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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
2
Senate and House debate statehood and minor bills
The Senate considered the joint statehood bill for much of the session with related debates on cotton crop data in the House. The Senate passed minor bills on the 6th and 9th while the House advanced fortifications funding. Other items include governor inaugurations, river and harbor bill doubts, a Harlem accident death, and several criminal and economic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Pension
Long Stream of 1908 News From Across The Nation
A wide sweep of world and domestic items: Edgar W. Hassler dies on Pittsburg street. Andrew Carnegie gifts 100000 for Tufts library. Edward W. Hoch sworn in as Kansas governor with Republican state officers. Sailboat capsizes near New Orleans. three dead, two rescued. William Spencer executed in Sing Sing for 1908 New York murder. Glaziers union strikes in New York. 28 shops, 550 workers affected. Supreme Court denies habeas corpus wrt St Louis naturalization cases. Penn railroad collision near Shamokin kills engineer. fireman injured. Oregon land fraud prosecutions lead to suspensions at Roseburg. Brazil to elevate legation to embassy. Nabuco to London first ambassador. Over 50 frozen to death in East and West Prussia and Posen. Hidden treasure tale surfaces in New York brick vault near Macy mansion. Lockport schooner crew rescued after winter gale. Conspiracy murder charges against Western Federation of Miners officials quashed at Cripple Creek. Balakhany clash leaves several dead. Long Island railroad workers strike fatal for three Italian laborers. John Sandrock, oldest U.S. fire chief, dies at 74. German dentist of Emperor William commits suicide in Berlin. Cuba fire destroys Jesuit college at Cienfuegos. Chicago Motor Vehicle Co. bankruptcy. Rhenish and Westphalian coal miners poised for general strike. Panama Railroad Committee examines affairs. Pueblo indictments for election fraud. Waltham hotel fire burns a guest. others injured. Balkan tensions confirmed by London minister dispatch. Senator Cockrell to join Interstate Commerce Commission. Sinking of Alice M. Colburn crew losses reported. Senate debates statehood bill. House discusses currency reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Hassler
Pittsburg
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Topeka
Kan
Edward W. Hoch
Marion
Kansas
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
William Spencer
Sing Sing
Charles S. McFarlane
New York City
Glaziers’ Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Oregonu
James H. Booth
Joseph T. Bridges
United States Land Office
Roseburg
Ore
Brazil
Washington
London
Nabuco
East Prussia
West Prussia
Posen
Theodore M. Macy
Lockport
N. S
Julian H. Archer
Nubia
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Col
Balakhany
Trans-Caucasia
Long Island
Dunton
L. I
John Sandrock
United States
Sheboygan
Wis
Alonzo H. Sylvester
Emperor William's
Berlin
College of the Jesuit Fathers
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Panama Railroad Co
Pueblo
Lovell
Waltham
Margaret Connor
John McDonald
Turkey
Bulgaria
Cockrell
Missouri
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
James D. Yeomans
Iowa
Capt. McLeod
Alice M. Colburn
Bath
Navesink
Senate
House
Port Arthur Station Plan Foreshadowed By Japan
Japan intends to establish a naval station at Port Arthur with Vice Admiral Shibayama likely in charge. Prisoner transfers completed with 878 officers and 23,491 men moved. Russia faces ongoing war with talks of peace yet no shift from continuing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tokio
Shibayama
Fock
Smirnoff
Japan
Suda Bay
Volkorsam
Oleg
Izumrud
Rion
Grozny
Gromki
Reziy
Port Said
Suez Canal
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Taitse
Nicholas
Council of the Empire
M. Witte
Lamsdorff
Manchuria
Russia
Flyer crashes into freight train near Riverside Junction
Bradford Pa January 9 The Pittsburgh and Buffalo flyer northbound on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg railroad crashed into the rear of a standing freight train near Riverside Junction N Y The passenger locomotive derailed and overturned diverting the coaches and perhaps saving many lives The caboose and six freight cars were wrecked One passenger Fred Leyde Punxsutawney Pa was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Pittsburg
Buffalo ‘Flyer
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Riverside Junction
N. Y
Fred Leyde
Punxsutawney, Pa
Ice flood endangers Port Deposit residents at Perryville gorge
Port Deposit Maryland reports serious trouble from ice and high water. A gorge at Perryville three miles below has backed water six feet above high water mark and is rising. In the town’s lower area the railroad tracks for half a mile are destroyed, with roadbed iced over and wreckage for three miles northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Deposit
Perryville
Japanese Celebrate Port Arthur Victory in New York
In Carnegie Hall a mass meeting of about 500 Japanese residents celebrated Port Arthur's fall. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford and Alexander Tison spoke as invited guests. Woodford spoke on The Greatness of the Japanese People. Fifteen Japanese merchants and professionals gave addresses in their native language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Port Arthur
Carnegie Hall
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Alexander Tison
Gen. Woodford
Roosevelt backs early tariff revision by Congress
President Roosevelt favors prompt action to revise the tariff and plans an extraordinary session of the Fifty-ninth Congress once committees prepare a measure. He supports examining schedules for adjustment without a sweeping overhaul and aims to push interstate railroad rate legislation forcefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Fifty-ninth Congress
Twelve Articles of Impeachment Prepared Against Judge Swayne
The House committee drafting articles of impeachment against Federal Judge Swayne completed 12 charges. They allege fraud in obtaining funds from a bankrupt company, self serving use of a receiver’s assets, failure to reside in his district, and improper fines and imprisonments of attorneys and others. A minority report dissents to all charges except the expense account falsification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee of the House
Swayne
E. T. Davis
Simeon Belden
Circuit Court of the United States
W.s Cy O’neal
District Court of the United States
Littlefield
Maine
Parker
New Jersey
Talbot Investigation Committee Meets Amid Quorum Loss
Reading Pennsylvania January 11 seven members of a board of inquiry convened in Talbot case against Bishop Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church. They adjourned after three hours with plans to reconvene Friday while stressing the need to settle the matter to protect the church’s good name and to be just to the accused prelate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Talbot
Central
Pennsylvania
Protestant Episcopal Church
I. N. W. Irvine
Roosevelt Withdraws Endorsement of Newsboys Magazine
President Roosevelt withdrew a March letter endorsing the American Newsboys' Magazine. In a note to Murat Halstead, head of the publishing company, he cited facts about the character of some stockholders and their disposal methods, stating he would not permit the use of his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
American Newsboys
Murat Halstead
Fight with Moros on Jolo island kills several US troops
Manila January 11 reports an engagement on January 8 with Moros on Jolo island. Lieut. James J. Jewell and one private of the Fourteenth United States cavalry were killed. Second Lieut. Roy W. Ashbrook, Capt Halstead Dory, Second Lieut. R. C. Richardson and three privates were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Moros
Jolo
James J. Jewell
Fourteenth United States Cavalry
Roy W. Ashbrook
Seventeenth Infantry
Halstead Dory
Fourth Infantry
R. C. Richardson
Fourteenth Cavalry
Immigrant Arrivals To New York Rise From Russia
For five months 75,160 Russians reached New York, the highest among nationalities. Officials enforce strict immigration laws, boosting deportations. In ten days 528 immigrants were sent back on the returning steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judge Enjoins Local Artist in Assault Trial
In Evansville Indiana on January 11 Irvin Alexander an artist for a local newspaper was served with a court injunction by Judge Rasch barring him from completing a sketch of Nicholas Trau veter while the trial of the criminal assault charge proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Nicholas Trauveter
Irvin Alexander
Rasch
Mary Lee Patton Stranded and Deserted off Abaco
The American schooner Mary Lee Patton, sailing from Philadelphia to Cardenas, was found stranded and deserted at Abaco in the Bahamas. The incident was reported from Nassau on January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
N. P
Mary Lee Patton
Philadelphia
Cardenas
Abaco
Bahama Islands
Beef Barons Face U S Supreme Court Conspiracy Case
Attorney General Moody argues before the U.S. Supreme Court in Swift and Co. v United States alleging a beef trust plot to fix meat prices, control livestock bidding, credit terms, and cartage charges. Packers’ counsel counters that charges are broad and ill defined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Swift & Co
The
United States
Beef Trust
Miller
Folk inaugurated Missouri governor in a note on honesty
Jefferson City Mo Jan 10 Joseph W Folk yesterday became Missouri governor in a ceremony at the house of representatives. Chief Justice Brace administered the oath and Folk spoke stressing patriotism over partisanship and opposing professional lobbying as a crime to curb corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
House of Representatives
Folk
McKinley
Dockery
Committee On
Brace
Supreme Court
Deneen Inaugurated Illinois Governor at Capitol
Charles S. Deneen was inaugurated as Illinois governor yesterday in Springfield. Chief Justice Ricks administered the oath in the state capitol assembly hall with the legislature and state supreme court in attendance, among numerous prominent political and business figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Ricks
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Chicago and Pittsburg police halt $25,000 investment scheme
Chicago and Pittsburg officers say the Monday arrest of Charles A. Lane ends a scheme where moneyed investors were induced to part with over 25 thousand dollars in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittsburg
Charles A. Lane
Spectacle as Morton and Dewey Inspect Naval Squadrons
The Secretary of the Navy Morton and Admiral Dewey inspected the battleship, coast and Caribbean squadrons at Fort Monroe Virginia on January 10. The event was described as one of the most imposing naval displays in Hampton Roads in many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Monroe
Caribbean
Morton
Admiral Dewey
Hampton Roads
Death of Marie Desanti in Buffalo Hotel Case
Marie Desanti aged 24 was found dead by her husband in a Terrace Park hotel room. Her hands and feet were tied and she appears to have been strangled. Neighbors say she received a Black Hand letter demanding $200 with a death penalty warning. A drunken visitor reportedly came Sunday night. she had about $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Marie Dessanti
Terrace Park Hotel
Black Hand Society
Beggars Formed A Trust In Park Row District
A one legged youth Kempton organized a beggar syndicate in New York City s Park Row district selecting lookout men and roundsmen to manage 30 beggars. The mendicant squad was broken up by James Forbes and the Charity Organization Society leading to harsher penalties for panhandlers and centralized relief efforts for the truly needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempton
Park Row
Mendicant Squad
Charity Organization Society
James Forbes
Forbes
New York
Normandy's Famous Cows Described by U S Consul
Rouen based consul Mr. Haynes describes Cotentin cattle as long angular big framed with heavy heads and white horns. He notes color variation brown roan red piebald and brindled and claims cows can yield 40 pounds of butter monthly during much of lactation without special feeding. Attempts to crossbreed have not improved milk output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
United States
Rouen
Mr. Haynes
Haynes
Editor’s Postwedding Visit Ends With Empty Kitchen
The California bride’s parents tell a visiting editor they cannot provide details of the wedding as the couple has already left, having eaten every scrap of food. The anecdote appears as a humorous note in the San Francisco Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco Bulletin
Market summaries from multiple cities dated January 11, 1905
The report lists prices for flour wheat corn oats and hay in New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg. Cattle sheep and hog values are shown with ranges for steers calves wethers and lambs across markets. Notable figures include New York No 2 red wheat at 1.2234 and Minneapolis spring patent flour at 6.15 to 6.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Congressional
William T. Cobb
Rockland
John F. Hill
Mount St. Bernard
Prinz Adalbert
Genoa
New York Bay
Treasury
Harlem
Henry Talbot
Lester Clark
Manchester
Clark
Portland
Owensboro
W. W
Armer
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Prohibition Party
Charles R. Jones
Oliver W. Stewart
Stewart
Joseph F. MacGrail
Ignatz Wenzler
Lebanon
Count von Tisza
Hungary
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Adirondack Council
Royal Arcanum
Brooklyn
Maryland
Board of Inquiry
S Supreme Court
Gov. Folk
Deneen
A Review of Warships
New York Panhandlers
Toledo
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