Twelve Die in Waters Near New York City
A tragedy on regional waters claims twelve lives near New York City as rescue crews search for missing persons. Investigators probe the incident and authorities warn of hazardous conditions in the area.
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
2
Drownings Across New York Waters Leave Dozens Dead
Twelve people drowned in New York waters on Sunday with numerous rescues saving others. Victims include Morris Grosse Martin Anderson and an unknown father near Manhattan Beach, Harold Sellers, William O Keefe, John Bisinski, William Hill and Sven Remsen among others. A Brooklyn man Albert Haggenborn died after a balcony dive at Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Perssons
Manhattan Beach
Coney Island
Morris Grosse
Martin Anderson
Harold Sellers
Jamaica Bay
William O'Keefe
Gravesend Bay
John Bisinski
Jersey City
Hudson River
Wiliam Hill
Long Island City
East River
Albert Haggenborn
Brooklyn
Edward Moore
Hudson
Sven Remsen
Yonkers
Six Victims Claimed in Head of the Lakes Drownings
In the Head of the Lakes region on Sunday, six people died by drowning. Frank Zutter and his brother William drowned after venturing into deep water near Hibbing. Ait kin area youth, 16, died on the Mississippi while helping his father raft logs. Hans Nelson, 16, drowned at St Louis Bay with companions nearby. W B Peck, a Duluth dry goods merchant, drowned at Solon Springs while bathing with his two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Lakes
Frank Zutter
William
Hibbing
George Kiddam
Harry Thom
Aitkin
Mississippi
Hans Nelson
Chris Nelson
Superior
St. Louis Bay
W. B. Peck
Solon Springs
Wis
Two Men Drowned At Lake Minnetonka
Two Minneapolis men, Ralph Strole aged twenty two and an unnamed Baker, drowned while bathing at separate spots on Lake Minnetonka. Both were seized by cramps and sank before rescuers could reach them. bodies recovered later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Ralph Strole
Salsburg Point
Baker
Shady Island
Daughters of Carl F Karlsen Drown in Grand River
In Grand Haven Michigan on August 20 two daughters aged eleven and fourteen of Carl F Karlsen drowned while bathing in the Grand River before their parents. The bodies were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Haven
Mich
Carl F. Karlsen
Grand River
Grisdale brothers die in Maitland River rescue attempt
In Hingham Ontario on August 20 Frankie and Clayton Grisdale drowned while trying to rescue a man in the Maitland River. The two young men were described as close comrades and volunteers in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
Frankie
Clayton Grisdale
Maitland
Earthquake Shocks Hit Santiago. Casualties Report
Faint shocks of earthquake continue with a medium violence event at night. About thirty people killed in Santiago and around one hundred injured. No English subjects among the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Chile
Santiago
Prominent Figures Die Across States and Major Collision
Joan Bays a noted lawyer dies in Sullivan Indiana and W H Whiteman ex Arizona judge dies. A collision injures fifteen on the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf at Fort Worth. Dr James B McCaw veteran Virginia physician dies in Richmond at eighty four. J W Brown East Des Moines merchant commits suicide by asphyxiation. The International Stereotypers and Electrotypers union opens its fifth annual convention in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan &. Bays
Sullivan
Ind
W. H. Whiteman
Supreme Court of Arizona
Territory
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad
Fort Worth
Tex
James B. McCaw
Richmond
Virginia
J. W. Brown
East Des Moines Commission
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union of North America
New York
Sultans recovery noted as official circles report
Officials in Constantinople declare the sultan has fully recovered from illness. Montana representative Joseph H. Dixon announces candidacy for US Senate to replace William A. Clark. Wisconsin Republican John M. Nelson nominated for Congress to fill the late Adams term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Joseph H. Dixon
Montana
United States Senate
William A. Clark
John M. Nelson
Madison
Wis
Congress
Wisconsin
Adams
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman
Chicago
London
Iron Trades Council of
San Francisco
Thies
Iron Trades Council
America
Flea plague haunts Philadelphia amid civic distress
A chaotic city endures a flea infestation as officials scramble for solutions. Reports also note political fusion tickets forming in Nebraska, a high profile illness in St Petersburg, a broker’s death in Cincinnati, a fatal fireworks factory blast in Bahia Brazil, a boxing draw in Lowell and Denver, and the sultan of Turkey granting releases for two thirds of sentences as health improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Nebraska
Rojestyegakys
St. Petersburg
Pitts Hi
Burt
Kurt
Cincinnati
Bahia
Brazil
Mike
Sullivan
Turkey
Empire
Nomination for Texas governor faces Democratic Party
Thomas M. Campbell has been nominated by the Democratic party as its candidate for governor of Texas. Rebecca S. Clark known as Sophia Hay dies at seventy three in Norridgewick Maine. Trade with noncontiguous U S territories totals 119 304 511 in the last fiscal year. The sultan of Turkey attends the selamlik signaling improved health. European travel rush fills arriving steamships to capacity. William B Cahill formerly a noted actor is dead in New York. Cahill toured the United States in the fifties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Campbell
Democratic Party
Texas
William B. Cahill
New York
Cahill
United States
Turkey
Selamlik
Rebecca S. Clark
Sophia Hay
Norridgewick
Annie Davis
Huntington
W. Va
J. L. Alexander
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Nashville
Tenn
Terror Campaign in Poland Sparks Bloodshed Across Empire
Reports from St. Petersburg detail a widespread terrorist wave after parliament’s dissolution. The Polish revolutionists, backed by attacks on police and looting, trigger a reign of terror from the Vistula to the German frontier with over fifty assassinations reported in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Empire
Vistula
Poland
Governor's Plea Fails as Mob Lynches Davis
In Columbia South Carolina on August 17 Bob Davis a Black man who attacked Miss Jennie Brooks and assaulted a fourteen year old girl was lynched at Greenwood. Governor Heyward spoke to the mob from a fence corner but his pleas failed. Davis was shot multiple times and killed as the mob moved him from view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
Bob Davis
Jennie Brooks
Greenwood
Davis
Heyward
Davin
Attack on Train During Chascomus Trip Injures Minister
In Buenos Ayres a party led by Mr. Root faced violence on a returning train from the Chascomus ranch. Strikers hissed and stoned the train breaking three windows of Mr. Root's car and wounding the minister of agriculture in the neck. Several others were slightly injured as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Aus
Cannon Endorsed for President and Congress in Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the U S House, was renominated unanimously by the Republican convention in Danville Illinois for Congress and endorsed for president in 1908. He defended tariff revision and attacked an anti injunction bill backed by Samuel Gompers while pledging to stand firm for Republican leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Congress
Ms. Cannon
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Reublican Party
Cannon
Gompers
United States
Massacre in Warsaw Wounds Dozens Police and Soldiers Killed
On August 16 in Warsaw thirteen police, four sergeants, seven gendarmes and four soldiers were killed with eight police, two sergeants, two gendarmes and six soldiers wounded. Soldiers repelled attackers with volleys killing thirteen civilians and injuring many. Night shots were heard with uncertain casualties. In Plock five policemen were killed and two wounded during the same night as assailants fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Plock
Russian
Poland
Anarchists seize Odessa rail station kill officers
A Odessa dispatch reports fifteen anarchists took over the railway freight station killed a police inspector and three policemen who resisted them and stole eight thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
London
Warsaw unrest toll rises after Wednesday clashes
A Warsaw telegram reports 250 Jews killed or wounded after disturbances quelled by police, with the incident following Wednesday clashes. The message appears in the Jewish Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Warsaw
Jewish Chronicle
TIDAL WAVE IN HAWAII ATTRIBUTED TO VALPARAISO QUAKE
Wireless reports from Hawaii Maui and other islands describe a tidal wave about five feet high with a twelve foot surge in Mealea Bay Maui that wrecked a wharf. Heavy surf marked the event and authorities link the phenomenon to the Valparaiso earthquake. A similar event occurred thirty years ago after a South American quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Maui
Huo Felands
Mealea
Valparaiso
South America
Philippine Investigation Report Opens in Manila
The Call cites Major General Leonard Wood summoning a commission to the Philippines to probe the conduct of certain army officers. The commission keeps its instructions secret and will disclose them upon arriving in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Geneil
Eonard Wood
United States
Cminyas
Philippines
T.¢ Cot
Nission de
Manila
Market Quotations Wheat Prices From Minneapolis Trade
Market quotations from Minneapolis on August 18 show Sept at 69 3/4 cents Dec at 71 5/8 cents and May at 75 1/4 cents. Grain on track prices include No 1 hard at 74 3/4 cents No 2 Northern at 72 1/2 cents and No 3 Northern at 70 1/4 to 71 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Wheat and flax futures notes from Duluth market
On the Duluth market page wheat futures show No 1 Northern at 75 1 2 cents No 2 Northern 74 3 4 cents for September 71 3 4 cents December 71 cents May 71 cents on arrival and on track Flax futures list Sept 1 14 dollars December 1 13 dollars and December 1 10 dollars with arrivals on track.
Wellman Abandons North Pole Balloon Plan This Year
A dispatch from Christiania reports Walter Wellman, head of the Chicago Record Herald Arctic expedition, has abandoned ballooning to the North Pole this year due to the late season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Christiania
Daily Mail
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record- Herald
North Pole
Cattle and Hog Prices Reported at St Paul Market
St Paul market prices list cattle from good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.50, veals 4.00 to 6.50, hogs 5.70 to 6.15, and sheep with spring lambs 4.00 to 7.25. Read as a typical market roundup from the era with varied grades and next-day settlement ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Chicago market quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Pork and Butter
Wheat Sept 70 3 4 c, Dec 74 4 c. Corn Sept 48 c Mec 41 c. Oats Sept 29 c Dec 30 c. Pork Sept $17.00 Jan $13 30. Flax nothing. Butter creameries 19 22 c dairies 17 20 c. Eggs 11 11 c. Poultry Turkeys 12 c chickens 11 c springs 13 c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Car of dynamite explodes in Chihuahua killing twelve
Twelve men were killed and twenty injured when a carload of dynamite exploded in Chihuahua Mexico late Wednesday afternoon Information from El Paso Texas reports many victims are expected to die authorities said the blast occurred after the dynamite car derailed or trapped in the depot area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Mex
Chicago Livestock Prices Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with price ranges for cows and heifers stockers and feeders calves at 5.25 to 7.50, hogs with mixed and butchers 5.85 to 6.4246 and light 5.30 to 6.45, and sheep yearlings 5.40 to 6.20 lambs 4.50 to 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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Mohamed Ibrahim
Egypt
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Stone Root
Illinois
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Philippine Investigation
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G. T. Busha
Jonn F. Asbury
Gaebler
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D. D. Smith
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Mont
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