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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
2
A concise survey of business and political developments from the industrial field. It highlights notable domestic events and international happenings, reflecting trends in commerce, governance, and public affairs.
The Fifty seventh congress ad journed sine die on the 4th after disposing of all appropriation bills. Senator Allison reported appropriations totaling 1 554 108 514 dollars. The house speaker gave a valedictory and was thanked for his services.
The list records deaths of prominent figures including W A Scott in St Paul and Grady in Omaha, and centenarians Preston Garland in Norristown and Marsylla Keith in Montgomery. It notes political moves with Detroit Republicans renominating Hooker and Gorman chosen as Senate Democratic leader, plus a socialist gain in Massachusetts town meetings.
Dr Rafael Zaldivar former president of Salvador and minister in Washington died in Paris. Rice crop failure drives famine in Japan's northeast. Bulgarian revolutionary bands grow in Macedonia. British 1903 04 expenditures total 171 225 000 dollars. Sir Thomas Lipton confirms Shamrock III launch in Glasgow for March 17. Premier Balfour warns food supply hinges on money.
Norman Argo claimed as the original Uncle Tom dies at Paint Lick Kentucky at an alleged age of 141. He was born a slave and belonged to Gen Samuel Kennedy, a wealthy planter.
A collection of short notes on public figures and events. Crystal Palace tower at St. Louis fair to rise 1,050 feet. A C Bird new Gould railway traffic chief earns 50 000 dollars yearly. Washington contemplates Fuller retirement with Taft as successor. Lady Cook, once Tennessee Claflin, in London libel case fined 3 250. Francis of St Louis exposition greeted in Paris with promise of a strong exhibit. Emma Rausch nine choked by whistle during Sunday school prayer. Peking embassies likened to mutiny treachery era. foreigners' extermination predicted. Adolph Wagner denounces Monroe doctrine. US blamed for world civilization. Jacob M Zebley praised for 1 500 000 miles traveled, placed on pension after 56 years as baggage master. Rev N D Hillis warns wealth worship usurps God in Brooklyn speech. Railroads challenged by Elkins bill restrictions on passes. Seventy lines agree to curb passes to military, officials, and convention staff. Rev C M Winchester argues minister can live on 12 dollars monthly with church donation possible.
Macon Georgia March 9 Hon James H Blount veteran congressman for 20 years and later commissioner paramount to the Hawaiian Islands during Cleveland second term died here Sunday of congestion of the lungs He was a noted lawyer and large landowner leaving a wife four children and a daughter Fannie.
A mass meeting at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn raised funds for a Henry Ward Beecher memorial. Mayor Seth Low presided with tributes from Grover Cleveland Justice D J Brewer Newell Dwight Hillis and Frank W Gunsaulus. Mrs W C Wallace opened the Beecher memorial fund with 10000. other donors included Henry W Phipps 1000 Dr Rossiter W Raymond 2500 and John Arbuckle 5000. The total was not announced.
Washington report shows Alexander McDowell releasing Wakefield figures for the Fifty-seventh Congress. It records 144 hours on the longest day with 80 roll calls, 18 420 introduced, 2 810 reports, 1 639 senate bills sent to the house, 2 418 house measures disposed of, 1 012 senate measures acted on, 3 430 total, 405 house and 118 senate bills left on calendars. Fifteen members died, seven resigned, Rhea and Butler were seated status noted.
In St Joseph Missouri Walter Green a 15 year old colored boy fired on a group of white youths after jeers. Four white boys aged around his age were wounded though not seriously. The victims John Good Clyde Christopher Arthur Smith and Phillip McGee were hit in varied areas. Green was arrested.
A Munich dispatch reports Elizabeth von Faeussler the abbess of the Old Woman's Asylum was convicted for attempting to poison a servant girl and sentenced to six years in a penitentiary.
Caracas March 9 text of protocols with the allied powers published in Official Gazette. The protocols are not favorably received by Venezuelans and congress shows reluctance to approve them.
A Erie freight train of oil tank cars collided near Olean New York at about 9 pm. Three explosions followed, fire lit the sky, and a large crowd rushed to the scene. By midnight 22 dead and 45 injured were reported with many in critical condition.
The U S Supreme Court ruled that the Elkins act applies to interstate discrimination by Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. The decision by Justice White reverses prior rulings and sends the case back for a new trial under the Elkins act.
In St. Louis circuit court Judge Wood made permanent a previous injunction against Bennett Wasserman and other ticket scalpers restraining them from buying or selling world's fair excursion tickets. The action, urged by all railroads serving St. Louis, included the Wabash case decided that day, shaping the rest of the suits to follow its result. The World's Fair Co aided prosecution, arguing protection against scalpers enabled railroads to offer low rates.
Captain Jorgensen and nine crew of the American bark Alex McNeil reached San Francisco on the Coptic after drifting from Hong Kong on December 10 and wrecking on Pratas reef. The crew blamed intoxicated officers for the loss of the ship and a boat with First Mate Evans and four sailors disappeared. the sailors stayed on the reef for three weeks.
Cheyenne March 10 The Union Pacific Railway Co. plans to resist a threatened attack by sending an armed force to Rawlins to patrol the area and protect trains.
Indianapolis March 10 The sixty third general assembly adjourned. session appropriated 55000 for Indiana’s St Louis exposition exhibit and raised the governor’s salary to 8000.
A Dublin slums note describes five families living in a single tenement room. An old woman explains they were fine until the Caseys in the middle took in lodgers, illustrating extreme crowding in urban housing.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes Mrs Crimsonbeak dominates talk during a wedding ceremony while Mr Crimsonbeak asserts equal speaking time ends there. The cartoonish dialogue highlights gendered expectations in conversation at a public ceremony.
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