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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
2
Ber.105,008 reports dramatic events from Russia to India and England. A Belgian shipfoundered near Dover with 55 dead. Tur keys troops occupy a frontier area. San Francisco shrinks with the Shriner meeting cancellation and a draft controversy. A lynching in Mississippi, plagues in Jammu, and flood ofdamaged records in Las Angeles frame a world in upheaval.
A east bound freight train derailed near Reid station ten miles west of Missoula. The engine jumped the track sending most cars into a forty foot heap as fire followed. Engineer L D Sterne and Fireman El Juliette were killed or mortally injured, conductor Garber reports at least twelve tramps aboard with three found.
A San Francisco plan proposed by former mayor James D. Phelan seeks US government guarantees on bonds totaling 200 million to fund rebuilding after extensive fire damage. Backers argue this would lower borrowing costs to 2 to 2.5 percent for long term financing, with payment secured by new construction and real estate.
Scattered congregations reunited Sunday for religious services, many outdoors or in tents. When buildings were damaged pastors visited camps housing hundreds of homeless families, while worshipers gathered in halls or schools where possible.
Curtailing expenses leads to sending only about 1 260 troops to reinforce San Francisco. The First cavalry from Fort Clark and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and the infantry from Fort D A Rowell Wyoming will replace the originally proposed 2 500 men. A telegram requesting the smaller total arrived at the war department on Saturday.
The account details a heated Sunday service in Zion City where John Alexander Dowle challenged accusers before 2,500 attendees as rival followers of Vollva gathered near the Zion college building. In Deming New Mexico a pistol duel ended with the death of Professor A Dem, a prominent county schools superintendent and archaeology scholar.
In Woshburn Oregon the town reels as a fugitive believed to be Frank Smith robs a Portland jail and shoots two officers. Captain D Henderson dies from wounds. Sheriff J Shaver is wounded and hospitalized in Salem. Smith fled into Weedburn woods pursued by deputies, echoing the old Tracy era.
Disaster strikes the Vesuvius region as torrential rain and a strong gale unleash avalanches of mud sand and ashes. Bridges are destroyed routes blocked and homes flooded while telegraph lines fail and troops move to aid survivors. No loss of life reported despite extreme fear among residents. Washington reports a new Philippine corporation law aligning with common law principles.
A young tamer named Martha Lahire was killed in a Lyons menagerie on Sunday. She had just married Mr Lahire and had traveled with his troupe as principal girl. The leopard, a savage animal not long under contract, attacked as she prepared to leave the cage after feeding it. The beast sank its claws into her breast.
Spanish and Swiss anarchists reportedly smuggled forty bombs into Paris and attacks are feared around May Day. Police shadow agitators and troops are deployed at key centers including 2000 troops in the Grand Palais basement while authorities hold frequent high level consultations with President Fallieries, Premier Bardin, and Interior Minister Clemenceau.
San Francisco dispatch reports heavy damage across the fire department with about 100 members missing including dead and injured. Nineteen fire companies are out of commission though apparatus remains largely intact. recovery efforts continue as investigators search the ruins at North Beach.
The senate considered the Indian appropriation bill on Wednesday and adopted Senator Clark’s amendment to open the Blackfoot Indian Reservation. On Senator Carter’s motion the clause suspending the injunction against the Conrad Dyeh company for using the reservation waters for irrigation was stricken out. Clark acquiesced and explained the change in a brief speech.
President Roosevelt sent a congressionally prepared report by Charles F. Saylor on beet sugar progress in 1906. Colorado shows strong growth with twelve plants at 9,200 tons daily, plus three more being built, totaling 11,500 tons and 127,000 tons yearly value about 12.7 million. Utah expands with five factories, 4,000 tons daily, facing white pine pest. Idaho, Wyoming and Utah attract investment. Idaho has three factories and plans more, Wyoming under review for potential rapid rise.
A fierce tornado struck Bellevue Texas on Thursday destroying most homes and leaving only three standing. At least fourteen people are dead or injured as the town of over 20 houses is hit. Stoneburg and Hamilton also report fatalities and heavy damage amid relief trains rushing to aid.
Monarchist congress in Moscow closes with reactionary resolutions opposing the new parliament, denouncing autonomy for Poland, Baltic German privileges, and Finn privileges. It calls for disenfranchising Jews, denying rights to own or rent land and education, and foresees a counter revolution led by Prof Nicholsky.
Telegraph from Salinas reports three additional heavy shocks Thursday night, at 8, 9 60, and 2 Friday morning, each about four seconds. No damage reported yet. Salinas damages from the April 18 quake total around 1 million dollars. the Salinas Bridge and river crossings severely affected. daily shocks continue since April 18.
Secretary Metcalf briefed the president on the San Francisco disaster. He estimates up to 200 dead and about 100 injured, with government building losses lighter than early reports. The broader industrial and commercial losses are described as appalling. In New York a woman, Mrs Edgar R Dumont, is identified after swallowing poison tablets at Hotel Bellelaire but is expected to recover. London cabinet discusses Turkish border dispute. Minerva ordered to El Arish to verify pillars removal as British insist on Turkish troop withdrawal from Egyptian territory.
A semiofficial prefecture of police statement says the military and police are ready for May 1. About 80 000 workers have stopped work and up to 42 000 to 45 000 troops can be mobilized including infantry cavalry and republican guards to localize protests to Place de la Republique.
In Voroneseh Russia on April 25 peasants were killed when a woman was shot in a crowd seizing grain. Neighbors armed with farm tools and guards, reinforced by Cossacks, fired volleys killing nineteen and wounding many as chaos spread through Dienicea. In San Francisco, 129 trains carried free refugees from April 18 to Sunday night, with 4,880 cars on the main line and 5,783 cars total on suburban runs.
San Francisco residents go to bed early due to strict lighting rules and perceived danger at night. Citizens note modifications to lighting laws but remain wary, with many staying indoors to avoid risk.
Latest figures report fifty one dead and sixty three injured with seven missing in Santa Rosa. The business district was destroyed and many homes fell as twenty fires raged. Water supply remained, flames controlled in three hours though the engine house was ruined. Cut off from the world, the town learned of San Francisco's fate only from a train bringing nearly one thousand refugees. Nearby towns sent aid after a stretch of starvation and suffering.
A band of about sixty Greeks in Greek army uniform clashed with Turkish troops near Kara feria on the road from Salonica to Monastir Wednesday evening. The fight continued into Thursday with thirteen Greeks killed, three Turks dead, and Ave wounded. In Santa Cruz California a landslide crushed a sawmill near Loma Presta killing fourteen with one survivor who notified the city. The Santa Cruz courthouse is so unsafe it will likely be razed with dynamite, and county officials refuse entry.
Cambridge police issued a warrant for Erich Muenter, a Harvard German instructor, on murder charges in Cambridge. It is alleged Mrs Muenter died from arsenic about two weeks ago. The body was moved to Chicago on April 17 and the case was kept quiet until Friday. Muenter is 25, and his wife was formerly Miss Leuse K.
President Roosevelt sent a telegram noon Thursday endorsing the all star entertainment under the Bernhardt tent on the lake front for San Francisco sufferers. A 500 person volunteer orchestra opened the event before Mme Bernhardt spoke and a lengthy program followed with actors from New York theatres. In New York the anthracite operators report chair George F Baer has received a telegram from miners union president Mitchell signaling a counterproposal and request for early review at the miners convention.
Governor Pardee reprieves John McClure until June 8 after he was slated for execution at San Quentin on May 4 for the murders of Zedikoff and O'Shea. The Supreme Court on appeal found no error in the record. Chief Justice Beatty and Associate Justice Shaw urged the governor to consider the case further.
Mrs. Selina Jones of Ansonia Connecticut credits Dean's Kidney Pills with ending seven years of pain from kidney weakness. She reports relief from headaches, spells, and pangs, and urges others to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. A surgeon endorses glass as a bandage substitute for burns, noting its antiseptic potential and painless removal.
An elderly patient describes grim suffering from a foot wound with blood poisoning. After two weeks of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, the foot healed completely, prompting praise from neighbors and the patient, Robert Schoenhauer of Newburg New York, dated August 21 1905. Bank of England clerical patronage policy noted.
Tack the Palace theater dog in London, famed for guarding the stage door and signaling danger, died recently. The terrier reportedly helped extinguish fires and alert staff, but choked on a coin while attempting to buy dinner, ending a long, beloved service to theater workers.
Sir John Brunner backs a Huddersfield mayoral plan to Wirnington Norwich townships in an effort to cut infant mortality. Each child with satisfactory progress earns the mother a 20 shilling grant after twelve months, funding to support healthier births.
The Kaiser is said to have most pleased with a wedding present from Germany’s combined rowing and sailing club. The set includes six silver models depicting shipbuilding styles from the Viking galley to the emperor's yacht Meteor.
Train offer from A. T. & S. F. Ry provides one fare two way travel from Utah and Wyoming to Missouri river cities including St. Louis Memphis Chicago St. Paul with sale dates May 1 é th and 28th June 1 3rd and With return by October 1906 stopovers allowed for details contact C F Warren General Agent 411 Dooly Block Salt Lake City
Chlorine gas used in bleaching powder production forces workers to wear twenty layers of manemuan masks over their faces as a precaution amid dangerous fumes.
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