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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
2
A compact report surveys ongoing crime, casualties, and disasters shaping the public mood. Police incidents, fatal accidents, and emergency responses mark the period, with contrasts between sought safety measures and ongoing threats.
A telegraph dispatch outlines looming tensions between Russia and Britain while Pennsylvania endures extensive forest fires. The report notes a broad collection of miscellaneous news items alongside these events.
London dispatch from Shanghai reports Russia through American Agent Smith has taken possession of Chefoo, contests England’s claim. Six Russian and four US warships are said to be at Chefoo as authorities review a transfer of Foreshore from Ferguson to a Russian company. The Globe notes England must treat the move as unfriendly and awaits further word.
Forest fires of vast extent tear through Clearfield County under three days of high winds. No lives reported lost yet though several narrow escapes are noted as crews struggle to combat the flames. In Michigan, heavy five hour rain quells weeklong forest fires, while Lake Superior shore losses near a million dollars.
Elijah will be presented at the Masonic Temple Theater in Fort Wayne Indiana Tuesday evening May 26. Rosenbecker's Chicago Orchestra will provide music and 180 voices will be on stage. Lead roles include Miss Leo Long soprano Mrs Elizabeth T Bagg contralto George Hamlin tenor and Kangcon Davies England's famed baritone in his first American appearance.
An 82 year old woman Mrs Aaron Haines collapsed and died during a church meeting at Mt Hebron West Virginia after describing her wish to die in a similar manner to her mother. The incident occurred after a teacher stepped from the pulpit to shake her hand. The text also notes a State Department statement about delaying death sentences for American citizens in the Spanish case until US views on the 1793 treaty can be considered.
On a Camilla Georgia plantation near L H Aduats two farmers Isaiah Sweet and Ben Cobb fought a duel. Sweet shot Cobb with a shotgun while Cobb used a pistol. Both men suffered abdominal wounds and died after the confrontation. Sweet reportedly walked ten miles to ambush Cobb whom he viewed as a rival.
President Cleveland issues a sweeping civil service order affecting almost 30 000 government workers. The measure classifies 20 300 more positions, boosting totals from 55 736 to 85 135. Only a few posts remain noncompetitive and limited exceptions apply.
Friends of municipal and civil service reform gathered in Baltimore for the second annual National Municipal League meeting and the fourth national conference for good city government. Merritt Starr explained Chicago Civil Service workings and compared it with other cities.
The House Committee on Pensions orders a favorable report on Stallings bill to raise veterans and widow pensions from eight to twelve dollars monthly for those who served in the Mexican and Indian wars.
In Minneapolis and Minnesota, R. D. Hubbard leads a 600 miller industry pool backed by the Pillsburys to raise flour prices and secure rail and water rates. Over 100 mills have joined, totaling about 105,000 barrels daily capacity, uniting under the North American Milling Company as successor to the Southern Minnesota Millers’ Association.
Indiana Republicans name McKinley as their choice and instruct statewide delegates to cast votes for him as often as possible. The platform supports protection and reciprocity and calls for "honest" money with silver only under parity with gold.
The President issued an order extending civil service rules to the interstate commerce commission. All offices in and outside Washington fall under the classified service except the chief executive ones needing Senate nomination and confirmation. About 85,200 government positions now join the civil service.
The San Salvador Congress approved the treaty of Amalpa uniting San Salvador Nicaragua and Honduras as the Republic Major de Centro America. The union will henceforth be known by that name and act as a single republic.
Mrs. Luella Wilcox St Clair president of Christian College Columbia Mo asked graduates to state their life purpose in writing. Ten seek further education art and music three desire quiet home life two want to be missionaries one aims to be a physician another to be a hospital nurse three wish to travel. One cites marriage as principal aim. Several replies in verse.
The Havana court martial of the Com petitor crew sentenced all to death. The schooner was captured by a Spanish cruiser amid allegations of filibustering. Prisoners were denied defense witnesses, drawing Washingtons concern as North Atlantic squadron near New York intensifies security.
Dun and Co weekly review reports exports of 5,850,000 dollars in the past week with no monetary disturbance. It cites sound financial conditions and confidence in better times, though demand is temporarily reduced in some industries. It notes production exceeds consumption, and prices rise by combinations amid overall price irregularity and slack demand for finished goods.
May or Schell of Masaillon Ohio grapples with whether a firecracker can be a musical instrument after two players used fireworks to punctuate a park concert. Police arrested the musicians for violating a parade or park ordinance during the open air performance.
Newark reports several members of the First Regiment National Guard have left to join Cuban independence fighters. At least a dozen have signed with the junta and more consider enlistment. Offers include bonuses of 700 dollars plus travel to Jacksonville and 30 dollars monthly, or 100 dollars with 22 dollars monthly.
The new Egyptian railway head sits at Murrat Wells fourteen miles from Sarras as 110000 troops under the khalifa guard the land. Laborers number 1600 and water scarcity hampers progress with a possible rail line extension toward Abvenndmah on the third cataract. Big force limits concentration of defense despite military tension.
United States subjects at the czar’s coronation may conform to new English court costume rules, per a St. Petersburg correspondent. In Hannibal, Missouri, a common pleas judgment awarded $11,400 to RK W. Cobb in a suit against St. Louis and Hannibal Railway, stemming from a wreck involving Cobb as an express messenger with a claimed $25,000 claim.
Judge Maynard in Kaston disposed of fifty divorce libels in six hours, a pace faster than marriage ceremonies. The trial reflects a clash between Roeton and Chicago over Massachusetts divorce records.
A blaze at the University Riding School in Heidelburg caused four suffocations and forced several others to flee. The fire also destroyed twenty seven horses, with rescuers fighting to evacuate remaining animals and people.
A compiled listing of commodity prices across major markets including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and the West Frontier. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter and eggs quotes given by city and grade with ranges in dollars and cents.
H H Holmes, convicted on circumstantial evidence in the Benjamin F. Pitzel case, was hanged at Moyamensing County Jail in Philadelphia. The drop occurred at 10 12 o clock, and he was pronounced dead half an hour later. He proclaimed his innocence on the scaffold and admitted only possible responsibility for deaths of two women from his criminal operations. He spent his last night writing letters.
The execution of Holmes unfolds with spiritual rites as Fathers Daly and Macpeak administer last rites. At 10:02 the jury is sworn and Holmes ascends the scaffold, proclaims innocence, prays until 10:12, then dies by hanging as doctors confirm death and the corpse is cut down.
Reports from Farmers' Review correspondents indicate variable winter wheat conditions across ten states. Indiana shows fair prospects with improving growth after recent rains, while Ohio faces slow emergence and a poor outlook due to cold and drought. Michigan remains fair with about 10 percent freezing loss. Missouri losses eased by rains. Kansas and Nebraska show good prospects, especially east. Iowa fair. Wisconsin deteriorates with notable freezing damage. Minnesota notes limited losses overall.
United States Consul Keenan at Bremen reports to the State Department that American horse imports to Germany have grown but are hindered by underhand practices spread by local hot dealers who have united to undermine American competition.
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