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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
2
Labor and crime news sweep the nation in a flood of unrest
Roosevelt vows to enforce law against trusts in Butte. A Williamson county grand jury deems parlor games for prizes as lawful gambling. Lynch mob in Newcastle Wyoming hanged W C Clifton. National gatherings address Russia and anti Jew massacres in New York. Floods, fires and strikes dominate across states with casualties and property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Butte
Mont
Williamson County
W. C. Clifton
John W. Church
Newcastle
Wyo
Clevel
New York
New Haven
Conn
Middle West
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Julia Wardling
New York City
Union Pacific
Cret
Boston
Henry Field
Will Parker
D. B. Cr
Tamaha
I. T
A. W. Machen
Exodus Ferrell
Walter Aig
Washington
Chicago
Southern Railway
Bryan
Ala
Kansas
Montgomery
Pocatella
Idaho
Kentucky
Jackson
Jett
White
J. B. Marcum
United States
Post Office Department
A. W. Macher
National Convention of
Switchmen
Indianapolis
Montana
Helena
St. Louis
Concord
Mass
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edwin Warren
Lowville
N.Y
Los Angeles
Cal
Walla Walla
Terre Haute
Ind
Wash
Elmo
Global News Snapshot of Early 20th Century Crises
Reports show Lady Henry Somerse health tied tour presidency activity at the National British Woman's Temperance association. Premier Balfour urges abandonment of free trade in British Commons. Wu Ting Fang named to Chinese foreign office. Macedonian leaders threaten action over Europe with plague. Britain protests Venezuela customs closures. Peru election hints Manuel Candamon winner. Ruperto Rios sentenced. 27 followers jailed. Earthquake toll in Asiatic Turkey rises to 860. note of resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Somerse
National
British Woman’s Temperance Association
England
Balfour
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Foreign Office
Europe
Great Britain
Castro
Venezuela
Gulf of Para
Ciudad Bolivar
Peru
Manuel Candamon
Ruperto Rios
Pope
Luzon
Receit
Asiatic
Turkey
Records fall as Shrubb and locals feature in shore rowing tale
Alfred Shrubb wins two miles at Ilford on an 8 track in nine minutes eleven seconds setting records for both grass and cinder paths. In Mount Hope Bay near Bristol R T six Fall young men drown while attempting to reach a stranded sailboat. Pittsburg boilermakers strike for 10 to 15 percent wage rise. over 1,100 idle. U S coinage totals and river capsize incidents noted. War department aids flood victims in the west. Secretary Sanger extends relief powers. A murder at sea case surfaces as Seminole brings ship crew to Vineyard Haven. Erie police resignations accepted and salaries pushed up by mayor. Emigration raids in Hungary lead to fines and jail terms. Bremerton yard reports immorality. Navy declines port expansion for warships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Shrubb
Ilford
England
Mount Hope Bay
Bristol
United May
War Department
Sanger
Congress
Vineyard Haven
Mass
United States Revenue
Seminole
Johnson
Bath
Edward ¥. Barry
J. Finch
Erie
Hardick
United States
Braun
Hungary
Bleecker
Act
Bremerton Navy Yard
Seattle
Wash
Navy
Darling
Theavy Department
Various Early 1900s Notices and Distant Events
A collection of brief items mentions Rockefeller donations to the Washington Y M C A and a new library project for Portland Me, plans for Irish industry exhibits at St Louis, legal comments by New York Police Commissioner Greene, a stage actress Agnes Tracey’s death in New York, and ongoing treaty talks with the United States and Cuba. It notes Capt Barclay becoming commander at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Longfellow’s nephew hired for a Portland library, Primrose's retirement from minstrelsy, and a Southern Pacific Rock Island operating dispute over Texas lines. Samuel Cupples plans to expand Washington University in St Louis into a leading engineering school, a major fashion show opening Sept 1 at Madison Square Garden, and reports of a smoldering volcano near Casas Grand Sierra Madre in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
John D. Rockefeller
Washington Young Men's Christian Association
Abraham Lincoln
Hogenville
Irish Department of Agriculture
St. Louis Fair
Greene
New York
Agnes Ethe
Tracey
United States
Cuba
C. J. Barclay
Charlestown Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard
A. W. Longfellow
Wads- Worth-Longfellow
Portland
George H. Primrose
America
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Texas
Samuel Cupples
St. Louis
Washington University
Madison Square Garden
el Po
Casas Grand Sierra Madre Ase
Texa
Notable deaths and political shifts reported across states
Prominent figures die in New York Wisconsin Ireland and Ohio while party conventions in Pennsylvania and Iowa endorse Roosevelt reelection oppose tariff changes. Victor Murdock wins Wichita congress seat by 12 000 in a Kansas district. Prohibition parties nominate state tickets led by N D Creamer and J P Hanson. Bryan renounces Democratic leadership but pushes silver standard. Elizabeth Reichsomer ages 100 in Richmond Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey T. Woodman
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Roosevelt
Dennis Connolly
County Claire
Ireland
Elmira
N. x
Edward West
Wisconsin
Appleton
Wis
Ohio
N. D Creamer
Columbus
Victor Murdock
Wichita
Kan
J. P. Hanson
Mahaska County
W. J. Bryan
Daniel H. Sumner
Waukesha
Elizabeth Reichsomer
Richmond
Ing
Multiple 1908 Disasters and Upheavals Across Worlds
A report lists a string of calamities and events including a passenger ferry sinking with 20 children drowned near Dembro in Prussia, a major earthquake in Melazgherd, Asia Minor killing thousands, a yacht race challenger Shamrock II departing Greenock, a fire destroying 50 buildings at Mariesyville, and political resignations or disputes involving Justice Fletcher Ladd and other wartime references across New York Canada and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seer Huddersfield
Fletcher Ladd
Preme Court of the P
Manila
Lancaster
N. H
Melazgherd
Asiatic
Turkey
Thomas Lipton
Greenock
Mariesyville
Warthe
Dembro
Prussia
London Times
St. Petersburg
Wsian
Puhilippine Islands
Ameri- New York
Canada
Machen Arrested Over Postal Box Contract Gains
Washington May 28 Edwin W Lawrence of Rutland Vt named assistant attorney general post office department succeeding Daniel W Miller recently removed. Post office inspectors had charged Machen with receiving eighteen thousand nine hundred eighty one dollars eighty eight cents since August 8 1900 on Groff Bros contracts for patent postal box fasteners. The case suggests additional arrests and removal actions amid ongoing bureau investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office
Gustus W. Machen
Frias
Groff Bros
Machen
Edwin W. Lawrence
Rutland
Post Office Department
Daniel WY. Miller
Thesday
Weather Bulletin Reports Favorable May Week Across Regions
The May crop bulletin notes the week ending May 25 as the most favorable of the season in eastern districts with warmth generally adequate. Heavy rains in Oklahoma to Minnesota slowed work, drought eased in the Ohio valley and mid Atlantic but persists in New England, and cool, frosty conditions plus snow in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast districts hampered planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Inchigan
Wisconsin
Withana
Illinois
Mich
Cost Eight Lives Wolverines Head End Collision
A Southern railway head end collision near Bryan, west of Birmingham, killed three engineers Henry Acton L G Chester Sam Johnson two firemen Roland Madison Otto Wood Dave Ingram Jed Hill and brakeman Bob Hammock. Acton and Chester died later, all others instantly. May 28 disaster report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Traus
Southern Railway
Bryan
Henry Acton
L. G. Chester
Sam Johnson
Roland Madison
Otto Wood
Dave Ingram
Bob Hamcock
Jed Hill
Acton
Johnson
Insurgents Blown Up After 30 Hour Battle Near Lake Presba
Vienna reports about 150 Mace doni insurgents were killed at the Village of Smerdesh south of Lake Presba on May 21. Turkish troops attacked after the insurgents took refuge there with dynamite and torched houses during a 30 hour fight. One hundred fifty bodies were recovered amid the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Smerdesh
Presba
Neue Freie Presse
Salonica
Four Suffocated In Fire At New York Apartment
Mrs. Julia Wandling and her three children suffocated in a five story flat at 306 West One Hundred and Thirty-first Street. Two others were badly burned and may die. The blaze is reported incendiary in origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julia Wandling
West One Hundred and Thirty-first Street
King Inherits Fortune from Madrid Will
Special dispatch from Madrid reports King Alf inherits 7.5 million dollars under the will of his grandfather King Francis. The will was opened about a month ago per the late king’s wish that it not be read until a year after his death. NSO notes the long delay and the modest public disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
London
Madrid
Alf
Francis
NSO
Gas Explosion Kills Four at Charters Mine in Federal
An explosion of gas at the Charters Coal and Coke company mine in Federal, Pennsylvania, around noon Tuesday killed four men instantly, badly burned seven, and left a number of others slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charters Coal and Coke Company
Federal
Chamberlain presses preferred trade shift as Britain eyes tariff path
London reports Chamberlain delivering a bold speech that signals a reversal of Britain's free trade stance. He seeks a mandate to tax food and to wage a tariff war with Germany for Canada and against American trusts, while Premier Balfour backs a colonial reciprocity plan and departure from free trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Chamerlain
Germany
Canada
Balfour
England
United States
Earthquake Destroys Van Region Village Melazgherd
Reports from Asiatic Turkey describe a 29 April quake at Melazgherd in Van district destroying the town and killing about 2,000 people including 700 Armenians and garrison troops. Thousands of structures fell in surrounding villages. panic swept Erzeroom as shocks lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Melazgherd
Van
Erzeroom
Euphrates
London
Foreign Office
Lake van
Kharput
Khalil Bey
Melaggherd
Tayib Bey
Washington
Mas
Ojalvo
Erzercom
State Department
Malasgird
Fitlis
Jackson faces tense night after jail attack in Kentucky
Reports detail a midnight shooting near the Jackson jail as guards fire on a prowler. About 50 county men gathered. a gatling gun squad kept on duty. hope for a quick trial date for B. J. Little and a possible special judge if Judge Redwine’s condition worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Curtis Jett
Tom White
Redwine
Theo. J. Harper
Jackson Deposit Bank
Harper
John O’neal
Covington
Byrd
Presbyterian church adopts creed revision ending “elect” and infant damnation
Los Angeles May 29 The Presbyterian church United States general assembly approved a 1901 committee revision of the creed. It states that God’s decree does not hinder acceptance of salvation through Jesus Christ and that no one is condemned except by sin, abolishing the doctrine of the elect. It also declares all dying in infancy are saved and tightens rules on remarriage and divorce for clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian Church of the United
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Prohibitionists Nominate Slate at Marshalltown Convention
The Iowa prohibition state convention adjourned after nominating J. P. Hanson for governor J. H. Scull for lieutenant governor J. A. Ward for superintendent of public instruction J. Dewey for railroad commissioner and William Orr for attorney general A platform was adopted dropping the money plank and calling for taxes on liquor revenues to fund temperance treatment while supporting equal suffrage opposing divorce and favoring direct election of senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
J. P. Hanson
Mahaska County
J. H. Scull
Henry County
J. A. Ward
Polk County
J. Dewey
Woodbury County
William Orr
Page County
Hannigan Convicted in Suburban Railway Bribe Case
St Louis May 9 Five years in the penitentiary was the verdict in the bribery case of J J Hannigan a former member of the house of delegates. He was found guilty of accepting a bribe connected to the Suburban railway bill. Hannigan’s attorneys filed for a new trial on technicalities. He was released on a $10 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
J. J. Hannigan
House of Delegates
Hannigan
Washed Overboard on Great Lakes Barge
Capt Patrick Gordon of the barge Maxwell was washed overboard and drowned near Houghton Michigan Wednesday night. The Maxwell towed by the propeller Turner bound from Duluth careened in heavy seas and the tow line parted. Gordon age 60 had sailed the lakes 40 years and leaves a widow and family at West Bay City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Mich
Patrick Gordon
A. Maxwell
Maxwell
Turner
Duluth
Gordon
Lakes
West Bay City
Telegraph firm seeks restraining order against railroad pole removal
Western Union Telegraph company asks the U S circuit court of appeals for an injunction to stop the Pennsylvania Railroad from removing its poles and wires along the railroad’s right of way. The request follows an appeal to the U S Supreme Court after the appeals court ruled the railroad could lawfully remove the poles and wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Ainom
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Thur
Jerry Hanni
Alabama
E. M. Pruett
Kiel
William
Des Moines
Ashland
North Topeka
Kansas City
Salt Lake
Ogden
Utah
Laramie
Cheyenne
United States Senate
Presbyterian General Assembly
Apostle Reed Smoot
Santa Barbara
Indiana
Bradstreet
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
James B
Free Delivery
Iowa
Termin Prison
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