Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-08-10
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to have b~~n Hiehar,i Crueksr's closest
friend. and h. bad large scquaint-
snce among turfm@u. having OWNED
and rae~d MANY hn- hor~-~.
The trail frum Nalsie~ 80 Copper
river. in Ala>ka. has b.-n completed
aud the odd trail ovrr the glaciers
a sba nsloas,i-
~ - the ten n~w volunteer r-yi-
ments arr r~~rui,e,i TO n-ariy their
full complement The returns received
as the war department. mp 20 the night
ot the ~. showed . total forre of .
osc. having lr~s than 5000 men 20 he
- listed
The Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers
lan.issi from the transport Hancock. at
san Franeiseo. on the 3d- The m-n
made magnificent appearance a.
th-y marched 10 the Prrsisiio amid the
ch.~rS - IN. thousands Who lined tn.
STREETS. They booked sturdy. bronxsd
and healthy. and marched A. IL they
we're used To IT,
Nai-C;sn- Otis cables that the Thir-
ty-~iNth regiment. 51o strong. has b., =
equipped and sent 20 san Fernando.
III. Thirty seventh. also 5no strnsr.
Wa h-ing assembled for equipm-ut.
and Ln-kstt'S cavalry regiment Wa re-
cruiting rapidly.
\ lsttrr from ten. Funston has bsca
reviewed by n. r. Anthony. Jr. % the
Leavrnworth- tka<.l Times. The g~n-
eral announces that he will stay in the
army until the war in the Philippines
is ~ an end. and will not muster sat
With his regiment.
Malssen. Iawton Is tn have com
msud cf al the cavalry trcopS in the
Philippines when the active eaulnairn
cF~nS in IN. fall m. plan ol cain
Eaign d.-.isi~si upon by Gen. Otis cun-
templates a larger use % cavalry taan
in the last campaign lie ALREADY has
in the Philippines the entire Fourth
cavalry.
Lady Randolph Churchill. the Amer
iean woman. who rulss the socisl set %
London. will NOT wed William Waldorf
Asfor. A. ruuicrs.i. bnt - IN he mar
ried TO Lieut. g. r. West.
who's. mother was a great h~antv IN
her aay. II j. said the wedding wilI
take place in o~toh-r.
>igmupd :. slb~rs. Son os tdclp.a Al
h~rt. a well-knowu merchant Of Ian
caster. Pa. has resigned from w-s,
Point military academy. where h has
been a cadet more than = year. AMI has
returned home. The alleged reason for
his resignation i that he was subject
ed to persecution because he Is \ He
hrrw.
Capt. A. y. Burton of Company n.
| Fifty first Iowa. from Nillisca, has
been relieved IT command Of his com
psny. and Is as Manila awaiting dis-
honorable discharge. He Is charged
with having hidden in n ditch when
his company went into action.
Ex-Chief Justice W. l. Chambers. OF
the Samoan islands. and family. arrived
a. Colorado Springs. Col. on the tth.
| They remained there as the guests 90
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Connor until the
5sh. when they left for Washington.
ID. &.
Brsnch. on the tth. for Lake Cham
plain. for ten days visit To President
Mckinley. The vice-president ap-
p-ared to be in good health when h..
left.
/ The number of enIistments. on the
4th. was 3eI. making a total of e.fsi.
This left 3.s0s vet to be enlisted.
Rev. DIR. ". H. Milburn. the blind
chaplain of the United States senate,
Was prostrated by sunstrokr and feil
unconscious. on the 3d. while deliver.
ing a lecture AT the Nebraska Epworth
assembly at Lincoln park He wa'
taken TO Lincoln and revived und-r
care of n physician.
A Northwestern passenger train ran
into a wagon and team near Humboldt
Ia. on the sth. instantly killing twc
men who were in the wagon. and ir-
juring the third so badly that he died
in short time.
| The tor-an government has granted
concession to a German syndicate
TO build n railroad from Seoul. the
capital. 10 GenSan. in Broughton bay
on the west coast Of Corra-
| The national council of administers
tion OF the C. A. r. will meet in th.
Continental hotel. PhiladeIphis. ~ p
m. September A. The thirty-thirsi ns.
tional eneampment will eon=ene for
business at 10 a. m-- September 8. in
the Grand opera house The parade
will be on the 5th-
| c. T. Barnes. former agent Of tbs
Adams Express Co. at Nsrshslttown n
Ia, but discharged last spring. has
been arrested on four specific charge,
of forgery fled by the Iowa Contra
Railroad Co. in raising express bills
his fraudulent transactions, II Is al
Ieget. amounting to nearly 5000.
United States Senator James X
| Jones. of Arkansas. is still in had
health in london. and is going to tbs
continent. upon the advice cf a special
ist in heart affections He Is taking sh
soluteIy no part in politics. and ,hs
papers are being Kept from him 50 a'
| rot 10 worry him with rumcrs and re
ports of a political nature
A Newport News (va-l dispatch. oi
the sth. said: NO new eases and r,Ss
deaths is the situation at soldiers
hcme at Hampton Gov wocdir
claims that one of the deaths was dCs
10 consumption and not to yellcw
fever"
1 Az CarrabeIIe. Fla. as the result oi
the recent tornado. only nine houses re
|. main of a once beautiful and prosper
ous town. A communication from thu
. mavor states that 200 families arr
v,,hout homes or shelter and man,
are completely destitsts