Three Midshipmen Dismissed For Hazing At Annapolis
The Washington Post reports that midshipmen Pettersen, Barty, Mar a enI and Coffin jr were publicly dismissed from the academy for hazing fourth-class men. The Secretary of the Navy ordered their removal after a court martial. details show mixed testimony on Meriwether’s conduct and hazing culture, with debates on fairness and possible external influence.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Acmapolis
Pettersen Barty Mara
Wow
Foster
Trenmor Coffin, Jr
Margeni
Secretary of the Navy
Midshipmen
George P. Colvoc
Department
Ramaker Charged With Wife Murder in Wisconsin
Willam Ramaker, a farmer from Adel, Iowa, was arrested in Sheboygan on a murder charge after striking his wife with a piece of wood in view of two children. He had been released from an insane asylum in Oshkosh a few months earlier. The same dispatch notes a bank run on the Washington National Bank of Pittsburg, which began yesterday and largely subsided today as deposits exceeded withdrawals.
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Fuscer
Winsnaingi
Nellon
Naval Academy
Meriwether, Jr
Haang
Wag
Misshipman
Meriwether
Theodore H. Winters
Mittst Vanhook
Thad
Tiaesizon
Tuurttelisa
Joea. May
Murphy
Loyd Sexton
Tie
Sexton
Coventry
Jordone Fm
Kimbrough
Andrew C. Dearing
Sheboygan, Wits
Willam Ramaker
Adel
Ramaker
Oshkosh
Pittsburg
Washington National Bank of
Pnlso
Annie Howard
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Furlong
Mytle Avenue
Grand Jury
Baldwin
Whitaker
Thompson
Thomas McKee
Fourths Avenue
McKee
Howard
Hitle
Aspinall
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
West Thirty-ninth Street
Vanderebilt
Deny Charge of Rebating in Milwaukee Case
Three railroads filed answers in the rebate suit with the government as complainant. The St Louis and San Francisco, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific deny violating the act of Congress while admitting an agreement with Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company to pay a percentage of the tariff rate for freight routed over their lines.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wis
St. Loma
All Charges In One Trial In Savannah Case
Judge Speer rules Greene and Gaynor must be tried on a consolidation of indictments in Savannah Federal Court. Jury to be sworn tomorrow at 11, with trial expected to last six weeks. Defense urged separate trials, but the court, citing revised statutes, overruled the objection and allowed consolidation.
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Savannah
Speer
Greene
Gaynor
Meldrim
Akerman
Mob Overawed by Troops in Milford Lynching Showdown
Milford Delaware January 17 Frederick Groves the accused assailant of Miss Flora Booze was moved to Dover jail after a mob attempted to seize him. Company B of the Delaware National Guard guarded the Milford lockup all night preventing further violence. Groves confessed after arrival in Dover saying he had been drunk during the day of the assault and had no recollection of a struggle.
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Milford
Del
Frederick Groves
Flora Booze
Dover
Groves
Company B
Delaware National Guard
Baker
Kent County
Lynch
Sussex County
Topsy
Black Cat
East Fourth Street
Emma Glock
Mttle
Miss Glock
Jacob Newfeld
East Side
Newfeld
Canada’s Traffic Problem Routes Grain to Sea
Ottawa reports by the transportation commission call for a national port system and harbor controls. It urges the government to acquire key harbors including Fort William Port Arthur Kingston Montreal Halifax Sydney Vancouver and Pacific coast Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern terminals. Ports would be free of charges except dry dock and elevator service. The plan also supports continuing the Intercolonial Railway to Patry Sound with options for expansion.
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Ottawa
Ont
Transportation Commission
Seaboard
Fort William
Port Arthur
Midlard
Port Coleborne
Kingston
Ontario
Montreal
Que
St. Joan
N. B
Halifax
W. S
Sydney
C. B
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern
General Board of, Harbor Commissioners
Marine Department
Intercolonial
Patry Sound
Grand Trunk
President Roosevelt weighs candidate for Nebraska district attorney
The president will interview Charles A. Goss at the White House and Department of Justice to ensure the pick shows honesty integrity and ability. Senator Burkett and Representative Kennedy will present him this forenoon. A separate item reports a Newark New Jersey Central Railroad wreck where fireman Albert Johnson of New Market died and the engineer was injured.
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Roosevelt
Nebraska
Charles A. Goss
White House
Department of Justice
Goss
Burkett
Kennedy
Newark
N. d
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Albert Johnson
New Market
M. J
They Remain Aliens Declares Law Violations by Immigrant Trade
Immigrant Inspector Marcus Braun reports to Congress that European nations and steamship firms spur large scale migrant flows to the United States. He cites Hungary Italy Austria Turkey and Syria as sources of illegal or exploitative immigration and urges tighter controls including origin certificates heightened border inspection and reduced exemptions for religious workers and temporary travelers.
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Marcus Braun
Congress
Metcalf
Braun
Dong
America
Italy
Hungary
United States
Austria-Hungary
Brann
Tisza
Cunard Line
Turkey
Asia Minor
Syria
Palestine
Mount Lebanon
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Blake
Europe
Secret Service
Mesa
Health officer critiques Brazilian quarantine enforcement
The Public Health and Marine Hospital Service published the health officer of Brazil's report, voicing dissatisfaction with quarantine methods and the enforcement of health regulations in northern ports. He notes decent general sanitation but ongoing smallpox and yellow fever in Manaos and Belem, respectively.
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Brazil
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Republic
Manaos
Belem
Tennent Shoe Company Faces $150000 Bookkeeping Discrepancies
St. Louis report says Frank P. Hays of Titue & Hays cites $150000 in irregularities at the Tennent Shoe Company. Joan H. Tennent resigns as president and his son John H. Tennent resigns as secretary amid the inquiry.
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St. Louis
Frank P. Hays
Titue & Hays
Tennent Shoe Company
Tennent Company
Joan H. Tennent
John H Tennent
Tied Up Gable Lines Gates Open On Wrong Side
Maurice F. Doty, traction expert for Chicago, halted two City Railway cable lines on Wabash and State due to left-side gates being open, risking passenger danger. Mayor Dunne ordered gates closed but allowed lines to run. suits filed against Union Traction and Chicago City Railway for over crowding fines.
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Chicago
Maurice F. Doty
City of
Wabash Avenue
State Street
Chicago City Railway Company
Randolph
Madison Streets
Wabash Avenues
Doty
Counccil
Council Committee On Traction
Dunne
Mitten
City Railway Company
City of Chicago
Union Traction Company
Justice Courts
Health report: no yellow fever in Isthmian Zone in November
The Isthmian Canal Commission released Dr. Gorgas's report showing zero yellow fever cases in the Canal Zone during November. Fumigation at major camps continued as a precaution, malaria cases declined slightly mainly among recent Martinique arrivals, water supply gaps persist, and quinine administration remained common though protests decreased by December 1.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Gorgas
Canal Zone
Martinique
Chagres
Hear Shippers Complaints At Steamboat Board Meeting
The Board of Supervising Inspectors of the Steamboat Inspection Service began its annual meeting here yesterday. Committees were appointed to review complaints from shipping men about new rules for steam vessel owners and to address excessive whistle blowing on the Hast River. New York business men and others are expected to attend the hearing set for next week.
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Steamboat Inspection Service
New York
Presbyterian Day of Prayer Moves Churches Nationwide
Philadelphia January 17 the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States designated January 25 as the day of prayer for schools and colleges nationwide. Startling evidence mounts for Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds priced 0c and $1.
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Presbyterian Day of Prayer
Philadelphia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
New York Gossip On Cleveland Taunts and Auto Show Style
Former President Grover Cleveland wanders New York seeking a hotel room after a luncheon at the Lawyers Club, with Paul Morton rumored to aid him. Wall Street magnates like George A. Kessler and others grow rich amid booming markets as Twain visits the Madison Square Garden auto show and Vanderbilt and Astor buy cars. Fashion at the show attracts attention with Paris gowns and Paquin designed electric hansom fitting. Also in Morristown divorce proceedings of Mrs Robert E E Porter and Topsy the cat rescue, plus local crime and social notes.
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New York
United States
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Lawyers’ Club
Alten B. Parker
Isapepaysa
Ohio
Buckingham
Fiftieth Street
Fifth Avenue
George A. Kessler
Tinion Pacific
Mr. Kessler
Tennessee
Wall Street
New York Exchange
John W. Gates
Charles M. Schwab
Jefferson M. Levy
Joseph H. Hoadley
J. OR. Thomas
Mark Twain
Madison Square Garden
R. D. Chapin
Oldsmobile Company
Oldsmobile
Chapin
Mr. Larson
Boston
Mr. Clemens
Larson
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
John Jacob Astor
Armory
Mr. Astor
Charles Oelrichs
Jules Bache
Cynthia Roche
Oelrichs
Connecticut
Paquin
Rue de la Prix
England
Paris
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Coffin
Pensacola
Fila
N. Margoni
George A. Foster
New Albany
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Catlin
Garson City
Wev
Newspa Rere
Canada
Charles Goss
Dr. King
Professional Men OF
Aline
F. L. Siddons
Shoe Company
War On Traction Company
Robert E. E. Porter
Thomas Nast
Fitz John Porter
Morristown
N. J
Porter
Edward K. Mills
Cyril
Bliss Gladys Vanderbilt
Sherry‘a
Vanderbilt
Worthington Whitelouse
R. Putton Cutting
Richard Mortimer
Douglas Robinson
Harry Payne Whitney
Bkenjamin Welles
Duey Rosenfeld
Urtain
Newemon
Vilainess
Moore & Hill, Inc
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