Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-11-17

oih-r. oadty IN nfurct One Of the
trains had orders 10 take switch. but
the brra.es refused to work and the
eng nesr lost control 90 the train. The
passengers were badly shaken m
NEse AIRS Tho arrived at Nassau. Y
y. on tIe 18th brought with them
stor-s frurn the stranded vessel off Cat
island which established bevond a
doubt that she Is the Infanta Maria
Teresa A. the vessel j. looked npon
aS being a derrlic'. the wrrckers
claimed the right to sciz. the stores
which can be saved. The vessel lies
eetween two reefs, on smooth bottom.
fiHE IN the general store % e. A
>tearns at Hanover, Mas. was FOL
lowed by terrific explosion. which
blew out the sides % the build nr.
killing four men and inJarinv over .
dozen Others
fEE Pueblo Coli Cbief;a.n on the
ilth contains lengthy protest
against being required To remain
longer In the service at Manila lxued
BY - Of the Colorado volunteers
The protest said that since landing
the men had not eaten de-
eeat meal unless they paid for "a out
Of their own cash and that had the
Spanish forces remained in their
trenches on Angus; u they worl have
has little trnubl. in defeating the At
tacSing force. - utterly exhausted
were the men from continuous duty
and weaSenec from hunger
O.. A.
white men wounded on the i9th IN the
riots a. Wilmington. y. e. A CON m ..
tee of white citix .ns-Who had o-tirred
the negro pabll>h-r ~ IN. Record To
leave town. because he hai printed an
editorial defamatorv cf white women
proc-edet in body and detnsl shed
the printing plant aud burned down
the Office. AL the eolorcd maniet-
pal otsieers were male - resign and
white men we're selected 70 h.l their
places
fHE Greek returns were all in on the
10th and showed that the treaty had
carried. the council being in session At
Okmuigec, l. I. Chief Ishparhechcr
Threatened tO burn towns ia the Cre,.iS <
A1hARa aAtt& HAt& Eht-.fAfANNs ANAN~aAN n
Texas railway and to xiii the people
who voted for the treaty.
NEGOTIATIONS were in progress in
Pittsburgh. Pa. for the fnrmation OF a
corporation. eapitaiiz zed at about saa.-
0o0. Qua. that will take in all of the
local breweries The intention OF the
promoters is To merge the interests Of
the i6 breweries in Allegheny county
and operate them as one great com
panv.
Ar Alva, Ok. George Lout. farmer.
went crazy and killed his wife " tn an
az He then entered room where
his three children slept. but A. ne
raised the AK one of them awake and
the insane man dropped the weapon.
went to his room and cut has own
throat
BURGLARs, who left no clew of their
ideatity, nearly cleaned out the little
village of Danforth. Ill. the other
night. The post oiiice and Cole <
Hagon's grain office were broken into
and the doors of the bank vaul were
blow n open, but the burglars were un-
.AtNCNsAaA III AoANAhL Aht 0&ha -aAt-
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. republican,
was elected governor of New York by
a plurality of from IS, 600 To s0.0o1
DISPATCH from Nebraska City.
Neb.. on the sth said that ex-Seeretary
of Agriculture j. Sterling Morton
voted the straight republican ticket.
as he announced he would in a speech
at a republican rally.
BRISSINs's elevator at Leroy. ILL.,,
burned the other night
Russia, il was reported. had made
representations to all the European
governments. excepting Great Britain,
concerning American rule over the
Philippines II was reported at Rome
that the Italian government was re
quested to join in presenting n note 10
the United States regarding the con
troll of the Philippines No informa'
tion has been given as To the exact
tenor of the proposed note, but II was
generally understood that II would be
a request for Ienieney toward Spain.
with perhaps an implied threat of in
tervention-
The transport Newport sailed on the
sth from San Francisco for the Philip
pines Among the troops TO 90 was
the Twentieth Kansas regiment
NEGROES at Pana, H.. where the
mining trouble Is. were stated to be
continually shooting off their guns
and soaring the women and children,
and things were in such n state that II
was dangerous for any one to go out
at night in the mining district citi-
zens said il something was not done
soon there would be an outbreak and
every negro and operator would be
killed.
Ar Pottsville. Ark. the seven-year-old
daughter of Rev. J. +. Brewer becams
entangled in the lines attached to 4
runaway horse and was dragged q
death.
The Dali. a two-masted schooner,
loaded with Christmas trees, was
wrecked on the beach at Glencoe, lii,
on the 10th and her crew of about hve
were supposed to have perished
THE annual banquet of the lord
mavor of London took place at the
II tgulll nall on tue tNt- Ao At' tffH'HA-- :
to the toast of Her Majesty's Minis
ters- the MARQUIS of Salisbury men
toned. among other things. the ap-
pearance of the United States as a
mighty force among the nations and
that. although. he was in sympathy
with the American republic. II was a
crave event and would not couduee 70
oaaee although IL was likely To CON-
duce TO the interest of Great Britain
The national chapter of the United
Daughters of the oonfederaey met IN
annual session at Hot Springs. Ark,
on the 9th
PROMOTERS in Hamilton. o., are now
about to consummate a big combine
which involves the consolidation OF a.
most every manufaetory of school
desks and furniture in the United
I States
Mss LESLIE CARTER. the actress.
uuder the name of Caroline ID carter
u - N.aNx