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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1895
Page
1
Instruction to internal revenue collectors to notify taxpayers with incorrect returns to appear and correct filings. Delinquents receive form 26 notices to show cause why penalties should not be assessed. All 1894 returns, except appeals delays, must be completed and forwarded by May 15.
Winnipeg dispatch reports Archbishop Lange announcing a papal encyclical declaring excommunication for Catholics who aid efforts to abolish Catholic parochial schools. The text notes Canada’s treaty backed Catholic schools, contrasts U S conditions, and asserts hierarchy supremacy over dissenters.
State Mine Inspector Hazeltine received a telegram from coal operator F M Osborne of Cleveland stating the Stribley mine in Salineville Columbiana County owned by the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co is flooded by a creek. Excavations reached under the creek causing a sudden drop of the stream and rapid inflow. The connected mines are also flooded and a special inspector has been sent to the scene.
The Hotel Raymond, ten miles from Los Angeles, California, was totally destroyed by fire. The crowded resort escaped with their lives though wardrobes and property were consumed. The cause is unknown. The wooden, hilltop hotel overlooked the San Gabriel Valley and was famed as a health resort.
Washington officials report Agricultural department experiments at Cornell show butter can be produced from cheese whey. Judges say it tastes like milk butter, but scale of production to be profitable remains uncertain.
M Muzzy, about 60 and very deaf, was killed by a special train on the C Ho and D Railway at Camera ville Indiana. He had just left the depot and, walking along the ties with his head down, was struck by the locomotive and hurled 30 feet into the stream below. Nearly every bone in his body was broken.
In Burgin Kentucky a two year old girl, daughter of George Days, was accidentally shot by Julia Baker who was playing with the child. She pointed the pistol at the baby and threatened to shoot. The ball entered the mouth and lodged in the back of the head. Authorities fear the child will not survive.
Secretary Gresham receives a cablegram from Minister Dun in Tokio confirming the signing of the peace convention papers between China and Japan.
Dick Edwards, a thrice convict linked to the Painter trial and the murder of Mrs. Hattie Haynes in Denison, Texas, died of consumption in Texas State Prison at Huntsville Sunday night while serving a life term. Evidence and public belief once swayed toward painter’s innocence in a famed Cook County case.
The Oklahoma territorial school land department leases 2,800 acres across Rogers Mills Day and Woodward Counties to D. Waggoner & Son of Decatur Texas for five years at 17,250 dollars per year. The move aims to push out existing cattle barons as 100,000 cattle are to be driven into the new grazing lands, intensifying a long standing cattleman clash.
The Suffolk coroner postpones resuming the Elbe Inquiry as Crathie’s owners refuse witness access arguing that a Rotterdam court case by North German Lloyd must first be decided. The issue centers on whether testimony should come before or after that ruling.
Potatoes on vacant city lots prompt Chicago dealers to fear price disturbances from a Detroit plan begun in New York. Barnett Bros. say small, poor growers would not harm markets. they urge city buy seed, seize vacant lots for potato cultivation to aid the poor, with notice to owners before any construction.
James W. Scott, proprietor of The Times Herald and Chicago Evening Post, died suddenly of apoplexy Sunday afternoon at the Holland House New York. He was with Mrs. Scott and Grace Hatch when the attack occurred after a day in good health following a New York trip starting Friday.
Packagers in Chicago Omaha St Louis and Kansas City deny forming a combine to corner beef. Government statistics on cattle shipping and slaughter in four Western hubs are cited as evidence of supply constraints and higher prices likely to ease in about eighteen months.
Kansas Chief Justice Morton clarifies that hypnotism was not a valid defense in the Patton murder case. He explains Gray incited McDonald to kill Patton and asserts the Supreme Court would have upheld McDonald’s conviction if the full record had been before them. The acquittal is described as a miscarriage of justice.
A private letter reports cholera cases at Moji Japan with ten deaths from March 8 to 10, imports from China, and Hong Kong plague concerns. Separately Cuban insurgents proclaim New Republic President Marti amid rebel dissatisfaction as Maceo spurns the post.
Market brief lists cattle hog sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee New York. Highlights show no consistent trend, with bids for cattle $2.10 to $6.75, hogs $3 to $5.76, wheat mostly around 44c to 68c, corn 40c to 46c, oats 20c to 87c, rye 50c to 67c, and butter eggs and other staples cited across regions.
A condensation notes new factories and oil well plans in Madison County Frankton and local industry. It lists accidents illnesses and deaths including injuries in Jeffersonville and Logansport and reports on farms, auctions, and a large 60 000 dollar temple project in Logansport with an opera house and assembly hall. The piece also covers patents granted in Indiana and an estate case involving Hannah Rolf and her husband with a 40 000 dollar value.
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