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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
1
A collection of humorous lines and reflections on love, vanity, and daily life contrasts with brief debates on U S Cuba independence and justice delays. The piece notes Harvard telescope advances, warns against demagoguery, and features a lawyer’s dramatic juror appeal to Buncombe County citizens.
The article warns that hypnotic influence can cause mental deterioration or insanity if misused by ignorant or unscrupulous individuals. It argues for legal protection to restrict its exercise when good judgment is lacking and to shield unthinking or venturesome persons from grave dangers.
A fragmentary world summary notes accidents and deaths including Miss Alice Knott found suffocated by a gas in Washington and Warren L. Aborn killed in a livery stable fire in Chicago. Other items cover a steamer mishap in Quincy Bay, a German cruiser boiler explosion, martial law in Vizcaya, and international scientific exchanges by wireless telegraphy.
A robber gang dynamited an express safe on a Southern Pacific train and fled with money. In New York a 17 year old typewriter worker Louis Deitch was arrested for forging four checks totaling 1600 dollars. "Devil Anse" Hatfield was captured in Warn, West Virginia amid the Hatfield McCoy feud tensions. A Fiskdale couple were found murdered by their son during delirium. A Hungarian, Sohor, was arrested in New York for fraud against Kerrville, Texas resident Charles Schermer totaling 2600 dollars. Dr Jacob W Smith of Marshall was jailed for the Bath county murder claim said to be self defense.
Government plans to manufacture powder. two colored regiments to be formed. Porto Rico civil government to be restructured by congress. An American transport to Hongkong faces international questions. steamer Dubuque chartered for Manila with 650 animals. Reinstatement of Interior official Myrendorff. Hay denies alliances with European powers. Dewey telegram predicts arrival date. Louisiana killings report under discussion. various personnel moves and appointments noted.
The report notes a general rise in imports and exports, with various updates from finance and industry. It mentions Dr Campbell of Lick Observatory discovering Polaris as a triple star, and multiple corporate and civic items across the country.
Paris envoy says Dreyfus is gravely ill and the government vows protection while he seeks separation from Rennes departure goes unnoticed as he travels via Nantes toward New York. The Times notes baggage on route, hotel rooms taken in Liverpool, and a possible Atlantic voyage amid claims of innocence echoed by Dreyfus’s brother in Paris.
The trial of Gjura Kueavie and others linked to the 1903 assassination of King Milo of Servia enters a sensational phase as defendants deny charges. Executed through a religious setting, one suspect asserts the others plotted to save himself and that he died seeking employment, urging judges to decide.
The strike has grown to about 12,000 workers including masons, journeymen, carpenters, and laundry workers with potential for 4,000 more if Tickimen, stevedores, and wharemen join. The walkout crippled wholesale leases as laborers demonstrated, many reported as Spaniards, prompting police attention.
Reports from Manila dated September 22 describe Gen Bates second voyage among the southern islands. About 500 rebels at Zamboanga resist American rule while Tama city of Anibongse? remains mostly quiet under Moros and Zovox threats. Rebels are tens of miles from the city as tensions rise and potential clashes loom.
Fragmentary wartime dispatch reports clouded by rain, noting troop movements and a weather disturbance. The message mentions a drop in signals, ship movements, and city names obscured by garbled OCR, with references to Washington and ongoing military concerns.
Fragmentary report notes limited progress since the war’s end with continued air losses and fragile control of the province. The text reflects uncertain conditions and lingering resistance despite nominal advances.
A fragmented OCR note from September 22 records a population of 14,694 with 11,858 Aick and 2,019 deaths or losses attributed to a local event. The text is garbled but notes a band of urgities and tabulated figures for census like data.
San Francisco Sept 22 Muster rolls of the Thirteenth Minnesotan are under way and likely to finish before the original muster date Oct 8 with possible extension. The two officers to be recommended to President McKinley for commissions will be chosen today. Capt Bjornstad has received a full grant offering him a captaincy in the Chivey-second Infantry in place of another offer in the Eleventh cavalry. There were ten developments in the Chambers case yesterday.
The German Catholic Central society Insurance branch and the Young Men's order held sessions in St Paul on Sept 22 to finalize business. Officers were elected including Honorary President Adolph Weber Ravine Wis and President Nick Gonner Dubuque Iowa with a detailed list of officers and an executive committee. Only two cities Los Angeles and Helena Mont bid to host next year’s convention.
Fargo North Dakota learned with delight of telegraphic reports that President McKiley plans a Northwest trip and a Fargo visit. Locals expect enthusiastic receptions and a planned parade and reviews, with volunteer groups arriving in advance to prepare for the president’s appearance.
Sheriff McPherson says the ten men held at Newton are the right suspects in the Great Western brake murder. Witnesses present a strong circumstantial chain tying them to the crime and an attempted murder of a fellow inmate who tried to derail the train.
Vorston Minn Sept 22 PL Bash berger returns after two years prospecting in Alaska He favors Cape Nome as the most promising region and owns mines there planning a spring return to develop them He recalls hardships with cold and privation and looks to future health and wealth from his finds
The twenty sixth annual Redwood County Agricultural Society fair opens with over 850 entries in session. The event features a spicy agricultural program with no admission fee and runs through the day with contests and exhibits for locals.
Moors, the oldest resident of this county, died at sixty five. He came here in 1856 and with his father helped claim homesteads in the early settlement days.
William TB Williams aged sixty six fell from a rent late in Hed Wing Minnesota. A weston billie goat died a few hours after the accident. The report notes the incident and mentions burial plans.
Dated report notes actions by WU A per eet selton heading toward the Whiteua Repesit Bank at Winona Cass and Sasa. Charged WI Powstar item Vargo No 1 Sept OO Ds seeking two Tod amd a. 8. Nolin and Ai Melatye near Casselion Me involved in forget checks amounting to F130 Waring Mac Melutyres.
Des Moines reports hint at a coming rate war as rail lines including Chicago Milwaukee St Paul consider cutting fares from the west to the east. Officials note pressure from competitors may trigger widespread price reductions and service changes across routes.
London reports say Britain remains calm outwardly yet staff at the colonial office and royal arsenals work daily to ready for hostilities. Troop transports depart for the Mediterranean. ordnance and equipment rush forward while Parliament reassembles rumors swirl over Transvaal and Afrikander claims.
London dispatch reports President Kruger pleads with Queen Victoria for intervention to avert bloodshed as Free State burghers mass near Goshof along the Kimberley frontier. Milner sends assurances Britain aims no troop menace. war talk intensifies amid mut terial law rumors and disputed dispatches from South Africa.
A two year old child died after boiling water splashed over them at a home near Latimer Iowa. The incident occurred in the house of G C Thompson as the family lived near town. A court has rendered a decision in the governorship contest alongside a Sailor election result with a 40 vote increase over the original count.
Washington dispatch reports Consul Jenkins in San Salvador says the state of siege has been removed and peace prevails in El Salvador. The cable confirms calm after a period of unrest and suggests stability in the nation.
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