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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
2
Circling the Globe notes a deadly clash in the Yaqui River valley forty miles southwest of Ortiz. The courier claims Americans and Mexicans were killed, including J. F. Remley of Hermosillo and photographer E. Miller, with Remley described as a prominent Sonoran figure.
Elihu Root was sworn in as Secretary of War at 10:45 Tuesday in the War Department. Present were Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock, Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, numerous army officers, officials, and Judge Cole of the U.S. District Court who administered the oath. Secretary Alger arrived at 10:40 with Root in his carriage.
After years of study the Pennsylvania Railroad will establish a pension and superannuation fund for its workers. The scheme fixes seventy as the compulsory retirement age and grants benefits to employees with thirty years of service who have not yet reached that age.
The Penwell Coal Mining Company, the largest in Pana, North, will halt operations for a year after drawing tires from boilers and painting them. The mine shutdown follows failure to settle disputes with the union workers, as stated by the operators.
A Rome correspondent notes London Morning Post reports that victory over Spain and rising US imperialism push large American republics toward an anti US alliance. It is alleged preliminary talks have concluded between Brazil and Argentina.
A threshing machine engine exploded near Big Urainie in White Cloud, Michigan. Victims include Charles Haight Alpha Haight Charles Crabtree George Overly Cecil Priest and Raymond Howe killed. Oscar Evans and George Haight injured severely.
A clash in Rennes between Fireyfusites and Nationalists was stopped by police at a patio area. The dispute aimed to reach the home of Maitre Laburl, counsel for Captain Druys fus, obstructing the planned march.
A telegram from The Hague reports the Pope hoping to arbitrate a quarrel between two South American nations that have asked for his mediation. He writes to Queen Wilhelmina expressing desire to establish harmony and resolve their dispute.
A shipment of gold from Alaska including placer and quartz mine produce reaches Seattle. The load is estimated at about one half from the Treadwell mine, indicating the balance from other Alaskan sources and the British Yukon area.
Five women and three men were seriously hurt when an elevator on La Lafayette street in New York City dropped five stories. Fire and police units responded to the scene and transported victims to nearby hospitals for treatment.
General Lindow Miliiny Invernor of a Vanа province suppresses the Cuban newspaper El Reconcentrado. Authorities seized issues and halted publication amid political crackdown in the province.
At Tupper Lake New York a fire destroyed OW buildings and nearly wiped out the town. In Freelandsville Indiana Lou French was shot dead by a crowd after he fired at bystanders following a quarrel with saloonkeeper Jonas Noelting.
In New York the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company acquires the Dunlop Rubber Tire Company. Also reported are hotel fire damages, drownings in Lake Umbagag, notable deaths, accidents, stock and coin notes, and upcoming steel and iron ventures with charter plans in Harrisburg and Reading.
A steamship Sea Gaul laden with salt sank at Spear Street dock in San Francisco after an incident at the waterfront. A severed line of news items includes a Nebraskan fined for whisky, a fatal saloon fight in Cumbria, and varied calamities across the Midwest and West as a chaotic harvest of wrongs and misfortune is cataloged.
A 20 month old child held against her will near South Bend is linked to a Romani band passing through. A Cleveland firm's store was placed in receivership for mismanagement. Chicago brickyards strike halts Cook County building work. An heir to a $4 million estate is revealed in Seattle. Elizabeth Collins attempts child theft in Chicago, mob stops her. A Lima Ohio man warns of harm and a gun discharges injuring Parish. Ohio State Prison finishes a new steel cage for four inmates labeled prison demons. Bodies found near Fort Gibson, Missouri origin suspected. Youngstown mills strike settled with wage gains. California’s Mariposa estate to reopen after 35 years. Cincinnati detectives arrest a man for a St. Louis hold-up. A Colorado mine abduction ends with release. Balloonist Thayer fatally injured in Streator. Buckshot attack at Pine Bluff church conference. A Moorhead woman fined for disguise. Nev antimony mine sale to Taylor and Fulton with 20 million pounds ore. Kansas City figures Salisbury suicides by knife. Cambridge tunnel collapse blocks B&O line. trains diverted.
James M. Garlington, leader of the hand that robbed a Santa Fe Railroad train near Saginaw in July 1808 and killed two trainmen, was hanged at Fort Worth. Benjamin Finnell was shot and killed by his son-in-law Austin Stephens at Morning View Kentucky after a separation and divorce.
Matt Stanford killed Preston Carson near Washington College Tennessee then fired on Carson’s home wounding two children. Stanford fled but was captured and jailed after a quarrel over a shared corn field.
N R Harrington of the American Fish Commission dies in Ata Bara Egypt from typhoid while en route to the Blue Nile. Dominican President Ulises Heureaux assassinated in Santo Domingo. Ramon Caceres named as killer who escapes. A Volga river collision sinks a passenger steamer with 155 drowned. Hawaii shaken by quake. Mauna Loa erupts. damages about 50 000. Troops capture Calamba near Laguna de Bay. US ships ordered to Santo Domingo amid unrest. Reformatory ship Clarence destroyed by fire in Liverpool. no lives lost and crew evacuated with discipline.
General TY Fitzmorris of Omaha is named president of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations. The report notes other items including a $10 million gold coverage claim in Alaska, a fatal carbolic acid attack, Alaska boundary talks, and Transvaal mining claims involving KR. E. Brown.
A sprawling market sheet lists livestock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. It shows cattle hogs sheep and various grain futures with No 2 red wheat No 2 corn and No 2 oats ranges and butter eggs and pork prices.
Northwestern Fast Mail from Chicago derailed on the Kate Shelley curve west of Boone Iowa. Four men died and seven were injured as the engine and four cars plunged down a steep embankment. Cause unknown though heavy rain cited. Nine other trains passed the curve safely moments earlier.
After six years apart Mrs Ethel Fredler of Louisville and her husband were reunited through a tombstone inscription. Miss Ethel Treaner of St Louis had secretly married Charles Fredler years earlier against their parents’ wishes. The firm’s panic and Fredler’s departure led to a hidden revelation and a return to St Louis.
Filipino insurgents attacked Calamba on Sunday in two prongs, aiming to reclaim the town seized by Americans on Wednesday. Two companies of the Twenty first regulars plus cavalry and one gun repelled the north assault, while 400 Washington Volunteers pushed back the south attack. American casualties were one killed and seven wounded.
The article recounts Robert Ingersoll’s failed push for Walter Q. Gresham at the 1888 Republican National Convention. Delegates were spellbound by Ingersoll’s praise before he pivoted, causing the Indiana delegation to leave in protest and the atmosphere to sour the candidate’s chances. It also notes yellow fever’s appearance in Hampton Vermont amid prior outbreaks and cautions about disease spread.
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