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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
2
After Galveston Storm Death and Destruction Sweep The Coast
A wide survey reports Galveston devastation with 6000 feared dead, 1.3 million in relief given, and 40 million in property losses. Rebuilding planned on current site as residents confront hunger, looting, and mass burials while relief flows in and authorities restore order. Major figures include Gov Sayres and congressmen. notable incidents span storms, fires, and mining strikes across the nation.
President’s Niece Mabel McKinley Weds in Somerset
Miss Mabel McKinley, favored niece of the president, marries Dr. Hermanus L. Baer in Somerset Pennsylvania as the president extends congratulations. New York Democrats nominate John B. Stanchfield for governor. Ohio Democrats begin campaign in Columbus with W. J. Bryan as speaker. Roosevelt’s VP nomination letter elevates silver while defending expansion. Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard dies of apoplexy at his Westernville New York summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel McKinley
Somerset
Hermanus L. Baer
New York
John B. Stanchfield
Ohio
Columbus
W. J. Bryan
Gov
Roosevelt
Montgomery Sicard
Westernville
N. Y
Global tensions rise as powers seek leverage in China
Reports suggest a shared aim between the Kaiser and the czar over China's fate as France Japan and the United States weigh troop withdrawals from Beijing. China faces pressure from Russia Boxers and foreign powers while Li Hung Chang and others travel to Peking seeking assurances and settlements amid ongoing conflicts in the Philippines and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Czar
China
France
Japan
United States
Philippine Commission
Luzon
Russia
London
America
Europe
Paul Kruger
South African
Lourenzo Marques
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Philippines
Spain
New York
Loubet
Transvaal
Ira D. Sankey
von Ketteer
Shanghai
Kruger
Lord Roberts
Newfoundland
Caserta
Italy
Minor News Items From Across the Nation
A survey notes diverse topics including a man named South West in north Missouri, rising Indian populations since 1890, and a prairie dog crusade planned for northwestern Kansas. Skagway printers form Alaska’s first union with 17 members, Lore Roberts heads to London on November 1, and Buller to command in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
South West
Kansas
Skagway Printers
Alaska
Lore Roberts
London
Buller
South Africa
Postal Service Establishment
United States
Black
St. Francis
England
America
Buffalo
N. Y
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Montgomery
Ala
Columbus
Richard O’grady Haly
Canada
Russia
Siberia
University of California
Census Shows La Crosse Population Rises to 28895
The census reports La Crosse Wisconsin at 28895 residents up from 25090 in 1890 an increase of 3805 or 15.17 percent. Other items note Camp Bird mine payout 13 million to Thomas F Walsh from investors led by Alfred Bell and J Morgan, relief efforts for G A R members, and labor strife in Scranton coal mines with workers quitting. Galveston toll rises as 84175 dead listed and 8000 evacuated. Police Lt Edward J Steele dies in Chicago after Haymarket riot chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Duncan Clarke
Mound City
Ill
St. Joseph
Mich
Cleveland
Chicago
Burlington
Haigler
Neb
Lake Erie
John B. Lyons
Dundee
Flint & Pere Marquette
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Narragansett Pier
Rockingham
Sayres
Emma Abbott
South Bend
Ind
Youngstown
United Mine Workers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Henry W. Lawton
Fort Wayne
Mount
W. J. Bryan
Grand Rapids
Hawley
Quartermaster Baxter
Gulf Coast
American Federation of Labor
Census Bureau
la Crosse
Wis
Thomas F. Walsh
Camp Bird Mine
Ouray
Col
Alfred Bell
J. Pierpont Morgan
National Tribune
Washington
G. A. RR
Texas
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Co
Scranton
South Omaha
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania Coal Co
Pittston
I.a
Delaware & Hudson Co
Plains
Nanticecke
Plymouth
Parsons
Houston
Tex
Edward J. Steele
Steele
Haymarket
Fort Wayne Dedicates Lawton Monument in City Park
Fort Wayne Indiana yesterday dedicated a monument honoring Gen Henry W Lawton crowned by a cannon he captured from the Filipinos and presented to the city Union Veteran Legion led the ceremony Col William J Bryan delivered a non partisan address The program included Maj W W Barnett Henry B Scherer mayor Gov Mount and Rev J A R McGraw in remarks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Henry W. Lawton
Union Veteran Legion
William J. Bryan
B. P. Hanna
Congress
J. A. R. McGraw
W. W. Barnett
Henry B. Scherer
Gov. Mount
Maj. Barnett
Lawton
Maj
Barnett
Gen
Bryan speaks in Chicago on presidential bid
In Chicago on September 11 William Jennings Bryan addressed two crowds. He spoke at a Sherman House reception hosted by the Nebraska Bryan Club of Chicago and at Kent Theater on the University of Chicago campus to an audience of over 1,000, mostly women. He urged unity and warned against a race question, citing Illinois and Ohio as examples to avoid bringing such issues into the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Windy City
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Sherman House
Nebraska Bryan Club of
University of Chicago
Kent Theater
Col. Bryan
August Imports and Exports Decline in 1900
The August 1900 report from the Bureau of Statistics shows total imports at 61,626,005 dollars, down about 5 million from August 1899, with 22,568,806 dollars duty free. Domestic exports reached 101,238,964 dollars, down 1,500,009, while gold imports were 3,099,857 dollars, down 2,292,000. gold exports totaled 18,066,372 dollars, up from 2,099,062. Silver imports rose to 4,214,573 dollars, and exports to 6,486,899 dollars, both higher than prior year totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Against Standing Armies. Utica report on workers federation
At the State Federation of Workingmen session in Utica on September 14 a resolution was adopted protesting large standing armies as a menace to organized wage earners and a burden on them. It states no contingency justifies a larger army if the government’s safe, humane course is continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
State Federation of Workingmen
Elected Officers Named for Union Veteran Legion
National commander Gen. R. Wooters of Philadelphia was chosen along with junior vice commander N. M. Avis of Camden New Jersey chaplain H. W. Couden of Washington surgeon general Henry Klemme M D of St Louis and quartermaster general Thomas J. Hubbard of Philadelphia Gettysburg Pa was set as the next meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Union Veteran Legion
Gen. R. Wooters
Philadelphia
N. M. Avis
Camden
N. J
H. W. Couden
Washington, D. C
Henry Klemme
M. D
St. Louis
Thomas J. Hubbard
Gettysburg
Kruger Flights South Africa Hostilities Near End
London dispatches report President Kruger fled toward Portuguese territory after crossing the Vaal outer colony into Lorenzo Marquez. Message notes Transvaal state officials accompanied him into Portuguese territory suggesting an early end to the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kruger
Vaal
Lorenzo Marquez
Associated Press
South Africa
Transvaal
Jockey John Stoval Killed at Gravesend Track
New York report states John Stoval, once a noted jockey, was killed at Gravesend when a horse he was riding fell and rolled over him during exercise Thursday. The tragedy occurred at the Gravesend race track in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Stoval
Gravesend 7
Veterans to Inspect Chattanooga Battlefield Tablets
A circular from the Chickamauga and Chattanooga park commission announces veteran inspections of tablets inscriptions and battle lines at seven fields in the park. The objective is to verify or correct historical work by participants. Inspection is scheduled for October 9 10 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Our Agricultural Imports Willing to World Markets
A government bulletin by Frank Hitchcock reports five fiscal years 1895-1899 show average annual agricultural imports valued at about 367 million dollars. Sugar and coffee dominate, with Brazil the top supplier of coffee and the United Kingdom a major source of wool and hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Hitchcock
Agricultural Department
Brazil
United Kingdom
Germany
Cuba
Japan
China
Philippine Islands
United States
Italy
Dutch East Indies
Hawaii
Mexico
Canada
British East Indies
Army Ration Test Begins In Kansas City
The emergency ration board of the war department starts a field test in Kansas City to determine a new emergent U S army ration. Two thousand rations of a chocolate meat and bread combo will be prepared for a march through Oklahoma and Indian Territory by cavalry from Fort Sill and Fort Reno. The board seeks the smallest daily food needed to sustain muscle and will compare their mix with a Passaic New Jersey variant using tea instead of chocolate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
the War Department
United States Army
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Fort Sill
Fort Reno
Col. Dempsey
S. W. Fountain
F. W. Foster
Passaic
N. J
Crisis Averts as Li Hung Chang Moves in China
Washington reports the relocation of diplomatic talks as Li Hung Chang powers a Chinese response to protect Americans. Russia to withdraw legation and install a Chinese government. Boxers clash near Pekin with U S troops as other powers plan troop shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chaffee
Li Hung Chang
China
Pekin
State Department
Russia
London
Li Hung’ Chang
the Times
Tien T'sin
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Mo Tao
Bengal Lancers
Tien Tsin
Hughes
Third
United States Artillery
Rockhill
United States
Taku
Manchuria
Sir Robert Hart
South Africa
India
Shanghai
Count von Waldersee
Hsu “Tung
Yu-in
Chu Li
Wang Yi Yung
Imperial Academy
Ho Chien
Chi-Li
Loubet fixes Costa Rica Colombia boundary points
The French arbitrator M. Loubet sets the Atlantic boundary at Mona Point and the Pacific boundary at Punta Burica, confirming Costa Rica's claim and denying Colombia any part of Nicaragua or Costa Rica beyond Mona Point. The decision excludes Colombia from half of Costa Rica and much of Nicaragua as previously claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Costa Rica
Senor Calvo
Paris
M. Loubet
Colombia
Atlantic
Mona Point
Pacific
Punta Burica
Cape Gracias A Dios
Nicaragua
Bornea River
Mills Face Eight Week Downtime and 225 Million Losses
The Manchester Textile Mercury estimates cotton mills may halt for at least eight weeks with wage losses around 500000 workers and total losses near 225 million. The downturn stems from scarce raw material and tight foreign supply, forcing English mills to rely on a limited global market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
The
Manchester Textile Mercury
Assassin confesses in Von Ketteler murder case
Baron Von Ketteler's assassin admits guilt and shifts blame to the German imperial government. He says he acted on their orders and identifies himself by a watch taken from the minister's body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Ketteler
Pekin
Taku
Baron von Ketteler
Tragedy Near Eau Claire River Batteau Collision
Eight men drowned when a batteau overturned in a gale on the Eau Claire river Saturday evening. Six others perished while swimming to shore. ten clung to the inverted boat until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Eau Claire River
Dutch Government Proposes Warship Lift for Kruger
The Netherlands authorities telegraphed Lorenzo Marquez offering a warship to transport Mr. Kruger to Holland. The action follows Kruger’s condition and regional political maneuvering as of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Netherlands
Lorenzo Marquez
Kruger
Holland
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Puget Sound
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Peter Hartman
Burkett
Mansfield
Sayers
John B. Randolph
Henry Smith
Mary
Nevada
Cal
United Mine Workers
George S. Forbes
First National Bank
Klondike
E. A. Davis
Rastus M. Davis
Harry Connelly
Mass
Prince Ching
Gen. Roberts
Reitz
de Wet
Potcheffstroom
Charles McQuiston
Indiana
General Lawton
Ft. Wayne
Hung Chang
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