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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
An analysis of factors driving U S export growth in manufactured goods. It credits abundant raw materials, low transportation costs, consolidation, and labor-saving machinery, plus American management and the shift to high output through superior organization and unions’ limits in Europe.
An enormous crowd at the Shiloh Negro Baptist Church in Birmingham two days after Booker T. Washington spoke caused a deadly stampede. Ninety minutes of crushing pressure and falls left 78 dead and over 100 injured, many by suffocation. The chaotic exit trapped people on steps and against walls, with ambulances overwhelmed. Washington and other leaders witnessed the disaster from the stage.
Lieutenant Robert E. Peary returns from four years in the frozen north aboard the Windward. He did not reach the pole but reports key discoveries and confirms the pole is reachable from Franz Josef Land and Grant Land with northward winter quarters. He details losses of Eskimos, depots, and ice conditions from Erik harbor to Cape York, noting 84 17 north as the furthest limit before returning to Cape Sabine.
A 19th century vision extols tunnels to move dense urban crowds. Builders outline a 21 mile city underpass costing 35 million with a 5 million East River tunnel, employing 10 000 workers. Half of the work completed and cars to run within 18 months.
L H Greig a Carnegie Steel bookkeeper in London was arraigned in police court on charges of forging checks totaling 9500 dollars allegedly signed by Col Millard Hunsicker chairman of the Nickel company He was remanded in custody pending further proceedings.
Lafayette Gruff of Gloucester was hanged in the Camden County jail on Friday for the murder of his wife Mary Ann Gruff.
William Hooper Young, sought by New York police in connection with the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer, was arrested in Derby Connecticut. He initially denied the crime but later admitted his identity and agreed to return to New York. A telegram from his father in Paris appeared to move him emotionally.
Elijah Wood ruff celebrated his one hundredth birthday at Navarre park with remarks from prominent citizens. Woodruff, born in Watertown Connecticut on September 18 1802, arrived in Toledo in 1833 and remains hearty.
Fairmont West Virginia September 23. A gas explosion at a coal shaft in Stafford County killed eleven miners. Four men are dead including Charles Book 30 John G Williams 40 August Miel age not listed and Samuel Tarquenis Italian with seven more missing. Fifteen men were underground at the time with nine bodies recovered and the rest presumed dead.
London reports relations with Venezuela near severance as British minister in Caracas may be expelled. Differences between the two nations have grown amid Venezuela’s assertive stance, raising the possibility of hostilities though officials say the rupture would barely alter existing strains even if diplomats depart Caracas and London.
Roosevelt delivers a western tour speech at Music hall focusing on tariff policy and trusts. He argues tariffs cannot curb major trusts without harming small producers and workers, cites Standard Oil and coal interests, calls for government control of combines and an eventual constitutional amendment while praising publicity as a tool. A fire outbreak in Mechanical hall during the rally is contained with no panic.
St. Paul notes that Indianapolis secured the league title by sweeping three games from St. Paul to end the season. Louisville defeated Minneapolis in a three game series, sealing the pennant outcome as the schedule concluded.
Saratoga N Y Sept 23 Motormen say strike remains in force on Hudson Valley railway but the company gradually resumes passenger service after over three weeks. Cars moved on two divisions and full schedule partly restored on the third. Waterford once a mob violence focus was quieter with national guardsmen accompanying all cars.
Syracuse report says Luther Brooks a 45 year old widower and painter living in Baldwinsville shot Mrs Nellie Carver on Monday and then killed himself. The woman is expected to die from her injuries.
The cable steamer Newington reached the St. Lucia end of the St. Vincent cable near Soufriere when a violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano drove her off. Dense smoke followed, the cable was torn, and further operations there are deemed inadvisable. A night eruption was observed from St. Lucia.
President Roosevelt arrived in Detroit and toured the city with cheering crowds. He attended services at Fort Street Presbyterian Church and luncheon with Gen. Alger, then visited St. Mary's hospital to comfort Thomas K. Doherty, a Spanish War veteran dying of consumption, promising to call on him. He later dined at the Cadillac with friends.
To Found a Home Denver Sept 22 The will of W S Stratton the late Colorado millionaire provides that nearly his entire fortune about 20 million dollars shall go to a home for old and disabled persons A son is given 50000 dollars on condition that he does not contest the will.
Contract awarded for a memorial library at Painesdale in Houghton County, Michigan. The project costs thirty thousand dollars and is funded by Boston's William A. Paine in memory of his mother who died in 1901.
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