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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
1
Cable reports 1200 killed and over 1.0 billion dollars in damage as Valparaiso 150000 residents suffer widespread fires and ruin. Communications cut, quake described as worst since San Francisco.
A severe earthquake hits Santiago de Chile causing great consternation across the city. Ongoing reports describe widespread damage and fear as residents assess aftershocks and missing persons.
Heavy quake shocks ravaged Valparaiso overnight, destroying buildings and causing many deaths. Troops fired on looters as survivors fled to hills and harbor ships. Nearby Vina del Mar and Limache, each with about four thousand residents, reported in ruins.
Seismic disturbances on the Chilean side of the Andes continue. A telegram from Tacna says Valparaiso remains in flames and the earthquake persists.
Wessel Duval & Co reports Valparaiso's town nearly destroyed with details to follow after the shakes subside. Other dispatches say half the city from Almendral to Calle Bellavista wrecked, with private and business houses ruined. Telegraph lines falter and steamer damage noted as fire subsides in the affected quarter.
Sheriff Thompson and a posse of twenty farmers sweep Cass township in pursuit of two armed men who have terrorized local farmers for a week. One suspect was shot at but not hit as posses chase through corn fields and woods, with searches continuing.
Reports from Valparaiso Chile describe a Thursday quake that nearly demolished the city. Cable lines are cut and details are scarce with initial losses around 1,200 lives and property damage over 1 million dollars.
Beattyville Kentucky August 18. The jury in the case of B F French John Smith and John Abner charged with the assassination of James B Marcum at Jackson during the Breathitt county feud troubles three years ago has disagreed and will be discharged today.
A violent explosion followed by a fire today leveled the hat factory of Frederick Cummings Sons & Co in Orange New Jersey. The blaze caused an estimated 500000 dollars in damage and left about 500 workers unemployed.
The steamers K. Y. Townsend, the largest vessel on fresh water, was launched today in Superior Wisconsin. She measures 602 feet long 68 feet wide and 32 feet deep marking a record for freshwater tonnage.
News from Cape Haitien dated Aug 18 reports a serious Santo Domingo revolt. General Navarro led revolutionary forces to Dajabon, killing twenty, with pillage and strategic advances toward Guayabín and Monte Cristi as Deschamps’ arrival is awaited to support President Jiminez amid northern anarchy and stopped interior trade.
Louis A. Thebaud, son in law of Richard A. McCurdy, returned to Morristown New Jersey from Paris last night without his lawyers knowing. His lawyers had not expected the move and he declined to discuss McCurdy's defense plans saying he was attending to his own affairs.
Mrs. Mary Burton, three weeks after her wedding in Louisa Kentucky, died by taking carbolic acid while her husband was away in Columbus. Her body was found this morning. a white card hung on the front door. She was reportedly home sick and without money in Circleville Ohio.
Des Moines records extreme heat with one death and many prostrations. Ed Cottrell, a Dallas County farmer, died at Methodist Hospital yesterday amid temperatures near 100 in Clarinda and widespread statewide heat distress.
Edward Mack, described as a burly man, attacked his wife with a razor at midnight, slashing her throat and leaving her in critical condition. A surgeon treated her, while Mack, a reported fugitive, eluded police after the attack. The mother-in-law was also cut in a prior incident but not seriously hurt.
Mrs Leslie M. Shaw and her daughters arrived today in New York from Europe aboard the steamer New York. Secretary Shaw greeted the vessel at quarantine.
Buenos Ayres reports that on Thursday Secretary Root and his entourage were attacked by strikers as they returned from the Chascomes ranch. Three windows in Root's car were broken and the minister of agriculture was wounded in the neck. Several others suffered minor injuries. police launched an investigation.
An Atlanta News editorial praises a South Carolina mob for lynching a Black man in Gov Heyward's presence and offers $1,000 to incite Atlanta whites to violence. It calls for public placards warning that white women in the county face deadly danger and lauds southern patriots.
Wireless telegraph reports from Hawaii Maui and Molokai describe a tidal wave of general height five feet last night. In Maalasa Bay Maui the wave carried away the wharf and superstructure amid unprecedented heavy surf.
In Memphis Tennessee on August 18 John Donovan an elderly man was found alive after seven days buried in mud beneath a cotton compress. He crawled under the building to escape rain, slept, and awoke buried. A watchman discovered him and police with shovels digged him out. He is not expected to live.
A middle aged traveler left Boundary, British Columbia by stage claiming to be Montgomery of Los Angeles. Officials in Spokane identify him as Paul O Stensland, fugitive bank president of Chicago, shadowing him while he heads toward mining camps with a woman identified as his wife.
Reports from St. Petersburg note a fresh clash between Cossacks and peasants in Penza with five peasants dead and many wounded as villagers armed with scythes attacked troops. In Libau revolutionists wounded Baron Von Schroeder. in Novo-Rossisk an official was shot at. Warsaw sees 19 civilians killed and 20 wounded in latest encounters. 210 militant socialist revolutionaries arrested in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Washington August 18 reports claim at Oyster Bay conference President Roosevelt predicted Speaker Cannon as next president while bidding farewell to guests. Cannon denied it saying Roosevelt should be renominated. Cannon's friends circulate the tale amid his strong endorsement at the Danville Illinois convention.
Chicago today reveals the final report by State Bank Examiner Jones on the Milwaukee Avenue State bank looting. It cites clerks with knowledge of the scheme and a $1,000,000 loss, with auditor McCullough planning public disclosure and further inquiry into all aspects of the conspiracy.
In Zion City Chicago a middle aged Danish woman Miss Johnson arrived two weeks ago and speaks little English. She stays with I. W. Sipes at 3913 Ezekiel Avenue and nightly draws crowds seeking cures. She adheres to Voliva and provides the healing feature of the Zion religion.
The Aug 18 New York market opened in frenzy as Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Pennsylvania surged amid unlimited buying. News of Union Pacific on a 10 percent dividend basis and Southern Pacific on 5 percent caused wild swings and a historic rush of trades lasting until 3 pm.
In Chicago a duel between two youths over Miss Catherine Cannon ended with Charles Martin severely wounded and his second Lucky Hanson wounded and missing. The other duelist William Sweeney escaped unharmed and is jailed at West Chicago Avenue station for the double shooting.
Rev Reverdy C Ransom of Boston denounces President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft in Harper s Ferry at the second annual Niagara Monument gathering. He hails John Brown as God s instrument who acted to free the enslaved, and discusses the political rights of the negro.
Chicago Illinois reports fair weather for Iowa with clear skies. Tonight and Sunday are expected to be predominately sunny with sunrise at 5 01 and sunset at 6 49 and a moonrise at 3 24 am.
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