Speaker Cannon succeeds in winning John Sharp Williams’s support for the Philippine Tariff bill. This insures its passage.
A judge of the New York Supreme Court issues a writ ordering H. H. Rogers to show cause for not answering the questions of Attorney-General Hadley, of Missouri, in the Standard Oil investigation.
January 10.—Secretary Taft replies to Poultney Bigelow’s charges of maladministration in Panama. He virtually calls Bigelow a liar, but admits that negro women were sent to the Isthmus to be distributed as wives among the laborers. The charge that a boat-load of negroes from Martinique were clubbed is also admitted.
The Federal Grand Jury at Utica, N. Y., indicts the New York Central and Delaware and Hudson railroads for rebating.
Mrs. Minor Morris, the woman who was ejected from the White House, is in a critical condition.
Dr. William R. Harper, President of the University of Chicago, dies at his home in Chicago.
January 11.—The Senate committee, which has the Panama investigation in charge, subpœnas Poultney Bigelow to testify about mismanagement of the Canal affairs.
President Roosevelt declares that it will be the fault of Southern senators if the treaty with Santo Domingo is not ratified.
Ramon Caceres, who succeeded Morales as President of Santo Domingo, declares that he favors the Roosevelt treaty, and that peace will soon be restored.
Senator Bacon’s resolution of inquiry into the Moroccan question is shelved.