St. James’ Palace
Muarborough House
Sir Francis Laking
Sir Francis
Marleborough House
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York
Portsmouth
Ophir
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Victoria and Albert
Victoria Station
Constitution Hill
Picadilly
St. James Street
Marlborough House
London and Brighton
Pan
Thom
Canada
United States
Morning Post
Buffalo
Signal Corps Seeks Bigger Role in 1900s Telegraphs
In his annual report General Greely urges increased size of the Signal Corps to meet rising demands. He notes 336 miles of Alaska telegraph lines, 3,848 in Cuba, and 4,851 in the Philippines with large yearly gains. Insurgents disrupt lines in the Philippines, destroying long sections. Greely calls for an international cable conference, highlights early wireless work, and outlines planned stations in the Philippines and the United States.
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Washington
Philippines
Manila
Mindoro
Marinduque
Masbate
Samar Leste
Cebu
Negros
Mindanao
Jelo
Stusi
Greely
Lagunade Bay
Santa Cruz
Antimonan
Thenes
Gulf of
Anagay
San Francisco
Fort Mason
Alcatraz Island
Maple Park man chloroformed robbed and home burned
Henry Brisbin of Maple Park was chloroformed Sunday night. His house was set on fire and Brisbin fatally burned despite neighbors rescuing him. A thief stole 250 dollars from the house. Edward Grace, described as a notorious character, is under arrest.
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Elgin, Uls
Henry Brisbin
Maple Park
Brisbin
Edward Grace
Carris Sells the Sets at East Side Drug Store
Advance sale announced for Graham theatre attractions this season at Carris East side drug store. Local patrons can purchase tickets in advance during the current period.
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Graham Theatre
Carris’ East Side Drug Store
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