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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
2
A compact wrap of recent events highlights recurring themes in local life. It notes ongoing community efforts, updates from city groups, and upcoming schedules shaping public dialogue and daily routines.
Excitement grows near Purdam Springs north of Little Rock as outsiders buy land on gold developments over the past two weeks. If fervor grows, a second Klondike epidemic may follow. Also reported a fatal crossing accident near Carrcroft Pennsylvania with three killed, a woman oil magnate group in Kokomo Indiana planning wells, and Nicholas Kepper of Waterford Wisconsin dying in a barn fire after starting it while drunk amid divorce tensions.
Inquiry into August fighting finds raiders were Turkish Kurds aided by Turkish authorities who crossed the border to sack nine villages and massacre 300 Mussulmans and Christians including women and children. Persian Government demands full satisfaction from Turkey.
Trustees of the Universalist Church of Hamilton Ohio decide to appoint a woman minister Miss Marie Andrews daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews Hamilton She is a Buchtel College Akron graduate class of 9 with high honors
A Madrid dispatch reports Spanish skepticism about Austrian mediation between Spain and the United States if hostilities occur. The piece notes Spaniards doubt Austria can act effectively without broader backing from cal powers or multiple governments. A separate Ohio dynamite incident near Patriot injures children while a massive timber fire in South Carolina destroys fifty four square miles of timber, ended by snow.
The Mazenic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana presents acts including Captain Inpudence Rentz Santley Co and The Broadway Girl. Added attractions incomplete but indicate varied stage shows at the temple venue.
Panic in New Orleans as a mob attacks Beauregard school amid yellow fever preparations. Sisters of charity and hospital staff evacuate as police attempt to quell the riot. rear of the building is set ablaze though the main structure is saved.
An official Spanish government statement details the wartime deployments to Cuba and the Philippines from 1895 to 1897. It lists soldiers, officers, generals, guns, powder, cartridges, swords, can tons, mortars, and shells, noting neither front has achieved success.
In Hyppolyte's era as former ruler, repression kept dissent in check. The new president Tiresias Augustine Simon Sam is viewed as weaker, with clashes among ministers and an economy in distress. Calisthen Fouchard, once finance minister, exiled in the U.S., allegedly teams with Stewart to contest the presidency. Public misery and government exactions fuel chaos and a looming revolution.
A detailed State Department report from US Consul Heenan at Odessa states Russian grain crops failed due to a dry winter and a sequence of wet seasons. Wheat yields are four to six bushels per acre with oats favorable. barley and rye severely damaged. Despite a poor harvest, some wheat may be shipped this season as buyers from Austro Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria seek supplies. Monetary Commission opens in Washington to address gold, currency, and banking issues. LaCrosse suffers a major fire at the John Gund brewing and malting plant causing substantial losses with high insurance coverage.
Private advices allege that President Barrios of Guatemala killed Juan Aparicio, a leading Central American exporter and importer, with reports of a Paris London New York house link and a Taung rumors amid a San Salvador Quezaltepeque event. The San Francisco colony reacted with shock at Aparicio's death.
Lieutenant Peary explains from Philadelphia that his next voyage could last up to five years as he aims to reach the North Pole. He plans to base at Sherard Osborne fjord, recruit eight Inuit families to accompany him, and secure supplies via bear seal and walrus meat while supported by the American Geographical Society with about 150000 dollars. He does not expect Mrs Peary to accompany him.
Frank A. Novak was indicted on Thursday at Winton for murder in the first degree in the Edward Murray case. Arson and conspiracy charges were not reported. Novak remains in jail without bonds, with trial expected to be moved to the November term if not ready this term.
A glacier snow slide at Sheep Camp on the Dyea trail swept away hundreds of tents and buildings along the river. Several people escaped, but one body identified as J. Chovnski was found in the stream, with many camps wiped out as debris rolled downstream.
Milton G. Walker a well known Boston Black man born a slave in Augusta Georgia in 1847 has received honorary membership in the council of the Boston Conservatory of Music. He has long pursued music and is proficient on the piano.
A second death from yellow fever occurred in New Orleans on Wednesday. The victim is Elizabeth Nussbaum, 17, of 1800 Galves Street, raising the toll to eight.
The third annual corn festival at Atchi Kus held on Thursday drew a larger crowd and was a greater success than previous years car nival events.
Martin Wood of Bridgewater Massachusetts, a seventy year old farmer, was duped in a land deal ruse after a pretended purchaser and a wandering con man staged a three card monte game. He drew five thousand dollars from a Middleboro bank as a guarantee of good faith, placed it in a tin box, and returned home to find only stones and a warning to stay silent.
Federal suit in Omaha seeks a perpetual injunction to restrain the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange from acting as an organization. United States Attorney Sawyer, under McKenna, alleges the exchange violates the Sherman act. Similar suits are planned against other stock exchanges nationwide.
Chicago markets show cattle common to prime around 3.00, hogs 8.00 to 4.50, sheep 2.00 to 4.50, wheat Nos 1 and 2 varied, corn 28 to 30 cents, oats 19 to 24, rye 48 to 40, with regional listings in Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and New York showing similar price ranges across cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy products.
In Breda Carroll County Iowa John Becker a 44 year old farmer killed his wife and ten year old girl and shot his six children before taking his own life after attending church services that Sunday afternoon. Neighbors found the bodies after Becker failed to appear for a morning thrash.
A new corporation led by John Cudahy aims to develop most eastern Alaska gold quartz mines. It will be capitalized at 25 million dollars and own properties valued at least 50 million. Projected worth could rise several times past 50 million. The effort grows from the North American Transportation enterprise.
Records reveal Omn Cudahy Trading Company, incorporated in Illinois with 450000 capital. John Cudahy is the leading stockholder directing mining affairs. The firm pursues mineral prospecting in eastern Alaska for five years while also operating as a common carrier and merchandise seller.
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