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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
1
A local Atchison County rule concerns when to call the sheriff to slot you and a penalty of losing five time units. The situation appears to hinge on enforcement timing and potential consequences for those involved.
Washington report totals for fiscal 1906 show US imports up 57 percent and exports up 109 percent over a decade. Gains concentrate in manufactures and materials with Asia and Oceania duties rising. Europe and North America led regional advances, with sharp increases in imports of copper, fabrics, fibers, hides, rubber, and tin, while exports surged in agricultural goods, cotton products, iron and steel, and provisions amid a broad global rise. Major routes shifted from Atlantic to Gulf and Pacific ports, reflecting expanded traffic.
In Chadwick Missouri Charles Freeman a merchant and 18 year old Robert Keene shot each other to death in the street. Freeman had sued Keene for assaulting Freeman's daughter. They met on the street drew revolvers and fired Freeman was struck in the head and left arm three times.
President Stinckney of the Chicago Great Western testified before the Minnesota Railroad Commission that railroads manipulated tariff schedules. Heat deaths hit twelve in New York as multiple eastern cities sweltered. The Ice Trust faced a price-cut decision in Philadelphia and the Milwaukee State Bank of Chicago closed over a large shortage. A New York judge urged a grand jury to probe the Ice Trust while Ohio excursionists endured a night on a grounded steamer near Toledo.
The Italian steamship Sirio bound Genoa to South America struck the Hormigas rocks near Cape Palos and sank. About 380 emigrants, mainly Italians and Spaniards, drowned with many rescued by fishermen and shore ropes. The captain committed suicide after admitting imprudence. The ship carried 645 passengers and 127 crew. some aboard Barca and Cadiz legs joined. The Bishop of Sao Pablo and Archbishop Sao Pedronas were aboard. the latter survived.
A northbound Cleveland Akron and Columbus Railroad accommodation train was sidewiped by a southbound passenger train while taking a siding at Silver Lake five miles north of Akron. Nine people were injured none seriously. One coach derailed and another tipped onto its side. About 50 passengers were aboard the overturned car. nine were bruised or cut. Windows were broken and all were removed. The crash was blamed on misread orders by the southbound engineer.
Three Americans Fred Jones Jerome Turner and W J Wilson were arrested in Mexico City and sent to Belem prison charged with swindling American tourists. They allegedly lured victims to a cathedral bell tower and induced gambling while a bogus detective scared the scene, according to reports.
Manila dispatch: General Lee, head of American forces on Leyte, reports to General Wood that 500 regular troops plus scouts and constabulary are ready to begin a movement to round up the rebellious Pujanes. Municipal presidents blame the outbreak on Governor Deveyra’s order disarming municipal police, leaving homes unguarded.
Reports from Petersburg warn of poor corn and peanut yields across Surrey Sussex Isle of Wight Dinwiddie and Prince George due to heavy rains while Petersburg sees brisk building but bricklayers scarce. Other items cover a Tennessee railway contract, a prisoner executed for murder, two men tied to a railroad death, a Virginia agricultural station plan near Norfolk, and a sensational wife’s suicide attempts against Officer Diggs in Portsmouth alongside a violent courtroom shooting in Staunton and Sprouse’s manhunt aftermath.
Miss Jay Sutton wins Opel lawn tennis championship in England. Miss Anha Johnstone of Newark offers to race a coy woman an automobile. Japanese men stereotyped as poor riders may yield to skilled women jockeys. Melba earns 150000 dollars and Sarah Bernhardt 70000 on average. Mrs. Hetty Green rivals Sage as richest woman. Thirty six Philadelphia clerks sign to marry. Ohio judge rules a woman’s age is her own affair. Barons and baronesses earn fortunes. Edith Fabris becomes a Paris fashion tea shop success. Mrs. H E King buys Laurel ranch of 170000 acres worth about 1 million dollars.
A mosaic of brief notices references prominent figures such as Secretary Root, William Rockefeller, and Admiral Dewey, plus oblique notes on a range of events. Mentions include deaths, appointments, literary figures, and ceremonial occurrences across various places and times.
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