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- The Commercial Tribune, Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 May 1905
Cincinnatian Weds Russian Princess In the War Zone
Harry D. Bassett Write His Father Here That He Has Won the Hand
of a Nobleman?s Widow
Harry D. Bassett, son of S.M. Bassett, and formerly prominent in athletic and social circles of Cincinnati, has won and wed a Russian Princess. Delayed information has just reached S.M. Bassett of a wedding in the far East whereby his son became the husband on February 22, 1904, of the Princess De Pickhoff, widow of a Russian nobleman.
Some time ago Mr. Bassett received a photograph, the one produced here-with, of his son in the veranda of his home in Penang, India. With the picture was the note: ?The lady in white is my wife.? That was his first intimation that his son was married. A letter just received from the young mans Says:
Married a Year Ago
?I was married a year ago, on Washington?s Birthday. My wife was the widow of Prince D. Pickhoff and succeeded to his title. Her brother-in-law, Chief of Police at Moscow, Baron ???, was recently assassinated. Hope to take a trip to America next years.?
Harry D. Bassett went to the far East two years as the representative of an American promoting company, the Shanghai-HongKong Loan and Investment Company. In its service he had resided in various Oriental cities and has so distinguished himself n affairs of American business enterprise that it is a matter of considerable surprise to his friends here that he should have found time to woo and win a Princess of the Russian blood.
Sees the Russian Fleet
This is the case, however, and the tone of his letter indicates that his sympathies have gone to the people of his wife?s nation. he says further:
?On my way here I passed the famous Russon fleet that has been causing so much talk. They are quite a bunch, and I fancy the Japs will have their work well cut out for them when they mix it up.
?I can not understand why our people are so pro-Japanese. The chances are that if they win this war, which is very likely, the future of the white people here will be very grave. By ?here? I mean the East generally. They certainly will bag the whole persimmons.?
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