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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
Senate considers fortifications bill and Cuba relations
Senate debated the fortifications appropriation on the 14th and passed the bill earlier. House discussions covered naval appropriations and Cuban diplomacy while naming nominees for Cuba posts. The page notes fires in Chicago, suicides in St. Louis, and a hurricane impact in Texas alongside international events in Madrid and Martinique.
U S News in Brief from New York to Martinique
Reports note the Dixie and Sterling steamers carrying a month of rations to Martinique and St Vincent, with 50 000 fed by relief efforts. Death tolls rise in Martinique and St Vincent eruptions. Other items: Nixon resigns Tammany leadership. Evans sworn as London consul general. Watertown governor’s funeral. Chicago cattle hit 7 60. Hazleton coal convention. Humbert insurers collapse. Prohibition shifts. and a deadly Mt Pleasant blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dixie
Martinique
New York
Patrick Kelley
John Paritch
John McMichael
Girardville
Lewis Nixon
Tammany Hall
St. Vincent
la Soufriere
Henry Clay Evans
London
Jesse Stone
Watertown
Wis
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Sterling
Austin
Tex
Humbert’s Insurance Company
Paris
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors
Indianapolis
Farlin
Esther Allan
John Alexander Dowie
AntTown
Supreme Court
John F. Gaynor
W. D. Green
Quebec
Monon
Louisville & Nashville
Southern
New Orleans
Roosevelt
One Hundred and Fourteenth General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
William S. Green
Montgomery City
American
Mt. Pleasant
W. Va
Hardware Trust
Feacing
Republicans nominate Knopf and renominated candidates in two states
The Republican ticket includes Philip Knopf for Congress in Illinois Seventh district and J. P. Connor of Dennison renominated in Iowa Tenth district. Gen Charles Dick is renominated in Ohio/Nineteenth district. News notes age milestones and deaths include Julia Bedell reaching 101 in Bayonne New Jersey Dr William Tod Helmuth a 69 year old surgeon dies in New York Albert Gallatin Riddle an Ohio ex member of Congress dies in Washington at 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Knopf
Congress
Illinois
J.P. Connor
Dennison
Iowa
Charles Dick
Ohio
Julia Bedell
Bayonne
N. J
William Tod Helmuth
New York
Albert Gallatin Riddle
Washington
Caribbean Crisis and Cuban Politics Amid Global Turmoil
Reports show Denmark’s sale delayed after fall elections due to landsthing obstruction. Cuba’s congress in Havana declares Gen Palma president and Estevez vice president. A returned officer claims Filipinos are urged to persist by the Hong Kong junta, portraying Roosevelt held captive in the White House. Palma names Tamayo in his cabinet. St Vincent reports 1500 dead and nine sugar estates destroyed as Mont Pelee erupts. Chamberlain seeks Boer peace but doubts Vereeniging. Alfonso XIII takes oath amid royal spectacle. a would be suitor to the infanta attempts to intercept the king. Consul Ayme notes relief to St Pierre proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danish West Indies
United States
Havana
Palma
Estevez
Hong Kong
Roosevelt
White House
Cuba
Tamayo
Wood
St. Vincent
London
Windward Islands
Mont Pelee
St. Pierre
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Ayme
Notable NY Jurist Justice Beach Dies in City
Justice Miles Beach of the New York Supreme Court dies in New York City after an operation for a carbuncle. Born in 1840, he served as Troy mayor, sat on the common pleas bench, and was elected to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Beach
Supreme Court of New York
New York City
Justice Beach
Troy
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Charles H. Andrus
Sheridan
America
Andrus
Kodak
Consolidated Corporation
New Jersey
Lackawanna County
Europe
South Africa
William Taylor
Methodist Church
Alo Alto
Cal
Africa
Charles Sumner Nichols
Chicago
Nichols
Chicago Press Club
the Elks
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
National Magazine
S. Neumann
Marine Corps
Naval Service
Neumann
Senate
Dolliver
House
Minor News Items from the Era
New York hotels raise dining room prices amid rising beef and food costs. Roosevelt's The Deer Family issued, dedicated to sport lovers. Justice Andrew C. Bradley of the Rincona court dies in Washington after brief illness. A report from the industrial commission suggests a coal trade combine exists. Senators oppose the Nicaraguan canal route and cite Martinique horror as argument. American emotions on Martinique are low. French firms hold most Martiniqe risks. Exports to Africa account for five percent of total American commerce in 1901. U.S. trade with Japan leads. A child in Franklin, Ind., Ann Marguerite Whitesides, has four living great-grandmothers and one great-grandfather. Lord Kelvin denies Mars inhabitants signaling to Earth on leaving New York. Henry H. Windsor foresees volcanic eruptions from Mont Consequina and canal destruction if built. Mme. Modjeska denies leaving the stage. plans a new play next year The Queen of Castile. M Sehweb buys Staten Island property to create a vacation resort for friends. Western railroads pledge to end livestock discrimination favoring packers’ products. rates to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Commission
Martinique
Vincent
Japan
Foreign Commerce Bureau
Africa
Franklin
Ind
Ann Marguerite
Virgil Whitesides
Lord Kelvin
New York
England
Mars
Henry H. Windsor
Mont Consequina
Nicaragua
Mme. Modjeska
Europe
Castile
M. Sehweb
United States Steel Company
Staten Island
Western Railroad
Interstate Commission
Relief Movement Prospects After Senate Appropriation
The Senate votes an $800,000 relief package for the French West Indies and St Vincent. A joint resolution, reported by Senator Cullom, directs $500,000 to be combined with $200,000 already appropriated for prompt aid under presidential supervision. President Roosevelt signs the $200,000 relief bill. The Red Cross calls for prompt donations to Cornelius Bliss or W. J. Flather for Martinique disaster aid, with funds clearly marked for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
French West Indies
St. Vincent
Roosevelt
Congress
John M. Wilson
American National Red Cross Association
Martinique
Cornelius Bliss
New York City
W. J. Flather
Riggs Bank
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Samuel Brown in Missouri Supreme Court Hanged Sentence
The Missouri supreme court sentenced Samuel Brown to be hanged in Wayne county for the murder of George N. Richardson to obtain $700 in cash. Execution is set for June 13. In Chicago a 17 year old self sacrifice story follows as Fred Fowler dies saving friends after a canoe upset in Downers Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Samuel Brown
Wayne County
George N. Richardson
Richardson
Chicago
Alfred Smith
Fred Fowler
Downer’s Grove
Skeletons raised by visitors at medical college prompt joke
A Chicago Daily News quip imagines a visitor boasting to a medical student that skeletons were raised by the visitor, with the student asking to keep a secret and the visitor revealing the joke. The line plays on the notion of medical education using donated or raised skeletons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Colege
M. D
Chicago Daily News
The Are's Chamber Story Preview in The Four-Track News
A fragment describes a May issue of The Four-Track News with a story titled The are s Chamber. The note offers a one year free subscription within the United States for 50 cents plus staff copies at 5 cents, addressed to Geo H Daniels near Grand Central Station in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sted
Geo. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
His First Shad at Restaurant Delivers Slivers of Irony
A humorous exchange features Little Willie at a restaurant as the judge notes the planked shad has many slivers in it. Father Willie jokes about the flaky fish and the danger in a playful courtroom tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Shoes One Size Smaller with Allen’s Foot-Ease
Ad claims ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen’s Foot-Ease. Trial package offered free. product sold by A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York. Also includes promotional quips from Chicago Daily News and testimonials about Piso’s Cure and a Hannah More quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Markets Report From Major Cities May 20 1902
New York prices for flour winter patents 3.90 to 4.25 per barrel. Wheat No 2 red 88 1 4c, corn No 2 69 1 4c, oats No 2 white 35 1 4c. Beeves steady, hogs 7.85 to 7.40, sheep 4.00 to 6.00, lambs 5.75 to 7.40. Cleveland quotes winter wheat patents 9.95 to 4.10, No 2 red 65c, corn 66c, oats 48 3 4c, hay 10.50, dairy prices steady. Toledo cash grain incl wheat and corn. East Buffalo cattle 7.00 to 7.15, hogs 7.35 to 7.45, sheep 5.75 to 6.00, lambs 7.40 to 7.50. East Liberty cattle 6.95 to 7.25, hogs 7.40 to 7.50, primes 7.00 to 7.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
East Liberty
Private Haby Show and Baby Visit Prompt Chatter
A playful exchange from the Chicago Daily News recalls Tom and Jack reacting to a couple with a newborn. An ad touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising cure and a free trial bottle at 981 Arch St Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Jack
Chicago Daily News
To Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old Town Topics advertisement claims a cold remedy cures in one day. It guarantees a refund from druggists if the treatment fails. The pitch warns against scorn from critics and pretenders.
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