26 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
1
A collage of brief items notes German Emperor reports and Paris unrest, U.S. bond sale plans, judicial deaths, Fisheries treaty debates in Ottawa, and political shifts in Delaware and Ohio. Mentions include Sherman West electoral discussion, tariff talks, and naval patrols. also reports on conkling mournings and copper output estimates.
The record notes the Senate and House sessions in the Fift ieth Congress with speeches on Dakota admission and the Mills Tariff bill. Key events include West and Sherman opposing Dakota, Mills and Kelley backing tariff measures, and the failure to pass the River and Harbor bill under suspension. The Indian Appropriation and Pension bills dominate the later House agenda.
A flurry of global items includes Poland Catholic protests against the Pope, Russia Vatican entente talks suspended, Georgia Republicans meeting in Atlanta with delegates to the National convention, and a New York surgeon Dr. Rosen dying after treating Roscoe Conkling.
A broad ban on bookmakers and race bets passes the Senate, while Mobile endures a severe hailstorm with fruit damage. Henning Tennessee records a fatal shooting, and Arkansas bridge plans move forward. Ex-Treasurer Tate’s defalcation totals rise to about 150000 pounds, with warnings of missing funds. Nashville reports a fatal lathe accident. Springfield proprietors fined for serving oleomargarine. A girl drowns trying to save a boy, and Mexican Missouri endures nightly burglaries. Creditors in Mobile and Selma face firm Lewin McKinnon Co. liquidation amid cotton trade. Hancock county sees clashes between Jones and Green families, wounding several. President signs the Memidze bill.
A jury awarded David Fotheringham 29 000 for false imprisonment after a trial in the United States Court. The case against the Adams Express Company accused the firm of directing private detectives to detain him at the Southern Hotel from October 28 to November 1. The two counts of malicious prosecution were decided for the defendant, with the court instructing on the limits of liability and the rights of the company’s agents. The verdict reflects legal standards on arrest, false imprisonment, and prosecution without cause.
Roscoe Conkling's remains were moved from his West Twenty-fourth Street residence to Trinity Chapel for a quiet Episcopal service conducted by Rev. Morgan Dix. A police detail guarded mourners as pallbearers led the procession to Grand Central Depot, with a large crowd gathering at the residence and church. Notables in attendance included Postmaster General Dickinson, Senators Evarts and Spooner, General Woodford, and many others. The cortege proceeded to Grand Central for final interment arrangements.
The scene followed the death of Koecor Coxkhase on April 14. A train of five Wagner palace cars led by engine No. 2 carried the casket, with the second car serving as Mr Depew's private car for relatives and close friends. At 12 15 p.m. the train departed as over two hundred onlookers on the platform rose in salute.
A large crowd at the Urrea depot watched the train bearing ex Senator Kling arrive. The hearse and casket were escorted by the mayor and citizens' committee, throngs gathered at the family home, and mourning draped buildings along the route. The body lies in state for an hour before a prayer service by Rev. Dr. Goodrich and funeral at the church.
A Berlin cable reports Hon. George Pendleton ill with a paralysis suspected stroke after leaving Berlin for Wiesbaden. He recovered enough by Wednesday to issue instructions to the Berlin legation, with officials denying apoplexy.
Leapbvit Col April 21 reports the city went without a gambling house for the first time in its history after an election focused on law and order. The mayor ordered the police chief to enforce a ban and all gambling houses closed by six o clock last night.
Five hundred students marching through the Latin Quarter toward the Hotel Louvre shout down Boulangists with cries of bas Boulanger and bas le dictateur. Boulangists confront and drive them to the boulevards, sparking disorder and clashes at newspaper offices as reinforcements descend with blows from clubs.
A period piece argues for women's rising role in reform and public life, tracing the shift from pagan and biblical views to a Jesus centered equality. It praises women's organized temperance work, systematic methods, and influence in missions, education, and legislation, while warning against overemphasis on masculine models. The piece cites Rev. J. A. Adams on advancing women through virtue and tact.
A survey of notable women including Mrs Many F. Franco Frazier as Cleveland’s lone woman lawyer, Mrs Rebecca Bennett first female town meeting moderator in New York, Dr Wate Alles named assistant professor of medicine at Michigan, Miss Mary Hanser Columbia College’s first female BA, and Mel Patt Lrne Coulins at Washington’s Dead Letter Office reading many languages amid a rush of daily letters.
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