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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
2
A condensed survey summarizes global events and the latest foreign information from around the world. It highlights notable developments, turning points, and key facts shaping international affairs in the period at hand.
The bit strike of 509,500 miners takes effect as workers return only if employers meet the 1903 wage scale. The Indianapolis miners convention halves the strike by allowing work for operators granting demands while Roosevelt withholds a commission on conditions in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The nationwide strike remains nearly complete with western Pennsylvania largely compliant while other bituminous regions resist.
The Roosevelt administration and senate supporters agree on an amendment granting courts a narrow review role. He will send a message detailing beef investigation failures and naming Judge Humphrey and alleged packers guilt. The House panel reports a post office appropriation of 191 million for 1907, up over 10 million from 1906.
Across a set of Michigan railroad tax disputes the Supreme Court decided against the railroads in taxes owed for multiple past years. Other items include summaries of executions in England, company stock increases, infant death in Minnesota, a fatal train incident in Iowa, a double homicide attempt in Ohio, a New York arson/looting arrest, a Spain royal family assassination plot, Michigan local elections, a diplomatic consul appointment, a Cold Spring plant fire, a Morgan associate charged in a political fund case, and a coachman shooting in New York.
A broad digest reports business failures in Pe kin Illinois with debts over 100000 against assets near 250000. Imports include famine relief from Japan and a boiler explosion in Chittenango New York killing two men and injuring two. Other items cover political moves in Ohio and Iowa, international diplomacy, shipping fraud cases, and local crimes including a Minneapolis murder mystery.
Chicago ballots show support for public policy of city ownership though not operation of street railways. Proposals include funding up to 75 million for purchase and maintenance, Mueller law options, and aldermanic race effects on liquor license levels amid a broad push for higher fees.
Milwaukee mayoral race ends with young Republican Becker defeating Democrat David S. Rose. Unofficial figures place Becker ahead by 1,555 votes and likely carryover of the GOP slate. In Kansas City, Henry Beardsley wins for mayor with about 1,200 vote margin.
In New York the anthracite operators and eastern Pennsylvania mine workers held their first joint meeting and adjourned after about three hours without any concessions. The conflict shows no signs of solution as the coal strike continues and mining remains halted.
Congressional news notes the House passing the national quarantine bill on the 3d while the Senate heard a lengthy speech by Mr. Long of Kansas on the railroad rate bill.
Napoleon Campana known as Old Sport died of heart disease in Alexian Brothers hospital Chicago Illinois. Once a leading professional pedestrian he competed in famous walking matches across the United States twenty five years ago.
Three foreign nationals drowned after a skiff capsized on the Allegheny River in Zeitsburg Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Rescue efforts were unable to prevent the fatalities.
Mrs. Bennett amusingly outfits a suitcase with numerous cases for every item and lists, but George discovers no room for his clothes after fitting all the organizers inside. The anecdote reflects domestic humor and packing misadventure.
Spiders spun into threads for a proposed fabric as thousands toil in a Madagascar factory run by a French-appointed governor. Spiders work day and night, with mortality from overwork and inexperience among attendants, as the creature sulks in moving from grove to factory cells.
A Louisiana commission reports the boll weevil is no longer a terror. Heavy rains and cold weather in two parishes have practically exterminated it, and farmers using early-maturing cotton see higher yields per acre than with older varieties.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a heated exchange where a man challenges a beggar to earn his living, accusing him of laziness and dependency. The confrontation centers on claims of necessity versus effort.
A clipped newspaper quip from the Washington Star features a jokey exchange about weather forecasting. The umbrella salesman calls himself the man who collects the weather profit, delivering a wry take on predicting conditions.
New York prices show flour steady wheat No 2 red 85c corn No 2 yellow 53c oats 38 to 40c hay steady. Reeves dull, veals 6 50, sheep 3 50 to 4 90 with choice lambs 7.00. Hogs firm. Cleveland markets list Minnesota spring patent flour 4 35 to 4 60 wheat 85c corn 49 14c oats 35 4c butter 27 4c eggs 16c cheese 14 1/2 to 15 1/2c potatoes 65 to 70c hay 12 50. Cattle 5 25 to 5 35, calves 6 00 to 6 25. sheep 5 00 to 5 75, lambs 6 75 to 6 85. Toledo cash wheat 84c corn 47c oats 33c cloverseed 7 52 4. East Buffalo cattle 5 00 to 5 60, veals 7 50 to 7 75, sheep 6 25 to 6 40, lambs 6 90 to 7 00, hogs 6 85. Pittsburgh prime steers 5 40 to 5 60, good 5 15 to 5 30. sheep 5 80 to 6 25, lambs 5 to 7. hogs Yorkers 6 76.
Miss Mayzie C. Atkins reports persistent scalp sores and hair loss improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. She states itching ceased sores healed and hair grew thick with one cake of Soap one box of Ointment and one vial of Pills. East Orleans Massachusetts March 19 1905.
A Detroit Free Press quotation recalls a graduate who nearly starved while pursuing law yet later found wealth in vaudeville by balancing a barrel on his feet while standing on his head.
As Spring arrives Garfield Tea is promoted as a herbal medicine that purifies the blood cleanses the system and promotes natural action of the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. Suitable for all ages and seasons.
The dialogue features Joshem asking about a cakewalk and Soberleigh replying with a quip about a cheese that might walk if a cage door were left open, as quoted by the Chicago Daily News.
Advertising note for Allen's Foot Ease claiming to cure swollen sweating hot feet and ache. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with trial pack free. Claims addressed to A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York.
A playful quip from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reflects a joke about couples living on combined finances. The dialogue contrasts practicality with frugality.
An advertisement touts Spanish Cross Tea to cure stomach disorders chronic constipation and kidney and liver irregularities for a month at 25 cents a package. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes and mentions a model inventor with a marketable appliance idea.
An advertisement touts Dr Bayer's Penetrating Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia toothache headache lameness backache offered at 25 cents per bottle and warns against substitutes. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product and notes some people ruin themselves with flattery.
Richard M. Pearce of 231 So Orange St Newark says working nights in bad weather caused a heavy cold with kidney pain, headaches and weakness. After using Deans Kidney Pills the kidney congestion and all symptoms disappeared and stayed away for eight years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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