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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
3
At Humboldt Park lagoon in Chicago during a skating tournament, 3,000 spectators panicked as the ice cracked. Women and girls were trampled and escorted to safety as the ice sank beneath two feet of water. Police had kept spectators behind ropes but crowd overruns led to injuries.
Turkish troops battle two Servian bands near Nikulatin Dragomanzi and Chelopek. Turkish losses total forty killed or wounded while Servians suffer eighteen killed or wounded in the clash.
Reports tell of two killed and twelve injured when a Pennsylvania passenger train hit a crowded street car at 6th Street in South Chicago. A boiler explosion at the Indianapolis and Northwestern traction power house in Lebanon, Indiana, killed Dailey Powell and halted service for hours. A northbound Nashville and Chicago Limited derailed near Chapmanboro, injuring nine. The Lake Shore Limited collided with a light engine at Burdick, injuring the engineer seriously while passengers were less harmed. In Hawkensack New Jersey, Jerry Koasa was hanged for murder. A Norwegian stern trawler Veronica with ten crew members was reported lost off Lossiemouth.
Washington experts claim one million infants died from soothing syrups and pain killers. Dr. H. W. Wiley asserts impure milk caused over twice that many deaths and laments unknown milk conditions and lack of date stamps on canned goods. He criticizes canned milk and urges safer practices.
Helen Keller the renowned deaf and blind advocate collapses from strain after years of study and public work. She lies seriously ill at John A. Macy home in Wootham Massachusetts and may remain bedridden for months though she stays mentally alert and cheerful. Her breakdown followed a Portland meeting where she fainted and was unconscious for two hours.
Announcement from Sault Ste Marie Canada claims a secret Canadian government backed process will revolutionize steel making. The technique uses electric smelting at Lake Superior plants owned by the Lake Superior Corporation and promises iron at ten dollars per ton, five dollars cheaper than current systems. The Canadian industry foresees nearby ore discoveries on the Ontario side.
A proposed bill would tax Catholic church property in Quebec including Rimouski assets valued at 400000. The measure would apply to land, the bishop's palace, cemetery, convent and other holdings and hurdles are expected in the legislature.
In Seattle during the Vaien eia investigation Frank J. Campbell and A. H. Hawkins testified that no discipline existed on board the vessel after she struck. They said officers tried to stop passengers from crowding into lifeboats and that a life raft could have been sent to Valencia as she remained wedged on the rocks a day after the accident.
A report by the house cleaning committee alleges Andrew Hamilton and others diverted 1.40 percent and 774 from New York Life Insurance Company trustees. The trustees aim to sue Hamilton John A. McCall and George W. Perkins over the diverted funds from the coffers of the company.
Governor Stokes of New Jersey grants Antoinette Tolla a sixty day reprieve to allow counsel Quackenboss to seek a new trial after a pardons board recommendation. In Wyoming a stock ranch dispute led to John Tyndall being shot and his killer overpowered by Richard Tyndall, with the elder surrendering.
A witness before the Senate committee on Need Smoot accuses Mormons of increasing polygamy and swearing vengeance upon the nation, as hearings resume in Washington.
I T L Wagener a 27 year old junior at Park College Parkville Mo drowned after jumping into the Missouri river to save a young woman when the ice collapsed under a party of skaters. He rescued the girl but was chilled and could not escape as rescuers worked around him.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that in cities of the second class boards cannot separate negro and white children in public schools absent a state statute granting such power. The Coffeyville case involved Bud Cartwright’s push for his daughter to attend the same classroom as white pupils, with mandamus sought to force admission. The ruling does not affect a prior decision upholding segregation in first class cities.
Agnes Mulhall daughter of Zach Mulhall a famed wild west showman and cowgirl is in critical condition at her father’s ranch in Mulhall Oklahoma. She suffers coma and doubtful recovery after a horse fall months earlier.
The San Francisco Lumber Company stock transfers to the Bellingham Bay Lumber Company for 250000 after Pacific Lumber Company dissolves. The move ends an eighteen year lumber empire on the American West Coast. An Amoy dispatch reports destruction of Hing Nish Presbyterian and Oman Catholic missions at Changpu, thirty miles away, by a mob led by Hackers, with damages estimated at 30000. Uninsured American miners perished. A memorial fund begins for Theodore Thomas with a likely statue to be placed in the foyer of Maxie Wall.
Police arrest Louis Stabber known as Jack the Stabber after weeks of attacks on women in Mount Lodix. The waiter confessed the acts were driven by an uncontrollable impulse and admitted wielding a knife.
A Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso underwent a minor operation to remove a cyst on his shoulder. The procedure did not hinder him from continuing his usual duties.
New York and mining districts prepare for a big coal strike set for April 1. Anthracite road presidents met. officials say operators have coal on hand and plan for a extended six month campaign. Official figures show 13,000,000 tons stored and 28,000,000 tons expected from mines.
The Supreme Court of Hinds to Springfield denied Johann Hoch’s petition for rehearing in his bid to overturn the murder conviction. The motion and his wife Amelia Fischer Hoch’s affidavits were struck from the files. Unless Gov. Deneen grants a reprieve, Hoch faces execution for his wife’s death.
Three Williams children aged 13 11 and 9 were abducted from Lakewood School Cleveland by two women and a man in a cab witnessed by pupils and teachers. Father Albert Williams requests police pursue Mrs Villiet Williams of Decatur Ind his ex wife now remarried.
Telegram from Antofagasta Chile reports strike by railroad workers in Oruro Bolivia with artillery fire. Authorities seek to pacify the protest as identified fatalities tally rises.
Fire destroyed the Franven Schimer girls school at Mount Ostroll as panic and excitement spread among over 200 pupils. Authorities report no further details on casualties or causes.
A Chicago market report notes stronger building activity and large commercial projects, aided by cooler weather freeing heavy clothings stocks. Retail departments report solid sales versus last year as wholesalers book early deliveries. Grain and freight volumes rise with 8,800,429 bushels handled and lumber stocks up. Bank clearings exceed last year, while winter wheat health remains stable despite coal strike threats.
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains across Chicago Detroit and Milwaukee. Prices cover butter eggs potatoes hay and poultry with specific No 2 and yellow classifications and per bushel or per hundredweight figures.
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