28 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
1
A large funeral gathering for Dr J B Trexler in Wutztown Pennsylvania featured a tree dinner offer that drew over a thousand attendees at two leading hotels. The piece also notes varied anecdotes from humor and philosophy to reflections on English and American views, including Earl Fitzwilliam and Sir Thomas Lipton.
Arizona excitement rises over a vast placer ground five miles long and three wide in the southern region. A sheep herder employed by George Vandewalker found rich dirt and coarse gold, prompting many staking claims and likely further ground to be located. News of the find spread as prospectors flocked to the district. A London sale of 100 tons of catalog metals highlighted ornamentation for ladies. A rigid temperance law in Grinnell Iowa prohibits drinking in company.
Resume of the News recounts census costs at 3 604969 49 dollars, ships, postal, and military developments, and diplomatic moves. It notes tariff on raw sugar and refined product, Corbin resuming duties, and new Italian ambassador des Plaches reception. Also reports TB precautions in the Philippines, rural free delivery changes, rail accidents, fires, and multiple deaths in America and abroad with brief incident summaries.
Reports indicate the Spanish senate passed a bill prohibiting silver coinage. Other items note Gen Pattavicini's death in Rome, Cecil Rhodes heading to the Nile, and shifts in Turkish leadership. Dominion cabinet plans a corps for South Africa, and Chinese soldiers defeat bandits near Pekin. London talks of steamship lines and shipyard deals surface alongside political stalemate in Austria Hungary and royal coronation plans. Denmark’s exports to the U S rise again, surpassing prior totals.
Foreigners seek refuge as commander of the Machias awaits orders amid bombardment. unspecified forces press from a maritime position, signaling intensified action and potential strategic shifts in the region.
Panama City reports that the Colombian gunboat Gen Pinzon has arrived from Cartagena with troops. Commander Follaco warns American, British, and French warships of a planned bombardment at noon, 24 hours after a note exchange with Capt McCrea of the Machias. Libe rals are arrested, refugees seek harbors, and Taboga Island receives wounded to avoid alarm. The Iowa’s marines await orders from Washington.
A heavy northeast gale raged along the Atlantic coast for about a day, causing widespread damage from Manhattan to Staten Island. High tides and crashing waves washed away docks and boats, flooded cellars, wrecked structures including the United States hotel at Long Branch, damaged frames along West Street, and disabled several ferries and rapid transit sections.
A rare 75 mph gale battered Long Island Sound from New Rochelle to Orienta Point over Saturday night into Sunday, causing over 350000 dollars in damage. Yachts remain unaccounted, shores littered with wreckage, and several estates on Davenport's Neck Premium Point and Orienta suffered severe damage. City Island moorings were ripped loose as floodwaters and high waves inundated cellars and gardens along the sound.
News from Washington dated November 27 reports the Colombian government seemingly victorious over insurgents on the Isthmus of Panama. American blue jackets and marines landed to protect rail traffic, releasing trains across the isthmus and preserving transit amid ongoing fighting near Empire. Captain Perry of the Iowa confirms free transit restored with guards on trains as he proceeds to Panama.
Consul General John Goodnow reports over 500000 people in the Yangtze valley will starve this winter without aid. A relief committee of foreigners and Chinese has formed in Shanghai. Foreigners in China are requested to contribute through P Le Warren, British general at Shanghai, the relief committee chairman.
New York bankers Mackey and Co. facing an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by creditors. $27,000 in claims cited. C E Mackey & Co. also operated as Mackey Investment Company and has recently suspended operations.
Gustave Heinrich of New York City, a wealthy farrier, was assaulted and robbed of diamonds valued at 350 dollars early yesterday on his way to a hotel after visiting friends in Cleveland Ohio. Two highwaymen struck him, choked him into unconsciousness, and dumped him in a nearby yard.
New York, Nov. 27. James J. Hill asserts future events will show he yielded nothing to Harriman in the Union Pacific controversy. Analysts say Hill, by offloading Northern Pacific preferred stock, gains command of the Northern Securities company and strengthens Burlington control. The transfer of Great Northern stock at 460 and consolidating Northern Pacific and related holdings suggests Hill will hold decisive power, even as opponents fear public opposition may block the consolidation.
Attorney General Douglass urges federal action under the Sherman anti trust and interstate commerce laws to block the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington merger into Northern Securities Company of New Jersey He also backs state moves to seize unused railroad franchises He flags the Minnesota law on parallel lines as violated and hints at amending the federal constitution to tax corporate income and property He just returned from a two week Lake Superior hunting trip saying he had no newspaper exposure during travel and limited time to study the issue
In Gallipolis Ohio on November W Jack Richardson was fatally stabbed after he attacked Myrtle Mayes and her mother. The fourteen year old Myrtle seized a butcher knife and slashed him across the neck in defense of her mother.
Berlin reports Baron von Beleswits dismissed from the army by order of Emperor William for failing to prevent the duel that cost Lieutenant Blaskowitz his life. The baron had commanded the regiment in which Blaskowitz served.
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