Senate Smoot Case Deepens Utah Seathold Allegiance Question
Senate sentiment leans against Utah senator Smoot amid ongoing hearings on Mormon oath allegiance and polygamy. Committee divides. majority seems to favor removal, with testimony expected to expand to all Mormon communities in the United States and to test Edmunds law compliance.
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Roberts
Senate
Congress
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McClellan Names New Officials Amid Tam many Faction Clash
Mayor McClellan announced a slate of appointments including Patrick Keenan and Francis Lantry among district leaders, with John A. Bensel as dock commissioner and Brigham as police chief. Oakley was replaced by William Ellison, a largely unknown figure, signaling an independent administration and tensions within Tammany Hall. Moses Herman and Herbert Hebbard also cited as new park and charities chiefs amid the shakeup.
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Washington Post
New York
Dee
Majsor McClellan
Neghesig Shemturlah
Patrick Keenan
Corporation
Sponsel
Johy J Nrlens
Docke
Johs A Bersil
Frank O'Donnel
Jown TE O Lrien
Department of Paths
Moshs Herwax
Charities
Robert W. Wenberd
Francis 1
Lantry
William
Ellison Felice
Tambany
Charles J. Murphy
Col. McClellan
Tammany Hall
Tammany District
Chiafs
Fourwent Street
Ety Champerlain
Francis J. Lantry
Corrections
Charles F. Murphy
Gen. Brigham
John H. O'Brien
Oakley
John T. Oakley
Gas Trust
Oakles
Elligon
State Assembly
Department of Parks
Moses Herman
Herbert W. Hebbard
Two Bullet Holes Mark Death of Horner in Inquest
In Northport a coroner held Dr. J W Simpson, a New York dentist and son in law, on a fatal shooting at the Horner home. Tests showed two bullet wounds four to six inches apart and the widow testified that Simpson wished the old man dead after a dispute over a will. Simpson said he fired while cleaning the gun. the widow questioned accident. Simpson, who married Horner's daughter, was taken to Riverhead jail to await the grand jury.
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Northport
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Barth J. Lierner
J. W. Simpson
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Dr. Simpson
William D. Gibson
Riverhead
Horner
Iere
Biles
Galveston
Simpson
Turner
Lortilards
Will Dig Canal to Music in Isthmus Project
Special to The Washington Fest from New Orleans reports Uncle Sam plans a music band for laborers on the Isthmian canal. Officials seek to organize bands to boost morale while bids are sought for instruments to equip about six bands.
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New Orleans
Sam
Canal Commission
Glasgow unionist candidate attacks Mason on Roosevelt meeting
Cameron Corbett, Glasgow parliamentary hopeful for the Unionist party, urges Reid and Campbell-Bannerman to note what he calls an unconstitutional action by opponent D. M. Smason. Corbett cites Smason’s claim of a friendly interview with President Roosevelt at Washington and expressed sympathy with the Liberal party in Great Britain.
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London
Cameron Corbett
Glasgow
Times
Reid
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
D. M. Smiason
Rooggvelt
Washington
Masonsdvelt
Liberal Party
Great Britain
Burglars Loot Schwartz Bros Jewelers in Tenderloin Heist
In New York a Schwartz Bros jewelry store at 1268 Broadway was robbed for the seventh time in three years. About $4,000 in diamonds rings and watches were stolen as burglars cut through a steel gate and a wire screen during a heavy rain. A patrolman saw two men and a woman but wrongfully assumed they sought shelter. The burglars escaped before police arrived and a burglar alarm was triggered.
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New York
Schwartz Bros
Broadway
Tenderloin
Orly
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Azore
Cleveland Heads List for Clemency Petition
New York reports former President Grover Cleveland leading signatures for a clemency petition to Gov. Higgins on Albert F. Patrick, death row for William Marsh Rice murder. Gov. Higgins cited Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton and others urging mercy, questioning evidence and testimony.
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Grover Cleveland
Jamert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Dr. Hamilton
Gov. Higging
Fist
Rige
Jones
Higgins
Patrick
Hetmlc
John F. Dillon
Hamilton
Rebates on steel thirty per cent repaid in U S Steel case
A Chicago grand jury indicts the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Darius Miller and Burnham for granting 30 percent rebates to United States Steel Products Company of New York. Offenses involve shipments from Elwood Indiana Martins Ferry Ohio Pittsburgh PA Newcastle PA Cleveland OH Joliet IL to Vancouver BC with bonds set at 1000 each and 15000 for Burlington officials. Evidence cited includes T P Alder J L Moora and G W Perry.
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Vancouver
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad
Darius Miller
Burnham
Foreign Freight Agai
United States Steel Products Company of
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elwood
Ind
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Fitteburg
Newcastle
Cleveland
Joliet
British Columbia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Burlington Road
T. P. Alder
United States Steel Products Company
J. L. Moora
G. W. Perry
Great Northern Road
Three Killed in Freight Train Wreck Near Disco Hill
A Chicago and Erie freight train derailed near Disco Hill, killing engineer John J. O'Brien of Kants, fireman C. B. Oliver of this place, and brakeman Lemuel Fisher of Rochester Ind. The engine and ten cars caught fire. only O'Brien’s body was recovered. The train, a meat refrigerated special bound for New York, burned in the wreck.
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Disco Hill
John J. O'Brien
Kants
C. B. Oliver
Lemuel Fisher
Rochester
Ind
O'Brien
New York
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tar
Huntington
London nobleman robbed on Wabash train between Detroit and KC
Byron R. White of London says he was robbed of cash and jewelry totaling about 5000 dollars on a Wabash train between Detroit and Kansas City Wednesday night. He suspects a fellow passenger he met at Buffalo who left at St. Louis. White, en route to Garden City Kansas for sanatorium treatment for a nervous condition, was sent here by his father Sir Thomas R. White.
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Byron R. White
London
England
Thomas R. White
Detroit
White
Buffalo
St. Louis
Garden City
Kang
Busch daughter elopes with German officer plans quiet wedding
Lieut Eduard Scharrer of Stuttgart and Miss Wilhelmina Busch, daughter of brewer Adolphus Busch, eloped to Belleville then returned to St Louis after failing to obtain a license. The couple, aged 29 and 21, plan a home wedding at the Busch mansion possibly on New Year’s Day. If wed, they may honeymoon at Pasadena, California.
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Eduard Scharrer
Bluttgart
Germany
Wilhelmina Busch
Adalphus Busch
Busch Mansion
Scharrer
Miss Busch
Belleville
St. Louis
Busch
Mrs. Busch
Pasadena
Cal
Will Beques Animal Fund From Wolsey Affair
New York will records reveal Ceci I A Wolsey formerly Lillian Weston left twenty five thousand dollars for the care of her dog parrot and a cage of love birds Harriet Gates named as caretaker will receive fifteen thousand dollars for that purpose after her death the remainder goes to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals if no longer needed the animals. The late singer was a vaudeville musical specialist with twenty nine animal companions. Also notices of a year end furniture sale at Sloan s and Union Trust Co bank offers.
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New York
Ceci I. A. Wolsey
Lillian Weston
Miss Wolsey
Harriet Gates
Senate Attitude on Smoot McClellan and Tammany Men
The issue outlines the Senate’s stance on Smoot and McClellan, and reports on Tammany men. Also noted are a dentist held in a father-in-law’s death and a railway indictment for rebates, with other items on public figures and ongoing events.
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Smoot
McClellan Angels
Tammany Men
Col. Bingham
C.T. Yerkes
Vatican
Russia
King Edward
Presbyterian Church Compact
S&santo Domingo
Holland
Washington
Bingham Named New York Police Commissioner
Mayor McClellan announced Brig. Gen. Theodore A. Bingham retired U S Army as police commissioner succeeding William McAdoo. Bingham, a noted Washington engineer and former superintendent of public buildings and grounds, lost a leg in an accident and was later made brigadier general. A citizen, not aligned with parties, his appointment follows years directing large public works and river harbor projects.
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National Capital
New York
McClellan
Theodore A. Bingham
William McAdoo
Bingham
Theodore Alfred Bingham
Connecticut
BRC
New Hampshire
Engineer Corps
Berlin
Rome
White House
Col. Bingham
Great River
Lower Great Lakes
Roosevelt
Yerkes Dead After Six Week Illness In New York Hotel
Charles T. Yerkes, noted railway financier of Chicago and London, died at the Waldorf Astoria after a six week illness from a severe cold contracted in Paris. His death ends a career spanning Philadelphia, Chicago, and London tube projects, with tributes and obituaries praising his work and a large art collection bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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London Tube
New York
Charles T. Forke
London
Waldorfastoria Hotel
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Chares T. Yerkes
Charles Edward Yerkes
Charles Hondamiller
Ui Ofelock
Charles T. Yerkes
The
Telegraph
Bir Yerkes
Yerkes
Chicago
Mary Adelaide Moore
United States
Yerkee
Pennesylvania Society
Automobile Club of America
Tuton League Club of Chicago
Choago Athletic Club
Metropolian Museum of Arts
Washington Park Club of Chicago
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