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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
2
The disjointed piece references a New York diamond thief confessing guilt and mentions varied topics from a Buffalo inventor offered $30 000 to a train incident in California. It notes indictments in Constantinople, Chilean politics, Kipling, and French literary figures the Goncourt brothers.
The report alleges German bicycle manufacturers suppress an American competitor through aggressive tactics. It notes market backlash and predicts continued shifts as consumers, and even scholars, reassess ideas about character and science, citing Fowler’s controversial bumps theory turning more accepted.
Fragmented text describes old beliefs linking birth months to gemstones and protective powers. Mentions April emerald and May emerald, July carnelian, August peridot, September chrysolite, October opal, November topaz, December ruby, plus German ties to Frederick Barbarossa.
The new United States secretary to the capital, Mr Yo Pum Olitu, and his wife and child have landed in Washington. Acting treasury secretary accepts Adan H. Harcus bid for Racine post office and customs house. contract price 44,447 dollars.
A sweeping, era-spanning roll of obituaries and incidents. It lists Lulmieri and Crowe among prominent figures, notes marriages and literary pursuits, and reports accidents and disasters across Italy, Scotland, the United States, and Canada. Notable entries include the Italian meteorologist’s death, Sir Joseph Crowe’s demise, and a tragic threshing machine incident in Iowa.
A string of violent incidents crosses cities from New Orleans to Joliet and Ava. John Wright, a St Louis bookmaker linked to a carriage family, killed himself after a life of alleged fraud. In Joliet political frictions flare as Charles Rodger fatally mauls Charles Rye before escaping. Nearby, Matthew Clark, a bachelor farmer near Hx belator Springs, is found murdered, his head battered, possibly for money. The mystery in Bagsle Little’s decomposed river body near Dayton deepens with late developments.
A jumble of short items reports varied incidents from 1800s era: a woman in danger near Pentwater, a Kentucky attempted self harm, a courthouse fight ending in a death, Bordentown murder mystery, a Costa Rica consul’s suicide, a young girl jailed for murder, a Warren Indiana fair death by poison, a theft attempt with a child witnessing gunfire, a Spanish Carlist threat, a Cuban insurgent convoy ambush, a released Irish prisoner found unwell, Krupp dismissals over secrets, and Maceo death rumors, all rendered with brief, non-detailed summaries.
Reports from Rotterdam and Glasgow detail arrests in a widespread dynamite conspiracy linked to J Wallace and Tynan, with labs in Antwerp and Boulogne. Dispatches note incriminating letters, a completed factory for bombs, and claims of hoaxes by authorities while Irish leaders condemn the arrests as political maneuvering.
A special to the Bee reports Hon. W. L. Greene of Kearney nominated for congress by the Sixth district Democratic convention at Chadron. Greene, the Populist and fusion candidate, carried easily.
Toni Mann, an English labor leader, was arrested here today. He had arranged to address several meetings planned in connection with a proposed simultaneous strike of dockworkers worldwide.
The Mount Vernon News editor Mitchell died at his home last night after a three week illness with typhoid fever. He leaves a wife.
A nephew recounts a boy of notable brightness in old style New England diction. The boy, son of Col Noah Ai Plympton, died instantly after a revolver was found in his hand at the door following a report of a pistol. Plympton served as an agent for Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance and left a wife. No clear cause is known.
Chicago report of Dr Cloveng er opening Harvey medical college address condemns Illinois asylums and hospitals for murder of insane patients and bribery through legislative committees. He cites mismanagement, insincere investigations, and mistreatment of patients, with physicians harassed for humane care.
Chicago September 18. After nine hours of debate the Populist state convention tacitly endorsed Gov Altgeld by leaving the head of their ticket blank. Henry D Lloyd slated for lieutenant governor. other nominees listed. platform endorses St Louis convention and Watson for vice president. denounces blocking Populists from voting for him.
In New Haven the Democratic state convention accepted resignations of silver members and named new officers. J B Sargent was nominated for governor with A Crandall as lieutenant governor and Homer S Cummings as secretary of state. The platform backs Bryan and calls for restoring the silver coinage system, denouncing bond issues and rising national debt. Separately at Watonga Okla a lynching followed the murder of cattleman John Buckman, as a mob hanged Ben Morris after storming the jail.
At Natal Front Hastings a cow born two calves with unusual features but died shortly after birth. In Louisville Carrie Jennings, a Black woman, fatally stabbed Munton Bell and later fainted, injuring herself. The report mixes two separate incidents and notes local details.
A large battleship grounded near Newport harbor during ebb tide while entering the harbor and wedged on a rock. Tug attempts failed to move her. divers found she rests on sand with no immediate danger, though weather could worsen conditions. Navy officers assess risk as high until high water allows another float.
Kansas City September report links Capt Thouas Phelan to an Irish dynamite propaganda network with ties to Tynan and Bearnes. Phelan, a former city officer, first named Kearney as a dynamite fulminator and implicated Rossa, detailing a plan to place an infernal machine on an Atlantic steamer bound for Liverpool. The revelation is connected to Fenian era tensions and later events in New York.
Buffalo Sept 18 Democrats begin two day session with Thomas B Grady named temporary chairman. Populist delegates propose joining with Democrats to field a united ticket for electors, aiming to swing New York toward Bryan and Sewall.
In Le Sueur Minnesota on September 18 a lumber yard manager, Plets, killed himself by shooting through the heart. He reportedly found 20,000 feet short in checks and claimed the lumber was stolen. A friend offered him money to settle, but he said he did not know it.
Hamilton Ont September 14 The Brantford express on the Loranto Hamilton and Buffalo railway was wrecked a short distance from the Western limits of the city. Part of the train jumped the track with engine and tender going into a ditch. Engineer Jones Pacer and Fireman George Johnson were instantly killed. Passengers escaped with a few bruises.
At Burlington Vermont September 18 the Army of the Potomac reunion continued with a Brand parade noted as a feature. A post parade business meeting elected officers with Gen Willan M Henry of Burlington chosen as president. Isaac Pitman, originator of a spelling reform system, is listed as missing or in danger.
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