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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
3
An advocate argues that women need the ballot for self-respect and self-protection. She cites education, legal reforms driven by persistent petitioning, and the contrast between learned women and their ability to vote, urging suffrage to end the disfranchisement of the entire sex.
The piece traces a fifty year shift in women’s roles from intellectual awakening to social service. It cites Defoe, Sydney Smith, Rousseau, and advocates equal education for girls, arguing education should fit women for noble life and public roles beyond the home. It notes ongoing need for earnest schooling and criticizes idle consumption in gilded settings.
A call to use moving pictures to evangelize globally. The speaker, former Salvation Army, aims to form the Scientific Evangelistic Society with 1000 ministers and workers in the US, each to present twenty stereopticon services yearly, supported by a bureau and production staff.
East St. Louis residents say the flood crisis has passed for the city after the Illinois Central levee breach and a partial B and O embankment collapse. No drownings reported Thursday and few confirmed deaths. losses remain uncertain amid ongoing searches and wreckage clearing.
The June wedding at St Pauls church drew crowds and high society as President Roosevelt walked in with Mrs Hanna. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Payne Miss Roosevelt and numerous senators and their spouses.
Fraser Iowa June 9 five men drowned in the Des Moines river after a small boat carrying workers from Fraser coal mines capsized in the current. Victims named Thomas Coleman Andrew Marchona Steve Carmadine Carria Megalla and Nicholas Grometine all drowned. Coleman attempted to swim to shore but disappeared.
A massive rock and dirt slide on the Southern railway between Spartanburg and Asheville at noon Friday filled a major mountain cut near Tryon at the foot of Saluda Mountain, shutting off all traffic from the south. Thousands of tons of debris cascaded down the hillside, bringing service to a halt on a key line in western North Carolina.
Maj W H Gibbes who fired the first shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter died in Columbia South Carolina. He served as a gunner in Capt George James' company and as Columbia postmaster under President Cleveland.
Twenty Bulgarians died in a combined assault on Yenise Roumelia carried out by troops and Muslim villagers. Fifty prisoners were taken to Adrianople.
James Hill a long time Negro leader in Mississippi's republican party and secretary of state during reconstruction days has died in Jackson. He was known nationwide for his political work and public service.
Indicted members of the Retail Coal Dealers Association of Illinois and Wisconsin and the Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers Association were found guilty by Judge Horton. Eighteen defendants in each association were fined 500 dollars, with nine officials fined 100 dollars. Appeals were filed. The charges allege conspiracy to fix prices and suppress competition harming public trade.
Gen Alexander McDowell McCook U S A retired died at 6 30 Friday morning at his daughter's home on West Monument avenue after suffering a third paralytic stroke. He had recently come west from Washington and had a mild stroke earlier with a later more serious second stroke. Despite earlier signs of recovery the general passed away unexpectedly.
The Bessemer Savings Bank and the Bank of Commerce at Bessemer Alabama suspended operations after a run sparked by president T J Cornwell’s flight. George H Stevenson and Thomas O Smith were named receivers. Liabilities total 235000 for the savings bank with 230000 in deposits and 35000 in assets. the Bank of Commerce shows 43000 in liabilities and 67000 in assets.
Arthur Lyons, hunted for killing his father's wife, shot himself in a Farm near Shoals Indiana as hundreds of farmers closed in. The incident occurred on George Swayzee’s farm, near John Goldsberry’s residence, on Tuesday afternoon at about 4 30.
Kalkaska Michigan prosecutor announces that Mrs Mary McKnight confessed to poisoning her brother John Murphy his wife and their baby Gertrude Murphy stating she gave strychnine to the infant and to the couple in a voluntary admission made Tuesday night.
In Lansing on June 11 the legislature adjourned after the Senate passed a House bill to increase the state supreme court membership from five to eight. Gov. Bailey wed Ida B. Weede in Kansas City on June 10 at the First Congregational Church, ceremony brief and simple with few guests.
The next annual congress of the National Prison Association of the United States will be held in Louisville, Kentucky on October 3. The meeting notices were announced in Louisville on June 12.
A Washington dispatch reports investigators preparing to arrest another high official in the postal scheme. President Roosevelt demands thorough inquiry and exposure of all guilty parties. Bristow to lead without fear or favor as Tulloch charges are tested and Heath allegations denied. The probe is expected to peak before Roosevelt heads to Oyster Bay for the summer.
Clifford Hanley of the St. Louis naval reserves was killed in a riot near John Bratton’s residence in a suburb of East St. Louis just before midnight Saturday. A mob aimed to relieve pressure on Bratton’s grounds by cutting an embankment. gunfire followed as citizens, militiamen, and naval reserves clashed. Bratton and witnesses testified. no one charged yet as inquest continues.
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock III, challenger for the America’s Cup, arrived safely off Staten Island after a 16 day 22 hour voyage from Gourock Scotland. Erin towed the yacht part of the way and Shamrock S towed by Cruiser, 156 crew members all well with no accidents reported.
Piqua Ohio June 15 former congressman and prominent lawyer Hon John F Mc Kinney died here Saturday of paralysis at age 76 He served two terms in Congress elected to the Thirty eighth in 1862 from the Fourth district and to the Forty second in 1870 He was chairman of the democratic state committee for several years
A whisky distillery fire in Glasgow on Friday night killed seven people three men three boys and a woman and injured others. Exploding spirits caused a wall of a neighboring flour mill to collapse and bury victims beneath debris.
New York June 15 Gov William H Hunt of Porto Rico arrives aboard the steamer Ponce and states there is no truth to the rumor he will resign.
The Interstate Commerce Commission prepared a summary of its 1902 railroad report noting 202471 miles of single track as of June 30, 1902, with 1189315 employees and 676,028,592 dollars paid in salaries. It records 649,878,505 passengers, 111,089,347 tons of freight, 1726380267 dollars gross earnings, and 1116248747 dollars gross expenses. Dividends totaled 159,421,239 dollars. Casualties numbered 73250 with 8588 killed and 50524 injured. one fatality per 401 employees, one injury per 24 employees, one passenger killed per 1,883,706 carried and one injured per 97,244 carried.
President Roosevelt spoke in Baltimore at Armory Hall before a capacity crowd of 9000. The 6000 singers on stage and standing room filled the venue as he enjoyed the choruses and solos for nearly an hour after his address. He arranged his trip schedule to spend time in the hall before departing for Washington.
The Liberty Bell began its trip from Independence Hall to the West Philadelphia railroad station escorted by local cavalry and National Guard units. In Newark 6000 people greeted the train upon arrival, and Princeton saw a large crowd with Mayor Robinson leading a university faculty delegation and schoolchildren visiting the bell.
Benjamin Franklin of Chicago reports being assaulted by three youths on the steamer Kalamazoo in Lake Michigan near mid voyage. The assailants tried to rob him and throw him overboard. He resisted and alerted officers who escorted him back. The trio allegedly attacked again, inflicting severe injuries before ship officers detained them.
Shanghai reports the Manchurian commercial treaty accepted in part. The clause opening two ports is rejected while 11 internal trade barriers are abolished, leaving duties at treaty-port customs and foreign management. Import surtax 1 percent is allowed and export surtax also noted.
President Nixon of the United States Shipbuilding Co. announced that the ongoing reorganization and receivership proceedings will not affect the progress of building United States vessels at the Crescent yards. The statement was issued in New York on June 16.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on June 16 the lockout ordered by the master contractors stone contractors and builders league was terminated yesterday. The stoppage threatened to leave about fifty thousand workers unemployed indefinitely.
Mrs Sophie King Porter wife of Horace Porter ambassador to France died in Paris in April and was buried in Long Branch Cemetery yesterday.
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