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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
A historical portrait of Giuseppe Musolino, famed brigand of southern Italy, detailing his violent career, trials, and the aura of demigod status he inspired among peasants and city folk. It traces his escape, vendetta killings, claimed immunity, and the mythic image that grew around him while in prison.
The United States approves raising Zanzibar import duties on American goods from five to ten percent to fund port maintenance and local expenses under British protection. Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud, 17, succeeds his father Hamoud bin Said as sultan after a regent governs until 21. Ali, chosen to exclude the Pretender Khaled, was educated in England at Harrow and is reportedly unambitious with a ferocious football style. He is wed to a royal princess aged eleven.
Newport buzzes as the duchess of Marlborough plans a visit with her mother Mrs Belmont and family to Bel court for the season. The entourage includes Mr Belmont and Mr and Mrs William K Vanderbilt Jr. Elab orate entertainments are expected. Mrs Sinnyvesant Fish delays her colonial ball. A separate event reports Miss Mary D Bassett lifted to the top of Armour plant chimney in a ceremony watched by 5000.
The president accepts the resignation of Associate Justice Horace Gray and names Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts to the vacancy. Gray, 74, has suffered strokes and long served on the bench since 1881. Holmes, born 1841 in Boston, is a noted jurist and former Massachusetts chief justice who will bring new energy to the court.
A granite arch monument near Columbus marks burial site of 2,260 Confederate soldiers at Camp Chase. Col. William H. Knauss led the project with support from William P. Harrison. The memorial includes a Confederate soldier statue, a flagpole, and flowers sent from many states. The enclosure spans about two and a half acres, with remains from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Louisiana, and unknown origins.
William Miller 63 ex sheriff of Scotland county Missouri and Civil War veteran died recently after overeating matches. He believed the phosphorax acted as a stimulant.
Governor Cummins selects Miss Elsie Macomber of Des Moines as sponsor for the cruiser Des Moines to be launched in Boston on September 20. The event will be a state affair with the governor, staff, state officers, and Des Moines officials in attendance. Macomber, daughter of J. K. Macomber, a prominent attorney, is a noted traveler and lecturer.
Dr Norris sent a horse to an Ohio farm for grazing but the animal rejected Buckeye fare and swam across the Ohio River back to Augusta Kentucky, illustrating a fondness for home.
A historical profile of Whitaker Wright, famed London promoter of speculative schemes, his use of Lord Dufferin as a figurehead for the London and Globe Finance corporation, the crashes that ruined investors, and Wright’s extravagant estate renovations at Lea Park including a glass roofed cavern and imported Italian fountain.
Mgr August Guidi auditor to the pope and confidential adviser to Leo XIII has been appointed apostolic delegate at Manila to continue negotiations over the friars removal and land purchases. A 66 year old Roman archbishop of Nicea Guidi wields great influence in Rome and is often named cardinal in pectore with promotion following the pope’s death or later consistory.
Dr Frank W Gunsaulus pastor of Central church and Armour Institute may accept a London pastorate at the City Temple, Holborn, led by Dr Parker. He preached there last Sunday on Anglo Saxon Civilization and sees vast philanthropic educational potential in a great school funded by London donors. In contrast, Senator Clark of Montana paid a barber in Butte only 50 cents, remarking Charley has a rich father.
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