Smoot case hearings set to begin February 6
Utah Senator Reed Smoot faces supplementary hearings on his Senate seat with the Privileges and Elections Committee, while Smoot defends himself against charges of church influence. He states the Mormon Church does not own Utah sugar factories and emphasizes his commitment to Utah and the Republican party.
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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
Subscriptions To Charity Lags Behind Last Year
Public contributions to Citizens Relief Association and Associated Charities totalled yesterday with Associated Charities $2,000 behind last year. Treasurer John Jay Edson lists donors including P. W Smith five dollars James 3 Henry three hundred twenty George W Casilear ten Simon Oppenheimer thirty five Mrs Leech two ED Godfrey one and others. Donations to the Chzeng Relef Association are announced by treasurer John F Willuna Mrs Mary L Norton sixteen James 5 Gordon twenty Henry Evans five. Consumption prevention treasurer Rudolph Kauffman reports gifts from Mary E Hood one Anonymous five G C Simms two Dr Robert Reyburn five Miss Emi Cook two hundred fifty Dr Goodpasture two hundred sixty A B Johnson sixty six cents R M Mckee sic T C Dulin five RL Pandleton two hundred forty Ww ison one Mr A H Tyson one law printery five Mra Anna L Peck two hundred fifty.
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James
R. M. Mckee
T C Dulin
RL. Pandleton
Ison
A H Tyson
Law Reporter Printing Company
Anna L. Peck
Bicycle Collision Injures Man. Youth Unharmed
At Fourteenth and K streets two cyclists collided. Fred Warther, 40, of 130 Fourteenth Street, suffered a brain concussion and was taken home after initial treatment. Fred Braman, 15, rode northward and escaped with no injuries. Warther fell and hit his head as the pair toppled. An ambulance was called and Warther was moved to the Emergency Hospital.
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Fourteenth
K Streets
Fred Warther
S130
Fourteenth Street
Fred Braman
Warther
Braman
Noewera Per Hichive
Thomas B Bryan Dies in Washington After Short Illness
Thomas Barbour Bryan of Chicago died suddenly of heart disease at his niece Mrs Whitehead’s home in Washington. A former DC commissioner from 1866 to 1878, he was a prominent promoter of the Columbian Exposition and served as president of the Chicago Sanitary Ball and the Chicago Soldiers' Home. He leaves a son Charles Page Bryan US Minister to Portugal and a daughter with him. funeral plans await, with interment to be in Washington.
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Smith
Senate
Edward Anderson
General Land Office
Salt Lake
Thomas Hull
Roosevelt
Joseph Smith
Quorum
Smoot
Moses Thatcher
Utah
A5 4
Washington
Thomas Barbour Bryan
Chicago
Whitehead
Bryan
District of Columbia
Alexandria
Harvard
Cincinnati
Union Defense Commission
Charles Page Bryan
United States
Portugal
Mias Bryan
Chinese visit Annapolis for naval inspection and dinner
Imperial Chinese Commission, arriving from Washington, spent the day at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. A nineteen gun salute and band welcome opened the visit, with tours of the academy and lunch in the officer’s mess. They expressed appreciation for the courtesies shown and will attend a Y M C A luncheon and a dinner hosted by Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng with notable guests including Secretary Root and Justice Harlan.
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Annapolis
Imperial Chinese Commission
Washington
Naval Academy
Academy
Colvocoresses
Amerian Navy
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Scouts story of robbers strong in Diaz case
Paso Texas January 26 Special to The Washington Fest Consul Mills report to Washington on the murder of Americans McMurray and Rutherford at Diaz. Mills scouts the robbery theory and believes Finstad and Coughener now jailed killed the others in a general fight He says Finstad is a Norwegian not a U S citizen and Coughener is a poor weak minded servant whom the United States should look after.
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Washington
Paso
Tex
W. W. Mills
State Department
McMurray
Rutherford
Diaz
Mills
Finstad
Coughener
United States
Military reservations honor a pair of forts and 32 coast batteries
The War Department announced two new military reservations: Fort Baldwin at Sabine Head near the Kennebec River named for Col. Joduthan Baldwin, and Fort Pio Pico at North Coronado Island San Diego named for Pio Pico. The 32 sea coast batteries are named for noted officers from regular and volunteer forces who served in 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
Secretary Declares Decatur Dismissal Likely From Naval Academy
Midshipman Stephen Decatur to be expelled after he was found guilty by a court martial of hazing. Secretary Bonaparte has reviewed the case and says the department cannot alter the finding, and dismissal will be issued by the superintendent at Annapolis.
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Stephen Decatur
Nea
Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Academy
Decatur
United States Naval Academy
Judge Advocate General
Department
Annapolis
Navy
Decision to Expel Midshipman Decatur From Naval Academy
The court martial and superintendent must decide promptly without further government delays. The department concludes Congress intended final action upon findings, and the act of 1874 and 1903 supports summarily expelling the convicted midshipman. An order dismissing Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr. will be signed.
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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 January 25 The Merchants and Manufacturers Association annual banquet drew Secretary of the Navy Charles J Bonaparte and a large crowd. Bonaparte joked that his naval appointment was the administration's one inexcusable mistake. Congressman John Sharp Williams derided reform proposals amid tariffs and navy costs, urging the minority to support the best program. Harry St George Tucker pledged a King Edward cup and a grand international warship display for Jamestown Exposition features as Gov Warfield, Mayor Timanus, and several congressmen spoke.
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Bonaparte
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
The Porter divorce case ended today with Judge Swing granting Mrs Alice Porter a divorce from Dr E A Porter contract surgeon in the US army now in the Philippines. No alimony. Education of their 12 year old daughter to be provided, daughter to be brought to the city for schooling and parental visits allowed.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ghio
Porter
Swing
Alice Porter
Philadelphia
St. Louis
E. A. Porter
United States Army
Philippines
Richmond Mourns Murder Claim in Himer Hadens Death
From Richmond Virginia a body returned from St Louis shows wounds on head and side indicating foul play. The doctor notes death could result from blows or a knife wound, while a brother travels to St Louis to investigate. Family suspects homicide.
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St. Louis
Richmond
Himer Haden
Falmyra
Henry Smith
Fluvanna
Earthquake Strikes New Mexico Fear Grips Hospitals
An earthquake rocked a wide swath from Gallup to Flagstaff about 1:30 pm. Buildings rocked and chimens toppled as residents fled. Trains halted. no deaths or major damage reported.
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Galup
N. M
Se- Heman
Ariz
Gallup
Wiliams
Aziz
Flagstaff
Suth
Railroad Hospital
Valencia Disaster Sparks Call for Government Tug
Survivor accounts reveal men, women, and children aboard the Valencia clung to the hurricane deck as Queen approached. Women burned underskirts to signal passing ships, but relief never came. W T Pearce of Pacific Coast Company condemns coast shipping negligence and urges a government tug near the Straits of Juan de Fuca with lifeboat gear to avert future deaths.
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Valencia
W. T. Pearce
Pacific Coast Company
Straits
Juan Wue Fuca
Valencia Cass
Valencia Wreck Survivors Rescued At Sea
Port Angeles reports twenty Valencia survivors rescued after the wreck six miles off Cape Reale. The City of Topeka picked them up at 1 p.m. amid a raging sea, with many sufferers half frozen and unconscious. Rescue work was perilous as survivors clung to a frail raft amid towering breakers and shifting drift.
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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
Fee
G. Willis
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
Z. R. Richley
J. Fasoda
T. J. McCarthy
B. N. Ledher
Albert Wells
John Marks
W. Goslin
T. Lamps
Brown
Shipwreck Tale Of The Topeka Rescue And Vancouver Island Survivors
A brutal night ordeal aboard the Topeka ends with the ship wrecked off a jagged coast. Survivors recounting a boy’s death, a desperate raft crossing, and a failed rescue as the Queen and tug depart. Rescued individuals and fifteen Vancouver Island survivors listed, with crew and passengers facing a perilous fight against waves, wind, and cold sleet.
Louisville Banquet Highlights Central Railroad Leader Speech
New York's Scuyvesant Fish, president of the Ticnola Central Railroad, addressed Louisville business leaders at a Board of Trade banquet. EF. H. Bowen, board president, presided and welcomed guests while the toast focused on economic ties and regional development.
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Louisville
Van
Scuyvesant Fish
New York
Ticinola Central Railroad
Warrant for His Arrest in Germany Life Insurance Case
Frederick Cretois, once a state agent for Germany Life Insurance, is reportedly missing after a warrant was issued by Nien Van Der Velde of Brooklyn for an alleged slight shortfall of his accounts totaling just over $3.00. The story also surveys a Washington concert by the Kneisel Quartet, a remark on Smetana, plus notes on government child-labor inquiry costs and Taft's stance on Maj Gillette’s Philadelphia detail.
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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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