06 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
1
Poem about a street organ in a noisy city showing how the refrain Home Sweet Home offers solace amid grit and bustle. An old homeless man plays to earn daily bread while passersby drift past, hearts stirred by a forgotten tune.
A narrator and Miss Raveline tour a portrait gallery and discuss beauty and money. He bluntly critiques her features while she resists, then accepts praise, revealing tension between wealth and affection in a salons scene. The exchange ends with a confession of attraction and a playful admission about money’s influence.
A Harlem broker recalls finding beer and soda bottles discarded along a Westchester hillside after a picnic. He notes each five cent bottle costs him money weekly to replace for wholesale losses, and complains about deposit practices and consumer habits that discourage returns.
President Roosevelt announced the chosen plenipotentiaries for the Washington Peace Conference. Russia designates Ambassador Muravieff and Baron Rosen with Muravieff once justice minister. Japan names Baron Komura and Kogoro Takahira, the minister to the United States. The envoys will meet after August first to pursue a possible peace treaty.
Negotiations for an armistice between Russia and Japan are under way, likely in Washington, with Japan deciding whether to abandon hopes of a superior position at the cost of lives and money. Analysts doubt a decisive Japanese victory compared with earlier battles and warn against expectations of Vladivostok falling before peace talks.
John D. Rockefeller donates ten million dollars to the General Education Board to fund a national system of higher education. The gift, to be paid October 1, can be cash or securities, and will be held as a perpetual foundation with income used for colleges and universities as the board sees fit. The announcement came from Dr. Wallace Buttrick at a New York meeting.
Chicago reports show insurers have paid $226,000 to heirs from the Twentieth Century Limited wreck at Mentor Ohio with $100,000 on life policies and $166,000 on accident policies. Total near $1,000,000 with $95,000 expected for 19 deaths without litigation and $200,000 for injury claims, plus $25,000 for engine loss and $10,000 for the library car, plus $25,000 for incidental losses.
Unprecedented rains and a cloud burst near Las Vacas creek cause 18 drownings in Del Rio with 16 victims Mexican nationals. Town submerged and extensive damage reported as rescue efforts continue and death toll expected to rise.
Numerous items from a busy period include Meyer Rutenberg offered marriage to Miss Annie Sternberg in exchange for $300 to secure a divorce, and Beatrice Gunter wed Dabney amid family protests. Other highlights: suits against executors of a Rog ers heir and a museum, railroad and lynching incidents, and political appointments and donations.
Assistant Secretary Loomis arrives in Paris as envoy to arrange transfer of Paul Jones remains. Sweden proclaims war ports blocking foreign ships while Russia shifts Orthodox Church HQ to New York. Plague fears ease in Panama. UK and US diplomacy over Morocco noted. Candelario de la Rosa released by force. US cruiser Des Moines to Barahona. Chinese steps to halt anti American agitation. Swedish Norwegian emergency prep hidden. Fergara and Cuban duel reported.
Special report from Newbury New Hampshire says Secretary of State John Hay died at 12.25 after pulmonary embolism. He had shown improvement Friday after uremia attack at his summer home and died following a late night call to his nurse.
John Hay born October 8 1838 in Salem Indiana rose from Brown University to Lincoln era aide then diplomat and secretary of state. He served as ambassador to Britain and led peace talks with Spain the Boxer crisis and Russo Japanese War while also writing history poetry and humor works.
Nevada bored an artesian well in Carson City with over 200 feet reached and gold reported in sands raised by the machinery. A. Cohen, a local merchant, has filed a mining location notice claiming all ground fed by the state executive grounds.
President Roosevelt announces the death of John Hay secretary of state. He orders flags at half mast for 16 days and public buildings to display the national flag at half mast. The proclamation directs Washington offices to close on the funeral day and notes observance across the United States. Signed Theodore Roosevelt and acting secretary Herbert D. Pierce.
Washington report saysGeorge B Cortelyou may become Treasury secretary with a winter transfer. It claims Bonaparte would replace Moody as attorney general and Taft is favored for secretary of state while Hay may retire. Elihu Root unlikely to return.
George E. Lorenz of Toledo Ohio is sent to the District Jail for transfer to Moundsville State Prison. He holds a two year term plus a $10000 fine for conspiracy to defraud the government over letter box fasteners. August W Machen and the Groff brothers began serving sentences earlier.
Dubuque Iowa Special report notes D B Henderson once speaker of the National House of Representatives is confined to hotel apartments with a slight paralysis stroke affecting the right side. Doctors hope he can leave the apartments in a few days.
A fast eastbound Pennsylvanian derailed and wrecked near Atwater Ohio injuring several and causing at least one death among passengers. Emergency crews rush to the scene as survivors are account for.
T L Price expects about nt cents a pound for all cotton owned. Lehigh Valley shows over 15 percent yearly earnings not on stock, Reading 104 percent. June pig iron price weakness seen as a sign of slack in the steel trade. Southern in the South and Erie in the North are two railroads mentioned.
A violent flood hits Guanajuato and Guanajuato city area with streets submerged, homes washed away, and thousands of merchandise losses. Dispatches report up to 1,000 dead, with Marfil o below the city wiped out and bodies seen in streets.
Paris reports say Franco German complications are overcome and a complete agreement is seen as only a matter of time. Officials note a firmer market tone and reduced danger of rupture, with talks focusing on formalities and framing limits for a possible conference.
Trenton New Jersey reports Spevix Heinisch of Irvington files a chancery suit seeking 100000 dollars plus interest from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She claims a branch of her late brother Roger’s estate was misallocated to the arts fund, reducing her father's intended bequest. Nearby, Jackson, 75, drowns at Cheat River Fairfax ferry. he was a retired merchant with a large local family.
Reports state Mrs. Alice Snead died by her own action at a residence on Dent Street in Brooklyn. The event occurred recently and is being investigated as a suicide.
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