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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
2
Telegraphic report says sixteen people died in a landslide at Haverstraw New York near Rockland street end. Eight houses slid into brick excavations and dropped about a hundred feet. Most victims were asleep. fires started as houses burned with many perishing in the flames.
The Indianapolis Typographical Union adopts a resolution to file charges against Mayor Chas A Bookwalter for appointing Fred C Matson as city attorney despite union opposition. The move targets alleged unprofessional conduct and conflicts with union labor interests. A Fort Wayne union hearing will review the case.
Maury McDonald a self described 135 year old African American woman died at Aehone for aged and infirm colored persons in Philadelphia. She claimed birth in November 1770 near Frogtown Valley Forge Pennsylvania and recalled scenes around Washington’s soldiers at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777.
A blaze consumed the FE Phe Hotel and surrounding block in Ohio. The fire damaged about a dozen small businesses, the Bell Telephone exchange, and Lorain County Bank. Estimated loss is around 120 dollars with partial insurance. aid from Cleveland and Lorain arrived.
A large fire in the Morrison cafe kitchen within the Marquardt building Des Moines Iowa caused total destruction of the cafe and likely $100000 in damage to the block and contents.
George Polasky, a director of the Central Bank and several Kalamiacao manufacturing firms, was arrested in Kalamazoo Mich for allegedly securing 2000 dollars in bank funds fraudulently.
A Cove Pennsylvania home fire in Huntingdon County killed Robert Adams his wife and two children. In Indiana Charles Miller likely fatally cut after a quarrel with Henry Miller and WL Ticketts, with others injured. A Tokio dispatch reports a January Akita mine explosion causing 104 deaths, amid widespread disaster notes.
Captain Bodden and six crewmen of the American schooner No wamis drifted six days in an open boat after a leak and gale sank the ship off the coast. They reached Ceusacola la in a near dying condition, having barely saved a few provisions and a lifeboat from the overturned wreck.
Engineer Grover Hine derer of Beardstown Illinois became entangled under wreckage after two Burlington freight trains collided near Wood Station Illinois. A boiler exploded and a car of powder caught fire. Hine derer freed himself after forty five minutes using a hand saw and was taken to a hospital in Alton likely to recover. Fireman W A Anderson was injured but expected to live. Three other men Mason Franks and George Anderson were initially thought dead but were rescued with no serious injuries.
Charles Cristadoro of St Paul a capitalist art connoisseur forestry expert and magazine writer shot himself in his offices in the German American bank building. Police and physicians say the wound is likely self inflicted, with uncertainty over accident or personal crisis. He had sent his stenographer on an errand when the revolver fired. He was found leaning at his desk with a bullet wound to the abdomen. Investigators note his recent poor health. Express pouch worth about 18000 dollars robbed en route from Augusta to New York via Columbia and Washington before reaching New York.
RMdmound Berseh, once a delegate in the St. Louis lodge and the first man convicted of boodling, was released from Jefferson City prison after serving his sentence and returned home. No relatives met him at the station, and his wife has obtained a divorce.
Miss Crosier of Philadelphia urges a chilling remedy to poverty proposing chloroform to end the lives of poor children. Her sensational claim envisions removing the undeserving through a parentalless method, condemning those in squalor to death.
A court investigation finds widespread involvement by first class men at Annapolis in hazing. Witnesses refuse to answer questions, citing self incrimination concerns, as the proceedings address the conduct and lines of questioning.
Twenty one miners were killed by a gas explosion at the Cooper Mine Company in Coalsale West Virginia. The blast created intense excitement across the region with many fearing an earthquake.
Mayor Whitbeek of Toledo launches effort against capital punishment in Ohio and files a bill for the Legislature. City women support the change and lead active sentiment building efforts.
A messenger boy delivered 1205 dollars to City Treasurer Scboch for a city work overcharge. The note with the package claimed it was the fund’s largest donation to date.
Governor Brady urges American women to move to Alaska seeking marriage and family life. He notes many arrived as school maids and stayed briefly before a suitor appeared, calling for more women of good mind and health to take on western life and help build communities.
A major landslide at the end of Rockland street in Haverstraw New York overnight carried eight houses into brick excavations. About sixteen people are believed killed as fires broke out after the collapse. Fire hydrants lost water supply, hampering firefighting efforts.
EC Wilson a founder of Wilson Bros shirt makers of Chicago was found dead eight miles east of Colorado Springs. He was shot through the head with a revolver in a lonely prairie spot. Authorities weigh suicide against possible foul play as missing associates and a shot horse complicate the case. Relatives in Chicago suspect ill health may have driven the tragedy.
Mrs Lena Able, aged UT years, was discovered murdered in her Pittsburg home. The body showed burning remains and a broken lamp nearby. Police suspect attack and forced concealment by the husband, Otto Able, who was arrested as a person of interest.
A jumble of items includes a missing brother case in Hazelton and a late death, railway electrical upgrades in Rayne, a suicide note on a Chicagoan doctor, New York data on personal assessments, a safe cracking at an bank, and Midshipman Decatur’s court martial acquittal.
Burglars blew open the general store vault in Shoals Indiana at night. $15000 in cash and government bonds were taken. A bystander Charles Taylor was seized by two men and released at daylight. Nine men reportedly took part. $1000 reward offered for returning the bonds.
Robert Collier, 17, was shot and killed by his friend William J. Moran, 18, in a Collier family barn. Moran then disposed of the body and hid in the stable as the Collier mother milled cows. The slayer later slid from the loft with the body, and the remains were found hours later on Nickel Plate tracks.
In St Pan Minnesota a low pressure boiler exploded as the Watson family prepared breakfast. Five family members escaped injury though Mrs Watson sitting over the boiler was thrown to the ceiling and landed in a four by four foot corner space. The boiler shattered and a large rock foundation piece weighed pounds flew away. The house must be rebuilt.
Officials say state prohibition cannot be enforced as the Wyandotte County special attorney general dismisses all cases for lack of evidence. The move follows Governor Hatch appointment to back enforcement amid temperance pressure. An explosion at Deal and Shepard Co. works at Gravy, TI, killed five men and injured several others, destroying two stone crashers and a barn, with about $25,000 in damage.
Harmen of Cincinnati, Obie, named receiver for the Polego Terminal Railroad Company of Toledo, cited as insolvent and in arrears. A NY baker’s son suffered a cruller explosion causing injury due to a cartridge charge in the pastry. Corey divorce ends with parents agreeing to a closed incident.
Four battleships under Admiral Evans ran aground in New York harbor. One vessel struck another while stranded. only the Wineix escaped serious mishap.
The report notes late interference to production as the new year began, with substantial balances and repairs well advanced. Prices for raw materials stay high, and shipments from iron and steel, textiles, clothing, and household goods show strong demand. Failures rise in the Chicago district with 25 last week, 27 year ago, while railways expect a solid spring trade and heavy disbursements in end of year stock speculations.
Chicago and multiple markets report cattle hogs and sheep prices with mixed quality grades. Wheat corn oats rye and hay show varied quotes across cities including Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati and St Louis with prices ranging from a few dollars to over five dollars per unit and pork at around nineteen dollars per hundredweight.
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