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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
MONEY ORDERS.


wssuNaroN. Oct e.-The post Office
department has adopted policy of
general extension Of the money order
system. First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath believes that any post
Office wanting money order facilities
should bc given them. Complaints
have been constantly filed by busines.
houses that their correspondents az
villages arr unable - send money or
ders because their post offices have no
such facilities nuring the past fiscal
year almost .. O01. 90 money orders
were issued, amounting 10 little less
than s30o. 900. 01G. The international
money orders issued during the year.
purchased principally hy wurkmen
sending money to friends or relatives
in foreign countries. amounted - si3..
ooo, 900. while the amounts drawn On
the United States by foreign countries
did not eNcccd 5000. 600. The total
number Of money order offices now in
operation i about g. 900. and the mum
her probably will be Increased 10 So,-
o0J before the newt fiscal year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Judge II. {. Miles has orlcret. that
the term of the Federal court fixed by
law for the first Monday in November.
at Jackson, be postponed until the
fourth Monday. the e2d day Of Novcm-
bcr, and that witnesses bc suhpoensed
and Jurors summoned for the laSt-men-
toned date, and that parties under
recognizance to appear in court ON the
first Monday be not required to appear
until the fourth Monday in November.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
EMPLOYEES AS STOCKHOLDERS.
President >ticsn~y. sf the shIcsg. Great
Ms.tsrm. snhtnIt- . Il.n.

CnicAeo. Oct. D The Chicago Great
Western railway has prepared plan
to make its employees stockholders in
the company. President SticlSncv's
faith In the plan i ~ strong that hc
has invited the conductors. brakcmcn.
switchmeu and other employees Of the
road to become joint owners of the
property with tine present stockhold-
crs. President Sticlsncy believes that
the Chicago Great Western railway j.
now On a paving basis lie has issued
n circular to Maple Leaf employees ask
ing them Ia buy stock in the company.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

WEsr UNION, Va, Oct 9.-An epi-
demie of fever six miles south of here
is causing CONSERVATION among the in
habitantS. Physicians differ in their
opinions, some claiming il is typhoid.
while two of the most prominent
physicians in the state claim it is u
mile type OF yellow fever. Thirty-one
deaths have occurred in the past Is
L.n.,-.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

PAT PAINE. a wife murderer, was
hanged ut Monroe, La. on the sth.
He eoolly smoked cigar and drank
egg-nog on the scaffold.
FAILURES for the week ended the sth
were 2i3 in the United States, accord
ing To Dun's report. against eo6 for the
corresponding week last year.
FRED GILBERT. of Spirit Lake. Ia.
defeated j. A. r. Elliott, of Kansas
tity. Mo, by the narrow margin of
one bird in the pigeon shooting match
at Kansas City on the sth. Gilbert
KILLED % birds out of possible 100 to
Mr.. Elliotts 81 The contest was for n
purse of $500 and the Kansas City Star
cup.
The barn Of the Kansas City Mel
transfer company caught fire about
z.sO on the morning of the sth- There
were about 50 head of horses burned
and the loss was between $40, 900 and
ea5,0
FIFTY high-class horses perished in
tue stables of the Cheshire Improve
ment company at Brooklyn. which was
recently burned The loss was $50, 600.
IHE yellow fever situation ut New
Orleans was worse on the 5th, 81 new
cases being reported and three deaths.
AT Edwards, Miss. nine new cases and
one death, and at Mobile, Ala, two
new cases and two deaths were re-
ported.
IHE rebels seem to have woke up all
over the island of Cuba, n Havana cor
respondent says, and are very active
again In every province. Gomez has
issued proclamation saying the Gu
pans will accept nothing short of com
piete independence Affairs are be-
coming worse as the time passes.
EAST and north of Niles, Mich,
marsh fires were reported as raging.
Inc farmers had fought the flames for
week and were utterly exhausted on
,ne 9Th Some had moved their house
nold goods to places of safety and mad
saerinced their homes. Near Berrien
springs hundreds of acres of potatoes
"au oeen roasted in the ground.
ar Dixon, Ia. the dead body of Rob
sr. Parks, wsll-to-do farmer, was
found in his burning house the other
morning. He lived alone and was sup
posed to keep considerable money in
tue house He was believed to have
oeen murdered and the house set on
nre to cover the crime.
a FIRE broke out in the rear OF Rob
ings hardware store at Medora, ILL.,,
early the other morning and in two
noars had destroyed that building and
others adjoining, practically wiping
Sut tue business portion of the town.
several persons were seriously burned
- trying to rescue goods from the
stores
A FIRE supposed tohoye been started
py 'ramps destroyed th- Burgess stock
oarn at Winona. Ill, the other night
ana 80 fine horses were.burned to death
iHk mint in San Francisco has re-
selsed instructions from Washington
. resume the coinage Of silver dollars
u cnee,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Rosroy. Oct a majority rrpor,
by GOV. Woleott's special taxation com
mission recommends ise per cent
inheritance tax with exemption for
estates less than sia. COO aud =. 900 val
rue to be Distributed among the mu-
nicipalitics; 4 tax ON house rents over
>4a1. no tax ON st"css. bonds aud other
intangible personality; assumption Of
county expenses by the state and state
revenue appropriation on the corpor-
ate eNee,..
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

1t was reported to the board of su-
pervisors of Jones county last week
that Mrs. Sarah Shows and family. liv-
ing in the southeastern p5rtiou of the
county, were actually dying Of starva-
tion. one member Of the family having
already died. The matter was inyesti-
gated and relief given the unfortunate
family nj once
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

gins Pans. y. Y. Oct At the
mile track ~ the Northern Horsc-
breeders association here Yesterday
John K teutry aud Robert J. broke
the pacing team record, going thc mile
in iauitless style in s.oS This was
done after the pair had been sent
mile in Ell, and before the Gloss Of
the days SPORT GENTRY with running
uate paccd a mlle In s.na
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

BALTIMORE. Md. Oct. a.-The Lake
submarine wreeking boat Argonaut is
declared to be a success With six per
sons aboard sne went to the bottom OF
the Columbia iron works dry dock.
aud. with clear five feetof water above
her. remained there two hours.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

BIRMSGHAN. Ala. Oct .. AT Green
willie at a country dance William Ekof
objected to Sidney Duarf dancing with
his sister and shot the latter dead at
the girls feet. As Ekof started to
dash out of the room he was seized by
NJ. l.. Hutton. friend of the murdered
man. who attempted tn arrest him
Ekof shot Hutton in the abdomen and
he died an hour later.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

The city council of Charleston has
passed an order authorizing the iSsu-
ance of 81. 500 in bonds for the erection
OF a school building. An election was
held recently at which the sentiment
of the citizens in favor of floating the
bonds was practically unanimous
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
A Few Consular aud Other Once. Filiea
by the President

WASHINGTON. oct .. The president
has made the following appointments: =:
tonsuls-John c. lnger,oll. Of Illi-
nois, At Copenhagen, Denmark; Joseph
l.. liolSe, Of West Virginia, at Windsor.
y. =; ". Irwin shaw. of pennsy lvani.l,
at Barranquiila, Colombia
Henry W. Brendvl. collector of cus-
toms for the district Of Buffalo Creek.
y. Y.
David y. Comingore. collector of in
ternal revenue for the Sixth district of
Kentucky.
Maj. VIM K Livermore. corps of en-
gineers, member of the Nicaragua
canal commission.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

A Partisan student. in order TO win
a bet. swallowed five silk neckties. The
conditions were that the neekties
should be cut in pieces and dressed as
ii salad. with oil. salt. vinegar and pep
per. and this original mixture should
be swallowed within six minutes. The
student performed the difficult opera
sion in 81 minutes
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. a.-As u result
Of his dissatisfaction ut Referee Greens
decision in giving the aght 70 >olly
Smith last Tuesday. George Dixon.
through his manager. has agreed 10
meet Smith in a finish fight for the
championship some time next Febru-
ary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

NFw ORLEANS. Oct Yesterday
was a rceord-breaker. As early as
six o'clock as many cases had been re-
ported as on Wednesday, when the
fever reached for the time high water
mark. i6 eases. At the same hour
there had been five deaths reported.
with couple of patients in u very
critical condition.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Robert Coleman was caught i :
machinery of n s'H"sn gcy ~
Marsl'sn n EAGLE an'
cess - ASST
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

MoSEoE. La. Oct. >. Pat Paine. the
wife murderer. was hanged privately
At s.io o'clocS Yesterday afternoon in
the jail yard here. lie asserted his in
noceuee to the last. was perfectly cool
and collected and drank glass OF egg
nog and smoSed a cigar on the s.af-
fold. Paine was a theosophist and
claimed TO be in constant eommunica-
ton with his murdered wife
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Nav ORLEANS. Oct. 9-The board %
heath. at .. m. Announce u new
casss and two deaths from yellow fever
up 10 that hour
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of tho Daily News
WARRINGTON NOTES


T'ss president has appointed Laurits
\ >~senson, of Minnesota. United
states minister to Denmark
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER isFSr, Of the
general land Office. who represented
the interior department at the ma.
tional irrigation Congress. at Lincoln.
Neb.. said that the work of the con-
-scntion will bear fruit in coming legis-
iation, and that congress will be asked
Ia pass an amendment to the Carey
law. giving states larger control over
their artd lands by enabling them to
I,lesiye these lands a. security for their
reclamation.
toNMIssAEY GENERAL SULLIVAN has
made his annual report To- the secre-
tary Of war. The expenditures for the
wear amounted to g. is5. 200. Of which
>LST2, 10a was for the subsistence OF
the army and the balance for the set
Element of claims and other purposes
TIE bureau of statistics has issued
the table showing the exports and i'm
ports for August, the first fall month
under the new tariff law. These
figures show for that month the Larry
est export OF domestic merchandise Of
any August in the history of the gov
erumcnt The exports were Ss1. s90.-
20, against SD, ,6s9. 9si for August. 1895.
COMMISSIONER OF Pensions EVANS has
issued the following order: Here
after no attorney shall be permitted to
eNanIne the reports of examining sur
gs>ons in any pension claim except up
"a the personal order Of the commits
'sioner or one of the deputy commi,-
sioners of this bureau The object Of
this order is To stop the growing Gus
tom of searching these reports to tind
material for working mp new claims.
largely on the basis of ratings that
have not been allowed.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley
gave n reception at the white house
the other night 10 the foreign guests
ot the international committee of the
brotherhood of 81. Andrew Invited
TO meet the guests were many persons
prominent in the social, religious and
scientific circles of Washington
The comptroller of the currency has
called for the condition of the national
banks at the close of business octo-
Der 5.
The post office department at WASH
fngton has adopted policy of general
extension of the money order system.
Complaints have been constantly filed
by business houses that their eorre-
spoudents ut villages are unable to
send money orders because their post
offices have no such facilities.
SECRETARY WILSON, of the agricul-
tural department, is making arrange
rnents to organize the work of pur-
chasing foreign seed for distribution
by the department.
The annual report of Surgeon Gem
eral Sternbern states that the health
of the army has been excellent during
1896. The total number of men ex-
amined for enlistment during the cal
endar year was 1860, of whom s,65s
were accepted, 5.4is were rejected on
primary examination and 80. subse-
quently declined enlistment
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

The tax levy for Jones county was
fixed last week by the board of super
visors at IL mills This Is -. mills
higher than last year. The levy was
first fixed at Is mills, but protest from
the larger taxpayers caused the board
tO reconsider, with the above result.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. . - The
United Typothtn OF America elected
the following officers: President, y l..
Burdiek. of Milwaukee; secretary. J.
; Gushing. of Boston; treasurer. r r.
Donnelly, of Chicago Frank Hudson.
of Kansas City. was elected one of the
vice presidents Milwaukee was Sc
leeted as the next place Of meeting.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Pun spEtrHtA, oct. . sister Con
zaga, the oldest sister Of charity in the
United States and for 50 years the SUI
perioreSs OF ~. Joseph's asylum. this
city, died yesterday. Sister Gonzaga
was born near Emmetsburg. Md, in
isi2- Her name was Agnes Grace, and
the members Of the family are still
well known in that section of the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
NO. a..
SOUTHERN oLeANiNoS.


The invc~ti CATION of the car r,hb-r-
les II thc H,aannan gang ~ the Whit
icld county e3Al grand jury has
brought forth some sensational dis
closures. aud thrown the littiv cits %
Dalton in an uproar. The jury ha, d.s-
covered. u - alleged that thc gang
has becn working systematically for
years Ia addition 10 finding D. indict-
meutS against each member 20 the
gang. thc jury found Indictments
against several leading merchants of
Dalton for working Ia complicity with
the gang aud receiving stolen goo,is.
The plan - the robbers was To- - out
oa the railroads and break into ears.
before reaching Dalton the goods wcrc
thrown cut aud carried away by cun-
felerates. The gpoiN wcr, att.rwari
Sold by the gang - Dalton merchants.
The work continued for wears Sapt.
Vaughn - the southern railroad pat
detectives ON the cave. who played
tramPs. aud joined the gang aad lV
Gated the rohhcr~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

YORK, Pa, Oct .. Mrs. Jerome
shonberger, widow, yesterday shot
and killed her four-year-old boy and
then placed the revolver to her own
head and fired. inlicting dangerous
wound. The mother had be. a.,
spondens through poverty.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct e.-Frank
Crowley. an employee Of the Kansas
City plating works. IS believed 10 be
the man who stabbed John Dunlap to
death at Eighth and Delaware streets
Thursday night Friends of Crowley
betrayed him 10 the police. Crowley
l. nrlr Ii
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
QUEER METHODS.
= Sh.rir Da-.. Suspected Prisoners In
usa-s "f Making Them COATES.

" s"'" N'
Nav NuHk. oct - sheriff noht. Of
the Queens county Jail. made scnsa-
tinual statement Yesterday we have
been putting Thorn aud Nae's through
the SD degree he said We doscd
the food - a. t. make them feel we'll
not sick. but bad expect a hreak
down aud confession at anv time.
After Partaking 81 soup yesterday Mrs.
Naels and Thorn became very Ill. An
Investigation resulted aud the sheriff
confessed that b. had dosed the pris-
oners charged with the Guldcusuppe
murder
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

A passenger train on the Louisville
4 Nashville road jumped the track just
outside OF Montgomery, Ala. Fireman
Gus Boyde. colored. was killed aud In
gineer James Brown and Postal Clerk
William GlaSscocl injured.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

ENGLISH, Ind. Oct. 9l-The stables
of DIR. W. I. Frady. near Marietta.
were destroyed by fire last night with
all their contents. including - horse :.
which were in Frady's care for train
ing. Besides these there were eight of
his own horses. valued at more than
s.. so. The total loss is So. 600.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Mrs Irene May Hale of Pamela coun-
IL has filed suit against the Illinois
Central Railroad Company for sss.o
damages for the killing Of her husband
at Water Valley while in the employ Of
th.. somnanv
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

According Ia returns made to the de-
partment Of agriculture sugar beets
grown IN the vicinity OF Richmond.
Va. show from Is u u per cent Of sac
charine matter. This Is better than
the European beet
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Nearly 10000 visitors are said to have
inspected the state departments al
Windsor castle daring August. the
Hsmher being several thousand in ex-
cess Of those admitted 20 the palace
10 the corresponding month last year,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

\ Norfolk 4 Western freight train
rau into some cattle near uualiu VA.
and was badly wrecked The engine
left the track rolled over nn is ,iis,
and was covered with heap - ebris.
Thirteen cars were demolished nav,
Nlil"uEhhy. cplorea brakeman. was
instantly killed The engineer aud
fireman were caught under the wrccx.
but eseapei serIon, ininrt.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
6EHRlNG SEA QUESTION.
The st. james 9.sett. oa New York Sew.-
paper Comments.

LoSpoS. Oct. 3.-rhe ST James Ca
zette says: I'VE are glad to notice the
moderate and sensible comment Of the
New York press oa the Behrinz sea
question. From their tenor il would
appear that this latest try on the part
of the Washington state department i
To too much for the common sense of
many Americans who do not ordinari-
ly show themselves too tender regar,l-
ing Great Britain's suseeptibilities.-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

An inecndiary IRE destroyed the barn
of Abe Thompson a wealthy farmer
near Fulton. Ky. The contents. con-
sisting OF so bushels Of wheat. 40
bales OF hay, a separator and other
farming implements. were also con-
sumed
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Jackson. Miss, Oct 3.-Word has
reached here from Madison station
that James Chapman, who lives about
six miles north of Jackson, has been
assassinated. The killing occurred by
someone unknown while Mr.. Chapman
WAS in the barn for his stocs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

w. j. Rutledge shot and killed a ne
gro near Edwards last week. 1t is said
that Rutledge shot the negro in self
defense. as the latter was pursuing him
with meat knife.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

NEW YORK, Oct 9.-The Information
al brotherhood of Blacksniths finished
their convention by eleeting officers.
John Slocum, Kansas City, was chosen
president Resolutions were adopted
indorsing the candidacy of Henry
George for mayor Of Greater New York.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

NEW foEg. Oct, o - Comptroller
Flteh's expert accountants, who have
been at work investigating the records
and accounts preparatory to consoli-
dation. have found discrepancies in ac-
counts amounting to IS. 600. 900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

NEW YORK. Oct o.-of the 20 demo
cratic national committeeman who
have expressed themselves on the New
York municipal campaign, i3hold tina,
Henry George is the regular demo
cratic candidate for mayor aud seven
favor Tammanv
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Three prisoners. all charged with
p.nitentiary crimes. escaped from jasl
at CiariSsviilc, Tenn. with the ait u
TRUSTEES. who admitted them u the
eommissary department. whcre they
wsrr given their Freedom. They were
Eiward Cooke. Irwin Collins and simon
Elliott A reward has bcvn offered fof
their capture.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

WASHINGTON. Oct e.-The following
reinstatements and promotions were
made in the pension Office yesterd
Anson c. Harding, of ollah~--
stated: ~ Edith Law the
sas. EsGLE'
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Enw Agp>. Miss. Oct .. Twelve new
eases of yellow fever were reported To-
day. Bert Walton died last aishL The
general situation to-day present,
more cheerful aspect Noae - the
patients are reported a. dangerously
sick
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
Death of Ex->snator Nc f-h.r-an

NEw YORK. Oct 9-John RoderieA
Mcpherson, one time democratic leader
in New Jersey. and United States sen
ator from that state from is77 until
1895. died last night in Jersey City.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Mastin's gin at Vernon Lake, Ala.
100 balesof cotton, with a large amount
Of lOose cotton. and William Osborne's
residence were burned. loss, s. OO0
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
MISS WHITNEY AGAIN.
She .. Insited to Re Queen Of the Kansas
CIV Ilowsr show In Noxemher.

KANSAS CRY. Mo, Oct. .. Miss Edna
Whitney. Of Chillicothe, Queen Loretta
of the Topeka carnival. and at present
in st Louis, where, upon the invitation
Of the Yelled Prophets. she has been
taking part in the fall festivities of
that city, has been asked to be queen
OF the November Flower show in this
cite
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Judge Hugh h Martin. of Water Val-
lev. Miss. oae of the oldest lawyers in
north Mississippi. diei recently. lie
passed away at the ripe age of ~.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

At country dance. near Grccnville.
Ala, Mm- Ekuf objected t. sidney
nuarf dancing with his sister. aud shot
the latter slead Mt the girls feet. A.
Esof started - dash out ~ the room
he was seized by NJ. L. Hutton, friend
of the murdered man, who attempted
t. arrest him. ElSof shot Hutton ia
'he abdomen. aud he dic, an hour later.
~ ESof ran from the hall several
dancer, fired shots at him through the
darkness. aud a trail ~ blood indicates
he was wounded Diarf aud Hutton
we're both prominent young planters.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14
GREAT GLASS TRUST NEXT.
Practically Al ef the t.etariss In Amerse.
United nsier tine suntraI

irarttrsis MI "t the Factories IN America
United uier tue tontrot
0ofpNHrs. u, Oct. s-tlaSs manu-
faeturers representing practically the
entire industry 81 the United States
met here yesterday afternoon and
evening. aud virtually perfected a
great glass trust. bringing under one
head every mandatory in the coun-
try. Only the details Of the orgauiza-
tion remain yet to b. finished. and
these are expected to be brought to a
close not later than next Tuesday.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

Japan. which 40 years ago had no
other than eoasting vessels. none Of
them steamers. row has several steam
ship companies, the largest OF which
owns CO vessels.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-14

John Gammon, whose home is II
miles north OF Knoxville. Tenn, while
drunk. shot and attempted to kill his
wife and little two-year-old child.