HITT QUITS CONGRESS SERVING THIRTEENTH TERM
Robert Roberts Hitt announces retirement from the House after a long career as chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Health concerns and Illinois primary law prompt not seeking re election. Hitt, a longtime diplomat and ally of Blaine and Reed, leaves a legacy of strong foreign policy and influence in Congress.
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House Committees On Foreign Affairs
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Illinoia
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House
House of Representatives
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Hutt
Pointe i Dtaisenie Daiie Deisisseunt Eiedaniahnirisn
Sienna
Hitt's Foreign Service Prospects and Replacement Rumors
The article reviews James H. Hitt a confidant of Lincoln and Grant and longtime House Foreign Affairs chair. It notes his Paris posting 1874 81 and service as Assistant Secretary of State and Congressman. It discusses health concerns and potential foreign appointment under Roosevelt with speculation on his successor possibly Frank Louden and a hint about Senator Cullom’s seat.
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Grant
Hitt
Paris
Legation
State Department
Representative Hawk
Reed
House
McKinley
Congress
Roosevelt
Mr. Hitt
Washington
Frank Louden
Senator Cullom
Iinois
Advocates Publicity Urges Congress Action on Money in Elections
National Publicity Bill Organization calls for nationwide disclosure of all campaign contributions and expenditures. The 1906 Washington meeting formed the National Publicity Bill Organization to promote federal law and unified state statutes, with committees named to push reform and public accountability.
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National Publicity Bill Organization
Washington
Calon
Perry Belmont
New York
William
Chandler
New Hampshire
J. G. Schurman
James H. Wilson
Delaware
A. H. Stevenson
Colorado
Normen E. Mack
John B. Lamb
Indiana
Charles §. Hamlin
Massachusetts
John H. Clarke
Ohio
Charles W. Knepp
Nebraska
Charles A. Gardiner
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Lews BE
Chinese Envoys Busy Speech to Old Warriors
Chinese imperial commissioners touring Washington in a busy study tour gather data on American charities education and suburban life. They visit Soldiers' Home and Takoma Brightwood, plan New York stay, then Liverpool voyage. Secretaries divide tasks, report nightly. aim to assess U.S. forms of charity and education for China’s constitutional reforms.
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Washington
New York
Owyang King
Owyang
Metropolis
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England
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Arlington Cemetery
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Cherbrourg
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Japan
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Clark
Broadway
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Northwest
Treasurer Fred C. Brown Dies by Own Action in Cheshire Mass
Fred C. Brown town treasurer for ten years was found dead at his Cheshire home with morphine and chloroform near him. Despondency over his wife’s death and a recent accounts inquiry, which showed funds intact aside from $2,500 at home, contributed to the tragedy.
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Fred C. Brown
Adams
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Charged With Bigamy Case In Scranton
Dr Henry R Searles held on $1000 bail in Scranton on bigamy charge. Mrs Sadie Augusta Holcomb Searles of Worcester Mass, with her eight year old daughter, travels to prosecute. She says he married Mrs Jacob Bryant of Scranton in January in Bingh amton New York after her being a widow.
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George
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Biggs Street
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Louise Henry Durphey
James Mulloy
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Philadelphia
Price
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Augusta
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Ratcliffe
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Clork
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Scranton
Henry R. Searles
Sadie Augusta Holcomb Searles
Worcester
Mass
Pr. Searles
Jacob Bryant
Binghamton
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Father O Keefe Dead After Yellow Fever Service in South
Rev Matthew O Keefe long served in Norfolk and Portsmouth during fever outbreaks and as brigade chaplain to Mahone's unit. A friend of Lee and Davis, he earned French Legion of Honor for aiding a fever-stricken frigate. He died aged 78 in Towson Md from pneumonia after devoting fortune to church work.
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Ireland
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Mahone
Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
South
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Legion of Honor
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Hamilton Fish
Father O
Imperial Marine
Legion of Honor of
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McGill
Waitress Traps Thief In NJ Silver Theft Plot
Mary Herrmann, a 22 year old waitress, helped foil Paul Schroeder a former butler by guiding police to a cellar stash of about $1000 in silverware. Schroeder allegedly planned to steal from Oscar L. Gubelman and vanish with Herrmann after a staged burglary. Police arrested him after he returned with valuables.
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Washington Post
West Orange
N. J
Mary Herrmann
Paul Schroeder
Schroeder
Oscar L. Gubelman
Stephen van Rensselaer
Gubelman Familly
Philadelphia
Europe
van Rensselaer
Gubelman
Justice Deuel Improves. Town Topics Quiet Sunday
New York on January 2 reports no arrests or libels in the Town Topics tangle. Justice Deuel was described as better and up and about at his house, with unclear prospects for tomorrow. No developments or actions were recorded.
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Washington Post
New York
R. J. Collier
Deuel
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