Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-26
OXFORD, MISS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2s, 1888.

The recent proclamation or martial
law In Cuba has resulted In serious
emeute In the provinces OF Rio, MiIla
Clara, Pinar and Havana.
THE strikes prevailing in various parts
OF Germany were reported. on the 20th. 10
be spreading. An appeal had been issaed
TO all wcrkingmen to boycott the striking
districts.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has decided 20
modify the court martial sentence pro-
nounced against Lieutenant Taunt DIS
missing him from the service for dis
obedience OF orders 80 ne % allow him to
resign
IT was stated on the Goth that Mr.. JOS
eph Chamberlain would shortly accept
position in the Salisbury Cabinet, thus
effectually severing his connection With
the Gladstonians
FoUR HUNDRED decrees OF ejectment
were issued at the Galway urcland) ses.
sions ON the Goth.
A DISPATCH was sent from Janesville,
Wis. to Crow Mountain. Mich, on ths
10th, ordering ths arrest ~ G.. II. VOL
haupter fof completely in the sensational
Search murder ON the 9Th of last July.
Ir was stated from Berlin on the snth
that the whole story about the proposed
matrimonial engagement between Prince
Alexander and Princess Victoria was con-
cocted by Court enemies OF the Empress
to infame popular indignation against
her, and to prevent Alexander from visit
ing Berlin to re-enter the prussian army.
ALL the gambling houses OF Leadville,
Col, were closed by order of the Law and
Order mayor on the Goth.
NEWT. NoREE, the Deer-Trail Terror,
was convicted of murder in the second de &.
gree and sentenced to fourteen years in
the penitentiary, at Denver, Col. on the
Goth, for the killing Of Guy Hollingsworth
while resisting arrest.
MARY DoRSAS, who was thought to have
been the victim of the celebrated Railway
murder, has been discovered alive and
well in Scotland.
NJ. PoLrKoFF. the Russian railway mag
nate, is dead. His estate is estimated at
f6,0O0,000.
The Emperor of Germany has ordered
the prosecution OF all newspapers guilty
of insulting the Empress.
THE remarkable trial OF Mrs. Emma
Farlow, for the murder OF her husband.
at Crisfield, Somerset County, Md, re-
suited in verdict OF manslaughter.
THE Knights of Labor positively deter
at the Edgar Thomson Steel-works.
INTEREST in the national game was in
creased at indianapolis, ON the Goth, by e.
resort to fisticuffs by two Of the players
during the progress of the game.
A MAN giving the name OF George Per-
kins, thought by local officers to bear a
resemblance to Tascott, the Chicago muir
derer, was arrested at Birmingham, Ala.
on the 18th.
THE Russian press has been warned
against unfavorable criticism OF the Ger
man Crown Prince.
AS A result of family negotiations, o
jointure of 12,OO0,0Oo marks is secured 10
the Empress Victoria of Germany, and
Prince Henry inherits 900, 600 marks upon
the Emperor's death.
THE latest imperial decree OF amnesty
by the German Emperor removes the
disabilities OF large number OF officers
of the army and navy and numerous sea-
men and soldiers sentenced to punish
ment for various civil and military of
fenses.
A BLOODY conflict occurred ON tho Goth,
in the Latin quarter OF Paris, between.
fifteen hundred students, who were noisily
denouncing Deputy Boulanger as Die
tator, and party of the latter's friends.
Numbers on both sides were seriously
injured.
GEO. ii. PESDLEroN, American Min.ste.
to Germany. suffered a slight stroke o;
paralysis at Wiesbaden on the 18th.
THE Massachusetts, House OF Repre-
sentatives passed a bill limiting to ter
hours in twelve the labor OF conductor
and drivers on street cars in cities Of over
10000 inhabitants