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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
2
News of the Industrial Field, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad are summarized in this weekly record. Distinct events include domestic developments and international updates reflecting a broad view of current affairs.
The column surveys diverse topics including western settlement in Washington, a new counterfeit ten dollar note, Chicago murder investigations, census urban growth, a Roxbury death in a shanty, and a Cumberland Society election. It notes disputes in Pennsylvania mining, a balloon fatality in Wisconsin, twin deaths in New York, and legislative actions in Michigan. It also reports on Chinese peace talks, Connecticut population, a South Maine murder suicide, naval speed records, Peking Siege evacuees, and bank deposit increases.
Former Delaware senator George Gray is named to the permanent arbitration board at The Hague. The article lists other brief items including the Chicago orphan asylum’s 51st anniversary shoe distributions, shifts in academia, thefts, labor disputes, and international tensions.
Capt. M. E. Jones who fired the first Gettysburg shot dies in Wheaton Illinois at 70. Mrs. Julia Duplici turns 101 in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Ex President Harrison backs McKinley for reelection and will skip campaigns. Mrs. John Lawless dies in Madison Wisconsin at 104. Ex President Cleveland endorses the gold standard. Granny Wilkins 101 in Remington Indiana. Patrick Murphy dies in Joplin Missouri the first settler of the town. Jay A. Hubbell dies at 71 in Houghton Michigan former congressman ten years. Charles Fargo dies in Chicago at 69 former Amex director and VP.
The sultan of Turkey warned Germany he bears no responsibility for the crown prince's safety if he visits Palestine. Sir Thomas Lipton admits control over most US pork for legitimate business. Boers ambush British near Pretoria killing two, capturing 11. Remey notes gradual American withdrawal from China. Germany backs Russia’s Hague arbitration idea on China. Tientsin dismisses October edict as farcical. Consul Wildman denies Dewey promised Filipino independence before Manila. Dr. Bateman says Parliament may act to curb Dowie. Dowie in London says he is not American and favors the union jack.
Circulation of about $500000 in Porto Rican unredeemed money on the island. A British shoe dealer laments being crowded by American rivals. Brussels police foil a plot to kill Prince Albert during a welcome. New York has 1522 polling places, near Nebraska and North Carolina counts. Kaiser Wilhelm calls for Germany to rise as a second Rome. Steubenville opens America’s first glass marble factory. Carnegie offers to match Patersons fund for a labor lyceum. Northwestern Steamship builds four grain carriers to Europe via St Lawrence. Baden-Powell arrives in Pretoria to lead police with a 12000 man force. 300 sugar cane cars for a Honolulu firm, 200 brick cars for Antwerp. Baldwin works orders 22 locomotives for New Zealand and six for a Spanish mine. A Russian authority hopes wars end as modern conflicts exhaust nations. Rhodes blames mugwumps for war, urging Krugers ultimatum platform.
Three well dressed men rode a North Halsted Chicago street car and robbed passengers for about fifteen minutes, taking about 390 dollars in cash and jewelry. The crime occurred at night with no police nearby.
Henry C. Payne, Republican vice chairman, issued a state by state forecast. He groups 24 states with 270 electoral votes as certain for McKinley, 12 with 115 for Bryan, six with 38 as toss ups, and three with 24 leaning 60 to 40 for Democrats.
Newcastle Pa Oct 15 A deadly grade crossing crash Saturday night near Robinsons Crossing killed three people and seriously injured a fourth. A double seated buggy was struck by Pittsburgh and Lake Erie east bound No 16. The team escaped. the three occupants and the injured were brought to Newcastle. The dead include a man and two children ages about 15 and 10. The girl was brought in a sack and both children were badly mangled. Coroner Porter found $30 on the man but no identifications.
The Russian charge d affaires in Washington, M de Vaillant, requested on October 3 that The Hague international court of arbitration adjudicate divergences over Chinese indemnities. The move has drawn adherence from the United States, France, and Russia, signaling broad support. M de Wollant’s note remains unpublished.
Halifax reports additional coastal disasters with 30 vessels driven ashore most owned in Newfoundland. Severe rainfalls and washouts devastate counties and neighboring provinces causing thousands in losses. Heavy rain continues as rivers and lakes overflow destroying property across Nova Scotia.
In a humorous London Tit-Bits vignette, Michael complains during the march of Irish fusileers from Dundee to Ladysmith about fatigue. An officer explains they tread the Natal tableland and Michael quips that the table seems turned, and they walk over its legs.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O made from pure grains. A woman notes she disliked it at first but after a week would not switch back to coffee. It claims to nourish the body and be suitable for children, offering a healthful table beverage for all ages with packaging at 25 cents.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News records a humorous exchange between Sandy Pikes-Did and Billy Coalgate about a wood splitting tale, capturing a rural conversational moment with local flavor.
Industrial agent W. J. Reed advertises first class openings along the Chicago Great Western line in Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Missouri. Opportunities cover blacksmiths doctors dressmakers furniture grain and live stock buyers general merchandise hardware harness and more with guidance offered after detailing requirements.
Women say the expense to make a girl resemble a simple wild field flower equals the cost of dressing her in glamorous attire. The remark appears in the Atchison Globe, highlighting social beauty standards.
A collage of patent medicine claims and quack tips from early 1900s papers. Promotions tout Beeman's Gum, Piso cures, Carter's Ink endorsements, and Putnam dyes with testimonials. Humorous quips about housekeeping, hotels, and throat remedies accompany brief jokes and ads.
The Markets section lists grain and livestock prices across multiple cities. Flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes and cattle, sheep, hogs prices are shown for New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo with specific bid ranges and last figures dated Oct 16.
A Detroit Free Press tale tells of a businessman who loves plants and seeds finding in an old toolbox bicycle balls misidentified as rare seeds. He nurtured them, only to discover the odd bulbs were rusted bicycle parts, prompting jokes from his wife and friends about a crop of bicycles.
A Washington Post writer recalls overhearing a car conversation in Chevy Chase. A pretty girl, with blue eyes, discusses Maud and beauty, while a young man, calm and seasoned, responds with a pragmatic line about happiness beyond control.
The report notes Prince Tuan's opposition to European ideas. His few westernized touches include imported canaries kept in his gardens. It claims his intrigue delayed Chinese naval action in the war with Japan, aiding the fleet's defeat and supporting his claims about European inventions being worthless.
Two Irishmen reunited at a fair exchange news of family and marriage. O'Brien boasts a healthy boy nicknamed the very picture of him, while Blake jokes the child’s health matters more than looks in a humorous exchange from the Chicago Chronicle.
Mamma May voices disapproval of Mr Kraft as a "very smooth fellow" in a dialogue about courting. Mary notes he is smooth but sometimes not shaved when he visits.
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