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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
1
A young man asks what color chatain means and a Creole elder explains hair color by recalling her youth. She answers patiently that chatain is the shade of her hair when she was young, then smiles at the precise explanation.
A large brown bear in New York is kept as a display by a Sixth Avenue furrier. Though dead and mounted, he remains the city’s sleekest bear, polished and groomed for trade, sheltered only by a raincoat that protects him from rain and wind while stationed on a pedestal outside.
John L. Gowan describes extreme care in making a great lens. The process uses massive machinery in a controlled temperature apartment with sealed windows to prevent contamination, preserving the delicate glass and molten components during polishing and correction.
News from Boise reports the 190 (sic) killing of former Governor Frank Steunenberg near his Caldwell home by a dynamite blast. Investigators say two bombs exploded, aimed at a rear gate, during Steunenberg's entry. The attack ties to Coeur d Alene mining riots of 1899, with authorities detaining several suspects and offering rewards.
The President at the White House rejected a proposal from Baker City Oregon to start a popular subscription for a wedding present to Miss Alice Roosevelt. He thanked supporters but urged that the plan not be undertaken.
Marshal Frank Thornton, shot during a clash trying to arrest five suspected safeblowers at Perrysburg, died at Toledo Hospital. Martin Kirby, detained and identified as a shooter, may face murder charges and is held at Wood County Jail after arriving from Baltimore.
A blaze at the Ylacksmith shop of the Iillioms Steel Company in South Chicago caused about $2,000 in damage. Employees Joseph Turch and Patrick Day were injured. Turch works in the crane shop.
Domestic politics in Kentucky and New York spark leadership shifts. Banks report on bank honesty and immigrant fraud. Oil producers clash with Standard Oil in California. Kennewick to Norfolk steam line planned. Indictments target rail rebates to a US Steel unit. A nun of other items: Arctic photos by Amundsen, a vaudeville actress leaves care for pets, a Minneapolis fire displaces families, multiple robberies and legal actions unfold across cities.
Russian and London dispatches report strike violence spreading from Moscow to St. Petersburg and beyond. Protests turn deadly as police chief is killed in Moscow, while Vice Governor General Bogdanovitch is wounded in Tamhoff. workers seize Zlatoust and Samara works, hoist red flags, and form armed groups amid a wave of political killings.
Charles Tyson Yerkes, noted Chicago and London capitalist and railway promoter, died at 2 20 P M at the Waldorf Astoria after a decline in health since returning from London in November. He faced a late relapse after a protracted illness tied to kidney trouble contracted from a cold, with a career spanning banking, streetcar systems, and early London underground and Philadelphia and Chicago transit ventures.
Washington, special dispatch reports First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock faults clerical pay in first and second class post offices as driving down efficiency. He urges halting post offices in partly governmental buildings, adopts a single large room layout, overhauls rent systems, and seeks emergency funds to extend mail facilities in mining towns.
The Department of Agriculture tests compressing tea into tablets to save space. Tea grown at Summerville experiments yields boxes with 20 dark green tablets about the size of a penny and twice as thick. Each tablet brews a cup of tea, aiming to aid food provision for the army and navy.
Hazleton special report notes Local Union No. 3 United Mine Workers decide to present Miss Alice Roosevelt with a carload of the best anthracite coal as a wedding gift in appreciation of her father’s role in ending the 1902 strike.
A Treasury decision states that the body of a soldier killed in active service cannot be sent home for burial at government expense if death occurs within the United States. The note discusses related government actions and international postal and treaty matters of the era.
Reports from Santo Domingo indicate General Caceres will be proclaimed president as President Morales fights cabinet troops near Santo Domingo City. Secretary Root discusses the matter with Jaubert while the U S Navy plans to sail divisions to European waters and possibly the Baltic to protect American interests.
In New York a blaze trapped two workers on a high floor of a vanilla extract plant. John Martin, 38, alerted four girls to flee as flames engulfed the front of the building and forced the third and fourth floors to evacuate via exits and stairs. Firefighters aided the rescue as several fainted during escape.
Prof. John B. Smith asks the legislature in January for a 3500000 appropriation to wipe out the Jersey skeeter. The 10000 prior grant required local matching funds, with Newark and Elizabeth the only cities contributing. He plans a state led project to drain breeding grounds and rid the state of the pest.
The International Typographic Union reports that parts of the United States and Canada have received complete details from the To Finance Hour Fight Indianapolis special. The announcement summarizes nationwide data while noting regional receipts and official coordination.
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