Chilean earthquake devastates Valparaiso and landslides
A severe earthquake rocked Valparaiso Chile with aftershocks felt across the nation and into Argentina. Vast destruction followed including ruined buildings numerous casualties and widespread fires. Government offices and key sites suffered heavy damage while telegraph lines were cut and residents fled to hills and churches seeking safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vina del Mar
Petorea
Blerrho
Viejo
Iilai Llai
Secupallar
Chile
San Juan de Andes
Valparaiso Shaken by Repeated Earthquakes Through History
Chilean port city Valparaiso faced multiple powerful quakes since the 16th century with towns like La Concepcion La Senena and Coquimbo destroyed. Major shocks in 1750 1835 and 1871 leveled cities along the coast and Valparaiso endured quakes in 1822 1829 and 1851.
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Valparaiso
Chile
South America
Pacific Ocean
Santiago
Almendras
la Concepcion
la Senena
Coquimbo
Fatal Clash at Creighton Mines Leaves One Dead
A fight between union and nonunion miners at the Creighton mines of Pittsburg Plate Glass Company near Kiskiminetas Junction on the West Penn railroad left one man dead, another badly beaten, a fourth missing, and a fifth held captive by union miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Nop Fen
Creighton Mines
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Kiskiminetas Junction
West Penn
Alligator Bag Unearths Jewels Worth Fifty Thousand
John P. O'Brien a laborer at the World’s Fair wrecking project in St. Louis uncovers an alligator bag containing jewels valued at 50 000 dollars stolen from Mr and Mrs P Henry Clayton of Devonshire England during a visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition two years earlier. The report notes a meeting between King Edward and Emperor William at Cronberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John P. O'Brien
St. Louis
P. Henry Clayton
Devonshire
King
Pennsylvania Militiamen Eligible for G A R Membership
The Grand Army of the Republic held its annual Minneapolis meeting naming Caumander-in-Chief Brown of Ohio and officers Armstrong Fenton Ireland Johnson. Brown, born 1845 in Ohio, served in the Fifteenth Ohio and Fourteenth Army Corps, later edits the Zanesville Courier. The PA militiamen who served in the Gettysburg campaign are now eligible for G A R membership as the fortieth encampment closed with Saratoga scheduled for 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Caumander
B. Brown
Zanesville
William H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
J. B. Fenton
Detroit
InChief
John Ireland
St. Paul
W. H. Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Army
Brown
Zanesville Courier
Denver
Tweedale
C. L. Clark
Duartie
Gettysburg
Eee
G. A
Saratoga
N.Y
Cannon Renominated by Illinois District Republicans
Joseph G. Cannon was renominated unanimously for an eighteenth term in Congress by the Republican convention of Illinois eighteenth district. Delegates affirmed his fitness as the party’s presidential candidate and heard Cannon urge a tariff policy aligned with the Dingley standard, advocating revision only if beneficial to the masses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Cannon
Tlinois
Speaker Cannon
United States
Canunon
Explosions Kill 15 in Chihuahua City
A dynamite blast in Chihuahua killed twelve Mexicans including two women and two children and eight men. Two cars of dynamite were blown apart, injuring A J Lewis of the Robinson Mining Co. Buildings and steel cars were destroyed. A second explosion at the Andrescobelite factory nearby killed three and wounded twenty, wrecking the plant as tremors shook the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
A. J. Lewis
Robinson Mining Company
Power Plants Change Hands in New York
Pittsburg Reduction Company gains control of Masena power facilities by purchasing stock in multiple local utilities. It also owns the St. Lawrence River Power Company canal venture, developing 35,000 horsepower with potential for 740,000 total, controlled by the Malions in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg Reduction Company
Masena
N. Y
St. Law‘rence County Electric & Water Company
Capital
St. Lawrence Water Company
Maysena Electric Light & Power Company
Pittsburg Company
St. Lawrence
Alkoholism Debate Reaches State Commission Hearings
Physicians from Washingl n certify alcoholism as a disease before the Palive Teal ieed as it investigates the death of H. P. Toten, a Bluefield contractor, arguing treatment rather than punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waashingl N
Palive Teal Ieed
H. P. Toten
Bluefield Iw. M4
Eight-year-old shoots brother then injures self in Philadelphia
Claude Juanciano, aged eight, playing burglar with a loaded revolver killed his three-year-old baby brother Edmund and wounded himself in the hand in Philadelphia. The incident underscores dangerous handling of firearms by children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Juanciano
Philadelphia
Edmund
Claude
Trains Crash In Blinding Rain Kills Seven In Conemaugh Area
A freight collision near Long Hollow in heavy rain left seven railroad workers dead and seven others seriously injured. Engineer Woods failed to heed a green signal and a wreck train was struck while crews attempted rescue. Victims include George Meade and Edward Stevens among Conemaugh area workers. rescue efforts continued for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Hollow
Deai
George W. Meade
Napoleon Street
Johnstown
Edward Stevens
Mike Todish
Miling Patish
Miling Mokure
Tanko Sreimoe
Tanko Samu
Conesmaugh
Conemaugh
Fort Wayne
Woods
Martin Lego
Seward
George Meade
Miling Parish
New Postal Card Designs Deferred to Postmaster General
The postal service selects a new card design with a medallion of late President McKinley on the face and a refined printing method. Final approval rests with Postmaster General Cortelyou who will return to Washington next month. The change aims for a more harmonious appearance while keeping the basic card concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Lynching Follows Governor's Speech in Greenwood
A mob lynched Bob Davis after Governor K C Heyward spoke at the scene of the murder and assault near Jennie Brooks home. Davis, identified by the victim, killed a woman and assaulted a 14 year old girl, despite the governor's plea, and was killed by bullets as he was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Brooks
K. C. Heyward
Bob” Davis
Miss Brooks
Greenwood
S. C
Heyward
Covernor
Notable Political Nominations And Labor Strikes Worldwide
John H. Rothermel of Reading is nominated for Congress by Democrats in the Thirteenth Pennsylvania district. Twenty six thousand miners in Aberlilery Wales strike over non union labor. North Carolina orders sheriffs and militiamen to fire on mobs to uphold laws and prevent lynchings. Charles Browne, former silk examiner, is released from Sing Sing by Judge Hough. Southern Pacific declares its first ever dividend. Louis Foltz of Milwaukee dies from gunshot wounds after a train assault in Sparta. Fresh fighting in Lod as Cossacks loot homes of Americans and English residents. In Crimea peasants rise against landowners as anarchy spreads.
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John H. Rothermel
Reading
Pennsylvania
Aberlilery Wales
North Carolina
Charles @. Browne
Silkg
Government Customs Service
New York City
Sing Eiie
Hough
United States Court
Southern Paeble Railroad
Louis Foltz
Milwaukee
Sparta
Wis
Lod
Crimea
G A R Hosts March Thinning Ranks of Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic parade in Minneapolis Minnesota drew a large crowd on a clear day. Former Governor Van Sant served as chief marshal with General Fred B. Wood adjutant general of Minnesota, as Commander-in-Chief Tanner rode at the head. Illinois led the States, followed by Wisconsin Pennsylvania Ohio and New York with twenty other states. Thomas A. Martin fell ill and died en route to a hospital, while Colonel Charles W Keeting of New Orleans died an hour after hospital admission from heat and exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Minn
van Sant
Fred B. Wood
Minnesota
Columbia Post
Chicago
Tanner
Columbia
Grand Army
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Thomas A. Martin
Department of the Fotomac
Charles W. Keeting
New Orleans
Department of Louisiana
Mississippi
Double Fare Gauses Tragedy Under Brooklyn Bridge
Fishermen found the body of Fannie Rodinski under the Culver route trestle near Coney Island creek after she and a 12 year old companion Edna Sininger were ejected from a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. car that charged the extra five cent fare. The girls, who had paid double fares, were assaulted as inspectors forced the fare increase. Rodinski’s body showed bruises, suggesting rough handling before a passing train struck her. Police are reported aiding the road in fare collection rather than protecting passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge of Brooklyn Transit
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Coney Island
Justice Gaynor
Culver
Coney Island Creek
Fannie Rodinski
Brooklyn
Edna Sininger
Uncle Joe Cannon Faces AFL Blacklist Fallout
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL marks Uncle Joe Cannon on a blacklist. Cannon shows no worry and plans to expose what he calls Gompers' fallacies about him and other Republicans. The blacklist stems from Cannon’s influence against the anti injunction bill and a stricter eight hour law for government contract work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Joe
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Uncle Joe Cannon
Cannon
Gompers
Wise Out Pulajanes Plan by Philippine Governor
Governor Ide returns to Manila from a Tacloban conference with Major General Wood Brigadier General Lee and others. Presidents agree to back American authorities against the Pulajanes and Ide will appoint a commission to visit districts and hold town meetings to press cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ide
Manila
Tacloban
Leyte
Wood
Lee
Deveytan
Presidentes
Taylor
Deveyra
Student Interpreters Sought for Foreign Service Posts
State Department seeks interpreters for the American consular service in Japan and China. Examinations October 1 at Washington to fill six posts in Japan and one in China. Under prior law sixteen Far East interpreter slots exist with seven vacancies in the corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Washington
Jaran
China
Far East
Stensland’s Banking Career Labeled Most Remarkable
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago faced a $1,000,000 deficit estimate tied to President Paul O. Stensland. State auditor Jones reports the bank’s closing as the culmination of a career described as the most remarkable in banking history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stensland
Bank
Kaaminer Jones
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Examiner Jones
Terror in Poland Sparks Brutal Whip Punishment of Woman
A violent campaign by terrorists and revolutionists erupts across Poland with bombs and revolvers striking police troops and civilians. Reports list injured and dead, including two police sergeants eight patrolmen three gendarmes five soldiers and a wounded or slain woman. Mile Smirnof is tortured after jeering comments about the Chevalier guards. The outbreak echoes from several cities as arrests rise and public outrage grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Satara
Ufa
Yalta
Kiev
Chita
Gorpvichenko
Warsaw
Poltava
Tiff
St. Petersburg
Milo
Smirnof
Chevalier
Aren
Novskiy
Mile
Smirnoff
Will Investigate Railroads in Ice Shipment at Toledo
The interstate commerce commission will probe Toledo railways including Clover Leaf led by Panama commission chief Shonts. President orders the inquiry into alleged rebates in ice rates. Forty five witnesses summoned, 15 to 20 more papers issued. Some Toledo officials reportedly sought refuge in Canada to dodge the ICC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Toledo
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pope Rejects French Law Guidance to Clergy
Pope Pius X rejects the French law requiring submission of church affairs to lay bodies in his guidance to French clergy issued August 14. The document notes possible future agreement on complete church state separation.
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Pius X
Boston Wool Market Sails Steady as Supplies Thin
Wool market shows improved conditions with steady trade and expectations of a calm season. Montana nearly cleared of raw material aside from 5 to 7 million pounds, territories in fair demand, and strong activity in pale wools. Foreign grades hold firm with Ohio and Pennsylvania quotations ranging around 14 to 39 cents, fine washed around 26 to 27 cents, and three-eighth blond unwashed near 34 to 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific Increases Dividend on Common Stock
The dividend on Union Pacific Railroad common stock was raised from 6 to 11 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
Francis H. Smith Early Congressional Reporter Dies
Francis H. Smith, born March 11, 1829 in Washington Connecticut, died in Washington Connecticut. He was among the first official reporters of congressional debates and long served as a banker. He reported Daniels Webster in Congress, the Lincoln conspirators court martial and Surratt trial, and the Sickles trial for killing District Attorney Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Smith
Washington, Conn
Daniel Webster
Smith
Congress
Lincoln
John H. Surratt
Daniel Sickles
Key
Demands of Persians Seek Abolition of Shah Power
Advices from Teheran say Persian progressives demand the abolition of real royal power leaving the shah as a figure head. They seek national assembly supremacy over state questions and ministers responsible to the assembly with immediate effect. Amnesty press freedom and a new code are also urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
National Assembly
More Ice Dealers Indicted in Boston Conspiracy Case
Seventeen ice dealers and six ice companies face secret indictments by the Suffolk county grand jury. Dealers conspired to fix ice prices for public sale. companies charged as corporations. Among indicted are Lewis G. White, president of the Ice Dealers' association, and Charles Hallustrum, secretary. Companies named include Boston, Independent, Union, Fresh P, Cambridge and Hamlin Co operatives. Dealers arraigned pleaded not guilty and posted bonds of 1009 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ice
Lce
Suffolk County
Mass
Superior
Lewis G. White
Massachusetts [Ce Dealers’ Association
Charles Hallustrum
Association
Independent
Union
Fresh P
Cambridge and
Hamlin Cooperatives
Western Association Vote to Delay Autumn Glass Work
At a Chicago meeting of the Weat on Glass Association a resolution called for delaying autumn work in all U S glass factories. John Shresder of Detroit, who presided, said over production requires disposal of current stock to prevent price declines before factories resume for fall and winter trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Association
Weaton Glass Association
Chicago
United States
John Shresder
Detriot
Teller Is $100 000 Short Embezzlement Arrests
Alexander Kr Chisholm teller at First National Bank Birmingham Ala was arrested charged with embezzling 97000 from bank funds. W J Sims and C M Hays managers of a leading Birmingham stock and cotton brokerage were arrested for aiding the embezzlement and released on bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander KR. Chisholm
First National Bank of Birmingham
Ala
W. JL. Sims
C. M. Hays
Birmingham
National Bank
Notable 1906 Kept Fragments From A Turbulent Era
A collage of brief notes: Mrs. Craigie aka John Oliver Hobbes dies in London from heart failure. William Jennings Bryan counters Ron Sullivan on national committee resignation. Typhoid fears rise as Edwards from Pittsburg health bureau acts to curb spread. Riot in Ciciana Spain leaves mayor and alderman stabbed. civil guards wound several. Frank E. Grimes offers 7000 to Kansas treasury to settle alleged shortages. North Pennsylvania Railways declares 2 percent dividend payable August 26 for record August 15. Emil Berner, Batavia medianc, murders brother-in-law and slashes wife before dying by his own hand. North Butte Company dividends at 2 a share payable Sept 29. some expected 2.25. Jamestown Fixposition says National Association of Deaf Mutes to hold 1907 convention in Norfolk, date pending. South’s faith in unwritten law shown as Peter Manales acquitted amid dramatic shooting, disturbing order in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
London
William Jennings Bryan
Ron Sullivan
National Committee
Sept .Edwards
Pittsburg Bureau of Health
Ciclana
Spain
Frank E. Grimes
Kansas
North Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Emil Berner
Batavia
Ernest Franzen
Berner
North Butte Company
Jamestown Fixposition
National Association of Deaf Mutes
Colorado Springs
Colo
Norfolk
South
New Orleans
Peter Manales
Vigilante Crowd Down Brownsville Main Street
A hostile mob of armed Black battalion soldiers from Fort Brown in Brownsville Texas attacked the town following a search for a supposed negro assailant of Mrs Leon Evans who claimed the attacker was a negro soldier. Gunfire wounded Policeman Joseph Domingo and shattered his arm and leg while bartender Wrank Natus was killed by a stray bullet.
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Leon Evans
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Texas
Main Street
Wrank Natus
Joseph Domingo
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Argentina
Edward
William
Cronberg
Boston Wool Market
Teller
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