01 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1888
Page
1
In Birmingham England the women plan presenting Mrs Gimstone with a fine portrait of her husband. The item notes broader world events from havens Cuba fever death toll to Centen nial Expo in Cincinnati and other international incidents.
A long, mixed record of global notes wires from Richmond to San Francisco describe a British minister Lord Sackville West writing a private letter in Los Angeles regarding the U S presidential race. Debate centers on influence on Irish voters and reactions from Republicans and Democrats in Washington.
Awoc stores 70 tons of silver dollars in a new Treasury vault in Washington. Two earthquakes shake New Reproup Massachusetts. Dallas Cotton Mill in Texas starts up with 2 1/2 bands and 11/8 inch spindles, 30 looms, in a large crowd. Funeral expenses for the late A. T. Stewart total 4501.21. Shaw-mill owner P S Marruews stabbed, fatally wounded by an ex-employee near Texarkana Arkansas. Curtos & Co Chicago, crushed by Hutchinson wheat corner, liabilities 720000 with assets 4000 deficit. Kirkins lectures in Winchester quarrels with restaurant owner Andrew Mitchell. Mrs Jackson and Miss Nellie Norris of Cleveland burn from gasoline and fire in kitchen. Postmasters appointed in Arkansas and Tennessee. New York City tax registration reaches 3 015, total for four days 156 MT. Helens Arkansas jewelry store A Ketterer closed by sheriff with attachments 6000. George Goowp suffers neuralgia complaints. In Italian New York quarters shave cab costs three cents. Four thousand Chicago bricklayers displaced by shutdowns, many move to the South. Macau breaks world swimming record in England, 400 yards in 4m 17 1 4s.
The piece notes no official communications yet between Washington and London on a diplomatic issue. Lord Salisbury sent dispatches to the British Minister in Washington protesting an indiscretion by Lord Sackville. Phelps has met Salisbury, and observers expect a Foreign Office démarche to counter possible harm to Cleveland's prospects.
The Vers claims Lord Sackville West wrote to an American political acquaintance, seen as a stranger to Sin, and suggests he was ensnared by a Republican trap. It notes the diplomat’s reputation and surprise at being caught in the maneuver.
In Washington and New York reports a conflict over Burchardism fades as cordial relations between English and American Free Traders emerge. Meanwhile in New York the Bedell case resumes in the Supreme Court Chambers with details of forged dealings and the real estate arm of Bhipman Barlow Laroque Choate highlighted as pivotal.
A wave of violent incidents and bizarre accidents across Georgia and Kentucky is reported. A bear kill in Madison County uses sixteen men and fourteen dogs with nine buckshot charges. several shootings, drownings, and stabbings follow, including Sterling shot a hand and a negro wounded fatally. A young woman Sallie Clements found in distress near Owensboro shows brutal treatment. Other items note accidental deaths, suicides, arson, and public notices with schools closed for diphtheria and measles.
A fragment recounts three young men, including H G Prout of Riverside, choosing risky futures with the Khedive in Egypt. Prout rises to govern interior provinces, then later returns to the United States through London and New York, amid wars, marriage, and a printing career.
A Philadelphia mother and daughter aboard a westbound train spot the San Francisco father returning from New York. The daughter calls him papa and the family reconciles, ending with a reunited couple. An accompanying note states yellow fever appeared in eighty eight different years in U.S. history. the first known case was in 169.
Carter H. Harrisson reports a Finland journey with observations on postboys as young as ten, women delivering mail, cheap interior travel, farm meals, and clean hogs. He notes Finnish language difficulty, contrasting it with Russian, and recalls friendly stations and travel costs.
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