Senate Committee Weighs Action on Smoot Expulsion
Washington December 12 The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee will meet Saturday to decide on protests and petitions demanding the expulsion of Utah Senator Reed Smoot. A mass of petitions from forty states signals a broad inquiry into Mormon church influence and possible oaths incompatible with the U S Senate oath, with leaders split on proving polygamy but united on scrutiny of church allegiance and potential unseating if proven.
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Washington
Turrowa
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed B. Smoot
Utah
United States
Smoot
Grover’s Dinner Party Toasts Hot Scotch Gaffe
Joseph Jefferann hosts ex President Cleveland for a tasting of hot Scotch. Cleveland critiques the mix, noting nutmeg lemon water and sugar but missing the essential Scotch. He jokingly says Jefferson would be a fine hot water hospital attendant, not a barkeeper.
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Joseph Jefferann
Cleveland
Milly Florence
Mr. Jefferson
Father Revealed to Prisoner’s Daughters in Michigan
Two girls raised at Coldwater state school learned their father, Eline Taylor of Greenville, was alive last Sunday when visiting him in Jackson prison. Taylor had a murder sentence imposed fourteen years ago, when the daughters were infants.
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Greenville
Mich
Coldwater
Jackson
Eline Taylor
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Praised By Wisconsin Druggist
Henry Stearns of Shullsburg Wisconsin writes that Ballard's Horehound Syrup has never failed to relieve coughs and that customers return for more. He endorses the remedy sold at H L Tucker's Drug Store for 25 50 cent and one dollar bottles dated May 20 1901.
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Henry Stearns
Drugiat
Shullsburg
Wisconsin
Ballard
H. L. Tucker
Butler Free the Case of the St Louis
A concise report centers on Butler freeing a case linked to St Louis, detailing events surrounding a legal or civic matter. The article outlines key players and actions, with emphasis on the outcome tied to the St Louis scenario and related authorities.
Boss Convicted of Boodling Reversed by Missouri Court
Missouri supreme court reverses Edward Butler of St. Louis conviction for attempting to bribe Dr. Henry N. Chapman over a garbage reduction contract. The court holds the board of health lacked authority, contract unsigned until Sept 17 1901, and the alleged bribery dated Sept 16 1901. Trial errors cited including improper instructions.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Edward Butler
St. Louis
Butler
Boone County
Henry N. Chapman
Board of Health
St. Louis Sanitary Co
Fox
Board of Public Improvement
Hockaday
Triaal
Thia
May suit Leavitt for jilting her in Newport tale
Rumors in Newport claim musician Minnie Cook, from a prominent family, plans to sue artist William Olivier Leavitt for breach of promise after his marriage to Ruth Bryan, daughter of William J Bryan. Cook refuses comment, directing questions to her father.
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Newport
R. I
Minnie Cook
William Olivier Leavitt
Ruth Bryan
William J. Bryan
Miss Bryan
Miss Cook
Akins to be Missouri treasurer in shift of party power
Washington announced Thomas J. Akins would be appointed state treasurer in Missouri, a move seen as a downturn for the McKinley and Hanna factions and signaling broader strains with Roosevelt. Akins will retire from the Missouri state central committee chair and be tied to Warner of Kansas City and Hitchcock, interior secretary, in shaping office recommendations. Separately a divorce case revealed a wife sues for drunkenness, then reconciles after a seven thousand dollar inheritance arrives, tying into a ruse to claim the will.
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Washington
White House
Thomas J. Akins
St. Louis
Missouri State Central Committee
Hanna
Roosevelt
Akins
McKinley
Missouri
Hanne
Akina
Mas. Warner
Kansas City
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Interior
Divorce Story From Lamar Democrat Hotel Panel
Lawyers recalled a divorce case in Greenfield where a prominent citizen’s wife filed for divorce. The judge, Thomas W. Martin, described the public shock and his puzzlement over the petition, noting the husband as widely regarded as kind and good.
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Greenfield
Thomas W. Martin
Young Carthage boy acquitted in Spring River shooting
The 9 year old Cheater Maddox faced trial for shooting Delos Alyea while fishing in Spring River last spring. The judge ruled the boy too young to have intent and acquitted him after the evidence showed he fired because Alyea asked his name.
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Carthage
Maddox
Delos Alyea
Spring River
Algea
People Bathe Too Much Says Chicago Professor
Prof John Dill Robertson told the Chicago Eclectic and Surgical society that bathing harms health. He claimed baths cause skin sewers, blood buildup, and skin bacteria growth. He cited an Eskimo brought to Boston who died of pneumonia after a bath.
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Chicago
John Dill Robertson
Chicago Eclectic and Surgical Society
Robertson
Greenland
Boston
Lawrence Freshmen Fight Leaves Missouri Student Hurt
Appleton Wis Dec 12 The first class scrap of the year at Lawrence University erupted when freshmen attempted a sleigh ride without upper class consent. A dozen students were injured and L E Wilcox of Jefferson City Mo was struck on the head and left unconscious for hours. Several freshmen were tied up in fraternity houses and others bound in the city hall, kept in ropes until midnight.
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Appleton
Wis
Lawrence University
L. E. Wilcox
Jefferson City
Hog killed in court to prove insurance suit in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky on December 12 a large hog was killed in a courthouse to illustrate a point in the heirs of R C Wayne insurance suit for 200 000 dollars. The shotgun discharge and muzzle against the chest were argued by the plaintiff and denied by the defense. The animal moved and threatened jurors before it could be killed by tying it.
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Louisville
R. C. Wayne
Coughing Spell Causes Death at Home
Harry Duckwell age 25 died at his home after a coughing spell suffocated him in the presence of his wife and child. He had a slight cold a few days earlier and ignored it until the fatal attack. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports the incident dated December 1, 1901. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store in 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00 sizes.
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Harry Duckwell
Duckwell
St. Louisa
H. L. Tucker
The Republics Great Offer on Pope Leo XIII Biography
The St Louis Republic offers a deluxe life of Pope Leo XIII by Monsignor O Reilly. Eight hundred pages with illustrations bound in cardinal cloth. Special: $2.50 value, $2.50 for 18 months subscription to The Twice A Week Republic and book, postpaid. Open to new and old subscribers.
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St. Louis Republic
Leo XIII
Monsignor O'Reilly
The
Republic
St. Louis
Special Land Buyers Excursions to Oklahoma and Southwest
Frisco System launches land excursions to Greet county Oklahoma and other Southwest lands in November and December at one fourth to one tenth the East and North prices. Seek fertile farming parcels with strong acre yields. Contact R E Lemon, Frisco Immigration Bureau, St Louis, for full details and rates. The Southern Limited runs nightly Kansas City to Jacksonville via Memphis and Atlanta with through sleeper and Harvey chair cars. Information from J C Lovren, Asst Gen Passenger Agent, Kansas City.
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Greet County
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
Frisco
Lemon
Frieco System Immigration Bureau
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Florida
Memphis
Birmingham
Atlanta
Southern
Fred Harvey
Millionaire's Poor Stomach and a Tailor's Woes
An article extols Green's Unjust Flower as a standard stomach remedy for over thirty five years. It claims pepsia and indigestion plague both the rich and tailors, urging use of the medicine to stimulate the liver, restore appetite, and improve digestion with a 25 cent trial bottle and 75 cent regular size.
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Rial
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