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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Essrht. T~.piar 81 Churches snd
the If@ser TRAFFIC.

Thr Grand Commandery II Knights
Tsmvlar - Mississippi m-t at Jackson
last vs~k- Sir W. g. Paxton rrF-prted the
following frun a sg.~visl committee. which
vas aaap'e,i: ~Th. sgpssial committee to
whom wa rsfsrrsSl -un.lry p,rtipns of the
r. T.. q and Ccmasnslsr's address. most
heartily approve and commend his su<ses-
tioa that knixhfs Templar professinS
faith IN the Christian rrli<ssa. and the
prsrties q Christian virtues. should in all
fitnsss aud preprissy iIir~trssr und exena-
plis, fhat faith by aetivs membership in
an ssangeiical church
In rrSarh 10 that r-srtion # the ad-
dress ~hich refers ts the signing of 1iqueE
Petitions While your committee. OF mem
hsrs ther~uf, - arplying to individual as-
ton. may feel that the s;rand Lp'ise Of
Ns~ous. having .lcrlsred th. selling Of
liGuor MaS.,nic .f n,... that act such n
thu signing of petition whirh enahles
another To- slo an ihausaral act that =. e
commit a Masonic sdens.'. would make
ihe1n psrJicwp-r rriwinis IN any and all
the evils uhieh may or Do follow such :
traffi-. thsy are yet constrained 10 admi;
that underlying thi< proposition j. ths
great Masonic princirls Of liberty II Gun
sciense.' and that il j. the PFivileer II
every Ms~ssu- laying asislr prejudice. on
this and other marai questions. f0 act a.
coTslin- IN ths dictates of hi~ individual
cugscsenes and - pattern his eanduct a.:
shall ~ t. the be-f interest and highest
tsvslapaseut Of the community in which
=. lives
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

sssifhville. Miss. Feb s,-At Isrzs
and enthusiastic ma~--me-tin< u the cit
izens of SmifhvilIs Mcnr-. s--unty aasi
vicili;y. the fsilgwiag preamble and rss.s
lati~u- were unanimously ssksPfs{.
-Nhsrea<. the Hen. \ j. Smith. a
Representative u Nsnn-e esunSy. has
teen s~ssiieI. slsnsnnc~'i an.i a>ke,i e.
rsSi=n in cvsn-es essssu~s. It hsrin- prv~~nte,i
hsli - fh-r LEGISLATURE asking tk- rsiTi
i.-~ Il allowing the p.r,pls - hs'hi an ciss
ts.-n f~r new cannfy. arsi
-Wh~rea- it vas di-s-sszs<~i in usss-
aseetia< by the eitixes< II lAl.sr,i--~n tkaf
tAe ese~tioz % Representative was 81 2
Pla,fernI esS-s~iE< u~x csusty AMI
-Wh-rwz<. the Aforesaid rS--sluSiaus j.
inaqay that 10 on. xesid have hs~u ~iect
sa u b. fayars~s fhs ferEsafisa q a n~u
e,lcafy. thsrefare - il
-is--lEs-l. ~ she citizer~ = >aifhrills
sni F5rinify. IN nzass-Essstiu< a~s-Eats.'i.
That ~ si..nssrns-. zmsi e-anssema the &C.
tia of said Is~--as-~sin- hstd in Aber-
siesn ASKING fhs r~-iznztssa - tIca- 4 J
S1niih hseaase q his srtpaa in Fressusla-
n hin sSkIn- the fsra4sSSnR II a EeN
saSEty By sahnifsin< the SANE IT, shs
i~<sI veser~. that Ne heartily inlor~s The
.riioa II Hon a J. Smith IN s~.mfi ins
wifh the wishes Of tn. E-uFls ~ *
rrss~s-l in a p~sifsau xhich ws- f~rw m
sd o. him a~KInx the formation II a u-N
rorEty- that Ne deny that tn. elerfien -
RePr~~~nfztiveS vas hsss-l on an i>-sss Il
a rev ssanFy- and. further. that w. had
H~y~r hs,ar,I sf tn. formation II sail u. =
csUnfy until after the slevtian--
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

Edgar Willis Ne. or -Eli- Nye. A.
he j. known to the reading public. was
bprn in Shirley. Pi>eataquis county.
Me. August 4, t>51, and At the age Of
two yearS. according 10 his own story.
he took his parents by the hand and
led them to the west The family set-
tied in Wisconsin,. on the hanks Of the
-. Croix river. The elder Nye was a
farmer. and the ~sn followed the plox
until he reached the age Of I. years
He then vent 10 school and rec-ived an
academic education at River Fails. Wis.
In is7s young <ve went ro wyoming
where he studied law AMI was admit
ted - the bar
There. A. he said. he practised iax in
a qEie, way. although frequently
warned hy the authoriti-~ not to do
~ He had plenty Of leisure time on
his hands in tho~e days. which h. u>esl
in writing n sunday letter for the
Cheyenne >an az the handsome re-
muncration Of o1e dollar a column.
In one 0f his humorous zutobioxrzph-
icAl sketches Mr.. Nye says that that
SUM which amounted - 81 n rear.
law practice that he decided
to take up newspaper writing a. n pro
fes>iou. and scoorviinglv he moved -
Denver. where ~ obtained position
on the STAFF Of the Denver Tribune
He oo=reSpoudesi fron Denver for the
salt Lake Tribune. Later on n new
paper wzs started in Laramie. called
the Boomerang The paper was named
after Nye'S favorite mule. which he
called -Bopmerang- because he never
knew WHERE the animal would land
The Boomerang was not financial
Success, however and Nye began
writing for a syndicate Of newspapers
His faee became familiar - the public
by the hundreds Of earieaturss OF the
humoriSt from the pencil Of Walter
Mcnpugall. who collabO-zted with him
in getting up the Nye letters
--I;ili7 Nye. like most humo-ists. had
reputation for almost wotnanly gen
gieneSS-
In late years Bill Nye carmel sSo.-
oo year by his writings and ON the
lecture platform He i said to have
acquired considerable property.
His wife was formerly Miss Fanny
Smith. of Chicago They were mar
ried in i-77. aud lived for a time in
Wisconsin I.a;terly the family moved
To- Staten Island. aud a year or two
ago Mr. Nye purchaseda country place
near Asheville. y e. He lived at
AshevilIe in winter. when not other
wise engaged. Some of the experiences
of his life on this farm are among his
quaintest and best efforts.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
GEN. BOOTHS RESIGNATION



NEw YoEK. Feb -4-Anosh~r tea
turr of the trVubie in the Salvation
Array xrowinx ozt sf the d~p-ositioa Of
ten Iizlliaxton Es-sth frozn the co<ua-
mana Of the zrEv in the United states
has devel~p-zi Il is the ouseorn~ %
the Hlzss-Ese-ting held recently in this
city AZ which Hon Chxane-y " D.
pew presided ~ tha: Meeting RESP
lutsonS asking that ts~n- Ballinxtou
Ba-y.h h- retained a. commander her~
were adopted and eabled to in.rrnA-
tio1al headquarters
Mr. nepew has received n reply
which shows that ten Booth- the in
ternatipnal commander. II frn in his
ds.clsi,u a. 81 the change in command
of the I nited >tateS. and further. that
A. ioag ago a. January 81 ten Bal
linxtou Hu<ssh had handed IA his re~ix-
nation r-sulf of as removal from
the command in this euuntry THIS
resignation y spp-srs. r-sra'-si in tho
sending Of three me.iiator~ this
country. but their mission wAs unsu~-
eesSful
The eablegram received by Mr. L.
p~-x i a. follows.
LoSnoS. Feb. -
Hon Chaunoey NJ RePew. New
Nork--Czb the General summary
Of yourS- He instructs me to cal bic that
universal changes and equity compel
him To confirm the arrangement Pro
foundly dePlores resignation dated 5lst
January Has done by three ne,ii-
ators his utmost without smecess.
l>igncsif BRAMwErL BopTH
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
CONDENSED TELEGaaMS.

LILLIAN CECILIA LYoSs. the i4-year-
old daughter Of Daniel Lyoas. Of BROOK
lyn. was burned to death in her bed
roon on the I'D. The fire started
through the accidental explosion Of An
oil stove. which bad been used to heat
the room
FIVE prisoners escaped from the eoun-
ty jail At Warren. O.. on the I'D. By as
saulting the turnkey with the arm Of
an old chair and taking his keys while
he was unconscious
W. H. DouR. saioon-keeper. made
an attack on Rev. C. ( Boswell imme-
diately after his sermon 80 Middlesboro.
KY. on the s3d- Boswell made some
unkind criticisms on saloonists-
Ex-STATE SENATOR NICHOLAS. the
author OF the famous Nicholas Law. died
At his home at St. Clairsvillc. Ohio. on
the 23d Of pneumonia
TEN negro families. consisting OF forty
persons. reached Birmingham. Ala. on
the 23d. en- route to Liberia ]. J. Car
michael. an Intelligent negro. is in
charge of the party. He is the agent
OF the International Emigrant Society
Of Birmingham
SEvES people we're asphyxia,ed. one
fatally hurt by juning from a window
and i've others more or less injured By
\ fire in the residence Of James r
Armiger. a prominent ieweler A. Balti-
moro, Md. on the I'D
PETEs HAHEE s.s xRoSssS oes -
Bob Fitzsimmons near Langtry. Texas,
on the slst in the first round after one
minute and thirty-fve seconds OF actual
fighting
Tine senate committee on public lands
on the elst decided to fzvOrably report
the house bill extending the time within
which suits may be-brought by the gov
ernnent to annul nnanthorixed grants
Of public lands.
Anus BUrrEEFIELD. IS years old,
q well-knoun commission merchant of
Chicago. and repured TO Be worth al
least sseo.co committed suicide on the
21st BY cutting his throat
FAILrKEs for the week have been $50
in the United States. Agains: BOZ las;
year. and 50 in Canada. against & last
year
FEoH preliminary figures in the Mis-
souri Pzeife's annual report. 70 be
issued next month. it is charged thai
the statement for last ye&r will be sr
extremely unsatisfactory one. The re.
port will show = deficit in She years
operzsiua Of SEQ. 600 a. least
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

Th- auditor of puhli~ aeeouuts = nas
engaged ia -endInS ressiIS- 10 the varipg.
County Trsssursrs for the distribution II
the ssrni-annuzl csmaasn -ri1s-,l fund Ths
distribution viii h. ths same a. last yszf
IA little upwari Il Sisssss, NJ Lrzi~
lzture has ever gotten th~ -ensrai aprzp
priafi"n bin through eariier than this enc.
and few have done 80 a. esriy- The rota
mon school fund distribution win drain
the Treasury clean Of cash. and II !
questionable whether there will be- sasuSh
to make H.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
COMMANDER sooTH

Refuses 30 H~ftnaotsh se1mssA % the
>.issstsa Array % ts TAKE orss~rs fro.
faEi.aa-Th~ Ann.aae~m~1s es Ht- ps-
t~rmin.tfsu Csa-~s B~lss~f.< A,..= shs
Esnk .nd kfi~ ef th~ &rmy-A Bsxzs
Telegram
NEw YoKx Feb. -A-conmenei~r
Bsllingtcn Both % the Salvation
Army last night announced 20 the
members of his ~,as that he had de
eided not TO r-iinqnixh eornnand os
the army in the United states and that
under No circumstances would he take
orierS from England
This was taken to mean that he vii
reorsanize the army in this cvun.ry or
an independent hasis and is wa re-
eeived with cheer~ and other demon
ssr@fions - approval
Conntsusier Eco,h appeared a. the
army h~adguzrterS last evening. ard
held council Of war with NJ. s.aS
supporters. aud declared il his int~n-
tiou not 60 relinqui<h hrs command
until conpcIied e. do ~. Cot Alex
ander y. Nicoi. the personal repre-
sentative of ss-n. Bossh IN the p-e~en.
diricuity. and Col Eaise. who has 2s
sum-d 10 exercise the aafh1rity os
acting commander. we're called to the
eouneil rsom and Eive= T. understand
the commander position They w~nt
into hfs Presrnec pale and trembling.
and they emerged frosa the room look
ing very mach troabl~-i
During the session a message wzs re
eeceived- purp-ortiag 20 e0uz< frvrn
London. - the effect that Connznd~r
and Mrs 2. II I.afoar Boo.h- Tucker
had been apF-sinis-i 20 succe~,i Mr. aud
Mr.. BaIlinxton Es-oth in the United
States This was promptly bale
tined hv Mr.. MOD but it, truth
was denied BY Commander Booth and
his friends. who declared that the dir
patch was h~sgus and was iSsnei hT
Eva Es-s,h- who i in this citv. 30 ere
ate false impreSsion-
Commander Hspoth's statement that
h. wouid not recognize the message
ofticial was received with applause
IL was zrrued that the message could
nns ~ authentic. heeause ten Booth
i not IN Loudon and wouh not make
an appointment ~ such Importance ex-
esp; in the regular way from the Lon
don headquarters
Commander Booths arrival n. had
quarters was entirely unexpected. and
took the opposition bv >urpri~-- The
regular Sunday evening Gu-peI s~rvie~
was in progress and the large hall WAS
well crowded
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

Gov bradley &aa Dr. Hunter TO Pool
Their Issaes-

FgANKFosr. Ky. Feb. .3--Gov-
Bradley and DR.. Hunter left on last
evenings train for Louisville. IN con-
pany with friends of both. II ) be
lieved that their trip was for the pur-
pose Of smieably settling the differ
ences and pooling their issues. Brad
ley 20 do everything possible 10 SEGA re
Hunters election. and in turn Hunter
70 throw his bes; efforts 70 seearr =
solid delegation for Brzlley ia his
dresidential aspirations
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
Am ENGINEER
Shot .ad KILLED by n Tramp " hem u. Hat
Drfsen FROM His Ea< <fn<.

RALEIGH. y. C.. Feb. -. AT Weldon.
Mathew Do-ld. the engineer Of the Sea-
bard Air Lines vestibule train was
shot through the heart By a negro
tramp. The latter was in the engine
cab warming mp when nosid told him
leave The tramp again go; into the
cab and was put out lie drew pi>-
to-. and standing few feet way. killed
Dosid- The tramp was captured and
Locked up.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
ORANGE GRAND LODGES


HALIFAX. y. :. Feb. - - The
Orange grand lodges of Nova Scotia
and Ner Brunswick have passed strong
resolutions against any interference
BY the Dominion government with the
Manitoba schools. aud calling upon all
Orangemen 10 support only the eandi-
dates for parliamentary honors who
pledge themselves unreservedly to sup
port in parliament policy Of non-in-
terferenee with the Manitoba school
question
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

H"n- &. ii. Perkins. sf Yszs-a. ex-mssus
hrr of the Legislature MAS in IaekssE
last week trying To- impress the Ls-Sisla-
ture with the iEli-eFtsBe.. Of its adopting
stringent measures 10 prevent the intru-
,iuetioR snd spreading If gisnder~ n
horses in Mississippi lie says there j.
srrat many eases in Yszoo county. iia.
r-orsesl there by bsr-e traders. and anle~-
MEASURES arr taken 10 prevent il spread
in< the State viii sustain grest sosS. A.
the disease j. highly contagious.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
TIE ONLY HOPE
of the rri.saer- T1k~u Jsha.s~ssarx
4. the N~tiswtnx Inaa~are of Tfm~.

vi Ahr iFt~DU%r- 81 &0H4s1ooHHru
1. the N~iis-inx Infsa~a-e Of Tf4el
SEw IoEK. Feb. es--A special eabie
10 the Herald from Cairo. Exyps. says.
Cecil Rhodes was interviewed BIZ a
Herald reporter yesterday. Mr.
Ehod-s daeline 10 discuss the affair
the South Africa Chartered Co a
asked about the position of his re-
manager, Jack Hammon. he xr5
tina, hail had b~en provided.
nothing further could be dorm
added that Mr.. HammondTs 1h
similar To that Of his own broDrsea
whom he had been unable 20 do 4
thing except 10 find hail for him
-Matters. he added arr evide<
quieting down of themselves. 20
think time viii gradually snoosbs.r :
over. I arm Of opinion that n -
oners viii b. tried and simply ~ ,h-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

a week at olive Branch thi~ves si.s;s
Mr. r = Ahernstby's fine saddle iiarr.
and not b~in= e~ntsnts.l with this. FaiS--i
the window and went through the dwell
in<- but nothing 80 far has heen missed
frsai the rs->sden~e. exeep; a fns MesTei
Ian =zddle bor~e anil bride This nlake-
two ho-~es STOLEN from scar tbis plsrs
la a weeks tin~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

THE house committee ON territories.
= The 10Th reeonsidered the action
tn1Enn at the last meeting of the COM
mr11ee by which a motion to report
- Arizona statehood bill was defeat
81 ~ a vote of six 10 five. which leaves
- bill without prejudice and in the
49, position it occupied before action
- taken.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

t;"v- McI-zurin last week Ssut the fof-
toWin= Hznes u the >-uafe for e-snsirni--
tiaa- Trustees ef ths Deaf ansi Dumb In
stifute. Judge = ;. calhoon. Capt. r. 4
AeNi iliie. Rev JehH Hunter. Cot. IL VI
Taylor. capt. r. l. Szunsl-rS- TTa~tees
Industrial Institute aud Ceii@Se. Hon =
\ crifz. ef We~t Peinf. Hon T. II
Franklin of t<swnsIs~-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
"sILL" NYs IS DEAD

We Passed Away W.. Hsms IN fss~&
>hoai-- " G. the Hcsult 81 >trcks of
Ap"piexy 4 Brief sketch ef the Career
Of the usu whose oaaint Hana~r H..
fseen current foe the fsst Twenty
Year.
AsHEvurE. y. T.. Feb. @1-Edgar
". Nye. better known as ~Biil- Nyc.
died al his home at Buck shoals. about
one O'Clock saturday afternoon
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

Sine. the Sena;s eommitfe@ reported
unanimously in favor Of huitiinx
81 Al fxnt q. > rlifa5 fri.sa.l~ -. ss,A----s
are hopeful that the same viii pass Thers
IL sarse e'emsnt- hauever. opposed to H.
and the fSht against its passage vii b.
strOs and active
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
4 FRioHTFuI EXPLOSION.
In " hseh Hwenty r~r-sas w-r- F.s.iis
or Seriously IRiared

WHITING, lad. Feb "A svSeeten-
ing still in the Whiting refinery ex-
ploded last night. scattering burning
oil for hundreds of feet around 4
score of xorkingmen were struck with
hving debris or burned with the fam
ing oil IT least twenty persons were
injured r:zny of them seriously. If not
fatally
The explosion occurred while the
still was being dlled preparatory to
being fred
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

Mrs. Lester. while cut in the hel3 where
her children were attempting 70 burn scene
~edge grass. set her elsthing GA fre and
was terribly bE-ned last week near Baies-
vile J. II. Le~fer. her husband. snd
da t<htsr ssouf f6 y~ar- ef are. IN at
~ NpiiaE 50 rmsthsr cut her barnins rsr.
n. Its were also quite bsdiy tsrns-l
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

EIsHr HUNDRED families in Wabash
ID were left without fuel dnring the
Hevalsnce of a blizzard with the ther-
pnaeser near xeroail day. on the ie.h
~ the bursting Of gas main leading
- The gas field
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

A DELEsArIoS Of mining men from
Colorado arrived in New York city. on
sk~ 18Th TO attend the opening of New
Yo<ks first mining exchange The
mrty was accompanied BY bullion
cnx laden with exhibits from the Grip
- Greek country. and containing bull
Ifon TO the value Of Seto.Oo1
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

G rEK porte agreed. on the 18th. TO
nply with the request made by
hited States Minister Terrell to sps-
- action in the case of MIR Knapp
1b< American missionary whose arrest
upon charges Of sesiition was recently
n<x< nPted al BitIis. until Mr.. knapp
n<<iTes in Constantinople.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

JrDsE VALIANT. of ~. Louis. de-
Gl1ed the famous fost-Di~paseh in
1nctiou case on the 18th The injune-
- Is made permanent. and gives Col
G. HI Jones absolute control Of the
Emt-Dispateh newspaper during the
~ Of his contract with Mr. Pulitzer.
uEich runs four y.zrs onger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

4 REPORT reached Havana. on tn.
4Drt- from the island OF Santo DoulinxC
N1nt vessel in the hands Of 6libusters
= those waters had tried to capture a
eFnnish merchant vessel The at.
oenpt was. however. frustrated.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

b the burning Of a large factory
unilding in Troy. " Y. on the 18th. q
nnmber of emplOyes. thought by some
- be at least 20. mostly yOung girls
perished in the flames or were killed
- jumping from fifth-story Window
- the pavement
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
n.~. rerrsu c~.. . New rrs.,.

Raek TerriiL eoaTirfed ef the murir
q Neville McEe- at Esyns.nsi at rh.
lest term of sh~ Cirruit Court. va~ -rant
81 new trial Izss Nssk On the grounds
that HieEsa'.-r Of th. jury thar eonyirtsl
him ws> ag- Il the grsnd isry that ~
tuTusd The Indictment. N.li~ prs va.
entered in cs-..s af Tk.sI.. anil Coo Brask
AMI VII >kipwith. in.ii~te,l for i--inz ini-
pIi.atevi in the szanls. nsursieE
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

TIM weekly statement of the New
x0k associated banks. i>sued on the
- showed the following changes
merve. decrease. ss.lsI.s. loans.
rease- ss.ose. -O0s specie decrease.
x1s.. .50os legal tenders, decrease S.
y too. deposits. decrease. 81, 80 oosa;
ealation. increase. $4,000
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
water Work. Bens. sold at /. Coed

The bonds issued by the city of Green
vile. amounting to $4,000. for the par-
pose Of erecting a waterwarks system.
were sold al handsome price today 10
foreign capitalists. Work on the pi=nt
viii BE- commenced
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

TEE urgent deficiency appropriation
Ill a. agreed 10 By the conference
~nmittee of the two houses of con
GE<ss- aPprop-iate~ ss. sSs. sss. or about
eso.0no more than the house bill and
ete go more than the bill as il passed
: senate provislei fnr.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

A pE~FArcn frora Shanghai on the
&prh- said Il was believed there that
knssis infeEds 10 establish a Protee-
&p~ate over Cc-ea- and that England
- the United States viii strenuously
Do<ist such action In the meantime
- japanese are making active pre-
rEztions in their navy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

JcuS L. WALLER. ex-United states
cnnsul at Madagascar. who was court
mnrtialcd and sentenced to - years
mprisonment under conviction Of hav-
- Illegally communicated with the
Uawzs. arrived AT Paris. on the slst-
xneing been pardoned and released
- Mines prison the day previous
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

1Gx committee Of the New York
IeHilnturc which has investigated the
eruuter New York question reported.
. ohe sBth. in favor Of the eonsolida-
- Of New York. Brooklyn and Long
In1and City. and suggested eommis-
nion TO prepare a charter. The con-
np1idation Is to take effect January 1.
Iue
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

\ RESOLUTION has been introduced ir
eongress for an investigation into the
Arowing out Of GRAVES bid for bonds
nd their subsequent award 10 tho
Iorgan syndicate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
Psassos for wIasw Mcneil Reported rpoa
Faxormh4x

wasHTSerOS. Feb s3--The commit
tee on invalid pensions has reported
favorabiy on the hill granting a pen
sion 20 Ars Martha Mcneil wid0n Of
Gen. John Mcneil of Missouri Mrs
Mcneil i Eow - years u age
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

o. the ere Of her departure fruna
xochester- y. Y for California Miss
$50 X Anthony- w@s- ga the sgsb-
kndered a reception by euo of her ad-
m1r~rs at the hana- Of Dr. Lima The
@Ezir wzs also the celebration of Mis-
nthoay1s sixty-eighth birthday an
re~<ar~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

WILLIAM z GEIr. the evangelist OF
nuyiestown. Pa, recently closed two
Weeks series Of revival meetings al
koughkeepsie. " Y Fifty thousand
pecple attended Somewhat more than
Io of his hearers were converted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

IEE ffth aannai congress cf tho
nuxhfers q the American gewolE-
INC began It's s,.SSioss IA Washingts1
Gf1y. on the 18th hshind closed donrs-
Eh~r~ was = large attendance Of
opiwht-fzesd- intelligent ladies' pres
- fron nearly every state in the
Ensors
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

il British government has APP
wewed the eourSe pursued by taS
Eftish >outh Africa Co. znd. ou the
. = -iss. appointesi Earl Gray % act
= 5ointiy with Cecil Rhodes in the
ninistrstion of the afFairs Of the
rri.ory controlled By the company in
bath Africa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

a cOwrASx OF Alsssians belonging TO
y >ixty-ninth German infantry. in
1rris0n at Treves. Rh-nish Prussia
-ns~rted in BODY on the 18th and
unrched acrsss the frontier into
Ikznee- They were diSarrned bat
wRre allowed their freedom