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Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Crop Prospects.


VrcxsBuRG. July i9.-The tempcra-
ture during the past week has been
slightly above tho normal. and the sun
shine has been sufficient Tho rainfall
over the state was insufficient and badly y
distributed.
There Is general complaint Of
drought, and crops are suffering greatly
In some sections In consequences. The
/ dry spell has damaged corn in Winston.
Newton. Tate, Clay. Green. Choctaw.
Claiborne. Chickasaw, Oktbheha and
other counties. There will no, b. half
yield in Yalobusha County. Old corn
Is a complete failure in Tate County.
The weather has been very favorable
for the cleaning % crops. and decided
improvement In this respec, IL noticed
since last report Cotton has improved
somewhat during the week. but IL IL
still backward. II i nearly all laid
By" in Newton and Wilkinson counties
Part Of the cotton crop IN Washington
/ County will be abandoned on account Of
grass greaiimprovemen;i is reported
In the cotton Of Issaqueua aud Panola
Counties A most favorable report Is
received from Pike County: cotton is re-
I ported growing very fast and potatoes
are doing yell. The report from Wayne
County also shows the crops 10 be in
I good condition.
Boil worms are reported in Clay and
Webster eOGnties. and worms are de-
sircying cabbage in Yazoo County. Gar
dens in Newton County are suffering
greatly from insects Army worms are
iniarying cotton in Issaquena. Warren
and Adams counties.
Hay Is being harvested in Washing
ton Cognty; the yield is good and the
season favorable FOR curing The hay
crop in Chickasaw County ~iIl probably
be damaged By drought Hay is suffer
Ing from want of rain In Okubbcha
County.
Fruit IL drying up and falling OF the
trees in Clay. Webster and Clarke coun-
ties frui, Is nearly a failure In New
ton County. owing TO worms and 10,
I that seems 10 make short work OF IT,
In Aitala and Carroll counties fruit is
plentiful but inferior. Concord grapes
are about ripe in Clarke County. and
the yield is bountiful Fruit and vege-
tables are doing we'll in Scott County.
The gardens in Clay County are prac-
iicaily ruined by drouth. and those in
falobusha are dried up. The water
melon crop Is complete failure in
Winston County. sorghum. sugar cana
and sweet potatoes are in fine condition
in Franklin County. In the same coun-
~ cabbage has been badly damaged BY
rot Sorghum and potatoes are doing
we'll in Madison County.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
CONDENSED TELEGRaMS.

The shipments Of currency by the
New York hanks 20 the interior on the
s4th amounted - 81. .soa. GO. Most Of
the money went 70 Cincinnati and In
dianapolis Some money went 70 Chicago
and ~ Louis
THERE seems TO be a shortage on the
records Of the Auditor Of State OF Kansas
connected with the sale Of public school
lands which amounts To about $4,000
and embraces about thirty counties
The crops in the neigh bOrhood Of NAL
vern. Ark, are reported coed Early
corn is now secure. The cotton plant is
Of good size. healthy appearance and
promises to do we'll.
LARGE numbers OF grasshOppers have
made their appearance in the central
part Of Phillips County, Ark. and are
playing havoc with the corn and young
clover.
Two HUNDRED and twenty-eight
thousand ounces Of silver were shipped
from New York on the s4th on one
steamer.
Two HUNDRED thousand dollars in
gold arrived at New York on the 2ith
from Europe. and sa7o,ooO from Havana.
The furnace and other properties OF
the Woodstock Iron Company at Annis-
ton. Ala. we're sold on the ed at clerk
and masters sale 10 John r. Knox for
the bondholders at S4O0,0o0
THfRrY buildings in the business por-
tion Of Spaulding, Ohio. were destroyed
by fire on the Esd.
MIS-. LUCILLE X. RODNEY, the Texa
woman who is walking from Calves
ton to Chicago. l,346 miles, on wager
Of IS. 600, passed Decatur, Ill, on the
23d. she was given a reception at the
depos by several thousand people
AT Friend, Neb.. on the sd, Michael
KesIer. aged rs, set fire to his sons
house and it was burned. His wife, old
and feeble. narrowley escaped crema-
tion. He confessed, saying be wanted
the old lady, from whom he was sep
arated. out Of the way so be could mort
caye some land. she having refused TO
give her consent
JOIN EVANS, a mechanic Of Spring
field. Pa, has almost completed the con-
s,ruction Of an airship which he claims
will reyolutionize arial navigation
THE real cotton worm has been found
in considerable numbers in the cotton
fields in ConcOrdia Parish, La
THE paid admissions at the Worlds
Fair on the slst were sS,5so.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
FRENCH DEMANDS.
sasm WIN Ch~~rfasy Pay the Noa~y ia
demnity. Hot VIII Re.i.s the Territorial
Demands Of Her fe-srfal Antagonist.
In which she ~iil e~ Supported by tsr~st
hrs'.is Nj fssie and IN. Preach III
ttmstmua-


tlsnstum.
LoSpoS. July ai.-ImportaH, com
municstions have passed to-day he-
tween ;he foreign ossec and H. NJ
Jones. British minister resident in
bangkok
Nicc Admiral Frcmaniic. com
mander-in-chicf 81 the ChiueSe division
Of the feet. i Fastening to Singapore.
where dispatches f1om the admiralty
awaits him. The greater part % tho
squadron under hin command accom-
panied him
Great Britain informed siam yeSter-
day that she could not rcc,sgniz. any
obligations to assist her II j. evident,
therefore. that the SiamcSe govern
ment must patch mp as bcs, a. IL can
most 81 its differences with France
In the territorial arrangements. how
ever. Great Hritain will have n voice.
The exact nature 81 her demands can
not ~ aScertained before France shall
specify more particularly than she has
specified in her ultima,um. the houn-
daries ~ the territory - De brought
under French control The uitimatum
Is notably indefinite a. regards this
point. Evcn Siam Is stitl in the dark.
and her efforts ~ obtain light from NJ
Pavie bids fair e. fail for several days
The vital part ~ the French demand
for territory may include tn. whole
left hank II the Mckong river. This
territory Siam will not surrender
without a struggle. France has given
Siam a month in which 20 withdraw
FROM the ports % the lower Nekonr
Siam nanifeS,S all willingness to pay
France the indemnity demanded for
injuries to French citizens aud prop
erty. although the indemnity specified
by France Is far in exccss of the dam
age
VI. Favie. minister resident. handed
Frances ultimatum to Prince Dsuv-
vongss. SiameSe minister Of foreign
Affairs. On Friday. At The same time
he informed the Sianese government
that in case Frances demands should
h. refused. he would at once leave
bangkok to go aboar,i the gunhoat
Forfeit The blockade Of the Siamese,
he added. would he declared at once.
The opinion Is general here that
Siam will offer To- pay the indemnity
demanded by France. IL II doubtful.
however. that the French claims to the
territory will be allowed Much de-
ponds On the response of Great Britain
10 the efforts Siam i making % gain
her moral or material support.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

THE statement Of the three banks OF
Jackson published las, week show cash
deposits Of sa3).Ooo
In view Of the indictment for embez
element pending against Tar Collector
J. l. sullivan. Of Leforc County. Gov.
Stone has removed him from Office and
appointed II. II. Majors temporary tax
collector.
ANDREW BoGEE, one Of the oldest and
best known residents OF Satehez, died
last week. He was a native of Rhenish
Bavaria but had lived in Natchez since
1885. lie had amassed = competency
and retired from active business years
ago, but still took lively interest IN
passing events.
PLANTERS on overfiowed land are
suffering severely, as was the case last
year. from the ravages of eutworms. In
some localities corn has been replanted
for the third time. The planters gen.
orally have q good supply OF paris green
left over from last season.
An interesting case was heard in the
Circuit Court at Meridian last week. in
yolving the right Of railroad 20 run
its trains through town regardless of
flags. C. c. knight, in February, issa
purchased a ticket at Chunky, n flag
station, for Meridian. Although the
agent tagged the train. it did not stop
and knight brought suit against the
Alabama & vicksburg Railroad for dam
ages The jury gave \ verdict for the
plaintiff, assessing damages at sIoo.
JOHN W. ouTRER died at McComb City
last week. Deceased was % years old
and unmarried. This is the sixth death
that has occurred in the Cutrer family
within eighteen months
w. A. REDWOOD was asraigned in the
Circuit Court at Jackson last week, and
under directions OF his father pleaded
guilty 70 receiving stolen goods Judge
Chrisman sentenced him 10 one year in
the penitentiary. His father, who lives
in Macon, and is n most estimabIe gem
tleman. advised against any defense
being made. lie hopes his son will learn
enough 10 know how 70 behave himself
when be gets out,
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

SAULr ST. MARIE, Mich. July al
The first tidings of another lake dis
aster were brought here yesterday
by the City of Windsor. Capt J. \.
Moore reported that the lighthouse
keeper at Big Duck island found part
of n cabin ashore at walkhouse. on the
south side OF Msnitoulin island, four
teen miles northeast from Duck is
land, with one body in the top OF
the cabin. Two other bodies were
found-on the beach near by, also q
part of pilot house. No names or
de scriPtion could be learned OF color
o! wTsckage ascertained.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
PENSION FRAUDS.
An Important investigation Geinx Os
y" Vow M~rteo-Ax~at Wsr~~iino'. III
tea.ive Op~rsttsa~ Being Inearth~d

WASHINGTON. July 20 The pension
bureau Is now engaged In investigating
what appears IN bc an extensive sys-
tenn of pension frauds in New Mexico.
An examining board. consisting Of
three medical examiners and seven spe-
cial examiners was sent TO New Mex
leo, and about the first result of pre-
liminary investigation was the arrest
of n pension attorney at Socorro. named
Marcclino. charged with forgery Of
evidence He pleaded guilty. was tried
at once. and has been sentenced tn
seven years Imprisonment in the peni-
tcutiary.
ft = not known vet how extensive
Marcclino's fraudulent operations
were. but 200 cases Of his are under ex-
animation. Some of these will doubt
less prove To be all right. hut they arc
all being closely looked into. I, Is said
that about e.Ooa pension eases in the
territory arc being investigated by the
hoard now on the ground. No report
has yet been received from the board.
and the bureau il unable To- estimate
the extent of the frauds which have
been pcrpetrated.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

wv the night of he 18th cv.-v -,
"a the town of SusanvilIe. Cal v.sd.-
s'royed by Ere. Five blocks w.r,
burned, causing loss ~ saso ooo -
.ou''n covered by insurance. In all
sixty buildings were burned
NE case Of the Piankin,on ba,L Al,
rectorS. recently indicted bv IN. s,y,,,,,
jury Tor accepting money knowing IN.
,'NnN 20 oe insolvent. was called m the
criminal court at Milwaukee ON ~.
l'th. but was continued 70 th. s.n,.r.-
fcr term.
lHE Boston Pest ANNOUNCES ,h,,
Mayor Matthews of that city Is in ~.
nsia as a candidate for governor ~
Massachusetts, "
MEs- CONRAD FrRNHAw of To,,
wanda. y. Y. has fallen heir 10 n t,.,,,,
t+'ooo,coO by the death Of an pncIr in
India sc '''
'oi- c. IoNES. IR. historian Of t;.or.
gia' died at Augusta. on the 10Th. of
hr'ghts disease. aged 81.
MAeem PlxIrR and Emma p;xIcr
her cousin. each aged ;. yvcrc run down
and instantly killed. ON the ao,h nv
car on the West End Electric line in
Pittsburgh. Pa
IHE special convention of the state
officers Of Colombia at the Worlds fair
and the dedication Of the Colombian
pavilion took place on the Goth.
WILLIAM BRrOx. 81 New York ri,v
mas been appointed receiver for the
findlay' Fort Wayne & Western rail-
road for Indiana.
lHE American Bar association will
meet August 20 and 81. in Milwaukee.
EXECUTIONS Of opponents of the gov
ernment are said to occur almost daily
in Honduras
SNkEs, ALIIs & MOoREHorsr'< large
woolen mill at Reynoldsville. Pa. wa.
destroyed. on the 10Th. by fire caused
by nail passing through the picking
machine Loss on the mill. about $50
oO0; insurance. $1,000 The residences
of John Richards and William Burke.
adjoining the mill. were burned: los.
about $4,000
LETTER received at Victoria. II. C..
by the 7-year-Old daughter Of Capt.
Alexander Mclean Of the steamer
Alexandria, Of date June q. the very
day he i said 10 have attacked the Mo-
hican. tells the child that he is not go
ing In the Russian coast. but will re-
turn home when the season Is over IN
Japan This proves the utter unrrlia-
bility Of the story published concern
ing the Alexandria's attack on the Mo
hican-
The land telegraph wires between
Saigon and Bangkok have been cut by
the SiameSe. This will cause some de-
lay IN the transmission Of dispatches
To the French war ships at Bangkok.
A. all messages viii have to be sent
via Singapore, Madras. Calcutta. and
thence through Burmah down the hay
of Bengal. and 50 on over the line that
extends northeasterly from Bangkok
to Elephant Point
GEN. ADAM T. kING. late eousuI-gen-
eral Of the United States u France.
recently returned. speaking of the
trouble between France and SIAM. said:
There is no doubt that the cause can
he found in the desire Of the French TO
foster colonization schemes
CONTROLLER EcKLEs has ordered n
dividend Of 20 per cent. in favor Of the
creditors of the Evanston national
hank of Evanston, III
The steamship Fuerst bismarck,
which arrived in New York. on the
eIst. brought e43. 200 in gold. cunsign
ed 70 New York bankers
Two ENTIRE blocks of buildings, i'm
eluding a newly erected Catholic
church. parsonage and paroehial school
building IN Long Island City, " Y.
were destroyed by fire ON the 2Ist
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
EXCITEMENT IN MILWAUKEE,.
Assignment of the Commercial bank
Rare TO Court to Head or Att.ehueat,
and Executions Milwaukee Count,
Fasd- Tied Up bs the Failure.

FHhd% ts~u y nv th~ fabnFr-
MILWAUKEE. July 91.-Thc people
about the courthouse were thrown in
To a state Of CONSERVATION about 1880
a. m- when an attorney jumped up the
stairs two steps at time lead NJ TO
the clerk of courts office and fled
voluntary assignment of the COM
mercial bank This haste was owing
To number of creditors hard ON his
heels who had attachments and cxecu-
tions
The assignee named in the assign
ment papers is A. Il Gcilfuss. the
cashier of the hank. and his bond
is placed o. 200. 900. The. bonds.
men are: Albert Conro. Charles T..
PfiSter aud Z. Mariner.
The entire fund of Milwaukee eoun-
", amounting "a $50. .6as. was deposited
in the Commercial bank. The newly
organized Milwaukee Electric Railway
Co. was also depositor to the extent
of some tsd4l. eco.
The last statement Of the bank
showed the demand deposits amount
ing 10 s5sT.7ts.2s and time deposits.
s5ss.pI52s. The bank had capital of
s9JD. coo.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

n~~sion with the nom~.t~aa P.t.-nt.s
es-~. 80. the Re.sIt Of . Conspiracy In
which fiaksrtoa Detectives ard othss
fr"mi1ens Men we're Concerned
FirrsBURaH. Pa. July % At the
western penitennary yesterday Div
triet Attorney Clarence Burleigh. At
torney- l.. X. Porter and ". J. Bren-
nan. Notary Public &. &. Lee aud
Stenngrapher J. Iscal met a. take the
dePo~iiious Of Gallagher and navidsor.
serving time in the Homestead poison
cases Gallagher was before tho COM
miiiec over two hours Davidson's cx-
animation occupied about twenty min
uteS The district attorney conducted
the examination. hut declined to give
out anything for publication
II II learned. however. that Pat Gai-
iagher's confession in regard to Hugh
dempsey and the Homestead poisoning
case i much morr sweeping in its de
tails than had been imagined bv the
general puhlic. A gentleman who has
heard the whole story saws Gallagher
statement not only imp icatcs Pinker-
ton detectives. but several men much
more prominent in business aud PRO
feSsi"nai life. lie stated positively. the
gentleman said. that every word he
said against Dempsey on the stand was
false. He duplicates Detective Ford. ai
the Ftnkerton agency. and gives the
names Of many others who were in
strumcntal in nempsey's conviction.
lie further states that he never admin
i>tercd poison or crcton oil to the men
at Homestead. and that Dempsey never
proposed that he should. lie sticks to
the story that the So Dempsey gave
him was loan to protect his furniture.
To subtantiate this the defense will
show by members of the firm who sold
him the furniture that they were push
ing him for the money. Davidson
made statement similar 10 the Gala
CHER story except that he was not in
the plot as long AZ the man who con-
vieted Dempsey.
They both seemed willing % make
their confessions under oath and stand
by II even II il means lengthening Of
their terms of imprisonment Demp-
scy> attorneys have matters in such
shape that they will corrohorate the
confessions by other witnesses
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
HANDS LAID OFF.


One-Hsif of the wssting house Co.'S Hands
at Newark. -. J.. In Enforeed Idiene.s-
NEWARK. y. j.. July I9.-At the
Westinghouse Electric Light aud Man
ufacturing Co.'S works here 400 hands.
one-half the force. were laid of Mon
day. Head Clerk Everett said that this
action was simply a discretionary
measure. as the men had been work
ing night and day for the
past few weeks and the output had
been large and the collections poor.
The men. he said. would be taken
back in few days II is said that ths
company intends dsconsolidating all their
works at Brinton. in the outskirts Of
Pittsburgh. and that soon the Newark
plant is to be removed 70 that place.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
GROVER is HIMSELF AGAIN.
He Returns to Hafxsrds Hay from Ifis
Cruise In tho Oneida In Good spirits and
Ragged HesIth-rh~ Time OF HIS Re-
turu to Washington Not Yet Determined.

BUzzAKp's RAY, Mass. July 2o.-E.
c. Bcnedict's steam yacht Oneida hav-
ing on board President cleveland. Dr.
Bryant and the owner. dropped anchor
late yesterday afternoon. In few
moments the little launch was lowered
and the party was landed on the wharf
at Gray Gables The party has been
cruising since Monday along Long
island and Narragansett bay. and in
the meantime doing more or less fish
ing.
A call at Gray Gables last evening
found the president on the veranda.
lie expressed himself as having had a
most enjoyable cruise. and that hc'did
not contemplate another during his
stay here. In speaking Of his physical
condition. he said that he was in splen-
did health and the rheumatic trouble
had entirely disappeared. for which he
was truly thankful lie could not give
any definite time when he would be
likely to return to Washington
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

KANSAS CTTY, Mo. July l9-Kansas
City depositors have dropped the rols
of bank wreckers and assumed that OF
benefactOrs- Not a single bank expe-
rieneed a run to-day On the contrary.
petitions are in circulation asking Off
GERS of suspended banks to reopen their
doors and pledging support EXPIRES
sions of confidence and a wish that
they were open have been rendered the
National Bank of Missouri. the Ma
tional Bank Of Kansas City. the Safe
Deposit bank and the Bank Of Grand
Avenue.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

OTTAWA. Ont, July s2-The arrange
ment which Maj. Gen Herbert com
manding the Canadian militia has just
closed with the imperial government
on behalf of the Canadian government
IN regard TO the fortification at Esqui-
mault, B. C.. is understood To be as fol-
lows.
The Canadian government will pur-
chase the sites and furnish fixed sum
of money to the imperial government.
and the fortifieations and submarine
, works are TO be constructed BY the in
|. perial government
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27
A MISSING WIFE
Supposed to Have Gone for . soIoarn as
the National Capital


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. July se--Fer-
nando Page. keeper Of the eloak-room
at the house of representatives at
Washington. whose home Is in this
city, recently packed his goods and
went to the national capital. and Fred
J. Provin. of this city. believes that his
wife, Cora. has gone with him wednes-
day night Mr.. Provin found his rooms
deserted. and the furniture. etc, gone.
He found most of the goods at Pages
house, packed with the latter's goods,
that were to be sent TO Washington.
Mr.. Provin recovered his goods by
means of = writ of attachment Mrs
Provin Is a daughter of Herman Blodg-
EFT, the man who figured ss the CO
respondent in the celebrated high so
ciety divorce case of AddisAd-dis-
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

Mss. AySfE BRONSON ALcorr PRATT.
widow Of John H. Pratt. and oldest
tznxhter Of A. Bronson Aleott. died at
caacord. Mass. ON the nth She was
The original of Meg the oldest one
4 The Four Little Women
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

HONDURAS troops threatened 10 mu-
uav because they had not been
aid President vasquez forced a loan
FOn the merchants of Tegueigalpa and
fansers in the suburbs. With this
nOney the soldiers were paid and an
srrfsing ayerted.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

Twelve men lost their lives at the
-irun gates" of the Danube on the
18Th. Their boat was dashed against a
srr.irer that was moored in the stream.
and the men were thrown out and
drowned.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

The health inspector of New York
stumbled over a nest of smallpox, on
iae slst. in the big tenement No. ii6
Pell street In one filthy room on the
su-ih floor he found a whole family
sex with the disease
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

S the 10th the duchess of York, the
HAie OF Prince George of Wales sent
etne lord mayor of London $500 for
Ne benefit of the families of those who
al their lives in the Victoria disas-
M. This money was the balance of a
~n for a wedding gift collected by
ne lord lieutenants of the several
0anties.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

THE infanta Eulalie of Spain. who
A,d been visiting in Paris. left that
,;,r. on the Goth. en- route to England.
- visit the duke of York and hfs bride.
p-iucess Nav.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

FoR the twelve months ended June
n fsgs. the total value of the exports
.; merchandise from the United States
vas ss47. 42s, Ia; for the year 1872 the
svures were 81. $3.50. .2Ts. las
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

The remains of Anthony ]. Drexel,
Il Philadelphia, were consigned TO the
'olnb. on the 10Th. with services as un-
assentatious as was the life of the great
sanker and philanthropist- The inter
nentwas made in the family mausoleum
> Woodland cemetery.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has made a
session repeating a former order con-
strung disability nc. Of service ORR
IN. 50 as to limit it to disabilities pre-
'snting the applicant from earning
Spport by manual labor. 1t is be-
aeved this will reduce pension pay
zents from SIS, ,0oo. 900 to $40, ,000, 600
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

CHoLERA has -reappeared in Moscow,
kef and northeast Hungary. In Mos
ox the outbreak is most serious
here were thirty-two cases and eleven
ieaths in the convict forwarding prison
q that city between the ist and 1lth
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

J. K. THOMAS. cashier of a bank in
Wh, \. Y, hearing burglars in the
fss office, next door to the bank. on
'ae night of the 18th. went down to
ae street and called upon them to
'arCw up their hands He was fired
aPOn and slightly wounded twice, and.
r'arning the fire, killed one of the
anrylars.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

ATAsHKESD letter 10 the Vienna
Press affirns that the military mission
which Russia dispatched from Turkes-
IN has for its object the final annexa-
ton of the Panirs without consult
;r~crpat Britain.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

THE will of the late Anthony J.
prs1el. Of Philadelphia, was admitted
= probate on the 21th- II disposas of
"A essaie valued at between e., 900. 900
- $50 OO0. 600.
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

How J. STERLING MORTON. secretar-
4 agriculture. said, on the 18th: II
think the chief remedy for the present
SeprvsSed condition of business is the
rPeal Of the sherman bill That
sacald be done ut once
Oxford eagle., 1893-07-27

CHISA has taken measures TO assist
sam' which for many years has paid
lr tribute, against French aggres-
Won On the other hand. it is said
aaat the Russian feet in Chinese wa
20 Is under orders to proceed to the
salt Of Siam for the purpose of sup
Frtng the French in their demands
.salnst Siam and toprotect the French
Nsldents there.