Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-02-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


against Aguinai,n's armed horde
have h,en conqucring = reacr A. rapid
D and effectively as the means a,
hand permitted. The president is Wis,
in leating the affair to the di-crrtin-
- these commanders. who arr famil
lar with the situation.
The first annivcrsary of the s'nl
ing of the Maine in the harbor of ia.
vana was observed in many cities %
this country. on tkr 18th. l,y the rs
ing of fla-~ az half mast. and oth-.
e,idcnc,> 81 the grief Of the people a.
the trcacherou~ taking Of of ees ga.
liant American ~enmrn.
The United States transport Va
ercia arrived at San Francisco. on n
18th. 50 days from Manila. with IS snI
,lier> on lroard. 81 whom Is werr scni
hcme On sick l-asc. and the remainder
ON furlough. or v~hose terms of en-.
Esfmeuf had eNpinsrl.
luther " kiuaey. a farmer. age.
about - wears. was found dead burie
in the snow. near his home at Norwich
Conn-.-e the 18th.
Robert Cole ard his wife. two o.
residents Of Metropolis. III. were bur
led il the same grave on the ista
Cole Was cousin Of Frank AMI JeS~.
james and Of the Younger Enother-
They visited him there several time.
under assumed nausrs.
ON the 18th the Colorado house q
representative rejected the ma priv
report uf the speciai committee ap
pointed 10 investigate the condition e.
affairs at the state asylum for the IN
sane. which cNonerated the suprrin
t,ndent. Dr. I. L. Thombs. and by :
vote Of - to 10 adopted the miaori', F,
report. demanding the suPcr;n'ensi
enf's removal.
Col. Marcus 7. Miller of the Thin
regiment Of artillery has heen nom.-
mated 10 h. hrigadier general in fhs
regular army. zen Miller command
ed the military forrrs which capture,
the ei;v Of Iioiio without the los 81 ;
man. and his promotion j. in re,
tion Of meriiorious services ON that %
c.asion.
Charles Chapman Backus. one of 'h.
organizers of the American Express
Co.. died in New York city. on the l5fa
aged = wears.
Ii has l-een decided in Madrid u
postpone the sale of the fiozting daeL
at Havana. the offers received not BIC
ing aecrpfahlr.
On the 18th Frank Parker. ex-cauu-
Is treasurer Of vernon county Mo
pas srresfetiou charge of ent,-xkiing
S40.0o1.
Statement of the condition % ~
treasury issued February u; Avaiia
bl. cash halaue~. So. g0a. 40. gold ~
serve. sess s.ssI.ss4
Erig Gen. MiIisr will ~ rsli~vs,l
from command % the American tr,-pT1,
at Iloilo before his retirrmeui next
month. and Ma. -tieR. Ia~toa- naW ~
route to the Philippians will. in a.
probability. he assigned To snrcecd
him.
The Finnish professor of the Chris
tiania Norway university has ~
ceived a Telegram from a friend IL
Krasnoyersk. which says that aftei
thoroughly investigating the sounre o
information he is convinced thai
there II no truth whatever in ths re
port that the bosiies of Andre ant
companions had been found
The administration has determines
rapidly to extend the jurisdiction o.
the United States over the whole o.
the Philippine group. acting on ths
theory that delay in this caSe j. dan
serous and that anarchy and geners.
paralysis Of such interests as the j.
lands support will he brought abon'
through failure 10 act promptly
The transport Sheridan. in sdditio.
to about 1900 regular troops. carrie
out TO Manila a miscellaneous cargs
calculated TO advance the cause q
civilization in the Philippines. anon
other things church organ, sent by
the Wowan's Army and Navy leagu,
At Washington. and quantity of am
nunition for quick firing guns.
Emperor William of Germany. or
the nth. telegraphed his coincidence,
to Nine. Faure. and directed the Ger
man ambassador al Paris Count Not
Munster-Lo.lenburg TO place wreat'
on the dead presidents coffin and q
announce that his majesty would sens
a special mission to represent him a
the funeral.
The agent of the adams Express Go
At Baldwin. o., upon instructions from
the company, opened a box that has
lain in the Office of the company, un
delivered. for II months 10 tnd tha
Il contained human body. The bo'
was addressed TO Dr- limerick wh'
has not lived at Baldwin for dozsI
years. and with whom communication
les tesn lost. The 1ogoaer nas not
ds&