Oxford eagle., 1895-03-21


SECRETARY LAMONT. on the 18th. an
pointed Cornelius Cadle, Don Carlos
Buell. and Robert t. Lconey commits
sioners to establish . national mill
tary park on the battlefield of shiloh,
Tenn
PRIVATE kilograms from Cuba re-
eeired in Madrid. on the 18th. failed TO
confirm the official statement that the
rebellion had been crushed. bat de-
elared that the insurgents were gain
ing strength daily.
THE steamship oiivctte. arrived at
Tampa. Fla. on the 18th. from Ha-
vana. bearing intelligence Of the
formation OF a provisional governn<ns
in Cuba with Gen Msrti Is president
and Gomez as general-in-ehief-
Tr was reported from washinxton,
on the 18th. tha, Secretary Gresham
had determined To give the Spanish
government the alternative OF xpolo-
gixing or Sighting for the insult to our
Tag in firing upon the steamer ALI
anca-
The body OF Victor Hugo was on
the i3sh, deposited in n sarr0phaxus
especially constructed for IL in the
pantheon AZ Paris The oaly members
Of the family present were two Of
Hrgo's grandehildren. Leopold Hugo
and Paul Meriee-
HkKzT T HArwAkD. convicted ~
MinneaPoliS. MINI. of eonplicity in
the murSier of Miss Cathzriae ting.
was, On the iIth. sentenced by Judge
>srssh To be hanged after the expirz-
tina Of three months. on . date to be
set BY the governor
DIX EIIxGExsNTrH. Of Rlairs~ilie,
Pa, On the Issh. pronoanoesi as eon-
vaiescent and out Of danger from diph-
liberia four patients whom he had
treated with anti-toxine. making the
rfth recovery in BlzirSville of persons
treated with this remedy
The otfSeial returnS Of imports in TO
France for the months Of January and
February show the value Of sFs sIs. 600
francs. n against sas. ~. go francs for
the corresponding period OF 1884 The
exports for the periods me eGsio1ed we're
respectively s-e,Oss,eo and -. sei .oo
francs
TEE viii of Mr.. - N. Burroughs.
who died at Monte Carlo on February
6. beqaezths ~. loo 10 Henry George,
the tax reformer. Mr.. Burroughs WAS
born in Medina. " v. and was senior
partner in the firm of Burroughs &
WeIleOme, wholesale phzrmaeeutists.
IN London
ONE HUNDRED employees of the Cleve-
land (ol Ship Building Co went out
on strike on the sth- The company
proposed to pay the old hands g. ~
and new men s. .5 per day The strike
was for a $50 per day rate The
strikers were employed in the boiler
making department
OWING to the refusal of the owners
Of the great manufactures at Pantiu
and Aubervilliers to accede to the de-
mands of their employees for increased
wages, etc, the labor union to which
the men belong. on the 18th, ordered
the employees of all the match faeto-
ries in France to cease work
Two RIOTS. in which white men were
the aggressors. and negroes. as a rule,
the victims. occurred in New Orleans
on the i2th- Six men were killed and
eight seriously and many slightly in
jured- Among the dangerously
wounded was Purser James A. Balm, Of
the English steamship Engineer.
THE information received by the sec
retary of state that Baron Fava. the
Italian ambassador. had addressed
Gov MeIntyre of Colorado directly on
the subject of the Walsenbery affair,
created somewhat OF a surprise at the
state department. on the 18th. rs being
quite contrary TO diplomatic usage
PRcY. L STONE wIsGIxs. of Ottawa.
Ont. speaking of the late lunar eclipse,
said: The moon passed squzr~Iy over
the earthis shadow. and il was Of a
dark brown color and distinctly visi-
BILE during the eclipse. II il had no
atmosphere 10 Distribute the solar
rays. and rs there is NO light in space,
IL would have been as black rs ink
CART. CKossxAS of the American
mail steamer Alliance. which arrived at
Quarantine, N ". on the 18th, from
Colon reported that. on the sth. wheE
his vessel was of the east coast of the
island of Cuba she was fired qpon by .
brigzntine-rigged mAn-ofwzr flying |
the Spanish fag. and chased for IS
miles. when she distanred her pur-
suer.
The National Afro-American Typo
graphical association was organized in
ers and journalists of both sexes from |
the north and south on the 18th II Is |
the first eolored printers union in the |
world. and will include in its member
ship printers. bookbinders, stereotyp
ers. reporters. apprentices and all |
eolored tradesmen
A CABLE dispatch TO the Americas |
board of commissioners of foreign mis- |
sions in Boston announced. On the /
18th. the death Of Rev. George Cushing |
Knapp. At Bitiis. eastern Turkey.
where he had lived as \ missionary fog |
forty years Mr.. knApp's death was |
not caused by any violence. bat his last |
days were filed with anxiety for the /
country and the people 10 which he
had devoted his life
soxE time ago Secretary Morton
turned over to Delegate Flynn s.ooc |
packages of seed for distribution |
among those suffering from the
drought in Oklahoma Mr.. Flynn ar
ranged for the distribution through
certain agents in various parts Of the
territory. who have competed appli-
cants for seed to pay twenty-five eents
each for making affidavit that they are
mot able TO purchase seed
ArroRxKr-GkxKRALO OLxEr will ap
Pear ON behalf Of the government in 1