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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
2
A broad survey of domestic and international events features John Winters’s vault looting at Selby smelting works, a Canadian Cup note, the Invader winning at Chicago, and legal actions in Maryland and Illinois. Reports include disasters at sea and land, strikes, fires, and a broad tally of political and economic developments across the United States and abroad.
The Pennsylvania state convention adopts a platform centered on state issues while Bryan and free silver are ignored. Harmon Yerkes is nominated for supreme court. Virginia Democrats approve a Bryan praising platform after a long convention argument. Edwin Manning dies at 86 in Keosauqua Iowa. estate valued at 3 million dollars. Francis M Binion marks his 101st birthday in Pana Indiana. Erastus H Lewis, Jersey City fat man champion, dies at 35 weighing 440 pounds. Thomas Murphy, former New York port collector under Grant, dies at 81.
Lieut. Grant of the Sixth Cavalry captures Col. Cabrera in Batanzas. President Castro of Venezuela allegedly aims to seize the Isthmus of Panama to compel the United States for a canal concession. Edward P. Thompson, Havana postmaster, is fined 400 dollars and jailed six months for fraud. American coal displaces British in Switzerland as a syndicate eyes a monopoly. Lord Kitchener moves on Hondweni near Zululand as General Botha concentrates 4,000 Boers. a major engagement is anticipated.
Count von Waldersee may become a prince for his China work. Naples endures a serious grasshopper plague. Nearly half of Chinese seekers for admission to the United States at San Francisco are refused. Havana tobacco merchants seek lower Cuban duty. Jesse Haney, founder of early comic papers, dies in New York at 71. Arizona irrigation ditches open 545 miles at $1.51 million. Pueblo judge rules revenue law invalid for lack of proper enactment. Fort Scott road absorption boosts St. Louis & San Francisco in the Southwest. American syndicate negotiating to buy 40 Belgian glass works worth $4 million. Glen Gardner, 17, confesses to killing a friend for $7.50. Estrada Palma’s Havana letter signals unwillingness to run for Cuba’s presidency. Rev. A. A. James marks 15th anniversary sermon in Union County South Carolina. Alaska gold may bring $25 million into the U S treasury this season. West announces effort to form a professional football association including Milwaukee Chicago St Louis Detroit. Lt Commander James C. Cresap dies of blood poisoning in Norfolk. Wilkes county in Georgia reports a rich ore and gold find with affidavits.
McKeesport forms a senate of labor with three delegates per union to oversee a strike. Buffalo Nut and Bolt in North Tonawanda closes, 500 workers laid off due to steel scarcity. Georgia cotton first bale sells at ten cents a pound in New York. Sugar refiners cut all grades by ten points to 5.25. Pittsburg guard McBride shot by unknown man. Vessels for Army Navy delayed by San Francisco labor troubles. Union Iron Works under contract for six warships and two torpedo boats including the Ohio. Textile workers union plans a November convention in Washington to disband and join the AFL. Thomas J. Matthews, former Lackawanna official, commits suicide in Oliphant. Anonymous letters threaten National Guard duty in Somerset, with postal authorities informed.
A fire at waterworks crib No 2 near Cleveland killed five men by burning and four by drowning, with eleven trapped underground for hours. Rescue attempts saved others, but one rescuer died. Two men pulled alive after days in the tunnel describe extreme exposure and starvation.
News from Glens Falls N Y reports a noon Wednesday stage robbery near North River. A masked robber shot a horse and forced seven men and one woman to surrender cash and mail and express packages before vanishing into the woods.
St Louis officials announce the arrest of William Clinton and Charles J Leonard ticket brokers for swindling customers. Police recovered a vast trove of tickets and passes, with railroad authorities estimating a conservative value around 50000 dollars. many items are believed forged.
Lord Kitchener reports a South African constabulary party surprised a Boer laager near Middleburg in Cape Colony. Twenty three Boers were killed. The constabulary suffered one dead and six wounded. Fourteen men are missing.
Washington Aug 15 Lieutenant General Miles commanding the army has issued a general order to elevate army standards. It urges officers and men to uphold duty, patriotism, discipline, physical development, self-respect, self-reliance and resourcefulness amid many newcomers with limited service experience.
Letters praise Peruna as a cure for long standing female ailments and bearing down pain with claims of renewed health. The piece notes free summer treatment offered by Dr Hartman with confidential correspondence and no charges for the advised program at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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