Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-30

SPahtaru~ IN which the Americana
who were greatly outnumb~r-a h.s
IL killed and st least 50 wounded. Tn.
spaniards were defeated with heavy
loss
Tss four-storv brick building o~cu-
pied by the Iaques Manufacturing
company a, Chicago burned on the
stth- LosA sss. s.ooo. fipeman Florence
MeAnlife was fatally injured by an
explosion.
IHE management OF the Noun, Yer
non tllll Coal Mining company dis
charged every union man With q
view To cutting down expenses they
purchased i've eoal-nining machines
aud put them in operation. The Ia
trcdnction OF the labor-savinx devices
made the demand for skilled labor no
longer imperative.
W = WILDER and John Pratt, two
miners employed In the Gill. spie coal
mines at Carlinvilie. Ill, had a large
room mined and were getting r~ady to
blast when the entire room Of coal
gave way aud both men were caught
Wyider was injured internally and
cannot recover. Pratt was severely
injured about the head. but will prob
aoly recover. The coal that fell on
them weighed about 20 tons
FEARrUL hailstorm swept through
Walsh county, y. n. on the s3d. Crops
IN the pathway Of the storm were
ruined aud in the cities of Park River
and Grafton every window on the west
side Of buildings was broken and the
trees denuded OF their foliage
CHAEisN tr>cHER. aged ls years. ae-
etdeutally shot aud instantly killed
Otto Convey. aged III yeara at Nayfeid.
Nv. while the latter was playing bur
giar and Fiucher was playing police
man
CHARLES WAsHrSGrcS n color-d man.
who recently assaulted Mrs Ward near
Mine Lick. Tenn. and was captured
aud lctzcd in Jail at Cookeville. was
taken from prison By mob and hanged
in the presence Of 5000 people.
NHTLs driving . wheat binder at ST
Bethlehem, Tenn. Richard Dunlap
was thrown beneath the machine by a
team running away. The sharp iron
points on the blade penetrated his
head. producing fatal injuries
SERIOUS riot occurred n, Oshkosh.
Wis. on the I'D rs a result OF the
woodworkers' strike Several hundred
aud paper sacks OF p-pPer. gathered
near the Morgan sash. door and blind
factory aud drove baek the non union
wurkmen VINO mad taken sse strikers
places. not q man being allowed to
enter the factory The police we're
Poweriess
IOWA day was observed Al the
omana exposition On the I'D TIRE
mcndous crowds IRON tae hawkeve
state being present John n Bald
WIN. OF eouncii bluns delivered the
Grafton
DvRiSs . recent vpaoon ~ Fort
arthur eninA . .ninese torpedo boat
destroyer Was driven ashore and iSe
men we're drowned
$40 goaa str,xs mas oeen made .
tne mines IN Laaao county. =" lni'e'
noe'h o' Ausun. ie ae o'e. u wa
saia' sssayea ss n'xn As per .oo-
AcLorpBuRsro on the I'D near Aitooa'
. fe" miles northeast OF "slesoarg,
Ill. caused the death OF John hu ooeil
and Mrs \. n Anderson walnut
creek rose " Feet wasning out the
burlington railway tracks and Mood
ing the country Tor miles around
The Citizens national and the Union
national banks In Kansas eity, Mo-
were consolidated on the I'D unde'
the name of the Union national bank
THE General Federation of Women''
clubs opened at Denver, Col, on th'
ssi with large attendance, Mrs
Ellen Henrotin presiding.
DEMOCRATS. populists and free silver
republicans of Michigan. in state con
ventiou, nominated q fusion ticke
headed by ex-Congressnan Whiting.
democrat, for governor At the reques
of the populists, a plank was inserted
in the democratic platform favorins
the initiative and referendum
BIe prairie fires In Lubbock and ad
Joining counties in Texas have cause,
many fine ranges to be burned over
At least |, ,o0o, zoo acres of fine gras
has been destroyed. Miles of valua
bic range in the great winn pasture
in Lubbock county, were burned.
Dr. GEORGE W. RrsH. of savannah
Ga. shot and fatally wounded Georg'
Dewitt his father-in-law. ut the hom
of the latter at Dayton, O, the othe
night The men had been on bA.
terms.
A FlsE broke out the other mornin,
i'm the aour mill of Blodgett's MilIin,
COMPANY at BeIoit, Wis. The mill wa
burned to the ground and the loss viii
he over $50. 600. partially covered b,
; ah,rt % men will he ON
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1n.a-;,i. vac eo =; r., =, pr;ne,,oa \
az. IT,. L.rno,. - h;
D. on tne Sis- no
speech was oppos.'.oa " ~. -.
OF our 'err''ory " eo"qses. ~ S.'I, s
dangerous ps.se,sioa % o.. .
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