Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-26


Madrid, is quoted a. saying that the
difficulties he has encountered may
compel him to resign.
A MAN who Is said to be Ira Terrell.
ex-member of the Oklahoma lcgisla.
ture, who murdered his opponent ai
Guthrie three years ago. and esca ped
from Jail last fall, while under sen
tence to hang. was arrested ut Fort
Scott, Kas. -on the 10Th. while en-
route east with a woman believed &c
be his wife. The man SAYS that hfs
name is Wells and that he lives at Rich
Hill. Mo.
Ir was reported in Athens. on the
10Th, that King Alexander of Servia
hal been betrothed to Princess Marie
of Greece.
RoBBERs blew open the snfe Of Whit
lock & Fields private bank at Ladora.
In. at a. m. on the 10Th, and secured
81. 900 in cash and notes.
Two OFFICERS were shot and n train
robber, named Daniel McCoIe. was
killed during an attempt To hold up
the south-bound New Orleans express
near Tulare, Cal, on the morning Of
the 10Th. The attempted robbery
might have succeeded IL it had not
been for the ertidy of one of the rob
bers.
Ex-CoSsUL WALLER. who has been
liberated from the French prison. will
sail for New York ON April =. He will
appear before a congressional com
mittee, which viii investigate the evi-
dence whereby the state department
came TO the conclusion that Waller had
no case and accepted his discharge,
with no claims for damages against
the French government.
SENATOR CHANDLER, ON the 10Th. gaze
notice of his intention tn offer an
amendment to the resolutions for the
election of senators by direct vote of
the people. so as to include the presi-
dent. vice-president. Justices of the
federal courts. postmasters and eotlec-
tors of internal revenue.
A DISPATCH from Massowah To the
Rome Tribuna says Frisoners who
camp declare tina. the prisoners there
are ill-treated and badly fell, and that
numbers of them have been garrotesi.
THE gross receipts at the ~ largest
post offices in the country in February
increased s344.74e. The total receipts
were s.. 10. Isl. against s., 5s7. as for
February, ls9s.
Gov. THoRSroS af New Mexico and
Col tilderSleeve, of that territory. On
the euth. addressed the house commit
tee ON territories in opposition to the
mendment offered by senator Brice to
the statehood bill. regarding the issue
of bonds. Col Hale. of New York
city, appeared in support of the amend
ment.
Tue war ship Cor,iova reached Colon
on the e0th. Her arrival caused great
rejoicing among Colomhians. The Cor
dova was formerly the American steam
er Neptuze. She was recently pur-
chased by the Colomb bian government
and refitted at Perth Anboy for use as
a war vessel
FIVE men were burned. two Of them
fatally. on the Goth. in n foundry at
Ashland and Archer avenue, Chicago.
The cup0la in the converting shed fell
from its supports. hurting the molten
metal on every side. The men who
were injured were working near by
and could not escape
THOMAS A. Edison has discovered. in
connection with his y ray experiments.
a substance 10 sensitive tn the rays
that by using plates coated with it he
can see through the human hand at a
distance of l. feet. The substance is
tungState of calcium
FAILURES throughout she United
States during the week ended the Goth.
as reported by r. G.. Dun & CO., were
e6I. against sTs for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fall
ures were -. against II Last year
ALEXANDER McLAcHLAx. who was one
of the best hnuTn Of Canadian poets,
and who has be-n called .the Burns of
GaEada,~ died AZ his residence in
orangexiile. oa... on the e0th. at an
advanced age.
The Central Methodist Episcopal
conference at williamsport. Pa. ON the
.oth- by a vots Il Iss 10 3. voted Ia adj
NIT women as .ay delegates to the gen-
eras conferences.