28 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
1
Fragmented excerpts discuss conscience, vanity, and effort versus luck, noting that difficult tasks demand effort and humility. Observations include the dangers of anger, the cache of self-denial, and a dentist's novel rubber teeth promising mass affordability. A Lexington club of ages 9 to over 90 pursues mutual improvement.
The term trocha, pronounced trotsha with the first-syllable accent, historically means a footpath or short cut. In the Cuban conflict its meaning has shifted to describe a fortified high road, appearing frequently in dispatches and Havana news.
Dr. Charles Sweet renowned bone setter dies at his Lebanon home. He reportedly operated in over 100000 bone setting cases and led a family famed for the craft across three generations. His Wisconsin fame from twenty years ago is recalled by many.
In a historic note the public letterwriters of Parla are described as once thriving by drafting letters for clients who lacked spelling skills. Compulsory education has diminished the trade, and surviving writers now only occasionally eke out wages by correcting grammar and polishing prose for socialistic deputies with little to say.
The Spanish legation in Washington awaits Cuba reforms details while Congressman Money faces questions after returning from Cuba. U S Supreme Court sets Laclede Gaslight case for reargument. currency controller appointed. Beberwt sea commission delays in San Francisco. several hundred workers laid off as shipyard plates fail tests. Victoria hosts commissioners per travel reports.
Obituary notes list John Dowdall of St. Louis as the oldest Odd Fellow in Missouri and the second oldest in the United States. Other brief items mention David J. Hennessy's will filing in Dubuque leaving estate to Archbishop Hennessy with minor bequests, David F P Plumb, father of late Senator W H B Plumb, dying of pneumonia near Emporia Kansas, and Dennis R B Cashman, Irish cause worker, dying in Boston after a life linked to O Reilly and exile to Australia.
A youth, John Gordon, 13, drowns skating on Lake Winnebago near Oshkosh Wisconsin. Esther Poole, 90, and her son Charles J. Poole, 34, of Chicago, suffocate from coal gas. George A. Abel, chief grain inspector of the Produce Exchange in San Francisco, dies from gas asphyxiation. Grather and Haverhill’s Montreal warehouses burn, with stock valued around 300000 dollars and insured about 200000. In Ward Colorado, four men from Adit Mining Company—John W. Glover, Harry Glover, T. A. Edgermo, and John W. Schreiver—killed by a giant powder explosion.
A string of sensational cases includes deaths by own action in Maine and West Superior, a Janesville murder suicide, and a Napa hanging for murder. Also noted are an impersonation acquittal in Horchester, a Spirit Lake jail break, an arrest for a wife’s death, and various legal actions involving Louis Thornburg and other figures.
Hughes Fawcett an agent for Stuart and Son in Lisburn Ireland is arrested in New York on a benefit warrant accused of buying wilful filly and making a false declaration to the port collector. Tullns Hivaeh claims New Orleans lineage and is jailed in San Francisco for theft. Henry Miller, a German, shot himself during gun store visit in Ban Wranelea once worth $200,000, now penniless. Francis Murphy a Baptist theological student found dead in Louisville of morphine self harm. Gov Morrill of Kansas pardons Anders gon Gray, Sumner county farmer, linked to 1804 murder via hypnotized farm hand Thomas L. McDonald.
Foreign Gossin reports the Rossian academy named Lord Welvin and Dr. Simon Newcomb of Washington as honorary members. The Dominion Savings Bank of Yar mouth closed by government order. Gen. Medarto Alfaro elected constitutional president of Ecuador by 53 gates. The Lokal Anzeiger notes czarina's miscarriage. Duriam City steamer reaches Talifax with crank shaft broken. Henleyite meeting in Dublin opposes Dillon’s convention. Empress Dowager Asako dies.
Seventeen German families in Richfield Center near Toledo report a witchcraft outbreak. Victims suffer sleeplessness, weight loss, and skeletal wasting. many say black cats and haunted rooms plague them. Local physicians deem natural causes, while savings association dissolves in Albany and other brief items follow.
Frazee Minnesota reports that milling property once owned by A H Wilcox has been sold to a Minneapolis group. The new company plans to build a ten million capacity mill linked to the existing plant. A separate note from Rush City Minnesota says the success of a telephone line between here and Danewood nine miles away prompts plans for a major system extension.
London January 21 The British foreign arbitration association says an American delegate will go to Washington to present a petition urging the senate to confirm the Anglo American arbitration treaty.
Belfast January banquet hears Earl of Cadogan approve expert handling of Ireland finances while rejecting the notion of a picked commission. Calcutta reports a sharp drop in relief work with many job seekers moving to British works from central states.
Memphis January 21 reporting Duncan Harrison, famed playwright and actor, is not dying though his condition remains delicate after a slight pneumonia attack.Meanwhile in St Louis January 21 Ralph Crees and Dr Adela Walters were found guilty of counterfeiting in U S district court with Walter Crees acquitted.
Henry Gray, who traveled to Mazatlan to visit his brother Joseph Gray a famed Arizona gold miner and UC Berkeley graduate, reports that the litter has been murdered in the mountains about forty miles from Marathin. A Dry Bounty Wanted in Marquette seeks higher wolf bounties with an increase to twenty dollars per head.
New York reports Prince Alex of Oldenberg, with two physicians, has departed via Marseilles toward Bombay to study the microbe of the Indian plague. Glasnost notes famine was only officially recognized on January 4, amid English presumptions, ferry and hatred toward Russia framed as motives.
Interviews with sailors show orders for the Pheasant Comus and Imprious to rendezvous in San Diego about February 28 to participate in a water carnival honoring Rear Admiral Beardslee who will retire from the navy on that date.
Watson Reid, who killed James A Winn in the Platt City courthouse on August 16, 1805, vanished after a bond set at 22,500 was posted during an appeal to the supreme court. The high court affirmed the Platt circuit court verdict, sentencing Reid to 99 years in the penitentiary. Sheriff efforts to arrest him failed as he disappeared during the night.
In Sioux City Iowa on January 21 the Black Hills rush is described as livelier than California gold days and Cripple Creek, though critics urge caution. Local businessmen warn against welcoming penniless strangers during this season of the year.
The steamer Australia reports the Swanhilda signaled Frank Butler, the Australian murderer, is on board the Swanhilda with Captain Lee Walter replying I understand. Police fear Butler is in irons on the vessel. Also in Butte, Frank Watson, a morphine fiend and son of an ex congressman, died after multiple kindness shots from friends.
The Germania Sutfe y Vanlani Trust company in Louisville Kentucky has failed and a receiver Charles Tanylor was appointed after a suit by Herman Wise and B M EHner claimed insufficient invested funds. A separate report notes August Nelson of 2409 Ninth Street South Minneapolis was killed when struck by a passenger train near Union Elevator in Southeast Minneapolis while picking coal on the track.
Raleigh dated January 21 reports Senator Pritchard Jing elected to the United States Senate by the North Carolina legislature in joint session. Pritchard received 88 votes, Thompson 43, Doughton 33, six not voting, with eighteen Populists voting for Pritchard and Democrat Cathey voting for Thompson.
Three young men Comma Gault, John Delongy and Wiliam This tlewood were arrested on burglary charges. They left on an early morning train to Hau Claire to plead guilty before Judge Bailey and receive sentence.
Jon 21 Charcoat, a blood Indian, shot and killed his wife’s Indian paramour. Afterward Sergeant Wild of the mounted police attempted to arrest him. Charcoat was sentenced at Fort Macleod Alberta to be hanged.
The senate adopted Senator Lexow's resolution calling for a special commission to investigate trusts and report to the legislature by March with remedies for alleged evils. The action aims to expose and address perceived corporate abuses.
Thomas H. Canfield of Lake Park Minnesota died at his desk on January 21, heart failure suspected as the cause. His body will be taken to Burlington for burial, his former home.
Carleton alias Patsy Clark, indicted in the Dendywood term of the U S court for conspiracy in robbing the Highmore post office, was arrested in Aberdeen and is now jailed. Atlas Overman’s Minion. Pittsburg Pa Jan 21 Miss Mattie Overman enrolled as a worker in the Hope mission of its city.
In Velena del Sur region, 600 Spanish soldiers faced 400 Cuban insurgents led by Col. Sanches. The clash left about 20 Spaniards dead and over 100 wounded before the Spanish retreated to their camp. Cubans then captured officers who were released on parole and the victors moved north after two days.
Deputy Marshal Hannah traced a still near the Grand Forks Walsh county line. St Paul revenue officers aided a fruitless search before locating the Howard farm on Maarias Creek. Operators Charles Moyera and Howard, owner, were arrested after resistance and jailed. Also reported: thief sentenced for shoplifting canvas leg-lugs. Harvard Yale athletics strained. Irish release celebrated in New York. Irish American Historical Society formed in Boston. Ebner block fire in Wadena destroys property, insured.
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