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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
5
A garbled early 20th century wire bag of incidents reports fires killing several, including a two story blaze injuring and destroying property across multiple states. various accidents, drownings, and public figures noted. Names include Drexel Morgan Co., Wolffsohn, and Bishop Neraz among others.
A Wisconsin frontier tale recounts Thorn, a Bohemian family, killing his mother sister and brother after threatening violence. He set their house alight, with all three bodies later found burning as neighbors alerted authorities. The widow and invalid mother were central to the tragedy.
In Norman Dakota a case of Asiatic leprosy is reported in western Grand Forks County. Jena Olson, a Swedish seventeen year old orphan, is the patient. He is housed in a small cabin on a farm after county officials relocated him from the uncle. Hospital staff and workers accompany him in the hall. the disease is stated as noncontagious. The boy is described as a horrendous sight with the flesh rotting while he shows little pain.
Two more bodies discovered along the Upper Herre River near Pipe City in the Duluth region, bringing the death toll from the Sept. 2 Cumberland steamboat disaster to at least seventy five. One identified as Capt Le Broone, master of the Cumberland, verified by his pipe. A second body remains unidentified as authorities comb burned debris west of the St Paul and Duluth railway and near the Kettle River.
The cruiser Montgomery arrived at Mobile in the tower bay on Friday evening. Secretary of the Navy Herbert, Mobile officials, and city commissioners greeted it this morning. After the ceremony the ship was escorted up the channel and saluted at the wharf.
Washington November 20. It is expected that an order will be issued by the president to bring a number of offices outside the civil service system under examinations under the direction of the civil service commission. It is understood that the extension will include most offices.
In Minneapolis on November 20 Rosenberg and Kodas at 1313 Washington Avenue North reported a clogged shop with owners and many peddlers losing goods bought in Chicago and Minneapolis. Claims total about 5000 dollars with Linco already filing. Further claims are expected.
The report records Frank Leonard drawing $200 and a $400 draft to J. J. Fite Gerald from a brother in law George Irish. He absconded after taking an Avery and leaving Sunday night. The Richmond area notes a county report of a cashier, Mo Dowell, tied to the case as authorities examine ledgers and funds.
Boston reports state that Holme confessed to an insurance swindle and denied implicating others. A Philadelphia body identified as Pitzel’s is uncertain, with authorities noting the corpse may belong to a medical associate’s sample. The case centers on conspiracy to defraud and alleged murder.
In the People's Daily Tribune Kolbite and Populist candidate Reuben Yu Teoib declares intent to be inaugurated governor on December 1, 1894. He asks supporters to gather in Montgomery to uphold the law and deter traitors, warning of potential trouble as Kolb treason charges loom and followers plan to seat him if needed.
A collection of disjointed items mentions the death of Princess Claudina of Mick, a Boston ball player’s widow at Hollis Street Theatre, a major fire at Southern Phosphate Works in Macon, and various global notices. It notes shipwrecks near Yugorshar, Arctic navigator Joseph Wiggins returning home, Princeton president Dr. McGosh, and Nashville mine trouble with a local artillery unit member’s apparent self-inflicted death, all from a heavily garbled 19th century source.
Nov. 20 Lorimer station, six to sixteen coal cars broke through Brush Creek Bridge on the Pennsylvania line. Miners on the cars are feared dead. five or six may have perished. Only three names learned: Frank Rice, August Thome and son Brad Thome. Two Italians believed in wreck. others unconfirmed. The accident left survivors and a rescue search underway.
Washington reports show United States mediation offers on the China Japan incident have received no positive reply. Officials indicate Japan has made its position clear to the U.S. while hoping for goodwill and progress, with Congress expected to hear President Cleveland's forthcoming message clarifying the issue.
St Paul Nov 20 A large case in the United States district court features Joan M Williams against John McKinley and G A Bidder. McKinley is plaintiff's agent in Bilwhblk Oulergo and Gincionau mines and would receive one fifth of royalties from output. Allegations claim McKinley has fallen into hard straits and seeks 80 000 in quinlines and 200 000 in stocks, plus contract nullification. The matter is deemed highly important with millions indirectly at stake.
A woman in Blut Nene Wabasha Minnesota was found unconscious and bleeding after being shot in the face with a revolver. The bullet entered the mouth and exited above the eye, with no hope of recovery. A stranger was arrested as a suspect. the brothers recall him as a former sweetheart of their mother in Germany.
The funeral drew vast crowds including representatives from European royal families and many foreign ambassadors. The czar led the last rites, laid the imperial mantle on the coffin, and officials carried the bier as mourners gathered in St Peter’s Cathedral for a long service ending with the burial.
Report from Sioux Falls dated November 20 states Senator Patigrew, with Senators Stewart and Jobes, did not plan to launch a new party or use his name in a movement. An emphatic denial from trusted associates refutes the tale.
David Moody of Anthony Iowa aged sixty five married a young wife. A party of about 100 attacked him and his wife forcing water on them. He fought back with a knife and paid $10 to end the assault before presenting charges to the grand jury for unlawful assembly assault with intent to do bodily injury extortion and intimidation against several recognized tormentors.
Joseph Lewis, an inventor, dies at his nephew Charles D. Cookgyon’s home in Kunwis City Missouri. The text notes Lewis’ shop at Manchester and describes a locomotive engine built there in 1820 for a speed test prize, with references to Stephenson and historical railway figures.
In Onwinderland Maryland on November 20 a plot to rob the pay car of about $25,000 was discovered in time to prevent the crime. It involved several strangers aiming to attack the train at the Lykhiard branch of the O and TP railway and was halted when a member of the gang, Burt Hamilton, revealed the plan. The remaining members fled to avoid exposure and capture.
The lingering details report the funeral of B. J. Cameron, Great Northern conductor, who died after a fall near Grand Forks. His young wife accompanies the procession from St Paul, aided by a Mason debutant from Waterloo. Cameron, married to Miss Ethel M. Rosehart in January, rests in Waterloo for interment.
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