Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-12-15

The cruiser New York arrived AZ
Havana % the -th- Immediately az
ter h-r arrival the New York saIutssI.
and Capt ChadWiek paid a visit to Ad-
miral Manterolz and tsen- Casteiianos-
\ naval Ii~u--nans promptly returned
the visit 90 beard th~ New York
\ E-riia dispatch SAVE IN relation to
the Caroline islands ~ certain S~n-
tim~ntal desir~ Exists in the public
mind on th- subject. bat tn govern
uz~nr has not vet a>c~rtain~si the
vicws Of fh- United States regarding
IL. AMI wiiI 10 nothing until it knows
the knal forIn OF th, usaer trra,y h<--
tween the nifei States and Spain
In soue OF the Chicago paP<rs. on
the 7th- the following app-ar~si:
-Wanted Ten thcusaad StEOag-
linb~d- feari~ss u-n- Apply at t.~ city
eouneil ekamh~r with rop<s On the
night the aldermen attemPS To pass
the sO-year fran-hi<e robbery Come
prepared 80 do ba~ins<s-
The proposal OF th- >paniarts that
q, international commission com
POSED Of two EnSIi<Anen- two French
men one American and one Spanizr'i.
half Of the commission To he chosen
bv either nation. With a German arbi-
traitor. in cas-, of non-agrr-mnt. r.
appointed To investigate the Maine dis
ass-r. was absolutely r~fUS.-d-
The frat cargo to rvaeh Phsladel-
phia from Spanish port sinee the
outbreak OF the war With Spain came
in. On the eth oE the Norwegian
steamer Efnx~wosd from barcelona
Capt. Halvorsen SAYS the business
men in Barv~IOna r~gard the United
States in a friendly light They lay
all the blams for the war he stated
upon their own government
Nai-G<n- Wh@eIer Was at the war
department. on the eth and had a talk
with Secretary Aleer and Adj,--Ssen-
COrbin- IL i understood that h will
be relieved from further active duty
unIess therr l. = rrcurreace Of war
but that he will r~mzin On th~ active
ii~t OF the United States volunteer
army until IL Is mustered otE--
The four statues Of the Confederate
soldiers monument on Cap5foi hill.
Montgomery. Ak were unveiled or
the 7th- They represent Infantry.
cavalry. artillery and navy Imposing
ceremonies w-r~ held There was an
immense attendance from all parts Of
the state
The selection Of the jury in the ease
n
cisco. of the murder of Nrs- John T.
Dunning. of Dover. Del Was com
pIesed, on the sth- and the taking Of
evidence proceeded at once
The directors of the St Louis a
Sem Francisco railroad have declared
= semi-annral dividend of two p<r
cent. on first preferred stock payable
January 6.
VI. Henri L~vadon. the author. has
been elected a member of the Freneh
academy.
Gen esrvia. of the Cuban army.
who lad been confined 30 his hotel
in Washington. for some days was
announced. on the sth. to h~ quite Sc
riously sick
The Nic3 n = van canal uiit So& nAcn
up in the senate on the sth-
DR.. J. j. Matter. pastor OF the Cen
tenary Methodist church of Portland.
Ore. has b<~n appointed missionary in
charge Of all Methodist work in Alas
ka-
Gen Garcia's condition was reported
to be much improved on the sth-
The River Neva suddenly rose nine
feet. On the night of the sth- inundat-
ing the lower quarter OF ST. Peters
hury. where communication was car
risd on only by boats The inhabs-
,an,s were psnie-strieken- and there
was great loss of life and property
Five powder mills in the lower yard
of the Dupont powder works near
Wilmington. Del exploded on the ssh-
Robert NeHenry. John Moore John
Wright and another man named Stew
art were killed. and several Others were
badly burned
All the railroads In the Southwest
ern Passenger association have de-
e;ded TO abolish second-elzss rates TO
all Texas points on and after Janu-
airy l.
The Tobacco Growers League Of
Kentucky was formally Organized At
Lexington by the board Of directors
| e,eesinx w r. Hawkins president and
LII. Isle secretary and treasurer
clxude NJ. Thomas was elected state
| organizer 70 estsbaiah county leagaeA.