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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
1
A letter to the London Times discusses a Bali prince and Lombok kin, both pledging collective suicide rather than surrender. It notes Dutch forces killed hundreds, mostly women and children, while framing the acts as tribal ritual suicide rather than cruelty.
Miles completed a San Francisco to New York journey in record time to test the automobile’s practicality. The feat demonstrates improving range, speed, and reliability of vehicles for long nationwide trips.
John W. Hawkins 30, an Abingdon resident, killed Mrs. William Garrett then blew out his brains in his Bristol area home after conclusive evidence of his guilt. The crime stemmed from illicit long standing affair amid a family with three children, and occurred near the home of J H Gildersleeve. The victim was found with a shotgun blast, and Hawkins died by his own hand with the same gun.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned to Washington from Pine Knot Virginia after a hunting trip. Surgeon Rixey and Private Secretary Latta accompanied them aboard the Signet. The president hunted three days before bagging a wild turkey and praised the excursion as a success. Mrs. Roosevelt enjoyed horseback rides and favorable weather.
Havana special reports an official list showing about 2 500 rifles of various kinds 7 shotguns and 140 sabres saved from Morro Castle as worth keeping. About 13 800 rifles and 7 400 bayonets gathered by Americans in 1898 1899 were destroyed as useless. The Cuban government holds 26 000 Remington Springfield rifles 368 000 rounds of ammunition five field pieces and four mountain guns. Mr McGivney wrote Governor Magoon about paving and sever Havana and asked the municipality to arrange funding.
The Washington government takes steps to help Japanese residents gain admission to San Francisco public schools. Attorney General Moody restricts the U.S. District Attorney Rob ert T. Devlin to assist Attorneys R. M. F Pickett and Masuji Miyakawa as they represent the Japanese community in injunctions. The cases in the Circuit Court seek to compel the Board of Education to admit Japanese children to schools that admit white children.
Henry Jackie was arrested at his Evergreen home in New York for the murder of his wife Jena. Police found Mrs Jackie dead in her residence with an ax wound to the skull. Jackie was asleep on the floor beside the body. a recently washed hatchet was recovered at the scene.
The Chattanooga Tennessee area suffered an explosion in the Cincinnati Southern Railroad shops, resulting in one fatality. Reports note other international matters and local incidents in a broad news digest.
Reports from Port Arthur tell of Captain Bolgakoff sentenced to three years in a fortress for revolutionary agitation among Russian prisoners in Japan. In London, George Herring dies after an appendicitis operation. Marquisito to be replaced in Korea by Count Katsura formerly premier. In Cuba leaving negroes press for offices. Marie Sulver to marry Prince Joachim of Prussia seeks own title via a baron and divorce. Burgess disputes Monroe doctrine remarks in Berlin address. Krustaloff and 14 St. Petersburg Workmen's Council leaders exiled to Siberia. London borough elections favor municipal reformers. England abolishes coal export duty spurring cargoes to foreign ports. Berlin Wireless Conference signs free intercommunication principles.
A message from Commander Peary, received by Herbert L. Bridgeman, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, reports the expedition's nearest ten pole position and honors awarded to the United States. The message was sent from a missionary settlement and relayed to the club.
A Tokyo journalist reports that Marquis Ito resident general in Korea will return in December and Count Katsura, former premier, will take his place. The letter cites close government contacts and confirms the transition plan.
Berlin based Lokal Anzeiger reports Hamburg Bremen Allgemeine Reinsurance Company entered voluntary bankruptcy after heavy losses from the San Francisco disaster. The Hamburg firm allegedly absorbed most of the San Francisco event damages.
New York report states Giuseppe Morello, a key Black Hand figure, was stabbed with a poisoned needle and died at the morgue. Ferdinando Russo, 23, of 1162 Street, is arrested in connection with the stabbing, which occurred swiftly after the incident.
Charles Morris of Wakefield dies by his own hand amid reports of mental decay. In Petersburg, Charles E. Newson faces murder charge. bail set at $1000. Col. Dulany of Welbourne dies suddenly at 66, a Civil War veteran. Baskerville, famed Southwest Virginia lawyer, dies at 93 in Lynchburg. Strike tensions rise in Southern Railway shops. governor grants clemency for John Greene in Danville murder case. Fire destroys a barn near Winchester and stalls at Harmer farm. Other items report a shipyard incident in Norfolk, hunting accident near Timberville, pistol incident in Pittsylvania, and injuries to Armentrout and Sheetz in a shop dispute. Oregon note recalls Mills, an 1876 pioneer, dying after coughing up a buck carried in his bogly Civil War days.
An auto returning to the Allegheny Country Club turned turtle on Beechwood boulevard. One man was fatally hurt, two seriously, three others slightly injured as the vehicle struck a wall. Occupants were ejected and scattered about 20 yards from the car.
The writer argues that disappearances silence moderating figures in Russia and enable the Terror. He warns that the regime uses ruthless agents to control society and directs violence to crush dissent without public shock. The piece cites alleged government plans and fear of revolutionary strength being handed to merciless men.
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