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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
1
A string of satirical and curio notes touches on oil in Kentucky, whiskered germs, heat in July, chestnut economies in Italy, and public figures from Russell to Fremont. It comments on European nations, a Boston novelist, Paris as a sea port, wireless Cupid, and other varied topics with quips about politics, science, and society. The item weaves humor and mild critique across a broad set of names and places.
The article notes a House inquiry into alleged voter intimidation in the South, plus multiple Senate actions: making the census office permanent, extending national bank charters, and introducing a new national university bill by Senator Defoe of Kentucky. It also mentions the public buildings bill, patronage abuses, and Roosevelt backing on Schley.
Prince Henry visits New York amid warm welcomes and noisy demonstrations by Germans and sailors. The pageant reflects international cordiality and local protest as crowds greet the royal guest in the city.
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in New York amid twenty one gun salutes and ceremonies with President Theodore Roosevelt. He then proceeded to Washington for a formal White House greeting and a meeting with the cabinet, accompanied by German embassy officials and U S military aides.
Prince Henry and his party arrived at the Capitol escorted by police and military units, meeting Speaker Henderson and the Senate President Pro Tem Frye. He witnessed dramatic moments in the Senate, bowed to applause, and toured the House gallery before a White House state dinner hosted by President Roosevelt. The group then departed for New York to witness the Meteor yacht launch.
Washington reports Senator Tillman of South Carolina angered by President Roosevelt withdrawing his White House dinner invitation to Prince Henry of Prussia. Tillman hints at a duel as remedy, citing affronts to a gentleman and saying he may seek resolution on the field of honor, while senators and the president urge restraint.
Brother Telephorus thirty years old a Carmelite from the monastery on the Canadian side was boiled to death by a bull some time Sunday.
Charles Wood ward was sentenced to hang for the murder of Sheriff Wicker in Natrona County Casper Wyoming on March 23. The sentence marks the first use of the death penalty in the county.
Washington February 26 The U S Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Minnesota vs Northern Securities Company. The court held it lacked jurisdiction to hear a bill seeking to stop the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways. Justice Shiras announced the judgment denying leave to file the bill. The decision emphasizes that the two railways are indispensable parties and cannot be brought before the court. The ruling is concise and largely a history review of the case.
Washington Feb 26 Neither Gov Van Sant nor Attorney General Douglas would say how the state will proceed after the U S Supreme Court refused to jurisdiction in the merger fight The governor issued a statement asserting that the method of procedure cannot be fixed until the court's decision text is known and that the state will move immediately to enforce laws and protect rights
A bank run swept the Jefferson Avenue branch and then the main bank at Griswold and Fort in Detroit on February 26. Depositors queued for hours as tellers counted funds and accounts were closed by 6 pm. President Livingston assured full repayment with reopening at 9 am. A rumor linked to Washington's birthday caused the panic.
L. Kenney, a Big Four engineer, saved his wife and children in a Mattoon Illinois house fire near dawn. With doors blocked and windows nailed, he hurled a 600 pound trunk through a window to create an escape route and then carried his family to safety before the building collapsed, he narrowly escaped asphyxiation.
In Cetinje Montenegro on February 26 a clash on the frontier between Albanians and Turkish regular troops left sixty four killed or wounded after the assassination of Albanian chief Mulazeka. The Mulazeka clan accelerated demands for surrender of the murderers, triggering renewed fighting that continues.
Reports from Caracas indicate uprisings spreading across Venezuela despite government bulletins of victories. New unrest is noted in Tachira on the Colombian border and near Haree Jona as insurgents concentrate.
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