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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1906
Page
4
In Osceola county supporters of long serving officials push to stay in power until death or voters remove them. The paper opposes Patterson for county attorney, citing no improvement in record or qualification and pledges not to support him. Real estate transfers and assorted notices appear amid ads for medicines and books about the Northwest.
A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific northbound train No. 12 plunged into the Cimarron river at Dover Oklahoma after a record flood. About a hundred passengers perished, most in chair cars, with one survivor Floyd Zeist. Relief trains reach the scene as townsfolk converge on Kingfisher.
A Dover Okla telegraph note reports forty seven bodies moved to a temporary morgue there after the Rock Island wreck near Hennessey eight miles away. A later message says all cars except the rear Pullman are in the Cimarron river with about 225 people in the water and only six saved.
Philadelphia September 19 During an X ray examination financier Martin F Murphy one of the wealthiest men in the state was killed instantly His heart had just been pronounced perfect The Roentgen rays are used daily in Philadelphia hospitals without serious results Surgeons of the Polytechnic Institution where Murphy died believe some deadly element entered the ray An examination of the apparatus is now underway.
Winnipeg Man September strike by fifteen unions interrupts $11,000,000 of building work. Not a union man works on 260 active projects as plumbers demand higher wages and other requests from master plumbers. Plumbers have been out for weeks. masters refuse arbitration. Over 3,500 union workers idle.
The heaviest rain in twenty five years floods Kingman Kansas lowlands and towns near the Ninnesca river. Bridges on the Wichita and Western Santa Fe lines between Wichita and Pratt are washed out. Omaha reports continuing heavy rain disrupting rail service statewide. Honolulu reports vessels wrecked in a hurricane day.
A plea to Republicans to work with the Republican National Congressional Committee to elect a Republican Congress. Theodore Roosevelt’s personality and achievements are urged as central to the campaign, with subscriptions to fund efforts and distribute campaign texts and documents.
Paul Fuss, longtime Irville resident and eccentric old shoemaker, died Monday afternoon by hanging in a shed behind his home. Neighbors say he had been despondent after the death of his wife about a year ago. The funeral is scheduled for later today at Oak Hill cemetery, with Mrs. Bund Hoffman and local residents recalling his hard work and struggles with alcohol.
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