Plan for a 3000 ton battleship and bigger ships debated
A 3000 ton battleship design with eight inch guns was discussed by Admiral Capps and naval officials in testimony before the House naval affairs committee. Some members consider seeking an appropriation this year for a larger ship, possibly up to 2600 tons, while others note the need for a formal authorization.
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Bureau
Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Admiral Capps
Department
Congress
Sinois
Naval Affairs Committee
Tle
Fasteen
Navy Test to Affect All Officers in Navy
A chaotic OCR excerpt describes an order affecting naval officers including a presidential directive. It mentions exemptions, active duty, and provisions affecting certain officers while noting a horseback ride event and various unclear references to Navy administration and standards.
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NAVY
Retired Captain Webb Noted by Board for Medical Disablity
Command records state Captain Webb was examined by the board and found physically unfit for duty due to disability. He retires from service with the rank of normal, and Captain Walter BD of NN was appointed assistant role in the regular service. Navy records indicate prior service in the volunteer arm y.
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Cipl
Walter BD
Nn Dh
Ma Ba Pronotha
Norime Wiht
Ron
Navin
Presiaua Te Ptrum
Armey Durin
Arms Medical
Doaheh Winn
Col Maus Files Protest on Cholera Report Criticism
Former Philippine Health Director objects to a cholera report criticism. A protest text accuses officials of untruthful statements and notes publication will await return of a key official. Mentions Mary, Mount Pleasant, and Arcon Hospital in Manila.
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Iactr
Heart
Morester
Manila
Fleet medals ordered to commemorate Hampton Roads departure
Bronze medals honoring the American fleet’s departure from Hampton Roads have been approved by the President. One hundred were ordered at the Philadelphia mint and will be ready in a week to ten days. If demand continues, more may be produced at $1 each, with proceeds going to the Treasury. The obverse features President Roosevelt. the reverse shows Columbia with three ships.
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Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
General Fund of the Treasury
Ana Ste
Roosevelt
Baker
Mint
Columbia
Morgan
President appoints naval academy board members
The President named H Murfee of Marion Alabama Rst P Lowry of Erie Pennsylvania Albert T Francher of Salamanca New York Samuel Mather of Cleveland Ohio JW Bostick of New Orleans Louisiana and George A Sanderson of Chicago as members of the board of visitors to the United States Naval Academy Three members will be chosen by the Speaker of the House from House members and two by the Vice President from the Senate.
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Vistors
United States Naval Academy
H . Murfee
Marion
Ala
Rst
P Lowry
Erie
Albert T Francher
Salamanca
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Ohio
JW Bostick
New Orleans
George A Sanderson
Chicago
House
Fairbanks
Senate
Wireless bids postponed for navy wireless tower project
Bids for the Navy Bureau of Equipment proposal to build a wireless telegraph tower at Waslington were delayed as many contractors were not ready to submit proposals. The bid opening moved from yesterday to January 15 and several bids had already been received.
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Waslington
Soldiers Return From Cuba After Transit To Fort Snelling
Soldiers of the Cuban army of pacification arrived aboard the transport McClellan at Newport News and were followed by a freight train with supplies. The McClellan carried the Twenty eighth infantry consisting of 40 officers and a portion of officers' families, with no enlisted men. President Roosevelt announced appointments to the Annapolis Naval Academy for 198 Stephen Hillett, George M Tisdale, and Stewart B Whitney, all in military families.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Jane
Chesapeake and Ohio
Fort Snelling
Minn
Army of Pacullation
McClellan Lune
McClellan
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Roosevelt
Annapolis Naval Academy
Stephen Hillett
Charles P BlHott
Army
George M Tisdale
Taent
R D Tisdale
Navy
Stewart B Whitney
M Whitney
Army Orders Grant Leave And Assignments For Officers
Leave of absence granted Lieut HM Chittenden six months and Capt Wo 3 Taylor five days. Maj A Stark fifteen days. Capt FW Hinrichs Jr three months. Lieut TR Hawking three months. Second Lieut avid L Rescoe to the Philippine Islands on February 1909 to report to the commanding general California. Capt Edward T Donnesly to thig sty and report to chief of staff. Officers to report for duty as directed. Heath William A Nichole and others named to report to examining board at York. Several lieutenants to report to San Francisco and transportation for the Philippines. Capt John B Hugging to New York City. Capt Peaderie Ho Pomroy commissary to transport. Walter B McCarkey to Peekskill for government service. Capt Robert A Brown to Rock Island Arsenal.
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Chittenden Corps of Engineers
Taylor Coast Artillery Corps
Stark Medical Corps
FW Hinrichs
Ordnance Department
Hawking
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Avid L Rescoe
Staf
Crty
Robert M Campbell
Jain
Eit
Stat
Heath William A Nichole
Iantry
York Leavenford
Walter B Eimott
Leo I Sarouetsan
Storkmar Bendel
John & Franklin
Franco
Walter B McCarkey
Peekskill
Robert A .Brown
Buffalo
John T Thompson
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported in Mediterranean and Atlantic Routes
Naval dispatches list vessel movements between ports and seas, including Ariivad Scorpion at Messina Naples Prai rie Philadelphia Hist Manzanillo Salem Birmingham Newport Dubuato Key Wentworth Carolina Norfolk Connecticut Kansas Minnesota Vermont Port Said Brutus Newport News Balled Scorpion from Mensina Naples Naples Messina Dolphin Curacao La Guaira Cheyenne San Franches Santa Barbara Yankton Port Said Messina North Carolina Hampton Roads Norfolk Macdonough Thornton Tingey Wires Rensacpla Bt Jo sepha Bay Port Salt Brivus Norfolk Newvert News
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Ariivad
Scorpion
Messina
Naples
Prairie
Philadelphia
Manzanillo
Salem Ant
Birmingham
Newport Dubuato
Key Wentworth Carolina
Norfolk
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Port Said
Brutus
Newport News
Mensina
Dolphin
Curacao
la Guaira
Cheyenne
San Franches
Santa Barbara
Yankton
North Carolina
Hampton Roads
Macdonough da Long
Thornton
Tingey and Wires
Rensacpla
Bt Josepha Bay
Louisiana
Virginia
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
Suez
Port Salt Brivus
Rom
Norfol
Newvert News
Naval officer orders and assignments to medical staff
Orders issued to naval officers include Midshipman AB NeNeill to United States naval hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Midshipman A T Oxbourn to the Mississippi, with Midshipman D McCormick to Toledo. Assistant Surgeon W J Zatecky assigned to duty in New Orleans, LA, and Assistant Surgeon FE Sellers to the navy recruiting station in New Orleans on January 15. BR Hayden ordered home and to await further orders.
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NeNeill
United States Naval Hospital
Philadelpnia Pa
T Oxbourn
Mississippi
McCormick
Toledo
J Zatecky
New Orleans
Sellers
Navy
Hayden
Boston Symphony at National Theater showcases Strauss tone poems
Mischa Elman soloed in Tschaikowsky violin concerto as the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its third Washington concert. The program featured Strauss Death and Transfiguration and Till Eulenspiegel, with commentary on program music and reception by critics, noting Elman’s artistry and the evolving view of Strauss’s tone poems in Washington.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
National Theater
Wagner
Richard Strauss
Tschaikowsky
Weber
Mischa Elman
Washington
Strauss
Acty
Richard
Liszt
Schumann
Beethoven
Edward MacDowell
America
Wagner Strauss
Porson
Alexander Petchnikef
Elman
Bhrenice Thompson
Wright Not Alarmed By Threatening Letters To Judge Wright
Judge Daniel Thew Wright receives numerous threatening letters over his Bucks Stove and Range Company ruling. He dismisses harm concerns, saying he is not alarmed and will read lighter correspondence on off days.
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Daniel Thew Wright
United States District Attorneys Office
Bucks Stove and Range Company
Judge Wright
Ghost burglars frighten resident asks county protection
Reben Baldwin of South Biltmore reports to county commissioners that white clothed intruders with black masks haunt his home. He barricaded windows but shots and barriers failed, saying ghosts threw chloroform and cut panes with diamond bits. Sheriff puzzled, Baldwin deemed sane. nearby home allegedly faced similar alleged burglars.
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Washington Post
Ashville
Reben Baldwin
South Biltmore
Baldwin
Engagement Breach Suit In Philadelphia Court
Special to The Washington Post on January 5 Philadelphia details Thornton W Shelmerdine a Philadelphia stock exchange member and son of William H Shelmerdine Rapid Transit director facing breach of promise suit from Miss Martha Rock Hall for breaking engagement to wed. Judge Holland orders $2500 bond and sets a man s ball. Miss Rock Hall cites loss of a world tour as key motive. argues small town custom pressures her to wed.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Thornton W Shelmerdine
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
William H Shelmerdine
Rapid Transit Company
Martha
Rock
Merdine
Mrs Croxton Seeks Divorce From Jealous Husband
Spertel to The Washington ro Philadelphia Vacant 5 Through her parents in this city Mrs Warner W Croxton wife of the former passenger agent In Norfolk of the Southern Railway now stationed at Baltimore seeks an annulment of her marriage claiming she was too young at marriage and cannot live with him due to jealousy She recalls an episode at Ok Point Comfort when he woke her at 2 am to recount words said by men dancing Earlier the actress daughter obtained her consent to tour with her married sister on the stage Rehearsals are under way for Broadway appearances in New York.
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Oki Pont
New York
Virginia briefs report plant restart and local incidents
The Virginia briefs cover the Fordwick Portland Cement Company resuming with 100 workers and hopes to expand, a fatal kerosene stove accident at the Parker home injuring Beulah Parker, and the Norfolk jail transfer of murderer Benjamin Gilbert as his sentence is considered for commutation. Additional items note Culpeper and Orange counties pushing a five thousand dollar Rapidan River bridge, Charlottesville Presbyterian Church aiding Congo Missionary Lapsley, Roanoke city salary raises, Judge Henson leaving Pearisburg for Roanoke, and Roanoke’s Red Sulphur Springs sanatorium reopening for tuberculosis patients amid state ownership.
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J Atwell Parker
Frederick
Winchester
Beulah
Benjamin +P Gilbert
Amanda Morse
Noble
Norfolk
Richmond
Hankel
Commonwealth
Hilton
Guv Swanson
Gilber
Lfe
Jignani
Raccoon Ford
Culpeper
Oreagy
Staning
Rapidan River
Mitchells Ford
Charlottesville
Christian Congress Coming to City for Fourth Annual Session
The National Christian Congress Association led by Rev R 8 Robinson will hold its fourth annual session in this city for three days during inaugural week. The organization began at Miles Chapel four years ago to educate the power classes in mural and industrial work. Membership has grown to several hundred, with a large local representation expected. The meeting place and full program will be announced later by Secretary Prof W C Payne, who oversees arrangements.
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National Christan Congress
Robinson
Miles Chapel
Pouier
Ita
W C Payne
Sickness Headache Relief Prompted by Dr Miles Pills
Mrs Louise Lewellyn of Powell describes frequent sick headaches lasting years. After her son urged use of Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills during an attack she experienced speedy relief. The ad claims headaches stem from brain nerve irritation and promises money back if not helped.
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Miles
Louise Lewellyn
Powell
Bond Issue Stirs Voters In Winchester Va
A bond proposal of 55 500 to meter a sewer system has voters in Winchester stirred. The town plans a short campaign with circulars and speeches as the council faces a close, contested election on Thursday.
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Washinton
Winchester
Feelimg
Berrai
Ie Ote Council
TWO DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK NEAR CAPERTON WV
A fast passenger train No 1 known as the F F Vy dug collided with an open switch at Caperton 30 miles west of work today. Engineer Thomas Edwards and Fireman Peter Trent, both Huntington residents, were killed. Express Messenger W L Crenshaw injured slightly. Passengers had minor injuries including Waugh Shelbyville Ky A C Miller Kimberton Ind and Paul Dean a local man.
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Shelbyville, Ky
A C Miller
Kimberton
Ind
Paul Dean
Graham to be Speaker as NC Democrats choose son of statesman
Raleigh January report states Augustus W Graham son of the late William A Graham was chosen by the North Carolina Democratic caucus as speaker of the house. The body includes 30 Republicans and 3 Democrats in the senate, with twenty house members and seven senators from the previous legislature remaining.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Raleigh
Augustus W Graham
William A Graham
United States
Renewal feud fears flare after Sumner shooting in Limestone
In Limestone township near Asheville North Carolina the Sumner Frady feud flared when Price Sumner fired on a train carriage carrying James Drady. A deputy sheriff wounded Sumner and a crowd restrained him. The youth fled to the mountains as tensions rise after an earlier homicide linked to alleged intimacy with Mrs Frady.
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Washington Post
Asheville
Jane
Sumner
Frady
Limestone Township
Price Sumner
James Drady
Parris Sumner Prices
Prise Summer
Shor Sered Sumner
Magistrate Asked to Resign in Baltimore
Sneusl in The Washington Post Baltimore Jan 6 Ge Crothers has asked for the resignation of Police Justice William J Garland the Democratic executive of the Third ward and known as King BW by his political associates in the eastern part of the city Garland admitted to the governor that he accepted 40 from a saloonkeeper to dismiss a case of violation of the liquor laws The grand jury got wind of the matter and informed the governor Garland will hand in his resignation to tomorrow He was appointed 2 police magistrate by Goy Smith When his name came up for reappointment Goy War field turned him down because of a protest made against him Goy Crother however reappointed him Petersburg ran 5 Walter Mainfree ed at his home in High street this morning from Brights disease aged 11 years He fa survived by his wife and one married daughter Mrs Harvey Simmons of this city He was a member of the Petersburg school board and for 25 years was superintendent of High Street Church Sunday school He Wa secretary of Tippecanoe Tribe 1 G ROM Fredericksburg Jan Alexander Bowling of Stafford county died at his home near Toluca after a lingering illness aged 60 years He is survived by his wife and five children Special to The washingtoy rust Raleigh NC Jun 5 The State board of geology today recommended to Gov Glenn to have the legislature enact laws creating drainage extries in the caste 1 swamps bonds to be issued for the work for which the redeemed lands to form the collateral
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Sneusl
Washington Post
Baltimore
Ge. Crothers
William J Garland
Third Ward
King
Garland
Goy Smith
Goy Warfield
Goy Crother
Petersburg
Walter Mainfree
High Street
Harvey Simmons
Fredericksburg
Alexander Bowling
Stafford County
Toluca
Raleigh
State Board of Geology
Glenn
Don’t Blame Your Stomach for Digestive Troubles
Digestive woes from overeating and poor chewing described with an appeal to avoid dyspepsia. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are pitched as a natural, quick digestive aid that cures sour taste, belching, and stomach discomfort. The ad claims one tablet digests 3000 grains of food and invites readers to obtain a free trial package from F A Stuart Co at 10 Stuart Bldg, Marshal Michigan.
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Stuart
Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshal, Mich
Man Killed by Eastbound Freight Train in Alexandria
A man identified as EW Orrison of Arco Loudoun county Va was struck and killed by an eastbound freight train on the Bluemont division crossing Mount Vernon avenue in Alexandria county. Coroner Dr S T Ashton notified inquest set for 11 o'clock this morning. The deceased, about 50 years old, was well dressed and bore letters addressed to Orrison and Warren Orrigan suggesting he was a country merchant.
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Washington Post
EW Orrison
Warren Orrigan
Road Open to Roanoke After Virginian Line Completion
The Roanoke Vacant line first train from Norfolk to Roanoke arrived this afternoon as the Roanoke River bridge 27 miles east was finished this morning. The road now runs 243 miles Roanoke to Norfolk and 77 miles Roanoke to Rich Creek. The New River bridge will be completed in two weeks, enabling trains from Norfolk to Deepwater via the western terminus 46 miles away.
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Roanoke
Maryland Happenings and Local Notices Fragment
Maryland happenings report several local items including Dr William Rosenau of Kutaw Place Temple Baltimore declining a San Francisco temple call, Arthur Rosenau in banking matters, and a bankruptcy adjudication. It notes misfortunes such as Andrew Schuyler’s coal mining fatality, workers appointments, and several marriages and murders in nearby communities.
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William Rosenau
Kutaw Place Temple
Baltimore
Johns Hopking Universty
Temple Emmanuel of
San Franscisco
Catholic University of America Wins Court of Appeals Victory
The Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling in the Waggaman bankruptcy case, enabling the University to recover about 7.83 million dollars from John F Waggaman, based on promissory notes dated 1867 to 1902. The notes were indorsed by Thomas E Waggaman and later assigned to the university. trial court had been instructed to verdict for Waggaman.
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Catholic University of America
Court of Appeals
Thomas F Wagga
John F Waggaman
Thomas E Waggaman
Alderson
Washington Post
Waggaman
Raleleh
Jan O
Court of Ap Today
Tim Heiderticht
Figar
Verdict for him A new trial ordered by jury
A new trial is ordered with the jury to act as judges of facts. The move shifts the case toward retrial under fresh deliberation and review of evidence. The court directs reassessment of key testimonies and materials affecting the verdict.
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Arlington
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Fort Myer
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Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association
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Trevang Castle
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Mountain Republic
New Billard Hotel
Boran Lombard
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Lombard
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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