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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
9
The Times reports that the extreme Agrarians issued a manifesto breaking cooperation with those who voted for the grain tariff compromise in the Reichstag. The move follows dissatisfaction with the Clerical Conservative majority's tariff upshot and questions about the bill's parliamentary handling.
The Times Shanghai correspondent reports a debate at southern frontier Custom Houses over whether overland trade should incur duties under the new tariff protocol. The protocol covers maritime imports, but the Chinese text allows other interpretations. Officials show noticeable lack of information as the issue remains undecided.
Shanghai reports a Nanking telegram says Viceroy Sheng Chih Tung ordered the Nanking arsenal to sell ten obsolete vessels of the Nanyang fleet to the highest bidder. The sale follows criticisms of his finances and precedes a likely transfer of control of the China Merchants' Company to Yuan Shih Kai. Sheng is expected to keep the Railways directorship amid mounting pressures.
The Times Paris correspondent reports Prof Lacroix leading a scientific expedition to Martinique. He wires that undermining inside the crater cone causes large masses of incandescent lava to roll toward the Riviere Blanc, choking the river. Ashes from the crater measure over 100 degrees Celsius after a week of cooling.
In Port au Prince Haiti on December 16 Gen Nord is acclaimed president by troops after clashes and a mass exodus of government supporters to consulates. Gen Saint-Joix Colin seeks refuge at the US Legation as firing continues and Congress appears split between Nord and rival Seneque Pierre. Foreign residents report no danger.
Baroness de Roques visited her daughter Florence Maybrick at Aylesbury Prison in London on December 16. She found Maybrick in delicate health but cheerful. Due to interest from the Duchess of Bedford and others, Maybrick is receiving better treatment and has been moved from the manual labor department to the library.
The French consumptive home correspondence reports subscriptions opened by Le Figaro for a tuberculosis sanitarium at Bligny and Emile Roux dispensaries in Paris, totaling 338000 in funds raised so far.
Washington shoppers flocked to the Continental Memorial Hall for the Dolls Bazaar and Kettle Drum event tied to the Martha Washington Chapter DAR. Colonial dolls depicted ancestors with costumes from portraits drew hundreds from 4 to 10 pm. Mrs. Fairbanks chaired the flower table as local society leaders ran booths amid social prominence.
At a Chicago convocation President Harper announced John D. Rockefeller donated another 1 million dollars to the University of Chicago as part of gifts totaling 1.526 million. The endowment gift arrived with a keynote by William Henry Maxwell on The American Teacher.
The first United States cat show featuring only felines will open tomorrow at the Coliseum in Chicago. It will run from 10 A.M. to Friday night with 250 exhibits including cats from Maine Texas London New York and Kentucky. J Baldwin and William Vidal will judge with Canadian judges awarding premiums.
Moline Rock Island and Davenport producers, with $17 million in capital and 7,000 workers, form a local National Reciprocity League branch to press Congress for broader markets and faster national response to foreign trade barriers. They note a $19 million annual output and warn of growing panic if markets tighten.
Receiver Wing of Globe National Bank announces a final 7 percent dividend to creditors, approving a total of 107 percent paid amounting to about $200,000. Remaining assets total $1,000,000, with at most $100,000 likely to be realized for stockholders. Wing has recovered $6,992,888 of $8,400,000 at a cost of $73,000, with United States mining shares marked at $18 after failure.
Miss Katharine Stockley weds John Franklin Plummer Jr at Second Presbyterian Church Cleveland at high noon. Ceremony by Dr Paul Sutphen with bridesmaids Miss Marion Boise Miss Mary Rattle maid Edith Emily Plummer. Guests include Mr Mrs John F Plummer Sr Mrs Jotham Potter and out of town guests from Baltimore New York Lakewood N J. Reception at the Croxden and silver gifts to attendants.
Miss Mary Clark Treat wed George Henry Nettleton at the bride’s Courtlandt Hill home in Bridgeport. The bride, daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. Amos S. Treat, is among the city’s wealthiest women. the groom is a Sheffield Scientific School instructor at Yale. Clergymen were Dr. Charles Ray Palmer and Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. with Mrs. Foote as matron of honor and a quartet of bridesmaids. Best man Arthur E. Foote, ushers included Harry J. Fisher and others from New York, Scranton, and Cleveland. The couple will reside in New Haven.
Miss Marie Antoinette Squire daughter of Mr and Mrs Levi Henry Squire of 328 West Eighty-eighth Street married Charles Edward Manderlick yesterday at All Angels Protestant Episcopal Church on West Eighty-first Street and West End Avenue Rev S Delancey Townsend officiated The bridegroom’s sister Mrs John H Fngler was matron of honor maid of honor Miss Helen Maude Mabley Best man was William C Manderlick ushers included Henry W Stackhouse William J Beggs H W Abbott and Clayton Mayo A small reception followed the ceremony.
Charlotte Bayne daughter of the late William Bayne and Gardiner Corning married yesterday at her mother's residence 119 East Fortieth Street. Rev. Dr George C. Lorimer officiated. Maid of honor Virginia Lee Bayne, best man Bayard Dominick Jr, ribbon boys William Bayne and Carroll Smith Bayne.
Miss Sallie Silverman daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Silverman of 153 West 119th Street married Moses Goldsmith last evening at Delmonico's. Rev Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu El performed the ceremony. The bride wore white satin with duchess lace and tulle. Maid of honor Miss Anna Silverman wore pale pink silk and chiffon.
The Rev. Dr. James D. Burrell of Marble Collegiate Church urged sharper Gospel teaching and criticized pew rentals at the Presbyterian Union address in Brick Presbyterian Church East Orange. He warned ministers to show fire of faith and to avoid dull preaching while lamenting costly rhetoric.
Capt Rogers of the Twenty seventh Infantry faced a court martial for using disre spectful language toward Gen Davis. The verdict remained uncertain, with doubts he faced a serious judgment. He admitted thoughtless remarks before Gen Davis's aide de camp and cited illness and discouragement over denied leave as extenuation. Major Glenn's trial was postponed to January.
Washington reports show little local opposition to Sir Frederick Watts Love and Life after its move from the Corcoran Gallery to the White House. Col. Bingham notes the work is government property loaned to the gallery and now returned, with few critics beyond the eight-year-old temperance union objection.
Washington December 16 Senator Quarles of Wisconsin introduced a bill amending the antitrust law to bar monopolists from selling below local prices to forestall interstate competition. It imposes fines and possible imprisonment for individuals and corporate officers, with no recovery of purchase prices for violators and defenses for purchasers.
A letter to the Sixth Auditor’s office accompanied by 50 cents in stamps prompted a brief note on restitution. The sender, signing as ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN, repents for taking about 50 cents long ago and seeks to make amends.
Tonight Miss Gertrude Pell hosts a dance at the Pell home with dinners and small entertainments. Mrs Walden Pell presides over a lively programme while events with Mrs Rt Fulton Cutting and dancing classes drew gay crowds despite a heavy downpour. The engagement of Miss Helen T Olyphant to Prentice Strong is announced. Strong is the Yale 1901 graduate and Theron G Strong’s brother with ties to Miss Martha Howard Prentice.
Special to The New York Times reports a busy Washington dinner evening with the President hosting key leaders including Secretary of the Navy the Speaker and several Senators and Representatives. Ambassadors and their families attended, with numerous public figures and staff guests at various receptions and luncheons.
Washington views final services for Mrs. Grant with short religious rites in the city then interment beside Ulysses S. Grant at Riverside Park New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a car train for casket pallbearers and family. army officers in New York to attend in full dress. Meigs steamer to transport to the tomb. Secretary Root and other officials to accompany the party. Messages of condolence arrive from Princess Cantacuzene Gen Porter Robert Lincoln Carnegie Sage and others.
George Butler Magoun of Magoun Brothers & Co. died of heart disease at his Babylon Long Island country home after a brief illness. A Harvard graduate and NY Stock Exchange member since 1899 he left a widow Katharine Jordan and a daughter. Surviving brother Francis Peabody Magoun attends funeral. He belonged to the New York Racquet and Babylon Clubs and served as Christ Episcopal Church vestryman.
Gen. Frederick D. Grant commanding the Department of Texas arrived in San Antonio after a tour of army posts. He learned of his mother's death at Alice and, with Mrs. Grant, left for Washington on a special train.
In Aid of Crippled Children Auxiliary No 2 of the Guild for Crippled Children will hold its annual meeting at Tuxedo Hall Fifty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue tomorrow evening. Speakers include Dr H L Taylor Dr H P Mendes David Leventritt and Prof H Leipziger. Dr Lorenz the Vienna surgeon has promised to be present.
A shop feature highlights a silver umbrella stand with long square corners and a pen brush tray, plus an ink bottle set in crystal and silver. Descriptions include a cab themed ink bottle, red and black checkered paper boxes, Indian beads for curtains, egg shampoo in wooden eggs, perfumes, and miniature dollhouse furniture with tiny plants and candles.
The Senate adopted a Wetmore joint resolution to fund a bronze bust of President McKinley with 3000 dollars. It passed a bill for an additional District Judge in Minnesota and agreed to a Foraker amendment striking drills and instruction provisions from the Militia bill. A Columbus Day bill by Representative Martin proposed making October 21 a legal holiday.
New Orleans report states Gen George Moorman aged 61 died suddenly tonight at his desk in the New Orleans office. He served on the staff of Gen N B Forrest and other Confederate leaders, earning honors and commanded Moorman's Cavalry Battalion. He had led the UCV as Adjutant General since its founding.
Garza Galana former Governor of Coahuila Mexico died in Monterey Texas from throat cancer. Judge Alexander Martin dean of Missouri University Law Department died in Columbia Missouri of heart paralysis. Edwin W Bleneer longtime Brooklyn resident died in Oronoque Connecticut at 72. Dr Malcolm Ethan Parratt Brooklyn surgeon died at 55. Captain R C Tronesegard Staten Island resident died at Fingerboard Road aged 69 after five years illness.
Edson Thomas sixty of Thomaston Conn collapsed and died at Grand Central Station as he prepared to board the 1 02 P M train for home. He traveled with his valet Schwartz but was alone when he fell. Thomas was identified by papers in his pocket and rumored as an insurance man and nephew of Seth Thomas. He leaves a family of grown children.
Due to Mme Nordica illness the Met replaces Tristan and Isolde with Tannhauser on Friday. The cast mirrors last Saturday’s performance except Miss Bridewell is replaced by Mme Leggard as the shepherd.
Mrs W A Clark Jr wife of the senator’s son is very ill in Butte after she recently gave birth to a boy. A Denver specialist has been called as doctors show great anxiety over her condition.
Two wedding notices from December 16, 1902 record Charlotte Bayne daughter of the late William Bayne marrying Gardner Corning in New York City at 119 East 40th Street. Katherine Stockly of Cleveland wed John F. Plummer Jr. of New York City at Second Presbyterian Church in Cleveland.
Obituaries list multiple figures with details of death dates ages and funeral plans including C Otto Baese Edwin W Belcher Henry C Brandes Isaac T Carpenter John Edward Devlin Jr Elizabeth Franko Lillian M Hall Frances Harriman Josephine Gregory George B Magoun Eva A Salter Abigail Smith Sarah Louisa Weeks and others with residence addresses and service timings across New Rochelle New York City and surrounding areas
In Manhattan records the ages of individuals one year old or younger are recorded as one year. The practice standardizes young age entries in official documents and census notes.
Special notices urge prompt liberal gifts to the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association of New York City. December 27 is Hospital Saturday and December 28 Hospital Sunday. Contributions fund general care based on free aid to the sick poor, with designated gifts forwarded to the recipient hospital.
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