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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
1
In Bellefontaine Ohio Henry Pash aged 64 battered in the door of his son's bedroom after heavy drinking. Herman Pash 22 or more fired a shotgun through the door, killing his father by tearing the neck and severing the jugular vein. Herman was placed in jail.
James J. Johnson dies in a north side hotel after using carbolic acid. Miss Helen Northroth, 19, his stenographer, is found dazed and detained by police. She says Johnson planned to take chloroform and urged her to do the same. she used a muffler soaked with the drug and woke to him dying.
In Warren Ohio an 18 year old Mabel Frama Baxter daughter of a prominent businessman died after an operation. At the funeral the officiant Rev Rheinhold announced she had been married previously in Windsor Canada to Theo Finney a Hiram college student from a prominent family. Some school mates became hysterical as the husband attended the service.
In Paducah Kentucky two masked gunmen shot Ollie F Dugger in the head during a downtown robbery ending a spree of more than a hundred similar crimes since January. Dugger died instantly as the pair forced patrons to surrender cash and then fled.
Rev Walter R Rhodes pastor of Onancock Virginia Baptist church shoots himself in a Baltimore hotel amid illness cited as the cause. The well known pulpit orator and lecturer faced deteriorating health.
Five persons perished in a Beaver Pennsylvania boarding house fire including the landlord his wife and three children. Two more children were saved by boarders as the building burned.
Milton Smith and his brother Flias confessed to Sheriff Jones that they killed Peter Serferre on February 24, then burned Serferre and his home near Gallipolis. Mob violence is feared in the aftermath.
Henry Dorman, a laborer, shot and killed his wife after she secured a divorce, while he was in the workhouse for mistreatment. He then died by shooting himself, attempting a bullet to the brain.
Oak Harbor Ohio reports Charles R. Bean thirty and his uncle Louis Robideau thirty five were killed when their buggy was struck by a passenger train on the Lake Shore at Rocky Ridge.
An explosion at the Gilpin tool handle factory in Greentown Scranton Pa killed four workers and fatally injured another. The plant sustained about 25000 dollars in damages.
A gas explosion in the Diamondvale Mining Company mine at Berrett ten miles northeast of Vancouver B C killed four men and trapped ten others. Authorities report all victims are workers from the local pit with search efforts ongoing at the scene.
U S Ambassador calls for Marines to guard foreign legations in Mexico City amid a rebel advance nearing the capital. Four rebel divisions totaling about 3 000 troops move from the south and Guerrero as 2 000 federal troops rush to Torreon to block Orozco and defend the capital.
Socialist voters helped elect George F. Cotterill as Seattle mayor by a margin of 665 votes over Hiram C. Gill. Gill, recalled earlier for alleged misconduct, lost while Socialists failed to win any ticket candidates. The report notes strong Socialist showing despite primaries elimination.
In New Orleans the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad must face a jury over damages as a conspirator in the 1907 lynching of Robert T. Rogers at Tallulah Louisiana. Roberts' widow claims lynchers were conveyed to the scene on a special train. the US Court of Appeals reversed the lower court and ordered a new trial.
Jachery Thomases of Chippewa Falls was seriously injured in a lengthy battle with a pack of wolves in northern Wisconsin. Armed with only a jackknife, he fought for hours before the wolves dispersed. He was exhausted and badly bitten, amid frigid conditions at the hospital.
A boiler blowout on the torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones in San Diego Cal left Albert Gray dead and injured Peter Viera and John J. Eberlin. The incident occurred during routine operations aboard the vessel.
John Werner of Ashland Ohio collapsed and died of heart disease on the gang plank of the steamer Oceanic just before the ship cleared.
Yuan Shikai was inaugurated as provisional president of the Republic of China in a formal ceremony with delegates officers and prominent figures present though legations were not represented. He pledged to develop the republic observe constitutional laws and retire when a permanent president is chosen by the national assembly. A report from Peking claims Tung Kwan has been captured and northern provinces may fall under Imperial control with defections and signs of reaction in the republican army.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia plans to oppose passage of over 1 000 private pension bills after the House sent through as many as 1 250 in a session increasing annual pension disbursements by about 174 000. The Invalid Pensions Committee holds 36 000 similar bills awaiting action as critics warn the system breeds deserters impostors and political favors.
Mary D. Jones a Civil War era figure dies at age 103 in New York City at her Hart Street home. She aided wounded soldiers after the Port Hudson siege and sought her brother’s body. Her wartime service earned government recognition and a pension through an act pushed by Hoscoe Conkling.
After a lengthy deliberation a jury found three self confessed slayers guilty of murder in Chicago. Leader George Habnau received life in Joliet where he will serve the sentence. John Stacey and William R ChaninelD were given 25 years each. Fred Boneham, who confessed, awaits sentencing.
Wisconsin lawmakers will meet in a special session to address the Black River Falls disaster relief and other urgent matters Governor McGovern deems pressing. The date has not yet been set.
In Port au Prince General Jules Cohou a former military tyrant of Haiti was sentenced to death by a criminal court jury for being the principal author of the March 16 1908 massacre in which ten people died including three of his brothers.
Italian government publishes denial of rumors that Italian war vessels bombarded Smyrna. Authorities insist no attack occurred and urge reliance on official statements.
In Washington a pension bill fight led to raids on dinners and theaters as lawmakers hid from votes. The sergeant at arms gathered over eighty absent members, including Rep McKinley of Illinois, and the bill advanced after a quorum was declared. Republicans and Democrats serenaded Georgia obstructionists with Marching Through Georgia as the measure moved to final passage.
Washington. John Mitchell vice president of the American Federation of Labor declined to assure Judge Wright that he would hereafter heed the decrees of the courts. He said such admission would imply past noncompliance and preferred contempt conviction over other grounds.
Italian aeronauts in Tripoli launched two dirigible balloons on a first air voyage over the city and its environs. Bombs were dropped on Turkish entrenchments as Askaris from Eritrea battled Arabs, suffering nine killed and seven wounded before a retreat was reversed and the Italians counterattacked to drive off the enemy.
Quito reports General Juilo Andrade, noted Ecuadorian military leader and former minister to Colombia, was killed in an attack on police barracks while supposedly seeking to seize control of the republic. General Leonidas Plaza offered provisional presidency but refused.
A head on collision on the Central of Georgia railway near Social Circle killed four and injured twelve as two trains sped toward each other. A relief train was already rushing to the scene when the wreck occurred.
Washington reports a minority dissent on the Panama canal zone government bill. The bill sets tolls up to 1.25 dollars per ton, forbids preference to American ships, authorizes a Panama governor at 10000 dollars yearly, and allows the president to appoint staff and grant land procurement, with sanitation and commission dissolution upon completion.
In Managua the visit of the American secretary of state sparks strong anti American sentiment. Liberals issue a manifesto while about 100 people linked to the anti American movement are jailed. Arrested include former finance minister Medira and Estrada era supporters. Within Nicaragua’s government three factions vie for power but unite to welcome Knox.
Public funeral honors, in charge of the navy department, will be accorded the last of the Maine dead March 22. The program hinges on freeing the wrecked battleship from Havana harbor cofferdam by March 15. After services, the thirty four bodies recovered will be borne by ca f aus to Arlington National Cemetery.
Mrs Lena Cusumano of Hull was sentenced by Judge Joseph F Quinn to die in the electric chair during the week beginning June 2 for killing her husband Frank on September 18, 1910. Enrico Masciolli alias Harry Marshall was sentenced to die in the same week for participation in the crime. Both declared innocence.
Four miners Peter Christoff Teder Petroff and D Georgeff were killed when a boarding house at the Vinegar Hill mine burned. Nineteen men were on the upper floor when the blaze broke out sixteen escaped by jumping from windows.
Seven bodies recovered from Diamond Vale collieries after a gun explosion. Rescuers report possible eight more fatalities and ongoing search at the mine.
A fresh consignment of J Pierpont Morgan’s artworks arrived in New York from England aboard the White Star liner QE) Vanila The set was appraised abroad at two million dollars and adds to Morgan’s noted holdings in the city.
Suffrage for Kentucky women in school elections advances as the bill passes the state senate after House approval and moves to Governor McCreary for signature. The measure grants women voting rights in local school matters in Frankfort.
Seattle reports the government cable to Alaska was restored after multiple breaks near Bush Point Whidby Inland and Port Angels caused days of outage. Repair crews fixed the lines and service resumed communications to Alaska.
An OCR fragment combines quotes about a bed and a woman mind with political campaign remarks and medical ads. It promotes PAZO OINTMENT and Dr. Pierce remedies, touts a Walker Co operative Catalogue, and includes miscellaneous aphorisms and promotional lines without a coherent narrative.
An advertisement touts Cole's Carboli salve as stopping pain from burns or cuts and helping healing with quick action and scar prevention. It offers 25c and 50c sizes and free samples from J. W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls Wisconsin. The piece includes a brief social quip about manners and society.
A Rockland Maine mother credits Kopp's Baby's Friend with stopping her infant's day and night crying until age two months and aiding teething. The ad notes purchase at druggists or direct mail from Kopp's in York Pennsylvania with 10 25 and 60 cent options and sample by mail on request.
A benevolent trust magnate laments the world’s troubles and his own role, while a friend notes the paradox of trying to uplift a world that seems to resist. The exchange hints at responsibility, regret, and humor in a pithy dialogue.
A local doctor sent a messenger with a box of pills to a patient and a hamper of six live pallets to a friend’s house. The messenger mixed the routes and delivered the ham per to the patient with the pills to the doctor’s friends, causing consternation when the patient received fowls and a prescription ordering “Two of these to be swallowed every half hour.”
A savage chief brandishes a glittering spear near a captive missionary asking a question. The captive, unshaken, quips that the weapon goes against his stomach. The locale offers no humor market and the captive is killed.
A pair of brokers swap anecdotes about daily cash purchases and a sharp trader who grows from five thousand to fifty thousand in six months by leveraging in Reading and Union before moving into first mortgage bonds, illustrating risk and restraint in a humorous exchange from Puck.
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