Oxford eagle., 1896-04-16


ha. Neb.. on the sth. pleaded not GUILTY
IN the district court 10 n charge Of em-
bezzlia- s10.oo0 from the city ofOuahs.
The trial viii probably continue sew.
eral weeks, and some sensational de-
velopments. indicating the dispositions
OF the missing funds, are expected
FIRE which broke out in the mold
ing-rooms OF the Wallace & Csraves
machir--worixs, at Lafayette. Ind. on
the night of the sth. totally DESTROYED
that structure, together with the val
liable machinery and finished product.
entaning n loss Of ss0.O0o. which Is
partially covered by $1,000 insurance.
kErREsESrArTvE SMITHS anti-lyneh-
ing bill has become law in the state
OF Ohio. IL provides that the heirs OF
any person suffering death at the hands
of mob may have an actisu for dam
ages against the county where the
lyuehin9 occurs aud may recover g. .0oo.
Tue Armstrong bicycle baggage bill
was passed BY the New York state as
senbgy and senate. on the sth. By large
ma aiorities. The bill, as passed, pro-
vides for the carrying Of bicycles A.
baggage
The Westinghouse club house 1T
Wilmer'iing, Pa, was totally destroyed
BY fire on the ssh, causing = loss of
$4,000, fully insured The club house
was one of the finest in the country.
MRS CoRSELIA NoRsE. aged 10 years.
wife of Edwin T. Morse. senior mem
ber Of the 6rn OF Morse, Williams 4
Co. met an appalling death at Phila-
delphia on the sth- While riding her
bicycle she colIided with a runaway
and was impaled on one of the shafts
Of the wagon
WFrH the approval Of the secretary
of war. the major and two troops of
cavalry stationed at Fort Sheridan.
Ill, have been transferred to the de-
partment Of the Colorado. One of the
troops will be sent To Fort HuaShuca
and the other to Fort Grant. both in
Arizona
ASsA-sIyArIoSs of Japanese continue
throughout the Corean provinces. Ru-
morS have been circulated that par
ties Of Russians are travelling through
out the peninsula tanning the anti
Japanese feeling
The British ship Blairmore xas cap
sized By a squau while at anchor in
Mission bay. Cal. on the 9TH. and sank
in live minutes. Six Of her crew wer.
carried down with the vessel and
drowned
The shortest divorce suit on record
was decided at Wichita. Mas, on the
9th. when Judge Dale granted Jennie
Henderson n decree Of separation from
Nelson Henderson in exactly IS sec
onds after the case was presented To
him- There were Just - words
spoken and but two questions were
propounded-
The house committee on territories.
on the 9th. by vote Of six 10 four or
Gered favOrabIy reported the bill 1d-
mitting the territory of New Mexico
10 the Union as a state
A DISPATCH from Havana. on III.
10TH said that it was definitely known
that the rebel leader. Comes, was alive.
despite the many recent reports OF hi.
death
An explosion Of fire damp occurred
in a coal mine At WaIIaneuva. near
Madrid. on the 10Th. by which four
persons were killed and a number in
iursd-
:. Il MESsuALL- an attorney Of Pent-
water. Mich On the 10th. shot and IA
tally wounded William o. II sands.
president Of the Sands & Maxwell Luni-
ber Co. He then went To his own
home and after killing his wife, his
lh-year-Old daughter and two infant
children. finished his bloody work
BY cutting his own throat Mr. Sands
died Of his wounds few hours later.
The Italian government was in
formed. on the 10th, that the Dcrvishes
were retreating To Osobrio. on the
Nubian side Of the Atbara river.
abandoning their mules, their wounded
aud their stores.
GEN WErLER declared on the 10th,
that Spain had reaftirmed the inpossi-
bflity Of even thinSfngof reform until
the Cubahs should be paeified By force
of arms.
The village Of Lyons, o., was almost
entirely destroyed by an ineendiary
fre on the 10Th The business portion
of the town was completely wiped out