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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
2
A digest of domestic and foreign items notes Bas City labor conflict with 6,000 employers banding to resist unions. Prairie du Lac drownings. Roosevelt party stance on Pacific peace. arrests near Kokomo for murder. a vast range of political and economic items across cities like Buffalo Toledo Denver Jacksonville and Chicago.
Joseph Bashaw died in Salem Oregon at 114 and served in the French war under Napoleon. Bishop Thomas Alfred Starkey of the Episcopal diocese of Newark died at Fast Orange New Jersey aged 85.
The report blends multiple crises with unrest from Colombia to Chili labor riots in Valparaiso where hundreds are killed or wounded and docks burn while shops are looted. It notes Mabini’s death in Manila and warnings over free trade in Britain. A New York socialite is robbed en route Paris Calais with jewel losses.
Reports describe a hurricane in Santa Maria Luzon with earthquakes shaking the region. The storm toppled a stone barracks, killing one and injuring seven Native scouts. A mining dividend of ten dollars per share is declared, the fourth for the fiscal year.
Fire has burned eight million feet of timber in Pennsylvania forests as new outbreaks threaten Jewish communities in southwestern Russia. Officials report 72 Christian victims near Monastir amid regional unrest. The New York Transit Authority plans a second East River tunnel. A Seattle Bouton family member was found deceased in tide flats. The Great Northern renews search for Egan lost while hunting in Montana. Mexican silver dollars to be legal tender at 50 cents with a $25 million gold redemption fund. A St Louis to Kansas City rail line is planned via old Monroe route and a line to Mexico. Independent coal operators seek a Monongahela River consolidation with a $16 million capital. Western farmers face a labor shortage as city youths seek summer farm work. A Filipino play in Manila features a torn American flag and audience expulsion after scenery demolition.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles defends the army's conduct in the Philippines, asserting he went in an official capacity and that the president directed him to ensure discipline and supplies. He condemns cruel acts by a few officers, stresses that most soldiers acted honorably, and calls for a clear divide between good officers and condemned actions.
Poet Richard Henry Stoddard died in New York Tuesday at his home. His wife Mrs. Stoddard died less than a year earlier. Surviving son Lorimer Stoddard. born July 2, 1825 in Higham, Massachusetts. Stoddard worked as an iron molder in youth, later in newspapers and as a clerk in the New York Custom House. He served as city librarian in 1874 75 and wrote extensively for Mail and Express.
Paris reports the death of Sybil Sanderson, famed American soprano, from pneumonia after grip complications. She lived at No 1 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne with her mother, relatives and friends present. Born December 7, 1865 in Sacramento, her operatic debut was in The Hague in 1888, later rising to fame in Massenet roles and with Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau.
In San Francisco on May 13 Judge De Haven heard the Federal Salt Company admit guilt to the first count of an indictment under the Sherman antitrust law. The company, organized in New Jersey in 1900, established a California operation that monopolized salt pricing, raising rates from 2 to 30 35 dollars per ton. Sentencing is set for Thursday with a maximum fine of 5000 dollars. The case follows a prior November victory by the attorney general against the same firm on identical evidence.
Reports from Indian Lake in the lower Adirondacks say a heavy dry wind fans forest fires sweeping several townships across Warren Essex and Hamilton counties. Fires are beyond control and only a rainstorm can check them.
Former State Senator Charles Schweickardt of St Louis admits a full confession to his involvement in boodle deals.
In Mindanao island off Misamis Capt. Overton of the Fifteenth Cavalry and Private Noyes were killed and Private Hartlow wounded during a bolo rush by insurgent prisoners. Overton and Noyes guarded 50 captured rebels. bolos were seized, chaos followed, and remaining defenders were forced to fight.
Dispatches report a planned massacre of Jews in Kishineff and Odessa between May 18 and 24 old style, prompting a mass exodus and widespread asset sell-offs. Czarist fears rise as Kishineff horrors prompt heightened police protection and government scrutiny. Government officials are accused of complicity. 800 arrests cited and 3000 damage suits filed for about $1.5 million.
Chillicothe Ohio marks the centennial of statehood with an extended event week. Gov Nash and former governors including Foraker and Hanna attend alongside state officials and lawmakers. Festivities include a ceremonial center day and elaborate church observances.
San Juan Port was hit by continued southerly winds and storms on May 18. The weather disrupted crops with orange blossoms dropping, cane delays, and scarce crops. Cattle suffer from drought and disease due to food and water shortages. whirlwinds reported with coffee in better condition.
A bronze tablet will be placed in the Canton Ohio courthouse corridor to mark where President McKinley lay in state. The inscription recalls the visitation date and the fallen leader’s full title with the date of his death.
Burglary at the Union passenger station private office in Birmingham, Alabama. thief entered Jack W. Johnson’s space and absconded with $7,000 from the safe on May 18. Police report 87,000 noted in initial tally.
Seymour W. Tulloch former cashier of Washington post office accuses former Postmaster General Perry Heath and other officials of corruption. He says Senator Platt’s bonding company was favored and Beaver furniture bought extravagantly. A three week report by the assistant postmaster general is promised.
Minneapolis May 18 Judge Elliott after hearing appeal from Ames counsel sentenced ex mayor A A Ames to six years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. A $19000 bond signed by Titus Mareck Conrad Birkhofer G J Heinrich A B Herman L B Allen Gus Gluck and John Flannigan was accepted. Ames stays out of prison until the supreme court rules on the appeal. Bondsmen are mostly brewers.
Bishop Thomas Alfred Starkey of the Newark Episcopal diocese died at 85 at his East Orange home after an extended life in ministry. His wife Mrs Starkey was at his bedside as he retained sharp faculties to the end. he began his ministry on May 31, 1848.
Frank Kibler of Piqua Ohio died Sunday evening at a sanitarium in St Paris from effects of excessive cigarette stacking.
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