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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
1
A reading of diverse musings on happiness time, and manners contrasts practical sense with vanity. Observations include human nature in leisure and duty, the value of respect for others, and a glimpse of a 19th century spiritualist performance by Mia Ada Gage in New York.
John Ray mond of Winthrop Connecticut paid a remarkable election bet by loser drinking hard cider. The wager required fifty dippers daily for ten days. The winner supplied the clipper and collected the prize as Winthrop men endured illness and drunkenness but completed the sixty gallons.
An article reports on urban farming trials run by the Amazigan Institute and the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Eight prize awards are noted, totaling around 846 dollars, with gains from crops and several hundred bushels of potatoes and beets distributed. Despite a harsh summer, the effort attracted city residents and planners, aiming to prove the viability of farming on vacant lots.
A one year old colored girl in Boston is described as a prodigy who imitates a polished pulpit preacher. Born in Washington DC in September 1685, she had no formal education but began preaching around age seven to help raise funds for an industrial school for colored girls in Charleston.
The American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers held its annual meeting in Washington. Interior Secretary issues a treasury revision for 713,150,000 for next month’s payments. Senate Indian Affairs committee favors a bill prohibiting sale of intoxicants to Indians. W S Foreman of Illinois nominated as commissioner of internal revenue. Representative Sayers seeks census expansion. DeWeight directs the count. Measures to improve trade with Caribbean ports proposed by Beach of Ohio and Scranton of Pennsylvania. Naturalization bill for Wisconsin residents of the Annette Islands introduced. House committees plan visits to Mobile, New Orleans, Sabine Pass, Houston, Galveston, and Chattanooga to inspect works. President signs act authorizing construction of a Red River bridge. Pension and appointment provisions reviewed. marshals’ status in Indian Territory clarified.
The notice lists Lewis HL Ward of Wilhnam Mine named railway mall clerk. It notes Edward L Martin of Seaford Del was held at home, and McNerny’s challenge for a middleweight title to be won by Kenny of San Francisco. Also mentions Bennett appointed at Robinson Ward County ND and Joseph C Viiard, longtime Washington business figure, died at 77, owner of the hotel bearing his name.
A series of calamities hits towns with injuries and losses. Barmey Thole, a section man, was struck by a wavevitch engine and died instantly near Magon City Iowa leaving a wife and three small children. The Pathem block at Edgerton Ohio was destroyed by fire, ground floor storage and upper living quarters. J N Smith ex senator from Jeranld county was injured in a gun accident when a piece of casing struck his eye, leading to eye removal due to inflammation. The Grand Opera house burned at Winnipeg with substantial loss, two months after another theater fire. The adjacent hotel Manitobag suffered a close escape as flames Hooded the interior.
A chaotic crime summary notes suicides by strychnine in Clifton Iowa and Hawlin’s theater figure, with others accused of crime or sentenced. Reports include a Minnesota fire train wreck arrest in Georgia, robberies at Newkirk Ohio, a family dispute murder attempt, a coroner inquiry into a Oakland California death, and a Osco Illinois farmer’s suicide amid market turmoil with further notes on local misdeeds and burglaries.
Disjointed OCR summary mentions Spiering's dye works in Appleton and a fugitive murder case in Denver. It notes Secret Service activity, a duchy or empire news from Vienna, Rome, and Constantinople, with references to railway plans, census data in Germany, and various global events including weather and political proclamations.
Officially announced items include the Gerth plague alert at Bonwilmy and weekly field worker sessions in Lowinville. Other notes report cotton moth reductions by Pall River milks, Indian Marine committees, the Campbell-Laton Grocery failure in Kansas City, and wage talks in Pittsburgh. Also covered are rail and mine matters, foreclosure actions in Downer, and inaugurations in Austin amid large crowds. The Senate confirms several nominees including interior secretary pick David H. Mranaels, with Venezuela paying indemnity for an urban outrage. Additionally, grape sugar plant expansion in Peoria and Pacific underwriting profits are noted, alongside ambassador Fava’s leave of absence.
A distressing report from Bolnirpone describes worsening conditions as mills shut and 44,000 district workers face unemployment. The visiting special correspondent notes food shortages, likely forced labor, and relief efforts at the poor house aiding over 300 people including the maimed and blind.
Havana dispatches report Captain Weyler dodged a Cuban ambush as Cuban fighters hidden in bushes opened fire near Gimes. Four of Weyler's staff were wounded including a lieutenant riding with the general. Weyler ordered desolation of the surrounding district.
Police raided meeting places of secret societies and destroyed furniture. Detained individuals linked to the crime. a $2,000 reward offered for the conviction of Little Pete of Tors murderers. Chinese district agitation follows provocative postings.
A second motor and machinery exhibition will be held in Washington on October 10, 1897, inviting manufacturers to participate. The 1889 exhibition featured new machines, and the rapid growth in motive power over the past decade promises strong contrast between the two expositions.
Official bulletin cites 4 906 plague cases in Bonbay with 8875 deaths recorded. Toondh reports 65 cases and 60 deaths, with additional cases noted in Surat Baroda Ahmadabad Kir Jamwar and Cateh.
A fragmented quote shows Carbett praising the Nevada legislature's approval of a sauce issue. He notes the legal sanction as a great step and expresses satisfaction with the outcome for the ground, amid a noisy exchange about the bill's reception in both houses.
President and Mrs. Cleveland hosted a formal reception at the White House last night for the judiciary and for senators and representatives in Congress, with notably small attendance due to very cold weather.
Kansas City headlines the start of a second Missouri legislature panel investigation into local police corruption. The senate committee on corporations begins a new subcommittee inquiry amid expectations of sensational findings.
New York January 20 a mispaced switch on the Brooklyn elevated road sent an engine drawing a string of empty cars into a standing passenger train. Six persons are injured and are being treated. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators began work on the fault.
A freight train collision near Norwalk station in Connecticut on June 28 killed several men who were walking along the railroad. Workers nearby reported the express train stopped directly in front of the freight and the victims were instantly killed or severely injured. some bodies were described as badly mangled.
Jan 28 report from San Prancisco describes heavy police guard for Chinese factions Sam Yen and See Yup to prevent renewed vendetta. White guards sought by leaders of both companies as tensions rise amid suspected highbinders watch. In Cincinnati Wellston Steubenville dispatches note miners' strike resistance and widespread deprivation. hundreds seek charity, Steubenville reports 300 families lacking basics.
Part of the crew from the German bark Antares under Captain Rahden arrived at Liverpool from Wilmington. Four seamen formerly of the bark Olerburger Meister Von Winter, abandoned under distress on January 7, landed at the port. The captain and rest of the crew remain missing.
A Speeily Torpedo Boat from Newport No. 0 completed a trial run over a long course, reaching about twenty-seven knots. The vessel, carrying around ten tons, is expected to meet or exceed its contract speed of twenty seven and a half knots with this progress.
In Youngstown Ohio on January 29 an estimated 100 people living between Gast Lewistown and Columbiana will lose money ranging from one to twenty thousand dollars each due to the collapse of the Ohio Lumber and Mining Company, tied to the Masterly Bank of Columbiana.
At a regents meeting in Washington on January 2, Professor C. D. Wolcott, director of the United States Geological Survey, was appointed acting assistant secretary to fill the vacancy created by the death of Dr. Brown Goode. The appointment is temporary.
A tremendous nitro glycerine blast occurred in a storehouse owned by the Chicago and Michigan Torpedo Company near Bratner, twenty five miles south of Toledo. William Minison of Toledo and Edward Dunnison of Rising Sun were killed.
A five story Goepper's malt house section from Commerce to Second, between Race and Vine, burned in the early hours. Schrader’s condlage mill was also destroyed. Loss estimated between 300000 and 600000 dollars.
Arthur Paler of New York was arrested at the Clint ers hotel after a long distance telephone tip from Sheriff Tohanson of Weateloster county New York. He is accused of murdering his father and siblings about two weeks ago and fleeing. Cutting prices on Whinky in Albany by agents for Pekin and New York firms due to war between American Spirits and outside distillers.
A major polo match in New York featured teams from the New York Polo Club and Montclair Athletic Club. After two twenty minute halves the score stood one to one, marking a notable draw in the season.
Washington Jan 28 Capt Grace of the Texas notified Secretary Mer bert that the ship will be ready to go to sea on Feb 8 giving her a week to reach Galveston where she is to receive a silver service from the citizens of Texas.
In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain commented that the Elfle conference report had been tabled but its presentation to Parliament was withheld. The discussion touched on the conference’s aims and implied outcomes without full public disclosure.
Intanepolis Ja May 25 Mount signs bill directing the Van dalla Railroad company to account for an alleged debt of about 71,000,000 to the state school fund under an old charter.
Aldermen are indicted in Louisville Kentucky for alleged violations of the law in connection with official duties. The case targets members of the city council and outlines charges related to misconduct. Proceedings set to advance through municipal legal channels.
Admiral Bruce plans to sail February 24 with his squadron from Sampton Hands bound for Chaveston. The port will be blockaded as part of the squadron’s naval maneuvers in the campaign.
A reader recounts a grim scene at the Mississippi levee where a woman, nervous about travel to East St. Louis, overheard brutal switchman slang and witnessed a train being cut, with threats to harm and a head end sent back, prompting her to cancel the trip per St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Calendars and coupons promote Hood's Sarsaparilla calendars for 1807 with attractive lithograph designs. A small book accompanies the calendar, and coupons promise novelty items. Readers are urged to request the Coupon Calendar from Hood and Co or send six cents in stamps to Lowell, Massachusetts.
The page collage mentions aging fears and changing styles, odd phrases about eating aids, and a garbled political note recalling Jefferson and Adams era selections. It also alludes to Mrs Winslow soothing syrup and a stain removing cloth treatment with antiquated branding.
Me Porgery Chareed, Bearborough, Ming, an American proprietor of the Eskdale stud farm near Witspave, was arrested under an extradition warrant charging forgery alleged in New York during 1805. The mount is valued at $110,000. The supervising Inspectors of steam vessel sessions at Washington recommended a law requiring every paper or other lach to employ a pilot.
London dispatch notes Rowe stating the Italian government has decided to evacuate Ey thron with the possible exception of Massowih. The report outlines the planned withdrawal amid unsettled military and political conditions.
Hattle Fletcher and Addie Foster, both schoolgirls, fought with pocket knives while returning from school. Hattie Fletcher was badly cut and died. Addie Foster was wounded with a neck injury. Police report a fatal stabbing incident in Lexington area.
Wu Lace Meronang, 47, daughter of W. N. Mother and of W. I. tletuher & Caos, one of the largest lace houses in the United States, died in Nishone from a burulyd stroke.
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