Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-11-10

through an entire section of the citv
before being extinguished FIRE a.
uansow, Chinese river po-t d.
stfoTed le.H'0 houses Oae thousand
Inhabitants were burned to death or
KILLED by falling buildings Toe dam
age was ss 0oo. Goa
Tux >ixtn " ssouri has teen ordered
20 savannah. Ca. FROM Jacssoavil,e
Fla
fHs Clyde line steamer Croatan.
bound frnm New York 20 Georgetown.
; &, was burned Al sea. l. miles north
OF Cape Charles. aud ave ~ the q per.
sons on board lost their lives
InE constitutional amendment to
Pension ex-con nfederate soldiers wa
carried In Texas
Ar the Cincinnati Gan club live bird
tournament Fred Gilbert. OF Spirit
lake. Ia. won the silver cup ami the
1--we bird championship OF America
AZ accident occurred near Brown
fed. Ia Pore county. Ill, resulting in
( the death of one nan and -eriuus n
not fatal injury To three others A
I portable engine used in a sawmill ex-
plo'led aud the machinery was blown
I i50syaris
I IL consequence Of the reign OF terror
/ prevailing in spokane. Wash, due TO
the nightly hOid-ups. the mayor has
issued proclamation calling upon
every male eiti1ca Of good chzrafer
TO be sworn IN as a special officer.
I Citizens were aroused over the situa-
uon and vigilance Committee was
organized.
IoHS BAILEY. a prominent farmer.
Z residing eight miles north OF Muneie,
Ind. was shot to death by Mrs Levi
Black. neighbor. Some DAYS ago
Mrs Black had Bailey arrested on a
charge of criminal assault The trial
resulted In an acquittaL Since that
time Mrs. Black had been the butt of
much talk This preyrd upon her
mind and the tragedy was the resul.
/ BCsISEss failures in the United
states for the week ented the sth
numbered i-s. according 10 Brad
streets commercial report. against -
for the corresponding week in last
year
Toa RnHfSsoS. eolore1. was given
the death penalty by jury a, Hills
boro. Tex. for aSsanltiuga 4 i9-year-old
negro girl
Tax mother Of Gen. Fitzhu~h Lee
died a. Richmond. Va. on the ST. Sue
fell recently and sustained Internal in
jurie~
n one OF the private rooms ~
fashionable restaurant in VI Paso.
Tex. the other night. VIII Harvey. a
drug clerk. and Eva Hall fought each
other with knives The woman a-ed
a large carving knife GA Harvey. who
was not expected 20 live The woman
received several serious stabs IN tho
face and neck. and hai oae ear split
onen- jealousy oa the part Of Harvey
was AZ the bottom 0f the trouble.
ADAM Row. prominent politician
- Warren county, .. was fatally shot
near Rtd<vviils tue other night 6y Vii
liam Sm5th- Rove had been out elee-
tionerring and upon bis return. it was
alleged. vhile Eu1er the iI .ia@nce of
tquor. vert 10 smiths hcnse And at
tempted 70 kick the door in smith
opened fire on Rove with a shotgun
MES MARY wrHnLE residing i've
miles south of Vandaiis. III. re~ensly
gave birth 10 ,ripletS. all girls.
\ WIDESPREAD revolutionary move
ment in Eassia has been Uncovered.
the center of the movement being At
Lodz, IN the government Of Warsax.
ald uore than 200 arrests have been
made, the prisoners including many
schoOl-teaehers Secret presses. " whieh
were employed in spreading the move
ment. were found ia 81 Petersburg.
LODI. Jaroslay and eisew here
THE National Association Of narsi-
Wood Dealers convened at Cincinnati
on the 81 with about 20 delegates
present The principal proposition
pending was one to establish \ sys-
ten of uniform inseectioa and uni
form grades-grades that will be re-
cogu.zed in European. a. well as ali
American. markets.
SFxrEES coal ears were wrecked by
broken axle on the Lehigh Valley
railroad near White Haven. Pa
The Thompson wagon factory At -
Louis park. a suburb of Minneapolis.
MINI. was destroyed bg IRE. Loss.
$50. .goO-
By an accidental dynamite explosion
in the shaft a. the Trio mine in James
town. Cal. two men were killed and
two others injured.
T. A. CARLSON. a business man Of
Colby. Kan. amt his wife were found
dead IN their room at the Nendome
hotel in Omaha. Neb. When Carlson
went To his room at night he was said
to be intoxicated and it was believed
that he tnrned on the gas and forgot
To light It and both were suifoeated
by IL
The Mexican government Is making
arrangements for the sanitation Of
Mexican ports. IL Is believed that
y hen the American government com
pletes the reconstruction Of the sewer
age system of Havana and cleans out
the bay. that with moderate care in
Mexico gulf ports yellow fever can be
stamped out
MRs FLORENCE GEORGE and Miss
Kate MeAtee were killed by a Balti-
more & Ohio railway train at Lang
don. Nd They had been attending
party and were crossing the tracks 20
take a train for Washington when
they were struck by an express train
and instantly killed
Tbs business portion of Divide. Col.
was recently wiped out By fre.
THE large lumber mill belonging 10
the Ozan Lumber company Al Pres
cott. Ark. 40 miles north of TexariEana-
was consumed By fire. The loss was
50. 600; Insured for one-half IL was
believed TO have been the work of an
ineendiary.
JENNIE HoLDERNAS. quarter-blood
Cherokee at Pryor Greek, l. T., killed
herself because her Indian lover. John
Watka. met death while resisting ar
rest She took morphine
JonS MEADOWS shot and killed John
and Clayton Mathews brothers, at
! PineviIle. Nv. Meadows was 4 school
teacher. He surrendered and was
jailed
ADAM HAMMER became suddenly in