Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-11-28
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ACTION Of the lower court and rrfusing
a new trial
On the s0th Secretary Herbert or
dered the cruiser Minneapolis to take
on coal at Norfolk. and sail at once for
the European station. to assis. the san
Francisco and Marhlehead in looking
after American interests n the sui
tan's possessions
HE Bechuanaland chi.fs. Khama.
sebele and BathPn. who nave been in
London for some time. seeing the
sights and being entertained bv dis
tinguished persons. paid visit to the
/ queen 1T Windsor. GU the Goth. and s@-
livered their presents to her majesty.
VINO presented the chiefs with suitable
| gifts in return.
FErrESsrrI- the wild man Of the
River mountains. has been found dead
IN his mountain retreat He went to
Montana in the early period of the
war, and had ever since lived alone
among the wild animals Of his mount
I ain home
IT IS stated that Andrew Carnegie
has decided to give an organ to the
Bethel Evangelical Swedish Lutheran
I church at BraddocS. Pa. 10 cost about
/ 81 0o0
I II IS stated that the squeeze Of the
salt combine in forcing MP prices will
es'st the leading packers OF Chicago
S4oo. 600 or s50o. 600 per year.
! THE full crew Of the hattleship In
Llama, placed in commission At the
League Island navy yard. on the -0th,
viii number 4sa.
REcENr press dispatches announced
that anti-foreign riots were appre-
| hended IN The Chinese province Of
Shan-Hei
The secretary of the inferior. on the
e0th. issued n requ isition On the treas
urT for si9. $50. 00a for the quarterly
/ pension payment The amount is dis
tributed to agencies A. follows. B0s-
ton. =. sO0. coo: Augusta. Ne. s75a 09o.
Washington. y. C., 81 s9s. a00: Colum-
bus. O.. ss.-ua. .00e; Detroit. Mich.
s.. so. ooo; san Francisco, So. .sO0
PRESIDENT CLFvKrAxD = spending
nearly all his time Al Waodlev. lie
rarely gees n the White House. He l.,
devoting himself 10 the preparation of
/ hrs message % congress. ant N order
to prevent the possibility Il interrupt
ton, he i working IN his eut-of-toT1n n
cottage
COL CHARLES HAywpon. comma nd
ing the marine corps. in his annual re-
port 10 the secretary Of the navy
makes \ strong appeal for an increase
IN the enlisted strength Of the corps
70 meet the additional duties imposed
upon Il bv the Increase Of the naxv
Mrs ADALAInE NrSrE. who was
reared near B~ilerille. IL. bat who
now lives at Pocahontas. IL. Is one Of
SIX heirs To fortaa- OF -. epa. 600
which they inherit from grandfather
in France
ON the 2ist Sir PhiliD Currie. British
ambassador 10 Turkev. had long con
ference with Count Goluchowsl5i. Ans
trian minister Of foreign affairs. after
which he proceeded 10 Constantinopie-
ALcAKUs HooPER. the first republican
mayor OF Baltimore for thirty years.
was inangurated On the a0th. The
ceremony OF administering the oath
was performed in the presence Of a
large assemblage. who applauded All
dresses delivered BY the incoming and
outgoing executives
The Wall Street Journal. on the Goth,
printed an interview in which >rcre-
tary Carlisle Is quoted to the effect
that there is no foundation for the ru-
NOR that he is 10 be appointed TO the
supreme court bench Mr.. Carlisle
says in the interview that he would.
under no circumstances, accept the
position If il should be rendered to
him.
OK January / the Calumet and Heela
company. which has been smelling its
reserve mineral. ant has increased the
out put Of copper nearly one-third, will
probably drop back to former figures
Of production Snelters are now sew
eral weeks behind in filing orders
on the sist, when Little Nina Sehae-
fer went 10 stone quarry near Oak
land. Nd. to take her fathers dinner,
she Sound her father and her uncle,
Charles Schaefer. buried beneath a
heap of limestone. which they had
loosened by blast of dynamite Both
were dead.
ox the 2lst three buildings, occupy
ing nearly block on the west side of
Canal. between Jackson and Adams
streets. Chicago. being respectively
nine. seven and four stories high, were
barned. with an aggregate loss on
buildings and stocks of $500, 600 Near
Iy 500 persons. mostly girls and WON
en-. were rescued with difficulty. many
of them in a bruised and fainting con-
dition. One entire chemical engine
company had narrow escapes. while
falling walls endangered the lives OF
hundreds in the streets
AT Auburn. v Y. on the sist, Mrs
Mary T. Mack. the eouaterfeiter of
e-cent postage stamps. was found guilty
and sentenced To the Erie county pcni-
tentiarv for a term of eighteen mouths
GKx- MAxIMo GOMEZ the ins1rgent
leader. who recently entered the prov
inee OF santa Clara. Cuba. from the
province OF Puerto Principe. on the
soth captured Fort PalyO. on the River
Zaza. in the province Of santa Clara
LLOYD MOSrGoNERT. the isyear-0ld
son of John Montgomery. Is under ar
rest at Brownsville. Ore. charged By
the eoroaer's jury with the murder Of
his father and nSthcr and D = Ne
Keecher, who were found shot to death
in Montgomery's house
THE Pacific limited. which left Chi
eago at u. H. on the f7th. via the Chr
cago 4 Northwestern. Union Pacific
and Central Pacific. arrived at san
Francisco at s:45 On the evening OF the
aoth. reducing the running time be-
tween the two cities to practical } three
days.
SIX boys who were digging cave at
Twenty-eighth and Graysen streets,
Louisville. Ky. on the s1st we're
buried BIZ CAVERN of the bank Two
we're dead when reached two others
were badly injured. and two escaped
unhurt. The dead are Howard KAasge
and Louis NOW
JUpsE RIxER. in the federal court az
chevenue- Wyo. On the si>t, reiessea
under a nrst of haheas corpus Race
Horse. : Razaoek Indian. arrested for
sialatioa Of tine wvoniiag game laws
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