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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1893
Page
1
A deadly train wreck on the Bare Rocks line near Somerset leaves multiple dead and many injured. Engineer Neff and his son among the dead or fatally burned. several workers crushed. seven bodies found with many more unaccounted as relief efforts continue.
Washington weather bureau crop bulletin notes Todiana crop damage minimal from frost while Ohio shows mixed signals with improvements in grain but some rot and delayed farm work. Michigan reports generally favorable conditions with strong yields anticipated though standstill for major grains. Albany notes rumors that Gov Flower may spare Carlyle Harris from execution citing intercession by powerful allies and humane views. Chicago reports a Central Railroad incident where a trainload ofSales on the Dinols Central Railroad was seized by natives, trainmen rescued by police at Sixty-first Street and at fair grounds.
News from Hon duras states the revolution is ended and peace is restored. President Ponesano Selva has vested Gen. Domingo Vasques with executive powers, effectively making Vasques the de facto Honduran president. Tensions with Nicaragua and Honduras loom due to Jacua’s aid to Poli varpo Lonilla, potentially triggering war. Additionally, legal and local incidents include a Luap Lafayette conspiracy case verdict of four years and a $32,000 fine, a fatal house fire in Aberdeen Miss. cremating three children, and a railroad conductor injury in Orrville Ohio with slim recovery prospects.
A broad survey notes serious illness of Mrs. Hancock in New York City, multiple fatal accidents from gas, fire, and rail incidents from Emporium Pennsylvania to Detroit and Chicago, plus a blown boiler, a mine disaster near Butte, and a sweeping flood in Minnesota. Also reports on labor talks in New York, a sudden paralysis of Edwin Boots, and Jefferson Davis's funeral plan.
Report describes a tank slip during lifting on a track injuring five men with United States Senator Camden present, Lotta Cole chained in Covington room released by officers amid family protests, Treasury policy statements by Secretary Carlisle, a bid to move the President’s offices, and a British Embassy reception for Sir Julian Pruncefote marking his ambassador promotion.
Reports say Prince BisMarck is seriously ill at Friedrichsruhe, with illness disclosed on Thursday after he appeared well on April 1 for his 78th birthday. The exact illness is not released. The piece also notes the Australian Joint Stock Bank failure with liabilities of 65 million and deposits of 55 million.
General items report the death of Tuc Hon John Roche legislative counselor of Quel, a Quebec exodus estimated at up to twenty thousand monthly, traffic resumes in Mississippi, J F Lovant honored by the pope with a dukedom, and RG Dun and Co. noting mixed signals in New York trade. Wheat futures fall two cents with vast supplies, corn and coffee declines, pork products softening, cotton prices dropping amid large cotton stock, and receipts up from plantations. Weather and spring delays hobble clothing, but lumber demand remains strong while wool and glass trade vary. Money remains active and tight across markets.
A sprawling Indiana roundup lists deaths from wall collapses and disease, court actions over false imprisonment, factory injuries, storm damage, and municipal changes. It notes Valparaiso firemen, Clinton becoming an incorporated city, a new paper mill in Anderson, a governor appointing prison directors, and various legal suits across towns.
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