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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
9
Ten thousand gathered at the Coliseum as President Roosevelt spoke in Omaha urging readers to study the coal strike commission report and act accordingly. He warned that capital and labor rise or fall together and condemned agitators while praising citizen responsibility and unity.
President Roosevelt started at 6 this morning from Omaha on a tour through Iowa and Nebraska. He broke ground for the Carnegie Library at Grand Island and spoke at the high school, then proceeded to Hastings with Governor Mickey and Senators Dietrich and Millard joining him. The itinerary includes Hastings Lincoln Fremont and other towns with a 5 p.m. Omaha arrival and planned entertainment for the party.
President Roosevelt arrived at Hastings at 10 15 am to address the forestry situation in Nebraska from the depot steps. A large crowd greeted him and after the speech he was taken for a drive where he spoke to school children from the carriage.
Lincoln Nebraska April 29 Roosevelt's special train arrived at 1 pm with a guardsmen escort and grand display. All schools colleges and stores were closed for the president's stay. A crowd filled the capitol grounds as the president spoke from a stand and stringent precautions were observed for security during the trip. In New York April 27 President Butler of Columbia University accepted Roosevelt's offer to accompany him on a western tour from April 24 to May 25.
Charles H. Lobb, assistant attorney for the Department of Justice, is named to fill temporarily the post vacated by James N. Tyner. Tyner was removed by Postmaster General Payne in Washington. The appointment places Lobb in the postal department’s top legal post, effective in April.
The United States Supreme Court ruled against Jackson W. Giles, a Black man, in his bid to challenge Alabama's constitutional suffrage limits. Giles sought registration as a voter through the Montogomery County board, arguing the state constitution violated political rights. The decision upholds the registration barriers under Alabama law.
Baron Gevers in Washington reports Holland’s government and people deeply thank Andrew Carnegie for his munificent donation to the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. The letter notes regard for Carnegie’s role in promoting justice and peace, contrasting with the horrors of war.
St Louis hosts the international convention of the Good Roads association with about a thousand delegates at the opening session. The event will run three days as trains bring more attendees. President Roosevelt is expected to close with the address late Wednesday.
The Protestant Alliance telegraphed the king’s Rome emissary expressing deep regret that a Protestant king would visit the pope described as anti Christ in church homilies. It urged the rumors of the visit be denied.
The War Department releases General Miles's report detailing water torture in Lipa Cebu and Leyte and the killings by troops under Lt Hennessy Caulfield and others. Major Watts investigated, Mills notes Glenn's brigade notoriety and misconduct by Bell Gains and Gaujot. Davis replies investigations continue, rice profits and military reconstruction discussed.
In Calvary church Pittsburg England’s George Francis Alexander Seymour Earl of Yarmouth wed Alice Cornelia Thaw daughter of the late William Thaw. The ceremony followed lavish wealth and a delayed 4 o clock start with 300 guests including Lyndhurst reception for 150. The couple depart for England after a brief honeymoon sailing soon.
Pittsburg April 29. The Earl of Yarmouth, just married to Miss Alice Thaw, faced two constables at his hotel who served a writ from the High Court of Justice London commanding him to appear within forty days in a case against the Revisionary and General Securities Co. The bill seeks principal and interest on a covenant in a mortgage dated September 8 1902 totaling £300 plus 20 percent interest, and £600 at 20 percent per year, with further interest. The Earl remained calm and said he would attend to it.
General Vasquez former president of Santo Domingo arrives at Guantanamo Cuba aboard a Dominican gun boat. About 150 political refugees accompany him.
United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa and Congressman Philip P. Campbell spoke at the Knife and Fork club banquet in Kansas City. Dolliver promoted McKinley era ideals, urging citizen voting and work as paths to a strong republic, praising the poor man’s country and criticizing easy answers.
Eastern rail roads vow to contest in court the Interstate Commerce Commission order reducing grain rates to the pre November 1 level. The commission had raised rates by about 10 percent on that date, and the roads refuse to comply.
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild Jr addresses 300 delegates of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association in Boston. He argues southern mills use cheap labor and long hours to grow while New England lags, urging nationwide factory law uniformity to protect workers and prevent Massachusetts from slipping to Alabama’s level.
In Muncie Indiana on April 27 turnkey Hughes confronted a convict strike in the stone pile quarters. Prisoners formed a union elected a speaker and president and refused to work without a larger meal. The turnkey confined them to solitary cells and imposed bread and water until they resume labor.
John Most, recently freed from Blackwell's Island, addressed anarchists in New York last night. He mocked John Mitchell as a fool or knave for not defying the anarchist strike commission and praised anarchists as the world’s pure and noble people, comparing rulers unfavorably to them.
Secretary Shaw is in Chicago arranging private matters before meeting President Roosevelt in Clarinda next Tuesday morning. He says the visit has no political or official significance.
Berlin reports the accouchement of the former Crown Princess Louise of Saxony is expected within a fortnight. Court officials physicians and nurses have arrived at Linda Lake Coastfince from Dresden with orders to bring the child to Dresden three weeks after birth.
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