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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
2
News of the industrial field personal and political items and happenings at home and abroad.
Duncan Swan of Otsego Michigan accidentally shot his daughter Mary while cornholding. He mistook rustling stalks for crows and fired. Mary died from the wound, a sobering farm accident reported among other wide world incidents.
Chief Justice Gummere dismissed manslaughter charges against trolley line directors and officials, ruling deaths resulted from employee carelessness. The case follows a deadly accident attributed to road workers.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention nominated a state ticket by acclamation headed by Senator Joel G. Hill of Wayne county for state treasurer. The report also notes various national items including deaths, engagements, political protests, and a railroad inquiry into spending by the Erie Railroad for political bosses.
Reports state Macedonian revolutionaries planned a general insurrection as sultan accession anniversary neared. Armensi villagers faced night massacre killing 180 men 200 women after day fighting. Velesi and Smilevo Neveska Klissura also cited Turkish casualties and Bulgarian fatalities. Jose Marrero died aboard San Juan leper colony study releases. Beiruts shootings lead to five arrests after U S deputy consul murder claim. Brooklyn and San Francisco reach Beirut ports.
Negotiations have begun between Cuba and France for a treaty governing general relations. A similar treaty with Spain is expected to be concluded later. The Jolo constabulary clashed with insurgents in Cavite near Laguna de Bay, killing 20 and losing one constabulary member. The Alaskan boundary commission was organized in London with Lord Chief Justice Alverstone as chairman and Reginald Tower as secretary. Oral arguments will begin September 15 with a closing date expected October 15. Turkiye disorder prompts a French fleet to be kept ready for Turkish waters. Minister Leishman reports additional kavass to protect the American legation in Constantinople.
At Marmette Wisconsin 206 Peshtigo Lumber Co workers walked out over union employment policy. A Farmington river valley cloudburst toppled a New Haven passenger train injuring about a dozen. The Schoenfels collided with the schooner Jennie R Du Bois sinking it off West Mystic with coal cargo. Prosecutions against Kansas coal trust members were urged by the U S Attorney. The Panama canal treaty was deemed effectively dead by a state department official. Corbett and Sullivan set inter state records at Sioux City. Four drowning incidents occurred in Albany and Providence with youths and orphans involved. A Columbus Georgia father killed his son in a dispute.
Navy League Journal notes the battleship Connecticut at New York navy yard with length 450 feet and displacement 16 000 tons. Armament includes four 12 inch rifles and 74 total guns along with a crew of 42 officers and 761 men. Sister ship Louisiana nearing completion at Newport News. regarded as two of the most powerful battleships.
Henry Townsend Edson 39 shot and killed Mrs. Fannie Pullen 33 at his West Ninety-second Street home and then killed himself. Dr. Cyrus Edson's brother witnessed the scene as Coroner Jackson cited premeditation with letters showing a love affair. Mrs. Pullen, wife of John F. Pullen, left two children and had been close friends with Mrs. Edson for 11 years.
Frank Weisbrenner, claiming to see President Roosevelt, was arrested near Sagamore Hill after a persistent demand to marry Miss Alice Roosevelt. He was armed with a loaded revolver, taken to local jail, and later declared insane by expert examination.
In Chicago on Sunday, three masked robbers attacked the Chicago City Railway barns at Sixty-first and State, killing two men and wounding two others. They seized $3,000 from the cashier’s desk and escaped. one robber used a sledge to open the inner office door while guards watched. Authorities posted a $1,000 reward for the capture. A prisoner later identified Gustavo Malatesta as the raid leader.
Detroit will greet the fifty fourth annual international mission convention of the Christian churches of the world October 16 to 22. The reception committee plans for 20,000 attendees with an additional 10,000 expected. President Allan B. Phillput of Indianapolis will preside.
Pope Pius condemns Vatican as jail and longs for Venice freedom. Emperor William adds a fifty fourth residence to his Berlin total. U S freight cars in use 1 505 902 capacity 42 292 977 tons. New York schools open September 20 000 new sittings only. over 75 000 pupils may have no room. John S Wise ostracised for aiding negro causes in Virginia. Maude Brown 18 Washington Indiana only female mail carrier not in uniform. Seven New York physicians to publish daily medical journal October 1 led by Dr Albert W Ferris. Andrew Carnegie donates 2 560 000 to Dunfermline Scotland for Pittencrieff park. Fritz Adolphy dies in Clifton Arizona former adopter of 90 children. San Francisco Methodists call for Book Concern probe. Rev John D Hammond to account for thousands. Conspirators in Servia murders hold a letter from King Peter promising immunity. Police cite proof of murder link between rival labor groups in New York. State department aided by Minister Leishman in Constantinople to permit Armenians' family members to join their husbands in the United States.
A Southern railway wreck near Yorkville South Carolina at mid day claims six lives including Engineer Briskman and Fireman Hine and injures twenty five with two in serious condition. The trestle collapse over Fishing creek caused the disaster.
Six men named Winfield Baker John Walton Adam Murry Isaac Slade John Robertson and Thomas Bell were found guilty of taking part in the July 25 race riot and jail attack in Danville Illinois. William Redwine and Clay Biddle were found not guilty. Sentences include fine and imprisonment. Sheriff Whitlock and deputies who defended the jail identified the six men.
Milwaukee readers report three men asphyxiated by sewer gas in the North avenue sewer near the Chicago Northwestern tracks. R. J. Hickey the sewer contractor, a city water department superintendent Schunke, and an unnamed colored man died, others narrowly escaped as they worked lowering the sewer.
Daniel Minthorn, a Watertown New York geologist and inventor aged 90, died September 3 in poverty. He pioneered grinding iron ore into paint and talc in this state, earning millions from his ideas yet passing away poor.
Panama citizens threaten secession if the Colombian senate rejects the canal treaty. A new State 450 miles long is seen as likely with Americans and foreign residents leading the movement and the army. Texas Fever Reported in Illinois cattle near Carrollton Greene County with Dr. L C Tiffany dispatched to investigate.
The newly elected president of the Consolidated and Amalgamated United States Pigeon Company locks himself in the library to draft his first official work. He explains his rules for rising from obscurity to a top position and notes the press usually overlooks such managers.
An Arkansas reader recounts a personal healing story from illness after the Civil War. E J Icks, a merchant, describes twenty years of pain and weakness before using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He reports improved sleep appetite and energy and endorses the remedy.
An irate passenger demands better service as he laments being 40 minutes late this morning. The railway inspector replies that service is improving, noting last year the train was often 50 minutes late.
A collage of old notices and ads includes cough cures and patent medicines priced at cents, letters and quotes from diverse papers, references to trains and travel routes, a remark on honesty and wealth, and short witticisms from newspapers.
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