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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
2
Congress Rolls Up Statehood and Reforms Across The Nation
Senate and house actions span Oklahoma Indian Territory statehood, naval academy age, gold standard in the Philippines, and public land for settlers. Bills fund coal strike, regulate trusts, pension outlays rise, Alaska trip, Cuban reciprocity, and war reports. Others note bank robberies, fires, murders, executions, shipwrecks, and political reforms.
New Trial Granted for Goebel Murder Convict Caleb Powers
Caleb Powers, longtime Goebel murder conspirator, is granted a new trial after his life sentence in Kentucky. The year’s fiscal report shows revenues of $684,326,280 and expenditures of $593,038,904, leaving a $91,287,375 surplus. Bernard N. Baker to distribute $500,000 among former Atlantic Transport employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Kentucky
Shaw
Bernard N. Baker
New York
Atlantic Transport Company
Frank Elliott
Express
Richard Helm
Sunbright
Tenn
San Francisco
Progress
Scranton
Wilson
United States
King
Oberlin (O.) College
University
Lincoln Hotel
Chicago
United States Navy
Caribbean
Senate
Panama Canal
Colombia
Ainsley Bowers
Saginaw
Mich
Thomas Thornton
Lemars National Bank
Lemars
Pickering Manufacturing Company
Lowell
Mass
Bridger
Mont
Alfred E. Buck
Japan
Tokio
Wayne MacVeagh
Nelson
Frank Hamlin
Millersburg
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Notable deaths and electoral result from early 1900s
Mrs. Malinda Lovell dies at 105 in Bedford Indiana. John H Hodder publisher of Aurora Beacon dies suddenly. Dr Henry S Cutler composer dies in Swampscott Massachusetts. B W Loring retired US Navy lieutenant dies in Owego New York. Thomas B Reed former Speaker dies in Washington aged 63. body moved to Portland Maine. Mrs Fanny D B Chase dies in Hallstead Pennsylvania, first national president of the W C T U. New York election shows Governor Odell with 8803 plurality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Lovell
Bedford
Ind
John H. Hodder
Aurora Beacon
Pioneer
Man
Aurora
Henry S. Cutler
Swampscott
Mass
B. W. Loring
United States Navy
Owego
N. Y
Lincoln
Thomas B. Reed
National House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Portland
Fanny D. B. Chase
Simon B. Chase
Hallstead
New York
Odell
Britain and Germany Send Ships for Caribbean Punitive Expedition
Great Britain and Germany ordered warships to the Caribbean to pressure Venezuela over unpaid claims. In Breslau, the German emperor told a delegation of workers that socialists were the enemies of wage earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
Caribbean Sea
Venezuela
Breslau
Cummings Library Bequest and Other Notices From 1892 Era
The Amos J. Cummings library will go to a Colorado Springs home founded in 1892 by the International Typographical Union. Chicago reports a new method to induce rhythmic heart-beat via oxygen with Dr. J D Lingle as discoverer. Brooklyn mourns Henry L Galtbitt, once New York’s first newsboy, a wealthy man. Oliver Wendell Holmes takes oath as associate US Supreme Court justice. Agriculture secretary directs destruction of animals infected in the New England foot and mouth outbreak under Dr Salmon. A fatal accident near Havelock Ontario as James Rogers’s sleigh is struck by a train. several killed and injured. Postoffice Inspector reports Chicago obscene mail traced to one person. efforts to find guilty parties. A new cop yacht to be christened Eagle after April launch at Herreshoffs shop, based on reliable information. Cheyenne opera house fire causes $75,000 total loss with 40 people asleep inside. nearby property damaged. Congress adjourns in respect to Thomas B Reed. Senate reviews immigration bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Att
Colorado Springs
International Typographical Union
University of Chicago
J. D. Lingle
Henry L. Galtbitt
Brooklyn
United States Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
Secretary of Agriculture
Dr. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
New England
Att Havelock
Herreshoffs
Cheyenne
Wyo
James M. Carey
Wyoming Tribune Publishing Co
Thomas B. Reed
Senate
Minor News Items From Around the World
A Salt Lake City company forms to reclaim 271000 acres of arid land by irrigation. Explorer Robert E Peary maps polar regions from recent journey data. The pope approves Guidis policy in negotiations with Taft on the Philippines friars. Britain seeks 650000 in gold bars linked to Kruger and Leyds. American merchant Enoch Emory notes trade potential in the czars empire. Morgan syndicate pays 22500000 to London holders of White Star and Dominion lines. A French naval annual bound volume is presented to President Roosevelt. Alfred Mosley and English workers tour NA and Canada, pleased with results. An Anglican cleric urges Protestant merger based on belief in Christ divinity. Bates says army canteen reestablishment claims supported by reports. Two turret guns on the US battleship Texas burst during Hampton Roads practice. no major damage. A railroad federations likely to form at St Louis January 5 including 50000 members, with J J Hill offering transport to the Philippines and Manila freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Robert E. Peary
Pope
Guidi
Gov
Taft
Philippines
Great Britain
Germany
Kruger
Leyds
Enoch Emory
Russia
J. P. Morgan
London
White Star
Dominion Steamship Lines
Roosevelt
Loubet
France
Alfred Mosley
St. Louis
Chicago
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Manila
Diplomat Buck Dies While On Hunt In Japan
Washington reports say United States Minister to Japan Alfred E Buck died suddenly on a hunting trip in Tokyo. Born in Maine and appointed from Georgia in 1897, Buck served through a pivotal era in Japanese history. Remains to be interred at Arlington after burial preparations in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Back
United States
Japan
Washington
State Department
Hay
Maine
Georgia
Ferguson
Tokio
Buck
Arlington
Reed's condition critical amid late night medical bulletin
Ex Speaker Thomas B Reed remains critically ill in Washington after a Tuesday onset. A 10 pm update notes fever 100.25, pulse 88, respiration 34, with araemic features and improving appendicitis symptoms, while doctors consult on his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas B. Reed
Gardner
Fire kills two children in Saginaw home
In Saginaw Michigan on Thursday afternoon two children of Mrs Ainsley Bowers were burned to death after being left alone in a Starrs Street house for a few minutes. A six year old girl and an infant of two months died. Fire officials believe the girl started the blaze by playing with papers. The house sustained only light damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw, Mich
Ainsley Bowers
Starrs Street
Jury Convicts Nashville Man in Death Penalty Burglary Case
In Lexington Kentucky on December 5 the jury found Earl Whitney guilty of murdering A. B. Chinn during a home burglary and fixed his punishment at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Earl Whitney
Nashville
Tenn
A. B. Chinn
Fatal railway collision near Coshocton, Ohio
At 2 30 Thursday morning a Panhandle work train collided with a Toledo Wabash Valley Ohio engine and caboose one mile east of Coshocton. Engineer Veo of Toledo was killed instantly and seven trainmen were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Panhandle
Toledo, Walthending Valley & Ohio
Veo
Toledo
Two Miners Die In Mine Car Accident At Cranberry
In Frazerton Pennsylvania on December 5 Elmer Kischner 32 a boss carpenter and Gustave Strack 19 were instantly killed while descending the Cranberry mine in a man car. Several other men escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazerton
Elmer Kischner
Gustave Strack
Cranberry
Fire traps and frozen fear at Lincoln hotel blaze
A kitchen fire on the third floor of the Lincoln hotel at 176 Madison street in Chicago caused the suffocation of 14 guests as others fled, jumped roofs, or used improvised paths to escape. Firemen arrived as chaotic hall scenes unfolded and failed elevator service hampered escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln Hotel
Madison Street
Comet sighting reported by U S naval observatory staff
Washington observers note W W Dinwiddie of the Naval Observatory sighted Giacobini's comet from Nice on Wednesday night. The record gives mean time 12 32, night ascension 7 17 25, southern declination 1 50, placing the object on a line between Trocyon and Sirius about one third of the distance from Trocyon to Sirius and moving northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Naval Observatory
W. W. Dinwiddie
Giacobini
Nice
Sirius
Valuable Polytera About Texas Book Review Note
A 144 page illustrated volume surveys present day conditions and prospects in Texas. The work, praised by readers, is available free through Barker yen Pass, M and T Railway, 50 L Wainwright Building, St Louis. The piece reflects a Chicago Journal sentiment on pursuing impossibilities and life rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Aent, M. & T. Ry
Wainwright Bidg
St. Ican
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An old Chicago Daily News ad promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and money back if it fails. The notion contrasts with a streetwise line about renters who must hustle to avoid eviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Patent Medicines and Dyes Adverts Echo 19th Century Claims
An ad-like passage touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs and Pike's Toothache Drops asserting rapid relief. It mocks fruit acids failing to stain Futnam Fadeless Dyes while hinting at testing a ram's horn for recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
A testimonial from Miss Janet Paine of New York City extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and easing menstrual pain after a doctor advised stopping work. The letter invites other working girls to write for advice and notes a $5000 forfeit on authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Janet Paine
West 25Th St
New York City
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Oklahoma
Naval Academy
Supreme Court of the United States
Indian Territory
House
Judiciary Committee
Secretary of War
War Department
Alaska
Richards
General Land Office
House Committee On Appropriations
Hazelton
Middle
Robert M. McWade
Pennsylvania
Canton
China
Ith
Atlantic
Hegerle & Gothman
St. Bonifacius
Minn
Ward
S. D
Charles J. Denny
A. B. Anderson
Crawfordsville
John Baker
George Bear
Sioux Falls
Carrie Nation
Topeka
Kan
Wesley M. Clear
Hatteras Inlet
Masonic Temple
Laconia
N. H
Cleveland
Ford
Shamrock
Post Office Department
Martha Washington
Coal Strike Commission
Culebra Island
M. M. Martin
Leavenworth
Wash
Benjamin Wagner
D. W. Barr
Ed Kirk
Pleasant Hall
Sagaste
Spain
Fournier
City Temple
Joseph Parker
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Thomas Nast
Guayaquil
Ecuador
James Rogers
Rogers
Havelock
Ont
Paris
Venezuelan
Reed
Ww. C. Goodnow
RF. A. Gardner
T. L. MacDonald
M. M. Fardy
Janesville
Wis
Kirkhoff & Neubarth
Lake Street
H. K. Woods
Lebanon
R. C. Hamilton
A. B. Coon
Marengo
F. H. Raymond
Dalton
Raymond
I. C. Yocum
Davenport
Iowa
Samuel Yocum
T. V. Slocum
Wauconda
Ill
Libertyville
F. L. Ewing
Marietta
Ed Toner
Milwaukee
Ward Lowe
Sechlerville
F. H. Corey
Bucyrus
B. F. Boswell
West Side
John A. Cline
Duluth
C. P
Mrs. Shephard
Woman Guide
J. S. Freese
Riverton
Hicago Journal
Miss Paine
Montgomery Ward & CO
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Atlanta
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