Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-08-31


Lake Eili~u being involved.
hb TrASEE, formerly an en- gin.~r on
the Missouri Pacific from Eidoraao To
tort scott. Nan. has written a letter
irom Artzaha. Mex. saying he has been
IN prison for Eve months for being in a
wreck on the Mexican q Vera Cruz
railroad. lie did not have a trial and
Is not able 10 get one. lie expresses
the fear that he may b. taken ou, and
shot, A. engineers are. FREQUENTLY. in
Mexico. and sends an appeal To Gov.
stanley for help n an American citissu.
CHAIRMAN lioFFN,N. % th. Iowa
democratic state committee. says: The
campaign this fall will b. fought on
ant'-imperialism. The people Of the
state demand tina, this b. put forward
a. the primal issue"
FAILURES for the week ended Angus,
. we're isa IN the United states. axains,
ts9 last year. and Is in Canada. against
~ last year
TIVE Uaion Veterans unioa closed IL.
annual convention on the e5th The
nnal reports showed the order prosper
Gus financially and Increasing rapidly
in membership. TIE next meeting
will be held in Washington in Os.tob-r.
1900
fo->tL remains were said 10 -. re-
ceived daily BY the University of WE
ming from the ScirntiStS now op.rat-
ing in the fossil bsdS beyond Medicine
Bow. Wyo. The University OF WYE
ming is pfOceeding rapidly with the
task of unearthing the largest reptile
known 10 sciencr.
>uLAs A. BKnwS and Matthew Craig
were hanged at Musl<oxr-. l. T.. on the
s5th for murder.
Ex-t.ov. NxRfiI. OF Iowa. suffered a
stroke % paralysis at Los Angeles. Cal.
on the 25th
A FINANCIAL crisis i said 10 b., i'm
minent in Turkey.
MAJ NooDsoN. ac-ing Indian ag.n,
Of the cheyenne and ArapAhoe Indians
at Darlington. OsS.. has resigned IL
wa> rumored that t.sn. Charles King
would succeed him
THREE people were killed By light
ming during a thunderstorm at owens
boro. Ky. on the s3th.
THE National League OF Fourth
Class Postma>ters has been formed 10
send lobby to Washington TO secure
increased compensation for that elias.
Of officials.
At the mill OF the Marguerite Mining
company near Carterville. Mo. Henry
Gilbert was preparing a blast when a
stick Of dynamite he held exploded.
-
mite which stood near and in an in
slant the big concentrating plant was
destroyed and the i've men working in
Il were blown to pieces. The shock
was felt at oronogo. three miles away.
PoFULfsFs ~ Oklahoma. in eonven-
tion at kingfisher. rejected fusion with
the democrats for delegate to congress.
They declared against Bryan for presi.
dent unless he accepts the populis,
nomination and has only a populist
runningmate. The Populists have half
a dozen candidates for congress.
Tux Pennsylvania republican con-
vention was dominated by senator
Quay's friends. Resolutions eulogixing
President Mckinley's administration
were adopted
THE National Union Veterans union.
in session at Des Moines. Ia. adopted
resolutions denouncing Gov. shaw for
appointing J. Rush Lincoln. an ex-
confederate. a. brigadier general of
Iowa troops, when they were called
into service at the opening of the Span
ish war
A HEKD Of cattle, 1000 head. stam-
peded for water in a pasture in the
kiowa reservation in Oklahoma and
they piled upon each other in a canyon
and 50 beeves were killed and many
others injured.
SWALLOW broke out at Colbert, I. T.,
and people were fleeing from the place.
ARRAS6gxESrs are being made for
the organization Of a $50. 0o0, 600 dry
goods corporation in New York To con-
troll and operate dry goods and depart
ment stores throughout the county.
AT Mombasa. East Africa, the raw
ages caused by famine and smallpox
have become so appalling that it has
been decided to appeal To the lord
mayor OF London To open a mansion
house fund for the relief Of the striclx-
en- British subjects in East Africa
NEBRASKA democrats. populists and
silver republicans met in Omaha on
the asi and fused on nominations
for Judge of the supreme court and two
members of the board of regents Of the
state university. Former Gov. silas A.
Holcomb was nominated for supreme
justice by the populists and indorsed
by the other two conventions. WILLIAM
J. Bryan dictated the platform of the
democratic convention This document
declares uneompromisingly for free
coinage Of silver at the ratio of sixteen
to one and indorses bodily the Chicago
platform of 1895.
GEN. TORRES Mexican army did bat
tie with T0o Yaqui Indians at Potam
and the Indians were slaughtered.
JOE CHoYSskI and Jim Hall have
been matched for bout ut Louisville.
Ky, on September 25.
IT is estimated that the bodies of
., 500 victims of the recent hurricane in
Porto Rico have been buried. that 1000
persons were injured and that 1000
people are still missing.
THE reorganization Of the St Louis
police force, under the new law. took
place on the sIst. Five hundred new
pa.rolmen were added to the present
force.
MAYOR JONES, of Toledo. announces
his indN udent candidacy for gov
ernor of Ohio.
FIVE men were arrested at Leghorn.
Italy, on the charge of attacking and
wounding some sailsrs who had come
ashore from the United States cruiser
olympia
SINCE the advance in the price of
meat the demand for poultry has great
ly increased Eastern buyers are now
scattered all over the west and large
per cent. of chickens are shipped to the
Atlantic coast cities
ADMIRAL DEWEY eabled the reeep-
tion committee that he will reach New
York September -. This will enable
the committee to hold the naval parade
on Friday and the land parade on Sat
urday-
r..,. ft,..rn 4 Alton railrnad is