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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
2
The article reports Fayetts County West Virginia earning a reputation as a violent area with fifteen murders during Christmas week caused largely by concealed weapons. A criminal court judge issues a public proclamation urging residents to refrain from carrying firearms to curb the bloodshed.
Col Thomas Campbell, a renowned lawyer who aided the prosecution of Governor Goebel’s assassins, died in Brooklyn New York from injuries suffered when his schooner yacht The Roamer wrecked on December 1 near Kum Cay in the Bahamas.
Fire gutted the northwest wing of the state capitol in Pes Moines causing about half a million dollars in damage. The house chamber is heavily ruined and cannot be repaired before the upcoming legislative session.
The senate committee on military chairs votes to report Gen Leonard Wood's nomination as major general. Affirmative: Proctor Warren Foraker Quarles Alger Cockrell Pettus. Negative: Seat Blackburn.
The president sent to the senate the nomination of William J. Taft of Ohio to be secretary of war Luke FE Wright of Tennessee to be civil governor of the Philippine Islands and Henry C Ide of Vermont to be vice civil governor of the Philippine Islands.
A Reading locomotive No. 8W exploded near Woodbourne Kansas killing fireman Frank Austin aged 28 and fatally injuring engraver Alfred Finger 44 and Graheian Harry Scheets 2K. The engine pulled a 24-car train and fire losses reach $50,000 with five stores burned in Overbrook Kansas.
A three day citywide funeral procession marks the Troquois Theater fire tragedy in Chicago. 246 bodies buried or sent out of town with 226 fire victims. 612 bodies interred in local cemeteries and 229 shipped elsewhere. Major downtown commerce and public offices close for day of mourning.
The mayor closes all thirty six Chicago theaters and concert halls after the Iroquois disaster. About 40,000 patrons are turned away as safety orders suspend performances for weeks and force remodeling or rebuilding of venues including the Auditorium.
Within forty eight hours after the Iroquois Theater disaster in Chicago crowds demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible. Reports indicate managers and possibly employees were taken into custody as authorities pursue accountability for the deaths of nearly two score people. Late Friday night Will J Davis and others were involved as investigations continued.
A Chicago blaze at the Prequois Theater claims many lives and injures dozens. Funeral processions fill streets from Rogers Park to the Austin prairies as relatives mourn. Investigators report inadequate lighting and a calcium-fueled spotlight accident with the Proquois stage lights under scrutiny.
The Roosevelt Panama Canal address to Congress outlines the 1902 act as the climax of American canal policy, repeats the Hay Bunau Varilla and Hay Herran treaties history, and defends U S actions from colonial opposition while detailing naval support and the protection of lives and property during the Panama revolt. The President asserts no government conspiracy with rebellion and emphasizes U S restraint and legal authority in guarding Isthmian commerce.
Favorable signs in footwear and foodstuffs demand with improving iron trade. Wholesale orders shuffled from interior and house trade, year end inventories and balances. Rail movement strong, hog products up and pork prices rise while live stock fell on bad weather. New York weekly review notes cotton and metals volatility and cautious optimism for future.
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