23 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
1
A patchwork column from Elgin Echo cites counterfeit bids in Kentucky and a death from thirst near Yuma. It notes playful diversions from barrel rolling in France to log rolling in America, plus a tongue in cheek yarn about prestige and church dress.
A strange Connecticut man offered a preparation claimed to keep files and mosquitoes from domestic animals, dissolving in water to protect oxen and horses. The substance proved to be oak sawdust with camphor. The text then discusses how clean streets reduce mortality and praises Paris paving for cleanliness. A London dinner note cites publishers who held other jobs, warning against abandoning steady work for literary fame.
Bradstreet's notes growing attention to Japanese immigration in the South Pacific and on the Pacific coast. In California beet fields, the arrival of workers is small and mainly American labor runs most beet cultivation. Observers doubt large trends, suggesting fears of Japanese competition may be exaggerated.
The News Resume reports Brief items from the Tel egraph about home and abroad. Notable mentions include a $450 pension fraud claim in Pennsylvania, tariff interpretations on drugs, and resumed duties of Commissioner of Pensions EH Clay Evans. Obituaries note Clara Novello, Countess Glighuind, gen. Oscar Dickson, Joseph Y W Shannon, and Mary Anderson-Navarre. Walter Wellman voyage plans, and John W Hendrie’s $15,000 gift to San Francisco Mercantile Library to ease a $75,000 mortgage.
Finley Ackert of Moberly Missouri, the oldest conductor on the Wabash line, was pushed from a train near Ottumwa and died of injuries. Michael Meyers, eighteen, was killed in a run in south of Webster City, and his brother Pred was seriously hurt. Mrs. Samuel Troxler, shot by her son at Bucyrus Oslo, after a hunting accident when a gun discharged while hanging it up, a bullet struck her heart.
Benjamin Zoeckler, a leading cattle dealer in the Southwest, shot himself behind his car in Phoenix due to business reverses. Other items report a fatal shotgun wound in Wisconsin, a prison term for two men in Iowa, a large unclaimed satchel seized in Texas with diamonds valued at 200000, and Mrs. Breese's suicide in Hot Springs after domestic troubles.
The item reports on Mount Mayon eruption deaths, imperial deportations, a German prince’s movements, a Berlin to Baden Baden state trip, and consular market notes in Northern France for California dried fruits. It also mentions suicide rumors about Lieut von Hahnko and Murad Bey’s disappearance, plus a San Juan del Norte report on sales of bicycles and typewriters.
In Nicaragua unusual weather affects bicycle use with wooden rims avoided and poor roads impacting wheeling. Berlin reports Prince Charles of Denmark, recently linked to a royal marriage, may join the British navy. Nebraska suffers a destroyed corn crop from drought as Cuba endures high death rates in epidemics among Cubans and Spaniards. Boundary errors, court cases, and a stream of varied international items fill a noisy tidbit page.
Jackson, Sept. 17. Government expert Dr. Gutier confirmed seven yellow fever cases with many suspects as fear spreads. Cases evolved from malarial to dengue before being labeled yellow fever. Forty cases exist at Edwards, with transmission traced to the Anderson case from Ocean Springs. Quarantine tightens at Yazoo, Canton, and along the Mississippi Valley line. trains halted, guards deployed, and Jackson’s 10,000 residents rush to flee amid panic and business closures.
Washington reports Advices from Surgeon General Wynn indicate yellow fever spreading in Mississippi. Guiteras reports new cases at Scranton Pematchie and Muwarda. total eleven convalescent very sick. Mobile shows rapid progress. New Orleans fever outlook improves as board notes twenty investigations and two genuine yellow fever cases. San Francisco judge Wit Ince rules against G K Pitch case over board of supervisors.
The contract between Minnesota and the Buller-Ryan company for the new capitol is signed and work to prepare waterfal sites will begin immediately. Reinforcements to Weyler Murich: the war department concentrates 6000 troops to reinforce the Spanish army in Cuba.
Throngs of miners hover about Latthner stores as guards strengthen at Travel Park camp. Regiments move to Vritton hill while 26,000 miners are eyed for a mass meeting linked to Debs and other labor leaders. Prosecution talks and coroner's inquiry pace, with 20,000 Pitt district diggers returning to work after a near-general strike.
Chicago September 17 The prosecution in the Luetgert murder case nears a full witness stand by Saturday noon. Prof George A Dorsey of the Columbian museum identifies a bone shown him as the upper portion of a woman's left thigh bone burned in appearance and asserts caustic potash could have caused the burn. Dorsey also identifies a bone as a left temporal bone, while Norval H Pierce and others link bones to a woman.
To Guard American Interests, Washington. Advices from United States Consul Pringle in Guatemala City report revolutionists have captured Ocas on the west coast. The state department has directed the navy to send a warship there and the Alert at Maye Island is ordered to the scene.
In Galena Kansas district a tale of crimes mirrors the Render family legends. George Bruitlebick and his mother were found guilty of murder, while trial of Hd Stiflvback proceeds. a dive keepers’ case unfolds amid the Galhyaich affair in Tay e district.
New York on September 17 Henry D Purrey was expelled from the Democratic state committee by a vote of 45 to 10 to 4.
In Chicago on September 17 Molleeman Geerr Gratton fatally wounded George Woodwuanl as five men attempted to force entry to J. S. Lee’s residence on West Monroe Street. A second wounded male was left behind while the others fled. Woodwuanl died from his injuries. Simultaneously Howard Withans, burned in a fire at the Anderson block, has died.
Versailles Indiana Sept 17 mob of about 400 lynched five men Lyle Levi Wert Andrews Clifford Gordon William Jenkins and Henry Shuler after overpowering jailer and dragging prisoners to a tree near the jail door. The victims had been arrested for burglary and other robberies. Governor Mount ordered sheriff Ripley county to arrest all parties implicated and use state force if needed.
Farmers along Taylor's Bayou in Jefferson county suffer heavy losses from the Sunday night storm. The rice crop, the largest in years, was ready for harvest but hundreds of acres were ruined, with total losses around 156000. Major losers include Bitterto Bros 600 acres, H A McCayle 1000 acres, Shoemaker Tex 400 acres, William M Gossen 20 acres, B I Mikin 600 acres, Herbert bros and Boissure 800 acres combined. If the storm had arrived a week later, harvest would have been near complete.
Dallas, Sept 17 Dr B Carter of Kaufman and Charles Russell of Abbott, once friends and associates, met to settle a business land dispute. They quarreled, drew pistols, and both were killed in Abbott. The incident marks a fatal feud between two leading figures in the region.
The Excelsior, sailing from St Michael Alaska six weeks ago, arrived in San Francisco with sixty three passengers and about 4000 dollars in gold after repairs. The ship had been diverted due to war and returned to OmALaska for propeller blade repairs.
In Ashtabula on Sept 17 a northeast bound train was slowed by a broken wheel causing the engine to strike the railings and derail two cars. The engineer and two others leaped free with minor injuries while passengers were not disturbed.
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