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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
1
A Simla dispatch reports famine relief reaching 1s,000 in India amid global war prep by England. The item also covers naval, diplomatic, and political notes including a proposed German Samoa policy shift, anti imperialist groundwork in Chicago, and various U S military and business moves.
Globe Democrat summarizes fierce fighting in South Africa. Gen. Symons leads 1,000 British against several thousand Boers on Glencoe heights. Heavy losses on both sides with Gen. Symons mortally wounded. Boers retreat from entrenched positions as Mafeking and Kimberly come under pressure. Transvaal cannon captured. victory sparks jubilant Cape Town streets.
The Columbia defeats Shamrock by 12 seconds at the outer mark with 25 mph winds, finishing 5 minutes 17 seconds ahead of Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht in the final race of the series. Simla famine relief estimates put direct costs at 1.5 million rupees with millions affected across British and native territories.
Morris Minnesota October 21 Joseph Haigh a farmer five miles west of Donnelly shot his 21 year old son Russ blowing his head off He then shot himself through the heart There was a 2000 mortgage on his farm and it is believed he killed his son to gain 2000 life insurance from the Modern Woodmen to clear the farm and avoid legal punishment He hoped to leave his family with the farm free of incumbrance
Report from Apia describes clashes between Mataafa adherents and Malietoa supporters as factions dispute authority in Samoa. Proclamations on a one dollar poll tax fuel unrest while chiefs mobilize, rifles appear in processions, and residents prepare for possible renewed fighting before year end.
Manila reports that Major Mac Rae with a Third Infantry battalion and Captain Chynworth with a Seventeenth Infantry battalion moved to Jon Malinas to disperse about 300 insurgents under Juan Chevrut. The route from Santa Ana to Arayat is now reported clear.
Carl Casberg manager of a 180 acre stock farm near Randolph Missouri has been missing since August and is believed to have returned to Germany. Local cattlemen claim he owes about 5000, with creditors pressing the estate. He conducted cattle deals on the Kansas City market and left unsettled notes of 6000 and 4000 with two firms.
Alexander Jester, under preliminary trial for killing Gil bert Gates near Paria in 1871, is remanded to county jail without bail until the grand jury convenes next Monday. Also: German press comments on Emperor William’s Hamburg lunch speech and calls for liberal cooperation.
Mississippi legislators and editors discuss a proposed constitutional amendment for electing judges, citing past outcomes, and urge voter reform. The piece notes concurrent resolutions, party positions, and calls for strict enforcement of poll tax and qualification rules in primaries to preserve electoral integrity.
A fatal shooting in Winston County prompts sheriff and coroner inquiries with no arrests yet. The Johnson family is linked to ongoing violence as a secret society allegedly targets residents, with warnings of a feud expanding and killings preceding government and law enforcement actions.
The report describes an American officer killed and two wounded in a Filipino attack near Javerety and San Leiden. U.S. forces under McArthur sought permission for a Vilipion commission to tour, interview, and arrange prisoner delivery, but the interview did not occur as positions remained hostile and no representative was received.
The admiral will not consent to a presidential nomination by acclamation. He cites insufficient strength and temper as disqualifying factors. A formal statement remains unreleased and public interviews are halted, though friends say no offer would sway him from declining.
The article reports on southern cotton production, labor conditions, and wage trends, noting rival northern competi tion and the shift toward cheaper labor. It cites the impact of factory costs, the push for quarantine enforcement, and political agitation around labor reforms. It also mentions cotton price improvements, anticipated farm income gains, and multiple regional events including a fatal shooting in New Houston, a Confederate cemetery restoration, and naval and fair-related notes.
Report from Tupelo outlines that after investigation the Vamtrell house tragedy suspects were released. Le Fiore had implicated Robert Smith and Nebegee Smith, but later confession shifted blame away from white men. Public mood mixes restraint with a vow to avenge the slain Gambrell family.
William J. Bryan will conduct the most elaborate county to county canvass in Nebraska traveling by special train to cover every railroad line and deliver more than one hundred speeches. The effort runs from Tuesday to a Lincoln conclusion before election with assistance from ex-train Altgeld. The Republican committee counters with top campaigners as the two week push intensifies.
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