25 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
1
Dispatches report Pan Hellene plans and Greek army actions on the Ottoman frontier. Crete blockade talks, Manila archbishop seeks 20 000 reinforcements, and European powers eye posteering moves amid war fears.
President McKinney's proclamation convenes the Fifty-fifth Congress. Mr. Reed elected Speaker by party vote. new committees formed and measures referred. Senate debates arbitration treaty and pension bills while House handles bids and public notices amid a bustling opening of the extra session.
The report lists multiple incidents from Takal and Pickensville to Salem and Chicago. Included are fighting between Armenians and Turks, a deadly train explosion, a fatal shooting during an arrest attempt near Brookside, revival in wool mills, a child’s fatal accident in Linton, a Menominee flood order, and a US treasury cash update plus a Birmingham hood disaster death toll.
The article details historic floods from the Cumberland and Ohio joining the Mississippi, flooding over 100 miles from Memphis north to Helena. It reports numerous drownings, ruined farms, and displaced residents as levees fail and relief efforts mobilize under harsh conditions.
Weather across the northwest triggers rapid Missouri River rises spawning ice jams. Metoe and Florence report three inches above high marks, while the Bear and Floyd rivers flood Iowa towns. Bridges washed out, tracks flooded, trains halted. early spring floods threaten Mississippi flows and regional havoc.
Weather bulletin reports heavy rainfall in central valleys will cause a continued rise in the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers over the next ten days. Flood conditions are expected to intensify with potential levels matching or exceeding past records. Residents in Louisiana Arkansas and western Mississippi are warned to move to safe areas.
Dingley of Maine, chairman of Ways and Means, reported the tariff measure to the House. He outlined four years of revenue shortfalls, the need to curb current expenditures, and a proposed tariff revision aimed at restoring government finances while protecting domestic industries, notably wool and woolens.
Cable dispatch from Athens reports a Pan Athenean push toward war with the Ottoman empire as Greek army officers on the frontier pledge not to retreat. The six powers warn Crete will be blockaded, Turkish vessels allowed only after search, while Russia is framed as driving the coercive effort.
M W Johnson a Maint Lick tobacco grower dies suddenly in December. An autopsy shows strychnine. Johnson held policies totaling 100000 across companies. Family to sue for payout as insurers plan to contest the claim. Sensation expected once case unfolds.
March 2 Wasuixetos reports the cabinet affirmed Hesing resignation as Postmaster of Chicago and sent Charles St. Jordan’s nomination to the Senate in his place. Rumors surround Hesing accounts but no official shortage has been found, with the next Chicago quarterly report due in March.
Reports from Greek circles claim that armed Greeks in Constantinople plot against the sultan as Turkish forces are diverted to the frontier. The notice warns an uprising could leave the capital vulnerable if frontier troops cannot return in time.
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