04 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
1
In Elgin Iowa a string of wry reflections on human folly and public affairs run. Commentary touches on Nicaragua and a U S Venezuelan commission while noting bankers, social conduct, and misunderstandings about the war. A former billiard champion sues for damages after a streetcar accident.
A plea urges immediate action in the current session to provide a suitable appropriation for repairing the frigate Constitution Old Ironsides. The call cites the vessel’s decks red with heroes’ blood and its storied role in national renown as reason to act before adjournment.
A special agent report from Japan notes a recent near panic in Japanese financial circles, with postwar speculation, thousands of floated stocks, and a broad market collapse. Native banks shuttered, merchants denied accommodations, and warehouses filled as heavy merchandise stocks returned to market.
A western minister has collected defaced Peruvian Hawaiian and Swedish coins along with battered quarters and dimes from services. He plans to send the debased money to the mint or melt it for church ware, arguing it demonstrates generosity. The episode exposes a deceptive act that undermines honest giving and religious duty.
The Kansas City police are described as heavy weights with an average officer weight of 198 pounds and an average height of five feet ten inches. The heaviest officer weighs 280 pounds and stands seven feet tall, four inches short of eight feet.
General news from Washington notes the Senate confirmed O. B. Wheeler as postmaster at Blackfoot Idaho. A Detroit business community memorial opposes the anti ticket brokerage bill. The House Judiciary committee plans to report a bill to add a judge for United States courts in the Indian Territory. Senator Sherman signals no resume of arbitration treaty before next Thursday. U S Consul in Winnipeg reports Canada allocated 15000 dollars to improve navigation on the Tiiny river and nearby waters.
Anthony Marrow a prominent Central Pennsylvania banker and Halist figure dies along with four others in Hollidaysburg. Jed D Anssey Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial is dying in Middlebury Vermont. Susan Anthony turns eighty eight with congratulatory notes from across the country. A E Rickard pioneer of Trudgon Wisconsin dies at eighty four. Mother Mary Xavier of the Sisters of Charity holds a golden jubilee in New York with about seven hundred sisters present. Lillian Russell nears purchase of Palace Car La Lee from Pullman for Mrs Langtry at over one hundred thousand dollars. Annie Besant the theosophist arrives in New York in March to lecture on theosophy and recount journeys through India.
Fire destroyed the Plysmouth flouring mill owned by Fred Kruger with arson suspected as the cause. In Iowa, Brank Wink was killed when his sleigh collided and threw him out. William E Campbell, longtime New York cotton broker and former Cotton Exchange officer, died in Hoboken at 72. In Sharon Pennsylvania two girls drowned after ice broke on the canal. In Bartlet, Teun a son killed his elderly father, believed to be a burglar, as the man went to fetch a drink of water.
Crimes and criminals feature a spree of incidents across multiple states. Billy Young, the Sioux City killer of George Wijsott, awaits life imprisonment. Deputy Boggett captures train robber James Parker near Peach Springs. Jease Harrison dies after a Whitesburg shooting. George Tyler suspected in the Meeks family murders in Fulton county jail. John Hart of Laurada faces neutrality law charges in Philadelphia. County books audit shows a $30,000 shortfall. Warren Goucher faces assault charges in Black River Falls with five to thirty five year potential penalty. News also reports a self inflicted death in Chicago tied to Lawton & Foot, and Charles A Jackson’s suicide in New Orleans after a Jackson, Michigan disappearance. Samuel J Campbell referenced as a leader in a dispatch. The American Green Glass Workers' Association reports a death by self harm in Millville, NJ amid family trouble. San Francisco police raid mentioned.
A surprise raid across Chinatown nabbed about 500 Chinese residents and shut down gambling dens in full operation. In Denver, Harry Davis linked to the murder of Night Officer Joseph Baker in North Baltimore, Ohio, June 21, 1890, was betrayed by his brother Guy. Separately at Shoals Indiana, Marl on Low and John Walker quarreled ending with Low shot Walker, Walker killed Low with a shotgun blast.
From Foreign Shorea Sir Alfred Milner is appointed governor of Cape Colony succeeding Lord Rosemead who resigns for health reasons. Chancellor Prince Twodenlohe and Princess Zu Sayu-Wittgenstein celebrate their golden wedding in Berlin with royal house representatives. An insane man in Frijischa mber deputies shouted threats, arrested. Bridgeton Glasgow election to replace Sir G. O. Ltewellynin yields victory for Sir Charles Cameron Liberal after a health-related resignation.
A collage of notices includes proposed laws in us cities, church meetings in New Orleans in 1807, transcontinental parties and land grants in Florida, river fatalities in Cincinnati, and a range of corporate and public notices. It records resignations, assignments, and a variety of legal and financial events across multiple states, with mentions of notable figures and institutions.
Foreign policy telegram outlines aims to create autonomous Crete within Turkish rule while urging withdrawal of Turkish and Greek forces. Powers threaten to enforce by force if terms are refused. Reports from Larissa claim 20 000 Greek troops and imminent hostilities if Crete remains outside Ottoman control.
New York reports seven days overdue on the twin screw passenger steamship Cambrian bound from London with cargo and passengers. Severe weather and ice fields raise fears of a serious mishap as the ship’s status remains unresolved after an encounter with the Assyrian off Halifax.
G Stuart Patterson announced an executive committee of fifteen to continue the currency movement. The committee will urge Congress to appoint a currency commission and bring the proposal to the nation. Members broadly accepted the appointment and will pursue the task.
An electric car on the 103d street line was caught between two trains on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. Four passengers plus the motorman and conductor were aboard. Three of the six were killed outright and three were severely injured with potential fatalities. The accident is blamed on the motorman’s lack of control.
DN announces Dr Nansen plans a United States lecture tour in the coming fall. He will speak English fluently and deliver an engaging appearance as a pronounced speaker attracting audiences. Coal miners strike in Vicksburg delays but expected to expand to 7000 workers in Movonghels valley.
Two Milliken and Ledley torpedo company employees Louis Crary and Dugene Ralston were killed when a nitro glycerin explosion occurred at the Gould Oil field site south of Steubenville Ohio on February 26.
J W Brigham of Delta has been offered and accepted the position of assistant secretary of agriculture as stated from Washington on February 20.
Two suspected alr breeds Black Hawk and Louly Agiard were arrested near Battle Creek ten miles from the murder scene of the Spleee family in Spicer. Sheriff Peter Shier of Emmons county aided by Indian police said they admitted to the Winonaay murder and stealing and selling a steered meat to farmers around Winona.
Washington reports the senate appropriations committee made changes to the sundry civil bill reducing river and harbor appropriations while funding a $600,000 Oakland harbor contract and $150,000 for the Great Lakes Ocean Canal survey. A branch Soldiers home at Hot Springs and a Nicaragua canal survey receive $100,000 and $150,000 respectively.
Rapid City Dakota Territory February 26 1887 residents react with anger and indignation to President Cleveland's offer to establish a Black Hills forest reserve. The land includes rich mining towns and settlements in old organized counties and is praised by few while many demand reversal.
In Winnipeg on February 26 a St Boniface provincial byelection sparks strong reactions. An archbishop urged peace with the Corbal candidate supporters while a Nis sentence sermon labeled opponents as non Catholics traitors and Judas. The election faces protests over alleged interference and intimidation.
Report from Tacomen Tacoma dated February 2 states President Elm of Great Northern intends to purchase half of Tacoma Land Company stock. The land firm holds most of the unsold item tow site and 500 acres of lands needed for a distant terminus. Implication is Hills hopes for joint or sympathetic operation of two railroads.
The early Omaha passenger train from St Paul and fast freight No 74 collided near Hawthorne after the freight stopped to sidetrack without flagging the following passenger train. The crash tore the engine cars and caused severe wreckage and injuries.
The intercollegiate contest held at Grand Forks North Dakota featured two representatives from the agricultural college state university and Wahpeton school. Judges awarded first to H. K. Arnegaard and second to J. B. Robbing of the state university.
Information generated here that prospectors have discovered freer gold fent on the timber reservation belonging to this post, and from which Fort Meade obtains its fuel and timber supply. The reserve is several miles from here in the foothills of the Black Hills.
In Tacoma the wheat market rose by five cents signaling gains across two days with No 1 club at 85 cents and blue stem quoted near Chicago levels. In Marquette on February 26 the first round of a tax dispute saw Onouta township prevail against the Chicago and North Western Railway over coal taxes totaling 4,000 dollars owed to the township.
From available indications the race for the Republican senatorial nomination in the district promises to be intensely interesting. Each camp in the district is expected to move a candidate, making the contest a tight one.
Gen McCulloch a Minnewaukan North Dakota farmer aged about 10 by Hin Ow Medicine died on the way. He leaves a wife and two children. Intoxication is believed to have caused the death.
Mrs Letitia Green Stevenson wife of the retiring vice president of the United States was re elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington on February 26 with a vote signaled by D A R leaders.
Saw MIN Lot Ashland Wisconsin February 26 report that the But teriut saw mill and adjacent real estate were bought by W J Clifford of Stevens Point. It is understood the Wisconsin Central is behind the deal.
Reports from Cincinnati and surrounding towns show the river falling rapidly from Pittsburg to Maysville. Flooded districts like Cincinnati area Pendleton Bromley and Ludlow Lagoon dam danger, while many families 600 plus from riverfront homes endure flooded cellars. Civil navigation to resume by Saturday morning as boats aid railways and supply food.
The hover committee on elections of president, vice president and members of Congress examined last fall’s South Carolina election. Resolutions by Rep Murray urged a special congressional committee to probe the state system. A memorial signed by white businessmen claimed South Carolina lacked a Republican form of government under military despotism and criticized a tax exemption for ex Confederate soldiers as unconstitutional.
Washington reports a cable from Madrid via the Spanish minister in Washington stating that brigades led by Generals Gasco Ruiz and Seguera defeated Maximo Gomez. The rebels were dispersed in retreat. seven columns advance toward Matanzas and Las Vivas while Chatrocha of Jamaica remains nearly closed, hindering Gomez's westward retreat.
Gov Guberson writes President Cleveland to urge federal aid by Congress for the Afro American Exposition to be held in Houston Texas in 1898. The event aims to be an international gathering marking groves since slavery and aligns with the first general assembly themes.
Windsor town council retaliates against linked Strate wien labor law by refusing to allot contractors to employ aliens on public works. Niagara Falls frontier sentiment favors a retaliatory measure. Robbers took 7000 Sioux City Feb 20 burglars entered Is. St. Onye grocery, got 2097 in cash and negotiable paper, eyewitness Louis St. Ouge troused, thieves fled after five hours of gunfire. Street Car Wreck Aluarn Feb 26 a train wrecks on New York Central line near Geneva. several injured, Mrs Holdwin of Waterloo fatally injured.
Harold F. McCormick’s family grows with the addition of a new member born to his wife Edith Rockefeller, second daughter of John D. Rockefeller of New York, and the union follows their Nov. 26, 1885 marriage.
Moscow reports chess great Steinitz is no longer in danger and shows rapid improvement after a progressive brain illness. The famed player had suffered from a serious malady described as paralysis of the brain.
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