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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
2
A compact weekly roundup highlights fires, accidents, crimes, politics, religion, and commerce with broader minor affairs across communities. The span covers events varied in scope and impact, presenting an eventful snapshot of daily life and local happenings.
Minister General Gary announces a four year tenure for all postmasters with removals only for incompetence or unsatisfactory conduct. The policy, praised by the postmasters and patrons of 70 675 offices, aims to stabilize administration nationwide. A separate report notes a fatal explosion at a Cleveland blast furnace injuring several workers and killing three men.
Twenty workers labored on the Waelnet project when a timber arch collapsed. George Fozel suffered internal injuries and died. Frank Schitzer had a knee dislocation. Several others were severely injured in the wreck and burial effort.
Reported toll gate raid in Mercer County Kentucky ends with gate keeper shot after attempting to extinguish fire. Incoming Senate nominees include John Hay Horace Porter and Henry White. Jail fire in Dover leads to deaths. several prisoners, including three Black inmates, severely burned with unknown escape outcomes.
In Foalbure West Virginia Leary Burke and Welter Johnson clashed after a service turning violent. Johnson struck Bobke with a weapon during the scuffle when Boeke drew a revolver and fatally shot Johnson in the chest, the incident escalating a renewed dispute.
A railroad wreck near Danville Illinois killed Monroe Ray and Fireman Jon Udy. Switchman Oscar Aupeerim and Engineer LaRue sustained severe injuries in the collision.
Charles Ferhekes of Valparaiso Indiana, a prominent local businessman, was injured while attempting to board a train on the Jake Shore road near Chesterton. He was struck beneath passing cars and is reported to have sustained probably fatal injuries.
The First National Bank of Sioux City Iowa, once suspended and placed in receivership, is permitted to resume business. Reports mention unrelated and garbled phrases about an execution in Manitoba.
Eastern Charles D. Monroe and Frederick W. Eaton face large voluntary liabilities in the hundreds of thousands. A New York arbitration meeting devolved into a brawl as police halted a potential fight. Philadelphia jewel theft suspects were arraigned in New York. Factory shutdowns hit Peck Stane Wilcox in Southington and others. Crime reports include executions and a Sing Sing inmate on the verge of death. Weather, railroad accidents, and political debates fill the day with disorder and policy discussion.
A Reuters style briefing reports Sylvester Seovel, an American correspondent, freed from a Spanish prison and sent to Cuba. It notes a Sunday decision to refuse a Greek reply and urge a blockade of Crete by foreign admirals, with further dispatches detailing Madagascar exile news and ongoing Spanish military movements in Havana and the Philippines.
President McKinley asks Congress to convene an extraordinary session to correct a revenue imbalance. He cites rising expenditures, mounting debt, and repeated deficits while proposing tariff revisions to protect the home market and boost domestic industry and wages. A final line notes a sensational closing opinion about love and violence.
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