21 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
1
The Grand plan details a 32 story building at Broadway and Thirty third street in New York. The lot measures 118 feet on Broadway and 97 feet on Thirty third street making it the citys tallest structure.
A long obituary and funeral plan describe Benjamin Harrison’s death in Indianapolis, with details of state and national mourning. The piece notes presidential and foreign official attendance plans, a state casket, flag half-mast, and a large public procession as Indiana and the nation honor the late soldier, statesman, and neighbor.
Dispatches from Pekin and London report Russian forces seizing a railway siding at Tientsin with armed guards. British and Russian tensions rise as debates in London and Berlin focus on China’s integrity and possible war in the Orient.
The body of Gen Harrizon lay in the front parlor before removal to the stationhouse. Pall bearers named include active members A L Masog James Whitcomb Riley Evans Woollen Harry J Muit sav Difford Arrick William C Bobb Harry 8 New Howard Cale John L Griffiths Newton Booth Tarkington Hilton A Brown Samuel Reid. Honorary pall bearers include Gen Benjamin F Tracy John Wansmaker W H H Miller John W Noble Charles Foster Judson Harmon William A Weoda and Gen Lew Wallace.
A Saxonville resident sparked a bank run on the Natick Five-Cent Savings Bank by reporting the bank had failed. Hundreds gathered in Framingham and Saxonville as doors opened delays caused panic, but officials found no failure and cash remained to meet all demands.
A Cuban foreign relations committee privately met and unanimously rejected the Platt Amendment in its current form. Senor de Quesada said the panel has the support of 28 delegates and will file individual opinions for a final report, delaying a definitive conclusion but affirming intent not to accept the amendment as is.
Andrew Carnegie will donate 7,000,000 to St Louis for a public library. Half funds the central structure and half funds branch buildings in surrounding districts. The gift carries standard conditions and follows efforts by Rev. John Nicotla of the Second Presbyterian Church, with Carnegie’s philanthropy guided by Mr. Garneghe.
Manitoba premier Thomas Greenway writes on farming in the province from long experience since 1878. He urges diversified farming, proper use of fodder and manure, warns against overreliance on wheat, and promotes homesteading and better land use to ensure profit and sustainability for settlers.
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