Valparaiso Earthquake Devastates Chile City and Surrounding Area
A Lima dispatch reports a powerful quake centered in Valparaiso on Thursday evening. Fires erupt from the Plaza Oredon northward, destroying many homes while most city buildings are damaged or abandoned. Losses are estimated up to 250 million dollars with fatalities running from hundreds to thousands as relief efforts begin and communication with Santiago fails.
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New York
Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Plaza Oredon
Santiago de Chile
Associated Press
Santiago
State Department
Washington
Seaboard
Galveston
Aconcagua Valley
Chile
Talapuano
Conce
Talca
Zone
Valparaiso Seaport Fortified After Severe 1899 Quake
Martial law governs Valparaiso as authorities distribute food and shelter the port remains a key Chilean hub. Provisions are stored and transported by couriers north and south for troops while the submerged cables and the bay defenses endure. A 1899 tidal surge wrecked the railroad and caused major damage.
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Valparaiso
Chile
South America
Pacific Ocean
Santiago
Bay of
Tidal Wave Reported Near Honolulu After Earthquake
Wireless from Hawaii islands including Maui and Oahu describe a five foot tidal wave with a twelve foot surge at Maui Bay carrying away a wharf. Unprecedented heavy surf linked to an earthquake near Valparaiso. Similar effects were seen in Honolulu thirty years ago after a South American quake.
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Hawaii
Maui
Hito
Caalaca
Valparaiso
South America
Honolulu
Cavern Cave Traps Fifty Men in Clinch Mountain Tunnel
Bristol Virginia dispatch reports a cave in at Clinchport trapping about fifty workers in a Clinch mountain tunnel for the Southwestern railway. Air pumps supply the 700 foot entombment as rescuers rush to reach the men believed natives of the southwest Virginia region. no bodies recovered yet.
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Bristol
Clinch Mountain
Clinchport
Virginia
Southwestern Railway
Fis
Punctured Lung From River Dive Near Harvard Neb
Elmer Kammer suffered a punctured lung after a sunken snag pierced his chest during a dive from the bank into the Blue River near Harvard Nebraska. Comrades helped him from the water and attempted to return home. Doctors warned that recovery chances were decidedly small.
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Blue River
Harvard
Neb
Elmer Kammer
Defeat for Berge Delegates Insist on Waming Governor
The turbulent convention rejects Berge delegates and denies the populists the head place. Names listed include Ashton C. Shallenberger Alma for governor and William H. Green Creighton for lieutenant governor among others for state offices and party posts.
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Waming
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Alma
William H. Green
Creighton
Carl R. Goucher
Wahoo
Frank C. Babcock
Hastings
J. 8. Canaday
Minden
Audi
Nebraska Democrats Nominate Shallenberger for Governor
After an all night session the fusion of Democrats and Populists gave four state ticket places to the Populists, including two railroad commissioner spots. Ashton C. Shallenberger of Alma was nominated for governor by the Nebraska Democrats on Wednesday August 15 after a spirited convention that extended into Thursday morning.
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Ashton C. Shallenberger
Alma
Nebraska
Democrats
Populists and Democrats Face Fusion Debate at Convention
Tension rose as Berge urged fusion with Shallenberger while Democrats balked at nominating his ally. Populists debated nominating a straight ticket, with old allies pleading for peace and unity amid deep divides over Bryan and party loyalty.
Delegates clash as Berge loses bid for Democratic nomination
The convention floor erupted over leader priorities as George W. Berge fell behind early on the sole ballot, with W. H. Thompson garnering late support. Editor Hitchcock and I. J. Dunn faced defeat in attempts to secure Senate nomination by direct vote. Berge urged the convention to back Democratic candidates.
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Skiles
George W. Berge
W.H. Thompson
World-Herald
Hitchcock
I. J. Dunn
Omaha
Berge
Douglas County
Dahlman
W. H. Thompson
Grand Island
Fusion Efforts Highlight Democratic Populist Conventions
In Omaha area politics, the Douglas county delegation and Lancaster men maneuver for fusion with populists. Dr Hall acts as peacemaker while tensions rise over nominating choices as W H Thompson drives harmony and fusion strategies amid rival party factions.
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Douglas County
Lancaster
Hall
Shhallenberger
Berge
Lirtlei
W. H. Thompson
Thompson
Bryan
Woman Overcomes Kidney Trouble After Eight Boxes
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffered severe kidney pain back ache and feverish headaches with frequent burning secretions. After trying doctors she used eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and reports all troubles gone and strength restored. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mercier in England Described as Unwelcomed Visitor
Gen. Mercier, who fled Paris for England, was not warmly received and reportedly delivered in the French senate a lengthy speech on the feasibility of invading England.
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Gen. Mercier
England
Paris
Dentistry for Young Men Seeks Students in Lincoln Nebr
Wanted: students to learn dentistry. Pay from one thousand to eighteen hundred dollars a year as soon as competent. Demand exceeds supply. For particulars address Dr. Clyde Davis in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Clyde Davis
Lincoln, Nebr
Rev Alexander Connell Takes Sefton Peak Pulpit
The Rev Alexander Connell succeeds Ian Maclaren at Sefton Peak Liverpool. Connell has served as pastor of Regent Square Presbyterian Church, London since 1893 and was born in the Scottish Highlands forty years ago.
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Ian Maclaren
Alexander Connell
Sefton Peak
Liverpool
Regent Square Presbyterian Church
London
Scotch Highlands
Eccentric MP Fought Window Safety Bill Decades
A recently deceased British parliamentarian spent 25 years trying to pass a bill to prevent window cleaners from standing at windows. In his final days he insisted the measure aimed at protecting people below, fearing a cleaner might fall on him.
Powers Indigestion of Indian Descent Question Debated
On a Maine train Gov Cobb and W R Pattangall discuss ex Governor Powers. Pattangall jokes that Powers is of Indian descent, with the Indians denying it, in a witty exchange reported in the Machias Union.
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Powers
Gov. Cobb
Maine
W. R. Pattangall
Pattangall
The
Machias. Union
Gov. Powers
Mr. Pattangall
Minister credits Grape-Nuts with stomach cure
A Nebraskan minister recounts years of stomach distress starting in 1895 from overeating. He reports rapid relief after switching to Grape-Nuts with cream, returning to health in weeks, then relapsing after returning to heavy foods, and recovering again on Grape-Nuts. He asserts the cereal is worth more than money.
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Nebru
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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