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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
6
A Gulf Coast hurricane devastates Mobile and nearby towns. Deaths, missing residents, and widespread wreckage immobilize the city. Shipping ruined, docks destroyed, key factories and hotels damaged, with large financial losses and martial law in effect.
Augusta police uncovered a Ku Klux Klan chapter, confiscating literature and regalia and arresting several men. The article notes the group planned a first visitation on a Black preacher-editor who fled the city. Also cited are Mississippi governor Vardaman’s views on race and the Fifteenth Amendment, urging segregation and white supremacy.
Chicago based League of American Municipalities declined to take a position on municipal ownership of public utilities. Delegates at the convention committee discussed a resolution. Mayor McCaskren of Rock Island and others were involved in the debate.
Cuba crisis deepens as congress rejects resignation calls and US peace commissioners push for intervention. Marines land at the port and guard the treasury while Taft and Bacon plan a provisional regime. Roosevelt promises one last effort to reconcile Cuban differences as plans for occupation accelerate.
Denver hearing on railroad coal operations resumed with Union Pacific under scrutiny. Witnesses testified UP hired men to claim coal lands in Wyoming, prompting relinquishments while charging $3 or $4 per shift. Cyrus Beard, Wyoming Supreme Court justice, testified about land deals influenced by UP officials. Beard denied knowledge of Clark's role for UP. Several witnesses said they could not secure transport in Wyoming and were forced out of business. Hearing closed in Denver.
The Midreport bank in Ohio closed its doors and reported all deposits totaling about 115000 missing. The bank serves many poor depositors and its president E I Fox is absent from town, causing great turmoil.
An early morning blast at the Pittsburg Plate Glass building in Cleveland ignited a fire that spread to about two dozen other structures. A second explosion caused walls to collapse and three firemen were injured. Total losses near 200000 with The Cleveland News sustaining about 26600.
New York October 1 Colby faction of the New Jersey Republican party faced losses in most areas. Colby was defeated in his West Orange ward by a small margin while regulars carried Essex Passaic and Hudson counties Newark and Paterson. Delegates favored J W McCarthy for Ninth District congressman to replace Marshall Van Winkle. La Follette campaigned across the state supporting Colby.
A Mexican border report says revolutionaries clashed with troops five miles south of Jiminez, one ranger killed, revolutionists scattered and pursued by Mexican troops. Jiminez now held by the government forces. An Eagle Pass dispatch notes 75 cavalry scattered forty selfstyled revolutionists thirty miles above Eagle Pass with two killed. Additional reports describe bandits and smugglers taking Jiminez, with several killed, sparking sensational but disputed claims of a revolution.
An explosion of natural gas at the Edgar Aine smelter in Cherryvale Kansas yesterday afternoon demolished the facility. Two workers were killed and five others injured with three in critical condition. Authorities investigate the blast and its cause as survivors recount the collapse and rescue efforts. Local responders, including the fire department, contained the blaze and began securing the site for investigators.
Chicago reports Paul C. Stensland pleads guilty in Joliet to looting the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. He confesses to key figures, implicating Hering and others while facing concurrent sentences up to ten years. Depositors react as anger rises over $120 owed on $400,000 theft and near-term parole.
Secretary Shaw ordered deposits totaling 46 million across major cities led by New York and Chicago at 3 million each and several others at 2 million 1 million or 0.5 million. bonds deemed lawful investments will be accepted at 90 percent of market value. The deposits are temporary and expected to be returned when pressure eases, likely February next.
Spanish Countess of Buena Vista files appeal with the U S Supreme Court after a federal district court in New York ruled she cannot sue General Stooke. The dispute traces to the countess’s claim of slaughter rights in Cuba since 1799, tied to actions by Braglie as Cuba’s governor general. Damages sought total 25000 dollars.
Railroad gross earnings at Rock Island report an increase totaling 7,186,000 with Chicago and Octo area figures cited. The annual report highlights improved income for the line as it expands services and freight activity across regions.
A compiled digest from multiple cities reports insurance law progress in Chicago, German cruelty in Treven, Roosevelt to attend Atlantic fleet target practice, unrest near Cuidad Porfirio Diaz, a Black Hand linked murder case in Wilkes-Barre, a suspicious gunpowder package in Philadelphia, Wisconsin football attendance questions, a Georgia murder, Harriman wheat orders at Portland, a congress bid by Budd in Baltimore, interstate rail fatalities and injuries, and assorted naturalization and political notes across the United States.
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