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Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador White updates President Roosevelt on rumors of a plot to damage the Atlantic Fleet as it travels along the South American coast. Brazilian officials will take precautions to prevent the plot. He has recently seen the Japanese Ambassador, who commented on rumors of Japanese designs of a warlike character against the United States. Further, White comments on what he has read about the possibility of establishing a central bank in the United States. He does not believe that it will be successful at present.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-03

Letter from J. Sloat Fassett to William Loeb

Representative Fassett is concerned about the presence of Japanese workers onboard the battleships of the Great White Fleet, suggesting that they are probably “expert naval people” who are a danger to the officers on the ships. He suggests that there might be damaging “accidents.” Fassett believes that the officers can do without helpers on the ship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-09

Letter from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires, updates Secretary of State Root on the uprising in Cuba. The veterans have given up their efforts to bring about peace, and President Tomás Estrada Palma is not certain if the government will be able to put down the rebellion although he is hopeful there will be a quorum in the House and Congress. Estrada Palma has pledged to safeguard Americans and their property. In Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio provinces, bridges and culverts have been destroyed. The rebels are now threatening to dynamite train stations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-13

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

The chargé d’affaires in Cuba, Jacob Sleeper, informs Secretary of State Root that the uprising has spread to San Juan y Martinez and San Luis. The insurgents have threatened to blow up bridges and destroy the property of a railway if the company continues to transport government troops.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-24

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Cuba, informs Secretary of State Root of the latest developments involving an uprising against the government in Cuba. Campos Marquetti, an Afro-Cuban senator, led insurrectionists to Cabanas where they took horses, saddles, and other property of the Mercedita Sugar Company. Sleeper has advised the manager in the manner described in his telegram yesterday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-29

Letter from James H. Hawley to Charles Henry Robb

James H. Hawley sends Assistant Attorney General Robb a summary of the confessions given by Harry Orchard and Stephen W. Adams in relation to the murder of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Hawley also provides a background history of the Western Federation of Miners, claiming that its leadership has been responsible for numerous acts of violence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-13

The same old train-wrecker

A man labeled “Hayseed Legislator” waits next to obstacles labeled “Corruption, Spite against N. Y. City, Backwoods Bullheadedness, [and] Petty Jealousy” that he has placed on railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming train labeled “N. Y. City Reforms.” He is hoping to cause the train to derail.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-05-13

Since he cannot sail the ship, he tries to sink it

Outgoing New York City Mayor Franklin Edson, with papers in his pocket labeled “Commr. of Public Works,” uses a drill labeled “Perfidy” to drill a hole in a ship labeled “New York Municipal Reform Government” that is about to be launched, with the dedication ceremony taking place in the background. At his feet is a paper that states “Bad Appointments to Cripple the Incoming Administration.” The two men standing to the right, on the “Citizens Dock,” may be John Kelly and Ira Davenport.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-12-10