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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
2
Telegraph operators strike disrupts Western Union across major cities including Chicago and Kansas City while Postal Telegraph workers join, raising threat of general walkout. Other items cover oil industry scrutiny, riots, natural disasters, accidents, political deaths, marriages, and legislative moves worldwide.
A varied dispatch reports a New York arrest for a woman calling herself Fox Strangways on bad check charges, an Paris congress electing Prof. E S Talbot as honorary president, and Alabama officials agreeing to enforce new laws starting September 1. The Mississippi party names Williams as senator nominee by 648 votes, while Austria endures storm damage and Bohemia cyclone devastation.
Telegraph dispatch reports Vere St Leger Goold, who confessed to murdering Emma Levin and dismembering her body, hanged himself in a Marseilles jail. His wife Violet corroborated the confession, detailing their roles and motive over a plan to dispose of the body and jewels from Monte Carlo.
United States District Attorney Stimson filed a petition in New York circuit court seeking summons for E. H. Harriman and Otto H. Kahn to answer questions about control of the Chicago and Alton and Illinois Central railroads. Questions concern Union Pacific purchases, Harriman holdings, and Kahn Loeb dealings. Service was accepted by their lawyers. returnable before Judge Lacombe on October 21.
Serious disorders in Belfast near Culllingtree Road as soldiers fire into rioting crowds after a police inspector is attacked. Three killed and six seriously wounded with hundreds injured as troops clash with militants until after midnight.
In Belfast tension eased as police and troops remained away from the disturbed areas. Crowds shouted and stacked paving stones while leaders Joseph Devlin and local clergy urged peace amid sectarian clashes between Catholics and Protestants.
Missouri Governor Folk commutes the death sentence of Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington to life in prison. Barrington, condemned for the June 18, 1503 murder of James McCann, faced execution at Clayton on August 26.
The telegraph operator strike widens to New York as Western Union and Postal workers walk out. Western Union reports about half of its day staff quit. Postal Service sees 400 men and 300 women desert main office. Associated Press night operators in New York and Chicago also strike.
Galesburg Illinois Tuesday saw Dan Patch pace a mile in 1 56 1 2, an exhibition against his own record. Van Patch had a facemaker and a wind shield amid the effort.
Billy Edwards once a top American fighter dies in Brooklyn after a long career noted for grit including a classic war with a broken jaw fought many years ago.
Tangier Morocco Sir Harry MacLean has been handed over by his captor the bandit Raisuli to the Elkines tribe who in turn set him at liberty.
In a Denver shop five young milliners befriended six year old Georgie a rooming house resident. He teared up as he opened a box claiming four items inside four baby mice. The girls cried in playful alarm shouting Whoop as they scattered.
In every city’s Chinatown grocers sell toothpicks made from walrus whiskers. The four inch hairs are stiffer and more elastic in older walruses, making better toothpicks. Alaskans remove whiskers after a walrus is killed, bundle them, and ship them to China when stock is sufficient.
A tale from Ally Sloper recounts a clergyman and a workman racing a train. The porter times the gate to the second, closes it with precision, and all agree the outcome is fitting though humorous.
A dialogue contrasts egg color choices at a grocery. She explains white shells are thin and reveal freshness while he notes in England brown eggs are believed freshest. The exchange highlights perceptions of freshness and shell quality.
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Chicago cover flour, grain and livestock prices. Wheat and oats vary by grade with modest gains in several centers while hogs hold firm. Prices for butter eggs and cheese noted, with cattle lambs and sheep values listed by market.
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