15 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
1
A Duluth man plans a patent for an airship propelled by compressed air. The item notes no wind is needed for operation. The piece also references varied city notes from Moscow to Philadelphia and comments on social topics and the Sharkey-Maher fight.
A lighthearted note from Trinity Church in New York during the bicentennial celebration. A chambermaid asked the bishop for confirmation, replying that she based it on her habit of sweeping under the rugs.
Information from Washington indicates Cuba suffers an egg famine due to the war. United States Vice Consul Hyatt at Bandago says there is an excellent market for American eggs. Eggs fetch about 40 cents a dozen in Cuba, with duties of about 10 cents a dozen.
Evidence the world moves was expected from the Universal Postal Congress in Washington. The most striking testimony is Korea's decision to join the postal union. Once known as the hermit kingdom Korea now embraces global communication, shedding isolation.
Quysa cards spread in Switzerland and Germany to deter swearing. Recipients pledge to abstain for set periods or donate a penny to charity, with about 40,000 distributed in multilinguistic Switzerland. Separate dispatches report a cattle trade surge in Deming New Mexico and Chihuahua Mexico with large year to date shipments.
Official statistics show the first consignments of Egyptian cotton arriving in the United States in fiscal year 1384, totaling 174,248 pounds. Imports rose to 43,574,783 pounds by fiscal year 1896, with Peru as the only other notable cotton supplier besides Egypt.
The Car segles plan to consume 5,000,000 tons of ore this year, double any prior total, largely from Rockefeller mining interests. An agent chartered fifteen ore steamers for the season, augmenting their eighteen owned steamers and four American Transportation Company boats. These vessels will move about 2,000,000 tons of ore this season.
From AM Paris weekly resume notes Washington talk on a Senate joint resolution for loaning 1000 tents to G A R encampment in Leavenworth Iowa and other items. Also includes Washington court order on estate distribution, Treasury warrants for sugar bounty, Speaker Reed canceling Detroit club appearance, and Colorado bill to cut federal salaries with broad reductions.
Walter H. Lansit a cattle painter is dead in Boston. Sir David Hunter Blair remains the sole Scotch baronet who is also a monk. Mrs. Alexander Campbell widow of Bishop Campbell founder of the Christian M B church dies in Bethany Virginia aged eighty five. Mrs. Louisa Moncrief King presumed dying of dropsy in Chicago. Gen Dan Ruggles veteran of Seminole Mexican and Civil wars dies in Fredericksburg Virginia. Judge James W Weeks of Lancaster New Hampshire eighty six bears preserved. Rev W Daily founder of the Northern Methodist Episcopal church in the South dies in Knoxville aged seventy eight. Rev D F McGill of Allegheny declines Monmouth college call. President Faure reports a letter from the czar inviting him to Peterhof and plans a mid August trip to Russia. Mrs Abbie Hanley located in Cairo ill at her father's home in Marshalltown Iowa mental state suspected. Col Davidson of Edinburg inventor of elongated bullet and telescopic sights, veteran officer in East India service, father of the Edinburg Rifle volunteers, waited to eighty six before receiving KK OG.
Reported disasters include twenty six miners killed in the Labrar mines Atacaia province after a rock fall failed to occur. gun accident in Hayward Wisconsin injures John Davidson as Tom McCarty's loaded rifle fires through a floor. nineteen year old Harris Cutting drowns at Waltham Yass in a small boat. Bridget Cady present. Emma Lowe of Norwalk Iowa dies after clothing catches fire from a gasoline stove.
Perry Gilliam lynched in Aberdeen Minnesota for robbery and assault. Robert J Powley executed at Auburn prison for the murder of his wife. William Guldensuppe body found dismembered in New York. believed killed by Mrs Herman Nach and her lover, husband with alibi. Sig Valigantere cashier of Ban Goovarn mine in Iglesias Sardinia robbed and murdered. Samuel Clark, a Black man, shot by Mrs Grady in Glensburg Pennsylvania after a window break. Two boys arrested in Jefferson City Iowa for burglary. confessed to church and home robberies. Mrs Alice Burphey fatally shoots William Perrott in a Spokane lodging house.
Miss Sarah Brendley, eighteen, shot Por ratt who broke into her parents home near Lakeville Indiana. The intruder struck her with a revolver blow, but she fired, killing the man with a shot to the heart. Witnesses say the brother, about thirty, was intoxicated. All involved are described as respectable well known German residents.
A digest of international notes: a Harapean city massacre in New Guinea. Peters and McNally plan a July 4 English Channel swim. Counts von Henckel wins the German Derby with Mlunckernickel. Soucy Sagasaï presents a Liberal Cuba policy manifesto, met with cold reception. A Solaui church wall collapse kills nine children and injures many. Mascagni's Zanetto is received tepidly in Rome. Simo-Hamed Ben Mousa returns to Morocco Island for jubilee festivities. Anglo-American Telegraph Co announces restored link with St Detia. Sudermann completes Johaniss a five-act play for September in Berlin. Spain signs a 1,000,000 loan to fund the Philippe war, guaranteed by Philippine customs. Walter Scott manuscripts up for auction in London with Tales of a Grandfather and others. Reports state Mexican gov granted land for a gambling house. Mexico denies the claim. A London literary dispute on Stevenson's merit features Moore and Quill-Couch debating in the Chronicle.
The Adams is ordered to Seathie Washington to participate in the Fourth of July celebrations. Other brief items include a San Francisco Chinese play moving to eastern cities and London, a failed Terre Haute Electric Tight and Power Co with $40,000 liabilities, and sizable assets.
The President plans a formal message to Congress urging immediate currency reform legislation. A nonpartisan commission would study currency questions, preserve the monetary supply, and implement fiscal changes without widening the gold reserve. The Indianapolis currency convention work is cited to justify action, with hopes Congress acts this session to authorize the commission and prepare for next term reporting.
Forty eight hours after the coal strike began a district comparison of statements from both sides favors the diggers. Conservative estimates put the striking miners at 15 000 to 16 000 in the Pittsburg district while 8 000 to 5 000 remain at work. Featrice Dolan predicts broad coalfield support will grow, but operators claim only temporary relief. The balance of opinion leans toward the miners as the struggle may widen if more workers join.
The Anglo Egyptian expedition under Sir Herbert Kitchen embarked for the front to reconquer Dongola. An attack on Abdul Hamid is anticipated near Cairo in July. Khalifa forces at Omdurman are estimated between eighty thousand and one hundred thousand men.
In Budapest in the lower house of the Reichstag an interpellation concerning the American tariff and its impact on Hungarian sugar was presented. The interpellation asked if the government had protested formally and what measures it planned to take. the motion was adopted.
Robert Fitzsimmons and John L. Sullivan plan a joint reading tour featuring friendly sparring contests to entertain audiences and showcase their boxing careers.
Across multiple cities the heatwave drove deadly outcomes and numerous prostrations. In St Louis 11th day of 100 degree heat led to at least one suicide attempt and four fatal cases among many prostrations. Other cities like New York and towns in Kentucky reported multiple heat related deaths and widespread exhaustion as temperatures hovered near 90s.
General order 401 reforms officer promotion exams in Washington. Oral tests replace lengthy written exams, trimming overall time from eighteen days to under an hour per case. Time saving and efficiency gains highlighted, with focus on rapid evaluation and pene ticity.
At a meeting of the state executive committee of the National Democrats the committee voted to call a convention in September to nominate an independent state ticket. The body also urged county organizations to place independent legislative tickets on the field. A U.S. senator candidate will be endorsed at the state convention.
The LiaYose de Gulpuacon prints Japan's protest to the United States over the annexation of Tawal. It calls on the Spanish public to give an enthusiastic farewell to the Japanese ambassador to show Spain's defiance and resolve to resist humiliations by the Yankee powers, described as its eternal enemies.
London July 1 The Times correspondent reports the Helgian syndicate, builder of the Hanukow railway, was told it cannot fulfill original terms. It requested higher interest, with security and commission, but the request was refused.
Washington reports Senator Pritchard chairing civil service panel has learned that the civil service commission agrees to a plan to separate the deputy collector of customs and internal revenue from the classified service and that an order reflecting this change will be prepared and sent to the president.
Judge Anderson of Nashville Tenn charges grand jury to investigate alleged formation of buyers' and farmers' trusts. If warranted, the factor is closed. States trusts and combines are unlawful.
Washington July reports say Senator Quay refused to confirm retirement plans and stated he would not remain in the Senate unless he changes his mind, indicating no official announcement about a re election candidacy.
Lisbon marks the 400th anniversary of Vasco de Gama's departure with the opening of a new geographical institute by the Geographical Society. The king, queen, royal family members, and ministers attended the ceremony.
In San Francisco July, the United States circuit court granted a stay of proceedings in the Blythe case and allowed Florence Blythe Hinckley’s attorney to file a petition seeking to preserve the decrees. The Blythe block 10 and Blythe company set aside are referenced in the action.
The governor granted another reprieve in the Salter Worden case. Salter Worden, the condemned wreckler, was to be hanged today but a new reprieve issued on Oct. 25 delays the execution.
The report confirms Berlin papers state German ambassador Haran von Thichnaun to the United States has been recalled and will appoint Count von Dosatlowsky-Weharr as secretary of the chapertal treasury.
A fragmentary report describes a fatal incident in Stillwater involving an individual named Chenkaen. The text mentions a person believed to be an employee of Marni & stley and a significant event at South Scllwster, noted as a major tragedy attributed to a circus team.
The Pittsburgh mining strike hardens slowly as about nineteen thousand workers remain idle with most mines closed except a few firms. Production cuts affect rail and coal camps while stockpiles along the Monongahela can meet short-term needs. talks between Mine Workers leader Ratchford and AFL chief Gompers are planned, but many miners oppose immediate walkouts and favor contract loyalty.
Captain Van Enroe of the life saving corps swam a mile out to sea and back bearing the unconscious Michel Collins after Collins ventured too far. The daring rescue drew cheers from about 2,000 onlookers as Collins was saved but left Collins exhausted on the sand.
The semi official Peamdenblatt warns Turkey that the balance of power remains unsettled and that Turkish government policy is doomed to fail. It notes Russia and France, like other powers, support closing negotiations and that the Porte will learn its attempts to exploit Turkish victories are vain.
Directors authorize a new general mortgage for 105000000 to dated Nov 1 and run ninety years. Purpose to replace high interest bonds with new ones, enabling refunding of existing debt.
Six members of the Singh Joe son family, six people total, perished when their cottage was burned to the ground near Pineville Kentucky. Officials say the blaze appeared incendiary and remain at work investigating the cause. The bodies were recovered from the ruins after the fire, with officials noting the likelihood of arson.
Assistant Secretary Mowell will not intervene in the cases of R. M. Scroges and G. Langhorne of St. Louis charged with smuggling diamonds. The matters are left to the United States attorney in New York for grand jury presentation when it meets in September next. Norwegian Church destroyed by lightning in Martell Minnesota. The Lutheran church building, recently constructed, burned to the ground causing about 8000 dollars in loss with no insurance.
Noriber Improviaps, London, the primadonna Lilian Nor Men, has been ill with peritonitis. The crisis is past and her condition is not serious, marking a cautious improvement in her health.
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