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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1891
Page
1
Reports detail political upheaval in Chile and France planning recognition of insurgents, while British imperial affairs, Canadian obituary ceremonies, and unrest near Liberia unfold. US cases include a Pennsylvania train wreck, a wage tax ruling, and a Kansas City verdict, with census tobacco data and a Philadelphia physician’s death note.
The Philadelphia grand jury returned seventeen indictments against Treas ae om and others. They face the maximum penalty of five years in some cases. The report outlines the charges and potential punishments, noting the severity of the alleged offenses and the court's forthcoming actions.
A collage of brief items notes Fritz Exeert death at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson from pneumonia at 603 second class postal offices, bribery accusations in Cincinnati health and market departments, masked violence against saloon keeper John Beasly in Alum Cave, Montville preacher Rev Bruntam Bower's apoplexy death at age 70, Baron Hirsch land speculation, rabbi Wessier negotiating vast acreages, potential large-scale exodus of Russian Jews, Hagerstown wreck settlements rejected, U S export and import totals for ten months, and the death of Mrs Lanas Surra from starvation after loss of her child.
Jane Rearns Brauns, wife of the Berlin financier and factory owner Herr Brauns, fled to Pest after confessing to forging her husband’s name on bills of exchange totaling over 100,000 marks. She squandered 170,000 marks in stock speculation and her dowry as well. The banker offers to cover losses, but Brauns seeks a divorce amid the betrayal.
A Pennsylvania & Northwestern coal train descended a mountain near Bellwood, omitting control and wrecking three miles north of town. Conductor engineer and one brakeman killed, others injured. twenty five cars smashed. track torn up. passengers moved via Altoona and Cresson. Causes cited include wet rails and brakes failure.
Solemn requiem services were held at Westminster Abbey in memory of Sir John A. Macdonald late Canadian premier. The queen’s representatives attended along with royal officials and a crowd of prominent figures from English politics literature art and society. Notables included the Marquis of Lorne William H. Smith and delegates from Newfoundland and the American legation.
The House of Commons questions government responsibility over the Tranby Croft affair and Sir William Gordon-Cumming's offense and military discipline issues. If replies are unsatisfactory, an adjournment is possible. Liberal leaders reportedly will not join in the censure of the Prince of Wales.
Great excitement in Kershaw South Carolina as reports claim $143000 in gold and valuables buried during Sherman's march were found after 26 years. Accounts describe prior burial near Hanging Rock Creek and a sequence of diggers led by northern men and a local故事 narrator.
Mae Holyfield, once linked to a 19 year old Jackson County murder, faced renewed charges after a grand jury found a new indictment. While public opinion favored him, he had escaped after an Alabama train wrecking inquiry and was later acquitted on that charge. He surrendered to face the murder indictment.
Herman H Boyd of Fulton Ky visiting Princeton was accidentally killed when a pistol discharged while he and a young female cousin handled it in his room. Boyd had served as cashier of Fulton Bank. The companion is too distraught to speak.
In Mississipp9 late last night Constable B F Reed was shot and killed while transporting prisoner Archie Green after Green was bound over for trial for an earlier shooting of Jim Harris Jr. The case sparked theories Reed was the target or that Harris or his family sought vengeance. Investigations continue with Jim Harris Sr. under arrest as a suspect.
A collage of humorous exchanges and social vignettes from various papers. Bits include theater wisecracks about a singer named Mint Shriller, a city gardener, and a clerk debating daily rates. Witty exchanges reflect dating, engagement, and domestic foibles with playful mishearings and misunderstandings.
A woman with a basket rides a Crawford Street car attracting attention as a large cat hidden under a cloth leaps out. Passengers react with shock and laughter when the boy with the basket blames his earlier assumption on maple sugar. The cat bounds through the car, escapes to a telegraph pole, and the woman exits the vehicle. The crowd then learns the prank with a witty remark from the boy.
A French physician studying in Russia reports the flu originates in the damp filth of poor households. He says the germ found in muddy, badly kept dwellings explains grippe and pneumonia co-occurrence, noting sanitary conditions foster the disease.
In a courtroom exchange, Jacquasse and Smither discuss a portrait claiming it resembles the present Mrs J. The dialogue reveals Jacquasse’s joke that Mrs J. is his Gret wife, drawing a murky line between personal ties and legal proceedings.
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