Smoot Defends Seat as Senate Priors and Church Facts
Utah Senator Reed Smoot insists the Mormon Church does not own beet sugar factories in Utah Idaho and Oregon and says his influence in the Senate comes from the State of Utah and the Republican Party He notes he has only one letter from Joseph Smith president of the church and discusses his leave of absence from the quorum in light of the ongoing Privileges and Elections Committee hearings set to begin February 6
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Church
Smith
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Washington
Smoot
Mormon Church
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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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Gillette
Philadelphia
Taft
Hull
House Military Affairs Committee
Maj
Mal
Subscriptions to Charity Behind Last Year’s Totals
Public contributions to Citizens Relief Association and Associated Charities were recorded yesterday. Treasurer John Jay Edson notes Associated Charities is $2,000 behind last year as donors such as P. W Smith James 3 Henry George W Casilear Simon Oppenheimer Mrs Leech and others contribute to bridge the deficit. A separate list covers the Charities Relief Association and the committee on consumption prevention gifts from many named donors, including Mrs Mary L Norton James Gordon Henry Evans and Dr Goodpasture.
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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 Injuring Man in Fourteenth Street Crash
In a collision at Fourteenth and K streets Fred Warther forty of S130 Fourteenth street suffered a brain concussion and serious injuries. He was taken home after an ambulance brought him from the scene. Fred Braman fifteen escaped with no bruises.
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Fourteenth
K Streets
Fred Warther
Fourteenth Street
Fred Braman
Warther
Braman
Neewera
Thomas B Bryan Dies at 1828–1900s DC Figure
Thomas Barbour Bryan of Chicago died suddenly of heart disease at his niece’s home in Washington. A former DC commissioner from 1868 to 1878, he led Chicago charity efforts, founded Grace land Cemetery, Bryan Hall, and Fidelity Safe Depository. Survived by son Charles Page Bryan and daughter Miss Bryan. funeral plans pending.
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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 Imperial Commission Guests at Dinner
The Imperial Chinese Commission arrived in Annapolis from Washington spending the day at the Naval Academy. A nineteen gun salute welcomed them and the academy band played martial music as officers guided tours of the facilities. They later returned to Washington and will be honored at a dinner hosted by Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng with notable attendees including Secretary Root, Secretary Bona Parte, Senators Dryden and Bacon, and Justice Harlan.
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Annapolis
Imperial Chinese Commission
Washington
Naval Academy
Academy
Colvocoresses
Amerian Navy
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Root
Navy
Bonaparte
Dryden and Bacon
Dalzell
Denby
Payne
Trull
Bacon
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
Gen. Chaffee
O'Neil
Gen. Greely
Newberry
Immigration
Sargent
John W. Poster
J. W. Jenks
Charles Denby
Legation
Scouting theory eyed in Diaz murder case
Paso Texas January 26 Special to The Washington Fest The Mills report to Washington casts doubt on robbery as motive in the Diaz killings. Consul Mills ties the deaths of McMurray and Rutherford to a general fight naming Finstad a Norwegian noncitizen and Coughener a weak minded servant needing U S care.
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Washington
Paso
Tex
W. W. Mills
State Department
McMurray
Rutherford
Diaz
Mills
Finstad
Coughener
United States
Military Reservations Named Fort Baldwin and Fort Pio Pico
The War Department announced two new military reservations and thirty-two sea coast batteries. Sabine Head near the Kennebec River in Maine becomes Fort Baldwin honoring Col. Joduthan Baldwin, and North Coronado Island in San Diego becomes Fort Pio Pico honoring former California governor Pio Pico. The coastal batteries bear names honoring distinguished regular and volunteer officers from 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 expelled after Naval Academy hazing case
Secretary Bonaparte declares there is no remedy but dismissal after a court martial found midshipman Stephen Decatur guilty of hazing. The secretary approved the finding for the first charge but disapproved the second, concluding the department cannot overturn the academy’s ruling and must proceed with expulsion.
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Stephen Decatur
Nea
Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Academy
Decatur
United States Naval Academy
Judge Advocate General
Department
Annapolis
Navy
Dismissing Midshipman Decatur Jr From Naval Academy
The court martial and superintendent findings lead to immediate expulsion. The secretary’s review power is deemed not to alter the final action. The order signs the dismissal of Stephen Decatur Jr from the United States Naval Academy.
Duty of the minority trials of leader in house
Baltimore dispatch reports Merchants and Manufacturers Association banquet featuring Secretary Bonaparte who jokes his Navy appointment was the administration’s one mistake. Rep Williams and Tucker announce future expo features including an international yacht race gifted by the King of England. Notables include Gov Warfield and Mayors Timanus, with congressmen Shepard and Bonnynge also present.
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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 to Mrs Alice Porter in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on January 25 Judge Swing granted Mrs Alice Porter formerly of Philadelphia now residing in St Louis a divorce from Dr E A Porter contract surgeon in the United States army stationed in the Philippines. The decree follows her cross petition on neglect of duty. No alimony. Porter to fund education for their twelve year old daughter and arrange her schooling in the United States with parental visitation rights.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ghio
Porter
Swing
Alice Porter
Philadelphia
St. Louis
E. A. Porter
United States Army
Philippines
Richmond Hints at Murder in Virginia Man Return
The body of Himer Haden, who died last Sunday in St. Louis, arrived in Falmyra in a metallic casket. A physician found head wounds and a deep knife gash suggesting foul play. doctors cited measles and pneumonia as a misattribution. A brother travels to St. Louis to investigate as the family suspects murder.
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Richmond
Himer Haden
St. Louis
Falmyra
Henry Smith
Fluvanna
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across New Mexico Region
An afternoon quake from Gallup to Flagstaff disrupted motion in buildings and trains. Chimneys tumbled and patients fled in the hospital as windows and plaster rattled. no deaths or major damage reported as crews halted moving trains.
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Albuquerque
Galup
N. M
Se- Heman
Ariz
Gallup
Wiliams
Aziz
Flagstaff
Suth
Railroad Hospital
Valencia Disaster Prompted Call for Government Tug
A survivor recalls the Valencia disaster where passengers sang as the Queen appeared, women burned underskirts as signals, and officials warned of little help after the beacon faded. W T Pearce urged a near Strait of Juan de Fuca tug with life saving gear to avert further loss of life.
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W. T. Pearce
Pacific Coast Company
Straits
Juan Wue Fuca
Valencia Cass
Valencia Wreck Survivors Tell Harrowing Tale At Sea
Port Angeles dispatch details City of Topeka rescue of twenty Valencia survivors after a January wreck six miles off Cape Reale. Crews battled towering waves, freezing conditions, and multiple rafts as officers and sailors aided exhausted, soaked passengers including an elderly man and several women. A second raft was missing, fouled by the storm as rescuers worked through collapsing boats and dangerous seas.
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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
Horrific shipwreck tale recalls brutal surf and lost lives
Witness recounts a savage wreck near a cliff where a boy perished after his boat overturned and a man was killed while climbing to safety. Survivors describe freezing sleet, lifeboats gone, and a desperate raft crossing toward the Topeka as the Queen sailed away. Names of rescued and those who landed on Vancouver Island are listed among many other grim details.
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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
Louisville Banquet Honors Ticinola Central Railroad Chief
New York based Scuyvesant Fish, president of the Ticinola Central Railroad, spoke as principal guest at a Louisville Board of Trade banquet. EF H Bowen, board president, presided and expressed thanks for the toast.
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Van
Scuyvesant Fish
New York
Ticinola Central Railroad
Warrant for His Arrest Prompts Police Hunt in Newark
A warrant is issued for Frederick Crotois a popular Newark state agent for German Tafo Insurance Company. Alleged to be short about $3.00 in accounts he has not been seen since Saturday after sending a Washington message claiming important business. The report also covers concert notes from The Kneisel Quartet in Washington with praise for their performance and mentions other Washington music figures and a government inquiry into child labor.
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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
Washington
Smetana
Philip Haie
Prague
Lse
White House
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