Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-29

sreu oroser living at 1877 Demina
court Chicago. committed Suicide. 90
the I'd. by shooting himself through
tne heart Despondsncy over iii-h~al,h
Is supposed To have been the cause.
Inx post ofsics department has is~ucsi
2 fraud order against the Financial and
Commercial Co Of Chicago
frvR masked men broke inso the rr~-
denee OF John Quinlan. as Niles. o.. on
tho ssd. and. after gagginw and bind
ing him. ransacked the house and -
cured 81, 300 in currency, besides lots of
valuable jswslry.
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN, OF Indiana
died as his home in Washington cisy,
on the I'D. At a.o5 p. m. after an III
ness OF some weeks spinal meningitis
was the caus>.
I'M general conference Of the super
int>ndents Of the Baptist missions Of
the west. met In the Young Mems
Christian association building in
omaha. Neb., ON the 3cd. Many prom
inens missionary workers FROM west
ern states and territories were present
IRA srAysHrHr. of 81 Louis. aged II.
got angry At Motorman James 4.
rharp. on the 2sd. because the latter
insisted that stansbury get his buggy
OF the car track. and. stopping the
vehicle right in front os Tn. car. let
down his buggy top and deliberately
shot Tharp, fortunately, however. in
nicting only . flesh wound. STAINS
bury was arrested
Ar Williamsport. Mich, ON the a,d.
Mrs Albert Hovey. aged ~ years. mur-
dered her mother in-law. aged ~. with
an Az, severing the head entirely
from the body. and then poured oil on
the lifeless body and set 1t on fire.
IN response To an inquiry from WASH
ingtou. the Commercial club of Oma-
ha. Neb., on the ssd. wired an offer To
furnish warehouses for the Indian sup
ply depot free Of cost To the govern
ment for five years.
PHEsrpEyr McKrSLxv decided. on
the 23d, tn nominate VIM. r. Day. OF
Canton. o., To be first assistant secre-
tary of state. and ex-Reprcscntativ We
Bellamy stor~r, of Cincinnati, to be
minister To Belgium
JOHN H. RAAP. . Chicago wholesale
liquor dealer. was shot and killed. on
the a3d. by his former secretary and
confidential clerk. who afterward put
the revolver tn his own temple aud
killed himself
ACCOMPANIED by 50 or 90 Cinnamon
Of high and low degree, WI Ting
Fung. envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary from China To the
United States, Spain and Peru. reached
Chicago. on the ssd. on his way 10
Washington. and after drive through
the principal streets Of the city. left
over the Panhandle for Washington
REPRESENTATIVE DoRR. of West vir-
ginia introduced bill IN the house.
on the I'D, TO repeal the civil-servics
law.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the London
Chronicle in Cuba writes: THE report
that the insuryent party il dead and .
thing of the past is an erroneous rumor
Il would be hard. indeed. 10 find n more
lively corpse The insurgents were
never in . better condition to fight than
now. the season being in their favor,
and they lack neither food, clothing
nor ammunition
A LONDON dispatch of the SD said
the situation at Constantinople was
deemed to be extremely critical, and
unless Osman could gain conspicuous
triumph the eataclysm of Constan-
tinople. which the powers have dis
gracefully compromised themselves In
trying to prevent, might come ut any
moment
CENTRAL Iowa. portions Of Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska aud Ohio were viz
tied. on the sd. with destructive rain
and wind storms At Des Moines, Ia,
three inches of rain fell. and much dam
age was done to railroad and other
property in that vicinity.
MRs. CuRrsrIAyA BoSKxKsssI died re-
Gently ut Bessemer. Mich Those who
knew her best say she was % years old
She WAS married IS times. the last
time, only six months ago, to q young
man.
A LospoS dispatch announces the
death, 1T Sandringhsm. ut three o'clock
on the morning of the esth. of Prin-
cess May of Teck, duchess Of York,
durfnu eou a nensot