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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
1
A commission finds Mrs. Margaret Place not insane for murdering her Brooklyn step-daughter. Governor Roosevelt expected to let the death sentence stand. she would be the first woman electrocuted in New York, with execution set for next week.
Residents of Ashiey Wilkes-Barre suburb face fear after a gang of incendiaries struck Sunday burning valuable property and destroying the large public school on Monday. Eleven teachers served plus 600 children left without school, insurance $14,000, losses total about $20,000 to $25,000. A mass meeting was planned to address the crisis. Imports and exports figures from the February 1899 U S trade report show rises in imports and exports of merchandise and changes in gold and silver movements.
Loyds reports nine steamships overdue across the Atlantic from US ports with reinsurance impossible. Losses imply all vessels likely lost in January storms, endangering many lives. Manila front reports Brigadier General Wheaton’s column advancing beyond Pasig toward Laguna de Bay. American cordon tightens. Sampson seeks reinstatement of officers omitted from promotion list.
A Texas Pacific freight train derailed near El Paso, Texas, killing engineer M. J. McMurray, fireman George Metz, and John Fried who was sealing acid, with one bystander injured. The wreck was caused by a broken flange.
American engines for France under French Government control ordered ten high speed passenger locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia to be delivered in a few months. Reports from Fort Wayne and rumors of theatre events and Alaska territorial transfers to Britain appear in the same column.
Obituary notes Robert S Gardiner dies in Boston at 57. Miss Caroline Hazard elected president of Wellesley College. Mrs Margaret E Cody convicted of attempting to blackmail the Goulds. Tug James Bowen sinks near Newport News with twelve aboard. Builder William Noble fails with 1 027 400 liabilities. Frank N Sheldon on trial for murder, dies by suicide in Auburn jail. Belgian consul general Edward C Andre seeks 10 million dollar Philippine syndicate in New York. James Lindsay Murray resigns as Princeton faculty dean بسبب ill health. Leona steamer sunk near Ellis Island to avoid fire. Manhattan RR adopts electric third rail. Iron Workers elect John Y Butler president. John H Evans sentenced in Philadelphia. U S Dye Wood and Extract Company incorporated in New Jersey. Feanesville collieries suspend in Hazleton with 500+ workers idle. Louisa B Quackenbos dies in New York at 12 years. Herbert W Smith, NY importer cashier, fugitive with 30 000 shortage. Large Charlestown Street building in Boston burned, loss 75 000.
Notices report the death of West ern BC Rabb former Minneapolis mayor at 65 a Chicago mayoral candidate Zina R Carter a St Louis police search for Michael Borschiz and a $100 000 fortune left behind The Utah Legislature adjourned without electing a US Senator The Lima Ohio American National Bank robbed of 18000 Christmas night enters liquidation Austin Sidwell dies of grip in Butte Mont The Minnesota House rejects Wisconsin system for insane care A powder explosion in Creede Colorado kills several including Scott Watson and Frank Heas A bank loss and other scattered incidents across multiple states appear in the summary
A new co operative colony named the Oklahoma Co operative Industrial Association is established in Oklahoma County with 1000 members. J M Powell serves as president and Dr Dean as secretary under a constitution allocating labor, common property, individual homesteads, and scrip for produce value. James L Fleming of Torrey s Rough Riders sues the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad for 25000 after a shooting incident involving Shine and Reeder. Shine died from a abdomen wound received during the altercation.
Richmond plan features a gate shaped by a sitting angel in Italian marble to honor Miss Winnie Davis. Daughters of the Confederacy to erect the monument over her grave.
Reports from Washington and abroad cover the Senate and House panel on mail pay, Census Bureau appointment exams, and adjutant general death totals for May 1898 to Feb 1899. Smallpox cases rise. Treasury withholds funds for Cumberland Sound works. Paris and Havana news include a yacht capsize near Brittany with nine dead, Admiral Van Knorr's resignation, and a Hague disarmament meeting May 18. Ecuador's battle toll and prisoners are cited. Cuba locals push US buy of Son Juan Hill for a park. General Cromezhia resigns from Cuban army command. The Par ia Belair inquiry notes a naval powder magazine explosion.
The article notes a rumor that an incident was not accidental and cites Minister Bellamy Storer reporting a royal decree in the Congo Free State requiring plantings of 150 rubber trees per ton produced annually. It also mentions Maj Edward Wilson’s conviction for forgery and hard labor, and reports M Bonin’s safe return to Shanghai after missing in Tibet and China.
The Brunswick Hotel in Sorel Quebec was burned down with $75,000 in losses and guests and staff escaped narrowly. Reports include February export totals across domestic goods and a March Dunker colonization westward.
The report lists live cattle hog prices and grain rates in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and New York butter eggs and other commodities. Cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices vary by city and grade with wheat corn oats and rye quoted for No 2 or No 3 grades.
General Wheaton's brigade aided by gunboats captured Guadaloupe near Manila. Filipino resistance was light with 40 killed, many wounded, and 16 captured. Otis plans advance toward Laguna de Bay to separate Aguinaldo's northern and southern wings and push toward Malolos.
The Cuban military assembly in Havana impeached General Maximo Gomez and removed him as general in chief. Twenty six voted for removal with four opposed as Gomez faced accusations of insubordination and acting without the assembly. The body also complained that 3 million dollars was insufficient.
Early Saturday a tornado struck Oklahoma City, leaving about 400 people homeless. The city lay in ruins with demolished homes, uprooted trees, and widespread property damage. Residents recalls a calm Friday followed by a violent night of crashing buildings, lightning, and cries for help as rescuers moved to aid the distressed.
Philadelphia records 5,424 typhoid cases and 264 deaths by week ten. The outbreak surpasses wartime deaths in infantry and naval battles and rivals total combat fatalities from the Spanish American War.
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