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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Vermont district court ruling in the case of Mary Mabel Rogers who faces execution for the murder of her husband. The decision returns the case to state authorities with December 8 set as the execution date if no action by governor or courts intervenes.
Harry Slater alias Skeets Foote alias Henry Wilson, once a bank robber who escaped from Jackson Mich penitentiary on August 9 1 percent, and who had a running pistol duel with Lima Ohio policeman Daniel Kelley, is dead. He gave no confession to Rev Manning of St Rose church who administered last rites.
Four colored men suffocated in a fire at a house and wood yard on K street N. W. Washington D C. They were asleep as the lower part of the building served as a kindling mill. The boiler area had coal embers igniting a mass of debris. two men escaped by jumping. A separate item reports Mrs Frances Burton Harrison killed in an auto crash in Long Island City, with Mrs L J Scott of San Francisco injured.
The American National Bank of Boston Massachusetts was closed by order of its directors after attempts to liquidate failed. Nations Bank Examiner W. Eal named as receiver. Nine men killed in an explosion at the Powder Works mixing house in Sis Lane Federmonet. several others injured.
Detachments from the international fleet landed at Mitylene Sunday afternoon under Ritter von Jedina to seize customs and postal buildings. The sultan’s fate hangs on European demands as powers threaten to seize Tenedos if Asia Minor’s coast remains defiant. Ferid Pasha pressed for changes to the financial control scheme. Zinovieff warned the new terms are unacceptable.
The Hugeians are stronger as strikers than soldiers and Russia must win freedom from the Czar. Sweden and Norway reach a complete divorce. Russians increasingly ignore manifestoes and gold-brick circulars as Moody presses the beef trust toward collapse.
Terrific blizzard on Lake Superior drives Crescent City ashore near Duluth and causes multiple vessels to wreck or run aground. Winds of sixty to seventy miles an hour lash the coast as snow drifts four to six feet block streets and threaten heavy loss of life.
Kenene Senator Joseph Ralph Barton faces potential disqualification from federal office after a second jury verdict confirming Burton’s conviction for using official influence to assist a firm in a fraud order. Court actions include a retrial order and appeals, while Barton, a longtime Kansas figure, has fought the indictment on technical grounds.
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in yonoutlae New York heard W. H. Babcock a Chicago ship builder discuss long ligating bending movement of certain lake steamers in a formal address.
Secretary Wilson announces the 1905 farm products reached a value of 6.415 billion dollars, the highest ever, with corn leading at 2.708 billion bushels. He notes farm wealth rose to 6.129 billion dollars in five years, and highlights rising bank deposits and new small rural banks fueling agricultural wealth.
The article notes the late Sig Tumuguo’s generosity and wealth surpassing most singers of his era except Jean de Beaske. His only daughter inherited more than 81,000,000. It also recalls Sir Michael Hicks Beach as chancellor walking Downing Street to council, and his umbrella theatrics.
Industrial activity in Chicago remains at high volume with ample production, strong forward orders, and expanding plant capacity. Labor and material pressures rise in lumber and metal trades while leather, tanners, and packing houses boost shipments. November retail activity softens, wholesale holiday trade accelerates, and metal markets reflect resilient demand and prices.
Market-wise price list shows cattle hogs sheep and grain values across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York with varied ranges. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 5.10, New York cattle 4.00 to 9.68, wheat No 2 red 85 to 92 cents, corn No 2 white 42 to 46 cents, and butter creameries around 21 to 30 cents per pound.
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