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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
1
Thomas B. Clement, president of the First National Bank of Faribault Minnesota, was convicted of embezzling bank funds causing its failure and sentenced to eight years. His attorneys filed notice of a writ of error to the court of appeals and he was released on bail of 10000 dollars.
The pension bureau in Washington reports no law exists to reimburse men who paid to be exempt from the 1863 64 draft. Deputy Commissioner Davenport notes no government relief and recalls towns in some states used $300 to hire substitutes, with $800 as the exemption price, a barter system decades ago.
Federal Grand Jury in St Louis returns a new indictment against United States Senator Burton of Kansas. The charges mirror the prior case, alleging he accepted money from Rialto Grain and Securities Company of St Louis for services before the Post Office Department. The indictment was filed before the statute of limitations deadline.
George B. Stewart was arrested in Wichita Kansas on a bigamy charge filed by Chicago wife Margaret Stewart formerly Margaret O Hara who says she wed Stewart in 1903 in Chicago. A Pennsylvania woman reported she had married him five years earlier. The Chicago wife alleges he borrowed 110 dollars Sept 19 and vanished, later found living with another woman Mrs Sarah Johnson in Wichita until their marriage at Hutchinson Kansas.
A Western Union night clerk in Norfolk Virginia failed to relay a Roosevelt message to Mrs. Roosevelt during a Bourhera tour. Officials dispute the clerk’s claim that he only followed the rule against unpaid messages.
Charles Higgins twenty five, employed at the Wehrle store foundry in Newark Ohio, was shot to death by an unknown assailant amid a June strike. Police arrested George Curlin of Elwood City Pennsylvania, a striking polisher at the Wehrle factory, on suspicion.
A telegram reports Helen Hope, just married to Randolph C. Johnson at Perquimans North Carolina, found dead in her bridal chamber with a pistol and a fatal head wound. Johnson lies across the bed with three bullets in his head and body, a suspected murder suicide.
Brazilian revolutionaries seize influence in Rio while naval and military authorities declare sympathy for belligerents. Street battles erupt in Rio and interior regions with many killed, death toll estimated around 200.
An account reports a brutal outbreak in Russia with few towns escaping the reign of terror. In Tomak Siberia about 600 were killed in a theater, while police in Moscow were said to butcher a parade of school children.
President Pierce of Kenyon College issues a signed statement denying that Stuart Pierson was tied to railroad tracks. He refutes rumors and falsehoods spread after Pierson was killed during a fraternity initiation in Gambler, Ohio.
A gas explosion in the basement of the Furniture Exhibition Company on Michigan Avenue, Chicago, injured four people and caused a narrow escape for dozens more. Property loss was estimated at 50,009 dollars.
James L. Ord of Chicago declares he is the great grandson of King George IV and heir to a $120,000,000 estate. The Ord family says a son of the king and Maria Fitsherbert was concealed, with John S. Ord as the sole survivor in California, and James L. Ord works as assistant superintendent of construction for the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Federal grand jury disclosures from former President Sultzberger of the defunct Merchants' Brokerage Commission Company threaten arrest of St Louis businessmen tied to get rich quick schemes. Authorities report higher officials exposed. some firms remain in operation while others quit.
The Mexican Herald claims Great Britain and Japan are near agreement to build a canal across Nicaragua similar to an American plan. Britain would supply capital while Japan provides labor, signaling a major international channel project.
In Trinidad Colorado two miners Mac Srok and John Wiskiwitch used a dynamite stick to play. The blast occurred on a red hot stove and both men were badly hurt and are not expected to recover.
Frank Perry died in Toledo after being stood on his head for thirty hours to stimulate heart action. He reportedly took a large dose of nitrobensol mistaken for whisky. Antidotes were administered constantly as family aided his condition.
Morris Nathan, arrested in Pittsburg over the death in Boston of Cambridge chorus girl Swanna Geary, was freed in municipal court after the grand jury failed to indict him. Nathan had been subpoenaed to appear at the trial.
In San Francisco Edna Wallace Hopper loses her fight for possession of the Dunsmuir fortune. Mr Dunsmuir a relative of Gov Dunsmuir of British Columbia died a year ago leaving a rich estate. Hopper claimed a relationship and urged a share of the fortune.
Bishop Stephen Mason Merrill of the Methodist Episcopal Church died suddenly in Keyport New Jersey from heart paralysis. A 32 year episcopalcareer ends as the venerable church leader’s home is listed as Chicago. Coroner Scarborough rules a death by railroad collision occurred while a man named Pierson Cass was being initiated into a fraternity.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Charles for King of Norway and a murky reference to Beonairis Nes, with phrases suggesting contention about Denmark’s head and fealty in a Nordic setting. The readable elements center on royal naming and legitimacy debates amid uncertain wording.
J B McGavery a Oklahoma student at Bexley Theological Seminary Gambier Ohio was found in his room bound and gagged robbed of money and a diamond ring a note on his clothing warned of worse if repeated Police search finds no crew The incident follows the death of Atuart L Pierson at Kenyon College during a fraternity initiation.
Secretary Bonaparte commends two enlisted men of the battleship Ohio J Clegg and A J Froman for rescuing a fellow sailor after a staging rope snapped off Taku China Clegg was injured with a broken jaw Frederick W Klaus also jumped in to help and saved Clegg Froman saved himself Lieutenant Burbank convicted for unbecoming conduct in the Philippines proceedings sent to Washington for dismissal Theodore Roosevelt professorship of American History funded by James Speyer linking Columbia and Berlin through endowments
Captain Frank Franta a former Rough Rider will replace Thomas B. Ferguson as Governor of Oklahoma. Franta previously served as Enid postmaster and Osage Indian agent. Ferguson’s term expires January 13.
Peter Auguste Eckland surrendered to Scotland Yard on Oct 23, charged with embezzling 10000 as secretary treasurer of the Clay Copy Land Company of Moorhead Minnesota. He has been released by request of the American embassy and is sought by Minnesota authorities.
J B Crotser Republican candidate for the board of public service in Zanesville Ohio was defeated at the election and committed to Columbus State Hospital. Mental age attributed to worry over the election.
Coroner Dr. Walter Kilne of Montgomery County Ohio states Dr Oliver Haugh stands accused of murdering at least nine victims. Hale faces charges for killing his father mother and brother Charles W Rhoden. The artist Charles Ward Rhodes died by apparent cyanide poisoning.
Heavy production and freight movements surge as wholesale and retail sectors expand. Visiting buyers boost linen, footwear, textiles and other staples while raw materials stay costly. Lumber and building materials remain scarce. railroads secure equipment. Canada and U S report mixed failure counts. overall trade strength cited by Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
Market report lists Chicago and Indianapolis cattle and hog prices with ranges for prime, choice, and common grades. Also shows wheat corn oats and eggs with scattered values and per bushel figures.
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