Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-06-08
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

>INiy striking uischini.fs r~tura~,i
t'' wurk a, the gock I@l,na tuli
Arsenal on the 1fSt. Eighty ether
STRIKE r. werr left without work. oxsins
ID 'Esir places bring dlied during the
STRIKE
Miss Eva Shonsx. prrSisl-nt % the
Young Peoples Christian Ten p.ranrr
union. OF Chicago. has start II OUT o.
tour the country preparatory to cali
ing a convention to perfect national
organization Whieh will meet in Chica-
e September =.
Lieut.. Col Fariszar'ii military at
tache ot the Italian enbEx~v ~ Paris
" hon Drrvfrf< was eonsl .urnr,,l Saws
that the Italian embassy aiwtv- knew
thai Esterhaxy wrote tn boriisrrau.
The Hong kong daily PRES reports
that the clsim nsasi@ apon th.. Hong
kaug and Shanghai hank n. Nguinai-
do for sef".ana sirps--if--'i With th.. bsnk.
has tesn settled. and fh- money puHi
over 70 N=uira-ao'. representative.
\ ~p-vial dispatch from Manila. an
thu lst said that the insurgents hasi
attacked the outpaSts Of th.. Fifty
first Iowa rrgimcat 90 san Fcrnausio
and that two Americans were wound
Ell.
Replying 20 the inquiries Of the --c.
retary Of war. ten. OTIS cables that h.
Is still Of the OF inion that lp0ga troops
viii b. necessa-y for the effective con
trol % the Philippines. N S-.ms al
together hkei tha. call will soon
be- made for ta.ss0 volunteers tor for.
~ign service
The moufhi'~ statement Of the pub
lie debt shows THAT AZ the close oi
business. May a. 1899. the debt. ls~s
cash IN the treasury. amounted 70
81. To-. .sal .t0s. decrease a. compared
with last month of sl.s59 -. Thi.
slscrras- in thu debt i accounted for
b. an increase in the rash on hand.
EN-t;aV. Elisha Baxter. of Arkansas
died at his home in Satrssillr, agvd -
years lie was one of thu foremost
figures in arkansas history. His
death recalls the exciting guberna-
torial eamPaigris i-T... and th- Brooks
BAXTER war that followed.
A shock ~ earthsaakr. % the night
OF the isf. was the mast severe san
Francisco has felt for ID years. Though
IL lasted only ~ seconds the movement
vas very pron0nncrd from east 10 wrst
and theu half way towards the north.
giving a twisting motion. No seriogs
damage was done.
Little Marion Clark. victim Of the
most mysterious abduction since th..
kidnapping Of Charlie Ross. was re-
stored to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur ". Clark. Of New York city.
on the night of the Ist. She was found
secrete,l in a mountain farmhouse. al
Sloatsburg. - miles from H.,yrrStraw,
y
At a. M. of the I'd. Union
Pacific mail and express train
No. I was held up one and one-half
miles west of Wilcox station. Wyo..
by six masked men. evidently prufes-
sionais, who blew open the safe of the
express ear and carried away all tire
contents. The mail was not touched
The funeral Of Cot. John NJ. StOtSen-
bGrr. Of the First Nebraska regiment.
took place AZ Arlington cemetery.
across the river from Washington. on
the rst. President Mckinley. Secretary
Alg~r and Adit.-Gen- corbin were pres
eut at the exercises.
Ed r Hardan. Of Liberty. Neh.
hanged himself AT his home on the I'd
He was formerly cashier of the BANK
of Liberty. and was u prominent man
in Gage county politics AMI society
Loss of property aud drink Is as.
signed a. the cause of the act
The United States weather burcau
which was opeEe,I in Colon. Colombia
last September has finally been closed
its site being out of the track Of the
hurricanes Ths instruments are N
be transferred to .Iauiaica-
The New York World says; -Carris
Jones. the nurse who had charge OF
little Marion Clark. was arrested a.
summit. v J.. on the night Of the III. !"
The Chicago Record is authority for
the statement that a combination af
soap manufacturers f< heinS formed.
the capital stock TO be s25.0o.ooo.
William }. Bryan attended the con
vention of Ohio Valley Bi-metallic
clubs. AT Louisville. Ky. on the 2d. and
delivered three addresses during the
day and evening After the night meet
ing a banquet was given to Mr.. Bryan.
at Fountain Ferry. at which 76e per
sons sat down
When the steamer Alameda arrived
at San Francisco. from Australia. on
the ri. IL Was discovered that 5000
sovereigns were missing. out of 10000
sent by the steamer from Sydney. The
money wns shipped in 30 steel boxes.
each containing ej,000 in British gold.
One of these boxes was ahstracted
from the steamers treasure-room dur
ing the voyage.
VI. Kratx. the French minister OF
war. and Mr.. Ballot de Beaupre. the re-
porter for the court OF eassaticn in the
Dreyfus affair. received from Ester
hazv, on the 2d. communication con
Tossing the authorship Of the border
eau and asking sale conduct TO en-
able him TO go to Paris to give expsana-
tons.
As n result Of the cabinet meeting.
ON the sd, the statement 'as officially
made that no call for volunteers will
b.. issued This means that the Presi-
dent proposes tn draw upon the reg"-
lar army now in the United States To
increase ten Otis force to make up
the 1000 meu required.
Coiucident with the Withdrawal of
the volunteer troops in the Philip
mines. Brigadier Generals Hale. Smith
md Funston will be relieved from fur
ther duty IN tina. country and ordered
home for muster OUT, being replaced
nv Brigadier Generals Bates. focas-
Gran and Schwan-