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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
1
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms and musings on love, work, and social traits contrasts with brief notes on a local court case and a dust study. It lauds policemen, firemen, and city workers, praising their daily service and endurance, while quips poke at money, pride, and ambition.
Recent French tests measured bullet penetration in snow using a Lebel rifle. At 160 feet, bullets penetrated only five feet into the snow target, while reports claim bullets can pass through trees of substantial diameter. Experts suggest the rotating bullet gathers snow particles, causing it to ball up and lose momentum.
The wartime board of examiners ruled the government must cover 300000 mounds of beer sent to Porto Rico on the Manitoba by Swift & Co. last summer and spoiled. The decision suggests the packing firm bears no ground for prejudice and leans toward government responsibility for the loss.
An Independent writer notes ten languages in the Philippine archipelago and Dr. Brinton cites thirty five as official Spanish recognition. The piece discusses governance and Christianization challenges amid US proclamations. The London Spectator links American character to tragedies at Windsor hotel and a fatalistic outlook.
A broad week in review reports a canal wreck with heavy damage and loss, disastrous fires in Lebanon and New York, and injuries at Toledo Armory. It notes Secretary Alger's post plans, Dewey relief orders, and U S England arbitration prospects. Also covers Kipling honor, Dr Briggs protest, and obituaries of notable figures.
The report covers varied crimes and incidents including Dr. Hans Hevelsburg’s arrest in San Francisco for swindling, a Nebraska woman’s suicide linked to incurable disease, a Brooklyn official’s death amid a city fraud indictment, a New York man convicted of bigamy after a North Dakota divorce, two Indians accused of killing sheep on the Marida Mesa in Colorado, Deputy Sheriff Morrison shot in Ohio and Bird’s self-inflicted death, pardons by Utah for Mery Hayes tied to 1805 murders, and a Buffalo woman’s crime mystery leaving all whereabouts unknown.
British Columbia subscribes 1,000,000 to a Pacific cable equal to one ninth of the total cost while the Dreyfus retrial rumor swirls as Pelloux rebuilds the cabinet. Spain earmarks 5,000,000 pesetas for Canary Islands fortifications. a fifteen year old Adrien Htlenne’s water color is accepted for the Champ de Mars salon. Havana stevedores strike for 3 dollars a day, with a clash over replacement workers. Russia protests German peace conference selections. Frescoes found in Nideggen reveal medieval church interiors. Leipzig buys and razes Pletschenburg for 4,150,000 marks. later ground sold for 0,150,800 marks. Bulgaria’s Prince Ferdinand sues the Duke of Parma over marriage- contract annuity. Jones & Laughlin denies joining a steel combine. Alabama votes 18 to 18 to repeal the call for a constitutional convention. Old Company Ls attorneys deny bribery remarks. rubber trust forms with 25,000,000. U.S. lead output up from 1897 to 1898. Texas anti-trust bill advances. Idaho declares Shoshone County in insurrection. National store manufacturers hold a large convention in Cincinnati. Stove Founders meet in Cincinnati. Bradstreet bank clearings rise 83.5 percent year over year. Alexandria, Indiana, restarts American Plate Glass works with union tensions. New York Sewing Machine Attachments Co incorporated to produce improved machines. Desmond memorial unveiled in Cincinnati. Ponemah mill strike at Taftville shows partial success. Kerr files for bankruptcy. Lima Locomotive workers strike after layoffs. Supreme Court rules homestead under bankruptcy cannot be asset. Leather prices dampen shoe production amid overall industrial strain.
Manila May 10 Gen Lawton's advance column captured San Isidro with minor losses as Col Wrench led the Twenty-second Infantry Thirteenth Minnesota and Second Oregon in pushing enemies into the countryside. Summers and Kobbe pursued rebels, capturing prisoners and rifles near San Isidro and at San Tunis after dawn. The Twenty-third Infantry sailed to Jolofalamit to relieve the Spanish garrison.
A May dispatch reports General Lawton’s forces driving insurgents toward San Ysidro and up the Rio Grande. Otis notes disintegration and demoralization of rebel troops as Lawton advances northward, with heavy fighting and few casualties on his side.
General Henry Letouns and party arrived aboard the transport McPherson from San Juan and are visiting New York. He with Mrs Henry and daughter Mrs Benton will remain until Monday then proceed to Washington. He is enthusiastic about Porto Rico its people and possibilities.
A garbled OCR item from Suffolk mentions John Wheeler and a family with three sons Dewey Swapsoar and Sehley. The text records a father with three sons and a mother with three young children, but details are obscured and uncertain.
The date for the Fitzsinunousdettrles fight is fixed for Anne and George Biler of Chicago has agreed on gas type. The arrangement is described as satisfactory to both parties.
President McKinley has not yet decided on calling an extra session of Congress. Dispatches from Manila report Gen. Lawton’s victory at San Isidro, prompting McKinley’s telegram of congratulations to Gen Otis. Advices from Cuba are described as reassuring, while the president’s travel plans indicate arrival in Washington may occur Saturday.
Havana reports a swift move from wild talk to caution as political groups and fifteen daily papers urge restraint. The Antagoniste faction and Cuban military assembly members quell fiery rhetoric while National League gatherings stay orderly. General Carlos Rol of f urges calm and warns against rash actions that could trigger violence, stressing serious consideration over American promises.
Brooke submitted to General Gomez the new distribution decree on May 14. The decree and Gomez manifesto will be issued today. American commissioners will handle the moves from the submitted lists, with plans to avoid another birth.
Delegates arrive in The Hague for the International Peace Conference as preparations focus on an inaugural address by M. De Beaufort. The opening day features visits, a dinner for foreign delegates, and announcements of three commissions to study armament limits, civilized warfare laws, and mediation and arbitration.
A London conference at the foreign office led by Lord Salisbury Sir John Pauncefote and Ambassador Choate, under Secretary Hay's instructions, suggests the reforming of the joint commission to fix issues between the United States and Canada. Choate's report and the foreign office view encourage renewed negotiations toward an agreement with the Ure Uraschius of the commission.
In Chicago on May 18 the Wallner murder trial jury fixed life imprisonment for Simpson and twenty year terms for Peterson and Tunes. Mee Madden received fourteen years. Sally was acquitted. Wallner was shot last January while pursuing five youths caught robbing a dry goods store.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Norwegians and independence anniversary with unclear names and places. Key entities include New York and Deb, plus references to a house and states. Details are garbled. core idea notes a celebration and a death mention without coherent context.
May 10 Manchester Iowa reports a cyclone sweeping northern Delaware County leaving four dead and three fatally injured. Farmsteads destroyed along a forty rod-wide path. Kinuss cemetery monument toppled. Kinney church wrecked. Mierson, Jacobs, and Lange severely injured or killed.
May 19 reports say a severe storm swept Northern Ohio bringing high winds and heavy hail. Norwalk logs four inches of rain, trees toppled, wires damaged, while Upper Sandusky reports stones the size of hazelnuts and unroofed homes. Damaged glass, stock stampedes, and crops beaten down followed hail.
London May 10 The Associated Press reports Thomas Lipton plans a private launch of the America’s Cup challenger with only about fifteen guests invited. The private viewing at the royal home is set for June 7 with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha expected to attend.
A fierce blaze in Chicago’s timber district destroyed nearly half a million dollars in property. The fire confined to the block bounded by Loomis and Latin streets and Twenty first Place to Twenty second Street. Four river tunder firms suffered. total loss likely exceeds 400,000.
The American cable steamer Loaker, arriving May 15 from New York, fired salutes for the thirteenth birthday of the king of Siatn as the vessel Asaress hunted near the coast. The mother vessel will resume its voyage to Manila today.
Washington May 10 Police Sergeant Fritz Bassau was shot and killed while searching a house west of Georgetown for the Rosensteins murderers at Boyds Maryland. The alleged killer Tumphrey Brown alias Lick Brown is believed responsible and is in Georgetown station. Grapes dearer in Wresno California. The Raisin association sets second crop Muscat wine grapes at $10 a ton, up $4 from last year. Ontario telegram notes a constable murder case, and Gov Roosevelt calls an extra session. Government meat stalls at Camp Macon near Mantaf selling proceeds to Rex ten days more.
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