Valparaiso Earthquake Death Toll and Damage Report
Reports from Valparaiso after the August quake show fatalities possibly reaching thousands and losses in the tens of millions. Conflicting dispatches estimate 500 to 2,000 deaths with severe rail and water shortages, famine fears, and widespread destruction across towns from Santiago to coastal areas. The government coordinates relief while transport remains crippled and panic subsides slowly.
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Valparaiso
Imspatches
Associated Press
San Francisco
Santiago
State Department
Washington
Seaboard
Chilean earthquake devastates Valparaiso and nearby towns
Aug 20 Valparaiso Chile reports a severe Thursday night quake with widespread ruin. Fire, destroyed railways, food shortages, and mass casualties loom. estimates include thousands dead and billions in damage. Nearby towns like Vina del Mar and Quillota suffered extensive destruction.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Vina del Mar
Ouirihue
Salto
Limache
Quillota
San Francisco
San Franco
Earthquake Fallout Dims Panic in Lima After Chile Quake
Reports from Valparaiso and Santiago say panic eases in Lima as aid arrives. Almendra district and Victoria Street suffer severe damage with most structures toppled except the Mansion. Chilean quake casualties feared but some bodies may be found as search continues.
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Lima
Peru
Valparais
Almendra
Victoria Street
Santiago
Ares
Chile
Ohio Army of the Republic elects new Grand Army leadership
The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic names R B Brown of Zanesville as commander in chief. Brown, born 1845, served in the Fifteenth Ohio Infantry and Fourteenth Army Corps before discharge in 1864, and is editor of the Zanesville Courier. Staff officers include William H H Armstrong Indianapolis and Poo Venten Detroit.
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Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
R B. Brown
Zanesville
William HH. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Poo Venten
Detroit
Iin
John Treland St. Pat
Wo Ho. Johinson
Lincoln
Neh
Inchyt
Be. Brown
Zaresvilles Ooyage
Joseph Wo Oo Neall
Ohio
Charles Burrows
New Jersey
J. H. Holcomb
Philadelphia
J. W. Winanes
Grand Army
R. B Brown
Ohin
Fifteenth
Ohi Infantry
Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland
Brown
Zanesville Courier
Embezzling Teller Held After Hearing in Birmingham
Alexander R. Chisholm, paying teller at First National Bank, arraigned on embezzlement charges totaling 970,000. A US Commissioner set bondsat 50,000. failure to post left him in federal custody at a city hotel. Authorities say funds were gambled in cotton futures over months. he reportedly used an assumed name and paid margins in cash.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alexander R. Chisholm
First National Bank
United States
B. Watts
Chisholm
Bank Failure in Smithville Bank Arrest of Cashier
The Bank of Smithville in Ritchie county, West Virginia, was closed by a state bank examiner. Cashier George C. Clammer is under arrest on charges of falsifying bank accounts. A $50,000 shortage is alleged, caused by overdrafts. He waived examination and is jailed without bond set at $24,000.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Bank of
Smithville
Ritchie County
George C. Clammer
Clammer
Lynching in Greenwood Ends Suspect’s Appeal
Bob Davis, a Black man accused of assaulting Miss Jennie Broove near Greenwood, was lynched by a mob at 7 p.m. after Gov. Heyward’s plea to spare him. Captured near Ninety Six, he was identified by Miss Brooks and shot by the mob, a Black woman firing the first shot.
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Greenwood
U S. C
Bob Davis
Jennie Broove
Heyward
Brooks
Massacre and clashes reported in Warsaw uprising
In Warsaw on August 16 revolutionaries organized mass killings of law enforcement and military officers. Conspirators shot seventeen policemen, four gendarmes, and seven infantry patrolmen, wounding many. Soldiers fired into a crowd, killing fifteen and injuring 139 others.
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Warsaw
Sanguinary
Longworth Succeeds Eaton as NY Mutual Life Secretary
Representative Nick Longworth of Cincinnati has been elected secretary of the New York and the Mutual Life Insurance companies to succeed Seymour Eaton who recently resigned. A clerk will perform current duties as Longworth leaves for Ohio to tend to his political interests.
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Longworth
Eaton
New York
Nick Longworth
Cincinnati
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Seymour Eaton
Ohio
Arctic expedition aborts North Pole balloon plan
Christiania dispatches report that Spitzbergen confirms Walter Wellman, head of the Chicago Record-Herald Arctic expedition, has abandoned the ballooning attempt to reach the North Pole this season due to late season.
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Christiania
Avi
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
North Pole
Viborg Manifesto Ignored in St Petersburg Recruiting
Ane TA reports that 369 718 of the citizens called to the colors in the fall have already subscribed their names at recruiting boards despite the Viborg Manifesto. The piece notes the ineffective resistance and the ongoing enrollment in the fall draft amid upheaval.
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Viborg
St Petersburg
Reward Offered for Stenland Fugitive President
The Chicago Clearinghouse banks post a 6000 dollar reward for the capture of Paul O. Stensland, fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue state bank, as of August 14.
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Steneland
Chicago
Chicago Clearinghouse Association
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Labor Bureau figures show wage and price trends 1890–1905
The Bureau of Labor reports wages and hours across major U S industries. In 1905 average hourly wages rose 21.5 percent from 1894, weekly earnings up 106.7 percent. purchasing power of hourly wages reached new highs while retail food prices rose 12.41 percent since 1880–89.
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Bureau of Labor
United States
Ido
Labor Bureau
Bureau
Jerome Comes Out for Governor Run If Nominated
District Attorney William Travers Jerome declares he is willing to run for governor if the Democratic convention nominates him with no understanding beyond his oath to govern as he interprets it. The remark frames Jerome’s position amid New York political tensions and calls for assurances on allegiance to his own oath.
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New York
William Travers Jerome
Democratic Convention
Rival Merchants Duel in Columbia Ends in Tragedy
In Columbia, Kyng and Elijah N Burton clashed Sunday over a business dispute. Burton shot and killed Janne Keen instantly. By-standers were wounded on Saturday during the quarrel, with John Powell and his twelve year old son present with Burton. Keen’s father was mortally wounded. Vicemen, rival merchants, were involved in the confrontation.
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Columbia
Kyng
Elijah N Burton
Janne Keen
John Powell
Burton
Cuban Liberal Leaders Seized in Plot Against Palma
In Havana on August 2, about six prominent Lib eral party leaders were placed in custody on charges of conspiracy against the government and plotting to assassinate President Palma.
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Havana
Liberal Party
Palma
Market Report Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Market figures show limited clarity with prices for wheat corn oats and livestock across multiple exchanges. Data lists bids and receipts for Chicago Cincinnati New York East and Toledo markets including cattle hogs sheep lambs and grain values with varying unit notations and ranges.
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Indianapolis
Timothy
Chicago
Corydon
Louisville
Secret dispatches and notable deaths across Europe and Americas
Secretary Root sails from Montevideo to Buenos Ayres. Author Mrs. Craigie dies in London at thirty-nine. King Edward visits Emperor Francis Joseph at Schonbrunn on Sept. 9. Court martial secrecy surrounds military mobility. Indiana football plans and Indiana University Notre Dame clash discussed. John Donohue dies at home after wife’s knife attack near Toronto Kansas. Fort Worth collision between Chicago Rock Island & Gulf trains leaves one dead and ten injured.
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Root
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
London
Fidward Wille
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrunn Palace
Moutineers
Petetradt
Indiana
University of Indiana
Notre Dame
John Donohue
Toronto
Kan
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
Fort Worth
Tex
Marian W Rose elected national president of Woman's Relief Union
Mrs. Marian W Rose of St. Paul wins national post leading the Woman's Relief Union. Texas Republicans nominate Edward Green of the Mir land ratheas and his slate. Francis H. Smith dies in Washington Conn born March 11 1829. Latin American club formed at San Jose Costa Rica plans expansion. Admiral George Dewey chosen governor general of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America to replace the late Robert B. Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian W Rose
St. Paul
Woman's Relief Union
Texas
Edward Green
Mirland Ratheas
Irs Flett Green
Fet
Francis H. Smith
Washington, Conn
Latin American Club
San Jose
Costa Rica
George Dewey
The
Order of Founders and Patriots of America
Robert B. Roosevelt
Mixed 1900s USA and UK event highlights
The year’s apple crop in this country is estimated at 50 million barrels. Nebraska and Texas nominate governors at state conventions. The Society of the Army of the Philippines names Major General Arthur Mearthuar as commander in chief. In Wales 26000 miners strike over non union workmen. Editor R H Cadwalader ends his life after long losses. A St Joseph bargain day rush injures several, one fatally.
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Nebraska
A. C. Shallenberger
Alma
Texas
Carey A. Grey
Fannin County
the Society of the Army of the Philippines
Arthur Mearthuar
U.S. A
St. Joseph, Mo
Typographical Union to Meet in Hot Springs Next Year
Texas Democrats nominate Thomas M. Campbell of Rusk for governor. Mrs Carrie Sharkling of St. Louis Women’s Relief Corps named. International chess tournament at Nuruubore ends. Frank J. Marshall wins first prize. Secretary Taft orders that enlisted men receive first chance at forty eight second lieutenant vacancies. Baron Konra, Japanese diplomat, arrives in London.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Texas
Tdemocrats
Thomas M. Campbell
Rusk
Carrie Sharkling
St. Louis
Womans Rebef Corps
Nuruubore
Frank J. Marshall
Taft
Bank closure in Chelsea amid severe indebtedness
The First National Bank of Chelsea Massachusetts has closed due to an indebtedness near half a million dollars. Weekly business failures in the United States reach 143, up from 137 last week and 147 in the same week of 1905. In Penza province a Cossack peasantry clash drives troops to withdraw. King George of Greece travels to Marienbad to seek Edward's intervention for Greeks against Bulgarian excesses. Abundant crops and a robust steel sector foster optimism for continued prosperity per Dun's Review.
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First National Bank of
Chelsea
Mass
United States
George
Greece
Marienbad
Edward
Dun
Revolutionary rumblings in Guatemala amid typos and chaos
Fragmented report notes a supposed revolution in Guatemala and a prominent horseman dying in New York. It also mentions twelve drownings off New York and a cloudburst in Freeport causing $100,000 in damage, plus Irish potato blight and the death of Axtell the trotting stallion near Terre Haute after a $100,000 sale price and breeding revenue.
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Freeport
Ireland
Axtell
Warren Park
Terre Haute
Judge Cooper Confronts Kokomo Police Board Over Boycott
Kokomo Indiana Aug 18 Judge Roll M Cooper city court head denounces use of plainclothes detectives by the metropolitan police and appeals to Governor Hanly to lift the boycott on his court. He rules cases with detectives evidence tainted by police methods and leaves city cases moving to the local justice court after prosecutors sided with the board.
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Kokomo
Ind
Roll M. Cooper
Kokou's
Indianapolis
Hanly
Metropolitan Police Board
Cooper
Voorhis
Tudge Cooper
Public meeting names five to press city debt audit
In Michigan City a nightlong meeting named a five member committee to draft a petition for the council to audit City Treasurer Meyers books and extend the probe from 1898 to September 1906. Citizens offer funds if the council stalls. Auditors report mis management, no balances, and a 55 000 to 60 000 shortfall in the street improvement fund for 1905.
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Michigan City
Ind
Meyer
Robbers Blow Safe At Wabash Station In Jakeville
Burglars forced the Jakeville Wabash railway station safe with nitroglycerin and stole $45. Sheriff Schaffer and deputies pursued but found no trace. This is the third blast in the region in recent days, with authorities suspecting an organized gang at work.
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South Bend
Ind
Wabash
Jakeville
Schaffer
Barnett Commits Suicide At Frankfort Home
James W. Barnett a notable county live stock buyer in Frankfort Indiana hanged himself in his buggy shed then cut his throat with a razor aged fifty five leaving a family. The incident was reported from Frankfort on August seventeenth.
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Frankfort
Ind
James W. Barnett
Boys Roll Under Train Fatalities In Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana on August 17 Carol Kennedy nine died from injuries after playing near a Pennsylvania suburban line and slipping on a sandpile. Walter Tipps nine was instantly killed when struck and cut to pieces as the train passed.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Carol] Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Walter Tipps
Tragic Self Inflicted Death in Lapel Man
In Lapel Indiana AbelS Varnes Cros son died by suicide using a hatchet while reportedly ill for a year. He blew off the top of his head with a weapon, according to the report.
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Ind
Abels -Varnes Crosson
Explosion at Laflin Read Powder Mill Kills One
An explosion at the Laflin & Read powder mill in Fontanet Indiana killed one man and wrecked the press mill section of the plant. The cause remains unknown.
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Fontanet, Ind
Laflin & Read
Slept on track brakeman killed by passing train
In Shelbyville Indiana on August 17 L M Staler a brakeman on a work train was instantly killed at Prescott by a Big Four passenger train. He had sat between the main track and a siding to rest and fell asleep. the approaching engine awoke him and the cylinder struck his head, killing him instantly.
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Shelbyville
L. M. Staler
Prescott
Staler
Dr. Kane To Return To Wabash College In Fall Term
Dr. W. P. Kane, president of Wabash College, is expected to resume college duties at the start of the fall term after an improving health condition. Plus reports detail the semi annual apportionment of Indiana’s state school fund by Fassett A. Cotton, noting 774,662 school children and a total appropriation of $1,254,952.44.
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Kane
Crawfordsville
Ind
W. P. Kane
Wabash College
Fassett A. Cotton
Indiana
New Salisbury and Vicinity Social Notes and Visits
Community updates list visits and gatherings across New Salisbury New Albany Finvektown Borden Tell City Birdseye Milltown and Silver Heights. People named include Mrs J R Lewellen Miss Lou Tempie and Miss Emma Stevens with others visiting relatives and attending a camp meeting.
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Y.P.C.U
Mott
Joseph Was
J. R. Lewellen
New Albany
Joseph McCoy
Lou Tempie
Finvektown
Florence Boston
Philip Habo
George Crayden
George Izinsen
Borden
Ind
LA Gibson
Marshall Byrn
Milltown
Birdseye
Alva Boston
Tell City
Seevander Boston
Burnville
David Boston
Emma Stevens
Cora Wolfe
Silver Heights
Moberly Briefs and Local Notes
ANNI M PITMAN reports a birth with the exclamation Its a girl John R Loudon sold twelve trees to Trustee J W G Loudon for 125 last week The I R B quarterly meeting will be held at Fountain next Sunday an all day event Master Vern Ward of Corydon visited Walter and Nolan Wolfe then returned home Mr and Mrs John White spent a week with friends in Gibson county returning last Wednesday
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Joseph Wesfey
John R. Loudon
J. W.G. Loudon
Ir. B
Fountain
Vern Ward
Corydon
Walter
Nolan Wolfe
John White
Gibson County
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Wales
R. H H. Cadwalader
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Herald
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Indiana State News
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