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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
3
A Kansas flood crosses multiple rivers flooding Wichita Lawrence North Topeka and Armountale. Little River breaches flood downtown districts as residents retreat. Dikes fail along the Little River river traffic halts and rail lines are abandoned.
A four story factory on East 183d Street in New York was struck by lightning, causing a blaze and electrocution incidents. A 14 year old boy, John Everett, was shocked while resisting the live pole, a policeman aiding him was also shocked, and an electrician with rubber gloves freed them. Separate items note a Negroe Liberty party nomination shakeup in St. Louis and other legal actions including threat extortion against Alexander E. Stevell, Chicago.
Three highwaymen robbed Gordonville Pennsylvania hotels and stores. Elmer Lane was shot in the shoulder but survived. Phares Buckwalter was seriously shot in the back while clerk Hershey escaped unharmed. A farmer named Ressler was killed by gunfire as the trio fled east on the turnpike. Carson provided the robber’s name.
The Maryland Legislature’s Jim Crow law requiring separate compartments for white and colored passengers on railways and steam boats has taken effect. It does not apply to through express trains and is enforced only on trains with in state service and boats operating on state waters. Rail and steamboat companies report readiness, with separated coaches decks saloons and seating for colored passengers.
Two prominent Minneapolis club men, George Christian and George Upton, are badly hurt and likely to die after a gasoline launch exploded at Tonka Bay Minnetonka. Five others were seriously injured as the boat burned to the water’s edge while a large party of adults and children fled. The blast was caused by a leaking gasoline tank. The vessel and party were nearly lost but nearby sailboats and rowboats prevented a total tragedy.
Hardware merchant F A Chamberlain is fatally shot twice by village policeman Barsh after a confrontation in Chamberlains store. Barsh was arrested immediately. The incident occurred as Chamberlain asked Barsh to leave and Barsh drew his revolver.
A southbound Chicago Peoria and St Louis Rail Round train near Oakford is struck by a tornado. The engineer stopped the train to avoid a bridge disaster but one man dies and many are injured as cars are torn from the track and rolled. The locomotive remains on the rails.
A Danish steamer Norge carrying about 700 emigrants bound for New York ran onto the Rockall reef off the Scottish coast. Only 128 survivors are known, with lifeboats overstrained and many passengers drowned. Captain Gundel survived, and the ship sank after heroic attempts to abandon ship. Built in Glasgow in 1881, the vessel had carried Danes Norwegians and Russians under the Copenhagen New York route.
A series of tragic and violent incidents dominates the day. A man and his wife are found in the street in St Louis after a knife and gun attack. the husband later dies by suicide. In Philadelphia a fireworks explosion claims three lives at an Arch Street store, with fire safety questioned. A giant man from Kansas City dies after collapsing at the World’s Fair grounds. Other items report Kiel prax, Texas fires, a Boston blaze, Wranford wreck casualties, a Coney Island riot, and multiple minor disasters and political notes from Minnesota.
A Chicago to St Louis bound Wabash train crashed into an open switch near Litchfield Illinois killing about twenty passengers and injuring fifty. Fire spread through seven cars trapping many as rescuers worked with axes and torn timber. Officials say malicious tampering caused the switch and a relief train and hospitals were mobilized to aid the wounded.
The Jeffries Munroe fight is postponed again to the last week in August. Farmers in Kingfisher County Oklahoma Territory plan to grow tobacco. John A Drake and Ort Weller won twenty thousand dollars on the Tidal stakes at Sheepshead Bay. The Southern Pacific plans to issue four hundred thirty four million dollars in preferred stock. Colorado Supreme Court upholds inheritance tax constitutionality. W L Kendell, University of Oklahoma graduate, wins Rhodes Oxford scholarship for the territory. Fremont delegates number forty eight to the national convention at Springfield Illinois.
Special New York correspondents of the International Mercantile Agency report heavy rainfall in the Southwest hindering general business but expect compensation through crop gains. Trade shows improvement over last year with July volume potential. Texas and Townsville display strong retail activity. textile mills remain weak and New England demand restrained. Chicago weekly review notes stronger retail demand, steady staples, and wheat harvest favorable though mid-year plant closures loom. grain shipments and livestock receipts vary. district failures rise.
Data shows cattle and hog prices by market from Indianapolis to Buffalo, with wheat No 2 red at about $1.05 to $1.07, corn No 2 around 46¢ to 63¢, oats No 2 white 40¢ to 48¢, rye No 2 roughly 60¢ to 68¢, hay Timothy 8.50 to 14.00, creamery butter 15¢ to 18¢, and various shipping grades. Markets report wide spreads, NA.
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