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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
2
Global and Local News Roundup of 1904 Events
A sweeping summary notes varied 1904 occurrences: Oregon guards sought as Chinese reform army recruits. violent killings in Philadelphia and Hickman Kentucky. widespread buying movement boosts economy. Chicago fire tragedy. vast steerage arrivals in New York. Kruger estate and Boer relief funds. arbitration efforts among nations. bank insolvencies and rail accidents. deaths in sports and accidents. weather disruptions in British provinces. political tallies in Illinois and Virginia. industry resumption at McKee’s Rocks. and diverse international incidents from Europe to Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt Shaw
Hickman
Robert Buck
Bay City
Mich
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lizzie Court
Chicago
New York
Main
Bremen
Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Holland
Hay
Viscount de Alte
United States
Portugal
St. Petersburg
Lamsdorff
Hardinge
Roosevelt
The
Hague
Big
Alan Duncan
Canarsie
Brooklyn
N. Y
State Department
Norton
Harpur
Mush
South Chicago
Illinois Steel Co
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Great Britain
Illinois
Parker
Swallow
Debs
Charles Werner
Canal Winchester
Werner
Nellie Stover
St. Paul
Minn
A. E. Schwan
Butte
Mont
Uncle Sam's Sea Coast Defenses Strengthened
Taft reports at Oct 15 1904 3,744 officers and 56,439 enlisted in regular army plus 21 officers 549 enlisted in Porto Rico regiment and 100 officers 3,978 enlisted Philippine scouts and 3,167 hospital corps. Coast defenses now in place at 25 harbors with heavy guns and mortars ready for use. 31 localities planned, $110 million spent, $65 million more needed. Militia inspections show 82 percent of officers and 78 percent of men present, with improved drills and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Regular Army
Porto Rico
United States Army
Austria-Hungary
France
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
United States
Congress
Street Battle Ends In Italian District Shootings
In Carbondale, a clash between a constable and a lawless gang left three officers wounded. Santo Carressi was captured during a hold up when four gang members opened fire from a nearby saloon. Joseph Tolerico died, Frank Ferressi died later, and a third officer was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Carbondale
Santo Carressi
Law and Order
Carressi
Joseph Tolerico
Frank Ferressi
Two men drown in Vernon torpedo school launch explosion
In Portsmouth harbor on Monday an explosion aboard a Vernon torpedo school ship launch during a mine sweeping exercise caused the vessel to sink. Those aboard were thrown into the icy water and two men were drowned with several others injured as the second launch also sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
England
Vernon
Jealous State Official Shoots Widow in Albany
Albany reports Joseph F. White, a ten year state treasurer's office orderly, shot Mrs. Josephine Russell, a 35 year old widow who had boarded with him. Jealousy is stated as the motive. Mrs. Russell died last evening. White is 67 and a widower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Joseph F. White
State Treasurer's Office
Josephine Russell
White
Tragedy in East Side Home Murder Believed
Police report the body of Mrs. Margaret Keeler found in her New York apartment with head crushed. A ten inch coupling pin bloody at one end lies nearby, suggesting homicide. Husband and two children, James 12 and Mabel 9, were away at school and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Keeler
Upper East Side
Keeler
James
Mabel
Roosevelt Quiet Visit in St Louis After Busy Exposition Runs
President Roosevelt spent a quiet day in St Louis with rest after the hurricane viewings of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. He attended church with Mrs Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt with tight security as secret service guarded the carriage and crowds cheered along the way. The presidential party departed for Washington at midnight. Earlier, en route to St Louis from Washington, the president drew large crowds in Illinois with fervent greetings during the cross country train journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letson Balliett
United States
Des Moines
Dunkirk
N. Y
Lake Shore
Central Avenue Crossing
Frank Miller
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Cr. J. Warner
St. Louis
Fonda
Kentucky
Louisville
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Savannah
Statesboro
Boris Sarafoff
Revolutionary Committee
Sarafoft
Roosevelt
Maria B. Wilks
Prince of Peace Hospital
Philadelphia
Ireland
St. Paul, Minn
John T. Harrison
St. Joseph’s Parish
Holy See
Rome
New York
Monastir
Macedonia
Joliet
Ill
Iowa
Parker
Swallow
Debs
Watson
James W. Hendricks
Mr. Hendricks
Chapin & Gore
Rubel & Allegretti
Chicago
Charles Krasny
Newark
N. J
South African Boer War Exhibition Co
Lackawanna County
John Warner
Scranton
Mount Vernon
Antonio Stranino
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
William H. Thompson
Exposition Company
Alice Roosevelt
Loeb
P. M. Rixey
Second Presbyterian Church
Secret Service
Highth
United States Cavalry
President Roosevelt
Washington
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Whisky Still Explosion Rips Allen Street Tenement
A whisky still exploded in a tenement on Allen Street causing a fire and tenants to flee in panic. The blast blew down the door of the room. inside police found a wrecked whisky plant. Other occupants did not know the room’s tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allen Street
Providence Man Killed When Automobile Crashes
James Donahue of Providence was thrown from an auto and killed instantly after the machine struck a telegraph pole in Barrington Rhode Island on Sunday. Companion Benjamin F Blackington escaped uninjured as the vehicle crashed. Donahue was thrown about 15 feet and died at the scene with a broken neck and fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
R. I
James Donahue
Providence
Benjamin F. Blackington
Donahue
Gompers Re-elected AF of L President at Convention
Samuel Gompers was practically unanimously re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor. Only Victor Berger of Milwaukee voted against. The next convention will be held in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
Exposition Attendance Totals Announced in Week
St Louis report shows admissions for week ending November 26 at 659,552 and overall attendance since opening at 18,317,457 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Department of Admissions
Union Pacific Buys a Railroad
The Union Pacific reportedly purchased the Chicago Great Western, with closing said to be completed. The Great Western would lose its independent identity and be absorbed by Union Pacific or distributed among eastern connections of the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Chicago
the Post
Chicago Great Western
Grade Crossing Accident Kills Two in Cleveland
The Cleveland and Pittsburg flyer struck a southbound A B C trolley at Ward's crossing near Bedford at 8 30 am Friday injuring nineteen, two fatally. The rear of the traction car was torn free, passengers were thrown high, and the engine plowed along the ties after the collision. Conductor Sells and Motorman Terbush were among the riders. Engineer Baldwin kept the engine under control as Fireman Wilber escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland & Pittsburg Flyer
Ward’s Crossing
Bedford
Sells
Harry Terbush
Terbush
Matt Baldwin
William A. Wilber
Baldwin
Review of Trade Signals Revival in Manufacturing
R G Dun reports manufacturers extending operations as confidence grows from large future contracts. Idle mills reopen and operatives rise while postponements decline. Cotton spinning slow, other textiles and iron steel gain. Freight movement slips slightly but November railway earnings rise 6.06 percent from last year. Failures total 205 in the U S and 39 in Canada, compared with 258 and 14 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Iron and Steel
United States
Canada
Ellis Island Overcrowded as Immigrants Surge
New York reports a heavy influx of steerage passengers after a rush to the port. Ellis Island immigration station was crowded, with several thousand travelers forced to stay aboard arriving steamers overnight. The Baltic brought 1,700 steerage passengers but no space remained on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Island
Europe
Baltic
Hazing of Albert De Rome at Mark Hopkins Institute
In San Francisco on November 26, Albert De Rome, a Mark Hopkins Institute of Art student, is reported to have been repeatedly shocked in an electric chair by fellow students. His uncle Louis De Rome of Oakland vows criminal prosecution of the attackers, who have left the youth partially paralyzed and without use of his lower limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Albert de Rome
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art
Louis de Rome
Oakland
Port Arthur Assault Fails as Forts Hold
Telegrams report another Japanese attack on Sungshu mountain Port Arthur with stubborn defense by Chinese and Forts. Kuropatkin discusses fierce fighting near Esinkhetchen and renewed Japanese attempts on November 25 to 26, eight and foggy conditions hindering artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tokio
Sungshu Mountain
Sintungtun
Shaotaou
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Esinkhetchen
Yensienten
Japan Reports Partial Fort Captures at Port Arthur
The Tokyo headquarters say forts at Sungshu mountain and adjacent works have had crests glacis and counterscarps captured but the assault time is not yet due. Other dispatches note attempts to reduce Port Arthur and Japanese losses in the last assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Imperial
Port Arthur
Sungshu
London
Standard
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Che Foo
West Kekwan
Berlin
Taglische Bundeschau
Rihlung
Kekwan
St. Petersburg
Zeigler Gunfire From Ambush Flares in Illinois
In Zeigler Illinois on Monday night about 500 shots were fired from ambush. Gunfire came from all directions but aimed high and caused no confirmed injuries. Two Gatling guns atop a local office building and a coal tipple replied to the gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Ill
Zeigler
Madame Janauschek Dies at 74 in Amityville Home
New York announces the death of renowned actress Madame Janauschek who passed away Tuesday at her Amityville Long Island home after four months as a private patient under the actors' fund. Paralysis and general debility attributed as immediate causes. Born 1830 in Prague Bohemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Janauschek
New York
Brunswick
Amityville
L. I
Actors’ Fund
Prague
Bohemia
Eight Hour Law Ruled Unconstitutional in New York
Albany November 30 The New York Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional the labor law banning contractors from employing workers more than eight hours daily on city county or state projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York State Court of Appeals
Danville Bartender Fatally Shot in Restaurant Hold Up
Danville Illinois on November 28 Frank Holycross a bartender died in a gunfight with three holdup men. The robbers planned to stop a train as a traveler alerted police. Holycross knocked down two attackers before a third fatally shot him amid a volley of about a dozen shots. A bystander held the suspects at bay as accomplices loaded revolvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Frank Holycross
Holycross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Uncle Sam
Carbondale, Pa
Olicit
Gompers
Review OF Trade
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