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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
2
Condensed digest of domestic and global items spanning business, politics, industry and notable happenings. Highlights include political developments, personal notices, and industry updates from the past seven days.
Rail collision near Siloam Springs Ark kills engineers Worrell Penrod and firemen Hamlin Rogers. Tornadoes kill three in Kansas, devastate Aliceville and destroy nine houses near Hamilton. Reports of unrest, strikes, and political moves ripple from the Philippines to Washington as storms, warfare, and diplomacy shape a tense era.
Rhode Island prohibitionists nominate Frederick T. Jencks of Barrington for governor. Several cabinet members including Shaw Moody and Wilson plan to take part in campaigns across states. Other items note Spaulding’s death in New Britain at 74 and Moody widow Moody’s death in East Northfield Massachusetts.
Russia warns China she will not evacuate Manchuria unless every demand is met, signaling possible conflict. Britain’s Chamberlain laments British agriculture and trade losses, while Ian Maclaren foresees a religious revival. A US China treaty opens Mukden and Antung ports in Manchuria and a Manila smuggling plot is uncovered with ex inspector John Miller tied to the case.
The weekly health department bulletin reports Chicago infant deaths under one year dropped 60.1 per cent since 1891 while deaths of all ages fell 39.2 per cent over the same period. Other notes include post office receipts rising 9 per cent and congressional session plans for November 9.
John Hazeltine proposes to move 1000 Syracuse residents to a Montana town. Leland M. Finks of Columbia claims Washington family arms. Pittsburg Glass cuts mirror glass prices. South Dakota judges deny a divorce decree for Mrs. Roland B. Molineux. George Howard the gentleman burglar is jailed for 14 years. Col. A L Mills reports healthy cadets at West Point. Rear Admiral Bradford resigns bureau post for command of the battleship Illinois. Concordia parish women in Louisiana share births the same day: three boys and five girls. Wilhelmina and the Turkish sultan remain teetotalers. Tehuelche Indians exhibition eyed for St Louis fair. Nebraska supreme court upholds bloodhounds as witnesses. Carroll D Wright reports US labor conditions improving. Roosevelt appoints John P Nields US district attorney for Delaware. James Smith of US Shipbuilding accuses Schwab and others of fraud in a trust.
New Jersey corp act action targets Charles M. Schwab over the difference between paid prices and par value of his shipyard trust stock. Plaintiffs seek to assess him for $2,000,000 and cancel mortgages on Bethlehem steel and shipyards. Proceedings follow a preliminary report by Receiver Smith with service to Schwab via Henry D. Oliphant.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in America plans to push a settlement of labor troubles with an interdenominational effort. Bishop E G Andrews leads the drive and will chair a committee on labor and capital to meet in major cities and seek neutral, practical agreement.
In Peszer Hungary seven related municipal councilors secretly sell municipal forest property and share proceeds. When discovered the seven hold a hurried meeting and then commit suicide, ending the family selling council scandal.
George Grace ten, of Lake Contrary, St Joseph Missouri, died after a runaway incident. He fell from a seat and his right leg was torn off by a wheel spokes accident in October.
Washington reports from Rear Admiral Cotton in Beirut that conditions remain quiet. He notes exchanges with the new governor general and describes maintaining routine naval observations and contact.
Madrid reports a socialist demonstration of 20,000 workers in Bilbao Sunday ended in a deadly clash with clericals, leaving four dead and 29 injured. The incident underscores the volatile political unrest in Spain at the time.
Dr W P Thirkield, speaking for the Methodist Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Educational Society, denounces the convict lease system as inhumane and dehumanizing. He cites private leasing, brutal conditions, short convict lifespans, and schools of crime, contrasting with Christian benevolence and noting no graduates accused of crimes against womanhood.
At a Mercantile club meeting in Kansas City Kansas the investigating committee urged calling a grand jury to probe alleged boodling in the city school board. The report details transactions, including a $300 pay request for a principal post and a $4,000 Bancroft school site purchase at a $2,350 asking price.
In Sofia on October 13, reports describe a brutal clash as insurgent bands clash with Turks. Bulgarian forces fire on a group aiding fugitives near Rila, while a major engagement at Selzi on October 5 ends with Turks suffering heavy losses after reinforcements arrive.
Rochester Oct 13 A warrant is issued for Jules Stein treasurer of the Stein Casket Co New York on Leo Block of Rochester charge grand larceny in the first degree alleging Stein is $5 000 short in his accounts as company treasurer
In Kansas City Mo on October 13 three men died and three were injured, one seriously, in a collision between Missouri Pacific and Frisco freight trains in the switch yards at St Louis avenue and Santa Fe streets last night.
Albert E. Bell alias Crosby, the alleged mail pouch robber and forger, confessed to robberies in Germantown Pennsylvania and Springfield Illinois during a hearing Monday before US Commissioner Hinsdale at St. Anthony's hospital in Denver. His bond was set at 10000 dollars but he cannot post it now and will be guarded until he is well enough for transport to Philadelphia for trial.
Passaic river floods devastate Paterson and surrounding areas with thousands displaced and extensive property loss. Horace Riley died in a cave-in as Spruce street hill erodes. 1,000 acres flood and 20 feet in places. New York reports vast damage along the Atlantic coast with dams and bridges failing and currency shipments damaged by Delaware river flooding.
Mrs. Tree wife of Judge Lambert Tree the Chicago jurist and former U S minister to Belgium and Russia died aboard the steamship Campania at sea Thursday evening. Death from syncope was sudden and unexpected.
The Standard Oil main line in Wayne County was tapped near Echo on October 12 and several thousand gallons of crude oil were taken. Two suspects are in custody and more arrests are expected as the probe continues.
Fire destroyed the grain elevator of E. G. Daish & Sons and two grain cars on the outskirts of Washington. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars, with only partial insurance. Origin of the blaze unavailable.
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