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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
8
In Syracuse Mayor Gaynor denounced professional falsifiers for misrepresenting the New York city charter. A brief weather note cites a Kansas City heat wave with 95 degrees and similar readings in Topeka and Wichita.
Reports of a wealthy New York jeweler Frank F Braillard ending his life in Brooklyn by gas. A failed ascent of Mount Etna lava eruption ongoing. Edward Whymper dies in London at 71. U.S. lawmakers debate Meyer's navy yard bill. Bandits kill a mine paymaster in Pennsylvania. father fires back. Disturbances flare in FPuchow Sze China as 200 troops are sent.
Scranton officials say only a small portion of about 1300 trackmen would walk out if a strike occurs. Other brief items note a fatal aeroplane accident in Hendon, a racially charged shooting in Warrenton, an earthquake reading, Pekin dispatches on Chengtu, and Argentina-bound farm labor exodus due to Italy’s migration halt.
A wide wave of strike action ties up Ireland’s three main railways while Peru orders seven submarines. Stolypin dies from Kiev wound, Jews fear outbreaks and Borden warns Canadians about reciprocity. Rail, political shifts, and legal actions frame a world in tension.
The Russian premier P A Stolypin, who was recently shot, warned of more attempts to kill him after accepting the premiership in 1905. A 1906 bombing at his Aptekarsky island country house killed 32 and wounded many, including his young daughter and son. Stolypin ordered harsh measures to quell unrest, with mass executions and drumhead trials, before easing his crackdown as threats subsided. He was born in 1863 and rose through local and central offices to the premiership.
Students of oriental affairs say China faces a major crisis as the Szechuan uprising spreads toward the south where Mongolian discontent challenges the Manchu rule. Government troops are deployed while flooding along the Yangtze could push natives into rebellion, signaling a test of central versus provincial power.
Andrew Carnegie sends a set of golf clubs to President Taft. The clubs, made by J. Dussie of Dornoch Scotland, were delivered by J. G. Schmidlapp of Cincinnati, a Taft friend who had visited Skibo and Europe. Carnegie wishes Taft health for world peace work.
A fireproof mausoleum costing over 100000 will be built in Cincinnati to house 2000 bodies. Interior concrete and exterior stone with granite trim. Large crypts accommodate the biggest coffins. opening chosen for family burials then sealed hermetically with concrete after mourners depart.
Lewisburg Pa Sept 21 Mr and Mrs George Smith of White Deer township long resisted arrest and drove Sheriff Shaffer from their home with a hickory club and shotgun. Robbers bound them and stole over 509 dollars from stockings and drawers after the couple refused to reveal hiding place until a torch was lighted. State constabulary search White Deer mountains for the thieves. The Smiths were previously fined for resisting an officer in a mortgage dispute with Elizabeth Baker. judge suspended sentence.
Mrs. Jennie M. Adams testified in circuit court that Charles W. Adams of Joplin had affairs with nine other women. Judge Thomas granted a decree. Her proof included overheard conversations during a half hour under a Joplin boarding house sofa. She said Adams had many more affairs, triggering a family row after the nine names.
Telegram from Bogroff’s parents to Premier Stolypin’s doctors expresses horror at the killing. Autopsy notes blood poisoning and enlarged heart. death attributed to liver injury from the assassin’s bullet.
Rev. T. B. Sherman, son of General William T. Sherman, was committed to an insane asylum in San Jose California on September 21 after threats of self harm prompted friends to seek help. An examination before a commission led to his commitment. Sherman is a Catholic priest.
Official returns from last week's special election show Maine voting to repeal the constitutional prohibition amendment by a margin of twenty votes. Canvassed by the governor and council, the result confirms a narrow victory for repeal.
The article notes the U S Navy may adopt a sixteen inch gun if foreign navies arm their ships with larger calibers. It discusses required displacement around 31 000 tons to handle recoil and predicts 30 000 ton class dreadnoughts as next steps, with current ships at 26 000 to 27 000 tons and new authorized battleships at 28 500 tons.
Doctors at the American Electrotherapeutic Association meeting in Philadelphia witnessed a novel cancer treatment. Fifty physicians observed the procedure using a strong electric current through zinc dipped steel needles to burn affected tissue and halt spread, leaving a burn to heal.
A four month old Maltese kitten owned by Edward Giffel of Carlyle Illinois traveled over one hundred miles in eight days to reach its native home. The cat had previously lived nine miles north of Bridgeport before moving to Carlyle. Disgruntled by the move it disappeared then telegraphed its safe arrival back at its old home.
Mexico City will build an elevated railway with hanging cars on a single rail to connect suburban villages to the capital quickly and efficiently. The project mirrors Berlin’s design and aims to shorten travel times to central areas.
The Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed its session in DuBois with appointments for the 1912 year. J. P. Burns leads as superintendent, with a long list of pastor assignments across Kane, Jamestown, Warren, Meadville, and many towns, plus district superintendents and an Anti-Saloon League field agent. The meeting also chose Kane as the 1912 conference site.
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