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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
2
A sprawling weekly digest reports shootings death and court cases in Georgia Indiana and California. It notes a Harlem track record a Philadelphia baseball tragedy and a string of embezzlements robberies and lynching attempts.
Gen E E Bryant ex dean of Wisconsin law school and fish commission chief died on a train near Toronto. B L Woodward trap shooter with national fame died at his Brockton home aged 38. Ex Gov Lubbock aged 87 wed Miss Lou Scott aged 40 in Abilene Texas. Mrs Maria Letitia Lish oldest Baltimore resident died at 102. Mr and Mrs John L Wayne born same day 68 years ago died within hours of each other and were buried together in Albany New York. President and callers discuss financial legislation during extraordinary session talks at Oyster Bay.
A broad roundup notes 94 bodies recovered from a Paris underground wreck, three trains burned, and Jamaica hurricane damage at 12 million dollars with up to 200 deaths. Also covered are Pius X fainting during mass, Turkey Macedonia violence, Vesuvius activity, Vatican intrigue in sealing apartments, and political shifts in Bulgaria and Colombia.
The pope has given 20000 dollars for distribution among Rome’s poor. Bryant Beegle, 9, of Detroit, was killed in a trolley wagon collision near Buffalo. Charles M Schwab denies plans to organize a US tailors alliance. A Saxony train derailment near Rothenkirchen Ober Kri nitz leaves three dead and 40 injured. A fatal shooting in Germantown PA. A Fort Wayne banker, W L Pettit, commits suicide aged 63. Allegheny county stone cutters strike for 60 cents an hour. 15,000 others affected. NYC roof battle ends with suspect wounded and surrender. USS Chattanooga and torpedo boats Nicholson O’Brien contracts canceled. vessels to be completed at government yard. European automobile tourer Gliddon reports 3590 miles and Arctic Circle crossing with US flag left at Swedish government.
Gen Miles becomes president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association. Wall Street ranks Rockefeller ahead of Morgan as top financier. A two ton monster cheese will be produced in New York for the St Louis exposition. Frederic MacMonnies chosen to sculpt Gen McClellan statue in Washington. Jacob S Johnson the sole surviving member of Peary’s Japan expedition. Charles Emery buys Grand View park to create a free sanitarium for poor children. Dave Tohee elected chief of the Iowa tribe in Oklahoma. King Edward and Queen Alexandra travel with 200 tons of trunks to Ireland. Capt Henry Hash the last surviving officer of the Aroostook war militia. L O Emerson marks 82nd birthday in Boston. North Carolina supreme court upholds $450 verdict over campaign egg attack in 1900. Davis Elkins College cornerstone laid at Elkins West Virginia. Miss Mary B Bixby finds first lighthouse keeper commission. George Washington signs appointment of Joseph Greenleaf at Portland Head. Privy Councilor Luig urges German engineers to visit US for factory innovations.
Curtis Jett and Thomas White were convicted of the Jackson Kentucky assassination of James B. Marcum and sentenced to life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was overruled and an appeal filed with a 60 day stay.
In San Francisco on a Friday night James J. Jeffries defeated Jim Corbett nine rounds and a half before Corbett’s seconds signaled Referee Graney to halt in the tenth. Jeffries connected with a left to Corbett’s stomach and followed with a straight right, sending Corbett to the canvas twice before the final stoppage with Ryan signaling.
Constantinople reports 150 revolutionists killed at Sorovitch on August 9 as insurrection spreading daily. Hilmi Pasha says Bulgarian villagers flee to mountains to join insurgent bands, while many peasants forced to aid revolutionary committees.
Cheyenne Wyoming August 17 State Engineer Fred Bond dies from hemorrhage after weeks of typhoid fever He was a noted irrigation expert The Jewish Massacres Kishineff riot reports list 41 Jews killed and 303 wounded with limited police action by Odessa authorities.
Pittsburg August 12 The Hunt Foundry and Machine company of New Kensington voluntary assigned in West Moreland County courts Greensburg. Assets listed at 77 380 liabilities 25 572
Kingston reports place Port Antonio wiped out with only six houses standing. United Fruit facilities demolished as banana plantations collapse and trade stalls. death toll rising toward fifty with 10 million dollars in property loss. Destitution and hunger drive refugees seeking aid from American donors.
Gilbert Twigg a 30 year old man described as insane opened fire on a 5000 strong crowd at a band concert in Winfield Kansas killing three and wounding twenty including six fatally. Twigg was killed by a policeman as three others died and the crowd learned of his background as a miller and veteran.
The Londequoit, an American challenger, won the deciding race on Thursday and wrested the Canadian Cup from across the water. The trophy will rest at the Rochester Yacht Club until a Canadian boat can reclaim it.
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 14 a Vandalia freight two sections collided 18 miles east of Effingham. The second section struck the front section at one o'clock this morning. The engineer and fireman of the second section and another man are reported dead.
Vacant leadership in the Iowa Brigade Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias is filled as Col. J F Kingsbury of Des Moines is elected unanimously to succeed Brigadier Manchester of Ottumwa, who died about a month ago, at a brigade meeting in Council Bluffs.
Oliver Everett Roberts long time cashier at the U S assay office in New York and former consul at Hong Kong died at his Orange New Jersey home from paralysis.
George B. Evans, manager of the American Transfer company, shot his wife Lillie Maude Evans at their Kansas City home. He then fled and was found dead in Mount St. Mary’s cemetery from a self-inflicted gunshot. The 26 year old Mrs Evans had filed for divorce the prior week alleging drunkenness and cruelty and sought $800 rent for a barn. Evans, born in Kentucky 38 years ago, built his transfer business with funds from the woman he killed.
Georgia prison commission report confirms the warden acted within authority in whipping Mamie de Crist but calls the punishment an error. It also states the resignation of Warden Allagood was voluntary and tied to prejudice from the De Crist affair.
An 8 second quake was felt in Alton at 3:54 AM causing alarm and waking residents. People suspected powder mills or lead works explosions while plastering loosened in the Methodist church auditorium on Sixth Street. East Alton bricks and glass were disturbed.
The encampment of the Union Veterans' union and the Women's Veteran Relief union closed sessions after electing officers. Franklin B. Hutchinson of Rochester was reelected commander in chief, with Gen. D. W. Gould of Chelsea Mass as deputy commander in chief and Col. Richard L. Gorman of St Paul as second deputy commander in chief. J. W. Morgan of Illinois became surgeon general and Rev. B. T. Miller of Sodus N Y was chosen chaplain in chief.
Moses Rockwell Crow, once a millionaire and projector of water companies, died a pauper at Ward's Island State Hospital. His body was laid in a mausoleum he built in Falls City Nebraska during his prosperous years.
The New York based America cup races between Shamrock III and Reliance begin off Sandy Hook next Thursday and are expected to be the closest in history with both boats described as the fleetest yet built.
In New Haven on August 17 a gas leak led to the discovery of two dead bodies, a man and a woman, in a hotel room. A gas jet was found turned on and the deaths appear to be due to asphyxiation. identities were not yet known.
Berne reports an enormous Alps death toll this season with 300 accidents already logged from the Jura to Austria. The widespread danger involves all districts, and the casualty figure includes 150 deaths.
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