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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
6
Fargo and Devils Lake report a brutal blizzard with temperatures down to ten below zero. Transcontinental lines halted, trains stranded, and carriers warn that recent immigrants face the harshest danger as snowdrifts block tracks from Valley City to Bismarck.
March 1 The house judiciary committee recommended passage of the Molaberry bill allowing railway corporations to contract indebtedness beyond two thirds of capital stock. The Courtright bond form bill was recommended for passage to prevent bonds with questionable validity. The Heringa railways bill granting street railway rights on public highways with owner consent passed. Buchanan of Wapello introduced a concurrent resolution for final adjournment April, likely to pass the house but face senate resistance. Gov. Curing appointed H. T. Wright state dairy commissioner.
A powerful blizzard from Friday into Saturday disrupts rail service across South Dakota and Wisconsin. Zero degree temperatures, heavy cattle losses reported near Aberdeen and other towns. Trains delayed for hours. widespread wind damage with wrecked trees and buildings reported in several cities.
Sioux Falls, March 18. A bank at Alpend has deposits totaling 300000 and a cash reserve of 43000. The strong finances of local business men farmers dairymen and stockmen are evident. there is no demand for money, hence the large reserve.
The Anoka city council and citizens committee announce acceptance of a proposed settlement from Chicago interests on the water works dispute. The deal ends two years of litigation with over $10,000 due on unpaid claims and eight years of accrued indebtedness. The chair of the citizens committee is in Dakota awaiting formal city acceptance.
Sugar Belt mission reports experiments with sugar beets in the valley and adjacent uplands near Black Hill under the state agricultural college. Congressman G W Mary and Mr Martin promote sugar beet seed distribution urging farmers to focus on beet culture this year. Martin sees Black Hills land as well suited to beets if irrigation advances.
A petition signed by many requests Lac Court Oreilles Indian agency to bar agency Indians from voting in the local election. It alleges farmer N. D. Rodman boasted he would vote every Indian to keep local officials in power and cites corruption charges.
A Pioneer Limited train from Chicago struck a Howell avenue car on Kinnickinnick Avenue in Milwaukee on March 1. Ten passengers aboard the streetcar were injured, none fatally, with no further details available.
Beltrami County official count from Bemidji shows the proposition to bond $60,000 for a new court house carried by a 360 vote majority. The March 19 report confirms local support and outlines the election outcome in Bemidji Minnesota.
March 19. A weekend windstorm disrupted Telegraph and telephone lines and halted Chicago and Northwestern and Great Northern trains by five to eight hours. In Beadle County an estimated eight hundred sheep and one hundred cattle perished.
Louis Clinton Wade, a nineteen year old from Sioux Falls, left to see the world but wired home funds from Fargo North Dakota. Friends located by his family will help him return to South Dakota to assist with the troubled estate and estate matters.
Thomas Wooley, a colored man from Des Moines, was taken to Raton New Mexico yesterday by Sheriff Campbell to answer a charge arising from muttering "Buster" McGee during a gambling quarrel last fall. The arrest followed a dispute with his sweetheart and an alleged confession by others.
Fifteen thousand five hundred and sixty acres of gahoolanda were leased with most parcels fetching strong per acre prices. James Cox emerged as the largest lessor, holding several thousand acres.
Farmers and brethrens men gathered Saturday in Bloomer to form a cooperative grain company to operate in the village, aiming to unify production and marketing efforts for local farmers.
Reports from Fargo and Grand Forks describe a deadly blizzard that raged for days. Fatalities mount as settlers perish freezing and livestock losses loom with hundreds of sheep and cattle dead across Beadle and surrounding counties. Railways work to clear tracks while interior towns reopen communications and rescue efforts continue.
South Dakota officials report ex-county auditor O. Anderson of Hamlin County pleaded guilty to embezzlement in a Sioux Falls penitentiary sentence of two years and eight months. Charged with forging in the second degree and obtaining money under false pretenses by drawing a loan warrant for 390 dollars from the county permanent school fund. Warrant signed by county auditor C. B. Anderson and county commissioners chair L. B. Schulze, paid to farmer Co. B. Anderson. Also charged with concealing public records and destroying instruments in trial preparation.
Merominee Michigan March 18 Myron Seymour a Stephenson farmer shot his cousin's wife Mrs Seymour at her home wounding her in the right cheek his motive unknown and he fled as officers pursue him In Buffalo March 19 lightweight champ Frank Erne defeated Carley Supple at Bart Erle club knocking him out in the sixth round.
At the Soldiers Home Cemetery near its city, the late Maj. Gen. David B. Stanley, retired, was laid to rest with full military honors yesterday in Washington interval.
Practical guidance on hatch rates for yarded fowls and caring for eggs. Advice covers feeding, exercise, and housing to boost fertility, with emphasis on purebred cattle and milking bulls for strong dairy herds. Notes on drinking vessels, grain quality, and avoiding moldy feed for flock health.
Prof G I McKay of Iowa reports on butter moisture after European travels. He notes New Zealand butter near eight percent moisture, Danish around fifteen percent, Irish butter lacking body due to high temperature churn, and French two pound unsalted rolls high in sales. He discusses Danish churning, water removal, and the British Parliament considering a fifteen to sixteen percent moisture standard.
Beekeeping note recommends using hatchable eggs under ten days old, though some viable eggs may be over three weeks when incubated. Eggs should be kept between 40 and 60 degrees if stored for weeks, a difficult task especially as heat increases later in the season.
Feeding corn advice from Warmera's review notes cutting before frost and use of fodder bundles daily, with sheep farming in Michigan. A second item describes Beets as a dairy feed aid, citing milk quality and Golden Bankard as preferred, from a Michigan school. Kruger's new Oranjlust home near Transvaal imagery includes a garden, tulips, and the Vierkleur flag motif.
From New Orleans and Panama comes word of a dramatic battle near Agua Dulce and the Cardific coast. Rebels led by Gen Quateror reportedly overran David, killing or capturing hundreds of government troops while refusing prisoners. Generals Castro and Orita arrived in Panama amid inebriated crowds, praising revolutionary bravery and recounting heavy losses on both sides.
Lord Wolseley, newly appointed Commander in Chief of Britain’s forces, plans a private voyage from London to Cape Town with Col. Frank Rhodes, Arthur Rhodes, and Lady Methuen aboard. Rumors link the journey to the South African military situation and Lord Kitchener’s operations.
Representative Randall of Texas circulated among Democratic colleagues a petition for a caucus to decide the government’s attitude toward the Bours. The petition, to Chairman Hay, asks for a March 19 meeting. signatures were general and a caucus likely despite no official notice.
Boers under Commandant Menta breached the Hellbrow-Wolve Hoel breckhouse line at Gottenberg in a dash that eluded British pursuers. They were pursued for days with one Boer killed. British columns, during the chase, captured scattered parties of Heeca, numbering about fifty men.
London reports Lord Methuen S wound from a bullet in the right thigh and a necessary operation will shorten his leg. Leavenworth notes two cars of the Kansas City Leavenworth line dynamited injuring one woman. A $250 reward is offered for dynamiters while a strike has persisted in Leavenworth.
Rt Joseph Missouri March 16 Charles Antera aged eighty a pioneer history maker of Kansas was killed near Seneca Kansas in a runaway accident.
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