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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
1
Gen Harrison passes away at 4 45 pm in Indianapolis after a prolonged decline. Funeral set for Sunday. Half mast flags mark the city as Col Harrison and Mrs McKee, son and daughter, miss bedside. Remains lie in state with cabinet members and friends viewing the scene.
Gov Durbin issues tribute from Indianapolis praising Gen Hare for lifelong public service. The proclamation highlights his military and legal career, unwavering faith, and dedication to duty in the War for the preservation of the United States and to the state and nation.
The governor pays tribute to a revered Indiana figure, acknowledging a life dedicated to public service and the state's enduring legacy. The proclamation, dated Indianapolis, declares the citizen a symbol of statesmanship, with the text signed by Governor WIXI OELDEF and Secretary of State.
Gen George T Harrison will be interred at Willamstown Sunday after a noon service at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev M Haines to lead. Gov Durham and state officers decide to keep the body in state in the rotunda next Saturday. Cabinet members and officials notified. McKinley to attend. President will travel from Indianapolis to attend and will plan a Washington return after funeral.
Fragmentary historical notice recalls Benjamin Harrison as the twenty third U S president born August 20 in Ohio Seatt Harrison’s ancestry links to William Henry Harrison and the Harrison family in Indianapolis It mentions his marriages to Lavinia Scott and later Mrs Maury Dimmock and notes a daughter Elizabeth a life event in his social sphere during the era This readable fragment hints at military service in the Spanish American era and public life but contains many garbled words and name spellings.
Gen Harrison served as counsel for Venezuela in the long celebrated arbitration with England. He spent months preparing, traveled to Paris with Mrs Harrison and the baby, received honors, and spoke before the arbitration committee. He later lamented the compromise verdict, preferring a merits ruling. APPOINTMENTS lists Springfield appointments by Gov Vater and a historic prayer by a woman. Illinois House defeated apportionment bills and oleomargarine labeling passed in Lansing.
London sources indicate a British cabinet meeting discussed possible peace terms with General Kitchener guidance and a future colony grant of free institutions. The report references negotiations with Gen Gotha, a conditional surrender policy, and potential promises tied to colonial governance amid ongoing global unrest.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach notes in parliament the United States exported 145 million dollars of roll and steel in 1900 and that most went to the United Kingdom. He cites year ending June 14, 1960, when iron and steel exports to Great Britain totaled 20 million dollars out of 106 million in total exports.
Corsicana Texas March 14 A mob of more than 5000 burned John Henderson a Negro who had confessed to murdering Mrs Younger. Officers failed to protect him and a stake was prepared in the courthouse yard. The crowd rushed the jail, seized Henderson, and he died by fire after about ten minutes. The inquest verdict followed.
Carnegie retires from native business life and donates 5 million dollars to endow a fund for superannuated and disabled Carnegie company employees. The gift does not affect the existing savings fund, which now holds nearly 2 million with 6 percent interest and home loan lending. Total contributions by Carnegie reach over 27 million, largely for libraries across 72 American and 27 European cities.
A ferocious March storm paralyses Michigan rail traffic from Grand Rapids northward. Dozens of trains stalled on Grand Rapids & Indiana and Pere Marquette lines. snow and icy conditions strand crews and threaten aid. Weather and safety concerns dominate dispatches as rail operations halt.
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