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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
3
Advertisement seeks several reliable men in multiple localities to show and sell properties. Earn salary and commission by representing a land company and presenting lands to customers. Address provided: North American Land Co, 651 Audubon Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Crolius Truss Co of Minneapolis offers a mail order aluminum truss that claims high cure rates for rupture in adults and guaranteed fit for all ages. Manager F M Crolius cites 30 years of experience and promises relief and comfort with a custom made device sent by mail.
Chilean legation reports Valparaiso earthquake causing heavy damage in eastern poorer districts while port and shipping largely escape harm. Severe shocks struck Aug 16 with substantial property damage and minimal English resident casualties. Public order and aid efforts proceeding. fires and aftershocks appear ended.
Telegram from Valparaiso reports half the city in ruins from Almen dral to Calle Bellavista with private homes and warehouses destroyed. Wessel Duval & Co. notes Chilean damage and promises further details when aftershocks end.
A New York dispatch reports President Roosevelt urging Congress to keep a general tariff revision in mind and to pursue actions against trusts and monopolies through enacted laws. He defends a protective tariff while allowing changes when beneficial, and cautions against politicized meddling that could disrupt steady progress.
Lewis Morrison born 1845 in Kingston Jamaica English parentage. He came to the United States early and enlisted in the Civil War rising to lieutenant. Morrison appeared with Edwin Booth Forrest Salvini Neilson Cushman Janauschek Coghlan and Agnes Booth and spent nine years as leading man with the Walnut Street Stock Company in Philadelphia.
The Central and South Telegraph Company reports Valparaiso mirrors San Francisco with closed businesses and demoralized staff. No messengers report for duty and deliveries require office visits. Many residents have left the city.
A Valparaiso and Argentina bank cable from London reports widespread quake damage. Buildings are wrecked or burned, casualties are high, trains halted, martial law declared, and work blocked as aftershocks continue. Thousands live in tents in squares and parks.
A telegram from Iquique Chile states the city was unharmed by the earthquake. This marks the first news received from Iquique since the quake.
Sandago Chile 21 report says street railway service has resumed amid improving conditions. Gas works officials claim coal supplies will last a week. A cavalry squadron leaving for Valparaiso to requisition cattle aims to avert famine along the route.
Reports from refugees say five hundred people died in Valparaiso after a strong quake. Mourning spread as six cities suffered destruction and transportation and communication networks were wrecked. In Santiago deaths reached twenty with Madame Mont, wife of Admiral Mont, alive but seriously hurt.
Lima reports Valparaiso panic subsiding after a deadly event. The Edwards manion remains as the lone ding on Victoria street. Estimates place Quilota, Limache, and Petorca fatalities at several dozen to about two hundred nationwide.
Earthquake shocks were felt in Fort de France Martinique at 1:15 p m Sunday and at 3:47 a m 4 a m and 8 37 a m Monday. No damage was reported.
The Buenos Aires reception honored President Roosevelt with 700 guests in a decorated hall. Secretary Root spoke on a long-standing US policy against using force to collect debts, advocating arbitration and closer North American-Argentine relations.
Washington reports Ecuador has proclaimed a revised tariff schedule reaching the state department and set to take effect Nov. 1. It reclassifies duties and lowers the rate on manufactured steel and related metals from about 4 cents to 3 cents per pound while preserving duties on flour and lard as Ecuador’s main exports.
Wireless reports from Hawaii Maui and Honolulu Islands describe a tidal wave reaching about ten feet in height.
A Pennsylvania fast freight crashed into a work train at Long Hollow in heavy rain. Seven workers were killed and seven injured, three likely to die. Engineer Woods was the only freight crew survivor as the work train waited at a water plug. A Fort Wayne freight followed but visibility was too poor to avoid the crash.
Quaint seismic activity rattled Santiago de Chile on Friday night with a medium violence quake. About thirty persons were killed and a hundred injured, with no English subjects among the casualties.
Six Liberal leaders are in custody on conspiracy charges after telegrams ordered the arrest of Juan Gualberto Gomez. General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo escaped with help from his brother in law as authorities say they have evidence to convict. Insurgent activity grows in Pinar del Rio with 200 plus rebels and a Havana province outbreak near Arroyo Arenas led by General Bandera with a force over twenty.
The steamship Manchuria struck bow first on a reef at Rabbit Island during a heavy rain storm at about 4:30 AM. The vessel was off course and is stuck on the reef near Oahu. No loss of life is reported but significant damage is feared to the Pacific Mail liner.
New Orleans August 21 President Irrion of the state board of health and staff reached New Iberia where a negro is to be treated for yellow fever. The visit follows plans for systematic fumigation and further health measures by authorities.
Henry Dankert was found unconscious in the city yards at midnight and carried to City Hospital by police ambulance. Doctors reported a bullet wound and abdominal injuries. he died several hours later.
New York August stock market opens with unprecedented demand. Heavy attendance and a packed visitors gallery at the exchange. Early trades show gains across Amalgamated Copper Great Northern Northern Pacific American Car & F. Atchison Reading Illinois Central. London and Boston buyers noted. First hour total sales near 864 550 shares, a new high. Late selling trims gains as call money tax rises to five percent.
London trading opens with American interest driving activity. The market shows an excited tone as Southern Pacific, Atchison and Pennsylvania advance with early gains amid some later irregularities.
New York reports discovery by census officials that many divorces in the old court of pleas are void due to missing final orders. In hundreds of cases separation orders exist but judgments were not issued, rendering the decrees invalid. Legislatures may need to intervene to prevent confusion for those involved.
Chicago reports another death linked to the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank wreck. Jar Kollered, 45, had deposited 250 dollars, and hanged himself from lumber in sight of several boats. Friends say the loss of money affected his mind. receiver Charles G Dawes closed the Milwaukee Avenue bank.
Fire at the National company plant in Rapid City caused about 150000 to 160000 dollars in damage. Partial insurance coverage noted with total value of the plant mentioned as 000.
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