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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
FRENCH AND BRITISH FIGHT.
SANGUINARY CONFLICT REPORTED
IN THE LAGOS HINTERLAND.

The story Doubted in OmcinI Circles
at London But the Possibility of
It's Correctness Admitted Owing
TO the Fact That IA Clash Has Been
Anticipated for Some Time Past.
Treaty Concessions From the Ma
tiVes at the Bottom of the Trouble.
Berlin, Nov. ga dispatch to the
Frankfort Zeitung from Rome reports that
a sanguinary conflict has taken place be-
tween the French and British at Nikkl,
in the Lagos Hinterland.
London, Nov 26-Whne the accuracy OF
the statement contained in the Rome dis
patch to the Frankfort Zeitung, announc-
ing that a conflict had taken place be-
tween the French and British troops in
the Lagos Hinterland is not denied, T. is
doubted. The London morning papers to-
day point out the imminent danger result
ing from the proximity of the two forces
in thee contested territory.
A conflict between the French and Petit
ish forces in the Lagos Hinterland has
been anticipated for some time past. Roth
countries have been hurrying troops into
the disputed territory. The trouble Is of
about thirty years standing.
Later in the day, a rumor was received
from the British colonial office to the ef-
feet that there had been a collision be-
tween the British and French forces at
Niklxi which is said to have been captured
by the French troops.
The officials of the colonial Office how
ever, regard this report as highly improb-
able, as they explain, the British police
in the Hinterland, who are In very limited
numbers, had strict orders to avoid any
collision with the French. 1t is also un-
derstood that the French forces had been
instructed not to come in conflict with the
British. The British forces in the Hinter-
land, II is further stated, are being rein
forced considerably
Since the agreements of 1870 were arrived
at, further difficulties have arisen about
the failure of the boundary commissioners
of Great Britain and France to agree
among themselves as to the frontier lines.
Since then both parties have turned their
attention to getting treaty concessions
from the native chiefs. The French have
been aiming at the establishment of a
great African empire and dispatched expe-
ditions to the Hinterland Of Lagos and
Carnotyille to establish headquarters
The British Niger Company however.
getting wind of the French plans, dis
patched Maj. Lugard to Nikki. the capl-
tai Of Burga, for the purpose of negotiat-
ing a treaty with the NATIVE 4uler. and
the English officer was Fortunate enough
to reach there before a Frenon officer,
Capt de Coureur, who was bound for the
same place and with the same intentions,
and Maj. Lugard secured his treaty and
carried 1t away three weeks before Cant
de Coueur arrived at Nikkl. The French
however, seemed to have chosen to dis
regard this fact and have dispatched arm
ed expeditions, not only to Nik1xi, but 70
Broussa which has all along been ac-
knowledged to be within the sphere OF
British influence. To settle this and other
questions in dispute. commissioners repre-
sentng Great Britain and France are now
beginning to deliberate In Paris.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
WIRE NAIL COMBINE.
All the Sarse Manufacturer May Go
Into a Pool.

Into a Pool.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 26.-Information from
reliable sources in Cleveland is to the ef-
feet that at the protracted meeting in New
York city during the week, attended by
nearly all the big producers of wire, wire
nails and rods in the country, an agreement
to consolidate was virtually reached, only
one concern remaining to be induced to go
in.
The combination will be the most i'm
mense ever effected and will affect the
iron trade In order to avoid the fate of
the old wire nail pool the rod mills will be
included, as well as a number of steel pro-
ducing concerns.
The companies affected in Cleveland are
the HIP Nail Company, the American
Wire Company, the Consolidated Steel and
Wire Company, and the Cleveland Rolling
Mill Company.
]. p. Morgan of New York is mentioned
as chairman of the board of directors Of
the new company, and j. w, Gates, pres
ident of the Illinois Steel Company, as
president.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
ouBANs WANT LIBERTY OR DEATH
An Address Sent Out by the COnsti-
tutiOnaI Assembly.

An Address Sent Out by the COnstl-
tutiOnaI Assembly.
New York Nov. 26.-The Cuban constitu-
tional assembly which met recently at
Camaguey to remodel the constitution and
elect a new president, issued a manifesto,
which reached the office of the Cuban jun
ia in this city to-day. The document is
dated at Layaha, Oct. 1S, 1897, and is sign
ed by Domingo Mendez Capote, as presi-
dent of the assembly. The manifesto is ad-
dressed by the Representatives of the Gu
ban people to all those who have the inde-
pendence and future welfare of Cuba at
heart"
The document says that the assembly be-
fore adiourning deemed 1T it's duty TO pro-
claim, among other things, that no spe-
cial laws, no political reform, or autonomy,
nothing in short, that the Spanish govern
ment may be willing to grant that means
Spanish sovereignty over Cuba, shall be
accepted by the Cubans as a settlement
of the war
Independence or death is, and shall be,
the unalterable and sacred motto of tie
Cubans The Cubans have not resorted
to arms in order to obtain any political
measure which does not once and for all
solve the Cuban question. That is the
reason we will accept nothing short of
absolute independence.
'It is our purpose to constitute an indie
pendent state, orderly prosperous and
happy, over the ruin of a worn-out col
ony.
1--WE are firmly determined to carry on
the war until victory or death crowns our
Efforts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
FRANCE AND BRAZIL NOT TO FIGHT
The Brazilian Congress Approves an
Arbitration Treaty.

Rio Janelro, Nov 26.-The Chamber of
Deputies to-day approved the Franco-Bra-
lillian arbitration treaty within the terms
of which are included all boundary dis
putes between France and Brazil, and par
ticularly the settlement of the Amapa
question.
The opposition to the treaty has been
strong and there has been so much delay
that the French government a few weeks
ago presented demand for the settlement
of the boundaries of the contested territory
of Amapa that was almost an ultimatum.
For six weeks or more NJ. Pichon, the
French minister to Brazil, has been urging
a prompt consideration by the Brazil
ian congress of arbitration, and the inn
portance of formally confirming the new
Amapa boundary that was delimited last
summer. led the opposition to modify its
hostile attitude toward the treaty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
CONFLICT cHEAPENs COFFEE.
Prices Now Lower Than They Have
Been Since Before the War.

suit of the war being waged
between the Arbuckle Coffee Com
pany and the Woolson Spice Com
pany the sales of coffee during the week
now ending have been far in excess Of
any similar period during the past year
Coffee brokers declared to-day that their
sales had been doubled. The Woolson
Spice Company, which Is controlled by the
Havemyers, is selling Rio No at . cents
a pound. Not to be outdone the Arbuelxles
have made a reduction in their prices.
Coffee rs now cheaper than it has been
since before the war" said an old dealer,
land IL the fight lasts there is no telling
at what price 1t will go for" Another
reason for the low price is to be found In
the enormous quantity of green coffee
here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
PEnU's NEW CABINET.
senior Alexandra Lopez de Romano
the President.

washington, Nov. 26.--The Peruvian le-
CATION has received a cablegram from
Lima, Peru, announcing the formation of
a new cabinet as follows:
President Of the Cabinet and Minister Of
the Interior-senor Alexandra Lopez de
Romano, former prefect of Arequipa.
Minister of Foreign Relationship
Cirque de la Riva-Aguero of the former
cabinet
Minister of Justice-Dr. Jose Antonio de
la Vale Pardo.
Rosa Gil.
Minister of the Treasury-Senor Igna-
clio Rey Of the former cabinet
Minister OF Public Works-Dr. Ricardo
L. Flores.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
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RATS MUTILATE A CORPSE.
Body of Miser Who Lived on $3.50
Month Found In His House.

Beatrice, Neb., Nov. &C. Campbell
Smith, an aged recluse, was found dead in
his house. where he lived alone tonight
by nelghbors. The condition of the body
indicated that he had been dead two
weeks. Rats had mutilated the remains.
Smith was well to do, but eccentric and
miserly. His living expenses were $3.50
month, while in his trunk We're found de-
mand certificates of deposit on local banks,
city warrants and deeds to farm and city
property aggregatng many thousand dol
lars. He was a lawyer and highly edu-
Gated -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
OHIO's JOINT BALLOT.
Republicans VIII Have Eighty Votes
and the Democrats sixty-ive.

Cincinnati, o.. Nov. &-At the recent
election, the fusion ticket, which carried
this county. contained nine democrats and
five republican members of the legislature.
There has been some doubt as to how the
republican fusionists would vote on joint
ballot for United States senator. AT a
meeting of these fusionists here
to-day, they decided to vote
for the republican caucus nominee, which
will make the legislature stand 80 republi-
cans to 60 democrats on joint ballot for
senator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRATION.
Irish National Alliance to Fight the
Proposed Treaty.

New York, Nov. 26-A petition to the
senators Of the United States was issued
to-day from the headquarters of the Irish
National Alliance in this city against this
adoption of the proposed general treaty
OF arbitration with England. The petl-
ton will be circulated by the various
councils of the alliance Throughout this
country. the Ancient Order of Hibernians
and other Irish American societies. The
petition says that the advocates of arbi-
tration here are the modern American
tories, descendants of the men who would
have hanged Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
BROKE THE CASHIERS NECK.
brutal Murder by Bank RObber
Followed by Suicide.

London, Nov 27.-A dispatch to the
Times from Cape Town describes bold
attempt to rob the Standard Bank at
Claremont, a suburb of Cape Town.
A masked man entered the counting
room of the bank. locked the door, and by
some unknown means broke the neck of
the cashier though no mark of violence
could be found on the body When the
manager of the bank appeared, the robber
shot and wounded him slightly. The police
then rushed in and the robber, seeing that
all chance of escape was gone, shot himself
dead
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
AN AGED MASON DEAD.
Became Totally blind Forty Years
Ago and Turned Preacher.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 26.-Dr. Moore,
one of the Oldest Masons in Pennsylvania,
died yesterday in the United States Mason
ic home In this city, aged 90 years. DR.
ago and since then had Travelled extensively
throughout the. western states preaching
the gospel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
TRIAL OF THE IOWA.
The vessel as Fine as Any Ship of
Her Class i'm the world,

Washington, Nov. 26.-The naval trial
board has made report on the recent
two-days trial of the big battleship Iowa
at sea, which thoroughly sustains Com
rnodore Dewey's comment that the ship Is
as fine type Of a ship of her class as
there Is in the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
CUSTOMS TARIFF OF CUBA.

Marshal BIapcO to Act as Arbitrator
in Connection With Ii.
Madrid, Nov. 26.-Marshal Blanco has
cabled to the cabinet an assurance that
he will be the arbitrator in connection
with the customs tariff and that the in
terests of the peninsula shall not suffer
thereby.
An excellent effect has been produced
in political circles by the publication this
morning in the Official Gazette of the two
DEGREES extending to the Antilles the uni
versal suffrage law of 1890, and of apply
ing also to the laws inscribed In the first
chapter of the Spanish constitution with
a guarantee of the application of the gen.
eral laws.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
rmo Americans RcIeased.

Washington, Nov. 26.-The state depart
ment has been notified of the release of
the Rafael Fernandez and c. Manuel
Fernandez, two Americans held prisoners
in cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
nANSIs TAYLoR's LECTURE.
An Attack of Bronchitis the Cause of
It's NOn-deIivery.

Washington, Nov. 26.-It Is stated at the
Catholic University and by Hon. Hannis
Taylor, late United States minister to
Spain, that a severe attack of bronchitis
necessitated the abandonment Of his lee
ture set for yesterday at the university.
The report that the Spanish minister, Sc
nor Dupuy de LONE, requested that the
university authorities not permit the lee
ture Is denied by all parties concerned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
GOULD ADVANCES SALARIES.
Wages of Few once Clerks ana
officers Restored.

officers Restored.
ST. Louis, Mo-, Nov 26.-It is announced
to-day that as a Thanksgiving present.
President George j Gould of the Missouri
Pacific railway system has advanced sala-
ries all along the line 10 per cent.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 26.-Vice President
Warner Of the Missouri Pacific. in regard
to the recent general advances of salaries,
said: "There We're only very few men
who were cut In 1898 Engineers, conduc-
tors, trainmen, telegraph operators, agents.
operators and machinists were not cue
then. 1t has been decided to restore the
10 per cent to such Office clerks and a few
officers who had held their positions un-
changd from 1893 when reductions were
made, to date, the total amount of which
will be between 5000 and $1,000 annually.'s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
RELIEF OF THE WHALERs.
The Bear Leaves seattle for the Ice
hound Arctic.

washington, Nov. pa telegram re-
eeived by Capt. Shoemaker. chief of the
revenue cutter service states that the
steamer Bear will leave Seattle, Wash, to-
day on her trip north for the relief Of the
ice bound whalers in the Arctic. The
treasury officials entertain no doubts of
the complete success Of the expedition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
ouorantIn Against PensacOIa.

Madrid, Nov. GA royal decree just is
Sued orders to quarantine all vessels ar
LYING LYING at Spanish ports from Pensacola,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
rrwarv American IN Cubn Free.

Havana, Nov. %.-No American citizen
is now confined In prison in the Island
of Cuba
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27

St Petersburg, Nov. 26.-The Novostl
contends that the growth of German in
fuence in the near and far east will neces-
state a union Of Great Britain, France,
and Russia for the protection of their in
tarastS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
He Wanted ~ Wheel.

We'll, my son. said the edi
tor OF The DanVIile Breeze IT,
his son. Who wanted a wheel.
"vurll 'iBt one in tile front
end OF that wheel barrow. and
there j. a big pile of coal ashes
back OF the house that will have
10 be moved. Tire handle bars
are of white ash and are adius.
table. so that you can get any
kind of hump on that suits your
fancy. 1t Is regulated largely
by the load you put on. The
bigger the load the more you
have to hump yourself BE
careful and don't mar the en-.
amel on the frame. and keep
the ball-bcarings well oiled, 50
that they wont cut INTO the
cones. The tire is absolutely
punciureless. so you wont have
to take a pump and repair kit
with you. BY the time you
removed that pile of ashes
think YOU will have made a
century run. also the perspira.
ton. You'd better come in to
dinner now
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12

Rev. DIR. II. +. Sproles, oil
jackson, made this remarkable
but sad statement before the
Baptist state convention at Gre.
ilada recently: During my five
years service as chaplain fthe
penitentiary fully nine-tenths OF
the young white men who came
TO the prison were sent there as
a result of whisky: that is, for
crimes committed while under
the influence of liquor them.
selves, or that were brought.
about by men who were under
its influence"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
General ffsrrison's Book.

The Indianapolis Journal prints
this interesting story concerning
ex-President Harrison's forthcom-
ing book: General Harrison has
Just completed the revision of n :
articles which have appeared In The
ladies Home Journal, making ex-
tended notes and additions to them.
There i little story in connection
with both articles and publication.
When the arrangement for the ar
ticles was made with General liar.
risOn by Edward W. Box, editor of
The ladies' Home journal. the
General was paid for them. with
ta- understanding that when they
were put into book form the ma-a-
zine Was to share the ROYALTIES ac-
cruing therefrom. Nr. Box, how
ever, of his own accord, generously
released General Harrison from paw
ing him any royalty, for the reason,
as ne states, that by the publication
of the articles by General Harrison
the subscription lis: OF his magazine
was enlarged mary thousands. The
profits to The Ladies' Home Journal
were more than the publishers an
ticipated, and in view of this Mr.
Box asks nothing further. General
Harrison placed the disposition oil
his book in MIR. Bok's hands. The
best offer came to the editor from
the Sc-ibners, and to them Mr.. Box
gave the book for his distinguished
contributor General Harrlson's re-
vision Of the book has just been
completed, and the volume will ap-
pear in the autumn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12

Ringing Brothers circus had
d remarkable experience recent
~, and one that gave 1t a hIgI
opinion of the value of newspa
per advertising. When its adj
vance agent arrived in Min
neapOlis he found the Barnum.
Bailey show had bought all the
city bill boards. He determined
to test the efficacy OF the news.
paper columns and advertised
in them with generous hand.
The result was, on the night OF
the shows opening, standing
room was at premium and
hundreds were turned away from
the Ringling circus in that city,
and not one scrap of bill board
paper had been put up. There
is no place for advertising prof.
table except in a newspaper,
which Is read by hundred
thousand people every morning
Merchants have tried small dOdg.
ers; bat their customers will not
60 into the cutters for them;
fence advertising would be fair
~ good if the fences were as
numerous as newspapers, and in
places where everybody could
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
A Violation cf law

Every law provides a penalty
for those who disregard it.
Sickness is the penalty that ma
ture infiicts on those who VIC.
late her laws. Indiscretions OF
the appetite. neglect of the
bowels, worry, OverwOrk. these
are violations of law and the
penalty is disordered digestion,
torpid liver and bilousness.
When such ailments make their
appearance they should be quick.
ly removed, otherwise more Sc.
riOus troubles are sure to de.
veIOp. A reliable system tonic
is the remedy to use. and where
can you find a better than PRICK.
LY ASH BIITERs. II strength.
ems the kidneys, cleanses and
regulates the liver. tones ND the
stomach and digestion, and puri.
fies the bowels, thus restoring
activity in all the vital organs
and vigorous bodily health. For
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12

A German scientist is authori-
~ for the statement that if wo.
'nen will eat onions they will
rid themselves of nervousness
and beautify their complexions
at the same time. And as anti.
dote 20 the pungent objection
which will he promptly brought
forth he further asserts that a
sprig of parsley dipped in vIue-
gar and eaten after the onions
at once removes all evidence OF
their consumption.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12

The Progress is informed tina,
all clues as to the whereabouts
OF the negro John Grant, who
killed Bose Markett about a
month ago. have been carefully
Traced out and each and every
one of them have proven either
a case OF mistaken identity oil
absolutely without foundation
At the present time there is moi
the slightest clue. The officers
and friends of the murdered boy
are still vigilant but the assassin
has disappsared.-Water Val.
ley Progress.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
THE lAMENTeD
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
His Portrait Hangs I'm
Secretary Ayers Office
Where Visitors are Re
cciyed.
\ Washington Disnatch sa,s

\ Washington Dispatch says:
The portrait ofJefcrson Davis
now looks down from the wall
of the large Office room in which
Secretary Alger receives visi.
tors. II has been brought from
an obscure place, busted and
cleaned. and given its place with
the sixty other distinguished
men who have filed the Office
"f Secretary of War. The ap-
pearance of the portrait of the
President of the Confederacy
on the wall is the result of an
order given by Gen. Alger. Tn.
til recently the only portraits
displayed in the of'ce were
those of secretaries who had
served since the war period.
ten. Alger made some inquiries
about the portraits of secreta.
ries preceding the war, and
found them strung along the wall
in dark corridor. He directed
that the whole lot be cleaned,
that of Jefferson Davis includ.
ing, and b. hung in his corridor
The portraits are In oil and OF
nearly uniform size. The date
ON theiframe of Jefferson DAVIS
portra shows that he entered
the cabinet of President Pierce,
March 9TH, ls53.-Ncw Orleans
States.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12


Loose clothes and downy
cushions bring only a negati, &
sort of comfort to the Woman
who is suffering with some dis.
ease or arrangement of the or.
CANS distinctly feminine. Some
clothes and some positions
make the pain and the discOm.
fort seem less. Perhaps the
nerves are most affected and
this in turn disturbs the diges.
ton. Nothing will ever com
pletely relieve but a radical
cure. The start of so-called
''female complaints" may be a
very slight thing indeed. 1t may
he that in the beginning some
small hygienic measures would
stop the trouble. Certainly al
this time, little bit of the right
medicine would stop it. When
the trouble becomes worse, il
is harder to cure, but still 1t can
be cured. DIR. Prices Favorite
Prescription will positively cure
any trouble ofthis character. II
NAV be absolutely relied upon
Ii affords lasting relief to a wO.
man whose natural modesty has
kept her IRON consulting n ply
stefan.
SeId 81 cents in one cent
stamps to DIR. X. V. Pierce. Buff
faiO, y. Y, for his .Medical Ak.
wiser Ii is a book of IOOs
pages, prOfusely illustrated.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
Their Prayer was Answered.

The Brandon News says that
part of the county in the
vicinity of Cato had been with.
out rain for several weeks up to
last Thursday. Crops were sui.
fering for lack of moisture aud
the farmers were sOrely distress
ed at the prospect of a poor
yield. some one suggested that
a day d" appointed and prayers
made Tor relief. The idea was
taken up by several of the older
citizens and about IL O'Clock
last Thursday, a goodly number
gathered at the Baptist church
for the above purpose. Their
petitions were earnest and elo.
qucnt and were not without faith,
although the sky was clear.
About = O'Clock in the after,
noon clouds were seen in the
South, and soon the thunder be.
gan To rattle. An hour later a
good shower came, assuming the
proportions, as an eyewitness
said. ola regular "chunk fioaier. =
The parched earth drank up the
water and the crops were re
ireshed and saved from the
parchiDg rays of the summer
sun.