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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
2
A compact roundup of domestic and international items across politics industry and daily happenings. Brief notices cover personal turns and political developments, with emphasis on events shaping the week.
In late February the Senate agreed to the conference report on the isthmian canal bill and passed the general deficiency bill funding expenses of President McKinley’s last illness. The House passed the Philippine civil government bill and adopted the canal conference report. A joint resolution authorized a $100000 monument for prison ship martyrs at Fort Green Brooklyn. Conferees were named on the Philippine bill and territories committee authorized to sit in recess.
A Cuban reciprocity treaty is prepared in Washington and kept ready for any emergency. The tenth triennial Sunday school convention opened in Denver Colorado. Charles Davis was hanged in Pittsburgh for his December murder of his wife. Alonzo Wells and Lena Geiger, nine, were struck by a train near Cedar Rapids Iowa and killed. Railroad construction in the first half of 1902 to 2314 miles, surpassing 1901 by 500 miles. Yale beat Harvard by four lengths in the varsity at New London Connecticut. Harvard won the four-oared by 21⁄2 lengths. The Virginia constitutional convention adjourned sine die after a year and 14 days. Admiral Dewey told the Senate Philippine committee Manila was surrendered by the Spanish governor when the fleet was sunk and did not salute the Aguinaldo government or Filipino flag. The Ohio supreme court invalidated cities’ special charters. A cyclone damaged Lancaster Kentucky area. a dozen farms wrecked and crops destroyed. Five men killed in a Dover New Jersey mine accident. Cabinet to issue amnesty proclamation for Philippine political prisoners on July 4, including Aguinaldo. Michigan miners and operators to meet July 2 in Saginaw to set wages. Millions of grasshoppers threaten grain near McIntosh Minnesota. Gov. Nash appointed Henry L. Gordon Ohio lieutenant governor, succeeding Nippert. First cabinet session outside the White House in eighty-eight years due to repairs. Frank J. Kerscher twenty and Albert Melty seventeen killed by cars in Toledo Ohio. Illinois civil war claim of 1,005,129 dollars will be paid when warrants are prepared.
George Van Houten a renowned Texas railroad figure committed suicide at Eagle Pass. The item notes his prominence in the industry and records the tragedy as part of a broader 1903 news digest.
In Detroit the Michigan Republican convention renominated Governor Aaron T. Bliss and adopted a platform praising state and national administrations. Illinois Democrats nominated Jonas Olson for Congress in the Fifteenth District and Wilbur B. Hinds in the Nineteenth. Senator Pettus and wife celebrate their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary in Washington. Alabama Republicans split, nominating H. H. Myers and Charles D. Greaves. John P. Hopkins elected Illinois state Democratic chairman. Melvin L. Youngs dies in Milwaukee at 76. Justice Charles D. Long dies in Detroit after a long illness. William L. Mintony, navy constructor of the Maine, dies in Brooklyn at 75.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank B Baldwin predicts submission of all patients in Mindanao and the murderers of American troops will be captured. Haiti’s situation grows more serious as authorities struggle. China relinquishes Manchuria claims in accord with Russia. King Edward’s doctors report he is out of immediate danger and recovering strength.
Western India faces great alarm as the monsoon remains absent far into June. The drought is linked to the volcanic eruption of Mont Pelee in Martinique. The article notes other events including a fatal Colorado Midland wreck and counterfeit seizures in Chicago.
Workmen repair the lower story of the white house. Rivalry between Weyler and Canalejas in Spain may threaten King Alfonso. Francis Murphy, temperance advocate, moves to California. Canada plans a new trans Atlantic line amid Morgan steamship protests. Jesse James’s body to be exhumed in St Joseph and reburied in Kearney. Yale grants degrees to 650. Chinese volunteer mission planned. Bituminous miners strike fears cause coal storage. Will of Archbishop Hoffman valued at 12 to 15 million. Burlington & Northwestern railway to switch gauges in ten hours. Grover Cleveland to publish book on ethics of fishing. Edmond Bruwaert named minister to Cuba. Henri Merou his probable successor. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton reports lives saved in Philippine sanitation drive. Senator Ross cast deciding vote against impeachment of Johnson. now typesetting in Albuquerque. Willis Radway wins Miss Annie Woolsey with 100 acres saved as prize in Kansas contest.
Admiral Dewey described Manila 1897 and Aguinaldo as a figurehead surrounded by others, said 50 troops on May 1 could have secured possession, and charged Aguinaldo with loot and coercion. He noted Consul Pratt pressured allied leaders and that refugees were viewed skeptically. He defended taking coal but paying for it and left questions about money and leadership unresolved.
Jessie James body exhumed after 20 years from the Excelsior Springs homestead site and reburied in Kearney cemetery beside father and wife. The ceremony drew family members, comrades from Quantrell’s band as pallbearers, and a small crowd.
Two men riding the blind baggage to Streetville, Missouri, were killed when a section of passenger train No. 5 on the St. Louis and San Francisco derailled near Minekie, a few miles west of St Louis. President Roosevelt did not order an investigation into the anthracite coal trust and has not read Carroll Wright’s report, aiming only to end the miners’ strike.
A letter from Mrs. D Arnold recounts relief from a womb tumor after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims the treatment cured the tumor, improved health, and avoided surgery, urging others to use the product and warning against alternatives.
The Markets report from New York and several cities shows patent flour at 4.00 to 4.15 in Minnesota, wheat No 2 red around 77 to 80 1/4 cents, oats 58 to 59 1/4 cents, hay steady, hogs around 7.40 to 7.75 per hundredweight, cattle and sheep trading at 6.40 to 7.50 and 4.25 to 6.50 respectively, with regional prices from Cleveland Toledo East Liberty and East Buffalo reflecting current cash and animal values.
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