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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
2
The piece notes no progress toward reconvening the high joint commission in Quebec on August 2 for a boundary accord between the United States and Britain, with Senator Fairbanks in Alaska and negotiations involving Choate and Salisbury unresolved.
The cruiser Raleigh, part of Admiral Dewey's fleet at Manila Bay, will undergo extensive repairs with an outlay near 245000 dollars. Planned work includes new boilers decks removal of wood upper works iron bulkheads hatches and improved ventilation. The Raleigh lies at Portsmouth yard for these repairs.
Dan Coughlan and bartender William Armstrong face bribery and conspiracy charges in a damage suit against the Illinois Central Railroad. Both defendants were absent, and bonds or friend’s funds totaling $20,000 were forfeited. Also notes a Dubuque racing proposal offering $10,000 to feature horses with a 2:08 pace.
Secretar y Alger has not tendered resignation and no request for departure has been made. In Mishawaka Indiana a monster fly wheel burst at Elkhart National Paper Works in the engine room killing engineer Dunbar and injuring three others.
Hon. John Sherman shows marked improvement in Mansfield Ohio. daily rides and rapid recovery headline from weeks of illness.
A five story tenement fire on Monroe Street New York caused five deaths and eight others overcome by smoke. Authorities report a large crowd evacuation and ongoing investigations into the blaze and its causes.
A roundup reports William Barton Arnold and Captain Benton Pratt dead in New York and Washington, Richard Stahl dies in New York, a child succumbs to kissing bug venom in Philadelphia, ten new infantry regiments ordered from Washington, Bishop John P. Newman dies in Saratoga, Wall Street funds allegedly misappropriated, fires destroy blocks in Worcester with losses around 50000, various drownings and accidents in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, counterfeiting arrests in Pittsburgh, Boston tobacco building fire damages, Dr. James I. Brownson dies in Washington, escapes from law, court restrains rail sales in Brooklyn, National Glass Company chartered in Harrisburg, tax ruling impact on liquor, New England Yarn Company incorporation, fire and an explosion kill Mrs. Dickins in Washington, Vanderpool and daughter drown in Canada Lake, and receivers appointed for Metropolitan Building Company in Jersey City.
Western reports the cornerstone of the Montana State Capitol at Helena laid amid ceremonies. Also notes deaths and crimes including Edwin Jacoby of Toledo and Bowling Green Railroad founder, George W. Julian, and James McAfee hanged at Carthage Missouri. Fire destroys Kan sas City and Coulterville California, with heavy losses.
Reports from San Francisco and other sections indicate general shaking from an earthquake with no reported damage. An Indianapolis basement explosion wrecked a block harming five. several other accidents and violent acts are listed, including murders, train wrecks, and a deadly shooting in Coates.
An advance of 20 percent was granted to 311 miners at Whiteside mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. John P. Richardson, 69, former South Carolina governor candidate, died of heart disease in Columbia. The Southern Grocers Association held its eighth annual convention in Asheville with about 300 members. West Virginia Gov. Atkinson named anti trust delegates for a Chicago meeting. Flood at Brookshire Texas left 13 dead and many endangered as the Brazos ran ten miles wide. Mrs. J L Rice of San Antonio died of heart failure in Atlanta. she was related to President Tyler and Gen. Lee. Elias Hatfield Jr killed Elias on a Norfolk and Western train in W Va amid Hatfield McCoy feud tensions.
Paris dispatch reports the death of Very Rev Eugene Pesnelle aged 75 superior general of the Order of the Father of Mercy. The notice notes his long service and leadership in the order.
The report notes revolutionary Armenians in Persia amid clashes with Turkish troops, plus Spanish Admiral Cervera and fleet commanders acquitted after the Santiago battle. It also covers Gen Luna’s assassin trial ending in self defense acquittals, Prussia’s Prince Blucher removal from the Herrenhaus, and London’s Pall Mall Gazette claim of 40,000 to 50,000 troops ready for South Africa.
In Ontario the Conroy Brothers sawmills on the Ottawa River were struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Loss valued at 135000 with 75000 covered by insurance.
Market report summarizes livestock and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with cattle hogs sheep and cereals listed by grade and region. Prices show wide variation by city and product from cattle around 2.50 to 8.26 dollars and wheat around 72 to 78 cents per bushel with oats rye corn and butter and eggs also reported.
Delegates depart as the eighteenth international convention of Christian Endeavorers closes in Detroit. President Clark urges delegates to take the convention home with renewed faith, loyalty, and missionary zeal to make their churches and communities better. Messages read between officers and world leaders reveal wide correspondence and urged responsibilities before God.
A two year old girl, Helen Leersch, daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Leerach of Trenton New Jersey, died at her home after a kiss ing bug bite. Three physicians had been called for consultation over the peculiar condition of the little victim.
The girl referred to as the Kissing Bug victim died within three days of a bite the family suspects. Doctors failed to save her life as swelling doubled her body size and symptoms appeared highly unusual.
Captain Watkins admits the Paris stranding resulted from an unaccountable error in position calculation. The New York board of steamboat inspectors suspended his master’s license for two years, while he remained in charge of the ship for underwriters. Watkins has sailed since 1851, holding British and American master's certificates and becoming an American citizen in 1893.
The steamer Portia, misled by a foghorn, ran onto rocks at Big Fish Shoals near Sambro Island fifteen miles east of Halifax. Passengers panicked as water flooded the hold. Captain Farrell and crew restored order and evacuated seventy five passengers and forty one crew to fishermen huts at Inner Sambro Inlet.
Grand Duke George, brother of the Czar and heir to the Russian throne, died at Abbas Touman in the Caucasus from a hemorrhage linked to consumption. He had long resided there, with his illness keeping him from travel and away from other lands.
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