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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
2
A sweep of domestic and foreign items includes fires destroying docks and mills in Marinette Wisconsin and Alton Illinois, school name changes in Chicago, mob violence in Shelbyville Kentucky, ship losses on the Great Lakes, and national policies. Also noted are plant expansions, stock market activity, labor unrest, arrests, and global events from Hungary to the Philippines.
Tammany Hall nominates Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn as candidate for mayor of Greater New York. Massachusetts Democrats nominate Josiah Quincy for governor. Massachusetts Republicans renominate W Murry Crane for governor. Col William H Powell retired of Sacketts Harbor N Y nominated for Congress by Democrats. Generals Getty and Bancroft die in MD and MA. Senator Depen to marry Miss May Palmer. Helen Long dies in Hingham aged 26.
Across the island crowds gathered to express gratitude for American aid. In Turkey brigands set October 8 as a deadline for releasing American missionary Miss Helen H Stone kidnapped there, demanding a ransom of 119000 dollars.
The piece notes London population rising 2,500 monthly, Carnegie Steel’s $2,000,000 mill, $1,785,000 for St. Louis expo exhibits, and $1,250,000 to expand American Locomotive plants. It covers McKinley likeness on national bank notes, donations to art science and universities, and roa ds of corporate directorships, plus Roosevelt’s residence stance and steel trust earnings post strike.
In Washington the Schley naval court debate centers on a May 20 Dear Schley dispatch. Rayner asks to summon Admiral Sampson to clarify a possible misprint naming Santiago instead of Cienfuegos. The session also covers Rodgers testimony on Brooklyn gunnery and Hodgson's account of the battle off Santiago.
Advance sheets of Poor Los Manual for 1901 show a U.S. mileage rise of about 3 500 miles, totaling 94 324 miles by December 31, 1900. Gross revenue climbs by over 65 million dollars with a surplus gain of 24 million dollars.
Miss Helen Long daughter of Secretary Long dies at nine o’clock Friday night in Hingman Massachusetts.
Boston and Washington reports reveal the American Board of Foreign Missions seeks a nationwide subscription to raise the $110,000 ransom for Ellen Stone, with officials meeting Roosevelt and state department aides. Gifts already total about 4,325.75 plus pledges, and leaders urge rapid responses to avert tragedy.
President Roosevelt has selected a list of trustees for the McKinley National Monument association at Mrs. McKinley’s request and friends’ support. Trustees include Day, Lynch, Hanna, Bliss, Milburn, Dolan, Crane, Francis, Revel, Lowry, Fairbanks, Payne, Duffield, Cortelyou, Scott, Murphy, Torrance, and others. A meeting is set for Thursday October 10 in Cleveland to elect officers and form an executive committee. The monument will be erected in Canton, Ohio, home of the late president, with funding already coming in.
Four men died instantly when a freight train on the Lebanon Valley division derailed at an open switch near Hammelstown Reading PA. Engineer Thomas Dolan Fireman William McComsky Conductor Patrick Kane and Brakeman Charles E Mays, all of Philadelphia, were killed. Two other crew members escaped. The train was traveling about 25 miles an hour and plunged into an embankment.
London yachtsman says renewed attempts to capture the America's Cup are unlikely for a long time due to British disappointment in the latest races. He predicts Sir Thomas Lipton will not try again and none others have the funds for a new venture, so the cup stays in America for a decade.
A Milwaukee resident claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long term health problems after near insanity and constant pain. She credits the first bottle with relief and the second as a full cure, urging other women to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance.
At the American Healths Association's twenty ninth annual convention in Buffalo American physicians led by Dr Liston H Montgomery of Chicago denounced Prof Kochs tuberculin theory that bovine germs do not transmit tuberculosis. Resolutions rejecting the theory were adopted by 59 to 1 and urged precautions to stop spread of consumption. The gathering included specialists from Canada the United States and Mexico and discussed causes and prevention methods.
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