Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-01-21

kinley at Canton. q. on the 18th and
after the conference told an Associated
PRES Representatives that hss had a.
crptst the se'-retaryship of state in the
Mckinley cabinet
EUsESE BERnSsuN AMI wife entered
police headquarters n nxsruit. Mich.
on the itth and confessed that B.run-
ssn had in f>as enbezzle,i q. .Ao0 r., m
the Akron X Canton Stone Co.. W hos.
Chicago manager he then was. The
woman tainted during her husbands
recital
PANTY Of nl-ssr,i men went 20 the
home ot a merchant near Macon. ia
and demanded his money lie attempt
ed 10 defend himself and the wauld-t.
robbers fred az him and killed his wifi.
THERE was great retoicing at Perry.
Ok. and vicinity over the news Of the
passage OF the free homes bill. the p.s,p-
pie celebrating By shooting Off their
guns and blowing whistles.
WTLLIAN FRIEND. n Young farmer
near Bedford. Ia, was Recently arrested
on the charge Of poisoning his young
wife Indignation over the crime ran
high and there was talk of 1ynehing.
THE official returns showed that IN
TO the evening of the 18th there were
S,s9s eases Of the buhonie plagtu. in,
Bombay and e.s55 deaths from th.. dis-
ease Many eorpses have been t1un,l
in the streets and there was often
difficulty in 5urving the dead. through
want OF help.
GES- Carlos R0EOFF. secretary Of
war OF the Cuban republic. was ar
rested at New York on n warrant sworn
out by the Spanish consul. in which
the general was charged with 4 viola
tiou Of the neutrality laws in cOnnee-
ton with an alleged flibussering ex-
petition to Cuba
THOMAS C. Pf.Arr was named as the
republican candidate for United States
senator at Albany. y. Y. on the Itth
BY 4 vote OF i4- ~ fox Joseph III
Choate-
JoHS 2. AErsELD. the retiring gov
eruor OF Illinois. had prepared fare
well address and il had been given a
place on the printed programme for
the Inauguration OF GOV Tanner At
Spriu gfeld on the 18th. but for some
reason he vas-not allowed To deliver
Il, which created some confusion.
as considerable interest was man
tested IN what Gov. AltgeId would
nave said
AR Fountain Park. near Columbus.
o.. n train on the 18th killed Fred
Donley and Mime Reed. badly injured
Lizzie Reed and killed their horse and
smashed the buggy
FoCE men were blown ~ pieces as
Ward. small mining camp 20 miles
from Boulder. Col They had been
drilling some holes and were pro.-eesf-
ing To I'll them with giant powder
when the explosion happened II was
thought they must have dropped the
box containing the powder Il was
impossible 10 Join the remains of the
victims, as they were in shrrds ant an
recognizable
The conferences Of business interests
on the reform Of our monetary system
commenced ~ Indianapolis. Ind. on
the 18th. sboU. sOa delegates being
present
Paul VASDEAvooEr. of Omaha. N.h.
president OF the Populist Reform Press
association, has called the mex. annual
meeting a. Memphis. Tenn. on Febru-
ary a. and A. RozelIe. OF Missouri.
secretary OF the same association. has
called a meeting at Kansas Citv on shs
same date. the object Of which Will oss
the org ganization OF new association
The police were called tn quell n
riot at wedding among the fore IN
miners IN Shenandoah. PA. and thew
found 50 men fighting ike demons
Two of the foreigners were dan gerousls '
injured and q policeman had an arm
fractured TWenty-zour Of the miners
we're arrested
OSE man was killed and three basflv
injured by the breaking Of n pumo rosi
which fell and struck them in the shafs
of q mine a. wilxsbarre. Pa
The monetary conferences at Indian
apolis. Ind, on the i3th adopted the
report Of the resolutions committee
and ad Iourued sine die The resolu-
tons favored the maintenance Of tn-
gold standard. the retirement Of United
States notes aud banking system
with an elastic currency and an ex~eu-
tive COMMITTEES was appointed "a pro-
cure legislatiou slr the aopointnent
Of \ committee by the pr sid-us to cz8n.
slider the sntjr- monetary qGestioa AMI
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