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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
1
A compact overview of global events relayed by telegraph this week. Reports cover political developments, economic shifts, and notable incidents shaping international affairs across several regions.
Joseph Horton who fatally wounded Amity merchant Albert Dunn in Indiana was tracked by bloodhounds for over fifty miles and captured by Sheriff Cox of Bartholomew County near St. Louis Crossing on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He admitted to the shooting without resistance.
The annual Treasury report shows on June 4, 1895 total available assets of 8553 645 321 dollars and on June WW 159 percent 874 764 877 dollars. It details deposits and reserves including 15 445 979 for bank note retirement and 3 250 for funding certificates, totaling 888 78 925 dollars for fiscal operations.
Four men stopped the south bound cannonball train of the International and Great Northern Railroad twelve miles from Austin on a Wednesday afternoon. Conductor Tom Healy was shot while resisting the bandits but not seriously wounded. Passengers lost about 200 dollars. robbers failed to rifle the express safe.
The Yantic is ordered from Boston to Michigan for use by the Michigan naval militia. Major Lewis Ginter's will, filed in Richmond, disposes of an estate valued at 7 to 8 million dollars. Multiple criminal and political items follow, including assaults in Boston, a yellow fever patient in Brooklyn, a large New York estate bequest, a suicide in a New York prison cell, and a Connecticut English reading requirement for voters.
Reports include Star Pointer clocking a mile in 2.01% at Ottumwa with a headwind, William Six facing an indeterminate bigamy sentence in Springfield MI, and thirteen claimants in various states as his wives. Peoria citizens win a fight over the Allen law as a 50 year franchise is withdrawn.
A massive blaze at Dexter Park horse market, the heart of the Chicago stock yards district, destroyed the oldest buildings in twenty minutes. Eleven men died and losses are pegged at 117500 with 103600 insured. Three masked men reportedly struck Washing ton Park cut within the year, without securing any loot.
At Atlanta Hoke Smith former Secretary of the Interior was elected president of the Board of Education. Editor W C Brann of the Tecnoclast was publicly beaten by Judge J B Scarborough and Baylor University students over a published attack on the school. Two prisoners perished in a jail fire at Opechka Alabama Laura Bennett and Jim Ferguson were the confined inmates burned to death as the building burned to ashes.
The report lists Captain John Garland’s death in Washington after a 1847 Michigan appointment and war wounds, appointments of George H. Bridgeman and Ambrose W. Nanolin, and announces Indiana revenue collectors. It notes a policy to extend money orders to about 22 000 offices, likely rising to 25 000, and mentions recovery of Garfield’s pistol by Washington police and its mysterious disappearance preceding its 1881 return.
A sweeping summary of international unrest reports Venezuela's leader in danger, a Hamburg syndicate loans Brazil five million, Peru adopts the gold standard, and Barrios battles rebels in Guatemala. Caribbean clashes leave dozens dead or wounded as Cuban and Spanish forces clash with heavy losses.
British ministers consider concessions to the United States and France on bimetallism and aim to end the monetary dispute. Sir Michael Hicks Beach secured a Bank of England assent on silver conversion for note redemption reserves, while the Indian mint reopening is deemed unlikely and the overall conference prospect remains uncertain.
A tunnel project by the Mexican National Railroad suffered a premature explosion twenty five miles south of Monterey, killing four men and seriously wounding ten others. The incident underscores hazards in early construction work amid widening regional reports.
Chicago to New York market notes show cattle values from $2.50 to $6.00 and hogs $3.00 to $5.50, with wheat at No. 2 prices around 6 to 9 cents, corn 2 yellow at 2 to 6 cents, oats mixed ranges, and butter eggs and potatoes listed with regional variations across multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
Rain falls across Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Minnesota as a blessing after weeks of drought. Farmers hail the moisture for winter wheat, plowing delays, and potential shift in acreage while cattle growers anticipate better grazing and water in ponds, creeks, and wells.
The article reports high profits from gate receipts across teams including Boston New York Baltimore and Philadelphia with figures like 150 000 for Boston 9 000 for Ned Hanlon and about 20 000 for Washington. It notes strong attendance in Boston and New York and weaker crowds for Baltimore Philadelphia and Cleveland with stockholders set to gain good interest.
Attorney General Melconun released a statement saying the government will not appeal the Union Pacific foreclosure suit. The land will be sold to the highest bidder under a guaranteed minimum bid range from 45.745 million to 50 million after the Union Prestige reorganization committee raises its bid.
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