Services Over Late Senator Hanna Held Today
Today a solemn service was held for the late Senator Hanna with attendees paying respects and local officials expressing condolences. The ceremony reflected on his career and impact in public life.
17 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1904
Page
1
Today a solemn service was held for the late Senator Hanna with attendees paying respects and local officials expressing condolences. The ceremony reflected on his career and impact in public life.
The funeral and memorial rites for Senator Hanna drew dignitaries from all branches of government in the Senate chamber, with Dr Edward Everett Hale leading prayers and President Roosevelt and cabinet members present. The House adjourned in respect after the ceremony as Ohio mourned Hanna. Indianapolis officials later noted mine workers would honor the memory of Hanna and recognize his support for labor.
Puerto Plata February 17 government troops crushed a rebel advance into Santiago after rebels entered the city on Tuesday. They reached the government house and came under aerial and ground fire as government forces regained control amid heavy fighting.
News notes an upcoming ceremony for the Alexander Gordon monument erected by the Woodmen of the World at the cemetery. The event will be led by order members with the hour to be announced in the Record.
Dispatches describe Japanese forces in Korea opened to world commerce per Corean government. Reports from Kobe note a Russian guardship torpedoed in harbor and another vessel at port, with no injury to Japanese. Vienna dispatches from the Daily Chronicle correspondent.
A chaotic dispatch reports Russian forces seizing a Chinese treaty port and massing infantry in Manchuria. Rumors swirl that Count Cassini may be recalled. Separate items note 12 000 acres proposed for a Hondo reservoir at 20 per acre and 46th Colonial regiment being prepared for Far East duties amid political unrest.
In New York a speech by Charles A Towne says the Democrats of the West favor relocating the silver issue as the gold supply rises and public interest wanes. Reports describe action near Port Arthur with Japanese and Russian forces engaging, torpedoes fired and ships retreated amid snow storms. Also noted are notes on Chinese neutrality, Manchuria, and movements of Japanese troops toward the Yalu River with potential large-scale land operations.
Lucile McNeal a Black woman appeared for a preliminary examination on forgery. She is bound over to the grand jury in the sum of 500 dollars or jailed. The charge states she forged the name Earth via Brown on a First National Bank check.
John H. Schneider of Tucson Arizona was arrested in Washington on a charge connected with instigating land frauds. He was a witness before a grand jury investigating a broad set of cases tied to the inquiry. The report also notes market figures and unrelated financial data from the period.
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