Maclay Naval History Row Customs Resignations Debated
Congress debates Maclay naval history amid Navy Department demand for his resignation. Discussion centers on statements accusing Adm. Schley as a Caitiff and the potential for dismissals if those claims prove true. Speaker Henderson and Rep. Williams push for action while considering privilege and admissibility of the resolution.
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Ous
Winipsott Schley
Wiams
Committee On
Mir
Williams
Henderson
Wortain
Maclay
Brownsfield
Sampson
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Dewey
Alma
Schley
Huey
Mane
Tie Tucson Dramatic Club Gains Regent Daughter Backing
The Tucson Dramatic Club seeks a chance to showcase members talents with support from the Regent's daughter as they prepare for a potential stage opportunity and greater recognition.
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Tie Tucson Dramatic Club
Fn Pat
Bailey Aims for Senate Minority Leader Post
Senator Bailey of Texas seeks Senate minority leadership and proposes each caucus elect its own chairman. He nominated Senator Jones of Arkansas to disarm opposition, and his active debate on the Hay Pauncefote canal treaty strengthens his case. Still, Senate leadership may shift when Mr. Gorman returns to the chamber.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Bailey
Texas
Senate
Bailey
House
Jones
Arkansas
Mr. Jones
Gorman
Democrats
Stampede for Gold In the Yukon Region
A Yukon mining rush at Mayo Creek in the Stewart River district draws scores of hopefuls. Prospectors overturned creek gravel and sawed lumber for a 1000 foot flume, with Swedes allegedly delaying claims. As stampede grows, many abandon packs to reach the site first. no Dawson news on actual richness yet.
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Yukon
Klondike
Mayo Creek
Stewart River
Dawson
Paper mill fire destroys vast stock at Champion Coated Paper Works
A Hamilton Ohio blaze at the Champion Coated Paper Works burned from night until morning, totaling about one million dollars in losses. The plant, the nation’s largest of its kind, employed over four hundred workers, with $400,000 of enameled book and magazine paper stock destroyed.
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Washington
Hamilton
Ohio
Champion
United States
Queen Alexandra Reported Seriously Ill
Queen Alexandra’s condition was described as more serious than publicly stated with doctors in constant attendance. A noon bulletin said Her Majesty is progressing favorably, though anxiety remains.
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London
Associated Press
Queen Alexandra
Injunction Makes UMW Ban Permanent At Coal Mines
In Louisville on December 23 Judge Evans made permanent a temporary injunction against United Mine Workers of Hopkins county. The order bars interference with non union workers and forbids establishing a union camp within gunshot of the mines for Peinecke Coal company.
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Louisville
Evans
Peinecke Coal Company
Hopkins County
United Mine Workers
Argentina and Chile May Engage in War
Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Chile have been formally sundered after the withdrawal of the Argentine minister from Santiago. Secretary Hay reports a failed diplomacy effort over a disputed boundary. The United States fears regional war and European intervention, urging peace negotiations.
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Argentina
Chili
Washington, D. C
Hay
United States
Wilson
Santiago de Chili
Great Britain
Chile
Religion Beats Doctors Says a New Haven Youth
Thomas Maloney, nineteen, of New Haven credits religious devotion and relics at St John the Baptist in New York with curing his two year illness. Doctors had predicted lifelong crippled mobility after extensive hospital treatment failed to help. He visited St Michael's Abbey Hoboken and Our Lady of Lourdes Brooklyn before St John the Baptist restored his ability to walk without crutches.
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New Haven
Conn
St. John the Baptist
Seventy-sixth Street
New York
Thomas Maloney
Donnelly Place
Maloney
St. Michael's Monastery
Hoboken
Church of Our Lady of
Lourdes
Brooklyn
Church of St. John the Baptist
Payne Appointment Signals Roosevelt Political Control
The retirement of Smith and Gage and other Cabinet shifts foreshadow a Roosevelt machine. Henry C. Payne, chosen as Postmaster General, embodies Roosevelt political strategy and aims to align good men with Roosevelt interests while weakening Hanna influence on the Republican National Committee.
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Washington, D. C
Smith
Gage
Long
Roosevelt
Henry C. Payne
Postoffice
Payne
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hanna
White House
Philadellhia
Tne
Ducks Fed on Gold In the Northwest
ST. CHARLES, IN, Dec. 23. The discovery of gold in the crops of his
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ST. Charles, In
Farmer Jones Sees Gold Flecks in Ducks on Land
Jacob W. Jones, a farmer near here, considers prospecting after gold particles were found in every duck he killed. He believes the gold may have come from North River where the ducks paddled.
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Jacob W. Jones
North River
Indian Education Fund Moves Nationwide
Bishop Horstmann notes Mother Katherine Drexel provides 70000 dollars yearly for Indian child education. A local society formed to contribute two cents per member annually to preserve native faith, with plans to expand across the country.
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Cleveland
Horstmann
Catholic Church
Katherine Drexe
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Smelter Trust Formed in New York With Morgan Leading
A national trust for smelting interests was formed in New York with J Pierpont Morgan at the head. George F E Nicholson of Lola Kats and J A Daly of Nevada Missouri were en route home from a conference where negotiations were finalized.
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Louis
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
George FE. Nicholson
Lola. Kats
J. A. Daly
Nevada
St Louis Dirt Eaters Form Unusual Local Sect
In St Louis a new community of dirt eaters led by William Windsor meets nightly at the old Mercantile League building on Eighteenth and Olive. Members, about seventy five, eat a teaspoon of dirt daily, believing grit aids digestion. They source sand from river bottoms, sterilize it, and sell bags for twenty five cents.
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ST. Lotis
St. Louis
William Windsor
Wisconsin
Moses
Windsor
Eighteenth
Olive Streets
Mercnauts League
Kentucky
Mr. Windsor
Green Bay
Minnesota After the Combine Moves Nears State Action
Minnesota Attorney General Douglass says J J Hill letter about western railroads and Northern Securities will not affect planned state action. He declines to discuss the subject further. Also notes events: The Daughter of the Regiment at the Opera House and Christmas night programs. The Texas Umbrella showcased at Parker's with a 500 now on sale.
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ST. Paul. Minn
Douglass
J. J. Hill
Western Railroads
Northern Securities Company
Minnesota
Opera House
Texas
Parker's
Crane declines The Secretaryship of the Treasury
Washington and New York reports indicate Governor Crane of Massachusetts has declined the Treasury post offered by President Roosevelt citing business and honest reasons. Speculation centers on possible successors including Reed Cullom Lodge Herrick and Shaw with various political maneuvers tied to Senate chairmanships and future administration balance.
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Washington, D. C
Crane
Masachusetts
Treasury
Roosevelt
White House
Samuel Fessenden
Connectiin
Proctor
Vermont
Wevel
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
New York
Reed
Navy
McKinley
Secretary Long
Long
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cullom
Mayron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Ohio
Gage
Herrick
Murderous Assault at South Meyer Street Store
Don Kim a leading Chinese merchant was assaulted at his dry goods store on South Meyer street by a young Mexican about 17 who tried to rob him. Kim was struck with a heavy iron and bled badly but is recovering. the assailant fled and two Mexicans were questioned at the depot.
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Don Kim
South Meyer Street
Kim
Mandel
Dr. Boldo
Mauciet
Pacheco
President Roosevelts Holiday Plans in Washington
The President intends to stay in Washington during the holiday week to rest from official duties and see a few visitors. The item also advertises Doran Bros for the best homemade candy in town.
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Washington, D. C
Doran Bros
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