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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
2
A compact summary of global developments highlights notable foreign information and major happenings from around the world. The review captures quick insights into geopolitical shifts and key events shaping international affairs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw breaks down as cross examiner Jerome pushes admissions about her continuing relation with White. The proceedings hint that Jerome may seek to implicate Mrs Thaw, while details emerge about funds, letters from Boulogne, and money from White. Other reports note shipwrecks, fires, deaths, and political events in brief notices.
The House heatedly debated the post office appropriation bill with a potential clash between Macon of Arkansas and Fitzgerald of New York. Senators expect removal of grazing lease provisions from the agricultural bill. The interior department agents face tighter salary controls. Elkins files a minority railroad rate report. A sundry civil amendment targets old soldiers homes canteens. Ship subsidy gains momentum as Littauer substitutes heading to passage.
The report mentions a $173000 theft from the Chicago subtreasury with mystery surrounding culprits. E H Perrinman appears before the interstate commerce commission over Chicago Alton railway dealings. Texas Senate backs US Senator Bailey and discharges its committee without report. Prof F E B Lovell testifies on Harlem NY Central wreck speed. Missouri House passes amended low fare bill. Kansas legislature extends session. Charles P Zimmerman dies in Indianapolis Empire theater. W R Cook home destroyed by dynam ite. Verner Cook 16 fatally injured. Frederick T Gates challenges Rockefeller fortune and income figures. J E Reeburna Republican elected mayor of Philadelphia.
A survey of incidents includes James R. McClure dying of apoplexy in Philadelphia while at church service, Elma Dare arrested in Cambridge Springs for kidnapping and matrimony in Louisville, fires destroying Lyric theater Altoona and a large portion of Warren streetcars, the Imperatrix sinking near Crete with 40 crew dead, and many other sensational events from London protests to political scandals in Indiana and Rhode Island. The range spans accidents, crimes, and notable losses involving public figures, cities, and organizations.
President Roosevelt transfers Panama Canal construction to the Army Corps of Engineers, abandons contracting on the percentage plan, and orders a reorganization led by Majors Goethals Gaillard Sibert. John F. Stevens resigns as engineer in charge. Sen. Blackburn to join the new commission. Stevens will move to a private engineering post with higher pay.
In an east Montreal blaze at the Hochelaga school of the Protestant School Commission, Principal Maxwell and 16 children died from asphyxiation. About 300 pupils were inside when the furnace started the fire. Miss Maxwell perished while aiding others. Fire escapes were absent.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw concludes her witness stage as the Thaw murder trial proceeds. Jerome ends cross examination after five court days with Mrs Thaw excused. Prosecution seeks from Abraham Hummel details of an affidavit alleging abuse in 1903 but Delmas blocks most questions.
A Durkee anecdote from Croydon NH recalls Rev Thurston asking why Durkee gives generously to charity yet avoids church. Durkee replies in his signature cadence, I can af ford to can afford to don’t have to stand your preaching.
Pattern No 5765 offers a practical long apron with full straight skirt and gathered sleeves option. Suitable fabrics include percale gingham chambray and butcher’s linen. For a 12 year old, 3 1 4 yards of 36 inch material needed. sizes 8 10 12 14 and 16 years. Send ten cents to the Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
The piece portrays Artemus Ward as a misunderstood figure with refined manners and grace. It notes his fine figure, pale hair, delicate teeth, soft voice, and flawless composure, emphasizing his lack of local coloring or provincial speech and calling him a cosmopolitan gentleman.
Dr John S Buist notes it is in poor taste to boast of busyness for physicians undertakers and grave diggers A village tale from Paint Rock centers on a grave digger who negotiates pay per grave and learns the minister jokes about burying the town with steady work
Tid-Bits notes English women in collieries wear trousers during work while at home they dress in female attire. It highlights Lady Jack, daughter of a notable naval officer, farming near St Mary Cray in a Norfolk skirt with cap leggings and boots. She is tall and muscular and shares hard work with laborers.
Congress action notes the senate approves the sundry civil appropriation bill totaling 114 million dollars and the Aldrich currency bill authorizing 10 dollar gold certificates and customs receipts deposits in national banks. The house spent the day debating the ship subsidy bill.
Albany news reports the death of Jean La Rue Burnett from Ontario county who served in the New York assembly. Burnett died in Albany on Tuesday from pneumonia, the third assembly member to die that winter. He founded the American Collegiate Republican League with over 60 000 members.
General Manager Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad ordered the removal of all steel crossties then in use on the system. The directive targets conversion to wooden ties or alternative track components as part of a major track modernization effort.
Market notes from New York Cleveland Toledo and East Buffalo on February 27 show steady flour and hay, varied grain futures, and livestock prices. Notable figures include Yorkers hogs at 7.60 to 7.80, calves up to 9.00, and cattle at 5.50 to 5.75 for choice steers, with regional price spreads across multiple cities.
Cattle-Choice steers brought 5.79 to 6.00 per hundredweight while fair stock sold 4.20 to 4.60. Sheep-Prime wethers moved 5.86 to 0.65 per head, lambs 5.09 to 7.90. Hoge heavy Yorkers 7.30.
A practical petticoat design focuses on smooth trim around the hips with a gathered flounce and dust ruffle. The pattern covers circular flounce variants and suggests long cloth muslin nainsook or silk, with six and one eighth yards of 36 inch material for a 26 inch waist and sizes 22 through 32.
Experiments on men of varied heights and weights show different lifting capacities. A 5 ft tall man at 126 lb lifts 156 lb to 8 inches and 217 lb to 1.2 inches. A 6 ft 1 in man at 183 lb lifts 156 lb to 13 inches and 217 lb to 6 inches. A 6 ft 3 in man at 198 lb lifts 156 lb to 16 inches and 217 lb to 9 inches. Overall, average strength equates to raising 30 pounds two and a half feet per second.
A Milwaukee Sentinel item recalls a humorous exchange about a couple walking together. One observer claims they are married because the man walks several steps ahead of the woman, a playful bit of social observation.
A brief humor note quotes a Milwauke Sentinel snippet where a passerby asks for a cigar and offers one in return. The exchange highlights a light, social moment centered on courtesy and smoking habits.
A very young man asks about a proverb and the sage of Sargeville quotes the saying that fools and their money soon part, noting how they may end up on opposite sides of the market.
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