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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
2
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A compact recap of global and domestic items. Notable: Commander E. H. Wood of the Petrel dies of typhoid in Washington after Manila Bay command. Boston election results show Hart defeating Collins by 1,904 votes amid Democratic control of city offices. Paris suburb Levallois-Perret reports a savage revenge case with a dog attack. Kentucky inaugurates William S. Taylor as governor amid blizzard and ceremony calm. Ladysmith dispatches describe Kaffir runners paid for half rations as supply lines strain. Mishawaka building collapses after improper sand use. two killed, others hurt. Princeton freight wreck claims Engineer Steigier and Fireman Kincker. Seagbaum injured. Ohio Supreme Court rejects insurance trust case. New York issues a public notice order. Clarence Williams, colored, is excluded in Faris Bris case.
An array of brief notices reports stock exchange prices, fires, drownings, deaths and legal moves. Highlights include a $40,000 New York Stock Exchange sale, Baltic mill fire in Enfield New Hampshire, the death of Mrs. Burling in Rochester, and the drowning of three boys at Gallitzin Pennsylvania. Other items note gas asphyxiation deaths in New York, a large fire destroying Weissport’s plants, and the Maine chief engineer’s death in New York City. The era’s broader context covers industry accidents, political shifts toward popular Senate elections, and labor unrest tempered by clergy influence at Shamokin and Mount Carmel.
A roundup of 19th century incidents from western states and beyond: a gas explosion in a California? No, Washington mine claims over thirty lives near Carbonado. Also reports of W. O. Parker's death in Norwalk Ohio, George Spees’s suicide in Newark, and the Omaha murder of Charles St Groves. Acquittal for George W. Archibald in a $3,000 theft case.
regional market figures for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Toledo supply prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. entries list No 2 wheats corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and lambs with varying grades and bid ranges across cities.
A British column led by General Gatacre attacked Stromberg but was ambushed by Boer forces. Despite strong batteries and disciplined retreat, the assault failed. Boers reportedly numbered 3000, with observed machine gun positions and mounted cavalry pressing the left flank while heavy losses were suffered.
Confusing fragmentary report recalls an 11 o'clock explosion in a Carbon Hill mine. Merely a scattered description mentions miners gathered near a tunnel, a deadly blast, and a force quickly hemmed in by falling debris as the noon shift prepared. The text is incomplete and names unclear.
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