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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1890
Page
1
Terrific explosion destroys over a million dollars in value at a flooring mill. Reports mention the National Encampment of G. A. R. and a Wahbash engineer killed. A youth faces a hanging sentence.
A fire at Nevler flouring mill in the village near Waterloo New York exploded after 3 30 am destroying the mill and wrecking most nearby businesses. Millwright John Cowin was killed and several workers injured as bricks timbers and debris caused extensive damage estimated at over 1 1 million to the mill and 150 000 to other property. Concussion shattered windows in Clyde Butler Gillespie and Tittsboro and shook homes as residents awoke to the blast.
A collection of brief reports notes sales in New York hotels, receivership actions in Reading, a Boston firm failure, a planned Philadelphia mint site, a Boston youth arrest for arson, quarantine moves near Maryland, wage cuts at Elba Ironworks, a Delaware rail suit, a steamship fire on the Stonington line, Toledo's Wheeler House fire, and multiple legal and political developments including elections, divorces, and a Hawaiian concern.
Students armed with cudgels repelled opponents who seized a flag near Graton Street before police dispersed the rival factions. In Paris M. Tenes Ferry, recently elected president of the French Senate, died on Friday evening from heart disease linked to injuries from a 1887 attack.
Representatives from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions met Assistant Secretary of State Josiah Quincy in Washington to allege Turkish officials interfere with missionary correspondence and that US minister Thompson’s mail may have been intercepted. Officials ordered records reviewed, with findings pending.
Clara Barton letters Dr. Joseph Gardner of Bedford Indiana accepting a land gift for the American National Red Cross. The site would be a neutral sanctuary under Geneva treaty protection for the Red Cross and its readers, with a basin headquarters in Washington and a future joint administration.
A mob in Osage City destroys a carload of liquor amid a crowd as the State Temperance Union plans a broader campaign. Bottles and barrels are burned or broken, with leaders urging a violent, ongoing temperance battle across Osage and surrounding towns.
Huge rush of applicants for consulates worldwide with high financial stakes. Posts in Britain and major European cities offer large salaries as consulate fees largely benefit governments. London and continental postings reportedly pay between ten and twelve thousand dollars annually, with higher values abroad.
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