Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-20

special message to congress on tn. Cp.
oen situation. IL will contain some
startling disclosures as 10 the su,f.r.
ings of American citizens on the island
under the concentration orders of Gen.
Weyler
PRELIMINARY contract for n loan Of
tit, 600. 900 $50. 900. oo0l has been signed
in Pekin in behalf Of a British svndl.
cate.
AN Athens dispatch Of the 18th said
.nere had been a rising In central
Macedonia, and that 1000 insurgents
mad captured the pass forming the prip
eipal line of communication of the
Turkish army.
T"r wheat crop of Oklahoma is larr.
er than ever before in the history of
the territory. The estimates of the
average yield run from - 10 30 bushels
an ac.s. while some fields will produce
A. high as 90 bushels.
JOHN RosENBERG. Russian sailor. In
prison ut San Quentin. Cal, for horse
stealing, has made a sworn confession
before notary, and in the presence of
several witnesses. that he killed
blanche Lamont in Emanuel church.
in San Francisco. at the instigation Of
stranger and in consideration Of
the payment Of 500 for his bloody
work.
The returns received by the immi-
grafton bureau during the last several
months show a marked falling off in
the number of immigrant arrivals in
this country. The number of arrivals
during the nine months ended March
81. 1891. was 1921. A. compared y. IN
20o. $50 for the same period in the fiscal
year is95
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the i4th,
as reported BY T. G.. Dun & Co. were
s6t. against sas for the corresponding
keew last year. For Canada the failures
were 81. against - last year.
THE proceedings brought by the
heirs % the late Jay Gould to have the
aniS~nt of the inheritance tax fixed
was srgued before the appellate di-
vision of the New York supreme cour,
on the 18th
JrDex JouS LOWELL the distin-
guished jurist, died at his home in
Brookline. Mass, on the l4th. lie had
been i'll for some time. and his death
had been expected for several days
JAMES FRENCH. wife murderer. was
found guilty at Rockford. ILL.,, on the
18th. and the death peralty was i'm
posed.
STEPHEN r MALLORY was elected
United States senator from Florida, on
the isth. on the twenty-fifth ballot.
MAX MAKErzEk. the weii-known op-
cratic manager. died at his home on
Staten Island, n. ", on the isth, aged
-.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 18th.
showed: Available cash balance, Ssee,
iss, I'D; gold reserve. sl4.. sos .5Is-
The committee at San Francisco hav-
ing in charge the preliminaries for the
sixteenth international Christian En-
desvor convention, which will be held
in that city July to IL next inclusive,
is leaving no stone unturned to insure
its success
The courthouse at Lexington, KY,
was burned on the 18th. Hart's beau
tiful masterpiece. woman Triumph
ant, in the rotunda, was DESTROYED in
an attempt to remove it Several val
liable paintings were also burned.
A TERRIBLE railway disaster befell n
military train between Rockenhof and
Eliva, on the valki-Jurjev line in Rus
sia, on the 18th. Sixteen cars swere
smashed. Two officers and nearly 100
soldiers were killed and 90 others were
seriously injured.
The United States gunboat Nash
vile covered the 60-mile course on her
official trial trip in 3 hours. rs minutes
and 20 seconds, averaging 16.s knots,
and winning a bonus of about go, 900
for her builders.
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD is critical
ly i'll at the home of her friend, Mme
Demorest, in New York. Her malady
is said to be acute and persistent gas
tric trouble, combined with prostration
from overwork.
MALICE JAMES II. FoRsYTH, COM
manding the department of California,
has been placed on the retired slist on
his own application. He was confirmed
in his present rank ON the 18th.