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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
1
The Elgin Echo presents a collage of quips and opinions on society, finance, deception, and fame. It references Sage, Astor, Benedict Arnold, and Kaiser Wilhelm while musing on enmities, national strength, and peace hopes in a pensive tone.
A Boston Transcript correspondent recalls a slum woman on a seaside outing exclaiming with huge relief after seeing the ocean, saying in effect that there is enough of something good in life. The scene reflects seasonal efforts to move the fortunate from crowded areas to open spaces.
Ex queen Liliuokalani claims Hawaii is in practical anarchy under an oligarchy and native Hawaiian rights are disrespected. Other observers dispute her view while she notes her pension claim and praises U.S. government intentions, but won’t urge Washington action yet.
The Reina Mercedes will not be sold or repaired but kept in a limited condition to prevent decay and shown publicly as a war memorial. Previously treasured ships like Old Ironsides and the Hartford were preserved for sentiment, but this is the last time a battle ship will be kept for the nation’s pride without exultation at foes’ humiliation.
Honolulu officials weigh placing a cemetery in the Punchbowl crater an extinct volcano. Objections focus on future possible conversion to an amusement resort and residence area if water could be supplied. The Hawaiian Gazette notes trees planted by the late King Kala Kau and praises the crater’s beauty and views.
Maximo Gomez, soon to depart Cuba for San Domingo, delivered a thoughtful speech to Cubans. He denounced calumny against the United States, urged Cubans to value work, and appealed to lowly duties with practical resolve. Gomez presents himself as a prudent and wise leader.
A broad weekly resume reports gold certificate redemptions totaling 18 830 040 dollars and a San Francisco chartered war ship ready to sail to Manila. It notes cable service risks, Puerto Rico hurricane impacts, census posts in Cuba, and boxing match gossip. Also covered are Pacific, Atlantic, and African famine updates, Moroccan piracy measures, and new Uruguay Germany trade terms.
Capt W A Smith of Mount Vernon died in Saratoga New York. Maurice Grau hires Herr Duck of Berlin for Royal German Opera season at 27000 dollars. A H Longino of Washington County nominated for Mississippi governor by Democrats without opposition. Alexander Bradley longtime head of Tradesmen's National Bank and Pittsburg Insurance died in Pittsburg at eighty seven. Rev Dr Benjamin De Costa rector of St John the Evangelist New York resigns due to age. Russian engineers attacked by Chinese brigands on the Manchuria railway frontier at Kirin. reprisals expected. Isaac Congden former Union Hne locomotive official dies in Omaha. he invented railway appliances widely used.
Accidental drownings occur at Lakeville and in Berlin and Syracuse. Names include Lewis H McCune, Willem Swardner, John Smith, Henry, Roy Heinley, Norman Pickrell, and Ole Anderson. A mad dog bite in Syracuse led to treatment in Chicago. A rail accident in Buliman Valley killed a railway worker. Miss Dessie Garrett died after being struck while bicycling. A gate incident at Frazerburg, Scotland endangered 300 fishing craft. Two European nationals drowned at Lake Geneva. The US cruiser Montgomery helped rescue the crew of the British steamer Nettleton after it grounded near Murice.
Reports from Bridgeport Conn describe the jury inquest into a trolley disaster that killed thirty, indicting the motorman for extreme carelessness. Other items include a mob rescuing suspects in a shooting near Wettinpka, and a Colorado & Southern train robbery linked to two officers killed. Also noted is a government seizure of Stonehill Wine plant assets in Hernon Mo and an extradition withdrawal in the Mire case involving Gladys Perot.
Reports span hog cholera in Indiana, miners migrating from West Virginia to the West, horses Wassered in Billings, and U.S. canal commission arrivals at Graytown. Glasgow rejects Sunday picture-gallery opening. suspected yellow fever in Mexico reported to marine hospital service. GOP committee to elect chairman in Dubuque. New York cloakmakers end strikes. CP railway earnings fall. Buffalo dock workers return after wage deal. Des Moines forms Town Beet Sugar Development Co. Oriental Electric War in Youngstown absorbed by a new firm. Mine labor strikes at Carbondale. Boston & Maine increases dividend to 7 percent annual. Consolidated Gas cuts quarterly dividend. Republican campaign opens in London Kentucky with Gen Taylor speaking. Curran files bankruptcy in New York. Sale talks for Central Iowa railroad round in Des Moines. Menominee harbor work contractors busy at pineries. Portsmouth envoy letter about American squadron visit next year. Western man plans modern saw mill in China.
UK and Transvaal dispute over franchise reforms sparks cabinet discussion and a BBC tone of looming conflict. Reports from London and Pretoria note Chamberlain's note likely near final, with war danger rising as Boer readiness and reinforcements grow in Johannesburg.
President and Mrs McKinley arrive in Canton after a year, greeted by a large crowd. They stay with the Barber family for several days of rest, as a reception committee escorts them from Alliance. Authorities plan to provide maximum privacy and quiet during the visit.
John B. McLean, Democratic gubernatorial candidate of Ohio, is appointed head of the Ways and Means Committee of the Democratic National Committee. The announcement, made after a Chicago meeting on July 20, highlights McLean’s leadership role and the party’s reorganized plan. Also noted is the removal of John Altgeld from his party position.
The secret service reports a new counterfeit $2 note in circulation. Details mention a Washington origin, with letters and signatures tied to the TSM series. Authorities advise examining notes for the dark red seal and discrepancies in paper and ink.
The auxiliary cave project against bubonic plague is now complete. A main meeting of commercial representatives was held to protest. A resolution was adopted to seek official permission for continued experiments. Officials refuse, closing factories and shops and risking 20,000 jobs.
George Thompson a retired farmer was thrown from a buggy and died about a mile away shortly after the mishap. The incident occurred September 1 and involved Ron Womme, an 8 D. local figure.
Tira Ohio September 1 a fire started by an explosion last evening. The blaze threatens most of the town with the fire departments from CE on and New Waslington arriving to battle the flames.
Chicago reports coal prices rising with unusual speed into fall. The Philadelphia and Reading Steel and Iron Company ordered agents to advance prices by 25 cents yesterday, signaling intensified steel industry pricing moves.
The Nebraska regiment arrived at the Burlington depot amid cheers and whistles as crowds lined the streets. A formal welcome at city hall by Mayor Moores, Gov. Poynter, and officials preceded an afternoon at the exposition grounds with the soldiers enjoying the day.
San Francisco September 1. The Idaho Wyoming and North Dakota volunteer regiments arrived aboard the United States transport Grant from Manila. Gov Steunenberg and Gov Richards greeted them with a large state delegation, but quarantine at the dock prevented disembarkation last night. They will disembark today and be escorted from the dock to the Presidio by the California volunteer regiment.
A floor collapse at Ey by Sagi netti's merchandise store in Yuma yesterday morning killed six workers and injured many as the second floor fell during a crowd removing goods. Fire department rushed to help but apparatus was limited. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars with stock destroyed.
Arrests in Butte reveal wholesale thefts of silver bullion from the Bimetabic company. Disclosures indicate bullion worth thousands vanished over time, involving a carrier and local workers, with listed names and connections to Philipsburg and Granite Bluffville mine operations.
A chaotic early dispatch states that sheriffs and deputies pursued armed robbers who held up Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Reising of Chicago on August 21. Three men were captured by local Indians and delivered to officers for identification by the stage driver in Salmon City, Idaho.
The Wisconsin, nearly ready for her trial voyage, faces a setback from a late conning tower. If received earlier, the ship could have begun sea trials within weeks, but construction delays from the East push the schedule back.
two men were killed and four others injured in a freight wreck on the Missouri Kansas line two miles south of TerK. one fatally injured as a wall vault caved in during the crash.
Three patients at the county asylum near Watean Wisconsin died while working in a yard. The incident occurred as they were overcome by carbolic fumes and collapsed. Medical staff and the superintendent attempted resuscitation but the men died before help arrived.
In Mandan two strangers, Williams and Coleman, were arrested after burglars struck Martin X. 0 in September. Stolen items included cigars, money, tobacco, and other valuables found in their possession.
A buggy mishap near Albert Lea Minnesota on September first leaves Mrs Ryan and Mrs Mayutt with a daughter flung from the vehicle while Mrs Lynn suffers a broken collarbone and paces of serious injuries. Several others sustained severe bruises in the crash.
Jellik assaulted A Schroeder village herder with an ax and slashed a hinge mask in his head. Schroeder not expected to die.
Rainbow Wisconsin September 1 report of a man named Grokeman killed near Roseae Mil while coming up roseae mile when struck by a bridge car. He leaves a wife and several children.
A report from felne county describes an attack six miles south of Yellow Mut where a person named Nein six miles south of here was struck while stacking Wheel and instantly tied by Hebtong, with details unclear due to damaged text.
Reports from Rennes describe rumors of coups and shifting factions within the French military as the Dreyfus trial unfolds. Gen Mercier's stance remains cautious while divisions grow among cliques led by Roget and de Boisdeffre. Debates over the bordereau authorship and possible witness testimony loom as proceedings continue behind closed doors.
On the forty ninth anniversary of the Ossayatumie battle ceremonies drew about five thousand mourners at the John Brown farm near Nowh Ella. Dr Joshua Yoong of Groton Mass recalled preaching John Brown’s funeral sermon forty years earlier while Bishop W Potter and Whitelaw Reid delivered brief remarks.
San Francisco dispatch states Governor Smith of Vermont secured two ten ton guns from Mare Island for a salute to Admiral Dewey in Montpelier. The Navy offered Mare Island guns but transportation funds were lacking. the governor pledged to cover the costs.
Sept. 1. Dr. DB Tousch, Heidelberg graduate and longtime German professor at Hamline University, has taken charge of the chair of languages at Black Hills College in Hot Springs.
In Win Accounts recounts show 1 Columbia and G. were involved as the former state penitentiary superintendent was found short of $10,000 by an investigating committee. The official has been arrested as the details emerge from the inquiry.
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