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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
2
A digest of industrial, personal, and political items from the period includes home affairs and overseas happenings. The column surveys domestic developments and international notes with concise summaries and brief items highlighting notable events and people.
A county in Missouri halts all Uncle Tom's Cabin performances amid local controversy. Read on for broader national updates including labor, politics, and overseas tensions shaping the era.
Dr Charles Lancaster renowned author of medical texts and school grammars died in Plainfield New Jersey in his ninety sixth year. James C Hall known as the Alexander hermit and Harvard graduate died in a New York poorhouse after forty years of social withdrawal.
Mer Volpini, secretary of the consistory, died suddenly in Rome. The pope kept the news, though Volpini was his last official appointee. Other brief notes include King Edward welcoming American naval officers and voicing closer US Britain ties, plus a Paris Paris crowd sendoff for President Loubet. A Polish tragedy reports 36 Jewish children dying from poisoned candy in Cracow.
The report covers foot and mouth disease near stampede status in Massachusetts. A Mobile fishing smack Am elia Lyons founder off Pensacola with drownings and rescues. Confederate suspect George Collins sent to Union Missouri for a death of detective Schumacher. Fall River boy Antone Pelle dies from lockjaw after a pistol accident. U S Minister Wilson reports plague spread to Chilean ports and mail disruption. Francis Granger Adams dies near Coxsackie New York. New York City building trades return to work under Employers Association plan reducing walking delegates. Capt Kidd treasure search rekindled in Brooklyn cellar halted by rain.
A Transvaal burgher meeting decries Asiatic labor. Oregon’s initiative amendment ruled invalid. Sir George Williams alive at 82 in London. Debts of 400 000 francs from King Alexander Servin dispatch. Express firms push added costs onto the public. Texas anti trust action targets unions over San Antonio building tobacco. University entrance cheating penalties. Root Moody back joint board for service matters. Peking resents US China travel limits to St Louis expo.
A four day riot in Evansville Indiana ends with ten deaths and numerous injuries. Troops were withdrawn after Gov Durbin blocked the trial of Brown the suspect in the patrolman Massey murder. Funerals for Barnett and Lamble mark the city’s quieting period.
West-bound Pennsylvania train No. 31 from Columbus struck a wagon carrying nine people at a crossing near Red Comb Junction eight miles east of Cincinnati. Five were killed, two fatally injured, and two seriously hurt. the wagon occupants included Robert Copenhagen, his wife and two children, Grace the neighbor's daughter, and four boarders. The wagon was wrecked. the mules escaped unharmed. The dead and injured were taken to Cincinnati hospitals and morgue.
Jeannette Pennsylvania July 7 The Oakford park dam break leaves 20 dead and 16 missing with $1 500 000 in property loss. The once prosperous valley becomes a scene of mourning as homes and workshops are wrecked and hundreds seek missing residents amid ongoing debris removal. Distress prompts requests for outside relief and daily search gains some finds.
In Philadelphia on Friday tetanus caused four deaths. Two 12 year olds, Frank Layfield and John Monroe, were injured during the Fourth of July celebration. Ten year old James Johnstone died from a pistol wound developing lockjaw, and Joseph Knittel lost a hand in a paper mill accident with lockjaw following amputation.
Springfield obit notes James S Hambaugh a veteran publisher and editor who began in 1870 with the Mt. Sterling Gazette. He later led the Jacksonville Democrat and served as business manager of the Journal in Springfield until his death at his home aged 62.
Thirty eight deaths and eighty three prostrations occur in New York and Brooklyn from Friday's heat. The city records the hottest July 10 in local weather history surpassing the previous 91 degrees noted in 1880.
William Jennings Bryan announced plans to tour Europe this fall to study sociology under monarchical forms of government. He intends to sail in September and stay through the year’s end.
Atlanta July 9 The Georgia House of Representatives defeated the child labor bill by 89 to 75. The measure would have banned employing children in cotton mills under a specified wage limit.
Rome July 14 Pope Leo’s illness worsened with a relapse and he lies in a more critical state than since mid last week. Dr. Lapponi called the condition very grave while noting hope remains, and cardinals Satolli and Martinelli visited the sick room as stimulants and nourishment are carefully managed amid mounting anxiety.
A fierce thunderstorm struck Washington on Sunday with lightning hitting a boathouse along the Potomac. One man was killed and another badly injured. several others, including a 20 year old, were hospitalized. Baltimore also saw damaging winds and widespread property loss with dozens of homes unroofed and hundreds homeless.
A July storm swept Darlington Argyle Gratiot and Marshfield in Wisconsin. Reports describe wrecked buildings, destroyed grain and crops, blown down barns, and Mrs Hamstead killed in one incident. Wind and rain caused extensive property and agricultural damage.
The Minnesota supreme court formally sustains the lower court verdict finding Col. Fred Ames of Minneapolis guilty of taking money for protection. He was taken into custody and ordered to serve six years, beginning at Stillwater prison.
The Howard county court barred all Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows in the county by finalizing a license rate for circuses and shows. A daily tax of 200 dollars is imposed on Tom shows, in a county once noted as the state’s largest slave holder.
A Wisconsin tannery purchased $1,000,000 worth of hides from Kansas City packing houses. The hides had been submerged by flood waters and sold at a discount.
In Bisley England on July 13 America won the Palma Trophy with an aggregate 1570 of 1500 possible. The United States topped teams from Europe South Africa Australia and Canada while Great Britain placed second with 1555 and only at 800 yards did the UK narrowly outrun the Americans by three points.
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