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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
2
Disorder deepens as Brooklyn trolley strikers clash with mobs while troops patrol roads. Adjutant General McAlpin reports to Governor Morton and Mayor imposes stricter orders. Meanwhile, Mexican colonization plans claim 100000 African Americans moving to northern Mexico amid opposition from Mexican residents.
A major fire in Indianapolis at the Stout building on West Washington street caused about 15000 dollars in losses. A woman was dragged to safety by policemen after attempting to save jewelry. Fireman McDonald escaped a skylight collapse from smoke. The report includes Bourgeois cabinet details for France and Brussels bomb incident near Charizard. Diaz warns Mexico of not yielding as tensions rise with Guatemala.
Cable from Admiral Carpenter reports the army landing on Shanghing promontory under Japanese fleet cover. Baltimore sails from Chempulo toward Chefou as Japanese forces position between Pekin and Wei Peacemaker Shot and Kilied. Rufus Stone of Decaturville Missouri shot at Zion Church during peacemaker attempt amid services. Sam Farmer involved. Counterfeit $10 silver certificate detected by Secret Service from 1911 series with B check letter. Tradewater Coal mines at Sturgis Ey blast kills five men and two mules, mine collapse.
Reports from across the United States recount killings, robberies, and suicides including the deaths of William Taylor in Jerez Mexico and John Nance in Cowden Illinois. Violence touches trains, farms, and streets as vigilantes suspend justice and a Missouri general Gen James S Hackney is found dead. Political notes include the Republican caucus in Springfield renominating Shelby M Cullom for US Senate and West Virginia Democrats renominating Camden. An April state prohibition vote is sent to the South Dakota House.
Obituaries and brief notices across multiple states name ex governors, attorneys general, judges, and public figures. Stephen Chadwick and Col Bradley Smalley are among those listed as ill or deceased, with others including Joseph Shorett, George Jones, Senator Tasse, James Urquhart, and Joseph W. Paddock. Also noted are Mary Stevenson and Rev Samuel Graves among the bereaved and honored.
Washington reports a Hamburg decree blocking cattle and swine imports from England and Ireland, seen as possibly aimed at the U.S. State Department cautions no sinister import. Speaker Crisp retires to Asheville due to heart neuralgia. fears of nonreturn this term rise. Honolulu clashes leave casualties and 12 natives dead, 200 revolutionaries under arrest led by Robert Wilcox. Fiji hurricane damages ships, plantations, and sugar mills endure. France’s M Felix Faure elected president. Greece stock rumors of revolution and abdication circulate with no confirmations. A Chinese force defeats a 15,000 strong Japanese unit near Yai Cheng. Mexico battles with Inatemwala.
Delaware’s new governor Joshua Mav entered office without an inaugural address, a historic first for the state that sparked public inquiry into his literacy. Officials and citizens weigh implications for governance and communication.
In a terse Miscellaneous item the Supreme Court reversed the verdicts against John C. New and John C. Wright in the Indiana bank case. Other notes cover a Chicago federal court verdict pressure, a New York pretest on a damages suit, and assorted late 19th century transport and campus actions.
The report lists a string of terse items including Duffy missing from Salina after December, Koch indicted for improper handling of funds, a National Farmers' Alliance aid appeal for Nebraska and South Dakota, Hoffman suing Hebron village, Quigley arrested for forgeries, Devoy rebuilding Clan na Gael, severe snow and blocked routes in the Sierra Nevadas, Toole Flat snow depth, two Utica boys found frozen after逃跑, and Solomon Packer in South Africa.
The Chicago Board of Trade elevator system faces a legal clash as warehouse operators must choose between handling their own grain or acting as custodians for third parties under state law. The decision hinges on interpretation of the railroad and warehouse statute. Bank insolvency and asset appraisals in Mexico Missouri and Boston waterworks matters also appear, with widening economic strain and labor unrest in Brooklyn.
Market listings from Chicago to New York show cattle prices 3.75 to 5.75 per hundredweight, hogs around 3.00 to 4.75, and sheep 1.50 to 4.00. Wheat No 2 red and corn No 2 mixed feature across regions. regional values include Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Toledo, Buffalo, Milwaukee, and New York with varying grades and prices.
The State of Missouri, a large Cincinnati and Memphis Packet Co steamer, sank after striking Bullock rock near Bear Wallow Bend Indiana. Of 78 aboard thirty passengers and crew perished, many drowned or trampled as panic spread amid the wreck. Some survivors reached shore by yawl, mule, or swimming. two are reported saved from a mule at the shore.
A compact survey links genius to mental instability across diverse figures. Julien, Lamartine, Cowper, Charles and Mary Lamb, Masantella, Descartes, Byron, and Robert Burns are cited with episodes of derangement, depression, or delusional thoughts, including suicide attempts and asylum stays, framed as historical beliefs.
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