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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
2
A concise weekly digest of home and foreign items covering industry, politics, personal notes, and notable happenings at home and abroad. It highlights broad trends and notable events across multiple regions and sectors gathered over the past seven days.
Across continents and sectors, reports note Salvation Army leader Booth Tucker sailing for England, a U.S. public school enrollment of 15,925,887, a bank deficit in Moline, counterfeits in circulation, vast postal mail totals, railway baggage innovation trials, fires, bank receiverships, Panama diplomacy, labor strikes, and political turmoil from Panamanian independence to U.S. inquiries into immigration and crime. The roundup also mentions naval explosions, financial deposits, and tension in labor and mining sectors.
The latest returns indicate Myron T. Herrick and Albert B. Cummins reelected as governors in Ohio and Iowa with large pluralities. Other winners include Bates in Massachusetts, Garvin in Rhode Island, Beckham in Kentucky, Warfield in Maryland, and Moon for Pennsylvania's Fourth District.
Reports from Peking claim Russia seeks solitary control of Manchuria while Panama rebels seize power on the Isthmus. France plans a December 18 warship sendoff for Louisiana transfer, Britain calls Panama events US concerns, and a German post in Africa is said to be overrun by natives. Emperor William eyes a spring yacht race as Powell appeals for a warship amid San Domingo unrest. The Cuban government offers Guantanamo property to the United States for a naval station.
Both houses met in special session on the 9th with Joseph Cannon elected speaker of the house by 198 votes to 166 for Williams. Five people were severely injured in a Mount Arlington hill car crash near Hopatcong New Jersey. A United States Steel official denied price cuts for structural iron and steel. Paterson New Jersey searches seek Miss Carew to fulfill a $10 600 bequest from Frank J Edwards of Pasadena California. Theodore Huffmeyer was found dead in a Chicago saloon with a bullet hole in his forehead. Utah coal miners oppose the Colorado general strike and plan to keep current wages. A Perth Amboy duel ends with Stephen Gondes dying. both men loved the same woman. Reading Iron Co tube mill in Reading Pennsylvania posts wage reductions effective November 16. Near New York City residents offer to part with their right ears for five thousand dollars, driven by a physician's ad for $5 600.
New Haven Conn November seventh judge Cleaveland of the probate court ruled that a secret letter directing Mrs Grace Bennett to pay William J Bryan fifty thousand dollars is not part of the will. Bryan cannot claim the money unless higher court reverses the decision or Mrs Bennett is sued to pay under the will's twelfth clause. Bryan’s lawyers said an appeal is likely.
Sam Parks, walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridge men union, was sentenced in New York to two years and three months in Sing Sing for extorting $500 from Tiffany studios to call off a strike. The court noted his advanced consumption as a factor. His lawyer said an appeal is likely but no certificate of reasonable doubt will be sought.
A snapshot of varied reports mentions Germans in Chicago, vast farm lands and labor, Berlin Bible reciters, and papal treasures for St. Louis. It notes 98 year old Manuel Garcia, Greely’s Alaska to Valdez cable bid, Radziwill’s seven million dollar claim, a shipyard strike end, and Lincoln’s bier guard Schoenheit.
Postmaster General Payne presents warted estimates to Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905. He requests a total of 168,085,770 for the postal service and 1,511,050 for the Post Office Department proper in Washington. The year’s deficit is estimated at 8,613,709 with 1904 appropriations at 153,511,550 and revenue 140,304,643. The 1905 revenue is estimated at 159,456,065.
Examination of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation in Tishomingo shows liabilities of 100000 dollars with about 50000 dollars due to depositors. Efforts to locate Kirby Purdom, the bank president, have failed.
Montevideo reports say about 20 persons were killed or wounded in the battle at Rivera between Uruguayan police and Brazilian forces.
Six workers at the U S naval ordnance facility on Iona Island New York died and ten were injured when a charge extraction from old shells triggered a series of blasts. Three shell houses were destroyed and debris damaged nearby stores and quarters. The dead include Fred Ward George Morehead Fred O Locke Patrick Curran Fred Brown and James Connolly.
A Virginia City dispatch reports nine men killed in a Friday morning fire at the Kearsarge mine six miles from Virginia City. Surface buildings suffered minor damage. Among the dead are R B Turner superintendent of the mine and Butte men including miners George Allen John Tobin James Powers Edward Lahredy William Fleming Robert Donnelly and two unknowns.
Ashland dispatch reports the Bibon village fire confined to Chicago Coal and Lumber yard. About four million feet of lumber burned. Estimated loss around 40000 with little insurance. Wind shift spared most of the village.
Forest fires swept through a lumber yard six miles south of Thorpe Wisconsin destroying about 700000 feet of lumber. The sawmill was saved and the loss was covered by insurance with the yard burning Thursday evening.
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck a group of nine Austrian laborers walking along the tracks in fog near Steubenville Ohio. Three men were killed and six escaped unharmed. The incident occurred Tuesday morning.
Waterloo Iowa November 7 coroner s jury ruled John Rush president of the Swelm Gas company died from injuries accidentally inflicted by a fall in his office. He had been found dead a week earlier amid murder suspicions.
Frank Shanklin, former Hanover College football captain, died in Indianapolis hospital from injuries suffered during a practice scrimmage on Hanover field five weeks earlier. He resided in Franklin, Indiana.
Panamas new provisional government takes control as Gen Tovar and staff surrender and Colombian forces are seized in the harbor. U S recognizes the de facto Panama government and outlines policy while new diplomatic ties form.
Paris appeals court rejects appeals by Humbert family members sentenced on August 22 for fraud connected to Crawford millions. Sentences range from two to five years in prison on the so called fraud charges.
Honora Prelate Detroit reports that Bishop John Foley of the Detroit diocese observed his 70th birthday with a civic reception at the Hotel Cadillac attended by about 10 000 people Thursday night.
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