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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
1
The item compiles multiple brief notices: floods at Bellaire water works. national and state political moves including Minnesota governor Nelson, Kansas lottery bill, Oklahoma statehood push. naval commands and ship fittings. international reports from Shanghai Japan and Madagascar. obituaries such as J. Denvises. mining suspensions in Norway. and various travel, civil and legal updates.
The session featured a debate on the Hawaiian withdrawal issue and a focus on the income tax constitutionality. Senate discussions included the Canals bill and naval lessons, while the House passed currency, post office, and District of Columbia appropriations. Eulogies for Senator Colquitt and various committee actions filled the remainder of the day.
Reports note the king of Corea declaring independence at the ancestral temple with cabinet colleagues and soldiers present. Northern Spain endures heavy snow disrupting rail lines and telegraphs. French Chamber session begins with Henri Brissou re elected president. A 14 year old boy in Cortland Clements dies from accidental gunfire. Delavan house ruins yield two more bodies, total eight found. Philadelphia nominates Congres F. Waawick for mayor. U.S. agriculture reports dressed beef and cattle quality high. A Paris newspaper notes Franklin Johnson’s death in Nice after robbery. Bruno Wall’s disappearance saddens Pittsburgh German community. Vice President Stevenson’s family near Asheville. Carlisie currency bill defeated in house. Wisconsin governor delivers message to legislature. Kansas considers surplus coal and settler needs.
The United States Patent Office reports all thirty three examining divisions are current so new applications will be acted on within three days and amendments receive attention within teen weeks. Also noted are multiple federal and local notices including arrests, fires, and river transport incidents across states.
Reports from the era recount a near-frozen man found near Lanceaster Peon with both legs amputated, a new counterfeit ten dollar note surfaced, and a mob of nearly 100 tramps moving toward Jacksonville from South Florida. Also notes the hanging of Ws. Tartar in Virginia, a duel between physicians in New Orleans, and sharp banking contractions in Europe including Bank of England and Bank of France.
George Mapp and Buddy Wooten died in a county incident near Mattaxoosa Tennessee on January 12. Both men perished within eleven minutes of the event.
Dr. Joseph Field ex cashier of the Citizens Stocks Bank Slater Missouri died in El Paso Texas while returning from a trip to the City of Mexico. He passed through El Paso a month ago and died in his Pullman berth as the train crossed the Hip Tirande into the United States. Reports say he took his own life.
A New Year’s party at Mrs. Emma Wittler’s home turns fatal when Dieder Jannssen is stabbed by a needle used during a snowball game. The needle breaks, leading to blood poisoning and amputation before death at Deaconesses’ hospital. Jannssen cleared Mrs Wittler of blame as witnesses confirm no malice, while her grief mounts.
Dun and Co reports January trade shows little change from holiday levels. Currency concerns fade but treasury receipts and gold exports still constrain activity. Exchange volumes are up from last year yet below 1900s levels, with diverse sector hints of soft demand and cautious production.
An elderly preacher in Broadway attire rides a New York car with a gold beader cane. The piece surveys topics from Denver girls’ football to San Francisco’s Women’s Equal Rights league, lace work in New York, and memories of Thanksgiving proclamations and colonial era thanks.
The agricultural department statistician presents revised estimates for area harvested and farm value of cereal crops hay and tobacco. Primary crops show drought affected corn yields and lower grain output with total bushels and values across states and territories.
Ex Senator E R Stephens says the Taylor boys' murder trial is set for January 29 at the bay’s request. He notes the state attorneys could be ready on short notice and that Col. Myers will assist in gathering evidence. He explains Johnson had no involvement in the case.
Lewis Gress shot his wife Jennie in jealousy at their house in New York last evening and then killed himself with a second shot. The couple’s toddling son witnessed the tragedy as the revolver fell from Gress’s hand and he collapsed beside the victims.
Public notice reports Col John F Faulkner a national Republican figure died by poisoning in Richmond. Former Louisville port surveyor and supervisor of a government building project, he was a former Union Army officer. His wife, deceased, was daughter of James Bell of Sasganwa county.
In Kansas, August Elisner, an avowed anarchist, threw three iron bars through the plate glass of a state bank from the sidewalk, prompting police to arrest him. He claimed the act was to secure shelter and Fosnit.
Advices from Alaska report a British government surveying party arriving in Juneau to map a trail into the Yakos region. Lieutenant Viev. Roberts says the party will be allowed to proceed without interference.
The article surveys myths of deep sleep and awakening from Egypt, Rome, Greece, Wales, Denmark, Scand inavia, and Mexico including Osiris Endymion Siegfried and Quetzalcoatl. It notes customs in Siam where each year is named after animals and marriage rules depend on animal signs.
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