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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
1
A missionary returning from South America reports a tribe along a route to Orurotutofagod worships Bismarck as a deity called Bimbarko. They once prayed to idols during a drought with no relief, then received rain after presenting a cut image of the Iron Chancellor to their temple.
A Pottsville household servant found a watery potato containing a pearl worth about 40 dollars. The mistress saw the jewel, prompting calls for Secretary Wilson to investigate and promote pearl-bearing potatoes. The item sparks curiosity among congressmen and their constituents alike.
A six story Bedford and Downing Streets factory in Greenwich Village caught fire after a series of explosions. Four Engine Company 14 firemen died, about 60 people were rescued from the second floor by a human pyramid, and the block was evacuated as collapse and flame swept through adjoining tenements.
John Thompson, a 25 year Navy veteran, was found dead from a self inflicted bullet wound in the Brooklyn Navy Yard rifle range. An Naval Hospital surgeon indicated the body had been dead about 24 hours. The range had been closed over Sunday and Thompson likely went there Sunday to take his life.
Two German soldiers landed from a balloon on Sunday at Karlskrona after leaving Berlin Saturday. A fierce Baltic snowstorm tore the balloon and gas escaped. As the craft descended they cut away the basket and threw out contents, clinging to the net for two hours before landing exhausted.
New York Alfred Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, once famed author of girls books, died at her Milton Massachusetts home at age 81. She was Enoch Train’s daughter and George Francis Train’s sister. Her prime writing spanned 1857 to 1870 with work in Atlantic Monthly and Our Young Folks among others. Notable titles include Mother Goose for Grown Folks and Faith Gartney's Girlhood.
Washington special reports Friends of Senator Gorman of Maryland fear his illness worsened though officials say he is not dangerously ill. He has been out of the Senate for six weeks and largely confined to bed with his condition prompting concern after last week’s alarm. Mae
A sweeping open letter from Iowa Governor Cummings blasts West Virginia Senator Elkins over cross examination methods, calling him a railroad senator and accusing him of improper conduct in Senate procedures. The missive signals heightened partisan tension and challenges to Elkins’ influence.
A high Russian official states the Czar yields to reactionary forces and vows no real reform. Premier Witte nears breakdown amid affairs of state. The text notes chaotic election machinery for the Douma and Empire Council and escalating repressive measures as revolutionaries resist with bombs and revolvers.
Dispatches from Manila report a clash at Magtaon Samar between constabulary and Pulajanes sparked by treachery. Sixteen Pulajanes and sixteen constabulary members were killed or wounded. Officials including Governor Curry, Judge Lobinger, and Superintendent Hoover faced a staged surrender before Pulajane leaders attacked, forcing the Americans to flee and prompting a chase through the mountains. Three hundred constabulary pursue the fugitive natives and search for Curry, last seen pursued into dense brush.
San Francisco special report says Scotty, the Death Valley miner famed for a desert mine story and a cross country Santa Fe trip, was jailed on a San Bernardino warant for allegedly ambushing Boston mining men and shooting his brother Warren. Bail posted after about four hours. Warren wounded in the thigh and expected to be idle for weeks. The Boston party contends Scotty planned the ambush to deter an expert investigation of his mine.
Seven members across three generations were killed when a wagon carrying a family party to a reunion was struck by a Reading railroad express northbound from Shamokin at Hass crossing near Sunbury Pennsylvania. Blanche Neidig died later in hospital. The accident occurred as two parallel lines ran close, with a curve hiding one from the other.
Hot Springs Arkansas reports that farmer H K Garraway living four miles west fatally shot Elizabeth Schmal a servant through the arm then killed himself. Details indicate a domestic dispute ending in tragedy. Local authorities investigate the incident and confirm Garraway's death by suicide.
Special from Corning New York reports two West Branch schoolboys hanged classmate Eddie Bentley by a bell rope in a West Branch schoolhouse imitating a recent local hanging. Their teacher intervened. incident described as an imitation act and under police inquiry.
Ferdinand Rorer of Bluefield Roanoke pioneer died in Hot Springs Arkansas at age 82. Native of Pittsylvania County he helped boom Roanoke owning Rover mines Rover Park Hotel and building the first theater. Survived by Patrick H. Rover and Mrs. Lee Powell.
A collection of brief biographical notes and political mentions. It notes April visits by Emperor William to Madrid, Vice President Fairbanks in the Senate, novelist George Gissing’s past work as a gasfitter, tall Congressman Barchfield from Pittsburgh, Baron Sonnino as Italian premier, the late King Christian as Garter doyen, a Rip Van Winkle statue fund in New York, Secretary Taft’s weight changes, Governor J. P. Hogs’ grave planting wish, Herbert J. Hagerman as young New Mexico governor, Count Benckendorf’s artistic roots, and Professor John H. Gray’s Civic Federation appointment to study city quasi-public undertakings.
A collage of society items: Waldorf Astor wedding in April, Rosine Damola as a real name, a $50 000 annual bill for the future Queen of Spain, Mrs. Alice Webb Duke buying 25 000 acres in Texas for tobacco, the Duchess of Marlborough joining the intellectual set, Montclair High School athletes barred for scholarship, Queen Helena receiving her friend’s body after a fatal accident, Lady Murphy, Beatrice Sacchi voting in Italy, and Mile Sacchi discovering a voting law in Hal y.
A New Hampshire paper from Amoskeag in 1831 details villages renowned for bed ticking and notes 5,000 spindles across three mills, with a settlement of 490 people.
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