Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-08
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Hox. THOMAS y. BArAKrA. late United
States ambassador 10 the court of St
James. with his family. will sail for
New YORK on either May OF Nag Is
THE bank at Biggsville, H. ~ss bur
giarixed carly on the morning OF the
Soth- Three dynamite explosions
broke the vault. but the safe. in which
the money WAS kept. was not opened
The robbers got 500 in the vault and
escaped on q stolen hand-car-
Jrsr At dusk, On the evening Of the
soth. the town of Chandler, Okla. was
struck by . cyclone which destroyed
everything in its path. but one build
ing, q hotel, being left intact The
first report said that . dozen or more
persons had been killed and $50 badly
mi jured. while . later dispatch said
many others were missing and thought
TO be dead under the ruins Only day
light could reveal the true state Of
things.
c. y. BCpD. of Sparta. Tenn, killed
his wife. on the soth. and then COM
mitted suicide He left letter saying
he committed the crime because his
wife did not love him
THExE was an accident On the Sist.
on the Hoosae Tunnel & Wilmington
road. q quarter of & mile below Reads
boro. Mass The ears rolled over ON
their sides and lodged on the brink Of
. bank IS feet high Several passsn-
gers were more or less injured but no
| fatalities occurred Spreading rails
caused the accident
THE boom in Argentine securities 10
continuing on the London stock ex-
change. the sesssisy being due TO the
decision Of the Argentine government
to resume payment Of full interest
upuo the debt and eAneel the obliga-
| ton of the year ir advance Of the time
| agreed upon-
LArxR news from the eyclone-swept
town Of Chandler, Okla, greatly in
creases the number Of the dead. with
the sdded horror that many Of these
met their fate in the flames that de-
ssroyed the ruins of their homes or
places of business
The Dingiey tariff bill passed the
house ON the slst-eoS yeas, i3i nays,
present and not voting, 81 Five demo-
lcrats-Broussard- Dovey and Meyer. of
Louisiana. and Kleberg and SlAyden-
of Texas, voted for the bill amid zp-
plause-
TEy business houses at Albany. Ind,
were destroyed BY dre on the sist
Loss. Sso.oo0s insurance. about 50, ooo-
TIE Red Cru1a society has made IN
International appeal for aid for the in
hsbirants Of Crete The armed insur-
rents s-e able n obtain provisions by
roiur 10 the eoasE for supplies. but the
people living inland arc destitute
WHILE masons were tearing down
the New Hartford house 1T winstesd.
Conn. the oldest landmark in that part
a. the state, on the SiSs, they IN
..rxhed . bottle Of wine which was
pl.ced there when The hotel was built,
is years ago
rnx state department. declared, 90
fhe sist. that Consul-General Lee had
aos ben rranted leave Of absence tc
l..s s4zs. .. ske 18th. - Published. OF
an any other date Gen. Lee had moi
ssked for leave
SrxruEx j. FrKLD. Associate J1sfict
At the United States supreme court
h.s decided 70 retire from the bench In
July
Przzrc PuxrxR PAxnER, on the ID
!, | resumed charge of the government
nrintinx o6ice after IN absence Of thre<
resx.. He found . ha isome bouquet
q roses on his deak from the employees
II & WHOM wsrs glaA 70 - him hsek