Naval Gritigisms Old Evidence Of Admiral Capps
Rear Admiral Capps, chief constructor, defends ship design as equal to any navy. Senate Naval Affairs hearings consider calling Lieut Vogelenza n Hill as expert witnesses while discussing armor, turrets, and outside plans for the Delaware class ships and the vessel Mayflower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. McClure
Senate Committee
Vogelgecang
Hill
Washingley Des Capps
Mr. Heuterdad
Sean Unin
Sorusu Capps
Dekisore
United States
Canes
Reiterdahl
United States Navy
Iron Peery
Capps
Toby
Naval Orders and Funeral Rites Highlight February Navy News
Movements of naval vessels include arrivals at Hampton Roads and Pensacola details. Funeral ceremonies for General Henry Larrollt noted in Leavenworth with body transported to-do multiple ports. A West Coast ship undergoes adjustments while officers are assigned in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunpip
Henry Larrollt
Leavenworth
Keane
Melo Te Ie
Taey Neal
Taal Ibers
Lenevenworth
Eden Gu
British Defied In India By German Ship Neuenfels
Boston dispatch reports German ship Neuenfels arriving from India and Ceylon describing open defiance of British authority. Locals boycott British goods, refuse British shipments, and unrest spreads as natives are urged to resist, with fears of violence and potential Japanese aid if war with England erupts. Calcutta harbor scenes show British steamers blocked, cargo loaded only after delays.
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Boston
Samship
Neuenfels
India
Ceylon
England
Calcutta
Bes
Archdiocese denounces dancing for charity in Lent letter
In Philadelphia, Archbishop I Nobas condemns dancing at Catholic entertainments for charitable aims. He bans balls for charity, urging Lent penance and mortification. Faithful should avoid public amusements misaligned with spiritual aims, and charity should be aided by pure motives and duty rather than personal amusement.
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Villadelphia
Inobas
Archdiocese of
Philadelphia
Restau
Probing Power Companies Start Under NY Public Service Panel
The New York Public Service Commission opened a general investigation into seventeen Greater New York power and light suppliers. Commissioner Muilice will lead hearings, with General Counsel George S. Colerickney directing. Protesters challenged the commission's jurisdiction as the hearings began.
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New York Public Service Commission
New
Companias
Greater
New York
Public Series Commission
Muilice
George 8. Colermicn
Iit Commission
Protest Over Proposed Monitor Sheep Target Incident
Local humane societies protest reports that a U S Navy monitor Arkansa may shoot twelve healthy sheep as target practice. Admirals Mason and Draper decline to confirm details amid public distress and questions about the experiment’s ethics and safety.
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Monitor Arkansas
George Mason
Bureau of
Urdaanes
Mason
Bureau of Drapatie
By & Post
Civilife
Tve
Arkansa
Vnd
Burshel
Naval board finds drownings accidental says no foul play
The board led by Commander Frank P. Pletener concluded the Marine Corps drownings of Arlyrtes Steen erson and Mcintosh were accidental. An attempt by one man to save a comrade led to both deaths with no further action planned.
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Naval Board
Frank P. Pletener
Arlyrtes Steenerson
Mcintosh
Marine Corps Wort
Om Sophie
Mternerson Triperdt
Neely
Judge grants 24 hour delay in Van Schaick sentence
In New York on February 2, Judge Hough delayed sentencing Capt. Van Schaick, captain of the steamer Slocum, for twenty four hours to allow personal affairs to be settled. Van Schaick faces ten years in Sing Sing after a guilty verdict for criminal negligence in the 1903 East River disaster. The Circuit Court affirmed the prior court's verdict after a previous appeal, and the aging captain remains in custody awaiting the final ruling imminent.
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Washington Post
New York
Audge Hough
United States Circuit Court
William F. van Behales
Dune
van Schaick
Gen Slocum
Ovear
Circuit Court of Appeals
Tower Court
Silent firearm promised by inventor may alter warfare
New York reports that Hiram Percy Maxim claims a fully perfected silent firearm using a piston valve to muffle gas release could make rifles and revolvers nearly noiseless. Experts warn the device could rearm armies, aid criminals, and change future warfare while offering new uses for sportsmen.
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New York
Hiram Percy Maxim
Su Itiram Maxim
Arbitration Near as Commissioner Sets Mediation Date
United States Commissioner of Labor Charles DP Nell received a wage reduction mediation request from Southern Railway President Finley. Conference likely in coming days with machinists, engineers, telegraphers and other workers and Interstate Commerce Commission officials to seek an agreement on the proposed wage cut and scale returning to October 1906 levels.
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Charles DP. Nell
United States Commissioner of Labor
Fines
Southern Railway
Nell
Post
Fintey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dr. Nelli
Interstate Commerce
Washington
Read
Aka Bory
James O'Connell
International Aggovtation of
Machinlata
Loffelin
Toad
Finley
Southern
Af Thor
Escaped Convict Pardoned In Michigan Case
John Allison once of the Lake Shore gang and Richland bank robbers was conditionally pardoned today by the State board. He will be released March 1 from Jackson prison and likely return to Rock Island to work at the Plow Works where he was employed before his 1904 escape. His case drew statewide sympathy for abandoning criminal associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
John Allison
Lake
Allison
Wom
Paniong
Rock Island
Moline Plow Works
Lfe
Jackson
Governor urges speedup to curb night riders in Kentucky
Governor Willson asks legislature for rapid action and a 25000 appropriation to fight night rider outrages. He blames prosecuting officers for failing to convict a single man and says local authorities cannot enforce laws without expanded power. The message cites widespread anarchy and need for state support to protect the people.
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Declarea
Rankfurt
Willvon
Talitha
Cheiberte
General Assembly
Allomnes
Mrs Hetty Green Ordered to Pay legal fees
In Boston Judge Putnam directs Mrs. Hetty Green to pay Sherman L. Whipple $5,727 with interest for legal services. Whipple served Green in litigation against the trustees of Sylvia Ann Howland's estate. Green claimed the charges were extortionate and refused payment.
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Boston
Mass
Hetty Green
Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Sherman L. Whipple
Teres
Whipple
Arrests in Fraud Case Reach Across States
A man and a accomplice were arrested on fraud charges linked to schemes using misused funds to claim a huge English estate. An inspector tracked them from Asheville to Sirkugiell and brought them to trial today, alleging hundreds of victims.
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Ashevill
N.C
Aroy Wile
G. Whitateos
Sirkugiell
Ohio
United States
Jifi Ashevite
Waa
England
Ouster verdict affirmed against Waters-Pierce Oil Company
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the lower court judgment awarding 1,400,009 damages and ousting the Waters-Pierce Oil Company from state business for violations of Texas anti trust laws. The decision may be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court of Texas
Waters- Pierce Oi! Company
Carell
United States Supreme Court
Omega Oil Promises Cure for Rheumatism Through External Use
An advertisement claims Omega Oil cures rheumatism with external application. It argues many people doubt topical remedies but asserts the oil has cured numerous cases and advises those not benefiting from internal treatments to try it.
Widespread call for wage cuts to revive confidence
Henry Clews argues in Pittsburg that general wage reductions are essential due to reduced earnings across railways and industry. He urges unions to accept lower wages, warning against prolonged disputes and noting turmoil from Roosevelt's message and Bryan’s attacks on the stock market.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Henry Clews
New York
American Institute of Banking
Roosevelt
Congress
Wall Street
Bryan
Stock Exchange
Operatives Wages Reduced by Georgia Mills
Atlanta February 22 At a Georgia Industrial Association meeting representing cotton mills the executive committee voted to reduce operatives wages by 1 percent effective March 1. They also approved curtailing two or more days per week where needed due to weak conditions in the textile industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Industrial Association
Arrest of John Rogers in Philadelphia Robbery Case
John Rogers, thirty, sought for attempted robbery, is arrested in Philadelphia. He allegedly associated with John Roberts on the day the latter was accused of pocketing Elmer H. Roberts’s purse on Eleventh Street NW. A woman, said to be Rogers’s wife, visited the complainant to deter prosecution.
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John Rogers
Philadelphia
Lila
John Roberts
Elmer H. Roberts
Perk Road
Roberts
H. Roberts
Rogers
Rohts
Philadelpha
Woman commits suicide under New York subway wheels
A young woman threw herself under a moving train at the Eighteenth Street station causing panic and crowding. Police found no address on her clothes. a note read Miss Anna Stavenhagen Nitau Kurland Russia. Later her husband in Jersey City identified the clothing as his wife Helen Stavenhagen. no motive given.
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New York
Mieghteenth Street
Anna Stavenhagen
Nitau
Kurland
Russia
Slavenhagen
Jersey City
Helen Stavenhagen
Stavenhagen
Child dies during prayer in Brazil town
A coroner's jury blamed the parents of the ten year old Palmer child for the death by pneumonia while the boy prayed "God is my life." The Palmers believe in healing by prayer, and this is the second death in their family after relying on prayer alone. County attorney asked to widen probe to prevent similar deaths.
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Brazil
Towa
BE. E. Palmer
Etepa Tn
Palmers
Confidence man sought in Bowie report
Police hunt a man posing as an undertaker from Bowie Maryland who claimed a wagon needed one hundred dollars to fix and go home. Alfred Rimith of Bowie reported the alleged scam after giving cash and not seeing the man again.
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Bowie
Alfred Rimith
Burglary Report Involving Watch Theft
Cyrus R. Miller of 1787 H Street Northwest reported to police that his apartment was entered last night and a watch valued at 50 dollars was stolen. Miller believes no doors or windows were forced. he suspects a person known to him carried out the theft.
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Cyrus R. Miller
H Street
Hia
Atcr
Daln
SIM
Mr. Miller
Mercury Nearest to Sun Reduces Planet Between
San Francisco Feb 2 Prof W W Campbell head of Lick Observatory reports from Flint Island photos that no planet lies between the sun and Mercury. He says Mercury’s irregular motion cannot be explained by unseen planets and that the absence is now certain though photographic plates are still being developed.
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San Francisco
W. W. Campbell
Lick
Flint Island
Souree
Campbell
President introduces De Adelph fuss to White House
A scrambled OCR report describes De Adelph fuss being introduced to the President by Tiron aimbroms. It mentions Metcalf and Roy Moses in clerical roles and notes Bowles of Oakland was appointed confidential clerk. The article outlines private secretary arrangements and references conferences with Secretary Metcalf.
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Wilkesbarre
Mayme Shales
Plainaville
Cians
de Adelph Fuss
Agriedlte
Austad
Fuagaby
Galsswat
Very
Tiron Aimbroms
Canumles
Secretarrie
Rheumatism Explained and a Blood Purifier Claim
An article argues rheumatism is an internal inflammation caused by uric acid and toxins in the blood due to indigestion and weak kidneys. It warns against external treatments and promotes S. S. S., a vegetable blood purifier from The Swift Specific Company, as a permanent cure with a free book on rheumatism.
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Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
Nirwera Predihive
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