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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
2
Readable fragments outline a weekly itemized view with highlights and brief notes. The text consolidates daily entries into a compact summary focusing on events, updates, and notable occurrences from the period.
Herbert L. Satterlee offered assistant secretary of the navy. Ned W. Barton pleads guilty to four indictments for electric light patent fraud, sentenced to three years. Samuel B. Donnelly takes oath as public printer. Timothy L. Woodruff withdraws from senate race in favor of Elihu Root after Taft talks. Taft proclaims teetotalism. Bryan escapes bear incident near Chihuahua. Frank H. Hitchcock named postmaster general. John Gardner Coolidge resigns from Nicaragua post. Ray Lamphere found guilty of arson in Gunness murder case. Judge Richter imposes 2 to 21 years, $5,000 fine, disfranchisement. Christina Clark convicted of second-degree manslaughter. Wilbur Carr sentenced to life for murder of Marshal Thomas Nicholson.
Reported ship collisions near Chefoo China drowned 700 people including Americans and Europeans. Duke of Abruzzi blocked by marriage objections. Pine Bluff Arkansas plans flood defenses by diverting Arkansas River. Haitian revolutionists threaten Port au Prince as Gen Simon advances. Atlantic fleet sails from Manila to Colombo. US Supreme Court halts Virginia railroad two cent fare order. San Francisco police chief drowned near Alcatraz. Vanderbilt declared sane by sheriff's jury. Davis Cup defeats for Wright and Alexander in Melbourne. Robbers steal 2000 from Olpe bank. Berlin Ontario fire destroys two wings of St Jerome's college. St Louis women raise 21874 for hospitals. Walnut Log murder indictments total nineteen. Miss Bell Percey and Ira McDaniels return to Peoria. Nellie Morton admits complicity in chloroform murder. Pittsburg engineer Halloran robbed in Kansas City.
The article catalogs disasters including Cot tonwood river floods in West Guthrie Oklahoma rendering 3000 homeless and hundreds of houses flooded, a deadly mine explosion in Marianna Pennsylvania killing 138, and mass casualties from various incidents across the United States and abroad.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday issued several decisions including a ruling that testimony from a spouse cannot convict on a criminal charge of failure to provide for a minor. The opinion overrules prior doctrine used in criminal cases and cites related appeals from Hancock and other counties.
After 13 months of idleness the open hearth department of the Illinois Steel Co plant in South Chicago reopened on Tuesday and 1,000 men went back to work. Preparations are under way to reopen five additional blast furnaces.
The Prague race riots between Czechs and Germans intensify, likely to trigger martial law. The growing violence signals a critical national security crisis with authorities preparing extraordinary measures.
The Philadelphia mint coins five hundred thousand dollars in gold daily to meet a surge in demand for Christmas pieces. Authorities report an unusually early and heavy call for holiday coinage as gift purchases rise.
In Punxsutawney a 20 year old Reynoldsville man Clemence Biggie was found behind a stump in a wood by several men attracted by a barking dog. The gun discharged as it slipped from his hand while he stood on the stump.
A rumor suggests United States Steel Corp is negotiating to purchase Butler's Standard Steel Car plant and its subsidiaries the Butler wheel works Forged steel works and Butler bolt and rivet works located here.
The United Mine Workers commission for the Butler Mercer district sent a circular to miners unions endorsing the strike. It states the strike was justified and could not have been averted.
Business in Wrightsville has advanced with the announcement of a new industry in town. The plant will produce iron toys and hardware items and begin by employing 25 men. Local residents provide most of the funding for the venture.
Harrisburg notes add a lance from the Sixth Pennsylvania or Russian Lancers to the state flags and arms collection at the Museum building. Presented by Reginald L. Hart of Wayne, the artifact will rest with the flags. custodian Russell had sought such a piece for years as it has become very rare.
Pittsburg reports contracts with specifications for five hundred thousand tons of steel rails to be rolled by the Carnegie Steel Company. They will reach the operating department within 30 days and be laid by leading eastern railroad systems at a base price of 28 dollars.
Harrisburg reports unclaimed deposits in savings banks totaling less than 10 000 for the past year. The figure for 1906 was 9 900, down from 5 800 in 1905, as fees once drew greater sums to return money to the treasury.
New Castle report states Hiram K. Hartsuff 54, manager of Beaver Coal and Coke, was killed when thrown from a buggy after his horse startled by an oncoming car. He struck a post and suffered a fractured skull.
Harrisburg reports State Forestry Commissioner Conklin ordered larger tree nurseries in Tioga and Franklin counties. Tioga Asaph nursery grows from five to 20 acres and Mont Alto from five to 12. The plan adds more than 12,000 acres to state reserves across three counties along the West Branch, bringing total reserves near 950,000 acres.
Harrisburg reports the official state tally for president shows Taft 745,779. Bryan 448,785. Chafin 36,694. Debs 33,913. Hisgen 1,057. Hanford 1,222. Taft’s plurality over Bryan 296,994 and majority over all 224,108.
A Kittanning committee of four pastors from Leechburg Manon township and this place finds Rev A H Gettman missionary of the Kittanning Presbytery not guilty after reviewing alleged conduct with Mrs F Heasley of Templeton.
Harrisburg reports a conference of Philadelphia Republican leaders decided to seek court action in the contest of the Fifteenth Philadelphia legislative district result. Independents Samuel B. Scott and Robert R. Dearden won with 6,540 and 6,522 votes while Owen B. Jenkins and James F. Campbell polled 6,494 and 6,426 votes.
The Harrisburg report shows Treasurer B F Mayers filed the Democratic state committee statement. Receipts and expenditures totaled 8261 dollars, with unpaid bills certified at 125 dollars. Chief contributors included Senator J K P Hall State Chairman George M Dimeling and Col James M Guffey.
The State Highway Department reports over 700 miles built by 1907 end with 325 miles completed and 221 under contract. Since then 200 more miles were completed, pushing total above 700. Expenditures reached $3,333,726.86, with a recommendation for $4 to $5 million yearly for ten years to fund further construction.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company maintains nine artesian well crews to supply its Schuylkill field collieries. Several other firms are also boring wells. Lehigh Valley Coal company hauls water from White Haven, 30 miles, to keep Shenandoah district collieries operating as many communities face domestic water shortages.
The American Sheet and Tinplate company posts that 20 hot mills at the South Sharon plant begin operation November 30 with finishing departments soon after, restoring work for about 1,200 employees after months of closure. Orders are reported to sustain steady operation through next spring as many workers are recalled.
Westmoreland County Judge Doty rules for state officers against the oleo sellers in eight cases arising from Jeannette Tea and Coffee Co. operations. State agents Miller McGregor and Billings faced resistance when buying oleo, and an agent fired a revolver during a threat but is cleared of larceny as the act served the public interest.
The Chester Traction motor men and conductors strike began April 18 and was officially declared off after a meeting with C. O. Pratt of the Detroit carmen union and P. J. Shea. It is unclear if strikers will be re employed as the company did not participate in the resolution.
Harrisburg reports the state health department will sue Lancaster physicians through local authorities for failing to report deaths. After a birth rate fell below the death rate last month, authorities found reports are not being made, prompting enforcement actions to secure proper statistics as required by law.
Puritan Coal Mining and Stineman Coal Mining, Cambria county, Pa., filed suits against the Pennsylvania railroad company in the United States circuit court seeking damages of 338,606 dollars. They allege a constant coal car shortfall from April 1, 1902, to January 1, 1905, despite persistent demand for coal.
Harrisburg report says the legislative committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers asked the governor and railroad commissioner to advance a bill requiring compulsory inspection of all tracks, equipment, signals and boilers. The committee members include Luther LeBarr, Thomas Sheridan, C. E. Reese, and W. H. Drake.
A speaker claims that old leather trunks and luggage are processed into meat pies in boarding houses. He asserts the trunks are cut into meat chunks for pies and stews, noting absence of hardware in pies but maintaining the truth of the claim despite no direct proof. The tale centers on metallic bits and the source of beef in regional dishes.
A Glasgow proposal to build an 80 million dollar battleship canal between the Forth and the Clyde would connect the North Sea with the Atlantic and provide work. The existing 45 mile Forth Clyde canal with a 155 foot rise could be expanded, reviving a longstanding dream of shorter sea passages.
In a Washington Star exchange the candidate says the motive to join the society of psychic research is to see whether he has a ghost of a show. The campaign manager questions the relevance and purpose of the bid.
A quirky note describes the village mothers club voting by ballot to pick the handsomest baby with each kid receiving one vote. Judge remarks capture the lighthearted moment.
The Welland canal connects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, spanning 27 miles. Begun in 1824 and completed in 1833, its original divisions were enlarged to reach a depth of 14 feet.
New York on December 2 reports money easy at 2 per cent and sterling at 4.86 3/4. Grain and livestock prices show Minnesota patent flour at 5.25 to 6.65, wheat No 2 red at 1.12 to 1.14, corn No 2 at 70 62, oats mixed 54c, cattle steers 3.60 to 6.85, veals 6.00 to 10.00, sheep 2.75 to 4.50, lambs 5.50 to 7.25, hogs 5.90 to 6.10. Cleveland reports flour 5.50 to 6.30, wheat 1.07 1/ - red, corn 0.65, oats 0.52, butter 0.32, cheese 0.14, eggs 0.32, potatoes high, hay 12.00, cattle 5.25 to 5.50, sheep 4.00 to 4.50, lambs 6.60 to 6.75, hogs 5.90. Chicago shows wheat 1.05 ¾, corn 611/62, oats 48 ½, pork 16.62, lard 9.22 ½. Toledo cash wheat 1.07, corn 0.62 ½, oats 0.51 ½, Cloverseed 5.60. Pittsburgh cattle 6.50 to 6.75, sheep 4.25 to 4.50, lambs 4.50 to 6.75, hogs 6.25 to 6.35.
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