Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-02

the MISSOURI Pacific railroad. fell fritu
freight train in the company's Yards
ia - Louis. on the ssth. aud was ir-
cspi,ated by the wheels of the cars.
HERR AfrRKr vo~ sALKrr. director
OF the toiu museum In Berlin sue
eumbed To an attack Of infiuenxs %
the 26th.
WuiLE. drunk. ON the cath. Antonio
Milagno. OF Erie. Pa. .h-ew a can Of
coal oil in his wifc's face. which
caught lire from n lamp. she was carry
idg.enveloping her in flames. Help ar
rived in time u prevent her from burn.
ing up wher, she stood. The woman
was laid on her bed. and when the OH
GERS arrived they found Antonio stand
ing over her pluckiny the cooked ficsh
from her breast aud arms In fiendish
glee and cursing like "a demon.
Mrs. CAROLINE ABkE. aged 20 years,
who lived alone near Leavenworth,
Has. was found dead in her home on
the Goth. Marks on ner neck indicated
that the woman had been cbss<es To
death lock on an outside door had
been broken. apparently by burglars.
and the house was ransacked. Mrs.
Abise was eccentric. and was believed
TO possess considerable money.
Tue armored cruiser brooklyn was
drydocked In tac timber dock at the
New York navy yard in brooklyn on
.he Goth. Because OF the ships inn
meuse displacement. the task OF get
ting 1t into the dock was looked for
ward 10 with some anxiety. IL was
accomplished. however, with little
trouble and slight damage.
Cot GEORGE A. BrrE. n prominent
mining man of Telluride. Col. is miss
ing. and his friends in Telluride be-
lieve that he has been murdered. a.
he had a large sum Of money when he
left that camp.
HIRAM MAxts's new rapid-tring gun
was tried at Portsmouth. England. on
the 2dth. with remarkable results
With IS pounds of coriitc IL showed an
effective range of 5000 yards
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Is n trm be-
lever in the doctrine that the best way
TO preserve peace is to be prepared for
war. lie desires peace with Spain;
therefore, he is making preparations
which are calculated to inspire the BE-
lief in the minds Of the hot-blooded
spaniards that, IL they provoke war.
they will be inviting their downfall.
CoSsuL-GESERAL LEE has reported TO
the state department that the number
of American citizens ia Cuba depend
ent upon the appropriations made by
congress is now i.607. of the suffering
Americans $50 are in Havana province.
s53 in Matanzas. and the others are
scattered in the remaining provinces
THE Chinese merchants of san Fran
cisco have combined To suppress the
murderous Highlander societies These
business men have signed q compact
not to submit to furthur blsekmail.
and without their usual income the
highbinders will be forced to leave the
city or go TO work.
IHE Madrid Official Gazette publishes
the royal DEGREES granting autonomy
to Cuba and Porto Rico. thus removing
the anxiety that had begun to be ex-
pressed ON all sides as the result of the
governments reticence and unex-
planned delay.
Tux naval trial board has made a re-
port upon the recent two-dsys' trial of
the big battle-ship Iowa at sea- The
report thoroughly sustains Commodor re
Dewey's comment that the ship as
fine a type of her class - there !. in
the world.
A DISPATCH to the Frankfort Ger
many Zeitung from Rome. on the Goth.
reported that a sanguinary conflict had
taken place between the French and
British at NiklSi. in the La gos Hinter-
land. in which the British were
worsted.
SECRETARY Lone has recently placed
with the American Ordnance Co. orders
rs follows: Ten Thousand six-inch
shells, $4,000 one-pounder shells for
rapid-fre guns, $4,000 armor-piercing
shell tips, 81 rapid-fire shell guns.
Az unofficial report says the Lover
ing court martial at Fort Sheridan.
Chicago. returned q verdict Of guilty
as charged in the specifications. with
the recommendation that Capt Lover
ing be reprimandsd by the reviewing
authority. This WAS the case Of the
brutal treatment Of Private Hammond.