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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
2
Industrial news, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad summarized from the week. Domestic developments, global events, and notable happenings are highlighted in concise items across industry, society, and politics.
September 1901 reports public debt cash in treasury totals and monthly receipts. Fred W. Ames of Minneapolis is sentenced for bribe taking. Roosevelt invites coal road presidents and miners for arbitration. Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument dedication. Various global and domestic items include shipbuilding, strikes, executions, and political developments.
Georgia elected Joseph M. Terrill governor without opposition. New York Democrats nominated Bird S. Coler for governor and urged coal mine confiscation to end the strike, plus trust control and tariff for revenue. Vermont and Massachusetts selected gubernatorial candidates, while Rhode Island and Maine voters weighed nominations. An elderly list of political figures and public notices conclude a wide-ranging state and national political snapshot.
Reports say all but one Maciu Moro stronghold on Mindanao in the Philippines were destroyed by Captain Per thing of the Fifteenth Cavalry. The account notes ongoing colonial warfare and casualties related to the campaign.
Gen Chaffee and Vice Gov Wright sail from Manila to San Francisco while Col Jankoff calls Moros to arms in Mindanao. The Chinese viceroy warns locals against aiding boxers. Emile Zola's remains are laid to rest in Paris. May Yoke and Putnam Strong wed in Ayres. Pershing’s column routs Maciu Moros in Mindanao, with heavy casualties and fort destruction. A typhoon near Kagoshima, Japan, sinks 600 fishing smacks and costs 1500 lives.
Washington workers launch a movement demanding a ten percent increase in all salaries to match rising living costs. The push comes as prices for necessities climb from ten to fifty percent while government pay remains fixed for decades.
The National Association of Carriage Builders in Detroit elected Edwin W. H. Bailey of Amesbury Massachusetts as president. Newport News and Dry Dock bid to build the battleship Louisiana. Havana customs receipts for September reached 1 001 705, up 208 096 from last year. A Drake led syndicate bought the Gilt Edge mine in Fergus County Montana for near 1 million. Chancellor Andrews declined a salary raise offer by the University of Near Williams regents. New York American News, proprietor of Journal and Chicago, nominated for Congress in the Eleventh New York district. Two sailors, Thomas France and John Johns, are fullblooded Iroquois raised on a meat reservation. Commander McLean reports a tacit Panama railway protection agreement to Secretary Moody. Acting Secretary Sanger warned War Department staff against political activities. The Independent Order of Templars plans a monument for Col. J. J. Hickman in Columbia Missouri. Mrs. Roosevelt influenced the postmaster general over fur box condemnations. A widow complained after a trek through untamed country. US Geological Survey completed a preliminary exam of land from Cook Inlet to the Tanana.
In Paris on Sunday Emile Zola was laid to rest with simple ceremonies. Thousands of workers and families followed the coffin as guards and infantry saluted. Dreyfus’ remains passed unnoticed. Mme Dreyfus sent a wreath and Zola’s widow could not attend the grave. Orators Chaumie Herman and Anatole France spoke at the cemetery as labor groups filed past the coffin.
In Mindanao, Capt. John J. Pershing's column routs the Maciu Moros on Mindanao island. About 100 Moros killed or wounded. 40 forts captured or destroyed. Two Americans wounded. Gen. Davis orders hostilities paused for peace talks with sultans including the Bacolod sultan. Sumner receives a congratulatory telegram on the victory.
Gen William Booth head of the Salvation Army arrives aboard the steam ship Philadelphia from Southampton. Twelve tugs and three side wheel boats meet at quarantine with soldiers and a crowded harbor cheering. Flags wave fireworks light the scene as hymns fill the voyage up to the pier.
North bound Northern Central Erie Express rear ended a freight near Milton Pennsylvania. Passenger Engineer Wheel and Freight Conductor Stringer were killed. Fireman Shaffer was seriously hurt. No passengers reported injured.
Grieving over reproaches from Daniel Martin who found her after a month long search Miss Nellie Rooney of Louisville Kentucky killed herself by swallowing strychnine in a Chicago boardinghouse on the morning of October 6. The incident occurred at 2129 Wabash Avenue.
Mrs Ella Gallagher and Charles Haladay were cleared of murder charges in the week long trial over the death of James Gallagher. The acquittal ends a high profile case in Iowa City.
Washington October 4 The coal conference at the temporary White House ends in failure as miners favor arbitration while operators refuse it. Both sides depart for their localities saying the dispute will continue. Roosevelt faces possible congressional call or other measures amid military and legal options discussed.
A Springfield Republican reminiscence recalls a stout Yale student told by his tutor that he was better fed than taught. The reply was sharp, “You teach me I feed myself,” illustrating wit from the class of Yale.
The Chicago and Alton Railway launches a grill room chair car on the Chicago to Kansas City run. A small front kitchen and 10 by 8 foot room are included. The grill room uses mahogany furnishings, elaborate decorations, and china matching the decor. Passengers can order meals anytime from sandwiches to champagne suppers.
A collage of quotes notes money owed and a sales pitch for Doan’s Ointment as a cultural snapshot. It contrasts casual economics with medical claims and includes quips about teaching and honesty. The items reflect early 20th century newspaper style and public notices.
An Illinois man credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing back pain and kidney issues in 1897 and endorses the remedy. The ad offers a free trial mailed nationwide and lists Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York as the manufacturer with pills priced at 50 cents.
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