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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
4
Express companies and railroads unite to refuse passing free of charge for business. An Adams Express statement says from January 15 no free business carriage will be provided as a courtesy to merchants or patrons, though exchanges of annual passes among expresses and railroads will continue.
Absent political perks, Harrisburg lawmakers may remain at the capitol and handle business more promptly. They likely won’t adjourn as often from Thursday to Tuesday without feeling the need to extract value from passes.
Judge Endlich of Reading Pennsylvania dismisses a new trial rule in a fish law case. Two Reading men were charged after using lines attached to umbrella ribs and sleigh bells to signal bites. State prosecutors plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The year 1906 will feature two lunar eclipses. The first occurs February 8 and will be a total eclipse visible in this country. The second appears in August and may be seen from western portions of the continent and eastern Asia and Australia.
The Cleveland Leader reports President W. E. Corey ordered the acceptance of rebates and special railroad rates by United States Steel and its subsidiaries to be stopped.
The 14 000 mile voyage aboard the Dewey began last Thursday from the Patuxent river toward Olongapo Navy Station. Tug Potomac leads the convoy with colliers Caesar Brutus and Glacier. Commander Harry H Hosley leads the expedition. Travel routes include the Suez Canal at a cost of 12000 dollars.
San Francisco graduate of the University of California Miss Claribel David becomes assistant city attorney the only woman in such a post in the United States she studied Hastings after UC and has built a successful San Francisco law practice. Bradford celebrates securing two large industrials the Northeastern Terra Cotta plant and the Amazon Rubber Company boosting city employment and northern oil field prosperity. Bring on your bonds the State Sinking Fund Commission says Pennsylvania plans to wipe debt finish the Capitol enlarge grounds and keep cash ready for emergencies. Russia news shows mixed unrest but always bad government per the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Republican State Committee calls Pennsylvania electors to a June 6 Harrisburg convention at 10 30 a m to nominate a Governor Lieutenant Governor Auditor General and Secretary of Internal Affairs and to handle other business. Delegates are allocated by 1904 Republican presidential vote totals with chair W R Andrews and secretary Herman P Mier presiding.
A British Board of Trade report to the U. S. Department of Commerce and Labor shows world petroleum output in 1904 at 9.303 billion gallons, with the United States supplying 4.916 billion. Russia 3.65 billion. other producers include Austria Java and Sumatra Japan Canada and Germany. The rise over 1903 and 1902 is chiefly in the United States. The United States and Russia together account for about nine-tenths of world production.
For the first time in recorded history members of the New York Legislature must pay for the railroad tickets that bring them home after weekly sessions. The personal cost is expected to curb session length far more than the governor’s recommendations.
Edward Harper, once tied to a Napoleon offense, served time for wrecking a Cincinnati bank. A U S Circuit Court decision yesterday orders him to pay $5,280,333 to victims of the bank failure, possibly the largest verdict against an individual.
A boy stood an umbrella in a church doorway during a meeting. A cord extended from the umbrella and held by the boy, and after the meeting eleven different persons carried the umbrella along the string to its full length.
The piece notes cash for newspaper ads and for railroad riders by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It reports in brief that Japan plans large coal and oil development on Sakhalin and resource development in Korea without home rule or taxation. It mentions Democrats eyeing Mayor McClellan as 1908 presidential possibility amid party decline. Santos-Dumont and Wellman may seek an airship North Pole voyage, echoing Andree’s prior expedition.
A compiled list of U S state nicknames including Alabama Land of Flowers Arkansas Bear State California Golden State Colorado Centennial State Connecti cut Nutmeg State Delaware Blue Hen State Florida Peninsula State Georgia Cracker State Illinois Sucker State Indiana Hoosier State Iowa Hawkeye State Kansas Sun flower State Kentucky Blue Grass State Louisiana Pelican State Maine Pine Tree State Maryland Old Line State Massachusetts Old Bay State Michigan Wolverine State Minnesota Gopher State Mississippi Bayou State Missouri Bullion State Mon tana Singed Cat State Nevada Sil ver State New Hampshire Granite State New Jersey Garden State New York Empire State North Carolina Tar Heel State Ohio Buckeye State Oregon Webfoot State Rhode Island Little Rhody South Carolina Pal metto State Texas Lone Star State Utah Honey Bee State Vermont Green Mountain State Virginia Old Dominion West Virginia Panhandle State Wisconsin Badger State
The year saw the loss of Secretary John Hay and senators Hawley Platt and Bate along with ex senators Reagan Boutwell Walcott and Sanders. Other deaths include General T. T. Crittenden Major Collins Howell Lee Blackmar Gomez and mothers writers like Livermore Dodge Woolsey and Lowell. Notables in arts and law include Wallace Boynton Butterworth MacDonald Verne Jefferson Irving Thomas Beard Eytinge Richards Paxson Otto Peckham.
Republican announcements show Red M. Hartmann seeking the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Warren County and B G Gregory declaring candidacy for Sheriff subject to the party primary voters. Both messages urge support in the forthcoming primaries.
A list of Republican primary contenders for Warren Borough Tax Collector and related delegate positions includes R. H. Winger William McCray W. M. Loyt D. W. Radspinner Henry Fuellhart L. D. Putnam with their names and towns as candidates in the upcoming party decision.
Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts candidate Amalius H. Putnam seeks Republican pri- mary support. Associate Judge contenders E L Morris John A Spetz and A T Hackney listed as nominees or to be nominated by the Republican voters at upcoming primaries in Warren County Pennsylvania.
Frank J. Lyons announces candidacy for Warren County District Attorney subject to Republican primaries. WM S. Clark is referenced in the notice as the officeholder or related figure. The announcement indicates the election competition within the Republican party.
The mint director reports 1905 gold production up about 36 million and silver 1 million ounces higher than 1904. Alaska drives most gold gains at 14.65 million, chiefly from the Tanana Fairbanks district at 5.107 million. California falls about 1.5 million due to drought. Utah and Colorado show modest gains. Klondike remains down about 2 million from 1904.
The largest ice mass on earth fills Greenland's interior and has formed since ancient times. It covers about 600000 square miles and averages 1.5 miles in thickness. Its volume surpasses the Mediterranean Sea and could cover Britain with seven miles of ice.
Admiral Rojestvensky writes in Vovce Vrema with the ministers approval that the British fleet stood ready to destroy the Russian fleet if the Sea of Japan battle favored the Russians. He notes British secrecy over Togo and Wei Hai Wei forces awaiting orders to annihilate Russia if Japan failed. Judge Keller says a newspaper is a necessity of life. Our subscription books remain open.
The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Gas Company will be held at its Warren office on Wednesday January 24 1906 at 2 o'clock p.m. for election of nine directors and any business before the company. W H H Filler secretary.
Notice of the Warren Trust COMDAY annual meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors and other business. The meeting will be held at the company's Warren Pennsylvania office on Thursday January 11 1906 at 2 pm. Geo E Colvin is secretary and treasurer.
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