Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-11-22
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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were arrested on board the French
steamship Sidney. from Marseilles for
Yokohama and Hong Kong. charged
with conspiracy to destroy the japan n
ese feet by the use of torpedoes. have
been released from custody by the Jap
panese. after taking oaths not To re-
sort TO any action tending to assist
China during the war
THIRrEEy cases Of smallpox were
discovered in New York city. on the
isth- in the vicinity of West Thirty
ninth street. The eontsgion arose
from a case of smallpox recently found
at 40 West Thirty-ninth street
The first of the two steamships built
in this country for the international
Navigation Co was launched from the
Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. on
the 18th, in the presence of Presiden,
Cleveland, members of the cabinet and
a large throng of people Mrs. Cleve-
land stood sponsor foe the vessel. and
/ christened it the St Louis. after the
metropolis of Missouri
a CIRCULAR inviting bids for SO, 90,
300 ten-year S per cent governmen.
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rartment on the 18th
OK the 12th n dispatch from Shanx-
hal to the Central News. London. said
it was reported there that Port Arthur
was taken By the japanese. on the Iith.
without resistance The japanese.
after bombarding the place for short
time made a land assault upon the
cnemy's works. when the Chinese sur
/ rendered
/ The japanese legation at Washing.
ton had not. up to the f9th. received
Official confirmation Of the capture o.
Port Arthur The legation people say.
however. that il Port Arthur has in
I truth fallen IL will be the most disas-
trouS blow that China eould have ~
Z ceivesl
ELEcTHciAxs doubt the success oi
the attempts which will b. made a,
Auburn IN NJ prison TO resuscitate
Murderer Wilson after his eieetrocu-
ton Gov Flower has declared his in
tentiou 70 permit the experiment.
which viii Be made 5y experts in the
execution room
A SPECIAL 70 the Zee from Neigh.
Nebl. says Barrett Scott. the default
ing treasurer Of Holt county. Neh
who stole sioo.0sa. was srntenee.i at
Neigh on the fsth- TO the peuitentia-y
for five years
The aeasfemy building at Rash.
vile. Ind. a hansfsorEae brick. together
with its eontenss was cDnplesely Dr.
struyed by fire on the i1th, TIE
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vile business eolle1e. wha=e los ou
fixtures Is sl.s90 Lo@s en- the bailA-
ing. S-o.0e1. insurance small sup
Z posed to be the work Of an ineendizry
WILLIAM :. SrVRsEs. aged - years.
the Chicago millionaire whose salt for
mflfions against Charles T. Farwell. q.
Chicago, has made such a stir ia Legal
circles. and who wzS adjaj1red Insane
by n eonmisssor Of iGnaey. On ths. sch.
died AZ the tilenmary houl< IN O~wego,
n Y. Of senils d<m.ntia on the 18th.
A coLD wave spread over Pensacola,
Fla. and vicinity. on the ieth. the
thermometer going % =. Ice was
plentiful Many Of the Older inhabis.
ants do not remember frost 50 early.
THE ear has appointed the prince
of Wales honorary colonel of the kiefs
regiment of dragons.
Cot WM- H. GIBB< ex-state senator
and republican postmaster at Jackson,
Miss. was sentenced in the federal
court. on the 18th. to three years in the
Kings county N W penitentiary for
embezzling. as postmaster, 5000
on the 18th the London court OF
ehaneery granted SIR Augustus Har.
RS. the theatrical manager. an interim
injunction preventing Col Maplesou
from circulating a prospectus connect.
ing Harris with the Imperial opera
company. which is about to be ioated
rs stock enterprise
ONE HUNDRED persons were killed by
the late seismic disturbances within a
radius of 90 miles from the city oi
La Paz. Bolivia
The train on the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas railroad. which was held up by
the Cook gang on the night Of the 18th
was heavily guarded by United State,
marshals. but Bill Cook and Cherokes
Bill. with their fifteen men. forced
them to surrender all their guns
money and watches
A BOMB found by a London police
man in a niche between the pillars oi
the court of justice. on the isth. was
found on examination TO contain moth
ing explosive
THE Italian deputy. Agnini. was. %
he l4th. sentenced to six months i'm
arisonment at Mosiena for taking part
IN the organization of societies. de.
signed To subyert the government
A BoAEDES6HoUsE in Eih~rfeld Rhen
ish Prussia was destroyed By IRE. OF
the night of the 18th. and seven Of IL
occupants were burned to death Scv
eral others are missing
HESRY BINDER \ wealthy and well
known German resident of Ann Arbor,
Mich, was burned 10 death in his barr
on the night of the 18th
The Trowbridge Touring mill n
South Haven. Mich. was destroyed b,
fire on the night of the 18th Loss
SIC. 900; partly insured
GOVERNMENT soldiers captured By th'
Brazilian Insurgents are given tbs
choice of death or enlisting in tbs
rebel army They enlist
The United States revenue euttel
Bear arrived at San Francisco frou
Behring sea on the 18th
The resignation of Dr. Hermann
ron Sehelling. Prussian minister o
Justice, was accepted by Emperor wil
liam. on the f4th. and DR.. Shonstedt
formerly president of the eelle cour
of appeals. was appointed to success
him
The British ship Culmere. Capt
Read. last reported at Hamburg, Octo
Der /. from Iquique, foundered, on tn
18th. in gale 50 milesof spurn Head
Yorkshire. England Twenty-tTo per
sous We're drowned. inriuding the cap
tain and his wife
SHEFFIELD. Ia. = town of 900 popu
lation. was wiped out by IRE on tn
night of the 18th Only two build
ings. Carhart's bank and Shaefer
Reynolds store. were left standing
. Total loss sIes.Ooo; insurance. $4,000
OFFICIAL copies of Secretary Carlisle
circnlar invi-ing proposals for bond
reached the subtreasury in New York