Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-23


men were killed ana fsur o,h.-. -
die.
'of- H. 10, - California. has conn.
mufed the ssusrnce % Trainwr,eLrr
saiter u wor,ieu n lie impris,n-
nsn,. a medical board deciding ,h.,
tne convict was insane AZ the time Of
the great strike u railway men when
ne "ree ksd the train bearing United
states soldiers. causing the death Of
thrr- soldiers and the engineer.
Tue business failures % the Uuited
states Tor the week ended tn. fT,h
mum hercd eo7. according 10 Brad.
streets commercial report. agaius, sas
Tor ths corresponding week Of last year.
DISPATCH from Omaha Neb.. on III.
nth said that the so-caiied national
organization committee OF the people,
party, - whi~h Milton Park. os Dal-
las. Tex. Is chairman. and which was
chosen at the Nashville conference of
midd dle-of-the- readers july last. has
decided to bolt outright aud call an
independent convention on >eptem-
Der =, at Cincinnati. for the purpose of
reorgSnixing the populist party.
COLLISION between santa Re pas
senger trains at Couroy, Col the other
day wrecked several ears and DELAYED
traffic ten hours Express Messenger
Travis had a leg broken and six pas
sengers were slightly injured.
FIRE the other night DESTROYED some
auxiliary buildings Of the Armour
packing plant At Chicago. containing
the tin shop. lithographing. boiler and
tank rooms Loss. slOo. 600
DISPATCH from London on the iith
said; Neither Russia nor France and
still less England-wOuld tolerate any
attempt to turn Americas rallan,
overthro. OF the Spanish teet and
virtual capture of Manila to Germany :
special advantage. International ieaI-
ousics guarantee that America will
not be troubled by sny interference in
the Philippines.
The Madrid government has au-
thorized Capt zen Bianeo TO enter
tain proposals for an exchange Of
Lieut. Hobson and the other prisoners
taken when the American collier Mer-
rimac was sunk of the entrance To the
haroor OF santiago de Cuba
MEMBERS Of the Wood workerS' union
employed in the sash and blind facta-
rie> ot Chicago, 10 the number os /. 800.
struck on the i6th- The men had been
receiving sL5o and 81 - day for ten
hours work They demanded a mini.
mum wage sale Of - dav and nine
hours for days work
Tue dam which held the water from
Jersey creek in the artificial lake at
Chelsea park. Kansas Cirv. Kan. burs;
during the terrific rainstorm on the
night of the 18th and four persons
were known 70 have los, their lives.
namely. Robert kanute. his sou and
daughter aud Mrs Irene Greenlee.
Many houses were washed from their
foundations along the creek and some
of the sleeping inmates had grea. difti-
Guilty in saving their lives The TIRE
department was called cut A. IL was
thought that other lives than those
mentioned had been lost
IT has rained every day during June
up 10 the 18th at waxahachie. Tex,
and wheat was beginning to sprou, in
the sheaf
A nor fight occurred the other night
in the streets OF the village of Phoebus.
Va. between Maryland volunteers and
regulars from Fort Monroe. Their Of
feers were hastily summoned and
ended the fighting after about -
prisoners were taken and sent to the
guardhouse. IL is said abou. 20 men
received injuries.
NELSON W. ALDRIcH was reelected
United States senator by the Rhode
Island legislature on the i4th ON the
first ballot
THE eolored Knights of Honor of the
World recently met in biennial conven-
ton at Hot Springs, Ark Delegates
from all parts of the country were in
attendance
THE American Institute of Homeo-
paths will convene ut Omaha, Neb.
/ for u weeks session on June IL
The tank steamer Maverick has been
at Savannah, Ga. loading water 10 be
used BY the troops at key West. Fla
The city sells artesian water to the
government for four cents for i.O0C
gallons. a figure considerably below
what they could get it for at Key West
The collapse of the Letter wheat
corner 1T Chicago caused panic in
the Liverpool market. but in London
the news of the collapse was received
with equanimity. The newspapers
generally rejoice n the breakdown OF
the Letter plans and point to it as a
moral The star said; IF the prime
mover in this war against mankind is
beggared by his greed. the retribution
is well merited- Nothing can atone
for the awful suffering Letter and his
accompliees have caused
WHILE bathing in the Wabash near
Lafayette. Ind, Andrew Spence aged
/ s.5. was seized with cramps aad
drowned George Merriman, aged IS,
who saz the drowning man. attempted
q rescue. got beyond his depth and
was also drowned
A rHKNESDoUs slump in the price oi
wheat Was generally attributed to i'm
mense sales by Joseph Letter and the
I interest of the Chicago board of trade
( on the lStu CcUtcFcG Of AAs NVAHS =
just before closing time it was report
ed that Letter cash wheat would Be
trusteed. rs bankers who had made
advances on it had agreed to take care
of it Joseph Letter admitted to
friends that he had lost money BY the
sIump aud that his father had with
dra awn his support
GEosGE A. PoETwooD. of Lawrence
burg. Ky.. formerly of Missouri. who
walked into Dick Purkins' saloon In
Lexington, Ky, two months ago and
shot him down in cold blood, was
found guilty % murder in the irst de
gree by u jury and his punishment
was fixed at death by hanging The
defendants father. Sidney Portwood.
died in Missouri insane asylum and
his defense was insanity
The Reform Press association Al
Omaha. Neb.. elected all its old ofti-
GERS. with Frank Burkett of Nissis-
ssppi. president. and Joseph Parker. OF
the Louisville (Ky.l Free Republic. sec