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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
1
A collage of notes mentions a Denver claim of one million dollars wagered on an election, Sunday laws in Honolulu, and Sweden's manufacturing boom raising rents. It also covers microbe light research by Raphael Dubois, New Zealand’s surplus and debt plans, French cannon rediscoveries at Louisbourg, Lyon’s textile embossing, a Roosevelt-Greeley train incident with a cake gift, and varied global tidbits.
A Philadelphia Record report recounts a bankruptcy filing where creditor and debtor, both Quakers, exchanged a civil handshake despite conflict. The Pan American exposition in Buffalo plans a 10 million dollar cost, with 6 million in resources, 6000 workers, and a 3 million midway. expansion grounds span 250 acres and the fair opens May 1, 2003.
President McKinley asks cabinet to remain for four years while Secretary Gage notes improved finances. A life saving medal goes to Ola Olsen of Copenhagen for saving crew members. Boer claims against the United States are filed with the state department. Also reported are discharges of U S volunteers, postal service budgets, and a flood of international and domestic incidents from crime to fires, wrecks, and political moves.
A wave of obituary notices and society news fills the column. Notable figures die including Mr. Thomas Arnold of the University of Ireland and Marcus Daly of Montana, with others such as Henry Villard and Capt. John Dy Wart passing in various cities. Clara Clemens and Ruth Plumb receive engagements and recital plans. Headlines report K of L rifts, steel strikes, a receiver for W. L. Strong & Co, and Gov. Beckham's safety warning. Industry finance and crop setbacks are noted alongside political and legal items.
Beijing discussions reveal unanimous view that edicts punishing ministers for supporting Boxers are insufficient. Empress dowager’s power to extend penalties acknowledged, including confinement or removal of rank, while emphasis remains on the leaders who directed attacks on legations. Li Hung Chang pressed Conger to delay action. Conger urged a personal appeal.
Paris reports physicians warn czar’s illness will last, prompting talk of regency with Grand Duke Vladimir, czar’s uncle, as possible regent. Livadia palace environs blamed for illness. Holy Synod orders nationwide prayers for the czar’s recovery.
William Waldorf Astor has discharged Lord Frederick Hamilton from the editorship of the Path Mail Gazette. A professional literary man takes the post. The change follows the duchess of Bucclough’s withdrawal as social sponsor for the ex-American magnate.
Washington reports orders directing the battleship Kentucky to stop at Smyrna after leaving New York for Manila. The voyage aims to test the ship's powerful double deck turrets and firepower against an Oriental mosque as a target, with officials avoiding confirmation of expected outcomes. The Kentucky will sail with sister ship Kearsarge, part of a fleet to the Philippines, after a prior coal stop at Algiers and Naples en route.
Experts working with Receiver Tucker estimate the Frank M. Brown shortage at 191000 tied to his disappearance as assistant cashier and bookkeeper. Brown left with less than 600, his annual salary was 1600, and a 10000 bond stands. U S District Attorney Hill will handle the case with arrests expected. During a bank run, 200000 was withdrawn in Cincinnati to cover the trouble.
Vienna reports Dr. Klenbock claims x rays can regrow hair. An 86 year old man with partial baldness received two months of treatment with rag applications, hair grew on treated areas while other areas remained bald, prompting skepticism and calls for further tests.
Gladys Deacon, eighteen, daughter of the insane Edward Parker Deacon of Boston, becomes betrothed to Prince Lichtenstein, a relative of Emperor William of Germany, as news from Boston to Waverly asylum provokes renewed attention. The Parker Deacon tragedy that followed Abeide's death is fading in the colony's focus.
Wichita reports show thousands of white men moving into Indian Territory in three months seeking marriages with wealthy Indian women. State records indicate over 3,000 marriage licenses issued between white men and Indian women, with women eager for white husbands.
Kingston dispatch reports the Colombian government seized and converted the British steamer Taboga into a gun boat to combat revolutionaries. The move provokes Huitlah community anger and may prompt Lord Salisbury’s intervention.
Heavy gales continue to sweep the channel as continental mail boats report terrific gales and several minor mishaps. The Bremen steamer Duisburg, disabled off Falkstone, was brought into the Thames. In Mississippi, famed jailbreaker Brooks Story escapes again from the state penitentiary, his fourth escape.
From Odessa via the Daily Express a clandestine exit from Russia ends in disaster. A boat sails from Tacharulssy into the Black Sea, a storm strikes, ballast is jettisoned, and women and children are cast overboard. All perish except one boy who clings to the mast and survives ashore.
United States Bank Examiner Tucker took possession of the German National Bank of Newport Kentucky and announced Frank Brown the cashier was missing with an alleged shortage around 201 000. Browns long service and past dealings with the bank feature, rumors of a fast life and a jealous woman exposing the scheme. Brown reportedly sailed toward South America with funds, triggering a police and examiner response in Newport and Cincinnati, amid sensational public interest.
Nov. 20 Oswayo Four men perished in a fast spreading blaze that wiped out the McGonigal house a three story frame hotel barn and opera house with thirty people inside the hotel many narrowly escaping by jumping from windows. The town lacks a fire department only a tannery pump provided protection and delays hampered efforts with a total property loss estimated at five thousand dollars.
Galveston Texas November 20. The United States surveying corps discovered more than 100 bodies in a swamp south of the city on the island. They had been deposited after the September 8 storm and remained unburied in an out of the way spot near the road until burying parties were sent to locate them.
Lorenzo Marques Nov 20 The Portuguese authorities order Mr Pott the consul general not to display flags of the Orange Free State or the Transvaal at his residence, as Portugal no longer recognizes their existence as separate states.
Philadelphia reports Judge Ar has sentenced Henry Ivory and Charles Ferry, described as negroes, to death after their conviction for the murder linked to the May 27 killing of Professor Roy Wisor White. The court’s action marks a fatal outcome in the high profile case.
Zanesville Ohio November 20 A passenger train on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway ran into an open switch here wrecking the engine and killing the engineer. Two others were injured.
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