Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-06

VOL. XIII.
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS N BRIEF.
-rx United States Court % Claims ha,
.d,ourued until October -. next.
sxvxzaL earthquake shocks vere felt
.. the banks Of the Seine. France, on the
nst
ApyrrsSr-GEyxzAL DRrx was placed
-rou the retired list Of the army on tho
:-,h. his sixsy-fourth birthday.
Asuaxp council Of the ave Indian na-
sous in Indian Territory is to be held al
PURCELL L r, beginning June J.
-x expected th.s President Harrison
.ud President Diaz Of Mexico will meet
a Fort Worth Tex, some time this
n0ath.
ADMIRAL KINBERLr reports to the Navy
psparsment. under date of May q, that
ne samoan natives are disbandiny and
nat peace prevails
Ex-CoyGRxssnAy JoHx HAuuoxp, Of
ysw York. died st Crown Point on the
-sh. Of consumption He was Colonel Of
ne Fifth New York Cavalry during the
xsr.
rux xar-ships Adams and Iroqnois are
10 be dispatched to Behrinz Sea 20 main
,,iu our rights to the seal fisheries as
.r,ins, the Canadian poachers and their
armed protectors
rHx London Standards Berlin CORE
svondeut says 1t has been decided that
i, wodld be superfuous tn renew the
treaties between Italy, Austria aud Ger
many (the triple alliancel-
Hxxsr O'BRrxx. tho defaulting treas
urer Of the Catholic Knights Of Column
bus Ind. returned to that city, on tho
uivat Of the 10Th. and surrendered He
was penRiless and worn out with tramp
ing
TEE Pope has ordered that on the day
Q, tn. unvailing Of the monument to
Giorfiano Bruno, Who was burned a. q
heretic in the year 1900. the whole Of the
papal guards and gendarmes shall keep
within the Vatican
WILLIAM RoAy RUYvry, great grand
sou Of Thomas Jefeason. and we'll known
throughout the country as a successful
stock-raiser and turfman. died. on the
.-th. at his home in Chesterfield County,
Pa. aged forty -four.
APaorocoL has been drawn up by the
Samoan Commissioners which viii be
signed il favorable answers are received
from Washington and London No fur
ther meeting will be held until the forth
e0ming Instructions arrive
NExsEas Of the Mississippi River COM
mission and representatives Of railroad
aud steamboat interests at New Orleans
held conference, on the s-th, and dis
cassed the feasibility of building bridge
ever the river in front Of the Crescent
City.
II vas recently announced that sick
ness prevented King Kalakaua Of Hawaii
from going to the Paris Exposition It il
learned from good authority that His
Majesty, although desiring to pay q visit
10 the exposition, lacked the necessary
finds
0s the morning of the s.th every ORE
handler in Marquette, Mich, struck for
N Increase in pay. Nearly three hun
dred men went out A big feet OF ore
earisrs. With a capacity OF 1900 tons,
vas tied up. The men demanded Si..5
per day.
II the Bishop inquest in New York, on
ne 9Th Robertson, the mind-reader's
regular physician, testified that he had
ofiea seen Bishop in catalepsy when he
seemed dead Witness would not have
performed the autopsy so soon As il was
done.
sEcRzrAaY PRocroR. who returned to
Washington, on the 18th, from . joint
usf 10 his home at Proctor, VI, and q
VEST Point, left again for his home. on
ne .th, on receipt Of telegram stat
ne nat his SON was seriously i'll with the
measles.
KzyxRRryG to the indignation caused in
france by the announcement that King
namoert OF Italy would visit Strasburg.
NE kreuz Zeitung tells the French to
mind their own business, nor dare to in
1nere With Gernany's doings in her own
Provinces.
eoLoSEL JOHN C. HAsKxLL, Of Column
VA > T., was, on the 3oth, elected as the
member OF the National Democratic COM
nHee from South Carolina Colonel
nsken Is a member OF the Legislature,
ma one OF the most prominent lawyers Of
lie State
SECRETARY BLAINE, on the 3oth, sent q
ls Ieiegram to Minister Reid. at Paris,
s1Andi1s an i'm mmediate Investigation Of
- matter Of the arrest and alleged ILL.,
.nent Of three American ladies' at
o,one, France. and insisting upon an
@pis apology.
H t~iee- postponed exclusion rendered
secretary Blaine In honor Of Sir Jul
sancefote. the new British Minister,
Aes On the 18th, \ distinguished
y esaxdg the Unissd States steamer
- sailing down ths Potomac
As Nj vernon-
nArioSs for the trieuuial con-
% Knights rsmpIar nsxf fall are
-. onward At Washington with some
~. Advices rsceired from the va
b, sommanderies throughout thecour-
ate that fully $1,000 Nasons viii
= me Ne day Of the parade.
On, -- s0a Tines Berlin correspond
porS that the American Commits
- 70 tne Samoan Conference have
r-1asn hight for the assertion Of the
=. pses Tor which they consended, and