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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
1
A Philadelphia girl defers a marriage proposal saying she needs time to think. The suitor agrees to wait a week, then a telegram arrives revealing he has found another woman who said yes. The brief item mixes social custom with a sharp twist on decision making.
News from Victoria B C reports the Valencia tragedy on Cape Beale left an estimated 110 dead with 22 survivors accounted for. Survivors from boats No 2 and No 5 describe capsizes, with two men from No 5 landing after the wreck. Tug Lorne and British bluejackets aided in surf rescue efforts amid dangerous seas.
A dynamite bomb exploded in a Worcester home at 32 Union Avenue injuring none fatally but scaring residents. The blast destroyed the rear and forced hospital aid for a ill resident’s wife. A second bomb was found nearby as police pursue former owners tied to the eviction.
A blaze at the Richardson Hotel in Lowell Massachusetts early Saturday morning claimed at least six lives all on the top floor where guests crowded the upper rooms. Firemen and police rescued many as flames spread and cut off escape routes.
The vessel struck the beach soon after officers ordered full speed astern. Passengers crowded boats as davits failed and lines were cut. Five sailors reached shore at Cape Beale after a chaotic rescue, while a life raft and several boats were destroyed with passengers aboard. Capable crews saved many, with the lighthouse keeper at Beale earning high praise.
Clifford Earp, driving a 90 horsepower English car, set a world mark for 100 miles at Daytona Beach on a Saturday afternoon. He completed the distance in 1 hour 15 minutes 40 25 seconds, beating the previous record of 1 hour 18 minutes 24 seconds by Fletcher on the same course.
Fire at the Southern Steel Company nail mill, formerly Alabama Wire and Nail Company, owned by the Schuelers, caused a loss between 70 000 and 90 000 dollars. Adjacent property worth millions was saved by firefighters preventing spread.
In Abbeville Alabama the jury found Walter Nordan guilty of poisoning his bride of three weeks. The sentence fixed at life imprisonment. The murder occurred in September 1902 when the bride died after taking a strychnine dose. Nordan was a prominent local merchant.
The Isthmian Canal Commission concluded review of the consulting engineers report on canal type. Indications point to a recommendation for a lock canal with an 85 foot level, aligning with the minority engineers’ view.
Captain William H. Van Schaick of the steamship General Slocum was convicted of criminal negligence for failing to conduct fire drills before the 1904 disaster that caused the loss of more than 1000 lives. He received a ten year sentence from U S District Judge Thomas.
Washington telegraph from General Tde in Manila reports natives disturbed by a notice that Ambassador Wright would negotiate selling islands to Japan. Secretary Taft replies that the cable is false, not only untrue but absurdly so, offering no truth to the claim.
General Joseph Wheeler a Confederate cavalry leader and later U S Army general died in New York after a battle with pneumonia and pleurisy. He had served since the Spanish American War with a long intervening career in Congress and military service, and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Discussion by Mr. Humphreys on making federal liquor tax records accessible to state officials for prosecutions. Senate rate fixing debate centered on inter state commerce regulation with Mr Clay urging a bill to empower the commission. House approves the statehood bill by 194 to 150 after an eleven oclock debate.
The prisoner identified as James Mayes, once an American book-maker, was picked up on the streets. He is wanted in the Bank of Liverpool robbery of November 22, 1901, where forgery and conspiracy defrauded the bank of over $800,000. About $380,000 was later recovered, leaving a net loss surpassing $400,000.
In Montgomery Alabama a 16 year old son of Dr R L Miller was shot and killed by a Black hotel porter at the Lakeview Hotel. No witnesses. shots heard. the porter was found dying nearby and claimed a pistol fight occurred. No clear cause established.
Norman Hapgood editor of Collier's Weekly is found not guilty of criminal libel after a weeks long trial in the New York Supreme Court. The case arose from an editorial criticizing Justice Joseph M. Deuel and his link to Town Topics.
The most interesting evidence at the Greene Caynor trial concerns W R Curtis an inspector on their work and Greene's alleged attempt to bribe him This occurred in June 1889 in Savannah and Bristol Virginia. Over 100 men drag the Watauga river in Johnson County Tennessee for George C Luppert body.
Special Representative Flood of Virginia introduced a bill to authorize purchase of the McLean property and adjacent land at Appomattox Virginia to erect tablets commemorating the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant.
Opponents of the bill outline grounds for rejection as territories would form Oklahoma and Arizona with provisions banning liquor sales to Indians and polygamy. Senate debates focus on foreign policy with Santo Domingo and Morocco, with Money Hepburn Tillman and Lodge arguing annexation, race and population implications in Caribbean and Pacific policy.
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