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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1888

Page

1

Hussias tariff sparks enormous tax on Iion bonds

Erman t proposes huge tax on Iion bonds in retaliation for Hussias tariff on German iron. In ex trade club formed in Cleveland Ohio with many prominent Republicans as members. Also reports include Canada field departure for Lord Landawilth and China flooding along Yellow river migration encouraged. House of Representatives votes to create a department of agriculture by a 14 yeas nays. Port Huron Mich faction names L Baverort as head of Railway Mail Service starting June 1. Prince Henry of Pras marries Princess Irene of Hesse at Charlottenburg chapel. National Convention of Labor Statisticians meets in Indianapolis with thirteen states represented. Cleveland invited to attend new Baltimore cruiser in Philadelphia. Prince of Wales rumored love affair and marriage engagement. Senator Sawyer wife dies in Washington. Fire devastates YVe chizen China destroying 2000 homes. Les Torr en resigns finance post to become Canada High Commissioner. hundreds of Hudson firemen visit the Capitol. Plymouth Pa wedding party involved in accident. one child killed. General Houvulanger criticizes French policy to a reporter. New York Democrats appoint Murphy chair, Defrost clerk, and Cordr secretary. American militia funding rises to 500000 this year for equipment and maintenance. Miss DeBar to stand trial. Victoria’s birthday celebrated Dominion wide. Bridgewater seized by customs at Shelbourne NY. Mrs. Sawyer’s funeral held in Washington. Wisconsin delegation attends. Kissing suit by Mrs. Hart discussed. Hennessy released on parole. Kizaue suit filed over services to shipwrecked Bridgewater.

Clares Jackson Edward Jackson Monroe County Ind Black Diamond Steelworks Pittsburgh Knights of Labor Washington Sheridan Richard N. Ray Thos. Chalow Roup Station Metropolitan Telephone Company of New York trans-Caspian Dom Pepro Maryland Baltimore Harry Welles Rusk Isadore Raynor Frederick H. Kyd Douglas Hagerstown JupoGe Wake Bowling Green George Keep Napanee Elkhart County Aston College Schenectady N. Y Harrison Webster Rochester H. O. Dockery Richmond Virginia Democrats House Committee On the Judiciary Senate Southern Pacific Los Angeles Cal Patrick Keenan John O'Rourke Providence R. L Keenan O'Rourke A. Wilson Norris State of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Fred Taylor Duluth Minn Joan HamMilton American Exchange Europe United States Circuit Court of New York Argontay Wichita Kas General Sheridan Diller Neb J. W. Foulis Samuel Stump Stump Odessa Caucasus Turkestan Merlot Paris Brapen Montana Algeria James C. Fiood Mia. Flood Jennie Flood San Francisco Massachusetts Senate Cleveland Princeton N. J Marquani BR. G. Dan & Co United States Canada CoLowrn Eltlis House Committee On Appropriations Pouicemas Goopens Leavenworth Ben Black Black Eisner O'Dwyer Limerick National League Prince of Wales Blucher Hussars Stokpe Germany Provincia Banks Bank of France Persipent Joux Fitzerraup Irish National League League E. Davis Salt Lake City Charles Clendenning Allegheny County Clendenning West Deer Township Joan Swinton New York Oue Adelbert Kreiger Dayton Chicago Cincinnati Clifton Heights Laxspawne England Lord Stanley Henry M. Jacine New York City Sin Chaares Torrer Liverpool Tuk Peak Mt. Holly Garrison Kate Anderson Peak William Brown Thomaston T. M. Lannon Memphis Tenn Montesuma Sallie Boyd Montgomery Ala Sherif Shipp Wicks Martin Knoxville Alabama Henry Despedes Standing Mook Johnnie Appleby Pendergrass Wicks Carmichael Shipe Knoxville, Tenn Rankin Cook County Joseph Schuh Louisville Catine Diatess Enn Bairiessmett Mire Fannie Friend Hopkamsville William Patterson Lauteville Hodder Taralelagna Ines Randall L. Gibson James W. Schooler Ninhoolasoille Court of Appeals Mikesville Pin Tennessee Dan Hennessey O. PF Noel Nanheville Hennesery B. S&s Roberts Black Ford Evansville Eureka Iron Company Gxmeor Alda Pratt Jackson, Miss Lowry W. H. Hardy Miles John Page N. C Davis Colored Regiment Jefferson Barracks St. Louisa Georgia Means Wm. Walters Macon Clark Moore Fred Latham George Woolsey Muhlesberg County W. A. Wickliffe Roark Greenville George Clark Muhlenberg County Roark Be James Latham Hopkinsville Clark Nashville Hugh Kennedy Breckenridge Company, Limited London Gloverport Texas

Senate Discusses Fisheries Treaty Open Session amid Dull Proceedings

The Fiftieth Congress notes a dull Senate day with Riddleberger motion to reconsider Fisheries treaty open session. House focuses on convict labor goods ban and Post Office Appropriation. Senate goes secret briefly for Sawyer widow funeral, then returns to routine business and budget bills.

Senate Riddleberger Department of Agriculture District of Columbia Department of Labor House Sawyer Lac de Flambean Indian Reservation Wisconsin Milwaker, Lake Shore & Western Railroad Company Post Office Stewart

Drowning of Monroe County Youth and National News Flash

The sixteen year old Clares Jackson drowns after a fishing accident in Monroe County Indiana. News brief includes strikes at Black Diamond Steelworks ending and general Sheridan illness. Also reports railway fatalities, telegraph fire, political nominations, and other scattered incidents nationwide.

Missouri Delegates Move to Chicago for National Convention

Missouri Republican leaders arrange sleeper trains to Chicago for delegates and alternates. State headquarters consolidate under one roof in St Louis and Palmer House in Chicago for organizing caucuses and meetings ahead of the June National Republican Convention.

Missouri Chicago Meat Can Clubs St. Louis St. Lois Republican League St. Laws League Worroed Washington Avenue AM Large Delawates Channery Filley St Louin Wm. Warner Kansas City Dyer Joseph HL Pelham Hannibal Upton Molivar Kimball Nevada Jno DD. Dopf Cy Stopp Trenton Wm. T. Sullivan Gallatio Eugene S. Lowe Mayerville Tien W. Wilcow Princeton A. A. Vandivert Methamy Pourth John Albis, Jr At. Josephs AL Sanders Savannah PO McComas Edgerton Platte County K. A Byrd Dien Eon Poplar Bluf Samuel A. Ristey West Pinins L. Clymer Commerce Lindsay Muntock Marble Moll

Various Late News Items From Capital and States

Reports include the incorporation of Interstate Railway Construction Co at Little Rock with $600000 capital to build rail and telegraph lines in Arkansas. Senate amendments raise the river and harbor bill to $21088781 with $733000 more than House. Cincinnati Centennial Building restaurant privilege awarded to Henry Sayres & Co of St Louis for $18000. Mills bill amendment favored in Democratic caucus. paris green added to free list. A Watersport landslide in Daves county Nebraska buries miles of track, many cattle drowned. A shooting in Palestine Arkansas injures W H Jones. Perry Co South Pittsburg stove works burns. loss about 7200000. A Boonville Indiana suit seeks 10000 damages over domestic distress. Jackson election riots investigation resumes with six new witnesses behind closed doors. Mississippi railroad back taxes paid to state auditor totaling 77000 with distribution to delta counties.

The Interstate Railway Construction Company Little Rock Ark Arkansas Senate House Cincinnati Centennial Henry Sayres & Co St. Louis Gen. Catchings Mississippi Paris Green Daves County Nebraska W. H. Jones Palestine Hugo Gaffey Perry & Co South Pittsburg Tenn Boonville Ind Lucinda Taylor Taylor Mary E. Fuller Lucinda Marry E Jackson Miss Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company Auditor of Delta Sharkey Issaquena Washington Bolivar Coahoma Tunica Quitman Tate

Three Prisoners Escape After Fatal Assault on Sheriff

Monticello and White County are in an uproar after three prisoners Ed Chamberlain Albert Benson and Robert Catterson assaulted Sheriff Joseph Henderson in the White County jail fatally injuring him with an iron bar and escaping The trio fled as onlookers watched and the town fears Chamberlain will not return alive The other two are awaiting trial for highway robbery and all three had written letters claiming injustice in Indiana

White County Detrot Ind Monticello White Ed Chamberlain Albert Benson Robert Catterson Joseph Henderson Chamberlain Mberty Ella Wittenberg Reynolds Lafayette Benson Catterson Michigan City Penitentiary Indiana

Multitude of Local Traumas Highlight Southern Gleanings

A sprawling summary reports marriages and many births, deaths by accident and violence, unexpected finds from artesian wells, a not guilty verdict in Sallie Boyd’s murder case, captures of suspects near Knoxville, suicides in Louisville and Black Ford, a Tennessee governor’s pardon, miner strikes, immigration drive, a boxing of family discipline turned deadly, and various arrests across Kentucky and North Carolina.

The Rome of Cicero and the Last Days of the Republic

Describes Rome before imperial grandeur, noting brick streets, crowded houses, and noble Forum and Capitol. Details Catulus beautifying Capitoline temple, Crassus purchases, Palatine villas, and lavish gardens. Forested Campagna and green Tiber banks contrast with later emperors.

Republic Rome Augustus Forum Capitol Catulus Palatine Cicero M. Crassus Sicullus Sallustius Anchlor Crassus Tiber Anio

Man's Daily Food and the Wagon Load of Life

A discussion cites a wealthy range of estimates for daily food intake. An average adult consumes about 120 ounces daily in liquid and solid foods, while studies of soldiers and professionals in London show 143 ounces. The piece recalls Sydney Smith’s quip about four horse wagons and Lord Durham’s corpulent remark.

Dr. Lankester London Sydney Smith Lord Durham Durham Ichard A. Proctor Cosmopolitan

An Embryo Policeman and a Dreadfully Stupid Boy

A humorous anecdote from Austin features a parent chiding his son for failing to fetch a bootjack. The boy explains his eyes exist to open in the morning. the quip ends with a forecast that as an adult he might become a night watchman or a corporal.

Austin Teeas Siflinga

Historic Beaver Steamer Returns to Pacific Coast Waters

Vancouver News recalls the Beaver one of the Pacific’s oldest steamers launched in 1835. Under Captain Home she sailed via Cape Horn to Astoria then coastwise trading, later serving as an surveying vessel for the Hudson Bay Company and later towing logs under Captain Saunders and Captain George Merchant. The vessel now in use by Hastings mill, still bears the 1835 bell and retains the old cabin fittings, engines, and oak hull as it resumes timber transport.

Vancouver Earlor England Duke of Wellington Canada Arctic British Columbia Hudson's Bay Company Atlantic Pacific Beaver Bolton & Watt James Watt Home Cape Horn Astoria Dove Hudson Bay Company McNeil Saunders Victoria Harbor George Merchant Hastings Merchant Vancouver News

Remarkable glass discovery in Sweden reshapes refractors

The London Standard reports a new Swedish glass with fourteen substances instead of six, highlighting phosphorus and boron as key elements. If true, it could vastly improve lens power beyond current limits, narrowing objects to fractions of an inch. Miss Mollie Lockhart of Socorro New Mexico owns a porch-sitting parrot that serenades with Mullis Darling.

Sweden Mollie Lockhart Socorro N. M

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