Year of disaster 1906 a record of terrible events
A historical roundup lists natural disasters and calamities from 1906. It notes earthquakes in Italy and Formosa, floods in China and Mexico, hurricanes in the Society and Tua Motu Islands, and deadly storms worldwide, with thousands killed and numerous towns destroyed.
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Jouumary
Aearthquake
Gongano
Italy
Society Islanda
Mississippi
Formosa
France
Valpiranso
Hunan
China
Caucasus
Hongkong
Yepic
Mexico
New Orleans
Spain
Tierida
Venezuela
Hondurog
Nicaragua
Salvador
Cuba
Year 1900 a roundup of disasters and notable deaths
A grim survey lists more than 60,000 deaths from earthquakes, ships, wrecks, and fires in 1900. It records prominent losses including W R Harper, Henrik Ibsen, Rey Sam Jones, Mrs Jefferson Davis, and Gen W R Shafter, plus disasters from coal mine blasts to railroad wrecks and storms across Europe and America. The article chronicles major events month by month, noting political shifts, wars, hurricanes, and landmark incidents such as the Oklahoma admission and the Croton dam completion.
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Balisbury
England
Atlantic City
N. J
Woodville
Ind
Sirlo
Valencia
Vancouver Island
Rulne
Courrieres
Prince
Russia
United States
Cuba
Spain
Oklahom
Union of States
Roosevelt
Panna
Captain Dreyfus
Great Croton Dam
New York City
Missouri River
President Roosevelt Urges Land Reform and Increased Oversight
President Roosevelt asked Congress to curb public land frauds, expand special agents, and fund mining experts to validate mineral claims. He urged a comprehensive act to transfer public grazing and forest management to the Agriculture Department, with local grazing rules and a fair fee, while protecting settlers' rights.
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Auke
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Vurthes
United States
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Jone
Cuban Policy Remarks and Election Lessons From War Secretary
Secretary of War warns Cuban unrest risks a costly intervention and urges peaceful methods. The report recounts the Cuba mission with Assistant Secretary Bacon to avert conflict and protect American lives and property. Also noted are local election outcomes and business deals, including a major land bid and wage increases in mills. Fire aboard the steamer Cretan causes $200,000 damage before arrival in Philadelphia.
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Aft
Cuba
Bacon
Samford L. Dilworth
Pittsburg
William C. Sanderson
Spring, Geld
Mays
Los Angeles
Harper
Bernard L. Carter
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
Colorado Land Board
Routt County
Hayden
Steamboat Springs
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Providence
Corn Products Company
Glucose Trust
Philadelphia
Boston
Philadelphia Gre Bosts
Iowa Criminal Convictions Report Shows Yearly Shifts
The state reported 1,209 men sentenced in the year, with 4,200 total criminals convicted in 1906. Costs totaled 438,286 with county attorneys receiving 106,025 and fines amounting to 107,001, while collections reached 62,010. Sessions declined modestly from 1905, and murders dropped by five, though attempted crimes increased.
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Fen Munthe
Mieyen
Iowa
Secretary of State
Banks Cannot Be Insured Says Attorney General Ruling
Attorney General Millan rules that bank deposits cannot be insured and banks cannot hold stock in an insurance company organized to insure deposits. Inquiries from Auditor of State Carrol and a Sioux County man led to the ruling, which states the Legislature defines permissible insurance risks and excludes bank deposits from insurable categories.
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Millan
Carrol
Sioux County
Mullan
Estimates on Iowa crops show varied yields by grain
Director Sage releases annual crop estimates for Iowa detailing yields and values. Corn reached 398,348,920 bushels at 41 bushels per acre, worth 83 cents per bushel, with other figures for winter wheat spring wheat oats rye barley and potatoes.
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Sage
Enacts Mausoleum on Farm by Millionaire in Iowa
A contract secures Charles J. Patterson of Iowa Falla Marble Works to build an $8,000 mausoleum for W. 1% Tehnron, a millionaire farmer in ama County. The Grecian Doric design features heavy Corinthian pillars, granite exterior, white marble interior, and eight catacombs, planned as a landmark structure. Fire damages the Wilson opera house in Mason City from a cigarette mishap. Clinton murderers Richard Zablyoers and William Phillips are sentenced to sixteen years in Anamosa jail for killing Bi Larson.
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Charles J. Patterson
Iowa Falla Marble Works
Tehnron
Ama County
Johnson
Contra
Iowa
Cigaret Cuuatn
Wilson Opera House
Mason City
Clnton
Tie Walker
Clinton
Richard Zablyoers
William Phillips
Anamosa Constantiary
Bi Larson
Heinken
Ural
Ul Fiege
Murder in Croston: Mekceley Bound Over for Grand Jury
Robert Mekceley, charged with murdering his father, was bound over to the Croston grand jury without bail and placed in county jail. The defense hinges on an insanity plea after testimony suggesting a crippled writer at his home and alleged threats from Mekceley, with plans to seek transfer to Clarinda.
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Croston
Robert Mek Celey
Hia
Fiome
MaIealey
Jia Father
Tha
Clarinda
Court Commission of Insanity
Attempted Train Hold Up in Illinois Central Route
Two masked men boarded the Chicago and St. Paul Limited Pullman sleeper east of Warley and attacked Conductor Collingsberger, leaving him unconscious. After the assault the assailants fled. valuables were not reported missing and the train continued to Bailey Farley area where the conductor later notified officials. Collingsberger sustained head and hand injuries.
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Illlinois Central
Pullman Condustos
Chicago
Farley
Col Ungeberger
Children Plead for Father as Governor Considers Clemency
A pair of Hiktlo children, a 10 year old boy and an 8 year old girl, knelt in Gov. Cummins office to beg for clemency for their father, sentenced to be hanged for murdering his wife and stepmother. The case saw multiple delays and a split Supreme Court hearing, with clemency under consideration.
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Cammian
Gammins
Hih
Busse
Supreme Court Inets Inet
Guv. Cummins
Murder of Rev L O Fossum in Persia Shocks Midwest
Lowan man killed Rev L O Fossum, a Waldorf College founder and pastor of Slayton Lutheran church, amid reports from Persia. Family details sparse as news reaches southern Minnesota and northern Iowa communities.
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Dersia
Minnesota
Iowa
Lila Fate
Cr. Fossum
Immet
Lutheran Church
Waldorf College
Forest City
United Lutheran Church of
Slayton
Minn
Blaze Destroys Barn and Carpenter Mill at New Hall
Fire разрушение destroyed a barn and much of the contents at Andrews feed barn in New Hall. The blaze also consumed the carpenter shop and planing mill of O H Wheeler, located west of the barn. Estimated loss on the barn around 3000 dollars with Wheeler facing heavier losses from valuable machinery.
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Andrews
Newhall
O. HL Wheeler
County supervisor dies in apparently self-inflicted act
Matt Priestly of Rock Rapids, county supervisor, was indicted by a grand jury for misappropriation of road funds. He reportedly died by suicide at 65, his wife locating him in a hay mow with a jackknife in hand after his bond of 30,000 was set.
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Matt Priestly
Rock Rapids
Within Our Borders and Local Fires In Keokuk and Muscatine
Resignations and local incidents headline brief items from Iowa towns. Rev Henry Robinson quits Jefferson Baptist church. Keokuk fire heavily damages Garton Daniels plant. Muscatine youths drown on thin ice in Bronze po. Davenport cigar shop burglary nets 24 dollars. Nora Springs Drug Company store fire consumes stock. Muscatine girl from the Real Widow Brown troupe held in Rock Island. Ottumwa girl severely burned starting a stove fire. Marshall county grand jury drawn for annual term. Iowa Central Railway adopts a new wage schedule after conference with four branches. Standard wages set for train employes.
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Jefferson
Keokuk
Garton-Daniels
Willam Kern
William Pallicheck
P. C. Miller
Davenport
Nora Springs
McGreevy
Muscatine
Rock Island
Widow Brown
Prund
Marshall County
Town Central Railway Company
Haa
Iowa Central
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