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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
1
An assortment of satirical quips and proverbs mocks pomp and culture. It parodies stump speakers and figures like Lincoln and Dewey while noting a rising fad for paper cannons and armor. The piece lampoons public memory, overstatements, and the evolving tone of modern discourse.
Apple growers anticipate higher prices as Europe buys heavily. US farmers report New York apples fetching 76 cents to $1.25 per barrel beneath the trees, with Baldwin variety dominating exports. The article also notes large bequests in the Vanderbilt estate and questions foreign ownership of Porto Rico rail lines.
Washington dispatch reports Aguinaldo to present peace terms to McKinley including free trade, religious freedom, U S coaling stations, military reservations, American officials’ salaries paid by Filipinos, adoption of US police and judiciary systems, reconstruction of Filipino government, and recognition of independence under protectorate status. Plenipotentiary to negotiate across nine points.
A Washington dispatch quotes Col. A S Frost denying looting of churches by American soldiers during Gen. MacArthur’s advance. He asserts churches at San Fernando and Malolos were burned by Aguinaldo forces, with looting by insurgent stragglers and Chinese. Frost praises Gen. Otis as a man of strong character and notes troops’ humane treatment of Filipino wounded.
Illinois Attorney General directs $24 million in claims for 24 corporations and 3,000 delinquent firms to be sued in county courts. He seeks $8,000,000 per suit as penalties under the state law, with the aim to enforce required financial disclosures and rehabilitation. Sixteen thousand corporations had failed timely filings in 1895, and 14,000 remained delinquent at that time.
Dispatches from Philadelphia dated Oct 27 report the Berlugh bark Greenland which sailed from here Oct 12 bound for the Talamas has been lost near Turk's Island. The crew was saved but no further particulars are available.
In El Reno Oklahoma on October 27 C W Hopkins a stackman and Deputy Marshal Fox were killed after a duel with six shooters in a saloon. Fox attempted to arrest Hopkins who was drunk.
London based brokers' clerks RB Christie and WW Crick pleaded guilty to stealing 53 500 dollars in Buenos Ayres bonds and fleeing to Canada. They were sentenced to three and four years respectively in a criminal case heard on November 27.
Latent quotations from grain centers show wheat ranges across No 1 hard and Northern grades with cash and futures levels. Chicago and Sioux City price spreads reflect hogs, cattle, and sheep values, while Minneapolis and Milwaukee notes record rising corn and oats bids and steady rye and barley.
Admiral Sampson arrived in Trenton to receive the sword from the people of New Jersey. He toured the Industrial school for girls where a flag was presented to him by Miss Helen Parker. Senator Ketch praised his naval leadership as Gov Voorhis prepared to present the ceremonial gift.
The commons approved the war appropriation bill on second reading by 224 to 28. Dispatch from Gen White reports the Ladysmith engagement with Yule’s column, noting near three miles from the main line and the Natal police’s reconnaissance. Confessions by Gorge Bullock are deemed unreliable by King who cites Lincoln prison records.
The American bicycle company announced that management of its varied firms and sales divisions will be centralized in New York. Groups will merge into a single conglomerate, each unit selling its own products and those of sister companies. Prices set for wheel types include 75 and 60 dollars for duitless wheels and 50 40 30 and 25 dollars for ebula wheels.
Ex Gov Altgeld of Minds arrived in Nebraska for a stump tour. He spoke at Blair to a large crowd, urging support as the campaign moved into its final days. The event followed a visit by other campaign figures, signaling intensified statewide activity.
A Monday night blaze destroyed the homes of Harry Goodlow and Samuel Smithson in a pioneer emigrant settlement. Fourteen people, including six in the Goodlow family and eight in the Smithson household, perished while likely asleep as pine trees surrounding the houses fed the flames. The origin remained undetermined, and the bodies were interred in the settlement graveyard with a local minister leading the rites.
Berlin reports that discussions among Admiral Tirpitz and foreign and imperial leaders center on expanding the navy with speedier ships, not on warship deployment to South Africa. No decision on new naval plans or actions was reached, nor a threat to any rival.
Gen Lawton establishes civil government in San Isidro after American occupation. One scout and two shoal corps men missing, likely captured. Gen Young's column moves at daybreak toward Santa Rosa with troops including Gasmut’s beauty, Twenty-seventh Infantry, hired cavalry, four cavalry, engineers, and Russell's signal corps, with seven days rations.
Washington reports the Mexican ambassador Senter Aspiroz received word two Amerrican gendarmes were killed and Mexican troops were massed near the Naco region. The incident prompted calls for peace talks as U S Secretary Root orders a company of troops to the border and both sides move troops to scene to prevent further conflict. In Denver, DeVan Full, formerly of Riverside Ohio, died by suicide after a health decline and writing a note to the police chief expressing despair.
Plano manufacturers face a worker strike that could shut all factories and cripple trade. Workers demand a contract to hire valu ation men, enforce an eight hour day, and pay union scale wages.
The cotton industry under Bombay faces a critical situation due to overproduction. Authorities fear producers may shut down venues to curb the surplus, sparking concern over employment and regional commerce as the market reassesses supply and demand.
In Washington on October 27 Mr Bewisill informs the state department that H B K Cooper, the current attorney general of Tarrail, has been nominated minister of affairs. The appointment is to take effect on the 24th, according to informal notice.
London dispatches report a complex Ladysmith battle situation with Gen. White and Gen. Yule linked by a possible junction, reinforcements moving up, and heavy casualties. Boer artillery shells Dundee while British troops entrench, and 22,000 mobilized men move toward the front as the war office logs total British losses at 507 since hostilities began.
Dispatches from Weetin ta Morayu report a violent riot with two killed and seventeen wounded after gendarmes fired on demonstrators. Military forces restored order later as 8,000 people in Bolleschay were dispersed following memorials for riot victims.
Grant Allen, author, died after a period of ill health. Born in Kingston, England in 1843, he had been in frail health for some time before his death on June 27 in Wention.
The Cunard steamer Corinthia departed with the shipment destined for South Africa for the British army. It carried 1400 animals and aims to reach the theater within a month. Judge Davi W Small dead at Occomance aged seventy two. He served as judge in Wisconsin’s Second District for two terms and held many positions of trust.
A Michigan Central freight train struck trolley car No. 15 at Gratlot and Bellevue, killing conductor Schnely and injuring twenty two passengers. The crash hurled the car from its track, with five to seven critically harmed as the vehicle collapsed onto a nearby building. The rapid train also caused several to be dragged and crushed. Dowling escaped with minor injuries, while the accident disrupted transit near Mount Clemens late at night.
New York Oct 27. Road authority says the cup defender Columbia will race in the Mediterranean and British waters. She sails in early December under Capt. Charles Barr, who led her against Shamrock to victory.
To prevent contagion the Chicago school board will appoint fifty medical inspectors to examine students who have been absent four or more days. The plan is to run as a two month experiment to curb the spread of infectious disease among children.
Cleveland, Oct. 27. The grand jury indicted Ralph Hawley for murder in the second degree. Hawley, a former conductor on the Broadway line during the street railway strike, shot and killed a boy riding by on a horse during an attack on July 24.
A telegram reports the Fifty-first Iowa regiment, now at the Presidio in San Francisco, will be mustered out Navy and reach here on the sixth. Elaborate plans have been made for an all day reception. Tammany Is for Peace. New York, Oct 27. At the Tammany Hall mass meeting resolutions urged U S aid to the governments of Great Britain and the South African republic in the interest of peace.
In Kent Laboratory at the University of Chicago, four students and two professors were injured by a chemical explosion. Many others were nearly overcome by smoke and nitric acid fumes. The report says none of the injured are expected to die. In Paris, Henry Pearliv, head of the American chamber of commerce, is named a chevalier for his role in Franco American commercial treaty talks.
A Bottineau report says J Meal, a longtime resident, is missing with no trace. Separiten and Grails Burned. In White, Oct 27, a separator was buried on Mr. Bane’s farm, thirteen miles southwest of here. a wagon and 500 bushels of barley were consumed by a fire from the engine.
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