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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
2
A condensed weekly digest covers home and foreign items. It surveys industrial developments, personal and political items, and notable happenings at home and abroad across the past seven days.
Robbers steal 5000 from J C Brainerd Co bank in Blooming Prairie. Olney denounced in Falmouth for not aiding punishment of an employee who backed Czolgosh. Shaffer elected president of railway clerks. Roosevelt praised in Washington for McKinley policies. Odd Fellows in Indianapolis vote on admitting mixed-blood members. Lynch threat in St Paul over McKinley assassination comment. Grant arrives in San Francisco with troops from Manila.
Rev. C. S. Dinkins president of a Selma university dies in Selma Alabama. Charles Crist Delmonico a New York caterer dies in Denver Colorado from heart failure. Laura Conger daughter of Minister Conger marries Lieut. F. E. Buchan in Chicago. George West dies at home in Ballston Spa New York aged 78. he served three terms in Congress.
Reports from around the world note memorial services for President McKinley as flags fly at half mast. The Cobra torpedo boat destroyer sinks in the North Sea with 67 lives lost while the Boers take 200 British troops and three guns at Scheepers Nek and capture Royal Horse Artillery and mounted infantry at Vlakfontein. France presents new claims against Turkey before diplomatic relations resume.
Bankers and brokers say Roosevelt's stance inspires confidence. Berlin papers suspend Neuesleben and Freiheit. Massachusetts bans fences over six feet. English mail to Australia via the US takes 31 days. King Oscar may send a son to the St Louis exposition. Idaho assessed value up over 4.65 million to 52.20 million. St Louis authorities expect substantial exposition funding. O D Barrett, 20-year Butler law partner, dies in Washington. 1894 Senate bill to bar anarchists failed in House. German authorities push to remove Christian Science. London and Berlin press praise Roosevelt. Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota territory's first governor, recent 87th birthday. Rev O N Hartshorn of Mount Union College dies aged 78. Liberia bishop says disciplined Africans may find reward there. Six survivors remain from Ford’s Theatre company of Lincoln’s assassination night. Three survivors still on stage.
A summary of diverse items: Priscilla Harness of Cumberland Md dies at 115 after saying she cooked for Gen Harrison in the War of 1812. Five thousand apply to Carnegie founded Scottish university educational trust. Rear Admiral Sampson to leave Boston yard October 1 due to health, approved by Secretary Long. Four Chicago firemen injured at Johnson Chair Co warehouse blaze. U S Steel reorganization continues after strike lull. George W Bowman pledges $1,000,000 from mine earnings to People’s Church of America with more funds promised. National Tube Co accepts prestrike prices and operates mills. British manufacturers plan a retaliation alliance amid American Tobacco Co entry. Flook Gaver bank at Meyersville Md burglarized. safe gutted, loss awaiting insurance evaluation.
London and Bethany reports say both rulers pledged ten year peace with no wars for Russia or Germany. The czar and Kaiser spoke of a durable accord while Russia and France affirmed a strong dual alliance. Observers note little beyond reaffirmation of Franco Russian ties and cautious London reaction.
Lord Kitchener's Pretoria dispatch dated September 22 describes a Boer attempt to cross the Orange River at Herschell. Lovatt's scouts suffer heavy losses. Lieut. Col. Hon. Andrew Murray and Capt. Murray killed. A Boer gun is recovered after a night action, with two Kennell killed and 20 captured. Additional commandoes captured west of Adenburg and near Carolina. Buffalo River flooded. Natal situation unchanged. Gen. Botha and P J Botha noted.
A heavy frost in Benton Illinois and across southern Illinois for three mornings threatens thousands of dollars in damage. The late drought left corn peas sweet potatoes and melons late. farmers hoped for a long fall, but the early frost nipped numerous unmatured crops, worsening losses from the drought.
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