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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
A collage of aphorisms and social commentary touches on marriage, luck, opportunity, and philosophy. It muses that pluck wins, that politicians are dark horses, and that fame or fortune may be misleading. The piece blends witticisms with reflections on wages, education, and public figures of the era.
Phrase fragments discuss corporate law and state fees, noting echoing fear of air monopolies expanding statistics. A later passage recalls a Dewey homecoming moment where a Washington church service offered thanks for his safe return, praising divine guidance and loyalty to a higher ruler.
A rapid digest of accidents and incidents includes Benson Wantz of Millersburg struck dead by a Lake Shore train, Dr. L M Johnson poisoned by wood alcohol, Welland and twin sons hunting rabbits with one son killed and another wounded, and hazing deaths at Lawrenceville. Also reports a Laytonville flood sweep, a railroad manager’s arsenic poisoning, a Wagoner fire killing a guest, drownings on the Rosalie steamer and in Alaska, and imperial matters from London to Berlin including Arbor Day plans and sanctions amid Samoa peace terms.
From Washington the Asiatic squadron becomes the largest in the American navy. President appoints James W. Miller postmaster at Winterset Town and selects assistant surgeons for the United States marine hospital service. Interior department appoints appraisers for the Fort Maginnis site in Montana. Revenue chief rules life interest taxes due as a lump sum. Executive committee of the Bureau of American Republics in Washington approves projects by Rockhill. Wilson rules cold storage items in warehouse storage tax as storage not preservation. Criminal items include burglaries and smuggling cases in St. Louis, Lincoln jail escape, and a midwife charges. Clevenger sentenced to be hanged for killings at AiRSour City. Knox, alleged White slaver, re-arrested after a tense scuffle.
A digest of obituaries and notices lists Daniel Kidder of Florida appointed consul at Algiers replacing Grellet. Miss Ellen Works, Monroe County’s oldest resident, dies at home. Mrs Wyelyn Adams, author, dies in New York from starvation, and Thomas W Bracher, hats machinery inventor, dies in New York. Also noted: Thomas Henry Ismay of White Star Line dies in Liverpool. Mrs Ben Humphreys, Mississippi Daughters of the Confederacy leader, passes in Greenwald. Maj William Volkmar seeks retirement. coal and gas shifts, education outbreaks, and various civic and industrial items across the country.
Report from Manila December 1 describes Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya garrison surrender to Gen Lawton after a move by the Thirty-fourth Infantry. Dispatches note capture of Vigan port by Oregon Samara Callao with bluejackets and marines. later accounts say insurgents fled as ships landed. Aguinaldo allegedly intervened to halt execution of Lieut Gilmore and his men after capture near Baler.
Report from Kenosha Wisconsin details a disaster during breakfast hour. A mother and her infant are believed dead as a lamp and wind event caused injuries. Authorities say two may be fatally harmed with investigations ongoing.
Spinel Sinnett a prominent Greenback and Populist leader and resident, died in town. A former reengaged reader, he was a native of Dublin and aged eighty two.
Victims tallied as eleven hunters are killed or wounded in Michigan and Lake Superior regions of Wisconsin and Minnesota as the deer hunting season closes in the Great Lakes area.
Two large fires in Philadelphia cause about 2 000 000 dollars in losses. Partridge Richardson store district fire at High and Filbert streets destroys the department store and damages adjacent properties, while a second blaze on Market Street adds about 110 000 dollars in losses. The Lippincott Publishing building vaults containing manuscripts and plates may be destroyed. outcome pending.
Washington December 1 Admiral Dewey and President McKinley arranged to fund young Gridley’s Marine Corps exam preparation after learning he could not enter Annapolis for lack of funds. Dewey vowed continued support if the first test faltered, assuring a second chance.
Lawyers for the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes contest the U S court ruling on citizenship in the Dawes commission hearing. They argue land is common property and citizenship in one tribe implies citizenship in both, affecting over 3000 people and $20 million in property rights. The Interior Secretary will render the ruling.
Dispatches from Kingston Jamaica report the uprising in Colombia growing stronger across the republic. Details on Liberal movements are sparse as reports note insurgent bands assembling and some losses on water, with the full revolution not yet launched and likely extending beyond Colombia to Venezuela amid counter revolts anticipated there.
In Fort Scott Kansas on December 1 Johny Teese, a Mine Workers union official, was jailed three months for contempt by Judge Williams. He rejected a transfer to Topeka Jail, insisting on remaining locally, amid disputes over court accommodations. In St Louis Andrew Wine, a former Missouri volunteer in Cuba, died after a brutal elevator struggle with S B Harmon when the elevator process began, Wind trapped between the second floor and car, dying shortly after.
In Toledo on December 1 Nicholas Wats, a laborer, shot Mary Wielgossuaka after an argument about tin repair, then fired at himself. The girl was shot through the neck and is expected to recover. Wats died at the scene.
After an all night session of the Victoria legislature the ministry of Sty Jvorge Tower was defeated by eleven votes on a motion of want of confidence.
Dispatches recount General Methuen’s forces near Modder River driving Boer defenders from a strong position after a ten hour engagement. Methuen was slightly wounded in the thigh but the fight ended with Boer forces retreating amid heavy artillery support and naval aid from the railway.
A bank collector Harry Trimble of Packer's National Bank was attacked by two men who emerged on Omaha Street at night. One man bound Trimble with a rope while the other rifled his pockets. Trimble drew his revolver and shot one assailant. the other fled. Local police pursuing leads.
Riley Iowa Dec 1 A farmer aged fifty six who lived three miles south of Omahaquetan was killed when his wagon broke and he fell from it. The accident occurred on the farm and the man died at once from injuries. Local authorities investigated the scene.
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