State Soundings on Hanna Spark Unease
The records indicate state soundings regarding Hanna with unclear purpose. The signer may be acting for someone other than Roosevelt, and why the messages were sent remains unknown.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
3
The records indicate state soundings regarding Hanna with unclear purpose. The signer may be acting for someone other than Roosevelt, and why the messages were sent remains unknown.
Letters from Washington to Indiana politicians spark questions of a coordinated bid to move Indiana toward Roosevelt in the 1904 campaign. General Michener and Dudley, both with heavy corporate ties, reportedly inquiring about Hanna or Fairbanks taking Indiana. A Chinese diplomat’s marriage plans feature the arrival of Miss Yu, daughter of Yu Keng, to wed Liang Chen, the new Chinese Minister to Washington, tying diplomacy to high society.
Governor Taft orders zones of concentration in Luzon to fit land during day and residents to retire within zones at night as part of an aggressive campaign against Ladrones in Rizal Province. A strong force of confabulary will be used against the bandit threat.
A Naples church staged a Hell sermon with hidden men, darkened halls, blood-red lights, and rattling chains. The frightened crowd mostly peasants fled in panic, with injuries reported as police banned further sensational sermons.
Mayor Salen accuses Lewis Bernard and supporters of thwarting Johnsonites in Hamilton County Democracy. He claims Bernard is 100 strong and that saloon interests wield influence as political rot plagues Cincinnati, with references to garbage works near Newberg and Cleveland’s greenhorn status.
The steamer Tartar Prince, owned by Prince Line of Newcastle, caught fire near Las Palmas on its voyage from New York and Port Natal. Crew and passengers were rescued by the steamer Arey and transferred to the Goth Table Bay, while passengers continued to their destination on the Argyll. The 3,372 ton steel steamship was built in 189?.
On the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown Mr and Mrs Putnam Bradies Strong arrive in New York. Strong declined to discuss past or future movements while Mrs Joby Dillon visits her husband, the Iris MP who has been ill in Chicago.
Dr William W Keene of Philadelphia cites vivisection as key to saving midshipman Aiken after a football injury. He argues experiments reveal brain clot location near the arm center and that opening the skull at that point removed the clot, saving the patient. He sent a letter to Senator Gallinger defending vivisection.
Philadelphia dispatch reports actor Barry Johnstone died at Hehnemann Hospital from gunshot wounds after fatally shooting Miss Murial Kate Hassett, wife of Chicago businessman Everett Beckwith. Jealousy framed the double tragedy as the two met recently with Keith Stock Company links. Johnstone died shortly after roadside confrontation.
Mrs Henry G Davis widow of the West Virginia ex senator and mother in law of Senator Elkins died at Grace Hospital in Everett Washington. She passed away Saturday at her summer home in Elkins Wa.
The body of Thomas Brackett Reed, former Speaker, died last night and left Washington for Portland Maine, with burial planned Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs Reed and daughter joined Reed's successor Amos Allen and others in the party as a simple ceremony was planned in Portland.
Consul General Thomas Nast died today in Guayaquil after a three day illness due to yellow fever. His body was buried at 5 PM as the British Consul and the American colony attended the funeral. Nast, born in Landau Bavaria, rose to fame as a leading political cartoonist and father of modern cartoons. He served as consul general for a year, contributing widely through Harpers Weekly and Nast's Illustrated Almanac. The obituary recalls his anti Tweed works and impact on Tammany Hall.
Reverend Thomas McGrady announced he resigns as pastor of St Anthony Bellevue KY leaving priesthood and church. He refused to retract radical writings and lectures criticizing church authority while planning new works on social topics and continuing public discourse.
Ambassador Porter and Sir Edmund Monson press the French government for a reconsideration of the Passionist Fathers case. Representations stress conciliatory aims and the church’s convenience for Americans, noting the matter awaits the Chamber of Deputies and could grant foreign orders special privileges.
Miss Ora Gould of Alpena Michigan was baptized at the Dean Brook outlet on Lake Erie during a severe snowstorm. Bilder C. Ben Phomas of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints conducted the ceremony observed by a small, shivering crowd. Some would be converts left as the weather grew harsher.
Insurance Commissioner Durhamy proposes stricter rules on child life policies in the industrial plan. He suggests capping burial benefits and setting an age limit, arguing that current small weekly payments have grown and affect many families.
James Hayes, a colored lawyer, prepared forty eight lawsuits in the U S Court titled for $5,000 damages each against members of Virginia's constitutional convention. The actions, filed under common law likely Revised Statutes, were described as proceeding with secrecy in Cabins.
The Mississippi and Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis will dedicate grounds and buildings next April. Officials anticipate a ceremonial week with naval vessels from ten to fifteen ships expected to arrive and two or three fighting ships likely to parade through Illinois and surrounding channels.
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