Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERA

suu hhances are in a bad VA Th~
iii'eiiectual and moral copdi,io, 90 ~
mass OF the Brazilian peoplc -.
oNer' has fallen away si,,... -
e''Io searnestefforts for their improv,-
lhenI In word, Brazil presents ~.
"A Die picture Of a nation ,h,,
"AS uistInctly retrograded after a ~
years OF popular government
IHE practice of arrextins, III. .,.,,;--
oi broken banks Is one that /, cal
eniated to promote the restoration -,
confidence by helping depositorS 10 sn5
gu. "hat has become Of their money.
ENPkRoR WILLIAM. accompanied nv
tne empress. sailed from Mel. on ~,
18th, on the imperial vaeh, Uobc,-aI-
fern, TO visit Bornholm, an island be.
longing to Denmark. in the Baltic sea.
uothenourg. in Sweden. and Other
places IN that country. The party will
aIso meet King Oscar and the members
OF the Swedish royal family at Stock.
holm.
TESTIMONY adduced. on the 18th. he
lore the court-martial trying Cant
Maurice A. Bourke and the other Off
GERS of the battle ship Victoria which
was run into and sunk by the hattie
ship Camperdown while maneuverino,
OF Tripoli, on June %. was direct and
positive that after the vessel was
struck the lamented Vice-Admiral
Iryon assumed the entire responsibility
for the terrible disaster.
LION ; SMITH. the young man who
started in with the avowed intention
OF swindling banks out Of $500 900 with
the aid of passport and forged drafts.
and who secured nearly 5000 from
Michigan banks by way Of experiment
ing. pleaded guilty at Grand Rapids
Mich on the 18th. TO the charge OF
forgery Sentence was deferred.
APPARENTLY undi>mayed by the los
Of their navy, the land forces Of the
revolutionists in Rio Grande do sui
Brazil have become more agxres-
sive than ever. GieneraIs Saravia,
Tareiz and Salgado have combined
their forces, and are besieging Yagu-
ron city The town Is well defended.
and its capture will he difficult.
A FIgE which burned over an area Of
l.50o feet square. and destroyed property
valued at 81. SOC. COO. occurred in Lon
don on the 18th. The burned district
Is but short distance east IF the Bank
Of England. the Royal Exchange and
the Mansion House. the residence of
the lord mayor.
JAMES LEE. the well-known horse
trainer. died at Saratoga, y. u. on
the 18th, of pneumonia
Ex-GOy. o. VI. STONE. Of Iowa. died
at Oklahoma City. Okla. on the 18th.
THE mystery surrounding the disap-
pearanee. n few weeks ago. of Ruiz
Manchera. a wealthy ranehman living
near Tres. in the state Of Hermosillo.
Mexico. has been cleared up by the
finding of his dead body in the wilds OF
the Sierra Madre mountains The
body had been partly devoured by
wolves
The physicians at St Vineent's hos
pital. New York city. are unanimous in
pronouneing Miss Dot Sonwell. the
snake-charmer, who was bitten by a
rattler. on the 10Th. a most peculiar
young woman In spite of the fact
that a venomous snake bit her in a
dangerous spot. and that the poison
had plenty of time to get in its work.
she continues 10 improve. until now Il
is almost certain that she will recover.
The case of stephen Reiger. the last
of the defendants in the celebrated
Molvdor murder cases at Detroit. Mich,
ended, on the 18th, in u verdict Of not
guilty which gave general satisfae-
ton. as there was no doubt that kelger
was forced to go with the murderers-
A NYAcK N. " physician reports
the death, after seven hours existence.
of triplets which must be classed with
the most remarkable ever born The
triplets weighed in the aggregate hf-
teen pounds. There were two boys
ind a girl. The boys were joined by
lipature almost precisely like that which
united the Siamese twins, and were
otherwise perfect
LLOYD AsPINwALI.. n prominent New
York club man. and member of an Old
and wealthy family was arrested. on
the 18th. on a charge of having forged
the Endorsement of his brother, William
III. Aspinwan. upon the note for s@'too-
NATURAL gas was struck. on the lsth.
r.ar Newtonbroolx. Ont Wm. Holmes,
at work in a well fifty feet below the
surface. signaIed that he was IN
trouble. and a man named sharp de-
x..srdsd TO assist him He did not re-
turn. and after water was used 10 as
sipate the gas the two bodies were
brou0ht up. Holmes was dead anu
Sharp can not recover.
JOSEPH LoHNASS. the organist for S'-
paurs church and bookkeeper OF the
Sun Mutual Insurance Go. OF einein-
,a,i i in deep trouble. The company
charges him with a shortage OF so,V'-
Iohmaun has been the secretary OF 'he
.ornanv for about twenty years anu
IN German circles was one OF the
known insurance men IN the CITY
Ox the isth Worlds Far tommis-
s;oner Turnbull, of Florida, stated IN
.ha national commission that ne
.horght Agricultural building was
= ;nm;neut danger of being set on
8. g. pipe was found running to the
-a,,f which was 50 hot that It could NOT
- - touched. and the gallery around the
,,;n. seemed to be eharred-
p Rosroy dispatch of the lsth an
,.sa the shutting down for the
18th Of August of the Amoskeag cot
.I Lii This is the largest cotton
ton T-ri,eS States, and probably
n: M - = ,vorld 1t employees 5000 opera
,;ves = Is uses s.OOO.OOO pounds OF cotton s :,
week and pays s2sS,OOo a month ="
wages -, the Walnut
~, AZ ,;n.. cincinnati. running down Uii-
INNS Aine' -, the 18th. jumped the