Death of Judge Wilson Shocks Schley Court
Judge Jeremiah Wilson senior counsel for Admiral Schley died at the Shoreham hotel Washington from acute indigestion and kidney affection causing an immediate adjournment of the Schley court of inquiry. News spread as witnesses testified and Admiral Schley mourned the loss of a brilliant counselor and friend.
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Schley Court of Inquiry
Jere Wilson
Shoreham Hotel
Washington
Sehley
Jeremiah Wilson
Admiral Sehley
Isidor Rayner
Wilson
Admiral Schley
Shoreham
Machin B. Claxton
Judge A
Witnesses Added in Schley Court Inquiry
Washington September 26 Two new witnesses Admiral Cotton who commanded the Har vard and Capt Wise who commanded the Yale testified yesterday Both ships served as scouts and teamed with the flying squadron off Santiago May 27 before the retrograde move to Key West The testimony touched on dispatches to Schley and coal sourcing from the Merrimac The court also reported Admiral Schley naming Mr Rayner as chief counsel to succeed Judge Wilson.
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Washington
Schley
Admiral Cotton
Harvard
Wise
Yale
Santiago
Key West
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Cotton
Sampson
Merrimac
Philip
The
Texas
Cerwra
Mrr. Rayner
Wilson
Terrific wind storm devastates Lexington Nebraska
A fierce wind storm struck Lexington Nebraska on Tuesday night with rain and lightning. Trees uprooted and buildings destroyed. A barn owned by Iver Nelson was struck by lightning and torn apart by the wind. A windmill was demolished by embers and several others blown down. Chimneys toppled. horses and cattle killed. The storm lasted about 30 minutes.
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Lexington
Neb
Iver Nelson
Denver seeks halt on Pueblo court actions in revenue case
Attorney General Post filed with the supreme court for a writ of prohibition to restrain Judge Dixon of Pueblo county district court from further steps on the revenue bill or enforcing orders. A temporary writ was granted and returnable October 7. If permanent, it could remove the need for an extra legislative session. the session will not be called until the case is heard.
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Denver
Col
Supreme Court
Dixon
District Court of
Pueblo County
One Hundredth Birthday of Gen Jose Maria Chaves
Santa Fe New Mexico September 26 Gen Jose Maria Chaves of Abiquiu celebrated his one hundredth birthday. He served as a lieutenant under Spain, colonel under Mexico, general of militia under the United States, and fought in five campaigns as a subordinate officer. He has held public office under Spain, Mexico and the United States. Two months ago he suffered a cataleptic attack and was placed in his coffin, but today he remains active both mentally and physically.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jose Maria Chaves
Abiquiu
Spain
Republic of Mexico
United States
Mexico
Chaves
Blackmailers Captured Near Waldron
Platte City Sept 26 A letter demanded 4000 dollars be deposited on a road near Waldron or dynamite would blow up Burlington tracks. Supt. Hohl Detective McMichael and Sheriff Elgin traced to John and James Sanderson who were captured and jailed in Platte City awaiting preliminary examination.
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Platte City
Hohl
Burlington
Waldron
McMichael
Elgin
Platte County
John
James Sanderson
GULGOS FAMILY INTERVIEW WITH MC KINLEY KILLER
Paul Waldeck and Victoria Czolgosz and Leon Czolgosz’s relatives met in county jail. Officials stated no new evidence emerged linking others to the anarchist plot. The interview lasted 35 minutes before the death sentence hearing set for Thursday.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Haller
Cleveland
Girl Warrior of White Mountains Slays Largest Jaguar
Eleanor Powell earns cowpuncher fame in Arizona by nose to tail clash with a jaguar. She and her fiancé and brother fend off the beast as it mauls. she tends wounds, guides her brother home, while Zimmerman and the Powell brothers later skinside the eight foot jaguar, claimed the largest ever killed in the north.
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Ing
Powell
Zimmerman
Ien
Rimmerman
Miss Powell
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Antonio Maggio Held In New Mexico Anarchist Case
Antonio Maggio, an alleged anarchist, appeared before U S Commissioner Newcomb at Silver City and was bound over to await the United States grand jury in Taos Cruces on October 7. He was remanded to custody in a ten thousand dollar bond. Several citizens testified Maggio had warned that President McKinley would be killed before October 1. Maggio denied the remarks but said he opposed monarchies and supported Italy’s crown heads.
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Denver
Col
Albuquerque
N. M
Antonio Maggio
McKinley
Ovember
United States
Newcomb
Silver City
United States Grand Jury
Tas Cruces
Fornhoff
Maggio
Italy
Preserve Public Timber Forest Fire Aid Proposal
Washington Sept. 26 The general land office reports no fires in Colorado but cites limited funding for firefighting Commissioner Hermann recommends extending forest safeguards to unreserved public timber lands to tap general fire-fighting appropriations and urges reserving all timber lands with sale of mature timber only.
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Washington
General Land Office
Colorado
Hermann
United States
London betting shows slim chances for Shamrock II
London Sept 26 betting on Shamrock II shows little belief in lifting the America's Cup. After 50 to 40 was bid twice, Columbia’s backers raised odds to 110 to 80, yet public interest remains apathetic. New York dispatches fail to inspire. London papers imitate American newsroom tactics to spark debate.
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London
New York
Youngest Practical Printer in Wisconsin
A. I. Roese, proprietor of the Osceola Sun, notes his five year old son Harry began in the composing room before age three. By his third birthday he set girds of reprint without error and now at five is as swift and accurate at the case as many adults. Wisconsin claims him as the youngest practical printer in the country.
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Harry Roese
A. I. Roese
Osceola
Wis
Gee
Harry
Wisconsin
A Reckless Rooster Bouts With His Glass Rival
A Golden Days note recounts a barnyard rooster testing a looking glass by a corn trail. The bird stalks, feints, and finally crashes the glass in a comic clash, then parades in triumph, puzzled by the vanished rival and the strange event.
His Motif Ends in Tragedy for Oil Magnate’s Daughter
Judge remarks that Gladys Percy Gurgles bore into the oil magnate’s daughter with unwelcome attentions leading to a fatal result. The court notes the troubling motive and the disturbing conduct surrounding the case.
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Gladys
Percy
These Cats Live in Clover Town Charity Cats of Weston to Nusemburg
A family of 90 cats of assorted kinds and colors keep house in a building set aside for their sole use along the road from Weston to Nusemburg in Pennsylvania. Their benefactress is Miss Sarah Brill, age 70, who lives nearby with her brother.
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Weston
Nusemburg
Sarah Brill
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Teague
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Coyote Creek
Arizona
White Mountains
White Range
Central America
South America
John Powell
Joseph Zimmerman
Powell Ranch
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