Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-06-03

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

rcnoONaL ANU GENERSl-
Z > NAI0Sxr. of Tennessee. soa-ia-
law Of SENATOR Mills. of Texas. and for
20 years \ clerk in the post officr DE-
partment N Warrington. expired froua
heart disease. on the e5th. while siriv-
ing To the oticr-
THE secretary OF war has awarded
the contract for buildiny six LOCKS and
dams in the Moao1gaheia rive- to
James Metarrou. OF FslilasteIpkia. at IN
aggregate Gust Of s,i..s..I>I-
DCRsSs n display OF fireworks at
Nantes, France. on the evening of the
aith- four persons were killed aad
score o. others were injured By the ex-
plosion Of bomb
On the 3sth W +. Mittman. a dane
Ing teacher. shot himself in the eurrt-
dor OF the thirteenth story Of the Chi
eagO chamber Of cosnmerce building
and then threw himself &c the eourt
below. narrowly missing peslestrians
in the crowded lobby. Il l. thszEht he
was dead before he strue< the pave
ment
THE Indiana supreme co<rs decided
that the fact that n candidate for an
office offered a bribe or reward 20 a
voter disqualified hiuz and made him
ineligible To Office The decision was
based urou the state constitutions.
TEE first vote in the senate On the
tariff bill occurred. On the sish. on
Senator Vests anlendneat a. re.tHec
the rate on borax 10 three eetts pSr
pound The amentment Was defeated.
Yeas. -es nays. -
A DISPATCH was received from Prov
inestown- Mass on the s5sh. anno1ne-
ing the arrival there of the Proxince-
town fishing schooner Joseph Z John
son with the loss OF Ii of her crew
ELISHA DYER. of Providenee. was in
anxurated- On the s5th. governor,
captain general and commandment
chief of the state of Rhode Island and
Providenee plantations for the wear en-
suing
FRANK MUxrLxR. convicted of the
murder Of his late employers wife aad
sentenced 10 be electrocuted Colum-
bus. q. in September. has made com
plete confession IN writing.
0sE THOUSAND striking New York
tailors resumed vorix- on the s6th. hav-
from the niddlemen- Meyer >ehosn-
field. the leader of the strikers. said
be did not look for 4 settlement of the
tailors' contest earlier than four weeks
hence.
THE Society of Architecture of Bel
giuu has taken the initiative in con-
vokxing an international congress of
architects 10 meet at Brussels August
=. The United States government IS
invited % send special delegates to rep
resent il in the congress.
The Ward steamship line has offered
free transportation Of al supplies the
governnent may wish % SEMI To suffer
ing Americans in Cuba
PRANK MccoFPfS. postmaster at san
Francisco for the past hse years. and
a prominent democras died. on the
.Bsn. as the result 0f 4 xGr-s eal opera
tion.
CHA& Z WLsoS. eoloret. was
whipped. on the s6th- IN CentrevilIe
MIDI Jail By the sheriff in fulillment
of the sentence OF the circuit court for
Queen Anne county. which condemned
him 10 Is days in Jail and Is lashes for
wife beating
Rev e. > wALkLxT. of Springfield.
To-. recently appointed Unised states
army chaplain. received c-t~-~s On the
s6sh. 10 report at Fort Harrison Mont
The statement of the condition II
the treasury issued On the @sth showed
Available cash bal1nee. S@s0. .o4. 9ssss
gold reserve. slt4oos. .9se-
NRs. MAEsAHEr NELLY. Of Carroll
Ia. has Just eeiSbratsG the enc hz1.ress
aud seventh anniversary Of her birth
She Was born IN Longford. Ireland IN
rssA and in 1866. shortly after the Death
of her husband. came to America Her
oldest son Is more than II years Of age
and Is living IN Kansas well and
hearty.
The town Of Leyanger, Norway. On
the Trondh iem Fiord- was almost eOu-
pleseIy destroyed BY fire on the sta
The eondagratior swept away four
ffrhs of the buildings
FRxDEKlcx DE Ia ToCE BoorH-Iucz-
ER commander of the salvation Army
in the United States. was. ON the ebsn-
convicted of aaintlining disorSlerly
house at the big army barracks IN West
Fourteen street. New York city Sen
tenee was postponed until June $
ADvICKs from Cuba received NJ Phtla-
delphia. on the 18th. were 70 the effect
that Gen Gomez would temporarily
resign as commander Of the insurgent
forces and come TO this country as
secretary Of war pro tera-- of the Gu
ban rspuhlie 10 confer with Presidens
Mckinley On the Cuban situation
GEN NELsoS A MuEs> who left tie
United States with the intez.icn of OBJ
serving the Greek-Turkey war started,
On the esrh. for Athens. with his suite
The general has zbandnned his pro-
posed trip - Thesszly-
Frwas reported on the sTth- that
the Turks had eoniscated l-a5a. 900
b,.,heEs OF wheat ss volo> and that sh>
Turkish eonasszader had issued a p<Oe-
lnu,ation calling upo1 the peasanEs 70
rsturn and <ath<r the harvest sr thar
srvps would bs sontsated