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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
2
Brief telegraphic notices from overseas report gusts, crimes, casualties, fires and other incidents. The item gathers foreign shore reports and recorded events in compact form for quick reading.
Eight men cremated eight fatally burned and eight seriously injured in the grain elevator fire at Pad dock Hodge and Co Toledo Ohio caused by spontaneous dust combustion. The superintendent William Parks survived briefly after being blown from a lower story window and described a terrible explosion on the south side. Buildings trembled and windows shattered as flames raged, firemen fought the blaze amid extreme heat.
Madrid specials quote the Duke of Tetuan who was Foreign Minister under Canovas del Castillo saying Canovas would not have chosen war with the United States. He blamed the Liberals for war and urged ejecting Senor Segasta. Five regiments were ordered from San Francisco to Manila including Fifty-first Iowa Twentieth Kansas First Tennessee and others with transport arrangements at once.
The Porto Rico evacuation by Spanish troops has started after swift talks by the San Juan Military Commission. Maj. Gen. Brooke reports 400 Spanish soldiers sailed home on a Wednesday. Two transports were more headed from Spain to Porto Rico.
London special asserts journalist George RK Simma claims Dreyfus was released from Devil's Island two years ago and is now in South Africa under an assumed name. The French government reportedly fears exposure and could not reproduce Dreyfus in a revision case.
With nearly a sixth of Santiago’s troops stricken by fever Lawton’s army faces alarm. He reportedly recommended withdrawing all regiments except one, leaving Cuban troops to obey discipline and garrison the town.
C. E. Fairchild a Santa Fe Railway employee left several children at Hut Chart Lake Mish and died by his own hand in Fort Worth Texas using morphine. No cause can be stated for the act.
The Supreme Council of War suspended Admiral Montejo after his squadron was destroyed by Add Miral Davey near Manila Bay and ordered him to report to Madrid at once.
The President appoints Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, a Canadian Commission member, to replace Senator Gray on the Peace Commission.
Isaac Snow admitted guilt in the murder of William MH Motoet the night of August 14 and received a life term. A wire nail trust strike settlement advances, with 56,000 plant workers returning to work soon after negotiations led by National Secretary Gillett. The move is pitched as a compromise measure.
Indians on the Comanche Kiowa and Apache reservations in Indian Territory face severe hunger after ration cuts last June. July and August saw no relief, leading to subsistence through stealing cattle and hunting game as cattlemen tolerate the loss with minimal protest. Destitution is reported in several areas as resources dwindle and theft rises.
Elijah Brainerd, a New York contractor, was found dead in the hallway of 402 West Twenty-third Street. His neck was broken from apparently tumbling over a banister. He had been seen walking toward his home at about 2 o'clock, and his wife suspects he entered the wrong house and fell on the stairs.
Report from Seoul says a palace official Ko confessed ordering the royal cook to poison food for the king and crown prince who fell gravely ill. The plot allegedly began with a former interpreter tied to the Russian legation, once favored, now disgraced. A separate item notes Arthur Wolf, a Union Station cigar stand worker, eloped with Pauline Williams, a 16 year old, and later disappeared leaving his bride behind.
Circulates to stockholders show International Silver Company formed under the Inns of New Jersey with 15 million preferred and 15 million common stock. Exchange offered ranges from cash and stock per share, with Britannia and Wilcox each accepting varied mixes. Britannia to receive 4.4 million for its plant and Wilcox about 1.875 million amid further sales to C. Rogers & Bro and Meriden Silver Plate and Manning & Bowman. Samuel Dodd named Wilcox president.
In Trieste, Austria, anti Italian demonstrations resumed as fear grew of an attack on the Italian Club. A detachment of two hundred police guarded the building and authorities arrested 120 rioters, many found with weapons.
Williams Madden of Fort Scott Kansas is under bond to answer bigamy charges after leaving a wife for two women in Minoupsi who wed him and were later deserted as he moved on to Kansas.
Bradstreet's report notes broader distribution in Western markets and slower Eastern demand, with improved foreign demand for breadstuffs and rising railway earnings. It cites better crop conditions than last year, ongoing grain movement, and a premium on cash wheat as prices rise amid large export sales and higher ocean freight rates.
Deputy U S Marshal Morrison arrested Pug January Keshing and Shabon Dash King at Leech Lake Indian agency while attempting to transport them to Walker Minnesota. The prisoners were rescued by the band as they boarded a steamer. Indians, newly paid annuities, and whisky smuggling fuel tensions. Indian Agent Sutherland and Dr Hart convened a council and may rearrest the men with troops if needed.
John W. Bookwalter of Springfield reports from Russia that the Volga district, famed as Rus sian cereal heartland with 10 to 12 million people, is completely burned out leaving vast wheat losses and a need to import large grain quantities to avert suffering. A railway ministry official says up to 80 million bushels of wheat may be imported this year to cover the provinces’ deficit.
A three story brick building on West Park street in Butte Montana collapsed around 10:30 am during remodeling work. Sixteen people were buried or injured but none were reported dead. The incident occurred as workers were remodeling the lower floor.
Report describes a Black man fatally harming a white woman Miss Eve McKibbon with a public safety item on a ride home from a Black camp meeting near Birmingham Alabama with George Noble. The assailant was captured and killed by a mob.
The daughter of ex Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, Winnie Davis, died at the Hotel Rockingham in Narragansett Pier after nearly two months of illness from acute gastritis. The report also notes a separate tragedy as Arthur Hoffaine, a Pine Hill blacksmith, murdered his wife and then took his own life, with speculation that an unnamed individual may have influenced the events. Col Frank L. Shepard of Chicago was elected commander in chief of the Sons of American Confederacy at their national encampment in Omaha.
Striking plasterers near De Hociamont at the city fringe sparked a riot as mounted police faced a fusillade of bullets. William Kane, a non union worker, was fatally wounded and three others seriously hurt. The melee ended with arrests of Nat Brown and Joe Lee, believed ringleaders, amid a long running wage dispute.
A Rio Grande Railway extra train derailed after a rock slide six miles west of Sapuarino Colorado. Three crew members Conductor D M Riley Engineer John Pittinger and Fireman Fred Proctor are reported killed. separate Louisville tragedy ends in murder suicide as Joseph F Villier 26 a street railway motorman and a woman named Nellie McGuffin die after poisoning and shooting in an Enterprise Hotel room.
The Turkish government circulates to major powers alleging British provocation of disorders at Candia and blaming powers' Crete measures for the unrest. The Porte reiterates it will not withdraw troops from Crete despite admirals’ ruling that withdrawal is essential.
Pekin correspondent reports Lord Salisbury concedes to Russian conditions, breaking negotiations with the English syndicate while talks with the Russo-Chinese bank resume. Earthquakes rattle Deering Maine. two shocks felt at 10 45 am and 11 seconds apart. Argentine boundary dispute to be submitted to Queen Victoria arbitration. Boston ex mayor Osad Lincoln dies in Dorchester. Bracebridge murderer Hammond hanged. Gov Ellerbe reelected in South Carolina by a safe margin.
Market prices across major cities show cattle in the $2.50 to $8.00 range, hogs $3.00 to $5.50, and sheep $2.50 to $5.00. Wheat No. 2 red around 60c to 66c, corn No. 2 20c to 81c, oats No. 2 20c to 23c, rye around 46c to 48c, with assorted regional variations and product figures for butter eggs and potatoes.
The War Department telegraph unit processed over 125000 messages since the war began, with some up to 2044 words, amid costly alerts to generals and admirals. Policy notes urge full control of the Philippine group, pending occupation plans for Cuba and Porto Rico, while volunteer troops may keep gear and receive a rifle purchase option. Regular mobilizations are set for southern camps, relics auctions planned, and diplomacy moves include McKinley’s dinner with the peace commission and Denby’s accounts closure.
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