Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-12-01
NEWS And NOTES.
A Summary Of lapurtaa, Event.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

offer % the I uits,I State p..ae~ c,tn-
ui~~ion~rs and express the opinion
that Spain would H. foolish to rrj-ct
them They express universal rratif-
cation af the announcement of an
op~n-si"or policy IN the Philippine.
EN-FaN Collector J e. keogh waS
arrested n iialyoks. Mas. on the
-isi. on thru warrants. charging en-
h~zsl~usrnt 70 th- anlunnt % I5na1.
Tine warrant charges an -mt-xxie-
rnrnt % sia.laa IN is9s. on~ a similar
amount IN I-ss. and thu third is for
Si,.so IN I-ss.
The ioug-taiSrd-of American ear
din~ trust N control thu output of the
manufacturers aud packers ~ this
country. j. fraily assuming SHARP. al
though it viii 10 consrolie.l by Brit
i~h capitalists. II will -. capiFaliresI
az s1.aol. .uso. With shares of sIoa zach.
Firr. On The eist. in the WHOLESALE
district of louisville. Nv xnri-,i th.
millinery strr~ of navid Baird a Son.
at SIS West Main street new stock
valued NJ h-twr~u ssn.os-a and So .a.-l
was destroyed. while thu huilding Suf-
fer-d Sts.ea damage NdtiniHg
HOUSES suffered from frr and water -
thu extent o. s5.0oo.
Big -Four brakeman Prank W Fort-
r-y. ~ B-ilrfantaine. -. Wa thrown
from his trsin AZ BrightWoosi. rn.i-. on
the e.d. and almost killrd- The seri-
d~n, was cnn-.-d by the train's -peed
iscing checked Susisi~ulv rs an un-
known maa throwing him~-if in froat
OF the engine
Wash kiPg. a jo~k-y who ha~ rid
den On -ssf-rn sni western tracks f"r
the past - wears. di~,l az his hssrss- IN
Afehi~on- Sss-. on the .,si. frssm tn -
fectS 81 faii rrc~ivs,l while risiinx A.
n~ursr Cod two var ae,s-
Dr Cha~Is~ Massey Hauan,-tt for
m-riy hsalth efierr and rorsu~r Of
the DsSsrir, of Collauhis. anss we'll
known practitiou~r. died in Washing
ton. On fh- @=d. of Bright's disease.
axcI - year.
All of the government departments
in Washington Nrr- cio~~,i on ThAnks-
giving day. and at least a ma isarity %
them gave = half holiday On the e1d.
70 all emptayv- IN antscipa;ioa Of
Thanksgiving
The American ~rhoon~r W a. swan
was s-izssi ~ th- rsiierror Of customs
for the port II N-N ors~an~. sn sh-
ssi. fnr carrying c,snfrabansi s.sssi~-
London raperS cumu~nt upon ard
express sstiSfsetiou az ths -ep-n ,is.ssr-
~ -. "a
Philippine islands
The next m-~ting Of the national
Grange will b. held IN Ohia. the etty
to be selecte,. later
The crown sheet Of the n-sii<r of a
locomotive On a w~sf-bound frvi-hi
train on .he Denver a Rio asransi-
railroad blew cut At Swallow. Col on
the ssfh- One man waS killed. and
two were injured Eight--n loa.i--sl
freight ears wrre burned md the aos-
was heavy
The arnored cruiser kaiS--. rag-
ship of I'll. German squadron eom-
mansied bv Prince Henry of Prussia.
which wsis recently ashore in kam-ah
bay. arrived at Hong kong. on the
cath. with three hol-s in her bottom.
She will II. doekesi for repairs
Andrew Carnegie. On a recent visit
TO the White House. addressed the
president 50 violently as against the
policy of expansion aasl the ac9uisi-
tion of the Philippines that il is
again in n hurry.
Secretary of the Navy Long will REQ
omm@nd. in his report on the naval
operations of the war, Rear Admiral
Dewey b.. made Admiral Dewey. aud
Iear-Admiral Sehley be made viee-ad-
miral. This would leave Rear-Admiral
Sampson the ranking rear admiral
As the outcome of a quarrel be-
tween VI. de Freycinet. the French
minister of war. and Gen Zuriinden.
the military governor of Paris. arising
out OF the Dreyfus affair. ten Eur
linden will be called upon to resign.
Santiago celebrated its frs, Thanks
givings since the American occupa-
tion. All the ships in the hsrbor wers
decorated with bunting. and the on
Gers entertained friends at dinner.
The day WAS practically unobservesi
BY the Cubans, excep; thos- employed
| in the government offiees-
An American note was received by
the Spanish commissioners at Havana,
On the s4th. declaring that the ATneri-
cans knew that the eases containing
papers belonging tn the civil records
were already prepared for shipment
to Spain. and demanding that they be
left. The Spanish commissioner. in
reply promised that the records would
be left intact
Fire. on the morning of the 2&th. de-
stroyed th.. Baldwin hotel and theafer
in san Francisco. entailing loss OF
| &. .5oo.O .Oa0. Five lives are known 10
have been lost and several persons
| were in jured. The entire mechanical
outfit. scenery and wardrobe Of the
Secret Service" was destroyed in the
| theater.
| The Havana newspapers of the -4th
| announced the resignation of Capt
Gen. Blaneo. as published in the
| Madrid Gazette. and insisted upon the
II vi ttAG Ahs
that Gen Blaneo would leave Havana
in a few lays. probably sailing on the
steamer Villavertie-
While party of IL people were re
turning from a ball at Otis. Ind on
| two hand cars they were struck by
| the Lake Shore fast mail east of Ches-
| terton. VIM Zabenski and VIM Kemp
Ter were killed ourrightand Zaoenski
two daughters. aged - and Is re-
spectively. were probably fatally IN
jured-
Two persons were fatally injured
/ and a score more or less seriously
hurt by wreck on the Darlington
six miles north of Burlington Ia on
the morning of the 18th
The French cabinet has decided TO
authorize loan of 27o.0oo.0oo francs
for the purpose of establishing an
Iudo-C Chinese railroad system IN CON
| ,.s-h the Chinese railroads.