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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
2
Fire and mining disasters, crimes, political shifts, and landmark events cross the globe. Chicago injuries, Pennsylvania mine peril, bank fraud trials, political moves in New York and Manila, Russia and Britain tensions, and transport wrecks mark a busy foreign and domestic catalog.
Testimony in the insurance probe shows Richard A. McCurdy, president of Mutual Life, described a $10,000 payment to settle a suit by former Milwaukee agent T. H. Bowles after Bowles was dismissed for insubordination. McCurdy avoided discussing dividend questions and actuarial details.
President Roosevelt authorized a sweeping amendment to civil service rules granting cabinet officers power to summarily dismiss any department employee who, in the head of the department's personal knowledge, has misconducted themselves or is inefficient. The head's personal knowledge makes the power virtually absolute, marking a major shift in personnel control.
Fall River manufacturers announce a 5 percent wage rise for cotton mill operatives and a profit sharing plan to start October 25. With current market conditions the profit sharing could add about 8 percent. The plan, affecting about 25 000 employees, also restores the preexisting wage scale and adds a small advance.
A five ton explosion at the Joliet Illinois Steel Co plant showers molten metal on workers near the converter. One man dies, three fatally burned, and several others severely injured, with risk of further deaths. In Missouri a mother and her five children die in a house fire at Port Royal Franklin County.
The article extols Western Canada as a land of settled farms with high yields citing U S settlers who received 160 acres free and produced 20 to 40 bushels per acre. It notes Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan crops hitting about 100 million bushels from four million acres and urges readers to seek details from Canadian Government Agents.
The combined salaries of the presidents of 14 leading U S universities do not equal the pay of a single life insurance company chief executive. The contrast highlights vast executive compensation differences in higher education and corporate sectors.
E. E. Pitts of Skowtegan Missouri recalls a seven year bout with back pain night sweats fainting spells and extreme weight loss. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved and he has been well for three years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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