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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
1
An assortment of curiosities and historical snippets covers diverse topics. It mentions long days in European cities, London ambulances, deaths in the city, a lion incident at Atlanta's exposition, loss of literature in fires, Constantinople manuscripts from 1452, lemon use in soups, and Margarit of Sweden's political rise.
A proposal linked to Spanish routes suggests making Cuba a colonial province under a captain general with veto power, pending approval from Madrid. The text calls this form of rule old despotism and notes it would be worsened by further delays.
Mrs. Livermore claims Massachusetts women avoided voting due to fear of their hosts minds. Yet less than a tenth of maids and widows registered, prompting calls for explanation. The piece wittily shifts to fashion and a lunar fashion show reference.
The widow Lady Huntingdon lived to about ninety, preserving vigor in old age. She founded numerous charitable enterprises for Methodists, including chapels and schools, and remained a prominent patron for decades.
A British syndicate is reported formed to back the Nicaragua canal project with the aim of promoting its construction while avoiding British control. The piece notes the canal, regardless of final build, should be controlled by the United States for obvious and vital reasons.
The chateaus and estates of the late Count de Paris will be offered for sale in Paris this week with a minimum price of 1.2 million dollars. Family members are expected to bid, and an American heiress may provide funds if needed to improve holdings and increase the Orient stock of brains.
Hah Caine and Brander Matthews deem teaching Dickens immoral in Ita affecta as non final dicta. It may take years before novels like David Copperfield and Dombey and Son are removed or banned from public libraries or present in school shelves.
The text describes a major London earthquake in March 1750, noting preceded by lightning, then a roaring noise like artillery, buildings reeled, many houses fell, Westminster Abbey damaged, and chimneys collapsed. It records a rare, intense seismic event in modern English history.
The report cites U S Vice Consul St Croix de la Reclere detailing Cuban labor reforms and French sugar planters in Guadeloupe, plus a Treasury ruling on in bond Canadian merchandise. Senor Thedus, newly named Portuguese minister, suffers a hemorrhage yet is not in danger. A Brooklyn trial reveals Commander Folger allegedly received 20 million in Harvey Steel stock and a $3,000 annual consulting role after cash acts benefited the navy secretary’s interests.
A collage of obituaries notes figures from Rev. 8B. Smith to Gov. Matthews of Indiana, including Mary South of Jacksonville, IL, Tom W. Smith of Denver, Pearl Qoragle in New York, and David Boyce of Par-nassus Pa. Others include Pettingill of Wise River Mont, Osmond Tiffany of Baltimore, John R. Pell of Philadelphia, and connections to prominent coal and civil service circles. dates and places span Boston to California.
A string of fatal mishaps spans Lowell Massachusetts fire losses of 395000, a hay wagon incident killing George Jackson in Albina Iowa, a Manitoba steamer grounding near Beach Haven New Jersey, deaths from a Virginia railroad collision, a Michigan shooting death during hunting, a Williams death at Adrian streetcar crossing, a Whiting Indiana alpha oil tank explosion with a surrounding blaze, and an Otooktopaxil Colorado earthquake stirring schoolhouse chaos.
The report cites Alber't ponte and Bayi Deposit bat embezzlement schemes, a New Orleans Brewing Association shortfall of about $20,000, and a Mitchellville church assault on a teen girl. It notes a Victoria manager shot and killed himself after a domestic dispute, treason prosecutions, outlaw Frank Huffman killed by a sheriff, labor-related assault on a Wilting foreman, and embezzlement charges against Ambyville postmaster John O'Connor. Also covered are a German priest’s widow found dead near railroad tracks, and the Santa Fe execution of Chavez and Vinlpundo for a 1805 murder with public audience.
A jumble of brief notices: a Bulgarian royal birth, a steamer ashore near Beach Haven with all aboard safe, floods near St. Petersburg with several drowned, troops enforcing tax collection in Lowe township Ontario, Brazil rejecting arbitration over Trinidad, the Lord Brassey out of Shanghai overdue and facing seizure, Fiji sugar plantations closing due to low prices, and cane areas in Australia abandoning crops amid global sugar distress.
Crowds gather as Diberwine Georgie day inspires visitors to the Atlanta exposition. A Sister of Clarity at St Vincent’s in St Louis is named a notary public. An Oklahoma statehood convention is set for Shawnee and other items include legal actions and corporate foreclosures.
A brutal blizzard paralyzed towns from Chicago to Milwaukee with eighteen inches of snow, severed wire communications, and halted trains. Vessels on Lake Michigan ran aground off Glencoe with fifty to seventy five people rescued after delayed lifeboats. Cities reported gale winds, flooding, and widespread damage as storms spread to New York and Dunkirk with downed lines and stranded traffic.
Minneapolis reports Benedict and Bonk of Milwaukee asking Western police to watch for 7 BH. Gagnelis, a former agent who forged the company name on twenty checks. He targeted merchants, working among its customers and deceiving them. Forgeries ranged from 5 to 100 dollars.
New York Nov 28 Edith Rockefeller McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller and Harold Fowler McCormick son of Cyrus H McCormick of the agricultural implement firm wed today. The couple combines two storied American fortunes in a high profile ceremony.
A messenger from the mountain district recounts a Sunday morning clash with pistols near a Manchester church in Clay county. John Boles was killed, his two sons and Robert Holden were fatally shot, and John Roberts and Deputy Sheriff Allen were wounded. The violence stems from an old quarrel, with John Roberts and Indus Webb identified as the shooters.
Philadelphia Nov 28 The schooner John W Foster detained on suspicion of violating neutrality laws will sail for Port Tampa when weather is favorable Captain Wheaton will stay to press actions against the Spanish government for legal detention and defamation of character He has written to Secretary Olney outlining his plan
Reports from Union County Tennessee describe a raid near a church where a deacon led moonshiners. Officers seized seven stills, twenty persons, and about a thousand gallons of whiskey in the operation.
The famous Fenell Pashek murder case concluded in Racine Wisconsin as the defendant was found guilty of second degree manslaughter. A motion for a new trial has been filed. The verdict is seen as a great falsehood by the community.
After fifty hours in the jury room the jurors returned a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree against Joe O'Brien for the death of Denila Sullivan last September. The judge sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary.
Nov. 27 in Miansipolis outlines no clemency for Hayward with the legal time up and County Attorney Nye to inform the governor. Odell’s stance remains. Hayward remains guilty with little chance of new interest from the public. Harry’s fate appears sealed. he will face the gallows with arms freed, defying execution with a grim pledge.
Chicago seeks a rapid push to secure the Republican National Convention. J C Camp says time is short and a near hundred thousand dollars will be needed to cover costs and erase debt, with Chicago favoring its superior advantages over rivals like Pittsburgh and Calengo as Democratic forces focus on the Democrats’ event.
The eighth annual convention of the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress convened at Creighton Hall Omaha on November 27. President George W. Cannon opened the session as 100 delegates gathered despite a western storm. Welcomes followed from I. W. Carpenter, Mayor Bemis, Gov. Holcomb, and Gov. Princes of New Mexico with the band playing Amartes.
Federal officials in Paris Texas received a telegram from Arthur City Indiana reporting a boat adrift on Red River near that locality with a man dead from a nearly severed head and blood visible. A second body may be aboard and a pilot is missing. In Detroit Michigan the Monroe Fair opened with the largest Masonic exhibit ever, drawing officials and cavalry from across the country.
Nov 27 Charles City reports Mrs Martin Cyonningham was killed when struck by a near car on the Milnes Central railway line about half a mile south of the town. The accident occurred as a boarding crew attempted to clear the track. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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