10 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
1
An Eastern traveler recalls Japanese hotel practice where the largest tip goes to the proprietor at departure and smaller tips are wrapped in paper and given to servants. He notes low hotel charges by law, making shelter affordable, and warns non-payers risk banishment from the inn. The article mentions Lord Radstock as a British peer active in religious work.
Long will of Alexander J. Cassatt filed in Norristown states the estate, valued variously from five million to forty million, is left to widow Lois Buchanan Cassatt and three surviving children with 40 percent of income to the widow and the rest split among the children. Executors named include Fidelity Trust Company Philadelphia, Robert Kelso Cassatt, Major Edward Buchannan Cassatt, and Mrs. W Plunket Stewart.
Hundreds of lives and thousands of dollars in property were put at risk by a bold attempt to blow up the King Company's Powder Plant southwest of Lebanon Ohio. Investigators found 30 primers hidden in a 12 ton powder stack as part of a plot to destroy the concern. no suspects identified.
In Easton Pennsylvania 600 Lehigh Valley railroad shops workers learned of a statewide wage hike effective January first. The raise applies to all labor grades from yardmen to skilled mechanics with increases graded from 1 to 4 cents per hour across the shop.
A cablegram to the Bureau of Insular Affairs reports no active yellow fever cases in Havana. From Sept 30 to Dec 28 there were 53 cases under treatment with seven deaths. Two remaining cases exist outside Havana in Cruces and Nueva Paz.
San Salvador dispatch reports revolutionists dispersed by Honduras forces were defeated on the Salvador and Nicaragua frontiers. Several leaders were captured by Nicaraguan authorities and others taken by Honduran troops.
Frederick McMasters, American consul at Zanzibar, has offered his resignation to pursue private business. He cites the inability to properly run the consulate on the $2,500 salary authorized by law. State Department officials say there are no further details.
A percussive midweek roundup notes Attorney General Jackson petitions the New York Supreme Court to remove Mayor George B. McClellan, arguing William R. Hearst held the valid election. Also reports on Hearst testifying, industry trials, and city affairs.
A stranger seeking a $5,000 loan exploded a device in the Fourth Street National Bank Philadelphia wounding cashier W Z McLear and others. Police found 19 keys, a ring plate with the name R Steele Garner IA, and seek the bomber identified only as G E Williams.
Memphis report states bands across the country are taxed by a man named Fred Slatche who travels with them and presents himself as ruler of the camps. His methods include threats and violence as he exacts tribute from the camps and imposes penalties on those who resist.
W J Flippin, linked to a Lynchburg broker, was crushed under an elevator hatch at the Chesapeake and Ohio freight warehouse while leaping and speaking below. Rescue required lifting a door and stairway ascent to reach him. The incident adds to a day’s list of local mishaps and notices across Virginia.
A writer notes a strange instance of spontaneous combustion in shipped nursery boxes loaded with moss and wet sawdust. Boxes heated during ten days transit in warm cars, steam escaped on arrival, but rapid cooling prevented ignition. Also mentions new wireless telegraphy link between Eiffel Tower and Île de Quéron.
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