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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
1
Kipling, visiting San Francisco, endures a harrowing dental experience. He recounts swollen headedness and a painful dental visit where a tooth was chewed down, leaving him maimed and exhausted in a chair. He refuses to return for a crown, joking about deserving Tartyr’s crown of suffering.
The School Journal reports Viceroy Yuan plans a Kiao-lien Chu examination hall in his yamen at Tientsin for educating Chinese officials for government posts in North China. It will have five departments covering experience and education writing Chinese compositions on modern subjects moral conduct law and language. The aim is to prevent uneducated officials from gaining appointments. both civil and military officers will be admitted.
Report from Paris cites the planned tunnel project as the greatest engineering feat in Europe. France's Minister of Public Works and the Counsel General for Bridges indicate over 15 million dollars will fund a four and a half mile tunnel seventy three feet wide and forty three feet above water level, with a vaulted roof.
A string of suicides and fatal acts spans New York Brooklyn and Chicago with cases including Arthur Martin a hotel stock broker fatally shooting his wife then killing himself, Charles J Jackson a stage juvenile impersonator hanged himself in New York, and others like a nurse’s son attacked during insanity, a New Jersey rail commission report detailing 108 deaths and 198 injuries, and a coal mining disaster rumor of 100 bodies in Darr Mine.
Across the globe tensions rise as Transvaal actions provoke Indian resentment toward Britain while minority communities in Turkey, Armenia, and Greece convene in Paris to plot upheaval. Russian charges spark new security moves in St Petersburg as Berlin police guard royal districts amid growing Socialist unrest. White Star and Cunard slash Atlantic fares to outpace rivals. Rioting Christians suffer in Chekiang as dynastic disorders intensify along the China coast.
A deadly crush in Barnsley England left sixteen children dead and about forty injured as hundreds packed the gallery of a public hall. An usher’s call to descend stairs sparked a stampede causing mass trampling, with bodies blocking narrow stairways and panicked crowds flooding the aisles. Police and ushers cleared the hall as sobbing mothers searched for missing youngsters, recalling a similar 1883 Sunderland disaster.
North German Lloyd Line cites that over 1.106 billion dollars left the United States with returning immigrants. About 550,045 foreigners carried roughly 200 dollars each, while 1,346,688 arrivals brought in about 27.27 million dollars, much funded by relatives and friends in the U.S.
Reported by cable from St. Petersburg says wolves have eaten at least 245 people in European Russia over a few weeks as winter drives packs from the wilderness into populated areas. The figure likely undercounts the true toll.
Edward J. Collier of Cleveland killed his blind son then shot himself at his wife's grave and died from exposure. Known here as Collier or Williams, his body will be buried beside Mrs. Collier. He was despondent over the loss of wife and son's affliction according to a letter found in his pocket.
Bristol special report: a Chattanooga Washington limited traveling at 50 mph struck a freight head on near Bristol Tennessee. Engineers John Smith and John Milton and their firemen leaped to escape. Postal clerk C. W. Calliwell and Albert Riminger were slightly injured.
Senate to investigate the clash between President Roosevelt and Admiral Brownson. Senator Hale, chairman of Naval Affairs, introduces a bill to settle line versus staff controversies, raise officer and enlisted pay, and improve conditions, without specific reference to Brownson.
The Colliver special from Cleveland Ohio to St. Augustine Florida wrecked on a trestle twenty five feet over Copper Mine Creek between Dallas and Hiram Georgia. Five of seven cars went into the mud. Three trainmen killed and eighty plus passengers injured, including Mrs Emil Hoover and Miss Florence Studebaker. Engineers Schnapps and Mose Baldwin fatally injured. James Edwards killed beneath his overturned engine.
Rome dispatch reports Japanese Minister to Italy Takahira has not begun packing his household effects and diplomatic charters doubt his plans to go to America, despite earlier reports of his ambassadorial postings.
In Washington the House debated the press role on finance and politics led by Burlison and Payne. The Naval Affairs Committee will report favorably Gill's resolution for an investigation of the Brownson incident. State denies O Brien was ordered to push Japan to sign an immigration treaty. The House seeks Treasury data on banking conditions. Senate estimates Panama cost at 100 million, total 225 million. Prohibition groups urge harmony with state laws. Navy requests a one million boost for projectile ammo. A congressional lottery chose rooms for the new House office building. Judge Tracey declines Philippine Commission post. Chief of Staff Bell seeks higher Army pay and canteen return. Secretary Metcalf quotes 32 million for submarine torpedo boats. Banzoate of soda in catsup discussed by the President. Sterling introduces an employers stability bill. Banking subcommittee backs national bank credit notes. A bill makes train wrecking causing loss of life a capital offense. Coal operators form group to improve mine disaster precautions. Gaines proposes preserving Andrew Jackson’s old Nashville home. Surgeon Sore received final hospitalhip relief.
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