Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-07-20
TOPICS OF The DAY.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ny.
%. T. CorSou. Of ohio. was .l.rt..,I
president ~ tho National Eslnrasi,ina.
association at Los Angeles. CaI.. on The
18th.
William t'oing$ was shot 20 hath
az the Alikchi court grounds tn.ls..n y
territory. by sheriff Thomas Watson.
IN pursuance ot an order of execution
issued by judge James. 90 the cha.
'aw court. for the murder of hi, I'M
che.
ADMIRAL Dewey who - anxious n
get home. has decisied not 10 visit Con
>'antinople. but will prucerd ~ thr
Olympia TO Trieste. where he will M ke
short stay for change Of air; th,n
he will sail for the tntisd state. III.
Olympia arrived at Port Said Thursday
afternoon.
The french minister of war. Cen.
Galiifet. has asked the cabinet to gran:
its assent TO the appointment Of a
court Of inquiry into the contrrt 1T
the officers of the general staff auI
Of several Of his Prr,i-ce~scr~ in t.l..
war Office with relation to tke Prey
fuS easr
After having been for = wears pas
tor of the United Presbyterian ehurvf
at West kortwright. y. y. Rev v. r
Wade has resigned. lie WIS caught IN
the act Of sseaIing oats frum sis.rron
OF bis church. and was given the chuiec
Of rvsiEning or b-ing expelled
DIR. Gibson. Iowa state .eterin1rian,
vi-if~,i a number of farmers. Wh,,,..
stcck = supposed 10 have b-~n Affect
e'l with rabies He pronounced the
disease to be- mad staggvrS. wbirh has
symptoms closely resembling by
druphobia. n is caus~d by too heavy
grass FEEDING.
Cen Otis requests that thrrr b. sent
To the Philippines e.Sao horses. ir as
der that a brigade af cavalry u.ty Re
oryanized for use az the end % the
rainy s-a=on. ten. Otis has fri.,i ;hc
hor~-s - Manila and n~ar-by CEN
tri~s but nou- 81 them s--a to be-
avaiiabi. for cavalry.
a. hAAA ~ aEAAA~N NAA~
COLLECTION of the Inheritance rsN ~
the heirs Of Gs-orgs ". Pullman ansi
Nibsrt Killings. has been iosf. ~ FAR
as the iow-r courts arr conerrne.i. an.i
thu collection af the ttx-~. amounting
about seDa goo. viii ~ masi~. url-~s
the supreme eunrt int~rPo~e~-
d. namife guns sre 10 D. used BY the
nm, risan troaps in the fall campsiga
against the Fiipina~. Preparations
arr bring made By the orsinanse D. =
partment to supply G@a. o,is Si.h 80
Sins Dudley dynamite pHeum-ltic
weapons
Among the passengers ON th- steam
er Nthrnian. which arrived al Victoria.
4. e.. frum the orient. on the 18th.
were Bishop Horne. who has b~ru IA
sp.cfing American missions IN Japan.
and Mr.. wolcott. OF New lork. Who
has b~-n hunting in the Land Of the
Rising sun.
The White Oax breaker at Arrhi-
bald. Pa was entirely destroyed BY
fire on the 18th Is was ownsd BY
the Delaware a Hudson 10. and III
destruction entailed iosS Of az least
$4,000 The ire was started by a 20
connective spark
Biazo PetroSics. relative Of Priner
Nicholas of Montenegro. was arrested
in Belgrade. servia. ON the 18th. on
charge OF completely in the r-crnt at
tempt to as-assinate former Ming Nj
Ian Of -~rvia-
The s-e.0o0.0O0 bieycir trus.. whieh
vas all but completed. went TO Pssves
en- tn. fsth. The eastern bankers
floating the concern Withdrew b~eaass.
OF hitch in the final consolidation
Since last August. at Manila. I4i ves-
sells have been transferred from span
ish. German and British subjects tq
Americans. The business world - sat-
iSfied that Uncle sam has no idea II
running away from the Philippines.
There is an outbreak Of scarlet fewer
among the cadets at West Point. y. Y.
three new easrs developed on the isth.
| The total number Of cases Of yellow
fever in Havana this year has been ",
including thrre cases taken there IN
| ships. For these latter the city - nc.
snswerable. and the authorities have
| always protested against the barracks,
where such cases are treated
The London Financial News SAYS Il
understands that an arrangement was
made that in ease the steamer Paris
was foa ted the salvors were To have
half of her value when she got of the
rocks. Teir operations at the Mana
cles cost e4.0oo. and half the Paris
value now is $4,000. The difference Is
the salvors' profit
| GEORGE NJ. Valentine. cashier of the
Niddiesex County bank, of Perth Ant
boy. v. j.. which was closed ON the
i I4th. has surrendered himself and Is
now in Jail. on account Of shortage
| in the banks funds, which has been
| variously estimated all the way IA
sI65.000. The books were found 10
have been badly iuggied-
A slight earthquake. on the 18th,
caused the collapsed OF gallery in the
ReckIinhausen mine. near Herns. West
phaIia. eutombing 30 miners Several
we're r-ss ued. badly injured The fate
Of the others is not yet known
Brighten. Russell Farnum Lord,
whose half sister is the wife of ex-
President Benjamin Harrison, died n
his home in New York city. on the
18th. agea 81 years. He was commits
stoned brigadier-genersi of PenHSyi-
yania volunteers during the civil war
and served as an organizer of regi-
ments.
The body of Mrs {. Myers, a wealthy
widow living near Irvington, ILL.,, was
found in the ruins of her barn, a
charred mass of flesh and bones \
warrant was issued for a negro who
was working for her, charging him
with killing her and then burning the
body in the barn The negro was ar
rested.
Three Oaks. Mich has won the ean-
non which ADMIRAL Dewey sent from
Manila for the Maine monument fund.
rh~ cannon was given to the citv or