30 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
1
A collage of items from Elgin Echo coverage, including remarks on Dawson’s temperance scene, a $100 gallon almon-pure sale, pay dirt near Marquette, a Kansas clergy telephone service, electricity for streetcars, wheat crop concerns, ex-Governor Morton’s taxes, Italian lynching innocence, Miami County doctors’ convention with revolvers, yacht charity for Philadelphia old ladies homes, and a reflective note on acts of kindness and willpower.
The article argues against the term genteel smuggling describing petty frauds on government duties by wealthy Europeans as improper. It asserts the new tariff law would render such frauds impossible and denies the existence of genteel thieving, burglary or law-breaking.
July imports total 178,004,068 pounds valued at 84,152,245. June saw 708,552,496 pounds valued at 18,889,860. April and May combined 773,527,?7 pounds valued at 16,125,409, while May alone reached 790,653,995 pounds valued at 18,054,777. July breakdown includes 43,009,118 pounds Hawaii sugar duty free, 16,166,049 pounds Deer sugar from Europe, 97,514,566 pounds cane sugar, and 21,824,332 pounds sugar testing above No. 16 Dutch standard with totals of 1,242,363, 3,270, 2,113,086, and 493,226 respectively.
The North China Herald reports a Hunan governor’s proclamation urging telegraph development in the province and warning residents not to vandalize lines or poles between Changsha and Wuela ng. A Changsha letter notes acceptance of telegraphs and protection of graves and gentry property, contrasting 1891 unrest at Lichou where mobs destroyed lines, killed workers, and looted material.
Annie Whitewing of the Paw ners seeks a divorce and restoration of her name Annia Come, described as notable Indian progress. The text hints Annie expected to come running with kindling wood for the wigwam.
Among those who have gone to the Klondike is Mins Blanche King, a New York heiress. She has taken a piano and four canary birds as part of her journey and evidently she plans to provide her own music.
The secretary of the treasury and the postmaster general have decided to change the color of the 2 cent stamp. It will be green and is cheaper.
Personal Monition D L Downa of Richland Center Wis dies after paralysis. Senator Stephen White of California ill with pleurisy. John G Monehan renowned patent lawyer dies in Sterling Iowa. Bernard J Treacy Lexington Ky horseman dies from fractured skull in Boston. Missionary Abel Stevens dies in San Jose Cal aged 93. Caenabies Paris publishing house fire losses. Mrs Ole Olson fatally injured by cow horn in Poplar Wis. Eddie Henning 11 found drowned in Missouri river near St Louis. Opera house panic in Niles Mich. several injured. Mine fire near Melbourne Australia kills three of fifty.
AE Leande Criminal John Mead received sixty days in Black Tower Falls county jail for selling whisky to Indians. Henry Green, aged patient in Essex county hospital, was beaten to death by another patient. The Wilton post office in Boone county Missouri was robbed of 1040 dollars, maps and goods. News from Encitic Missouri reports the killing of Tom Maginnis by his father south of town, the father surrendering. Constable Tavis arrested Charles Troester of Macon Missouri for assaulting and wounding John H. Eldridge after Eldridge criticized Troester. A man with a bullet in the back was found dead in a cornfield near Immin Missouri, identity unknown. Three trusties on Blackwell's Island attempted escape. two drowned, one rescued.
An outbreak of typha fever in Reuben Silesia has claimed over a hundred lives. Britain refuses Uruguay loan support for a $500,000 Civil War expense. Rumors of Franco Russian alliance to bar Rustan from Manes with Germany circulate. Kuropatkin returns to HQ after a furlough. The Ebbsfleet centenary marks St Augustine’s landing. Daniel Goodman referenced as an employee.
A Scottish and English financial note reports Phoenix Iron works of Phoenixville Pa gaining sole heirship to a $400,000 estate due to a sister's death. Across Europe, arrests for high treason in Witzburg Bavaria. a German-American Arnie Punk visiting relatives. China in talks with a foreign loan syndicate for 100,000,000 to settle indemnity costs to Japan. Mexico reports three separate earthquakes near San Carlos Oxnen in five minutes. Japan orders a 17,000 ton battleship and contemplates a 0,000 ton cruiser at Yokohama. A German diplomat cites a British Bank of England led Panama canal site discussion. Spain orders military action against officers opposing Weyler in Cuba. A Paris omnibus accident leaves Mrs Marshall near death. Berlin buzz claims Archduke Franz Ferdinand wed a Kohilscheidt lady in London. In Benin City, the king and chiefs on trial for massacre. three already condemned. Wisqual reports Africans working on the canal will be sent home on a London-bound vessel expected to reach Colom by month end.
The issue reports the launch of the German ironclad Kaiser Wilhelm der Sewelle at Wilhelmshaven with a christening by Princess Henry of Prussia. It notes a major dock strike in Havre after wage demands were refused, the assignment of James H. Beaum of Wellsville Sanitary Pottery Co. to a $20,000 to $24,000 matter, a St Joseph jail condemnation for safety, and political gossip about McCoy. Market chatter covers a price advance to $10 per ton for Besso ver pletron in Cleveland. Fayette Iowa opens Tipper Lawn University with over 250 potential students across several departments. World telegraph system reaches 4,000, N23 miles, listing regional totals. Mutineers aboard American Aeelltoper Oliver Pecker reportedly to be sent home by Lunella ter. John McCarthy of Jefferson Town is declared not guilty after a Sunday-opening hotel case. US Military Telegraph Corps elects officers in Nashville. Albany resident Robart D Williams recovers a stolen syye terrier after pawnbroker recovery. Reserve Commission Company of Chicago suspends operations as Des Moines bond dealers face closures and widespread impact.
New Orleans records show fewer cases than yesterday but three deaths and several patients in danger. City council allocates 25 000 dollars to the Board of Health as Mobile reports thirty eight cases with three deaths and nineteen under treatment. Weather turns cold, fever cases spread slowly in some districts.
Miners at Glen Lake Co operative Coal resumed work after the appostors agreed to pry the informative ore scale of 7 to 10 cents gross weight. The shaft is noted as the best in Sangamon county to resume. Citizens Coal company staff also reported similar resumed work.
In New York on September 24 the city scene centers on a motion by the Republican district committee urging ex Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Tracy to permit use of his name as the Republican nominee for mayor of Greater New York.
Springfield UL September 4 The Rovetelin grind lodge of Odd Fellows sets next meeting with a special order. Six candidate names were revealed Taipa Whi Le tro Utehmeand Boston Hulthnore and fot Springs Ark Hoston chosen after a short contest.
In San Francisco on September 24 a report credits the Olympia with a crew member, the son of Aly Join Coventry, Bart of Burghind. He has reportedly come into possession of 10,000 4 yen.
Ming Destroyed, Brahiywood, Ul, Sept. 24. The Star Coal companys No. 1 mine was destroyed by fire. Loss, $76,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The mine had been idle for eighteen months.
In Chester Pennsylvania six people were seriously injured when a barrel of gasoline exploded at McCardel's grocery on Third and Pennsylvania streets. The blast shattered a side of the building and caused extensive damage.
The steamer Moana, arriving from Sydney via Honolulu, delivered 735 boxes of English sovereigns valued at 3,570,000 dollars and thirty nine boxes of bullion valued at 310,850 dollars.
Washington reports a skirmish at the Fort Hall Idaho reservation as police clash with about seventy five Bannock youths while attempting to escort a girl to the agency school. Lieut Hil requests cavalry to aid arrest, Interior approves with favor.
Reports from San Francisco dated September 24 describe rapid progress on several warships. Union Transport Works plans to launch the Janel bullet early in January, with most protective deck plates in place. The Wisconsin battleship is nearing completion, the stern post and rudder installed, and the torpedo boat Margarit up for launching around the Armade date as the Japanese cruiser slips into the water.
An account describes a grim execution scene in Key West where Sylvanus Tohnson faced a botched attempt. The method failed initially, the victim struggled for minutes, and the condemned man endured twenty five minutes before death. Sevon declared conversion and forgave his enemies as the crowd observed.
Montana grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias, meeting in Helena, adjourned after a three day session. A major proposal discussed was the establishment of a Pythian home in Montana, but no definite action was taken.
A northbound local freight leaving Tinxton, North Dakota, saw seven men hold up a crew and seize a package worth $20. One bandit escaped with an empty bag before a telegram to Thompson led to seven arrests. most suspects are identified as professional crooks.
Managua Sept. 24 Patz commander of revolutionary forces reportedly wounded in the leg in the clash near Hivas with government troops. Officials say the engagement ended in a decisive victory for the government forces.
Waseca Minnesota September 24 The county's farm has opened under favorable conditions The new courthouse was dedicated before a large crowd Judge Kuckfast presiding over the ceremonies and DL McGovern of the city delivering the dedicatory address
In Lisbon New Hampshire on September 24 the county commissioners ended a heated meeting with a 3 to 2 vote to call an election. The proposal seeks authorization to issue 20,000 dollars in bonds to fund construction of a courthouse. The action follows passing remarks and debate on the project’s necessity and funding.
Granite Falls Wis Sept 24 Wal ton T Barrett a railroad conductor on the Great Northern road had his foot cut off while attempting to couple cars in the yard here He is a single man aged twenty one and is taken to Willmar for treatment in a hospital.
The case centers on Novak, pursued by detectives to Alaska, later indicted for the murder of Murray. The article notes strong defense plans and positions from Dollis and Waterville. It also mentions a September 26 Cain fund drive by old soldiers seeking a $50,000 memorial, tied to President Memintey.
Mrs. Rute B Cole wife of the late Hon Cordon I Cole died at Tarthanit Minnesota after a lingering illness. She was well known in the state and a promoter of the old indies home business.
Satterthwaite of this city has written a book soon to be issued by a twentieth publisher The story deals with Northwestern people the divorce question and North Dakota divorce colonies.
Larsen drove to a wagon carrying John Trafford and family near Coya Ark. Their fourteen year old daughter was killed and Mr and Mrs Sravord were fatally injured in the crash.
Deputy marshals thwarted an attempt to hold up a southbound Santa Fe passenger train near Edmond Oklahoma in September 1944. The outlaws are pursued by a posse.
British forces under Gen Wiles repelled the Pasn defense with heavy fire and then stormed positions on Gedimuania Piss. The Twent ieth Punjab infantry aided by Mastin detachment captured enemy heights, with Afridis composing part of the Punjabi contingent as the British pressed the advance.
A Madrid dispatch reports the U.S. stance has caused a stir in Madrid and San Sebastian. It notes Spanish officials may push negotiations while wary of foreign intervention, despite Olney and Cleveland warnings. Madrid papers deny Woodford ultimatum but cite public unease over controlled news.
In Yangler Morocco on Sept 24 the US cruiser Sin Praneikeo of the European squadron left port after visiting Mogador to press redress for alleged American flogging. If the claims fail to settle soon a second US squadron may be sent. The Moroccan sultan has ordered an army corps to punish Austinians for recent outrages.
In Majorca the bishop excommunicated finance official Senor Reverter for seizing church funds, drawing agitated reaction from clergy allied with Carlisa. The Vatican and Madrid authorities warned clergy against opposition and pressed them to support the current Spanish ministry and dynasty.
In Lagos on Sept 24 the king of Benin and leading chiefs were condemned for involvement in the attempted extraction of the ill fated expedition. The king and three chiefs were sentenced to transportation to a British slave settlement in West Africa, with two chiefs executed or punished by mutilation. one fled by suicide. In Bucharest a Romanian artillery accident killed four and injured eleven, with eight horses burned.
Official estimates place cyclone damage in the Lecco provinces at over 2,000,000 lire, with the Unrento district alone tallying about 4,000,000 lire in losses. The report cites substantial destruction across towns and infrastructure.
Authentic information confirms a major find of free milling gold ore in the Chocolate Mountains of Yuma County, Arizona, with mining interest centered near Albuquerque New Mexico and dated September 24. The report highlights significant ore potential and draws attention from prospectors and local officials.
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