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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
1
Plot to Kill McKinley Felt by New York Conspirators
The New York World reports a thwarted plan to assassinate President McKinley devised by Spanish and Cuban conspirators in New York. A warning letter passed through Republican contacts prompted investigations by Secretary Dick and Chairman Odell, with detectives confirming key claims and advising utmost precautions. Special guards protect the President in Canton. News from South Africa notes Boer activity and British responses, with Dutch firms forming capital-backed boycotts and Lorenzo Marques reports of clashes near Machadodorp. American consul Mollis reportedly recalled amid Boer sympathy speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York World
McKinley
New York
Republican National Committee
Charles Dick
B. B. Odell
New York State Committee
Odell
Mark Hanna
Canton
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Orange Colony
Western Transvaal
Cape
Lorenzo Marques
Middleburg
Machadodorp
New Field For the Negro in Hawaiian labor move
Honolulu and San Francisco reports indicate plantation owners in Hawaii plan to recruit Black laborers from the Southern states. Kohala planters John Hind and J P Collins go to the South to hire 300 to 400 laborers in New Orleans. Planters will cover travel costs and pay $30 monthly, with Japanese labor to be replaced if enough workers arrive. Goebel murder case updates from Georgetown Ky list Youtsey Powers Davis Whitaker and Combs in court. Powers first called. jail witnesses Culton and Noakis ordered brought from Franklin County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
John Hind
J. P. Collins
Kohala
New Orleans
Goebel
Georgetown
Commonwealth
Youtsey
Powers
Davis
Whitaker
Combs
William Goebel
Frankfort
Cantrill
Franklin County
Culton and
Noakis
Slow Deaths in Two Instances and Transit News
Aged patient George A. Morse died after a bath left unattended in Agnews Asylum San Jose. Mrs William Kesslar killed herself by leaping from a windmill derrick in Coldwater Michigan. A Chicago streetcar derailed after an open switch at Roby and Milwaukee injuring eight. German squadron sails for China witnessed by Emperor and Prince Henry. Ninth US Infantry arrives at Taku per London Daily Mail report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Morse
Agnews Insane Asylum
San Jose
Cal
European Expeditions Planned to Seek Missing Polar Group
Evelyn B Baldwin says Captain Ernest Andree has informed of several European expeditions fitted out to search for him and his companions Strindberg and Fraenkel. Baron von Tolt to lead a Russian Arctic coast quest from Norway via Nova Zembia toward Cape Chelyabinsk, Taymir, then Siberia. W Bode will lead Germans to Franz Josef Land and liaise with the Italian Duke of Abruzzi expedition. A Swedish Russian pair go to Spitzenbergen, while Watthoff, Amdrup, and Robertson command three East Greenland relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Kansas
Arctic
Ernest Andree
Strindberg
Fraenkel
Baron E. von Tolt
Europe
Asia
Norway
Nova Zembia
Cape Chelynakin
Taymir Peninsula
Siberian
Bering Strait
Baron Nordenskjold
W.bode
Franz Josef Land
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Spitzenbergen
Watthoff
Prof
Amdrup
Robertson
Greenland
Prairie Depot Fire Destroys Most Businesses
A devastating blaze in Prairie Depot Ohio burned out thirty one of the town’s businesses plus the post office and a printing office within two hours. Two men Frank Nelson and John Ohls were severely burned while escaping a burning building. Two churches and the schoolhouse were affected as flames swept the town for a second time this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Depot
Ohio
Frank Nelson
John Ohls
Merchant Marine Growth Reaches High 1900 Totals
The Treasury Navigation Bureau reports 1900 additions to the U S merchant fleet total 417034 gross tons, with U S built vessels adding 381863 tons and 58 percent of new tonnage being steam. Hawaiian and Porto Rican registrations contribute small shares. steel vessels for a major project are highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Bureau of Navigation
United States
Siberian Banishment Ends New Imperial Ukase Abolishes
The Official Messenger of St. Petersburg reports an imperial ukase abolishing Siberian banishment. In 1899 the czar ordered a justice ministry draft, approved by the empire council, and the law is now gazetted. Oscar Palmerston of Chicago found dead near Laramie Wyoming after dying in a blizzard while mining in the Sybille Mountains. In Hoboken twelve people died in a crowded tenement fire at 127 to 131 Adams Street, three stories tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Czar
Council of the Empire
Wyoming
Oscar Palmerston
Chicago
Laramie River
Laramie
Wyo
Palmerston
Sybille Mountains
Adama Street
Hoboken
N. J
Duclist Held for Murder in Cambrdge Miass
Charles HL Eastman is held without bail for the murder of his brother in law KR HH Grogan in Cambridge Miass He eloped with a daughter of Lenimaker Clark leading to a family breach Eastman contends the shooting was accidental A West Point examination followed with J Novotny Yankton leading scorers and Albert Lyman Mitchell ranking high Explosion Blasts Oil Tank in Parkersburg Five men killed and others injured in Ohio River railroad yards as a massive oil tank explodes Fire at Standard Wheel in Sandusky Destroys Plant and 200 workers lose jobs with losses over 100000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duclist
Charles HL. Eastman
Grogan
Cambridge
Miass
Lenimaker Clark
Eastman
West Point
Yankton
8. D
Senator Kyle
J. Novotny
Albert
Lyman
Mitchell
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Standard Wheel Company
Sandusky
Ohio
Bre
Reach High Figures in Wheat and Corn Exports and Liabilities
R G Dun weekly review notes 1900 first half failures total 5,362 with 100 million plus liabilities. Thirty banks and firms fail for 25.8 million, 5,332 commercial failures total 74.7 million. Fall River cotton mills close or shrink. large woolen works reduced. World cotton supply vast, grain crop year ends, about 400 million bushels of wheat and corn exported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
St Louis Grand Jury Blames Police for Riots
The June St Louis grand jury faulted police for streetcar strike disturbances. It denounces the law enabling board control over the chief and urges mayoral board membership. It criticizes officials for dereliction and notes sheriff's office praised for efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Porse
Flames Take Four Lives In Pittsburg Fire
A second major blaze in Pittsburg within a week killed four firefighters and wounded six others. The Fifth Avenue basement fire at T. G. Evans & Colschina caused extensive property loss estimated at 100000, likely insured. The blaze started when a spark from a steam roller allegedly dropped through a basement vent into a box of excelsior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Fie
T. G. Evans & Colschina and
Phixswatre
Fifth Avenue
Desperate Leap Sparks Toledo Escape and Disastrous News
A Toledo man Arthur Brady evades arrest by leaping from a courtroom window into a twelve foot alley and wires then fleeing after a twenty foot slide and a ten foot drop from a trestle. Six lives lost in a Lake Erie schooner Idler storm. other reports include a fatal railroad crash in Dietsbury, and a Pittsburgh station roof collapse injuring six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur V. Brady
Toledo
Arthur O'Grady
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cleveland
James Corrigan
John Corrigan
C.H. Holmes
Samuel Biggam
Plot to Free Dynamiters Sparks Guarding of Toronto Penitentiary
Detectives guard the Toronto penitentiary as police learn of a plot to free three long‑wanted inmates Walsh Nolan and Dullman amid fears of a dynamite attack. The Welland Canal dynamiters work quietly nearby, seemingly unaware of outside rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Department of Justice
Walsh
Nolan
Dullman
Welland Canal
Family of Five Struck by Engine in Flora Indiana
At Flora Indiana a carriage with Noah Blickenstaff his wife and three children was struck by a switch engine moving from Logansport toward Cutler. A 6-year-old boy and a 1-year-old child were killed a 3-year-old child fatally injured. Mrs Blickenstaff is injured but expected to recover. The family had attended a local celebration and were returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Ind
Noah Blickenstaff
Logansport
Cutler
Car Down Embankment Sees Two Die In Ohio Crash
William Lobe of Cleves Ohio is killed and Neal Batacher of Harrison Ohio mortally injured in an electric car wreck near Harrison. The car carried fifty passengers, jumped a curve, and plunged into a bank demolishing the car. Fifteen others were bruised yet minor injuries allowed them to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lobe
Cleves
Ohio
Neal Batacher
Harrison
Massacre Reports From Pekin Amid Foreign Killings
A Shanghai report says 5 000 native Catholics in Pekin were massacred by Boxers after foreigners were killed. The city is described as an inferno with streets running with blood. Three Chinese servants escaped and report all foreigners there, about 1 000, have been killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Pekin
Markets Report Across Cities with Grain and Livestock Prices
Comprehensive market recap listing cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Also shows grain values for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and pork prices across multiple markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
London restless over decisive action in South Africa
London newspapers report growing restlessness for a clear strike after Gen. Buller reaches Pretoria, with Lord Roberts poised for a major blow. Sister Isabell Wilson criticizes the British hospital service as understaffed and underpaid, detailing harsh conditions and pay of six shillings a day. Sister Hennie Gamble arrives in London, praising Baden-Powell’s leadership during Mafeking’s siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
London
South Africa
Lord Roberts
de- Wet
Gen. Buller
Pretoria
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Isabell Wilson
Royal Army Medical Service
Pietermaritzburg
Spionkop
Hennie Gamble
England
Mafeking
Sunnday
Baden-Powell
St Louis Street Car Strike Ends After Agreement
The St Louis Transit Company and its workers reached a historic settlement. Employees may join any union without discrimination, and coercion to join or not join is forbidden. The firm will discuss matters with employee groups and prefer strikers for vacancies from a union-assembled list, excluding those involved in violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louisa
St. Louis
Glossary of Chinese Terms
The New York Sun presents a glossary listing key terms and figures in the Chinese reform era. It names Tsung Li Yumen the foreign office and Bow Wong Wai the reform society for emperor protection. It also identifies Boxers Ye Wo Chuan and leaders like Kwang Yu Wai and Liang Kai Chu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsung Li Yumen
Foreign Office
Bow Wong Wai
Reform Society
Ye Wo
Chun Chi
General Council of State
Chung Tang
Totai
Hui
Hsiang
Maien
Nei Ko
Imperial Chancery
New York Sun
Americans slain twelve? Eleven killed for week in Luzon
The past week in Luzon saw eleven Americans killed and sixteen wounded while one hundred sixty Filipinos died. eight American prisoners were surrendered and a hundred rifles turned over. A wagon train between Indang and Nale was ambushed. The Third Infantry lost nine men on an expedition against the Ladron on the Rio Grande delta. In Antigua province Panaya a three hour running fight killed or wounded seventy enemies. No American casualties. Insurgents newly accepting amnesty provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casnalty
Luzon
United States
Indang
Nale
Rio Grande
Antigua
Panaya
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EMONT
Indiana
William Kesslar
Coldwater
Mich
Kesslar
David N. Green
Rolead
Roby Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Kiel
East Asiaticuadron
China
Hiam
Prince Henry
Prussia
Taku
London Daily Mail
Che Foo
Andres
Dietsbury
Elizabeth Edwards
Thomas Morrin
Thomas Edwards
Inion
Wayne and
Pittsburg & Birmingham Traction Works
Hubbard
Superior Court
Nevada
California
Belcher
Tacoma
Weash
Mila Grue
Massillon
State Hospital For the
Atrie
Akron
Dynamiters
Montana Central Railroad
Great Northern
Trask Siding
Butte
Samuel T. Paisley
Bureau of Highways and Sewers
Newport News
Johannesburg
Indian River
Dawson
Kansas City
Bryan
Stevenson
Dover
N.L
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Britain
Siater Isabell Wilson
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