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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
3
The report notes the death of Dr Amador, first president of Panama, and covers a wide range of world events including diplomatic shifts, legal rulings, and notable incidents from America, Europe, and Asia during the period. It highlights political changes, Supreme Court decisions, mutinies, and notable crimes. It mentions charitable bequests, public massacres, and shifts in leadership in countries such as Turkey, France, and the United States.
Fire swept through Cordell Oklahoma destroying the business section and logs valued at about zero dollars. An adjacent area in Chrome Kansas suffered a similar blaze with an estimated loss of around fifty five thousand dollars.
The second national peace congress opened in Orchestra Hall Chicago with delegates from across the states and Europe. Robert Treat Paine presided as chair Gov Charles S Deneen and Mayor Fred A Busse welcomed attendees. Taft praised peacetime goals in a letter urging education for world peace and restraint in defense costs.
W. G. Hayes & Son, Cleveland bond brokers, were indicted by the county grand jury for embezzling about 227000 in bonds of the Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago Railway Company. The claim holds that 198000 of the 500000 bond block entrusted for sale was diverted for personal use. The son was arrested and released on bond while the father is at large.
Joseph Cronin a 14 year old Paulist Chorister Society member from Chicago died after touching an 11 000 volt cable on the Canadian side of the Niagara River while a group from Loretto convent climbed the bank toward the Ontario Power Company transformer station. Sixty companions were present when the accident occurred.
More than 1 000 Lake Seamen's Union members walked off at ports along the Great Lakes stopping traffic for Lake Carriers' Association ships. Chicago saw 200 sailors quit, with 5 000 sailors 3 000 firemen and 1 200 cooks in the broader strike. Marine engineers already on strike are not affiliated. Sixty three Lake Carriers' firms control about 500 vessels, with roughly seventy in operation.
Carroll Higgins, a confessed burglar, halted a blaze at Rev. Jacob I. Beruthal’s residence to rescue eight sleeping occupants, mostly women. He carried draperies away from flames, blistered his hands, and aided family members to safety before surrendering to police.
An underground powder explosion 2000 feet deep at the Arona mine of Keystone Coal Co in Arona Pa seriously injures seven miners and panics about 200 others aboard electric mine cars. Workers flee to the entrance. injured moved to Greensburg hospital. Five pound can allegedly smuggled powder ignited by a trolley spark.
Mrs. Jennie Amos sued the Delaware River Ferry Company after a 20,000 damage verdict in Philadelphia. She claimed the Kaighny Point Camden ferry lacked a proper plank, causing a jolt that crushed her last foot as she stepped from boat to slip. The suit began over a $15,000 claim for her sons.
Victor F. Metcalf former Secretary of the Navy has taken active management of Union Savings Bank Oakland California He is elected vice president and general manager of the bank in a notable career move reflecting his shift from public service to finance
The April public debt statement shows the debt total at April 30 rising by 3.2 million as cash in the treasury dips. Total cash stands at 277.4 million with demand liabilities of 1.448 billion leaving a cash balance of 277.4 million. Receipts for April are 52.08 million against 55.05 million in expenditures. Coinage for April totals 61.89 million with 20.04 million in gold, 1.17 million in silver, and 38.01 million in minor coins. National bank notes outstanding amount to 87.0 million, down for the year by 10.26 million and up for the month by 3.00 million.
J. Cabanne Grenich obtained a default divorce from Minnie Leonard Cabanneo Brandenburg and custody of their son James Shepard Jr. The boy had been taken to San Francisco by Broughton Brandenburg of New York, but Grenich returned from the West to resume possession. The case cited desertion in the petition. Mrs. Grenich claimed prior divorce proceedings in British Honduras.
A roundup of racing results and athletic news includes Charles Lambie planning a 1012 mile walk to Seattle in 90 days, jockey Eddie Dugan failing to obtain a license in England, and W K Vanderbilt’s Northeast winning a Prix de Paris style event. Frank Gotch’s upset victory over Mahmout yields 14088.05 dollars. George Demsey defeats Hugh McMahon in a six round boxing match in Columbus.
Eight people perished in a penthouse fire at a five story tenement at 87 Spring Street New York. Five of the victims were children and fourteen others were injured amid a Black Hand blackmail demand. The blaze spread quickly as kerosene soaked hallways fed the flames. Children were hurled from windows to safety or to awaiting cops on the sidewalk. Proprieter Jacob Bruck later received threats connected to the extortion plot.
J Hazen Hyde former Equitable Life official and chauffeur Landice were sentenced in Paris in default. Hyde got one month imprisonment and a $100 fine while Ladwice received one month and $80 as damages for running into a public taxicab injuring a passenger last October. Hyde is currently on an automobile trip in the Riviera.
New York customs figures show luxuries imported in April indicating prosperity. Diamonds, pearls and other stones valued at 2 418 242.14 dollars entered, six times April last year and about 500 000 dollars higher than April 1907. Automobiles appraised at 315 082.67 dollars were also imported in April.
Gilbert D. Preston, president of Interstate Coal and Coke Company, shot himself in his Columbus home bathroom. He had twenty years with Johnson Coal Mining and later Loraine Coal and Dock Company, and helped form Interstate with local men. Worry over business affairs and grief for his young daughter, who died a year earlier, are cited as factors.
A Stafford Springs mother driven by grief and a memorial cord ordered for her daughter Elsie killed her 2 year old son Bernard, wounded Charles E. Emory with an ax blow, and killed herself by a pistol shot, in a tragedy rooted in loss.
Chicago trade shows steady progress despite stormy weather disrupting transport and outdoor work. Reports indicate growing farm activity, expanding crop acreage, and increased manufacturing output. Rail equipment contracts, iron and steel demand rise, wholesale and retail trade firm, with weather and seasonal factors shaping the outlook.
Reports from major industries show modest gains over prior periods with iron and steel improving while textiles stay uncertain. Wool and raw materials show strength for finished goods. coal demand rises. new three year treaty stabilizes anthracite markets. Business failures in U S week ending April 29 total 268, Canada 21.
The listing shows varied price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with grains wheat corn oats rye and ancillary products such as butter eggs and timothy hay. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.50 to 7.40 and New York cattle 4.00 to 6.05 with wheat No 2 red at 1.48 to 1.45 and corn No 2 around 7 to 82 cents.
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