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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1896
Page
2
Columbus reports the State Board of Health will consider action at its June meeting to exterminate bovine tuberculosis in dairy herds. The Agriculture Department offers government supplied tuberculosis for experiments on affected cows. Officials estimate at least 20 percent of Ohio milk cows are infected.
Wealthy stock dealer Thomas Allen and Wallace Riley clashed over a runaway marriage at Lebanon Indiana. Riley was killed and Allen wounded his son in the carriage. Allen claims self defense while awaiting jail custody as the town reels from the fatal encounter.
A 42 year old Baltimore man attempted self harm by forcing an oil can into his ears and gouging his eyes. A servant found him kneeling in a cellar and raised the alarm. He was restrained and the can removed. He is likely to lose his sight and may survive. He cited his wife’s illness as the motive.
In Rome Georgia Charles Thompson is jailed on a murder charge after confessing he helped his housekeeper Mrs Tudor to death by her own action. He tied stones to her body and lowered it into a well prompting a swift coroner's inquest and a hurried escort to prevent mob violence.
Augusta dispatch reports the late James G Islaine will be moved from Oakhill Cemetery Washington to this city. Mrs Blaine plans to bury her husband and son Walker on Burnt Hill and has bought three acres for the site. If Cal Coppinger agrees, his wife also may be brought here for burial.
The United States Senate approved a bill to prohibit the issue of interest bearing bonds by a 3 to 25 vote. The measure would forbid issuance of any bonds for any purpose without a majority of Congress, limiting federal debt and requiring further action.
Mrs Freeland Dustin dies at Holland near Buffalo, N Y after months of progressive limb ossification leaving her limbs hard and heavy as stone at the time of death.
The two year old son of William Wood Ruff of Young America Indiana burned himself when a match ignited his clothing. The infant’s dress caught fire causing a blaze that heavily damaged the house.
Horace Rosated dies in the blaze and Herman Hohlman loses his five story livery stable on Fifty third street New York. Fifty horses perish in the fire and the total loss is about 80000 dollars. The National Federation of Afro American Women plans a national convention in Washington on July 20 and July 32 in Boston last July.
Reports from the era detail a split at the national prohibition convention in Pittsburgh over silver delegates and the single issue stance against liquor. Police ejected unruly delegates in Littsburgh while a Cincinnati diamond importer was found guilty of smuggling.
A fragmented report notes various incidents including an insane patient killing a man with a soap box, a Michigan congressional renomination, the dedication of a Columbus Avenue Church in Sandusky with a flag ceremony, and a governor sending a sheriff to Virginia Minnesota to break up a prize fight. It also mentions Lutheran ministers fined for drunken behavior, bank embezzlement indictments in Missouri, and a Midwestern cyclone with casualties.
Representative Joy seeks swift passage of a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to send tents to shelter tornado victims in St Louis and East St Louis. The House backed relief, while prayers flourished at the session's opening and the river and harbor bill loomed with vast appropriations.
Windsor reports the tug Lorman of Detroit owned by Alexander Ruelle went down off Pelee Islands. Captain James O'Neill of Windsor commanded the vessel and the crew was from Detroit. The report could not be verified and details remain uncertain.
Reports describe a devastating tornado that leveled parts of the Illinois town, with hundreds feared dead and many more injured. Debris blocks streets and utilities, while rescue efforts continue and sympathy pours in from London and other regions.
At port, over 2,500 people died in a stampede as a crowd waiting for outdoor dining and gifts surged toward the dispersing area. Survivors were cleared, causing a gory scene. The Czar ordered 1.14 roubles to each bereaved family and burial expenses.
The Senate defeated a beer tax increase by 34 to 27 as House debates the Bowman act claims and Chautauqua battery costs. A relief resolution for St Louis homelessness was amended to a joint measure and signed by the President, while other bills on rebates, brandy distillation, and pension vetoes shape the week’s end.
The tallest man alive Col. A. A. Powell, formerly of Texas and Barnum's circus, now living in St Louis, seeks employment. At 7 feet 4¾ inches and 34 years old, he says show business wore him out and paid little.
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