Smoot Case on Fees and Church Influence in Beet Sugar
Utah Senator Reed Smoot defends his seat amid the Smoot case hearings set to begin February 6. He denies church control over beet sugar factories in Utah, Idaho, and Oregon and notes his lone letter from Joseph Smith related to a land office appointment. Smoot remains a quorum member with leave of absence while asserting his duty to Utah and the Republican Party.
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Senate
Church
Smith
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Washington
Smoot
Mormon Church
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Asl
Joseph Smith
Utah Sugar Company
Lehigh
Idaho Sugar Company
David Welles
Litah
Stormon Church
State of
Republican Party
Quorum
Board of Apostles
Edward Anderson
General Land Office
Salt Lake
Thomas Hull
Roosevelt
Moses Thatcher
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Subscriptions to Charity Behind Last Year by $2000
Public contributions to Citizens Relief Association and Associated Charities were tallied yesterday, showing $2000 less than the same period last year. Treasurer John Jay Edson and committee treasurers announced numerous donations from individuals and firms totaling the current fundraising effort.
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James
R. M. Mckee
T C Dulin
RL. Pandleton
Ison
A H Tyson
Law Reporter Printing Company
Anna L. Peck
Bicyclists Collide In City Street Crash
In a collision at Fourteenth and K streets Fred Warther a 40 year old resident of 130 Fourteenth street sustained a brain concussion and was taken home after the crash. Fred Braman a 15 year old boy escaped unharmed as the other rider fell, struck his head on the pavement and required an ambulance to transport Warther to Emergency Hospital.
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Fourteenth
K Streets
Fred Warther
Fourteenth Street
Fred Braman
Warther
Braman
Neewera
Farrell
Cigales
Thomas B Bryan dies in Chicago at 53
Thomas Barbour Bryan, a former District of Columbia commissioner from 1860s to 1878, died suddenly of heart disease at midnight at his niece’s home in Washington. Born December 22, 1828 in Alexandria Virginia, he practiced law in Cincinnati before moving to Chicago. Survived by son Charles Page Bryan and daughter Miss Bryan, funeral plans undecided with interment planned for Washington.
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Thomas Barbour Bryan
Chicago
Whitehead
Bryan
District of Columbia
Washington
Alexandria
Harvard
Cincinnati
Union Defense Commission
Charles Page Bryan
United States
Portugal
Mias Bryan
Chinese Visit Annapolis During Naval Academy Tour
Imperial Chinese Commission guests arrived in Annapolis and toured the U S Naval Academy with a nineteen gun salute and band music. They inspected mechanical engineering and other buildings, then returned to Washington amid compliments. A formal dinner and luncheon were planned with notable officials including Secretary Root and Justice Harlan.
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Annapolis
Imperial Chinese Commission
Washington
Naval Academy
Academy
Colvocoresses
Amerian Navy
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Scout story of robbers from Diaz murder case
Paso Tex Jan 26 The Mills report to Washington casts doubt on the robbery theory in the Diaz killings. Consul Mills suggests Finstad a Norwegian non citizen and Coughener a weak minded servant may have killed McMurray and Rutherford in a general fight.
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Washington
Paso
Tex
W. W. Mills
State Department
McMurray
Rutherford
Diaz
Mills
Finstad
Coughener
United States
Military Reservations and Batteries Named by War Department
The War Department announced two military reservations and thirty-two sea coast batteries. Sabine Head near the Kennebec River in Maine becomes Fort Baldwin in honor of Col. Jonathan Baldwin and Fort Pio Pico at North Coronado Island in San Diego honors Pio Pico. The sea coast batteries are named after officers who served with distinction in past U S wars.
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War Department
Sabine Head
Kennebec River
Baldwin
Joduthan Baldwin
Continental Army
North Coronado Island
San Diego
Cal
Pio Fico
Pio Pico
California
United States
Decatur to be dismissed as hazing case reaches secretary
Secretary Bonaparte announces final action in the Naval Academy hazing case. Midshipman Stephen Decatur will likely be dismissed after a court martial found him guilty and the superintendent approved, with the secretary declining to alter the findings. The memorandum outlines legal questions on hazing definitions and the act of 1874, stressing the academy’s authority in reviewing court-martial results.
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Stephen Decatur
Nea
Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Academy
Decatur
United States Naval Academy
Judge Advocate General
Department
Annapolis
Navy
Dismissal of Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr. From Naval Academy
The court martial and Superintendent must finalize the case without external officer involvement. The act of 1874 and 1903 require prompt decisive action after a guilty finding and superintendent approval. The department will summarily expel Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr., first class, from the United States Naval Academy.
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Secretary of the Navy
Department
Congress
Stephen Decatur, Jr
United States Naval Academy
Duty of the minority trials of leader in house
Baltimore merchants and manufacturers banquet featured Secretary Bonaparte who joked his navy post was the administration’s one mistake. Congressman Williams spoke on trials of a leader in Congress while Harry St George Tucker previewed a King Edward Cup at Jamestown Exposition. Attending were Gov Warfield, Mayor Timanus, and congressmen Shepard and Bonnynge.
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St. George Tucker
King Edward
Baltimore
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Asell
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
John Sharp Willams
Mississippi
Williams
Edward
Harry St. George Tucker
Jamestown Exposition Company
England
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
EL Clay Timanus
Morris Shepard
Texas
Bert W. Bonnynge
Colorado
Porter Divorce Granted After Year-Long Case
Mrs. Alice Porter, formerly of Philadelphia and now in St. Louis, was granted a divorce from Dr. E A Porter contract surgeon in the United States army stationed in the Philippines. The cross petition cited neglect of duty and the terms include no alimony while the daughter, twelve, remains with the father in the Philippines and will be educated in a girls' school in Cincinnati with visiting rights for both parents.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ghio
Porter
Swing
Alice Porter
Philadelphia
St. Louis
E. A. Porter
United States Army
Philippines
Richmond Man's Death Suspected Murder En Route Home
The body of Himer Haden, a young Virginian who died in St Louis, arrived in Falmyra with a physician’s certificate stating death by measles and pneumonia. Dr Henry Smith found head wound from blunt instrument and a deep knife wound, serious enough to kill. A brother travels to St Louis to investigate as family fears murder.
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Richmond
Himer Haden
St. Louis
Falmyra
Henry Smith
Fluvanna
Earthquake rattles broad New Mexico region
A strong quake swept Gallup to Flagstaff this afternoon at 1:30. Buildings rocked and people fled in panic at Gallup and Williams while store shelves cleared and chimneys toppled in Flagstaff. Trains halted. no deaths or major damage reported as crews felt the tremor across several hundred miles.
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Albuquerque
Galup
N. M
Se- Heman
Ariz
Gallup
Wiliams
Aziz
Flagstaff
Suth
Railroad Hospital
Valencia Disaster Rumors Stir Government Criticism
A Valencia survivor recalls passengers singing Nearer My God to Thee on the hurricane deck as Queen sighted the ship. Women burned underskirts for signals. no help arrived. W T Pearce of Pacific Coast Company accuses the government of coast shipping negligence and calls for a government tug near the Straits of Juan de Fuca with lifeboat gear to prevent further loss of life.
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Valencia
W. T. Pearce
Pacific Coast Company
Straits
Juan Wue Fuca
Valencia Cass
Valencia Wreck Survivors Rescued by City of Topeka
APort Angeles special dispatch reports twenty Valencia survivors, clinging to a raft in brutal seas off Cape Reale, saved when the City of Topeka plucked them at 1 pm. Rescued men describe freezing conditions, men and women swept overboard, and heroic efforts by crew led by Mate Burke and Dr. Whiting.
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Valencia
Beattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Wiren
Port Angeles
City of Topeka
Cape Reale
Patcred
Topeka
Manu
Burke
Ort
Queen
B. F. Whiting
G. Willis
Tragedy Aboard S S Queen In Cantankerous Sea Spiel
Survivors describe a brutal night as the Queen struck near a sheer bluff. One man died attempting to climb a cliffed rock while others perished in a capsized boat and a foretopmast fall. Rescued aboard a raft faced freezing sleet and dwindling provisions as guards and passengers prayed for rescue. Names of survivors from the raft and fifteen Vancouver Island landings list diverse crews and travelers aboard the wreck.
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Concord
Rho
Johnson
C. D. Harden
M. Tarpey
P. O'Brien
W. Raymond
W. D. Johnson
J. C. Degales
F. Leem
Baker
Frank Lehn
Joseph McCaffery
J. Welch
Michael Howe
R. Brown
Thomas Shields
F. Campbell
R. Richley
J. Fasoda
T. J. McCarthy
B. N. Ledher
Albert Wells
John Marks
W. Goslin
T. Lamps
Brown
Louisvill e Banquet Honors Scuyvesant Fish Leader
Louisv ille officials hosted a banquet for Scuyvesant Fish of New York president of the Ticinola Central Railroad. EF Bowen, board president, presided as speakers praised progress in commerce and industry and the role of transportation in regional growth.
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Louisville
Van
Scuyvesant Fish
New York
Ticinola Central Railroad
Warrant for His Arrest and Concert Review Mix
Frederick Crotois, a former State agent for the German Tafe Insurance Co, is the subject of an arrest warrant in Newark Brooklyn claims. The Kneisel Quartet performed in Washington with Mozart Smetana and Borodine works praised. Other items note Gardner bill child labor probe cost and Maj Gillette Philadelphia detail opposition. Ocean steamers movements and arrivals are listed.
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New York
Frederick Cretois
Newark
Germena Ta Fe Insurance Company
Nien van der Velde
Brooklyn
Crotois
Washington, D. C
Kneisel
New Willard
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Hull
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House Committee On Labor
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Havre
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