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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1895
Page
1
The article surveys diverse topics including American fire losses for September totaling 10,706,200 and year-to-date 6,277,000, political shifts in China and Russia, and remarks on British naval forces near the Dardanelles. It notes Arctic voyage beliefs, Cuban insurgent reports, Manitoba school system tension, and Connecticut woman suffrage polling across 168 towns with low turnout.
The German government orders wind up of American Life Insurance companies by November 7 after failed restrictions. The edict is seen as an advertisement of severe American methods.
Gindatone’s retirement from politics has shifted his influence from a single party audience in England to a global listening world. He now speaks to all and is expected to use his wide reach to refine his opinions and assert his prerogative with few but pointed words.
The Rhode Island legislature appropriated 30000 for sample half mile road sections in towns petitioning for them and to pay a quarter of the cost. Fifteen towns have embraced the plan, adding another state to the good roads movement.
A dated projection proposes an exposition from April 1 to November 5 in tribute to the opening of the twentieth century. It notes the nineteenth century ends December 31, 1900, implying the event should honor the close of the nineteenth century rather than its start.
The superintendent reports diminishing Yellowstone visitors. totals show 7 1800, 4 000 in 2003, 8 070 last year, 1 035, and 425 up to July 25 this year. While European travel grows, interest in domestic wonders like Yellowstone drops.
A distant summary notes the Live Stock National Bank of Sioux City gaining permission to resume operations with a capital of 100000 dollars. Navy bureau chiefs discuss proposals for night gunboats. Cholera in Japan shows 42602 cases and 28200 deaths. France invites participation in the 1900 expo as the century turns. Maj Quinn reports on New Orleans lighthouse work and a slowly sinking gulf delta marshes assessment.
The piece catalogs diverse figures and claims from a gossip column. It notes Georgian governor’s eighty four aides with lieutenant colonel ranks, Lady Randolph Churchill rumored tattoo details, India visits, the Prince of Wales affinity for poker over baccarat, Admiral Sir Lewis Tones’ death and rank history, Archduke Franz vaccination plans and health anxiety, Prof Dyche’s polar collection lore, W Wa Henley’s literary prospects, BD Henley’s actor brother, Grant’s China Japan cotton forecast, Jusserand’s Paris marriage to Elise Richards, and a church and Cabillas ceremony sequence.
A run of grim incidents includes Capt. James Ward drowned in the Mississippi at New Orleans, a storm off Nova Scotia, a ship ashore at Black Rock, and the famous trick horse Mazeppa killed in a train wreck at Waterbury Connecticut. Other fatalities include two men found dead in Eminence Missouri, a boy in Lockport Alabama dying after a dog fright, a freight train wreck near Kiowa Indian Territory, a rifle accident fatally shooting W. W. Rupert the minor league player, and several other accidental deaths in Ohio Iowa and New York plus wood alcohol poisonings in Couderport Pennsylvania.
In Powell county Kentucky Levi Anderson killed 14 year old Duke Wilson with a shotgun after Wilson mocked the gun. Another fatal shooting occurred near Caddo Indiana where a man named Hoffer shot an unnamed victim.
Reports describe a string of violent incidents and deaths including a sodden list of shootings suicides and indictments across towns such as Noblesville Chillicothe Osage Town North Manchester Quinc y and Fontanet. Notable items include a 26 year old man’s suicide near Noblesville and a fatal track incident linked to a brother dispute. Authorities also report grand jury indictments for embezzlement in Aurora and multiple murder and robbery cases with suspects arrested in New Orleans Richmond and Osage Town.
A broad, garbled digest of global events notes uneasy movements in Foremen Shores and Buenos Ayres, a naval officer clash in Merrol, and Emperor William hosting Russia’s Lobanhoft. It reports drownings in Ireland, Abyssinian clashes near Braalla, revolts in Pekin provinces, and a Siberian railway survey in Windivostock. Also covered are smuggling at St. John’s, a continental steamship pool, a Bible revision, and various local legal actions and ship arrivals.
President Cleveland and Cabinet arrived in Atlanta as crowds filled streets near the union depot. The visit included a banquet at the Hotel Aragon, a grand opera box party, and a public reception at the exposition before the party boarded the special for Washington.
A garbled section discusses fairness in government and anti discriminatory policy. It references equal treatment, American brotherhood, and the aim to serve general welfare while addressing political and societal interests without clear specifics. The text shows damaged OCR with missing words and punctuation.
Denver reports Gov. McIntyre asked Gen. Wheaton to remove Northern Utes from Routt and Rio Blanco counties for trespassing and violating state game laws. Senator Teller questions Ute rights, urging a test case this fall to decide if yearly violations will recur. Officials fear a rise in dead Utes on the Western slope if action is delayed.
Telegrams from Rio de Janeiro report a growing secret movement favoring monarchy under Prince Pierre of Saxe-Cobourg for Brazil. Adherents are said to openly back Pierre, son of Prince Louis August and Princess Leopoldine, born in Rio in 1806, fueling unrest.
London dispatch reports officials of the Brazilian embassy stating Prince Pierre of Saxe Coburg is confined in an Austrian lunatic asylum. They deny any Brazilian movement backing a restoration of the monarchy.
In Minneapolis on October 25 W W Tatro of the local humane society received a report of extreme cruelty. A farmer near Benson allegedly skinned a sheep alive and later a dog, letting both suffer for a day before death. A. G. Goodwin, a former liveryman, reported the case and will pursue prosecution.
In St. nul Oct 25 the state case against Capt J C Smith Geo Thirby Michael Bosley and PF FB Titehte for aiding and abetting a prize fight and organizing boats for spectators was heard in municipal court. Ingsard sought to withdraw guilty pleas and plead not guilty. The county attorney objected and the court allowed the withdrawal of the plea. The case against the men was dismissed.
Near Their Old Tome Milwaukee Oct 21 the Francis and sisters at St Josephs convent have bought a hotel at Erienbad Germany to use as mother house of the order re established in Europe. The purchase faced government consent issues and Arch bishop Zarredetti may return here from Erlenbad if his health allows active work.
Senator Dustman J.K. Dvir of Minnesota was guest of honor at the American Anti Quira society gathering in Worcester Massachusetts on October 25. He delivered a paper titled The Development of the Nordy west as part of the day’s proceedings. Local dignitaries from New England attended the event.
Settee PaLDed Denil of Worcester Mass reports Rev W Cordon 87 from Michigan City Ind visiting daughter in Worcester fell during prayer meeting today. In Toledo Ohio reports say GleKonburg oil town twenty miles south has fire and engines hasten away. wires down block communications. enormous loss expected.
Chl rmatts Ta Grange Tes Ock 25 White and Bradshaw, the oldest business firm in this place, signed a thin morning. The liabilities will exceed $160,000.
Court proceedings in the Theodore Durrant trial continue with rebuttal testimony. Dr. Graham, a medical student and Durrant confidant, described a jail interview and urged notes to be shared, while Miss Cunningham recounted Durrant claiming he saw Blanche Lamont in the church belfry. Doctors testified on asphyxia signs and Durrant’s alleged condition during key moments, with cross examination highlighting interviews and envelope notes.
The first Kansas election front canes brought to Lexington on an image of venue were taken up today as part of ongoing scrutiny.
London news reports the death of Ghetay Dorz, a noted painter and author, in Paris the correspondent notes. The obituary notes her contributions to art and literature and records her passing on the date provided in the dispatch.
Ex-Congressman George Dorsey, president of Ponca National Bank, was acquitted in Lincoln Nebraska of falsifying bank books after the institution failed last spring. A separate dispatch notes Japan’s plan to evacuate Korea and focus on subjugating Formosa, per war correspondence.
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