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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
7
Kingston Jamaica was struck by a major earthquake at 3 30 pm Monday destroying most houses within ten miles. Fire followed the quake, the business district lay in ashes, and police estimate deaths around 1200 with many bodies at Myrtle Bank hotel still buried. Thousands injured as destruction spread across the city.
Reports from Kingston describe a catastrophic earthquake and harbor subsidence. Death toll ranges from 500 to 1,200 with thousands injured as harbors and streets collapse and communications slowly return. Sir James Ferguson and numerous merchants and professionals are among the dead.
A devastating Kingston disaster levels the business district after the first shock and collapsing brickwork. Fire rages at three points and burns through a square mile, with $10 to $25 million in damage and many tourists and English residents among the dead or missing.
Jamaica capital Kingston endures a devastating Monday quake with a sinking harbor, missing lighthouses, and many dead and injured. U S ships Missouri Indiana and Yankton assist but Gov Swettenham blocks crews, prompting Admiral Davis to sail away after a dispute over American aid.
The U S House passed an emergency relief bill authorizing the president to distribute provisions clothing medicines and other necessities from naval stores to Jamaica island sufferers destitute and threatened by the recent earthquake and conflagration.
Congressman McKinlay told the house foreign affairs committee that Chinese boys and girls are sold in San Francisco markets daily. He said only a few large companies profit from such schemes and most Californians oppose changing the anti Asian exclusion act. He warned changes could invite renewed boycotts and claimed labor agitators do not drive anti Japanese or anti Chinese sentiment.
The French steamer Canada with 900 laborers arrived at Colon for canal work. On January 11 at Fort de France mutiny broke out as workers refused to proceed to the Isthmus, preferring to land in Martinique or Trinidad. Fifteen leaders, Italians and Spaniards, were arrested and handed to canal zone authorities.
Jose Miguel Gomez, ex-Congressman Medieta and General Monteagudo, all liberals, were fined 50 dollars each in Havana for cock fighting. General Pino Guerra missed court due to illness. Defendants said they did not intend to break the law but sought to demonstrate Cuba's national sport to visiting American officers.
The jury in the conspiracy trial of C. P. Shea of Chicago and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reported a disagreement after fifty five hours out. Seven jurors favored acquittal while five favored conviction. The state's attorney's office says preparations for a new trial will begin at once.
Protests from organized labor prompt the secretary to order the Boston New York and Norfolk navy yards to halt all extra work on ships under construction or prepared for the Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo. The charge cites men working beyond eight hours daily including nights Sundays and holidays in violation of the eight hour law and presidential order.
A large steamer, likely British, ran aground on rocks near Morro Castle close to Havana, Cuba. The vessel’s position is described as very dangerous as it lies near the entrance to Havana harbor.
Professor De Martens of St Petersburg arrives in Berlin from St Petersburg on a mission for Emperor Nicholas to consult major European governments about the date and program of the second Hague Peace Conference. He secures an appointment with Ambassador Tower to obtain an authoritative expression of American wishes through him.
An old notice touts Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) as a cure for consumptive lung disease. It describes a recipe with glycerine and whisky, claims rapid Cold relief, and warns against imitations sold under similar names. The product is marketed by Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati.
In olden days Priscilla asks George for help with her skeins but gets a witty reply about spouses. He returns from battle with torn armor and asks for dress patches, only to be teased about lacking a blacksmith for a wife. The knight, humiliated, goes to Ye Frozen Heart tavern for a tankard.
Mr and Mrs Frank Abbott recount a lengthy trial with five doctors for their one year old daughter’s eczema. After costly failures and worsening sores the Cuticura treatment cost a dollar and three days later the child improved. within a week all sores vanished though eyesight could not be restored.
An old quip notes that a man would rather part his hair than part with it, reflecting a humorous take on vanity and attachment to appearance.
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