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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
2
A weekly recap from the North South East and West detailing crimes accidents and fires with minor affairs. Highlights include local incidents, police reports, and emergency responses shaping the city’s recent timeline.
A mine explosion at Indianola and Rathway Coal Company No 2 near Porteau late Tuesday night left five men dead and about twenty three buried. The blast ignited coal dust and shattered hoist timber, hindering rescue and leaving hundreds of tons of earth to be removed before reach. At the same time in New York a massive gas tank collapse on avenue A and 20th Street unleashed waters and debris, killing two and injuring many as eight million gallons surged through streets.
A London correspondent denies collapse of the czar’s peace efforts and cites a push for an international conference to curb armaments and seek universal mediation. In Havana, the First North Carolina Regiment arrived to cheering crowds in Marianao, with bands and colors, conveying strong emotion as they paraded past Cerro.
Word from Washington confirms Col William Jennings Bryan mailed his resignation as a colonel of volunteers and received approval from division and corps commanders. The War Department will formally act on acceptance when the document is received.
A dispatch from Mavano reports three Cubans killed and one Spanish officer wounded with two Cubans hurt in an off duty fracas as Cuban sympathizers seek to close the Ta con Theater after news of Gen. Calixto Garcia's death in Washington. Spanish troops on duty intervened to restore order.
A Columbus patrolman was found dead in the streets. Initial police belief of murder shifted to possible self inflicted death after later evidence. The case remains unsolved and under inquiry as investigators review circumstances and location.
The Secretary of the Treasury transmits to Congress the estimated appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1900. Total permanent and annual appropriations reach 503,048,378, with broader totals around 808,875,513. 1899 deficiencies and miscellaneous items amount to 462,647,885. Military establishment appropriations for 1899 stand at 287,841,446. Postmaster General projects 4,265,888 in postal revenue deficiencies for 1900.
The United States and Switzerland have formed a reciprocal treaty like the prior France accord. It provides reduced import duties for Swiss products and lowers duties on American exports to Switzerland. All Swiss entries since May 31 will be liquidated under this ruling.
Vedamore reports forty five of eighty eight crew from the steamer Londonian, sunk after being seen beams end and abandoned near Liverpool. Londonian sailed from Boston to London and apparently went to the ocean bottom.
New York based financier Thomas A. McIntyre announces success in uniting leading U S flour mills into a massive trust with foreign stockholders. The 25 000 barrel daily capacity and 1 000 ton mill feed output, plus 150 million dollar capital, encompass Pillsboro Washburns Minneapolis Tecker Fones Jewell Imperial and other mills from Duluth Superior and Milwaukee. English investors hold much stock and initially resisted the plan to curb competition and raise prices on exports.
John Lally a stevedore saved one man and recovered another body after an ammonia gas explosion aboard the US hospital ship Bay State at the foot of Pacific Street Brooklyn. The accident appears due to carelessness and Robert Twist in charge of the refrigerating plant was killed.
Mining activity in the Atlin district reports a sale of six Pile creek claims from Sola to Henry Short for 12000 dollars. News of a rich strike reached Skaguay two hours after signing, with buyers offered an additional 1500 dollars, but the deal stood.
Detective George Brggie leads officers in Bedford Bedfordshire after a burglar is fatally shot during an arrest. John Rated is charged with burglary and fled. Bryant fired a warning shot before shooting Raffel in the shoulder. Town reports a smallpox outbreak with 200 cases, Bedford population 28 000, triggering steret quarantine and alarm about regional health danger.
Percie Ponder, one year old son of Mr Bri Ponder, at Loudsville Georgia, took his own life rather than endure a whipping. He used a double barreled shotgun placed to his side and fired both triggers, tearing his body. The incident shocked the community.
At Ashtabula Ohio the coal laden schooner George B Owen parted from the steamer W.B.P. Ketcham and went ashore near the piers causing heavy damage to the vessel.
Bradstreet reports broad retail vigor across markets and a likely record holiday trade. Prices rise in iron and steel, with large orders for ship plates and strong export activity. Agricultural exports show wheat and corn shipments up from the prior week, while raw wool values ease.
The movement led by Rev. W L Genant seeks congressional funding to deport 2,000,000 Black people to Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii and Africa. Petitions circulated urge government aid for Black colonization with schools and universities in Cuba for Black youth.
A letter from the commissioner general of immigration states any alien who becomes a public charge within one year of landing must be returned to their home country at the immigrant fund's expense. The fund covers fixed care charges for aliens in distress up to a year after arrival.
Ernest Clevenger of Missouri City Missouri shot and killed George Allen and fatally wounded his cousin Della Clevenger at the Clevenger schoolhouse four miles east of town. Jealous of Allen's attentions, he fired as a church meeting ended, striking Allen in the head and wounding Della. he fled after being disarmed.
Wall Street reports nearly completed negotiations for a reorganization of major southwestern railways into a single system. The Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific St Louis Southwestern and International and Great Northern would merge with combined capitalization totaling 204 440 523 dollars.
A letter to Lieutenant Frederick Vincent from a northern surveyor describes Leech Lake Indians in mock warpaint preparing for a new uprising. The correspondent alleges Indians boast of annihilating soldiers and predict short-lived rule on the reserve.
Solomon Wise a leading Ottawa Ohio merchant was found dead in his clothing store with a bullet through his chest. A. A. Weller cashier of A Brown Co ink was arrested on suspicion and confessed claiming the shooting was accidental.
About 400000 sheep wintering in Minnesota at South St Paul New Brighton and other stockyards are to be shipped to Iowa and Missouri. The move follows the formation of a Minneapolis millers trust and a sharp rise in wheat screenings price from 85 to 55.50 per ton.
Dr. L F E Custer of Dayton and Dr. J KB Brauman of Columbus were badly burned when gases from an oxyhydrogen blow pipe exploded during a demonstration before the Ohio State Dental Society in Columbus. The room was wrecked. The report also notes a mishap to the battleship Massachusetts near Governor's Island and a Paris theater clash between French factions.
City market notes show Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis and more with cattle prices from 2.50 to 8.70 per hundredweight, hogs from 3.00 to 5.50, and sheep around 5.00 to 5.50. Grain quotes cover wheat No 2 red, corn No 2, oats No 2, rye No 2, and butter creamery around 15 to 26 cents per pound.
In Washington the House approved the urgent deficiency bill for the army and navy while the Senate considered a Maine memorial and Vermont resolutions on Dewey and Clark. A broad discussion on territorial expansion and a proposed canal through Nicaragua dominated week, with a Costa Rica Nicaragua land purchase bill proposing a $140 million canal project.
Four Smiths hold seats in the current Congress with four Republicans and one Democrat, David Highbaugh Smith of Hodgensville Kentucky. The lone Democratic Smith represents Abraham Lincoln's birthplace district. Mrs Dominix of Vanolulu arrives in Washington claiming Hawaiian crown lands valued at 4 million dollars and yielding 160 thousand dollars annually. A State Department note cites Germany to U S exports totaling 10,789,007 dollars for the quarter ending Sept bo, up 5,110,003 from 1807.
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