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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
2
At Home and In Foreign Lands Highlights
A roundup of notable events: factory price rises at American Sheet and Tin Plate Co with a 2 percent wage bump for workers. deaths of telegraph operator Thomas Ryan in Chicago and ex senator George N. Shoup in Boise. vast car and locomotive production figures for the year. military setback for French occupation in central Africa near Timbuctoo. fires in Washington Pa and Chicago. water supply issues in Brad dock and Irwin Pa. rising mill troubles in Monongahela valley. criminal incidents in Harlem and Peru. heavy burns at Carnegie Steel Rankin plant. Carnegie libraries in Braddock and Homestead donated with 35000 each. passport system reforms in Russia. miners driven from Colorado to St Louis. jailbreaks in Charleston W Va. tunnel lease under Boston harbor. miscounts in United Mine Workers rolls. Sioux City fire losses. fatal jump at Kenohah Brockway. Irish Giant Connor’s death. murder at a Colonia pool hall. vast power canal project at Duluth. Detroit cartridge disaster. verdict in Independence Mo over whipping case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Thomas Ryan
Chicago
George N. Shoup
United States
Idaho
Boise
Shoup
America
Central
Africa
Timbuctoo
Washington
Forgie
Braddock
Irwin
Monongahela Valley
Harlem
N. Y
Peru
Ind
Clare Taylor
Ann Arrington
Ann Murphy
Adrian Taylor
Carnegie Steel Co
Rankin
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Homestead
Russia
Colorado
St. Louis
Cripple Creek
Charleston
W. Va
West Side
Boston Harbor
Boston
Boston Elevated Railroad Co
United Mine Workers
Sioux City
Kenohah Brockway
Europe
William Connery
New York City
W. H. Halstead
Colonia
Great Northern Power Co
Duluth
Minn
Thomas E. Barnes
Detroit
United States Navy
Priscilla Odell
Independence
Atherton, Mo
Colorado Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court
Donovan
International Harvester Co
Montana
Adrianapole
John Mackenzie Bacon
Coldesh
England
West Farms Square
Bronx
New York
Joseph W. Wallace
Admiral Dewey
Worcester
Mass
Fall River
Russell
Bogota
Colombia
State Department
Congress
Glendale
Brooklyn
Frederick Fredericks
Thomas O'Brien
Cayenne
Kid” Waddell
Paris
Bellevue Hospital
Edward Murray
Murray
Charles Witt
Robert E. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
Montgomery
Ala
Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
William F. Mahoney
Fighth
Illinois
Majestic Theatre
Fort Wayne
Frank L. Campbell
Interior Department
Panama Canal Zone
Columbia Hotel
Grand Forks
N. D
Foreign Office
Port Arthur
Fengtai
Louis Simon
Hugh A. Jamieson
Pennsylvania
Warren
Leroy K. Nesbit
Navy Department
Mare Island Navy Yard
Scofield Co
Philadelphia
Contempt Jail Sentences Grow in Colorado Election Case
Three more election officials have been jailed by the Colorado supreme court for contempt, bringing the total to 30 for violation of the court injunction issued before the November election. The report spans multiple states and incidents including legal actions, deaths, and accidents.
Severe Blizzard Disrupts Rails and Streets Across Mid West
A sweeping blizzard cripples railways and streetcar lines from Nebraska to New York. Chicago and Milwaukee report hurricane force winds up to 72 mph, widespread drifts halt traffic, and Madison suffers about 100000 dollars in damage. Three fatalities noted as wires, signs and glass shattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
New York
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Kansas City
City
Missouri
Indian Territory
Nebraska
Kansas
St. Louis
Omaha
Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
Madison
Indiana
Illicit Monopoly Suit Targets General Paper Co
Attorney General Moody and allies file a federal suit in Minnesota naming General Paper Co as principal defendant with 25 paper and pulp firms in MN WI MI as defendants. They accuse a combined system fixing prices and territory, dividing surplus, and restraining trade under the 1890 act. They seek permanent injunctions and court direction for responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Moody
United States
Haupt
Frank B. Kellogg
James M. Beck
United States District Court
General Paper Co
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Congress
Naval academy discovers midshipmen liquor plans during holidays
Annapolis authorities found that midshipmen planned to drink large quantities of intoxicants obtained via academy attendants. Gate watchmen confiscated much liquor while some was smuggled in and several banquets were interrupted. The prison ship Santee is full of midshipmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Santee
Demand for holiday goods outpaces expectations in trade report
Dun and Co Weekly Review notes strong demand for holiday goods while staple trade remains quiet. Manufacturing runs well though water shortages slow iron and steel in Pittsburgh region. Rail and port traffic rise. exports and imports up from 1903. US and Canada failures climb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Million Dollar Sioux City Fire Destroys Block in 11th Hour
A blaze starting shortly before 9 pm in the Pelletier department store within the Toy building wiped out properties valued over 1 million dollars in Sioux City Iowa. It destroyed the Toy and Massachusetts blocks, three banks, the Tribune building, Western Union and telegraph lines, with one firefighter killed as flames spread across two blocks before 11:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pelletier
Jackson
Pierce
Third
Fourth
Omaha
Tribune
Western Union Telegraph Office
Pelletier Department Store
Toy
Jackson Streets
First National Bank
Massachusetts
Pullman
American Express Co
Scheme to bring Chinese into the United States evades law
Immigration officials report a plan to import Chinese from China to Liverpool and reroute via Halifax or St Johns to New York. Promoters seek entry at Rouse's Point near the Vermont border to avoid detention houses and inspectors, relying on forged papers claiming residency and right to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Liverpool
New York
Halifax
St. Johns
Rouse’s Point
Vermont
Immigration Service
Board of Immigration
United States
Brother shoots brother at breakfast in New York
Abraham Chapkowsky suddenly became insane at the breakfast table with his brother Louis and their mother. He fired five shots, wounding Louis, a well to do loth importer, probably fatally. Abraham later knelt and begged forgiveness after regaining his senses. they had been business partners until four years ago when Abraham's wife died and he became insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Chapkowsky
Louis
Abraham
Battle Progress Near Port Arthur Reported By Besiegers
The Port Arthur report says right wing forces surprised and captured Housangtantan and Siaofantun, then occupied Taliuchiatun by 2 55 Sunday morning. Prisoners claim Kondratenko and Irman were killed, Fock wounded. St. Petersburg notes riding skirmishes near Tapialin with light Russian losses and heavy Japanese casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Port Arthur
Housangtantan
Housanyentao
Siaofantun
Taliuchiatun
Fock
Fourth East Siberian
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Tapialin
Japanese Suffer A Disastrous Defeat At Port Arthur
A Port Arthur report says a Japanese assault on December 22 with 5000 men and machine guns reached the water course near Payuisean, facing Russian artillery. A bayonet fight ensued, Japanese retreated with 80 prisoners and 800 rifles left behind. about 600 Japanese were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Payuisean Mountain
Sheriff Barry Delays Chadwick Arrest Over Requisition
Albany dispatch reports Sheriff Barry of Cleveland cannot secure required requisition papers from Gov Odell to extradite Dr Leroy Chadwick for forgery charges. Barry travels to New York to meet Chadwick on the Pretoria steamer, arranging post hoc requisition steps with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Barry
Cleveland
Leroy S. Chadwick
Chadwick
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Odell
Ohio
Capitol
John T. Joyce
Dr. Chadwick
New York City
Sheriff Barry
Hoffman House
Pretoria
Mary Chadwick
Haiti Court Sentences Sam and Aides in Bond Fraud Case
In Port au Prince on December 28 the court condemned ex President Sam to life imprisonment with hard labor for issuing fraudulent bonds. Madame Sam received 15 years and several ministers and officials were sentenced to five to 15 years. The judgment in default follows a common French procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Sam
Madame Sam
France
Imperial regime promises liberal reforms in Russia
St. Petersburg dispatch reports an imperial decree issued last night pledging full enforcement of existing laws and greater self-government for the zemstvos. It outlines workers' insurance, press liberty, and fair trials for all accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Bar rett Dolan and Garrett begin sentences for naturalization frauds
Former St. Louis officials Thomas E. Barrett and John P. Dolan along with Policeman Frank Garrett surrendered to U S Marshal Mersey after their ten day grace period and were sent to Jefferson City penitentiary to start their ten year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Thomas E. Barrett
St. Louis Court of Appeals
John P. Dolan
Democratic City Central Committee
Frank Garrett
United States
Mersey
Jefferson City
Shoe Company Assigns for Creditors in Calais
Calais Missouri December 28 The St. Croix Shoe Company has assigned for the benefit of creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
St. Croix Shoe Co
Dawes Commission Reports Six Years Of Allotment Work
Washington notes release a general review of the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory. It details the six year shift from old to new systems, emphasizes thorough rolls and property inventories, and notes efforts to curb speculative allotments and protect tribal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dawes Commission
Five Civilized Tribes of
Indian Territory
Explosion at Acadia Powder Works Shakes Halifax Area
A blast at Acadia Powder Co. works in Waverly ten miles from Halifax shattered windows as far as twenty miles away. About 20 workers who had just left the plant were stunned but unharmed. Property damage is estimated at 25,000 dollars. The dry house storage held about a ton of powder and the explosion is blamed on overheating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Acadia Powder Co
Waverly
Arcadia Works
Dry House
Explosion Fatal to Three In Chicago Area Blast
An unexpected blast of blasting dynamite on the Chicago drainage canal near Lockport Illinois killed three men and injured around twenty others. Over 100 workers were within 200 feet as stones dirt and debris flew. The victims include engineer James Hill a Hill assistant and an Italian laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Drainage Canal
Lockport
Ill
James Hill
Hill
Four men rob and murder trio near Lansford Pennsylvania
In Tamaqua on December 26 Stephen Pushart, John Brinkush, and Martin Poblish were assaulted by four armed men on the Lansford outskirts. Pushart died, Brinkush is fatally injured, Poblish escaped and alerted police. no suspects or clues are known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Stephen Pushart
John Brinkush
Martin Publish
Lansford
Pushart
Brinkush
Poblish
December traffic through Sault Ste. Marie canal hits record
The 1925 December canal traffic in Sault Ste. Marie Mich. rises to 970,865 tons, the highest on record, compared with 497,198 the previous year. For the year total tonnage is 31,545,166, down 3,129,331 from last year, with 16,120 vessel passages vs 18,596. Iron ore tonnage falls from 21,654,898 to 19,835,797.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ice Boats Crash Kills Three in Syracuse on Lake
Three men died and three were seriously hurt after two ice boats collided while racing at about fifty miles per hour on Onondaga Lake Syracuse. The deceased were James Jackson Charles Markham and George Todd all residents of Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Onondaga Lake
James Jackson
Charles Markham
George Todd
The Description Fits Her Daughter in Murder Case
Mrs. C R Kempter of Syracuse believes the murdered woman on Cutler Hill near Colorado Springs is her daughter Mrs Bessie Bouton. She last heard October that Bouton would travel from Colorado Springs to Wilkes Barre then Syracuse by Christmas. Family members say the dentistry matches and know the man involved if confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
C. R. Kempter
Cutler Hill
Colorado Springs
Col
Bessie Bouton
Wilkesbarre
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Rocky Mountains and
Dun’s Business Bulletin
Sioux City, Ia
Far East
Czar
the Dawes Commission
The
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