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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1894
Page
1
Reports note Charles Sprague Pearce and Dr. Mou raille named chevaliers of the French Legion of Honor. Utah and adjacent territories urged for admission. McKixsey seeks a second Ohio term. Rioting in Italy leaves casualties. Disston works resume full production in Tacony.
The article notes the Senate discussing the Hawaiian question and Wilson tariff while mentioning a death in Senator Cockrell's family. It cites petitions on the eight hour law, executive sessions, and various votes. It also records political maneuvers in the House and a flood of related news items from finance to crime.
Carlisle urges immediate government bond issue to value money for running expenses. News wires report Manitoba starvation and Northwest distress verified with hundreds wandering Winnipeg streets.
Jackson reports show broad support for Governor’s push to overhaul criminal practice and jury system. Penitentiary funding, land for farms or public works, and public resistance to new appropriations dominate debate alongside a strange note on a mad stone offered as an anti venom remedy.
The document lists convict counts by state and locality. Ivano reports 52 male convicts, Micai¢a 565, New Hampshire 137, Maryland 674 with 407 unmarried. California convicts cost 55 cents daily to the state. Colorado subsistence at 11 cents per day. Nevada 104 convicts sewing boots and shoes. Vineista convicts hired to shoe contractors and railroads.
George W V Flanagan's hominy mills on Main Street between Franklin and Wash burned Tuesday night. Three alarms brought rapid firefighting but total damage neared 200000 with 150000 to 40000 loss in stock building and machinery. Insurance may cover about half. site recently rebuilt. prior blaze at same location less than two years ago. In Paris Pastis Vaillant anarchist trial ended with quick verdict and death sentence after brief formal proceedings.
New Year observations show a general uptick in production and orders from dealers as spec markets rally alongside irregular railroad stocks. Output in pig iron and coal futures trend down but show cautious gains. money inflows into New York remain strong while treasury reserves draw concern.
The House Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures orders a favorable report on the Bland bill for coinage of Treasury silver bullion. It directsTreasury to issue silver certificates against seigniorage silver totaling 855,156,451 and coin dollars for redemption of notes. Seigniorage silver to be coined rapidly. certificates canceled as silver is coined.
In San Francisco on January 11, serious charges were filed in the supreme court alleging that the case of Mary Flewcher Ryer was improperly transferred from one department to another presided by Judge Levy. The transfer is claimed to violate rules and be intended to defraud justice.
Mirewert Ind January 14 Sherman Waggoner the Martin County wife murderer remains at large. A telegram from Shoals says there is no prospect of capture. He is armed with two revolvers and a repeating rifle and is hiding in the hills. His wife accused him of brutality and fled to her father. He followed and allegedly killed her, dragging her after death. He boasted to his parents before fleeing that he would never be taken alive.
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