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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1904
Page
1
Martial law imposed on Berkeley Virginia after lynching of Blount and two clashes between troops and Black residents. A Black man fired on soldiers and escaped after being halted by militiamen. Authorities report growing hostility among local Black residents and tense security measures in town.
The Baltic squadron fired on a fishing fleet near Spurn Head after midnight Friday. Two trawlers were sunk, two damaged, and at least two fishermen killed with others wounded or missing as crews reported torpedo craft and warships in the glare of searchlights.
The article warns of a perplexing cotton market with prices stagnating as farmers resist selling below 1 cent per pound. It notes wartime tensions, losses at sea, and rising Manchester reform influence while American farmers gain independence and hold firm on pricing amid a projected 10.5 million bale crop.
Chicago adopts an old statute to impose life imprisonment on hold-up and armed robbery suspects. Within weeks at least nine convicts in Cook County receive life terms, aiming to deter holdups and violent robberies by deadly weapons. The revival rests on a revived provision linking robbery with weapons to life punishment, despite past leniencies.
The Chicago weekly trade review reports weather as a mild hindrance to retail but consumption in necessities remains stable. Lending and manufacturing advance while prices rise in furnace products. new orders rise in ship building and rolling stock for lake and rail transport. Lumber receipts reach 44,436,000 feet. yard stocks recover after depletion. Wholesale trade shows strength. inland rail and forwarding in foodstuffs improve. copper and iron demand upticks. failures in Chicago district total 35. New York port notes optimism tempered by conservatism. weather and cotton prices influence distribution. nationwide railway earnings show slight gains. US weekly failures total 227, Canada 20. overall business mood cautious but improving.
Chicago and Milwaukee markets report prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and barley across destinations. Prices range from 0 to 6 dollars for livestock and from 1.16 to 1.19 dollars per bushel for wheat No 2 to Oats No 2 white and rye No 1 through 2.
A large group of Swiss immigrants arrived at Greensburg Virginia and established a settlement. The French National Almanac reported the thirteenth year of the republic and the empire's first. Salt manufactories at New London Connecticut reported profitable business. English forces seized Spanish treasure ships carrying cargos valued at 83 million.
Seventy-five years ago Choctaw Indians claimed 27,830,586 acres in Alabama and Arkansas and resisted surrender. A British steamer visited Charleston for a vaccine, which was later sent to Nassau where smallpox raged among the black population. Venezuela separated from Colombia. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal opened with ceremonial events.
Five allied stemmers arrived at Constantinople with wounded soldiers from Sevastopol. The grand conference of American ministers opened at Ostend. Estimates show forty to fifty thousand dollars spent on White House interior upgrades in Washington. The trading ship Triton, Glasgow to Boston, was abandoned at sea as allied armies opened bombardment by sea and land.
The report of the anti administration denial by State Treasurer Spinner is noted alongside Civil War memories. Sheridan defeats Longstreet at Cedar Creek capturing forty three guns and prisoners, including Ramesur who dies days later. Hooker visits Chicago receiving fans at the Sherman House. Baltimore returns show soldier voters backing a new anti slavery constitution. France bars Spaniards near its border regions as Carlist tensions rise. Noted women including Julia Ward Howe Frances Willard Susan B Anthony speak in Chicago before the American Women congress. Lincoln monument at Springfield dedicated. Amy Eliza sues Brigham Young in divorce case heard in Salt Lake City. Democrats win Indiana and Ohio with Garfield winning a congressional seat in Ohio by a large margin. Fort Wayne train wreck injures two thousand immigrants but no fatalities.
The Ohio state and congressional races favored Republicans by about 12 500 seats. A shooting in Wisconsin during a Blaine Logan parade led to Nathaniel Mitchell's lynching. Czar telegraphs rejoice at the Black Sea fleet’s revival in Sevastopol. Moscow fire destroys a German theater and 76 buildings, causing losses of 3,000,000.
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