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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
2
A concise weekly briefing summarizes notable stories and events, highlighting key people, places, and issues. The item notes a broad overview of current affairs and trends with a focus on clarity for readers seeking quick insights.
Delegates from Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and other states organize the Independent Telephone Association of the United States to challenge Berliner patents. An accident near Mansfield Ohio injures four young men and kills Louis Sickenlter as they slept near train tracks. U S Commissioners terms end June 8 and new appointments are announced by the district judge with several names listed for posts in Indiana and nearby cities.
Matthew Madison proprietor of the Otter Island resort two miles above Durlington was drowned recently while attempting to board the tug Nautilus. He grabbed Bertepeland to save him but Madison sank and drowned himself. His body was recovered. he was sixty years of age.
Russell Garrick dies after a quarrel in S vjmmerfield Noble County Mercer struck Garrick with a dirk knife severing the jugular vein Garrick dies within nine ties Mercer surrendered and was jailed in Woodsfield awaiting authorities
A Milwaukee resident on Kilbourn road shot neighbor Dicuiseh then fatally shot himself. Dicuiseh expected to recover, while Borkenagen, a known figure in local sports circles, died from wounds. The incident underscores a violent end to a neighbor dispute.
The Figance arrived at New Youth from Cuba with three yellow fever cases aboard and three deaths en route. Passengers and crew were quarantined, with authorities stating no immediate fears of wider spread.
Charley Ross abduct case figure Christian K. Noss, father of Charley Ross, who vanished July 1, 1874, dies at his Germantown home. His widow, two sons and three daughters survive. The case once sparked worldwide sensational headlines.
Floodwaters swept nineteen soldiers from the Nijninevgorod Dragoons into the water near the Nanthig railroad depot in the Tiflis District. All are reported drowned in the incident.
About one hundred thousand pounds of tea was barred entry into Sino Prisco for not meeting standards as importers protest. In Indiana, Major Chas W. Lee of Vevay was nominated by the Republican Convention of the Fourth District to replace W. S. Hulman in Congress. A major tailors strike in New York, once involving around 20,000 workers, has ended.
Reports of illnesses and bites in New York lead to hospitalizations at Bellevue. Industrial furnaces in Mahoning valley resume operations amid steamship disturbances and Atlantic trade movements. A botched hold up near St Denis is foiled, while court cases and political events unfold across the country and beyond.
The article reports a tangle of personal separations and political shifts, noting Marion Maton and Jack Masson separation, a Melbourne letter about Japan subsidizing sealers, and missing official Sidney Sanford. It surveys stock prices and commodity markets with regional price tables for Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Milwaukee, concluding with New York cattle and hog figures and general economic upturn cues.
A fierce cyclone struck the Illinois State home for feeble minded children near Lincoln Friday. A barn measuring 175 by 28 feet collapsed trapping twenty boys and two attendants. Four boys Sylvester Baker Cassie Lebanon James O'Brien Cornelina Mackenzie died. others were injured. The storm caused factory damage and heavy tree loss with a state financial hit around $40 for buildings. Attendants led the boys to safety earlier in the day.
Charles W. Spalding former treasurer of the University of Illinois and president of the Globe Savings Bank of Chicago was acquitted on eight bonds endowment fund embezzlement claims valued at 7500. He faces twenty eight additional indictments and lingering charges as the case moves forward.
Senator Davis, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would not push the TEjan treaty to final Senate consideration during Congress. He noted weaker ratification strength, likely quorum issues after the tariff bill passage, and said the treaty would be reported to the Senate and formally taken up at the start of the next session.
A fierce storm swept Louisville Kentucky and nearby New Albany causing fifteen injuries and one death, with wind speeds near fifty five miles per hour. The cyclone toppled trees, damaged homes and businesses, shattered windows, and uprooted power and telegraph lines, while churchs and other structures in New Albany were unrooted. Property losses are estimated at four hundred thousand dollars.
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