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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
2
A concise roundup of late foreign dispatches outlines notable global events. Highlights include political developments, economic updates, and cultural shifts from various regions, presented in a brisk, summary style.
The senate adopted resolutions for full disclosure to the president and secretary of war on the discharge of colored soldiers of the Twenty-fifth regiment.
President Roosevelt attacks former ambassador to Vienna Bellamy Storer, publicizing previously suppressed facts and accusing him of falsehoods. The report lists various incidents including rail accidents, lawsuits, and deaths across multiple states, noting the era’s political and social tensions.
A string of calamities reported includes four killed in a Lewiston Maine head on collision. the Florence I Lockwood schooner wreck off Assateague Virginia. a fatal railroad incident near Joplin Missouri. a boiler explosion in Lynn Massachusetts. a freight wreck in Stock Pennsylvania. and a Honolulu organized push toward a pan Pacific congress.
Washington report says Norwegian minister Haugh informed President Roosevelt of the Nobel Peace Prize award. The prize, about 37,128 dollars, will fund a Washington conference fund to promote industrial peace between labor and capital, with trustees named by the president.
Providnece R I Monday tale of heroism as Mitch ell Gruso braved a fierce NE gale in a small boat to reach the derelict Buena Ventura. He saved Captain Ole Owar sond then returned to rescue Seaman Charles Martin before escaping the frozen hatch. Only two of five crew survived.
In the senate on the 10th more than 100 private pension bills were favorably reported and a few private relief bills were passed. The house began consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill.
Parma Oklahoma reports Scott Smith a wealthy Woods county farmer was lured from his home by men who tied a rope around his neck and dragged him behind a horse across plowed ground until he died.
The steamer Monarch of Fort William Ontario, sailing for Northern Navigation Co., ran aground and became a total wreck on Isle Royale after Sunday's death and damage.
George Burnham Jr a vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co was found guilty of larceny of 7500 from company funds. The trial linked to a 1901 loan and concealed entries as part of broader insurance investigations. Burnham remanded to the Tombs after four hours and a half jury deliberation.
Mgr Montagnini, secretary of the Papal nunciature, is arrested on expulsion order from France and taken to the frontier. Cardinal Richard and Paris clergy are notified to evacuate, with broader orders for other departments. Clemenceau plans to push parliament to seize church pensions and property while offering peace if the church complies.
Hazelhurst Mississippi Mrs Angie Birdsong found guilty of manslaughter for killing Dr Thomas Butler and freed on mercy with a hotel night under surveillance. Her uncle US Senator Mc Laurin was telegraphed for a possible new trial. Court delays sentence. manslaughter penalty starts at 500 dollars.
Senator Burrows of Michigan spoke three hours opposing Smoot retaining his senate seat as the House considered the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill.
The American Sugar Refining Co. and the Brooklyn Cooperage Co. pleaded guilty to accepting rebates on sugar in U S circuit court. Judge Holt imposed fines of 80 900 dollars on the sugar refining company and 70 000 dollars on the cooperage firm.
The town of Glenburn North Dakota faces a coal shortage with no fuel on hand. Authorities warn a special train delivery is needed to prevent great suffering.
A man recounts an insomnia cure of peanuts and milk that briefly sent him to sleep. He describes surreal dreamlike episodes including a dragon leaving its skin and a train folded into a pocket, before waking after about ten minutes of sleep.
Professor James H Breasted of the University of Chicago reports new material from Abu Simbel showing a detailed marriage story of Rameses II. An inscription of 41 lines in the Sun temple references a word for snow, noted as a first in snowless Egypt.
A public health journal critiques haste in daily life. It links hurried choices in voting, marriage, business, and religion to disorder and social decline, warning that rapid living breeds corruption and crime while affecting family discipline.
A husband playing euchre with the latest belle of the Mountain house notices his wife trying to embroider. He asks pardon for being between her and the light. She retorts, I can see through you perfectly well.
The daily market notes cover grain provisions and live stock from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo Pittsburg and other points. Prices are listed for flour wheat corn oats hay cattle sheep and hogs with ranges for different grades and regions.
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