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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
1
A string of brief 1896 dispatches notes political shifts in Britain and Turkey, death of nobility, United States election signals, financial movements, consular visits, and social court actions. Reports cover Rock Island October earnings, McKinley victory margins, postmaster budgets, and stock market reactions.
The latest results show McKinley with 277 electoral votes and Bryan with 170. Kentucky Delaware and Wyoming each switch one vote to Bryan due to ballot errors, shaping the state totals.
The Globe Democrat projects a near one million popular-vote lead for McKinley with final statewide tallies likely to push the total higher. Pennsylvania leads McKinley states, New York close behind, while Colorado tops Bryan states. Mississippi and Missouri also show close races. Missouri Governor Stone argues a few thousand votes shifted could have altered the result, while the People's Party insists on unity to advance reform and oppose gold-standard policy.
Willem J. Bryan issues a public statement to the silverites urging renewed loyalty to the bimetallic cause. He rails at money power, predicts shifts in party alignment, and calls for continued organization and education as the 1890s financial battle intensifies. He also salutes supporters and outlines steps for future campaigning.
Dispatches from Havana describe an incident near San Juan de las Lajas where Spanish forces pursued rebels. American Yeima Sip Jemienies L. Craycraft, manager of an estate, was injured while defending his papers and a $160 possession was taken. Reports claim 160 Spanish troops captured by Garcia and suspected foreign residents on sugar estates targeted cattle and tools to intimidate locals.
Conrad Elchorn, a local cigar-maker, murdered his 3 year old son and killed himself in a hotel room at Benman's. Gas was escaping from the room when entry was forced, a gas chandelier on the floor and gas smell signaling the tragedy. The hotel clerk mistook them for strangers.
Mr and Mrs Kinsley Magoun travel to New York after discovering a new suitor for a share of the Torrence estate left by Joseph T Torrence. Frank Torrence seeks 1000 from a 1900 will as siblings and a cousin contest the division, with court records showing a 1864 divorce and custody for a child born in 1861.
Mapamin Nov 9 report says the French government forwarded to the government a list of claims by French citizens for losses during the Cuba rebellion. The Spanish government orders an exhaustive inquiry into the claims. Gen Polavieja, new captain general of the Philippine Islands, has sailed for Manila succeeding Capt Gen Blanco.
The Daily Graphic notes the hurried surrender to French ambassador Gambon signals a resolved European deadlock and a unified plan of action. The Daily News doubts reform sincerity without Kessia’s active Turkish support.
An announced switch by Wisconsin Senator Johan L. Mitchell to the gold side ties the Senate bloc on gold and silver measures, placing Vice President Hobart in position to cast the deciding vote. Current math shows gold Republicans 37, gold Democrats 9 4, silver Democrats 24, silver Republicans 10, populists 9 45. potential shifts from Carter and Shoup could alter margins after March 4.
Fire destroyed the Lawrie and Robson dry goods store at 26 and 28 West Washington Street in Ixprasaronis Indiana at 5 am. The stock of dress goods and potions was entirely lost. Authorities suspect a rear gas explosion started the blaze, and flames spread too rapidly to control.
A telegram from Brean to bi metalloids in the eastern states praises their support after defeat. It notes eastern states sent gold delegates to conventions and most major papers opposed bi metals. The message commends their steadfast conduct and signals strong creditable performance despite adversity.
The North Mississippi annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet in Greenville from Thursday through the following Tuesday. It covers territory from the Tennessee line to Holmes, Washington, Attala, Winston, and Neshoba counties, plus parts of Neshoba and Sumpter Alabama. The roster includes 36 lay participants, 140 pastors, and 44 000 members, with bishops, presiding elders, and college officials noted among the leadership.
Augustus White, a former Alcorn A. and M. College student, jailed two years at hard labor in Brooklyn for forgery involving a commission house and a post office money order. Jobe Hancock received one year for mall robbery in Jackson Federal Court. White is described as a negro. Hancock, a young white man from South County.
The lone American who spoke with Napoleon is Maj William J H Garland 78 living at Hampton Virginia veteran of the war of 1812 and the civil war He recalls Napoleon handshake and talk on the frigate Constitution in 1815 as it sailed to the eastern Atlantic.
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