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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
1
The Ohio Republican convention reconvened with overwhelming support for Senator Hanna after a day of speeches and district meetings. Governor Nash outlined pro corporate views while party leaders shaped the new state central committee and platform, amid Taylor declining renomination and Whiting urged to run for Congress.
Governor Stone met with Attorney General Elkie and United Mine Workers district presidents Thomas Duffy T. D. Nicholls and John Fahy in Harrisburg to review the strike situation in the anthracite region and discuss prospects for an early settlement. Fahy said the strikers are obeying the law and no violence is expected to warrant militia involvement.
Snow to nearly an inch fell in Terra Alta Berlin and nearby Allegheny points harming garden trucks and crops. A heavy hail storm damaged crops around Grafton West Virginia. Greensburg recorded brief snowfall as temperatures dropped to 50 degrees.
Captain Charles E. Russell of the eighth Infantry dies from cholera in Manila. He is the first officer to die. By May 28 there were 25 cholera cases and 26 American deaths in Manila and 13 cases with 10 European deaths. National totals show Manila 1195 cases 925 deaths and provinces 5001 cases 2878 deaths.
Washington reports Roosevelt plans several nationwide trips to boost the upcoming campaigns. He will speak at non political events and may visit Maine Vermont and the Middle West. A July Pittsburgh stop is planned though not as a campaign speech. The Senate failed to fix a Philippine bill vote date while the House passed the Shattuc immigration bill with liquor sale prohibitions at immigrant stations and in the Capitol.
A brief discusses extending the period to deport aliens who become public charges from one to two years and requiring that immigrants over 15 years old be able to read in some language. It notes loathsome or contagious disease as a factor for deportation.
A national funeral for Lord Pauncefote was held in Washington with a thousand troops escorting from the British embassy to St. John's Church. President Roosevelt, the cabinet, and numerous government officials attended. Bishops Mackay Smith and Satterlee led the service before the body was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery, to be sent to England by an American warship.
Cleveland May 2x delegates of the Eighteenth district faced surprise as R W Taylor of Columbiana county announced his withdrawal from the congressional race He cited choosing a political career over his profession and indicated he remains a candidate for governor though the action was described as irrevocable Taylor framed the caucus as reorganizing with Taylor as chairman and new committee appointments reported by the convention
Forty soldiers guard the American board mission at Pangchang under Arthur Smith as Shantung governor fears the Chili revolt may spread to the province. Ex Boxer elements and gentry linked to the trouble.
The Ohio Republican convention in Cleveland reassembled with Grosvenor presiding. C. D. Laylin was nominated for secretary of state by acclamation. On the fifth ballots, Crews named supreme judge after a multi-ballot contest. Ankeney, Kirtley, and others received nominations for state posts as the platform lauds McKinley and Roosevelt while endorsing labor, pensions, and Philippine policy. Lunch announced for May 30.
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