New Mexico Suffered Quake Ruin in Lavorro and Santa Fe
Telegraphic reports describe a severe earthquake shaking Lavorro New Mexico and nearby Santa Fe. Buildings including court house and school of mines suffered heavy damage while two thirds of city structures were damaged. Residents fled as Santa Fe Railway dispatched box cars to aid evacuations. Nearby Russian town Syzran in Russia also reported widespread fire and evacuations after a suspected revolutionary display. A carbide explosion at Greenwood Indiana killed Reverend D J Levis and injured two others during a stereopticon show.
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New Mexico
Lavorro
N. M
Santa Fe
Court House
School of Mines
Santa Fe Pailway
Socorre
San Francisco
Greenwood
Ind
D. J. Levis
George McNeenus
Harry Tager
Lievik
Chase
Cloudburst floods Wheeling and Belmont County
A heavy rainstorm lasting eight hours swept West Virginia and Ohio counties causing thousands of dollars in damage. Water stood two to three feet in Wheeling streets blocking streetcars. Wheeling Creek valley farms lost crops and seasonal work. Bridges and railroads suffered washouts.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Belmont Counties
Wheeling Creek
Rejected lover commits murder suicide in New York
Adam Scheury a butcher on Mast One Eband Porty Ninth Street New York fatally wounds Miss Louise Kareber and gravely wounds another woman after rejection by Miss Kareber. He then dies by cutting his own throat with a butcher knife, police report.
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Adam Scheury
Porty-ninth Street
New York
Louise Kareber
Br Cutt
Selenig
Miss Karcher
Robbery and Assault at Ohio Farmer’s Home
A farmer near West Union Ohio and his wife were robbed and she was assaulted while he worked elsewhere. The intruder fled as the husband returned to find his wife unconscious and badly beaten. Hounds have been put on the trail and excitement runs high.
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Robert Mathias
West Union
Ohio
Discharged Workman Wrecks Oakland Plant
A former worker placed dynamite in the Berkley Rock Company machinery near Oakland California. The blast wrecked the plant and fatally injured Superintendent Frederick Wolfman. The perpetrator is reported as a discharged employee.
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Berkley Rock Company
Oakland
Cab
Frederick Wolfman
Manine Injures Parents in Laporte Incident
In Laporte Indiana William Huntin a man described as demented attacked his parents injuring his mother whose condition may be fatal while forcing his father to a nearby woods to fight for his life. Huntin is jailed in Laporte.
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Manine
Laporte
William Huntin
Ind
Buntin
Detroit to build municipal ice plant for citizens
Mayor George P. Codd of Detroit announces plans to establish a municipal ice plant that will supply ice to residents at the cost of cutting storage and delivery.
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Detroit
George P. Codd
Mich
Jail inmates attempt escape with arson in Waxahatchie
Watt McGee a white inmate and Andy Barrett a Black inmate tried to burn their way from Waxahatchie Texas prison. They were discovered and nearly suffocated and their recovery appears doubtful.
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Watt McGee
Andy Barrett
Waxahatchie
Texas
Jury Frees Feudists in Kentucky Murder Case
In Beattyville Kentucky the jury found James Hargis and Had Callahan not guilty of conspiring in the 1908 murder of attorney J B Marcum after seventy two minutes deliberation. Jurors cited Jett’s post trial confession repudiation as pivotal. A separate $8000 damages verdict last year against Hargis stemmed from the Marcum killing. Callahan and Hargis face related charges in Lexington court.
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Kentucky
Beattyville
Thargis-Callahan
J. B. Marcum
James Hargis
Callahan
James B. Marcum
Hargis
Marcum
Jackson Court House
Curt Jett
Tom White
Marcane
Sanitation Debate Tied to Pneumonia Among West Indian Laborers
Reported remarks by Gorgas and officers claim excessive cleanliness harms West Indian workers on the Tius canal. They say long exposure to fresh air and ventilation lacks, dwelling habits from generations cause respiratory susceptibility. Poor nourishment and low pay are blamed for reduced labor output compared with white laborers from Spain and Cuba.
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Tius Canal
Gorgas
As Ats
Stevens
Spain
Cunda
Dreyfus Rehabilitation Triggers Chamber Turmoil and Duel
A riot in the French Chamber of Deputies followed the law restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the army. Under Secretary Sarraut was seriously wounded by sword thrust from M. Pugliesi Conti after a floor fight with Clemenceau allies. The session paused as Sarraut’s chest wound threatened his lung.
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M. Pugliesi-Conti
Sarraut
Puglicsitto
M. Sarraut
Exports of Provisions Grow in June 1906
Government reports show canned beef exports fell in June 1906 while overall provisions exports rose to 15,385,278 dollars at major ports, up from 13,553,614 in June 1905. For the fiscal year 1906 total exports reached 191,056,535 dollars, up from 152,530,673 in 1905. canned beef totaled 2,977,979 pounds in June, down from 6,310,553 pounds last year.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Entomologist Recommends Burning Wheat Crop
Entomologist Melander of the State Agricultural College urges burning the entire Washington wheat crop this year to halt the Hessian fly. He warns that losing one crop is preferable to giving the insect a foothold in the state.
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State of
Washington
Melander
State Agricultural College
Naval gun cotton deteriorates. orders issued for fresh supply
Experts report gun cotton stored in naval magazines and on ships along the Atlantic coast shows deterioration. As a result authorities have ordered its return to torpedo stations and the issuance of a new supply.
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Atlantic
Cathedral Planned on Nob Hill Site in San Francisco
Bishop William F. Nichols of the Ep copal church says the Crocker mansion site on Nob Hill will be given to the diocese of California for a palatial cathedral. The lot is described as the citys most valuable residence property.
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Nob Hill
William F. Nichols
Epiacopal Church
Crocker
San Francisco
Diocese of
Crop report widens scope of Agricultural Bureau statistics
The Agriculture Department extends its crop reporting to include alfalfa hemp broom corn kafir corn sorghum blue grass millet sugar beets Canadian peas cow peas tenans cabbages onions tomatoes apples lemons blackberries raspberries strawberries cantaloupes watermelons and peanuts. The latest issue notes no full crop nationwide with Montana leading alfalfa, Minnesota in hemp, California in sugar beets at 98 percent, and many states reporting 60 to 70 percent of full crops for apples and peaches.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Minnesota
California
Three Italians Slain In Quarry Dynamite Attack
At a stone quarry near Wood, Illinois, a dynamite theft was exploded in a sleeping shanty killing three Italians and injuring about twenty others. Police suspect a vendetta motive as the dynamite was stolen from a store one mile away and used to blow up the shed where laborers slept.
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O'Laughlin Bros
Miey
Laundry Trust Indicted as Cincinnati Grand Jury Acts
Cincinnati court action targets a laundry trust after a grand jury indicts 39 laundrymen. Eighteen are accused of illegal restraint of trade through the Laundry exchange. Indictments stem from a recent half cent price increase on collars and cuffs.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Kansas City
Ice
Laundry’ Exchange
Grand Jury
Skeletons of '76 Found in Philadelphia Prison Site
Skeletons of about 130 years old were uncovered at the former provost prison site on St James Place Philadelphia while laying a foundation. Digging revealed a skull and multiple skeletons thought to be American prisoners captured by Hessian officers during the Revolutionary era with ties to Capt Cumberland and Tarlton.
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Philadelphia
Provost
St. James’ Place
Highland
Hall
Cunningham
Tarlton
Folk Drives at Mail Orders at Missouri Merchants Meet
Governor Folk spoke to Missouri country and city merchants in Jefferson City urging advertising in town papers and opposing mail order commerce. He said cities and country towns should both prosper and urged patronage of local publications to grow trade and wealth.
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Folk
Missouri
Jefferson City
Ile Anid
Lucy Lloyd Dies in Lincoln Asylum After Murder Refusal
Lucy Lloyd who killed her sister to prevent insanity starved herself to death in an Lincoln Nebraska asylum two weeks after the tragedy. The murder followed a farm dispute near Nebraska City. witnesses say she strangled her sister and pleaded for forgiveness before being declared insane and refusing food.
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Lucy Lloyd
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska City
Late U S Disbursing Officer Found Shortage
A 33 000 shortage in the accounts of the late Major Ansel Bartlett, chief disbursing officer of the treasury for 25 years, was disclosed. Bondsmen of Baltimore surety company were called to cover the deficit. Socialists bar reporters at the inter parliamentary congress in London, expelling journalists to avoid exposure of proceedings.
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Ansel Bartlett
United States Treasury
Treasury
Baltimore
General Congress of
Socialist Interparliamentary Committees
London
Ice Trust Indictments In Washington Ice Firms
Grand jury in Washington returns indictments against American Ice Company Chapin Sacks Ice Company and four individuals alleging a price fixing cartel controlling about 75 percent of the District of Columbia ice trade. The suit charges a 25 cent per hundred wholesale and 40 cent per hundred retail minimums to curb competition.
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Washington
American Ice Company
Chapin-Sacks Ice Company
American
Chapin-Sacksa
District of Columbia
Fatal Taunt by Sweetheart Ends in Tragic Drowning
Samuel Gutten a 20 year old non swimmer from Coney Island drowned in Gravesend bay after taunting by companions. Miss Bessie Silver Gutten’s devoted sweetheart leapt in to save him and was later rescued but exhausted. The incident occurred with many bathers present as the pair faced taunts over diving beyond their depth.
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Yoyoth
Samuel Gutten
Coney Island
Gravesend Bay
Gutten
Bessie Silver
Gitten
Miss Silver
Guatemala and El Salvador Accept Roosevelt Peace Plan
Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces clashed with heavy losses near Platanar and in Honduras as the Salvadorean army defeated a Guatemalan unit. The conflict left about 2,000 Guatemalans killed wounded or captured. Both governments agreed to President Roosevelt's proposed peace plan.
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Platanar
Sunday
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Roosevelt
State Demands Extra Fee From Smelting Firm
The American Smelting and Refining Company faces a state demand for a higher fee as Montana increases its capital stock from $65,000,000 to $100,000,000, signaling a forthcoming legal battle over the assessment.
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American Smelting and Refining Company
State of
Montana
Galisbury Train Wreck Verdict Blames Speed Violations
Coroner's jury probes Galisbury wreck in England where a score of Americans died. They rule the disaster resulted from speed regulation violations by the train driver, citing excessive speed as the cause.
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Galisbury
England
Lady Curzon Dies in London Sudden Death
Lady Curzon wife of the former Viceroy of India and daughter of the late I Y Lester of Chicago died suddenly at her London home.
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Lady Curzon
India
I. Y. Lester
Chicago
London
Taken for Trepoff in the park at Peterhof incident
A fragment notes a tense scene in Peterhof involving a man believed to be involved in a killing. The garbled text references Trepoff and a park setting, with unclear attribution or resolution.
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Trepoff
Peterhof
Gel Repoee
Chicago Business Conditions Report Favorable Compared to Last Year
The Chicago market shows stronger industrial activity and improved manufacturing and transportation prospects amid favorable crop reports and steady grain movement. Receipts and shipments fall versus last year, while timber and other commodities rise. pork and hog prices gain as wheat slips. In New York, trade and industry remain robust, with crop prospects and iron and steel activity supporting expansion despite lower wheat movements and summer slowdowns.
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Chicago
Dun
New York
Iron and Steel
Bradstreet
Historical Midwestern Price Averages for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and grain components including wheat corn oats rye and barley. Values show bid ranges per market with several cities recording multiple grades and classifications.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
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