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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
6
A compact roundup of home and foreign items across industry, politics, and daily happenings. Highlights include personal notes, political developments, and notable events from the week aboard.
Duncan Swan of Otsego Michigan shoots his daughter Mary while she gathers corn, mistaking rustling stalks for crows. In other news Lou Dillon shatters pace at Cleveland with a 2.04 mile, while Rev Gilbert Combs dies of heart failure at Inwood.
Chief Justice Gummere dismissed the manslaughter charges against trolley line directors and officials, ruling deaths resulted from employes’ carelessness. Other items note Glucose Company of America to start syrup manufacture in Peoria within three months, Knights Templar plan 1904 Chicago conclave, a Kansas man drowns after attacking a woman, and several industrial and legal notices.
The Pennsylvania democratic state convention nominated a state ticket by acclamation headed by Senator Joel G. Hull of Wayne county for state treasurer. Other items include obituaries of Rev. Dr. James Leonard Corning at 72 in Munich, engagements announced, and various political and railway notes.
Rebels planned an uprising in northern Macedonia to mark the sultan’s accession anniversary. In Armensi Turkish troops massacred 180 men and 200 women after fighting, while Velesi’s inhabitants were also killed. Turkish casualty figures were not released. Detective notes report multiple other incidents including a leprosy patient’s death and Beirut arrests tied to a shooting involving US Vice Consul Magelssen. US cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco arrived at Beirut.
Reports indicate talks have started between Cuba and France on a general relations treaty, with a similar accord expected eventually with Spain. In the Philippines Cavite insurgents clash with Jolo constabulary, 20 killed, one on our side. The Alaskan boundary commission forms in London with Lord Alverstone as chair and Reginald Tower as secretary. Oral arguments set for September 15, closing October 15. French fleet readiness due to Turkish turmoil. Leishman reports increased detective guards at the Constantinople embassy.
Reports describe Peshtigo Lumber Company strike over union labor in Marmette Wisconsin. A Farmington valley cloudburst wrecks a New Haven train near Burlington injuring about a dozen. Schoenfels sinks the Jennie R Du bois coal schooner off West Mystic. Prosecutions ordered against Kansas coal trust members. Panama canal treaty deemed dead by State Department. Sioux City fire team Corbett and Sullivan set inter state records in a half mile relay. Four Albany orphans drown in a pond while three girls escape. Bud Hunter and Robert Holtelaw drown in a Providence Kentucky coal mine shaft. A Georgia father fatally stabs his son Jesse Burton after a prolonged dispute.
Pope Pius calls the Vatican a jail and longs for Venice freedom. Emperor William adds a 54th Berlin residence amid 53. U.S. freight cars total 1,505,902 with capacity 42,292,977 tons. Only 20,000 new seats for New York schools. over 75,000 pupils may lack accommodations. John S. Wise faces ostracism over anti Negro efforts. Maude Brown, 18, Washington Indiana, is the nation’s sole female mail carrier without a uniform. Seven New York physicians led by Dr. Albert W. Ferris plan a daily medical journal starting October 1. Andrew Carnegie gives Dunfermline, Scotland 2.5 million pounds for Pittencrieff. Fritz Adolphy dies in Clifton Arizona after years with 90 adopted daughters. San Francisco Methodists seek Book Concern probe and accounting from Rev. John D. Hammond. A letter from King Peter allegedly promises immunity to Servian regicides. Police link a New York labor leader murder to rival member factions. The State Department via Minister Leishman seeks Turkish consent for naturalized Armenians’ families to join husbands in the United States.
The Connecticut spans 450 feet water line length and 7610-12 feet breadth with a 16 000 ton displacement and 18 knot trial speed. It carries a main battery of four 12 inch rifles and a broad secondary armament of 74 guns. Built at New York Navy Yard with sister ship Louisiana at Newport News, it is touted as among the world’s most powerful battleships.
Henry Townsend Edson 39 shot and killed Mrs. Fannie Pullen 33 at his West Ninety-second Street home then killed himself. The event, witnessed by Dr David O Edson and others, followed a premeditated jealousy and love affair according to Coroner Jackson who found letters in Edson's possession.
Frank Weisbrenner was arrested at Sagamore Hill after a late Tuesday night demand to see President Roosevelt. Armed with a loaded revolver, he was jailed in Oyster Bay. Experts later declared him insane after evaluating his mental condition. He claimed a telegraphed request from the president urged a marriage proposal to Miss Alice Roosevelt and a meeting with her father.
Two men were killed and two wounded by three masked robbers at the Chicago City Railway barns at Sixty first and State streets. They secured about $3,000 after breaking into the inner office. one robber carried a sledge hammer. A prisoner later named Gustavo Malatesta as the raid leader in a police confession.
Detroit prepares to welcome the fifty fourth annual Christian Churches of the World convention from October 16 to 22. The reception committee plans for 20 000 attendees with 10 000 more anticipated. President Allan B Phillput of Indianapolis will preside.
A Southern railway wreck near Yorkville South Carolina killed six people including engineer Briskman and fireman Hine, with 25 injured. The crash followed a 40 foot trestle collapse over Fishing creek, leaving two bodies unrecovered.
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 at Danville Illinois. William Redwine and Clay Biddle were found not guilty. Sentences call for fine and imprisonment. Evidence tied the six to the assault on the jail as deputies defended it.
In Milwaukee on Tuesday three men died from sewer gas while working in the North avenue sewer under the Chicago & Northwestern tracks. The dead include R. J. Hickey, a sewer contractor, and Superintendent Schunke of the city water department. a third man of color unnamed. Other workers escaped narrowly as gas overcame the crew.
Cincinnati reports Mrs. John Henderson and Mrs. William Shaffer perished in a Blue Ash blaze when overheated coffee spilled gasoline and an explosion followed a lighted match. their children escaped. Watertown meanwhile records the death of Daniel Minthorn, 90, noted inventor and geologist who pioneered grinding iron ore into paint and talc, yet died in poverty.
Panama citizens openly plan secession if the Colombian senate refuses to ratify the canal treaty. A new state about 450 miles long is likely with Americans and foreign residents to head the movement and the army.
Springfield Ill Sept 3 Several cases of Texas fever among cattle near Carrollton Greene county have been reported to the state board of five stock commissioners Dr L C Tiffany state veterinarian has been sent there to investigate.
The newly elected president hurries home to draft his first work since taking office. He writes rules on how he rose from obscurity to leadership, noting newspapers rarely cover such men. His wife questions the purpose as ink stains mark the effort.
E J Hicks a Dennard merchant prints a personal account of long term pain from postwar illness. He describes heart flutter stomach trouble and total fatigue. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills his pains fade and he regains appetite and strength. He endorses the remedy highly.
An irate passenger questions railway service as the inspector defends improvements. The passenger notes the train was often late last year and now runs 40 minutes behind schedule on this line.
A collage of ads and quips from mid-century papers, including patent medicine claims, travel promos from the Union Pacific North-Western Line, household tips, and humorous exchanges. Notable lines address cough cures, dye products, umbrella temptations, and a playful exchange about a steak, all presented as brief newspaper snippets.
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