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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
2
World News Roundup of Crimes and Disasters
Jack Winters was sentenced to 15 years for robbing the Selby smelting works in Valeria California. A mob hanged Luke Hough in Wadesboro North Carolina after his attempted killing of Lena Smith. An oil tank explosion in Philadelphia injured 100. Census data show a mortality decline in the US by nearly ten percent since 1890. A tornado wrecked Adrako Oklahoma killing two. Immigrant inspectors in New York face bribery accusations. W A Larned won the Newport tennis championship. Lipton arrived in New York and backed the new cup challenger. The Mutual Mercantile agency failed in New York with 250000 in liabilities. McKinley invites world participation in the St Louis 1903 exposition. Lightning struck a hospital in Elgin injuring five. John Gilliland killed by footpads in Lincoln Nebraska. R T Ross and wife asphyxiated in San Francisco. Readville trotting race notable. Captain Parker found missing World War II records. Oarsmen from St Joseph drifted ashore near Michigan City. Ban Johnson campaigns against rowdy baseball. A conspiracy to murder Bishop Kozlowski uncovered in Chicago. The transport Ingalls sailed for Manila with teachers. A census bulletin notes New Hampshire women outnumber men. Shamrock II trials with Lipton aboard. Steel strike leaders discuss arbitration. Sam Strong shot dead in Colorado Springs. Sheriff thwarted Asheville lynching. two killed, others wounded. Clearing houses report 1.702 trillion in week’s exchanges, up from prior week. John Butler hanged in Baltimore. J M Mercer hanged in Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Winters
Selby
Valeria
Cal
Wadesboro
N. C
Luke Hough
Lena Smith
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Hay
United States
South America
Dowie
Chicago
Water Works
Cleveland
Census Bureau
Anadrako
Okla
New York
W. A. Larned
Newport
R. I
Thomas Lipton
Teutonic
Mutual Mercantile Agency
Erastus Wiman
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
McKinley
St. Louis
Elgin
Ill
John J. Gilliland
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb. R. T. Ross
San Francisco
Crescens
Lord Derby
Charley Herr
Readville
Mass
Capt. Parker
Admiral Schley
Signal Corps
War Department
St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan City
Ind
Ban Johson
Kozlowski
Independent Catholic Church
Ingalls
Manila
New Hampshire
Shamrock II
Watson
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sam Strong
Colorado Springs
Grant Crumley
Sheriff North
Asheville
Ala
John Butler
Baltimore
J.M. Mercer
Tampa
Political Nominations Highlight States in GOP and Democrat Conventions
Virginia Republicans nominate J Hampton Hoge for governor in Roanoke. Iowa Democrats reaffirm Kansas City platform and nominate T J Phillips for governor in Des Moines. Pennsylvania Republicans name William P Potter for supreme court and denounce yellow journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Roanoke
J. Hampton Hoge
Iowa
Des Moines
Kansas City
T. J. Phillips
Ottumwa
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
William P. Potter
Pittsburg
Isaac W. van Shaick
Baltimore
John P. Lyon
St. Paul
H. H. Aplin
Michigan
H. O. Crump
Middle
Mary Rank
Fort Wayne
Ind
William Humphrey
Balaklava
Santa Rosa
Cal
Swedish poet Gunnar Wennerberg dies in Stockholm at 84
Stockholm reports the death of Gunnar Wennerberg the noted Swedish poet and composer aged 84. The obituary notes his cultural influence and the date of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnar Wennerberg
Stockholm
Wyndham
United States
Constantinople
Holbien
Bhattel
Minor News Items From Across the World
Oil discovery near Evans ton Wyoming. Austro-Hungarian bank to replace paper with gold. Havana to test yellow fever cures with mosquitoes. Heraldry college in Albany ready for genealogical research. US coal exports have doubled since 1897 and nearly trebled in a decade. George Kennan returns to Boston after expulsion from Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Rocky Mountains
Austro-Hungarian
Havana
College of Heraldry
America
Albany
N. Y
United States
Philippines
George Kennan
Russia
Boston
Port Orain
N. J
Myron Waters
Col. Drake
Warren
Great Britain
Joseph K. Dixon
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Buffalo Exposition
D. H. Mortly
MecConnellsville
Lisbon
Fifty Thousand Islands Listed For Market In Thousand Island Group
The Dominion interior department plans to auction about 500 islands in the Thousand Island group along the St Lawrence river between Kingston and Brockville. Each island ranges from five acres to two one hundredths of an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Thousand Island
Dominion Department of the Interior
Kingston
Brockville
Sapulpa
I.T
McClintock-Marshall Construction Company
Braddock
Ocean Mine
Herminie
Ocean
Joseph D. Redding
New York City
Collis P. Huntington
Princess Clara von Hatzfeldt
Redding
New York
San Francisco
Strike Talks Hint at New Conference with Steel Firms
Aug 24 Pittsburg report shows Amalgamated leaders pursuing a fresh round of talks with C M Schwab and steel interests to win settlement. Closed sessions discussed wage scales, provisional mills, and aid for strikers as unions push for a new conference amid widespread mill shutdowns and labor demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
John Mitchell
Mine Workers of America
J. W. Jenks
Industrial Commission
Sargent
Locomotive Firemen
Ralph Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry M. White
United Garment Workers
Jenks
C. M. Schwab
The
Steel Corporation
Vandergrift
Kisminetas
Youghiogheny
Schwab
Trade Tide Turns Brighten U S Trade Outlook
Bradstreet and R G Dun report improved trade and larger business in Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City as crop gains lift activity. Wheat and corn steady to mixed amid abroad reports, with continued regional iron steel labor tensions and moderate mill output. weekly failures rise in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet’s
Central West
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Mississippi
R. G. Dun & Co
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers
London
United States
Canada
Nordstrom Hanged For 1891 Seattle Murder
Charles W. Nordstrom was executed by hanging in Seattle on the morning after a nine year legal battle. He was condemned for the November 27, 1891 murder of William Mason and collapsed repeatedly before the trap was sprung at 9:49, with death pronounced at 10:02.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Chares W. Nordstrom
William Mason
Nordstrom
Salvation Army
Cudihee
Chinese Protocol Delays Stir Unease in Peking
In Peking on August 24 the delay by Chinese plenipotentiaries to sign the protocol worries the foreign community though ministers doubt a future refusal. Decrees on exam suspensions will precede signatures. Li Hung Chang steps back as Prince Ching leads negotiations amid criticism of capitulation to foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Earl Li
Japan
Explosion Kills Woman in Minnesota Farm Accident
An August explosion of a steam threshing engine on C. L. Christenson’s Porter farm near Canby Minnesota instantly killed Mrs. Christenson and severely injured her daughter Lars Christenson Jr John Anderson and another assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canby
Minn
C. L. Christenson
Porter
Mian
Currency Movement Drives Large Bank Transfers
New York banks sent $500,000 by telegraph to Chicago via the subtreasury on Friday. Officials estimate out-of-town currency movements to Chicago and New Orleans total about five times the level seen at the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Longest Iowa legislative contest ends with Robinson Nomination
Sioux City Iowa reports the so called longest legislative contest in state history concluded Friday at Silbey with the nomination of B F Robinson for representative on the 2721st ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Silbey
B. F. Robinson
Ultimatum Delivered as Crisis Deepens in Constantinople
The French ambassador M Constans warns the sultan of immediate action and threatens withdrawal of the embassy. Paris confirms a telegram with ministers debating moves and possible France action including halting Turkish securities. Brussels reports Russian torpedo boats reaching the Danube delta and mobilization along the Turkish frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
M Constans
Paris
Elysee Palace
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
M. Dupuy
M. Baudin
M. Constans
M. Delcasse
Munir Bey
Switzerland
Berne
Brussels
Petit Bleu
Vienna
Galatz
Dniester
Iowa Populists Nominate State Ticket in Des Moines
Middle-of-the-road populists at the Iowa state convention nominated L. H. Weller for governor Perry Engle for lieutenant governor J. R. McDonald for supreme judge Luke McDowell for railway commissioner and J. C. Harland for state superintendent all by acclamation. Resolutions back the Omaha platform denounce trusts and rings call end to public franchise grants to private corporations extend Boers sympathy favor direct legislation advocate state printing and binding under state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
L. H. Weller
Nashua
Perry Engle
Newton
J. R. McDonald
Luke McDowell
Shelby County
J. C. Harland
Woodbury County
Cloudburst Wrecks Collinsville and Cartecay Bridges
A Collinsville Ala cloudburst inundated stores and homes washing foundations away. The Alabama Great Southern railroad tracks were washed out and trains delayed. In Filijay Ga a special reports all five Cartecay River bridges lost including the Atlanta Knoxville Northern bridge, many mills damaged, river higher than in 52 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Collinsville
Ala
Collinsville Clipper
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Constitution
Filijay
Cartecay River
Knoxville
Ex-Gov Stone Not A Candidate For Pres Nomination
St Louis August 24 Ex governor Stone states clearly he seeks no presidential nomination in 1904 and is a candidate only for United States senator Col Moses A Wetmore confirms the stance at Planters hotel Wetmore a close ally notes the denial amid past campaign support and social ties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Stone
United States
Col
Moses A. Wetmore
Planter’s
Col. Wetmore
Gov. Stone
American Bar Association Elects Officers in Denver
The American Bar association finished its main business on Friday in Denver. The educational branch met in the afternoon and a gala dinner was held at the Brown Palace hotel at night. Officers elected include President A. M. Rose of Little Rock, Secretary John Hinkley of Baltimore, and Treasurer Francis Rawle of Philadelphia. The next meeting is set for Saratoga August 27 28 and 29 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
American Bar Association
Brown Palace
A. M. Rose
Little Rock
John Hinkley
Baltimore
Francis Rawle
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rad
THUR
Ark
Charles W. Nordstrom
Civic Federation
Dun
Review of
Mont Cartright
Palmyra
Wis
Cartright
Story & Clark
Grand Haven
Sam Farrow
Dawkins
S. C
Kohlsaat
Allis-Chalmers
Blake Logan
Wilson Brothers
West Mays
George Golden
Williamsburg
Alabama
Montgomery
South Chicago
Evans
Minneapolis
Home Savings & Trust Company
Sandy Valley Banking Company
Malvern
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Steel Corporation
Henry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Tenn
Mauch Chunk
Jesse Struthers
Petersburg
Schlatter
Janesville
Nogales
Mexico
Jersey City
Puget Sound
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Mrs. Maybrick
Edward
Turkey
Quays Company
Danish West Indies
John J. McGraw
McGraw
Britton H. Taber
North River
Taber
Mitchell
Star Mill
Painter Mill
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Carnegie Mills
McKeesport
Demmler
Irondale
Wellsville
George Evans
Wheeling
Bellaire
National Steel Company
Bay View
Joliet
Kohl- Saat
Georgia
Missouri
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