Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-08-20

at Somerville, Tenn. for the murder
OF Constable W. ID. Holiday. Whit
lock died Protesting his innocence.
SECRETARIES CARLISLE and Lamont
visitei Preside lt cleveland at Bux
Esr Is BAY. Mass. on the 18th
TERRIBLE fools were reported in
India by the overfiowiny of the river
kistus. The damage to property was
immense and many thousands of per-
sons were rendered homeless by their
houses icing swept away. Two hun
dred persons were drowned mt one
place by the sinking OF boat and on
one railroad n breach was made seven
miles long bs the water.
The queens speech was read 10 the
lords and the commons on the isth aud
the British parliament was rror sgued.
Mfss CELIA RosK. red "a years. was
jailed at Mansfield. o, on the charge
of killing her father. her mother and
her brother with poison All three
died recently within few days of one
another and il was evident that they
had been poisoned A young woman
gained the confidence of the dau yhter
and II was claimed Celia made n CON
fession to her.
The dead from heat at New York on
the i3th numbered - and prostrations
is3 There were 37s death certificates
issue by the health board for the -
hours ended a. noon OF these Iss
were for people who died from the ef-
fects of the heat The horses killed
by heat numbered more than on any
former dsy of the hot spell.
PRoBABLY 30 lives were lost AMI the
whole Pine creek valley near Pitts
bur<h. Pa. eight mites in length. was
devastated by a great food. caused by
eloudburst on the 18th At De Haven
oil tanks barns and other buildings
were swept away and the water was
eight feet deep on the main streets and
many people fed To the hills.
The barns of the Texas Brewing Co.
at Fort Worth. Tex. were destroyed
by fire on the 18th. entailinr n loss OF
ss0.oo. Forty head of horses wers
rescued from the flames
A Louisville. Ky. dispatch stated
the warm weather AMI hot winds were
proving disastrous To the apple crop in
that state.
THE eassbound special mail train
from Chicago, on the Lake Shore road,
ran into a washoat 20 feet long and Do
feet deep near Otis. Ind, on the 18th.
The train plunged into the big hole.
and Engineer James Griffin and Fire
man Michael Roaehe were almost in
stantly killed No others were in
jured-
FRANK Powers and his wife went To
work in their field in Pender county.
y. C.. and left their two infant chill.
dren in the care of a neighbOr named
Mills. who afterwards left his ten-year.
old son to look after the two children.
The Powers heard cries from Mills
house and FASTENED there and found
one of their children dead and the
other dying. Young Mills had stabbed
both with table knife to make them
stop crying. he said
THE richest gold placer mines of
( Alaska have been found to be in Cana
dian territorx, and now miners are
paying tax to the British authorities
TnE Goiy OF A. II Pile. secretary OF
the silver party, was found in the
Potomac river near Washington on the
[ 10th. How he came to be drowne5 :
was a mystery and there were reasons
for sGspecting foul play.
The fusses with the Salvation army
at Belleville. Ill, eliminated in n riot
on the night of the lith. For two
hours the soldiers held their position
on the courthouse steps against the re-
peated rushes of the mob. Their fiags
were torn and MANY were roughly
handled. Finally the police drove the
crowd away and compelled the army
to 20 to their barracks. Threats of re-
ncwed violence have been freely made.
THIRTY fatal cases of sunstruke were
reported at Chicago on the lIth and
about 50 prostrationS Many person.
were al~e driven insane by the heat.
There were aboct 500 dead horses still
unremoved on the streets, the city be-
ing unable to cart them away as quick
" as the animals succumb-
IT was rumored in banking circles 10
New York recently that pressure was
being brought to bear on treasurers OF
western states TO induce them to with.
draw their state funds deposited in
New York. complaint being made tina,
New York tanks were curtailiug loan.
and marking up rstes for money 10,
political effect