20 May 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
1
In Elgin Iowa readers glimpse varied bits from a Buffalo Times column noting Hetledor Wojelechowski seeking a new trial, the aged in a poorhouse, the Archbishop delivering Mayflower logs to Mr Boyard, the Tam pico Tuxpan canal dredging plan, Arab steamboat activity on the Jordan, and Justice Harlan teaching Bible classes with Secretary Foster, underscoring broad themes of progress faith and knowledge.
Legislation in Chicago requires cigarette retailers to obtain a license costing one hundred dollars. The rule has reduced selling points from about five thousand to roughly one hundred. The small profits leave smaller traders unable to afford the license, making this method the most effective seen against the cigarette evil.
Through the Postal Union or favorable chances, King Quanagh of Tan tree in Africa informs a Massachusetts cordage company about the cost of wares. He apologizes for no stamp due to haste, and the firm awaits payment before shipping, given his royal status.
The report lists 1896 California outputs including gold 14.16 million dollars borax 800 thousand petroleum over a million salt 130 thousand and more. It notes beer and wine receipts plastic figures for wheat 28.68 million bushels dried fruits 148.6 million pounds oranges 8,375 carloads and 2.51 million boxes, butter 48 million pounds cheese 16 million pounds and 106 million dollars invested in dairies.
Virginia peanut dealers report a 50 percent advance on account of a potentially unusually short crop. Prices rise as large buyers corner about one third of the current crop, with expectations of prices approaching those seen in 1890 when peanuts sold at high cents per pound.
Washington state and the United States department report the value of goods produced in state and territorial penitentiaries in 1805 at about twenty million dollars. Joseph Dunlop, proprietor of the Chicago Dispatch, was not interfered with after receiving a two year sentence for mailing obscene material.
Tragedienne Charlotte Wolter exits stage life in Vienna as Dr. Green dies at his Bas ten home. Abraham Spereh, NY Staats Zeitung editor, dies of pneumonia in New York. Judge McFarland, land commissioner under Garfield and Arthur, dies in Topeka at 75. Richard Long, 35, found dead in Saratoga, survived by wife and two children in Charleston. Century Road Club elects A Stinkle president Cleveland and A L Mace Minnesota centurion. Will of John W Foster of Boston allocates 30000 for statue in Boston. Capt Otto J Paul of old national guard organizing to go to Greece. Seventy five applications received. Col J Y Mosby reported improving in Richmond. Archibald M Marshall of Marshall Kennedy Milling dies of apoplexy in Pittsburgh at 80. First Lt Rufus H Lake of Far States cruiser New York marries Gertrude Mills in Geneva. 2nd Lt James T Moore detailed for two years at Leavenworth school.
Casanitica. Two Eagle Grove boys Cotton and Hall ages about ten are found dead near the river. Traction roads caused three deaths in Pittsburg in one day. Victims John B. McKelvy Mrs Christian Wachter and her babe. Joe Johnson and family drown trying to ford a creek near Jackson Missouri. A man and his son working on a Warren Pennsylvania farm were killed by a nitroglycerine explosion. The farm had housed a former nitroglycerine factory.
Ramuel Davidoy, once a social figure in Cleveland, is jailed on forgery charges. Emil Sobleru, a Chicago saloonkeeper, was shot dead during a botched robbery. Two women killed near Watertown, NY. a divorced husband is jailed for the murders. Isador Weber of New York City killed his four year old daughter Troale and then himself after being turned out by his wife. A Somersworth bank cashier was slain in a robbery. P Nicholas, ex Bank of Commerce president in New Orleans, convicted of $20,000 embezzlement linked to funds used for a sugar plantation acquisition without director consent.
A patchwork dispatch notes Lesser Slava Lake residents eating horse flies for survival. The Bru gh cape squadron stays in Delagoa Bay until mid June. Emperor Francis Joseph and the doy attend a review in St Petersburg. Romania bars Jewish entry. China to fortify Dayal station by Kiachhay near Shan Tung. Chilean squadron welcomed at Rio Janeiro as public fetes are planned. A Athens report mentions a temporary receiver for Northwestern Railroad of Georgia in a case.
From the state by Hl. A. Richards & Co. of New York Walker Jearne, American judge to the International court in Calvo Heypt minister to Greece under President Cleveland's first administration and head of the foreign affairs department at the Chicago World's Fair is critically ill Vourter's 125th birthday was celebrated by Paris Fourierists marching to Montmartre cemetery where speeches were given Budes aged 81, a member of the original pol'nansters, attended the banquet at Lala Royl where a $10,000 gift to burierism causes was announced.
The report covers diverse incidents: a deputy warden seizing fish near Oshkosh Wisconsin, Northwestern National Bank in Montana planning a May dividend, large cash gifts to colleges, cattle movements from Mexico into Arizona, and Bentons across towns. It notes bank failures in Norfolk and Hutchinson, legal actions in Illinois and Iowa, club house plans at Minnesota Point, and a shelter push in Mississippi.
The Turkish government received a united memorandum from the powers proposing an armistice with Greece based on ongoing peace negotiations. Greece reportedly accepted terms, while Turkey may press for direct talks with Greece if mediation ends. Reports from Constantinople and London cite war indemnity demands and strategic moves around Thessaly and Domokos, with Greece anxious over news and a stalled armistice process.
May 14 in Thessaly reporting Edhem Pasha has headquarters on a hill opposite Pharsalos as fighting looms with Greek irregulars raiding Thessalian areas and attempting to cut Turkish lines to Elassouna. An armistice at Constantinople is urged to avoid further war.
May 14 dispatches report all Greek forces in Thrace fleeing to Arta abandoning 2000 rifles 300 cases of ammunition and a mountain gun. Seventy nine Greeks killed in recent fighting. Turkish wounded arrive in the rear as Greek gunboat Venus and torpedo boat No 14 capture a Turkish steamer with 100 Turkish soldiers six officers and 3000 cartridges.
May 14 dispatches from Athens report no renewed fighting news is welcome but unease remains as Turkey may not halt hostilities. Front telegrams indicate preparations for engagement while Greeks loyal to monarchy fear possible disturbances if Crown Prince Constantine returns. London says Turkey will likely accept armistice terms and frontier redrawing. Crete to see troop withdrawals as international fleet releases seized steamers.
May 14 adjournment sets final step for new code. delay stems from enrolling bills. Judicial department bill to be repaired due to amendment error. Policeman killed in South Bend. Oscar W. Christiansen shot. Detective James Milea implicated. Body of man found at Grand Central from Victoria. Arthur Seroges named on coffin. Gen Mervitt refuses court martial for Lieuts OBrien and Bamford. OBrien charges dismissed due to personal spite.
Elyra Ohio May 14President Ar thur L Garford of the cycle board of trade calls the executive committee to meet in New York May 24 to decide whether national cycle shows will continue under the association.
Report from San Francisco dated May 14 states the fishing boat Agnelia with four fishermen aboard left seven days ago. The vessel is believed to have capsized offshore with wreckage later washing ashore at Point Bonita confirming a disaster.
A German farmer John Donner near Osage Iowa died by self harm in a grim act on May 14 his daughter and a doctor were urged to finish the deed. A separate line notes the funeral of the late Dne WAnmale in Palermo Sicily with a procession through the streets.
May 14 in Huanaville Ind a farmer’s twelve year old daughter died after an assault. A sheriff and posse search for the culprit but no clues have been obtained.
A Toronto detective heads to Fort Wayne to capture Carl Bauer on forgery charges. John J. Tieuidry, a provincial land surveyor, is reported drowned while prospecting on the Winnipeg River. A Parkersburg WV dispatch notes a destructive May storm disrupting Cincinnati area railroad traffic.
May 14 incident at Aerious Mall in Cherokee reports carpenter John Matte fell twenty feet from a scaffold. He sustained fatal potential injuries with a badly injured spine and a broken ankle, requiring urgent medical attention.
In May near Jelty a mob of twenty to thirty hanged two Black women, Nelle Smith and Mandy White, after the Kelly family and others fell ill from suspected poisonings. Investigators found a poison box stamped with Jely grocer J. C. Kelly’s mark near the home, and William Powell went to the scene to remove the bodies. The case centers on alleged attempts that killed farmer Telly and sickened several others, with incriminating items tied to the Kelly household.
Cape Town dispatch says the Transvaal government replies defiantly to Joseph Chamberlains note. The state insists on the right to deny submission of disputed questions and to pass the immigration law. It calls arbitration the best method to settle the issues raised.
Dr W. D Mitchell of Spring Green Wisconsin is detained at the central police station on suspicion of robbing a Spring Green bank last September. The arrest occurred as he alighted from a Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul train. He trembled and asked for a prescription before being questioned. Mitchell denied knowledge of the robbery.
Cleveland police director Abbottlis warns Sunday baseball plans risk arrest of players if games proceed next Sunday. He vows to deploy police and possibly militia if needed, urging amendment to the law rather than enforcement.
Rovingtell May 1 The Thimphivy bite extends the franchises of all street railways to Toi Arty yestigf the control of existing lines and new franchises In heard of commissioners instead of aldermen. Legislature action followed with a 12%020 vote? and viva voce for the second bill.
Emery leads a push to wreck sugar plants statewide and in Des Moines he has received a letter from New York brokers claiming funds to erect six to twelve plants to handle 1808 crop waste. He urges town farmers to plant beet seed this summer to test land suitability.
The Davenport Association of Congregational churches expelled the Rev John W Geiger of Marton on May 14 for immorality unifications and interference with church government. The record cites charges of immoral conduct and unconstitutional meddling.
A Naples dispatch reports two large streams of lava from Mount Vesuvius have united at the crater deposits since the 1885 eruption. The principal crater activity is described as returning to normal.
West Union Iowa May 14 Joheil Johnson aged eighty four farms fourteen acres in a day and still handles chores with vigor. A remarkable farmer in Allamakee county, he keeps spry and capable as in his younger days.
Lieutenant Mc Coy of the regular army inspected Company C the Winona guards. The report notes a creditable show with the unit displaying discipline and readiness during the inspection conducted in Winona Minnesota on May 14.
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