02 May 1901
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
1
Fovon Kaw L and Joseph Coleman are named as jewelry and watch dealers on West Side. The Crock Jewelrs Silver vara and Musical Instruments listings appear among street businesses on the South Side.
The piece notes Joseph Choate’s career on Abraham Lincoln and his praise, published by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. It advertises a cheap California excursion with Epworth League meeting details in San Francisco, July 6 to 13, and return by August 31, via Chicago a Milwaukee and St Paul Railway agents in Cleveland Ohio.
Special reduced rates to California Queen and Crescent route. Great opportunity to visit the Pacific coast with quick schedules and excellent train service. Ask Queen and Crescent ticket agents or address W C Rincarson P A Cincinnati for particulars. Guaranteed to cure Clinic Headache Wafers.
President travels toward New Orleans as Memphis hosts a vast welcome. Confederate veterans and crowds greet the party with salutes, parades, and roses while a cabinet on wheels meets en route. The Tennessee reception features speeches lauding volunteers and national unity.
A strong national sentiment pervades the country, unbounded by state or geography, coextensive with the Union and sustained by love for the nation. It remains heartfelt, not perfunctory, and shows the public’s pride in institutions and resolve to uphold them. It is powerfully in all who cherish the Union.
On the second day of Captain James A. Read trial in Manila he is charged with soliciting and receiving bribes and official misconduct. Testimony from Thomas Harries and others details payments and commissions to Read related to vegetables and beef deliveries. Several witnesses including Barry Baldwin and Adjutant General Garlington describe alleged irregularities and protective efforts by court and depot officials.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie annual meeting opens with talk Joseph Ramsey Jr to become president and Robert Blickensderfer as vice president and general manager Myron T Herrick to stay as chairman. Also notes smallpox cases near Parkersburg and a state geology appointment at Ohio State.
Steubenville reports the new hospital building erected and equipped at about 35000 is completed and opened to the public. Salem judge Hole rules the screen ordinance unconstitutional, fining several saloonkeepers. Youngstown hosts Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio Baptist Convention beginning May 10. Republic Iron and Steel Hazelton plant resumes three finishing mills this week amid talks National Steel offices may locate here.
General Portuondo of the Cuban commission says the Platt amendment section 3 is a stumbling block, but President McKinley's assurances quell fears of a standing US army in Cuba. He cites 99 percent of Cubans desire independence and sovereignty, seeking US help only if needed to defend their international affairs.
A quoted exchange projects Cuban independence by February 24 1902 with assertion that the United States will declare Cuba a sovereign nation and that Washington will announce its status to the world. The dialogue reflects optimistic forecast about Cuba becoming a nation in the near future.
New York May 1 aggregate stock sales Tuesday rose beyond Monday with United States Steel common and preferred totaling about 648 000 shares. Single hour volume topped one million shares as Leyland line absorption by J P Morgan spurred consolidation speculation. Northern Pacific faced profit taking while Atchison dividend talk supported the outlook for eastern railroads and U S Steel held up with modest gains amid irregular bond activity.
Markets notes cover wheat oats and butter prices, with No. 2 red wheat around 83 to 84 cents, corn and oats quoted, dairy products including butter and cheese listed, live cattle hogs and sheep prices summarized, and a legal note about a Cumberland Maryland canal sale timing affecting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Washington May 1 Cardinal-elect Sebastian Martinelli received the consistorial letter and red hat from Count Stanislaus Colacichi, a papal guard messenger. The ceremony at the papal legation was brief, with dinner to follow and oath to be taken later in the week.
Lady Sybil GCuffe married W Bayard Cutting Jr at All Saints Church London on May 1 in a quiet ceremony. The bride wore ivory satin with Brussels lace and pearl and diamond ornaments. Eight bridesmaids accompanied, and Joseph M Choate, the U S ambassador, attended with embassy members. A reception followed at the bride’s parents’ residence.
A note threatening the kidnapping of Dr William B Miller's children was received. Miller, a dentist in Altoona Pennsylvania, reported the threat to authorities.
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