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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
1
Descriptions of the Cherry mine disaster where many bodies were seen and rescue efforts continued. The issue also reports on irrigation fraud findings, Isthmian canal costs, and political moves including Taft appointing officials, Zelaya in Nicaragua, and protests in England. Other items cover labor, tariffs, shipping, and notable legal decisions.
Rescue workers uncover 168 bodies in Cherry Illinois mine data recounts messages from dying miners as they faced black damp and fire. Victims found 600 feet from the shaft on a raised surface after days of struggle. a skiff was used to lower bodies from the river 7 miles away.
President Taft accepts Vespasian Warner’s resignation as United States Commissioner of Pensions. Warner, appointed in 1904, returned to Clinton, Illinois, due to his son C. M. Warner’s illness and heavy workload. The elder Warner hoped to resume duties after a few months, but his son’s condition persisted.
An exploring party waded waist deep through four feet of water to the body chamber. Messages to loved ones were scrawled on wood as they fought smoke, flame, and dwindling air. They built a wall and a air fan, then waited to be rescued. Days later they reached a stair end and were felled by steam and smoke from above, dying in a collapse.
William J. Moxley a Chicago butterine manufacturer and Lorimer protege won the Sixth District seat. Vote totals: Moxley 14 694 Frank 3. Ryan 6 414 Carl L. Barnes 6 317.
Hundreds of letters from veterans across the United States have been arriving in recent weeks urging Mr. Warner not to resign while he remains at West Baden.
H Rockwell claims to have produced an over-bearing strawberry after twelve years of effort. St Paul officials deny any planned freight-rate increase in the Northwest. Lyman H Budlong, Chicago truck gardener, dies. he built 700 acres within the city since 1857. Immigration commissioners report 13 811 arrivals in Western Canada farming districts in three months. Michael Ryan of the American Packers Association warns meat prices may rise if cattle gains lag. James J Hill to distribute 2500 in prizes at the Omaha corn exhibit for Montana grain near Great Northern line. Montana to display mining and cattle heritage now in agriculture.
Twenty one men, long pronounced dead by experts, emerged alive after seven days trapped in the St Paul mine at Cherry ll. Fire broke out at midnight cutting rescue as water hoses were lowered and hopes rose. Women, neighbors, and a grateful town welcomed the survivors as the scene shifted from tragedy to cautious jubilation.
An unknown outlaw who kept Harry Garrett prisoner in an upstairs room at the Garrett bench house in Boise Idaho for 24 hours was shot and killed at daybreak after the boy escaped. The desperado had threatened death to any arrest and fired on watchers before dawn.
Toledo Police Captain Michael Casey fought a burglar at daybreak in his home. The intruder woke Mrs. Casey by tugging at her ring, fired twice as the captain sprang from bed, bullets struck the bed an inch above her head, and the burglar escaped.
William M. Laffan, longtime successor of Charles A. Dana in managing the New York Sun, and publisher of the paper for twenty five years, died at his Lawrence Long Island home following an appendicitis operation.
Chicago physician Dr Haldane Cleminson was found guilty of murdering his wife Nora Jane Cleminson at their home on Wayne Avenue May 30. A Rogers Park jury, after less than three hours and four ballots, sentenced him to life imprisonment. Police skepticism grew after Burns matches and a staged burglary tale unraveled and doctors deemed him malingering.
Dr Wilfred T Grenfell, Labrador missionary, and Miss Anna McClannahan were married in Grace Episcopal Church Chicago by Rev William O Water. The bride, a Chicago native, spoke of eagerness to join the northern posting and learn of Grenfell's work among Arctic peoples.
Two masked men dynamited the safe at the Alleman Bank in Alleman Iowa early Friday and escaped toward Des Moines in a buggy with 1600 dollars. The rig broke down near Des Moines and farmers and police gave chase. constable Ole Lambie was arrested during the pursuit. Robbers remain at large.
A dormitory fire at Georgetown University in Washington, DC destroyed the library near the boiler room after a heroic hose-cart chase. About fifty students slept nearby but escaped as flames consumed rare volumes valued at roughly ten thousand dollars.
Wilbur and Orville Wright purchase 700 acres northwest of Springfield Ohio near Tippecanoe City for a park to house aero plate experiments. Howard B Phillips, famed harness horse trainer from Pennsylvania, died at Pottstown after a long career at Neath races across the state.
The weekly Dun report in Chicago highlights optimistic outlooks with bank data showing expanded deposits and discounts. It notes strong weather boosting demand for essentials, rising costs driving urgent purchases, and consumption outpacing provisions. Bank clearings reach $277,816,907, up 4.2 percent from 1908. Failures in Chicago district total 27, with 6 having facilities over $5,000.
New York reports a shift toward firmer distributive trade as cold weather arrives. Northwest snow slows wholesale lines, yet overall activity improves. Bradstreet's notes 232 US business failures for the week ending Nov 18, down from prior weeks. Canada totals 26, with year comparisons.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices, and grains across Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo, Cincinnati, and New York. Prices cover wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, hay, butter, eggs, potatoes, and pork meal, with bid ranges in each city. Strong entities include markets, commodities, and price ranges.
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