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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
1
A city ship chandler recalls old sailor fashion noting earrings were once common and valued. He explains sailors prized simple agate stones over diamonds or pearls and jokes about changing trends and the loss of earrings as times changed.
A near complete Mentone skeleton from March 1872 reveals a tall well formed man with an 85 degree facial angle. Found with cave lions, bears, and extinct fauna, the remains sit with flint tools and 22 perforated teeth likely forming a chaplet, ranking among the oldest human relics known alongside Engis skull.
A massive landslide along Rockland Street in Haverstraw uncovers a clay bank over ten feet high, toppling fourteen wooden houses and entombing about 46 families. At least 15 people are believed dead, as water mains break and hinder firefighting efforts, with aid from Garnersville preventing total destruction.
At Gray Tl near Chicago five men were killed and 12 maimed while four others were fatally injured in an explosion at the Dolese and Shepard quarry plant. Two workers warming dynamite ignited the blast which also wrecked stone crushers a barn and a toolhouse. The concussion was felt twenty miles away and damages are estimated at $25,000. Most injured were in a pit beside the crusher demolished by the blast.
Lake City Florida special report notes the Association of Long Staple Cotton Growers met to advocate a 25 percent reduction in next year's long staple cotton acreage. Farmers were urged to borrow from banks rather than mortgage cotton and to sell no cotton in the seed. The group holds nearly one hundred thousand dollars of long staple cotton.
Savannah special report says several crew members upset at being ironsed by the Regent's captain drilled holes in the hull to sink the Norwegian ship at Sapelo. The men then deserted and authorities seek them as they reportedly came ashore after leaving the vessel.
Missouri officials in New York began testimony against Standard Oil as part of the state suit seeking to prove a Western monopoly. The day also brought reports of rail and shipper activity, finance warnings, and a fatal accident in Ohio.
The U S Navy battleship squadron under Rear Admiral Evans became entangled in the New York Bay channel. The Kentucky and Kearsarge ran aground while the Alabama struck the Kentucky, causing damage and forcing repairs at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Maine led the group with a pilot aboard. The mishap occurred during a move toward Hampton Roads with 12 knot speeds and west wind aiding a drift toward the east bank near Swinburne Island and Coney Island Point.
Statistics from the Department of Commerce and Labor show manufacturers contributed to over a billion dollars of U S commerce in the first eleven months of 1905. It notes imports of manufacturers materials at 513 million, exports of manufactured goods at 520 million, and a rise in agricultural exports especially corn from 21 million to 50 million.
Passenger train No. 4 on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad wrecked at Horn Siding ten miles from Corey Pa after colliding with a freight and derailing. The train carried a baggage car three coaches and two Pullman cars with many travelers aboard. A brakeman rushed to Sprigr Creek to warn others as the wreck sent cars over a steep embankment.
Russian Christmas observances in Saint Petersburg reflect economic hardship and political tension. Workers face unemployment after a long strike cycle while green trees sit unsold in streets. Officials warn that elections and the national assembly may be delayed, with unrest persisting in Baltic and Caucasus regions despite suppressions.
Beaumont Texas special report details Constable J H Holder father of seven Ruby Holder shot by officers in the jail yard while pursuing William Gregerson who had assaulted Ruby on Christmas Eve Gregerson already sentenced to ten years in prison and Holder expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict
Harrisburg special report states two men were killed one fatally injured and another severely injured when an engine and 21 cars jumped the track on the Philadelphia Harrisburg and Pittsburg branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. Rails spreading is believed to cause the crash.
Public letter from President Roosevelt commends the Isthmian Commission and its staff for their work. Taft discusses the commission and committee actions on the Panamanian project. Senator Gorman speaks on congressional probes into expenditures. Postmaster General involvement referenced.
An explosion of gas at the Cogger Mine in Coaldale Mercer County West Virginia killed twenty one miners. Only one body was recovered initially as rescuers fought gas smoke and a shifting mine structure. The disaster sparked a large manhunt and crowd around the entry with Cooper Bros. coal operations cited as owners of the plant.
Cable from Caracas reports that Castro did not invite a French diplomat to his New Year reception in Washington and the situation draws diplomatic attention. The incomplete dispatch notes a snub amid ongoing Cold War tensions and calls for clarification from Paris.
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