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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
1
A fragmentary quote evokes marching spirits and duty to the dead, with lines hinting at reaping consequences and a world awaiting the constitutional order. The terse text suggests a historical or commemorative context, likely from a wartime or postwar setting.
In a candid voice she narrates a trip to Cherbourg with governess Miss Harriet and brother Paul. After misadventures at the station and customs, she meets Gaston de Tournettes and contemplates engagement while defending the usefulness of small lies to preserve propriety and social harmony.
San Francisco commentator Mr. R. T. Huffmayer cites cases of fraternal disparities to challenge inherited virtue. He recalls a jurist with a brother in prison, a family of six brothers with three leading citizens and three outcasts, and two sisters one angelic and one vile, asking why vast differences arise despite shared parentage.
A nationwide graft probe expands to the Geological Survey and possibly the Bureau of Fisheries. Officials are accused of stock ownership in Mining World and writing exclusive articles at government expense, with reports delayed and often published in magazines before official releases. The Keep Commission will investigate delays and potential profit from government information.
Chicago special report says the National Lumber Manufacturers Association executive committee has started a campaign to raise 150000 dollars for an applied forestry chair at Yale University. A three-man committee will work with Yale Forest School faculty to align study with practical needs, and a corps of 100 lumbermen will oversee district efforts.
Henry Robinson, longtime disbursing clerk of the national House of Representatives in Washington, died at his Mercer home after a long stomach cancer illness. A native of Mercer County, he founded the Mercer County Trust Company about two years ago and served prominently in state and national politics.
John T Graves, an employee of the Southern Express Company in Palatka, confessed to robbing the Express Safe on the morning of the 26th after claiming he was gagged and tied. He stated he stole 835 dollars, hid the money in his room and later moved it to a pot, then secreted it in an aisle.
News in Short Order reports yellow fever symptoms aboard the Proteus arriving from New Orleans, a guilty verdict for Rev. J. G. Rawlins as accessory in a murder of two children, and various notes from law, politics, and society including Royal Arcanum, the Equitable Life, and President Roosevelts visits. It lists deaths, corporate actions, accidents, and notable movements across the United States and abroad.
The report notes complaints that Germany is not upholding the agreed statu quo for defending the international conference. Cameroon’s governor cites a clash between German and French Senegalese troops on the Congo frontier. Context spans global incidents from a Minneapolis solar eclipse voyage to cholera outbreaks in Madras and tariff talks with Reese-American interests.
A sudden violent thunderstorm struck Greater New York on Sunday with multiple lightning fatalities. At Coney Island a bolt hit near a crowd under the Boardwalk near a flagpole, killing five instantly and injuring 28, eight of them severely. many were rendered unconscious and rushed to hospitals as police and ambulances responded.
William Stall of 976 Intervale Avenue died at Lebanon Hospital after he worried over an imaginary itch in a leg that had been amputated a week earlier. A falling stone crushed his left leg two months prior, and the man died from blood poisoning worsened by his grief over the buried limb.
In Topeka a unknown person entered the State House and damaged the Carrie Nation portrait in the State Historical Society rooms. A card on the frame cited a ghost joke about General Custer, suggesting revenge as motive. A year earlier Blanche Boise, a Nation follower, damaged a Custer portrait.
A burglar chloroformed Melville Morton during a break in but a thunderstorm awakened his daughter Leela Morton. She smelled the anesthetic, cried for help, and the father was revived after an hour of aid. A small burglary booty was taken before the storm intervened.
San Diego special report says two more names join the dead, bringing the total to 64. R. C. Greiss of Toledo Ohio died this afternoon after 24 hours of unconsciousness, and Peter Nielman, a carpenter's mate, died this evening.
President Roosevelt entertained Baron Jutaro Komura minister of foreign affairs and Kogoro Takahira minister to the United States at luncheon in Oyster Bay N Y The leaders then held a lengthy interview to review the approaching negotiations but did not disclose specifics beyond general terms.
Col Aguinaldo testifies in the Renacimiento libel suit, claiming he was pressured by a constabulary officer to influence Ladron leaders Felizardo and Montolon to surrender. He denies influence with the gang, recalls outrages, and is confronted by five tortured Filipinos rescued by the constabulary, drawing a crowd in Manila.
Washington reports doubts in official circles over obtaining China’s consent to another treaty excluding Chinese laborers. The lapse of the immigration treaty and rising Chinese dignity concerns prompt Beijing to resist any agreement that restricts Chinese citizens. Officials note unclear causes but cite possible foreign influence.
Chicago announces a new terminal station to cost 1.5 to 2.009 million dollars. The project will cover land from Clark street to Taylor street and Polk to Taylor. Five railroads participate including the Wabash Erie Santa Fe Grand Trunk and Monon. The Wabash is the leading mover in the purchase negotiations.
Miss Gladys Trull of Cambridge Mass a longtime Sister in the Sisters of Mercy under the name Sister Cecilia has severed ties with the order after receiving a Rome dispensation secured by Bishop Delany at her request. She joined Mount St Marys at an early age, embraced Catholicism, entered the novitiate at 16 and became a professed nun.
Live Washington affairs report that President Roosevelt will offer the secretaryship of agriculture to Representative James W. Wadsworth of New York. Secretary Bonaparte supports aid for mechanics injured at United States navy yards. George H. Hallet died at San Diego from injuries in the explosion aboard the Bennington. state militia organizations are arranging courses.
A jumble of society notes from New York and nearby towns recalls elopements and weddings, protests from families, and curious court cases. It reports Matilda Hopke eloping with Rudolph Kummer after years of parental objections, a bribe note sworn under oath, and multiple legal matters. Also included are unusual incidents such as bricks recovered from Newark Bay theft claims, a young woman’s accusations of threats and acid thrown near a church, and a mass of courtroom oddities.
Amsterdam New York Special: Italian laborers and three other men were likely fatally injured when struck by a New York Central Accommodation train at Tribe's Hill six miles west of Amsterdam. About one hundred workers were at sand ballast work along the line when the disaster occurred.
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