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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
1
The permanent display of accident preventing devices at Charlottenburg will receive an annual grant of fifty thousand marks. It features 115 large machines, 600 smaller appliances, and fifteen electric motors. The exhibit uses red for safe machines and blue for dangerous parts, with guards, eye protection, and safety devices clearly shown.
Dr. Eisenmenger of Szaszvaros Hungary unveils a cuirass style resuscitation apparatus with a foot bellows. It alternately raises and depresses the abdomen to induce strong breathing and a gentle heart massage, aiming for improved outcomes in apparently drowned patients.
Experiments show that diffusion through a cur rents free tube is very slow and largely explains why odor travels quickly in open air. Ammonia diffusing through a 1.5 meter tube took over two hours to reach the far end, with time roughly proportional to the square of the length. Ammonia and hydrogen sulphide studied, camphor rises faster than horizontal or downward flows, with upward motion about twice as fast.
A discussion intensifies around a proposed real estate growth theory as analysts and investors weigh potential grounds and risks. Local officials note economic indicators but emphasize cautious optimism pending further data and market signals.
In Havana special dispatches report unrest near Puerto Principe with rebels on the city outskirts. Under Secretary Gaston Mora and Gen. Rafael Montalvo tender resignations to avoid hindering Governor Magoon's reorganization. 299th Infantry prepared for deployment. Aqueduct damage at Santiago de los Banos floods areas. yellow fever largely eradicated in Cruces with two deaths and two recoveries. Navana schooner wrecked at Grand Cayman. 132 turtles aboard. storm hurts Taco Taco tobacco seedlings and cheese cloth frames. An American colony reports armed black workers threatening presence. Lucha demands vouchers for rebel‑appropriated property debts.
Four survivors aboard the Mallory liner Colorado recount a wreck at Long Key during last week’s hurricane. Joseph Melson and others testify that 79 of 125 on a houseboat died as waves broke it apart. The 42 survivors were rescued by the Colorado and taken to Jacksonville.
President Roosevelt plans to end dual government service by spouses. Each couple may have one member in the executive branch while the other retires. The Civil Service Commission is to review cases, with at least 100 known as of now. The policy targets simultaneous employment of both spouses, not multiple family members.
Havana reports the start of the American marine withdrawal. Seven hundred sail on the cruisers Minneapolis Newark and Denver, six hundred remain at Camp Columbia, and about 1,200 are dispersed across the island.
Aberdeen South Dakota reports the season's worst early snowstorm paralyzing rail service. Fourteen inches fallen by night, freight trains west of Aberdeen stalled, one passenger train blocked near Bowdle, two more trapped on the Great Northern east of Ellendale, with telegraph wires down.
A governor panel finds high insurance rates and abuses. Indiana and Pennsylvania political figures face charges and bail. Obits span O Day will, diphtheria outbreak, Bank rebates, art theft arrests, and a Warsaw Mo homicide. Fires, trials, suicides, and legal actions fill a broad slate of national items.
The Havana partner of Manuel Silveira denies a Caracas cable stating Silveira left the firm solvent. He says Silveira left nothing and took away 63000 dollars in cash. The report disputes the claim and notes the cash withdrawal.
London reports ongoing discord between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough with potential separation. W. K. Vanderbilt, father of the Duchess, arrived in Blenheim to broker reconciliation while the Duke remains away. Family dynamics and American ties cited as core causes amid public scrutiny.
In Nantic City a yacht voyage from Beasleys Point to Seulls ville hit a squall. Captain Omer Blackman acted quickly as his wife shouted for help, saving a baby from a drifting carriage then recovering the child from the water with the mother steering. The baby suffered only minor exposure thanks to thick clothing.
Chicago report states Charles Sullivan 25, a cigarmaker, paid attentions to landlady Mrs Laura Klein 40. He was shot and killed by her son John Klein 21 who allegedly received the revolver from his mother and was arrested by police.
The Russian wooden coasting steamer Warjozgin struck a floating mine while leaving Vladivostok and sank within two minutes. Of about 200 passengers aboard, all but one were drowned, and the crew perished as well.
In Augusta Georgia Arthur Glover a private detective shot and killed Maud Williamson his room mate while she worked in the weaving room of the Sibley Cotton Mill with her back turned. The grand jury indicted Glover and he is jailed on first degree murder charges. The shooting caused a disturbance in the mill.
The funeral for Mrs Varina Jefferson Davis was held at St Pauls Church in Richmond and interred beside Jefferson Davis. Rain disrupted the procession of Confederate groups. The story also reports deaths and accidents including Lt Ellicott at Fort Monroe, a hotel suit for $20 000 from Murphys Hotel, a drowning at Cedar Run, a fatal fall of horseman Charles W Smith, drownings in New River, an elopement and quick marriage in Bristol, and early prosecutions under oyster dredge laws in Norfolk.
The passage argues that temptations increase as one advances, with the soul facing greater battles at higher levels. It compares a hero to a lawyer facing losses, notes the lure of fortune and power in politics, and asserts Christians will be tempted as they grow, resembling Christ who suffered for greater glory.
A garbled miscellany mentions coal liquefaction in Missouri, peanuts in Kansas City, English soapmakers with capital, California markets, Cuban yellow fever cases, a Lodz scaffold tale, and varied US policy and cultural notes. The jumble touches education reform, Roosevelt and Jamestown Exposition, philanthropy at Square Presbyterian, and population and cremation questions afloat in the period.
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