26 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
1
A patchwork of telegraph notes reports rlin to Vienna, Berlin, and Buenos Aires. Mentions include ex-British privy council matters in Victoria Australia, Chinese immigration in California, and political shifts in Argentina and France. Details are fragmented with references to fires, marriages, ex-senators, and colonial policy debates, reflecting wartime and imperial concerns.
A five story tenement at Allen and Hester Streets burned after 2:15 am. Fire trapped Hebrew families. seven dead or maimed, including children. Police fear incendiaries. rescue efforts saved some, but many were lost or badly burned.
Famous American tragedian Lawrence Barrett died at 10 45 PM at the Windsor hotel following a brief illness described as heart failure superinduced by pneumonia. His wife and Dr Chambers were at his side. he had been ill since Wednesday and was 63 years old. The actor's career, spanning years in New York and on tour, included starring roles in Hamlet and Shylock and management stints across major houses. Funeral plans were not immediately announced.
Capt Arthur Dean a city politician and attorney killed Frank Waters a former journalist after a quarrel following Waters remarks about Italians. Dunn attorney for the state in the Italians trial was wounded, Waters died from a skull and brain injury, Dunn hospitalized in precarious condition.
A Buenos Ayres dispatch reports Mayor Valdivieso of Valparaiso defecting to the insurgents after winning over the fort garrison that spiked the guns. Ex-government troops seized President Balmaceda's transport Maida, loaded with Gatling guns rifles and ammunition, then embarked and steered northwest.
Berlin notes the Kaiser mandates a thorough probe of military stores amid claims of frauds and a crisis resembling early World War I France in the severity of supply problems.
The Bureau of Navigation under naval authority is drafting plans to reestablish the Naval War College. Rapid progress suggests operations may begin within months, with funds allotted for new buildings and lecture rooms. Coasters' Island off Newport is chosen as the site.
A levee board president will review a map of Mississippi Valley allevial lands with levee lines for the Chicago World’s Fair display. Gov. Stexe appoints S. T. Harvey as Tupelo notary, Edward Drensing joins Alcorn Board, and Rev Guo Ssee conducts a Columbus revival. Nearby crime notes include a Ackerman store robbery of about $23 and a cemetery incident at Hernando.
The arrival in Atlanta of Capt. John Rutherford’s remains sheds light on his tangled life. He married a Virginia woman after a prior Georgia marriage ended in divorce, and the union remained secret for years. Rutherford later married Mrs. Carroll of Virginia, a Richmond socialite, revealing a long-hidden marriage.
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