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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
1
This concise history surveys a week of global events from a Pittsburgh pig iron purchase and a fatal primary election shooting to a copper rail shipment, weather crop reports, train wreck injuries, a mysterious prison tale, militia cross-border plans, a Dartford shooting, and a Virginia Senate direct election bill.
A two-coach train backing toward the Parkersburg bridge struck a cow and toppled down the embankment. J Lund, County Treasurer elect, suffered a crushed right arm while Jobo Hawks and J C Arnold had rib injuries. The incident followed by a bitter gale causing heavy vessel losses on the Great Lakes with numerous ships driven ashore and several deaths reported, including the Myrtle and M J Cummings.
Forty children are missing after a Boston district fire. A Pawtucket fire scorched a riverfront quarter, destroying coal and lumber yards, factories, tenements, with losses near $500000. The old Northampton freight depot in New Haven and several freight cars burned, loss about $50090. Julius Schiel Co dry goods store and L Dannenbaum wholesale millinery in Philadelphia burned, losses around $525000.
In New York lawyer Chauncey Schaffer is noted with an obituary line. A Des Moines doctor and Drake University dean, A J Hobbs, aged 60, is listed. Other obituaries include Caroline Draper of Oconomowoc Wisconsin at 6 percent, Noah Davenport of Elkhart Indiana at 61, Judge Thomas and Wilson of Dubuque Town aged 81, Louis Clovis Donaparte in London, Levy Furley Noblesville Indiana aged 71, ex Mayor John Keatt of West Superior, Vic aged 35, Nathaniel P Crane aged 4 and Mrs Chris Gibson aged 78 married at Belviders Jr officiated by SA years old, Catherine Cullom Hardis Boston, daughter of Senator Culjomy, and Rev Dr Edward Bright editor of the Examiner aged 6 at New York, Rev Peter J Leeson of Detroit.
Jared Benson a pioneer of Minnesota and a prominent figure in state and national politics died at 72. William H. Campbell age 81 was connected with St Ignatius College in Chicago and with Hamilton Ohio.
Politically active figures listed include General Coxey nominated in the Eighteenth Ohio District by Populists, with Browne and Jones in the Commonweal case. Democrats renominate W. J. Hayes in Iowa Second District. Missouri Dems pick Black for Supreme Court, Carrington for Schools. Phillips nominated by Republicans in Pennsylvania Twenty-fifth.
Washington reports detail how four porthole plates for four pound guns on the Columbia were misaligned because the plates sat where the muzzle could jam. Navy experts suspect the plates were reversed during installation and say turning them around will fix the error. Also noted are bribery allegations involving Senators Banton and Kyle tied to tariff votes. Senate Lodge seeks a five member committee to probe the bribery claim and sugar trust influence, but the resolution was tabled until Thursday.
George Griffiths of London completed a world tour in sixty four days eleven hours and twenty minutes. British royal commissioners laud the World's Fair enterprise. Twelve thousand troops under the Duke of Connaught reviewed before Queen Victoria at Aldershot. English clergy publish a manifesto against church disestablishment in Wales. Portugal seeks England mediation in Brazil asylum dispute. Brazilian forces reportedly defeated near Icuazu with 140 killed. U S Consul General William Hayden Edwards dies in Berlin of brain fever, leaving a widow and two children. burial at Potsdam. Edwards to be succeeded by George H. Murphy as U S Consul in Luxemburg. Mosquito Indian chief Henry Clarence restored to rights at Hivefields. Aquolin, killer of the American Wilson, escapes. Edmund I Yates, London World editor and author, dies at 62. Anarchist Emile Henri guillotined in Paris after Cafe Terminus bombing, shouting Vive Panarchie.
Amid Chicago smallpox efforts Dr Reynolds struggles to vaccinate as 400 workers were deployed and 80,000 to 100,000 vaccine points per day are used. A major vaccine-point factory burned, threatening supply and risking inferior batches. In Knoxville a man named Lacey J. Baird arrived sick seeking admission while A L Bhaerrack, Burlington land official, followed to obtain his deed signature in Edgemont. payment of 509 for the land occurred.
A list of varied notes reports a man hunted by Burlington railroad, locust swarms in Bonne Terre Missouri, ships seized under Canadian law, and efforts to fund jobs for the unemployed. It also notes a Cleveland conference failing to settle mine labor disputes and broader trade commentary from K G Dun & Co. regarding coal strikes, tariffs, and economic resilience.
A Tennessee man describes a long illness starting in 1884 with indigestion and paralysis fears, culminating in drastic weight loss and body lumps. After trying many doctors, he credits Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, received from cousin Joe Foster, with restoring strength and appetite and curing partial paralysis, with lasting benefits and renewed health.
A local fad prompts forming clubs to study distant interests. The Cactus Club of Baltimore unites men and women to periodically explore cactus habits. Participants report the topic as engaging and worthwhile.
A Chicago Record report describes a home burglary precaution where a husband returns to find a note in his wife’s handwriting on the front door. The note states she has gone to her mother, hid the house key under the left lower corner of the door-mat, and instructs that only she can find it. The piece warns that burglary is common and urges sensible precautions.
A social note observes that a woman hosting a party typically plans for about twenty two guests, reflecting social norms of the time.
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