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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
1
The Elgin Echo reports on global and domestic turmoil including Castro’s apology demands, Maytatala and British restraint, U S Panama canal graft debates, and Taft and Roosevelt clashes. It notes gas costs, ship blockades, theater trusts, and civic trials in Chicago, St Louis, and Kansas City, with broad coverage of politics, crime, and economy.
President Lord Alexis of Hayti proclaims General Thon a rebel and dispatches troops. In Indiana a bill to unite Gary and Tolleston into one municipality is planned. In Pittsburg Neuben Crown shot Lily brother John, then killed himself after refusing a loan.
Abraham Ruef, former San Francisco political boss, is found guilty of bribery after a 24 hour jury deliberation. The trial, lasting 108 days, ends with Ruef facing up to fourteen years in prison as Judge Lawlor presides and Weney reappears in court.
A Puladelphia session reports that the Presbyterian Church in the United States with 1,800,000 members, the Reformed Church in the United States with 290,000, and Welsh Presbyterians with 170,000 plan a union. Leaders say creeds and governance can remain intact and a salute union could be approved within a year.
Regents of the University of Minnesota adopt an age rule requiring faculty to sever ties at 65, applying next year to all current staff aged 63 or older. The move sparks concern among senior professors as several reach retirement age.
There is now no doubt that the steamer D. M. Clemson went down with all hands near Whitefish Point, Lake Superior. Twenty three hatch covers have been washed ashore, their description convincing the Provident Steamship Company they belong to the missing boat. The steamer carried twenty five crew members. Oklahoma Crops Worth 891,000,000 Final crop bulletin for 1108 shows Oklahoma’s total corn, wheat, oats and cotton at 93,010,805, up from 70,311,202 in 1007.
Mes J C Wardwell widow of Gen Wardwell died of leprosy in the county hospital. Her illness followed a return from Arizona after her husband's death and grew steadily worse.
The Round Mountain Gaiking Corporation at Round Mountain sixty miles north of Tonopah Nevada has closed. Bad loans are flying at the court.
The 1908 annual Treasury report shows a large deficit of 58,078,201 over receipts, with a 1907 surplus. It details panic withdrawals, public deposits, gold and silver holdings, and forecasts a 1910 deficit around 248,046,790, amid rising expenditures and lower revenue.
The Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to Congress the book of estimates for appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 20, 1810. The record shows by department the estimates for 1910 and the 1909 appropriations, including deficiency and permanent annual funds, totaling 24 408 048 and 842 020 008 dollars respectively, with 1910 estimates exceeding 1909 by 57 900 076 dollars. In Columbus Ohio fire caused 200 dollars damage to records in the state insurance departments rooms at the capitol due to defective wiring. In Defiance, Ohio robbers bound and gagged retired merchant John Budd and escaped with 100 dollars after breaking into his private store with a crowbar.
Washington report describes the opening of the Sixtieth Congress with crowds filling galleries and corridors, diplomats watching, and the oath of Carroll S. Page. A pure food style bill was introduced, aiming to label ingredients on consumer goods, with penalties for violations.
The article notes a forty five round boxing match set for the Jeffries Club in Los Angeles between Al Kaufman and Jim Barry. It also mentions Texas preparing for winter racing and various sports results from Vermillion Latonia and Shattuck, along with the death of polo figure John Watson in Ireland.
Senators governors and captains of finance attend the fifth annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress in the capital. Vice President Fairbanks and Ambassador Bryce address the meeting as leaders urge a comprehensive nationwide waterway policy and federal funding, including bond provisions, to expand rivers canals and harbors for future transportation needs.
Chilton argues immigration limits keep Canada’s labor market from congestion. He cites nine months totals, 187,030 in the current year and 235,820 for the prior period, noting policies restrict dependent settlers and affect entry rates.
Three men robbed an east bound Great Northern train near Hillyard Washington, targeting the mail and express cars. W Perrin, a fireman, deflected the robbers by uncoupling the mail and baggage cars, saving the express car with a large money shipment from Spokane to Montana. The bandits fled by locomotive to Mead aboard a horse and buggy. the total loot remains undetermined.
President Theodore Roosevelt denounces graft charges in the Pavawa canal purchase case as false and slanderous. He asserts all records are public and rejects claims about payments and individuals linked to the deal, responding to questions from William Dudley Foulke and challenging Indianapolis News and Delavan Smith.
The Harriman interests placed an order for 1,000 fifty ton box cars worth 1,250,000 for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. Adolph Schultze, 40, killed Mark Elligalen, 17, in Schenectady after alleged threats. Schultze was arrested. Oklahoma officials declare state dispensary system abolished by vote, leaving no liquor laws for medicinal purchases within the state.
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