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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
DEATH OF JOHN W. maCkAY JR.
rArS-u frsm III. Hsr.~ D~riax a Ear.
aaa Killed

SEW YoEK. Oct s0.-The frs. news
Of the death Of John W. Maekay. Ir
the elder Of the two sons % John ".
Maekay. received BY the Postal Tele-
graph Co. was in a eabge-ram L,
George g. Ward. vice-pr~Sislcus and
general manager. The news was To
the effect that the young man had
been accidentally killed The news
Travelled quickly through the various
departments Of the company.
Mr. Maskay was at his country
chateau at Manga. in the department
of >arthe- With three friends Who we're
his guests he arranges! h1rSe race -
be run upon a circular tack at {
o'clock in the afternoon. each to ride
his own horse Mr. Naekay's horSs
got beyond his riders control aud
bOlted the tack. throwing NJ Maekay
violently To the ground
As he plunged forward he struck
against the butt Of tree head fore.
most. the blow catching him directly
between the eyes
He was Immediately picked up aud
carried into the chateau. where he was
worked over assiduouSly n an en-
deavor to restore him 10 consciousness.
but ali OF the restorative efarts we're
in vain lie died at $50 p N about
six hours after the accident.
There was no member Of his family
present when he died Mr.. Maekav's
father and mother were early notified
OF his death and the body will he trans
ferred to the Rue Tilset. in Paris,
where Mrs MaelSav has ordered the
erection Of a eatafAlqae to receive II.
around which lighted candles will be
burned
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
THs sArTLes-iP INDIANA.


ErnsA rrsp-E.r@~a ns.s@.
Bo-rox. OArt n la her oszeial trial
trip nctSe~a Csp~ Ann and E.-sne
sian : = distance q tAirtv-ou- knstS.
the hattieship i1i5zna maize an aver
aEr of 1881 knots f,r four hoarS This
i ei-is9 knots above th~ xu~~sf re-
sasr~sA by th- go~~run~nt. .aA a.
titcrc wa pr-miRrn of-eresi % So. go
fgr every quarter Knot over nfi~~a.
the Cramps VII receive S1a. o08 a. a
b'ouns IN excess of the contract urir..
osrer-ssi- The very saSis factsrv Sped
developed ~ the Indiana il s@eoadarv
10 the WONDERFUL way in which tn.
machinery worked
II was a perfect day for trial trip.
The atmosphere was brilliantly clear.
aud the breeze that was blowing only
had weight enough to crest the sea
with little whitec1pS
At 10 o'clock the Indiana approached
the starting line, and at l0.0s.l3s. she
was OF The run to Boone island was
made against the tide and consumed
two hours. two minutes and seven Sec
onds. the ship passing the last stake
NN4A n A--AA ne average speed Tor
the shirtv-One knots was at the rate Of
isss4 knots per hour The speed To-
Boone Island was disappointing. but on
the way back was nOtie=abIy greater
IL was 2-lo-zI when the trial was
over. The eugIneer offers of the
trial board were surprised az the wOu-
derfll persrrtnance Of the engines.
Not the slightest difficulty developed.
and the eng n-srs we're unan imouS In
the opinion that the engines were the
best they have ever handled
During the last fifteen miautes %
the run ll.s10 horsepower was devel-
oped The average horsepower derel-
Oped- however. was e.-UO. which Wa
20 more than required By the govern
meuL The maximum revolutions %
the screws were i:fl. and the average
revolutions were between is and 10.
The average steam pressure at the
boilers was i65. and at the engines l6i
II = expected the Indiana will 60
into commission about the first Of next
month.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
Dun's COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

The Er~at. AZ th~ We-s Of /. rr.ssi.f.r q.
tar. rhsaxh Sss wIshsat a.. ur.-h.-E.
-ssssos Espsrt. sfsPs-.t .na sssis ship
nseats apsr-hesa-d- -tarth-r n~.lia- Il,
fr"a sas steel rrodscts-whest IA
psrts
NEw foEk. Oct. 10 -Dun's cosnner.
eiAl review iSsuesl to-day. says:
failares fnr October thus far cover
liabilities Of Sass. 500. of which a..
SO. 2sl were of manufacturing and
ss,is5.sSf % trading concerns Fail
ur-s for the week have becn SIS In the
Unitet states. against sss last year.
aud - IN Canasla against 81 last year.
Inc evenss of the week are prom y
snx IN natare. though the speculative
markets are nos eatsrriy encouraging
The great advance in cotton hal ar
rested exports and - derang~I ex-
changes that shipment. % gold were
Tor a time appreh~ndea. bat the break
In the market iniiea;es that the
natural movement % the product may
soon be restored
Ihe week has brough. . little far
ter decline IN iruu aad steel pro,I as-ss.
N hisi~> and leather. ami n more Yield
ing tone IN hpots aud sho-S
wheat does not 20 cat freely. aud
the attempt - advance priees on Man-
day w2s followed By an Immediate de-
cline The Atiantic exports. Sour IN
e iltei. have tecn in the pas. three
TseiEs = -. as bushels. against -..a..
Ill last year.
soruc ot the railrss4dS report large
cain~ Ia earuiI<S. but en the Whole
ret iaras are still A. per e~us smaller
iaAa m n lac. thouSh a. larger than
last year
Textile manafaetRrrs have strong
Hiar<ris fgr materials t1ssplart th-aa.
nut scarcely any Aivancs y seen this
week IN epttea gsps,ls. Though th. ri---
tnr the mnath has averaged Al p~r
cvnt The rricr % sosBe wurSt~si%
have b-ea Aivaueesi t~cau--- asivaus--,i
ahr1aa- ous IL = as quessiunabl. a.
ever how far tR- market eza
= h~ld ~ the douae>tie makers.
ard so-,len mznHfactur~r~ have
O. tae@ nat saly f@r~ixa -sssnp~tftlou.
hat al e~pre a. t~n.t-ns-v % p-s,sulsr
erHlaasi tuxari xorsfest fahrieS
ss-ss % so-'l. q. ss'.7ao p.,ansiS at ta-
thrre cA.cf markets. against ~ ~. sssl
In i-23 greatly excl actaal coa-
sHnptinn-
a- sloney markets have bc-n easier.
VITA foreign eHchaag- higher. AMI tie
demand far erap puru-r>--s = r-uarssa-
bis small. vhfIe c,lulluerrial afr-rsurs
ar iucr-as',si isF mp lrf-r~' s-ttierl=ats
So aavau9- % a pradtzhi- business
s'rar1a-,s for TIE pa,t week arr =
rs-r e~at- iarE~r fhaa last ye2r. bat
Il : F.-r crnL lass thzn IN 10.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
~AR VITA EsoIAno.


rs~ Ns@r>~ B~~srt.~ Ca - Ease~~~a
o~sy ~ . E~-~rr - r--s-- .-.s rail-
CHicAse. Oe. IA <p~ciai % shs
Essaiag Pcs. froui washiuxtun savs-
Fr0sn the FF-~~at estiosoa IL aPp~ars
impossible - aEaid couses between
the United stats aad Great Britain
over the yensrn-laz-e aiAaa b.sansiar-
di~Pate
II the Msarn~ doetriae IS 20 bs "a
fure~sa, A. aAuinzStr@. on aashorities
declare that IL : 10 -. it can oaiy he
enforeesi hy a resort so powder aud
ball
AL reports from EngiAnd sgree that
the British aathargfi-s wiIl nas rer-ie
froaa their position ana that they viii
not sabmis % Axhitratioa oae hosa %
their claims
N~n~zsel2 inoas - the Uzitess states
10 Aisi her IN preventing British az
<ression-
President Cleveland vii 20 20 A.
lanfa today. bat before he Departs he
viii leave Instructions 70 the Se-re-
tzry 0f the navE which viii enable the
department 70 proceed az once TO
maintain the Mouro~ aoctrine-
The Indiana, which was put through
her acceptance trial Friday. vii be
placed in commission at once. Cart
Robert d. Evans. who will command
her. expects 10 BE ordered 20 the Veue-
zuelan coast a. once lie will sail m
der sealed orders This means that
his instructions will not b. made pub
lie in advance. but Bob Evans is n
fighter, AMI everyone who knows him
realizes that the entire British navy
cannot bluff him OF
The situation here to-day Is more
serious than IL has been any time since
the controversy started The pr~Si-
dent Is anxious and worried lie has
bad several conferences with Seer--
taries Herbert and olney and the Ven
ezueian minister saw the president
again
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
ALGIERs. Ia. BURNED.

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
CONDENSED TELEoRAMs.

THE lemon crop in the Palermo dis
trict this year IS IN exceedingly bounti-
fgi one, At least twice as large as las,
years crop.
4 NOTOcYcLE. or horSeless carriage,
race. from Chicago to waakegan and
return a distance Of about I0o miles,
will be contested Saturday. Novem-
ber ID
CRIME has been rampant in Chicago
for the past week There have been
numerous cases Of highway robbery. as
well as barylaries. and =: least one
murder has been atded 10 the list
WHEY TKorT. aged 50. once a prom
inent Bibb County farmer. who. with
three other mHrderers. escaped from
Jail AZ Birmingham. Ala. November Z.
1888 Was captured on the s0th and
placed in Jail.
The first snowfall OF the season Oe-
Cured in portions Of Michigan on the
Goth. being accompanied By a blizzard
The Gaatemalaa government his
issued an official decree for the purpose
Of prohibiting c p. Huntingdon from
selling the Guatemala Central railroad
TO Scotch syndicate.
THE third quarterly statement Of pro
duction and export Of Cuban srgArs Of
is94-95, shows that Cuba has marketed
its present crop, as follows: United
States. 7Ia,ss7 tons. or ass per cent;
Spain, s6.295 tons, or S4i per cent:
Canada. s5, $50 tons. or 3S2 per cent:
Great Britain, 5.gs4 tons. OF ga per
cent
REPORTS received AZ the weather
bureau indicate that the present drouth
IS one Of the seyerest. most prolonged
and general known in the United States
since the bureaus organization
The treasury is again disturbed BY
talk OF gold shipments. the disquietiug
suggestion being followed. Of course.
By fresh batch Of runors of another
bond issue
TIE worlds wheat crop for the year
Iss5 viii Be from 100. .oO0.0Oo 20 500
GOl eco bushels less than tie crop OF
Iss5. which was not an Exceptionally
large crop
A coMPASY OF Irishmen has been Or
ganized a. san Francisco TO aid Cuba in
achieving independence
A SPECIAL from Oxford. Ga, the seas
Of Emory College. says that Bishop
Attisss g. Haywood. of the southern
Church. is critically Il at
bis home there. He IS threatened with
parElysss sad serious results AFo feared.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


Nicksburr. o. fS-wi.h tho errvp-
ton Of feN light showers in the Il
treue southern Tortioz Of ths state. no
rainfall has occurred in Niss.sslppI aar-
Ing she past week. The skies have been
clear 70 partly cloudy, and temperatures
below normal. with .rus.s ca tae sth.
lesh ard lstb. doing slight damage D.
peas and late cora IN some % the north
srn counties.
Farming operations we're sninp ded
iartng the week. Cctsoa plcking hAs
soae sigoroasly On. an4 tue general dec
larasion - that the crup sill b out o.
the aelts b. November Il bad weather
Ices nos iaierfere with tar work- The
sualitg os the stapls Is Sac bat the
yield poor
Cora : mostly gathered II il % xcoa
quality aai Shows tAir yiells HayEnx
about ever. a sas e-op has been .Av,-t.
Minor fall croPs viii give lixht yields
tor ths @oss r4rs oa acrsans % the
irosth. ~aach also iassrseses Eiga the
planting Q, fail oats
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
AMATEUR BANK ROBBERS
nake = FslIare-oa- Of Then c.pear.a
Red-Handea

Butte. Mont, Oct eI--Twoamateur
hank robbers attempted TO blow up and
rob Hoge. Daily a Cos bank at Ana
eonda shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning Two clerks. T. l. Kunkel
and Thomas Hemmerie. were asleep in
the building and were awakened by a
noise They got up and were about to
investigate. and ~ they reached the
street a frightfHl explosion took place
which shook the building. shattered
the plate glass and burst open the big
vault
A crowd Of citizens and policemen
were soon at the scene and one Of the
robbers standing on the roof of the
building was caught and recognized
rs mechanic named A. L Firpo. lie
said he had a partner in the attempted
robbery, bat he escaped aud be re
fused 20 give the mans name.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

The Biloxi Herald wants bill 70 tax
every dog not less than sI-e0 aad every
female dog not less than ss-O0. such tax
10 20 to the school fund fo- educational
purposes IL would make the presence
Of such animals upon 4 mans premises
evidence of oxnershiP. aad require the
assessor % 50 assess them such a tax
would materially increase the school
fund and a. the same time have the
effect Of decreasing the number Of
worthless ours that abound throughout
the State
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

set On 5sa5 specifies As follows whB
are liable 70 road duty: All male per
sons over the az % l. aad under the
age 0f > years. not blind nor ds A. or
dumb. nor otherwise disabled b disease
or loss o. limb. ami not students or
teachers in any college. academy or
school. nor ministers of the gospel in
charge Of churches. nor rahbls. nor
members % the national guards, nor
seafArin- men actually engaged as such.
shall Be liable % work on the public
roads but a person SHALL nos be re-
qGired 70 work more than ten days n
any one year. unless IN eases herein
after provided for; anG eight hoars con
slant, diligent labor shall constitute
days work on the roads. and suitable
deduction shall be made f1r xhas time
the Of iabore- falls shert 0f this number
OF hours. either from absence OF idle-
ness.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

There are said 70 be twenty-five gates
In Beat Of >unfower county. and one
has 10 travel only thirty miles 70 pass
through al Of them S9me gates in
The county require two men. one boy. =
jaekscre~ aad dynamite boub 70 open
them. IL seems that a grand jury IS All
that can hx gates in this county. All
the man who breaches the subject 70
she grand Jury IS afterwarI almost ca
traeised by his community. For pabIis
sake. overseers. fl the gates OF tear
them Gowa--Indizaola Toesia-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.
Gov. Clarke says IA. is UaehAaxsd In HIs
PosIGio1-

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Oct 2I-Gov.
Clarke talked freely yesterday Of the
pending mill between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons- said the governor. Il
am unchanged in my position There
IS no possibility Of a 6xht between
those two men at Hot Springs The
idea Of two or three hundred sports At
Hot Springs being able to pull OF a
prize Sight in Arkansas when the law
says they can rot do it, IS PrsPoster-
pas IN the extreme
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

LITTLE Rock. Ark. Oet- aa-Gov.
Clarke avoided the reporters last
night. but it was given out semI-ofa-
eially az 10 o'clock that he had decided
% issue his proclamation warning the
FLORIDA Athletic association against
further preparations At Hot springs
and ordering the state militia 70 hold
itself m readiness for immediate use.
Col Mollenberg and Adit wkiPp.e Of
the Arkansas state xuArd will reeeivs
iAslF orders tsoa Brig -Gsa Tsygos.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
DESERTED HER CHILDREN
To Kan Away VITA Her Lsvrr-Arrested
aad rakea Home

BUFFALO. " Y. Oct Is--MrsL DOlIIe
Gish, 81 years old. Of Lafayette, o. was
arrested here Thursday night charged
with dese-ting her children She had
come here in advance Of her lover
George W. Adams. with whom she had
planned an elopement- Adams was.
however. arrested in Lafayette Thurs
day, and gave the address Of Mrs
GiSh- Samuel ]. Henshaw. Mrs 6ish's
father. arrived here yesterday and
took her home.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

Work hands we're never scArcer in the
delta than At present Five hundred
hands can fnd steady employment in
the neighborhOod Of IadianoIa- The
timber men need hands. the corn gath
erers need hands. for there is an extra
10. Of it 70 house. and cotton pickers
are getting 50 cents per 100 pounds. and
very hard 70 fnd.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

January Hext wfii witness an eati-eIy
se~ 10. Of >tase oeleer<. aad a zsssorisy
d ae~ ones IA tse Ezrioas eosnties .s
~eiL >EeriFs sa4 rrezsur~rs are PRO
aioased from szuese4inx themselves o.
each other a eflce. - both sf these
9iaess ~ill be allied - new aea- The
eouaty officers zili b sworn IN IN J1n-
sarT dsh. taas being the srss Moa4zy n
January after their election. whseh 1ar
tas aeN eozssisatisa pr-scribes their
terms q oslre saAii b.ga o4iax %
The electoral scheme provided by the
constitution he state OF -srs Sfsl hola
thsir os1rrs tE1 weeks Iouxer Al q
OF tas >tzfe cesura exerps governor
take charge q their sfSres on Noudar,
January esish- lie taxes charge ea ~.
dag tallostug. -or as so-5a thereafter Nx
practirahle. aairss different ttme b.
lErd bF she euasarrsa& resoIation Of
hota hause4-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
NO HOPE ENTERTAINED


SEATTLE Wash. Oct lathe four
men ensonbed in the burning Frank
lin mine have not oeen found there
is no doubt they have been suffocated-
Receiver c j. Smith of the Oregon
improvement Co said this morning
that there was no hope for them and
tha. he was satisfied all four were
deaf The FIRE Is still raging. aud thts
necessarily makes the work OF recUg-
cry slow TIE officials claim. hcw.
sVsE 'kaE oaly s.lhfrs are barllHg.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

sad death occurred near Cr1bap-
PIE. ia. recently Chandler. the s.
year-ol& son q Mr. anA Mrs 7. J.
jameson vas smothered To death in .
cotton pen lie was playing on ths
cotton By himself lie made dep
hole in it with hi- hands. and then got
down into Il head foremost and eonld
not get out The hole was not much
larger than his BODY aud he smothered
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

&. W >~nteIl. a millionaire % New
Orleans. died at the residenee Of his
daughter. Mrs - A Dickson. Of Shr-v--
port, La Intsrment occurred at Cot
tage Grove. La Mr.. SentelI. besides
his large mercantile interests in New
Orleans. was the owner ef many plan
tAtions in LoassiAua and ArkansaS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

LoSDoS, Oct 1.-THE Daily Graphic.
in an article on the AnglO-Yenezuelan
disPate. says President CresPo viii
not fail 20 understand that British
patience in this ancient quarrel has
become exhausted The venezueIans
have lately adopted perfectly intol-
rrahls attitr.ir
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

lHE London Morning Post published
dispatch from Paris. on the nth,
saying that official returns showed
,hat the number of Spanish troops
..st IN lighting or by disease since
.ne opening OF the campaign in Cuba
= i'ss', including a general. twenty
s4A superior officers and 100 officers of
lower rank.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

COL GEOt H. FISHER. who was con
sal-general to Japan BY appointment
of President Lincoln, and to Syria by
President Grants appointment, died
suddenly in Washington. on the night
of the I5th- of heart disease He was
born IN Boston in 1894. and served in
the Mexican and civil wars.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

The managers Of the VALLEY Stock
Farm have decided TO give the public a
trea. in the way ofaa exhibition Of aae
colts handsome roadsters and bicycle
racing AZ their training tack near
Wafer Waller SATURDAY, Serenle. s,A.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

GIN JOHN GIsBoS was elected COM
mander-in-chief of the military order
Of the Loyal Legion at the eleventh
annual convention of the national
eommandery-in-chief, held in Wash
ington city. on the 18th, to succeed
ten Lueius Fairchild. whose term of
two years had expired
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
FIVE PERSONS INJURED


PHILADELPHIA. Oct e0.-Two trolley
cars came together with = crash al
Twelfth and Spring Garden streets
last night badly iniuring 1--WE persons
on the ear and giving dozen others
ugly bruises Those injured severely
are residents Of Philadelphia
A car was proceeding down Twelfth
stree. when a spring-Gardeu street
car crashed into its rear end The
brake of the latter car failed to hold
and this caused the accident
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

John Sullivan. 4 business man at
Meridian. Miss. took Iaudanun ADD
died He had become involved in trou-
bic b. the Illicit sale Of whisky.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

The frn Of Broaeh Bros. composed of
William G. and JOAN ". Broaeh, the
Oldest mercantile Rouse in Meridian.
failed lAss week with liabilities amount
ing 20 about SIS, coo and assets estimated
AZ S3S. oOa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

News comes Of the death Of Mrs.
Cynthia Hawkins, one Of the oldest res
idents Of Calhoun county. and one Of its
first settlers She was 20 years old and
bad been a consistent member OF the
Baptist Church for ffty-three years
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

fRASKLIS l. PoPE. an electrician,
formerly connected with the Bell Tel
ephone Co, and q scientific writer of
some note, was killed by a shock from
an eieetrie-lighting apparatus in the
ee1iar OF his house in Great Barring
ton- Mass. on fhe 18th Three thou
sand volts entered his body.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

THOUSANDS Of barrels of apples and
other fruit. besides immense quantities
OF potatoes. etc, are said to be rotting
along the Ohio valley since the suspen-
sion of navigation on account of low
water. there being no other means
available of reaching a market
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

The dwelling Of J. II Allen. situated
near fairview, Todd eo0nty. Ky.. To-
gether with all its contents. was de.
stroyed by IRE A valuable library vvas
burned The total loss is estimated a.
about s7.ooo. with 81 200 In.uraaee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

At Dennisou. Tex, Louis Nassoy, .
prominent young man. shot himslf. 10
the presence Of Mrs Tanke. a married
woman for whom he had conceived q
violent passion Massey will die
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

Internal revenue officers recently
made raid in Leteher. Harlan. Perry
and Leslie counties. Ky. and captured
several women nOoushinsrx
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

A DISPATCH from Bombay. India on
the nth. said The mutineers in Goa
have refused to accept the amnesty
offered them By the Portuguese Of
ficials. and have looted the treasures
in the city Of Goa and wrecked several
buildings
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

roPE LEO has issued q decree pro
Aioiting Catholics from participating
"a religious congresses. which is con-
s,Hered direct blow TO the policy of
4t1lnal Gibbons and Archbishop Ire
,4h'i, whose liberaIity in this particu-
.4e mad won thousands of friends
~hong american Protestants for the
Catholic church.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

THE Chiekasaw Legislature has
finally appointed \ conferences com
mittee to meet the Dawes Commission.
which IS regarded as \ most Important
concession. while it does not neces-
sariiy imply that an agreement will DC
reached.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24

ISeUIRIEs at the British foreign Of
hce. on the 18th. concerning the truth
OF report Pu6iislzesi in the United
States that force of British troops
was marching through Venezuela
elected the reply that the story was
undoubtedly a canard.