Terrible H hurricane devastates Caribbean and Florida coast
A massive hurricane swept from Venezuela to Florida, killing hundreds to thousands. Cuba, San Salvador, Elliott Key, and Key Biscayne saw major destruction with tidal waves, ships wrecked, and many dead or missing. In Havana storms damaged ships and homes, while Elliott Key suffered near total destruction and a barge disaster. The St Lucie grounded after riding out the tempest, taking twenty eight lives.
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Venezuela
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Bost Key
Elliott Key
Key
Elliott Island
Bahama Islands
St. Lucie
Keys
Miami
Cuba
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Republic of San Salvador
New York Clearing House Reports 107 Billion Transactions
The annual report for year ending Sept 30 records transactions of 107,721,586,115 with year end balances totaling 8,832,021,023. It notes a $20,000,000 gain from last year. Alexander Gilbert, president of Market and Fulton National Bank, named association president. Albert El Wiggin, vice president of Haw National Bank, becomes secretary. Manager William J. Orpin re elected.
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New York Clearing House
Alexander Gilbert
Market and Fulton National Bank
Albert el. Wiggin
Haw National Tank
William J. Orpin
Storm Sweeps the West Causing Widespread Damage
A massive storm devastates the Rocky mountain region with heavy snow and high winds. Claims include livestock losses in Colorado Utah and New Mexico, blockades on rail lines, and damage to property including a Utah Packing Company plant. Fatalities reported in Ogden and other areas with broader disaster reports from Central America and Ruatan.
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Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
Las Vegas
Socorro
Albuquerque
Union Pacific Railway
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake
Green River
Salt Lake City
Utah Packing Company
Ogden
Republic of Salvador
Coutepeque
Chulo
Panchinaleo
Axelene
Pimineto
Ruatan
Tela
Atilla
el Provence
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Harald
Panama Canal to be built by contract bids
The Isthmian Canal Commission plans a private contract to finish Panama Canal work. A single bidder, or corporation with subs, must have 5 million dollars capitalization and post a 3 million bond. The winner will be chosen by engineers from both sides, and costs estimated by a mixed board. Labor and government roles will be reassessed under this plan.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Commission
Shants
United States
Trade of Cuba and its Foreign Commerce Volumes
The Cuban foreign trade totals about 200 million dollars annually with imports at 95 million and exports at 110 million. U.S. accounts for 45 percent of imports and 86 percent of exports in 1905, sugar leads exports at 63 million, tobacco 27 million, fruits 3 million, while imports cover cotton manufactures, breadstuffs, meats, machinery, and numerous other goods. About 87 percent of exports go to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cuba
United States
Europe
Building the Highest Bridge Over Royal Gorge
The American Inventor reports a suspension bridge in Colorado over the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River. The 267 foot high span will rise above the water, with a 50 to 230 foot channel width, plate glass floor, and steel railings. It forms part of an electric railway linking Canyon City and Florence, with Denver Rio Grande tracks beneath.
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Canyon City
Florence
Denver and
Rio Grande
Teachers as Politicians at New York University
Dr. Elmer B. Brown United States commissioner of education urged the school of pedagogy at New York University to be politicians in the sense of pursuing the larger public good. He warned against materialism and urged education to resist it.
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Elmer B. Brown
United States Commissioner of Education
New York University
Disappearances Stir Warrensville Village Church Scene
Sudden vanishing of Ev. HR. Pickard shocks Warrensville as Deacon N M Tripletts reports missing overcoat, a daughter’s $40 watch, and $50 church funds. Pickard vanished the night a church fundraiser moving picture show drew crowds. receipts are unaccounted for amid a rapid pastor call and local unrest.
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Deacen
Pickard
Warrensville
N. M. Tripletts
Etta
Wealth in a Gypsy Camp Near Carmi Reveals Hidden Loot
Sheriff Grissom led sixty four deputies to a Carmi gypsy camp on a theft complaint by Gus Mitchell. They uncovered more than 50 thousand dollars in gold and currency, including 15 thousand in gold in one wagon and banks certificates totaling 25 thousand dollars. The seizure exposed a vast wealth stash and prompted promises of return to Chicago.
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Sherif
Carmi
Gus Mitchell
Mitchell
Grissom
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago
Fire Sweeps Lake Bluff Hotel and Homes in Chicago Suburb
A southeastern Lake Bluff blaze started at the Bluff lodge hotel and rapidly spread via strong winds to nearby structures. The hotel and several residences burned, with total damage estimated at 8,000 to 15,000 dollars. Insurance covers the hotel loss. Dr. M. M. Parkhurst lost three houses valued at 6,000 dollars, and two other homes owned by Emil Nelson and Louis Miller, each worth 1,500 dollars, were destroyed.
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Chicago
Resire
Lake Bluff
Bluff Lodge
Waukegan
Stnete
F. A
Withers
M. M. Parkhurst
Emil Nelson
Louis Miller
Girls Flee Farm Drudgery Urged For National Congress
Mrs. Ella H. Durley spoke at the farmers' national congress in Rock Island urging better farm conditions and labor-saving devices to keep girls on the farm. The assembly backed a separate dairy bureau, reciprocal treaties, and aid for country roads, with a resolution opposing futures trading and related schemes.
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Department of Agriculture
Stem
Man Survives Train Collision After Wagon Entangled
A farmer, knocked high in the air by a wagon struck by an engine, clung to the smoke stack to avoid being crushed. He escaped with cuts and shaken nerves though the wagon was hurled off the track and the train halted after the boiler stack incident near Milan. The driver, Stasiia Herbrandt of Edington, barely escaped when his wagon was struck squarely as horses spooked and the train halted.
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Armer
Boller
Mrs. Catherine Yates Fractures Hip in Fall
Elder Governor Yates mother, Mrs Catherine Yates, suffered a fracture of her left hip after a fall at home. Report notes her age raises concerns about recovery while officials say she is receiving care. In a separate incident, Fred Krammer, a 55 year old farmer from Kewa, accidentally drank dehorning fluid, causing serious internal injury and hospital treatment.
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Ffnior
DeKalb Native Joseph Glidden Dies at 93 Inventor of Barbed Wire
Joseph F B Glidden of DeKalb died at his home aged 93 after a life shaped by DeKalb County service and farming. Born 1813 in Charleston New Hampshire he moved to New York then Illinois in 1842 where he and I L Wood refined barbed wire fencing. He was sheriff of DeKalb County and later served on the county board and state legislature while aiding the placement of the Northern Illinois State Normal School in DeKalb.
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DeKalb
Joseph FB. Glidden
DeKalb County
Mr. Glidden
Charleston
N.hs
New York
Joseph F. Glidden
Ilinois
Rose
Glidden
I. L. Swood
Illinois
Northern Illinois State Normal School
Gildden
State Tax Board Faulted Over Railroad Assessments
Judge W. Fleming and J. M. Duffy told the Illinois Equalization Board in Springfield that the state had lost hundreds of millions over 30 years due to errors by the board. They urged the railroad committee to raise assessments, arguing debt and franchise values were mishandled and violated law and high court decisions.
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Cousel
Equalization Board
Illinois
State Board of Equalization
Springfield
W. #. Fleming
J. M. Duffy
Col J. Hamilton Lewis
Corporation Counsel of
Chicago
Railroad Committee
Board of Equalization
Fleming
United States Supreme Courts
Indictments in Greenberg Death Shake Up La Salle Fight
Chicago pugilist and manager indicted for manslaughter over Eddie Greenberg’s July 4 death in La Salle County. Seven held for involvement in the prize fight, with Chicago principals among the accused. witnesses and medical testimony reviewed the fatal blows.
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Chicago
Greenberg
la Salle County
Grand Gang
la Salle
Eddie Greenberg
Eddie Tancel
Father shoots son and kills self amid Black Hand fear
Vincenzo Raymundi a 38 year old language teacher of Chicago shot his 11 year old son Joseph as he slept then killed himself behind the right ear at their home. Mrs Raymundi said he had been of unsound mind for months and believed he was being followed by the Black Hand Society according to neighbors and the wife.
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Chalmers M. Wamill
Marshall
Princeton University
Oscar Munson
Sterling
W. J. Dorothy
Seard
James 8. Courtright
Normal
C. Neeld
Vincenzo Raymundi
Chicago
Joseph
Eos
Raymundi
Black Hand Society
Hens Unsafe in Pike County Seeks Penitentiary Theft Law
Pike County supervisors urge the Illinois Legislature to make chicken stealing a penitentiary offense amid frequent raids. They claim the state hen crop surpasses wheat and about a quarter of chicks are stolen annually. The Society of Supervisors Clerks and Commissioners of Illinois adopted the resolution at its Waukegan convention and elected officers.
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Pike County
Society of Supervisors, Clerks and Commissioners of
Illinois
Waukegan
New Station for Chicago by Northwestern Railway
Northwestern Railway plans a 5 million dollar passenger depot and modern terminal in Chicago bounded by West Madison and Lake streets Canal and Clinton streets. Wells street depot to handle freight. Completion expected in two years. The railroad now moves 45 000 passengers daily and 300 trains arrive at the depot. Girl dies in Willisville from accidental gun discharge by Cam Derrington. Lona Nifang 15, daughter of Polly Kerstine, killed. mother was away in St Louis.
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Northwestern Railway
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Madison and
Lake Streets
Canal
Clinton Streets
Chicago
Wells Street
Northwestern Road
Lona Nifang
Willisville
Cam Derrington
Polly Kerstine
St. Leois
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Pekin
Tuan Shir Kai
America
China
Lawrence F. Flick
Henry Phipps Institute For
Philadelphia
Capitol
Berry
Pennsylvania
Gov, Pennypacker
Audiitor
Snyder
Pennypacker
Iinto Court
O. K
Elliott’s Key
Minnesota
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Newberry
Navy
Comly
Lieut
Pressy
Alabama
Interior
Hancock
Roosevelt
Asta
Trade OF Cuba
Illinois State News
George Huff
Edward Wideck
Westervelt
Huff
Wideck
Hull
Cline Barham
Harry Davis
Spilltown
Davis
Barham
Gibson City
Kewanee Light and Power Company
Lodemann Heat and Power Company
St. Louis
Edwardsville
Litchfield and Madison Railroad Company
St. Charles
Sparks Milling Company
Alton
J. N. Fender
Iola
Marquis
Rock Island
Presbyterian Synod
East St. Louis
F. Wilson
Mattoon
C. Harmon Johnson
Charles M. Robbe
Belleville
Thomas Watkins
Thomas Jefferson Dollar Bill Club
Watkins
George Miller
Pittsburg Lake
Miller
Baptist Pastoral Union
Woman's Missionary
Carbondale
W. R. Andereck
Duquoin
George W. Claxton
Waverly
A. J. Stillman
Joliet
Fred Krammer
Kewafarmer
Say
Fatal Boy
Son
Self
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