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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
6
Washington reports cholera gaining a foothold in New York with Surgeon General Wyman promising reinforcements. London says England will cooperate with the U S government on protective measures as Italy faces outbreaks in major cities and rural areas.
Six people died and fifteen more were ill at Swinburne and Hoffman Islands as cholera fears rose. Dr. Alvah H. Doty warned carriers can transmit the disease without symptoms and ordered intestinal tract specimens from all patients. Errebet Senbbolisenti, 25, died last Tuesday, with a sixth death reported today as Francisco Faranda, 14, also died. The Perugia remains offshore with three suspects aboard, convalescent.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the proposed 85 cents per hundred pounds rate for shipping hardwood lumber staves and headings from Chicago to the West was unreasonable and ordered a 7.15 cent rate in carloads affecting over a thousand railroads.
Bishop W. A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal Church outlines a Chicago hospital for spiritual ailments. He compares its work to treating physical injuries and says the hospital will use prayer kindness and encouragement for reform. ANTWERP Special riot injures police and strikers as Red Star Line warns on sailings and shipments amid a plan to coal ships in New York.
In Cardiff Wales the dock workers and cargo handlers walked off the job today. Three wagons were thrown overboard by the strikers and several signal fires are believed to be their work.
Washington remains uncertain on Dr. Harvey W Wiley chief of the Agriculture Department Bureau of Chemistry. A decree is anticipated rebuking salary tinkering while praising Wiley’s public health work and noting Attorney General Wickersham’s dismissal recommendation is overruled in recognition of his government service.
A public petition urges President Taft to rebuke salary manipulation and legal violations tied to Dr Wiley. The Central Labor Union condemns removing Dr Wiley, calling it a calamity and a harm to public health, sending a copy to the White House for cabinet consideration.
Norfolk special report says George F. Gornto a Prince Anne county farmer was found dead in a barn in Oceana after Saturday night. His skull showed fractures and officials believe death may have been foul play though initial belief was accidental fall from the hayloft. Elliott Gornto and a farm hand discovered the body next morning.
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Scotland after coronation and Ireland visits. In Holyrood Palace grounds they received an archer delegation and presented a new standard to the command. They toured the historic wing linked to Mary Queen of Scots and its famed passages.
Trapped by flames on the top floor of a five story tenement at 729 Amsterdam Avenue, Mrs. Mary Pullen, 69, fell to the yard while escaping a fire. Her right arm was fractured and she was badly injured. Assistant Foreman James Ferris was badly cut breaking a glass door and both were removed to J Hood Wright Hospital as panic spread among about 100 tenants. The blaze was checked in time to prevent serious loss.
Travelers on the White Star line Arabic report uncanny nerves and fires aboard the ship from Liverpool to New York. Three fires were found before sailing, plus another after departure. officials suspect an incendiary on board. Captain Fin h cautions that if the arsonist is found, severe consequences would follow.
Transatlantic travelers will cover the higher wages granted to seamen following the recent strike. Companies plan to raise passenger fares to offset the increased payroll costs.
Havana reports heightened security around President Gomez with a 100 Rural guard at entrances and police line. The press notes possible U S intervention as 20 000 royal troops ready to obey Gomez and arms move inland amid fears over tax acts violating the Platt amendment and prompting foreign interference.
The body of Ola Thaxton, a North Carolina girl, was discovered preserved at the Medical College of Virginia after dying at the City Home in Richmond. Her brother, Lee Thaxton, is arranging burial. Riley allegedly lured her from Raleigh with promises of employment and later deserted her before her death.
John W Gates remained in a coma as doctors warned of possible death. By evening his condition grew worse with fading heart action and a general decline noted by attending physicians. A consultation of the attending doctors was called.
Manila special report: the typhoon that struck Luzon several days ago caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage in that province. Flooding after the storm destroyed a large part of the crops.
A fragment from Everybody's Weekly presents a bus scene with a playful exchange. A passenger asserts payment while a conductor apologizes for the delay. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted urban sketch without full context.
Washington attorney Charles Drayton for Humboldt Steamship Company testified before the House committee investigating the Controller Bay affair. He said Humboldt faced discrimination by Guggenheim railroads and steamship interests in Alaska, noting two-year freight agreements were not renewed by White Pass and Yukon Railroad and Pacific and Alaska Steamship Company. The Interstate Commerce Commission found no jurisdiction, and the case is now before the U S Supreme Court.
A Philadelphia piece notes a Pennsylvania woman’s claim of a process turning vegetables into candies. It mocks extravagant methods and lists carrot noughs beet marshmallows and parsnip confections as unlikely products, suggesting the sensational tale may be a journalistic tease rather than fact.
Jose Mari Gamboa, former secretary to the Committee on Foreign Relations, calls for President De La Barra to be impeached over alleged neglect in Puebla and Covadonga that led to deadly disorders. Gamboa claims the president enjoyed wine and gaiety while crisis unfolded and presented the matter to the standing committee of Congress of Mexico.
The Plant liner Halifax bound from Nova Scotia ran aground on the eastern side of George's Island in Boston harbor during fog. Passengers, many women, were stunned as the ship listed to port. three tugs towed the vessel, all passengers rescued with no injuries reported. The steel screw steamer is 1078 tons, 250 feet long, Glasgow built, British flagged.
Mrs. Young reorganizes Chicago schools on a democratic basis inviting every school group to council and inviting teachers to contribute. The new curriculum connects arithmetic and history to daily life and community affairs, replacing trivial phrases with real-world reading and spelling themes drawn from the child’s daily world.
A North Carolina prison stroke left one guard dead and another injured while twenty five long term convicts remained orderly and helped fetch medical aid for the wounded guard. In Virginia a Norfolk jail collection supported a jailed husband’s widow, showing generosity from inmates. The Roanoke News notes these acts prompt reflection on mercy and punishment.
Severe quake shocks wrecked the Greek church towers in Keeskemet Sunday and damaged walls of several other buildings. It followed shocks felt earlier in the week, starting about 6 AM and ending at 7.
The Chicago City Council today passes an ordinance lowering gas price from 85 cents to about 70 15 cents for a five year period.
London report announces the death of Rev. Hermann Adler aged seventy two chief rabbi of the British Empire He was ordained in 1882 served as governor of University College and president of Jews College and was noted writer on Jewish history and theology.
The President endures a gruelling series of speeches in a hot railway car as he tours Indiana. Observers admire his toughness but express grave concern for his health and life during this exhausting political push.
Stokes and four detectives face grand jury action amid a shooting case with claims of self defense and attacks by witnesses including Japanese servants. Missing letters to Miss Graham from Stokes will be rearranged after grand jury proceedings. A hearing continuation seeks direct evidence under the Interstate Commerce act with October 1 set for briefs.
Grand jury returns true bills against Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrrad for aiming to kill W. I. D. Stokes at the Varuna hotel apartment. Only two witnesses testified, Stokes and Detective James McCormick, with Stokes recounting his story in three quarters of an hour.
A morning blaze gutted Tawhorne's grocery in South Lynchburg after an exploding lamp ignited the store. Estimated loss runs about $1,500. Fire crews reported no injuries and investigated the cause.
A mixed party of eleven men and women were rescued near Ardsley, N Y after a launch built for a short Yonkers trip broke a cylinder end and left them adrift for five hours. Townsend Roe and Fred Frayer led the rescue. The women suffered collapse and the men weakened by distress signals.
Miss Ellen J Blington aged eighteen and Thomas Madwin Dodson twenty one both of Frederickshores Va were married in Rockville yesterday morning by Rev E tr White at the minister residence.
In Burnside Kentucky a courthouse shooting left Justice A J Beatty and Constable W F Heath dead. James Ellis, former deputy sheriff, was arrested. William Helton fled and a posse pursues him dead or alive. The four men were alone in the courtroom and no witnesses remain.
Tulsa reports a Flynn versus Morris bout to be staged in Philadelphia or San Francisco next August. B F Ufer Morris' manager, returned from the East, says time and venue will be selected within ten days and Morris will be sent to training in the chosen city.
Senator Warren of Wyoming told President Taft fortifications for the Panama Canal were discussed and that troops would probably be sent to the isthmus in about a year.
The sixth Regiment of Chasseurs with 60 men was dispatched today to reinforce the Republican garrison at Draga on the northern frontier as royalists gather in strength.
A bandit was fatally shot today while attempting to rob the Chicago and Northwestern passenger train No. 4 bound from Chicago to Omaha between Irma City and Bell Plains. The incident occurred on Webstern Road as the train passed through.
A colored boy at Hewlett's in Hanover County is ill with smallpox after a week of sickness. Dr. D Herman Anderson reported the diagnosis amid alarm and calls for vaccine. Officials weigh steps to control possible spread and determine care for the boy.
The Facetions Bounderby and a real estate agent discuss a fanciful tale about a house a stone's throw from a trolley. Bounderby says it will give them something to do in summer evenings and they joke about sitting in the house and throwing stones at the trolley.
William M. Burgess, a Duluth contractor, testifies before the Lorimer investigating committee about a March train conversation with C. F. Wiehe of Hines Lumber. Burgess recalls Wiehe boasting of a raised jackpot and a $10,000 contribution to Lorimer’s election fund, and discusses possible use of money to move Illinois legislation.
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