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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
6
March 1 report from Dealwood records a Chinese woman confined in a county jail room by a nurse. The nurse chained her to the floor near a stove, started a fire, and the chained woman’s clothing caught light. Neighbors attempted rescue only after a policeman arrived.
Fargo North Dakota March 11 Judge Roberts handles a peculiar intestate estate valued at $20,000. The farmer left a widow but no children, with deceased parents and surviving brothers and sisters. The probate code lacks clear provisions for this exact situation, leaving the court unsure how to divide after the widow’s share.
Koppang of Milton won a contest over a land claim near Park River Walsh County. He alleges abandonment by a stranger who never made required improvements on a fertile quarter six miles from Park River. Homesites in the area often sell for about $8,000.
In Fergus Falls Minnesota on March 11 John Gonon, who shot Frank Taylor Saturday evening, was captured while attempting to flee town on a night train. Taylor, recovering, shows no danger of blood poisoning though the bullet penetrated slightly and carried cloth into the wound. Remarkably, Taylor seeks Gonon’s immediate release and says he will not testify.
In Aberdeen on March 1 the spring rush of immigrants is in earnest. Empire trains bring lines of settlers outfits almost daily on the railroads. Indications show Dakota lands will be crowded to handle the vast traffic. Land buyers flock in and families will follow later in the season.
Vincent Konesk, a sheep herder on the Henson ranch in the southeastern part of the county, accidentally shot himself in the face with a .45 revolver. The greater part of his lower jaw was blown away and he was taken to a Great Falls hospital.
Fargo reports a North Dakotan man dies after trying a tobacco cure bought on a farm near Absaraka. The patient, who suffered heart and stomach issues, died despite attempts to treat him. His brother transported the body to Park Rapids, Minnesota for burial.
Ashby Minnesota March 11 The women formed a Carrie Nation society and warned an alleged blind player to quit his trade or be attacked. Reported What the State Will Sun Northern Securities Company Helena Montana March 11 Attorney General Donoven travels to Montana to challenge the Northern Securities company over its local roads. Aberdeen South Dakota March 11 Judge Campbell declines the assistant attorney general post citing a $2000 salary.
Redfield announces a new bank named Redfield National Bank with a capital of 25 000 dollars to be inaugurated in the coming summer. The bank president will be D B Soler of Emmettaburg Iowa. Mining taxes report shows W B H Smead paid 760 dollars for the Homestake Mining Co. in Meade county.
United States files a voluminous federal suit in St Paul against the Northern Securities Company and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways. The action, led by M. Di Purdy and supported by Philander C. Knox and James K. Richards, seeks to enjoin stock voting, return stock, dissolve the securities trust, and prevent transfers among the involved railways.
Des Moines March 12 Representative Hughes introduced a resolution in the house urging Congress to call a constitutional convention to amend the constitution so that United States senators can be elected by popular vote. The judiciary committee backed multiple bills including a board of managers for state educational institutions and a salary raise for the governor to 5000 and the secretary to 1800.
Hugh Corbitt, age sixty five, paid 3.50 to Judge Brindley after embracing Philippa Abbott, a fifteen year old girl, at the Abbott home in La Crosse Wisconsin. He placed his arm about her neck and squeezed thrice while declaring a wish to marry her, provoking her screams and leading to his arrest.
James Hannon a brakeman for the Omaha line was run over and killed while switching at Comstock six miles south of Cumberland. He resided at St Paul and leaves a wife and two children.
A brake beam detach wrecked thirteen cars loaded with wheat and flour on the Northwestern near Baraboo Wisconsin Saturday night. Loss about 8000 dollars. No one harmed.
March 12 report notes unusually turbulent small creeks from rapid snow melt. Al sloughs fill, boosting stock industry prospects. Also reported: Anne McCoy, eighteen, a waitress at Wing's hotel in South St. Paul, died by suicide from carbolic acid, with melancholia cited as cause.
A London issued parliamentary paper compares naval strength of Britain Japan and Russia. It lists British 1901 estimates including officers coast guard and Marines, Russia fleet tonnages and battleship classes, and Japan fleet with first and second class ships and coastal defenses. The article notes ongoing construction and delivery dates, with references to British, Russian, and Japanese navies and a witty aside about wireless telegraphy.
An old discussion outlines the shift in game fowl breeding from fighting traits to exhibition qualities. It notes that modern fowls differ in leg length neck shape tail spread and feathering, reflecting a cessation of combat purpose and a more varied appearance.
The data shows immigration levels from 1867 to 1901 with fluctuations. Early decades rise from 298,900 to 469,800, then drop to 138,400, surge to 788,996, then fall again to 884,200 and later patterns around 229,200 and 622,673 amid shifting seasons and annual totals. A separate note recounts Representative Ketcham of New York appearing deaf in a Capitol lobby incident involving a loan request from a constituent.
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