Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summary OF the Daily NevA


WA>uINtsIoN N0IS
| Tvr navy department on the 18th re
~ircd it. frst mail adviees from Adj
Mira Dewey since he reached Manila
ruder date of May = he gives a de-
,.ils,i account of the battle of Manila
hav. Il i in the main an elaboration
ot MS cablegran
CoSsIDERABIE apprehension was felt
bv the administration At Washington
% the fs;h owing TO the international
complications that appear to be grow
;nr cot 81 the situation in the Phiiip-
mines News was received that Tn.
Germans were assembling n f3rrnid
able aeet of warShips at the Islands
fBr the probable purpose Of interven-
iny and that in the near future the
Intel states may have to reckon
with Cermanv, Austria. Russia. France
ami Portugal. a. we'll n >uain.
SKcKKrAKr Loxs on the is,h signed
or,iers 20 Admiral sampson directing
The promotion of all the members %
Lieut Iiohson's crew. who helped sink
the collier Merrimac in the hasbor of
santiago de Cuba to prevent the escape
Of the spanish f'eet The men still
Inrer in a spanish prison. but their
promotions will be awaiting them.
Lieut. Hohson's reward will come later
through congress
THEEE is 4 financial panic among
the baseball maxuates of the National
league. according TO n Washington dis
patch. The war has eaten great
chunks out of the receipts At the games
throughout the country and several of
the clubs are spending hundreds Of
dollars a day more than they are max
ing This is true OF the Baltimore
,sam. whOss daily loss since the west
eru trip mas been about s.. 0Jo.
II was stated on the 18th that Gen.
Miies had been ordered to return to
Washington from the south for the
purpose of explaining the cause of the
delay in the movement Of troops. the
president and Secretary Alger ehafing
gaier the Sexatsons incident To the
allure of the troops to move more
promptly.
TuE assurance of the success of the
war ioan has been made absolutely
certain by two propositions. each COW
ering the entire issue of s.oo. ooo, COO
The first was from the National City
banA, central Trust company and Yer
millje 4 Co. The second was from ]
FerPont Morgan and a number Of as
s0rlateS
SECRETARY AEsxs ca the 18th denied
that the government was considering
the Advisability of making third call
for troops
FHE secretary of the interior has or
dered all porters arrested who sell
WHISKY on trains through the Indian
territory.
fEEsIDESr MCKINLEY told 4 promi-
sent administration senator on the
isth that there was absolutely nothing
suhstantial in the reports that peace
Propositions were being prepared for
submission TO this government The
President believed tha. Spain viii not
come to her senses and realize the fu-
unity OF continuing the struggle until
the nited States has sent n feet to
lombard Cadiz and barcelona
Ahe nav uc cpaftuent h1s now COM
pieted its arrangement of the Atlantic
and gulf coast patrol. and. stretching
from Eastpo-t. Me, around TO New
Orleans, there are no fewer than ~
aGxiliary-naval craft
sUB-ccMnrrrxE of the senate COM
mittee on education and labor on the
18th gave hearing 1T Washington to
representatives of corporations and
others which have ontraets under the
government and which oppose the ex-
tension of the eight-hour law to con-
tractors under the government
oS July the post Office department
viii reduce the basis of conversion OF
tnited States money into the various
Foreign countries, SO far rs relates to
TIE issue of postal money orders