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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
2
Statehood debates and bills move through Congress
Senate debates the statehood bill while passing the Indian appropriation and Philippine currency measures. House passes rail car coupler bill. A flurry of actions follows on pensions, naval and army appropriations, Panama canal talks, and foreign claims as cold weather and discord dominate the national scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On the
Philippines
House
Depew
John N. W. Rumple
Iowa
Quay
Congress
Morgan
Explosion at Fostoria cane factory kills eight
A blast at a Fostoria Ohio cane factory killed eight workers and injured four. The tragedy followed a string of other national events from arrests in St Louis to labor gatherings in Chicago and political appointments in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostoria
Department of Commerce and Labor
William Loeb
Southern Ilinois Normal University
Carbondale
Maine
League Island Navy Yard
Galveston
Tex
Oliver Nichols
Ira Shaffer
Eddie
John Summers
Benjamin Spencer
W. E. Rogers
Leadville
Col
Chicago
Honduras
Moody
Admiral Coghlan
Caribbean
Gulf
Syracuse
N. Y
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Root
New Orleans
Olive
Chowan River
Edenton
N. C
United States
Tillman
New York
Edward Jones
Cleveland
National Computing Scale Company
Howard County Bank
Nashville
Ark
Coliseum
Notable Deaths and Personal News Across Cities
Denis J. Sweenie former fire chief died in Chicago at 69. Rear Admiral Lewis W. Robinson USN retired died at home in Philadelphia of typhoid pneumonia at 63. Charles Davenport inventor of the first serviceable railroad passenger coach died in East Watertown Mass at 90. Rev C G Trusdell longtime Chicago Relief and Aid superintendent died suddenly of heart disease. Edwin P Clark longtime New York Evening Post editor died in Brooklyn. The Earl of Yarmouth engagement to Miss Mary Thaw announced. Gov. Cummins of Iowa may seek the vice presidential nomination before the next Republican convention. Mrs Julia Duprice died in Chippewa Falls Wis at 103.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis J. Sweenie
Fire Department
Chicago
Lewis W. Robinson
Philadelphia
Charles Davenport
East Watertown
Mass
C.G. Trusdell
Chicago Relief and Aid Society
Edwin Perkins Clark
New York Evening Post
Brooklyn
Earl of Yarmouth
Mary Thaw
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Cummins
Iowa
Julia Duprice
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Cuba Leader Signs Naval Coaling Station Pact
President Palma of Cuba signs a naval coaling station agreement with the United States. A monument marking Gen Lawton's Philippine death was unveiled with ceremonies. The Swedish famine drives seven tenths of Sap poro families to starvation. The British parliament convenes in London. A German engineer in Spain pledges to kill Emperor William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
Cuba
United States
Gen
Lawton
Philippines
Sapporo
London
Spain
William of
Germany
Slaughter of School Children In New Jersey Crash
Newark a fast express on the Lackawanna railroad struck a trolley crowded with Chicago area school children at Clifton avenue crossing. Eight children killed and many injured as the trolley car capsized and the train plowed through. Motorman and engineer badly hurt. rescue and hospital aid swift as authorities recount a scene of chaos and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Lackawanna
Clifton Avenue
Peter Brady
Oscar Backliff
Jennie MclLelland
Florence Doll
Mabel Smith
Frederick Allsop
George Smith
Carl Raquet
Maud van Valen
Walter Bauermann
Susan DeCamp
Edith Fox
Pauline Rich
Marian Lyttle
Margaret Commerford
Frances Nevins
Helen McCord
Allen Coursen
Mina Bull
Lillian Geraghty
Marion Price
Frederick Lindsley
Emily Knight
Arthur Luland
Jacob Wallack
Literary notes from a bustling literary world
A roundup of literary news mentions Bret Harte’s estate, Ward McAllister farm rental, Lord Kilmarnock’s novel Ferelith, Sidney Lee’s lectures in America, and a praiseworthy anecdote about Shakespeare prayers. It also questions Shakespeare shelving and queries Mrs Haskett’s bookshelf location with a playful jab about a refrigerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmarnock
Earl of Erroll
Sidney Lee
America
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
Mrs. Haskett
Roswell Field
Chicago Post
Navy storage blast kills four workers at Fort Lafayette
Three men die at Fort Lafayette workroom and another succumbs later while two more perish and seven are seriously injured. Victims include George Rotham Gustave Dozier John Mason and a Brooklyn man believed Martin Thorgensen. Explosion rang for miles as investigators assess whether a 13 inch shell was being filled or a fuse was unwound and sparked the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Naval Storage Magazine
Fort Lafayette
New York Bay
George Rotham
Brooklyn
Gustave Dozier
Bay Ridge
John Mason
Martin Thorgensen
Berlin Venezuela relations renewed and blockade lifted
Berlin reports official renewal of diplomatic ties with Venezuela. New German minister Herr Pelldram will sail to Caracas immediately. Washington says Ambassador Tower confirms Germany raised the blockade at Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
Herr Pelldram
Caracas
Washington
Ambassador Tower
State Department
Foreign Office
Puerto Cabello
Maracaibo
Restorador Still Flies German Flag After Capture
The Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador, captured by the German cruiser Vineta on December 12, remains at Porto Cabello on February 20, still flying the German flag. Authorities have not notified whether she will be returned to Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Cabello
Restaurador
Vineta
Anch Agred
Venezuela
Americans and Germans clash in Brussels cafe
Bluejackets from an American warship fought German sailors in a Brussels cafe on Thursday. Two Germans and one American were wounded. Five American sailors were under arrest at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
President announces Day to Supreme Court Justice seat
Washington reports the president names Ohio judge William R Day to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Shiras. John K Richards is named to the Sixth Circuit vacancy and Henry M Hoyt to solicitor generalship in Richards' place, with Assistant Attorney General Morris also noted. The move follows Knox support and Senate referral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William R. Day
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Shiras
John K. Richards
Sixth Circuit
Judge Day
Supreme Court
Knox
Henry M. Hoyt
Richards
Holmes Conrad
Cleveland
Hoyt
Morris
Senate
Wyoming Legislature Endorses Woman Suffrage Resolution
Cheyenne Wyoming reports both houses adopted a joint resolution endorsing woman suffrage noting it has existed in Wyoming since 1869 and has raised candidate standards improved elections and broadened womans role in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Illlinois to tax corporations under anti trust ruling
Chicago February 20 The state supreme court validates anti trust laws declaring fines will be demanded from Illinois corporations. Involved are 469 cases with hundreds more pending for failure to file anti trust affidavits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Senate
United States
Venezuela
Washington
Dayton
Springfield
Urbana
Sidney
Piqua
Ohio
John W. Foster
Cole Younger
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Justice Shiras
United States Supreme Court
George B. Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Breckinridge
Ludington
Wade
Senate
Illinois Supreme Court
Opera House
Ashland
Ilinois State University
New York
Chicago
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Philippines
Albert W. Wishard
Indiana
Internal Revenue
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union
Chautauqua Alliance
Canada
State Supreme Court
Marion
Ill
Newark
N. J
New Mexico
Quay County
Quay
W. R. Day
Supreme Court
Shiras
Wyoming
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Horace White
New York Evening Post
Illinois
Movement to erect monument to Gen. John A. Logan started
Residents of Jackson county Illinois began a campaign to honor General John A. Logan with a new monument supplementing school efforts. The push gains momentum as February events unfold in Carbondale and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Carbondale
Ill
Jackson County
Gen
John A. Logan
Wreck on Big Four near Berea Leaves Four Mail Clerks Dead
A head on collision between passenger train No. 25 from Cleveland and freight No. 74 near Berea Ohio tonight kills four mail clerks and injures many trainmen and passengers. Fire from the wreck burns the cars and a boiler explodes adding to the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berea
Big Four
Erea
Cleveland
Hebris
L. M. Walworth
Degenerate Connecticut Areas Cited By Visiting Preacher
Rev F L Hutchins touring for the Connecticut Bible society told pastors in New Haven that eastern towns practice polygamy and that degeneracy leads to murder. He described illiterate “poor whites” living in shacks in the region and blamed weak country schools and dwindling church influence for the conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
F. L. Hutchins
Connecticut Bible Society
Connecticut
Hutchins
Dewey Prize Money Cases Decided in Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled for Admiral Dewey and his fleet in prize money cases based on sunken vessels at Manila and later recovered. In contrast, Admiral Sampson and officers under Admiral Taylor lost their claims regarding the Maria Theresa sunk at Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Admiral Sampson
Taylor
Maria Theresa
Santiago
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Congressional
Vicomte de Chambrun
Lafayette
Supreme Court of Venezuela
England
Rome
Montreal Express
Grand Trunk Road
Whitby Junction
Ont
Russia
McCormick
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Czar
Finland
Kansas City Limited
Chicago & Alton
Braceville
Francis S. Davidson
United States Cavalry
Davidson
Harry Brolaski
Hf. Brolaski & Co
Justice Hall
Brolaski
Canadian Pacific Railroad Co
Beaver Line
Elder, Dempster & Co
William Adams
Hillside
I. T
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Paducah
Owensboro
Iiman
Viola Ill
Maude Baker
Ernestine P. Mueller
Mabel E. Karschner
Alma Loehnberg
Rosebud Kohn
Ella Verpupp
Evan L. Eastwood, Jr
Brady
Teachers’ College
The
New York Tribune
Bret Harte
Mme
Sarah Grand
Ward McAllister
Newport
KR. I
McAllister
Morgan Barry
Long Island
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