Elgin Echo details local news and national events
The Elgin Echo lists a chaotic mix of items from a Susquehanna River boat tragedy with nine drownings to international intrigue including Prince Burrhem Edem’s revolution plan. It also notes trials in Congo Free State, Augusta Evans Wilson’s death, Taft and tariff debates, Porto Rico governance, Wright brothers’ return, and assorted political and criminal updates across days Sunday to Saturday.
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Susequehanna
Burrhem Edem
Turkey
Plana
Congo Free State
Belgium
Augusta Evans Wilson
Mobile
Ala
St. Elmo
Tiberine
Gridiron Globe News Highlights Buffalo Population Census Patents
Around the globe reports Buffalo population at 414,332 from a house to house census. Colorado Congressman Taylor promotes in Congress a plan for an executive mansion at Glenwood Springs as a summer home for the President. A ceremony at Tacoma Washington on Memorial Day will honor soldier graves as Japanese and American sailors attend with battleships.
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Buffalo
Taylor
Colorado
Congress
Glenwood Springs
Tacoma
Wash
Life sentence for Boyle and wife in kidnaping case
In Mercer Pennsylvania Judge Williams sentenced James H Boyle to life imprisonment at western penitentiary in Pittsburg for kidnaping Billy Whitla. Mary Doe Boyle received 25 years and a $6000 fine plus costs. Both prisoners collapsed in court and Mrs Boyle wept loudly on returning to her cell.
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Aurel Barony
New York
Taft
Congrésa
Porto Rico
James H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Pittsburg
Boyle
Harry Foraker
Sharon
Mra
Whitla
Mercer
Williams
Billy Whitla
Ife
Western Penitentiary
Thia
Miller
Boyles
Tragic Ohio River Sinking Kills Twenty Workers
Twenty men employed by Pressed Steel Car Company at McKeen Rocks plant drowned when a gasoline launch sank in the Ohio River near Schoenville four miles below Pittsburg after crowding into a boat built for fewer. Of thirty aboard, only ten escaped. The sinking followed a crowded, late shift crossing.
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Ohio
Schoenville
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKeen Rocks
Ship Shores Reported Lost in Lake Superior
Adyicea reports the steamer Shores, six days overdue at Duluth, believed sunk off White Fish Point in Lake Superior. Twenty one aboard, wreckage found by the steamer Northland as it passed. The Shores, 1260 tons, was owned by B C Neff Transportation Co of Milwaukee, en route from Michigan with a salt cargo. Captain S Holmes commanded, engineer R S Nott. Crew and passenger names unavailable.
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Shores
Lake Superior
Adyicea
Duluth
White Fish Point
Newa
Northland
B. C. Neff Transportation Company
Milwaukee
Michigan
Holmes
Nott
Two Killed in Panama Riot Between Police and Canal Workers
In the Canal Zone near Cristóbal two Americans an electrician C M Abbott and another worker were killed amid clashes between Panama police and canal employees while attempting to arrest a prisoner. The day saw hostile exchanges as Zone authorities and locals contended, many shots fired and businesses closed.
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Republic
Amere Jeans
Canal Zone
Panama
C. M. Abbott
Christobal
Indiana
Mehmed V Coronation Day Ends With Plow Plunge In Constantinople
Mehmed V completed his coronation in Constantinople by a brief plow furrow ceremony at Dolma Bagtecha Palace symbolizing readiness to bear imperial burden. The day marked a return to ancient rites and featured Christian admission to a mosque adjacent to Ayoub Mosque.
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Mehmed
Constantinople
Dolma Bagtecha Palace
Lonat
Mehmed V
Ayoub
Ottoman Sword Ceremony Impresses American and English Pashas
The sacred girding of the sword of Osman was witnessed by about thirty people including Buckman Pasha, an American, and Woods Pasha, an Englishman, both serving in the Turkish forces. The ceremony, accompanied by priest chants, lasted twenty minutes and left the observers impressed by its beauty and solemnity.
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Osman
Peraone
Buckman Pasha
Woods Pasha
Burlington Hallway to raise passenger rate in Missouri
The Burlington Hallway moves to implement a 20 cent passenger rate in Missouri as part of a broader push. The action aims to end the attempt to nullify the existing 2 cent law while railways shift coal shipments toward tidewater and western points. Plans for the Great Northern line from Noyes Minnesota to Winnipeg are scheduled for operation by September 1 with Manitoba approval. The Wisconsin line has raised soft coal rates to 1.15 per ton between Manitowoc and the Twin Cities. Southern Pacific stockholders approve 100 million dollars in new stock in exchange for bonds at 130. About thirty iron ore contracts on the Cuyuna range are filed for record at Brainerd. Missouri also passes a prohibition on drinking alcohol aboard passenger trains and on riding while intoxicated.
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Burlington
Missouri
Great Northern
Noyes
Minn
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lakes
Whaconsin Gentral
Mankowoc
Wis
Twin Cities
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Cuuyuha Range
Cuyuna Range
Brainerd
Balloon Explodes In Flight At Jackson Neb
An Army balloon No. 12 exploded upon landing in Jackson Nebraska after a 120 mile flight from Fort Omaha. Capt Chandler and Lt Ware were knocked down and bruised but not seriously hurt. The gas bag reportedly sparked on ground contact due to static electricity causing the fire. The ascent began at Fort Omaha and the craft traveled north crossing the Missouri River and then west along the river for about 100 miles. The six hour flight included one an hour and a half becalmed period.
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Jackson
Neb
Chandler
Ware
Asronauts
Chandier
Fort Omaha
Missouri River
American School Razed in Kessab Turkish Raid
An investigator returning from Kessab, Asiatic Turkey, reports Moslem raiders destroyed all American property there including a girls high school run by Miss Hifie N Chambers of the American Board. Most native houses were burned, the Armenian church and Protestant school survive. Returning residents find loot and destitution, with meager, uncoordinated aid.
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Kessab
Turkey
Hifie N. Chambers
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Newburg Man Bets $110000 in Faro Debacle in NYC
Marshall Bell of Newburg N Y faced a suit to recover $10000 on a note he allegedly signed for a gambling debt after losing $110000 over two days at faro in New York City. Plaintiff Joseph Mager, listing an address as Weatchester County, says he obtained the note from James Thompson via assignment.
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New York
Marshall Bell
Newburg
N. Y
Fayon
New York City
White
James Thompson
Captain Peter Hains Found Guilty of Manslaughter in 1st Degree
Capt. Peter Hains Jr. convicted in Flushing New York of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William B Annis at Bayside Yacht Club last August. Jury guard claims and insanity defenses discussed as the defense plans to seek a new trial. Hains brother, T Jenkins Hains, was acquitted.
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Wright Brothers
Europe
Michigan
French Chamber of Deputies
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Flushing, N
W. E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Flushing
William B. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
William Craft
Pater C. Hanna, Jr
Long Island
Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Claudia Hains
Annis
Will Discipline by Record on Q Road
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad adopts a discipline by record system for its employees. Instead of suspending for rule breaches, workers will be governed by records showing safety fitness. Promotions will favor those with longer service, and dismissals occur for clearly unfit personnel.
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Chicago, Buringston and Quincy
Burlington
Farmers Flangham Trust Aims to Stop Grain Corners
Grain growers from many states gathered in Springfield Missouri at a national farmers union meeting called by C B Barrett president to curb price manipulation and organize grain growers like cotton planters. The aim is to aid members in storing wheat and lifting prices while seeking congressional action to end grain corners.
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Springfield
Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
Grain Growers’ Branch
Barratt
Atlanta
South
Congress
Boat Capsize Drowns Nine on Susquehanna River
A boat overloaded on the Susquehanna River near Wilkes-Barre capsized amid swift current, drowning nine passengers including William Andrews of Port Griffith and several relatives. Survivors described passengers standing and shouting for help before the vessel overturned.
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Suaquehahna
Wilkenbarre
William Andrews
Port Grigith
bin Aister
Drought broken by general showers in Nebraska
Showers swept the South Platte region breaking a drought in Nebraska. Reports indicate general precipitation across southern and southeastern counties with Lincoln recording 0.34 inch. Strong entities include South Platte region and Lincoln.
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Nebraska
South Platte
Limcole
Optimism Grows Amid Trade Upswing Across Sectors
A broad upbeat trend pervades current operations with improvements in manufacturing and farming activity. Weather boosts stimulus and labor adjustment, while demand rises for iron, textiles, and equipment. Banks report May settlements. structural permits rise, and overall trade outlook remains hopeful as debt payments and retail activity show gains.
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Ines
Banks
Board of Trade
Chicago
Dun
Weekly Review of Trade
Market Price Ranges for Cattle, Grain and Dairy
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains and dairy products. Chicago Detroit Buffalo Milwaukee New York Toledo prices show wide spans from no value shown to five dollars per unit and higher, with standards like No 2 and mixed varieties noted for wheat corn oats rye and hay.
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Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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