09 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
1
A spread of short items covers university studies on waterworks and party politics, imperial dispatches, quarantine orders, and notable deaths. Reports mention Democratic ticket majorities, Kane County events, a London death, a New York merchant founder, and German army logistics.
A violent clash erupted at the intersection of Twelfth and Maletesd streets yesterday afternoon, injuring 25 and leading to five arrests including Mrs Lee Parsons. Officers battled a mob amidthrows and stones while carts with anti government literature were found afterward.
An Arkansas posse pursued a moonshine band led by a veteran distiller from Pauls Valley after a gunfight with deputies left one officer wounded and another knocked unconscious. Reinforcements arrived, the band escaped, and the deputies planned to renew the manhunt at daylight. In New York a rumor circulated of pending arrests in London related to the assassination plot against King Humbert. Scotland Yard remained reticent as fires incinerated in London, with authorities wary of possible lynching if captives are found.
The Mississippi legislature and Mississippi Historical Society form a commission to locate recover, and catalog historical manuscripts, military records, and battlefield relics. Chairman Franklin L. Bley leads efforts urging owners to donate or place materials in state archives for study and preservation.
Dispatches from multiple fronts describe Boer prisoners totaling around 2 300 held at Hunter and other camps with more surrendering after Allied offensives. Lord Roberts notes prisoner and horse losses while rail attacks derail trains near Kroonstad and De Wet commands a retreat amid mounted patrol actions and battlefield casualties.
A pair of masked robbers boarded a California train and robbed sleeping passengers. Guards and passengers resisted, but the men escaped after forcing the conductor to stop and robbing travelers of money and valuables. One passenger, a woman in Verve Mise Shaw, saved her watch and valuables by tossing them from her pocket as the robbers fled.
Loudon reports from Pretoria and Rustenburg detail Boer advance plans and British responses. Dispatches describe troop movements near Kesen stad and rails damaged by Boer action. News notes Gen Taxten Powell is reported captured during a recent engagement with Boers and prisoners taken.
Aug 4 Buenos Ayres reports a man linked to Bresei and Victori a potential claim of a crime. He secured passage for Mentevideo after failing to recover payment in New York. Clerks in a British office threaten him with a whipping for remarks about the queen. It is unclear whether he sails to Monrevideo or New York. The Labrador mail steamer Virginia Lake notes the Windward Passage hindered by ice floes as the Windward bound for the north passes Straits of Belle Isle, while Deuble island remains passable and dozens of schooners are blocked by ice.
Fresno California August 6 Fred Hines aged 12 confessed to poisoning his father who lies dangerously ill at the county hospital. The boy said the father treated him cruelly and would not let him drive his team. He concluded to end the abuse.
Portioce Me Aug Be t Rev Healy is noted as the Catholic bishop referenced in the fragment, with limited context on his jurisdiction or actions. The OCR text remains unclear about dates, places, or affiliated institutions.
Four Japanese newspapers denounce the indictment of German envoy Baron von Ketteler and call for revenge as waves of anti German sentiment spread. The empress and emperor of Japan visit the wounded in Yokohama while Commander Morin notes Chinese leaders’ belief in victory over the foreigners after Taku bombardment.
The Manze city council approves ceding a plot to the royal family for a chapel near the spot where King Mumbert was assassinated. Queen Margherita drafts a prayer for her husband as King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Telena prepare to attend in Monza. Remains will travel to Monza by 9 a.m. A separate report notes a royal funeral service in Coburg attended by high nobility and diplomats.
A dispatch reports Anguat decree allowing ministers in Peon free communication with home countries as Chinese ministers seek privileges. Paris notes the French consul at Che For dated August 2 describes Mikden urging massacre of Christians and destruction of missions. Also mentions naval pilot Banetviah set to sail August 11 toward Spitsbergen and Hay’s nervous exhaustion in Washington.
In Williamstown Kas angry residents last night placed dynamite under a saloon joint. The building was blown up and contents ruined amid protests against the operation. In Columbus Ohio an electric car hit a wagon carrying a fishing party injuring several.
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