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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
4
The Mills County Leader highlights candidates for county offices including County Attorney Carl H. Otis and Sheriff candidates E. W. Bushnell S. Edwards Emerson B. Brown and others. Announcements praise experience and fitness for office, urging party convention support and public backing ahead of primaries.
Aug 22 Valparaiso reports slight aftershocks with residents sleeping outside. The Aug 16 quake left up to 800 dead and $100,000,000 in losses. Fires raged as walls collapsed. many buildings including theaters and naval facilities destroyed. Over 60 percent of commercial houses ruined in Valparaiso and surrounding provinces.
In Santiago Chile on August 22 the city surged into alarm as rumors spread that a second catastrophe was near. People refused to sleep indoors, camps filled streets and squares, and sightings of a black flag at the observatory on San Cristobal hill fed the fear. Police confusion worsened the mood until the observatory director clarified the rumor as a misapprehension. President Riesca sought an explanation, and the director stated there was no danger.
Geneva reports a great storm over Lake Maggiore sent more than 5,000 peasants fleeing Val Vedasco near the Swiss Italian frontier. Villagers claim to have seen an angel in the sky pointing toward the valley and believe the doomed area caused their fear and desertion of flourishing orchards and fields.
Honolulu August 22 The steamer Manchuria remains in perilous condition as crews weigh dredging a channel from its present position to deep water. Officials doubt the vessel will endure long enough to complete the plan.
News from Salome Botello Mexico reports seven workers killed at a rock quarry operated by the National Railroad of Mexico in Salome Botello. Foreman Antonio Perez is among the dead.
Wellington August 22 The speech from the throne at parliament opening notes promotion of trade with the United States and Canada as a subject for consideration during the session. Baron Plunkett the governor of New Zealand signals intent to push commerce with North American markets.
President Roosevelt ordered black federal troops out of Texas amid the Brownsville disturbance. The Twenty-fifth Infantry battalion will move to Fort Reno Oklahoma, abandoning Fort Brown, with Major Blockson leading the investigation to fix responsibility and punish any guilty soldiers.
In Buffalo on August 22 two Italian families clashed on Main Street leaving two dead and four wounded. After a prior feud between Frank Sardinia and Dominick Garcia, Garcia and his brother awaited Sardinia who arrived with his brothers. Rafael Balstrie was fatally stabbed while trying to intervene, and Sardinia also died in the street as police arrived. Dominick Garcia was wounded and collapsed, facing possible death.
Indianapolis August 22 passenger train No 25 on the Big Four derailed at Taft. Engineer Parker Bugby and Fireman Harry Guy were crushed to death under their engine. No passengers injured. The engine tender baggage and smoking cars left the track and rolled down an embankment. The derailment damaged another train. engineers unable to stop in time. Also at Mulberry Polk county mob lynched John Bates, a negro, after Bates attempted to kill Captain Hughes. Will Lawrence was being escorted to Tampa to face possible lynching for alleged assault.
An explosion of gas in the fifth level at the Vulcan colliery of the Mil 'Creat Coal Co. in Maharo City Pa. killed Charles Stankus and John Maruka and left about a dozen men overcome by afterdamp. Two more blasts occurred ten minutes apart causing extensive damage and likely fatalities among other workers.
Telegrams note Dan Patch pacing a mile in 1 57 4 at Galesburg while floods tie San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad traffic. Duel near Dustin I T leaves George Brown dead and James Haynes dying. Mason Peters nominated for Congress. Gas well explosion at Coodys Bluff burns James Miller and injures Milton Heckathorn and Harry Withers. Planters Chemical plant shooting kills J P Powell and wounds P T Crown. Cavalry to attend Osawatomie celebration with Vice President Fairbanks.
Manson Iowa August 20 The Manson high school building burned down with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars, partially insured. Also in Maquoketa August 18 County Superintendent C Dudley was found dead at home from heart failure. Des Moines August 20 Eleventh cavalry dispatched to Fort Riley for maneuvers. Iowa swelters with 100 degree heat producing one death and multiple prostrations.
In Sioux City on August 20 Rev. J K Ballou, pastor, preached without a coat inviting men to attend church in shirt waists due to hot weather. he rejects the link between discomfort and worship. Council Bluffs hosts Convention Week starting Aug 20 with separate programs for boards of supervisors and county offices and plans for a possible joint meeting.
Ankeny Iowa August 16 banker B A La Mason cashier Bank of Ankeny was struck by lightning and instantly killed while in a barn. The death was the lone fatality in a terriffic electric rainstorm that swept through the area.
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