Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-23

NAV enlist In the army They will
loin the company OF mooashinrrS be-
ing organized by capt Yancev carter.
the noted revenue officer. who SAYS
thev are especially adapted W gusr-
rilla warfare
THS men who murdered and robbed
MI tarden and his wife and an old
man named Carlee. near we,umpla
Ala. were lynched at nine o'clock on
the nth The mob broke into iail and
secured the prisoner~-fivei in number
and took them - the Srrus af the anur.
der. four Of the negroes confessed and
the other told where he had the money.
lie was compelled to hnd IL and in
lew minutes, near the scene Of the
crime. all Eve were swung up AMI their
bodies riddied with bullets
LATE reports from the Phiiipoins i.
lands showed that the insurgents were
gaining victories over the >paniaris
and that Manila could be taken \. hem
ever th- signal was gwen The Sp- uish
troops were und.rfesl and were ,.tterl p
exhausted by incesSant duty. The
health of Admiral Dewey'~ ~auadroa
was reported excellent Many foreign
warships were eougregating in port in
anticipation Of the downfall OF Manila
PHiLspELrHfG dispatch stated that
II Is the desire Of the national relief
commission tina, the Sunday preced ing
the Fourth of July shall De devoted
largely To patriotic services Ia the N
rious churches Of the United states.
X Is suggested that at these services a
cash collection be taken for the sol
diers and sailors and their families
SPECIAL from Glasgow. Nv. said
that Caleb Gaines. coiored was taken
from jail at one o'clock on the morn
ing Of the 18TH and hanged to a tree.
lie had assaulted n foar-year-old girl,
day or two before and was then
saved from death by the mercy Of the
victims mother Fifty men ON hor,e-
back were the lyuehers-
kIRE in sailing. Hanson 4 Co, luun-
ber yard at Grayling. Mich. DESTROYED
s.ooo.e00 feet of lumber. at loss of
So. 900. fully covered by insurance.
Fourteen dwelling houses were also
burned
A FIRE al La Grsnge, Mo. on the
18th DESTROYED ten business houses IN
the eenter Of the town Loss. sso. o0n
\ negro was supposed to have been
burned 20 death
fHE American warships Texas. Mar
blehead and Suwanee on the 18th bonn
barded the brick fort and earthxorxs ;
At Caimanera at the end of the railroad
leading 10 the city OF Guantanamo and
F 81 Ea.b
did no damage 10 cur vessels
THE grand lodge Of masons Of tn.
state OF Washington has passed a resp
luton recognizing the c0lored maSons
as members of the craft The act OF
the white masons Of Washington nav
probably be followed By a simil ar pol
icy in other states.
TuE Interstate Grain Dealers aSSo-
ciatiOn met in annual convention IN
Omaha. Neh The association : a
union of the Kansas. Nebraska. west
ern Iowa aud northwestern Missouri
grain dealers
WHErE seiniug in Flat Rock river.
near Columbus. Ind. ths. other after
noon, Bert krtsiar and Rollo Rucker.
both aged 3. we're drowned.
THE main body Of the social denoe-
raey Of America has given out its plat
form. which was formulated during
the convention AZ Chicago. IL de-
mands the collective ownership and
administration of all the means of pro-
dnetion and Distribution, also the
abolition Of all inferior federal courts
and the abrOgation Of the power Of
the federal supreme court 20 reverse
T the decisions OF state tribunals The
/ concluding plank IS n declaration in
favor Of direct legislation
/ ForR steamers. carrying :. 100 men.
being the second expedition 70 the
Philippines, left san Francisco on the
/ 18th amid the cheers OF thousands Of
people assembled on the docks
/ Il. NJ GOLDSMITH. of waverly. III.
was drowned in the Illinois river, op-
posite Riverside park lie went 10
\ Havana oman excursion. went swim
ming. was seized with cramps. and
was drowned before his associates
could reach him
/ FIRE at Charlotte. Ia. on the 18th
destroyed 4 hardware store. hotel and
restaurant. n bank. drug store aad
several other buildings Loss. So. 000;
partly insured
/ Rev. MosEs RIcks. a negro preacher.
was taken from jail in Monroe county.
i Ark. the other night and lyEehed BY
n mob for an assault on n farmer
wife The preachers father had been
Z lynehed the previous night for com
I plicity in the same crime
The marines under Lieut.. Col Hunt
7 ingtou, aided by some Cuban insur-
gents. attacked Spanish camp about
I i've miles from the American position
I on the shores of Guantanamo BAY and
completely routed them Que Amer.
can was wounded and two Cabans
killed and four wounded About 20
Spaniards were killed. The marks-
manship of the marines was excellent.
A DISTINCT earthquake shock was
I felt at $50 n IN. on the isth at Pa
ducah. ny. Memphis. Tenn; Evans
Vile. Ind; Cairo. Ill, and other plaees-
/ The shock ratified dishes and furni-
ture very pereeptiby.
An engine on the Iron railway at
Ironton. d. blew up on the isth and
the engineer was killed and four other
Z tncu WtfG A1'
engine was blown TO atoms and the en-
gineer's body could not be found
Ms. PrYNKLL and her two children.
I in attempting 10 cross the North Ca
madam river east Of Oklahoma City.
Ok. were drowned The horses the
! woman was driving we're also drowned
I THE business part of spartanbarg.
Pa. was wiped out by fire early on the
morning Of the 18th. Loss. slso. 600
I Most of the buildings burned were
wooden and the fire burned itself cut.
rs there were no facilities for light
I ing it.
THE imperial council os the shriners
at Dallas. Tex, on the isth elected
Ethelbert r. Allen. of Kansas CITY.
Mo-. imperial potentats and John H.
Atwood. of Leaven worth, KAN. deputy
imperial potentate- Buffalo. y n.
captured the meeting for ;ssa The
report Of the superior potentate showed
a membership of $4,000 in North Amer
Z ica