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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
2
A critique disputes last week's Dan's Review forecast noting a generally encouraging business climate aside from a coal strike. It cites rains improving crop prospects, high freight movement through Sault Ste. Marie Canal, and rising demand in boots, shoes, woolens, with Alaska gold rush tips circulating.
President McKinley reverses Cleveland by restoring eighteen agencies to nine. He notes pension business is at peak and removing agencies would inconvenience pensioners, so the order is revoked and agencies remain undisturbed.
Not guilty but pay the costs. Judge Noyes dissolves the injunction sparing Warren Electric Co. from extending toward North Warren while the N Y Central R R Co. wins the suit to restrain the project. Street railway critics note past high fares for short trips and foresee cheaper streetcars ahead.
A column notes Lord Salisbury agreeing to another conference on sealing after Our Uncle John Sherman spoke plainly. Two New Jersey preachers claim angels are men supported by biblical quotes, prompting questions about the nature of angels and the knowledge of these preachers.
A Kentucky judge absolves a man who killed his wife's seducer citing natural law, amid debate on legality versus mob justice. The item mentions Georgia lawyers advocating a lynching defense and questions the role of formal law.
Gov Hastings signed numerous bills after visits to the soldier boys camp and vetoing several measures. The acts include public school funding reform, anti coercion taxes, state mining bureau creation, liquor license transfers, county accounting reforms, coal weighing, miner safety exams, bank taxation, and street and education provisions. Also enacted is a tax on banks saving institutions and express companies expected to yield about 209 000 dollars annually.
Hon C B McIntosh in Seattle endorses reports of Klondike wealth with last winter’s gold yield exceeding three million dollars. He cites over two million via the Portland and Excelsior steamers and more than a million in dust stored by miners. Yukon British output for 1897 he estimates at least ten million. Work probes a Yukon railroad with a proposed Fort Wrangell Styx river steamship route.
Apis Patca of Harrisburg notes six architects will prepare as many capitol design plans at a cost of 1090 dollars per plan. The deadline is July 24. Plans go to experts who must report to the commissioners of public buildings and grounds by August 13 on compliance. The commissioners will pick the most satisfactory plan from the group.
Elmer C. Davis of Baltimore set a new American 24 hour bicycle road record by covering 316 miles in 24 hours on the same course that Henry Smith of Baltimore had used to set the prior mark on May 9. Davis, 25, weighs 105 pounds.
An exchange notes people who ride wheels avoid paying for their home paper and basic needs. They let others walk while they ride. The passage comments on entitlement and public cost in a compact public voice.
In Brooklyn a court last week Judge Aspinall sentenced James Quinn to nine years in Sing Sing for stealing two bicycles. The law now regards bicycles as equal in value and usefulness to horses.
Mr. L. J. Crawford of Newport Kentucky was elected president on the first ballot last week in Detroit. He succeeds W. D. Woodmansee of Ohio, who declined re election.
The cornerstone of the old capitol building in Harrisburg was unearthed last Monday after lying buried since May 31, 1819. Its contents are well preserved and will be placed into the cornerstone of the new capitol.
The Oil City Derrick notes that Hon. C. W. Stone has the largest following among candidates and strong statewide support for governor. It argues Stone’s fitness, experience, and popularity make him an ideal Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee, with Senator Quay pursuing the U.S. Senate changing regional dynamics.
Following Andree in the polar race Lieut Peary leaves Boston at dawn to reach Northern Greenland base camps. He plans a staged expedition with depots to support a direct dash for the Pole next year, a method praised for its science though the broader hunt for the Pole remains hazardous.
The House won key points in the Tariff Conference Committee against the Sugar Trust. Speaker Reed supported House positions as the Senate schedule was not accepted. The tariff bill passed the House 185 to 118 and moves to the Senate for action today or Friday.
The year ending June 30 shows a strong rise in agricultural exports. Breadstuffs reached 189,838,828, up from 136,846,845 and 110,967,758 in prior years, enriching farmers by about 53,000,020 versus last year and 79,090,000 since 1895. Cattle exports rose by about 2,000,000. fresh beef up 4,009,000 and hams 3,000,000.
The editor directs his son to a wheelbarrow front end for a wheel and coal ashes pile behind the house. He notes white ash handlebars, adjustable style, and load regulated by effort, warning to protect enamel and keep ball bearings oiled. The punctureless tire avoids pumps. after moving ashes, a century run and perspiration follow.
The government crop report shows improved wheat conditions in the United States and a larger 1896 comparison, with Russia France Austria-Hungary and Great Britain forecast to yield less. American growers gain a bigger exportable surplus and potential for fair prices due to European shortfalls.
Gov Hastings warned that if Pennsylvania's thirteen normal schools do not accept a $5,000 cut from the $40,000 appropriation and defer payment until May, he will disapprove the bill. He argued the schools are already overfunded.
A seventy eight pound watermelon from Georgia was sent to President McKinley last Monday. He plans a melancholic party for his Cabinet and families upon its arrival.
The Epworth League opened in Toronto with visits from Ontario premier A B Hardy and Toronto clergy. Delegates surpassed twenty thousand as sixteen meetings daily featured choirs of 150 to 200 voices and topics on spiritual, literary, and social work. The closing week saw five monster meetings and Indianapolis chosen for next year’s gathering.
J W Jennings of Fort Worth and Denver notes a remarkable Texas grain and cotton crop. Missouri Pacific official calls the Kansas outlook better than five years, predicting 60 million bushels of corn and a wheat boom guiding regional traffic and commerce.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by this new remedy. It relieves bladder and back pain and urinary retention nearly instantly. Sold by Hertzel & Saner druggists in Warren, Pennsylvania.
Mrs Casemere offers garment repair at low prices with high quality. Located next to the mail office at 305 Second St, she can sew rips and place patches to improve the garment’s appearance. Call for service.
New York money market notes July 20 show money on call at 1 percent and prime mercantile paper at 3 4 percent. Sterling exchange bids actual bank bills at about 4.87 with varied posted rates near 4.87 to 4.88. Commercial bills around 4.85. bar silver and Mexican dollars cited.
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