14 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
1
A fragment ragbag reports the Armenian patriarch resisting a sultan’s whitewash while noting a suspected irregularity in Sing Sing prison accounts. Other items mention Crema tion in Scotland, rubber supply concerns, and a push to abolish perpetual franchises in New York City.
The piece argues that despite grand maritime claims, the Juan Fernández Island endures in readers’ memory and imagination through childhood tales like Robinson Crusoe and its protagonist Friday, which keep the island alive as Meratere endures.
A broad weekly digest notes Cleveland hires classed government workers reducing patronage openings, and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher’s hip injury remains serious. It lists Pennsylvania coal operator Parrish’s death, Parker and Weeks deaths, Bancker’s passing, and Sean Hoffman’s pneumonia death. Fire disasters strike Buffalo park and Tonawanda high school, with multi‑ten thousand losses. A wrecked Neversire, N S W town under fire fears, drownings in Clayton North Carolina, a Willoughby Ohio rail shop fire, Nelsonville sewer pipe plant fire, and the steamer Carrinza lost off Cape Alab with many missing. A shooting accident near Orient Iowa kills a man. Ann Arbor coasting party narrowly escapes a train engine. Columbia Missouri girl Franke Moore drowns with suspected foul play.
A chaotic column reports a Newark barber murder, a church organ theft in Berrien Center Michigan, a Chicago fireman shot in Muskegon, a Florida man cremated after setting his house ablaze, and various other violent incidents. Also cited are poisonings in Quahunbus Ohio, a Denver murder sentencing, a Red Jacket Michigan suicide, tax collector beaten in Erie Pennsylvania, arson by highwaymen near Springfield Illinois, and police shootings in Tacoma Washington amid robberies. Depicts widespread crime, disappearances, and deaths across several states with few firm specifics.
A fragment describes Lyéarold mother and a furious attack leaving her head injured and the body battered with numerous bruises. The text is incomplete and lacks context about where or when the incident occurred.
A Madrid dispatch reports Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, again denies resigning leadership of the Carlist party in favor of his son Don Jaime. The piece notes the father and son are in accord on the issue and cites worsening labor strife among longshoremen in Hamburg, with funds dwindling and looming hardship if disputes with shipping masters persist.
Aidcellaneans The Excelsior Machine and Roiler Works fail with assets and liabilities around 40000 each. The fifteenth biennial congress of the Alpha and Omega college opens in Cleveland with about 200 delegates. A Georgetown Mass strike affects 160 workers and six local shoe factories. The Omaha Commercial club plans a community beet sugar factory. Benjamin Zess, 16, dies in South Bend from cigarette smoking. J O Moss of Sandusky named receiver of Collurbus and Thelking Goal and Iron Co with bond 0 000. Rev H H Vaughn of Saule College at Dodge City Kan deposed for lying. Fred L Wood, convict in San Quentin, inherits 30000. reported in FAI. Senator Dubois and C A Walsh travel to Idaho to canvass for Dubois re election. Denver Chamber ignores invitations to Minneapolis monetary conference. Elizabeth Bechtel of Reading Penn nearly suffocates from tongue disease. Chicago Tithe and Trust Co named receiver for Norton & Co at Lockport. Portuguese consul reports Azores disaster relief appeal after water spout. New York Supreme Court appellate term says a husband liable for his wife's necessary debts. Rumor of Elawick and Whitworthy amalgamation in England likely true. Decatur Ind teacher Clark Calderwood discharged for alleged inappropriate conduct. Gertrude Owen, six, of Niles Michigan dies. weighed fourteen pounds at death. U S steamer Adams arrives San Francisco from Honolulu with crew details and voyage end.
Jan 8. Fire at Our Lady of Lake St John Convent in Quebec destroys the Ursuline establishment. Seven nuns perished while others escaped. several pupils fled. Loss estimated at 75000 with 12000 insurance. Names of the deceased given. total occupants near a hundred.
In Minneapolis on May 8 Judge Belden heard May White plead guilty behind a youthful desperado trio. Her attorney submitted letters from doctors citing insanity and moral degeneration. The court postponed sentencing to the next morning as officials weighed coercion and guidance from the accused trio’s mother and child nearby. John Quinn sought appointed counsel as he awaited trial.
Sleepy Eye Minnesota January B Grant Bramble, inventor of the rotary engine, transfers licensed rights to Henry Francis Allen for 3.1 million dollars. The sale covers the United States and Skyland Europe and Germany with other regions previously sold, leaving Mexico and Canada. Bramble remains director of the village alderman position and his fortune nears seven million.
In Senator Cameron's absence the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took up the Cuban question. The committee adjourned with opinions that Cameron's resolution would not be pressed in the Senate, but the committee agreed to favorable reports on extradition treaties with Argentina and the Orange Free State.
Bombay experiences a large-scale departure as mill operatives and their families flee the city. Authorities estimate thousands have left, spreading into villages and rural areas as the plague continues to threaten urban lifelines and local industry.
A dwelling was destroyed by fire on January 1st about 1 o clock resulting in the death of two children. A fraud order has been issued against the Washington Farming Land Company of Seattle, Washington.
District court orders foreclosure on four mortgages totaling 55000 against the Tawatrou Works. The ruling names parties including Ericsson, the revenue collector William, and multiple Mississippi river steamboats involved in the case.
A third torpedo boat was launched today as a bait target for United States forces at the Coriuphian Tron warts, marking the final vessel in the series.
An alleged black arson suspect, Brown, was lynched at a railroad yard in Orangeburg. His body hung from a beam and bore a placard demanding swift justice. The case linked to the burning of Robert Whitamaker’s barn and stables, with officials unsure of guilt and no clear inquest evidence.
The Smalthsonian Institution plans to gift the sultan of Turkey a life sized Sioux Indian chief figure. The statue, depicted in war attire with beadwork, represents a famed war chief from Dakota. Secretary Langley and Dr. Cyrus Adler arranged the gift after Turkish courtesies and a request for photographs.
John Lind informs Democratic state leaders he will not pursue a legal contest to Clough’s governor election. He cites lack of remedy, the need for attorney general consent for a writ, and the risk that a victory would be barren as the legislature session ends before any decision. He argues reforms would be limited to administration after such a delay.
Altinon WII Not Be in bt. Tittsburg, Va., Tau. 4 Sen WIL Jam B. Alligon will not be 1 member of President McKinley's cabinet. He announced today he would be glad to accept a portfolio but knows it would not be offered. A long conference at Canton between the president-elect and the senator is described, with no fearsome details. The laws senator speaks highly of Maj. McKinley and predicts a prosperous administration.
Governor Jam Gey of Altgeld commuted the sentence of Chicago bankers Charles J Mendowcraft and Frank M Mendowcraft for receiving deposits while insolvent. The penalty changed from penitentiary imprisonment to sixty days in jail. State's attorney and trial judge recommended clemency.
A dated cablegram reports the Pacific Cable Commission draft was signed today by British, Australian and Canadian governors after months of inquiry. It is understood the report endorses a cable route at the best possible middle line between Vancouver and Australia.
End of a long life noted in Aberdeen and Minnesota circles. Dwight Loach, a well known machinery dealer in Aberdeen and Groton, passed away after a prolonged illness of the stomach. He was a familiar figure in local commerce and Minnesota circles for years.
Fifteen of eighteen aboard the steamship Belgi q ue, bound from Antwerp to Bayonne, France, drowned when it was wrecked near Catshead Creek. The disaster occurred January 7 at Brest.
The state printing commission met today and by unanimous vote re elected Capt. C. Whitney to serve another two year term as state printing superintendent.
In Wichita a residence held by Mrs Lease was sold at sheriff's sale for 600 dollars. The sale total cost about 300 dollars. The purchaser was J Maysh, an Eastern mortgagee.
The Senate approved a measure to abolish capital punishment in most cases, preserving only treason rape murder and two military offenses. Hard labor for life becomes maximum in other offenses, with possible substitutions for nine years or rape if the verdict allows. The bill heads to the president after conference. debate also covered second class mail reforms and Cuba letter disclosures.
Fire at the Brighton elevator in New Brighton destroyed 100000 bushels of wheat and contents, five loaded boxcars, and caused total losses fully insured. In St Paul a head waiter, Frank Masterson, died after a fall at Nomann's restaurant. In Aberdeen a three year old was killed by an accidental shooting by an older brother during shell extraction. another child was wounded.
Waymire Wanita It of Sacramento announces candidacy for United States senator. The entry notes his bid and signals a statewide campaign effort.
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