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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
2
Kansas City voters faced a bitter campaign with five tickets and strong A P A Catholic tensions. A riot at the Fifth Ward left one dead and several gravely injured amid broad Republican gains and council majorities.
News from Fort Reno reports a battle between Whirlwind’s Cheyenne band and white settlers occupying vacant lands on the old Cheyenne reservation. Five cavalry troops were dispatched and Fort Sill and Fort Supply forces are mobilizing. Officials expect more clashes until government and military intervention stop the fight.
John Joyce a top filer at the Eliza furnace in Kitteburgh Tennessee was burned to death in a gas explosion atop the furnace. Fellow worker John Higgins died trying to rescue him. Joyce aged 45 leaves a widow and six children. A separate forest fire near Bareville Pennsylvania scorched several hundred acres as a spark from a Lancaster and Downingtown Railroad locomotive ignited timber in the Welsh Mountains.
The Portuguese Government plans to dispatch another warship to Buenos Ayres to help remove Hracilian insurgents from Portuguese territory. The Free Marines of Argantine Republic sent a cable to Portugal. President Cleveland urges intervention for Brazilians. Chicago election results show 42 Republicans to 26 Democrats on the new city council.
Buffalo jewelry store seized by sheriff on bank executions. An NY bank employee conspired to defraud for 833050. Malone to replace late McNierny as Regent of SUNY Albany. Coke workers strike ordered in Connellsville region. Moxhan and Johnson seek $2 million steel mill site in Cleveland. Michigan G A R delegation in Pittsburgh for encampment quarters and for Judge Long candidacy. Judge Dallas rules Chinese cannot naturalize under 1882 act. Middletown MD reports runaway team dash injuring Albert Miller. Fritz Kloetzer murders his wife and four children then commits suicide. family found in back room.
Judge Caldwell rules for Union Pacific wage scale case in Omaha. Bear Valley Irrigation Company receivers report indebtness of 1 221 259 with 21 500 monthly expenses. notes total 2 000 000. Bea trice indorsed a forged draft for 50 dollars. Indiana forms a national fish and game group, seeks restocking from U S Fish and Wildlife. Obituaries list Major W D Bickham, Anson Northup, H C Lett, Captain George Hayes, John Horton. Peoria standpipe disaster kills one, injures many, destroys homes. Montana suicide confession ties to Canadian murder case. Frost reports vary. overall crop damage limited, some cropland rebounding.
Augusta cotton mills report strong health with six months of orders on hand and a $250,000 export order from a Northern firm. In Texas a murdered man is found in a burned Denison cabin. Violent clashes over South Carolina dispensary law erupt at a Darlington railway station with four dead and three seriously wounded. Gonzalez, Davis, and Apkins, federal convicts, are hanged at Paris Texas for multiple murders. A Tennessee case notes a lamp fire killing a 4 year old. two nearby babies perish in a house fire.
Snow slides near Wallace Idaho bury twelve to fourteen people under sixty feet of snow. A 300 foot section near Black Bear mine split and surged down the slope flattening cabins. Rescue is impossible as bodies lie beneath massive snow drifts.
Speaker Crisp declines nomination for Georgia Senate seat while the Senate Military Committee favors a payments bill totaling 83 million to California 104 thousand to Nevada and 135 thousand to Oregon for rebellion suppression. The President signs acts on government property returns chartering a bridge company and repealing a statute. Secretary Carlisle proposes an 83 thousand appropriation to reimburse the Greek Church Bishop of Alaska for St Paul Island supplies.
The Bland bill for seigniorage silver bullion coinage was vetoed by the President who argues the measure is loosely drawn and would deprive the nation of gold. He favors securing treasury bonds at low rates if such coinage is authorized and urges a swift, comprehensive monetary adjustment. The note also covers the Kearsarge wreck disposal and ongoing Anglo American fisheries talks mediated by Ambassador Bayard with Paunceforte awaiting authority.
The Weekly Review notes a cautious but improving business mood as spring replenishment rises and orders grow versus January. prices mostly hold except in spans of speculation. US bankruptcies rise to 239, with Canada at 30, while a looming conflict threatens Western Union and Bell Telephone in a historic corporate struggle. The Teutonic’s quarantine voyage brings hurricane force winds injuring several crew and passengers, with multiple broken bones and a weeklong storm.
In Congress the House barely. a quarrel over Joy O Neil seat continues amid multiple votes and adjournments. Senate actions include McGarrahan land case and Chinese exclusion funding. Speaker’s address to order sparks brief controversy as lawmakers fail to reach quorum on key divisions.
Detroit businessman witnesses a street thief seize an orange at a Woodward avenue trust stand. The thief denies the act, argues, and is challenged by the observer who finds the fruit tucked in the thief’s pocket. The exchange ends with the man deeming the incident a fair split of the peanuts to follow.
A fragment outlines a novel fabric named Wooden Dresara described as not woven from animal coverings or silkworm products. It notes the wood’s promising appearance and unique texture once prepared, distinguishing it from silk or downy contents.
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