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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1904
Page
3
This column critiques over indulgence in elaborate home cooking and excess meals. It argues housewives push appetites with fancy dishes, warns against constant eating, and urges minimal cooking to protect health and longevity. It contrasts American and English social dining habits and calls for wiser, restrained domestic kitchens.
In Knoxville Tennessee on September 26 a Southern Railway wreck killed 62 and injured 162 as two passenger trains collided after failing to follow orders to meet at a station. The eastbound train bore most fatalities with two Pullmans and heavy cars crushed. engineers Parrett and Kane perished beneath their engines.
A caller proposes a nonpolitical business conference with leaders from both nations to study reciprocal tariff reductions on manufactured goods. The aim is to learn terms from Canadian producers and decide concessions, potentially guiding governments toward an entente, or at least clearer knowledge of outcomes.
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius increasing in force surpassing 1872 activity. Red hot stones reach 1600 feet, two ton blocks hurled from the crater, lava melts Funicular railway iron, vegetation within one mile is destroyed, earthquakes occur, villagers flee, and guards restrict tourism amid growing danger.
The department of admissions released the six day totals ending September 24. Monday 295,552. Tuesday 122,241. Wednesday 159,022. Thursday 150,620. Friday 159,176. Saturday 113,707. Cumulative six day total 770,418. Overall total from April 30 to September 24 amounts to 11,792,848.
Tarentum Pennsylvania September 26. After a running exchange of shots between local police and three alleged highwaymen officers rounded up Henry Leslie William Krepts and James Orris in a farmer's barn on the city outskirts. They were jailed on charges of robbing Robert Smith of seventy five dollars and beating him unconscious.
Rear Admiral Ferdinand P. Gilmore died in New York on Sunday from Brights disease contracted during Philippine campaigns. Born August 15, 1847, he entered the Naval Academy at 15, graduated at 19, served in the Civil War, and captained the Monadnock during the Spanish American War before leading the Glacier.
Fast freight No 94 struck a wagon loaded with 750 pounds of dynamite at a crossing four miles east of Cumberland Maryland near North Branch West Virginia. Two killed nine injured, including engineer Nelson Pike. The explosion wrecked the B and O tower and several nearby buildings and damaged homes and a school. James Laing escaped with minor injuries after abandoning the wagon.
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review of Trade reports steady expansion as crop harvesting boosts confidence and mercantile collections improve. Demand for fall and winter wear rises with cooler weather while production expands across manufacturing. Textile gains persist, wool and worsted activity strengthens, and failures totals rise from last year.
H M Magill of Cincinnati died after falling forward at a Western Union of Fire Underwriters anniversary banquet in Frontenac New York. He had just praised a president as past president and wished health to colleagues before his sudden collapse. Also notes Admiral Dewey’s fiftieth naval service anniversary and the president’s congratulations.
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor endorsed the Fall River textile strike of 25 000 operatives in a circular to affiliated labor bodies. Separately in Chicago a suit was filed to recover 41 400 allegedly lost by Francis B Wright through margins with Tracy Co.
Esopus New York September 26 Judge Parker outlines his views in a letter accepting the nomination. He reaffirms support for the gold standard and calls for tariff reform economy in government and honesty in public service. Parker pledges to serve all the people, not a faction, if elected.
Six people were injured when a New York Central Western Express train derailed near Lyons New York after a split rail caused sleepers to fall. Mrs Newman Erbs died at Rochester Hospital. Others listed include Sarah Bowen Richard Heany Samuel Stern and Mrs Stern all injured or stressed from the crash.
Worcester mass Sept 20 The family of Senator George F Hoar said in a late bulletin that he is gradually succumbing to his long illness Only immediate family members are admitted to the sick chamber and he spends much of his time asleep.
Reports indicate Woodsfield, Ohio post office was robbed last Monday night of a registered letter containing $20,000 sent from New York bankers. Entry gained through a back door. package removed from the safe and escaped. Bloodhounds used with no success tracking the culprits.
In Butte on September 28, President Roosevelt denounces a Miners' Magazine forgery claiming he authored a letter to Michael Donnelly of Chicago. Roosevelt says he wrote no such letter and has asked Donnelly to forward it to the district attorney to identify the forgers. The fake letter supposedly addressed Donnelly regarding the butchers and meat cutters’ strike.
The New York Herald reports an obstruction placed on the launching ways of the battleship Connecticut to ruin hull construction. Divers have checked the waterway since discovery and marines and two armed watchmen guard the stern while naval officers inspect before the launch scheduled Thursday at the New York navy yard.
In New York on September 28 260 alleged violators were arraigned at a special session of the criminal branch of the United States circuit court. The grand jury handed down 148 more indictments in naturalization fraud. Only 150 pleaded. five were sentenced. Wier of Brooklyn pleaded guilty and paid 500 dollars. Pratt a civil engineer also pled guilty and paid 500 dollars. Officials say 1100 certificates obtained irregularly were surrendered in the 80 days from August 25 to September 25, with a 30 day window for surrender to limit harm to holders.
Isidor Finkle and Louis H. Lobar of Columbia University were arrested in New York on September 28 charged with taking regents examinations as proxies for others. Charles F. Wheelock chief examiner said a syndicate offered to pass exams for 20 to 300 dollars and stated an example would be made of the two alleged offenders.
In a raid by Anti-Policy society and police on a Forty second street pool room and bucket shop one man fell 15 feet to the sidewalk while trying to flee and was seriously injured. Eleven others were arrested charged as accessories to grand larceny. Police say most prisoners are rogues gallery suspects linked to the wire tapping swindle.
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