Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-30
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A SPECIAL from Whitehall. Ill, said
that the northbouud express on the
thicago, Burlington 4 Quincy rail-
road. which left St Louis on the even
ing Of the esth. was held up by bandits
and Engineer Fred Dempsey was shot
and killed The bandits hed as soon
a. they ascertained that Dempsey was
killed
1T was alleged at San Francisco on
the s&th that another high binder war
was imminent in Chinatown. threats
having been made against at least four
prominent Chinese, who have gained
the enmity of a portion of their coun-
trymen by employing non-uniou labor
erS
BRoos corn around Arcola, Ill, is
suffering severely from the ravages of
the army OF ehineh bugs
THE nominating committee of the
American Federation of Women's
clubs in session at Denver. Col, ON the
s'th agreed upon Mrs Rebecca 4
Lowe, OF Georgia. for president, aud
Mrs Sarah 5. Platt, of Denver, for
vice president
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the esth
numbered sso. according to Brad
streets report. against sIs for the cor
responding week last year.
A wISDsroRN struck Sioux City, Ia. .
on the night of the si,h and blew
down the main tent of the Sells-Fore-
pauga circus while the perfor nance
was on. causing n panic in which over
score of people were more or less in
lared- one man dying from his injuries
soon after.
Coz JAMES r HAILowErL died At
erawfordsville, Ind, on the s4th of
consumption He was q conspicuous
hgure in Kansas politics for IS years
A CAR tilled with delicacies, donates d
oy the eitizer. of Kansas City for the
members of the Third regiment Mis-
sour volunteers, now in camp at Falls
ehurch, Va. left over the Missouri Pa
chic the other night
ihE boiler in Rsmsey's tobacco works
~ sebree, KY. exploded the other
morning. fatally injuring William
keeder and Frederick Brown and seri-
oasly iniuring Reeder's daughter and
EDWARD Tinsley. The building was
wrecked
SINCE the announcement of Letters
"thdrawal from the deal the price of
sasn wheat has declined ten cents
NAT, 1t was asserted in the Chicago
,ost on the soth. meant an additional
."ss OF vi ,oo0.00 within a week which
.ne elder Letter apparently would have
to pay.
IRE Developments Of diphtheria and
eere ereoro-spinai meningitis at Camp Mer-
rltt at San Francisco was causing con-
SIDERABLE alarm There were also .
nun Der OF cases of pneumonia in the
hospital Arrangements were being
haue 10 send 6oo-bed field hospital
70 the Philippines under charge of
MAJ W. o. Owen
SPECIAL dispatch from Paris to
London on the Goth stated that an Aus
rian agent had returned from Mad
rid, where he delivered to the Spanish
authorities via the Pyrenees 5000. 900
empty cartridges and TO tons of ex-
pioslves derived from French. Austrian
and belgian sources
DvkiSe the launching Of the British
oat,leship Albion at Blackwell. Eng,
on the aist. the displacement Of water
oy the vessel caused the submerging
oi one OF the lower stages in the snip
yard and 1t was estimated that 50 per-
sons were drowned. the bodies of 80
men. women and children being recov-
cred soon after.
sAxuEL l. LISpsKr. = bookkeeper
ior the HzsrAdine-M -MeKittriek Dry
EnY
ana killed by his brother-in-law. Her
pert G. Ever.aghsm The lstter's lit.
lse daughter confessed to her mother
mat Lindsay had assaulted her snd
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