Oxford eagle., 1895-06-13

MINISTER RANSOM has been allowe
to return from the City Of Mexico u
hi. home In North Carolina on sixty
days leave on account of bad health
fr has been found II the dispute
over pensions that the United state,
supreme court has ruled that the war
did not close until Aurus, ~. is.si
Ir Is not generally known that ex.
Minister ThurSton maintained that the
annexation Of the Hawaiian islands to
the United States should not disturb
existing social and political relations
tn Hawaii 50 far as the suffrage Of
certain Inhabitants Of the so-calle,i
Hawaiian republic was concerned
Considerable attention has again been
given lately in the state department To
the subject, and an Investigation con-
ducted demonstrated to the satisfae-
tio0 of the president that the PROPOSE
ton of certain Hawaiians in favor Of
annexation was now more impractical
bic and unwise than ever before.
CLEARiSe house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United states for the
week ended June showed an average
increase as compared with the eorrc-
spending week last year of . :; in New
York the increase was $50: outside
New York. ISL
Ar Lexington. Ky. on the 9Th George
Green, eoloret. shot and instantly
killed his wife and her stepfather,
named Henderson weakes. and then
attempted suicide. Green's wife left
him. going to the home of her mother.
Green was still alive, but had two
large holes in his head
Carr CLAvIIo. who shot aud serious
ly wounded Capt-Gen- Prima Rivera
after the latter had refused him the
hand of his daughter. was shot on the
morning of the 5th at Madrid The
captain was tried By court martial and
sentenced 70 death on the fth.
THE Kentucky repu blican state con.
vention was opposed to the free coin
age Of silver. but believed in the use Of
both gold aud silver. pro-ided one dol
lar was made as valuable a. the other.
The doctrine of reciprocity was also
upheld
CAPT -Ggy. MAErISEz Dc CANPOs has
seat 4 cable message from Cuba 20 the
Spanish government asking for morr
troops for the island
The explosion of boiler at the
Lavernarto mines at Mines, France,
on the sth killed six persons ami serf.
ously injured three others
THE Crystal salt Co 5 works at salt.
vile, y Y, were burned to the ground
recently. Loss. sIo0.coo, probably y
tvo-thirSis insured
FIVE deaths occurred at Pittsburgh,
Pa. on the 5th from the intense heat
THE American congress of liberal
religious societies held its opening seS-
sion in Sinai temple, Chicago. on the
sth- Their object is To foster the or.
ganizatiOn OF unsectarian churches and
To develop the church of humanity.
LIGHTNING struck the schooIhouse a;
Boil. Ind There were sixty children
in the house, and IT was burned to the
ground, but all were saved The lad =
teacher had all her hair burned of
ScULPTER T. II. PARKS. of Chicago. is
to make a bronze bust or statue of the
late Secretary Walter q Gresham
JoHS ESsNISsER was hanged al
Waynesburg, Pa. on the 9Th for the
murder of Samuel McCoy. The Grim.
was brutal one, the only motive being
robbery.
4 DISPATCH from Houston. Tex, on
the 9Th said that there seemed to be
no possibility of avoiding the rate wal
which has been impending for month
past. The Katy was accused of giving
secret rates as low rs Is cents from ST
Louis on carloads The withdrawal
of the Santa Fe from the southwest
ern association showed the drift oi
events. and within two weeks rate
war would be waged vigorously on
Texas rates
A LONDON paper denied the report
that Oscar Wide was insane and
claimed that he has never been con.
fined in a padded room IL declared
that Wilde was started to work in the
treadmill- according to the usual pris
on discipline, but after a few days wa,
sent to the intirmary. where it wa
found he was suffering from melan
eholia and trouble of the stomach
A SPECIAL from Sturgeon hay, Wis.
on the 9th, said that the tug Johr
Evenson was sunk off Foscora by tn.
steamer Weston Sterhensoc- Martin
Boswell of the Evenson's crew, wa,
drowned The remainder of the crew
were rescued