Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-07-22

tne reappointment OF lion. John Har-
rett, the present consul-geaertL
TuE police department OF Kansas
City, Mas. arc now working women
prisoners at the Jarnes-street iail at
breaking stone, the same rs the male
prisoners.
Tux senate committee on foreign
affairs reported resolution. on the
issh, empowering the president - take
such sufficient action as will secure the
immediate release of American citizens
now held aS prisoners Ia Cuba. aud for
the restoration Of the American
schooner Competitor 10 her ner
FRANK MCLSUGHLIS, proprietor Of
the Philadelphia Times died Of rheu-
matte gout At his residence in Phila-
deiphia on the i4th.
JAMES r. BERRY. formerly Of GLOW
ersville. NY. who posed as a million
aire and scattered his money lavishly
in the west gaining a wide reputation
As spendthrift has returned To Glow
ersville apparently strapped
THE Athens correspondent of tne
London Telegraph claims 10 know that
the powers are considering n scheme
by which Russia. Austria aud Great
Britain will cooperate 10 coerce Tur-
key.
TRArFrc on the Boston & Maine rail-
ruai was temporarily suspended, ON
the 18th, by the washing away Of
bridges. cave-ins aud slides. due To the
series Of ctoudbursts which swept over
New Hampshire.
Ar the session Of the Republican Ma
tionsl League clubs in Detroit, Mich.
on the 18th, Leonard J. Crawford, of
Kentucky. was elected president.
Omaha was selected as the place of
meeting in Is9s
THE arbitrators of the coal miners
strike were in high gles on the night
of the iith, and said they were on the
road to n settlement of the troubles in
the Pittsburgh district, and conse-
quently the settlement of the strike.
The ninth annual session of the
Transmississippi congress convened at
salt Lake City. Utah. ON the 18th. The
delegates were warmly welcomed by
Gov. Wells of Utah aud Mayor Glen
denniug of salt Lake City.
JonS Scorr OLIvEE. the California
deputy sheriff who was indicted in
New York recently for abluction, at
tempted suicide In the Tombs prison,
ON the 18th. by thrusting lead pencil
down bis throat. lie was not seriously
hurt. This was his second attempt at
suicide since his arrest.
The Crescent tin-plate mill at Cleve-
land. o.. was closed down in every de-
partment on the i5sh. The heaters re-
fused.to go to work, and without them il
was impossible TO operate the mill.
The company decided to shut down
indefinitely.
MAEQuErrE, Mich, Father Mar
quette's namesalse city. held a great
celebration. ON the 18th, in honor of
the unveiling of bronze monument
% the explorer and priest.
COMPTROLLER FTrCH Of New York
made advertisement. on the 18th. for
the sale of gold bonds for the city of
New York amounting TO sl0.053, ,0I5.27.
The bonds will bear three per cent
interest.
A FRKIsHr train in the l. & ~. y.
y4rt> ~ au-tlH. lex run Over tpuf
white boys who were sitting on the
side Of the track asleep, killing three
of c,fem instantly and badly wounding
the fourth An hour later the same
engine ran over and killed negro who
Was tryiag to steal a ride.
THERE = great excitement on the
Birmingham tEnglandl stock exchange
owing 10 the belief that there is a cor
ner in cycle tubing. There has been
a heavy advance in prices. and several
speculators have been badly pinehed-
Two dynamite bombs were exploded.
on the 18th, at Guadalajara, capital
OF the province of that name in New
CASTLE. Spain- Several persons were
killed and others seriously injured
TnE case of ex-Banker Charles W..
Spalding, who has been on trial in
Chicago. for the embezzlement Of funds
belonging TO the University of Illinois
intrusted to his care ~ treasurer of the
board of trustees, was given to the jury
on the 18TH A verdict of not guilty
was rendered. There are still Is indie
ments hanging over Spalding.