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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1889
Page
1
A dense string of fragmented items from various regions and topics. Reports include tax reform turmoil in Germany, explosions in mills and mines, political shifts in Ireland and the United States, academic and church appointments, labor disputes in Shenango Valley, and colonial era commentary. Names and places are scattered with dates and outcomes unclear.
Reports from multiple regions describe strikes and wage disputes in mills and docks, political shifts in Wyoming and Ireland, legal actions against liquor selling, and notable events including a mail robbery sentence, an attempted attack, and shipboard arrivals.
Geo Stross, colored, jailed in Nashville to avert lynching after killing Tuernton Burton near Fayetteville Tennessee. Searle wins Thames race for world championship over Conger. Ren Grance Maser departs Nashville for Montevideo as newly appointed minister. TL Warner murdered in Sewells Point store. six enslaved men jailed for robbery. Burglary at Batesville Ark steals meat and goods. Census on deaf decline linked to sound disc by H A Wales. Baltimore defense anniversary celebrations begin. Logansport colored heirs claim central city acres. Rep W C Whitthorne recovers strength to reappear publicly. Exsexuan Bros. & Co. liquidation assets near debts. Chicago syndicate bids to host World’s Fair under $12 million. A Cubanasca man steals a steamboat, sinks it and nearly drowns.
In New York Hamilton blackmail proceedings unfold with Mrs Swinton Mann and others present. Hamilton describes how he met Eva, funded her, and was induced to marry after a staged child birth. Prosecution notes voluntary gifts and ongoing hearing resumes today.
A massive dynamite blast at the Carvilean cartridge factory near the docks in Antwerp demolishes the building section and ignites surrounding oil stores. Eighty thousand barrels of oil burn as wounded workers flood hospitals and crowds panic. Reports say up to three hundred killed and at least a thousand injured. fires spread to petroleum warehouses and nearby stores. military, police, and relief workers respond as priests aid the injured.
At five this morning a passenger train on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio line derailed at Pumatunning after a switch was hurriedly changed by a brakeman. Mrs E W Clark and others from Pittsburgh were injured though not fatally.
Governor Francis chaired the executive and finance committee of the World’s Fair Committee of Two Hundred as business leaders pledged generous subscriptions. The group discussed fair share distribution among trades, with brokers already approving $15,000 before collectors acted. Citizens of St Louis show strong resolve with Western support expected to grow the guarantee, doubled if needed.
President Harrison and Postmaster General Wanamaker planted a tree at the Chelton Hills residence after a breakfast visit. Rodman Wanamaker carried the sapling as the party, including Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, prepared the site and the President used a spade to set the tree. The group then relaxed on the porch.
The Treasury Department refused Richard Baylies of Rhiseland Manitoba a petition to release a yoke of oxen and seized wages in Dakota tied to customs violations. Customs records show Baylies transported articles into the United States without permission and loaded amber theft risk onto the wagon to move to Canada. The collector recommended denying the petition.
Southern Gleanings reports rising race tensions in Bibb County Alabama amid conflicts over the past weeks, with fears of militarized intervention. It also notes Montgomery Alabama’s cotton receipts for the prior year at 107,10 bales and August counts, while prices rise and reopenings quicken. It adds a Nashville obituary notice for Major J. B. Hubbard, once of Nashville and later New York editor and manager, who died in New York at age fifty-eight.
Arthur Steeley, sentenced to ten years for Tourer in the second degree in Nashville, escaped after serving part of his term and was tracked to Dallas, Texas before being sent back to Nashville. Also reported: Joseph Fisher, sixteen, found dead by hanging in a barn near Henderson Kentucky. Authorities note worm infestations affecting crops across western Kentucky.
A. Perry of East Jacksonville, Florida, reportedly committed suicide by faking strychnine in a whisky drink. The man, described as white and well connected in North Carolina, was found dead amid the alleged poisoning scheme.
A collage of maxims and aphorisms from multiple papers includes cautions on vanity and honesty, notes on health and exercise, a defense of truth seeking, and reflections on character and fame. Prominent voices include N Y Journal, Jamestown Journal, Huntington Republican, Shenstone, and Sunday-School Times.
A Troy Times summary recounts the legend of Little Jack Horner who allegedly halted monks by hiding Abbey of Melly deeds in a pie. Abbot Bellwood’s ruse sent the pie to London with Horner as bearer. Jack allegedly kept the deeds, later claiming the estate amid royal wrath and monkly vengeance.
An irate traveler insists he has been running on a road for five years while the other party asserts that nothing on this road ever runs, only walks. The exchange captures a humorous misunderstanding about activity and time on the road.
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