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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
4
The News Record summarizes a week of international events via telegrams across politics religion casualties commerce and industry. It compiles latest ne ws from various countries and regions as reported by global wire services.
An early Wednesday night heist on the Lake Shore New York and Chicago express occurred at a Blind switch between Archbold and Stryker Ohio. The robbers locked the crew in and carried away the local United States express contents though the other safe remained untouched. Two tramps fled toward Archbold after signaling danger, while officials were alerted. The amount stolen was not large and no passengers were harmed.
Four men were killed at the Dug a Way grade crossing on the Fitchburg railroad near Oyimene Massachusetts while returning from a trip to Pownal. An express train struck their wagon as it crossed the tracks, killing the four instantly and one horse. Witnesses said all had been drinking and were reckless after warnings not to drive onto the track.
E. K. Brantingham a 25 year old farmer six miles south of Salem Ohio was killed by a bolt of lightning during a severe storm. He stood near a pie tree by a house where a clothesline wire arced to an apple tree. the strike traveled via the wire and struck Brantingham. Charles Blythe nearby escaped harm as Brantingham’s wife witnessed the tragedy.
Governor Budd's proposed proclamation triggers unrest among groups with arms and dining customs on state occasions. French and Swiss military officers are notably talkative, and the issued proclamation is likely to provoke a tumult that may reach United States courts.
Baby Marion Cleveland will start machinery at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta Georgia with signals sent from Atlanta. Mr Cleveland could not attend the opening but will arrive a month later to oversee the timer and begin operations.
A three year old girl Ida Gebhard, reported missing last week, was found dead near her home. Authorities say evidence suggests assault and foul play. Suspicion centers on a man named John Stinson as the potential suspect.
Five people drowned when a sailing outing by Williamy Lanta resident of 81 Cossey Street Brookwith and Frank Sunbeim Fred Gunvel with two others went Pony for a sail. They were caught in a neas and only the bodies were recovered by the tug John Temple.
Reports from Lander Wyoming describe rising tension as Jackson Hole Indians move toward Green River to reinforce forces. Runners from the Yellowstone area report a critical situation with tribes concentrating near ranches and watch-fires seen along the range. Scouts have been dispatched amid fears of possible attacks on settlers.
The page lists standings for the National League and the Western League. It names clubs in the Western League and provides their positions, though OCR is incomplete. The document preserves the structure for standings and team names likely including multiple clubs in each league.
The Agricultural Department July fruit crop report shows a material decline in overall condition. Apples have fallen since June with losses centered in New England New York Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Piedmont shows better prospects Missouri and nearby states see only a light decline. Pacific coast conditions down 11 percent though still favorable with peaches also unfavorably reported. Georgia and Connecticut lead commercial states with Georgia at 106 and Connecticut at 90 percent respectively.
Forty adults and many children land from the Philadelphia steerage at Ellis Island. An interpreter translates speech as a self described leader says they are Serbians raised in Brazil seeking horses and wagons to move across the continent toward a California colony. Receipts are issued for purchases and the group plans overland travel.
Charles Gore, longtime New York Herald employee, left the Herald office at 2:30 PM with a payroll check for about 10 000 and has not been seen since. The Herald banks are Chemical National Bank and Morton Bliss Co. The check was drawn on Chemical Bank Panama Canal Assured. Colon reports say isthmian press views Panama Canal as practically assured with August work start.
James L Travers, a Black man, was hanged Friday at the district jail in Washington for the murder of Lena Gross on November 19. Travers confessed to the crime.
A sewer excavation collapse in Harrison New Jersey trapped and buried earth in a cave in 000 tons of earth. Two men were killed, one fatally injured and two others injured in the incident.
Chicago police probe the Englewood Holmes house for the Williams sisters murder linking to Fort Worth property. Digging and wall wrecking reveal possible bones and a bone chain from Minnie Williams as evidence. Holmes, a former doctor chemist, allegedly burned victims to seize inherited Texas property.
In Genoa Bay the Italian steamers Ortegia and Maria P collided near Isela del Pint as Maria P entered the Gulf of Genoa at about 1:30 AM. The Maria P sank within three minutes after a six yard bow breach. Most passengers slept and perished. Ortegia rescued 14 crew and 28 passengers, remaining on scene until 6 AM.
San Francisco internal revenue officials report two sets of registration certificates issued to most Chinese immigrants. The registration process, challenged for constitutionality, was reset under Collector Wells. Many Chinese resold their certificates, yielding thousands of falsely registered individuals moving across the coast and at El Paso, with crossings reported without proper documents.
The city of Philadelphia publicizes Anna H. Wilstock’s bequest to art valued at 778,424.16 dollars, including a gallery of 140 paintings appraised at 153,000, earning about 40,000 yearly for new purchases. Also, the Cleveland’s third daughter Marion was formally named with no middle name, honoring Cape Cod ties. R. G. Dun notes midsummer business dullness yet signs of revival with rising invoice fees.
Plans describe a two life-size allegorical figures of the South and the North holding a giant illuminated American flag. The display, titled Peace, will be revealed from behind a curtain when Commander in Chief Lawler strikes the gavel. The budget runs to several thousand dollars.
Senator Faulkner, chairing the National Democratic Congressional Committee, denies any plan to send Democratic orators to the Northwest this summer and fall to discuss the currency question. He wrote to Mr. Hazed that the committee will not involve itself in such a tour and there is no campaign this year.
The British bark Florence departed Newcastle Australia on January 26 bound for Panama and has not reached her destination. She has been given up as lost after remaining overdue for three months.
Dated market summary lists prices for cattle hogs and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Senae Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee New York and more. Includes ranges for wheat corn oats rye and livestock plus butter eggs potatoes and broom corn with varied grades and quality notes.
A chaotic roundup notes drownings at Blue Lake and a Ohio River self harm, a fatal burn from a gas stove, a murder with a club near Monroe, and theft of diamonds in Muncie. Also reported are wild lettuce pest threats, damaged rail work, and public officers facing release-era controversies in Indiana counties.
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