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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
2
A digest of overwhelming political drama across Congress and foreign affairs. Senators Heyburn and Rayner clash with Roosevelt while Wadsworth defends meat inspection moves. California, Midwest lawmakers push canal and waterway projects as Japan tensions loom. a spate of disasters and notable deaths fill the week.
In New York the Thaw case resumes with defense aiming to prove inherited insanity and mental strain led to Harry K Thaw shooting Stanford White. District Attorney Jerome aggressively cross examines Dr Wiley, an expert called by Thaw's lawyers, challenging his conclusions and preparation.
In St Paul and North Dakota intense cold spans 17 days with some thermometers at 22 below. Railroads face long closures and delays, with main lines cleared gradually. Reports of freezing deaths appear unconfirmed. spring thaw may reveal further hardships. McHenry North Dakota reports no freight trains since December 18 and fuel depletion.
John B. McDonald of New York, famed subway builder, was elected president of the Panama Construction Co a New York formed entity to build the Panama Canal if awarded the contract. Oliver and nine partners join to finance the venture and McDonald says digging work is ready to begin.
The senate spent the day on the Indian appropriation bill while the house finished general debate on the river and harbor bill and began reading it under the five minute rule.
In a joint session in Trenton on Tuesday Frank O Briggs of Trenton current state treasurer was chosen to succeed John F Dryden in the United States Senate receiving 41 of 78 votes cast.
Washington report says conductors, trainmen and yardmen on South ayn railway will receive wage increases totaling between 350000 and 400000 dollars annually. The raises affect hundreds of workers across the system.
Susan E. Dickinson recalls Abraham Lincoln as the martyr whose sacrifice made Liberty and Law the nation’s heritage. She notes his prophetic vision, the awe his death inspired, and the enduring call to nobler service through a great leader who fulfilled his work as a man of men.
The pocket diary of Dr. Charles S. Taft, once living on West Twenty-second Street, documents his presence at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot. He describes arriving at the wounded president, helping at autopsy, and later noting the chaotic aftermath as witnesses and officers reacted. The discovery occurred amid Salvation Army Industrial Home scraps in New York City.
Transcribed notes by Dr Taft recount the assassination at Ford’s Theatre on April 14 1865 and the autopsy five hours after death. He describes attending the president with his wife and details the medical care and the author’s role as army surgeon during the rescue and transfer to a room and bed.
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