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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
1
Otis to Remain Amid Philippine Row at Cabinet Meet
Unusual cabinet interest centers on the Philippines as a Round Robin by Manila correspondents sparks debate. Officials indicate Otis will stay in command, while Miles rises in prominence and warrants discussion as potential replacement by lawmakers. The War Department affirms Otis’s continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
Newspaaper
Manila
Otis
Philippines
Miles
Washington Post
War Department
Gen
Merritt
Lawton
Bloodshed in Kentucky Fued Claims Five Lives Near Manchester
London Kentucky reports a Clay County feud flare near Little Coose Creek three miles from Manchester. The two factions led by the Morrises Griffins and tied to the White Baker hostilities caused a death toll worth two years of bitter feuding. Santa Christmas 1897 saw James Philpot killed by Aaron Morris, who then killed William Bundy before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
London
Clay County
Little Coose Creek
Manchester
James Philpot
Aaron Morris
William Bundy
Morris
Morrises
Griffins
Strike Returns Plunge Big Consolidated Trains Into Tie Up
Conductors and motormen in Cleveland Ohio again walkout at 4 15 am affecting eight hundred workers. Union officials claim the firm breached the prior pact ending the last strike. Wednesday morning thirty street railway linemen joined in sympathy. Rumors say power house men may strike to halt the system. Three sites continue to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Consolidated Railway System
Cleveland
Ohio
Big Consolidated Street Railway
Three Killed in Wreck Near Portsmouth Ohio
Three trainmen died and three were seriously hurt in a dead end collision on the Norfolk and Western at Hav erhill near Portsmouth Ohio. A fog obscured the tracks as two trains collided in a sharp curve. the engines and cars were wrecked. No passengers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Haverhill
Portsmouth
Ohio
Sanda
Great Corn Crop in Kansas Promises Record Yield
Paul Morton, vice president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, in New York, says Kansas has the largest corn crop in its history and could reach 000,000,000 bushels if three more weeks pass without hot winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Paul Morton
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
New York
Engineer Killed In Baltimore And Ohio Derailment
A mixed train on the Curtis Kay branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad derailed at Stone House Cove near Baltimore Maryland. Engineer Kesaw was killed and Fireman Shade injured. No passengers were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Kay
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stone House Cove
Baltimore
Kesaw
Shade
No Overtures for Peace Denied by State Department
The State Department issues a positive denial of Aguinaldo making direct peace overtures, while movements toward peace gain new momentum. Three brothers named Almond and Cari’s son David drown after a canoe capsizes near Norfolk, Virginia due to a gale boat. In Coates Kansas a nine year old boy finds a revolver and fires it killing his baby sister. the mother survives with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Aguinaldo
Carl
Richard Almond
David
Cari
Norfolk
Ron
Gail
Coates, Kan
Willie Porter
Heth
Multiple Events Hit Eastern States in Sudden News
Samuel Kenney Sr. dies at 65 on his Laurel Delaware farm. Fire ravages Frewsburg New Jersey causing $20,000 loss. U S steel and tube industry consolidates with $80 million capital in New York. Berkshire County indicts G Albert Learned for forgery. Nine deaths from lockjaw near New York tied to Fourth of July wounds. Confectioners reject a national combination at Frontenac New York. Edwin J Brogan surrenders in Maryland murder case. Draper cites naturalization talks in Milford. American Steel and Wire buys Witherbee mine for $1.5 million at Port Henry. Albert Crosby bankrupt but claims wife holds all. Plan to found no negro colony at Oak Grove near Flemington evolves. Maps prepared for a modern town. Eight former Reading Railway workers arrested for cargo thefts in Philadelphia. No 12 breaker at Plymouth destroyed by fire with $60,000 loss, 440 workers out of employment. Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike disrupts city with injuries. Brooklyn navy yard dry dock No. 2 severely damaged by storm, two years repair forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kenney
United States
Kenney
Laurel
Del
Frewsburg
N. J
New York
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Fulton Township
Marion Wiley
William F. Draper
Italy
Milford
Mass
Board of Trade
American Steel and Wire Company
Witherbee, Sherman & Co
Port Henry
Albert Crosby
Chicago
Oak Grove
Flemington
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Haddock & Shonk
West Coast and Midwest Crime and Corporate News Summary
West in Alikchi, Choctaw court sentence for murder. In Ohio, Joseph Riley fatally stabbed by John Miller. Milwaukee judge accepts William Plankinton’s bank assignee resignation. St Paul directory grows by 1,150 names to about 101,072. George Wolladay shot by wife Annie in St Louis, self defense claimed. Iron Molders union aids apprentices to attend technical schools in foundries. Schwarzschild & Sulzberger plant in Kansas City closes to avoid wage rise for 200 workers. About 1,000 unemployed. Frank Cody Sam Towns and George Smith arrested in Evansville on counterfeiting charges. They claimed to mold dimes, quarters, dollars, threw molds into Pigeon Creek. Captain Brown body found near Orwell wreckage, Lorain hospital. M M Sexelbaum of Lesener, Minnesota, commits suicide. Frank Tepsey of Stanton Nebraska kills wife then dies by poison. Indianapolis News receivers sell to Delavan Smith and Charles R. Name. Ben W J Richards loses control. David Coop and George Black, 16, arrested at Lawrence, Kansas for arson attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goings
Alikchi
I.c
Zanesville
Ohio
Joseph Riley
John Miller
Johnson
Milwaukee
William Plankinton
Plankinton
George W. M Wolladay
Annie
St. Louis
Kansas City
Frank Cody
Sam Towns
George Smith
Evansville
Ind
Pigeon Creek
Captain Brown
Orwell
Daisy
Stanton
Neb
Indianapolis News
Delavan Smith
Chicago
Charles R. Wik
W. J. Richards
David Coop
George Black
Lawrence
Kax
Fire starters and bankruptcy actions across the Midwest
Reports tell of eight town fires confessed as started by individuals in the past two years. L. M. Crawford, manager of Crawford Opera House, files for bankruptcy totaling 448,180 dollars. Western Brokerage Company formed in Des Moines with 100,000 dollars capital to facilitate bulk purchases by midwest grocers. University of Nebraska Regent changes include resignation of Chancellor McLean and interim chancellor Dean Charles E. Bessy. Tragedies include a Chicago Alton freight wreck near Glendale Missouri killing three and injuring five, plus a quarry blast in Chicago injuring scores. Mrs. Marion Moore dies saving her son near Brazil Indiana. Fort Smith Arkansas convicts ten miners for conspiracy to intimidate black workers of Kansas and Texas Coal Company under an injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Crawford
Crawford Opera House
United States District Court
Topeka
Kaw
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Western Brokerage Company
Des Moines
Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
McLean
Charles E. Bessy
Committee of Regents
Art
Chicago and Alton Road
Glendale
Artesian Stone and Lime Works
Chicago
Marion Moore
Brazil
Ind
Edward
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Rogera
Taylor Nominated for Governor by Republican Assembly
The Republican State convention at Lexington Kentucky nominated W. 8. Taylor for governor by acclamation. Meanwhile Howley of Texas arranged with the Agricultural Department to ship seed to flood sufferers in Brazos valley. Major John Calhoun Courtney, Atlanta leader and Western Union manager, died in Atlanta at 65. Two Texas lynchings occurred, Abe Brown shot near Gilead and an unknown man hanged near Iola for murder. A fire destroyed the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting plant near El Paso. Yankee Dam depot in West Virginia blew up by dynamite. A freight car burned. separate rampage blamed on a Clay County gang. In Ikhoda Alabama, two negroes killed and another fatally shot during a miners strike. Deputies restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Lexington
Howley
Texas
Brazos Valley
John Calhoun Courtney
Virginia Society of Atlanta
Capital City Club
Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlanta
Abe Brown
Gilead
Iola
Lemuel Sharp
Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company
el Paso
Yankee Dam
W. Va
Clay County
Ixhkoda
Ala
Georgia
Washington brief: Bates named paymaster general of Army
The President appoints Col Alfred E Bates as paymaster general to succeed Gen Asa B Carey who is retired. Secretary Long has received Osborn F Deignan s decline of an academy appointment. Jamaica delegates in Washington discuss reciprocity terms. one hinted coffee relief or preference over Brazilian coffee. US Argentine trade rises in Q1 with imports up 1.61675 million and Argentina exports to US down 158.211 thousand. Peirce says US Russia relations are cordial with strong economic openings for American capital and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Bates
Army
Asa B. Carey
Long
Osborn F. Deignan
Naval Academy
Jamaica
Washington
Miniatain Reserve
United States
Buchanan
State Department
Argentina
Herbert H. D. Peirce
Russia
British denies plan to send mounties to Porcupine Alaska
Foreign dispatches report British officials refute rumors of Canadian mounted police deployment to Alaska's Porcupine region. The Bavarian diet election yields a Centrista victory aided by the no-Galiats faction. An earthquake collapses a gallery in Recklinghausen, burying sixty miners near Herne. Cardinal Teodolfo Mertel, vice chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, was mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porcupine
Alaska
Centrista
Recklinghausen Ming
Herne
Westphalia
Teodolfo Mertel
Holy Roman Church
Spain Accepts Aid as Bombs Roar Through Barcelona
In 1878 the Spanish cabinet agreed to 2,000,000 pesetas in civil aid offered by the Queen Regent. Four bombs exploded in Barcelona in one morning, causing no serious damage but spreading intense excitement. Foreign Minister von Bülow has been awarded the Grand Cross of Charles V. Jules Grevy, longtime senator and former Algeria governor general, dies in Paris at seventy five. he is brother of the late Jules Grevy, former president of the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Barcelona
von Bulow
Germany
Emperor William
Charles V
Spain
Jules Philippe Louis Albert Grevy
Algeria
Paris
Jules Grevy
Republic
Swineford named recorder of Ketchikan mining district
Former Alaska governor Swineford has been appointed recorder of the new Ketchikan mining district in southeastern Alaska. The Paris is afloat and clear of the rocks. Chicago investors back United American Glue with 35 million capital. Westinghouse to build Manchester works employing 5,000. US Brazil trade declines. exports fall 500,000 and imports 12 million. Cuban dissension efforts reported in Havana with 2,000 Betancourt leaflets. Crop prospects show unfavorable trends. Europe to buy nearly as much US wheat as last five years. Distilling Company of America filed in New Jersey with 125 million capital. absorbed former whisky trusts. Hardwood lumber prices surge in Minneapolis due to supply limits and rising demand. Wisconsin forests deplete, southern sources increasingly relied upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brazil
State Department
Hilar Santos
Havana
Matanzas
Betancourt
Bradstreet's
Russia
Europe
America
Big Whisky Trust
Old Whisky Trust
Trenton
N. J
Federal Steel Company
Lead Trust
Distilling Company of America
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Mentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
The
Spirits Distributing Company
Standard Distilling and Distributing Company
Market Reports Chicago to New York Farm Prices
Regional price listings for cattle hogs sheep and grains across major markets. Entities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Fide
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Six More Killed In White Baker Feud In Kentucky Mountains
The White Baker feud in Clay County Kentucky widens with six more dead. Victims include Hugh Griffin James Griffin Edward Fisher on the White side and Robert Philpot Aaron Morris Richard Loven on the Baker side. A deputy-sent hunt ensues as more violence is anticipated amid lingering feud motives and town fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Griffins
Philpote
Bob” Philpot
Richard Loven
Clay County
Nore
Hugh Griffin
James Griffin
Edward Fisher
Baker
Robert Philpot
Aaron Morris
Baker-Howard
Tom Baker
A. B. Howard
Howard
Sheriff White
Mount Sterling Judge Calls for Withdrawal to Let Parties Battle
Judge Onear of Mount Sterling urges troop withdrawal and proposes that the Howards and Bakers settle their conflict themselves by fighting it out, signaling a limited aggressive stance amid a bloody clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onear
Mount Sterling
Howards
Bakers
Move Toward Peace in Philippine Conflict
A Washington dispatch reports that the Philippine commission and Gen Otis have sent overtures toward peace. The President delays public release until concrete results appear. Aguinaldo and leaders have made direct peace overtures to Gen Otis, with optimism rising if promises are fulfilled. Government officials suggest volunteers may not be needed if agreements hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Fome
Washington
State Department
Philippine Commission
War Department
Gen
Otis
Otia
Laon
War jokes and quips mix in a tangled skit of names
The fragmentary text jokes about Comte Le and Gen Paul, mentions Funston and Aguinaldo, riffs on a New York electrical show and a horse show fail, notes soldiers in the Philippines wearing tan shoes, and questions why Congressman Roberts would face trouble as he has three wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
New York
Philippines
Corbin
Congressman Roberts
Boston Globe
Luce ‘& Rubber
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Mith
F.O
Brooklyn, N. Y
Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Dock No. 2
Congress
Western
Southern
Market Reports
Clay County Court House
Comte le
Gen Paul
Gen. Funston
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