28 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
1
Fragmented text reports deaths, political actions, and legal notices. Mentions Serre of Den pivishing Co of New York dying, calls for a national bimetallic congress, a detective agency probe, a police shooting claim, oath of office debate, dairy state bills, and a proposed republic in South America, with various locations and figures scattered.
Reports show turbulent senate sessions with speeches from Fellows and Cochran and remarks by Sherman. International items note embezzlement, riots, and famine relief actions, with rail and shipping movements shaping global concerns.
A weekly trade and finance summary from New York outlines weather impacts, import and export shifts, and price movements. It notes improved conditions and firmer demand for certain goods, with commodities like wheat and cotton seeing varied pressure while general trade shows cautious strength into early April.
A compiled set of brief items reports Grorsz T Bass Jr losing £14000 in hidden stocks. a trust official weighing system tested for tax on distilled spirits. barrels from several manufacturers tied to a Milwaukee area scheme. a devastating fire in Henrietta Texas. Kingswell fatally wounds by Sharp after a quarrel. peach crops harmed by cold in Indiana. US and Canada business failures rise. two men jailed as witnesses to a train robbery in Alabama. a Georgia man plans bear breeding reserves in St Maurice area.
Police pursue Jaeger the cashier in a defalcation case at Rebechia house. He allegedly deposited 000 marks from an imperial bank check and fled Darmstadt with hundreds of thousands. Investigators suspect his attempt to reach the United States or Brazil and warn of a reward for capture.
In Wyoming April turmoil linked to the cattle war leads to resignations in Rock Springs D and E companies. Officers allege an insult after governor’s March order to take orders only from the adjutant general, with Lieut Col Christ mas declaring the remark unpalatable and unforgiven.
Dr Henry M Sendider arraigned in criminal court for murder of Mrs Elize law. He refused to plead as defense moves to quash indictment. A second will claimed to be Mrs Dexter last will. forgery suspected. In Seattle a rancher was found dead in his farm home with life insurance in his wife's name. conspiracy theories emerged regarding Mrs Eadleff and a farm hand.
In Washington County near Jamesbean a wall forty feet high collapsed while bricklayers worked. Three men died Branch Eskinge James Wilson James Reed survived but crippled Frank Harper jumped to escape. Rescue teams recovered casualties as debris covered workers at the site.
The Indiana Supreme Court reverses a contempt ruling against Georgie M Allen and W Fishback publishers of the Terre Haute Express. The opinion states editors may be punished for contempt in rare cases, but this one did not fit that clause. Justice Obits notes the public press has rights courts cannot abridge, and contempt requires conduct with intent to disobey the court.
The April 1 update from the Porto Novo Porto Novo Dahomey operation notes a late hour telegram to the French commander at Whydah Rot urging an offensive. The ministry disputes giving any credit to the report and delays confirmation.
In Lerma Kentucky on a Thursday night Henry Deries, a 19 year old uninvited guest, entered a home and attacked Noah Mead, 71, stabbing him in the heart during a scuffle after Mead knocked Deries down. Citizens search for the assailant as the wedding halted.
April 21 Minersville Pa reports a catastrophic mine flood at the Lytle coal operation on Primrose Mountain. Ten of twelve men are believed dead with Italian and Hungarian workers among the missing. the accident occurred as shifts changed and water burst from old workings.
A report from Frankfurt alleges Herr Jaeger chief cashier of the Rothschild bank there has defrauded his employers. He disappeared after 10,000 marks vanished and the extent of the defalcation is not yet confirmed. A partial audit prompted a formal declaration of absonder.
At Bethlehem iron works two armor plate barbettes for the Monterer turret are approved by government inspectors. The fore barbette uses five 1 inch plates and the aft barbette uses three 13 inch plates, each precisely curved. Officials say the design offers exceptional protection against enemy projectiles and will be sent, plate by plate, to San Francisco.
George Peters arrives in Deigts Minn and says a northbound party found disfigured corpses opposite the river. One body identified as a man aged around 40 to 45, presumed to have perished during a storm. Local authorities investigate the circumstances.
Southern Gleanings reports on southern prosperity through growing factories and internal development, including remarks by Maj S M Whiteside in St Louis. It mentions varied items from Jewish Catholic tensions in Jackson to a Knoxville colored woman Martha Walker’s mysterious paralysis, a Siamese twin’s son in Surry county, and a Georgia tech school fire at Atlanta. It also notes legal actions in Memphis and Arkansas, a railroad opening between Americus and Montgomery, Texarkana street divides, and other regional events.
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