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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
2
Brief weekly digest of home and foreign items, industrial field notes, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad. A compact summary of seven days of events across industries, politics, and global affairs.
Senate and House action covers Philippine self-government, tariffs, pensions, and a new public building in Ottawa Illinois. Other items include a constitutional amendment for direct senatorial elections, lighthouse project at Calumet Harbor, and a pension bureau bill.
The ninety third anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth was celebrated nationwide. Trade figures show seven month exports at 522 million dollars versus 533 million the prior year. The National Woman Suffrage Association begins its 34th annual convention in Washington. Hampton Virginia dedicates the Syms Eton academy to honor the first free American school. Senator Beveridge warns of war with Russia over Anglo Japanese treaty. Prof Charles W Pearson resigns from Northwestern over biblical infallibility. An electric headlight on the St Paul line reveals a mile ahead. A receiver is appointed for Detroit City Savings Bank, with securities missing. New York police say Humbert assassination planned there. Millers from 25 states form the National Federation of Millers. An icequake hits Menominee Michigan. offices shake as contents fall. Emperor William's yacht Hohenzollern arrives in New York. A deadly clash near Middlesboro Kentucky leaves 6 dead and 6 wounded. Mrs Julia Elma Brewster Brick leaves nearly 1 million for charities. An Erie railcar derailment near Phalanx Ma honing injures 22, one fatally. Smallpox at Des Moines leads to ban on public meetings. Chicago teachers invited to naturalize under penalty of dismissal. 158 are affected. Leonel de Peau, Roosevelt's Cuban physician, reports that annexation averts revolution. Seven month US trade surplus stands at 345 million. Roosevelt departs Groton for Washington, hopeful for his son's quick recovery. Salvation Army Commander Booth Tucker naturalizes in New York. Baltimore & Ohio collision at Indian Harbor kills Conductor Huntley and Brakeman Brice. Milburn officer Philemon Crelia fatally shoots his wife and daughter, then kills himself.
Robert B. Lindsay aged 78 died in Sheffield Alabama after a short illness. Henry Fork a Mexican War veteran died at his Evansville Indiana home aged 100. Rev. Charles C. Carlton president of Carlton College and Texas educator died at his Bonham home. William H. West famed minstrel died at the Palmer House Chicago after ten weeks illness. Rev. George Carter Needham evangelist died suddenly at Narberth Pennsylvania aged 60.
Reports say Gen De Wet outflanked and surrounded by Kitchener’s forces after a five hour fight. The Dufferin era losses and a string of other imperial events fill the day’s dispatches from Europe and Asia.
M Santos-Dumont’s airship sank to the bottom of Monaco bay after a guide rope entangled. He narrowly escaped drowning as rescue efforts followed. The incident echoes multiple international events including treaties and campaigns reported in brief.
The southwestern Cape Colony suffers severe floods destroying houses bridges and railroads with twenty five people drowned. A severe gale and snow storm on the 17th scorched North Manchester Connecticut as a cracker factory and related structures burned for a total loss of 75000 dollars. A Clinton Iowa robbery at Flanagan's gambling house with 2000 in valuables. The Santa Clara order formed Albany New York from veterans of the 1898 Cuban campaign. Five men rob Northampton Massachusetts street railway office of about 750 dollars hidden 500 more remains. A Miami Indian nation suit over 36 sections of Grant Miami and wabash counties Indiana and Mercer Ohio lands begun by two lawyers. Chicago issues permit for largest world office building at Dearborn and Monroe 9000 workers 3 million cost. Senate confirms census bureau charter and national bank charters. treaty with Denmark ratified. house votes to abolish war revenue taxes.
Christian Science grows in Germany despite Kaiser opposition. Admiral Schley receives a $1,000 piano from an unknown giver. The pope tells an American visitor there are 20,000,000 Catholics in the world. A New York firm wins a $30,000 judgment against the son of the king of Corea. Helen Gould’s residence is robbed of $10,000 by a dishonest employee. Garfield Todd, a Rough Rider, becomes an evangelist to fulfill a San Juan vow. Small Maynard & Co. assign for creditors. The first American blast furnace with automatic charging starts in Silesia. King Edward holds a levee at St James and revives hand-kissing for favored subjects. Prince Ching says China will protect American rights on the Canton Hankow railroad concession. Prince Henry to celebrate quarter‑century naval service after U.S. trip. Canton streetcar lines bought in Boston and Chicago for $2,500,000. Kansas City judge bars Frank James play. Goulds ordered to pay $54,485 from Paris judgments. Col. John A. Polk dies in Kansas City at 82. Grandson of a U.S. president cremated in Cincinnati.
At least seven men died and many were injured when a 15 ton rock rolled down a hillside and crushed the caboose of a Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf work train west of Little Rock Arkansas. A 54 man crew, including white and colored workers, faced the disaster with several missing and others buried under sand.
Santos-Dumont’s airship tore open after a dangerous flight at Monaco’s bay. The envelope sank with the motor at the bottom of the bay as rescuers from Prince of Monaco’s Princess Alice rushed to pull him to safety.
A freight train collision on the steep grade near Horseshoe Curve in Altoona Pennsylvania leaves three dead, four fatally injured and two seriously hurt. Victims include forward train conductor A S Grove and brakemen A B Westner and T W Cooney. engineers J W Fluke and LB W Kinkaid.
Constantinople reports the ransom for Miss Ellen M Stone and Mme Tsilka has been paid. The time limit for their release nears expiry while delivery to American agents is anticipated hourly. Sofia notes US pressure leads Turkey to permit direct talks with brigands for Stone’s freedom on Turkish soil.
Berlin on Friday saw a formal split after ongoing disagreements within the reichstag customs committee. The dispute culminated in the resignation of chairman Baron von Kardorff, a leading Agrarian figure, following several unrestful incidents.
A passenger train on the Louisville Henderson and St. Louis railroad collided with a wagon carrying James Warren and his son near the Henderson road crossing west of Owensboro. The son died within minutes. the father died from injuries shortly after. Both horses in the wagon were killed.
Manila says Panay scouts under Capt Walker in Samar captured seven rifles and many bolos, killed several Filipinos and the renegade officer Winfrey who led the deserters from the Forty third regiment. A man named Long who deserted with Winfrey remains with Filipino forces.
Victim of apoplexy Rev Henry Martin Grant head of apoplexy in Eau Claire Wisconsin on February 15. Born in Persia in 1836 he was a cousin of Gen U S Grant.
The Liberty torch atop the bronze statue on Bedloe Island in New York Bay will be permanently extinguished due to lack of congressional funding. The beacon, a symbol since Bartholdi gifted the statue to the United States, has dimmed over the years as sentiment waned and the government plans to snuff it out.
In Cincinnati an Irish worker painting a telegraph pole bright green slips, splashing paint on the sidewalk. A nearby Irishman asks Doherty about his "hime orrhage" in a moment of shared patriotism, highlighting enduring loyalty to Ireland.
A tramp escapes a bull by climbing a wall and asks a kind woman for food. He then asks she feed her dog, appealing to humanity. The brief scene underscores mercy and unexpected generosity in hardship.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a six sheet calendar 12x14 inches with ten color water color reproductions by Leon Moran of a popular actress. Copyright owned by the railway and a limited edition calendars priced at 25 cents will be mailed on receipt of payment. F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago announces availability.
A Chicago Tribune item features a humorous line about a non existent headache and mentions Putnam Faceless Dyes promising even color. The ad warns against spotting or streaking to prevent uneven dye results.
A light note from Tit Bits features wit about birds and a playful exchange between The Birds and Miss Trill. Jack Downright praises the sung birds and remarks on a humorous misfit piece beyond their ability.
A collection of old quotes and ads from various papers including jokes about the newspaper trade, patent remedies, and pithy maxims. Notable items reference Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar cures, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and quips from the Atchison Globe, Philadelphia Record, Christian Endeavor World, and Indianapolis News.
Mrs Louise Gibson of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her kidney trouble and headaches after six bottles and accompanying pills. She praises the product for restoring health and vitality and invites confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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