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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
A condensed chronicle of events includes the assassination of King Carlos of Portugal and Crown Prince Luiz, subsequent political upheaval, martial law, and mass deportations. Other items cover accidents, fires, suicides, strikes, court actions, and notable deaths across the United States and Europe.
A blaze in the Wholesale Dry Goods District at 48 Worth Street, New York City, caused $200,000 in damage. The five story structure collapsed trapping crews and passengers as an elevator car fell into the basement. seven firemen were injured and one, Fireman Frank Eglanton, missing. Rescue efforts continued amid zero degree temperatures as crews battled freezing water and collapsing floors.
Max Sackman a 26 year old paperhanger, and his wife, with their 14 month old baby, were found dead in their apartment after neighbors forced entry. A gas tube connected to the chandelier and a empty cupboard explained the suicide.
Congress debated President Roosevelt's recent message on capital and labor in the house on the 4th. The senate then passed the urgent deficiency bill.
The national convention of the Socialist Party will nominate a presidential candidate in Chicago on May 16 after a referendum vote by the national committee. The result was announced last night.
A fire at the Ontario powder works Tuesday caused an explosion in the explosives building. The blast destroyed 12 buildings and shattered windows for miles around. No casualties reported.
The U S Supreme Court, in Lawlor vs Loewe, holds the Sherman Antitrust Act applies to labor unions. The decision, announced by Chief Justice Fuller, rejects unions’ use of boycotts to disrupt interstate commerce and affirms threefold damages for proven losses. No dissenting opinion was recorded.
The 1908 crop reporting board shows total value of farm animals at 4.331 billion dollars, down 92.5 million from 1907. Horses, mules, Milch cows, and sheep rise in headcounts, while other cattle and swine shift differently.
In a Monday blizzard the steamer St Cuthbert burned to the waterline off the Nova Scotia coast. Fifteen crew members drowned when a small boat swamped while attempting to abandon ship. Thirty seven survivors, including the captain, were rescued by the White Star liner Cymric and the Cymric then headed to Boston. St Cuthbert owned by British and Foreign Steamship Co of Liverpool. it sailed Antwerp January 19 for New York. Cymric left Liverpool January 24 for Boston.
Washington report notes the 8d house passed a bill raising to 12 dollars per month the pension for every widow of an honorably discharged soldier who served in the United States army. The day was dominated by political debate as the senate advanced several calendar bills.
Dispatches from Manila report that the republican convention delegates chosen to attend the Chicago national convention were instructed to vote for Taft. Gen Edwards, head of the bureau of insular affairs, received the messages Monday in Washington.
Seven men were killed and more than a dozen injured when a boiler exploded at Van Allen & Co rolling mill in Northumberland two miles north of Sunbury on Monday.
A father enforces punctuality by locking an alarm clock to his son Walter with a belt and padlock as a deterrent for late dinners. Walter protests but agrees to wear the device until he comes home on time. since then no lateness has occurred, and the clock will be worn again if he is late.
The British admiralty orders all wireless equipped warships to telegraph sea weather details to meteorological stations. The new sea weather service already proves valuable and is expected to grow in importance as storms approach from the ocean, not via land telegraphs.
Queen Alexandra has begun fencing lessons under a renowned master who previously trained household cavalry swordsmen. The master says she is a born fencer and would have achieved prominence if she had pursued the art earlier.
A London Daily News report discusses snow from Boxing Day at the Lancet office and Kent. It states London snow contained sulphur and organic ammonia, pulling coal smoke into London's fog, while Kent snow melted to resemble distilled water.
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg show varied commodity prices. Flour wheat corn oats hay cattle calves sheep hogs and other staples are listed with range prices for futures and cash trades.
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