29 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented chronicle reports on Turkish government actions in Greece and Egypt, European diplomacy, and naval movements. It notes passport seizures, a Fat Trimming case in Philadelphia, British warships in the Atlantic, weather forecasts, and political tensions surrounding Greece, the Transvaal, and US diplomacy with John J. Kelly and John W. Foster named in dispatches.
The Senate debated treaty arbitration and a bankruptcy substitute bill as committees prepared for Grant memorial ceremonies. The House adjourned after paying respects to late Rep. Milliken of Maine and discussed governance machinery with Secretary of State nominees while memorials for Grant and Beaconsfield marked the week.
A scattered report notes deaths in New York City of Tuxopons A. Lavewnten, vice president of American Sugar Refining Co. A Peoria grain elevator burned with 10 000 bushels lost, valued near 209000 dollars with 135000 insured. Georgia Savings loan cashier Honny A. Caser confessed a 45000 dollar defalcation. Chicago building trades unions vote for general strike. A Texan man enters J.D. Wingter’s Sonora restaurant and shoots the owner. Severe weather with cloudbursts and 100 square miles affected Eufaula Louisiana. Treasury shows 22657774 cash, gold reserve 155252.75. Mexico cattle imports through El Paso total 60500 head. Pittsburg traction roads cause three deaths. A wagon wreck near Newton Kansas injures and kills livestock. Cleveland pip manufacturers form a national association with 500000 stock. Weekly fund comparisons show 118 in U.S., 21 in Canada. An earthquake shock reported near Cairo Illinois lasting about twenty seconds.
Reports from Athens describe Greek fatigue after days of battle with Turks near Volos and Larissa. Officials warn of a bleak outlook if Greece fails to halt Turkish advances while Britain France and Italy push for European intervention and an armistice.
A hard storm in April batters Arfania and Delta country. Widespread flooding washes away fences crops and houses. The North Canadian railway bridge is damaged blocking trains for hours as rivers rise and levees threaten further breaches. Life and commerce suffer as repairs begin.
The funeral of Hon. Wm. S. Holman, longtime representative of the Fourth district, drew a very large crowd in Acuna Ind. He was born in the town sixty years ago and lived there all his life. A special car with the family and congressional committee arrived on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern line at a local depot in the morning.
The craft will lift from the Delaware River this morning and pass down to the sea. After inspection at the parapet she will be assigned to her station. The Brooklyn is slated to join exercises for the Victorian Jubilee in June.
Somneworrme N EL April o6. The room to Nerwick of J B Kelly the concert murderer of Cashier Stickney of the Great Falls national bank was archer last night and so it were found the keys of the Great Falls national bank which were taken from Stickneys pocket.
The White Squadron anchored off Grant's tomb after leaving Tompkinsville Staten Island. The New York flagship led by Admiral Bunce steered up the North River amid large Battery crowds to a temporary anchorage until midweek.
DAVID COZART. He Had Lived With His Wife Over Seventy Three Tears When Me Died Canut, IL, April 25.-David Cozart, the oldest person in White county, died at the residence of his son, David, Jr., near Enfield, Thursday. He was born in Christian county, Ky., in 1502, sod emme to Illinois im isd, and was united in marriage with Miss Roxana Wright, who sur vives him, at the age of years. Of their ten children, five are living. On January 1 last the deceased and his wife had been married 73 years.
The Mississippi Press Association, led by President Link Smith, postpones the May 17 meeting due to overflow and conflicting railway and legislative sessions. The excursion from Memphis to La Louis is rescheduled with the Belle Memphis steamer departing June 14 and returning June 20. Members must confirm transportation by June 4.
Gow Jones of Arkansas forwards a letter to Jon Melaurin discussing a regional convention at Vicksburg with legates from Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana and Mississippi. The note asks for a suitable date and urges attendance and preparation by delegates to engage regional interests.
A man calling himself F r Shepard claimed to represent the International Advertising Agency of New York and offered stamp machines at unreal low prices. Merchants in many towns paid him, but the machines failed and they alerted New York. The firm branded him a fraud and swindler, with a reward offered for his arrest.
Reverend Mr Ryan traveled to Jackson to tour a historic battlefield a mile south west of town. W J Brown Jr guided him through the site as a Kodak-camera captured views of a fierce Civil War clash described as one of the shortest yet deadliest engagements. The event was dated to July 12 1868 with Federal troops assaulting Breckinridge’s fortified lines and heavy casualties reported on both sides.
The jury found Ellerbee guilty and recommended life imprisonment. Defense seeks a new trial, with possible appeal to the supreme court. The jurors were described as honest farmers acting under court instructions.
Dispatches report levees under pressure as Mississippi, Missouri and tributaries rise or hold, with reports from Memphis Ark and New Orleans noting slow recedes, continued flooding, and planned government relief. Officials discuss shipments, planting delays, and ongoing levee tests at Awulanen Park.
Two workers, enemies of Acciarito, are taken into custody as a precaution while authorities complete inquiry into the king’s life attempt. Royal family attends a te deum at a church on Via Dei Sediari and receives a thunderous ovation upon exiting.
A tremendous rainfall across the state with high winds damaged property. A barn with a cow was carried 200 yards and two bridges on the Chicago Rock Island line near Hailey Junction were swept away. The Chicago Great Western bridge at Berwick was damaged.
The weekly Dun and Co trade review discusses uncertainty from far eastern conflicts, shifting wheat and cotton outlooks, and steady iron production. It notes higher prices and speculative buying abroad, limited domestic demand, ongoing steel and copper activity, and modest wool and cloth trade despite rising orders.
At a Western roads meeting in CMcaon on April 2 a resolution proposed a one way rate of 25 dollars between Chicago and San Francisco via the Missouri river and 2 dollars via St Paul and Portland. Southern Pacific objects to the plan while other lines see it as needed to protect local business. If Southern Pacific declines adoption the plan may fail and the convention could shift away from San Francisco, potentially saving Southern Pacific.
Wu Tingfang envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from China to the United States Spain and Peru arrives in Chicago with about sixty Chinese officials and merchants. They tour the city before continuing to Washington.
D W Braunschweig shot Jobo I Raap, a wholesale liquor dealer, at 472 Milwaukee Avenue then killed himself. Deputy Sheriff Philip Solomon witnessed the events as Braunschweig faced charges of embezzlement.
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