Elgin Echo Chronicle Highlights and Notable Events
The Elgin Echo surveys a wide range of world and national happenings. It notes King Edward and Queen Alexandra hosted by Ambassador Reid, Taft tariff debates, and Taft’s remarks on tariff rates. It reports aviation milestones by Latham and Wright, Thaw trials, and martial law tensions in Spain and Barcelona. It covers bank fraud at Tipton, Riots in Guadalajara, and notable rail accidents. Also mentioned are Mme Lillian Nordica’s London wedding, Miss Anita Stewart’s engagement, and Cornelius Stica’s sentence.
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First National Bank
Tipton
Ind
Guadalajara
Mexico
Barcelona
Minnetonka
Hope
Boston
Nantucket
Washington
Taft
Spain
Harry Pulliam
National League
New York
First National Bank of
Noah Marker
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Congress
Mme
Lillian Nordica
George W. Young
London
Morocco
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
John D. Shoop
Priday
West Point Military Academy
Melilla
Cornelius P. Stica
Sing Sing
Pripea Miguel
Braganza
Anita Stewart
Spain in Uproar as Martial Law and Riots Grip Nation
Riots erupt in Catalonia as Madrid declares martial law over Spain’s war policy in Morocco. King Alfonso orders two cruisers and three army corps to Barcelona under Prince Charles of Bourbon. public support collapses amid a heavy battle in Melilla leaving 21 officers dead or missing and 200 Spaniards wounded.
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Catalonia
Spain
Madrid
Morocco
Alfonso
Barcelona
Charles of Bourbon
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Royal
San Sebastian
Melilla
Hyves
Storm Dead Twenty One In Gulf Coast Marches
A severe storm on the southern Texas coast left twenty one dead and fourteen missing, with ten injured and property losses totaling 750000 dollars. Thirteen missing are members of the Abernathy family from High Island, who departed Tuesday for Sabine Pass. their wagon party camped on the beach and drowned animals were found but no trace of the three men, their wives, or seven children. Velasco suffered extensive damage but one life was reported lost.
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Gulf Coast
Texas
Abernathy
High Island
Sabine Pass
Velasco
Woman Missing in New Jersey Mystery Behind Pond Finds
A woman's clothes found on Truer's Pond near Burlington New Jersey deepen fears of foul play in her disappearance from the Metropolitan Inn in Burlington. A New York broker is reported with the missing woman who hired a carriage for a country drive before the team was found abandoned on the banks of Rancocas Creek. Letters in her bag addressed to Miga A. M. Wilson of the Manhattan Hotel, New York, were recovered.
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Burington
N. J
New York
Metropolitan Inn
Six torpedo boat destroyers head to Alaska from Puget Sound
Six torpedo boat destroyers that had been at Puget Sound for nearly a month met in Seattle on Monday and then set off on a lengthy voyage to Alaska. The ships include the Whipple Truxton Hull Paul Jones Perry and Hopkins to familiarize crews with northern waters and provide maneuvering practice.
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Alaska
Puget Sound
Seattle
Whipple
Truxton
Hull
Paul Jones
Perry
Hopkins
Pulliam Shoots Himself At New York Athletic Club
Harry C. Pulliam, president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, shot himself in the right temple at his room in the New York Athletic Club. The bullet passed through his head from right to left, destroying both eyes. Doctors said recovery was unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry Pulliam
Harry C. Pulliam
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
New York Athletic Club
Mayor Markbreit Dies After Illness in Cincinnati
Cincinnati mayor Leopold Markbreit and noted soldier and journalist died Tuesday night after a long illness. Vice Mayor John Galvin will step in as his successor as the city’s chief executive.
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Markbreit
Dead
Leopold Markbreit
Cincinnati
John Galvin
General Biscuit Company formed to rival National Biscuit
A new firm the General Biscuit Company with $6 million capital was organized in Hartford Connecticut to compete with the National Biscuit Company. Officers include President John B Summerfield Vice President Arthur N Taylor and Secretary Treasurer Henry M Haviland. Summerfield is linked to City National Bank of Brooklyn Miners Smelting and W H Beard Dredging Company.
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National Blecuit Company
Cracker Trust
Hartford
Conn
Iaws
Connecticut
General Biscuit Company
John B. Summerfield
John B. Summerfield & Co
Wall Street
Arthur N. Taylor
Brooklyn
Henry M. Haviland
Summerfeld
City National Bank
Miners’ Smelting Company
W. H. Beard Dredging Company
Honesty Brings Life Position for LIRR Brakeman
Brakeman William Robelin returned jewels worth about $30,000 to Long Island Railroad officials after discovering a bus left on the train by Mrs. H Schwab of New York. Mrs Schwab and kin offered him $100, two suits, paid vacations, and a life position at $100 monthly after he reports to Malden Lane office for Mr Schwab.
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Wiliam Robelin
Long Island Railroad
Robelin
Malden Lane
Schwab
Iife
Indian student sentenced to death in Curzon Wyllie case
Madarial Dhinagri, the Indian student who killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalaea in London, was sentenced to death after a trial that lasted under an hour. He refused to plead, called the sentence illegal, and said India must gain power. Publisher A F Hoastey received four months in prison for incendiary articles.
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Golliy
Madarial Dhinagri
Sir William Hutt
Curzon Wyllie
Lalaea
London
England
India
Dhinagri
QOS Bends offers 2600 prize for Zurich balloon race
James Gordon Bennett posts a 2600 cash prize to the winner of the international balloon championship cup to be contested in Zurich Switzerland next October. Mrs H C Schneiter of Et Louis begins a 1500 mile pedestrian trek to Boston with her husband, covering about 35 miles daily for 45 days.
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James Gordon Bennett
Zurich
Switzerland
H.C. Schneiter
Et Louis
Boston
Wabash Train Wreck Kills Six Injures Over Fifty Near Orrick
A Wabash passenger train bound for St Louis plunged into the Missouri River near Orrick Missouri after track was undermined by current. Six dead and more than fifty hurt as cars toppled into water. many injuries severe, others minor. Passengers in the chair car suffered the worst, with the chair car partially submerged and overturned.
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St. Louia
Orrick
Kaneas City
Fatal courtroom shooting ends Willis custody suit in Little Rock
Nathaniel Parker Willis of Indianapolis dies after a shot fired by W Y Ellis from Pine Bluff Ark in a chancery court in Little Rock. Willis had sued his divorced wife for custody of their child and died as his wife rushed to him. Ellis, a resident of Pine Bluff, fired the fatal shot.
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Nathaniel Parker Wills
Indianapolis
United States
Jef Davis
W. Y. Ellis
Pine Bluff
Ark
Nathaniel
Parker Willis
Chancery Court
Little Rock
Willis
Ellis
White House Mistress Dies at 86 in Winchester Virginia
Elizabeth Dandridge Pasvon, known as Mrs Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, daughter of President Zachary Taylor, and former mistress of the White House, dies in Winchester VA at age 86. She was linked by marriage to Jefferson Davis and Surgeon General Wood, with ties to the Confederacy era.
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Elizabeth Dandridge Pasvon
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge
Zachary Taylor
United States
White House
Winchester
Dandridge
Jefferson Doyle
Wood
Army
General Taylor
Betty Taylor
Taylor
Standing of the Clubs Progress in the Honey Ball Leagues
In the Honey Ball Leagues standings show a tight pennant race among clubs. Key teams, players, and recent results push the table, with several clubs jockeying for lead and positioning as the season advances.
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Progresa
Moors Attack Spaniards at Melilla in Fierce Dawn Fight
Spanish forces repelled Moorish assault at Melilla Morocco with six companies and a light battery, leaving casualties including a colonel and three officers killed and thirteen wounded. Newly arrived troops rushed to front as Moors renewed attack later in the day forcing a retreat to prior positions.
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Melilla
Morocco
Sidi Musa
Capa Moreno
Negro Troops Bring Filipino Wives to Fort Ethan Allen
Eight soldiers from the Tenth United States Cavalry who returned on the Kilpatrick transport after participation in a New York parade and reception brought their Filipino wives with them. They will escort them to Fort Ethan Allen Vermont within days as the War Department enforces marriage policy for service members.
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Tenth United States Cavalry
Kilpatrick Ani
New York
Fort
Ethan Allen
Vermont
War Department
Philippines
United States
Four Bomb Suspects Held in Columbus Murder Case
Columbus police say four Italian suspects are in custody over the dynamiting that killed Pasquella Spine and his four month old bride near their home west of the city. One suspect, Tony Andrania, has a troubled link, as his wife reportedly quarreled with Mrs Spine and Andrania warned a week ago his mourning would follow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ing
Pasquella Spine
Spine
Io the
Tony Andrania
Spino
Andrania
New Island Reported Near Gambier Group in Pacific
Captain Quatrevaux of the French ship Thiers reports an emergent islet near the Gambier group in the Pacific. Arriving in San Francisco from Newcastle Australia, he describes uncanny stillness followed by a mysterious swell drawing the ship toward shore, risking a rock collision. The islet lies at about 24.26 S 128.90 W and appears formed of volcanic rock.
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Gambier Group
Quatrevaux
Thiers
San Francisco
Newcastle
Australia
Pacific
Quatra- Vaux
Chicago Trade Optimism Amid Boost in Production and Bank Wealth
Chicago notes midsummer trade conditions show optimism with higher solvent payments, stronger factory output, and broader demand. Reports indicate more buying in general merchandise and machinery, rising raw material movements, and expanded steel car building, though packing supplies and hides ease. Bank clearings rise 18.9 percent from last year. 87 district failures reported, higher than prior weeks, with 10 failures over 5,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Crop Gains and Industrial Upturn Report
Improvement in crops leads to better breadstuff outlook and price easing, aided by clearance sales and retail expansion. Uptick in manufactured goods values, greater money demand for moving commodities, and rising friction between employers and workers accompany the trend. Rubber raw material climbs further, pressuring rubber makers. US business failures rise to 239 for the week ending July 22, with Canada at 24, per Bradstreet's.
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New York
Midwest and East grain and livestock price roundup
Market notes show city by city price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati New York listings report bid ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and dairy from buyers and sellers, with several price points across commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
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