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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
2
A violent explosion injures many across a city, with reports detailing widespread injuries and property damage. A separate note mentions a high price paid for executive rights to a plant amid ongoing corporate tensions. President Harrison is slated for a marriage on April 6, while a nearby apartment house suffers a severe blaze.
A boiler blast at Parks Brothers tar cutting establishment in Danbury Connecticut caused a fire and about 200000 in damage. Proprietor Edward Parks suffered severe burns and may die while a tenant Sadie Carpenter broke her thigh by leaping from a window. Fireman Frank Eastwood was fatally injured. The blaze damaged adjacent buildings and reports of two missing children could not be confirmed.
A New York florist pays 810000 to acquire the right to Marella the famous double carnation bred by a Reed’s Lake Michigan firm. The senior partner has cultivated many notable flowers and won prizes. Marella is described as a large deep red carnation. Also noted is news that ex president Harrison plans to marry Mrs Dimmick on April 6 at St Thomas church with a small, private ceremony officiated by Rev John Wesley Brown.
State Department reports from Spanish sources that a filibustering expedition is outfitted at Alligator Key Florida. It is said R Mallory and Adel will meet the steamer Three Friends at the Key with men and arms, then sail to Cuba, with treasury officials asked to alert revenue cutters in Virgin waters.
Reports indicate extensive storm damage around New Haven Connecticut with washed out footbridges and roads, rapidly rising rivers, and rail service halted along the Philadelphia Reading and New England routes. Three freights are stalled and travel is blocked on the Northampton division of the Consolidated railroad.
The seven story Genesee apartment house in Utica New York burned, housing 60 families about 250 residents. Four lives are believed lost. The fashionable neighborhood suffered heavy losses in household effects. The building valued at forty thousand dollars.
Dayton Ohio faces a scramble as twenty five well defined small pox cases are confirmed in the Dayton work house. More than one hundred prisoners occupy the facility along with Superintendent Martin his family guards and other attendants amid heightened fear.
In New Albany a quarrel led to Joseph Linthnemy, a colored porter, being stabbed by his wife Sada at New Abbie wy. He died within thirty minutes. Mew Linthiemin was arrested. Also notes Maron 16 and plays at Masonic Temple Theater Ft Wayne Indiana.
Vermont senator in a Senate speech urges prioritizing land fortifications over a larger navy. He cites Admiral Walker and notes Navy spending vastly outweighs coast defense, with $110 million for naval buildup and only about $10.6 million for coastal fortifications through March 1893.
Refugees arrive in Havana claiming reign of terror across Punta Braza Guabuato and Guayato after troops massacred civilians. Government says a Punta Braza clash with insurgents left twenty killed and fifteen captured. Weyler predicts crushing the Cuban revolt within a year and a half and a sugar grinding start by mid next month.
Charles Burr completed a unique judicial sentence in Burlington New Jersey. Magistrate Smith imposed thirty attendances at Temperance Rescue Organization revival services for drunkenness with an alternative jail day for each missed service. Burr has now received discharge papers completing a novel public punishment.
A report to the State Department by United States Consul Stephan at Annaberg cites bacteria in grain from Russian and Romanian sources, sparking anti import chatter among German agrarians. Rostock tests showed 850,000 bacteria, Berlin later 150,000, though experts deem the grain harmless and heat destroys bacteria. The New York Yacht Club expelled Lord Dunraven, with Francis TH Weeks and Herman Clarke named on the dishonor roll. Prohibition in Iowa defeated in the lower house by 41 to 62, delaying action for five years. Weaselmen in Cleveland hear coal ports plan to pool prices and curb undercutting. Fire in the O'Brien-Knowlton Block at Walnut, Minn., threatens lives. many feared lost. The First National Bank of Sedan and Kansas National Bank sue W. J. Strong for $17,600 over a failed investment firm.
The Western South Dakota Stock Association annual report shows 3,664 cattle cars totaling 81,328 head shipped to Chicago and South Omaha, valued at 2,699,709.42. Strays recovered added 123,023.86, with total cattle sold from the ranges reaching about 4,000,000 for the year when direct shipments to posts, agencies, and other cities are included.
Heavy rain and melting snow swelled the Pequabuck Valley basin causing the old copper mine dam at Whigsville to burst. Water covered seventy five acres and rose forty feet, destroying bridges and inundating lower stories. Several deaths reported including a mill owner at Brooklyn. Many families evacuated as towns faced widespread property ruin.
The Chicago Tribune reports Spaniards furious over Cuban revolutions and US Senate actions. Headlines describe a 15 000 man assault on the Barcelona consulate, police repelling rioters, mass meetings demanding war, Madrid legation danger, and public calls death to the Yankees. Washington officials hold cabinet talks and seek Spain's disavowal and apology.
In Philadelphia United States District Court Capt Wiberg First Mate Petersen and Second Mate Johansen were found guilty of violating neutrality laws by carrying an armed expedition to Cuba on the Steamer Hiorsa. The verdict came after eight hours of deliberation. Counsel for the prisoners said he would seek a new trial and the men were sent to prison pending sentence.
Engineering feat by the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company changed the river channel at Atchison Kansas and checked its ravages. The move cost 13000 dollars and saved a costly bridge used by four great railroads and a highway. The Missouri River had long troubled the area, burdening government, the bridge company and rail traffic. Three Dead Five Dying. In Chicago Heights a fire in the Fred Stuenkel residence killed three and left five dying, including the mother and four children. Rosamond 13 and a 4-year-old Delta were among the dead. the stove heater flame caused the blaze.
At Frankfort West Virginia a boiler explosion in the W F Overhall establishment wrecked the house and machinery. Five men Samuel Livesay Kell Livesay Woodson Ranberger Clowney Kershner and Mr Dunbar were instantly killed and five or six others were injured.
In San Francisco Rev C O Brown accuses church judges of bias during a church trial. He lambasts moderator Rev J K McLean for unfair procedures as followers applaud and opponents stamp their approval. R G Millan denounces the pastor amid threats before drift to order. Brown names Mrs Stockton and vows to press forward as council backs the moderator.
A heavy motor car descending Scranton avenue Cleveland loses its brake. It speeds down the hill, plows into a loaded truck and then hits a coal wagon. William Marx, truck driver, is hurled thirty feet with severe injuries and possible internal damage. Passengers panic as the conductor restrains others from jumping. Plot Against a Preacher in San Francisco is revealed in a confession to an ecclesiastical court by Martha Overman who admits blackmail and links with Mary Davidson to ruin Rev. Dr. C O Brown.
A tenement fire in Brooklyn N Y costs two children aged 3 and 5 their lives. Mrs Hotchkiss loses her children as John Gallagher, ill on the third floor, is rescued with great effort by a fremap. The property loss totals $2000.
A midnight Monday fire at the Gordon and Keith wholesale and retail house furnishing store in Halifax wiped out most of the block before control at 3 am. Damage is estimated at 1 million dollars. In New York, Matthew J Robbins aged 52 a janitor died from blood poisoning after a cat bite.
Market prices for cattle hogs and sheep vary by city from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes listed. Values show wide ranges by grade and region reflecting live market conditions across multiple centers.
15000 Barcelo na residents rally at a mass meeting denouncing U S support for Cuban independence. The crowd, organized across political lines, marches toward the U S consulate, throws stones, and clashes with police after authorities intervene. Washington debates apology versus confrontation as Madrid promises protection.
Spain moved quickly to make amends for mob violence at the Barcelona consulate. The U S government said the apology and disavowal, sent by its Madrid minister, lessen tensions and could avert further clashes. Officials in Washington noted the calm response reduced the likelihood of hostilities.
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