Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

AsoSs the importan. eases decided
by the supreme court Of the United
states. On the zlSt. i one aeternining
the eenturv odd question Are iurses
1uaErs Of the Law zs well zs of facts in
criminal e&~ess- II xasdeeidesa in the
negative vita two diss~nting opinions,
~ Justices Gray and >hirzS
gNx snpreme court Of the United
states. an t1e z.sf. decided the czxe of
the uited States ~ The Z c. Knight
Company et al denying the eoussitn-
t1onality and validity Of the Sherman
antitrust Law Of fss~s. a. affecting the
transfer of the stock. etc. OF several
r-nninx eonpanies 20 the >asrar trust
HoKx excitement than the depart
rnent has had IN yezrs was created
among the rank and fle of the New
York police department.. on the sist.
when Il became known thar a great
number of indictments. probably hftv-
two. had been found by the over and
terrniner grand jury.
AFrxR one Of the most bstter fights
ever wzged fer the United States sen
ate In Kansas. Lneien Baker. state
senator for Learenworth csSuusv. re-
eeived the caucus nomination. on the
night of the eIst. on the ninth ballot
THE yolk<hlztr. an anti-senite
Journal circulating in Mannheim.
Heidelberg and Frankfort has been
eonfseAted BY the authorities. owing
TO its having published an article en-
titled Ode 10 Adam which Was re-
gzraed n \ parody on Emperor VII
hzm's Song 20 4geir--
The trolley-car mems strike in
Brooklyn assumed serious aspect. On
the 2ist. and there were nnneroas col
lisioas between the mobs and police
and with the military. the latter. after
much provoeation- firing on their as
szilants- The known casualties for
the day numbered twenty. besides sew
erzl wounded rioters who were spirited
away BY friends
death for four weeks. Lizzie Morton.
the second victim of the shanty boat
tragedy Of Christmas day. in St Louis.
for which Noble Shepard i in jail. died
On the nixht of the sist She carries
with her % the grave the story Of the
douhle murder. which will probably
never be known anless Shepard tiIis L.
In the Nebraska hou~e. On the -lsa.
resolutions were unanimously adSpted
deuouncing the murder Of Barrett
Scott n dastardiy and unwarrznted.
and calling upon the governor 70 i'm
m-dizteiy offer reward for the arrest
Of his nurderer<
Hox. GEoEsK A. BINGHAM ex-justiee
of the supreme court Of New Hamp-
shire. died AZ his home in Lifsletou on
the sd Judge Bingham was born in
Coneord- VI. April >s. Is-A
Rxroxrs received At the state depart
ment in Washington up 10 the sIst
plzoe the Japanese in n position be-
tween Pekin on the west and the great
fortress of wei-Hai-wei on the east
IL IS believed that a movement viii Be
made by land and sea upon the latter
plzce. just Is n Port Arthnr. Il
OS the sist Judge A j. Riekx. Of
Cleveland. o.. accompanied by his eosn-
sci. arrived in NAshingtoz to appear
before the Judiciary eonuittee Of the
house Of representatives 70 answer the
charges preferred against him by the
Central Labor unioa Of Cleveland
SENATOR OWENS has introduced bill
in the Sew York lesisl2tnre the par-
pose Of which is 20 correct eosuplsinf
by the striking railway operatives Of
Brooklyn II provides that n days
labor of tsn hour. shzH h-gin tse mo-
menf an employe reports fsr duty and
be continuous except for n interval
for q meal
A 7. HAY died At his hone in Bur
lington. Ia. On The I'D sze1ea Hs
was the irwentor Of the ceAbrzsed
Hay steel. and built the first sl-steei
bridge in the world across the Missouri
river At Glasgow. No BE va The
builderof the best and newest sussen-
sson bridge al and across the SisSSa
river. immediately below the falls AID
thoasznds Of miles Of his steel : IN "
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