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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1895
Page
6
Brooklyn scene turns violent as street car strike clashes with militia. Rioters hurl stones from rooftops, injuring officers and civilians. ambulance calls surge while trains run with few riders amid ongoing clashes and arrests.
A Chee Too dispatch notes foreign consulates safeguarded as Japanese and Chinese troops near the city raise fears. Pardoned by recent turmoil, about thirty armed foreign men defend missions while diplomats weigh landing bluejackets only if needed, as snow and fog hinder signals.
In Ralem Oregon on January 25 Senator Dolph failed to win election in the joint session receiving 44 votes, two short of a majority. The result leaves the seat open and requires further balloting by the lawmakers.
Vermillion January 25 The state university fuels the effects of its new quarters with enrollment rising to 272 at the close of business Saturday.
San Francisco reports a Honolulu uprising with Charles Carter killed, many government supporters wounded, and about 200 revolutionaries in custody. Fighting surged after police confronted royalists at Waikiki. martial law was declared as government forces gained the upper hand.
Former governor Mellette arrives from Chicago after conference with Taylor bondsmen. He says Taylor fled the country with little money and traces the start of his alleged recklessness to his time in office, declaring him wildly reckless rather than conservative.
Swineford, a brother of ex Governor A P Swineford, and longtime division superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, died this morning in Baraboo Wisconsin at his father in law M J Brows home from apoplexy. He had served twelve years in railroad leadership and was in the land department at Washington.
Jan 20 Chehalis Washington reports James Urquhart a wealthy 75 year old arrives from his farm to wed Myrtie Blanchard 15 but his children oppose the match. Within two hours of the planned ceremony Blanchard serves breach of promise papers seeking 25000 dollars in damages.
The New Orleans packet State of Missouri hit a rock on the Indiana side near Alton Ind and sank in about fifty feet of water. Sixty aboard included fifteen cabin and thirty deck passengers and crew of sixty. Rescue efforts saved some near Kentucky shore and others at Louisville, but many lives are believed lost. reports differ on total fatalities. Commodore Laidlow and Capt Wise, owners, say the wrecked steamer and cargo are a total loss but expect all passengers accounted for.
Barrett Scott Holt county treasurer was seized by masked men on December 31 and found hanged in the Nobrara river with a three foot rope. The mob included George Mulliban Moses Willett and Mose Ray. $70,000 embezzled from Holt funds sparked the killings. About $110,000 is the estimated theft total. river ice was cut and a large crowd searched the stream.
Pulice Organise. St Paul Jan 22. Police officers from across the state met at the Windsor hotel to organize the state department of police association. Officers elected include John Kerr Minneapolis president Harry Armstrong Duluth first vice president OC Yates Mankato second vice president Fred Tage ler St Paul secretary William Budy St Paul treasurer and Sergeant John Zirkelbach elected chairman of the executive committee.
Winona Minn Jan 22 Charles Hoffbauer the man blown to death at Butte whose body is not yet found was a former resident of this city his parents still reside here and mourn his fate in the community
Albany January 22 Governor Murton ordered the first brigade of New York City troops to report at Brooklyn today for mobilization. The move reflects ongoing wartime preparations as authorities centralize forces for duty.
Chicago and Minneapolis market summaries show Wheat January at 51780, May 6544e, July 65 7Se with various futures. oats and corn prices listed, pork and lard figures, and hog and cattle receipts. Chicago hog market slow but steady with yesterday’s prices. cattle dressed beef and shipping steers ranged to 6.90. St Paul reports light run and fair quality.
Burglars entered the Berlin and Monticello Granite offices at 102 Washington Street last night and looted an unlocked vault. They took Joseph Conlan’s jewelry stock, cash, and valuables including a $600 diamond pin, totaling about $2,000. Conlan’s loss nears $1,500. the granite company loses mortgages notes deeds and other valuables worth thousands.
Atty McAlister of Minneapolis amid Lebanon Nebraska appeals for basic necessities for eight local families. He has personal knowledge of their needs, with children from infants to school age, noting clothing is scarce due to extreme cold. Two barrels of goods were sent today and more contributions should go to Mr McAlister at 1208 Eighth Avenue North.
An elderly St. Cloud resident, Ferdinand Weisser, about seventy five, died at St Joseph's hospital after slipping on sleet outside a window balcony. He fractured his skull when he fell to the stone pavement below. Mrs Weisser, who is in St Cloud, will return the body for interment today.
Fresh earthquakes strike Reggio and surrounding areas in southern Italy while heavy rains halt orange shipments from Onformia. President Saenz Peon of Busnes Ayres calls a deputies meeting to accept his resignation amid protests in Athens Hatras Corinth and Phistatra. An expedition from the University of Pennsylvania departs New York for Central America. Captain Mannix of Saranac Lake urges volunteers to defend Hawaii. A Yuma County charity group appeals for clothing coal seed and grain. Kid Lewis faces sentencing in Fort Worth with a $500 fine and 60 days jail. Cincinnati railway lines transfer to a neighboring line. A Binghamton bank closes under examiner scrutiny. New counterfeit ten dollar notes surface. Arthur G Webster wins $1000 prize for electricity treatise. Mrs Sarah Strain dies at Coffeyville aged 94 or 95, once pensioned for her war veteran husband.
A long profile on Charles H. Hackley of Muskegon famed for lumber wealth and philanthropy. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with reversing long standing neuralgia and rheumatic pains, detailing a slow but steady recovery after years of suffering. The piece includes testimonials and mentions of the pills and distributor info.
The notice promotes the St Louis Globe Democrat as eight pages on two days, sixteen pages weekly, priced at one dollar a year. It pledges Republican alignment, rapid delivery ahead of metropolitan weeklies, and usefulness to farmers, merchants, and professionals, inviting free sample copies from Globe Printing Co.
A citizen reports a successful day as seventy five new members joined the good roads association. An onlooker outside the grounds observed laborers dispersing after races. The Washington Star quotes the remark and notes community involvement.
The text discusses vigorous US senate debate over the Nicaragua canal project and warns of deadly conditions for foreign workers there. It contrasts labor pains and widespread rheumatic discomfort among laborers with the claimed relief from St Jacob's Old remedy, likening disease to breakbone fever in parts of America.
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