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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
2
A unique Swedish system grants laborers substantial land plots for personal use in exchange for a fixed number of workdays each year. This arrangement treats the workers as fixtures of the estate, a practice not found in other countries.
In Leigh near Belton a tombstone inscription reads A virtuous woman is 5s to her husband. The short explanation says space prevented a crown being cut and the stonemason argued a crown equals five shillings.
The passage notes Verdi lived to an old age while many great composers died young. It lists Schubert at 31, Mozart at 35, Mendelssohn at 38, Weber at 49, Beethoven at 56, and Auber reaching 83 at his death, highlighting a rarity of long lives among musical geniuses.
The article lists 2,777,497 horses in the United States with the largest count in New York at 302,271 followed by Illinois 233,807, Pennsylvania 215,977, Ohio 185,683, Iowa 147,275, Massachusetts 132,016, Missouri 124,952, Indiana 124,072, Texas 106,819 and Michigan 100,41. The figures highlight state horse totals and regional distribution.
Mystic report notes musk infused the mortar of St Sophia built in the tenth century. Since then kingdoms rose and fell while the mosque retained the musk aroma without any renewal.
It is estimated that annual rubber production totals about 57,500 tons. Of this, 21,000 tons go to the United States and Canada, 21,000 to the United Kingdom, and 15,590 to the rest of Europe. The Amazon district yields 25,000 tons, East and West Africa 24,000 tons, and other parts of South America outside the Amazon district 3,500 tons.
A party funded by a magazine travels to Patagonia to hunt a living giant sloth, while scientists note preserved footprints in Connecticut sandstone and sketches suggest reimagined extinct beasts like mastodons and ichthyosaurs. The era favors specimens over researchers.
A London fog is costly, with an eight hour day running £50,000 to £100,000 in cash. Gas and electric light firms pay a third more power, while railways incur signaling costs. At Clapham Junction a single railway company spent £50 in a day for plate-layer extra pay.
The text describes Miss Helen Gould engaging in a distinctive handshake method. She grips the other person at elbow level, holds briefly, lifts the hand in a near vertical line, then releases quickly while meeting the other’s gaze.
A bill would bar marriage for those with true or hereditary insanity or insanity from vice, drugs, consumption or other diseases. Couples would be examined by a three member state county examining board before a license is issued.
A Boston paper claims Ware Massachusetts hosts a frog farm that plans to raise 100000 frogs. Five ponds linked by canals will supply free interim habitat as frogs move to larger ponds. At maturity they are shipped to Boston New York and other eastern cities.
In Topeka on February 11 three thousand men demanded city saloons close by Friday noon under threat of armed action. The ban is a result of Mrs Nation's temperance crusade and was organized by the Law Enforcement league, with 1200 men pledging readiness.
John F. Kerr and Alfred L. Foley were arrested on the charge of embezzling $10,000 from Fleming H. Revel & Co. Kerr, superintendent of manufacturing, and Foley, cashier who prepared all checks, confessed to the crimes.
New York reports General John Ramsay died at his residence in Jersey City on Monday. He commanded the Eighth New Jersey Volunteers for three years during the Civil War and later led the famous Irish Brigade. Renowned for bravery, he was wounded several times and was reputedly the youngest brigadier general in the Union army.
A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train derailed six miles east of Charleston West Virginia last night. Four people were slightly injured as every car left the tracks and the baggage and day coach tumbled down a 40 foot embankment. The mail car smashed into a station.
In Crested Butte Colorado on February 12 a prisoner named George Butte, pursued by a mob surrounding the jail, ended his life by hanging himself from a window bar using an electric light wire as the crowd threatened a lynching attack.
A company of the Forty-seventh Infantry on Catanduanes island near Luzon captured Bustos the insurgent governor of the island. The gunboat Don Juan de Austria with a detachments of the Forty-seventh captured 30 insurgents in Albay province. Evidence mounts against Manila traders accused of aiding the insurgents.
In San Francisco on February 12 the United States circuit court of appeals sentenced Receiver Alexander McKenzie of Nome City to one year in prison on two counts. The court censured District Judge A H Noyes for alleged complicity, citing high handed and illegal conduct in Nome and asserting the appointment and actions of McKenzie and Noyes had no parallel in U.S. jurisprudence.
Manila reports a vigorous arrest campaign following Gen MacArthur's proclamation. Prisons fill rapidly with Filipinos. a new facility is built at Subig Bay. Critics note potential injustices from flimsy evidence while some Americans warn against arresting friends and relatives. At the same time Filipino leaders push a federal political party and autonomy under American sovereignty as civil government is developed.
In St Louis the Second district polling site riot left a police sergeant and two Black men wounded after more than 150 shots. A ballot box vanished as Capt Kiely brought 40 officers to the scene, and no votes were cast while Rolla Wells eyes a mayoral bid after a Democratic primary.
Massachusetts lawmakers examined McPherson of Framingham over claims that the New England Gas and Coke Co kept a million dollars set aside for legislative use and that securities of doubtful nature were sold to banks. Thomas W. Lawson backed McPherson, attacked Henry M. Whitney, and warned the company's books would be moved to shield the legislature from corruption.
A parliamentary paper shows bids for 30 Uganda railway bridges. An American company offered to erect in 46 weeks and deliver material to any English port five guineas cheaper than the British average. The lowest British bid for London delivery ran to 60 weeks.
Governor Yates declares Illinois will enforce the prize fighting ban. He cannot issue proclamations but can mobilize force to stop fights when civil officers request. He expects sheriffs to uphold the law, which classifies prize fighting as a felony and sparring as a misdemeanor with penitentiary or jail as penalties.
A blaze at the National Glass Co plant in Rochester Ohio river town of Rochester destroys the largest tumbler plant in the world. The copper department fire spread to packing and main factory, costing about 1.5 million dollars. The seven acre site housed 1500 workers. Nearby town fire departments recalled but failed to stop the blaze.
Chicago reports the American league, allied with the Players' Protective association, has secured signatures from managers and players for four eastern clubs. Names are withheld until the National league acts, as several star players from last season are involved.
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