09 May 1902
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1902
Page
1
The document outlines massive sums and complex provisions for White Star navigation interests. It details stock structure including 6 percent preferred and common stock, ownership transfers, and payments tied to ship acquisitions and vessel operations. Legal and financial terms reference Dominion and American holdings, with dates and supervisory clauses.
Hetty Green the financier received a police permit to carry a revolver after a weeklong application. She said a clique of men threatens her life, with names said to be written on slips in three banks in New York and Boston. Green noted her father and husband may have died under foul play and plans to obtain similar permits in other cities.
Isadore H. Duke of Watertown testified before the Philippine committee about water cures on a native with Lt Conger and Capt Glenn present. He described Panay house burnings and said prisoners and peaceful natives were treated kindly. He mentioned January Manning and Captain Grese ordering the water cure to elicit information about Private O Learn, who died. Senator Patterson urged summoning Sixto Lopez's daughter, but no action was taken.
Albany May 1 Judge Earl Referee in the franchise tax case declares the New York state franchise tax law constitutional and parties must pay to their localities. The act, debated since Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was amended to be less drastic. Proceedings move to the appellate division and court of appeals as counsel for corporations and the state present arguments.
President Mitchell of United Mine Workers reported that anthracite workers propose submitting all issues with operators to an impartial arbitration board selected by the National Civic Federation. Operators were sent the proposal by wire. The miners’ convention adjourned with no reply from operators, and a strike seems unlikely as sentiment leans away from radical action.
A readable fragment notes Ville Ra securing a district result in Midale Boro. The brief mentions a gain in local property or council stakes and hints at a civic outcome.
Sen Burton of Kansas lauded General Funston, defending his conduct in the Philippines war while noting isolated wartime cruelties as common to all armies. He contrasted Fiery events with Fort Pillow and Mountain Meadow massacres, urging restraint in labeling U.S. forces. Rep Carmack of Tennessee challenged Funston’s honesty, accusing him of falsification.
Mrs TomasEst Palma sails from New York on the Ward Line Havana to join her husband, who will be inaugurated president of Cuba on May 20 in Havana. She travels with five children and friends, due to arrive Monday morning. The Havana social hall buzzed with flowers as a levee accompanied the voyage. She expressed regret at leaving the United States and gratitude to the American people for their kindness.
Residents of St George on the French shore complain of depredations by French fishermen recently arriving there. Local fishermen carry suns in their hants to protect their herring nets as an extra police force is ordered to the scene.
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