Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-01-20


i,y prevails at shosneiiffe. England.
from which camp the Third hussars
have been ordered to proceeI- Large
drafts from other British regiments
are also preparing for foreign service.
MATTERS reached crisis in Havana
on the i2th. in the form Of a popular
outbreak. The mob was divided. some
shouting Down with Americana and
'Dea,h 10 the enemies Of SPAIN while
another contlngcnt demanded annexa.
ton TO the United States and eheered
for Mckinley aud Lee. A strong cor
don OF troops was placed around the
Initcd States consulate.
THE largest fcet of war ships ever
assembled under the American fiay
will be within six hours easy steam
ing Of Cuba by February Lor very soon
thereafter.
FeUs hundred Thousand dollar
contract for mining machinery was
awarded TO Fraser. Chalmers A To-.
OF Chicago. on the t2th. by Capt.
Thomas Main. OF the Alaska Treat
well group OF mines. calling for sss
stamps. compressor. engines etc.
When these SD stamps arc IN opera
tioa the Alaska Treadweli Co. will
have 80 stamps. the largest number on
. single ledge ia the world
The Forthcoming annual report Of
the New York chamber o. commerce
for the fiscal year ended June %. iss7.
will show the total value of foreign
exports in 1885,. was sss).2s,. sl9. Of
which $40. %. OIL was catered a, the
port Of New York The total value Of
domestic exports was ST. IL. 5oI .sIs. OF
which amoant New York i credited
with Ssss. s.6.As5G.
Az Official dispatch from batavia.
Java. announces that the capital OF
Amboyna. one ofthe Moiuccas islands
had been completely demolished by
an earth quake Fifty; persons were
killed and 80 injured.
THE chairman % the organizing
committee of the Caban-Ameriean n
league made pablic. oa the 18th. a let
ter from Hannis lay lor. former United
states minister 10 Spain. ia which he
urges the formation. in every city Of
the United States. OF Cuban American
4
should be To arouse public opinion To
demand the instant passage Of the sen
ate's belligereney resolution now pend
ing in the house OF representatives.
IHE supsEsisors Of Queens county.
New York. went AZ the hotel bill of
the Thorn jurors 0a the the i3th. with
an AZ. The items Of sGss. Is for wine:
SIS. 40 for cigars ami sS9. 50 for bill
lizards were stricken out aud the ne,
sum % the bill was reduced from 81
0ss to se0a
UP to the isth 40 bodies had been
taken from the ruins Of buildings
wrecked by the tornado in Fort Smith.
Ark. and zlmos, 100 persons were snf-
ering from injuries A conservative
estimate placed the property loss a.
sea. Gu
MKs- MARY CowDES CLAEkE. author
Of The Complete Concordanee to
Shakespeare. died at Genoa. on the
18th.
Cfvu. ESoISEEK MESocsI- who Is
with the canal commission in Mica
ragua. has been ordered home To ex-
plain. II he can. the shortcomings of
| his work on the New York dry dock,
under pain OF eourt-martial.
A CONCURRENT resolution was intro
duced in the New York assembly. on
the lsth. proposing a woman suffrage
amendment To the state constitution.
Rev. c. II. DoDsoS. whose nom de
| plume is Lewis Carroll. the author of
Alice in Wonderland died in Lon
/ don on the I4th.
OSE of the new counterfeit 500 sill :
YER certificates was handed in at the
New York sub-treasury. on the lsth.
from New York bank which had re-
eeived it from n savings bank in Brook
| lyn. The note was handled by three
tellers before its spuriousness was de-
| tectei.
| Mis- HARRIET SHAFrER wife OF Brig
Gen. wm- L. Shafter. commanding the
department OF California died at her
home at Fort Mason. Cal, ON the I4th,
after . short illness She was stricken
by paralysis. and never recovered con-
seiouSness.
THE steamer Umbria. sailing from
New York for Europe, on the 18th. took
out 600 900 ounces of silver.