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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
1
A Washington dispatch reports serious impeachments against the dowager empress and imperial authorities of China. Evidence suggests the dowager empress guided the anti foreign uprising as the court fled and left no definite government for peace talks.
Theodore Wallart a farmer near Arlington Minnesota killed his wife and three children aged 19 16 and a baby as well as wounded one child. He then set fire to his barn destroying nine horses a corn crib and a hay barn. Mrs Wallart had sought divorce and the couple had separated before the killings. Wallart entered the house through a window and fled after the slaughter.
Bremen Indiana faced a severe storm that uprooted trees and demolished signs fences and buildings. The new Evangelical church construction suffered heavy damage. The waterworks tower grain elevator and a new house under construction were wrecked or displaced and most smokestacks were toppled.
A large box of dynamite stored in the Medina Ohio county courthouse basement exploded causing injuries to the janitor and shaking county officials. The dynamite was kept as evidence in a criminal trial and a fire nearby ignited by waste paper near the box.
Seven are dead and others missing after a freight collision at Kensico New York. Reports say the engineer and fireman of the second train and the conductor and two brakemen of the forward train died beneath wreckage. Two more crewmen may be buried and several others unaccounted for.
A sudden north windstorm struck Sheboygan Wisconsin tearing through the city for minutes. Eight large buildings were wrecked and about 200 small houses blown down. Losses exceed 300000 dollars as the storm moved southward.
A dance in a Carthage Spain bath house ended as flooring collapsed sending about 150 people mostly children into the sea. Many were injured but no deaths reported. investigators suspect foul play due to missing floor screens.
A severe electrical storm swept the entire lower peninsula of Michigan causing immense crop damage. Reports from across the region describe standing grain beaten down and barns struck by lightning burning with loss of contents, leaving farmers with heavy log losses.
The Rock Island Railroad follows Union Pacific by banning cigarette use among workers in Armourdale Kansas. Employees addicted to smoking must quit or lose their jobs. A separate report notes a fatal duel in Polk County Texas where Gabe and Cy Copeland were killed by John and Charles Baker after a family quarrel.
A midnight blaze in Smithfield II wipes out about twelve structures on North Main street. The town of 1500 lacks a fire department and authorities say the fire, started as incendiary, spread rapidly harming stores and homes before burglars fled in a wagon. Insurance covers most buildings except two stores.
A Lake Shore fast mail westbound wrecked after midnight at Bay Bridge near Sandusky Ohio due to a broken rail. The engine and two mail cars crossed the bridge. a third mail car left the track and plunged into Sandusky Bay. All aboard escaped. several injured lightly while clerks and passengers were rescued from a submerged car.
J. Osborn, former speaker of the Kansas House, returned from England asserting Rev. T. H. James of Salina was likely duped by English lawyers. Osborn found no evidence of a fortune and suspected James was drugged at a Liverpool boarding house, losing what money he had.
Charles I Dyule, named in a Rushville Tod. court suit charging the murder of four Vrazee family members, was arrested by City Marshal Jones under Cincinnati police chief Dietsch. He also faces charges of mistreating two young girls Ada Higgins and Grace Deventer, while protesting his innocence.
Secret Service halted an assassination attempt on President McKinley as two alleged anarchists Natalie Moresca and Michiel Guida were arrested aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm near New York harbor. The men faced charges as they supposedly planned to kill the president during his visit.
F Romans a well known farmer ten miles west of Port Scott Nan committed death by own action at El Thoradio Springs Mo by cutting his throat He had been nominated for county commissioner by the Republicans and faced sharp attacks from political opponents His sensitive nature reportedly drove the suicide coinciding with campaign pressure.
A serious traffic accident in Paris involved two intersecting street cars, one electric powered. The collision at right angles caused a horse car to overturn and created widespread confusion among witnesses.
A blaze destroyed the Berwind colliery above ground at Dubois Balave Wen, with losses near 200000. Sixty miners were saved by quick heroism. Separate reports note a plot to kill Saxony King Albert. a Leipsic youth admits to the conspiracy but fled. The Boundary creek mining town of Columbia British Columbia burned, with losses near 150000 and 200 lives feared dead. Severe famine in Japan reported with 200 drownings and railway traffic interrupted.
R G Dun Co notes after price peaks in mid March a broad market reaction. Consumer demand grows with New York and other hubs drawing buyers across dry goods groceries jewelry and hardware amid weaker raw materials. U S failures total 161 and Canada 24 versus last year.
Reported by Chicago financier W C Williams the Samoa expedition to Siberia was attacked by natives and defeated upon landing. Three men were seriously injured, one died at sea, and a mutiny accusation emerged. Williams relays the true account differs from earlier depictions.
Caleb Powers ex Secretary of State of Kentucky was convicted as an accessory before the fact in the Gov. Goebel murder case at Georgetown. The jury set the punishment at life imprisonment.
Rebel Gen. De Wet reportedly outmaneuvers Lord Kitchener and Sir Butler by trapping 4,000 British and seven guns, then linking with Delarey before turning on pursuers and escaping.
Unknown persons reportedly vanish with $25,000 sent from Chicago to Burlington Iowa via the Commercial National Bank. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway is perplexed by the disappearance and ongoing inquiries seek motive, routes, and suspects.
At a Paris fete two people were killed and thirty injured in a crowding accident on a crowded bridge. In Minnesota mines flooding forced suspensions due to heavy rains. A lumber pile collapse near Benton Ark killed a woman and seriously injured another. A yacht capsized near White Island with two missing downriver. An assassination attempt on the Persian Shah was reported from Ostend. Erie Pa reports seven smallpox cases with exposure in parts of the city.
A letter signed by C. Luigi Alfieri claims anarchists cast lots on May 1 to select assassins for rulers including President McKinley, King Humbert, and Emperor William. Alfieri, a Paterson, New Jersey anarchist, says he is in hiding in New York and identifies the man who drew the second lot for McKinley’s assassination.
Fred Schiake, a former resident near Pickerell Nebraska, was found dead in the road after a trip to Beatrice. Two bullets pierced the back of his head, money on his person totaling $300 remained untouched, motive unknown.
Correspondence captured by Gen Funston in Luzon includes a Brooklyn writer's claim that U S action in the war is piracy and a suggestion to the Filipinos to seize a high ranking American officer for trial. Also mentions feigned piety to theft and related notes.
A robbery on a crowded Chicago street triggered a pursuit by a mob. The suspect fired at his pursuers to avoid capture, while police worked to prevent lynching as chaos spread through the street.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep values by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with ranges for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and clover seed. Prices show wide spreads by grade and region to reflect market conditions.
Cable dispatches from Shanghai describe Russian advances at the first gate, with British and American forces entering near the legations. Japanese gains faced tougher resistance as the city endured shelling. American and allied losses are noted, while Li-Hung-Chang seeks a negotiated settlement with foreign powers to end hostilities and secure indemnities.
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