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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
2
Vast Election Returns Across States Highlight Republican Gains
Election summaries show Charles E. Hughes defeating Hearst in New York by 52,000 while Hearst dominates Greater New York. Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Nebraska swing Republican. reforms and court actions loom in contested ballots. Ohio, Connecticut, and Wisconsin also back Republican tickets with large margins. Other items note Jewish rights efforts, fires in Ottawa and Long Beach, deaths, and notable political shifts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hughes
W. R. Hearst
New York
Hearst
Hughes
Supreme Courts
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Illinois
Illinoois Assembly
H. A. Buchtel
Denver University
Colorado
Adams
E. W. Hoch
William A. Harris
Warner
Michigan
Oklahoma
Everglades
Florida
Bailey
Texas
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Charles Floyd
New Hampshire
George L. Sheldon
Nebraska
Johnson
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Guild
James O. Davidson
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Wyoming
Multiple incidents report injuries, deaths, and legal matters
Six bystanders were injured at a Mount Vernon balloon ascent as the craft shot skyward. F A Tucker, longtime Omaha Street Railway superintendent, died of paralysis in Omaha. Lieut Franklin Swift, in command of the Fish Hawk, died of typhoid fever in Charleston. Three Riga youths condemned for robbery were shot after a nervous firing squad. Mrs Caroline H Polhemus wills 400000 to charities. Maitre Bonnet accuses witnesses of bribery for Count Boni de Castellane and may pursue further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ill
F. A. Tucker
Omaha& Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Omaha
Franklin Swift
Fish Commission
Fish Hawk
Charleston
S. C
Riga
Caroline H. Polhemus
Brooklyn
Maitre Bonnet
Boni de Castellane
Notable Figures Face Disease and Legal Steps in Early 1900s
Major General Shafter suffers pneumonia at his Bakersfield ranch while defense spending, anti trust actions, and court cases ripple across the nation. Indictments target Shelby Steel Tube officials. Cuba fears sugar mill security. Waters-Pierce Oil price control details emerge. Roosevelt touts Panama Canal progress. Local fires, murders, lynchings, and political shifts color a broad national scene with varied officials, journalists, and victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Shafter
Bakersfield
Cal
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
New Foundland
Bay of Islands
Cuba
Federal Grand Jury
Pittsburg
J. Jay Dunn
Charles T. Close
Frank T. Emmett
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Warrentown
Warren County
Henry Pearce
Crockett
George M. Nolan
Jacksonville
Fla
Haskell
Huron
D. C
John Phelan
Sibley
Giovanni Bruno
Keon
Col
Sicily
Roosevelt
Panama
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Tragedy on B. & O. Immigrant Train Crash Near Woodville
A Baltimore and Ohio immigrant train collision near Woodville Indiana killed 47 of 165 passengers and burned many in wreckage. Fire followed the crash as two sections of the train, carrying Russian Jews Servians and Poles, slid off a ten foot embankment after colliding with a freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Illl
Woodville
Ind
Chicago
Baltimore
McCool
Babcock
Burke
Moste
Oust The Standard Suits Filed In Lima Court
In Lima Ohio last evening Attorney General Wade Ellis filed suits in the circuit court against four subsidiaries said to be controlled by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The Ohio Oil Co Solar Refining Co Buckeye Pipe Line Co and Standard Oil Company of Ohio are named defendants. Petitions allege New Jersey controlling stock and directorate control in Ohio and that the arrangement restrains trade in violation of state anti trust laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lima
Wade Ellis
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio Oil Co
Solar Refining Co
Buckeye Pipe Line Co
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Ohio
Fatal boiler explosion at Lake Shore shops Collinwood
Six men killed and eight injured in a boiler blast at the Lake Shore railroad shops in Collinwood Ohio. Victims were deeply scalded by escaping steam as the boiler failed while many workers, mostly foreigners, were laying foundations in an adjoining room connected by steam pipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Lake Shore
Collinwood
Attempt to Kill Rennenkampff in Irkutsk Bomb Incident
An unsuccessful attempt to kill Governor Gen. Rennenkampff was made Monday in Irkutsk, Siberia, by a bomb. The general escaped unharmed and the bomber was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennenkampff
St. Petersburg
Russia
Irkutsk
Siberia
Gen Shafter Dies in California Ranch Death
Gen William Shafter retired, died at 12 45 p m Monday at Capt W Mesitrick s ranch 90 miles south of Bakersfield after a seven day illness. He served in the US Army and was well known for his long military career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bakersfield
Cal
William Shafter
S. A
Mesittrick
Hold-up activities persist in Pittsburg as police shuffle
Holdups on Pittsburg streets continue to be reported with a restaurant owner on Cliff Street and a burglar attack on a colored woman on Second Avenue. Police chase suspects, tighten rounds, and a city wide shakeup follows as officers arrest, sweat, or release suspects. Rewards rise for the Smith and McMillen slayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
E. H. McMurray
Cliff Street
McMurray
Sarah Bassett
Second Avenue
Harry F. Smith
Charles Buccini
Pocahontas Descendants Gather at Jamestown Tercentennial
The 1997 Jamestown tercentennial will host a small gathering of Pocahontas descendants tracing lineage to Pocahontas and John Rolfe through son Thomas Rolfe. The piece notes historical intermarriage patterns among tribes and settlers, emphasizing evolving citizenship and mixed ancestry in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Thomas Rolfe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Central
South America
North America
United States
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
John Randolph
West
Train Hits Log Wagon At Edinburg Fatal Crash
A fast eastbound passenger train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad struck a wagon loaded with logs at a grade crossing near Edinburg six miles west of New Castle, killing one man and leaving three others fatally injured. The engine uncoupled, ran 150 feet, and crashed into a grist mill as the baggage car and three coaches were toppled. Fireman Carnes perished after remaining at his post. The wagon blocked the crossing due to careless operation and no warning was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Ottawa
Kan
John Nelson
Esther Sumner Damoff
Plymouth Union
Fiie Railroad
Dominion
Kensington
Matan
Quebec
Liverpool
Montreal
Liberal Party
Cuba
Alfredo Zayas
Marfa
Presidio County
Texas
San Francisco
Albert J. Atkins
E. J. Lewis
Clarence Igenfitz
Mary Kutz
Drytown
Miss Kutz
Henry Firth Smith
Joseph Smith
Pittsburg
Thomas Dougherty
Dunmore
Dougherty
Fort Worth
Joseph D. Wilkinson
Robert Fowler
Hillsboro
Tex
Smith & Thomas
James A. Guest
Guest Piano Company
Burlington
Charles Feeney
Springfield
Ill
Bixby
Long Beach
Cal
Ministry of Marine
Bering Straits
Arctic Ocean
John Price Wetherill
Philadelphia
New Castle
Carnes
Another Good Man Goes Wrong in Augusta Embezzlement Case
R Derry a leading Augusta businessman and secretary treasurer of the Augusta Real Estate and Building association has been indicted for embezzling about $100 from the group. He is 60 and well regarded in business and church circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta, Ga
IE. R. Derry
Augusta
Augusta Real Estate and Building Association
Forger Sentenced in Pittsburg Case
E. E. Clark of Columbus, Ohio, arrested after a clash with officers here, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in the western Pennsylvania penitentiary for passing forged checks at Merchants' Savings and Trust Co and carrying concealed weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
E. E. Clark
Columbus
Merchants’ Savings and Trust Co
Western Pennsylvania
Bold Bandit Rebs a Bank in Newton Heist
The Midland bank of Newton Kansas was held up Tuesday afternoon by a lone bandit who robbed it of about $1000 in currency. The incident occurred at the bank in Newton with the culprit fleeing the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kan
Midland Bank of
Tea tale from Dumfriesshire farmer host and guest
Andrew Carnegie narrates a Jacobite era digression about an old Dumfriesshire farmer who visits a Scottish hostess. At tea time the guest drains cups quickly and, after nine cups, the hostess asks how many he takes. He replies with a wary question of her own, probing how many she will give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Scot
Andrew Carnegie
Dumfriesshire
John
Villain Suspected After Poultry Farm Theft Incident
In Darlington South Carolina the city night watchman J C Wetch trails a thief who toppled a fence at Willie McKeiver s poultry farm and stole a bantam rooster and three guinea eggs. The swift chase promises early justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Wetch
Willie McKeiver
Wetch
Lumber Cor
Darlington
8. C
Salted and Dried Codfish Trade in Norway
Salted codfish are sold by count in Norway regardless of size which varies greatly. Salt is the preferred preservative though many are air dried and called stock fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Burns challenged by bold Scot in brisk exchange
A combative Scot quotes a taunt demanding a test from Burns while the Norseman replies cautiously that they have their skards. The Houstop Chronicle records the brisk, curt clash reflecting rival pride and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houstop
Market Report from New York Trade Desk November 14 1906
Flour steady but dull. Wheat No 2 red 80 and corn No 2 at 53 c. Oats clipped white 39 43 c. Hay firm. Cattle steady. Veals 6.00 8.00. Sheep good sheep 3.00 35.00, lambs 6.50 7.50. Hogs Yorkers 6.70 6.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Market Prices Across Cities on November 14
Cleveland observes grain and livestock values with flour at 4.10 4.20 per patent, wheat No 2 red 77 ¾ cents, corn No 3 yellow 51 ¾ cents, oats No 3 white 37 ¾ cents, butter 29 cents, cheese 15 cents, eggs 28 cents, potatoes 45 ½ cents, hay 17.50, cattle and sheep prices range from 5.50 to 8.00 for steers and 5.00 to 7.15 for lambs. Toledo reports cash wheat 76 ¼ cents, corn 48 ¼ cents, oats 36 ¼ cents, cloverseed 38 39 dollars. East Buffalo lists cattle to 6.00, veals 8.00 8.50, sheep 5.50 6.00 and 5.00 7.40 for lambs, hogs 6.40 6.45. Pittsburg shows cattle 4.25 6.00, sheep 5.50 5.65, lambs 5.00 7.25, hogs 6.45 6.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
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D. O. Smart
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