Oxford eagle., 1893-03-23
PERSONAL 0No GENERAL


Worlds fair traffic. Detectives a.,
Wa.ehins the men closely at all points.
and any movement toward a general
strike will be promptly reported.
ACTING under telcgraphic inS,ruc-
tons the Indianapolis Undl police ON
the 18th. arrested 4. J. Caffev. said 70
oe an ex-trcasurer Of COmanrhc coun-
" Tex, charged With being a de.
faulter.
The Countess Gomar. n member Of
one of the Old grandee families Of
spain, narrowly escaped assassination.
on the 18th at the hands of trusted
man-servlnt, who. after woundinr both
mistress and maid, turned the weapon
upon himself with deadly effect The
countess and her maid may recover.
THE court OF appeals Of Mary land has
decided that 4 tax upon land alone for
the support of the government Of that
state or any part Of il. or the govern
ment Of any county or municinali,v in
II. Is not in accordance with the prD-
visions Of the state constitution. anil
ran not. therefore. be enforced
The Colorado state senate. on the
18th. passed bill. which It i thought
will ais1 pass the house anil uhirh
the governor Is known 10 favor. sub
ttituting life imprisonment for hang
ing as punishment for murder in the
first degree
The Egyptian cotton seed which was
purchased by Secretary RuslS through
the United States consul-gcnsraI at
Cairo. Egypt. arrived at the depart
ment of agriculture on the 18th
The Belgian anti slavery society has
written an urgent protest against sus-
plying arms to Arab save trad
ers. England and Germany are held
responsible for the traffic
A. Z. STURTEvAST died at his home in
Norwich. Conn. on the 18th He was
one OF the largest manufacturers in
the country. and owned g., Ooo. 900 worth
of property in New York. including the
sturtevant house.
The French police arrested in Brus-
sells. on the 18th. two brothers named
Schoupp on suspicion Of Matching an
anarchist dynamite plot in connection
with the nortorious French anarchist.
Matthew.
A STORMY scene in the New York leg
isIature followed the introduction. ou
the 18th. Of the bill approPriating
500 600 additional for the Worlds fair.
certain members wanting informa-
tion as to what had been doue with the
money already appropriated before
toting for any further sum
The jury appointed BY the United
States circuit court on the condlemna-
ton ofproperty between Sixth seventh
Walnut and SAMSON streets. Philadel-
phia. for use as n site for the new mint.
fled its report. on the 18TH awarding
$3.50, 100 10 property holders. aud to ten
ants s2T.945.
Two HUNDRED villages around the
city of Warsaw and the town Of Are
chef, Russia. were inundated, on the
10th, By 4 sudden thaw. resulting in
great distress to the inhabitants and
millions of roubles' damage
REAR-ADNIRaI. IRWIN has been de-
tached from command of the Mare Is
land ravv yaru and ordered 10 the COM
mand of the Asiatic station. relieving
Admiral Harmony. who returns home
10 retire
Ir has been decided to name the new
military post to be established near
Essex junction. VI, Fort Ethan Allen.
in honor of the revolutionary hero who
at one time owned the land where the
post is now situated
THE secretary Of the interior on the
10Th, accepted the resignation Of Green
Il. Raum. as commissioner ot PENSIONS
and designated Deputy Commissioner
Andrew Davidson to take eharse OF
that Office until the appointment by
the president OF Gen Raum' successor
c PALMER. of Grinneil. To-, II the
winner of the 500 prize offered last
summer by the Nicaragua canal con
xentiou at ~ Louis for the best essay
ON the advantage of the speedy compile
tion of the canal to the United states.
and especially to the north central
states
AsuK-wEavIxG eompany in Shakir,
I.nap. which employed 1900 hands
and manu- ufactured s.. 900 worth OF SIX
fabrics daily, has gone into liquidation
TIE lower house of the Prussian diet
on the 10Th, passed to third reading
bill TO reform, the present eompliea'eu
system of elections
Louis B. MATHEW, now under ar
rest mt San Francisco for a series oi
burularies in Oakland. CAL, was iden-
tiled. on the 10th, as the chief man
who robbed the paymaster OF the Jua-
son powder works last year OF sl'.oo"
an the Berkeley train. Matheny is
.on Of DIR. T. j. Matheny, of Auburn
Ind r..
nc Fox, a collector for the FIRST
national bank of Chicago. was held up
and robbed of s1.sO0 on one OF the
,tairvays of the Chicago courthouse q.
no,r on the 18th. The robber choked
-. collector into insensibility and
s-.nbipu the money. rushed down the
s,.irs and escaped into the crowded
street
TUX administration has under con-
s;,leration a proposition to leave MINIS
,ar Fred ID. Grant undisturbed IN wen
ua The proposition IS favored by Sec
-s+,rr Gresham, who is also IN favor
Of making no change in the Ensiisn