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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1890
Page
2
Grime casualty disaster and wider turmoil sweep nations and seas. A line of oil pipes torn up and raised on wire signals attacks while the launch of the great coast defense ship Indiana captures attention. The Pope's anger erupts over American bishops.
The battleship Indiana was launched at William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia in front of thousands including the President and Cabinet. The ship slid down greased ways, was christened by Miss Jessie Miller, and towed to the wharf ready for service in about a year. Crowds filled the river and shipyard with flags and color as the Indiana entered the water.
A Pennsylvania road wreck killed two Eveiords and injured others while teller T. E. Surry confessed to a $55,000 bank embezzlement. An elderly woman Junia Wagner burned to death in a lamp accident. The Rockafellow family faces possible lunacy commissions amid a failed Wilkes Barre bank. In Tennessee, Harvey Weakly collapsed dead during a murder trial after vowing violence. A Newark furnace yielded $25,000 in gold, and leather firms plan to control tanneries with 90 companies backing Thomas Proctor. Pennsylvania express collision near Philadelphia resulted in five deaths and twelve injuries. rumor of a presidential train crash proved false. A Newark anarchist lecture ended in a mob attack on a German reporter, police rescuing him as the crowd raged.
Reports from St. Louis and surrounding areas note a planned eight hour workday shift for ten hours pay by woodworkers, a marble polisher strike, and no switchmen strike this year. Beaupre Mercantile Company liabilities are listed at 400000. A cable car incident endangers Edward Debre in St. Louis. Poplar Bluff, Missouri sees a basket plant fire with 40000 lost and 10000 insured. Major industry meetings in Toledo discuss a vast heating and ventilating trust worth over 40000000. Fire destroys Bethany Co mills, 24000 loss with no insurance. Santa Fe President Allxe Manven dies, Southern Pacifica losses near 100000. Wreck of No 20 eastbound mail train near Columbia City injures and kills. Spring Wheat Millers’ Association forms with hundreds of members.
Washington reports indicate Representative Owen Scott is favored to succeed Frank W. Palmer as Public Printer. The piece outlines a possible bond issue and a government gold exchange pact with Drexel Morgan & Co to cover up to 25 million dollars in gold, with optional delivery to London or New York.
The text notes the Miller s Association headquarters in the Corn Exchange Building Minneapolis and suggests a spring wheat deal could inspire the winter wheat dealers to organize similarly, highlighting a potential industry-wide price and sales framework.
Dan Pasciarly, a 10 year old boy, convicted of murder in Fort Smith Arkansas. Tax Gate City National Bank of Atlanta collapses with debts over half a million. The Harry Bissenger Tobacco Company's Louisville factory burns causing about 250000 dollars in losses. General Beauregard remembered as McKinney orders seventeen gun salute in Richmond. Norfolk preparations for world navy display in Hampton Roads include Beag rast parades and pyrotechnics in April and May.
Jupex Briananp McKenna a Democrat wins Pittsburg mayoralty while Vice President elect Stevenson names his son Lewis as private secretary. Wyoming fills a vacancy with A C Beckwith as land office commissioner amid party criticism. Cleveland confirms cabinet: Olney as Attorney General and Herbert as Secretary of War. Gresham and Carlisle named to top posts.
In New York the representatives tally shows two key figures leading the session as New England observers note regional balance. The brief highlights shifting alignments and the enduring influence of party dynamics across states.
Industrial weekly reports $3 million in gold sent abroad and $500,000 more expected, with no rise in monetary anxiety and little attention to Congress. Treasury balances stay steady. New York exports improve slightly. 230 business failures this week versus 283 last year. Testimony links Sing Sing garments to lower prices, fueling sweaters and pressure on contractors.
The Foreign bill to disestablish the Welsh Church passes its first reading in the British House of Commons. The note mentions Mas. Many MansHany DE Mrreiz- Wicz, wife of Count Eugene de Mitkie wiecz, is dead. She was the grand ceurbier of Chief Justice John Mar.
The treasurer of the Phillips Brooks memorial fund says subscriptions total 79 527. Soo travelers pay 35 round trip from St Paul to New York and 40 to Boston. BC banks will accept American silver at 20 percent discount after March 1. P G Hamilton Halifax historian and poet took laudanum and is not expected to live. Breckenridge elected president of the Sons of the American Revolution for next year. Mars near Jupiter blamed for harsh winter, Professor Wigars says. Patrons of Industry petition in Ottawa requests coal oil binder twine and corn on free list.
A sprawling catalog of accidents crimes and local notices reports a fever epidemic in Pendleton and a new Cambridge City bicycle factory. It notes deaths from heart disease at Mahatasville, a prisoner in Muncie, a railroad injury in Anderson, a fatal fall in Roch ester and a schoolhouse fire in Blountville plus legal heirs in Washington and land deals near Anderson and Columbus.
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