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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
2
The News Record delivers a compact world news brief covering politics, religion, casualties, commerce and industry, highlighting key events and developments from global sources. This summary notes ongoing shifts in leadership, religious affairs, conflict reports, market movements, and industry updates as reported.
An explosion in the drying house of the California Powder Company at Hercules Cal. blasts four white men and eight Chinese workers, with fifteen Chinese men injured and feared dead. Fire reaches Rodeo and destroys the nitroglycerine plant valued at $60,000 along with several nearby buildings. telegraph and telephone lines to Rodeo are down, hindering details.
An explosion at the Equitable Powder Company plant four and a half miles east of Alton shortly before 3 o clock Wednesday morning killed three men Henry Rickert Thomas Pepple and Henry Rogers. The blast damaged the big storehouse and area buildings while shattering windows twenty miles away. A smaller second explosion followed.
In Adamstown near Lexington Ky police halted a planned attack by Ilueh Lawrence and about twenty five Black associates who, armed, sought to harm Lathe Camming George Kelley and John Kimball after they badly beat Ilueh Lawrence. Lawrence was arrested and warrants issued for several friends.
Rumor in Indianapolis swirls around another occupant at ex President Harrison’s comfortable home as General Harrison’s recent marriage shifts local sentiment. Women initially opposed the match but now back Gen Harrison and his bride.
Mrs Maybrick 111 and Baroness de Itouques discuss the prisoner. The mother reports her daughter is very ill in the infirmary and in hopeless condition. Mrs Maybrick is described as crushed with despair, a sight that would wring a heart. The Baroness has returned to the Continent.
Alexander Kt Melntyre, 20, son of D C Melntyre general freight agent of the Detroit and Cleveland Nagie gaton Company, died by self destruction in Cleveland. A shotgun was the weapon. The act occurred in a room over the company's officers at the foot of Superior street. Motive for the deed is unknown.
A blaze in the Hank Block at Lawrenceburg Kentucky killed two children of tailor Join Gray. The mother, father and two other children were rescued after brave efforts but all others, including Mrs Gray, died from suffocation. Property loss estimated at $10,000.
At a Cleveland meeting the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias defeated printing the ritual in German for lodges preferring that language, with a 12 to 43 vote against.
Leading wholesale liquor dealers and distillers from across the country convene in Cleveland to form a national organization. The gathering is secretive, with delegates reticent about the exact purpose and behind closed doors.
A London dispatch reports John Duff another Singh political prisoner has become dangerously insane. The item also notes Robben Park Attractions featuring Leon Family aerialists and acrobats on September 7.
Sunday school excursionists from New London were struck by a runaway tramcar at Gale's Ferry. One woman died and several were seriously injured while others fell into the water. The incident marred a day of travel as rescue efforts began and the crowd reeled from the disaster.
A dry house at the Miami powder works five miles north of Xenia Ohio exploded killing Frank Eich a powder boiler and Silas Figgins a works engineer. Thousands of pounds of powder detonated and the company faces large losses.
A blaze at John Lundin’s Minneapolis saloon early Thursday caused the deaths of Henry Dulan Gust Anderson and A F Anderson who were sleeping on the third floor. The Lundin Building bricks and a clothing shop under A G Peterson were destroyed, with losses listed at 11000 and insurance at 7000. The Brown company employment dispute persists as Judge Stone’s injunction orders complicate plans and O'Connell vows to aid displaced workers. about 200 remain on file from 800 locked out May 25 with many already leaving town.
A recent army retiring board lists Lieut. Col. James H. Bradford Maj. Alexander S. B. Keyes Maj. John G. Turnbull Capt. Thomas G. Townsend Capt. Horace B. Carson Capt. John J. Haden Lieut. Robert B. Watkins as retired. Auditor Baldwin rejects North American Commercial Company claim for damages over Pribylof fur seal prohibition due to lack of jurisdiction. Dr Argyle Mackey, a Washington physician, died after shooting himself in Baltimore City Hospital, calmly detailing his wound and death as friends and medical staff observed. Crandall Mackey, a Detroit lawyer, is his brother.
In a global roundup, Premier Ito of Japan resigns from his posts as Interior Minister and Secretary of the Cabinet. Other items note Scots oil firms debating price cuts against American competition, a Portland brig mutiny in Porto Rico, Zanzibar sultanate bombardment, and Crete's sectarian fighting with significant casualties and loot.
Crowds gathered before the Governor's palace demanding arms. He refused but could not quell the uproar. The French Consul threatened French warship intervention. After clashes, several villages burned with Christians and Turks sharing the destruction. The Heraklion governor had been arming Mussulmans with arsenal arms recently.
Special Agent Kirchhoff cites refined lead output for the first half of 1806 at 130,695 net tons with 109,592 desilverized lead and 21,103 soft lead. Home consumption stands at 106,032 tons. Wilis’s U S visit fuels annexation policy speculation. U S trade, gold imports, and tariff factors are noted amid industrial stoppages and a looming election. Guatemala’s ex-president Barillas visits Chicago and sails for London, with hints about potential U S citizenship and renewed cordial ties.
A compact market roundup lists cattle hog and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. It covers grains including wheat corn oats rye and seeds with bids and ranges in cents per unit and per ton for various regions and commodities.
Mrs H T Arthur, wife of Captain Arthur, survived the burning Milton in the mid Pacific after the ship sank. The tale, once world famous, recounts the peril aboard the open boat and the dramatic decision to launch boats as the vessel doomed. Details note the Milton sailed from Newcastle August 9 1881 toward the west coast of South America.
In a Christmas eve ordeal a three boat voyage endured forty six days with dwindling rations and deaths. Captain Arthur and his wife bore the burden as two mates vanished. Crude water condenser kept a small supply while a baby died and was hidden in a sack. Rescued by the Newbern off San Francisco on Feb 25 1882, Mrs Arthur named her son Newbern in gratitude. The tale ends with the couple burying their child and the survivor bearing a sturdy son today.
A Chicago dealer keeps a display of monkeys to draw attention. During a window washing, one elderly looking monkey copied the worker, dipping a wood block into the dinner pan and rubbing the cage as the man finished. The crowd watched, and the monkey earned the nickname window washing Mike.
In Polk County Nebraska and neighboring areas a strange group of tide wells ebbs and flows like an underground ocean. The county reportedly hosts between twelve and twenty of these roaring wells. A separate odd note states no woman over twenty eight may wear her hair in a back braid.
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