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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
3
In Andrew D White's reminiscences a U S ambassador recalls vexing cases in Berlin including a American suitor barred from marriage due to endless German bureaucratic demands. A frightened fiancé seeks help to marry a German fiancée, facing Taufschein and banns paperwork and onerous bonds. The diplomat crafts dispensing affidavits and seals to secure the union and avoid embargo.
Bulgaria remains formally a tributary state of Turkey yet acts with notable independence. Ferdinand, 26 at election in 1887, has weathered sultanic objections and European ridicule to hold the Bulgarian throne for 16 years. A May cabinet shift brings Gen. Petroff as prime minister, replacing Daneff seen as Moscow-influenced. New Bulgarian leadership signals firm direction amid Balkan tensions.
Ex President Grover Cleveland and Mira Frances Folsom welcomed a son at Buzzard’s Bay on July 18, the fifth Cleveland child. The family, long linked to Washington and New York, includes Ruth born October 13, 1891, Esther born September 9, 1893, Marion born July 7, 1895, and Richard Folsom Cleveland born October 28, 1897, adopted as Princeton’s mascot.
Dr Monnier of the Paris Academy of Medicine described a young man who entered St Joseph's hospital May 19 with severe stomach pains. Operation on June 25 removed 25 foreign objects totaling half a pound, including eight tea spoons, a three pronged fork, a four inch knife blade, a key, a long tooth comb, and other items. The patient survived and had attempted suicide by swallowing his items.
Speculators and large corporations exploit the timber and desert land acts and the homestead commutation clause to seize vast tracts of irrigable land. The senate committee report cites millions of acres churned into private hands, with land worth far more than sale prices, risking the nation’s great public domain. The World calls for repealing laws favoring speculators and preserving a single path to land—five years of residence and cultivation.
Robert Shaw Oliver, long prominent in Albany life and New York state national guard circles, will become assistant secretary of war. Born in Boston, he served in the Civil War with the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, later rose to staff roles, and rejoined the regular army in 1866 before resigning in 1870 to marry and settle in Albany. He later led the Albany state camp at Peekskill and became brigadier general of the fifth brigade. Oliver has multiple children, including a daughter who married Joseph H. Choate Jr.
Geronimo and twelve Apache warriors, prisoners at Fort Sill, publicly joined the Methodist church in Fort Sill. A large Indiana and white crowd witnessed a baptism after a sermon in which an interpreter from each tribe recited the words of the preacher.
No kindling wood is needed as Maories cook potatoes and vegetables using volcanic heat. New Zealand has a few volcanoes and some Maories live in the mountains near them. The volcanoes are used as cooking stoves.
Col Morris B Belknap a nominee for Kentucky governor by the Republican state convention heads the Souths largest hardware firm. A veteran of the Spanish American War he served as lieutenant colonel and colonel of the First Kentucky volunteers. He is a seasoned organizer and politician in the campaign.
Clarence W. Mackay rises as president of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable companies. The 29 year old heir follows his father John W Mackay, directing all branches and details while expanding the Pacific Cable linking the orient. He values work over fame, summers at Roslyn Long Island, and sails Colonia daily between rural stand and New York.
Booker T. Washington cites two factors driving a surge of Black residents from rural areas to cities: education for colored children and stronger police protection. Between 1890 and 1900 the colored population grew about 18 percent, faster than whites at 32 percent, with cities gaining at country districts. Data show dramatic gains in Charleston D C Jefferson County Ky Shelby County Tenn Fulton County Ga Baltimore Washington Duval Warren St Louis Galveston. Additional growth appears in Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburg and New York City areas. A further motive is higher wages and better opportunities in urban centers.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, writing as Carmen Sylva, pens a play weaving the tale of a Roumanian knightly prince who is wounded and cared for by a countryman. The prince and the countryman’s daughter fall in love but the heroine becomes a nun, the prince a monk, delivering a moral that peasant and prince marriages are unnatural. A Plainfield New Jersey colored church posts etiquette reminders for attendees.
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