Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-04-27
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

jrr'. but not for the di~charrr Of
M"lincuN from prison.
Arthur T.. Payne. one uf Engiand'.
most successful naval architects. has
accepted an Invitation To- design . ,lr.
fender for the Canada cup. FOR parties
~ Ontario, for which q Chicago yacht
will contest in august.
The reciprocity negotiations he
tween the United States and ,.crmany
have been transferred a. Berlin. where
Ambassador White - negotiating di-
rcciiy with the Berlin foreign Office.
The Northern Ohio Steel Range Man.
ufacturrrS association d.ci,ied. on the
Goth. 70 advance the prices of finished
pro'iucis - pr cent. b-eau~' of the IN
creased cost 81 raw materials.
Capt. HcHr, \. bourne. president ef
the Old Dominion Steamship Co.. died
At his home in brooklyn. on the eoth.
aged - wars
The army and navy league 81 Chi
,ago viii close it's afyairs anc dislaad
on NAY !.
The transport ,tcamers Newport
and Warren sailed from San Francisco
for Manila. VIA Honolulu. IN the eoth
carrying rriniorccmcnts for both army
and navy.
The insurance compact in san Fran
cisco has announced big reduction in
insurance rates. ranging from ~ To -
per cent.
The Marquis Of Salisbury. accom-
panied by the marchioness. arrived in
Lon'lon, ON the Goth. froin the Riviera.
y terrible eyclouc IS reported t.
have ra,agcd thr coas; Of Queensland
during the month of March. The OIL
cial report places the loss Of life NJ
t1t. while = vessels. chiefly engaged
in coral fishing. wcrc wrecked and = p
100000 worth Of other property de-
struycd.
The officers cf the Thirteenth Min
uesoia volunteers having cabic,l Go,.
Lind from Manila. un the goth th..t
tic regiment must IN. ur,icrrd home
ana mustered out. Huck's Texas
rungcr~ were az once offered 10 Ga
pr, -ideut to replace the '.wcaA-kncc'i
MiunsSoian~.
The kratucks vaeuncy law. under
which many ncgroe- have been pui on
the auction h'ock and sold 10 thr
highest bidder in ariou~ parts 81
Kentucky during the past twodeeasi.s
has heen DECLARED unconstitutional by
Circuit Judge Thomas !. scott al
Richmond.
Two weil-knoWn ei'ikenS Of Decatur
ILL.,. dropped dead ON the suih. The
first was Patrick WeIeh. who died az
ter returning home from church scrv,
ices. lie was = year old. Lorenzo T.
EiNhy died suddenly on his way home
from be>iness-
Insurance sdjusters for for ign eom
pauiss are holding Up payment oi
losses by rccgnt big iire - Little
Rock. Arls.. ON the ground that under
the antitrust law they are liable to
criminal prosecution If they settle
the losses.
An American she'll. fired last sum.
mer during the bombar,iment Of Man
zanillo. Cuba. by the United States
warships. exploded while some work.
men were digging il ont. killing ihre,
persons and woundinS many Others.
Thy reception and banquet rendered
Ten. Powell Clayton. United States
Ambassador to Mexico. by the Littl,
Rock (Nrk.l board OF trade. ON the
goth. was the most elaborate function
ever attempted in Arkansas. IL was
strictly a non-partisaa affair.
Arthur Taylor and Baldwin ;. Bre-
dell. engraVers. who were arrested IN
Philadelphia in connection with the
counterfeiting conspiracy unearthed
bv the secret service department. wer,
arraigncd before United States Com
| missioner Edmunds. ON the 10Th
| waived hearing and were held in
SO. 900 bail each for court.
The Mexican senate. on the Goth
unanimously ratified the new eNtradi'
tion treaty with the United States.
Vt Phillips. Wis. ON the 2ist. Mich
aci Bartemus attempted to murder his
wife by shooting. He then turned ths
weapon upon himself. inhicting fata
njuries. Mrs. l;artemus will recover
Domestic trouble was the cause of this
| tragedy.
The Third Nebraska will BE- mus
tered out MAY II.
In a duel with pitchforks In an allie,
in Chicago. on the eist. Edward /iek
mond, white. stabbed Horace Scott
rolored. through the heart. and stoos
| over his PROSTATE form until he died
Director of Posts Elliott. of Porte
Rico. has reported to the posi- office de
| partment that during last febraar.
the total receipts of the island were
s5.572. and expenses S6.37O.
| II J. announced that ADMIRAL Sehle,
/ will visit Omaha. Neb.. about May l
as the guest of ex-senator Henderson
The United States supreme cour
will adjourn for the present term oI
May -.
| Over 2O0.0OO cigars were seized IL
Chicago. on the eist. made in an cas-,
ern factory. the packages containing
them bearing counterfeit revenu
stamps. The proprietors of the fac
tory. in Lancaster county. Pa. are r.
ported TO have been arrested. The of
ficials are on the track of 2.Ooo.000 q
OF the fraudulently labeled cigars.
The government Is in possession o
copies of messages. sent by prom
inent persons. designed to foment dis
content among the volunteers in tn
Philippines. The matter was dis