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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
2
A summary of diverse happenings from industry and economy alongside domestic and international events. Includes notable personal, political, and social items with emphasis on business advances and global developments.
Reports from Miami Missouri on a post office burglary. Ottawa Kansas fire at the university. Fredericksburg Brewing plant loss in San Jose. President Roosevelt southern tour and Oyster Bay stopover. indicted St. Louis delegates, and various political and economic notes including bank deposits plan and tax figures.
The president appointed Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore and Prof. Andrew S. Draper of Illinois to the board of Indian commissioners. Secretary Wilson reported favorable agricultural conditions across Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio.
Colombian revolutionists capture Culebra troops and fortify positions at Colon and Panama. British experts estimate Kentish hop growers face up to 500000 in damages from a heavy storm. A syndicate plans to purchase the Fifean mines. Alexander R. Shepherd, long a District leader, dies in Batopolis. Kilane volcano activity persists with rising lake of fire. King Edward declared sound in health. Shepherd, known as Boss Shepherd, leaves an estimated fortune of 6 million.
Benefit for striking miners nets $1000 under Hartford Central Labor Union. Roosevelt orders Washington departments closed for G A R parade. NYC subway project three-fifths complete after $21 million spent and 24 lives lost. Vatican names Rev Diomede Falconio as papal delegate to US. Rev Carley denounces hatless women in church. Pittsburgh area locomotive explosion kills Lutz. Dooley and Weber injured. Scientists propose meteors cause Rocky Mountain fires. Steamer R J Gordon sinks near St Joseph after striking sunken log. Malaga theater riot ends in casualties. Bodies of Bruski and Kierzek found in Ann Arbor. gas exposure suspected.
The report notes Germany’s 140 socialist publications including 52 dailies and Philippines population estimates from 7.5 to 10 million. It mentions Mindanao Moros rejecting U.S. friendship offers, Roosevelt’s Paris praise, and Emperor William’s wish to visit America. Other items include Kansas City fires, banking and currency stats, and Philippine trade shifts.
Democratic and Republican nominations spread across states with Henry F Hollis named NH governor candidate. Horace Boies and David J Erwin win nominations in Iowa and Michigan districts. Wilson Hay dies at 74 in Virginia. Maine Governor Hill leads with 26479 vote margin. Speaker Henderson opposes former Gov. Boies. James H Danskin and Pembody receive nominations in Illinois and Colorado respectively.
Reports indicate the Hayti provisional government blocks ports including Gonaives will be ignored by the United States. Hungary moves toward gent measures to curb emigration. Boer generals at a conference refuse concessions despite a yearly grant for widows orphans and wounded burghers. West River flood in China claims five thousand lives. The Bank of France vault robbery nets $44,000.
In Harrisburg on September 15 President John Mitchell and district leaders left discouraged after a two hour session with Governor Stone and the miners. Stone hopeful for settlement but miners doubtful. No plan disclosed. In Shenandoah the nineteenth week of the coal strike begins as Platt’s forecast passes without end in sight. Wilkesbarre reports wide losses across operators and railroads with millions in wages and business damage.
In Oyster Bay Henry Homer Washburn preached a memorial sermon for McKinley and criticized wealth concentration. President Roosevelt, present with family, showed disapproval when the sermon addressed trusts and praised the president. The president later said he did not know the sermon would mention trusts.
New York Sept 13 R G Dun Co weekly review notes activity above recent levels with new factories expanding capacity, lingering transport strain, and improving collections. Wheat tightness and frost fears support prices while failures rise to 205 US and 22 Canada. Bradstreets cites widespread demand, wage talk, and shift to higher class goods amid cooler weather.
Fires sweep from British Columbia to the California line destroying timber, farms, and livestock. Two deaths are confirmed with many missing and hundreds fleeing. Mill towns at Bridal Veil and Mill Plain report burned facilities, darkness halting commerce from Tacoma to Olympia, as crews race to rescue residents amid widespread devastation.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are promoted as a universal kidney cure with a testimonial from Samuel J. Taylor of Goshen Indiana who says thirty years of illness and crutch use ended after taking the pills. He asserts five years without kidney medicine and calls the cure permanent. A free trial offer is advertised by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY with retail price of 50 cents per box.
Princeton graduate Sage finds a note in a peach pit from Miss Caroline Hunt of Kingston New Jersey seeking correspondence with a single man. The peach grew on her father Job Hunt’s farm at Little Rocky Hill. Mr Montgomery, a Kingston graduate, may reply if he wishes.
A Chicago Tribune note suggests saving a hat by cutting earholes in the sides to make it usable for a horse next summer, mentioning Panama hats and practical reuse.
Forty years of use touted for curing summer complaint dysentery diarrhoea and stomach pain. Ad copy frames product as infallible and includes a literary quote about heart and happiness to close.
An Indianapolis News snippet promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil claiming it makes an accident preventable. It mentions street car travel and work shifts with a rhythm about workers and clerks. The short fragment reflects early 20th century advertising language.
Woman recounts enduring two years of heat flashes chills and erratic appetite during menopause era and seeks remedy or relief from symptoms in a testimonial style notice.
Mrs Eva Smith was found not guilty in Marshall Michigan where a jury deliberated six minutes. The case stemmed from a June incident in Burlington when her estranged husband James H Smith entered her room and an ensuing scuffle left him mortally wounded.
In Bologna Count Bon Martini's assassination sparks a feud as Prof Murri accuses his son Tullio Murri a socialist lawyer now in Servia of the crime. Meanwhile Armour & Co. ships about $4 million to New York for loans seeking higher interest.
Storms raged across Germany on Saturday with Berlin area and Saxony hardest hit. High winds toppled roofs and caused widespread damage. Officials reported injuries and millions of marks in losses as weather worsened through the day.
Washington reports army and navy maneuvers show forts guarding Long Island sound unable to stop a strong fleet. Searchlights proved uncertain and the forts are to be strengthened.
Twenty three damage suits have been filed against Lake Erie & Western railroad by Hobbs residents who lost property when a spark from a railroad engine started the Hobbs fire. Plaintiffs seek full compensation as the town nears rebuilding after the extensive blaze.
Selected by the President in Washington on September 13, Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore Maryland and Prof. Andrew S Draper president of the University of Illinois are appointed members of the board of Indian commissioners with no salary attached.
Named for Governor Denver James R. Peabody of Fremont county was nominated for governor and Franklin E. Brooks of El Paso county was nominated for congressman at large by the Republican state convention.
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