Heyburn Joins Scott Petition Circulated for February Meeting
Idaho senator Heyburn and Senator Scott push a petition to convene the Republican National Committee in mid February in Washington to accept Cortelyou’s resignation as Postmaster General and elect a new chairman. The move aims to curb administration influence and shift control toward Indiana ally interests amid national political maneuvering.
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Senator Heburn
Idaho
Allel
Cortelyous
Ignatier
Harry S New
Indianapoli
I & Nates Weyburn
Scott
National Committee
President to attend Lawton statue unveiling in Indianapolis
President Roosevelt will visit Indianapolis to speak at the unveiling ceremony for the Don Henry W Lawton statue. He will address war veterans and mention national history, with remarks at this civic event organized by local leaders including Overstreet and Woollen.
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Lawton
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
No Need of Chinese Labor in Panama Canal Work
A California starter and member of Congress visited the Isthmus of Panama during recess and told the President there is no need for Chinese labor on canal work as current laborers are suitable and perform better than Jamaica or Chinese workers. Washington Harvard Club officers were elected at University Club. Edward Lander president, Hackett Bonipart Bacon Emmons Abbe officers named. Natchez Miss residents want a man-of-war in harbor for Mardi Gras and urged the President to grant it. The President will receive delegates to the Merchant Tailors National Protective Association of America on February 1 at the White House.
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California
Isthamus
Panarme
Congress
Jamaica
Washington
Harvard Club
Washington Aiarveal
University Club
Edward Lander
Frank W Hackett
Charles J Bonipart
Robert Bacon
Samml F Emmons
Freeman Abbe
Jobh Wo Dasidge
Pickering Dodge
Noi
Amitte
EL Keith H F Dupont
Dupont
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Bow Frater
Natchez
Williams and
Humphreys
Mississippi
White House
Merchant Taitors
National Protective Assocation of America
Cuba
United States
Quartermaster General
Sereno H Payne
Syracuse
House
Ways and Means
Payne
New Yorker
Mark Twain
Order of Purity and Perfection
Knowland
Panama
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal Strip
Knowladd
Isdo
Teddy
Rnowlton
Roosevelt
Japanese Children Rights Case Moves Through Courts
District Attorney Devlin of San Francisco seeks to enforce the U S Japan treaty provisions regarding Japanese schoolchildren. He plans to file in both city and district courts with the San Francisco Board of Education named as a party. The Carnegie Institution year book was released, detailing the annual findings and fiscal year report. Presidents decree renews a 20 percent tariff reduction affecting imports, including gas and estate items.
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Japan
San Francisco
Devlin
San France
Bonaparte
Carnegie Institution
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Trial Focus on Young Lieut in Cuba Pacification Case
Court proceedings on Second Lieutenant John Hamilton center on alleged unaccounted funds and his mental fitness after leaving his regiment at Mount Gretna amid Cuba pacification maneuvers. His mother Annie Hamilton testified to his claimed mental irresponsibility while detailing his wartime service from Santiago to China and his later behavior. Estimates show Cuba will reimburse the United States for over four million dollars spent transporting and supporting the force, with quarterly settlements to begin later.
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New York
Mount Gretna
United States Infantry
Annie S Hamilton
Washington DC
Rochester
Governors Island
John . Hamilton
Hamilton
Ofcers
Trederick D Grant
USA
Department of the East
Yamuitlons
Santiago
Gien-Tsin
Philippines
Philppines
Senator Clark Optimistic On Full Employment And Wages
Washington dispatch quotes Senator Clark of Montana optimistic about the economy. He argues railroads handle growth, cites full freight cars, high wages, and widespread employment as signs of prosperity, and calls for flexible currency and remedial legislation to ease crop movement and trade.
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Montana
Rockefeller
Amelia
Washington
Clark
George Gould
Attack on Sherman Law in Tobacco Trust Case
Testimony closed in the tobacco trust case against MacAndrews & Forbes Co J Young Co Carl Jungbluth and Howard Young for Sherman anti trust law violations. Defense sought dismissal on technical grounds and argued the law unconstitutional claiming it interferes with private business control and deprives property without due compensation. The motion to dismiss was denied.
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Tobacco Trust
New York
MacAndrews & Forbes Co
J . Young Company
Carl Jungbluth
Howard HE Young
Deny Arrest Report From La Junta Not Confirmed
Police in La Junta Colo deny a report that a negro soldier was arrested here in connection with the shooting of Capt Edgar Macklin at Fort Heno Gkla. The man sought was arrested in Topeka last week but released and believed to have headed west.
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la Junta
Colo
Edgar Macklin
Fort Heno
Gkla
Topeka
South Carolina Senate Backs Dismissal Of Colored Troops
In Columbia on January 9 the South Carolina Senate approved a resolution by 21 to 16 endorsing President Roosevelts position in the Brownsville affair and urging the state’s congressional delegation to back this course.
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South Carolina
Columbia S. C
Tadiy
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Congress
Bulgaria Blocks Emigration Passports, Rumor Reaches State Dept
Bulgaria’s Sobranje, under princely ukase, approves a law banning passport issuance to peasants and laborers seeking to emigrate to America, according to Athens reports relayed to the State Department by Minister Jackson.
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Jackson
Athens
State Department
Ukase
America
Pennsylvania Promotions Elect McCrea New Railroad Head
Jane James McCrea elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway, succeeding A J Cassatt. Promotions include Wood to first vice president, Turner to second, Taylor to third, McCabe to fourth, with McCabe also named a director and executive committee member. Board weighs officer salary increases.
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Jane
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Chicago and
Treasury
Accounting
Daniel T McCabe
Pennsylvania Lines
Will Defend Colored Soldiers Mass Meeting at Hall
A mass meeting of colored persons will convene at True Reformers Hall tonight to discuss the Presidents discharge of a Twenty-fifth Infantry battalion without honor. Principal address by Thomas L. Jones with speakers Dr L Carruthers R R Horner Dr W W Bishon Johnson Dr M W D Morman Hichyfet Stewart NB Marshall W Calvin Chase and Dr Walter H Brooks. National airs will be sung.
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Twenty-fifth Infantry
True Reformers' Hall
Thomas L Jone
L Carruthers
R R Horner
W.W. Bishon Johnson
M W. D Morman
Hichyfet Stewart
NB. Marshall
W. Calvin Chase
Walter H. Brooks
Pacific Squadron to Receive Four Atlantic Warships
Special to The Washington Fest reports four formidable battleships including the Kentucky and Kearsarge will be sent around the Horn to join the Pacific Squadron. The commissioning of the New Orleans Marblehead Albany and Wisconsin will double Pacific fleet strength and personnel, shifting from Atlantic focus to two large squadrons on the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Vadlejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
Batte
Kentucky
Kearsarge
New Orleans
Marblehead
Albany
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Pacific
Italians Herded in Peonage Case Near Raleigh West Virginia
Fifteen Italian citizens were allegedly forced to work by armed guards near Raleigh West Virginia after arriving via Hoboken agency. They blasted with dynamite, faced imprisonment, bread and water rations, and were later freed but unpaid. The Italian Embassy and Secretary Root intervened, the workers were released, and efforts seek wages and transport costs through the Italian consul in Philadelphia.
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State Department
West Virginia
Italiens
Raleigh
W. V
Italien
Hoboken
vMage
Lumber Company
Pietro Liberti
Jersey City
Liberti
Root
New York
Philadelphia
Paymaster Lukesh Arrested After Vallejo Spree
Special to The Washington Post Vallejo Cal Paymaster George M Lukesh formerly attached to the Buffalo and later ordered to Mare Island to settle accounts was arrested after a days long spree in Vallejo. He was sent to the Independence and later placed aboard the prison ship Manila where he remains. Lukesh is a known naval officer previously court martialed in Yokohama and reduced ten numbers. President Roosevelt recommended dismissal from the service. Saheb said to be wealthy.
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Washington Post
Vallejo
Cal
Jane
George M. Lukesh
Buffalo
Mare Island
Lukeshta
Independence
Manila
Lukesh
Naval Service
Yokohama
Roosevelt
Saheb 4
New System of Gun Fire Tested on Battleship Virginia
By direction of the Secretary of the Navy a new system of gun fire control is being installed on the battleship Virginia. If the experiment succeeds, the system will be used on other Navy ships. Tests focus on the fire control system rather than the transmitting instruments.
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Secretary of the Navy
Virginia
Army Orders and Naval Movements Report
Army orders grant leaves and transfers for officers Kenneth F Williams and others, with extended service and duty in New Hampshire organized militia. Naval orders assign officers to Atlantic and Pacific commands, detail vessel movements, and list arrivals, departures, and assignments of Ensigns and Lieutenants across multiple yards and ships.
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Herbert E Trutherry
New Hampshire
Nooner
Concord
Alexander Hart
Newport News
Cbm Thomas
Virginia
United Gate Atlantic
WH Emory
Ohio
United States Atlantic
Fesi
EH & Jackson
Hancock
Navy Yard
New York City
Buffalo
A Gardiner
Navy Department
Washington, DC, &E
Norry
Washington,dc
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Brooklyn
Randsabush
Bureau
Washington, D. C
Kenson Ord
Venter
Osburn
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Washington, DC
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Independence
Mare Taland
Del
C . Moves
Repairing Cyclone Damage to Forts and Ships
Army and navy officials have finalized most cost estimates for repairing forts and vessels damaged by last fall’s Gulf cyclone. Funds requested include 264000 for Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas and 2300 for Fort St Phillips quarters. Naval losses feature the Gloucester and Machias, with dredging to reach deep water and repairs estimated at about 20000 for the Gloucester and substantial work for the Machias to be afloat soon. The Tela de Luzon and Vixen sustain minor hull injuries but can be repaired with limited expense.
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Congress
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Mobile Bay
Fort Barran‘eas
Pendacola
Fort St Phillips
Mississippi River
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Capps
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Tela de Luzon
Perfect National Guard Mobilization Regulations Adopted
The War Department approves new mobilization rules shaped by Assistant Secretary of War Olver to ensure a ready National Guard. States must provide equipment and maintain strength in peace, delivering trained recruits to central depots for rapid federal call. The plan aims for a mobile, well-armed force with quick state-to-central coordination.
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Natonal Guard
Olver
War Department
Gallantry Promotion Recommended in Leyte Engagement
Manila January 9 Major General Wood recommends Corp Seth L Weld of Company L Eighth Infantry for a Medal of Honor and a Philippine commission for conspicuous gallantry in the Leyte action against the Pulajanes on May 42 1906. Capt Samuel Y Hami is named for brevet major for gallantry while wounded, held back Pulejanes with bayonet and gun butt and rescued two wounded comrades.
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Manila
Seth L. Weld
Eighth Infantry
Wood
Philippines
Leyte
Samuel Y Hami
Weld
Navy Yard Worker Falls From Streetcar Injures Arm
Michael Sullivan aged sixty two of Vienna Virginia an employee at the Washington Navy Yard fell from a street car at Divet and B streets southwest last night suffering a crushed arm He was taken to the Emergency Hospital Doctors said his age will slow his recovery
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Navy Yard
Michael Sullivan
Vienna
Washington Navy Yard
The Value of Charcoal as a Health Remedy
An advertisement extols charcoal as a safe purifier for the stomach and bowels, claiming it improves breath and complexion and acts as a gentle laxative. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are praised for mouth, throat, liver benefits, priced at twenty five cents a box with a free trial offer from A Start Co. Stuart Bldg. Maranac, Mich.
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Stuart
Buffalo
A. Start Co
Stuart Bldg
Maranal, Mich
Capitol Chatter on Speech, Pronation, and Hunter's Medal
In Washington gossip notes, Senator Daniel of Virginia defends flexible spelling in a Philippines pronunciation debate while Senator Payne receives a carnation in the House. California's Knowland lauds Panama Canal Zone sanitation, noting Spaniards as preferred workers. memories of Schofield spark Elkins around Civil War tales and future election in Charleston.
Senate lights and local results ripple through Capitol chatter
Senators greet Rayner of Maryland as Franks and Foster memories spark laughs in the chamber. The Owego shift to Democratic control signals possible wind shifts for New York politics. La Follette and Wisconsin jostle collegial banter as lunch resumes and the Senate fills again.
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Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Foster
Louisiana
Thomas C Platts
Owego
Capitol
New York
New England
Br la Follette
Straus Plans Dinner To Foster Team Work At Labor Dept
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar Straus announces a January 12 dinner for himself and his aides. Guests include Assistant Secretary Lawrence O Murray and all bureau heads with their wives. The event aims to build better cooperation and acquaint the new team with responsibilities.
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Danner
Canates
Oscar & Straus
Commerce
Labor
Lawrence O Murray
Department
Strang
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted For Health Defense
Advertisement urged readers to protect lungs and digestion against seasonal illness by using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. It claimed to strengthen resistance, aid digestion, supply fresh air, and protect against grip and pneumonia, with guidance to buy only genuine Old Chemist labeled bottles.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt | Whiskey Co
Rochester
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