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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
2
An outline of notable international items gathered from various regions. The brief compiles diverse occurrences across politics, economics, and culture, highlighting key developments and their potential implications in a concise, period-appropriate style.
Gov Magoon arrives in Havana to take provisional Cuban governorship as Taft announces amnesty and a plan to withdraw U S forces once Cubans establish peace. Funston to depart for the United States with Taft and Bacon on the battleship Louisiana. Bell and Magoon to oversee affairs during transition.
The Standard Oil and Gates interests in Texas unite to build a pipeline from the Tulsa field to Gates refineries at Port Arthur. Testimony in Findlay Ohio shows Manhattan Oil Co of Ohio controlled by General Industrial Development Co Ltd of London. Manhattan buys and pipes crude oil and does not compete with Standard but competes with independent firms.
The prominent Wisconsin attorney Herbert W. Chynoweth, renowned for decades of major litigation, died in Madison. Other notes report heavy Texas rains harming cotton and rice, revolver shipments to Polish revolutionaries, Krupp heiress marriage in Essen, Mrs. Peck’s sudden death in Winnetka, and a Mexican consul appointment in St. Louis. A Southern railway collision near Winnsboro, S C, killed three and injured two. Rockefeller pledged 325000 for a Negro Y M C A building. Hazing persists at the naval academy despite court martials. Farmers oppose free seed distribution by congressmen and urge funding agricultural research abroad. A cold wave breaks records in the east and south. Chauncey Depew chaired a New York Central Railway executive meeting for the first time since last March.
The Wiener Maennergesang Verein told American ambassador Francis it will likely accept Indianapolis mayor's invitation to participate in the North American Saengerbund meeting in June 1907. Also reported: Tangye of London dies aged 74. other international notes include political and military developments across Europe and the Americas.
The east Pennsylvania conference of the United Brethren church pushes a merger of the Congregational Methodist Protestant and United Brethren bodies. The move aims to form one united denomination amid discussions and organizational steps.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederacy's president died at 10 25 PM in the Hotel Majestic New York pneumonia followed a cold from Adirondack visit she was over 80 years old doctors had feared for days clergy attended her last moments with Rev Nathan A Seagle present dignitaries and family at her deathbed including daughter Mrs J Addison Hayes grandson Jefferson Davis Hayes and niece Mrs Charles E Bateson
In New York District Attorney Jerome hinted possible additional indictments in the Harry K. Thaw murder case during a grand jury proceeding dispute at the Tombs. Thaw's counsel Clifford Hartridge pressed the matter as Jerome contends no secret evidence could be used against Thaw in trial while Recorder Goff adjourns the hearing for a formal order.
A United States consul general report highlights Peru as a highly mineralized nation with great mining potential for foreign investors. It notes Cerro de Pasco mines now held by an American syndicate, past exploration hindered by Boer War and transport limits, and expects future gold fever in Sandia and Carabaya aided by imported labor and rising English engineering interest.
A man in a captain of the guards uniform forged a cabinet order to seize control in Coepenick seven miles east of Berlin. He led 12 returning target practice men to Berlin then to the town hall, arresting the burgomaster and treasurer and taking 41,000. He rode off with the money, leaving authorities clueless about his identity.
Reading Pa The Reading Railway Co raises wages for engineers firemen conductors brakemen yardmen and other workers in this class by 5 to 10 percent across all divisions effective October 1.
Guadalajara dispatch says Mexican state gendarmerie clashed with a gang of cattle thieves near Layula. Four bandits were killed, seven captured, and twelve escaped.
A vivid account of how squirrels evade detection with varied disguises and postures. It describes their motionless camouflage on tree trunks, flattened bodies on branches, crouched poses in forks with fluffy tails signaling danger, and quick headlong flights between trees as soon as spotted.
Seamen on a lake boat protested daily boiled potatoes by the cook. They demanded mashed potatoes portioned into the meals and their complaint caused the cook to react with a striking metaphorical moment when the issue was raised.
Detroit Free Press notes Bilkins criticizes wealth as a burden while he has never earned a dollar, framing him as a deep thinker in an ironic light.
Trading across cities shows flour steady to firm and livestock ranges. Prices listed include wheat No 2 red around 75 to 78 percent, corn 50 to 54 cents, oats 35 to 43 cents, hogs Yorkers 6.65 to 7.10, cattle and veals varying by grade, and regional quotes for Minneapolis Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburg markets.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women’s health and vitality. It cites Mrs Chas F Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas praising restored health after three months, claiming renewed love from her husband. The piece urges use at first signs of ill health and lists common female ailments addressed.
A man notes superstitions about copper veins in fields. He recalls farmers who claim thunderclouds skirt a copper vein, a belief that led one farmer to save funds yearly to test a promising site for copper extraction.
Smugglers frequently used double bottomed bottles and hollow horse collars to hide alcohol. Officers now detect these tricks easily, with vessels often filled with beer or wine and declared by the transporter.
Mrs. F Morrison of 1922 Carson Street credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her strength after a grip and lingering illness. She says the pills improve red blood and nerves, aiding recovery from debility and various nervous disorders. The medicine costs 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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