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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
2
The News Record presents a compact summary of world events across politics religion and commerce. It reports latest developments, casualties, and industry trends from diverse regions, highlighting notable statements and shifts in policy or practice.
A severe wreck occurred near 2 o'clock on Wednesday when two electric cars carrying over 100 people fell into the river after a bridge gave way. Many escaped, but authorities fear a large death toll with as many as fifty or more bodies recovered on shore and in the water.
A large blaze destroyed Rathburn Company tie dock and adjacent docks in Desernto Ontario, consuming a mill, bran house, elevator, cance club boat-house, a Roman Catholic church, stores, and most of the eastern town. The rain aided efforts to fight the fire, but losses approach 350000 dollars.
Frank Jluffman of New York was shot and killed by a gang of hobos near Huron Ohio while riding east. Hoffman tried to surrender, fled as the train slowed, and died from a shot to the abdomen. A sheriff s posse pursued eleven suspects, nine held in Sandusky amid mob fears.
Washington special reports Secretary Olney forced Captain General Weyler to relax tobacco export bans from Havana. The order will respect pre existing Cuban tobacco contracts and bona fide U S owners may export as before.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad receivers will on June 1 pay interest on $7,744,000 at 5 percent due 1807 for the Chicago Division totaling $198,605, plus $8,500,000 of 5 percent bonds due 1884 amounting to $191,250, and $4,500,000 of 5 percent on the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad. Interest will not be paid on $4,000,000 of 6 percent bonds of the Baltimore Washington and Point Lookout Railroad.
Col Mosby once the guerrilla chief and ex consul general to Hong Kong lies in critical condition at his San Francisco apartment. He recently returned from the East and was treated for appendicitis a few days ago. Physicians fear for his recovery as friends report his deteriorating state.
Advices from Cuba say Spanish General Serrano Altamira was badly defeated at San Cristobal in Pinar del Rio. The Cuban casualties were small by comparison, with many Spanish dead wounded.
Miss Carrie Price of Middletown Ohio sues Prof Hobbins of the Alexandria schools in the Circuit Court at Anderson Indiana, claiming he is the father of her child and obtaining a $1,000 verdict.
The schooner Sunrise bound from Chicago for Cockburn Island was cut in two by whaleback barge 133 in dense fog about sixty miles northeast of Chicago harbor on Thursday morning. Capt. Dianean Buchanan and crew escaped in the lifeboat as the vessel sank quickly, then were rescued onto the Gratwick and arrived in Chicago the next day.
A gas explosion in Coffeyville Kansas wrecked two two story brick buildings at 8 o clock, killing one man and injuring fifteen others. The blast occurred from a match igniting accumulated gas in a basement where several men were present and scattered bystanders in the area. The destruction was total with many occupants felled and several severely hurt.
The Chinese government plans to send twenty boys aged 10 to 12 to the United States for western mechanical education under the Presbyterian mission. Supplied by their fathers, the boys will study here for several years and return to China with advanced training. China may seek permission to send youths to West Point and Annapolis. The group will be bonded to return and anti-Chinese laws will be observed.
Monger reports a cyclone struck Palarie Iowa fifteen miles north of Des Moines killing nine and injuring many. A midnight cloudburst at La Moille flooded the county washing away tracks and roadbeds. Rivers rose swiftly, trestles and bridges disappeared, crops wrecked, and widespread havoc followed.
United States Consul Parker in Birmingham reports a swift shift in steel tubing due to bicycle demand. American manufacturers pre ordered stocks and secured output, leaving British makers short of material. Exports to the United States soar from 85 800 in 1804 to 231 200 in the first quarter of this year.
R G Dun reports trade steady with deferred orders and contracts. No excitement in exportable goods markets as wheat damage stories rise but supply expectations ease. Western receipts run higher for three weeks at 5,818,025 bushels versus 4,962,537 last year while Atlantic exports, flour included, total 3,108,803 bushels this period against 4,749,074 last year. Home market ignores crop rumors, supported by forecasts of a crop larger than last year.
A giant wheel larger than Chicago's Ferris wheel sits at Earl's Court London with forty cars. On Thursday evening it began carrying passengers but then stopped turning, leaving several people stranded aloft until the next morning.
A gas line blast at Otto Malm’s Chicago home Sunday morning killed the father who perished at the doorway while trying to rescue children. Only the mother and one daughter survived. two other children died of grave injuries and an infant died after being carried out as flames spread.
In Salt Lake City Utah Henrietta Clausen and Annie Samuelson vanished. Traces of bloody offerings were found in the basement of the First Scandinavian Church and the pastor was arrested. Personal items of the girls were discovered in a trunk. Authorities believe the girls were cremated in the church furnace.
Rev. Albert J. Diaz, American citizen and Baptist missionary expelled from Cuba, testifies to a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee about brutal Spanish acts. He describes executions near Guatao, killings of noncombatants, bayonet wounds, hospital bombardments, and civilians including an American, Ladisla Quintero, amid violent crackdown in 22 February and other incidents observed in Havana.
United States Consul General Laurel reports in St. Petersburg that Russia stores at least 80 million dollars in gold coins. The Russian government also has a bank stock of nearly 3.94 million US half eagles valued at about 25.46 million roubles. In Cleveland, 1000 idle shipyard workers at Globe Iron Company return to work after a wage increase offer, accepted by a slim majority.
The czarinas entry to Moscow featured artillery, ringing bells, and cheering crowds from around the world. A vast, festive atmosphere marked the historic moment as leaders and visitors observed the triumphal occasion amid widespread jubilation. Yo Tambien Dies After Racing Accident at Lexington Farm
The will of Howard W H Kennedy was admitted to probate in Philadelphia. He leaves his entire fortune of £100,000 in trust for the benefit of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A separate note reports Missouri river flooding with riverbanks full and imminent flood damage for 100 miles north.
A dense market roundup lists cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It covers grains including wheat corn oats rye and barley with varying No 2 grades and regional yellow or white corn prices. Also noted are butter eggs and potatoes with regional price ranges and quality notes.
The article reviews a week in Congress with the Senate passing the District of Columbia appropriation bill near 7.5 million and a clash over sectarian charity funding. It notes House debates on immigration, fortifications and river and harbor bills, and a large party-line vote approving the Bartholdt McCall immigration measure. The pension bill for Francis Hoover passes over veto, while the Senate considers a public debt bonds bill and labor, agriculture, and capital commissions.
A period culinary note lists small supper ideas with lobster Newburg brown bread coffee and desserts for intimate gatherings and card parties. The Pasteur Institute Paria report covers 1805 inoculations for rabies and traespient rabies with 1,520 treated and two deaths among nationalities including French English Swiss Anglo Indian Spanish Belgian Dutch Egyptian Greek Turkish.
Paris doctors d Arsouval and Charrin report organ temperature rankings with the liver the warmest peak, followed by the intestine and other organs in descending order. A Montreal bride wore her pet cutary on her shoulder during the ceremony, causing a brief disruption. Various notes cover women in Noumenia studying medicine, Brooklyn pupil increases, a czar reportedly cycling privately, and California gold output totaling 13 023 291 dollars last year.
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