02 May 1907
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
1
A roundup of major events including a Wabash train derailment near Pittsburg with two fatalities, Taft inaugurating a Y M C A cornerstone, a fatal car crash in Indiana, and deaths from politics to volcano eruptions. Reports cover fires, strikes, robberies, ship reviews, and notable deaths across the United States and abroad.
The record lists diverse events from ex officials resigning to practice law to embezzlements in Wall Street firms. It notes a deputy marshal death in Texas, union plotting in San Francisco, a Wisconsin Central depot fire, bond thefts, a Nebraska politician’s death, and national figures attending the Jamestown exposition opening. Also listed are a Florida jail fire with a prisoner death, diamond theft in Oakland, a Cananea mining disappearance, buffalo sale to Canada, and multiple European and Central American political developments. The collection ends with court actions, fires, and resignations prompting public concern.
After being trapped by a flood in Berwind-White Coal Co mine No 38 at Foustwell, seven miners were rescued at 10 p m. They were exhausted and to be brought out after drainage. Rescue workers Stiney Rodon and Charles Ream swam 50 feet to reach them and reported the seven alive and in good condition, with access blocked until pumping continued.
Four arrests followed an inquiry into the recent NY Life directors election. Jacob Frank, 60, Brooklyn, charged with forgery third degree, held with counsel. Charles Stirrup and Charles Carrington charged with conspiracy. George Scrugham, secretary of the international policyholders committee, arrested in Albany on conspiracy charges.
Estrada Cabrera narrowly avoids assassination in Guatemala City when a mine explodes under the presidential carriage wounding staff and killing the horses. Investigators say a tunnel and wired mine caused the blast from Rafael Rodil’s rented house as conspirators are detained.
An eastbound New York Central accommodation train struck a gang of section hands two miles east of Batavia, killing three instantly, fatally wounding a fourth and seriously injuring the assistant foreman.
William E. Corey was re elected president of the United States Steel Corporation at the annual board meeting in New York Tuesday.
Secretary of War Taft told the Business Men's club in Cincinnati that completing the canal within eight years would be a surprise if later, but not greatly so if earlier. The banquet drew 600 members and 400 denied tickets as the western trip concluded with discussions on Ohio politics and canal progress. Taft said finishing the Culebra cut remains key, with 52,000,000 cubic yards left and shovels increasing from 58 to about 90 as work proceeds.
Fresh fighting erupted in Honduras with rebels and government factions battling around the presidential palace and University Place in Tegucigalpa. Three leaders Rosales Bustillo and Castro had planned rotating 15 day presidencies, sparking a self serving power struggle before Gen Davila intervened to halt the clash.
In St Paul Minnesota Judge Sanborn filed the opinion of the United States circuit court of appeals affirming the district court judgments against Armour Packing Co Swift Co Morris Co and Cudahy Packing Co for accepting 12 cent concessions per hundred pounds from the established rate for Kansas City to foreign destinations. The lower court had fined each firm $15000 and the fines were affirmed.
A Monday night blaze leveled the Union City Chair Co. plant in Union City nine miles west of Corry, damaging nearby structures and the Union City electric light plant. Losses exceed $300,000.
Gov. Hughes on Monday night sent to the senate his veto message against the so called Frawley boxing bill, outlining his reasons for the action in Albany New York.
A lifeboatman recalls varied reactions to peril at sea. Women mostly remain calm while men show bravado or panic. Some passengers commit self harm or suicide moments before rescue, including jumping overboard, drowning in the bathroom, and hanging in a cabin.
The Century recalls color blindness existing since Adam and being recognized 130 years. Dalton, an English Quaker and chemist, first described his own case in 1774 after a meeting in scarlet hose. He mistook the gown for trees and was red blind, though not fully color blind in all hues.
Dave Montgomery praises the Irish in a quote about resilience from The Red Mill. He recounts a seasick Irish passenger who defies weakness with pride, delivering a punchy boast about throwing farther than anyone on the ship.
In Berlin a shop proprietor dismissed a female employee for scenting herself strongly. Magistrates ruled shopgirls may scent themselves if the aroma does not affect neighbors’ noses or harm trade. The owner was fined as damages.
A condensed stock and commodity report from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg on May 1 1907. It lists flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle calves sheep and hog prices with varying grades and ranges for each locale.
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