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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
1
A gas explosion in Anderson Indiana claims multiple lives and injuries. Blaine's family reports he does not expect recovery amid a deadly wreck on the Pennsylvania line.
Mr Blaine remains largely unconscious and unable to speak while doctors say recovery is unlikely. A family member at his bedside notes no spoken words in over a week, though his condition is not yet listed as critical.
Nathaniel Graham was found ill with small-pox in Chicago and taken to the County Hospital. He was moved to the pest house after diagnosis. The entire 625-patient hospital population faced exposure, with vaccination of all occupants by officers of the fourth Department. Chatham, a year in the city with no fixed lodging, is suspected of spreading the disease to lodging houses.
Local manager Jules Kampe of the Washington Life Insurance Company shot himself after accounting shortages and was buried in Cincinnati. The note recounts Kampe and three companions Samuel Mcnasson Samuel Clark and Fred Holes who were inseparable for years all holding responsible posts. A prior shortage led Boles to shoot himself four years earlier Clark died by taking poison in a Virginia hotel after Kampe and McClagi gon and Kampe then killed himself.
Rome announces Archbishops Satolli as permanent papal delegate to the American church. The same report notes W. S. McClevey resigns as secretary and treasurer of the International Typographical Union, with A. G. Wines of St. Louis named to complete the term.
The Republican senatorial caucus voted to favor admission of the Territories of Oklahoma Itah and New Mexico but excluded Arizona from action.
Welterweights Jim Barron of Australia and Jimmy Purtell of Michigan known as the Saginaw Kid fought for a $1000 purse at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco. Barron gained the lead in the third round and secured victory in the seventh.
In a dramatic shift Britain asserts direct influence over Egypt's cabinet after pressuring the Khedive to dismiss officers. An ultimatum to change ministers within twenty four hours was accepted, with Lord Cromer securing Cairo's pledge to seek Britain’s consent for any future government alterations.
Ex President Rutherford B Hayes dies at his Fremont Ohio home just before midnight in his 72nd year. He had been ill a few days after visiting Columbus Buffalo and Cleveland last week. Surrounded by family he spoke of peace and his wife Lucy's grave, saying his life had been exceptionally happy.
The Senate Finance Committee proposes repealing the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman Act with two amendments. It would delay suspension to January 1, 1804 and let national banks issue notes up to their funds par value. Washington reports the move surprised many in Congress amid pressure from honest money proponents to curb silver bullion purchases.
Senator Pettigrew introduces a bill and amendment to withhold coin delivery from the World's Columbian Exposition until bond security is provided and the treasury is repaid from coin sales if the fair opens on the first day. Also notes embezzlement arrest in Chicago and related legal actions.
Berlin papers urge an immediate emigration bill to handle U S quarantine rules that reject over 20 000 Austro Hungarian Russian and German passengers who paid for U S passage Many would be stranded along German ports risking cholera and typhus spread and a heavy drain on city treasuries.
Pittsburg jury convicts Dempsey as indicted after Judge Stowe reviews all testimony. He frames the key issue as whether poison was added to coffee or tea, or food, noting Gallagher and Davidson as pivotal yet tainted witnesses. The jury may convict based on their testimony alone if believed.
A Lake Erie and Western passenger train crossed a Wa bash River bridge near Peru Indiana, the end span collapsed, the train plunged, and a fire consumed the cars. While several passengers were injured, one died shortly after, with three others not expected to survive.
Andrew Carnegie plans visits to the Homestead Duquesne and Braddock steel works where workingmen's representatives in Pittsburgh may urge him to drop further prosecutions of late Homestead employes charged with riot and conspiracy. The outcome hinges on Carnegie's stance as the plants resume operation and lessons from the events unfold.
A large sleighing party returning to Providence from Attleboro collided with a freight train at Lonsdale crossing, leaving several dead and many injured. Another sleighing party near Euclid was hit by an electric motor, injuring six seriously. A Pawtucket sleighing group died near Lonsdale in a separate incident. Additional reports include a San Francisco claim about Chicago schools, a flood survivor's tale, and a missing-persons reward in Nebraska.
Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar died at Macon Georgia after an evening visit with a relative. The widely known figure had been in poor health, recently improving, then suffered violent heart pains and died. He had long shaped Southern politics as lawyer, journalist, professor, legislator, planter, soldier, and diplomat.
Bishop Phillips Brooks died at his Boston home after a four day illness due to diphtheria. A Boston correspondent notes the Protestant Episcopal Church loses a brilliant and progressive divine. Since his 1859 ordination he has been noted for liberal low church views.
The article notes the life of Phillips Brooks, praised as a gifted preacher with wide denominational respect. It recalls his early recognition, calls, Harvard professorship offer, and election as assistant bishop of Pennsylvania. Brooks, six feet four and esteemed for both mind and physique, dies in his 56th year, a widely mourned figure.
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