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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
2
A weekly roundup covers industrial field news, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad. It highlights notable developments, key figures, and evolving events shaping domestic and international affairs.
News notes report a deadly explosion at the Big Muddy Coal and Iron shaft in Herrin Illinois with five killed, five seriously injured and twenty more slightly hurt. Other items include stock exchange seat sale at 60500 dollars and various national affairs.
A man claiming to be Charles Small or Snell, a New York broker, fled overboard in a fishing incident tied to $165000 in cotton deals. Other notes report Methodist bishops to retire, a Missouri 48 hour sea test success, Campania’s wireless linked voyage, sizable religious endowment gifts, a life sentence for Jennie Owens in Steubenville, wrecks and drownings in Reno and Van Buren, and Steeple Jack William Johnson’s suicide in Chicago.
Judge George Gray of Delaware named by the nominating committee to succeed the late Senator Hanna as federation president. John Mitchell denies the report and says no choice has been made. Secretary Wilson to speak at the good roads convention in St Louis May 19.
Dispatches from St Petersburg report Gen Kuropatkin delaying a major offensive until end July to lure Japanese forces deeper into Manchuria. Russian forces blow docks at Port Dalny to hinder a landing. 50 Russian and about 0 Japanese casualties cited. Japanese 150,000 troops move to encircle Kuropatkin. torpedo boat No 48 lost. Muted Chinese hostility noted south of Mukden amid broader British Tibet campaign concerns.
Sir Henry M. Stanley will not be buried in Westminster Abbey but a memorial service is planned there on May 17. Reports say Japanese forces defeated Russians at Siugen with about 1,500 Russians killed or wounded, Japanese losses unknown. News from St. Petersburg says morale is low over Japanese advances and Kouropat kin's position may be perilous. Mukden notes Japanese incursions at six new locations, capture of Dalny, railway destruction. A Liaoyang report claims a Russian naphtha launch torpedoed a Japanese armored cruiser but did not sink it. Russian 100,000 at Liaoyang confront 186,000 Japanese. further disaster fears loom in St. Petersburg.
In Somerville Massachusetts nearly 60 workers strike for higher wages at the American Tube Works. Reports from Chariton Iowa state arrestees Henry Schotty and Harley Waynick for alleged arson at nine burned business buildings, with Schotty admitting. A Waverly Virginia fire wipes out the town’s business district, loss around 69000 dollars. International Navigation Co steamer Conemaugh missing since February. Monument to Gen Rufus Putnam dedicated at Sutton Massachusetts. Krupp works increase output for cannon and ship materials amid Russo Japanese war. In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a shaft accident kills James Conway and injures Anthony Flanery. Rev J G Murray named bishop of the Kentucky diocese Episcopal Church. New Jersey Junior Order seeks court restraint on national council.
A compilation of brief items reports US trade with war zones, whale bone prices at Dundee, volcanic dust fallout on Barbados with no fertilizer value, a Kansas City case of liquor abstinence enforcement, two rural girls selling eggs by variety, a quip about eye care, Bob Ingersoll’s grave status, hair composition traits by color, and comments on mineral elimination in hair.
The railroad selects the name Loupurex Limited from 11,339 submissions for a Louisiana Purchase exposition flyer contest offering a $50 prize.
May 14 dispatches describe the first Japanese army building strong fortifications six miles below Dien-Chun-Kuan on the road to Liao-Yang. Reports claim a Russian cavalry squadron circled behind the Japanese at Kuan-Dian-San, prompting evacuation toward the Yalu. Other items note Japanese efforts in southern Manchuria and a Japan lost torpedo boat No. 48 near Kerr Bay with casualties.
The Russian fleet torpedoed and crippled an armored Japanese cruiser in Talienwan Bay on May 10, while a separate clash near Yantai saw bandits attack coal mines east of the station. Russian forces repelled the raid, killing about 50 bandits and taking 17 prisoners, including two Japanese officers.
London papers speculate on possible developments in the far east as no direct field dispatches arrive. The brief London commentary notes uncertainty and awaits telegrams from allied fronts for confirmation.
A man interrupted Indiana Governor Durbin during a speech at the African Methodist Episcopal conference in Chicago on May 17 and threatened to kill him for disputing Father Abraham's work.
Delegates from across the United States and several foreign attendees gathered in St Louis for the opening session of the National and International Good Roads association convention on Monday.
May 17 reports from New Chwang say Japanese transports and warships bombarded Kai-Chau and silenced shore defenses by afternoon, with troops landing and advancing outflanking Tashichao and New Chwang. Russians retreat to Tashichao as Japanese near Hai-Cheng and Liao Yang prepare to resist.
A crowd of about 100 watched as two bulldogs refused to fight in a Louisville pit. Four owners argued over refunds, leading to fatal gunfire that killed Dillard Loving and John Loving and left Dave Field and Will Field severely wounded.
William V. Cleveland, a patient at the Central Insane Hospital in Indianapolis, was killed when an attendant and another patient left him in a bath with hot water running. The attendant briefly left the room and the assistant allegedly scalded Cleveland to death.
The second bond conversion syndicate of United States Steel Corp dissolved Tuesday with no loss to participants, claims a Morgan representative. About 250 members supposedly earned profits, with bonds valued at $48 per bond as the basis of gains.
Letters from Cairo and Viborg show global demand for Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mohamed Rached asks for six boxes and branch locations in Egypt, while J P Simonson and V Mark seek purchase details from Buffalo or London and delivery options.
The piece presents a Japanese view praising English power and empire while calling the English cunning and domineering. It notes English strength, long legs, and iron chin, claims sun never sets on their dominions, and portrays English claims of purity and holiness despite conflicts and killings.
Dr Francolini of Rome argues the Clitumnus river source may contain radium, citing Pliny and poets from Virgil to Byron. The violet colored waters at the source are being studied by scientists.
Chicago Daily News notes distant tribes may be blind to blue but could feel it if aware of what substitute they eat in place of the real item.
New York health authorities ban beards for dairy workers citing microbe risk. The Atlanta Constitution notes the measure, portraying whiskers as potential harbor for germs and implying enforcement across dairy facilities.
A quoted testimony from a Postum Co. (Battle Creek, Mich) user describes coffee's harm including bad dreams and nerve distress. After switching to Postum, sleep improves, writing returns to normal, and daily function and health are restored. A ten day Postum trial promises restful sleep and an apotheosis of wellness with a hint to read The Road to Wellville in each package.
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