Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-03-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

An explosion occurred on the ed. at
the works u the United States Smoke
less Powder Co. near san Rafael. Cal.
{. A. jerks. one Of the head employees.
and laborer named Jenson were
killed
SENATOR HALE. of Maine, is reporteo
As saying on the 81: The country IL
on the verge of war. fear nothing
can prevent hostilitioS-
In was reported in Key West. Fla
on the sd. that the officers of th..
Maine in Havana had been ordered
home
Tux General Transatlantic Co. > mai.
steamer Vile dc Rome was wrecked
of Port Mahon. Balearie islands. in the
Mediterranean, on the ed.
The supreme court of Montana has
handed down decision affirming tire
sentence of John z. filoor, convicted of
serrcting and thus defeating the pas
sage of what was known as the county
salary reduction DILL. while he was ses-
rotary of the state senate.
TIE activity at the Charlestown
Mass navy yard continues. Orders
were issued. on the I'D. for the employ
mcnt of ~ men in the engineering dc
partnent, on the gunboat Machias. in
making necessary repairs.
SECRETARY LONG has determined to
bring into service the eight old single
turreted monitors used during the war.
and since lying at League Island navy
yard. Philadelphia
On the ed Capt. Sigsbee was ordered
to hold himself in readiness for sea
duty. The other officers of the Maine
who had not already left Havana were
ordered home.
On the ED the bureau of ordnance
awarded contracts for supplying about
| 800 east iron proiectilcs for seacoast
Notifications. As rapidly as com
pleted they will be shipped to the
various places at which they are need
ed. Two Virginia companies were
given the contracts
CoNNANDAyT FoRsYTHE. at Key West.
has received orders from Washington
to refuse to give out any information
regarding the movements of the fleet.
The order is very emphatic and does
not mince words regarding reporters
The selection of the battleship Iowa
for the commander-in-chiefs flagship
is regarded as significant. in view of Ad-
miral Sicard's probable retirement
The president, il was said, would
take two days for the consideration of
the report of the Maine court of in
quiry, and send it To congress prompt
ly at noon ON the 2sth with short
. has
copy of il eabled To Minister Woodford
to present to the Spanish government
The ineessant rains of late have
caused disastrous foods throughout
Ohio. Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
West Virginia and Kentucky, accom-
panied by loss of life through accidents
caused by washouts and weakened
bridges Railroad traffic suffered Sc
verely.
The cold wave which recently swept
in from the west did much damage to
fruit trees and early vegetation in all
the states which it has traversed- The
injury was increased by the fact that
the preceding warm had caused the
trees to blossom freely.
Ir was announced in Madrid, on the
cath, that the Bank of Spain would
lend the Spanish government 3oO,O0O,-
oo5 pesetas. ts3s,ooo, 900, guaranteed by
the new treasury bonds
MIssCLARA BARTON. head of the Red
Cross society. Gunner Morgan of the
Maine. and four divers, with an uniden-
tilted body from the ill-fated Maine,
arrived at Key West, Fla, on board the
steamer Olivette from Havana on the
asd. Miss Barton went through to
Tampa
parsipgsr McKISLKY issued an or
der. on the sd, placing ten vessels OF
the revenue marine service under he
control of the navy department and,
when properly armed, they will be at
taehed TO the fleet at Key West
Will. returning home from market,
ON the s4th, Samuel Hagey and wife,
living north of New Hagerstown. o.,
were drowned while crossing the Me-
Guire creek.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury. issued on the 2ith, showed:
Available cash balance, ss34,9i6, ss1;
gold reserve, SILL ,s6s, ,I6i-
A DISPATCH from Erie. Pa, on the
cath. said the crew OF the lake gunboat
Michigan had been ordered to the seq
board.
IoHS 5. HOPKINS, cashier of the PEP
,Ie's national bank of Philadelphia,
died suddenly, on the s4th, o. heart dis
ease
The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures has decided TO
report a bill for an assay ofice on the
PACIFIC coast, to be located 81 Seattle,
Wash.