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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
2
International briefs summarize notable happenings from across continents. The compact digest outlines political shifts, economic notes, and cultural developments gleaned from diverse reports. No single event dominates. the week’s snapshot emphasizes breadth over depth.
Charges accuse President Roosevelt of betraying Democratic allies on rate legislation by bowing to railroad influence. Roosevelt calls part of the charges false. Senate Agriculture panel considers free seed distribution restrictions to rare, government-propagated varieties. House Foreign Affairs backs a 2,744,000 diplomatic and consular bill. House passes 320 pension bills in under two hours. Niagara Falls protection likely, with a Canada power water agreement anticipated.
Preliminary Chicago hearings reveal sensational claims of ministers bribed to spy on parishioners and report oil brand details to Standard Oil agents. Separate testimony alleges railroad employee bribes to uncover competitors shipment secrets before the interstate commerce commission.
Reports list multiple distant events including Dowie mob scene in Zion City injuring eight, a lawmaker’s remarks on age and presidential ambitions, insurance claims totaling 465 million pounds, Samar natives opposition to Pulajanes war, a found Father Gapon body in Finland, and a fire at Indianapolis Masonic temple.
The article surveys a wide range of events from the beatification of Julies Billiart in Rome and a monument in Gettysburg to labor disputes in the iron industry, shipboard accidents, and political shifts. It notes treaty statements on Sinai, drownings in New Jersey, U.S. trade with South America, and various local calamities and achievements.
Carl Schurz a noted publicist and former cabinet member died at his New York home at 4 35 AM on Monday. The German born statesman fled persecution, became a U S senator from Missouri, served as a general in the Civil War, and held posts including United States minister to Spain and secretary of the interior under Hayes.
Washington lawmakers debated railroad rate measures after Tillman cited Chandler and Lodge denied the president's pledges. A White House release published two letters from the president and Moody, dated Monday, asserting no firm commitment to any single amendment and outlining Moody's talks with Tillman and Bailey over court review provisions.
Congress and Washington report that the senate session on the 14th ended with no amendments adopted to the railroad rate bill. The house considered bills concerning the District of Columbia.
Nine members of Reverend Ackerman's family including his wife and seven children were found murdered with an ax ten miles north of Milton Florida. The eldest child was 14 years old. Police investigated the brutal homicide as authorities released few details.
M Christenson, aide to the War police chief, was killed Monday when a bomb exploded as it was thrown at him in Warsaw. Twenty passersby were wounded, four fatally, in the blast that struck a crowded street.
James H. Clark a telegrapher from Chamblee north of Atlanta killed one man wounded several others and set fires in a 24 hour spree driven by drink and love rejection. After shooting at Purcell and his son and killing Nash Cheek he shot himself near Chamblee as a posse closed in.
Five foreign miners were killed and 12 injured when a dynamite box dropped from a worker’s shoulder igniting mine gas at Shenandoah City colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. The blast tore through the east shaft lift as about 50 men worked, with rescue hampered by distance and crowds.
The Rochester trial of Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey concluded with four judges proposing suspension from church duties until he proves his beliefs align with the Apostles' and Nicene creeds as received by the church. The verdict was delivered to the accused minister on Tuesday.
Washington reports the Senate on the 15th continued consideration of the railroad rate bill and made notable progress. The House spent the day debating the naval appropriation bill.
Four hundred Scandinavian excursionists left Minneapolis Tuesday night for Norway to witness King Haakon's coronation and see royal events firsthand.
Oliver Morris of Hagerstown Maryland a freight engineer on the Cumberland Valley railroad was found dead in his cab near Carlisle Pennsylvania Tuesday. The train was moving at its normal speed when the death was discovered. Apoplexy is believed to have caused the death.
Frank Emmett, a Detroit painter, is under arrest charged with the murder of his 28 year old wife who was shot in the head Tuesday at their home. Mrs Emmett had recently filed for divorce.
A. H. Stotts of Columbus Ohio recalls fifteen years of kidney pain backaches and urinary issues. After a collapse he used Dean's Kidney Pills, two months later regained health and gained weight. twelve boxes completed the cure and he has been well for two years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A European roundup notes a suspected Moscow to St Petersburg electric railway, Germany asylum patients harmed by drink, France national matches sales and tax, a Swiss octogenarian student, the French senate on newspaper editing times, Danish thrift, British savings per head, ventilation in Australian gold mines, London coal weight testing, and a Labour MP receiving a 1700 page constituent letter.
A compilation of quirky figures notes sickness averages at ten days per person annually. It cites odds of diamond weddings at one couple in over 11,000 and details populations in British South Africa and continental regions. Other facts cover hen egg production, aging in France, England, and Germany, undersea cable mileage, and costs to lay cable per mile.
A whimsical note on how male birds change color for mating season. The gnatcatcher shifts to green. the German warbler sports a bright hue ruff. grebe wears blue hornlike tufts. fireweaver dons a striking bright red wedding dress.
The item notes a comic exchange about an engagement with a playful punch line involving Orange and Lemon. It references a Los Angeles newspaper source term Herad and mentions a father figure, framing a light social moment in brief.
Detroit Free Press notes Bangley’s habit of calling his wife “dearest” but contrasts that with the way he speaks to her, implying a sharper, less affectionate tone in private. The remark highlights perceived inconsistency between public devotion and private treatment.
The text urges coffee drinkers to quit coffee and switch to Postum Food Coffee. It claims taste improves with proper boiling and cream, likens it to fine Java, and asserts a ten to fourteen day body transformation as coffee’s poison to nerves is removed and nourishment replaces it, ending with a slogan There’s a reason.
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