Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-06-20
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


TBE oath of Office vas aJp,inl.,c-r1
to oAt,orney-t;eneral Harmon bv 1,<,,,,.
Harlan, OF the Knitted states ssprrus.
court on the iiih. and the new cab
met officer attended his first cabinet
session the seTsie dav.
InE commercial treaty between Rms
"a and japan was signed at st. l., tsr-s
burg on the 18th.
On a report Of Police Captain CLAW
t1n tha, the Seaside Athletic elub NJ
toney Island, \. v, was a nuisance
and its exhibitions undesirable. Mayor
Sehiercn, On the fith. refused 10 ISsuc
license TO the club The mayor took
tic same ground last year. but was
compelled by msndsmus proceedings
10 issue n license.
l 4. III BErrrs. assistant cashier Of n
Fort Worth Tex bank. was arrested
az Sierra Blanca on the nth. Elr wa
running away with the fsr.i. Of the
bank. Fifteen hundrei dollars and a
quantity cf sc~elry were found in his
vslise- BettiS was Gu route to Mexico.
ihe full extent Of his peculations had
no. been aseertainesl.
EUssSE DEB-. president Of the Amer
iean Railway anton. surrendered to the
u"ited states marshal. in Chicogo. on
the nth, and was paruled until ,r=ih
time He failed to .rPear. however.
and the officer was compelled TO 90 On
10 Woodstock without him taking the
other prisoners Having surrendered.
bcts soudsmen are m longer liable.
OFFICIAL sd vices have beeu received
at Washington that Japan Is abou, to
greatly Increase her navy and that
| proposals for bids Tor war vessels will
soon lie thrown opcu to all the zreat
ship-buildiny eountrscs
ACQUIRING to sdvie-- received in
Washington Japan is anxious for th.
Construction Of a telegraph eab3e be-
tween the United States anil Japan.
The announcement IS made that Japan
viii grant a liberal subsidy to auv
company which will construct and
maintain such ca bic.
>crEErAEY oF STArx OrSEY. on the
the l-tl, sent foruai snmmw-iea tions
"a the attorney general and the Seere-
.--scS Of the treasury and navy, direct
lag them 10 take all neccssarv -tep- 10
enfuree the ncN srzlisy laws. Ia view Of
the increased activity Of The sn<urrec-
sionisss in cueS AMI Of their synpa-
thizcrs IN this eountrv.
FHE jury in the cases Of Council men
I T. y Caulheld ami Thomas H1lcv, Il
I 2Ner Orleans, charged with a.tcmpt-
ing % extorf britc FIR eer,aia traess
| privileges from Sept. Marshall of the
Louisville s Nashville railway. ~
turned a verdict OF guilty on the 18th.
lHE Milford N Ill saviags bank
suspended payment on the Isth. The
action was made necessary by the
iar<e nasies.r Of notices of withdr drawal
ef deposits The L-=k has s.--zs.- =
stoat s9oo. .sra
1EoEeE HosNER. the oarsuau. who
was thought L. have been fatally in
iaresl. recently. BY accidentally swal-
lowing pieces Of glass. has been dis
charged from . hospital n Boston con-
valesc~ut
THfErx business houses and dwell
inxs,. essnpri>iag almost the entire
business portion of Gcneva, Ind. were
bcrned ON the night Of the nth. Loss,
nearly sloo.ooo. Insurance. oue-haIt
TEK Mariaberg monastery. the
monks of which wers accnsed ot i'll
treating lunaties who were confined in
the institution. has been closed by or
der of the German government
RICHARD OtsLAHSS, one of the lead
ing participants In the abortive Ste
vens %enian movement for the liberia
tion of ireland. died in Washington
city ON the 18th
| EIGHr brick and five frame stores.
the Episcopal church and two resi-
dences were burned at Washington.
Ga. on the night of the IIth; loss.
about $4,000.
THE fire in the Antonienhuette nine.
in Prussian Silesia, was extinguished
on the Ieth- All of the imprisoned
miners except twenty-six were saved.
The Crane iron works at Allentown,
Pa, on the i2th. increased the wages
of its 1900 employees 10 per cent, dat
/ ing from the 81.
| FREDERICK PATE. eolored. residing "
Battle Greek, Mich, while attempting
to make balloon ascension aud para
chute drop at Marcellus. Mich. on the
| l2th. caught in the top of tree while
hanging from a traPeze. breaking
loose from the balloon he fell to .hs
ground, 90 feet, breaking his hip and
many ribs lie died an hour later.
SUIT. CHks PETTIGsEw of the Illi-
nois Steel Co. says the company is gr-
ing to erect a large construction mill
in Joliet on a twenty-aere tract of land
owned by il just south of the present
works This mill will be built at
cost of about 81. coo 100. aud will en-
plOy over / 900 men
GRsssHOFrEEs appeared in clouds at
Elkhart. Iad-. on the 18th. descending
upon Fields of grain. corn and grass ia
such numbers that everything seemed
to he alive with them They ate
everything green and left the fields
bare and crops ruined.
A DISPATCH from Havana SAYS that,
on the lsth,two iusurgent bands aggre-
eating 800 men made an attempt TO
capture the town Of Maron. in the prov
ince Of Puerto Pri.eiPe. but were re-
pulsed By the Spanish troops
THE duke of Aosto and his bride,
/ Princess Helene OF Orleans. will 90 di-
reetly to Rome Immediately ' after their
marriage. on the esth. at Orleans
house. Twiekenham. England. where
the bride was born
TIE supreme court Of Illinois. on
the 18th. handed down a decision sns-
| tanning the die;Gm Of the court below
which holds the Whisky trust to be
Illegal
\ ptsFArcB from Hong Kong SAYS
the japanese are administering the
customs on the island of Formosa and
trade n proceeding on normal lines
No trouble Is expected
CHEF RST OFFICE ISsPECroE WHEEL
ER announces the total number ot ar
rests made by post ofiee inspectors
during May to be los. This inelndes
the capture o IS post Office burglars
Within tls> Postsl service arrests were
made as follows. Fifteen pc<tmaSte-s,
3 assistant postm.sters, clerks in
post Offices and railway postal clerk
Outside Of the servee in addition TO
the 50 burglars, ilo 'iolators Of the
postal laws have been spprehended.
nN the 18th At the ,nnfarenr,. ba-