15 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1891
Page
1
Obscure notices recount the deaths of Goun at 247 in Buenos Ayres and Parnell in Brighton, awaiting details. reports cite speeches in Ohio, fears for Mrs Parnell, and a range of global events from Cork posters to riot actions in Amoy.
Various global items are reported including Spain and Portugal negotiating a trade treaty with no future favored nation clause, a Baltimore train accident injuring several track workers, and other scattered incidents such as bank losses in Ulster County New York and a London condolence note to a late minister.
Messages recount a hunting mishap near Long Prairie in which Anton Anderson fired into Charles Schwartz, killing him instantly. In San Francisco Mercy Fernandez’s lamp accident trapped and burned Grace, four, to death. Reports cite Lee's improving health, silver sales to the Treasury, flood casualties, a sham bruise hoax near Marshall, rough Atlantic crossing weather, cyclones, and a deadly powder explosion at Ensley City.
The city reels from the unexpected death of Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell at Brighton. Reports detail crowds reading bulletin boards across Sackville Street and at major stations, with discussions of his legacy and party impact. London and Cork dispatches note grief, with Justin McCarthy expressing sorrow and reflections on unity within the party.
In Barrextons New Jersey on October 7 Delia T S Parnell learns of the death of her son Charles Stewart Parnell. She collapses in grief, crying that they have killed him and later regains composure to hear the details. She is described as elderly and frail.
A private six day test followed by a public exhibition in the Chicago Evening Post building will compare the Mergenthaler linotype Rogers typograph McMillan type setting machine and St John type bar. The event includes a cold stereotyping method and shows foremen from participating papers.
Ex-President Cleveland confirms name Roth for his daughter in reply to Times questions. He notes the name honors his wife’s grandmother and thanks the nation for innumerable congratulations and kind remembrances from the president and citizens alike.
Mrs Delia Parnell mother of the late Irish leader Delia T S Parnell is gravely ill in Borventows New Jersey. She has been prostrated since learning of her son's death and may be mentally unsettled. She announced plans to sail to Ireland to see him, showing a highly agitated state.
Three masked men robbed the express office at a Mississippi railroad station around 1 am. They forced agent Cox and assistant Job Nall to back away as they opened the safe and escaped with cash. Authorities estimate the haul at up to $3,000, noting the perpetrators were likely inexperienced.
Chicago dispatch profiles Jerome Carpenter, a Mississippi-born Southerner and actor, dying at Arbor Place after a varied life. He served in the 18th Mississippi Infantry, worked as a scout with General Joseph E. Johnston, and was present at Vicksburg during Grant's siege, delivering Johnston’s final dispatch to Ken Pemberton and capturing Neil Dow.
The report describes four inmates breaking free from the Washington County jail last week. Among them John Diamond under murder indictment and a Stanton charged with forgery, both white, plus two Black detainees with minor charges.
In Atlanta a wedding party faced chaos when a groom detained a clerk in a bridal room during a violent episode. Separately in Jackson Miss a committee voted 15 to 7 to accept a marble Jefferson Davis statue for the monument vestibule and praised the contractor's work.
The will of Hon Merit Street, deceased two months ago in Clay county, leaves 420 acres near Ashland for an industrial school for boys or girls. The endowment aims to fully equip the farm and workshops, erect dormitories, and hire teachers. All pupils attend free and must work several hours daily, with workshop and farm products feeding the endowment as it grows.
Stella Christian of the Going Snake district in the Cherokee Nation traveled to Sherman Texas where relatives attend a girls school. She enlisted in the Confederate service under General McIntosh and later under General Marmaduke, was wounded, earned a general's letter of commendation, left service briefly at Little Rock, married a man named Christian, and settled back in the Cherokee Nation to raise nine children.
Mra Mildred L. Pettus widow of Stephen Pettus of Pollard Pettus Co New York was shot and killed by Mrs Southworth of Louisville Ky on Fulton Street. She had married two years earlier at her Clarksville Tennessee home to Dr Ross of the United States Navy and they plan to reside in Pensacola Florida where Dr Ross is stationed.
John Hostetter of near Lexington accidentally killed his two year old child when he slipped from a bed and fell onto the sleeping infant. The child died from abdominal injuries as the father’s knees struck the baby.
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