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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
1
Intelligence by Electric Wire reports global and domestic happenings across foreign affairs and day to day events. The bulletin summarizes notable incidents, political moves, and social developments from various regions in a compact international brief.
Dispatch from Manila says Gen. Otis notes insurgents near Iloilo disintegrating and American protection requested for Negros. Dewey alerts gunboat Selena arriving at Manila to operate in shallow rivers with fixed machine guns, enabling reach to inland insurgent strongholds. four similar gunboats en route.
A fire in Columbus Indiana at Adam Shir Man residence killed his two children aged five and eight after Mrs Shirman left them alone to visit a neighbor. Firemen retrieved the youngsters but they died from burns. In Arkansas, Pine Bluff Desha County reports show three children burned to death when their house caught fire and collapsed as they reentered.
Filipino delegate Agoncillo arrives in New York from Montreal with Senor Marti. He plans to sail to England soon and hints at continuing his mission there while avoiding specifics. Duke of Urbana and the Duke of Ore Jeans arrive with reports of a potential monarchist move in Vrance. three million portraits of the Duke, adorned with the tri color, are sent to France.
Railroad express car on the Coffeyville line was robbed while Express Messenger Cooper ate. The safe opened with a skeleton key and a large amount of currency and money orders was taken. The robbers fled as the case unfolds with other regional business notes.
An explosion of dynamite in a Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company mine at Blocton Alabama killed five miners and fatally injured two. All workers were in the room where the blast occurred.
In Philadelphia a blaze consumed three six story business blocks on Market Street and several smaller structures nearby. Losses total near 100000 dollars and the flames occurred just yards from Wanamaker’s and other major stores.
Prices for eastern coal rise from 23 to 35 cents per ton in New York. A Auburn New York fire damages the scythe factory of David Wadsworth & Son by 75000 dollars. In Norwich Connecticut Luther Kinney 55 found dead buried in snow near home. Brattleboro Vermont residents urge Rudyard Kipling to move there. Brooklyn navy yard fires wipe out great machine shops costing 1 to 2 million. Colinette debuts in Philadelphia at Broad Street Theater. St John Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia destroyed by fire and flood. adjacent parochial residence ruined. Niagara Falls and Lewiston Rail Road Company, the George road, placed in receivership and to be reorganized. A five story building at 625 Sixth Ave New York housing Henry McShane Manufacturing wrecked by fire.损失 around 40000. Fireman Brennan injured. Luther Chapin dies in Philadelphia at 83, founder of United American Mechanics. New Brighton opera house block and several stores burned, loss under 85000. American Radiator Company files incorporation in New Jersey with 10 million authorized capital. Reading Coal and Iron opens Pennsylvania collieries dependent on railroad car supply.
Reports detail a string of fatal incidents from St Louis to Chicago including suicides, fires killing families, and accidents. Also noted are crop damage in Nebraska, industry moves in Kansas City and Joplin billion dollar deals, plus deaths of notable figures in Ohio California and Oklahoma.
A gang led by Jennings blew the Oberlin Banking Company vault with a powder charge after drilling from outside using a trolley line connection. They shattered walls and destroyed papers and books, but failed to access the big safe and took no money.
A southern fire destroyed furniture stores and warehouses in Stamping Ground Kentucky and other towns. Land near Clarksburg West Virginia sold for 616000 dollars to H C Frick Coke Company. Fire hit Greer Machinery and Whittle Trunk in Knoxville with losses 75000 to 100000 dollars. A Baton Rouge marriage linked to Dr Thomas Buffington aged 78 and Fannie Conrad aged 17 in New Orleans. Louisville leader Douglas Sherley’s residence damaged by fire about 12000 dollars. John Norwit of Camp Haskell sentenced to dishonorable discharge and life imprisonment. John J Corneilson of Louisville died at 55 after apoplexy. known for horsewhipping Judge Richard Reid leading to Reid’s suicide.
Maj Ros A Fish longtime District of Columbia assessor and assistant register of the treasury died in Washington DC of heart failure at age 70 The Navy Department ordered beer sales banned on ships to protect apprentice boys and curb temptation Secretary Long said. A Panama Colon strike ended with a compromise and potential revolution feared. Central Pacific debt settled with government bankers plan to pay 58 million in semiannual 3 percent notes secured by 4 percent bonds
Reports note Felix Faure's death in Paris from apoplexy after a short illness. Emile Loubet elected French president on first ballot at Versailles with 483 votes amid Paris riots. Madrid estimates Spain’s west budget deficit at 325 million pesetas. Egyptian government signals willingness to renew mixed tribunals for five years. Thomas Burnside dies in Paris from brain and heart trouble linked to duel excitement. Italy’s Navigazione Generale Italiana plans US passenger service. first boat due in February. Turkish customs opened to clear US flour cargo at Bairam festival. creates Turkish friction. Plague fears loom in Mysore's Kolar gold fields as 2,500 coolies flee, 60 cases and 45 deaths reported. Tulstoi condemns CAN disarmament talks as contemptuous and useless.
News from Bombay reports a British ultimatum to the Sultan of Oman over leasing a coaling station to France, while Oman protection and subsidy from Britain are noted. Wurzburg plans free dental and ENT care for poor pupils with parental consent. Ciudad Juarez declares a railway subsidy across the Sierra Madre from Chuichupa to Huisopa to move troops faster and aid American mineral prospectors.
Exports to January total 25,620,440 dollars and the Olympia carries 350,000 American cigarettes to Manila. The Anglo American commission proposes a permanent tribunal for cross border trade disputes between the United States and Canada. The National Association of American Rabbis conference moves from Boston to Cincinnati on March 13 for Rabbi Wise’s birthday. Spain trade remains hindered by 20 percent duties without a treaty, while U S wheat demand grows in Valencia. Bradstreet reports spring trade revival after a harsh winter, with notable damage to South fruit and vegetable crops and some cotton losses in Georgia Florida and Louisiana.
A整理 of daily market prices shows cattle hogs and sheep ranges across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with shifts in No 2 red No 2 white No 2 mixed No 2 yellow oats butter eggs and pork prices across buyers and regions. Prices span from a few cents to several dollars per unit with mixed quality and grade indicators.
The House refused to override the chair on the Nicaragua canal amendment and continued with the sundry civil bill. The deep waterways appropriation rose to 90,000 dollars, and several naval and army measures progressed through the Senate and House, including cadet admissions, pensions, and post office funding, as sessions closed with eulogies and committee actions.
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