Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27


hall at san Tarem. Portugal. and in the
ensuing panic many iives were lost
Forty dead bodies were recovered
THg grand lodge of Kansas has de-
cided to establish Masonic home in
that state The location has not been
fixed
President CLEVELAND in denying .
pardon. on the e0sh. to =. VI. q. Hol-
ston. convicted of forgery in a pension
case. said he was decidedly in favor Of
strict punishment in n case like this
which involves the swindling Of the
poor and needy veteran and prostitn-
tion of the benevolent intentions Of
the government as embo-iied in its
pension law
An expedition ound for the interior
of Labrador will leave Philadelphia. in
June for the purpose Of studying the
ESquimeaux and collecting specimens
Of the fora and fauna of that region
Prof Prank Russell. curator of the
University % Iowa. will accompany
the expedition as zreheologist.
oS the eoth the president signed the
act to extend the mineral land laws
Of the United States TO lands esn-
braeed in the north half Of the Col
vile Indian reservation
The secretary of the interior. on the
-oth, approved school indemnity selec-
tions embracing Is.s35 acres Of land
inuring to the state of Minnesota sit
mated in the Marshal. ~. Cloud and
Duluth land districts.
DETAILS of the dynamite explosion at
Nie'iendOrP. TrznsvaaI. show that
thousands of persons have been ren-
dered homeless By the terrible calamity
OF the isth: Io0 persons arc believed to
have been killed. I'D men. women and
children severely wounded. and many
Others have been more or less injured.
ETGESE FARE. a noted hand-instru-
ment maker. living at Elkhzrt. Ind,
while intoxicated. on the 18th. Law
down in his front yard and. his wife
being away from home was not dis
covered until the morning Of the eoth.
when he was found 10 be 80 badly
frozen that he will die
A. LEHMAN. of Nnkesbzrre. Pa.
claims TO ~ the owner of Martin
L1thers wedding ring. L~-man says
&AtE N8AA8ENE NtAAG S1AAAt Au 80 A&HE tHe--
session of the family - years ago. Il
was purchased IN Earop~-
ALBEkr = Potter for I've years tax
collector at Concord. " n. was ar
rested on the -lst. on two complaints
charging him with the emb<zziesnen,
Of Sl6.nse Of the funds rec.ired by
him Me admitted his guilt. and said
he lssf the money in n bue<sssh0p in
Boston
FsmrKEs throughout the URited
>tates fs< the week ended On the =iss
a. reported by X q Dun a Co. were
- n against DC foe the eorrespSnd-
ing week last year. For Cznzaz the
failures w~rr ss> sxsint s0 last year
THE treasury gold reserve became
intact. on the eIst. for the frst time
sinee September last. standing At
sos gse ss1
ON the =iSr the associated banks OF
New York city held -. &C. go in ex-
eess Of the requirement. OF the .5-per-
cent rule
Ivan korLEr. n Russian ex-eonviet.
who escaped from the penal settlement
On Saghziien island three years ago.
E@> II Er<i ~ r0ts-t11 prt>oo- 1pa-- Tor
the murder of r. l. IL Weber and
Mrs Weber. at Sacramento. Decem-
Der N. Iss4-
The remains OF Ambassador Runvon
which arrived on the HzveI on the
=ist- will rest temporarily in a vault at
Newark y. j.. and viii be finally in
TERED when Mrs Runyon and family
| return from Euroue
4 Ar the close of an exciting meeting
in New York city. on the eIss- BalIing-
ton Booth was dismissed from the Sal
vation army By Col Nicols. Gen Booth :
representative from England. for in
subordination-
SENATOR SQCrEx will report from the
committee on coast defense his bill for
Notifications II appropriates Ss7.ooo.-
90. the whole or any part to be imme-
diately available on order of the presi-
dent
FOLLOWING Immediately the news of
the death of her son. Christopher C.
Waite, zt Columbus. o.. on the eist, the
widow of the late GaiefJustiee Waite
died at Washington, aged g yearx-