13 Apr 1893
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1893
Page
1
A compilation of brief items covers a Bracilian minister denying reports of troas in Rio Grande do Sul, a heavy Boston snowstorm on the sixth, and various political and economic notes. Reports note labor, church, and colonial affairs, with mentions of Kentucky Indiana and Vera Cruz, a Benedictine college event in Payette Indiana, and Panama Canal developments.
Report details Senate discussions on military funding and policy, committee movements, and appointments. References to Hearst speech, secretaries, and various officials at the time, with mentions of tests, depots, and international affairs.
Senate inquiry into the 52nd Congress immigration act prompts debate on required separate manifests and certificate rules. Chandler criticizes department for overbroad requirements. Spalding proposes practical limits. Officials argue for enforcing the act as written to hold steamship companies accountable.
Reports describe robbing a blind minister in Little Rock, pawnshop activity in Mexico City, looting at the Windsor Hotel in New York, and liquidation of rights for an electric railway between Baltimore and Washington. Also noted are lynchings in Donaldsonville and Graham, Va, weather impacts in Texas, and a large whisky warehouse fire in East Loateville. The range includes wheat prospects in Kansas and local disasters.
A fire at Glenmore Distilling Co. warehouses in Oweeshers Kenton April 4 destroyed four large buildings near the distillery. About 14 367 barrels of whisky and 140 barrels at Glenmore Distilling Co. were lost with total losses around 250000. Firefighters faced wind and water boundary limits and could not reach the blaze while several firms reported unspecified losses. Insurance is about 100 000.
EK G Des Co’s weekly trade summary notes improved weather lifting wholesale demand while manufacturing taps show mixed results. Iron industry stable. consumer markets tight as U S and international demand shape prices and supply. Brooklyn officials face trial in Columbian celebration case. City Auditor Antes Weber and others spared.
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