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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
1
Brief world news roundup highlights foreign affairs and domestic events with standouts in labor movements, political occurrences, and notable fires or crimes. Names, places, dates, and organizations are identified as read from the column segments.
report from Auk the Indian mail carrier describes more than a thousand ill provisioned men stampeding from Dawson in October driven by famine fears. river steamers Bella and Wear failed to land over 100 tons of supplies, held up at Circle City. crossing above the pass at Drea and Skaguay has improved and may soon be in excellent condition.
Dispatches report renewed trouble for Hayti with potential bombardment threats as Italy seeks settlement of long-standing claims. Separate fires devastate Dover Castle and Duryea Pa, killing at least one and causing extensive property losses.
A Vanhandle passenger train collided with a southbound flight near Royal Center Indiana. Both engines derailed four freight cars left track. William Conner of Royal Center died William Menthen injured several passengers bruised two children of Mrs Hardesty of Kewanna injured. Government Wheat Estimate: Agriculture Department cites five hundred thirty million bushels in crop forecast with possible small changes in final report.
Tom Mitehell, a colored miner, murdered Billy Podue in Rendville Ohio. He beat Podue’s brains out and struck the body with holes. Mitchell was arrested and faced potential mob violence.
Senator Daniels secures a commanding role in the Virginia General Assembly as John W. Daniels wins U S Senate support. A hurricane hits Point LaPache Louisiana, destroying St Thomas Catholic Church and two homes with one fatality. Possible Fort Sheridan closure cited due to scandals, shifting to western Harbor, Maryland.
The report details varied events from damaged Nashua property and $33,000 loss to suicides by Luther L. Miller in Myerstown and Granville Loud in Baltimore. It notes Newell Paine robbed in Boston, gas company absorbtion in Boston, a lumber syndicate, Vanderbilt life insurance, Mrs. Oedrichs injured in New York, and Merchants Association urging wall-scalping bill. It also mentions alleged insurance swindler Charles Arnoli and possible link to four wived deaths.
Reports from Toledo and California note Dr James H Pooley dean of Toledo Medical College dead and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce opposing Hawar akian annexation due to beet sugar impact. A Kansas City grocer Emma Schumacher was fatally shot. uranium found near Black Hawk California. Bohemian siblings poisoned in St Louis. Dwyer and Laughlin fatal head injury in Dayton. Creek council adjourns with plans for tribal consolidation. Chienga boy Harry Jones mourns brother Archie killed by a loaded revolver. a father’s home accident ends Archie’s life at Provident hospital.
S entenced by Judge Lochren in U S court to five months imprisonment and a 6000 fine for fraudulent use of the mails. Other items note a Georgia legislator vetoing an anti football bill, a revenue officers party murdered in Little Rock, and a Texas colony plan by Gen. Van der Voort with 1000 colonists expected after year dawn. A train hold near Willcox, Arizona is reported with scant details from El Paso Texas and San Simon.
Five armed men ambushed Train No 20 near Steins Pass New Mexico as Wells Fargo guard Jennings shot and killed leader Robber Cullen. No express money stolen and passengers uninjured despite 30 to 40 shots from both sides.
The Agriculture Department reports December crop estimates and first month farm prices for corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, and hay with revisions pending for winter wheat and rye acreage. Separately Commissioner Fitchie is ordered to probe fraudulent naturalization papers tied to Italy, while War Secretary Si ver issues a broad public order to publish Captain Lovering’s reprimand across all army posts.
The sultan’s life was threatened by two imperial service soldiers who were tortured without revelation. both died. A London Times dispatch notes German evacuation of Kio-Chou and a Chinese port, with plans for a German station near Sum-Sah inlet. A Paris dispatch reports French cruisers ordered for China and Lord Aberdeen honored in Toronto at the National Club.
Edward Blake of the British House of Commons spoke at the event, praising imperial trade advantages and calling for expanded Canada United States commerce. He warned that war would be naval for England but would force Canada to endure invasion, stressing Canada and the empire must remain friends.
The article notes Fitzsimmons denying another ring comeback. It cites English holders seeking to annul Union Pacific reorganization and reports on Bradstreet data about mild weather dampening winter goods distribution while holiday merchandise and staples rise in value.
Market figures for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with varied ranges by city and grade.
Detailed report of Senate and House actions including Lodge immigration bill progress and second homestead entries. Los Angeles public building addition bill approved. Civil service data resolution adopted. House adjourned after Hepburn Norton dispute. Tuesday Senate adjourned for McKinley burial observance.
A St Louis Globe Democrat report notes the smuggling of marijuana into Southern Arizona jails and prisons. The weed grows in Arizona and Mexico, smoked with tobacco, and reportedly yields strong dreams and a high. Convicts and guards confront caches, with prices cited at four dollars per ounce inside and sixty cents outside.
An English traveler in Paris purchased a Murillo later altered to dodge import duty. A landscape was painted over the work and later washed away revealing a King George III portrait in a white coat buckskin breeches and top boots, found by a pictorial restorer.
English towns consider glass water pipes covered with asphaltum claiming higher sanitation. Initial costs may exceed iron and lead but long life could offer centuries of service and convenience.
The influx into Jerusalem grows with nearly 150000 Hebrews arriving in recent years. Railways expand from the coast to Jerusalem and to Damascus, signaling large scale Hebrew immigration that could make Syria a region of renewed importance.
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