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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
2
World News in Brief from The Times
Seven killed and many injured in collision on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad at Pierson Michigan. A storm wrecked three steamers at Nome Alaska with 15 drowned. Rioting follows New York policeman Thorpe murder. 15 Italian detectives to shadow anarchists in the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Pierson
Mich
Nome
Alaska
Thorpe
New York
United States
Chicago
Cape Nome
St. Thomas
N. D
Beckham
Kentucky
Alfred Mulkin
Rockford
Irc
Pittsburgh
McKinley
Washington
Canton
O. Henry Lippert
Milwaukee
International Typographical Union
George Griffin
Wilson
N. J
Griffin
Illinois
James J. Hill
Samuel Amidon
Ashtabula
Confederate Association of the Army of the Tennessee
J. B. Gordon
David C. Powers
Grand Rapids
John F. Wolle
Harvey
O. Wolle
John V. Gottschalk
Cressey
Atkins
Howard
Eliott County
Lake Shore
Sandusky
National Bank
Somerset
Roanoke
Seattle
Skaguay
Liberty City
Atlantic City
Smithfield
King Humbert
Adams _ Express company
Burlington
Rock Island Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Political Nominations Across States and Notables Die
Republicans nominate J M Frink for governor in Washington and W L Jones with F W Cushman for congress. Liberty congress at Indianapolis backs Bryan. deaths include Chief Justice Henry Green and ex Senator John J Ingalls. Democrats nominate in several states and plan conventions in New York and Saratoga Springs. Liberty congress endorses Bryan with 15 dissenters. independents set for New York meeting September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tacoma
J. M. Frink
King
W. L. Jones
F. W. Cushman
Liberty Congress
Indianapolis
George S. Boutwell
Massachusetts
Joseph J. Harris
Marion
Ill
Indiana
W. J. Houk
Iowa
G. W. Crozier
Michigan
F. C. Fowler
Wisconsin
E.H. Schweppe
Roosevelt
Rocky Mountains
J. N. W. Rumple
Congress
Bryan
Henry Green
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
John J. Ingalls
Atchison, Kan
Las Vegas
Hot Springs
N. M
New York
Collis P. Huntington
Charles Stickles
Oneonta
N. Y
John G. Hawley
Detroit
Mich
Atchison, Kaw
Tennessee
R. A. Pierce
North Carolina
John D. Bellamy
Foreign forces reach Peking amid armistice talks and legation guard
Washington rejects accepting a Chinese escort for legations insisting allied troops be admitted to the city. Reports say international forces near Peking and possibly inside the capital have rescued diplomats via an armistice. News notes Armenia, Dewet, Steyn, and the emperor’s flight with the empress dowager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peking
Gran
Hungary
Imperial
France
United States
Armenia
London
Dewet
Delarey
Steyn
Orange Free State
Francis Joseph
Vienna
China
Emperor Kwang-Hsu
Hsian Fu
China Fall and Empress Captured Reported in War Dispatches
Dispatches confirm Peking fell as empress dowager and emperor were reported captured and the city bombarded. Allied losses in China run high with 1500 casualties cited. Venezuela ex-president Andrade dies in Caracas. Lord Roberts slated to replace Lord Wolseley as British commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
B. C
Germany
China
Lord Roberts
Lord Wolseley
Ignacio Andrade
Venezuela
Caracas
Peking
Forbidden City
Empress Dowager of
Remey
de Wet
Kitchener
Buller
Delarey
Minor News Items Across The Nineteenth Century
Sage gives a New York picnic for poor children in Poughkeepsie. Turkish sultan orders telegraph line India to Constantinople. New York to ban prize fights from September 1. Western railroads predict heavy fall cattle shipments. 81 year old J L Wilkinson marries 71 year old sweetheart after 50 year quarrel. Florida man buys swamp land to breed alligators. 100 year old Sergt John R Carroll joins Warren post G A R. Parade brick apolog y delivered after 30 years. Baron Iveagh to fund Dublin artisan dwellings costing over £60,000. Norwich Ontario death by own action on wife’s grave. murder suspected. Mrs Rachell Terrell dies in Concordia Kansas after 61 years of marriage. Colorado labor report shows gains in jobs and wages. British emigration up 5,974 in six months to 73,138, with 47,374 to the United States. Count Boni de Castellane financially embarrassed. Chateau de Marais to be sold at auction. Paris says his wife declines further money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Sumatra
Turkey
India
Constantinople
New York
J. L. Wilkinson
Tannery
Florida
Swan Bridges
John R. Carroll
Warren Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Brooklyn
Dublin
Iveagh
Ulrich Ruppecht
Norwich
Ont
Rachell Terrell
Concordia
Kan
Commissioner of Labor
Colorado
United States
United States. Count Boni de Castellane
Chateau de Marais
Paris
Jay Gould
Ingalls Famous Kansan Dies in New Mexico
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls, prominent Kansan and writer, died in East Las Vegas New Mexico on August 16 after a long illness dating from 1899. Surrounded by his family, he had traveled seeking relief in climate changes before settling in New Mexico. Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal church in Atchison and he was interred at Mt. Vernon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
John J. Ingalls
East Las Vegas
New Mexico
Scarcity of steel workers disrupts nationwide construction
Reports note a shortage of structural steel workers across the United States. Pittsburg faces urgent demand for 250 riggers and builders for an ongoing union station project. Pennsylvania railroad shops in Altoona and Juniata push 13 hour days to meet engine orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Juniata
W. E. McCurdy
Electric Light Plant
San Diego
Cal
Skagway
Dawson
Yukon River
Stewart River
Lehigh Valley Road
Wilkesbarre
Pittsfield
Mass
May Fosburg
R. L. Fosburg
Buffalo
N. Y
Indiana
Million-Dollar Street Railway Sold Toward Allegheny Consolidation
Pittsburg August 17 M K McMullin a broker and Union Traction Co organizer bought the West End Traction Co for nearly 4500000 in cash. The deal appears to place the West End Passenger Railway under Union Traction and pave plans to unify several Allegheny County lines including Consolidated Traction United Traction Monongahela and West End. The West End serves Pittsburgh and branches to Crafton Carnegie MeKee's Rocks Neville Island Coraopolis Ingram Sheridan and Mount Washington. McMullin declined to discuss future operations, urging the public to draw its own conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
M. K. MccMullin
Philadelphia Co
Union Traction Co
West End Traction Co
West End Passenger Railway Co
Union Co
Consolidated Traction
United Traction
Monongahela Traction
West End Traction Companies
Allegheny
West End
Mainittsburg
Crafton
Carnegie
MeeKee’s Rocks
Neville Island
Coraopolis
Ingram
Sheridan
Mount Washington
McMullin
Chased by a Mob Threatens Lynching in Chicago street
William Fikua a colored man from Nashville Tennessee snatched a pocketbook, led police on a long chase, fired three times at officers and the pursuing crowd. He was caught near the Great Northern hotel and mob violence threatened as officers moved him to the patrol wagon amid shouting to hang him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Fikua
Nashville
Tenn
Great Northern
Madison and
Clark
Fikua
Tesla Insulation by Ice Coats Wires
Nikola Tesla received a patent for an insulation method that coats a wire with ice by running cold air through or near the conductor. The ice coat is claimed to resist strong currents and provide nearly costless insulation, reducing electrical loss and enabling long distance transmission via underground lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesla
New York
Nikola Tesla
Anarchists Ordered Out as Berlin Pressure Rises
Berlin reports police halted all anarchist meetings and four activists were suppressed. German authorities say 18 percent of expelled anarchists are foreign, including 103 Italians, since the assassination of King Humbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Humbert
New Diamond Field Found Up the Mazaruni River
Washington reports diamonds found at diggings up the Mazaruni river in British Guiana. London dealers rate them superior to South African stones and worth 25 to 50 percent more. Consul Moulton notes land concessions are being made and the industry shows promise as the stones rival Brazilian diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
South Africa
Mazaruni River
British Guiana
State Department
Moulton
Demarara
Home buying in Wisconsin offered by land agent
The ad argues for buying over renting by promoting Marinette county Wisconsin farmland along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. It touts strong crops, abundant work, markets, climate, soft water, and cheap long term land under a Chicago agent C E Rollins at 161 La Salle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette County
Wisconsin
C. E. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicago
Sil
Chinese Witness Testimony Addressed by Magistrate
In a New Jersey Law Journal excerpt a witness agrees to provide more evidence against the prisoner but the magistrate interjects that the Chinese may testify when their turn arrives. The exchange echoes courtroom decorum and language from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
New Jersey Law Journal
Carter's Ink Co Ad Promotes Ink for Boys and Girls
An advertisement from Carter's Ink Co Boston advocates that every boy and girl should learn to write with Carter's Ink. The copy proclaims the ink as the best in the world and offers free "Ink lings in Ink."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Carter’s Ink Co
Boston
No-choice spring chicken remark puzzled columnist
A satirical line from the Indianapolis Journal notes that a person claiming no choice about spring chicken often appears dissatisfied with the portion he receives. The quip highlights appetite and contentment themes in light commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederick Geddes
Battle
Wyo
President McKinley
New York City
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Goebel
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bill Cater
Deeran
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company
Alexandria
Ind
Ingalls
Henry N. Copp
Washington, D. C
Burnham
Camden, N. J
Matis
van Buren
Deponis Ave
Utica
Giticura
Bugus
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