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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
2
A weekly roundup covers developments in industry and economics, plus personal, political, and international items. It highlights notable domestic events and overseas affairs shaping business and policy outlooks.
The year’s worst blizzard battered West Superior Wisconsin and nearby areas with heavy snowfall and temperatures seven degrees below freezing. The report notes fatalities in a railroad wreck at Indiana and a broad mix of national events from politics to disasters as authorities respond to ongoing cold and storm impacts.
Noted American explorer and author Paul Du Chailly died in St Petersburg at age 67. Other items include Rev R N Hadden in London facing excommunication over divorce ban, riots in Bessarabia killing 300, Loubet's Marseille visit with salutes, Edward VII welcomed in Paris, and Luke Wright arriving in Manila after leaving San Francisco. Em peror William met the pope for a 40 minute conference.
Lack of harmony among associations of engineers threatens Andrew Carnegie's offer for a national center in New York City. Rivalry divides the profession as a high official doubts all can coexist under one roof. Louis Reep of West Bay City, aged 105, is reported dead. The text notes various incidents from a Chicago church bombing to a Kentucky family feud with fatal shootings.
Veteran comedian Stuart Robson dies in New York at 67 after 51 year stage career. John Plum Teeple dies in Laporte Indiana on his 100th birthday. Capt John B Ford pioneer plate glass maker dies at Creighton Pennsylvania aged 91. Henry Yates brother of Governor Yates dies aged unknown. Bishop Randolph Foster dies aged 83 Newton Massachusetts. Bishop John F Hurst dies in Newton after a year illness. Grover boom for the presh man commis dies at Springfield aged 55. Dying figures mark a sweep of notable American figures across cities and churches.
King Edward and King Victor Emmanuel review 25 000 Italian troops at the Vatican. A Russo position declares evacuation of Manchuria to favor American trade. American pork ban in Turkey ends. Russia evacuates Shingking in Manchuria. Queen Wilhelmina names Dr Charles Henry Barge as umpire in US Venezuela arbitration at Caracas.
Luigi Arditti a noted conductor dies in London. The duchess of Marlborough has a large blended family. Josiah E. Lynn, once Jay Gould partner, dies in Washington New Jersey. A tract of 83 000 acres near Santa Rosalia Chihuahua opens to settlement by the Boer Miss Caroline. Phelps founded a scholarship at the Teachers College New York in domestic science. Gen Edwin Greely elected president general of Sons of the American Revolution. New Stokes colony enforces match selling bans in New York. Postal Telegraph plans a 40 second globe message on July 4. Harry M. Clabaugh sworn in as chief justice of the District of Columbia. Secretary Cortelyou happy to head Commerce and Labor to spend time at home. Mrs Emma Stuckman of Naps Indiana begins teaching term next September. President includes teachers in Philippine service within civil service. Forts Sheridan Illinois Des Moines Iowa and Snelling Minnesota to be improved under recent appropriation. D M Clemson buys Highmount Pittsburg home of C M Schwab for 298000. War department to issue about 25000 service medals for Spanish war Philippine insurrection and Chinese campaign.
A Grand Trunk Pan American flyer collided with a crowd of Toledo excursionists at Dequinder and Canfield streets in Detroit. Ten to fifteen killed and about thirty injured. Police and ambulances rushed to the scene as victims were taken to hospitals and the morgue as night fell. Four dead identified by midnight.
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at 12 40 PM in Washington. His children Ellen, Lieut Paul Hurst of the Third United States infantry, and John L Hurst from Denver were summoned while Carl Bailey Hurst served as United States consul general in Vienna. Hurst had been ill for years and suffered paralysis in London last September during the Ecumenical conference. he had served as Drew Theological Seminary president and as a bishop since 1880, traveling worldwide and contributing to literature.
A rock avalanche on Turtle Mountain near Frank in Crow's Nest Pass destroys the Canadian American Coal and Coke plant and devastates about ten square miles. At least 56 died before daybreak. only 19 bodies recovered as of first light. The mountain split open on the north, creating a wide fissure.
A blast at the Thor Manufacturing plant at 647 Orange Street Cleveland on Saturday left several dead and many injured. Four persons are dead and 28 others fatally or seriously injured. The factory and nearby buildings were wrecked. The dead include Maurice Cohen Ben Cohen Solom Gluechman and others.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 4 1900s hours before dawn Bob Bryant and Will Morris were hanged by a mob at Yazoo bridge Haynes Bluff for the murder of W H Legg. Bryant confessed and implicated Morris who fired the fatal shot. About 200 armed farmers seized them from officers and killed them in a thicket with robbery shown as the motive.
Mrs. Jennie James received a six month sentence in Cranston Prison. The case invoked a 1786 law and a later statute concerning jailers and brawlers, reflecting enforcement of older and newer public order provisions.
A blaze at Mrs. Piatt’s home near West Union Ohio killed Louis Piatt, 90, and his nine year old grandchild in the early hours of Saturday. The fire destroyed the Piatt residence as responders battled the flames.
President Roosevelt spoke at the national YMCA convention in Topeka and visited Governor Bailey’s residence for dinner. He then toured Kansas City and neighboring towns with large crowds, reviewed schoolchildren, and praised agricultural education.
A May winter storm from the lake region to the Atlantic coast damages crops and kills young livestock. Illinois Indiana report freezing temperatures with 25 to 75 percent crop losses. Strawberries asparagus potatoes and other produce face severe harm from Minnesota to Arkansas and Oklahoma to Indian Territory.
Chicago May 4 A national industrial conference to be called by the National Civic Federation will be held in Chicago in the autumn. Invitations will go to former President Cleveland Senator Hanna President Gompers John Mitchell and other leaders. The aim is to discuss all capital and labor problems and seek preemptive solutions to avoid labor troubles and propose gradual working hour reductions in exchange for unions not to limit production.
Springfield Illinois May 2 The House approved the Mueller bill by 90 votes after an initial 87 majority and three more by consent. The measure allows cities to own and operate street railways with a three fifths referendum. A joint resolution to adjourn by May 7 moves to the Senate.
About 80 000 workers nationwide walked off the job on Friday to press for shorter hours. The strikes involve between 0 000 and 4 000 persons in direct and indirect participation.
The War Department will issue about 25,000 service medals to officers and men of the regular army who participated in the Philippine insurrection and the Spanish American War. The program covers veterans from the Filipino campaign and other actions.
The jury in Frankfort Kentucky found James Howard guilty of the murder of William Goebel and fixed life imprisonment. After a prior disagreement the jurors returned to deliberate and reached a verdict by about 11 o'clock.
King Edward met Pope Leo at the Vatican on a Wednesday afternoon, traveling from the British embassy in a closed carriage. He was accompanied by Col. Lamb, the British military attaché, and other members of his suite rode in the following carriage.
Heavy fires in the Adirondacks north of Utica cause $1,000,000 damage to uncut timber camps and villages. The Hurd sawmill, the largest in the United States, was destroyed. Loss of life is unknown.
Five human skeletons were found on the east side of the Salmon River in Imperial Cal arranged with 18 total unearthed in the desert area now being irrigated. It is presumed they perished from thirst and many others were lost in the region before irrigation began.
Manila May 2 Gov Cailles of Laguna province and volunteers captured Rios the fanatical Filipino leader in that part of the island of Luzon.
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