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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
2
A compact weekly digest presents home and foreign items from the past seven days. It covers industrial developments, personal and political notes, and notable happenings at home and abroad.
The dispatch reports varied world and U.S. items: transport troops arrive in San Francisco from Manila with 564 soldiers. a Staten Island tug disaster kills four. Governor Gage of California arrested on criminal libel. long-distance train runs set new records. Treasury adopts a new public mail response system. Niagara falls death by suicide. coal mine consolidations near Springfield total 8 million dollars capital. other items include church and labor news, fires, riots, and notable crimes across multiple states.
Republican renominates E. B. Minor in Wisconsin Ninth. Alabama nominating Rev. W A Day for governor. Illinois J M NichollsDem, Ohio A H JacksonRep, Missouri Charles F JoyRep renominated. Mrs Louisa Wells 96 dies in LaPorte Indiana. Bryan wont run now may later. Grant grandson Vivian Sartoris engaged to Frederick Roosevelt Scovel. McMillan funeral in Detroit with simple rites. Capt C O Connor dies at Homer Nebraska. Frank Rice nominated for congress Sixth Town district. Ralph Bullock 104th birthday in Fort Hamilton. E A Hughes dies Clinton Iowa serving third mayoral term. Col William Arnold Hemphill dies Atlanta aged 66.
Reports to the war office state cholera is decreasing in the Philippines. Meanwhile, several international incidents unfold including paroles for harbor fraud suspects in Quebec and potential annexation moves for Haiti and San Domingo amid unrest.
The bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles Fair of San Francisco who died in a vehicle crash near Evreux France will be brought back for burial. Other items note insurgent threats in Panama, heavy British mail undelivered letters, and imperial actions in Asia and the Caribbean.
News from the Nor denskjold Antarctic expedition reports the vessel trapped in ice with dog sled preparations underway. Rescue of Patrick Botkin Michael Downing and William Dray after clinging to a gas buoy in Lake Erie follows a capsized fishing trip near Buffalo New York. The U S commerce report shows world trade at 238 billion with Great Britain leading, Germany second, the United States third. Charles M Schwab plans retirement from active business life seeking quiet abroad. Nancy Mitchell in Pensacola is stabbed and her body placed on a railroad trestle with a man named as responsible. Union Pacific car shop workers in Omaha strike over piecework, and 1000 shipyard workers walk out across New York yards after wage dispute. Two streetcar accidents in St Louis kill two and injure eight including Harry King and a picnic party of 18.
Norwegian explorers plan a south pole expedition in 1903. Cuba seeks admission to the International Postal Union. Demolition work on Newgate Prison in London has begun. Bishop Thomas O Gorman presented a gift to President Roosevelt from Pope Leo. A Prussian edict targets American lard and imported dams. Wesleyan University to build a $50000 observatory in Middletown Connecticut this year. Cleveland board of health fights use of dirty money. Edison says electricity will replace steam in less than three decades. Northern Securities earnings predicted at 150000000 next year. Anthracite coal strike may push households to bituminous coal this winter. War department to withhold officers as instructors unless schools raise standards. King Edward to visit Ireland February latest possibly November. French premier blames royalists for agitation over school closures. prosecutions to follow. Navy will hold contractors to strict accountability for nonperformance. no penalties remitted. Bethlehem Steel sold to United States Shipbuilding at about 26000000. Clashes erupt between people and troops over closing of unauthorized religious schools.
King Edward reviews the Portsmouth fleet at Spithead marking the coronation festivities. The parade showcases about a hundred ships with mixed combat power, including several obsolete or muzzle loaded vessels, while highlighting the display’s ceremonial rather than strategic value. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert leads the salutations as King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and dignitaries observe from the royal flotilla.
The Elgin Creamery company governing 135 creameries across Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin failed Saturday prompting the American Trust and Savings Bank to act as receiver with a $500000 bond. Assets are listed at 800600 liabilities at 350000 as the cause cited is inability to collect outstanding accounts. The firm headquarters are at 154 Lake Street and it began via consolidation of many independent plants.
Bishop O Gorman presented a mosaic picture from Pope Leo XIII to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The letter from the pope praised Roosevelt and noted Taft negotiations strengthen church US relations. O Gorman outlined friar land price, funds division, building titles, and wartime occupation compensation as next settlement topics.
Frank C. Andrews, a Detroit financier once called a Napoleon of finance, was found guilty Saturday of robbing the City Savings Bank, which had closed in February after looting of $1,576,000. The jury reached verdict in under two hours. sentence not yet imposed.
London dispatch reports that the German emperor’s telegram to the Bavarian prince regent criticizing the Reichstag and offering to fund art projects not voted by the Reichstag sparked a controversy over interference in Germany’s internal affairs. In Franklin, Pa, Mrs. Sarah Mackey died after sneezing 500 times in an hour, following hours of rapid sneezing.
Col. William A. Hemphill former mayor of Atlanta and founder of the Atlanta Constitution died suddenly Sunday night in Atlanta Georgia on August 18.
$100 award for naming the new Daily Limited train to California to begin service November 1 1902 via El Paso Short Line. Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company invite public participation with no fees. Send instructions to Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
An 19th century ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to cure painful swollen feet and ease shoe fit. It urges not to accept substitutes and offers a free sample from A. 8. Olmsted, Le Roy New York, with a moral quote from Ram's Horn.
An old advertisement extols Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments. It quotes testimonial from Wm. O. Endsley of Vanburen Indiana dated February 10, 1900, and promotes laxative Brome Quinine Tablets at 25 cents.
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