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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
2
Thousands of Negroes parade in Savannah Ga to honor emancipation signing. Capt J McBride former U S Army officer is beaten as he tries to cross the line. A streetcar conductor and a photographer are harmed amid the unruly scene.
The Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore line bound east nearly wrecked near Delta Ohio at Robinnett crossing two miles west of Delta when a drive wheel broke in two. Passengers were unsettled but no injuries were reported.
Ned Styer, 23, a University of Minnesota dentistry student, killed his sweetheart Pearl Wheaton, 22, wounded her mother and sister, then fatally shot himself after parental objections. Also reported: fire near the Jack Cat restaurant in New York. robbers wreck a private bank in Iroquois, Detroit factory fire causing major losses. death of Dr. J. W. Newman in Arkansas. murder of a sleeping husband by his wife in Louisville. unsettled report of a distraught father.
The British bark Pass of Melfort carrying Captain Cougal from Ancon to Puget Sound drove ashore on rocks near Amphitrite Point on Vancouver Island during a southwest gale. Bodies, including an oil skins seaman, washed ashore. wreckage and a logbook fragment bearing John Houston were found. The 2348-ton four masted steel bark, built 1891 in Glasgow for Gibson & Clark, was last seen by Broderick Castle.
Five armed men wearing masks halted a wagon on a daylight highway and menaced Paymaster William Schieck of the Delaware River Quarry and Construction Company. They forced him to surrender a satchel containing about $3,000 intended for 200 Italian laborers, then fled into the woods. His companion escaped unharmed.
Guests at Charles H. Mallory's Byram Shore home in Greenwich Connecticut continued partying as a gas tank in a greenhouse exploded. James Mackey, Mallory's head gardener, died hours later. the blast caused several thousand dollars in damage. Mackey's body was found by his wife 100 feet from the scene.
Three Memphis banks failed to open recently. Merchants' Trust Company with $200,000 capital is in receivership. American Savings Bank with Trust Company and Mechanics' Savings Bank, smaller and allied with Merchants' Trust, are in liquidation. Dr J W Simpson arrested in New York pending inquest into killing his wealthy father in law.
Livingston Quackenbush, a Le Sueur Minnesota banker, was convicted of receiving deposits at an insolvent bank and sought a new trial at Le Sueur Center before Judge Morrison. The judge denied the motion and sentenced him to four years in Stillwater prison.
The Pennsylvania railroad bans free transportation for newspaper ads after January 1, requiring cash payments. Charles T. Yerkes dies at the Waldorf Astoria leaving a Fifth Avenue mansion and art treasures to New York City. His estranged wife reconciles on his deathbed in a dramatic, fatal incident.
Prof. K. J. Loux, principal of Souderton Public Schools in Pennsylvania, was fatally shot while guarding a schoolhouse from three burglars who had entered to loot. Constable Landis exchanged gunfire with the robbers as they fled, leaving Loux mortally wounded in the abdomen.
Gov Beckham admits he opened two letters to Senator Blackburn, not his secretary, sent to the executive mansion. Blackburn demands investigation and vows political leverage in re election bid while seeking post office inquiry into the incident.
A New York stock transfer tax is projected to yield over 5 million dollars in its first year as per the State Comptroller's office summary. The report also mentions Frank Steunenberg, Idaho’s ex governor, murdered by a bomb, plus a Coeur d'Alene gang probe. Barbara Toxer in Oklahoma City says self defense killed F Clayton. Washington Park Club ends its era in Chicago under new leadership. Frank Phiscator of Michigan reportedly involved in a widely spread shooting rumor.
A. Lundberg, cast from a sloop bound from Portland Canal to Kitamat, spent three weeks on Pearse Island near Port Simpson living on clams. He hoisted day signals and built nightly fires then rafted to Port Wilson, 15 miles away, before pickup by the steamer Tees at Hartley Bay. Tees brought news of a Mount Penn landslide at Grabble Island causing lake waves. He was rescued at Hartley Bay.
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, plans retirement early next year. He will be succeeded by his son Louis W. Hill, currently first vice president, with J. N. Hill moving to senior vice president as part of broader management changes.
The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor marks 25 years on February 2 with about 70 000 societies and 3.5 million members. In two years the movement gained more than 10 percent in 46 states and three Canadian provinces. nearly 2 000 societies reported a 25 percent rise in local membership and ten thousand societies reported half a million dollars in gifts. The next all European convention will run July 28 to August 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, tied to the World's Christian Endeavor convention.
Ohio marshal Frank Thornton was fatally wounded and deputy William Scott shot in the right foot during a gunfight with five bandits at Perrysburg Interurban station. The suspects, believed to be part of the safe-blowers gang, fled after the clash that targeted Toledo car barns on Sunday.
J W O Yates 11 G Brayton and William Schafer members of the Cleveland Coal Dealers Association pleaded guilty to violating the state anti trust law. They were fined 500 dollars and costs each. Other members of the association had charges nolled or freed.
The Moscow uprising expands to about twenty cities across Rus sia as strikers seize government buildings and clash with troops. In Nizhni Novgorod, 20,000 demonstrators attacked while 30,000 armed men moved toward Moscow to confront the revolutionaries.
Expert cracksmen broke into offices at subpostal station No. 65 and the Deering Building and Loan Association at 380 382 Clybourn avenue Chicago. They drilled open a safe and escaped with stamps and money totaling about 50 dollars.
Several Duluth residents purchased cooking utensils bedding and clothing from strangers the other day exposing the community to a potential smallpox epidemic. The items had been stolen from the pesthouse.
Mme Nordica calmed a New York Metropolitan Opera House scare by extinguishing a stage fire despite injuries from falling props. A First National Bank clerk in Mamaroneck, N Y allegedly confessed to an $8000 heist and had not been fired. In Chicago, two sluggers and five union men were convicted in the Gil Hooley case with prison terms handed down.
The Chicago market closes the year with broad expansion in iron steel rail equipment and machinery demand. Wholesale trade tops last year, bank clearings reach new highs, and 1905 ends with a solid financial position while 1906 promises further activity amid rising costs and large orders.
Chicago cattle ranges 4.00 to 5.85 for prime beef with hogs 4.00 to 5.25 and sheep from 3.00 to 5.00. Wheat No 2 steady at about 87 to 87e, corn No 2 42 to 42. Oats standard around 80 to 88, rye No 2 65 to 67. Hay prices 8.50 to 12.00, prairie 4.00 to 12.50. Butter 2 to 24, eggs 20 to 27, potatoes 0.85 to 0.65. Detroit cattle 4.00 to 5.00, hogs 4.00 to 5.00, sheep 2.50 to 4.60, wheat No 2 60 to 80, corn 45 to 40, oats No 9 white 58 to 60, rye No 2 60 to 67. Milwaukee wheat No 2 northern 1.82 to 1.92, corn No 3 yellow 45 to 46.
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