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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1894
Page
3
Duluth correspondent recalls the Hinckley fire's hellish onslaught with wind driven flames. He reports 600 deaths across Hinckley and nearby Sandstone Pokegama and surrounding territory, the vast blackened ruin, and acts of heroism as residents fled toward the Gravel Pit and trains.
A massive blaze consumed a village area near Grindstone River leaving nearly one thousand dead and over ten million dollars in property lost. Survivors sought shelter in a gravel pit as animals crowded in and water saved many from death. The scene showed smoke and ruin as a community reeled. A. M. Dickinson reports workers at Elwood Il faced a 25 percent wage cut starting Oct 1, which Welsh employees refused.
The Farmers National Congress convenes in Parkersburg West Virginia October 4 5 and 6. Delegates from twenty one states will attend a four day session with speeches by prominent farmers and women speakers. The group advocates rural free mail delivery sanitary measures and better agricultural statistics without forming a political party.
The report shows the average cat condition at 77.8, below August's 76.5 and July's 77.7, with a June reading at 87. The data indicates a decline from recent months, highlighting a softer trend in feline condition levels.
The piece profiles Maine Governor Cleaves and Arkansas Governor James J. Clark, noting Cleaves born in Bridgeton and a long Maine career from farmer and lumberman to attorney general. Clark, a Democrat, is depicted as aggressive and aiming for the U.S. Senate with a strong statewide victory.
Western New York endures a severe drought with crop losses and a plague of grasshoppers stripping pastures and vines. Farmers mask up to combat swarms, improvise controls, and some farms bury hoppers for fertilizer. milk herds sell as fodder runs short and water restrictions hit lawns and towns.
Senator John P. Jones of Nevada, long a Republican, has left the party to join the Populists after a career in mining and state politics. Born in England in 1830, he came to the U.S. as a child and began public service in California before moving to Nevada in 1867. He served in the U.S. Senate since 1864 and participated in the 1892 Brussels Conference as a U.S. delegate.
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