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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
2
Swayne impeachment trials and other scattered news
The Senate began the Swayne impeachment trial after official notice from the House. A Philippine civil government bill passed the Senate, while the House advanced currency reform and private calendar measures. Transportation disasters, crimes, fires, and notable gifts and deaths are reported, including a fatal wreck near Bristol and multiple court actions in New York and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Swayne
Florida
House of Representatives
Capitol
Recited Scenes of Her Life in Patterson Murder Trial
A dramatic courtroom narrative centers Nan Patterson as she testifies about dealings with Caesar Young. She denies the killing, recounts life events, and suggests Young's death was suicide. The trial includes cross examination and a staged death scene reenactment in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caesar Young
Nan
Levy
Nan Patterson
Young
Miss Patterson
Europe
England
Cecil
London
Rules Expanded for Steamboat Safety After Slocum Disaster
Washington December 19. Secretary Metcalf approves major changes in steamboat inspection rules. New requirements cover life boats life rafts and preservers with stricter construction placement and suspension rules. Fire buckets axes pumps hose pressure and crew staffing are clarified for passenger and excursion vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Supervising
Steamboat Inspection Service
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Four more die as wood alcohol poisoning hits river crew
At Beaver river mouth in Kentucky four more men die and two more are dying after drinking wood alcohol from a jug found among freight on three push boats en route to Pikeville. Of 17 aboard, five miles above Prestonsburg two boats sank. survivors swam ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Beaver River
Big Sandy
Pikeville
Beaver
Prestonsburg
Mrs Chadwick Excused From Testimony in Bankruptcy Hearing
In Cleveland on Tuesday Mrs. Chadwick was brought to bankruptcy court where attorney Dawley stated she would not testify or take an oath. Although weak, she rested her head in her hands as her lawyer spoke. Referee Remington ruled she could be excused from questioning during the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chadwick
Dawley
Remington
Gifts total 437000 at University of Chicago convocation
President Harper announced gifts totaling 437,370 at the university's fifty third quarterly convocation. John D. Rockefeller contributed 245,000 for current expenses and 60,000 for improvements to the heating plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harper
The
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
The Railroad Casualties of a Year
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 1904 had high railroad fatalities with 3,367 workers killed and 43,266 injured, up from 1902 and 1903 figures. Passenger injuries reached 8,077 and deaths 420, reflecting a sharp rise in fatalities from 1903 to 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Four Panama Canal Plans Under Study By Commission
Washington reports chief engineer John F. Wallace outlined four general plans for the canal. The options include a high dam at Bohio for a 90 foot level, a 60 foot summit level, a 20 or 30 foot level with locks at Miraflores and Bohio, and a sea level canal with a tidal lock. Costs range from 200 to 300 million dollars with traffic openings from ten to fifteen years, and twenty years for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Wallace
Isthmian Canal Commission
House Committee On Commerce
Panama Canal
Bohio
Miraflores
Gamboa
Wallace
Steamer Glen Island Fire Claims Nine Lives
In Long Island Sound the steamer Glen Island burned on Saturday causing nine deaths and about 250000 dollars in property loss. Officers and crew bravery and strict discipline prevented further fatalities as the vessel was abandoned while flames swept from end to end. Only those with fully blocked escape perished before alarm reached them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glen Island
Long Island Sound
Monticello Fire Kills Stevenson Couple and Visitor
A Monticello-area blaze killed W. M. Stevenson his wife and visitor Mrs. Willie Barrett. Neighbors found the bodies burned beyond recognition. Sheriff Wilson sent for bloodhounds from Pine Bluff as investigators suspect robbery sparked the fire to cover the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Monticello
W. M. Stevenson
Willie Barrett
Stevenson
Wilson
Pine Bluff
Historic Nor’easter Wrecks Fifteen Schooners at Vineyard Haven
A severe snowstorm and gale hit the Northeast December 19, driving 15 schooners ashore at Vineyard Haven and causing heavy traffic disruption across East End Long Island. Ice and blizzard conditions crippled transport from New Jersey to Cape Cod with barges ashore off Fisher’s Island and trains delayed or halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
East End
Long Island
New York
New Jersey
New England
Bayhead
N. J
Lizzie H. Brayton
Providence
R. I
Baltimore
Grand Central Station
Sag Harbor
Shinnecock Hills
Boston
Cape Cod
Wareham
Watch Hill
Wood’s Hole
Mass
Newport
Fire destroys sash and door factory in Chicago
The Philip Rinn & Co. sash and door factory at Crosby and Halstead streets burned, risking two large People's Light and Coke Co gas tanks filled with illuminating gas. Firemen saved the tanks from explosion, but a wall collapsed injuring three firefighters. total loss pegged at $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philip Rinn & Co
Crosby and
Halstead
People’s Light and Coke Co
Johnson found guilty of first degree murder in Pa case
Towanda report says Charles Johnson was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife Maggie B. Johnson and niece Annie Benjamin. The crime occurred at their home on September 18 and fire destroyed the dwelling. Other family members are indicted as accessories in an insurance motive case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Bristol
Oscar Johnson
John Cowdrey
Grand Jury
Chicago
Alderman Butler
Northwestern Elevated
New York Court of Appeals
Walter D. Valentine
William S. Fender
New York
BE. E. Mangum
J. E. Woodward
Magee, Miss
Woodward
Mangum
Barrow
England
Andrew Carnegie
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Mitchell
Reynolds
Ind
United States Army
International Commission
North Sea
Foreign Office
Paris
Harlem
N. Y
E. H. Hammond
Federal District Court
Memphis
Tenn
New York City
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
David H. Moffat
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad
Denver
Brower & Love Brothers
Indianapolis
Herman Young
Charles LaDow
Albany
United States Patent Office
William P. Sullivan
Kansas City Court of Appeals
J. P. Morgan & Co
H. B. Hollins & Co
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Road
Roosevelt
Board of State
Higgins
Leon Smith
Frank Weege
Ionia
Mich
Grand River
John B. Cunningham
National Bank Examiner
Western Pennsylvania
National Banks of
Pittsburg
Chadwick
United States
West Point
Passumpsic Fibre Leather Co
Ide & Co
Passumpsic
M. Calhoun
H. Kinney
Davenport
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Secret Service
Richard C. Leaming
Long Shoal
Nantucket
Leaming
Windsor
N. S
Philadelphia
Baker
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Department of Justice
Viatka
Russia
Manchuria
Hot Springs
Ark
Japan
McWilliams
Ala
James Andrews
Andrews
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Canada
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
J. L. Davenport
Pension Bureau
Towanda
Charles Johnson
Maggie B. Johnson
Annie Benjamin
Fireman Killed as Boiler Gasket Bursts on Bethlehem Steamer
Arthur Kerr of Buffalo dies after a defective gasket on the Bethlehem steamer boiler explodes flooding the engine room with steam and hot water. Four Buffalo workmen, John McEarn Peter O'Toole Stanley Rogers and J L Walker, are seriously injured. Kerr's body is badly mutilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Kerr
Buffalo
Bethlehem
Kerr
Ohio Street
N. Y
John McEarn
Peter O’toole
Stanley Rogers
J. L. Walker
Sir Arthur Sullivan and the E flat foot-scraper anecdote
Sir Arthur Sullivan tried to guide Alexander Mackenzie to a house by memory of the door’s foot-scraper. He recalled the scraper’s note as E flat, and Mackenzie tested several scrapers until he heard the note to locate the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sullivan
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander
Lad Wins Pantomime Role After Quick Arrival
In Drury Lane the late Dan Leno’s Christmas pantomime cast a quick entrant. An 11 year old boy rushed to apply and, despite his youth, impressed the manager by his audacity and was hired to portray a lizard on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Leno
Drury Lane Theater
Rhodes Scholar From Germany Learns Rows
A Rhodes scholar at Oxford starts rowing lessons. The coach explains back water as using the oar in the opposite way. The German student follows the instruction, lifting the oar from the rowlock and placing the handle into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Oxford
Germany
Angel in frock coat? Minister quotes wild reply
A New York clergyman spoke to young men about cigarette threats. He asked them to imagine an angel walking the street with a cigarette. A student rebutted by asking what if the angel wore a frock coat patent leather shoes and carried an umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dame of Dundee Cheats Gas Meter With Blown Air
A Scotswoman in Dundee kept gas costs low by blowing through the meter to reverse the dial. A new inspector investigated and, after study, told her the company owes her tuppence. She fears a big bill, but the inspector delivers the reversal: you have surely been blowing verra hard this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Scotland
TOLD OF THE TITLED
A collage of brief portraits notes Portugal's king as a leading European smoker and confirms the German crown prince excels at lawn tennis. It discusses Lord Lansdowne's rise to peerage, English public duties, and linguistic skill. It mentions England's queen contributing bantams for a hospital bazar and Countess Oyama's education and fluency. Sir Donald Currie is described as a self-made Scots-Irish figure in shipping. It includes a Paris anecdote about King Edward and a Parisian remark on sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Europe
Lord Lansdowne
Foreign Office
England
Earl of Beaconsfield Memorial Cottage Hospital
Countess Oyama
Japan
Donald Currie
France
Edward
Navarre
Rough and Ready Wit and Social Says
A witty social note contrasts character with ambition noting that loud laughter hides insecurity. It argues jealousy seeks what it cannot gain and lauding principle in voting even if solitary. The piece also comments on stomach discomfort outweighing guilt in everyday life.
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Congressional
Stephen Bassford
Ninety-fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
St. Louis
Immigration Bureau
Francis A. Brokoski
Republican Marching Club
Illinois
James P. Eagle
Title Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
Steel Bar Association
Jersey City
Frank P. Sargent
Tsushimen
Nigretia
Vladivostok
Ulsan
Korea
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rudolph Vivoli
Firensola
Italy
Joplin
Vivoli
Rockefeller
MR. Wallace
Josh Billings
Shiloh
Anakesis Santilief
Re Vely
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