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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
2
Fire destroyed the Pittsburg Plate Glass company building and damaged several adjoining structures in Cleveland Ohio. Three firemen were injured with losses estimated around 200000. The report also notes a series of other national events and local industrial concerns from the past week.
The world's richest woman, Hetty Green, becomes homeless to escape taxes. She flees from New York to Hoboken and then Bellows Falls Vermont as tax officials pursue rising valuations. Her frugal life changes when local authorities raise her property tax, prompting another move.
In the last three months about 4000 Indians settled in Vancouver as ships from the Orient arrive with hundreds more. The steady influx drives down wages and a BC-wide demand grows for drastic measures to curb oriental labor.
Observatory warned of an approaching typhoon on Friday afternoon and by midnight a terrific storm raged with violent gale and heavy rainfall. The typhoon devastation of the 18th is completed as the water front is again piled with wreckage.
Three sailors drowned when car ferry No. 2 of the Lake Michigan Car Ferry company capsized a mile outside Chicago harbor. Aboard were 24 railroad cars along with 800 tons of iron ore and car attachments lost to the lake.
Joe Walcott of Boston and Billy Rhodes of Kansas City fought a 20 round draw on a sand island in the Missouri river, 12 miles below Kansas City. The crowd of about 2000 watched as the ring was set on sand and the event drew no sheriff attention. Walcott claims the championship.
Chicago September 30. A bill by Representative John P McGoorty would create competent bank examiners as a guarantee of financial safety Abolish the fee system raise examiner salaries certify public accountants retain them under civil service and appoint assistants with expertise in securities collateral real estate and handwriting Examinations would include collateral value Loans to stockholders itemized and the state auditor would close suspicious banks at once with charter renewal discretion Directors to be capable men who certify the genuineness of notes and collateral
Theodore Roosevelt Jr appeared at police headquarters with counsel to relate his observations of a recent prank on Boston Common that injured a patrolman. Officials announced there was no evidence linking him to the assault.
Paris October 2 Count Boni de Castelane reelected as anti ministerial deputy from the Basses Alps by 2250 votes against 2154 for three opponents combined. Castane was unseated after the last election on corruption charges.
In St. Petersburg on October 3 a commissioner of engineers was arrested for allegedly disclosing army plans to foreign powers, signaling a grave military scandal and treason case in progress.
Readable items report a Colfax high school incident with instructor resignation, Spokane rail line shifts, record Spokane bank clearings, Wenatchee apple harvest, and Wenatchee fair victory. Also noted are wheat shipments, sheep movements, and a fatal football practice accident in Portland area under new rules.
Oregon notes reports the first annual Third Eastern Oregon District Agricultural Society fair ending Saturday night with a large turnout and ideal weather marking a triumphant closing.
Idaho reports rebuilding of Spalding after multiple fires and Orofino suffers blackouts with shortages of tents bread and meat while communities offer aid. A murder case loads the district court as Steve Adams stands trial for the 1904 killing of Fred Tyler. Montana covers injuries to workers at Kalispell and Captain Winters escape. Bryan to lecture in Livingston. new Great Northern leadership at Havre. Toole runs for Senate. a Cook City mining man dies by his own hand. Bannack ore assays reach $41.20 per ton. Helena hosts state fair round trip rates. Senator Clark injured in France.
Coroner Hoffman reports 302 Chicago residents died violently in September. Auto and streetcar wrecks claim three and fifteen victims respectively, railroad trains thirty four, self inflicted deaths number thirty four, murders fifteen, accidental burns ten, and accidental poison three. Falls and other accidents fill the rest.
The Connecticut, the first class battleship built in a U S government yard, was placed in commission at the Brooklyn navy yard two years after launch. Captain William Smith commands the vessel, the largest ship ever commissioned by the American navy with a 16 000 ton displacement.
Pensacola reports 26 dead with 3000 homeless as wreckage lines 10 miles around the coast. Fort McRae and Barrancas suffer heavy damage. navy yard losses near a million. Rescue efforts continue with many bodies still unrecovered.
A 10 mile stretch from Fort McRae to Escambia bridge shows the bay shore swept clean aside from a few wharves where 75 large ships floated before the hurricane. Fort McRae is gone with five lives lost. Fort Pickens and Fort Brancas are badly damaged, the former nearly wrecked.
Ella Clemmons sister of Mrs. Howard Gould lives in a large Chinatown tent with Sun Yue a Chinese bricklayer. They married under Chinese rites and wear jade rings and bracelets. she says she is happy and follows his country’s law, despite California bans on white Chinese unions.
James J. Hill moves to dominate California rail expansion. He surveys a Boise City to San Francisco line and secures Bay Farm island for a terminal in Alameda County. Plans include a ferry system and entry via Pitt River crossing the Sierra Nevada, with surveys extending to Lakeview Oregon.
Secretary Elihu Root arrives in Washington aboard the U S vessel Sylph with Mrs Root and their children. He is greeted at the navy yard by Assistant Secretaries Adee and Wilson along with Denby and Babcock. The Root party proceeds to their Sixt Street home as Adee resumes active charge at the State Department in Root’s absence.
President Roosevelt visited the North Atlantic fleet off Cape Cod on Saturday and departed with enthusiastic praise. He spent the day aboard the battleship Missouri and was greeted by cheers as he left at 1:30 PM after a day of unique honors. The president and guests dined with the crew, a surprise to officers and sailors alike.
The net decrease in the pension roll of the United States for the year ended June 30 totaled 12 470 dollars, the largest drop in the nation's history.
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