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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1899
Page
1
A mosaic of quips and observations on McKinley Dewey Aguinaldo and France. Ranging from Philippines policy to trusts in New Jersey, it notes farm upbringing shaping cleverness, Britain becoming a mentor, and local political humor about monopolies.
The piece weighs on war naming, noting scholars debate order in war titles. It compares spate of examples like Franco Prussian and Graeco Turkish, and cites a fire siren moment where fifteen hundred children marched from a burning building, a victory of peace by youth.
A sweeping weekly summary reports fires aboard the freight steamer Selkirk at Nanaimo and collapsed structures in Denver. It notes a naval powder magazine explosion near Toulon, a Niagara elevator dislodgement, and international affairs from Spain selling colonies to Germany to U S policy on Cuba and China. It also covers census appointments, amnesty bids, election intrigues, and industrial shifts in steel and shipbuilding.
The item gallery reports Americans planning banks in Manila and Honolulu, a potential meeting in Springfield in April, and figures like Mexican Pete in Chicago seeking engagements. Alaska petition to cede Fort Wrangel to Canada, Detroit workers uncover remains tied to a 1905 tragedy, and a wide mix of crimes, politics, and society notes fill the page with names such as Mrs. Cody, James McNaughton, and D. Dewitt Talmage.
In Household Words Tommy Treadway quotes a father and son exchange with Papa promising to answer only one question that day. The snippet frames a playful dialogue about curiosity and a pun on burial of the Dead Sea.
A railway company headquarters received a telegram from an out station about a fire grate called a devil. The message stated my latter yesterday send'devil next train, the devil unpatched. Shortly after, another telegram read David arrived and coal to feed. Jewelers Weekly notes the curious exchange.
Gen Wheaton's forces assault Pasig east of Manila after a one hour resistance, driving Filipino defenders from Guadaloupe church area. American casualties total three killed and fourteen wounded. Filipino losses about thirty killed and sixteen prisoners. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton's troops include Twentieth and Twenty-second Infantry, Oregon volunteers, Washington volunteers, Fourth US Cavalry, and a Sixth Artillery battery.
A charred body found among the mills of the Gazette office following a Sunday fire near Chenoa is believed to be James Cain, a printer known in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Another man, Thomas Tinian, has been missing since the blaze and is thought to have perished.
Washington March 15 The president has appointed Herbert Putnam of Boston Massachusetts to be librarian of Congress.
General Gomez declares only the United States wields real power in Cuba and that the assembly seeks more money from Washington. It proposes an 880 million demand while Gomez says he never asked for increases and calls the assembly a clouded, thunderous body. Sanguilly pushes resolutions praising US aid but argues most funds should be a loan, not a gift, to disarm Cuban troops.
In Santiago and Havana reports say Cubans disapprove of Senor Quesada's role in aiding a Gen Gomez payment plan. A rumor circulates that Washington may dissolve the Cuban assembly, with La Discussion warning of political crisis and a possible government move.
The presidential party arrived at 2 30 yesterday afternoon in Thomasville Georgia. Senator Hanna Mayor Hopkins and prominent citizens met the visitors at the station. They were driven to Senator Hanna's Dawson street home with no demonstration requested. Hunting and decoration were observed as the city welcomed the chief executive.
Alfred Daniels a famed fat man who toured with Barnum Batley and other shows died at his Lehigh area farm in Webster City Iowa. Once weighing 604 and a half pounds he toured fourteen years and amassed a fortune before dying at about 480 pounds at his passing.
Albany March 16 Gov Roosevelt signed an amendment to the civil code prohibiting a physician from divulging any information concerning a patient, before or after death. The change aligns with medical secrecy, contrasting past insurance law allowing testimony on a policyholder’s physical condition.
Republican victors in Atlantica City New Jersey report the entire city ticket elected by about 600 votes. Republicans also fare well in other towns holding elections.
General Wheaton reports actions between Pasig and Taguig with heavy fighting and rebel losses. American units including Scott's battery and Second Oregon infantry engage and clear riverbanks, while Washington volunteers drive small rebel groups back toward Pasig. Pasig town burned by enemy overnight as progress remains slow.
General Otis acts on his own authority to forbid further talks between Spaniards at Manila and the insurgents regarding surrender of Spanish prisoners. The government backs him fully. exchanges with Spain via indirect channels concern the prisoners since the August protocol. The U.S. aimed to secure release, not by ransom, and will not waver in efforts as the Philippine campaign continues.
Washington March 16 Cablegram from General Otis to the War Department says operations since the capture of Caloacan have been minor until yesterday. General Wheaton attacked a large force by Pasig River and now holds the position. Two improvised gunboats near the Pasig have captured property. Insurgent losses were heavy with many killed and wounded.
Manila report says Brig. Gen Wheaton’s column moved beyond Pasig to Laguna de Bay driving the enemy before it. Natives’ north south communications cut. American cordon stretches a mile from river to lake. Two wounded, Privates Mimken and Stewart of the Twentieth and Twenty second regiments, died.
Rome dispatch reports the pope suffered renewed fainting fits but doctors say the condition is not serious. The Vatican confirms the health is satisfactory and refutes the London agency report that the pontiff had quiered from spells.
Washington March 16 An order from the war department increases the enlistment age to thirty five years and fixes eighteen as the minimum age for service The latest results show enlistment progress is encouraging Paris March 16 A dispatch from Lunévillers reports the death of French novelist Emile Erekmaon aged seventy seven years.
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