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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
1
Frederick Hall White of Harvard football gains a $3,000,000 inheritance on his twenty first birthday. The funds come from his mother with guardianship ending after years of legal disputes with his father. White plans to manage the estate in time while remaining focused on football.
Fire in the Columbus business center caused 150000 to 186000 dollars in property losses across multiple blocks including Milho Wheeler and Deshler. Ten firefighters injured by an explosion while fighting the blaze. Losses listed for stocks and businesses such as Krauss Butler Benham Osterman David Wheeler Grocery Groff Brothers Parisian Glonk Amos Millinery and others. Cause suspected as defective wiring or natural gas explosion.
Brookhaven Mississippi hears harsh justice as ten men convicted of outrages against Negroes receive long prison terms. Oscar Franklin gets life for murder. Will Franklin, W. Smith, Elias Smith, I. L. Smith, and Ebert Gill get fifty years for manslaughter in Henry List and Sam Peasey killings. John Smith and John McNulty, two African Americans, receive life for murder. Other items note cannibal reports from Tiburon Island, a bridge suicide in Wheeling, a nephew sent to prison for manslaughter in Meridi za Mississippi, postal leaders dismissed, and various brief crime notes.
Five sailors died and four were severely burned after a gasket failed in the Massachusetts fire room. Lieut William G Cole bravely entered the seething pit to pull trapped men free, later in critical condition. A rescue board was named by Admiral Dickens at League Island Navy Yard after initial findings.
President Roosevelt spoke at the Dutch Reformed Church in Washington by arrangement with Rev. Dr. Schick. He addressed the congregation on Brotherhood, stressing that national progress rests on recognizing others as brothers and caring for their interests.
In Magee Mississippi high school principal J E Woodward allegedly whipped Mangum's 18 year old son. Mangum father confronted Woodward and shots were exchanged. Woodward died from a gunshot to the head. A bystander briefly aided Mangum before he shot Mangum.
Masked men dynamited over a mile of the Kansas Natural Gas Company pipeline between Liberty and the Verdigris river. Holes torn in the right of way, the act openly approved by many locals. The fight targets piping gas to Missouri by a foreign corporation, spurred by farmer opposition.
A man, F B Richmond, shot and killed his fiancée Mien Lina Christianson, owner of a Minneapolis dress shop, then killed himself on a crowded street. The couple had been longtime sweethearts with an engagement thought to be long standing. Richmond, formerly City Clerk, faced ill health allegations. the motive appears personal amid public shock.
The long tangled tale of Mrs Salome Bertels of Wilkes Barre and Charles W Walbert of South Dakota ends with a quiet marriage in Carbondale after wartime separations. Bertels was widowed by Gett y sburg and Walbert had remarried before rekindling their romance. Both had previously been married.
Miss Annie Lewis sues for injuries after a handkerchief factory belt tore off her scalp in Booth River New Jersey on January 19 2001. Judge Blanchard in New York refuses to set aside the jury verdict granting $10 000 damages while noting possible relief for the plaintiff's counsel. Lewis suffered partial blindness and deafness in one ear and remained under medical care for scalp grafting attempts.
Montreal dispatch reports Laurier aims to withdraw Atlantic and Pacific fleets from Canadian waters and begin a naval program with three dominion cruisers. The plan includes training naval reserves in West Indian waters as part of coastal defense strategy.
Reports claim a breach between Hayti and Santo Domingo fuels unease. The Bastian government demands expulsion of Haytian revolutionists sheltering in Monte Cristi. President Morales orders action, Monte Cristi authorities allegedly refuse. Haiti closes frontier, threatening further relations and a looming civil war in the neighboring country.
Nearly all religious sects in America report higher 1904 increases than in prior years. The Episcopal church up 3 percent, the Aplecopalians 807,861 members, Presbyterians 234 percent to 1,004,908, and Methodists 145 percent to a total of 3,004,735.
A Missouri man says while employed as a brakeman for Texas and Pacific he caused his own leg loss to claim $8000 in compensation. Now sobered, he writes that he spent the money and offers to repay or make amends, seeking guidance from railroad officials.
Miss Agnes Watson daughter of Thos Watson narrowly escaped death when her reception gown caught fire near an open grate at P D Horkins residence in Augusta Georgia. She was carried to the hall and up the stairs before her dress was torn away to extinguish flames. Burns are painful but not believed serious.
Miss Mabel Spang, 19, heiress to millions, told New York Supreme Court Justice Marean she was confined in a Yonkers private asylum at her mother’s wish to separate her from her father and control the fortune. Six physicians declared her sane. Bebro freed her from habeas corpus asylum, seizing letters she had smuggled out.
Reports allege overseer at Brule county South Dakota poor farm used harsh methods on children after an accused theft. A boy allegedly had a whip broken on him and was tied by the thumbs. investigation underway for grand jury review.
Robert Christopher colored via his attorney swore out a warrant before Commissioner Kinnebrew charging his half brother George Christopher with compelling him to work without legal right. He seeks aid of the federal court to secure release from servitude in Clarke County Georgia.
A Mo biala Alabama infirmary was destroyed by fire. Thirty seven patients, mainly unable to help themselves, were removed before the blaze drove staff from the building. One postoperative patient died during removal.
The Senate debated the Philippine civil governmental bill amid amendments to bonds and taxation provisions, with a final passage vote of 44 to 23. The House focused on private calendar bills as the session closed, while discussions on inaugural ball venue and related Senate resolutions sparked protests. The House adjourned to January 4 and the Senate adjourned briefly after a three minute session.
The Congress hears notes from Washington on a sea level canal proposal and congressional timing. Roosevelt nominates George Horton for Athens consul. Riobert J. Thompson seeks Paris consul general. Cannon warns major bills will fill the session while indictments and investigations stir party tensions.
The weekly report notes steady progress toward greater activity across sectors. Trade shows holiday demand, with strong merchandising and increased distribution. bank clearings remain high, and Western services speak to favorable prospects. Wheat up slightly, corn down, provisions down, livestock at high values. overall, Bustiness failures modest with Canada week counts improving.
The excerpt records livestock price ranges across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Detroit, noting cattle hogs sheep and grain values, plus a fragmentary legal notice about a district court in West Union Fayette County and a local college election. It mentions Boxcabel Female College presidency and Wisconsin Central Ballot Company earnings, reflecting a mixed market and civic items.
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