Article March 9, 1899 Issue

A Cordial Welcome

Mr. Joseph H. Choate, the new United States ambassador to the court of St. James, arrived at Southampton at four o'clock on the afternoon of March 1, on the American line steamer St. Paul, from New York.

The mayor and sheriff boarded the ship and welcomed the ambassador in behalf of the corporation. Mr. Choate was met by Lieutenant J. C. Colwell, the United States naval attache, instead of by Mr. Henry White, the United States charge d'affairs, who was attending the Drawing-room at Buckingham Palace, London.

The president of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce presented Mr. Choate with an address, tendering him the most cordial welcome, and saying: —

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