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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
1
A jumble of proverbs and quotes touches on mercy cruelty healing money and gender, laments about politicians and press, notes Dewey Manila Bay remarks, a German linguistic order, boxing fight vivid details, and a Sidney Lanier quote praising resolve and virtue amid restless conflict.
More sleep and regularity in taking it is a prime need of modern life. The mind tires not itself but parts of the brain need repose as the central organ repairs and renews during sleep. Slower blood flow allows nutritive deposits, like a river dropping sediment. Blessings on him who first invented sleep.
A Sheridan anecdote recalls a young soldier who vowed not to drink, died in battle, and to his mother the General carried the message of her son’s steadfast promise. The mother says the glory lies in her boy’s death rather than conquest, as parental pride and sorrow meet in grief.
Paducah Kentucky issued municipal bonds to fund a railroad but a technical error made them legally worthless. City leaders refused payment while businessmen formed a committee to raise funds by public subscription, stressing the city’s moral duty to honor the promise and protect its good name. A separate dispatch notes an epidemic disease among draft horses in Italy and across the continent, causing transportation disruptions.
The digest notes a Chicago Dixon collision injuring engineer and fireman, a fatal fire in the Lind Building, and a Winnipeg parliamentarian shot by accident. It mentions deaths in Toledo and near Independence, Indiana, plus a woman’s body found near Wabash river. Foreign items include Finland losing rights, papal encyclical on Americanism, Spanish deficit fears, Italian censorship, King Oscar health, and the Alaskan boundary talks.
A swept summary of House and Senate items includes Senator Specxer proposing a bill to let volunteer regiments retain regimental colors after muster out. Gov Brooke approves plain wooden barracks for remaining troops at Havana. Gov Powers of Maine calls a June 19 special election to fill the late Nelson Dingley Jr.’s congressional seat. Senate irrigation committee backs Stewart’s land reclamation amendment granting 5,000,000 acres to public land states. State department notes from Italian embassy on Venice regulations opening May 4. German Reichstag rejects army reforms and infantry expansion amid centrist opposition. Solicitor General Richards says Treasury authority allows admitting certain returning Chinese to Hawaii under existing rules. Proclamations set aside forest reserves in California, Utah, and Montana. British foreign office shares a statement with joint high commission leaders on adjournment dates.
A sweep of brief notices reports on re nomination of Mayor Melisson in Cleveland, death notices for Purdue president Charles B. Stuart and several prominent figures including theater manager Robert Fox and Capt. Z F Mackienszie. Other items mention a Yale sermon by Tan Mcfarren, details of the Fox trial run, and assorted crime, business, and civic notes across Chicago Philadelphia Detroit and New York.
Reports claim a steamer with 27,000 stands of arms and ammunition bound for the Philippines was seized in Japanese waters by the diplomatic authorities. Aguinaldo’s forces face demoralization as officers abandon duties while locals resist oppressive governors and seek relief from colonial control.
Senator Jeurze Gray of Delaware, term ending March 4, signals to the president his acceptance of an appointment as United States circuit judge for the Third Judicial Circuit comprising New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Nomination awaits Congress adjournment. Gray, a Gold Democrat, helped American commissioners at recent peace treaty negotiations.
Admiral Dewey presses the Navy Department for night draft vessels to communicate among Philippine group halunids. The plowboat Vixen, famed in the Cuban campaign, is ordered to Norfolk for immediate outfitting and will depart for Manila in about a month, likely joining Dewey’s fleet within three to four months.
A government organ debates sending the body of Lord Werschel to England aboard an American warship. The piece argues it would dishonor kinship and spoil relations, noting a U S warship in port as a symbolic gesture and the body placed aboard near a thoughtful viewspot.
A hospital patient at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet in a ward at mealtime. Nurses and staff found him, and the tragedy occurred while other patients were at breakfast. an inquiry began as officials recorded the incident.
Grain and live stock prices from St Vincent Minneapolis Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul dated March 3. Wheat and corn futures and cash prices are listed along with barley rye oats and spring varieties. Livestock values show bids for hogs cattle calves and stockers across major markets with regional price ranges.
Joseph H. Choate, the U S ambassador to Britain, arrived in Southampton aboard the St Paul and was greeted by the mayor, sheriff, and chamber of commerce. Crowds cheered as the Stars and Stripes flew from buildings.
Madrid March 3 Premier Sagasta quits the ministry submitting resignation to the queen regent. Cabinet crisis expected two or three days as the queen regent consults with leaders. Washington March 1 officials say Sagasta resignation does not doom the Paris treaty and a new cabinet may push it toward ratification.
In Des Moines Iowa Rev Withian N Coffey a divinity student was sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary by Judge Bishop for robbing $400 from Mrs Alaxart a widow Coffey was described as a divinity student and the crime occurred at Stes Alaxart.
Word reaches here that Mrs. John A. Lue fan IR lies critically ill in Washington. Her son, A Lopes, serving with volunteers, is reported to be near the front in Cuba on Gen. Bites' line. The tangled legal case surrounding the Tak Coon mine in the Seine river country is expected to continue, with substantial pending questions and references to regional wealth.
Don Jaive Menton of Warsaw and two associates arrive with a Spanish regiment, visiting Gerona and Valencia amid claims about Don Carlos the pretender. The party, linked to New York financier Waverton Solin and publisher Charles Beresferd, is reported traveling toward Southampton.
Washington March 8 The beef inquiry saw new volunteer officers testify about hardship and alleged improprieties aboard ships to Porto Rico. Clarence Wrathers described harsh conditions and a canned roast beef controversy, while Major Sevwell challenged the story and Lt Walters sought discharge to become a newspaper correspondent. Dr Maxwell Christine disputed infected beef claims, noting corned beef pickling methods. Counsel questions for Gen Miles remain unresolved as the court debates representation and cross examination limits.
Stomms IX Colorado reports railroads tied up west of Lordville with few trains east as a late winter storm worsens business. Daily wage losses exceed 3000 dollars as shipments fail and development work stalls. mines in Carbonate and Fryer show reduced activity while others idle.
March 3 Mille Lues Alion district reports Wane xabho an Indian out on bail was stabbed to death Tuesday night. The act is described as tribal justice under the Indian code, which prescribes blood for the murder of a relative by surviving relatives. Last spring at Knife Lake, the dead Indian killed Joe Mohsomee, a relative of Joe helped carry out the duty of Aline Waneganho. Investigation falls to state authorities since the crime occurred off the reservation.
In Washington on March 3 the senate debated Admiral Schley and Sampson nominations in executive session. Senator Butler moved to consider Schley independently of the others, but a quorum absence halted action and the motion remains pending at the next executive session.
The Belgian queen, Mayle Henriette, wife of Archduke Jasept of Austria, is reported gravely ill from pneumonia. She was born August 28, 1830, and married on August 22, 1800.
Cranford of the Monrtt congressional district dies at Providence hospital from a long illness. Meanwhile, Diverte Dowdwood begins divorce actions against Many Shot Tha, alleging desertion, amid other allegations and pending court procedures.
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