Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-01-25

nrxucsise In Ceou. in the Philippines
In n month no Less than go deaths
occurred. being over % per cent There
has been nearly s.oee dsaths since the
epidemic started.
INTIMATE friends OF Prime Minister
Crispi believe that owing. to the situa-
tion in htafy daily becoming woxse. he
win demand Of the chamber Of depu-
tisethat pienipotsntisry power Be con-
fsrssd upoa him for = yesr.
@A1ssaion Of the tariff bill under
Ne ave-minute rule will continue i,
the house until and including the ssth
instant night sessions being held also
u which speeches may be made by gem
flsmen desiring to 20 on record
CHOLERA has appeared At Anvelaia
near Charieroi, Belgium. On the 18th
there were twelve deaths from the dis
Many Of the inhabitants have
been attacked The authorities are
constructing . l~azaretto. whore the
sick <ill be treated.
JS account Of . strike in the polish
mg room of the Diamond plate-eiass
factory at Kokomo. Ind. all the en-
plcyes Of that establishment and the
one At Elwood. belonging to the same
company. went out on the 18th. There
are 1, 400 men involved
THE heirs Of Col Nicholas Lots,
of Reading, Pa, who furnished sup
plies to wash;ngton's army at Valley
Forge, claim that their ancestor was
never paid in fall for the supplies fur
nished. and will shortly present .
claim to congress for a, 900, COO
HEKR ErrEySR. formerly vice-director
of the Danube Steamship Co, commit
ted suicide in Berlin on the 18th. The
snti-Semites violently charged him
with irregularities in 1esa, but the
company acquitted him Two weeks
ago. however, he was dismissed by the
company.
H. H. LEONARD, manager. Of the
wrecked Santa Clara bank at San
Jose. Cal, has been arrested, at the in
stance of the grand jury, charged with
embezxiing Is, oC9. Leonard and the
cashier, Hay wood. now dead, managed
to divert to themselves 500, GOO Of the
banks funds
THE Illinois state building at the
Worlds fair ground has been sold for
si,&sa NJ C sloan & Co. of Chicago.
were the purchasers There were
twelve bids in all A bond Of ss. 600
was required TO insure the removal Of
the building from the grounds by Au-
gust J. next
SEDoSrE VALIANT. daughter Of the
anarchist Auguste Valiant, under
sentence OF death for throwing . bomb
into the French chamber Of deputies,
has written . letter TO Nine Caruot,
wife of the president, appealing to her
to use her influence with her husband
TO secure . pardon for her father.
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FIFTEEN separate offers sg1ro4ating
$40. 600, ooe 10 take bonds, shoald Seere-
tsry Cariislie Issue them. had been
received ct the treasury department
up to the 18th One offer to take .
block Of 60. eo0, 900 was received from .
New York firm Another offer to take
SITS was received froma mechanic
THERE Wa unveiled 1T the chapel Of
the United States naval academy at
Annapolis, Nd, on the sist, . memorial
window in memory Of officers and men
who lost their lives at Api2. Samoa. .
few years ago. when two American
naval vessels were wrecked and several
officers. Including Capt Sehoonnaker
and Pzymaxter Arms Of the vandaIiz
we're drowned
LA LASTxKyK publishes . letter from
Bangkok whisn states that the Siamese
are evzcuztinS the left bank o. the
Mekong river, In accordance with the
agreement entered into with France.
have been piiAged and burned by the
Siamese troops engaged in clearing the
country for French possession
DISPATCHES from the Congo state
ssy . strong force of Arabs recently
attacked the Belxians under Capt Pom
thier. who were intrenehed as Kaxsou-
20. ON the Congo Ponthier was killed,
and many Of his men were killed or
wounded The latest news rserived u
the coast showed that the B<igian
force was in = precarious position
TRAM No. 3 on the Kansas City. St
Joseph q Council Biuffs railroad was
held mp and robbed. At Is-so O'Clock on
the morning Of the 18TH BY fvenasked
men IT Roy's Branch, just above 81
Joseph, No. the scene Of the attempted
robbery of September - last The
contents of the safe n the express ear
were transferred TO . sack and carried
Oh
AxoSYNoUs and innAumatory pla-
cards have recently been posted in ths
town of vilin, China, which state that
China has everything she nseds and
that the missionaries are teaching nc
new doctrines to the people Ths nh
sionaries are therefore not wanted and
IN appeal h made calling upna patricia
to collect On = dssisnatsd day 70 kill
and deAsroy-"
Tu big English locomotive Tsao
nan. now 1t the West Nilwnukse,
Cwi&,1 shops of the Chicago Nnwsu-
kee 4 St Paul railway, hA pronounced
failure. Theme will b no fuxther trial
Of the engine, because II has bssn
shown By texts already naas thss
when an extra hauling b required hel
boiler can not furuish enough ssssa u
operate the four cylinders