Reed Smoot Speech Holds Senate Session Spotlight
Senator Reed Smoot spoke in his own defense in the senate addressing Mormonism and condemning polygamy amid hours of debate on forestry provisions in the agricultural appropriation bill. Senator Dillingham of Vermont supported his analytical stance on submitted evidence as the chamber adjourned after a night session passing minor bills.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Reed Smoot
Senate Today
Dillingham
Vermont
Senate
Smoot
Polygamy Manifesto Critique Halts Post Office Budget Action
In the Senate a speaker urged prosecutions for polygamy tied to a church manifesto, stating violations should face legal penalties. The House then addressed the post office appropriation bill, with a clash between Macon of Arkansas and Fitzgerald of New York over clerk and rural carrier pay raises leading to sustained points of order by the chair.
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House
Representative Macon
Arkansas
Macon
Fitzgerald
New York
Exclusion Bill Triggers Dissatisfaction in Japan
Tokio reports the president's amendment text on the exclusion bill is published. It provokes strong dissatisfaction among interested parties while procedural steps have not yet taken a definite form.
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Japan
Associated Press Dispatch
Tokio
Lost, Strayed or Stolen Humorist in Rubetown
A humorist is mentioned as last seen with a man from Rubetown in a note about lost, strayed, or stolen property. The ad hints at dangers in a wild region with sink holes and jungle, appealing to readers to call A. S. Booker & Co for assistance.
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Fairview
A. S. Booker & Co
Emperor William Opens Reichstag with Peace Assurance
The German emperor read his throne speech as Reichstag members in uniform or evening dress filled the chamber. He asserted that the general political situation justifies the assurance that peace will continue to be preserved. The empress attended with princesses while the diplomatic corps watched from boxes. The assembly cheered as the sovereign and empress entered.
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Associated Press
Berlin
William
Reichstag
Roosevelt to speak at Harvard Union on Centralization
President Roosevelt will address the Harvard Union in Cambridge this week in response to Congressman McCall's attack on centralization at the Lincoln dinner. He will witness Teddy Roosevelt’s initiation into the Porcelain Club, dine at its Saturday roast pork feast, and join Harvard's oldest exclusive club dating to 1791 with roots earlier.
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Cambridge
Mass
Roosevelt
Congressman McCall
Harvard Union
Harvard
Lawyer and Doctor Shot by Saloonist in Malden
Malden Missouri February 19 Attorney D R Cox and Dr J W Beal were shot dead in Beals office by A L Brannon a whisky trader at the New Madrid county line Brannon killed both men almost instantly Beale through the head and Cox through the heart Cox formerly mayor of Malden and twice Dunklin County prosecuting attorney led a campaign against Brannon saloon.
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Malden
D. R. Cox
J. W. Beal
A. L. Brannon
New Madrid
Beale
Cox
Dunklin County
Brannon
Nicaraguan and Honduran Forces Clash on Frontier
Nicaraguan troops led by General Zealay repelled an afternoon attack by General Peoneil’s Honduran army along the frontier near Managua. After hours of combat the Honduran forces were defeated.
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Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Peoneil
Zealay
Leon Pepperman to Join Mr Shonts in New Role
Leon Pepperman resigns as chief of the Washington office of the Isthmian Canal Commission to serve as assistant to Mr. Shonts at the Interborough Metropolitan Company in New York. advertising note for Mount Vernon flour and Sublette Barnes butter appears.
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Washington
Leon Pepperman
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
New York
Mount Vernon
Sublette & Barnes
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Fair Wednesday and Thursday with mild temperatures, but snow expected in mountain districts. Surfaces and travel may be slippery in higher elevations due to snow in the mountains. continuous updates to follow as conditions develop.
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West Virginia
Neday
Els
Bob
Reyburn Elected Mayor of Philadelphia After heated campaign
Philadelphia voters chose John E. Reyburn as mayor defeating William Potter by about 30 000 plurality. The reform aligned City Party united with old party factions to oust the Republican organization that had led the city for years.
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Reform
City Party
Old Republican
William Potter
Italy
Philadelphia
Organization
John E. Reyburn
William C. Bennett
Reyburn
Potter
Bennett
Pangs of Unrequited Love Ended in Tragic Death
New York widow Mrs. Sarah McGinn, thirty five, killed herself with gas in the kitchen of 1780 Washington Avenue Bronx after a failed love affair. She had moved to the Lahmann house three months earlier and worked as a dressmaker. The man she loved disappeared, leaving her inconsolable.
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New York
Sarah McGinn
Charles Leimann
Washington Avenue
Bronx
West Virginia to Unveil Record Coal Obelisk Exhibit
West Virginia plans a landmark coal exhibit for the Jamestown Exposition. An obelisk 160 feet high will be built from soft coal from producing counties with a 40 by 40 foot base. It will display coal strata by county and be illuminated at night along the waterfront.
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Newport News
West Virginia
Dishonorable Dismissal for Naval Paymaster
Washington February 19 The Navy Department announced the dishonorable dismissal of Assistant Paymaster W T Sypher of Washington recently tried by court martial and found guilty of technical embezzlement The president approved the sentence Sypher is the son of the late General Sypher of Civil War fame.
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Washington
Navy Department
W. T. Sypher
Sypher
General Sypher
Uncle Sam Negotiating Treaty With Japan
The state department announced that the United States is negotiating a treaty with Japan. The accord would compel Japan to refuse passports to coolies seeking to enter the United States.
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Uncle Sam
Japan
Washington
State Department
United States
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Cross Examined In White Murder Trial
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw faces cross examination as District Attorney Jerome seeks to introduce testimony to challenge her story and its credibility. The proceedings reveal tensions between counsel and potential actions to test Thaw's sanity, with revelations about letters and interactions involving Stanford White, Thaw, and May McKenzie amid the trial.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Harry K
Thaw
Delmas
Justice Fitzgerald
Stanford White
Boulogne
Paris
White
Justice Mitzgerald
Evelyn Thaw
Saved Stanford White's Life Ten Years Ago
Elisha H Dutton, a hotel keeper in St Louis, claims credit for saving Stanford White's life ten years ago. He recounts how White pursued Edna May then wife of Fred Titus and how Titus, incensed, was deterred by Dutton and his wife who hid a revolver and kept May in a booth at a bicycle show to prevent trouble.
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St. Louis
Elisha H Dutton
Pine Street
Stanford White
Dutton
New York
Fred Titus
Edna May
Titus
White
Gibson's enduring popularity shown by Sunday World art supplements
Charles Dana Gibson remains a beloved American artist as his work is featured in New York Sunday World fine Art Supplements. A Gibson Head will accompany next Sunday's issue. The ad mentions olives pickles relishes at Sublette Barnes and halves price on pictures this week with notice on the last page.
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Charles Dana Gibson
New York Sunday World
Gibson
the Art Stationey Co
Restored to Family After Seventeen Years
Roanoke Virginia February 19. A mining engineer Charles A Robertson vanished seventeen years ago after a three year illness. Believed dead by his wife and children, he located his family through his daughter Gladys a stenographer in Norfolk. He arrived in Roanoke to be reunited with his wife and grown son at 721 Gilmer Avenue.
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Charles A. Robertson
Shenandoah
Georgia
Gilmer Avenue
D. W
Robertson
Wever Eary
Norfolk
Stepmother Seeks Absolute Divorce and Custody
Chicago court filing reveals Lillian E. Calvert seeks an absolute divorce from Alfred B. Calvert and custody of their three daughters. She claims he brought only his trunk and the children to her home and that he abused her and the kids, while she says she loved the children and opposed his violence.
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Chicago
Lillian E. Calvert
Alfred B. Calvert
Calvert
Edgerly Assigned to Command Department of the Gulf
Gen. Winfield S. Edgerly, newly returned from the Philippines, is ordered to Atlanta to take command of the Department of the Gulf. The move places him in charge as of now.
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San Francisco
Winfield S. Edgerly
Philippines
Atlanta
Department of the Gulf
Alpena Cement Plant Destroyed by Fire
Alpena Michigan February 19 The plant of the Alpena Portland Cement Co. was destroyed by fire this evening. The loss is four hundred thousand dollars.
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Portland Cement
Associated Press Dispatch
Alpena, Mich
Alpena Portland Cement Co
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