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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
2
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The senate organized for Judge Swayne impeachment by swearing in members, while statehood bills and DC appropriation debates continued. The House passed DC and military academy appropriations, and later the agricultural appropriation bill. Impeachment timing for Judge Swayne was set for February 10, and eulogies for Senator Hoar occupied senate time.
A threatened strike on the New York subway arises if workers demands and grievances are not settled. Police report Ennis, a decorated bicycle officer, seriously injured after being run down during a chase of speeding motorists.
News from Warsaw and surrounding cities describe a state of siege with streets empty of life. Food shortages and bread prices rise as bakers strike and stores are looted. Rail and electric services are disrupted while troops restore order and guard key facilities.
The Young Men's McKinley club in Canton Ohio held a large banquet at the Auditorium to mark McKinley's birthday. Vice President-elect Fairbanks was the guest of honor with Justice Day as toastmaster and Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Gen Black among the speakers. Mrs McKinley attended with a party, and the hall housed about 3000 people with no wine served.
A federal fraud jury in Portland returned three indictments in the Oregon land frauds probe. The first accuses Senator John H. Mitchell, Representative Binger Hermann and others of conspiring in 1902 to defraud the United States by affidavits on settlement of public lands. The second charges Aug 1904 perjury conspiracy involving 100 others over Medford lands. The third indicts Albany Mayor William Davis for uttering a false affidavit.
Reports from St. Petersburg state General Kuropatkin failed to break through the Japanese left wing near the Shakhe river as cold weather and drifting snow hindered operations. The second army under Gripenberg aimed to seize Sandepas to pivot a flank, but Japanese reinforcements counterattacked while Russians repulsed assaults. Mukden reports note a lull with Russian losses around 10,000 and heavy Japanese casualties according to Chinese sources, with about 500 Russians taking losses in the latest phase.
Senator Bard of California told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that Catholic schools received a large share of Indian trust funds under commission contracts. He followed statements by S M Brosius and Francis E Leupp and cited Dr E L Scharf of a Roman Catholic mission society seeking GOP support to divert funds to Catholic reservations. He claimed Scharf offered political payoff if Republicans backed the legislation.
In Denver and four surrounding precincts, handwriting experts reviewed 1 211 ballots in the Adams Peabody gubernatorial contest. They found 960 for Adams and 218 for Peabody with 270 Democratic and two Republican ballots in 14 distinct handwritings. Seven ballots cast for Adams from a distant precinct matched the common Denver handwriting.
Rev. Dr. I N Irvine announces he will drop all ecclesiastical and legal actions against Bishop Talbot of Central Pennsylvania. He says the move aims to prevent further scandal to the Episcopal church after his deposition and failed bid to appeal.
At Vanderbilt lines meetings in New York on Tuesday directors accepted resignations from Ingalls of the Big Four and Ledyard of the Michigan Central. W H Newman of New York Central was elected president of both the Michigan Central and the Big Four. The United States Steel Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1½ percent on its preferred stock.
The article surveys ancient and indigenous innovations such as cotton weaving by Britain, Indian loom practices, tobacco pipes, Panama hats, water-tight baskets, Polynesian felting, and Tahitian mortar making. It frames these as foundational developments by Indigenous peoples and emphasizes global influence on everyday life.
Facts presented include a man’s heart beating about 2 160 times daily. First newspaper ad appeared in 1652. Balloon ascent in 1783 at Lyons. English term phonium for telephone cavity. Park Row Building stands 390 feet tall. Japan's monthly cable traffic totals about 250 000 during the war. Macedonian insurgents’ red and black flag stands out. Santiago de Chile population 262 000. Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro larger. Russia has 18 334 physicians for 127 million people. the U S has 120 000 physicians for about 75 million. False teeth used in 1000 B C were ivory fixed with gold wire.
Mrs. John La Rue of 115 Paterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey recounts nine years of suffering from kidney complaint. She details back ache headaches dizziness and nosebleeds. After using one box of Doan's Kidney Pills she reports relief with persistent improvement after continuing treatment. Doan's Kidney Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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