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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
2
A compact tour through notable stories, icons, and events shaping the week. From distant lands to local happenings, the digest highlights key people, places, and numbers driving headlines and public interest.
Doings of the Day notes a destructive cyclone that struck Savannah Georgia on a Wednesday from 11 54 a m to 12 15 p m causing seven deaths and about a million dollars in property damage. The storm swept from Florida through the eastern gulf with 40 to 60 mile per hour winds rising rapidly to 66 miles an hour before weather instruments failed.
Frank Coopler a young farmer near Ave rora Indiana attempted self harm after heartbreak. He wrote letters to a coroner detailing his despair and burial wishes, ate toilet soap bars, grew ill but recovered with a doctor’s help. He still says he does not want to live and plans to kill himself.
Col. M Mule doon reports from New York that he secured a contract with California millionaire John W. Mackey to build a grand mausoleum for Mackey’s son’s grave in Greenwood Cemetery. The granite exterior and marble interior will feature statues and altars for mass, with a cost near 400000. The design, created in Louisville, was sent to Paris to Mrs Mackey and accepted.
Surprised by Havana special Collara encounters insurgent band of Bandera entrenched in Veguita fort in Trinidad district. Four rebels killed as 85 volunteers head for Quivican to secure cattle. Lieut. Romero and 22 volunteers killed. four injured. Insurgent leader Luis Rodriguez found hanged at Laguinillas Matanzas.
Cleveland police arrest Bert Kayser George Stanley and James Bowen alias Curtis Watson believed leaders of a highwaymen gang that terrorized the city last month. The trio, recognized crooks with prior sentences, were caught robbing James Keating's saloon and drinking the loot.
Arthur J. King, executive head of KG Dun & Co, died at his home in Bloomfield New Jersey at age 70. He joined the firm in 1831, served in the New York office, and held postings in Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis before returning to New York in 1840.
A colored man named Manuel Gregory was shot during a house robbery in Chattanooga Tennessee. The bullet struck him in the head from twelve feet and flattened as if paste. he is not seriously hurt. Attractions at Robinson Park week of September 27 include Arion the King of High Wire Walkers and Aerial Bicycle.
Gen. McIntire of Colorado authorizes Gen. Brooks to act as governor’s representative to quell riots in Leadville and district. Orders move 850 troops from Lake City and Montevista to Leadville, including Chaffee Light Artillery with Gatling guns and Denver cavalry. Fears rise over carried weapons and dynamite. Lieut. Byram confirms substantial martial power with no local interference.
Two robbers in a buggy entered the Western Foundry Company office on Albany avenue near Bath street just before 4 pm Friday. They held five men at gunpoint, took 1600 dollars from the treasurer, and fled as police and workers chased them. A broken pursuit ended near California avenue and the street. the robbers seized a milk wagon, fired at pursuers, then escaped. The milk wagon was later found at 24d place and Oakley avenue with the robbers gone.
Five vessels including Helensburg Star of France John Cook Formosa and the steamer Aggie departed San Francisco on Thursday bound for Queenstown carrying full California grain. Masters were instructed to rush cargoes to destination as fast as possible amid strong demand at Queenstown port. The Bermuda, arrived Wednesday, is the only ship in port not yet engaged for grain cargoes.
Captain Cox reports an attempted poison plot by ship boy Robert Peacock 17 from Loudon aboard the Dul Witch en route from Manila. A lump of vermilion paint was found in the coffee pot before breakfast after Peacock was whipped the previous night for stealing. The cook and crew are investigating the incident.
Grace Clark fired a single bullet at Slurry M. Conway on Madison Street Chicago then shot herself. The tragedy followed taunts by her Jover and a letter she believed showed Conway’s interest elsewhere. Formerly of Lyons and Clinton Town.
New York philanthropist Boole Pratt left 2 060 000 dollars to Shepard asylum trustees with a condition to rename the asylum to Shepard and Enoch Pratt hospital if directors refuse. If nephews block the Legislature’s move they could gain about 2 million. Army of the Cumberland Reunion in Rockford Illinois honors veterans. Gen James Harnett presided in Cheyveland with Gen WW. S. Tosecrans absent due to health.
A five story Bay Street wholesale grocery building operated by A. B. Hull & Co. burned in Savannah. The adjacent unoccupied structure was damaged. Loss around 35000 with 31000 insured. Building damage about 15000. Fireman Frank McStay fell through a gradng, suffering fatal injuries.
Albert B. Gibson, a young farmer living near Ava, Missouri, shot and killed his wife and then attempted suicide but failed. Jealousy was cited as the motive.
Comptroller Eckels plans a broader system to verify bank deposit accounts. Examiners will compare pass books with ledgers, prompted by a Union National Bank of New Orleans robbery where two longtime clerks allegedly stole nearly $500,000 by manipulating accounts.
A Sunday blaze damaged Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts causing about 150000 in losses to the main building and contents. The institution insured for 154000 and will rebuild with cottage dormitories and new facilities including a gym and chapel.
Creditors of the Northern Investment Company arrange a receiver sale to satisfy Bay State Plymouth Maudamin Jordan Rehoolouse and others. Lazard Freres of New York will acquire gold for stamps and a large set of estates. Separate notes mention English rail disruptions and oil price shifts as concurrent headlines.
John Cooper of Chicago arrives in San Diego and loses a wallet at a station in Los Angeles. The purse contained 170 dollars in cash and papers. Thacher rejects silver Democratic nomination for New York governor.
A three story stone and brick campus building near Mexico Missouri burned early Thursday, destroying the Missouri Military Academy. The fire caused about 75000 dollars in losses with 37600 dollars insured. About 100 students were in the building. 21 injured but none fatally. The cause is suspected incendiary. many pupils jumped from windows to escape.
Cuban insurgents derail a mail train from Puerto Principe using dynamite injuring five escort soldiers. They also burn tobacco fields at the San Antonio plantation in Matanzas. The Queen Regent pardons Oscar Zu bizarretta, a War Minister's nephew, once sentenced for insurrection. Police seize hollowed mshoguny at Villa Nueva station used to transport arms. Exchange rate for specie set at a SE percent premium.
Berlin bankers form company to build a German east coast to Central African lakes line and Emperor William's government to fund half the cost. Lieut Schlobach has surveyed the route and work will start immediately as the England Germany race to the Dark Continent begins. Blow Coats Three Lives. A Gretna incident leads to two black men shot and another lynched after slapping a white child. The mob hangs the condemned man. Theatrical man fatally hurt. Mark Davis injured on a Leavenworth platform when a trunk is knocked loose by a passing engine. Refuses United States money. McGill University will not accept US silver or paper money for scholarships. checks discount to 44 percent.
The Princeton University football team will play eleven games this season with a schedule that includes contests against nearly all the strong teams of the east.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep bids across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo and New York with price ranges for No 2 white oats No 2 yellow corn No 2 red wheat and butter eggs and rye. Regional variations show Chicago cattle 3.50 4.25 hogs 5.00 5.75. New York cattle 3.00 5.25 hogs 3.00 4.00.
The Naval Department may reform after decades of paying premiums for faster ships. About 3 million dollars was spent over ten years on speed bonuses with little speed gain. The Cramps of Philadelphia earned large sums for Yorktown and Minneapolis while later contracts cut premiums and banned them for battleships. The Brooklyn won a huge prize, but future premiums shrink or vanish.
Prices in Chicago rose over the last fortnight with daily gains and a 75.5 cent late-week advance. Traders such as John Cudahy W R Lint and W T Baker guided activity as cash wheat moves to millers and exporters, signaling a global price uptick and reduced despondency.
Noted outlaw mut murderer Bart Thrasher and ally Doc Panther, heirs to Rube Burrows, were killed near Horee Creek in Walker County Alu by Deputy Sheriff Cole and Ball of Birmingham. The report summarizes the controversial end of the famed gang.
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