Three Midshipmen Dismissed for Hazing at Naval Academy
The Washington Post reports midshipmen Pettersen Barty Mar a eni Foster and Trenmor Coffin jr were publicly dismissed from the Navy for hazing fourth class men. The secretary of the Navy ordered their removal after a court martial finding and no modification expected. Meriwether, tried for hazing, defended by witnesses who said he protected plebes and acted kindly, with testimony noting fear of hazing among fourth-classmen if they disobeyed. The trial adjourned with next session to reconvene tomorrow morning.
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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
Marzoni
Pensacola
Fila
N. Margoni
George A. Foster
New Albany
Ind
Academy
Catlin
Garson City
Wev
Fuscer
Winsnaingi
Nellon
Naval Academy
Meriwether, Jr
Haang
Wag
Misshipman
Meriwether
Theodore H. Winters
Mittst Vanhook
Thad
Tiaesizon
Tuurttelisa
Joea. May
Murphy
Simon
Eraso
Loyd Sexton
Tie
Sexton
Coventry
Jordone
Kimbro
Andrew C. Dearing
Deny Charge Of Rebating In Milwaukee Case
Three railroads The St Louis and San Francisco Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Chicago Rock Island Pacific deny any violation of federal law. They admit an agreement with Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co to pay a percentage of tariff rate for freight routed on defendant lines but argue no Congress act violation occurred.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wis
St. Loma
Duey Rosenfeld
Ore
Newemon
All Charges In One Trial Ruling By Judge Speer
Savannah Ga January 17 Judge Speer rules Greene and Gaynor must be tried on a consolidated indictment. Jury sworn tomorrow at 11. Trial jury to be housed at a leading hotel, expectation six weeks. Counsel for defense argued separate charges. DA Akerman cited statute permitting consolidation. judge overruled the objection.
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Savannah
Speer
Greene
Gaynor
Meldrim
Akerman
Mob Overawed by Troops in Milford Lynching Fear
Frederick Groves, a Black man, arrested for assaulting Miss Flora Booze, was moved to Dover jail after a mob in Milford tried to seize him. Company B of the Delaware National Guard guarded the lockup overnight, preventing another attack as sheriffs transported Groves to Dover for safety. Groves confessed after imprisonment, saying he had no memory of the assault.
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Milford
Del
Frederick Groves
Flora Booze
Dover
Groves
Company B
Delaware National Guard
Baker
Kent County
Lynch
Sussex County
New York
United States
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Lawyers’ Club
Alten B. Parker
Isapepaysa
Ohio
Buckingham
Fiftieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Topsy
Black Cat
East Fourth Street
Emma Glock
Mttle
Miss Glock
Jacob Newfeld
East Side
Newfeld
Pnlso
Annie Howard
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Furlong
Mytle Avenue
Grand Jury
Baldwin
Whitaker
Thompson
Thomas McKee
Fourths Avenue
McKee
Howard
Canada’s Traffic Problem Report Proposes National Ports System
Ottawa dispatch notes the transportation commission recommends a grain based approach to western traffic and urges the government to acquire rights in major harbors from Fort William to Pacific coast terminals. A national port board would run facilities free of charges except dry dock and elevator services, with continued Intercolonial Railway access to Patry Sound.
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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
Goss at White House for Nebraska district attorney review
President Roosevelt seeks a D A for Nebraska of proven honesty and ability. Charles A. Goss arrived to be considered with Senators Burkett and Representative Kennedy presenting him to the President and Attorney General forenoon. Also report: a Newark New Jersey train crash left fireman Albert Johnson dead and engineer injured when a Central Railroad train derailed.
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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
Immigrant inspector accuses nations and steamships
Special Immigrant Inspector Marcus Braun reports to Congress that officials in Italy Hungary Austria and Turkey run an extensive scheme to flood the United States with inadmissible foreigners or encourage naturalization to exploit America. He cites payments contracts and propaganda guiding immigrants toward American life while keeping them tied to home nations and argues for tighter controls and new laws on origin certificates bonds naturalization and labor contracts.
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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 reports dissatisfaction with Brazil quarantine
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service releases the health officer of Brazil report. He criticizes quarantine methods and enforcement at northern ports. He notes overall harbor health is fair but cites smallpox and yellow fever in Manaos and Belem, with yellow fever prevalent in Belem.
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Brazil
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Republic
Manaos
Belem
Tennent Shoe Firm Faces $150,000 Bookkeeping Discrepancies
In St Louis on January 17 Frank P Hays of Titue and Hays said an inquiry into the Tennent Shoe Company reveals discrepancies of about 150000 due to faulty bookkeeping. Joan H Tennent, the president, has resigned from the board and his son John H Tennent has resigned as secretary.
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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
Chicago officials halted two Chicago City Railway cable lines on Wabash avenue and State street citing danger from left side gates. After Mayor Dunne’s intervention, gates remained open for two hours. City filed suits seeking damages totaling $1.6 million for overcrowding violations.
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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 from Isthmian Canal Commission details zero yellow fever in November
Dr Gorgas chief sanitary officer in Canal Zone reports no yellow fever cases in November and notes hotel fumigation at large camps. Malaria cases declined slightly, mainly among recent Martinique laborers. Water distribution improves in camps, but many lack service pipes. January will rely on springs or Chagres River water. quinine still administered, protests largely discontinued.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Gorgas
Canal Zone
Martinique
Chagres
Hear Shippers Complaints On Steam Vessel Rules
The Board of Supervising Inspectors of the Steamboat Inspection Service opened its annual meeting to hear shipping men who complain about new rules governing steam vessel owners. Committees will review grievances including excessive whistle blowing on the East River and curb the nuisance. New York business leaders 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 Sets National School Focus
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States designates January 25 as the day of prayer for schools and colleges nationwide. Also mention of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds priced 60c and 1, with promotional claim of daily advancing curative powers.
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Presbyterian Day of Prayer
Philadelphia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
New York Gossip on Cleveland, Wall Street Fortunes and Auto Show
The piece charts Grover Cleveland roaming New York hotels after a family death, notes Wall Street profits by figures like George A. Kessler and others, and covers Madison Square Garden auto show buzz. It describes fashion, car orders by Vanderbilt and Astor, and social scenes around Oldsmobile, Paquin, and Royal patronage amid a busy urban week.
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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
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Coffin
Sheboygan, Wits
Willam Ramaker
Adel
Ramaker
Oshkosh
Pittsburg
Washington National Bank of
Canada
Charles Goss
Dr. King
Professional Men OF
Aline
F. L. Siddons
Shoe Company
War On Traction Company
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
Robert E. E. Porter
Thomas Nast
Fitz John Porter
Morristown
N. J
Porter
Edward K. Mills
Cyril
Hitle
Aspinall
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
West Thirty-ninth Street
Vanderebilt
Bliss Gladys Vanderbilt
Sherry‘a
Vanderbilt
Worthington Whitelouse
R. Putton Cutting
Richard Mortimer
Douglas Robinson
Harry Payne Whitney
Bkenjamin Welles
Moore & Hill, Inc
Fourteenth Street
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