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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
PLANS UNIONS
FOR PORTO RICO
Labor President to Depart on Trip
of Investigation Which Is to
Last Several Weeks.

President Gompers, of the American
Federation OF Labor. is 20 start for
Porto Rico on February IS TO investigate
the labor conditions in the island. and
TO take such steps as will ameliorate
the condition OF the laborers.
From reports that have come TO the
Federation from the island the officers
of the Federation assert that labor con-
ditions there are bad. but so meager
have been these reports that II has
been determined by President Gompers
that a personal investigation shall be
made before any further action shall
be taken
The executive council has agreed that
President Gompers shall go TO the island
and make the Investigations, later sub
hitting a report upon which some
scheme of unionism for the Island can
be based.
The Industries of the island are not
extensive in a manufsc turing way, but
there are some lines whfch need especial
attention One Of tL-se is the cigar
trade.
Since annexation this country has been
flooded with rough. black-looking
smokers, which have t-<en the place OF
many Of the cheaper grades Of Ameri
can cigars to the detriment OF the cigar
trade In the country.
The workers there get small pay, work
under unclean conditions and are in d.
rect competition with the cigar trade
IN this country
II these conditions could be bettered it
would benefit the cigarmakers Of the
United States and really 90 no one any
harm. 1t is claimed by an official OF the
resident Gompers is to be gone several
weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
PROMINENT MEN
THOUGHT OF WHITNEY

Courted Difficulties to Overcome Them, Says Cleve
Iand-"Father of Modern American Navy" D. B. Hill.
pxpBEsrDENr whitney more calm toroefu
cheney than any man ever knew In work that him he actually
seemed court and to md pleasure and eharaton in o
ing them m TS s he encountered TO
Judgment ashngly accurate;
norir t
GoRNfAN Whitney
He endowed with ability dealing with public a
His friends his
his country.
T. 10 Mr.
Et i trae of how things , the political world and
that connection eagerly sought and al
HERBERT better business man ever occupied
the Secretary Of the Navy than Mr. Whitney While the foundation the
the
pol til laiS . 4''''''" D-'S'
Ex-sEcRErARY y. whitney
While
Wen kneww
srcRETARr LAMONT The death whitney
without obligations
port to his unerna Judgment ! men
EsEcRETARz service. varied
thinking of the liberal and public
untary retirement participation
makes a vacancy MOTH
5 DIR death s%esn people MI rs s',
active and energetic he was the type Of the a At 5 IN his
whitney the father
Of the present american navy h was P @ t a battle
deal of graft
political sndo
the Democrats National Committee
considered Mr. s man 5 of 't5 nsssT an @ sn H be-
mi
DAVID b HILL: AS
AS of achieved
IN h unbounded"
PRESIDENT nAcFARI-AND.
eaT% to realize thsa the strength his
OF the great Secretaries Of the Navy and rem
a,r, ~ igbt nave become President and he would have
made a great reputation in the White House"
Elk SECRETARY FRANCIS
death not only as h to the Democratic party He pos
sed all the good qualities which go 70 s up % M t and oTe
than almost man in the high official
which he filled so ably
SENATOR DRYDEN. whitney and
highly appreciate the splendid qualities he
later Even then he
tanned endeavor he
and business and found
was His friends will la
nnenths a personal loss"
SENATOR FAIRBANKS
the countrys leaving politics his career was
hs p e f the n T states navy and his there
SENATOR Do1rvrR He
th "" ,h a oes and his high
passing importance o Government"
EX-SENATOR whns services the Government are fully
him then His place in the New STk mn
ed and his excel i've capacity where his
,,I111TNrv,C was e 2ass
WHITNEY - in 1865 He then went to NsT york Sa
UTE y ONE Entering Poit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
AMBASSADOR WILL HAVE
A CAVALRY ESCORT
Military Homer to Be Accorded When
Received by President

When the next ambassador - re-
ceived by the President. the diplomat
Will be accorded the honor OF having n
troop OF cavalry as his escort Thus
the example set in receiving Secretary
Taft and IN the departure Of Mr. Root
VIII be followed
One reason FOR the employment Of a
escort Of cavalry for ambassadors IS said
20 be that American ambassadors
abroad have always insisted on fun
military hCnors. The first ambassador
appointed 20 Washington was Lord
Pituncefote. He neglected 20 draw up
with the State Department the usual
protocol providing for the reception OF
ambassadors. Such an understanding is
considered by diplomats as highly de-
Eirable
in the case OF the next ambassador
who Is appointed. Il is expected the re-
quest for military honors will come
from his government Other diplomats
Will support the request. and this Gov
eminent viii undoubtedly yield without
objection
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Ccontihued from First -

most brilliant and lavish entertaining,
and many an old resident recalls with
pleasure the magnificent display and the
charm of both host and hostess. The
Cabinet dinners, on their present sump-
tuoGs scale. were iraugurated by Mr..
Whitney and his wife. and the social
pace set by them has never been eN-
celled, or even equaled, by any member
Of the Cabinet, either before or since
his residence in Washington.
His first wife inherited from her
mother a great fondness for gayety, and
being beautiful and gracious became
one of the most noted hostesses of the
Capital.
One of the notable entertainments was
that given in honor Of their debutante
daughter. Miss Whitney. who afterward
married Almeric Paget, OF England. The
ball room is still considered one of the
most beautiful rooms of the kind I'm the
city
Mrs. Whitney was a contemporary OF
Mrs. Hay, wife of the Secretary OF
State, they having been girlhood friends
The House Committee on Naval At
fairs decided today TO meet tomorrow
and take appropriate action on the
death of Mr.. Whitney. Mr.. Butler OF
Pennsylvania, a member of the com
mittee, said this afternoon:
we recognize Mr.. Whitney as the
father of our navy. and IL is proper that
we should meet and take suitable action
on his death"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
SUITABLE MEMORIAL
FOR JAMES iSMITHSON
Tall Monument May Be Erected in
Front of Institution.

Several plans for a suitable memorial
TO James Smithson are being considered
by the COMMITTEES appointed at the re-
cent meeting OF the board of regents Of
the Smithsonian Institution. One Of
these plans Is that a sarcophaglis shall
be built inside the National Museum
and that the bones of the founder OF
the institution shall repose there in an
imposing marble tomb
1t is suggested that this sarcophagus
be placed in the center OF the Museum
The most likely plan. however, is that
Of tall monument on a plat OF ground
directly In front of the institution
marking the spot where the bones will
be inferred. In case a more simple
memorial IL decided on. the tomb NAV
be directly alongside OF the main build
inR. The committee, Of which Chief
Justice Fuller is chairman. will hold a
meeting shortly TO decide on the form
OF memorial and the amount OF funds
needed
Smithson's bones IN a casket. are now
living in the old regents room I'm the
second story. where they were placed
after being brought from Italy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
WILLIAM c. WF1TTNEYS DEATH A SHOCK TO THE NATION

Washington. and sister Of Mrs. J.
Beavor-Web5. Mrs. William Wright. Of
New York. and Frederick May OF
Washington
The ceremony was performed at the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of St. SAD
veur. at Bar Harbor Me. by the Rev.
c. s. Leffin.
The second Mrs. Whitney had been
the widow OF Captain Randolph. OF the
Fifteenth Hussars British army BY
her first marriage she had two children.
Adelaide .. Randolph and Arthur n.
Randolph. Shortly before his own mar
riage and Immediately after the mar
rage Of his elder Ell Mr. Whitney gave
to the latter the residence at ? west
Fifty-seventh Street. which had been
given TO the first Mrs. Whitney by her
father.
Then Mr.. Whitney commissioners Nc
Kim. Mead & White to build him q new
house at the north corner OF Sixty
eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. This
house. when completed, was regarded 40
one OF the most luxurious In New York
It IS said 10 be the only house IN this
city which Is built in pure Italian
renaissance style. The first doo- alone
is said 20 have cost Sl.000.0Oe IL was
here that the second Mrs Whitney ex-
pected 10 entertain as few New York
matrons had entertained before her
This hope was never realized. w nile
Aiken. 8 c.. on February p. 1885 she
met with an accident from which, SSter
a lingering illness. she died IN May. -.
The course OF the hounds led over
covered bridge. Mrs. Whitney did not
notice that the roof was so low. Her
head came in contact with the roof OF
the bridge and her neck was dislocated.
She was removed from Aiken TO the
Whitney country place at Roslyn. l. J.,
where she died.
Ii is said that William G. Whitney
owned more country places than any
other man in America His place In
the Wheatley Hills. near Roslyn. in
cludes something more than 500 acres.
There Is a covered racetrack there. ana
the finest training stables in the coun-
try. Then there IS the Sheepshead Bay
place Of 800 acres; the estate. OefOoer
Mountain. at LenOx. Of b.0V acres,. an
ADIRONDACK preserve OF 5000 acres q
lodge at Blue Mountain Lake. an estate
at Aiken. consisting OF 1000 acres be-
sides the farm in Kentucky and sneot-
ing box in England. Mr.. Whitney was
director in many corporations and a
member OF dozen clubs
Besides his immediate family he leavtZ
a brother. Henry n Whitney. OF BoS-
ton. and two sisters. Mrs Char!es a.
Barney and Mrs. Henry T. Dimoek-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
MORE SENSATIONS
IN BECHTEL CASE
Escaped Exposure at the Trials by
Payment of Large Sums Of
Money, It's Said

ALLENTOWN. Pa, Feb 3--More
sensations Incident TO the Bechtel case
are promised
District Attorney Lichtenwalner. who
is to have a hearing on March y on
charges OF disOrderly conduct and seq
Iect Of HIS official duties. today, in an In
teryiew, limited that one Of the sersa-
tons will be the disclosure Of evidsnce
that during the Eckstein and Becksei
trials he was drugged and that this Esias
responsible for his disgraceful condi-
ton upon two occasions
Another promised sensation involves
the names Of half a dozen leading bust
ness people of Allentown. who. II IS
alleged. were friends OF Mabel BecEtel.
but who escaped exposure BY the pay
ment OF various sums OF money II is
difficult 10 induce the men TO commit
themselves. but one Of them publicly
declares that he paid $50 to be excused
from testifying.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
GENERAL MILES
AN ANSIONIST
Cheered as Greatest Sol
der Now Living"
BY SPANISH WAR VETERANS
DR.. Anita N. MCGEE Will Be ENROLLED
as Member in the Near
Future.

1T is glorious thing to be a citizen
OF such a republic-the mightiest of an
cient or modern times. and one which
has done so much to establish other re-
publics and to protect them by the right
OF moral law
In these words. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
speaking last night at a gathering OF
the Spanish War Veterans command
named after him, gave expression to his
views on the expansion policies of the
United States. The Miles Command was
gathered together TO do honor to Dr.
Anita Newcomb MCGEE. who was TO be
enrolled as a member. DR.. MCGEE having
served as an assistant army surgeon in
the Spanish American war. 1t was ex-
pdained by Commander c. L Dyer that
a technicality prevented Mrs. McGee's
enrolment last night, as orders would
have TO be promulgated by the com
Tnander-in-chief to make it legal This
is to be done at an early date.
Ovation to DR.. MCGEE.
DR.. MCGEE was rendered the reception
nevertheless and the gathering took the
form of an ovation to herself and to
General Miles. The latter was referred
10 by Colonel Urell. one of the speakers,
as the greatest soldier now living" and
the utterance was applauded to the
echo.
i After General Miles had concluded his
address, which was brief. the audience
rose and gave him three rousing cheers.
shortly. after which General Miles rose
and left the hall, having been sum-
moned- home by illness in his family.
General Miles address. outside of the
sentence in which he gave evident in
dorsement 10 this Governments colonial
policy, was perfunctory.
Must Be Good Citizen"
He said: 1T is impossible for a man
to- be a good soldier without being a
good citizen 1 have found in my ex.
perience, and l think you will find IL
true. that the men who have served
their country faithfully as soldiers are
equally ready to serve it as citizens
and. my friends, it is a glorious thing
to be a citizen of a republic like this
secently made a trip in which 1 visited
many foreign lands, and in most OF
them there existed a form of despotisrn
II was gratifying TO return to my owr
country, where every man is a sover-
elSR. and where women are sOvereigns
too. for men pay homage to them.
An address was also made by DR.. Nc.
Gee She spoke of her pleasure at beins
admitted into the ranks of the Mile.
Command Referring 70 the possibility
w. onReilA sAAtA INuo-oAci
she said that many OF her nurse:
wanted 10 20 to the Orient in case
there was war. and had asked for pei
mission TO do so
Advantages With Women.
p That is one way in which we womei
ilavo- the advantage OF you men,, sn.
said; I'VE can go to war in a foreign
ccuntry as army nurses. but you car
30 TO va only when your own countr,
rs involved " DIR. MCGEE spoke of tin,
90 proud record which her corps Of arm,
nurses had made during the three lit
lie wars the Cuban campaign, tn
Boxer war. and the war in the Philip
pines
A musical program was given bl
Miss @. +. Kettle, and Eta Austin
and refreshments were served.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
HE MARRIED
TWICE: DIED
A WHOEVER

Mr. Whitney was twice married BY
his first wife he had four children-Pau-
line Paget. the wife of Almeric Hugh
Paget; Harry Payne Whitney. who mar
ricd Gertrude, the elder daughter Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt; Payne. who mar
ried Helen Hay, daughter OF the Secre-
tary Of State, and Dorothy Whitney,
who &c eighteen years old. The first
Mrs. whitney died on February ., 1888.
She left an estate valued at between
s. coo 600 and 1900. 600 absolutely 20 her
husband.
on September q. 1896. shortly after the
death of his father-in-law. Henry b.
Payne. and a month after the marriage
of his elder son 10 Miss Vanderbils. Mr.
Whitney was married to Mrs Edith >
Randolph. a daughter Of the late Ut;
Frederick S. May, Of New York ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA
ARE DECREASING RAPIDLY

According 10 the figures IN report
submitted 10 the District Commission
ers today By Health Officer Woodward.
the deaths from pneumonia have dinin-
ished 50 per cent in three weeks. The
deaths for the week ended January Is
were thirty. and those for last week
were fifteen. Deaths from consumption.
however. increased. there being twenty
fatalities attributed TO the disease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03

DAVID HILL; As statesman he was sagacous conserv
ed reliable father modern American
great throughout the world. His patriotism
TONED Ifnbounded."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
POPE WOULD RECOGNIZE
HER0lSM OF BISHOP

ROME, Feb. 3-The Pope has con-
ferred with Cardinal Gotu project Of
the propaganda, regarding the best way
10 recognize the heroism Of Bishop
Muidoon during the disastrous and
fatal FIRE at the Iroquois Theater. in
Chicago. last month.
His holiness is especially anxious 70
recognize the bishop. to compensate
him for the groundless sttaclss on him
when he was "A candidate FOR the arch
bishopric OF Chicago.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-03-25
THE DOCUMENT WHICH
SUSPENDED GEO. DAVIS
Text Of the Famous .Magoon-Peters Agree
ment With Sumner Heirs for Heavy Fees
as Filed in DoIe's Court.

endorsement Back & Of 9 M Maria Davis H w.
SUITS Se e-n The sSe Ma! Of Geo DAVIS
February 1904 Signed w. Mailing Cerk)
This Agreement Maria S. Davis of the first
r. W. Davis, OF the part George A. Davis, of the
third part and agoon Peters, OF the fourth part wtnesseth:
That said parties of and parts hereby agree
give said parties OF the third and fourth parts oned OF all
OF evidences of Indebtedness chooses action and
property recovered by them and each of them which they
and each of them be entitled which they and each Of them
receive in the matter of the suit pending the Circuit
Court of the First Judicial Circuit the of The Oahu
Railway & Land Co. John K Sumner all The of John
X Sumner by his friend Maria S. Davis the Oahu Railway
Land Co., and the of the petition for guardianship
John K Sumner and all proceedings that be incidental there
growing of all said and they also
give like oned of whatever property benefits they
each of them from the Of John K Sumner during
his life time after his death by OF devise inheritance in
other all which of
fourth parts shall have lien and first charge upon all of
claims and property received by said parties OF the first
second parts and each of them
And they further pay all of said suit
other suit proceedings which be brought
the
And said parties of the third parts hereby agree
their professional services in said matter matters until final
adjudication the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii
full therefor said one-rd be paid
them aforesaid for all which may be rendered in the
said onehrd be divided between them follows
Said of the third equal oneha of said one-trd and
And said parties of the first and second hereby
and agree that they will settle said with said John K
parties of the third and fourth parts obtained
writing will they submit the withdrawal of said proceed
ng that are before the any other proceedings that
be brought the discretion of said parties of the third and
fourth without such writing of parties of the
third and fourth parts.
whereof said parties do ereunto their
seals this goth day OF September 1902.
(Signed) MARIA S. DAVIS,
r. w. DAVIS
GEO A. DAVIS
MAGOON & PETERS.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-03-25
two boats with the landing force, fol-
lowed.
MoNoCACY OPENS FIRE.

|
MONOCACY OPENS FIRE.
"As soon as the Monocacy came with
in good range she opened upon the
enemy's work with she'll The enemy
returned the fire for time. but was
soon driven out, and when our landing
was made abandoned the position and
fled. The Palos coming up. the boats
pulled in for the shore and effected a
landing below the fort.
THE landing was covered by the
guns of the Palos and the steam
launches, and the destruction of the
fort at once began. The guns were
cast into the river with the exception
of the Founders, which were
spiked. The walls of the fort Were
thrown down and the stores of powder,
provisions and clothing burned.
ION the morning of the 11th the de-
struction of the first fort was made
more complete and the advances began
toward the enemy's forts about three
miles above. The next defense of the
enemy was a stone fort, built upon
bluff, about a mile distant from that
already occupied. This place was also
dismantled without delay and the force
again moved on. The march was
most difficult one. The guns were drag
ged up steep activities by whole COM
panles detailed to help the artillerists
or lowered down from the heights with
ropes. AT about IL o'clock on the fore
noon of the 11th of June, the hill near
est the enemys stronghold was gained.
The citadel about to be assaulted, the
key to the defenses upon the point be-
low hililt II ha nf
cal hill about $50 feet high from the
bottom of the ravine, through which
our men had to pass to reach it.
THE AMERICAN CHARGE.
when all was reaay the order to
charge was given. by Lieutenant Com
mander Casey, and our men rushed
forward down the slope and up the op-
posite hill. The enemy maintained their
fire with the utmost rapidity until our
men got quite up the hill: then, having
no time to load, they mounted the para
pet and cast stones upon our men be-
low. fighting with the greatest fury.
Nothing could check our men; on they
rushed. The heroic Mckee was the first
to mount the parapet and the first to
leap into hand-to-hand conflict. There
he fell, as his father fell in Mexico, at
the head of his men, first inside the
enemy's stormed works. Other officers
and men We're quickly over the parapet.
Fighting inside the fort was desperate.
The resolution of the Koreans was un-
yielding; they apparently expected no
quarter and probably would have given
none. They fought to the death, and
only when the last man fell did the con-
hict cease.
1.-TWO hundred and forty-three dead
Koreans were counted in the works
Not more than twenty prisoners We're
taken, and some of these were wound-
ed. These last We're treated with all
the attention possible and finally re-
leased. Thus was a treacherous attack
upon our people and an insult to our
flag redressed. d."-Washington Star.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-03-25
SMITH OF UTAH
ONCE WAS HERE

SALT LAKE CITY, March 5.-A man
whose dramatic career and present
position invest him with more than or
dinary interest is Joseph f. Smith,
president of the Mormon Church, who is
in Washington as witness in the
Smoot hearing. To the Mormon people
everywhere he is Prophet, Seer and
Revelator;" to them his word is law
and his teachings inspired by God. He
was born amid scenes of strife and
bloodshed near the Mormon settlement
of Far West, in Caldwell county, Mo.
His father was Hiram Smith, brother
of the Prophet Joseph, founder of the
Mormon religion.
AS Il small child he passed through
the prosecutions of the Saints in Mis-
souri, and Illinois, and he was with his
mother in Nauvoo when his father and
uncle We're shot to death in Carthage
Jail. AS lad of s years, he drove an
OK team across the State of Iowa, when
his mother, with the rest of the Nor
MONS was driven from Nauvoo. AT 10,
he was sent on a mission to the Sand
wich Islands and was obliged to find
the means for reaching his destination,
which he did by working as Il shingle
maker in California.
In the historical works of the Church
Joseph f. Smith is credited with having
worked many miracles while on the Is
land of Maui, including the casting out
of evil spirits and healing of the sick
by the laying on of hands. That was
in 1854. The young missionary was alb
sent from Salt Lake City three years
finally working his way back.
on the day of his return he enlisted
in the Mormon army despatched by
Brigham Young to intercept the United
States troops under Gen. Harney, who
We're about to invade Utah. He per-
formed active service as a scout,
harassing the Federal expedition until
the Presidents proclamation ended the
Mormon War"
The president of the Mormon Church
has been active in politics, having serv-
ed n term in the Legislature. He is an
ardent Republican. Several times he
has been on European missions for the
Church. He is zealot thoroughly inn
bued with the spirit of Mormonism and
| convinced of it's divine origin. He is
devoted TO his five families and has
always been a firm adherent to the doe
trine of ''patriarchal marriage"