Destructive cloudburst tears through Tabasco region
A cloudburst near Rhode canyon floods Berwind and Tabasco, washing away 25 to 30 houses and damaging mines and railroads. Reports say 18 are dead or missing, with six bodies recovered. Residents had no warning as the torrent swept through the canyon.
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Trinidad
Cal
Tabasco
Col
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Colorado & Southern Railway
Rhode Canyon
Berwind
Equitable Directors Admit Examining Misconduct In Court
The Equitable Life Assurance Society and New York state seek a full court investigation into directors and officers over alleged misdeeds in managing society funds. The 49 directors answer 13 charges, admitting loans to Depew Improvement Co. and Mercantile Trust Co. and citing individuals with knowledge of these deals.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Depew Improvement Co
Mercantile Trust Co
Messrs Alexander, Jordan and Deming
The
Early autumn trade strength and freight delays noted
R G Dun & Co reports autumn merchandise distribution underway and heavy forward business outlook for late 1906. Retail trade holds. jobbers report depleted stocks and few collection issues. Freight blockades and scarce rolling stock may worsen as harvest moves in. Industrial centers show near full capacity and iron and steel sentiment improves. US failures total 190 this week, 27 in Canada. Roosevelt tours submarine Plunger in Bay of Oyster Bay. North schooner is confiscated by Canadian admiralty for poaching on Vancouver Island coast.
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New York
R.G Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Iron and Steel
United States
Canada
Storm Fires Strike Bush Terminal Warehouses in Brooklyn
A lightning sparked blaze during a severe storm gutted Bush Terminal Warehouse Co. stores Nos. 39 40 and 41 at Forty-fourth Street Brooklyn. The loss exceeded half a million dollars as flames consumed thousands of bales of cotton. Fire boats aided water-starved crews while four alarms brought emergency action. The fire spread along the block from Forty fourth to Fifty eighth streets. A second lightning related blaze involved the Marlborough Hill ship laden with oil and naphtha, burning in the harbor midway between Tompkinsville and Stapleton.
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New York
Bush Terminal Warehouse Co
Forty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
Bush
Fortyfourth
Fifty-eighth Street
Manhattan
Staten Island
Marlborough Hill
Tompkinsville
Stapleton
Sandy Hook
Record Rifle Tournament Opens with Record Crowd in Seagirt
Seagirt hosts the opening session of a national military rifle tournament. 657 competitors reported at the firing line, far exceeding expectations, with long waits and a schedule that may push completion beyond today. Fort Riley previously hosted similar events, but this field set new attendance records.
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Seagirt
N. J
Fort Riley
Kan
Six rescued as search party locates starving group in Michigan woods
In Escanaba Michigan a group of three women and three children were found half starved after two days lost in dense blue berry swamps north of the city. They were identified as Mrs J A Fisher Mrs B J Snow Arthur Snow Bes sie Snow Evelyn Doyle and a child of Mrs Fisher. A special train with 200 responders located them four miles from camp.
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Escanaba
Mich
J. A. Fisher
Bernhard Fisher
Northwestern Road
B. J Snow
Northwestern
Arthur Snow
Bessie Snow
Evelyn Doyle
Fisher
Swanzy
Peace Conference Brink as Japan Demands Compromise
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 24 Japanese plenipotentiaries present a compromise proposal after eight of twelve articles were signed Witte rejects payment of Japan’s war costs unless Sakhalin cession is modified to allow repurchase by Russia Roosevelt seen guiding talks with Komura and Takahira. The mood shifts toward brinkmanship as talks pause until Saturday.
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Portsmouth
Japan
Roosevelt
Mr. Witte
Baron Komura
Ter
Russia
Mr. Wittes
Sakhalin
Far East
Mr Witte
Witte
Dorer la Pilulu
Takahira
Associated Press
Tokio
Nicholas
Cholera Outbreak Ties Up Russian Raftsmen in Prussia
Two Russian raftsmen died at Culm West Prussia from Asiatic cholera. All Russians there including newcomers are detained under quarantine measures as authorities manage the illness.
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Danzig
Prussia
Culm
West Prussia
Delegates Gather for Ninth League of American Municipalities Opening
Five hundred delegates from cities and towns nationwide attended the opening session yesterday of the ninth annual convention of the League of American Municipalities in Toledo.
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Toledo
League of American Municipalities
Lynched by Masked Men in North Carolina
August 28 Newbern North Carolina report of John Moore a 20 year old negro seized from Craven county jail by a mob of about 100 masked men fed out to the Neuse river bridge hanged from a brace and shot to death. Sheriff Biddle tried to intervene and naval reserves were called out. Also note a separate Washington bulletin on census Bureau teacher estimates across states with Nevada leading and Washington showing maximum growth.
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Newbern
N. C
John Moore
Craven County
Neuse River
Sheriff Biddle
Moore
George Eubanks
Clarks
Washington
Census Bureau
Walter F. Willenox
Cornell University
Nevada
Vermont
Maine
Iowa
Bulletin
United States
England
Wales
Germany
France
Italy
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Printers Strike Looms Across Chicago Typothetae Shops
Chicago union printers plan a broad strike this week in 37 Typothetae controlled shops with potential spread to 12 Midwest cities. Typographical union No 16 raised its strike assessment to 10 percent and pushed demands for eight hour work, closed shops, and a strengthened defense fund.
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Chicago
Peasants Revolt Sparks Violence in Caucasus Districts
Across Russia agrarian unrest Surges in the Caucasus where peasants force nobles to announce transfers of holdings or accept reduced crop shares. In Inchadedshan clashes with Cossacks leave many dead or wounded per official and unofficial tallies. The violence reflects broader upheaval amid land disputes.
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St Petersburg
Caucasus
Gori
Inchadedshan
Inukhransky
Peckham Arrested in Cotton Report Fraud Case
Frederick A. Peckham, New York broker, arrested at Saratoga on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in the Department of Agriculture cotton report scandal. Bail set at 12,000. arraignment adjourned to today. He has been linked to the broader leakage investigation alongside Moses Haas and Holmes.
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Saratoga
Frederick A. Peckham
Department of Agriculture
United States
Davidson
Peckham
Saratoga County
Ballston
Washington
F A. Peckham
New York
Clabaugh
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Moses Haas
Wilson
L C. van Riper
Haas
Holmes
Secret Service
American Bar Association Opens Twentieth Annual Convention
In Narragansett Pier 200 to 400 leading lawyers from nearly every state attend the first sessions of the ABA meeting. The day featured President Henry St George Tucker’s review of recent statutory changes by Congress and state legislatures. A general council was elected, 48 lawyers joined, and 35 new members were admitted. The U S attorney general’s extradition bill was sent to the jurisprudence committee.
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Narragansett Pier
Ail
White, Brown, Peckham and McKenna
Supreme Court of the United States
American Bar Association
Henry St George Tucker
Lexington
National Congress
St Louis
United States Attorney General
United States
Committee On Jurisprudence
Corbin Urges Unified Military Command for Philippines
Maj Gen Corbin, chief in the Philippines, urges division commanders join a secretary-of-military-affairs role to unify all forces under one head. He calls for noon national salutes on inauguration day at all army posts and favors permanent brigadier general status for capable colonels with Civil War records. He also predicts Philippine coal self-sufficiency and regional market competition. In New York Belmont and allies form gag and electric ventures in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Albany Catholic union ends its convention with officer elections and policy resolutions.
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Manila
Corbin
United States Army
Philippines
United States
Army
Australia
Japan
Singapore
Ohio Spoils of Political Delegates and Local Incidents
Ohio columns list Gov Herrick appointing delegates to the International Good Roads convention in Port Huron Midh, Aug 29 31, with names like George S Cooley John Laylin Wm H Smith Milo Van Foxsin and others. Additional items note Republican campaign openings at Bellefontaine Newark August events with speakers including Senator Foraker and Gov Herrick and other figures. a Toledo case of a cruelty charge against a Soldier’s and Sailors board member. a Piqua Savings Bank run. contempt fines for union officials in Cleveland. a Springboro tragedy. and various local notes on storms floods burglaries oil prospects and civic actions across Ohio.
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Columbus
Gov. Herrick
Port Huren Midh
George S. Cooley
Coshocton
John Laylin
Norwalk
Smiths Grange
Carrollton
Milo van Foxsin
Ohio Good Roads Association
Salineville
A Leimbach
Vermilion
Martin Dodge
Cleveland
Cs Shermar
Ohio State University
J. G. Nau Carroll
George C Bissel
Canton
J E Phelps
Chagrin Falls
Bellefontaine
Newark
Senator Foraker
Guv Herrick
Roosevelt
Root
Shaw
Moody
Nexthesy Trumbull County Oratorical Association Formed
The Nexthesy Trumbull County Athletic and Oratorical association has been organized in Warren Ohio on August 26. It includes schools from Mesopotamia KinsmanCusiayus Greene Bristolville and Bloomfield.
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Warren, O
Nexthesy
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Equitable Affair
Dun’s Trade Bulletin
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Victoria
B. C
North
Seattle
Canadian Admiralty Court
Blueberry Swamp
St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Tsinche
la Govtzeakzy
Schimiadsy
Mopeyschan
Sendjan
Norfolk
E. W. Jones
Seventy-first Regiment
Virginia Volunteers
Maud Robinson
Maud Cameron
Erie
Walter M. Petty
Rutherford, N. J
WISE
Wash
Fred Wing
Mazatlan
Mex
Manzanillo
F. A. Peckham
Cotton Report
Convention OF Lawyers
Belmont
Myron T Herrick
Murray Vernor
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Albany
Catholic Young Men's National Union
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Gus Herrick
Capt Dowling
Home Board
Andrew Chiefer
Piqua, O
Cincinnati
Augus
John O Leary
Molders’ Union of North America
Henry Hinnekemp
Lebanon
Springboro
Samuel Barnhart
Barnhart
Garber
Campbell
E. Powell
Youngstown
Crab Creek
General Slireproofing Co
Mahoning Foundry and Machine Co
Salem, O
Max P Goodman
Lisbon
Crantors
Painesville
York
Mentor
Lake Shore
National
Fremont
Wellington
McKinley
Magonigle
New York City
Berea
Sanford Gray
Mount Middleburg
Gray
Chardoi O
Nealford
Burton
Ford
Ing
Madison
H A N Richards
Mr Richards
Jnsonville
Gretna Green
Adji
Critchfield
Zanesville
Lorain, O
Lorain
Lorain City
State Board of Commerce
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
George Bridenstein
State of Ohio
Frank H. Kerr
Columbus, O
Ashtabula
Ashtabula County
Jefferson
Port Clinton, O
Toledo, Port Clinton & Lakeside Railway
Lakeside
Port Clinton
Buckeye Band Association
Bryan
WIN
Girard
Girard Foundry and Machine Co
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