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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

TnE secretary OF the interior. ON the
nth directed that the payment OF tho
$500, 600 10 the Neg Perces tribe Of In
dams in Idaho be resumed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

In the Case of Ds@iaie s~aasse. Whs
Csmastte<i q Csid- Bissasd Maruer.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July i4-In the
trial of Dominic Seanone, charged
with the murder of Charles TAFT. the
jury reported that they could not
agree ana were discharged. Seanone
killed TAFT in January. The latter
was a street car conductor and the
quarrel arose over TAFT being insiru-
mental In the indicting Seanone's
father for selling liquor without a
license. The murder was . cold blood
ed one
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

THERE were Light frosts in low places
IN south Dakota. ON the night OF the
eth. but no damage was done.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

>ait hss b~en begun IN tae Federal
cuurt a. Meri4i4n FOR ~.a.pss damages
against =. : McNeiley. Unitca States
marshal for ia.s district. and his bonds
men. y " Prepls< W Z. Sirisy. J. =
Hzater, and " W Stone. The plAsnt-
% = ;ae suit Ars william johnson 2zA
Alfred BurkhAit-r. rit.zens % Fe4ri
River NauntT. Nhp we're 4rrps,ea n that
county On tar -ath ulti3a BY W W
kontusua. 4-pgtF rais~i ~sales mar
shai- saa taev Aliexe aNd no ~arz4atS
Tor their arr~sf. After hsiar iacNr--r~
aisd IN the Pear and M4rion CSuasE
iaiis lt = ehAr<-d tAAf ther =srs taksu
IN iraas - Meridian. sh@r- ihsv lad a
preliminary hearing The schArE- against
them sAs violation % tAs 4 ais@l states
revenue ass ia selling ~hlsxy ~itaout
license Jehasoz s2s4isrhzr<v-1. =z.l=
BgrShsiter ~4s houn4 over "a 1szit tas
action o. no Fe1sr@i xr2nd ,ary-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

Meridian. July tA--The excitement
Svet the robbery and attempted murder
% T. II. Farmer aud hi. wife has been
intensified hv additional arrests which
hare been made aud the reported con-
iesslon Of ono of those PARTIES do.
sertives have becn earnestly AZ work
since the commission Of tho foul crime
in an effort "a run down the guilty par.
ties. and four negroes are nou n iaii
charged ~ith completely in H. Il will
be- remembered that two negroes. Joe
Jackson and Henry DuIiose. alias Shep-
pzTd. were arrested iast week. but the
condition % Mr. Farmer and his wife
was such thA; they could not he carried
before them for idenfiacAtion. The
guilt Of these parties has not been es-
iahlished further than that blood Is
said 20 have been fouud on the shirt
Narn by one q ihen- Charles Barwsil
was arrests4 today. And it Is said he
made a confession duplicating "a Mex
roy aud ssverAi others. n there should
- m misfas- ne ia-rsity II tso<-
under arrest their snd wilI 70 ssist and
certain.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-18

osnssio~ In ts~ p~-srsetic~ - Igf~ sHd
Fr"p~rtv tn several Atlantic e..~s ~s@s~~
-rw~av- Five D~-ttlsx. Hi-~a awav sat
rhr-~ f-r.a.. kItl~-s sh~rrv asti. y
. The reisae~. -~-stss. Of gs~-~~ttraa
Dsvsxfaf~sf
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
CRUEL ARMENIANS.

Bad Lot, Accor ding to Turkish Author
 <Saty, Responsible for All the Evils that z <%Have Come Upon the Poor, InofYensive
 Turks as Well as Those that Have Re- { octed ThemseIves-Turkish Reports. z& &CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 30.-The mili- Ary commander at Baiburt has tele-
 raphed an account of the trouble at
 hat place. According to the com 'nander, ten shots were fired from the Armenian quarter of the town upon a
 umber of Mussulmans, several of 1ehom fell, mortally wounded. The < *lussulmans then closed the shops and
 pok arms wherewith to defend them l.elves. A conflict ensued, in which a
 Number on both sides were killed or
 Nounded.
 RI It is also officially announced that #Ehere have been distur bances at Mar Ash and Zeiteun, where the Arme- nians, without provocation, attacked lhe Mussulmans.
 & An official dispatch from the com
 mander of the fourth army corps an-
 nounces that Maj. Bakir Effendi, of 4he thirty-eighth regiment of the Hamidis cavalry, was burned alive on Dctober in a church at Diadin. His zeharred remains were found outside
 the church on the following day. An
 Inquiry into the case has been opened. # Everything Due to Armenian Audacity. N LONDON, Oct. 30.-The Morning Post Aprints more than two columns of a Translation of a report made by Nazim #Docho fNnclxiSh mi 0f
 the recent riots in Constantinople It 6consists largely of detailed accusations 7against the Armenians. to whose au- @dacity and criminality everything is
 laid. In his summary of the events
 Nazim Pasha says:
 "The objects of the Armenian re- & bellion were thus an equal division of property. riches and estates, the es- { ia blishment of democratic govern ment, the abolishing of religious au- thority and marriage, with the ulti. mate view of producing anarchy and \ by uniting with the nihilists and an- archists of other countries of Europe, to wrest the reins of government from the sovereigns of those states The minister of police refers to an
 article published in the New York Haik of September 1, urging that the revolutionary movement should begin
 in Constantinople.
 The report closes with the claim
 that 1t has been proven that all the
 preceding riots and disturbances were
 purely the malevolent, odious and in- human work of the Armenian revolu.
 tionary committed
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
QUEEN VICTORIA.

Alleged to be Passing Through Another
 Period of seml-Insanity-Ihe Matter
 Said to be Kept as Quiet in England
 as Possibie-a Legacy From George TIL
 NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Harold Frederic cables to the New York Times: 'There seems to be no doubt that Queen Vie toria is passing again through one of those phases of semi-insanity which recall that she is granddaughter of George ILL Rumors began to circulate In London week ago that things were wrong, and modified form of them has been printed in Dublin, but nowhere else, all though private letters from Scotland show that it is common knowledge there. It seems to have had it's origin in the death of young nephew of John Brown. who had some obscure post about Balmoral, but for whom the queen burst forth Tn vehement mourning which took all by surprise. Since then she has been going to his grave and to Browns in all weather and doing other extraordinary things. The matter has hardly yet become generally known in England, and per haps it will pass off again without pub lie mention as in former years"
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE

fresident Cleveland Intimates that 1t Ma, soon be Arbttrated He Is Thought tS
 Have Received some Verbal Assurancei
 From sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-A Washington special says: President Cleveland hopes to have the pleasure of an- nouncing In his next message to con- tress that the Venezuelan boundary dispute has been referred to a com mission of arbitration. It is learned that the president gave vent to this optimistic view of the situation at the cabinet meeting last Friday, and sur prised nearly every member of the cabinet
 Secretary Olney. of course, has been on the inside of the situation, and agrees with the president as to the probability of an amicable settlement
 1t is hard for anyone on the outside to conceive upon what basis the presi- dent founds his hopes. There has been no official correspondence on the subject since Secretary Olney's com- prehensive brief, setting forth the points we contended for, went to Am bassador Bayard early in August. It is the presumption that the president has received some secret verbal assur- ances, through the British ambassa- dor. Sir Julian Pauncefote, that have led him to look forward to favorable solution of the question.
 It is conceded by politicians here that it would be great triumph for Mir. Cleveland if Great Britain would consent to arbitrate the question. At present many republican guns are di- rected on the president and his secre- tary of state on account of the policy of the administration, which the re- publican managers consider vulnera- ble point for attack.
 Resolutions of inquiry and other similar missives will be aimed at the White House by Congressman Boutelle and his followers, with the idea of creating campaign material, and there will be strong political play upon the Monroe doctrine. The consent o1 Great Britain to arbitrate the Vene- zuelan dispute would forestall much campaign thunder.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRES

Spreading Devastation and Death Through
 the Borders of Lake County, Ind.
 GROWN POINT. Oct. 30.-Never before In the history of this county has such danger entered her borders as is now last spreading over the southern DOT. ton. For three days terrible prairie lire has been burning in the great kankakee marsh which composes nearly the southern half of Lake and Porter counties. Trees, brush, grass, lighthouses, cattle and even human beings are being swept down before the flames.
 It is reported tonight that tn, flames are approaching the town of Hebron. nine miles east of here: Sew eral lives have already been lost, and word reached here this evening that a family of three had been burned to death a few miles west of Kouts. The village of Lowell is in the direct path Of the advancing flames. and the in habitants have turned out en masse In an endeavor to check the fire. Va rlous estimates. ranging from S65, ,000 to S2OO, 900, have been placed upon the losses, and unless rain falls it will be stlll greater tomorrow.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
LATIN AMERICAN UNITY
To Resist the Aggressions of Grasping
 European Nations.

To Resist the Aggressions of Grasping
 European Nations.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 29 A special to the Evening Press from Washington says: "There will be a highly important meeting of representatives of the Latin American countries one day this week, said an attache of one of the South American legations yesterday "A cable dispatch announced that Brazil will call convention of South American republics to consider Eu- ropean aggressions.
 This is true in part, but the fact is, nearly every South American repre- sentative here has been recalled by his home government to joiu with the oth- CTS in presenting the position of Latin America on this subject to the United States.
 The diplomatic meeting this week will be the first step toward a unity of American repu plies for the purpose of resisting European aggression. Every republic on this continent, not even excepting Chili, looks to the United States to enforce the spirit of the Monroe doctrine.
 The meeting this week is for consul tation, and the outcome will be an off, ficial notification to the United States of the position of South America.
 Later, it is understood, there will be convention in Rio Janeiro in which every Latin-American country will take part, when an alliance may be formed which will be more formidab able than any which has ever before been suggested on this continent"
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
BICYCLE IN THE ARMY,
1t May Soon Supplant the Horse of the
 Cavalry Courier.

Cavalry Courier.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-The bicycle is to supplant the horse in certain branches of army service. Gen. Miles has always been it's advocate, and since he as- sumed command of the army he has been planning for it's more general use. He is said to have completed a book on bicycle tactics and to be pre- pairing a special report to the secretary of war, urging that the army be sup piled with number of wheels and that they be distributed a the larger posts, where they might be used for the transportation of orders, doing away with the present system of cav airy couriers.
 Gen. Miles is not alone in this effort. Brig. Gen. A. ". Greedy. chief-signal officer of the army, urges the adoption ot the bicycle. In all ther are over 100 bicycles now in use in the signal corps, located at the most isolated stations. In the military department of Texas the horse has been discarded by the signal corps.
 Secretary Lamont is said to favor the scheme, as he is convinced that its adoption will be a great saving to the army appropriation.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
A ONE.SiDED BATTLE.
In Which the Spanish Claim a Notable vic-
 tory Over the Cubans.


 tory Over the Cubans. HAVANA, Oct. 3O.-Gen. Gasco re- ports from Bayamo that having been advised that the rebels under Maceo and Rabi in force had strongly forti- fled Los Negros, he ordered Lieut.. Col. Redon, with $50 soldiers of all arms on October 25, to attack them. The reb- els attempted to prevent the column from crossing, but after charges exc cuted with great gallantry were m ade by the Spanish troops. the rebels were driven off
 The Spanish column continued its march toward Jiguani and again met the same band of rebels at Cruz del Yarey and fight ensued which lasted an hour, with the result that the reb- els were completely dispersed. leaving on the field twenty killed and sixty wounded. The government had one killed and twelve wounded, including four officers.
 The condition of the director of the Diario de la Marina, who was seriously wounded by negro who attacked him on the street with an iron bar Satur- day night, is improving.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
THE SULTAN'S PERIL.
In Daily Danger of Assassination by Hi
 Own Officers.

own Omcers.
 LONDON, Oct 29.-Mr. Frederick K. Basch, member of parliament for southeast Essex. who has just returned here from Constantinople, reports the situation there as being extremely grave. The sultan, he says, sees mo- body at all. He has become com pletely unnamed from fears of as- sassination, and keeps himself in strict seclusion. Mir. Rasch believes that the sultan may yet be assas- sinated by army officers, who are filled with discontent. and are asking ques- tions which the sultan can not an- swer They want to know, among other things, why it is that Mussul- mans are taxed and driven while con- cession are made to the Armenians.
 Mir. Basch says that the reports of atrocities received from Armenian sources are greatly exaggerated.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
INTRIGUE IN COREA,
The King Takes Another Queen-Conspir-
 acy Against the Heir Apparent.

The King Takes Another Queen-COnspir-
 acy Against the Heir Apparent.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 29.-A dis patch to the Novoe Vremya from it's correspondent in Seoul says that the king of Corea has chosen another queen and has assumed the title of lem peror." The representatives in Seoul of the Powers, the dispatch adds. have made protest against the kings ac- tion.
 The heir apparent to the throne is going out of the country as the spe- cial envoy to Europe and America of the kings father, Tai Won-Knn. He is being sent out of the country with the object of preparing the way to the throne for another prince, who is a son of one of the kings harem favor ties.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
KILLED A BURGLAR.
Anthony Stauber. a Chicago Merchant
 Tailor, Dlstin nguishes Himself

n
 Tailor, Distin guishes Himself
 CHIci GO, Oct 29.-Farrell, burglar, was shot to death while in the act of robbing Anthony Stauber's merchant tailoring establishment, 2211 Cottage Grove avenue, at a. m. The recent raids of burglars made Stauber fearful of visit from marauders and he re- solved to sleep in his store. He was awakened by crashing of glass in the rear window, and a few seconds later a hand appeared through the hole in the glass and deftly opened the fastener so the sash could be raised The next moment the burglar was in the store and confronted by the owner. There was a short strug- gle in which Stauber fired three shots, all of which took effect, killing the burglar almost instantly.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
A SERIOUS LOSS.
The Public Hall and Rotunda of the Uni.
 versity of Virginia Burned.


 versity of Virginia Burned.
 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct. 29.-The Univei sity of Virginia suffere1 great loss by fire Sunday. The local fire de- partment was unable to cope with the flames, and assistance was obtained from Staunton and Lynch burg, which, however. arrived too late to save the public hall and the rotunda The fire started in the former building, and large quantity of dynamite was used on the portico between the rotunda and the public hall, but, be- yond displacing the large pillars. noth- ing was accomplished.
 Attention was then given to the buildings known as ''Old Chapel" and Reading Room" These were watched and the fire was confined to the hall and rotunda. The library, taining about $15, 900 worth of books, statues, paintings, etc., was in the rotunda. An effort to save these resulted in the res. cue of Jefferson's statue and three fourths of the books. Every thing else was burned. At 3 o'clock the fire was under control. The lecture-room was destroyed, and everything in the room, including geological library of great value. painting, entitled ''The School of Athens," copy of the celebrated production by Raphael, was consumed The total loss is estimated at not less than $300,000 with an insurance ot $25, 900 on the buildings and contents. The origin of the fire is not known.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
SAILED FOR CUBA.
Another Filibustering Expedition on Itl
 Way to Aid the Insurgents.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 30.-Notwith- standing the denial of Col. Nunez, one Of the Cuban leaders in this city, that tilibustering expedition had sue ceeded in sailing for Cuba, there app pears to be good grounds for the be- lief that such an expedition has left this vicinity under Gen. Cespedes, al- though the stories are conflicting The members of the expedition came from New York and include Julian Sanchez and several other prominent revolutionists.
The Forrest City times., 1895-11-01
A KENTUCKY SHERIFF
On the Trail of a Fugitive Murderer in
 Canada.

PETERBoRo, Ont, Oct. 29.-Lincoln Denton, deputy sheriff of Somerset, Ky, arrived here Saturday night in search of a man named Anderson who, while chief of police in Somerset, in 1892, killed man named Fucker and then fled. On Tuesday last Denton re- ceived telegram stating that Ander- son had been arrested here and was in Coburg jail. Denton came here, but no such person is found to be in custody. The sheriff is Investigating, and further developments are expected within few days.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07
THEODORE DURRANT' S DOOM IS ANNOUNCED,

that utterance. Whatever justification
was down in the soul of the man staring
blankly at the wall the solemn judicial
citation to seek forgiveness in the divine
source, his ''only refuge" must have
brought the sense of impending doom
nome with concrete certainty.
Yet, after the sad words had been
spoken, the speaker gone and the curious
crowd, driven to the corridor, was staring
IN through the open door, D.urrant
laughed. 1t was not good laugh, and it
was uniting and foreign. 1t was not a
sincere laugh, and its discord Jared. 1t
was part OF the play but il spoiled the
play, If Theodore Durrant was playing;
and 1t Knocked truth, if his part in the
drama was real.
Some of the prominent characters of the
great trial were present, and waited for its
end. Warren Dutton, foreman of the jury,
and Seiberlich, a member of that body, sat
behind the man they decided commit
ted the crime that stained and desecrated
Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mr.. Noble
heard the dread condemnation of the MUIR
derer of his kinswoman and went away
satisfied
District Attorney Barnes and his as
sistant, Peixotto, heard the words that
finished the first stage of their heroic labors.
General Dickinson and Eugene Deuprey
defending and fighting still, heard the sem
tence that undoes their work and brings
their client in touch with fate they were
powerIeSs to avert. White-haired Captain
Lees, the genius of the prosecution, heard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07

never left it alive is certain. In accompany
ing you into said church, this poor gi ri could
have no conception or idea that you would at
tack her virtue, or do her wrong, and L am led
to the conclusion that you did cause her death
in assaulting her virtue, because no other pos
sible motive is discernible: the place, the cir
cumstances and all the evidence point, with
almost unerring certainty, to this one conclu-
sion.
The testimony in this case suggests the
thought, and the history of your crime demon
when once INDUCED In. lead their victim by
straight paths to swift destruction; and that
artifice and cunning and deceit are of no avail
to screen the guilty or to enable them to elude
the keen eye of Justice.
| sincerely hope the lesson taught in this
case may be profitable and deter others who
may be tempted to commit such crimes.
And as to you, against whom the court is
now about to pronounce the solemn Judgment
OF the law, the contemplation of the enormity
OF your guilt, although it cannot save you
from the penalty of your crime may neverthe-
less serve as means to arouse your conscience
and to enable you to seek repentance and for
giyeness in the divine source which, believe,
is now your only refuge.
The Judgmentof the law and the sentence
Of the court is that you, w. H. T. Durrant, be
taken hence by the Sheriff OF the City and
County of San Francisco and by him detained
in close confinement in the County Jail of said
City and County, and within ten days from
this date the said Sheriff is ordered and di-
rected to deliver you to the warden of the
State prison of the State of California at San
Quentin, and after such delivery to said war
den that you be kept and detained in said
State prison at San Quentin by the warden
thereof, in close confinement, until such day
as shall hereafter be designated and fixed in
the warrant of execution to be issued herein,
and on the day so designated and fixed in said
warrant of execution, and between the hours
therein named, that you, w. III. T. Durrant,
for the willful, deliberate and premeditated
murder of Blanche Lamont, of which you have
been duly convicted be by the said warden of
the State prison aforesaid, and within the
until you be dead.
And may God have mercy on your soul.
At the conclusion General Dickinson
arose and took formal exception to the
tenor of the Judges remarks upon the
merits of the case, and stated that he would
give notice of appeal in the afternoon.
The omission of the date upon which
the execution is to take place is in accord
ance with the law that the sentencing
court does not set the day upon which the
condemned must expiaIe his crime. The
death warrant, when issued, selects the
date after the higher courts have passed
upon the case.
Durrant will not be taken to San Quen-
tin until the Supreme bench has consid-
cred the merits Of the testimony in the
lower court.
In all probability some time will elapse
before the murderer of Blanche Lamont
mounts the gallows to which he has been
condemned