06 Feb 1890
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1890
Page
1
A string of brief items covers political moves in Britain and the United States, social notices in New York and Syracuse, religious matters in Buffalo, and international tensions in Crete and Zanzibar. Also noted are legal actions, charitable oversight concerns in New York, and a theater closure in London affecting 409 workers.
Senate debates on a resolution about the Aberdeen outrages and political violence mixing with tariff and census funding. House actions include post office Chicago appropriation, prison construction, public lands for St Augustine park, and tariff act amendments. Speaker Reed sustains quorum ruling amid heated exchanges. various acknowledgments and local notices appear.
Cotemars Feb 1. At about 9 50 P M Recruit Thomas Mulrooney of the Depot Detachment shot himself through the heart at the barracks. He had only been at the garrison three months and was a clerk at headquarters. Comrades say a morbid remorse over enlisting caused his action. Mulrooney, known as Mull, believed to be Hanna, was a close friend of Edward J Drexel. His body was moved to the post hospital where death was instantaneous.
A string of reports from Arkansas and Tennessee details crimes accidents and civic matters. Notable items include the capture of T W Lather tied to a railroad robbery. suffrage convention led by Mrs Clara McDiarmid in Little Rock with delegates named. a railroad worker Joseph Brennan killed near Kensett. a fatal blow by Harry Smith to a colored girl in Pulaski County. Pontoon bridge plan on the Arkansas river. jail escape of several inmates in Phillips County. a bold depot robbery at Union Depot in Little Rock. a cot ton bell worm convention and farm soil remedies. a Kentucky child prodigy Ella Graves. and an Alabama wreck killing fireman Henry Smith.
The Legislature in joint session elected R. H. Henry as State Printer over JS McNelly. It also approved abolishing the Swany Laws Commissioner office and moving duties to the Secretary of State. The anti trust bill passed the Senate 23 to 10, and a constitutional contention bill advanced with a planned voter submission. A penitentiary bill creates a Board of Control with a prison farm and leasing convicts, while Tunica farmers anticipate a better crop and Aberdeen receives a new postmaster and a potential cotton mill investment.
Reports note seven Italian monuments to Cavour with none in Rome, Vatican archives aiding European studies, and a British general post in Africa forming Zambesia. Paris plans a tower on the Eiffel model with prize money. echoes from Thessalian tombs, Cape Colony vines, and sound-distance drills by London brigades.
The bulletin records deaths and disasters including Mrs Corrincen secretary Hiaine’s daughter dying in Washington and a tragic blaze. enslaved travelers marching toward Louisiana and Texas pass through Birmingham. railway updates add a daily Winona to Greenville service. Enduring unrest appears in rail labor tensions and local political figures.
Washington Feb 1 Porter outlines census plans and duties for 40 000 enumerators. Preference to veterans, nonpartisan selection, district sizing limits by population, quicker canvass favored, experienced locals urged, and no law bars women from enumerator roles.
Assistant Secretary Bussey revises the action in Daniel A. Wood’s pension claim from total disability. The 1889 examination showed permanent disability of both legs. Bussey orders a pension increase from 30 to 50 dollars per month, noting long standing disability in climate may become permanent.
A New Brighton report says at 4 30 PM Frank B Wilson and Benjamyn Townsend, both sixteen, handled a .32 caliber pistol at the Townsend home. The weapon exploded, the bullet entering Wilsons forehead and killing him instantly. Parents were away.
A 19th century report notes vast electrical possibilities from uranium and copper wire power for miles and vehicles. It mentions aluminium production by electrolysis, neuralgia treatment with electricity, and a headlamp for horse drawn carriages. A man named Brown used a nearby dynamo to remove an iron splinter from his eye.
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