Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-08-31
OXFORD. MISS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 81 1899


on the 2s,h that an indes~ribable state
OF snarch prevailed in Manila. tha,
American only occupied q small radius
outside oi tae toNns they held. the res,
OF the country being in the hands OF
the FilipinoS.
PRESIDENT NCktNINv made a shor,
address ~ Dy~an t.rove. y J.. ON the
sSth. the keynote ~ which was tha,
wherever the Uaitcd states fsx vaS
raised II stood for liberty and human.
ity.
ISToRaNrtoN from Para announc-s
that the Inhabitants Of Acre. the terri
tory claimed BY Brazil and Bolivia.
have proclaimed their independence.
and constituted a new south American
commonwealth
INfrEn >rstE- officers now have con-
/ trol of Manils's school system. There
are ID school districts in the citv. in
elndiny normal school Tuition IL
free, aud the teaching u the English
branch-, i compulSory.
At santiago d. Chill an entire pas.
singer train fell into the river. all the
Passengers b~ing drowned Gr-at A., ii.
prevailed and property vaiuei at I'll
sou. ooo was DESTROYED
\ HiD live stock commission cum
psny. to include leo shippers and feed
ers in Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska and
the Indian territory. has been planned
- ex-ConRrc>sman VI. : Peters a,
Kansas City.
NnILn the heirs of Mrs owen Ward.
Of >hipman. Ill. Decreased. were in.
ventorying the personal property in
her dwelling they found over 5000 in
gold and silver coin sscreted in closet
This sum represented the savings % a
+. lifetime. Of which her relative wsr.
unaware
RSv. DAVIS b. FRr. missionary Bap-
tist preacher. aud Mis- Katie VI Hian-
ton. daughter Of a prominent citisen
living near Mount Vernon. IN. elop..d
tho other night While her paren T.
were absent Miss Blanton left home.
walking eight mites to meet tn.
preacher.
n FtKr IN the boiler houSs. % the | hriy
Coal company at Milwaukee did dam
age to the amount % ssu. 90.
GEN. DYKENFuHrH. Of Washington.
was elected commander-in-chicf - the
nion Veterans union at the meeting
at Dies Moines. Ia.
! A srEAN laundry at FL Reno. ok.
was totally destroyed by lire. caused
by the explosion ~ a gasoline tank.
-Four business blocks werr burned
Loss so. 900.
JAaN> NfILfNv~ stockman. was
shot from ambush near Collinsvilie, |.
r.
Tar Iowa Mutual Fire association
has failed. An application was made.
for receiver At pc~ Moine,.
Reports from ~ ahcrn Russia say
that current belief 81 the approach
ing end Of the world i causing panic
among ths. une'iucated classes.
THE Thermometer reached 100 de-
gress at threr clock ON the afternoon
Of the sd at Kansas City. No.
GES. Nuns and Adit. zen. Corbin
notified the general committee Of the
q. n X. eneampment chat they will
attend the reunion at Philadelphia.
JouS r MCLEAN said at Cincinnati
that the reports about him hring .
candidate for the presidency we're
without foundation and that he was
for Bryan.
MRs. ANNA TEEPLE. of Charlestown,
Ind. and her two-year-old s3a.
Clarence, members of camping party.
were drowned in the Ohio river above
Jeffersonville. The child got beye~d
his depth and the mother went to his
/ assistance.
THgEE persons were killed and three
were injured by being run down by a
train at Seabright. y. j.. while they
were crossing the railroad track in a
surrey.
/ THE national encampment Of the
+ Union Veterans union at DeS Moines,
la. with I.ooo delegates present. passed
resolutions denouncing Commissioner
Evans conduct of the pension bureau.
DANIEL j. CsNPAu. Michigan mem-
ber of the democratic national commit
tee, denies that there il any truth in
the reported movement On foot to have
the next national convention held three
or four months earlier than usual
GOVERNORS of all the states will b..
invited to attend the reunion of the
blue and gray at Evansville. Ind. Oc-
tober i0-I3. Prominent ex-con federates
from the south have said they would
attend
THE will Of the late George W. Clay
ton leaves $1,000. 900 for a new univer-
sity at Denver. Col. TO be patterned
after Girard college. Philadelphia The
trustees are to be public officials.
I The first steps to organize the demo-
a 4. r.
William J. Bryan in 1900 have been
taken and mum Der Of prominent dem
ocrats have organized the Original
William Jennings Bryan club Of llli-
nois.
FoUR additional acute eases Of the
bubouic plague have been reported at
Oporto, Portugal The streets Of that
city are now patrolled and the town is
completely Isolated.
/ Tux $500. 900 union depot of Siouy
City, la. and 81, ,00o. 900 worth of ter
minal properties were sold at auction
! under foreclosure to the Trust Company
+ of North America. trustee. for the sum
! of 81. $50. 600.
I THE Dawes commission announced
that the land Office for the Creek na-
close September l. Land Offices will
J be opened for the Creeks at Okmulgee
and Wetumpka-
THE st. Paul Mimi Globe on the
Esd in its leader advocated the nomi-
nation of Admiral Dewey for president
| by the next democratic national con-
vention.
1 GEN. BATES returned TO Manila from
sulu the other day. where he had sue
cessfully accomplished an agreement
I with the sultan. The sultan's chiefs
also signed the agreement, which rec
I ognized American sovereignty over the
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