14 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
1
Breslau, capital of Silesia, considers a monument to its founder who cast the saintly bell in 1386. Legend says the master killed the apprentice for letting molten metal escape, then remorse followed as the bell tolled for the doomed. The tale is recounted by the London Globe via German poet Muller.
In a humorous exchange from Punch, Tess notes Ursula Hope walking with Jack Timmid while Jess describes Ursula’s courting intent. The discussion reveals Ursula May Hope signs letters as U May Hope, hinting at romantic scheme and social intrigue.
President Roosevelt sends a telegram to Governor Gillette halting further Japanese exclusion measures in the California Assembly. The governor urged compliance, and the Assembly voted to take no action on Japanese questions this session, amidst a brief uproar.
Secretary Loch said President Roosevelt asked Governor Gillette to withhold approval of California legislature bills on the Japanese question until the President sends a letter explaining why the measures would be harmful at this time. Secretary Loeb noted Root and Viscount Aoki are negotiating a new treaty but held up by San Francisco officials over White House conference agreements.
A locomotive boiler exploded on the Pennsylvania Railroad as a freight train passed through Metuchen New Jersey killing three men and injuring several others. Fires spread to Hahn's drug store and McCutcheon's Pharmacy but were quickly contained. Daisy Martin, a railroad station operator, was minorly hurt as the blast knocked her from her chair and the station caught fire but survived.
Abner McGary, 50, wealthy merchant and retiring president of the Vandergrift Councils, is dying at his home after an Apollo roller skating rink accident. He tripped, fell, and a woman over 200 pounds fell on him, crushing his pelvic bone and causing fatal internal injuries.
Agents of the Shosen Kaisha of Osaka aim to buy Oceanic Steamship Company liners Ventura Sonoma and Sierra now for sale. Japanese buyers reportedly plan to create a San Francisco to Orient service, expanding regional steamship operations amid Western tensions.
A digest of notable events from the week across politics crime law and industry. Highlights include Speaker Cannon addressing Porto Ricans urging self government, graft probes in Harrisburg and Washington, shootings and suicides in Cleveland and San Francisco, stock market shakiness with Reading stock surge, Standard Oil trials, and major railroad and steel industry moves.
The British House of Commons practically killed the Woman's Enfranchisement Bill for the session as a crowded gallery of women watched. A petition signed by 21,000 women protested suffrage. Elsewhere in world affairs, Afghanistan's Amir visits India, boosting buffer state ties. France denies Far East demarcation talks. Germany passes second reading on a Southwest Africa appropriation. the Leopard steamship crew of 103 survives Cape Race ice. a Japanese conversion loan prospectus is issued in London. Salvadorean minister Estupinian to Mexico may move to Washington as ambassador. plague claims a physician in Saint Petersburg.
Apostle Qowie dies amid delirium after ordering guards to eject critics as his fortune totaling 28 million dollars is documented. The event details reveal a violent end during a period of intense confrontation with dissidents.
The arc of John Dowie’s career features excommunications and exile, his creation of Zion City with 10 600 residents and 28 million in assets, and his later ouster. He led 3 900 followers on nine trains to evangelize New York and planned a Mexican colony after leaving Zion City.
John Alexander Dowie founder of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion City on the north shore of Lake Michigan died at Shiloh House after months of dissolution. Attendants reported his last hours as religious, with hymns and prayers, muttering Voliva's name and his motto Peace be unto you.
The Sunset Limited of the Southern Pacific was annulled after arriving 50 minutes late. The Texas Railroad Commission order requiring passenger trains to run within 30 minutes of schedules caused delays. Many Northern and Eastern tourists aboard were stranded in Houston for 13 hours en route to the Pacific Coast.
Grain and feed products listed include Hagan Beed Oats Linseed Meal and Cotton Seed Meal with Purina labels. Near Pratt Street, the Ermerhorn Son firm appears as shippers and dealers in agricultural supplies.
Alumni of Washington and Lee and Lee Camp leaders meet to plan a permanent Lee memorial and a chair of American history at the university. Speakers include Governor Swanson and Dr. George H. Denny, following a Roosevelt suggestion to honor Lee at a major Southern educational institution.
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