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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
2
The senate adjourned seven minutes on the 9th to honor the memory of Senator Bate of Tennessee. On the 13th and 14th, sessions were devoted to the San Domingo treaty and executive matters, with death and funeral observances for Senator Bate overshadowing the chamber.
A five story tenement at 105 Allen Street in New York burned killing nineteen residents, all Jews, with over forty injured. Investigators blame an incendiary fire started in the basement and note obstructed fire escapes and a blocked skylight contributed to the high death toll. The district attorney's office opened a formal inquiry.
Philadelphia March 15. With the entire supply of silver bullion disposed of and no immediate receipts expected from Washington, 125 employees in the mint counting and weighing departments, mostly women, have been indefinitely suspended. Chief Clerk Norris says Congress could convert 104,000,000 silver dollars stored in the mint into subsidiary coin to avoid layoffs.
In the House of Commons John Redmond urged immediate steps to avert famine amid government warnings of distress in western Ireland. Attorney General Atkinson acknowledged the crisis and noted £6,000,000 already spent on relief.
Secretary Shaw reports a letter offering twelve thousand dollars for the conscience fund. The writer confesses past government fraud, claims full restitution and seeks a fourfold repayment as taught by scripture. The money has been deposited to the treasury for the fund.
Sydney Adams, chief clerk of the general delivery division of the Baltimore post office, pleaded guilty to robbing the mails and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Adams had served as a clerk for 20 years.
Bloomington notices the death of David Strother at El Paso Illinois. Strother, a Black man, cast the first vote by a member of his race in the United States marking a historic milestone.
Reuters style dispatches report Paris bankers delaying the Russian loan as a peace signal between Russia and Japan. Indemnity figures floated range from 500 to 750 million dollars while Russia denies peace talks. Kuropatkin may resign and Nicholas to command in Manchuria. Attaches Judson Havard Ayers repatriated from Mukden.
In St Louis a woman named Mrs Charles A Sweet was pronounced dead by two doctors and a nurse after cardiac and respiratory arrest in Hot Springs Arkansas. A third physician attempted a salt solution infusion and she revived showing signs of life five weeks after gastritis illness.
New York reports chaotic rush hour with crowds clogging stations and trains. Police and workers struggled to manage the platforms as thousands of strikers are restored to their former positions.
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate the peasant movement extends to Vilna and Koyno where estates and government properties are being sacked and burned. The unrest has required military action to suppress the revolt.
The Weber stake high council in Ogden Utah excommunicated ex Senator Frank J. Cannon editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. The action follows Cannon editorials denouncing Mormon church policy and the bishops court removal of Cannon’s fellow ship in Ogden.
The piece portrays a stout, well dressed woman discussing a granddaughter Loula Mae and her graduation gown while observing social finery. It quotes varied newspaper voices about class, education, and a wry line on trust and monopoly, ending with Uncle Eben’s quip about paying debts.
The Rock Island announces a March delivery of 20 new pattern passenger cars from Pullman, including 10 chair cars and 10 vestibulated coaches, plus over 4,000 freight cars and 65 new locomotives with 50 more planned for summer. This marks a push to expand capacity and signaling Rock Island as a leading western railroad.
George W. Renoff of Philadelphia writes that five years ago kidney disorders and back pain left him with swollen legs and stomach and no appetite. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his back grew strong and appetite returned. He reports four years of good health since stopping the pills and calls the cure permanent. Trial free by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Price five0 cents.
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