09 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
1
A collage of items including cotton crop estimates in Texas and Indian Territory, damage in New York State towns from a rainstorm, and Baltimore port exports reaching a record 10,263,991 dollars. Also mentions Key’s daughter Evangeline, Spanish Cuba troops, Alaska miners, and labor celebrations amid shifting economics and politics.
A broad notice item lists international dispatches and local incidents. It covers circulars on Chinese execution laws, Yukon travel warnings from Skaguay miners, a dentist dispute in San Francisco, political shifts in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and various accidents, fires, crimes, and economic updates including bank, lumber, and silver markets.
A jumble of brief items notes an explosion injuring boys in Chicago, a high dive record in Chicago, Amskeag mills resuming after a shutdown, a new gold discovery near Llano Texas, and an Arkansas slaying acquittal. Also reported: cotton losses in New York harbor, Egyptian cotton yields, Gulf passenger train posse captures suspects, electric plant deaths in Morton Newfoundland, a child killed in East Cambridge, a railroad extension to Alexandria Louisiana, a Cincinnati murder suicide, weekly fortunes in US and Canada, a Kentucky homicide over whisky, and a Treasury cash balance with gold reserve figures.
Dan's Trade Review reports August failures down slightly from July and August of prior year, with a record share of liabilities. notes broad improvement across most industries, especially textiles, iron, grain, and real estate, and a busy August with strong exports, stock and commodity activity, and ongoing construction demand.
Sageibat reports leather prices remain high with modest easing. It notes that further advances should be restrained and that the market seems to have reached an apex, delaying any choice of lower prices for now.
India will accept drafts for any crore of rupees next Tuesday, replacing the sale of drafts as currency balances in India grow low. The decision follows a recent government ruling to suspend council drafts and indicates a shift in how remittances will be handled.
The letter from Alaska Governor John C. Brady, sent to Secretary Biles, claims mining rush activity near the Klondike and Skaguay. It notes ships daily moving passengers and supplies, rising excitement, and conservative estimates of travellers over the White Pass with many delaying until spring.
Wastiverox reports Croffin acting comptroller of the currency foresees a prosperous US financial season. He cites growing domestic capital, potential independence from other nations, and lower future interest rates as New York demand loans sit near 14 percent while London is higher. Banks hold ample reserves, suggesting easing rates and continued capital accumulation nationwide.
W Adams of Cripple Creek returns from a South American gold field near Georgetown after fourteen months away. He describes nine men in his party, eight dying from a deadly fever, grim scenes of graves, and his own two bouts with illness, leading him to flee the region.
A Helena dispatch reports the pearl hunting boom reaches the St Francis region with white and black workers opening mussel beds along the river from the mouth to Jeffersonville. Pearls are darker, oddly shaped, and sizable, risking crop gathering as labor draws manpower to the industry. The same papers note Premier Ascarrage fails to reunite conservative factions.
The German emperor and empress along with the king and queen of Italy and Marquis Visconti Venesta arrive in Hampemo to witness the army’s autumn maneuvers. A Brooklyn machine shop and car house fire destroys Nassau Electric Railroad Co property, with losses around 100000 dollars. A silver service is presented in Vallejo by West Virginia citizens to the gunboat Wheeling. In Idaho a 4 year old girl Mary Tiltebrandt dies from clothing fire after a lamp topple in Moscow communications report.
A Skaguay Alaska letter dated August 2 describes two tons of blasting powder and seven rock crews being assembled for the Skagway trail. A meeting of 500 miners formed an executive committee to organize work, with provisions and transport plans for winter, and Canadian police monitoring the route.
The President and Mrs. McKinley enjoy a pleasant visit at Cantem Caxton's old home. They attend First M E Church with Abigail Osborne of Cleveland, dine with Mrs. Barber, and spend the afternoon at the Harbor home before returning to their residence.
A boiler blast at Byer Bros Co light plant destroyed the building at five o'clock last evening. Two girls aged five and nine were killed outright while two boys aged four and twelve were seriously hurt. Several others sustain minor injuries. The plant is valued at about 14 000 dollars. The children belong to Mose Byer.
A posse from this city captured five men suspected of robbing a passenger train on Tin mountain early Sunday. The Poeuland brothers, among the prisoners, were identified among those taken yesterday. Stolen goods were found at the scene.
Reports from Cuba describe insurgent attacks near Port Santo Cristobel Valle and Jane Uuayaho, with several killed and homes looted. Weyler returned to Havana displeased by misread edicts, tightened controls, and banned tobacco planting in military zones while depot officials and local mayors faced depopulation actions. Mortality from yellow fever, malaria, and dysentery rises among soldiers. several steamers report deaths at sea. Castilla crosses into Pinar del Kinile, defeated per advices, as Nestor Kacrague and Raul Arago hold Havana forces.
The Parker couple died in a boating accident on a Adirondacks lake. Their bodies were brought to the surface after a search party found the sunken boat at the end of the lake. The male victim had facial injuries suggesting a gun discharge or a severe impact, and the boat likely overturned during the accident.
On September 6 veterans and friends of the Seventy-Third New York and the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth New York regiments, along with New York City firefighters, spent the day at Devil’s Den. The Twenty-Fourth New York held a formal meeting there with prayers by Rev. Trittain and a talk by Col. Wygant, detailing the regiment’s actions in the battle.
Two gas explosions struck Broad Ripple six miles north of Ixmasarotis Indiana on September 5. Five bodies were recovered from rubble and five businesses burned. Several injured were listed including Squire Culbertson Wa Ross Jon Wambaugh and P W Heaton among others with two unknown victims burned.
A Mississippi county reports a manslaughter verdict for a killer named Rushing after a July killing and a dramatic transfer to Jackson for safety. The region records crop progress despite rust and worms, weather favorable for cotton, corn, potatoes, and hay. Robbery at Kempner and New Haven targets Lippscomb store, two white suspects masked. $25 taken. County notes include Lee Lumber Co assets and a fatality from a kick. Remaining text covers education, politics, and local incidents with multiple named places and people.
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