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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
1
A boy loses a collar button and searches for a shop, returning after an hour to a restless audience. The speaker explains the delay and is met with seventy men who produce buttons from their pockets and shout in agreement.
In Windber Pennsylvania a coal mine strike riot left three men dead and a dozen wounded. Foreign rioters led by Paul Zills attacked deputies guarding the prison as a mass meeting had decided to return to work. Governor Pennypacker was asked to send state troops.
Athens reports Dr. Bosanquet, director of the British School of Archaeology, has found on the Eurotas bank near ancient Sparta the famed Artemis temple with gold ivory and silver relics. King Edward and Queen Alexandra will visit Wednesday as the discovery is announced. The temple, called Diana of the Ephesians, dates to 600 BC and was rebuilt 200 years later, with a dipteral octastyle design and 21 fluted columns on the sides.
David C. St. Charles, an engineer, announces a repeater that enables telephone calls from San Francisco to New York. He says his device mirrors telegraphy repeater effects, inspired by combining natural echo with a violin sounding board.
Reports from Illinois and Indiana say water is rising in several mines because pumpmen and engineers quit. Operators plan to appeal to President Mitchell of the Miners' Union. All affected mines are union mines and unions had agreed to keep pumpmen at work.
Quitman special report says C. E. Lloyd of Morven opened fire after finding a man named Davis in his home. Lloyd grappled with Davis, recovered a pistol, waited at the back door, and fired four shots at the door. Davis fled, but Lloyd went on to shoot again, killing his son during the incident.
Bondsmen of a defaulting public official face a defalcation of 200000. The land given to Seattle years ago now values above 1000000, with small holders bearing the losses amid ongoing agitation. A statement from Paul Morton of Equitable Life notes the impact on small investors.
Secretary Root advised Russia that after September 20 would suit the United States for the next Hague Conference. Britain presses for an Anglo Russian entente to form a triple alliance with France against Germany. Famine and typhus rage in four Russian provinces with famine committee appeals. Vesuvius activity declines while fires spread and thousands of houses burn. Italian relief tops pledges at $100000.
Disaster aboard the battleship Kearsarge near Guantanamo occurs as a thirteen inch gun powder charge explodes while being moved below from the forward turret. Several sailors die and many are injured. Navy orders a full inquiry and condolences to the dead. Vessel uninjured.
Springfield Missouri so called special report: state militia reinforced by 200 deputy sheriffs guard the streets after Saturday night lynching of three negroes in the public square. Hundreds of strangers are in town as anti negro feeling runs high. Sheriff Horner telegraphed Governor Folk who quickly sent six companies of militia from several regions of Missouri.
Warsaw Chronicle correspondent reports intensifying clash between Mariavite sect and Orthodox Catholics. A Friday battle near Warsaw drew about 3000 people, with two Catholics killed and 30 wounded. Fears rise of disturbances during Easter rites.
Six persons are reported killed and several injured by a tornado that swept Briggs Texas and damaged buildings. In Cleburne the grand stand collapsed during a game injuring spectators while Dallas and North Texas received heavy rains.
A wind snow and sleet storm of unusual severity sweeps western Nebraska and extends into eastern Colorado and the Black Hills. At Union Pacific headquarters the storm is most severe near Julesburg with winds up to 60 miles per hour and heavy snowfall.
A Paris dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports that negotiations for a new Russian loan of 450 million dollars are concluded. The issue will be registered on April 26 with 240 million for France, portions to Geneva and Brussels financiers, 109 million for St Petersburg, and the remainder for England and Austria.
Established in 1862 this firm lists receivers shippers and dealers for grain hay and mill feeds. Located at 127 and 129 Cheapside near Pratt Street the company markets its long trade history and services.
The Norfolk Railway and Light Company lineman Thomas Jones died instantly while stringing an electric-light wire in the local yard of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. A scorched spot on his hand and foot revealed a metal-to-skin connection caused by an iron brad in his shoe, which completed a high voltage path through his body.
Reports note two ships with 59000 sole aboanl reached St. Joins N F and the semi centennial of St Paul Minnesota as a municipality was celebrated. Republic Oil withdraws from Nebraska Indiana Iowa while a 18000 ton battleship and a 19409 ton vessel are discussed.
Cambridge defeated Oxford by a clear margin in the sixty third annual boat race on the Thames. The event drew crowds and highlighted English rowing tradition.
A collection of fragmented verses and jokes. Includes lines about lies at a wharf a fishpond a perching daybreak and a ball headed man with greyhound comparisons. Ends with incomplete dialogue about Sambo and fishes.
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