Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-02-24

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emphatic DENIAL thas he Disposed -
Sa'+o.eso eEsheis 81 his May hasair~~
o. Wheat during the excited t-a.s5a-
oi car or two aga He w-S credited
Nish making rrutit % sea. CO. He
sa.s; Il rot oaiy id uot seIi : sz.i.~i
- = heat. bat boaxhs whea. The cur.
rsat prices arr oziy the hsxinufnr %
a -Anre from g. = 10 Sc pr tu~hel
iaat j. whas ! propose 10 ssl ny
wheat at
A NEFoEr that the nlirois Central =
aeoat to huy the Kanszs CITY. usu
rets A Birmiaxham ruad fron the
AanSas City. Fort >eus q Memphis was
credited rscenfiy by many raflroasl u,ea
AZ hausss CITY and ether p,aex~
A eoNMrxIrkE1cN was r~~xusIv ~
ceived By Acting Gov jenkins frurrs A.
J. Biarkwell fornder of tSe s.cxu Of
Biaekwel1. o.. that = STATE % no. ha.s
existed in that town f.r several dars
and that he and th- sre negroes be Re-
GENTLY brcz<ht % tAe sour 1n1 Sold
property % had heea bssiexes IN his
house. lie called upun the ro~er-1-
fos Proteetiou-
A >PAxi-a miner On the fssh. n q
crowd of miners near Gienrs~. ~
boaStesi that spain ~cul4 make .h.s~t
work Of the Tnisea >.zses in ease as q
naval war. lie had barely uttered th~
boast " vh~s n pick Wa Grirea iata ~
br7in- killing him II was nos knozxu
whsss~r b SzS a nasur1izxesf eitiz<n
81 the United States o. no.
Tux secret service cf the frwnxurv
eepartm~ns kaS discovered new r,sur,-
terfsis 80 uafiaaas hask uocs. Il :
% the Hiheruiza national hank. -
New o~aean~. series - cEecz LETTER
X kc~errans r.<i~ter, rheker t-ea--
err II = a Photograph prstzr
of P.rs- worsmanshin
TEx Cnited states rozeruue-s On
the iEsa had -<ttlssi s0Hn inso a nait-
ia- asiitu.ie - Sss the rssui-s - the
cozrt % la.suirr aFpoinsesi sv the saw
dspartEenl 20 iav~stiga1e th~ cause of
tAs disaster - The bzstl~ship Nalns-
The dad seaEra we're hurisz n Csha
and the woz1ded s<-s % key we<..
Pa The story that surPesio s.lle
was discovered Ia the b.osfo1n q the
Nain~ was deaie,i hx the satAoritieS
4 ErEFALO y. Y seiexrzn o1 the
18th said that n nuuber of uen. essi-
mated AZ between - sn8 ~. wko we-v
fishing throuxh the ice ca Lake Erie.
were believed % have Lost their lives
or were airift On the ice o1 the lake.
& y oUISS. assistant xorernue1s
engineer. has served notsce On the
eredxeboa, Floriaa- stoppiny the spe--
alton OF a7essErs in the Port Arthur
ship channel in Texas The order zas
issned By the war department a.
Washington
MISS Francis L WILLARD. presssezr
OF the Wouaaa's Christian Te=peran-e
union. died early oa the zoraiag of
the 18th a. New YORK See bad szf-
feree for some years from prof01a5
aaemia and few weeks a<o she xas
mach prostrasesa ard readily took the
grip. which attacked the s.onaeh.
liver. intestines and finally over
whelmed the nerre ee1.erx She was
born September - lse9
Cot EDxAKD h BE0wSE. Of Aspen
Col-- wired Gov Adams Offering. il
ease Of a war with Spain 70 furnish \
dynamite battery eomPo<ed Of .sa
who have had long experi<zee
in handling hirh explosives
A sFEcxAL from juneau AlaSkz .~of
February L. confirmed the news %
the loss of the Clara Nevada and said:
The cause Of the disaster Was doubt
less the explosion Of her boilers Of
the % people On board none are be-
lieved 10 have been saved
PxoFLK of every class IN Madrid de-
nouneed in the strongest fashion the
in<inaation on the part Of the Amer
can press thai the Spanish nation WAS
in any way responsible for the Maine
disaster at Havana which was a.
cribed BY the majority to an accident.
and by some TO the work of Cubans.
anxious to embroil the United States
with Spain Should the United States
government ossessnv re-Seho <she
charges of the American pre.s n decia-
ration Of war. il was said. would fol-
low at once withox- waiting for far
ther action from America
A DEsPATcH received al Copsnhzgez.
Denmarx. frosn Helsingsord said that
a tract of ice on the coast Of the Gulf
Of Finland broke adrift IN a snowst1Em
and was carried to sea with 90 fisher
men and several horses
A rEREEBEK explosion Of fredamp
occurred in the yerinigte Caroiinen-
giuecs eolliery 1t Hammeriy. Prussia.
On the nth Thirty-seven bodies were
recovered. but i was believed that 30
persons had periShed- Many other
miners we're seriously injured
Gov. TAxxKR on the nth called on
the Illinois legislature % authorize
him 70 tender % the president Of the
United States the moral aad material
support Of Illinois. to prevent or
punish any attempt a. hostile invasion
OF our country and both senate and
house passed . resolution 70 that effect
The United States battleship Maine
WAS blown up in Havana harbor At $50
on the evening OF the 18th. the explo-
xioa shaking the whole city Il Was
estimated that over 100 Of the crew
nad been killed Capt slgsbee teie-
xrzpAed 20 the secretary OF the navy
fer tender 10 be sent for the erew
and pieces of equipment Of the cruiser
sill above water. All the officers were
believed 70 be safe. bat details O the
earaStroDhe were ue2ger.
Miss FRANCES Z WILLARD was re-
ported very sick in New York suffer-
ing frorn cancer Of the stomach
A srEvEnoRxs' strike has brought To
= stzncstilI the expectation OF freight
bv means Of lighters froEn the Port
Arthur Tex export pier The strike
was preeipitated because the ship
agents refused 10 pay - cents per
hour. the wages for similar work ~
Galveston and New Ori-ans. and there
NAV be rio.ing before \ settlement
Is reached
The result of Investigations into the
focd habits of number Of families IN
the Sozxes.esi districts of New York
estv in 1906 and f-s5 have been Iaazte
pu hlie BY the agricultural department.
q = report entitled Dietary STUDIES
in View York City
Two Thousand Dunkzr1s from Iowa