Broad mix of curiosities and notices from Elgin Echo
A jumbled collection notes a three quarters of a mile toboggan slide in Switzerland, English bicycle fashions, a parish church tower yew in Somerset, discarded seed from a bird linked to a yew origin theory, Japanese war booty value, patent oath requirements, butter carriage deal with Orient lines, 1785 cotton exports, the largest French bell weighing 28 tons heard 25 miles away, Norwegian weddings gifts, opera managers’ fortunes, and Madagascar royalty emblems of scarlet umbrellas for state processions.
Spain Lacks Statesman as War Struggles and Wealth Flow Report
The piece notes Spain nearly exhausted borrowing while Cuban campaigns suffer yellow fever deaths. It asserts Japan keeps funds where risk is low, mentions German prince’s creditors suing over a marriage, and discusses Atlantic liner costs, African ivory profits, and wild climate imagery along Donegal shores. It closes with life advice on fresh air and moth control in closets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Cuba
Notable Figures In Decline And A Fishing Trip
General Nesume once Michigan governor Alpheus Felch at 92 is very ill in Ann Arbor. An autopsy of actor Frank Mayo’s body in Omaha cites fatty heart degeneration as death cause. Peter Carlin, longtime McLeansboro resident, dies at 84. Maj. Gen. Dimond of San Francisco near death at Gilsey House in New York. The president and Internal Revenue Collector Miller travel to Leesburg Virginia for a fishing trip hosted by Harrison at a trout preserve nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frint
Alpheus A. Felch
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Frank Mayo
Omaha
Peter Carlin
McLeansboro
Til
San Francisco
Budd
Gilsey
Fire, wrecks, and disasters report across states
A series of fires and accidents cause wide damage and fatalities. Fira at Biva Trempeaten county Wisconsin destroys a hotel and several houses with about 12000 dollars loss. An Allegheny Pennsylvania tenement fire kills two and injures two. A forest fire near Pike's Peak northwestern region threatens timber. Taylorville Illinois coal works burn entombing eighty five miners, only three rescued. A Iowa Falls workman dies under heavy quarry rock. A Lake Shore line wreck near Ligonter Indiana kills two, with engines demolished. Crops suffer from grasshopper swarms across Peru Indiana region. Ottawa Kane crowds witness a street parade when a drug store portico collapses injuring seventeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biva
Trempeaten County
Wia
Allegheny
Pike's Peak
Thnber Sne
Taylorville
William Adama
Ligonter
Ind
Peru
Ottawa
Kane
J. O. Shorios
Fragments of crimes and misfortune across states
A collage of late 19th century crimes and incidents: Bertha Marshall and Bea Phipps die by their own hand near Grinnell Iowa after strychnine intake. dynamite attacks threaten Iron Mountain Michigan homes. William J Hughes, new father aged 52, shot in Petaskia Ohio, believed demented. Gertrude Mesenheimer, 15, commits suicide with carbolic acid after broken engagement to Oliver Baker. Charles Norton, jailed for larceny, escapes Creston Iowa by leaping from a window. An unidentified decomposed man found in a river near Nollue Illinois with no murder suspicion. Kokomo Indiana constable assaulted during fruit-house search for a lost purse. Harvard students riot in Cambridge Massachusetts after Harvard defeats Princeton in ball game at Princeton New Jersey. Sheriff Pavis of Stawlies Wyoming travels to Denver to take charge of something. Evangelist M Thorp, wanted in Wyoming for bigamy, reportedly married in Sivanston Wyoming and deserted. perjury and swindling charges also tied to Lim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Marshall
Bea Phipps
Trank Phipps
Grinnell
Iowa
Iron Mountain
Mich
Clapinnine
William J. Hughes
Petasquina
Ohio
Mise
Gertrude Mesenheimer
Hillsboro
Oliver Baker
Baker
Charles Norton
Creston
Hoe
Kokomo
Ind
Chelsa Bros
Indy
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Princeton U
Princeton
N. J
Sherif Pavis
Stawlies
Wyo
Denver
M. Thorp
Wyoming
Thorp
Sivanston
Lim
Foreign shores note on William I visit and ran incident
From Foreign Shores, Emperor William attended no meeting of visiting members. William I'. Lembecke, consul general for Sweden and Norway, was found dead in his room at Lima, Peru. The siege at Puerto Ortez Honduras and the recent Nicaragua escalation are mentioned as raised during civil conflict observations. Col. Francis W. Rhodes, brother of Cecil Rhodes, has been escorted to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
William I
Lembecke
Sweden
Norway
Itn
Lima
Peru
Puerto Ortez
Honduras
Nica- Tanga
Francis W. Rhodes
Cacil Rhodes
Mirth and Mayhem Across Global News and Naval Affairs
A sprawling dispatch notes Boer officials binding borders of the South African Republic while British naval circles in Charlottenburg discuss leadership. Crete reports a Greek vessel seized by Turkish officials with munitions for insurgents. Canadian seals decline markedly off British Columbian and Washington coasts. Emperor William grants audience to Li Hung Chang in Berlin. Li travels in royal carriages guarded by Uhlans. Massonaly confirms the acquittal of Gon Baratteri by a court martial tied to Abyssinian defeat. A Japanese warship mutiny at Antwerp is quelled with police guard. William plans Krupp visit. Galicia maneuvers anticipated. Sener Ribeiro, ex-minister, dies. A Bath College case over damages favors the plaintiff. Countess Russell withdraws charges and apologizes. Windward sails from Gravesend with letters for Nansen and polar expedition supplies. Most South and Central American republics accept arbitration outreach. the U.S. has not. Mayors of South Africa thank President Kruger for clemency. debate over punishment continues. American firemen slated for London tournament face potential discredit over apparatus deals. Three hundred fifty Roman Catholic sailors tour the Vatican and attend Mass in the Sistine chapel amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikhania
Crete
Fisheries Department
Brittel
Massonaly
Gon
Baratteri
Abysainiana
Antwerp
Emperor William Fe
Krupp
Francis Joseph
Galicia
Sener Ribeiro
Bel
London
HL A. Roberts
Bath College
Countess Russell
Aretic Atenmer Windward
Gravesend
England
Franz Jose Tand
Jackson Harmsworth
United States
South Africa
Kruger
Pretoria
Cecil Thodes
Symonds
London Fire Brigade
Tournament Association
County Council
Vatican
Rome
Shey
Masa
Sistine Chapel
Media Cestoria
Various Political and Local Developments Across States
A compilation notes Col W. P. Hepburn’s renomination in Leon Iowa for Congress. Detroit adopts women voting rights for vestry and church matters. Judge Coler in Albuquerque bars blacklisting A R U members. Gold strikes near Spearfish Wyoming raise $20 to $40 per ton. Prof W A Snow takes a new chair at Illinois State University. Macbeth plant in Shread Indiana to close next week for seven weeks’ vacation. Nebraska grain yields praised. a Jefferson county farmer commits suicide after harvest. Charlea Strong of Rockford Illinois shown as a potential Indian healer with trance visions. Indian Territory Democratic convention endorses silver at 16 to 1 and votes for Biuund. Insurance firms urged to fund St Louis fire department restoration after cyclone, costing about $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Iowa
W. P. Hepburn
Detroit
Mich
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan
Albuquerque
N. M
Coler
United States Court
Atantic & Pacific Railway
A. R
Macbeth
Shread
Ind
Nebesska
August Meyers
Jefferson County
Charlea Strong
Rockford
Dammond
Leckima
Lord Infinita
Biuud
Democratic Platforms Split on Gold Standard and Free Coinage
Across three states, Democratic conventions debated money favorites with Gold Standard loyalists opposing unilateral silver coinage. New York delegates urged adherence to gold and silver standards while favoring international cooperation. Ohio urged immediate return to bimetallism with 16 to 1 ratio and full legal tender for silver and gold. both州 conventions denounced free silver without allied nation support and called for fiscally cautious, debt-minimizing policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
United States
Flower
South
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur Brown
Supreme Court E
TL Branding Food and Dairy
Patriot Ses Owes Board Public Works
Joseph Erik
Corbett Narrowly Beaten by Sharkey in Four Rounds
In San Francisco a lively four round match drew a large crowd as Corbett and Sharkey fought. Sharkey pressed throughout the bout, landing hard blows while Corbett struggled to counter and finally tired, with police needing to separate the fighters as Sharkey appeared the fresher fighter at the finish. Sharkey declared he would fight Corbett to a $10 000 side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Sharkey
San Francisco
Tyme
San
Sharkey Wade
Hound
Corbett
Reht
Corbett Ianis
Jaby
Sharkey Grogey
Agenin
Poulice
Corben
Corbett Seemel
Banquet for Consul General in Grand Hotel Yuglatorn
Gen Bradley Y. dJohugon hosted a banquet for Consul General Hugh Leo at the Grand Hotel Yuglatorn in Nanuet Tayans on June 26. Attendees included Havana daily correspondents, Marquis Primorata secretary to Spain’s general government, Gov. Dubose, Madrid and New York press reps, the London Times, United States commercial agent Joseph Ta Hance at Cardenas, and US consul A. Brice at Matiunzas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tayans
Bradley 'Y. dJohugon
Joseph Ta. Hance
United States
Cardenas
A. (. Brice
Matiunzas
Fire devastates elevator and wagon at Mayville NC
Fire at Mayville destroys the Great Western elevator and a wheat wagon loaned with grain. About ten thousand bushels of wheat nearly lost. The Hotel Mayville, Great Northern depot and winter Dunk were saved. Spontaneous combustion started the blaze. Loss on building and wheat placed at 18 000 dollars, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
N. C
Great Western
Great Northern Depot
Two Mare Bodies Found Near Unein Dispatch
A dispatch from Unein reports two mare bodies found in the Fope nine. Gillighn and Duggan have telegraphed to send coffins to the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Unein
Gillighn & Duggan
Miner Dies in Tamarack Mine Fall of Ground
Falling Earth Calumet Michigan worker Monty Treyarrow employed in No 2 shaft Tamarack mine was instantly killed by a fall of loose ground at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Treyarrow
Tamarack
Liberals Win as Conservative Government Flounders in Canada
In near complete returns June 11 Toronto and Ottawa report Liberals building a strong lead with minor party discontent. Winnipeg shows Liberal Joseph Martin defeating Hugh John Macdonald in a key race. Quebec and New Brunswick returns indicate Liberal majorities while Conservatives suffer losses across provinces. If trends hold, Laurier could lead with a majority of about two seats, independents likely to drift toward the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Quebec
Winnipeg
Joseph Martin
Lib
Manstola
Hugh John MacDonnald
Canada
Sir Join A
MacDonald
Ionvie di Sents
Mr. Laurier
Ottawa
Jame
Laue Jer
Dominion
New Brunswick
New House
Poster
Tuckey
Proyinen
Democratic Wing Holds Peoria Convention for Silver
The Peoria Democratic convention, almost all free silver adherents, renominated Gov Altgeld despite saying he did not want renomination. The ticket featured M. C. Crawford for lieutenant governor and Winal S. Downing for secretary of state, with other posts filled. The platform urged free coinage at 16 to 1 without an international agreement and condemned Wall Street bond sharks and gold standard advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Democratic Party
Colo
United States
Benjamin FP. Shively
John
8. M. Ralston
Peoria
Altgeld
M. C. Crawford
Winals KF. Downing
W. Fr. Beck
E. C. Pace
George A.trade
Juhn H. Smith
St. B. Morgan
MW. Grattan
Wall Street
Alt- Held
Chicago
Winter to Lead Reorganized Northern Pacific Rail
Northern Pacific reorganizers chose W. Winter, then general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, for the press presidency. Winter will assume the post shortly as the restructuring proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mou
New York
Northern Pacile Railway
W. Winte
Clilcuzo, St. Paul, Minneapalla & Oninha
Winter
In Madrid minister seeks limitless Cuba aid powers
In Madrid on June 25 the minister of the colonies asked Congress for unlimited authority to raise funds guaranteed by all revenues to support operations in Cuba. The request aims to empower rapid action and financial backing for ongoing overseas activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Congress
Cybr
Cuba
Sebuol Lani Selected in Tyde and Hand Canniles Land Claim
The Janda cam nilestoner's office today sent to the general land office for patent a set of 20,000 acres of land in the Tyde and Hand canniles area, which has been celveted for gominen seltaal in Gemnity Innd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebuol Lani
Pierre
Janda Camnilestoner'a
Feneral Land Office
Tornado Hits Clayton Wisconsin Area June 21
A cyclone swept across the country a few miles north of the town causing destruction. The storm damaged several dwellings and a bar. Ouuwan was fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyejone
Clayton
Wis
Flore
Ouuwan
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British Institution of Naval Architects
Charlottenberg
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Amnong Insurance Companies
St. Louis Tire Department
Tire Alarm
Indiana
Inginoa
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Fame
A Shaw
Tebe
Ynt
Gey
Matthews
Great Britain
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