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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
1
McKinney, a favored miner entrant to Cripple Creek, Col., forecasts $18,000,000 in gold production for the camp next year amid global political upheaval. The text also notes Cuban leaders, Mexican law, and various regional events.
It is believed that Lord Salisbury will refuse to submit to arbitration any territory within the Schomberg line. This will create a direct issue with President Cleveland's position as stated in his message.
Gapt. Healey is detached from the revenue cutter Bear and put on waiting orders while an investigation proceeds on charges already filed. First Peat Bubner takes temporary command of the Bear, Lieut. White who filed the charges is transferred to Boston and has withdrawn his resignation.
A fragment claims Turkish boldness under a Christian minister's backing leads to attacks on a British merchant ship. It argues Britain fears provoking hostilities to protect vast investments and securities in Turkish lands, portraying John Bull as cowardly and financially risk-averse.
A South African mining authority estimates total gold production in the Witwatersrand district from discovery to June at 7,091,085 ounces, valued at 158,905,497 pounds. The note highlights the vast remittance of gold into global redemption money and questions the world’s appetite for the metal rising from a single district.
The order requires German officers to be either clean shaven or wear full beards with moustaches. The moustache is said to clash with the naval uniform, provoking consternation among officers who fear removing facial hair will dampen their fierce appearance.
A civic movement seeks to revert Philadelphia to conditions of a hundred years ago, permitting the city to proceed without new legislature. It calls for removing costly buildings encroaching on the historic square to preserve Independence Hall and surrounding sites where the Declaration was signed, promising public protection from future encroachment as long as the Republic stands.
A sweeping weekly resume highlights varied events from markets and shipping in Morocco to literary gossip, political shifts in Washington, and notable obituaries. It mentions Daudet’s rumored visit, a potential change of name by Cutch Gobbleabble, and public figures like Col. Smith A. Whitfeld. Fire disasters, wrecks, and notable deaths are listed with locales and sporadic details.
A report notes a theft involving a package valued at $2,600 and cash won by an individual from the We Adding Rxprees company. Police are investigating the incident and reviewing security footage.
Reports from Burlington and Albin Iowa detail highway robberies in Montier Missouri and St Louis deaths over marriage delays. A Pittsburg coal operator, B S Steen, is jailed for three months and fined $500 for defrauding miners. Mall box thefts and forged checks plague merchants in several cities. In Sturgis North Dakota a contractor dies by suspected poison or knockout drops, money missing. Cripple Creek miners report ore thefts totaling thousands. Doctor mine cases prompt more arrests. Maj George Armes lawyers seek discharge, disputing authority and accusations.
The text reports killed missionaries in Madagascar and Spanish defeats of Cuban patriots, unearthings of Charles Wesley manuscripts in London, Turkish profits from European money markets, Lagos death rates, and various other global items. It mentions papal consul hoods, Jewish benefaction in Poland, frostbound rivers delaying ships, and arbitration refusals over Trinidad and Amapa. It also covers ballet subsidies, fever in Baracoa, a large iron desk, an assignment in Shelbyville, and tax and labor disputes amid 19th century headlines.
In Minneapolis on December 13 a simple burial for Harry Hayward concluded the trial phase as his mother Ada Hag gard, and family members attended the service at Lakewood Cemetery. The widow’s tearful ritual and plea to forgive him underscored a day of stark revelations as Hayward admitted arranging and accomplice roles in a string of crimes culminating in Catherine Ging’s murder, while new allegations pointed to further killings and robberies across New Jersey and Arizona.
Glasgow December 13 The ship handing strike is settled with masters agreeing to give Clyde workers a nine shilling weekly advance immediately and an additional sixpence advance in February.
Curfew and guard deployments follow reports three women buried bodies stolen. mobs threaten takeover of Kansas Medical College at Twelfth and Taylor. Police protect campus as militia and governor call Lawrence infantry to readiness after graveside thefts reveal a student janitor implicated and a man identifies his mother among the discovered remains.
TM M ANKET REPORTS latest quotations for grains cattle and hogs across Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul on December 18 with December and May futures shown for corn oats lard and hogs. Hogs prices ease in Chicago while cattle remain steady. Milwaukee markets show steady wheat and corn and various grades while St Paul notes a steady hog market opening and active cattle demand.
A Times dispatch from Urumilah Persia reports the Haimidleh cavalry destroyed 200 villages in Van Province, leaving 50 000 homeless flooding into Van city as the government fails to intervene. Vienna dispatches note fresh atrocities including the burning of five ecclesiastics seeking refuge in Trebizonde and more outrages elsewhere in Asia Minor.
In Thornton's restaurant on Third avenue New York two customers and waiter Charles Lavender were shot. Charles Blake and Thomas Hogan fought. Blake shot Lavender in the left side and twice in the chest. Police arrested Blake and Hogan after Officer Michael J. Howard was wounded in the mouth and neck. Lavender and Howard were taken to Harlem hospital in serious condition.
A Louisville Garfeld club train returning from Frankfort was fired upon near Eminence Kentucky around 9 or 10 o’clock last night. About thirty shots shattered windows and rattled passengers. No injuries were reported, though glass injuries were possible from the broken panes. Bradley halted further participation in the joint campaign debate at Eminence.
Two masked men entered J. G. Boyles store at Burbank around 7 pm and, at gunpoint, demanded and took 260 dollars and a few cigars. Sheriff’s scouts are tracking the suspects.
Dec 13 Henry A O Jettry, another election judge indicted for fraud at last fall’s election, was found guilty and sentenced to three months in the county jail. Half a dozen other election officers remain to be tried.
It has been discovered that nearly nine tenths of the West Creek district, a new gold field, lies within a United States timber reserve. persons working there face possible imprisonment for trespass.
Police report states 14-Gust Woelk of Awen Michigan was arrested when a train rolled into Duluth today. He confessed to robbing his roommate of a gold watch in his room.
William B. Lindmond, about forty, calling himself a physician and gospel inspector, was arrested in New Orleans on December 18. His photograph labels him Rev Hammond, thief, con man, bigamist, adulterer and crook. Born in Canada, he married multiple wives, swindled estates, insured lives, and toured globally as a minister and physician, with a thread of disappearances and controversial alignments across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The state v. K B Curtis editor of the Anamosa Daily Call, charged with four counts, began in Anamosa jail with a half hour jury empanelment. Witnesses from Illinois and Minnesota testified about Curtis’s marriages and misconduct, including Miss Mae Smith and attendees at a Pearts wedding. Curtis’s former wife Miss Arnold also appeared as a witness.
London dispatch reports the US ambassador Bayard was not opened to interviews by reporters or British officials regarding impeachment efforts in Washington. Barrett of Massachusetts seeks views on inquiring into the country Bayard represents, while Bayard and staff decline to discuss and he says he does not intend to resign.
Mayor Henry Day welcomed the Patrons of Husbandry to Ean Claire for an open session at Washington Church. Master H B Huxley of Neenah presided as the grange elected officers including secretary EH Powers of Janesville treasurer T Dickson of Springfield lecturer S C Carr of Milton Junction and pomons Mary Buck of Hudson.
Train robbers held up a northbound Mieco passenger train at Caston switch fifty miles south of Fort Smith. Five masked men looted express and mail cars and escaped. Postoffice Inspector Houck later captured five men from the Choctaw Nation in connection with the robbery. All are described as desperadoes.
The attorney for Theodore Durrant moved for a writ to prevent transfer to San Quentin. The court denied the motion and signed a death warrant fixing Friday February 21 as the execution date.
A miner at the Henton mine in Mircen Neihart Montana was blown to pieces by a dynamite explosion. The body was recovered in parts, but the head remains missing. He leaves a wife and three children.
In Minneola Minnesota on December 18, a man described as a former hero, Johnson, was thrown from a wagon and bled to death while under the influence of what is possibly Havor. Local authorities reported the fatal incident remains under investigation.
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