05 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
1
Various items from Washington include the Bonanza mine sale at a price around 730, reports on officials and committees, and nominations. Other notes mention deaths, political events in Topeka and London, storms in Catalonia, rail and railway matters in New York, Siam’s king’s arrival, and tariffs.
The report lists Cuban insurgent leader Geo Maximo Gomes reaffirming resolve for Cuban independence, concurrent Western Hemisphere and European developments. It notes ships City of Mexico and Topeks voyages, Turkish-Greek boundary plans, famine relief via steamers, and diverse political and financial items from Washington to Lisbon.
A collage of tragic incidents linked by a single report. Drownings occur as Roseer Scorr and John Peters perish after a rowboat capsizes on the Charles River near Boston during a Lat of Ruthrie, CT. James McLaughlin shoots Joseph Robeson in a saloon at Light Over Hilledale. A major fire destroys Tax Prowser Fireproof Construction Company’s plant in Ottawa, DL, with Side tabling losses. Maxime Manrovez is hanged in Floresville, Tex, for a June murder. Railway wrecks kill four near Cleveland and injure others. Joprees Gorr and Morris face a Baltimore federal court ruling on bond priority. Racehorse Du BE McLeas dies, and a Central Pacific wreck at Twenty-Five Mill Hill causes multiple deaths. The week’s toll includes 216 tax-related fatalities in the US and Canada reports two.
A bustling Turtle Creek encampment near Camp Determination drew 1000 plus miners and curious visitors as workers from the Wheeling division guard shifts shifted overnight. Local officials and leaders from Ohio state board of arbitration observed the scene while sheriff deputies limited disturbances and organized provisions for camp meals.
Reports describe a spreading uprising across Chitral with Native regiments defending forts. The government orders reserves and brigades to assemble under General Kuhe, as British and native forces brace at Rawal Pindi, Manian, Newshera, and Fort Chadkare. Reinforcements and supplies continue arriving to lift the besieged garrisons.
Official dispatches from Lowrenazo Marques South Africa confirm fighting July 21 near Chimbate the capital of Paland. Col Albuquerque led Portuguese East Africa troops who routed 700 rebels with two killed and several wounded and captives taken.
Egyptian intelligence reports heavy fighting along the Nile between the Dervishes and Jaalins. Dervishes under a Khalifa general won a pitched battle and occupied Metemnel in July. Casualty and treaty terms unspecified.
Benes reports widespread disaster in Silesia and Bohemia with millions in damage. Estimates fear hundreds killed by drowning as rivers rise. At Loebtan town hall and major structures collapsed. Residents flee Ishei and fears grow of bridges being swept away. The emperor is kept informed.
A severe storm near Dell Rapids last night ripped through Shermantons and Laverne, splitting into two paths across Rock and Nobles counties. Officials estimate about 1,000,000 acres of crops destroyed as the storm moved southwestward.
A Fortiand transfer and Alaska gold prospects loom as Gen Duffield weighs railway from Taklolet to the Kivo Hikes. He notes placer gold along small creeks and tributaries and comments on glacier influence. A steamer Allel route north prompts crew mutiny rumors near Port Townsend Washington.
The Union Pacific passenger train from here to Kansas City crashed into four derailed freight cars on the Yates Centers main track. Engineer Jasper Clover and Fireman Cal Rowan from El Dorado were fatally injured. Conductor Amerson and baggage men suffered bruises as passengers escaped serious harm.
Cuenco reports from Washington that the McKinley administration is unlikely to pursue Cleveland's policy on Samoa. He notes the president cited Hawaii annexation and a U S canal in Nicaragua as factors creating a strategic value for Samoa, a key station for vessels between Australia and Honolulu, implying the proposed policy will not be carried out.
A St Petersburg dispatch notes Novosti estimates that about 150 people perished in the flooding at Kerch in the Crimea. The disaster highlights a heavy loss of life from the floodwaters in the region.
New York August 2 The president telegraphed an invitation for himself and wife to visit Mr and Mrs McKinley at their Lake Champlain country retreat starting next Saturday Repudiations followed fake interviews with Reid Denials also touch on a prison case and a fraudulent jewel swindle involving William A Bel wool and a Paris linked murder tale
Ottawa Ohio August 2 The Pioneer Fire Proof Construction Co. plant the world’s largest of its kind was partially destroyed by a blaze yesterday afternoon with an estimated loss of 100000. The fire is described as of uncomliary origin. The J N Shuler grain elevator burned to the ground yesterday morning. Lois Wilosurance Bow Lois believed the building was set ablaze.
Among the passengers arriving yesterday on the Clyde liner New York from Saint Domingo ports were Hall and six shipwrecked sailors from the American schooner Helle Slooger. The vessel broke up July 6 miles northeast of Macoris and foundered. The crew abandoned ship, took to the boat, and were rescued by a sea boat crew.
The week ending in July saw above normal temperatures and rainfall improving crops though bollworm damage affects cotton. Cotton and corn conditions, flood impacts, early frost risk, and garden progress are noted along with court cases on unlawful liquor selling and a sensational jury issue in Jackson. Mississippi discusses deaths, a state cotton mill venture, and public notices on rail and military movements with reports from Hazlehurst, Columbus, and Vicksburg.
At Peach Tree street in Atlanta Mrs Smythe opposes renting to Henry Ruder the new revenue collector, while W Smythe and neighbors debate loyalty and safety in the neighborhood. Separately reports discuss clemency appeals for a former Confederate worker, court cases, and local incidents across several states.
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