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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
2
A pair of unidentified robbers boarded the Port Arthur express on the Kansas City line and overpowered the messenger. They bound him and stole from the local safe while leaving the through safe untouched. About $500 is the estimated loss at Air Line Junction near the city limits.
James H L Bleek lord a 35 year old horseman was fatally struck on a north bound express crossing the Lew ington track. His companion Jacob E Sandusky 36 died in the buggy. A separate case reports Fanny Williams a 9 year old enslaved girl murdered near Redmond Texas and Manuel Morris 43 confessed.
A chaotic roundup of 1899 items cites Dr Wiley Meyer on anaesthetics, Gov Wolcott and Bradford fanscripts, Stephen White’s NYSE reinstatement, and cross Atlantic notes on Spain US ties. It mentions Maverick Bank assets liquidated, editor Griffiths in Leadville, Adlai Stevenson joining North American Trust, a 100 year old Southold loom worker, and a Chicago area church dispute.
The report details a lover’s quarrel turning fatal as Nagsauer shoots the woman and kills himself rather than lose her. Flood damage in the Northwest reaches $1,000,000 with rail lines washed out and towns inundated. Several valleys report drownings. Newaukum afloat and main lines submerged as three days of heavy rain and warm winds unleash historic flooding.
Southern Captain Hatfield is captured at Ganley West Virginia. Governor Taylor of Tennessee appoints T. B. Turley to fill the late Senator Harris term. O H Mabry of Southern Express Company absconds from Brunswick Georgia with 14000. Haggin marries Pearl Yourhies, 28, niece of his late wife. Tennessee legislature to meet January 7. Athletic Coast Line to gain Charleston and Wester Carolina Rail Road. The line pays 5 percent on a 5 million capital. S. P. Lock of Memphis travels to Jasper. later found dead on a trestle, suspected to have walked in sleep.
Diplomatic remonstrances hint at united British pressure as papers report British squadron lines up off Chemulpo to back a strong expostulation with Corea over the dismissal of MacLeavy Brown. Dispatches note Russian evacuation at Port Arthur and UK nonaction on Kino-Chou amid fleet activity in Chemulpo and Yangtze.
Actress Gertrude Coghlan seeks a divorce from her secretly wedded husband Reginald Cameron after two years of marriage. Col Henry M. Kidder reportedly says daughter Kathryn will retire from the stage. Secretary Harry Steinbiss resigns from the National United Building Trades Cecueil. Henry Moore to succeed. Dino's commercial report notes weekly and monthly gains in clearing-house business, iron demand up, wool markets stronger, wages a dispute in cotton, and mixed grain movements with several export changes. overall activity remains high but with fluctuations.
Market reports cover cattle hogs sheep and grain across major cities from Chicago to New York. Prices vary by grade with cattle often $2.50 to $5.50 and hogs $3.00 to $4.75, wheat No 2 around 50 to 68 cents, corn No 2 yellow around 22 to 82 cents, butter creamery 22 to 23 cents, oats No 2 white 24 to 32 cents, rye around 47 to 60 cents, and miscellaneous staples noted for multiple markets.
The report covers a widow who remarried after her first husband, a war veteran badly wounded, died without pension. She later filed for and received a regular pension totaling 3800 dollars, attributed to her first husband’s war service. Other items note Secretary Wilson’s push to study foreign demand for horses, Washington florists seeking plant distribution limits, a cabinet wedding, and trade figures on iron, steel, and pensions.
The readable text mentions 34 storms that reached French shores in 1806, foretold by central meteorological offices. It also notes Berlin borrowing $17 000 for gas and water works and references German crime statistics and Reichstag budgets in a fragmented format.
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