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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
6
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In Richmond, Miss Iena Mallory seventeen faced a preliminary hearing for incorrigible charge. Father W. O. Mallory absent due to illness. hearing continued to November 4. Miss Mallory, eyeing a vaudeville future with Peerless Minstrel Company, spoke of reconciliation yet blamed her “big brother” for the predicament. She sought talk with her father as talk of sending her to Bon Air Industrial School loomed.
Mise Mallory, held at a Richmond facility after detention for misbehavior, escaped by leaping from a roof to a lower building and later from a second story window before being recaptured. She suffered a sprained ankle and was returned to First Police Station. Officials seek amicable settlement with her father to allow her to remain with the troupe.
In Richmond Virginia a summary court disciplined four privates of Company F First Regiment who fired muskets from a streetcar after Labor Day. Captain Stack and Lieutenant Kinderwater were rebuked for interfering with constabulary. Privates Scruggs Campbell Lenhart Meredith fined ten dollars each. Captain Stack and Lieutenant Kinderwater warned to know volunteer laws. Major Price’s letter criticized for statements to newspapers.
Leland Mississippi special report says A M Love head of the Darnell Love Lumber Company was killed Friday in an automobile accident. The Darnell Love Company ranks among the Souths largest lumber firms.
Lincoln Neb special reports Jace Rolph, seventeen, of Pender Neb, was kidnapped near Checoy Mexico by a Mexican peon, Segunda. G. S. Harris ranch owner and Dr Re? seek SegUnda, offering $1000 for his capture. Victim described as cultured and attractive, Harris’s son posts reward and U.S. officials coordinate with Mexico City authorities.
A consular report from four United States consuls in China advises against selling merry-go-rounds there. One consular note recalls a trip to Shanghai a decade ago with little Chinese interest, despite many circuses visiting. The Globe reports the idea failed to gain traction as a popular entertainment in China.
In New York at Har Moriah Hospital three surgeons operated on Willie Roth a four and a half year old boy who sneezed and dislodged a lead pellet lodged in his nose. The bullet was located near the nasal passage and removed after the sneeze. Willie was sent home to 135 Pitt Street after the successful procedure following a street accident while playing near his home.
A lone sombrero on Broadway draws attention as Edward Nelson of Los Angeles appears on a Wednesday night. Detectives Cray Dowling Savage and Calin sense activity as a man trades his cap for a derby amid rumors of easy money and pursuit on Twenty-ninth Street.
William Freeman James Russell and Walter Graham claimed strangers from New York were involved in a Derby coin toss theft. They faced $1,000 bail each for further examination as detectives traced the South New York link and noted Nelson departing to the West after a visit.
A small homemade car with a burnished brass Hell sign sped along Chambers Street at 4:30 P.M. frightening pedestrians and even a delivery tricycle. The red vehicle, mounted on bicycle wheels with a 60 inch wheel base, caused a minor collision before its driver aided the tricycle's chauffeur.
Pittsburg report tells how Ghimence Liroma a twelve year old news boy outside the Fort Pitt Hotel spent a purse found by Bartioma including $200 in cash and a matching check a group of youths used to buy fun. They spent $100 then tore up two $50 bills and let the wind carry the rest with no money remaining when searched at police headquarters.
Leavenworth Kan city officials delay a rabies control order targeting cats and unmuzzled dogs, fearing a backlash from women voters. Dogs are muzzled and patrolling squads use firearms, yet only three unowned cars have been shot and no cats harmed amid political tension.
A District of Columbia Juvenile Court decision held a theater manager violated child labor law by using four African American boys under fourteen in a twenty five cent pie eating pre k contest. The manager paid a five dollar fine and fees.
Special report from Elkins West Virginia says George E. Dishardon proprietor of the Gassaway Hotel shot Hiram Buckner to death during a dispute over a bowling contest at the hotel. Buckner was superintendent of a stove factory and a guest at the establishment.
Two Chinese representatives, Colonel Kling-sen Yau and Captain Liang King-chang, arrived in Richmond to attend the annual meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. They are in the U S to learn and observe American medical methods, fresh from Peking, and will be hosted at the Jefferson during their stay. They express admiration for American life and note progress in China’s army medical department as they tour Chicago, Washington, and Richmond ahead of Thursday and Tuesday public sessions.
A Cuban cable reports the Moor Crown Prince, an English vessel bound to Liverpool from Colon, wrecked off Halandes Point on October 16 during a Cuban storm. The ship broke in two amidships, the forehold flooded, and all hands were saved, according to the captain's official report received Saturday afternoon.
A clash between Government troops and revolutionists occurred near the Uruguay frontier. The revolt has grown alarming, with a risk of Brazilian or Argentine interference. Government efforts to quash the uprising faced a retreat by rebels into the wilderness amid political tensions over Battalli’s presidential candidacy.
Jacob H Schiff banker testified before referee Charles W Dayton on Monday in a bid to test the sanity of a woman who has pressed charges against him. The woman was arrested and committed to Bellevue Hospital where she remains a prisoner.
In a tense hearing Miss Volinsky accused banker Schiff of threats and plot to ruin her while Schiff denied memory gaps and promised accuracy. Other witnesses, including Misses Wooley and Keating, testified they had heard no threats as the hearing continued.
Special Judge McLemore sustained the demurrer of the Norfolk and Southern Railway Company's reorganization committee and dismissed the Dyke syndicate bill. The Philadelphia group sought to stop the sale of old Norfolk and Southern properties under federal foreclosure to the reorganized railroad. An appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court is likely.
In Nevada Missouri a patient at the State asylum, Mrs Laura Liskert, fatally cut the throat of fellow patient Mrs P M Guiou with a putty knife in the receiving ward. Death occurred almost instantly after the attack, which occurred while no attendants were present. Liskert had obtained the knife days earlier as painters worked around the building.
Lillian Krish twelve years old wandered the County Courthouse corridors Tuesday visiting rooms and courts. H G Anderson Dos Passos Brothers assisted in locating her mother Mrs Krish after the child said she could not find her. The reunion occurred in Justice Greenbaum's court with thanks to Mr Anderson.
Lynchburg Virginia report says the 1800 foot tunnel on the new Southern line around the city is completed after five years of construction. Final work awaits the remaining 118 feet of concrete lining before full completion.
Tom J. Jones, a negro butcher, was arrested Sunday on a charge of setting fire to his dwelling. Authorities believe the motive was the murder of his wife Lucy Jones and their two children. Lucy Jones has filed for divorce in the Corporation Court. She woke Friday morning to a fire in her husband’s room as furniture and bedding were saturated with kerosene.
Washington report notes Southwest Virginia fields may place Old Dominion among leading oil states. Charlies P. Brown of Norton cites rapid investment in Lee county wells and mountain streams of oil awaiting surface development. Experts optimistic spring launch for new industry amid coal-rich terrain.
George E. Atkins Jr., 14, of 1712 North Twenty second Street, was accidentally shot in the nose by a 22 caliber revolver while among several companions. The bullet shattered the nasal bone as the pistol, believed unloaded, exploded. Ambulance and doctors attended. the family physician later joined. Atkins cannot identify which companion handled the weapon.
Richmond Special reports Ivocta Braswell, a colored man of 1020 North Twenty second Street, was dangerously cut in the face by an unidentified assailant at Twenty second and Main Streets Friday morning. Dr Curman of the city ambulance corps attended him. the razor wound extended from the eye to the lip reaching the bone and eight stitches were needed.
William A. Patton a Lakewood NJ magnate, aged 62, to marry Miss Margaret Atlee Jackson nineteen daughter of Phillip N Jackson Newark’s largest realty holder. The pair say the match is based on love, with no wedding date set.
The Savannah tale follows Joe Brown, a cat belonging to E. P. Groovers, who rode the City Montgomery to New York in hopes of breaking his morphine habit. The ship docked, Joe vanished, and authorities seek the dope fiend feline to restore him to his owner.
Wireless messages between Washington and Butte Mont were received in a Sunday dispatch. Butte’s wireless apparatus sits atop a high pole. The rail distance between Washington and Butte is 2,357 miles.
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