Brief Elgin Echo items span politics and local industry
A roundup of short notes lists Wright county electors, Aberdeen Angus sales, a Lanbury Stover Grocery receiver appointment, Des Moines injunctions against Whitechapel dens, and railway and library developments. Other items cover water works plans, teacher unions, a dam replacement, a D W Goodwin flour house robbery, and regional court activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Keith
Wright County
Bruart
Lanbury-Stover Grocery Company
Madrid
Mediapolis Poultry Aiscolation
Blackhawk
Whitechapel
Des Moines
Anti-Balcon League
Waterloo
Burlington Road
D. W. Goodwin
Coon Rapids
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Central Labor Pary
Iowa
Cannon
Babcock
House of Representatives
J. M. Chapman
Mapleton
Warren M. Smith
Hidora
Delos D. Montax
Gunder
Bird
Washington
American Society of Religious Education
Ames
Albert Walker
Olson
Marshalltown
Orphans Home Boy Reunited With Mother In Firehouse
W. P. Watson, raised at Davenport Orphans Home, reunites with his mother after seventeen years. Marriage at a Marshalltown fire station led to the discovery and a city ride on the fire company wagon. Watson’s mother, long believed dead, awaits a planned reunion with two other siblings in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Watson
W. P. Watson
Marshalltown
Blaelty
Iikewige
Watson
Ite
Davenport
Fire Company
Moore
Lake Swallows Mine in Crumbled Cavern
A several acre lake formed today in a cavern on Cranby land near the Clit mine in Joplin Missouri. The mine remains but is abandoned as it has settled and may sink further at any moment. Large cracks appear around the mine prompting miners to refuse work.
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Joplin
Clit
Cranby
TRIES TO KILL KING LEOPOLD
An Italian killer named Rubino attempted to shoot King Leopold II as his royal carriage neared Brussels cathedral. Police rescued him from the crowd. the would be assassin confessed later he acted from anarchist beliefs and had come from London seeking anti government aims. He carried cards with portraits of royalty and said he would strike any monarch if given the chance.
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Brussels
Belgium
Marie Hanriette
Rubina
Rubino
Comte d’Oultremont
Leopold
Rubing
Polce
London
Roysle
King Lincoln
Prince Albert
Elzabeth
Italy
Helgians
Rubino’s motive in shooting at King Leopold
Brussels reports Rubino, who fired on King Leopold, said he acted from anger over the king’s treatment of Princess Stephanie after their mother’s death. He claimed to oppose London anarchists and noted he would have killed King Edward but for English monarchist sentiment.
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Rubino
Stephanie
Brussels
Leopold
London
Edward
Italy
Rome
Ministry of the Interior
Gennerro Rubino
Milan
England
Rudino
Pope
Victor Emanuel
Zanardelli
Hay
Washington, D. C
Legation
Belgium
Thi
Crane May Succeed Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury
Washington reports say Governor W Murray Crane of Massachusetts will join President Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of the treasury, succeeding Shaw who would become ambassador to a European court. Crane is praised by financial leaders as a safe, conservative choice, and the change will occur when a post opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Customs Service
Aome
Treasury Department
Governor Crane
Treasury
Vanderbilt Bethrothal Celebration Ends With Auto Race
New York November 27 guests at Reginald Vanderbilt engagement party left Idle Hour after a ten mile auto race. W K Vanderbilt Jr led in a red flyer followed by H Harriman Jr in a double seated car full of laughing girls. Afterward the party minded guests prepared for the horse show tomorrow as part of the Vanderbilts’ celebration for Miss Neilson’s engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Vanderbilt
New York
Reggie Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
H. Harriman, Jr
Egan Still Missing As Search Extends Ten More Days
Kalispell Mont Nov 18 A search party of 14 woodsmen has failed to locate Superintendent Egan. The search will continue for ten more days as investigators pursue leads and scan forested areas for the missing official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willontinue
Kalispell
Mont
Egan
A Comprehensive Philippine Gazetteer Issued by War Dept
The Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands with maps charts and illustrations has been issued by the Bureau of Insular Affairs. It contains a 264 page guarantor and a 668 page geographical dictionary detailing the islands resources history and other facts. Demand for the edition exceeds the congress ordered print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Washington
DD. C
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
United States
Dewey
Alands
Congress
Eight Shipwrecked Persdha Perish On Raft Rescue
London reports eight survivors from the wreck of the British steamer Eringamite endured extreme hardship on a 12 by 7 raft. Sixteen aboard, two apples split into sixteen portions fed them from Sunday to Thursday as they drifted sixty miles. Three men died after drinking salt water. four others and the stewardess perished before rescue by the Penguin. Surviving crew were severely exhausted and emaciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily
Wellington
New Zealand
Three Kings Islands
Tests the Buddha Mirror in Philadelphia lecture
Professor Maxwell Summerville of the Free Museum of Science and Art at the University of Pennsylvania displayed the Buddha mirror during a Philadelphia lecture. The polished silver alloy mirror set at sunlit angle revealed the Buddha face on a screen, an age old Buddhist mystery shown to the audience before a temple tour and scholarly lecture.
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Summerville
Philadelphia
Maxwell Summerville
Free Museum of Science and Art
University of Pennsylvania
Gemroom
Buddha Temple
Buffalo Bill Ends Wild West Show Era in the U S
William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill says he will not appear with his wild west show again in this country after two more years in England. He plans to retire after touring and return to private life in North Platte Nebraska, with a new hotel in Cody Wyoming to open next week. He will leave America December 13 and settle back in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Omaha
Neb
William F. Cody
Cody
Wyo
Trma
England
Globe
America
United States
North Platte
Forecasts of Roosevelts message press predicts anti trust push
Washington to Chicago Tribune reports Roosevelts annual message will urge amendments to the Sherman law and broaden federal reach into production for interstate commerce. Attorney General Knox guides the plan, with Justice Department teams compiling past bills to craft a comprehensive anti trust and interstate commerce package. The aim is clear legislation, no sensational shift, and limited chances for action this session. Smedes, Miss., Nov 15. President and party hunted a bear, missing chances. pursuit to continue Monday with no hunt tomorrow.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Knox
Pictaburg
Congress
Department of Justice
Capitol Game
Pittsburg
Smedes
Miss
Krulm
Out of the Grave A Maryland Sexton Finds a Man Alive
On Sunday morning at St. John's church yard in Waverly a sexton uncovered a coffin still in the grave with a man inside it in a shroud who sprang up as if risen. The man, John M. Badellet from Wilmington Del, claimed previous burial attempts and a set of death robes. He was restrained until police arrived.
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Maryland
Sexton
Baltimore
Waverly
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Sexton Hinkel
John M. Badellet
Wilmington
Del
Funeral of Liu Kun Yi in Nankin Receives Royal Honors
Shanghai reports the funeral of Liu Kun Yi, famed viceroy of Nankin, held today with imperial pomp by order of the dowager empress. A quarter million mourners lined the route to the jetty where the remains were embarked by a Chinese cruiser bound for Hunan. Foreign warships fired minute guns as the procession passed.
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Nankin
Shanghai
Liu Kun Yi
Hunan
Miners Boss Testifies At Coal Commission Hearing
In Scranton President Mitchell resumes cross examination by Wayne McVeagh with documents on hand. He cites living wage needs for 500000 anthracite workers while endorsing an eight hour day and accepting any commission award over union rules. The commission plans to invite Illinois operators to testify on yearly agreements.
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Scranton
Mitchell
Coal Strike Commission
Wayne McVeagh
MacVeagh
McVeagh
Stone
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Control of the Combines Germany Taken Up
Berlin November 18 The government commission to inquire into bartels or syndicates that affect many departments of production in Germany held its first meeting. Home Secretary Poradowsky said he would lay before them material from the United States and referenced testimony from congressional committees and German investigations. The commission will exhaustively examine the effects of combinations on wages raw material prices and production economics with possible national supervision legislation.
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Germany
Berlin
Poradowsky
United States
Revive Old Dispute At AFL Session In New Orleans
At the American Federation of Labor session in New Orleans a resolution was introduced to investigate charges arising from last year’s steel workers strike. Both Samuel Gompers and William Z. Shaffer signaled willingness for a full inquiry.
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Gompers
Shaffer
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers
Bloomington and Normal Street Railway to arbitrate
Bloomington Illinois November 17 management and employees agreed to submit their dispute to a panel of three arbitrators. While awaiting the ruling workers returned to their jobs and street cars resumed service today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, Ills
Bloomington and Normal Street Railway System
Priests Convene in Manila Over Church Return
In Manila a conference of Independent Catholic movement leaders begins to decide their stance toward returning to the Roman church. Some delegates await Archbishop Guidi’s position before action. Many native priests waver while dissenters keep services and search for a new place of worship. Cholera cases rise in Manila raising concerns of resurgence. Miles visits Mindanao camps and plans routes through Zamboanga Higan Cebu Leyte Samar before Manila return. Philippine treasury losses from silver depreciation total 1,064,000 gao.
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Manila
Bishan” Aglipay
Independent Catholic Movement
Guidi
Phillippines
Santa Mest
First Reserve Hospital
Miles
Mindanao
Malabang
Deaf boy regains hearing after street shock incident
Pittsburg November 19 11 year old Charles McCormick who had been nearly deaf for seven years suddenly regains hearing when he stepped on a fallen telephone wire. He was thrown to the ground and badly shocked before his playmates carried him home.
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Pittsburg
Stally
Saven Yesre
Charles McCormick
Independence Street
Hila
Loubet May See St Louis Visit in 1904
Paris reports serious discussion in business social and political circles of a possible visit by President Loubet to the St Louis exposition with an invitation reportedly being considered by the exposition commission. Deputy Deloncle recalled mentioning the idea two years ago and cites favorable American sentiment toward France since the Rochambeau fetes and the Henry of Prussia visit as factors.
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France
Paris
Loubet
Deloncle
Lot Jbet
St. Louis
Louhet
M. Delondte
Prince Henry of Prussia
United States
New Musket Is A Success In Army Test
General Crozier reports the improved lightweight musket completed and tried with very satisfactory results. The red bayonet feature lightens the gun and allows intrenching tools to be carried. The weapon weighs about nine and a half pounds, lighter than German and Mauser rifles with greater velocity and penetration. Production of 5,000 muskets authorized. Also Lakeshore Railway announces a ten percent freight rate increase to all switches outside Chicago.
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Crozier
Washington
Willliam Crozier
Bureau of Ordnance
Secretary of War
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