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

sides OF the road. Elliott saw Miss
Kelly sitting with a young maa In
front of her house and shot her with Q
rife from his doorway. Hi.desd BODY
WAS found shortly afterward in an In.
ner room Elliott was in love with
the young woman.
ROYAL decree was read In the span
ish eortes on the cath .uspendlnr the
parliament
FRrieHr train on the Missouri
Kansas a TeSas railroad wa, ditehed
At Red river bridge. near Denison. Tex
Nine ears loaded with zoo tons OF coal
were dersiles The wreck was caused
BY rails spreading.
MEETING of patriotic women was
recently held at the home OF Mr<
Adiai y Stevenson at Bloomington.
Ill, resulting in the formation OF the
Army and Navy league Of Mclean
county, whose object Il to extend aid
and sympathy In every way possible
70 the soldiers of the United states in
the war with spain and TO their faml-
lies Mrs Stevenson was chosen prrs.-
dent
DR FRANkKSrrtIp. local observer OF
the I nited states weather bureau at st
Louis. received notice from Washing.
ton asking for volunteers To 20 TO
south American waters and observe
the weather conditions at points about
the Caribbean sea. in order that our
war vessels may be warned IN time Of
the coming of the terrific storms that
rage in those waters at this time OF
the year
A RscESr dispatch from santiago de
Tuba said that Cubans had brvush, In
formation to Admiral sampson thai,
Admiral Cervera was prepared 10 make
desperate effort 10 take his ships out
OF Santiago harbor at the drst favor
able opportunity. Every night the
vessels drop down the bay. prepared
to embrace the first favorable oppor-
tunity to attempt dash past the block
aiding squadron IL was said to be the
Spanish admirars hope To save at least
a portion Of his ships
Asos HAYs made an attempt, to .x-
cape from an officer while being taken
TO Dover Jail. jumping from the steamer
Buttron into the Cumberland river.
near Ciarksville. Tenn. aud was
drowned. lie was charged with steal
ing . canoe.
TnE Spanish prime steamship Pam
ANA which vas captured by the light
house tender MsDgrove OF Havana
on April n, was sold at auction and
was purchased By the United States
governmsn, tor 81. eco
Tue ssd was Kansas day q. the oma.
la exposition and the handsome state
building was deliberately decorated
for the dediea,ory ceremonies Gov
Leedy and staff and many prominent {
citizens of the >anHower state were
present Rev. A. W. Irwin. of Hutch
insou. delivered the Invocation John
=. Frost vice president of the Kansas
commission. presented the building To
Gov. Leedy. who. in turn. presented il
to President Wattles of the exposi-
ton y. ID. Coburu and Siias Porter
addressed the crowd
JoHN THoaAscuUErz was hanged in
the city Jail At ST Louis at s:ls on the
morning of the ssd- The crime for
which he died was the shooting of his
sweetheart, Annie Rausch. aged Is. on
April s. 1897. He wanted to marry
her. but because of her refusal he sho.
so sa' Tue .n''ea
to locate 1000 in silver belonging To
the government. shipped by them 10
Silver City. n. NJ. The money was
sent from the United States sub-treas-
| ury in 81 Iouis On the niUht nf MAJ ~
anu tne IAst hsaru rom u was when
'..e'Pssu io' ~ nansAs 'i'y-
A o' .ae oos's oi 'ue russian SNIP
paS u N"peS esPS.Ne1 v" Nouniea u
uo.. IN tue .renen is.aha OF Ne"
.ateaooia, iu the sDuth racine ocean.
@na ~ ss".'o'S "ere "e'ourea os snsS
LEWIS LoEsrur TIER nlgnt Waterman
Win "entry dog anu pony snow eS-
hibiting AT Marshaiitown. Ia, met \
horrible tate the other night lie had
saturated his Clothes with gasoline as
q disinfectant and in some way came
in contact with torch, setting FIRE to
his clothing. The flames were ten
feet high and he was literally baked.
: Companions quenched the flames and
. he was taken to 4 hotel. where he died
after three hours OF agony.
A sxSsArfoNAL statement was pub
; lished in London on the sd that th'
; Germans had landed = force at Maniia
: aud taken possession OF the city on th'
| plea Of protecting the lives and prop
erty OF the inhabitants against this
, insurgents and it was questioned
: whether the American army would b
. allowed to land.
Mayor MArBrRY welcomed 10 DE
troit. Mich. an the ed 80 delegates
, to the annual convention of credit mer
of the United States The capital rep
, resented in the association was fully
. $500. 0so. 900. Charles G. Dawes. comp
troller OF the currency, was among
the speakerA
The Illinois state building At th'
; Transmississippi exposition at Omaha
Neb, was dedicated on the sist In th'
> presence of Gov John X Tanner ans
. his full stan. the exposition com mitte'