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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
1
A rambling, satirical column touches sugar output declines, misheard religious reports, discus and hammer throwing in athletics, Greek customs, scientists’ nerves, Siberian travels scorn, naval mishaps, Canterbury see value, and urban marriages. It teases modern life with playful skeptics of headlines and hype, mixing odd facts and jokes.
The text portrays Ntussia as an offensive young man burdened by his load while Europe seeks peace and grand banquets fill his days. It notes a Scotland Yard dynamite scare fading, with reputations damaged for Tyan and alleged pals who face international attention and possible damages for unlawful detention.
Le Masquedeer reports Caltiaux, a shopkeeper, writes to a customer offering cloth at nine francs per metre with a note that silence implies agreement to eight francs. He states he accepts the eight franc price to avoid delay.
The eye in golf is described as a distinct ailment mirroring bicycle stoppages in playing. Players cultivate a penetrating glare as if awaiting a ball, with the look likened to a collar button vanished under a bed.
In Alabama two Black men were shot to death on suspicion of murdering a white farmer. The report notes doubt about their guilt and fear that the mob may kill others before the case is resolved, a troubling scene of extrajudicial violence.
In a letter to Helene, about to wed the Italian crown heir, Prince Nicholas of Montenegro urges prudence and that happiness, not gold, secures a throne. He counsels that glittering wealth is no guarantee of lasting happiness for the future duchess.
An old German officer corps shows 32 generals retired within two years, lowering averages. The average brigadier age in Germany is 53 to 67 for France, higher ranks in German forces differ. No German brigadier exceeds 56 while eighty French brigadiers are over 61, highlighting age gaps between the two armies.
The secretary of war requests 53 million dollars for seacoast defenses and a special congressional session is expected after a treasury deficit. A New York police inspector’s extortion conviction was overturned and a new trial ordered. A civil service exam for an assistant microscopist is set for October 30 in Boston Indianapolis and Chicago. Guatemala’s minister returns to Washington and touts the Central American exposition in Guatemala City starting March 15 as significant. Secretary Herbert plans to campaign in Alabama for Thomas J. Clark, Democratic Palm er and Buckner committee chair, in the coming week.
Obituary notices and health updates for prominent figures including Henry E B Abbey theatrical manager who died in New York, Senator W B Bate ill in Nashville, Senator Isham G Harris reported sick near Memphis, and Barney Lloyd noted as last surviving 1860 grand jury member. Also mentions Baron Alphonse de Rothschild’s honor, Sir John Milas income, Herman Eckhardt the musician, Jonathan Newton Harris banker founder of J N Harris Co and philanthropy toward Harris School of Science in Japan.
Casanilica and conductor H. T. Rhodes died in a Des Moines freight wreck. Whitmore, Robinson & Co. stoneware works burned, $200,000 loss with insurance ball. Mrs. Columbus Delano of Columbus broke her hip. Three men jumped from a freight train near Goshen, two killed, one likely to die. names unknown. Alfred Krogman, a schoolkeeper in Quincy, Illinois, accidentally killed Hank Riley. Krogman arrested. A tire fire damaged Alexandria Chemical and Fartiner works, $100,000 loss. fifteen small buildings burned. Oakland Water Company reservoir walls failed, 2,000,000 gallons released. a seven-foot wall toppled Oakland Avenue, blamed on dynamite by officials.
A list of recent Ohio and Midwest crime and legal notes includes the Ohio Supreme Court granting a new trial for Bushrod Kelch, imprisoned in Cleveland for his wife’s murder. reports of deaths and assaults in Chicago Hudson Toledo Mt Morris Mansfield and St Louis, plus an insanity verdict in the Tose case.
Col William I Cody known as Buffalo Bill was fined 260 by Judge Carolus in St Joseph Missouri for exhibiting his show without a license. The case will be appealed. Police report a bank cashier absconding with 10,000 in cash, with 30,000 missing according to ledgers. A six-man band robbed Carney Oklahoma area stores and post office, taking several thousand dollars. Sheriff Barnes of Pari county Ohio travels to Vancouver to reclaim G W Legg, a county treasurer defaulter. Editor Joseph Trujillo of Hi Parve nir in New York was attacked by burglar John Kelly but resisted and seized the revolver.
The item mix notes tensions between England and Germany, Powwall named Salvation Army commander in Japan, and wheat imports affecting Europe. It also mentions royal wedding festivities in Rome, Japan island pacification reports, high window prices in Paris, and honors by Emperor Francis Joseph. Naval piracy cases, Spanish loan talks, and long-serving English judges are touched, with reminiscences by Commander Henry James.
A fragmented listing covers events from a fifteenth annual conversions in St. Louis with international links, to bogus medical degrees, Nebraska militia anniversary, wage cuts at United States Cotton in Central Falls RI, an architects session in Nashville, a banking receiver’s partial inventory in Hartford, and sewered notes on treasury seals in San Francisco Chinatown. Also noted are political withdrawal in Missouri, a national missionary convention in Springfield IL, and X ray experiments at Salem Massachusetts ending due to poisoning concerns.
During Mr Bryan's arrival parade in Chicago eggs were thrown from Metropolitan Business College students. No one hurt. Mrs Bryan not struck. Police and college owner could not identify the culprits. A reporter was beaten by parade participants. Chairman Hanna condemned the act and urged full investigation. Injuries occurred when a Canal Street sidewalk gave way near the depot. Mr Bryan spoke at multiple Chicago stops after addressing Lincoln and Joliet crowds.
In Nogales Arizona October 29 a bull fight turned fatal when one bull went wild in the arena. A picador Jose Angulo was pierced by a horn while attempting to place a thorn in the animal. He died minutes later as he lay bleeding. The crowd briefly panicked before the bull was killed to restore order.
Telegram from St Paul de Loanda reports the Portuguese expedition burned twenty four villages in Bendo territory and killed one hundred rebels as punishment for rebellion in Portuguese West Africa.
The Platform Fell in New York on October 20 when James A. Smith suffered a broken leg and George H. Philips was severely hurt as a platform collapsed during a Demorratid mass meeting.
Mad Dog Secure reports a St Bernard bitten by children Detter near 20 Tinet Indiana avenue in St Paul. The dog bounded at the youngsters wounding both on the arms. Neighbors suspected rabies while some believed the dog was merely playful.
Reports tell of a brutal murder in Wisconsin where a hired man killed a three year old boy, claimed to be an act of revenge, and the accused is a teenager. A second tale details highwaymen robbing a couple near Bridgeport with one wife killed and the husband wounded. Authorities pursue suspects as public fury rises. Also, Vice President Stevenson fainted from heat at a rally in Chicago but recovered with no serious harm expected.
Washington Oct 30 The president s Victoria attached horses frightened by a derrick in front of the treasury building The bay horse reared the chestnut started and fell A footman jumped to safety and steadied the pair before they could injure each other The coachman Beckett restrained the team and calma among spectators remained intact The occupants stayed calm throughout the incident
Simla reports gloomier famine prospects as rainfall remains unlikely. Scarcity spreads from the northwest and central provinces into Punjaab and Behar, with Bombay grain prices rising and large foreign grain imports anticipated. About 0 lakhs of goupees allotted for seed and relief work. irrigation and relief projects to start in Punjab and other regions.
Rollin B. Lane of Redlands California a banker and patriot plans to wed Miss Kate A Glynn a teacher and author of The Girl From OshKosh The couple favors hastening the marriage due to the upcoming election Lane wishes to return to California for the vote and the bride supports his political wishes and consented to bury the wedding.
In a Constitutional Club speech Lord Charles Beresford urged Britain to announce plans to annex Egypt. The Morning Test praises the policy as harmless to Europe. The Graph supports evacuation of Egypt, while Lord Charles W Morekford calls such moves perfidious.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee United States consul general told a correspondent that he will wait for New York tomorrow. He said the trip to Havana was to visit his family and attend to private business.
A severe storm struck Wasi Wis and Winsconsin valley last night with whids and a lined rat. Lightning disabled the telephone line between Wynsin and Merrill and damaged Albert Baldwin’s Merrill home. Baldwin and his two sons suffered shocks. Bad Block, a Black man, is reported as the gunman in Coal Creek Tennessee case, now in Knox County jail.
A well defined tornado formed near Warmington and moved northeastward uprooting trees and demolishing homes. At Hayes house in Parks township the family was injured, one fatally. storm clouds spread across the city as a cloudburst damaged eastern districts. In New Orleans a severe rain and wind storm caused fatalities, downed trees, and damaged electrical wires disrupting alarms and transport.
Washington Oct 30 The Venezuelan commission resumes sessions and may meet frequently through the month. Andrew D White is absent and delays concern the arrival of Dr Bar and Prof De Haan from Liverpool. The panel will not reveal potential obstacles to harmony and aims to complete its report by December 1 after all translations and documents arrive.
At 1531 East Twenty fourth Street unknown individuals tore down an American flag before dawn and damaged a window and two McKinley and Mobart photogravures. Neighbors, incensed by the desecration of the national emblem, vow swift justice if suspects are found. The Matthews family, with a veteran father, awoke to the crime and reported the incident.
One Vechulentity SL Tonis Get 80 Dugald Crawford faced charges in a local court today for tituidating and copre ligen eoyployes. Witnesses for the prosecution, with one exception, were discharged on Oct 22 for frre silver after partial testimony. Crawford was discharged by Aetiog dtdee Smith.
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