Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-04
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Cape Colony since issi. died In London.
LATER NEWS.
AILthe meetings Of cotton operatives.
throughout the north ~ England. or.
the ssh, instructed their delegates
to inform the operators that their men
would not consent to the proposed re-
ductiou in their wages As 20 per
cent. OF the employers have combined
with the object Of enforcing n reduc-
tion. the situation is most critical.
About ESQ 900 operatives are affected.
THE White star liner Britannia. from
New York. arrived of the harbor Of
Queenstown ut II y. m of the 91th. A
tender went out but was unable 10 get
alongside owing to the high seas pre-
vailing. The Britannic proceeded for
Liverpool. after half hours delay.
without landing the Irish passengers
and mail.
TnE New York World opened fund.
on the Goth. for the erection OF a memo
rial u Henry George. Jos. Pulitzer sub
scribed 81 900: Mayor Strong Of Great
or New York. $50; Mayor Z. !. Glca-
son of Long Island City. So. and
Charles :. steckler. leader of the Man
haitian democracy. SIS.
THE action Of Bay conference in sus-
pending Rev Charles %. Brown for un-
ministerial conduct was sustained. on
the a9th. by the mutual council Of the
Congregational church. in session in
Chicago. which had been reviewing the
case. The council acquitted DIR. brown
of the most serious charge.
FRED Rico MORA and Ricardo ds
Requesens. found guilty at New Or
leans of making false notes of the bank
Of Costa Rica and the currency of the
Republic of Colombia were. ON the
10Th, sentenced to two years impris-
onment at Sing Sing and to pay a fine
OF 3. 600
HENRY GEORGE. the candidate OF the
Jeffersonian democracy for mayor of
Greater New York, died in the Union
Square hotel in that city, on the goth.
at 4:45 q IN. Death is thought to have
been due to apoplexy. superinduced by
overwork in the campaign.
FAILURES throughout tn, United
States during the week ended the s9th.
nsreported by r q. Dun & ca, were
ai9, against 270 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 25 against 40 last year.
Miss REBEccA wIswELI- who. it is
thought. was the oldest army nurse in
the country. died at her home in Ply
month. MasS.. on the agth, of heart
disease. Miss wiswell was born in
Provincetown in isoS
An imperial order issued from Con-
s,antiuople. ON the Goth, authorized the
Ottoman cousuls in Greece to resume
their dutiea
TnE firm of Coates. Son & Co. OF
London. who recently undertook the
formation of a syndicate for the pur-
chase OF the Union Pacific railway line,
and who have offered To pay in full the
government claims on the main line
and the Kansas division il the govern
ment will secure a postponement OF
both sales To December Is. next. ON the
sOth sent n cable message To President
Mckinley suggesting that the United
States government should secure the
postpouement OF the sale until that
date.
The Norwegian government has in
structed the governor of the province
of Tromsee, the most northern prov
ince of Norway. to charter steamer
at the expense OF the state. provision
it for six months and send out u relief
expedition for Herr Andree. the aero
naut. who ascended in his balloon, the
Eagle. July IL last. from Spitzbergen.
|. 400 miles west of the north cape of
Norway, in . proposed expedition to
the north pole.
JoHS wArKA. the Creek Indian who
sbot Jonas Deer. another member of
his own tribe. was legally executed at
Chelsea /. T.. on the soth, for the
crime The men were rivals for the
hand of the same girl and fought at
dance mt which She was present to
decide who should gain her. watka
killed Deer and afterwards married
the Indian maiden.
c,,.y,xs R,.-r JACKET. the head
chief Of the shawnee Indian tribe.
died. on the soth. in the village OF Blue