Local notice page from The Eagle Fremont Indiana 1907
Fragmentary OCR shows a January 1907 issue page from The Eagle of Fremont Indiana with unreadable segments and stray letters. No clear events, names, or notices are legible for a full summary.
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a January 1907 issue page from The Eagle of Fremont Indiana with unreadable segments and stray letters. No clear events, names, or notices are legible for a full summary.
A Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Terra Cotta Maryland on a Sunday killed thirty people and injured about fifty. Frederick City local train No 66 collided with an eight-car empty train bound for Washington after a red signal was ignored. The Frederick engineer and fireman were arrested as investigators blame telegraph errors at Silver Springs for the double block.
A heavy snow storm caused a railway crash near Arbroath between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Sixteen people are dead and over thirty injured, including MP Alexander William Bleek. The accident is blamed on snow with danger signals reportedly set but inactive as an express train rear ended a waiting train.
A Warsaw avenue hill runaway electric street car in Cincinnati Ohio injures about thirty people and a passenger dies. Motorman loses control at the hill top, emergency brake fails, car speeds five blocks, derails at the Horse Shoe Curve, strikes telegraph pole and overturns. Passengers are thrown about or buried at the wreck.
Fred J. Clayden Desa Tan a longtime Fort Wayne resident and public figure died at his home after a three month illness of heart disease or arteriosclerosis. He had lived in the city for over thirty years.
Reported killings aro se at a railway labor camp where Joe Patterele Mageie Sullives and Lawrence Sullivan were murdered. Police say the feud between the two families sparked the attack. Suspects Bred Atos Mat o and son Allie Atmmatea are jailed.
A girl about a year old died after a stove incident at Petersburg residence of Mrs Henry Cobwen. Two other children were seriously burned while attempting to start a fire in the stove. Local authorities reported the accidental fire and ongoing investigations.
Dr K W Younge a noted medical specialist Bible student and traveler aid worker died of Brights disease in his Fort Wayne apartments He was widely known across Indiana His death followed by a separate report of a safe being blown at the Great Northern depot in Wooley Washington with $1000 seized and suspects fled
Police suspect a double murder over a rumored hidden treasure after two coal business partners, Robert Widsten and Herman Oldberg, were found dead from gas in their locked Elm Street office. Albert Oberg, who discovered them, smelled gas and survived the blast when a match lit the ignited gas. Both men were unmarried.
Stampedes ripple through a fifty mile radius of Dawson as heavy New York investors enter the Klondike scene. Claims staked since May exceed 1000, with hydraulic and dredge methods reviving idle ground. The Guggenheims reportedly leased over 250 chums on Bonanza Creek, valued around 5 million dollars.
Government life saving service reports heroic work saving 811 persons and $12,000,009 in property. In 1900s disasters, 3,220 lives were unperiled, 4 vessels and 20 lives lost, property saved valued at $12,000,009. General Superintendent Kirball highlights vigilence and rescues nationwide.
Mrs T Clifford wife of a prominent physician was grabbed by a Twenty fifth Infantry soldier and hurled into the street as white residents cry for lynching threats. Her sister Mrs S T Clarke aided after the assault and the soldier fled before help arrived.
A blast and ensuing fire at the Northwestern Gas Light and Coxe Company plant in Exanston killed one man and seriously injured three others. The blaze caused about 25 000 dollars in damage and burned tar created spectacular effects.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Sidnes Sloane linked to his father James E L Sloane. The text implies the youth faced a case and may be sent to an asylum rather than convicted. Details are unclear due to garbled wording and missing context.
A Wilmington blaze damaged the distillery of the Wilmington Quends Conta area and nearby stores in the vicinity of the burning buildings. Reported losses exceed 100,000 with several buildings affected and authorities investigating the cause.
Judge Duncan ruled that proceedings concerning the Standard Oil Company in Hineock county belonged in the Common Pleas Court and that the Pro Nate Court lacked jurisdiction under the Valentine law. In Pawnee Oklahoma a saloonkeeper Jed Springer wounded two would be robbers. one robber dead and another fatally injured.
William C. Anderson, former Kansas City bank teller, pleaded guilty to embezzling about 810,000 of First National Bank funds. He was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary after his attorney described efforts to return the money. Most of the stolen funds have been recovered and Anderson assigned his home to the security company.
Governor Magoon of Cuba rejects claims that Cubans cannot keep order following a dispatch of troops to Santa Clara. He says the move was precautionary and to allow practice marches amid concentrated labor on sugar plantations, denying any disorder or intended disturbance.
The Columbus Traction Company is incorporated with issued stock to consolidate with Cent Market Company in Colusa Ohio. The new entity will become property of the Columbus Railway and Livestock Company, which will control all streetcar lines in Columbus.
A New York grand jury indicted George W. Perkins and Chives S. Madrehild on six counts of forgery tied to New York Life Insurance Company affairs. Also noted is Joseph E. Dust, aged 01, the oldest newsboy, injured in St. Louis after a street fall. Dust, who once walked 28 percent miles to Kansas City and back, claims descent from Robert Burns.
A woman believed to be Mary Ingen of Buffalo was seen entering the Niagara River a few hundred feet above the falls. She left her cape and handbag in the park, and her purse reportedly contained 162 pounds and a return ticket to Buffalo.
Police investigate two deaths at a single residence in Wiecksomville. Victims identified as George Patterson and Ahiee Chirk. Officials say the bodies were found in separate rooms. circumstances unknown. Further details and autopsy results awaited.
A household gas leak from a stove in Nissan Parish, CT, caused the deaths of four family members including Plartis and his wife Mi. Their daughter, initially hospitalized, remains in critical condition as investigators search for the exact gas source and safety lapse.
A brief note reports Miner Picks plans retirement effective July 1 after a sudden rise and public attention. N Selena of Berkeley will take over operations, with a plan to revive by July 1 and pass the enterprise to a successor in a continuing contract.
Field Manager Diez Lacies Me Palden, general agent for Marehall Field and Company, died in Chicago after a family illness. The report notes three relatives affected by the loss and cites a family statement.
Col Mann, editor of town apices, was acquitted on perjury charges. Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died suddenly of heart disease in New York.
Fire destroyed a New Jersey home in Riverdale Pompton Lakes leaving only charred fragments of Mrs Alice McWithey and her two daughters Helen age 6 and Elizabeth age 4. Burglary or accident may have ignited draperies in the lower floor causing collapse and fatal burns as Louis MacWithy head of International Silver Company was away.
A mob of farmers and citizens stormed the Las Animas jail seeking to hang Lawrence Leber, a prisoner held in a steel cell. A fight ensued, Leber was injured and killed by a club blow, and authorities resisted breaking the steel barrier amid a dispersing crowd.
Reports state a Lansing inmate, longtime convict James Sell, will receive a pardon after twenty years in prison for the murder of his wife, two children, and parents. The case drew strong opposition and involved brutal axe and knife killings in a home near Erie Road on March 5.
Reports say China will appeal for 1 250 000 dollars to relief famine in central China where millions suffer. Refugees travel roadways nearly naked and starving as famine threatens to rival a past catastrophe.
At Ashtabula a trolley car struck near the Lake Shore line injuring several and killing dentist Leonard Newbold. Constable Bod shot an iron worker amid a night of disorder with witnesses claiming self defense. Police had been summoned to quell a disturbance involving Vierh.
Babar sss, once among prisoners who fled Vianten county jail in du Cineranti, Jers, turned himself in claiming fatigue and a wish to serve his thirteen month sentence. Police say he surrendered at the jail gate after weeks on the run.
The National Congress of India in Cafcutia echoed calls for home rule as a speaker urged the people to demand self government like the Boers. A separate despondent Minneapolis contractor, Peter Medjo, hanged himself with rope near Minnehaha Falls after his wife’s death a year earlier.
The Chicago district shows a strong year end trade posture with Dun and Co reporting rising iron ore stocks and steadier rail freight efforts hindered by potential storms. Wholesale activity remains quiet ahead of spring demand while grain, livestock, and lumber movements fluctuate versus last year.
The Commercial and Industrial interests look to 107 with confidence as exports of wheat and flour from the United States and Canada show a weekly rise for the week ending December 27. A twenty six week total and year to date figures indicate higher shipments compared with last year, reflecting strong demand and heavy future orders.
The snippet lists cattle hogs sheep and wheat prices across markets including Indianapolis St Louis Chicago Milwaukee and Detroit with bids like hogs five dollars and wheat around four to five dollars per bushel and various No 2 white corn rye oats and barley quotes. Prices vary by market and commodity reflecting regional trading notes.
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