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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
6
An aged narrator recalls a long feud sparked by a high stakes cribbage game that led to murder and flight. He explains how a hidden past and a planned duel with Maurice Lennon now loom, with a possible confrontation and reckoning awaiting tomorrow.
A Fijian negotiates with Capt Tremayne and Maurice Lennon over a murder attempt on Travers. The exchange weighs arrest versus personal settlement as the men seek the right outcome. The narrator prays with Lennon's denial to determine if justice will prevail tomorrow.
Two men scheme to lure Lennon for a walk to confront him over a past quarrel. Manuel arranges a staged meeting with Jick and Will, aiming to speak with Lennon and test his willingness to continue the feud. They watch the hilltop plateau for Lennon and Manuel to arrive.
A humor piece recounts a trolley ride where an Irish raffle winner with a goose refuses to part with the bird. The conductor tries to eject the goose, but the man insists on keeping it, ultimately the bird is thrown from the rear door and the car continues. The scene ends with the Irishman muttering his disdain.
In Manila Iowa authorities arrested John Jackson John Stovarl and Charles Hayes after a Sioux City express safe containing about 40000 was stolen from a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train. The box was carried two blocks then loaded into a wagon and taken into the countryside where the contents were taken. Investigators expect the evidence may convict at least two of the trio. None of the valuables were recovered.
Minneapolis trial opens over Lennard Day death in West hotel billiard room. Witnesses describe quarrel with no one seeing a knife. one man reports a mysterious knife wound. County Attorney cites Hamilton confession to police claiming self defense. Courtroom crowded with Day relatives and Miss Caroline Slagle present.
James J. Hill will sail from New York aboard his private yacht Wacouta with a party of ten invited guests for a five month cruise. The crew left St. Paul to prep the vessel for the journey. The voyage is expected to head to Bermuda, Naples, and the Mediterranean.
In Tacoma on Feb. 12 a policy ordered by President Hal to replace Oriental workers with white personnel at higher wages is being carried out. Over 1,600 Japanese workers have been dismissed and few Chinese remain on any division. Japanese in the shops reportedly wasted material and produced poorer work than prior crews. A separate item from Black River Falls notes the Jones Lumber and Mercantile Co store was burglarized with a large glass pane shattered and electric lights damaged, described as the boldest burglary yet seen in the city with extensive losses expected.
Omaha limited Chicago train derailed near Spooner Wisconsin when it struck a freight. three to four passenger cars damaged. No injuries reported. In Washington Iowa a month old child was deserted on a Rock Island passenger train. mother missing.
Minneapolis February follow up on the eighth day of the Frank H. Hamilton murder case as state witnesses testify. The prosecution faced setbacks with Miss Caroline Slagle’s brief appearance leaving many expecting a longer salacious narration. Manslaughter remains the target as the defense contends against a first degree claim.
One armed Frank Sullivan and William Randolph fought a deadly duel on Rainy Lake City last Friday. Sullivan's head was blown off as he gasped Tom shot before dying instantly. Randolph was badly wounded after being struck by two 38 caliber bullets. The men had a long-running feud stemming from an incident on the steamer Sea Gull last summer. Sullivan, a feared gunman and highwayman, was suspected in several murders for money.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on February 13 Dr Gapin testified in the Flannigan case that past insanity episodes in 186 and 160 were due to alcoholic intoxication rather than meningitis. He said Flannigan feigned hallucinations when in La Crosse on the day he struck McGrath. The case likely goes to the jury late this afternoon.
A February accident at the Champney creamery in Lisbon town, Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, killed two men. Several others were injured, one perhaps fatally, when a separator burst and machinery was destroyed during full operation.
William Cranwell, Valley City auditor and superintendent of the electric light and water works, died by suicide yesterday. A resident for about twenty years, he shot himself through the head. Family troubles were given as the cause.
In Algona Iowa February 18 Fred Foster a barber was robbed on his way home when an assailant fired wounding him in the face. A young man named Clarence Robinson was arrested on suspicion and has confessed his role. His family is noted as respectable. Foster’s recovery is hoped.
Edwin Chaleratt, supervisor of government Indian schools, has been in Morris for a week investigating allegations about local school employees. He is the second inspector to visit the area in four months, and rumors hover while the truth awaits discovery.
The city council at a special meeting accepts Andrew Carnegie's offer to donate 25000 for a public library building, on the condition that the city annually contributes 2600 for maintenance.
A stock company is formed to erect a poultry packing house in Shenandoah Iowa with Swift and Company to provide a capital venture for a term of years. The notice outlines the new enterprise and its planned collaboration with Swift & Co. for the packing facility.
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