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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
1
King Mantel took the oath of allegiance in a grand ceremony before dignitaries in the chamber of deputies. He swore to uphold the apostolic Roman Catholic faith and the kingdom’s constitution and laws, and to care for the nation’s welfare with royal insignia present.
Two foreigners jammed a switch on the Royal Blue express on the Philadelphia and Reading line near Nice town. A towerman alerted a railway policeman who removed the obstruction and arrested a suspect, Weneys Kovn?), a Vole, as the man seen at the switch. The tower man identified the prisoner.
A historic Somerset Inn resort two and a half miles from Bernardsville New Jersey was destroyed by a fire with servants quarters and farm buildings also burned. Firefighters struggled to save cottages, and the total loss was not stated though insured for 246000. In San Jose California Mrs June Stanford’s estate distribution released funds to relatives and beneficiaries and donated 2 000 000 to Stanford University. A separate Ardmore Louisiana farm barn fire preceded the suicide claim after the farmer’s hired man died by own action.
Dr George Wilkins operated on seven year old Raymond Martin of South Dunbarton N W to remove two yellow beans lodged in the nose two months ago. The beans had sprouts more than half an inch long.
Washington correspondence reports Roosevelt ties against a stampede to Wirsselffy at the Chicago convention by seeking matrmeted delegates for Taft. RJ Gunning, a Chicago advertiser, is sued for breach of promise for $100,000 by Miss Marie Smith and faces blackmail accusations. National Committeeman Hurt W T Brady of Oklahoma injured in a moving streetcar incident in Tulsa. Express Messenger Charles L Wright murdered by bandits on a Rio Grande train. bandits loot $100. body found near Denver.
San Francisco greeted a 46‑ship Atlantic Pacific fleet as it entered the bay on a world cruise. With a million spectators across hills and piers, customs salutes from the Presidio and the Yorktown flagship, Secretary Metcalf aboard, and the Wisconsin and Nebraska joining the procession, the harbor buzzed with flags, bells, whistles, and cheering as Admiral Evans led the first squadron past the reviewing stands.
The agricultural appropriation bill totals 11 918 06 and a Lincoln government warrant for 5227 is issued to officers of the third Nebraska regiment. A Brooklyn murder by pistol claims a third victim in Prospect Park. Ex-treasurer Wallace Ham dies in Massachusetts prison after a larceny sentence. Minnesota delegates propose a 10 to 20 tax on each automobile to fund road construction.
A Washington correspondent notes that China India and France share U.S. inflation trends. The Daily Consular Reports show sharp wage and price increases from Tsingtao to Calcutta with cooks now earning 10 to 15 gold and rents doubling over ten years. Beef and other staples have surged, boosting living costs globally.
Report of a Purvis Mississippi cyclone scene with many deaths and injuries. A 6- year old child survived near the post office. a negro baby rode 300 yards to a swamp unharmed. an elderly woman suffered near-severed head from timber. a Hitle negro boy died from timber through the heart. Houses lifted and dropped wreckage. Autry couple escaped, wife seriously hurt. Maylon sailed through depot air unharmed. In Louisiana Concordia Parish a negro boy was badly injured as family casualties mounted.
Consul Cabpaman Coleman notes price advances from 1902 to 1907 with increases from bread to petroleum. Also reported: twenty prisoners in town jail, a roof blown off, no escapes, no serious injuries, and wreckage remaining as splinters across the site of a sumber ill near town.
About a third of New York police were present at the Socialist meeting protesting police brutality in the prior Union Square gathering. Algernon Lee presided and praised police attendance while Morris Hillquit warned reactionaries against using the incident for slander. Speakers said police clubbing did not deter Socialist recruitment.
A New York special grand jury investigated Metropolitan Street Railway officers over the purchase of the ferries paper railway from Anthony Brady. It details a large alleged funds joy peel to both political parties and dishonesty by the wets but finds no crime was technically committed under laws in force at the time.
The Benning track meet shines with Arthur Brown of the St. Louis Americans sold to Milwaukee to replace Jack Prynn who did not report. Senate passes wheat betting ban in DC. Nelson to fight Bourd One holz forty five rounds in San Francisco. Wooster wins the great steeplechase at Rewning with Bloodstone and Heldeme second and third. Oakland’s Cabin 3 wins the San Rafael handicap in 1:53 5 for 1 1/8 miles, nearing the track record.
Senator Bulkeley defends innocence of the Twenty-fifth Regiment in Brownsville riots as Congress passes measures, increases in appropriations, and debates forestry, cannons, and postal savings banks. House resists canteen restoration while funding for Panama canal work faces limits.
The House approves the conference report reorganizing the consular service. Justice Department says preparations advance for a major test of the commodities clause under the Hepburn act unless legislation or other changes alter the situation.
The weekly review notes a lag in the usual business index yet cites definite improvements in the money market and broader distribution in general merchandise, grain, provisions, and dye stock. It records weak pig iron prices, rising ore surpluses, and reduced furnace outputs while signaling stronger hides and seasonal outdoor expansion. More cement, brick, and hardware activity, growing planing mill orders, and easier money with favorable commercial paper terms bolster retail and wholesale sectors. district failures are reported at 9 with liabilities over 5000, down from last week and last year.
Weather conditions remain unfavorable for distributive trade across the country with quiet commerce and limited orders. Fall business shows little growth, collections slow, and extensions linger. Industrial output barely expands while textile curtailment continues. Railway tonnage sits low though coal cars rise. price cuts in crude iron surface as finished goods hold. Weekly business failures total 382 in the United States and 22 in Canada.
Wheat and corn prices with regional cattle hogs and livestock figures from Chicago to Toledo. The report notes No. 2 wheat at about $1.02 to $1.10, corn around 63 to 78 cents, oats and rye varied, and cattle with prices ranging roughly from $4.00 to $7.15 per hundredweight. Also lists butter eggs and creamery values, plus a brief news nugget about executives resigning from New York Life Insurance.
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