08 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1892
Page
1
Articles report cholera fears in New York and Hamburg with hospital efforts and port health measures. A Fall River murder case and a Pittsburgh labor law suit are noted along with a court remand and financial claims.
Naxyer Hasxs lowered the world trotting mark to 2 minutes 05 seconds for a mile at Independence Iowa beating her prior best of 2 074 set in Chicago. The event involved two horses and two people, with a train accident near Rensselaer Indiana killing four.
Reports from Russia mention cholera rising with 2 new cases and 1.75 deaths. In Bonkie Labas a local war ends with one man killed and two blacks hanged after threats to whites. J McLesxece jailed in Crawfordsville fearing mob action by farmers. Dastee Deremerri dies in Philadelphia aged 66. Newtes Corriano shot near Huntsville, Alabama. Mexican boy Thomas Montagu killed near Albuquerque by a posse. Maxcanet Rivera dies in Monterey aged 132. Five babies born in Yankton County weighing about five pounds each. Cotton crop total 9,035,379 bales reported by New Orleans. Treasury ships 27 million in small notes to move crops. Knights of Pythias meet in Kansas City. Leaf Tobacco Company formed in Louisville to rival Cincinnati group. New Mexico corporation plans a large Rio Grande dam for irrigation in US and Mexico.
The desperado Talt Hall was executed by hanging after pleading youth and fear at the gallows. He confessed killing twenty people over ten years, and his March crime was the cold blooded murder of Eric Hutton, a Norton policeman in Wise County. Funeral notices and other items follow.
Amid Asiatic cholera arrivals at New York, officials discuss suspending or restricting immigration. Spalding notes government readiness under quarantine laws, while others argue the president may suspend immigration for public welfare. News covers World’s Fair postponement talk and Liverpool conditions, plus cotton and local notices.
Two years after the cattle owners Frazier and Gibson were found dead in Chactau gea county Kansas, authorities arrest Jerry Hutton and Frank Kimsey of Sedan. Both men are Farmers Alliance leaders and are accused of plotting the murders at a secret meeting. The case aims to resolve the chilling deaths and expose possible conspirators within the organization.
A Chicago Journal item recalls Princeton president Dr. Witherspoon challenging ideal theory with a campus anecdote. A student humorously swallows a red hot idea at supper, provoking laughter as the lad apologizes to the potato.
Passengers watch anxiously as a steamer nears the dock and a man calls for Ducky, Mousey, and Baby at the cabin stairs. A woman and crowd anxiously await the boat with voices asking for the pets, while the whistle evokes tension and speculation.
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