Wall Street turmoil and national events in Elgin Echo
The Elgin Echo notes a volatile week on Wall Street amid readjustments and rising grain marketing despite poor weather. It references President Roosevelt's farewell day, Taft and Sherman inauguration, a Pratt & Company fire loss, and broader political shifts. The report includes mentions of labor leaders, immigration debates, and notable deaths, with regional notes on Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee politics and the Nashville Carmack case.
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Wall Street
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Washington
Presient
White House
Women Suffragists Jail Sentences After Bow Street Riot
Demonstrators opposing the government gathered near Bow Street Court in London after attempts to present a petition to Premier Asquith. Most were sentenced to one month in jail with two months for those with prior convictions. Clashes with police occurred as crowds supported the women, who planned further protests including attempts to raid the House of Commons while leaders urged restraint. Several notable figures linked to the movement were named among those arrested.
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London
Asquith
Mia
Estrick Lawrence
Miss Lawless
Bow Street
House of Commons
Caxton Hall
Palace Yard
Jess
Pethick Lawrence
Tandy
Constance Lytton
Lord
Dalay Soloman
Cape Colony
Catherine Elizabeth Corbett
Sun Power Inventor Claims Room-Size Storage Device
Boston inventor George S Cove of Somerville says he has solved storing sun rays as electricity. His roof device lights his workshop with no outside electric input, earning enthusiastic appraisal from Institute of Technology electricians. He claims a $100 unit can power a house for years with minimal maintenance, storing energy across sunny days to supply nights.
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Boston
George S. Cove
Sommerville
Cove
Institute of Technology
Cave
Senate kills statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona
Senate territories committee abandons consideration of the House statehood bill. Members leave the room after readings by Nelson and Beveridge alleging corruption and bribery among leaders in New Mexico politics, ending any immediate path to statehood for New Mexico and Arizona.
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Patterson
Tennessee
Nashville
Carmack
W. Vernon Booth
Robbina
Chicago
Statehood
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Defense in Carmack case shows senator fired first
Testimony from three defendants in the Carmack murder case centers on Carmack firing first. Robin Cooper, Col Duncan B. Cooper, and Sharp describe a planned conference with Gov Patterson that led to a street meeting where Robin fired in self defense after Carmack allegedly attacked, with bullets grazing Robin and a through-the-sleeve wound. Cross-examinations reveal minor discrepancies in accounts.
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Carmack
Nashville
Robin Cooper
Col
Duncan B. Cooper
Patterson
Col. Cooper
Mr. Carmack
Cooper
Robin
Sharp
Senator Carmack
Berlin Ripper Capture In Crowded Street Attack
A suspect was arrested in Berlin after a man attacked a woman on Friedrichstrasse, cutting her clothing but causing no serious harm. The twenty six year old suspect fled into a house and was seized by a policeman. The case marks the thirty sixth ripper incident as terror grips the city with women avoiding streets at night. Police search continues with undercover officers dressing as women to trap the attacker.
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Alan
Berlin
Germany
Friedrichstrasse
Tax
Wreck of Chicago Flyer Kills Engineer in Van Horn Wreck
A west bound Overland Limited wreck near Van Horn Town leaves engineer C. E. Brown of Perry Iowa dead and two others injured as the locomotive leaves the track at high speed. Believed cause is a broken flange. The wreck is described as complete with baggage and mail cars piled atop others and coaches on their sides.
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Somermatt
Overland Limited
Chicago
C. E. Brown
Perry
Iuwa
Milwaukee
FIND SWINDLE IS GIGANTIC IN LAND AND DOGAN SCHEME
A wide swindle case centers on Robert A. Harvey, arrested in Oak Park for passing worthless checks in real estate deals. He is alleged to have posed as Robert Forrest, bought land near Oak Park, and used a $2000 check drawn on the First National Bank of Boston that was declared worthless by a Boston bank. Victims across the country report losses and suspect Harvey operated in Chicago and other cities, including October robberies involving automobile dealers.
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R. A. Harvey
Robert A. Harvey
Oak Park
Harvey
J G. Whittier Gale & Co
Quik Park
Robert Forrest
C. D. Allen
First National Bank of
Boston
Allen
Avenue State Bank
T Harvey
Chicago
Farmer Captures Five Robbers in Dark Mountain Ambush
In the San Bois Mountains Oklahoma James Beck, a farmer, tracked and captured five robbers who had stolen $2000. He recovered part of the money, forced return of $1000, and attempted to deliver them to jail. Two robbers were wounded. the bandits fled after dawn. Beck pursued them through the day until nightfall Thursday.
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San Bois
Oklahoma
James Beck
Beck
Tie
Girl in invalid chair dies in Chicago fire
Alice Ryan, 16, confined to an invalid chair by hip disease, was cremated after clothing ignited from a spark while she reclined. A neighbor summoned police as the mother found her daughter burned, in the home where the accident occurred.
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Alice Ryan
Chicago
Miss Ryan
Grand Trunk Pacific to Build Western Headquarters City
The Grand Trunk Pacific railway plans a new city at Melville Saskatchewan as Western headquarters. The line will establish yards the largest between Winnipeg and the Pacific coast, with the Hudson Bay line starting at Melville to distribute European trade.
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Grand Trock Vario Tn
Headaoarterns
Melville
Sagekatchewan
Vacifie Kalwig
Winnipes
Grand Trunk Pacific
Tragycontinental Railway
Winnnipeg
Aeife
Metville
Congress Loses Noted Men of the Sixty-First Congress
The piece notes many veteran lawmakers retiring as the Sixty-first Congress assembles in March. It highlights Hepburn of Iowa, Cochran of New York, Teller of Colorado, Piatt of New York, Foraker, Hemenway, McCreary, Williams, and others, listing long service in the Senate and House and mentioning their planned successor moves.
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Congress
Senate
House
Hepburn -Iowa
Sherman
Ind
Cousins
Jown
Smith
Ariz
Jenkins
Wis
Cooper
Tex
Overstreet
Williama
Misc
Acheson
Tventy
Hepburn
John Sharp Williams
The
Mouse
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
Bourke Cochran
New York
Teller
Colorado
Piatt
Foraker
Hemenway
Fairbanks
Committee On Appropriations
McCreary
House of Representatives
Ankeny
Washington
Fulton
Oregon
Gary
South Carolina
Hanabrough
North Dakota
Kittredge
South Dakota
Long
Kansas
Milton
Florida
Ties Up Building Trades in Chicago Lockout
About 500 carpenters and tile layers walk out in Chicago over a lockout at the Commercial Bash and Door Company. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Carpenters and Builders' Association met to discuss the dispute and a boycott was declared against the company's goods. Union carpenters quit, with many workers from other firms following. Union leaders warn that the association may not renew contracts expiring May 1.
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Building Trades of Chicago
Carpenters
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
The
Carpenters and Builders’ Association
Commercial Bash and Door Company
Former Detective Solomon Convicted in Booty Receiving Case
Former Buffalo detective Ahert Solomon, once famed for capturing Jailed Czolgosz ally Cappule, was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of receiving stolen car burglary loot. Solomon and Officer Foster captured Czolgosz after his attack on President Metinley, dragging him to police HQ. Solomon had a prior record including aiding a forger on a train three years earlier.
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Cafule
McKinley Aganaalnation
Ahert Solomon
Buffalo
N. J
Supreme Court
Solomons
Solomon
Foster
Cyvolgorz
Metinley
Policy
Lou Whitman
Infant Shot Dead in Wyoming Rifle Accident
Clayton Dunn aged 1, son of Rev Wallace C Dunn of Rawlins, Wyoming, was killed by a 22 caliber rifle handled by his 12 year old playmate Charles Hart. The firearm, believed unloaded, fired when Hart warned by saying lands up, killing Clayton instantly.
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Hoy
Miay
Clayton Dunn
Wallace C. Dunn
Methodiet
Rawlins
Wyo
Charles Hart
Clayton
Matt
Varin
Onions and Seed Company Endorsement From Idaho Customer
Rodger of Orofino Idaho praises Jolina Bilazer Seed Co La Crosse Wis for garden seeds. He reports growing Silvering Onions over 5 inches in diameter and Salzer's Prizetaker as even finer. He claims earnings of over $60 per acre, noting high yield per square rod.
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Acre
Rodger
Orofino
New Pierce, Co
Idaho
Jolina Bilazer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. A
Aine
Salzer
Youthful Impudence and a Brownsville Boy's Leg Request
In a Valley Lodge reception Knox, the prospective Secretary of State, speaks of impudent politics. Brownsville youth John Gaines, skating on a winter day in Drownsyde, asks a veteran with a wooden leg to borrow it for a hockey game, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
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Knox
Valley Lorge
Minox
Young
John Gilhés
Brownsville
Drownsyde
John Gaines
Ono
A Nurse's Experience Guides Kidney Trouble Help
A nurse explains how to treat common ailments and kidney signs inspired by Mrs. Judson Ellis of Jackson Michigan. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills for backache weakness and regained ability to work, noting the product is sold by dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Judson Ellis
Francis St. Jackson
Mich
Ealer
Ehe
Dean
Deaters
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Courtesy as Colombian custom on greeting strangers
Observed aboard a ship near Santa Marta Colombia describes daily etiquette among Colombians. Each greeting includes a handshake and asking after the health of the person and their family, a practice deemed essential for politeness. A Bogota merchant case shows how these inquiries extend time, turning a ten minute walk into nearly an hour.
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Santa Marta
Colombia
Persod Sd
Bogota
Grape Nuts Boosts Energy for Busy Stenographer
A Battle Creek reader describes how switch to Grape Nuts and milk for breakfast cured morning fatigue and boosted vigor for daily work. She recounts long railPassage and notes improved mood, walking 12 blocks to the office, crediting the cereal for sustained strength.
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Washington
Postumo
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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