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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
2
A rapid roundup notes Theodore D. Buhl’s death in New York, shipwrecks and fires in North Carolina and Ohio, political jailing in Chihuahua, floods in Pittsburg and the Midwest, strikes in Russia and Germany, and notable losses in finance, culture, and science with a broad array of officials, engineers, and merchants among the named figures.
Commander Robert E. Peary U S N has been granted three years leave starting now to pursue arctic exploration with a summer start. The Roosevelt is being refitted at Shooter s Island with new boilers and Capt Robert Bartlett will supervise. Peary intends to lead a self chosen crew using sledges to push toward the pole along the American route.
H H Tucker Jr of Cherryvale Kansas promoter of Uncle Sam Oil Co was arraigned after an indictment accusing him of using the mails to defraud. Bond set at 15000 he left for Kansas City to secure bail. Prosecutors say about 1200000 in stock sold par value over 10000000 generated 20000 in dividends drawn from stock receipts not company earnings and company assets short by 150000 yet Tucker boasts of refineries pipelines and vast oil lands.
A. S. Hicks and A. W. Harris testify to a bucket shop scheme linked to Edwards Wood Co. The Minnesota chamber of commerce sues the Superior board of trade and related firms to block use of alleged faulty quotations. Officials say Wood interests trading on the Superior board created artificial markets in wheat across multiple cities. The case targets Wisconsin Grain and Stock Co. and the Superior clearing house as defendants.
Texas legislature approves a law prohibiting bucket shops cotton exchanges or any dealings in futures. Penalties include a 100 to 1000 dollar fine and six months to two years imprisonment.
Samuel B. Van Sielen a 36 year old curb broker in New York shot and killed himself last night after a recent Wall Street slump leaving colleagues and family to mourn the tragedy.
From Puerto Cortez to New Orleans reports say bombardments cannot be allowed to prevent wars in Central America. Commander Fullam of the Marietta wrote to General Estrada about actions during the Nicaraguan expedition. In Ceiba US marines closed saloons after Honduran troops abandoned ports. a proclamation called for civil authority, order, and curfew with Marietta sailors patrolling streets.
New York. Harry K. Thaw's trial nears end as Delphin M. Delmas begins the closing address after earning more than two hours and a half of remarks. He vows to base the defense on written statutes, not unwritten law, while attacking Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her mother for alleged ruin and sinister influences surrounding the girl. The district attorney will close Wednesday, with a verdict possible by evening. Justice Fitzgerald orders the jury locked up. Delmas aims to end before luncheon.
New York Dr Samuel S Guy a prominent Far Rockaway dentist and former Queensborough coroner is under arrest charged with murdering his wife in their home. The body was found on the dining room floor with two bullet wounds in the breast as a servant cried out that the mistress was dead.
Nine sailors are missing from the naval coal barge No. 1 after it was swept out to sea in heavy weather off the Florida coast. The vessel, in distress for days, was towed to Mayport, Florida, Saturday afternoon by the Norwegian steamer Nordiyn.
In New Castle Pennsylvania three men were instantly killed Monday when a ton of powder exploded at the Burton Powder Company plant in Hillsville. Rescue crews and investigators search for cause while authorities name the dead and assess safety measures.
An advertisement catalog lists Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething pain and Garfield Tea as an indispensable laxative. It claims health benefits like reducing inflammation and purifying the blood, all made from simple herbs and guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
Booker T. Washington notes that at the last census in 1899 about twenty three thousand eight hundred thirty three square miles of U.S. land were owned by a small group of farmers.
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