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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
6
A lyrical meditation locates love as the main beacon guiding a life of duty. The speaker recalls a single bright path through wintry landscapes to a lover, whose name fills the world with light and whose love defines the highest honor. The beloved chooses Love's will over peace, living a life of quiet sacrifice while the speaker wanders in distant, solemn night.
In frontier railcar and guardhouse intrigue Sanford “Sandy” Ray, West Point football hero and cavalry hopeful, foils a deserter during a tense Manila era duty. A chance encounter with Lieut. Stuyvesant reveals family ties and a sister’s army vow while spotlighting their shared military world.
The scene shows Vinton's flotilla leaving a crowded harbor with transports and harbor craft guiding toward the Golden Gate. Aboard the flagship the general salutes and a signal to up anchor is given while steam whistles pierce the bay. Inside the ship's circle, Stuyvesant ponders his tense mood as Lieut. Ray and his family arrive and social duties unfold.
A duke driving to inspect artillery meets a tidy ragamuffin who chats about the dock and sayers. The lad invites a ride to the park and greets the gun crew. At the gates the duke asks where the duke is and the boy jokes it could be either him or the lad.
Ohio Democratic state convention elected Kilbourne as temporary chairman and backed Bryan and the Kansas City platform, while rejecting the anti-Dowling slate. Amendments pressed on taxation, monopolies, imperialism, and public franchise oversight, with emphasis on reform and equal rights.
Delegates at the district convention announce Kilbourne as nominee by acclamation for governor after Zimmerman withdraws. John Cassady and Anthony Howells vie for lieutenant governor with Howells slated by acclamation. Ballots select Finley, Hidy, Courtright for supreme judge before Hidy is chosen by acclamation. Many other state offices and committees are chosen by ballot or acclamation as the convention adjourns.
Judge Stewart sentences George W Test and John P Frey for contempt of court in York County Court. Test and Frey face 30 days in jail and $250 fines plus costs for violating an injunction against picketing and interfering with York Manufacturing Co. Howard Wilmer is fined $25 and released after payment.
Washington reports filed claims with the Spanish treaty claims commission for Cuba property losses and persecution. Names include Juan Portuondo Barcello $145,000 Cer vino Carabello $101,500 Jose M. Carabello Govin $136,270. Maine sinking victims listed: John J. Hardy $20,000 Mary E. Butler $20,000 Otto Rau $10,000 George H. Durking $20,000 Mary Bookbinder $20,000 James Clark $20,000 Ed A. Gordon $20,000.
Four Winnipeg residents drowned at Portage la Prairie while two of Thomas Davidson's daughters perished bathing in the Assinniboine. In Winnipeg the canoeing accident on the Red River claimed John McKenzie, nephew of William McKenzie of the Canadian Northern Railway, with no recoveries yet.
In Buffalo on July 12 the Retail Clerks International association session discussed labor groups nationwide. The convention voted to give the International Association of Machinists $1,200 to support its strike efforts.
A survey of European armies notes literacy rates among British soldiers at 95 versus 68 in 1860, and compares rations across Arctic regions. It mentions the Scots Guards average height of 6 feet 2% inches and costs of feeding soldiers in Greenland. Lieut Hobson links sailors' faults to absence of homes and women in a Boston speech.
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