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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
2
Readers get a roundup of domestic and foreign items from Heppner to Washington. Flood counts loom in Kansas and Illinois, labor strife hits Chicago and New York, while Senate speech and foreign policy notes highlight the week.
Advices from Guam report the birth of the island's first American child, a daughter born to Paymaster Ryan, with a large christening celebration. The piece also notes mourning in Russia for King Alexander and Queen Draga, failed appeals to Pope Leo over a Loubet reception, religious tensions in France, a deadly temple fire in Ping Tu, and promotions for officers tied to Alexander's death amid anti clerical unrest in France.
Dispatches note a minor coup in Malta restoring 1849 constitution with eight elected and nine government members. In New Jersey insolvent Asphalt Co. of America seeks restraining order. A Missouri Pacific freight wreck near Cole, Missouri kills four and injures one. livestock losses tallied. St Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis destroyed by fire, losses $65,000 with $36,800 insured. Other items include a New York court dismissal of Wormser vs Interurban lease, mutiny in Tsarist Russia quelled with fatalities, a Tunachy accident injuring Mrs Siegel, and legal actions in Chicago brokerage receivership cases.
Washington reports public reply by Bristow to Tulloch charges against McKinley and Smith. Inspectors’ review of Washington post office between 1899 and 1900 yields irregularities. Metcalf removal from money order supervisory post announced. full investigation to follow.
London reports a catastrophic Lyddite factory blast at Woolwich Arsenal on Thursday morning. Fourteen workers died and thirteen were injured as shells burst destroying the building and tearing the roof away. Several victims were blown to pieces and six more are missing. Relatives gathered at the gates seeking word from officials.
Berlin reports that Przygodda nicknamed the female Bluebeard was found guilty of arsenic poisonings across East Prussia. The court at Allenstein ousted her and ordered the death penalty. A separate note from New York mentions Reliance’s topmast failure near the starting line in a cup race with Constitution and Columbia.
Minor items report Claire Circle of Springfield has ten living grandparents in the United States and two in England. Retirement of Andrew Graham after 40 years as chief assistant at the Cambridge Observatory at age 88. Professor N Doe Stewart resigns after 36 years in Cleveland. Missionaries abroad and white population counts cited in New York and Charleston. University of Pennsylvania grants nearly 500 degrees to graduates. General De Wet heads a new political party in the Orange River colony. West Point reports hazing nearly extinct in its annual review. Hawaiian planters seek repeal of Chinese exclusion act for sugar labor. Buchanan Road home in Cincinnati sold for 12000 to a saloon keeper. Mexican government moves to require Spanish for signs with optional translations. Patrick H F T testifies about paying 150000 blackmail in large firms. Peru government plots involving falsified documents and arrests. Gentlemen's Driving Club matinee at Glenville sets a new world record for Lou Dillon at 2 06 14.
Obituaries note the deaths of Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton at 70 in Washington and writer John Paul Bocock in Wayne Pennsylvania. A San Francisco paper links Gen Grant to a 1900 GOP bid while Grover Cleveland dismisses talk of a comeback. World editor William C Van Benthuysen is named. Judge Oliver P Shiras of Iowa resigns Nov 1 at age 70. Senator Hanna in Cleveland denies vice presidency plans.
Russia warns the new Servian king to punish his predecessor’s murderers as London faces a deadly explosion at Woolwich arsenal headlined by fourteen dead and thirteen injured. Miss Jean Ankrom of Waynesboro Pennsylvania, a Porto Rico school supervisor, died in a Ponce runaway carriage crash. The czar lifts Jewish living restrictions near villages and frontier. Dr. Lapponi notes the pope’s age and health. Belgrade officials are told to withdraw Peter as Turkish sultan rumors surge. Constantinople reports remain unconfirmed. Only woman to on the arrival of King
F Bonner a former Chicago teamster and three companions cleaned up 205000 dollars from a Klondike placer claim setting a new record for a single day. The event occurred in the Yukon region with the group reportedly netting a vast haul from the washout.
Judges Adams and Ball of the appellate court reversed and remanded the Sullivan conspiracy case to the criminal court on the grounds of an unfair trial. Sullivan was convicted in the lower court for jury bribery involving James J. Lynch, with a $2000 fine imposed.
Report from St. Petersburg notes a gold reef discovered in the Bariku River area. Early tests yielded six to fourteen pounds of pure gold per four hundred poods of material extracted. The June 20 communiqué describes a wide, forest-bordered area in West Siberia near omsk with ongoing trial work.
At the Woodmen convention in Indianapolis on June 18 1904 officers were chosen Head consul A R Talbott Nebraska Head adviser D B Horn Iowa head clerk Charles W Hawes Illinois head banker P R Smith Missouri Directors G W Reilly Illinois C G Saunders Iowa R P R Smith Missouri E E Murphy Kansas C J Byrnes Michigan The head camp decided to meet in Milwaukee in June 1905 by a second ballot with Milwaukee leading Saratoga Springs Los Angeles and Portland A $50000 flood relief pledge was unanimously adopted from the general fund for Kansas Iowa Missouri Illinois and Oregon to aid flood sufferers mainly in Kansas and Missouri.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 17 officials stated no strike will arise from refusals to relocate districts. The inquiry by Mitchell noted the price of coal had not increased by May, with sliding scale quoted at 4.55 to 4.60 and a projected June price around 4.62. The joint executive committee of the United Mine Workers elected district presidents to represent the union in talks with operators.
Jackson Kentucky jurorsFailed to agree on verdict in the Mureum murder trial. Judge Redwine ordered a change of venue to Cyn thiana Harrison county. Prisoners sent to Lexington under guard. Community notes ongoing feud and public unrest tied to Breathitt county annexation and local rivalries.
Waterloo dispatch reports a head on crash near Raymond Iowa between a passenger train from Omaha and a freight train. Four crew members and five other people died, with two seriously injured. track cleared after four hours. Names listed include J R H Stoneman and D J Brantz among the dead.
Glasgow Missouri June Hardee the condemned killer who escaped with three others a few weeks ago after slaying a guard and mauling two more was shot dead Monday afternoon in the Bad Lands 75 miles from Glasgow in a posse confrontation led by Sheriff Gosner. Charles R Hill a posse member was fatally wounded. William Oners is city two.
Washington June 19 The executive committee of the B Nai B Rith sent a petition to the president for forwarding to the emperor of Russia over the Kishineff incident but offered no signatures. The state department has no official knowledge of the petition source and the government is understood to refrain from direct or indirect representations to Russia on internal affairs.
Cable from Clayton reports the Mexican government deposited 1 420 682 dollars to his credit for the Pius fund award. Prompt action by the Mexican Ambassador to the state department directed to the Archbishop of San Francisco and legal counsel in Riordan San Francisco.
E J Arnold proprietor of the Arnold Turf Investment company turned himself in at the four courts after a weeks of disappearance when his firm collapsed in February. He faces fraud charges tied to the get rich quick scheme. The report also notes a government inquiry voyage of the Albatross to Nanaimo with a congressional committee on Alaska fisheries.
Dubuque Iowa June 20 Judge Oliver P Shiras of the United States court for the northern district of Iowa will retire from the bench November 1. He will be 70 years old in October.
William C. Van Benthuysen of the World editorial staff died Friday at about 47. He joined the World in 1898 from the Chicago Tribune, was born near Bloomfield Iowa, began in Leavenworth Kansas, moved to Chicago in 1883, and rose from reporter to chief telegraph editor, then night editor, before becoming managing editor prior to joining the World.
John Newbury of West Plains Missouri was killed and Rob Gross of the same place was seriously wounded by two African American assailants on a Santa Fe freight train near Sherman. The men had just left a bridge gang and were heading to harvest fields when the attempted robbery led to a fight.
Major General Frank Wheaton U S A died Thursday at age 70 after a general decline in health. He served actively in the Civil War with participation in battles across Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Washington campaigns and is described as a retired general.
Judge R A D Wilbanks of Mount Vernon Illinois died here suddenly Friday night from heart disease aged 53. He served 30 years as clerk of the Illinois supreme court and had lived in Washington the past year. First American Child born on Guam a girl with Paymaster Ryan as father. A large celebration marked the christening.
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