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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
3
A public administrator argues for corporal punishment of women and girls as a social remedy noting limits by age and emphasizing restraint. He suggests spanking can restore peace for families and reduce public misery amid debate on brutality versus discipline.
The writer contrasts American dock practices with Europe noting private graving docks and municipal piers with promenades in Copenhagen and Antwerp. He proposes a 50 foot water front promenade in New York and urges municipal action to improve sailors and immigrants lodging, suggesting philanthropic roles.
The piece argues that educated engineers chemists and electricians will lead civilization by applying laboratory tested laws to material resources. It asserts practical success now requires formal technical training and rejects rule of thumb approaches in favor of disciplined science guiding machines and industry.
Corinth Mississippi residents burn Tom Clark alias Will Gibson at the stake after his confession to the murder and assault of Mrs Carey Whitfield on August 19. The crowd witnesses the execution as Clark implores mercy and farewell visits for his mother and brother.
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers rebuts President Baer and Mr Hewitt asserting higher wages for soft coal miners, disputing output claims, and calling for arbitration to end the strike. He blames operators for intent to crush the union and cites recent wage and price actions to justify continued action.
Secretary Cortelyou reports that President Roosevelt had a second operation Sunday on the left leg abscess. Surgeons made a knife incision into a small cavity exposing slight bone involvement and established drainage. Physicians say recovery is likely and no blood poisoning risk exists. The president stood the procedure well and hopes to ride soon.
Minneapolis mill workers avoid strike as flour mills adopt an eight hour schedule starting October 13. Wages will drop compared with the prior 12 hour shifts, but workers accept the new pay terms and report good relations between labor and management.
In Paris a Lille to Paris express derailment at Arleux killed twenty six people and injured many as the train left the rails while crossing a switch and did not stop despite high speed.
Gov Bliss offers Gen Russell A Alger the U.S. Senate seat to replace the late James McMillan. Alger appears certain to win after Dexter Ferry withdraws, with Ferry supporting Alger to promote party harmony.
A life size 20 foot high statue of Louis Kossuth was unveiled in Cleveland on Sunday before about 50,000 people. Mayor Johnson Senator Hanna Congressman Burton and Gov. Nash spoke, with addresses in several foreign languages.
The president and cabinet conclude that American troops will stay in Cuba through treaty negotiations and ratification. The treaty must embody the Platt amendment and Cuba must maintain an army capable of fulfilling its obligations. President Palma’s demand is cited as the prompt.
The body of Edmund Jellinek, former cashier’s department official at the Vienna Laender bank, was found in the Danube at Altenwoerth near Kremz after he disappeared on September 18. Embezzlements from the bank totaled about $1,150,000.
Citizens in Sicily observe Mount Etna releasing a thick column of steam from near the 1892 eruption area. The event prompts concern across the region as residents monitor activity and potential developments.
Sir Michael Herbert the newly appointed British ambassador to the United States sails from London for New York aboard Ambassador Herbert accompanied by Lacy Herbert.
William F. Mulkey prominent Detroit figure and vice president of Detroit Salt company died at his home in Detroit on a Saturday. He was owner with his sons of Kingman Salt Mining in Kansas and a large stockholder in the Toledo Monroe Electric railroad. Mulkey moved to Detroit in 1893 from Hutchinson Kansas.
Count Guiseppi Dussi, aged 80, a leading Italian in the United States, died at his Philadelphia home from congestion of the brain. He was widely known for his stature in Italian circles and his long residency in America.
An official telegram to the Corean legation in Berlin declares the emperor of Corea is alive and in good health. A dispatch in the Paris Figaro had claimed the emperor died of cholera on September 25.
Gov James B Orman of Colorado announces intention to attend the national irrigation congress opening in Colorado Springs on October 8.
Reports from Detroit Philadelphia and Springfield detail a national effort to end coal strikes. Herbert Myrick promotes government ownership via the People’s Coal League with branches across districts and expected 8 million affiliated voters.
The Washington program lists about 40 meetings at Camp Roosevelt during the Grand Army encampment next week. A formal dedication is slated for Monday October 6 with speeches by Secretary Hay and Gen. Torrance. Reunions will be in large canvas tents named Grant Sherman Sheridan Farragut and Meade, from Monday through Friday.
Secretary of War Elihu Root arrived in New York and dismissed rumors of his retirement. He stated that he does not intend to resign and if he ever did, there would be no rumors, only a simple resignation.
Tom Walsh, a Stockton fireman burned in Sunday night blaze that destroyed the Stockton pavilion and five other blocks, died Monday. The total loss is estimated at $500,000.
In Pestigo Wisconsin on September 30 Gust Z Seifeld a farmer near the town was shot and killed by his son with a buckshot loaded shotgun. The son reportedly shot his father to stop the beating of his wife.
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