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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
1
A New York third-floor window rescue stops an insane woman from leaping. Priest Reverend James Berry holds the struggling patient until help arrives, with the husband aiding and an ambulance securing her transfer to a hospital amid a frantic scene on Second Avenue.
Britain demands indemnity and apology after the Knight Commander sinks in the Red Sea. London asserts no war convoy existed and seeks a formal salute to the British flag, protection of neutral shipping, and settlement of damages through official channels.
A bomb killed M. You Vietrye, Russia interior minister, as his carriage moved toward Warsaw to meet the Emperor at Peterhof. The assassin was seized, the coachman killed, and chaos followed with police and gendarmes at work. The Emperor reacted with distress, fearing international trouble. The motive and identity of the assassin were disputed, with theories ranging from Finns to Zemstzyts reform partisans.
Amid questions on neutral commerce rights and the Malacca seizure Premier Balfour asserts a breach of international law but stresses no breach by logs of Nfo. He notes potential Russian collaboration and awaits the Vladivostok report while signaling a reduced Red Sea tension and limits on belligerent actions by volunteer fleets.
A jumble of political quips questions Maybrick’s release and mocks US and European leaders. The column quivers at Russia China and Turkey power plays while a New York policeman is misidentified and stockyard crowds loom.
The Chicago stockyards strike shows early momentum with 900 live stock handlers quitting allied trades and returning to independents. Packers anticipate delivery shifts removing driver roles, while nonunion butchers take over purchases. Receipts reach 10,000 cattle, 18,000 hogs, 12,000 sheep as unions claim groundwork for renewed action weakens.
Report from East St. Louis notes hundreds of nonunion workers at the Armour Plant fell violently ill after soup was allegedly drugged. An unidentified person alerted Dr J. J. Wiggins who found the cause. Packmates say many strikers returned to work, though union leaders claim new hires replaced older members and no skilled laborers were reinstated.
In Omaha Nebraska William Zelor killed his father in law with a crowbar and his wife with a butcher knife after a quarrel. In Hutchinson Kansas Roseos Corris 23 drowns trying to cross Cow Creek after a cramp. In Memphis Kentucky deputy sheriffs die in a casino raid while another deputy is mortally wounded. A Chicago religious gathering triggers a confession from Charles F Fleet who admits robbing several cities.
Coroners Jury finds five trainmen criminally liable for the Derowna wreck that killed eighteen and injured many on July 1. The panel censures Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Chicago and Watford lines for old cars and long hours. Fireman and conductor named as criminally negligent. dispatcher Whiteman also faulted. Four accused arrested. one fugitive, Huginedy Llosie, remains at large.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Senator Jones of Arkansas. The vote was unanimous after a bid to persuade Senator Gorman of Maryland failed. Taggart becomes the party campaign leader.
Riotous scenes unfolded at the Chicago stock yards on Wednesday as non union workers were bolstered and packers kept slaughtering stock. A major blaze struck the Swift Mird refiners on Exchange avenue, drawing massed crowds and police. Fire caused about 7000 dollars in damage, with reports of arson quickly dismissed. A separate note says Louis Padilla, near Albuquerque, was shot by suspected stock thieves.
An International Merchants Agency report shows little change in general conditions with dull trade for the season. The fall and winter outlook brightens in the Howth and Southwest, and a reduced loss estimate for winter wheat to 130,000,000 bushels for four key states is noted. Wheat yields may reach 010,000,000 bushels with an exportable surplus near 146,000,000. Chicago shows improved trade despite a packers strike. interior merchants order more and demand for higher quality goods rises in clothing and shoes. Grain shipments run 2,490,500 bushels, 39.2 percent below last year. livestock receipts fall due to butcher strikes, with mixed price moves.
A fragmented listing shows bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter and other farm goods. The data specifies market items by city and commodity with varied price spans.
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