25 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1890
Page
1
Disjointed notes accuse financiers of war profiteering and manipulating markets, while reports from Berlin recount a suicide, and European storms disrupt travel. Other items note a Cumberland Army gathering, mint prices, and avalanches flooding Swiss valleys.
The session updates cover Senate conference on the forfeiture bill, House passage of a timber culture measure, consent on a billion fiscal topic, and discussions of bankruptcy and labor wage issues. It notes eulogies for a Nebraska representative, writeups on election law costs, and unrelated global items including Brazil, Oklahoma capital moves, and Japan ship loss.
Readers note rising unrest over dominion relations with the United States and Britain. Paragraphs discuss calls for separation, shifts in party stance, and concerns about Ottawa leadership while referencing colonial policies and trade. The East Africa slave trade issue prompts cautious government replies and scrutiny of official messaging.
Acting Secretary Batcheller reports the Treasury will issue small denomination notes to cover silver bullion purchases and will exchange large denomination notes for smaller ones as they arrive. The process aims to prevent a shortage of small notes and maintain flow by routing large notes through New York banks and Treasury transfers. The report notes limited redemption in gold and outlines ongoing money market conditions.
The Legislature debated the apportionment article for ten weeks. Repre sentatives were increased to 153 with districts drawn across counties. The report outlined district lines and the assign ment of seats among various counties and towns.
News notes report a deadly rail wreck near Chicago with at least ten killed and many injured. Other items include a Colchester man jailed for bride abuse, wage arrest dispute in Cincinnati, a triplet's birth, a Texas kitchen accident death, drunken farming accidents, a public whipping in New Castle Delaware, river bill celebrations in Austin, a bank safe robbery in Middlesboro, hog cholera spreading near Spring Valley, and a city marshal killed in El Reno with threats of lynching.
The jury found the defendants guilty of murder. Calvin Holden and Albert Dunham were sentenced to death. Mrs Eliza Holden to twenty two years in prison. Elwin Holden to fifteen years. the case stemmed from the June 86 shooting of Harley Russell and wife during a buggy ride near Monticello. The execution dates to be set later. The dispatch notes a separate labor convention report and remarks on strike leadership.
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