Seed of Treason Theme in Smoot Hearings Claims Oath Promotes Vengeance
Washington February 8 Hearings in the Reed Smoot case resume with Professor Walter Wolfe ex Mormon and apostate testifying that an oath vows vengeance for the blood of the prophet and that polygamous cohabitation has increased since Utah statehood Wolfe states the seed of treason is sown in vengeance and notes the temple interiors including a Smoot portrait.
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Reed Smoot
Committee On Privileges
Congress
Walter M. Wolfe
Brigham Young College
Logan
Utah
John G. Carlisle
New York
A.S. Worthington
Wolfe
Professor Wolfe
Burrows
Temple
Smoot
Worthington
United States Senate
Church of Latter Day Saints
Abolish Highest Army Rank in Appropriation Bill
Washington February 8 provision to abolish the rank of lieutenant general the army highest rank is in the army appropriation bill ordered reported by the house committee on military affairs the section states the post shall not be filled after the retirement of the incumbent lieutenant general Bates the bill mentions Major Dalg Corbin and a Mac PaB in relation to congressional approval and public affairs concerns.
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Washington
Army
House
Committee On Military Affairs
Gerald Bates
Congress
Dalg. Corbin
Mac Pab
Wisdy Whee Houceat de
Trial of Pat Crowe Begins in Omaha Court
In Omaha on February 8 the trial of Pat Crowe for robbing F. E. A. Cudahy of 25000 in connection with the five year old kidnapping case opened in Douglas county district court. Prosecution expects several days to select a jury with 57 witnesses subpoenaed. A note says kidnapping of a person over ten at the time was not a crime in Nebraska. Meanwhile in Chicago William Glenn Voliva of Melbourne Australia is named Dowie’s deputy general overseer, a top Zion official.
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Omaha
Pat Crowe
FE. A. Cudahy
FE. A. Cudahy, Jr
District Court
Douglas County
Crowe
Nebraska
Chicago
William Glenn Voliva
Melbourne
Australia
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Zion
Dowie
Fifteen-Year-Old Found Dead North of Edgar Nebraska
Edgar Nebraska February 8 Guy Carson aged fifteen was found frozen beside a hay stack four miles east after walking home from Fairmont last Saturday. He appeared to have rested at the stack before dying, investigators said.
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Edgar
Guy Carson
Fairmont
One Soldier Dead Eight Others Ill In Sudden Illness
New York report notes one soldier dead another dying and eight more seriously ill after a drinking incident. The item mentions prices and goods at local stores, but the core fact centers on a tragic health episode affecting soldiers.
Senate discipline drama centering on Patterson clash
Washington February eight a dramatic senate session featured Senator Patterson attacked by Senator Bailey over caucus influence and two thirds rule. Patterson defended conscience over caucus while Bailey alleged party complicity in past decisions. The tense exchange highlighted fears of caucus dictation affecting national policy.
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Washington
Senate
Patterson
Bailey
Gorman
Colorado
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Patterson
Mr. Y
Culberson
Amendments All Defeated on Railroad Rate Bill
Washington Feb 8 House members failed to amend the railroad rate bill as they held a long session finishing with a roll call and noon deadline for final action. A fierce three hour debate saw amendment after amendment defeated, with the measure headed for final passage the next day.
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Washington
Menia
Wisconsin
Unionist Party Rift Deepens Amid Tariff Debate
London reports show A J Balfour agreeing with Chamberlain to convene a general Unionist meeting likely for Feb 15. Chamberlain issues a manifesto sustaining tariff agitation while courting party unity, with talk of a separate parliamentary group and social reform funding. Separate items note a Ballard streetcar collision injuring five, a Duluth boilermakers strike settled at 36 cents hourly, and a Duluth murder trial setback for Willians.
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A. J Balfour
Josep Chamberlain
Catherine
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Mr. Balfour
Chamberlainite
Cross
Chamberlain
The
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Tabor
Duluth
Superior
Korean Emperor Denies Signing Treaty With Japan
London dispatch quotes Douglas Story from Chefoo saying the Korean emperor denied signing or approving the treaty with Japan and rejected a Japanese resident. He reportedly offered to invite the great powers to jointly protect Korea for up to five years over foreign affairs.
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London
Douglas Story
Tribune
Chefoo
Korea
Japan
Paris Battle Over Castellane Divorce Continues
Strong efforts to end the Castellane divorce suit filed by the Countess Boni de Castellane fail to secure a judicial separation. An attempt to obtain the countess's agreement to a separation without divorce also falls short. The case likely proceeds in the ordinary course with a hearing anticipated in about three weeks.
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Paris
Castellane
Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Johnson to chair new insurance reform committee
St Paul February 8 Governor John A Johnson agreed to join a reform committee urged by Thomas W Lawson to reorganize New York Life and Mutual Life. Lawson persuaded the governor after hours of lobbying, then discussions continued privately.
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St. Paul
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
John A. Johnson
New York
Anticipated Chicago coal stockpiles before strike
In Chicago on February 8 the city amasses what may be the nation’s largest coal reserve to brace for a miners strike set for April 1. Officials expect up to one million tons stored within sixty days if plans proceed as outlined. In Havana on February 8 Dr Ferrer reports to President Palma that Cuba will gift Miss Alice Roosevelt a dollar’s worth of pearls to be sent to Mr Quesada in Washington.
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Chicago
Nexr
Havana
Dr. Ferrer
Paris
Palma
Cuba
Alice Roosevelt
Mr. Quesada
Washington
Quote about factions and ignorance from Pope
A compact aphorism claims that no party or faction lacks the most ignorant, asserting that the most violent minds often belong to the least informed, using a sharp comparison to a busy bee and a blockhead to illustrate the point.
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Pope
Russians to Receive Land as Gift, Not Purchase
A delegation from Elinodar in the Caucasus urged Premier Witte in St. Petersburg that land reform be decided by a national assembly. Witte said lands alone totaling 16 million acres, much forest, cannot solve the agrarian issue and peasants must buy private lands on installment per the ukase. The delegation insisted peasants want land as a gift, not purchase.
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St. Petersburg
Elinodar
Caucasia
National Assembly
Witte
Russia
Isian
Wence
Gift From France for Alice Roosevelt Tapestry
Washington February 8 Miss Alice Roosevelt received a wedding gift from the French government a gobelin tapestry titled justice presented by M Jusser and the French ambassador in Washington The piece though not large is invaluable as such gobelins are made only for the French government on special occasions
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Gobelin
Roosevelt
M. Jusserand
America
Wisconsin pioneer dead in Kenosha area
Judge James M. Stebbins, an original Southport settler and longtime county resident, died at his home after a long illness from pneumonia. He was 76. A prominent Republican for over 50 years, he held numerous trusted county offices and was well known in the region.
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Kenosha
Wis
James M. Stebbins
Southport
Death of His Law Partner Takes Him to Haverhill Mass
A lawyer travels from his home after the death of his partner to Haverhill Massachusetts to settle affairs and pursue the case leading to a new phase in his practice.
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Haverhill, Mass
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