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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
1
Obituary notes the death of Renard OGomwax at his New York home on the Ist in his seventy fifth year. The item also lists other scattered world events including a train robbery conviction, political resignations, and various international notes.
Senate and House debates center on defense and public works bills. Amendments pass on land protection, public buildings sites, and salaries for government services, with eulogies for Representative Philp Post and votes on various appropriation measures.
Reports describe charred remains found at a Trottwood home near Trottwood and suspected robbers charged with cremation. Earthquakes rattled Tacoma Portland and Sumner. A New York murder case involves Dr Buchanan convicted of poisoning his wife Anna. Robbers aboard a Southern Pacific train fled after derailment. An Art Leas exhibit attendee Isaac Exmonts died of heart failure at 68. A London stock market loan closed firm. Brooklyn City Hall suffered fire damage including the cupola and Justice statue. A chemical lab explosion hospitalized a worker at Smith Elise French Co Philadelphia.
A recent explosion killed one person and injured several others, damaging buildings and shattering windows across a wide radius. Reports trace the event to a possible motive or mystery, with scattered details from multiple cities and agencies.
Telegrams report Arkansas lawmakers approving a bill to locate a regular station at the junction of the Kansas City and Memphis lines in Crittenden County. Other items include tax measures, a marriage celebration in New York, and various regional incidents from Alabama to Massachusetts.
Meridian reports a mail carrier, Austin J. McCreek, charged with destroying mail matter after claiming he was forced to surrender pouches at gunpoint on the public highway. The four assailants fled. McCreek was held on bond for a federal court appearance. Also noted are Dr. J. W. Terman’s funeral, East Mississippi civic leaders, and local civic and crime items including bank robbery attempts and community figures in Lauderdale and Keokuk counties.
The page compiles a string of brief items including a favorable Senate report on a land act restoring 7.08 acres in Mississippi to public domain, a favorable line on a homefield grant for the Industrial Institute at Columbus, a local trial and acquittal for a killing, and various notices from Meridian and Madison County. Also reports of excursion trains to Canton, deaths, a gas company plan, antiviolence efforts, anti smoking moves, a bishop’s reception, farm talk, and county convicts program updates.
The text notes three sessions of Congress dominated by policy fights over silver, tariff, and financial questions. It mentions President Wilson and a bill reported in committee aligned with the President’s message, passing the House on August 1.
A long, erratic summary traces congressional action on a tariff bill, a proposed currency measure, and bank reform efforts. It notes presidential responses, military commissions, and legal actions alongside financial data on public debt, treasury holdings, and bond sales, with international reporting from Asia and domestic corruption inquiries.
A garbled OCR text notes Rev. Sem Jowee preaching at the temperance tabernacle in the city on a March day. The passage references his theme and mentions various community figures in a disjointed manner with no clear outcome.
From Havanna to New York reports describe a Maar del Reo raid capturing insurgents Guillerms and Pedro Aceveda near Matanzas. A Havana tailor Aston is killed after resisting troops near Vagasre as forces clash with rebels. Separate dispatches note Tokyo field marshal actions and a deadly midtown Malt House collapse in New York city killing and injuring several workers.
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