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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
2
A condensed weekly roundup covers home and foreign items, industrial updates, personal and political notes, and notable events from the past seven days. The column highlights domestic affairs alongside overseas developments, offering a concise snapshot of current happenings.
The report covers Senate debates on the ship subsidy bill with support from Senator Depew and opponents Foraker McLaurin and Harris, and the Hepburn Nicaraguan canal bill. It notes House action on post office appropriations, territorial omnibus for statehood, and a large batch of pension bills. Also reports executions, fires, disasters, resignations, and other national events.
A string of events includes a Texas tornado wrecking dozens of homes and deaths, a Louisiana cyclone with heavy fatalities, a Mississippi outbreak of destruction, a bank robbery setback in Townville and Minooka, a transport arrival in San Francisco with 1200 soldiers, a Boston strike settlement ending 20000 idle workers, and broader national commerce notes.
The First Indiana district Republicans renominate J A Hemenway for congress while J M Miller and R E B Ward receive nominations in Kansas Fourth and Missouri Third districts. Doorkeeper W J Glenn of Cuba New York dies of pneumonia at 39. In Missouri Seventh district Democrat C W Lin is nominated for congress. Ex Gov John P Altgeld of Chicago dies at 55 after paralysis. Mrs Jane Smith dies in Marshalltown Iowa aged 103. Republicans in Seventh Indiana renominate Jesse Overstreet for a fifth term. Martin Welker, former congressman and Ohio lieutenant governor, dies in Wooster at 83. David H Rose renominated for mayor of Milwaukee.
Gen De Wet crosses British lines and aims to join with Delarey in western Transvaal. Field Marshal Wolseley heads to South Africa drawing comment in London as Dos de Wet maneuvers. Miss Alice Roosevelt arrives in Havana with friends. King Edward cancels Ireland visit on cabinet advice. The first Chinese indemnity installment paid. East Africa slave trade raids free 700 captives. Sagasta cabinet resigns. Methuen liberated and cared for by surgeon at Klerksdorp. Kyankari in Asia Minor destroyed by earthquake. Mrs Conger hosts reception for nine Chinese princesses in Peking.
Reports detail an assassination attempt on Rev. Houst in Elizabeth New Jersey by alleged Italian anarchists. A major fire in Shortsville New York destroyed 12 businesses two homes and three barns with estimated losses around 60000. Further notes cover arson in Norman Munro’s Long Branch property, a ship ashore near Point Lookout, a Newark plumbers lockout affecting 350 workers and Marconi wireless tests on lake steamers. The U S Senate passed the ship subsidy bill 42 to 31 as House debates river and harbor measures.
The clippings note deaths Joshua Wilbour in Dublin New Jersey and John Daniell a New York merchant along with a 34 year marriage in its will. Items mention a health resort for invalid soldiers Fort Niobrara Nebraska and a fraudulent windler stopped by the post office. Indictments and lawsuits involve Mrs Catherine Soffel Pittsburgh warden and Mrs John McGinnis over sewer gas injuries. Rockefeller and Huntington gifts to Harvard medical school are reported as major philanthropy. Russia apologizes for an attack on American sailors amid a quiet diplomatic note. A Berlin physician Dr Lud wig Feinberg claims a cancer discovery.
At Monomoy Point in Nantucket Sound seven Chatham Harwich life savers perished after their lifeboat capsized while attempting to rescue five men from the stranded Wadena. Captain Elmer Mayo of the John C. Fitzpatrick saved Lemuel Ellis, the only survivor, as the crew battled gale and heavy seas.
Washington March 18 after prolonged debate the Senate passed the ship subsidy bill by 42 to 31 with amendments largely in line with sponsors. Republicans Allison Dolliver Spooner Quarles and Proctor Dillingham voted no. Senator McLaurin Democrat of South Carolina voted yes. Amendments limited contracts to July 1 1920 and annual subsidy cap. Senate okayed Hanna amendments on Leyland line acquisition and foreign ship restrictions.
Washington reports the first delivery of the 1902 series of national bank notes by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Issued to new banks and charter extensions only, the initial $10 and $20 notes feature green single‑plate backs and portraits of deceased officials, including Harrison, McKinley, McCulloch, Sherman, and Knox.
All workers resume duties in Boston after a weeklong strike by 20,000 union men. The walkout ends Monday with conditions nearly the same as before the dispute commenced.
In South Boston on Monday a monument at Dorchester Heights was unveiled to honor the 1776 evacuation site. The Massachusetts state memorial praises the New England militia and Washington's military genius. A parade preceded the ceremony and U S Senator Lodge delivered the oration.
In St Petersburg on Sunday a student riot drew 10 000 participants and kept police and cavalry busy. About 100 arrests were reported with injuries but no deaths. Authorities mobilized the police reserve and military forces as cavalry, artillery, and infantry were stationed in side streets while clashes persisted through the afternoon. The czarina rode by in an open sleigh as a major fight ended.
A sensational plot to destroy the Austro Hungarian warships Hapsburg and Arpad near Pola was exposed. Dynamite was stolen at Trieste and an anonymous letter warned the vessels were imperilled. The ships are now closely guarded.
Heavy westerly winds for two days pile ice along Lake Michigan east shore. Pere Marquette steamers Nos. 2 and 17 are fast in the ice outside and No. 4 is imprisoned inside Ludington harbor.
The New York yacht Endymion owner George Lauder on board was found in a helpless condition and picked up at sea by the wrecking tug I J Merritt near Norfolk Virginia on March 18.
The retirement of Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis on March 25 will vacate the Department of the Lakes in Chicago and the Department of Dakota in St. Paul. Maj. Gen. MacArthur moves to Chicago to command the Department of the Colorado and Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston succeeds him. Brig. Gen. William A. Kobbe will be assigned to command the Dakota department.
Twelve years of continuous service in hospitals and private homes has given the author varied experiences with diseases of women. She describes nursing diverse cases and seeks guidance from Mrs. Pinkham.
The piece notes a large dye industry with the Putnam Fadeless Co at Unionville Missouri producing three million packages annually. It highlights envelopes laid end to end would stretch seven hundred miles and thirty five million handlings to complete three million packages. Retail value at ten cents per package implies about 18 thousand pounds of dimes.
A fragmentary Baltimore News quote depicts a dramatic exchange about a man admired as a powerful asset, and his father-in-law as the possible mastermind behind the action. The passage hints at family conflict and public tension surrounding a valued figure.
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