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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
2
A compact digest of industrial news personal political items and happenings at home and abroad highlights trade developments political actions and social events across regions and nations with brief notes on notable figures and organizations involved.
A Louisville school board refuses admission to four Filipino students citing color. A Cam Mack cottage fire in Tuxedo Park destroys Mrs Steinman’s jewels. A Brandon SC wreck kills three, two boys die. Chicago lines report live-wire deaths and extortion arrest. Iroquois Theater liability ruled against Chicago. Clinton Oklahoma waterspout kills six. Asbury Park bank president acquitted of false entries. Machinists union funds aid to Santa Fe strikers. Pfeiffer saw mill boiler kills three. Confederate Gen Thomas B Howard dies at 84. Parffin plant fire in Philadelphia. Chautauqua fire threatens grounds. Flood aid appeal from Kansas City Kansas. statewide floods in Kansas and Oklahoma. Cripple Creek unions report mistreatment by whitecappers. Drowning in Illinois cistern tragedy. Roland Iowa fire losses. Norge survivors reach Shetlands after eight days at sea. Bandits rob Nelson Morris & Co cashier in Blue Island. loot recovered. St Louis city lighting bribery case man sentenced to two years.
Seven workmen died and two were seriously injured when they were blown from the second arch of the new railroad bridge over the Mississippi at Thebes Indiana during a tornado. The disaster adds to a day of wide flood and storm damage across the region.
The excerpt surveys global topics including cancer mortality in Germany rising since 1875, Chinese diaspora totaling over 7.64 million, Japanese actors studying realism in Korea, rabbit-related pasture abandonments in Queensland, a Legion of Honor ribbon given to a lifeboat rescuer, Antwerp policemen producing theatrical works, a Michaelangelo crucifix found in Florence, land sales in Tenerife at high prices, an aerolite incident at the Bell Inn in Totwell, a Russian export ban on horses hurting German regions, and 1908 Germany’s import of 42,600 horses from Russia valued at 17 million marks.
Reports from St. Petersburg describe four Japanese torpedo boat destroyers attempting to enter Port Arthur harbor with two destroyed one disabled and one escaping. Other dispatches note cholera spreading in Manchuria reaching Antung and Chefoo reporting danger to belligerent armies. Additional reports tell of Bijian and Lantyanshan combats with Japanese gains near Port Arthur and Kaiping occupation by Gen Oku.
In the province of lower Burma near the Siamese frontier tin deposits have been discovered along with valuable coal fields. The tin ore is said to rival the quality mined in the Straits settlements.
Dispatches report Japanese second army seizing Kai Ping and holding nearby heights by July 9 after repelling Russian cavalry. Another Japanese detachment occupied Hsien Chang on July 6 with four killed and three wounded. Russian losses cited as up to 150 and Japanese casualties as four killed and five wounded. Port Arthur torpedo boat attack details remain unclear.
Washington reports fear of another climactic Japanese push in Manchuria mirroring past Yalu actions as military attaches may head to front on the 20th. St. Petersburg notes Russian retirement from Kai Chou seen as minor skirmishes with ~200 losses. Tokyo denies ten guns captured. Oku’s four-division force advances in orderly retreat.
Reports from Mukden and Ta Tche Kiao describe Japanese attacks near Port Arthur and at Chi Kuan Ching and Sin Tang Laku with high Russian resistance. Japanese forces under Takushan move northwest from Liu Yen, engaging in multiple clashes as Oku orders northward movement and Russian strongholds hold at Tapingshan and nearby camps.
Charles J. Denny former St Louis municipal assembly member pleads guilty in bribery tied to the city lighting deal. Sentence postponed to July 19. He is the third of 19 indicted ex-assembly members to plead guilty amid trials of his associates mostly yielding convictions.
Washington reports preliminary figures July 1 show corn planted at about 91,930,000 acres, up 2.4 percent from last year. Wheat conditions remain high with spring and winter crops averaging 84.5 overall. oats and barley near ten-year norms. flax acreage down 25.6 percent. potatoes up 3.4 percent with 93.9 average condition.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the fiscal year ending June 30 1903 shows railway capitalization at 12 599 990 258 dollars, 68 186 dollars per mile, 694 891 535 passengers, 1 304 394 328 tons freight, gross earnings 1 900 846 907 dollars, operating expenses 1 125 538 852 dollars, net earnings 643 308 055 dollars, other income 225 868 480 dollars, dividends 296 376 045 dollars, total casualties 86 393 with 9 840 killed and 76 553 injured.
The Boston, from Boston, reached Yarmouth with 240 passengers after striking West Cape Ledge in fog at 7 30 am Monday. The collision damaged the stem and filled the bulkhead with water. Lifeboats were prepared, and passengers were reassured that land was nearby.
Oliver W. Stewart calls prohibitionists nationwide to hold ratification meetings Friday evening July 22. Dr. Silas C. Swallow and George W. Carroll to receive nominations for president and vice president respectively. Stewart expects about 10,000 meetings and urges resolutions.
A severe afternoon storm in St. Louis caused major damage including one fatality from lightning and injuries to five others. Twelve barges were blown across the river and 18 or 20 houses on Twenty first street were left without roofs.
Ironwood Michigan July 12 The residence of Earl Walton superintendent of the Brotherton and Sunday Lake mines Wakefield on the Gogebic range was blown up with dynamite early Monday using no wires A fuse lit likely triggered the blast Sections of the house and veranda were blown 200 feet while the Walton family slept upstairs escaping serious injury Walton has no suspects or motive in mind
Elihu Root returns to New York law practice and hires a new office boy. He quizzes the boy on staff roles after misnaming workers by last names. Root insists on using first names only, then a visitor requests to see him, prompting a final note of attention.
Dialogue notes a doctor remarking on Jig gins wealth growth and a Europe trip prescribed for him. Swellman recalls prescribing bromide for the same complaint in the past.
The father of W. B. Taylor's son reports a dramatic recovery from dropsy after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. He gave the child three pills daily for eight days, then eleven more for a total of thirty five, after which the swelling vanished and the boy could run, dance, and sing.
A mountain district congressman with a weak squeaky voice rambled on about tariffs in the house. He likened tariffs to suspenders and paused amid a tense moment as the crowd waited for a risqué word. He resumed with a quip about keeping up his running expenses as laughter erupted.
An Atchison Globe excerpt recounts two parlor strategists debating Buller’s Vugerla crossing mishap. The tale contrasts wishes to run the world with cautious planning as a dramatic example from the Boer War era.
A Missouri woman recovers after switching from coffee to Postum following years of stomach pain and misdiagnosed gastritis. She notes dramatic health gains and urges others to try a ten day Postum trial, promising honest results and improved complexion, with the booklet The Road to Wellville inside.
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