Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-01-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


joseph SehwsrtE. Nsw York eicak-
maker. SAYS h. would rot hav~ cared
IL ke bad no, bsrn out of work just az
present. ba, he Is a little sorry thu
stork came the oth-r night and PR
ssntsd him with ihr~~ new hahi~s.
Just doubling his family AZ ou~ visit.
Tb@ body of William galloway. ar~
boss at the kaSka William mine. Of
the Dsad>oa Coal 10. at Pottsvillr. Ia
Who was entomt-cd by fall ~ coal on
December = last. was recovered on
TIE 18th inst IL - believed he lived
bot thrrc days
The situation existing in the Indian
territory y acute The Indians arr
unable 20 secure possession Of their
albntm~nts. owing Ia the resistance OF
the whites. who now hold u-,cupanrv
of ii. lands some of the indians are
in an ugly mood and trouble Is antiei-
pstesl
Smallpox continues 60 sprvad AZ
Leaveuworfh. Mas SIX new eases de-
v.Iop~d near Lansing ON the 18th. II
broke out in two families where chill
dren attended the city central and
high schools. and both schools have
been closed for an INDEFINITE prriosi.
The renitsntiary is closed to outsid-
ers-
The colossal statue of Daniel Web
ster. presented 20 the United States by
Mr.. Stiison Haichins. and erected in
Scott circle. Washington. was IN
ve.lsd. on the 18th. with appropriate
eeremcnies- President Mckinley. the
members of his cabinet aud many
other distinguished persons in public
and private life participated.
The trustees Of the Western iheo-
logical Summaries Of Chicago have
conferred the degree Of doctor of "a
errd theClogy upon Rt- Rev. Samuel
Edsall. bishop Of North Daketa. and
r. Rev. Arthur l. Williams. bishop
coad tutor Of Nebraska
Nai-Gen- Wood. governor Of Cula.
expresses himself a. well psass,l with
the resul. OF his recent visit To the
province Of tinar del Rio. Gsn. Wood
congratulated ten Lee on The mag
nifeent showing made ~ the section
OF the island under his admiuiSfra-
ton
The palatial suburban home of
Charles Il Harris the inventor. near
wslhamSTort. Pa was entirely de-
Stroyed BY frr. late on thu nigh, Of
th- 18th. -niailing a io~s Of ssa.ooa-
Senator Wellington. on the 18th. in
sros.ue-d a bsll in the senate exempt
in, veterans of the war with >psin
from the agr disqualification for aP
poir tment to ofser< in ihr army
Leroy ". S-cor. charged with hsv-
ing committed an ~mbezxl~m~nt ~
$1,000 from the Goodrixh TranspoTta-
tio7 Co. of Milwaukee. was arrested in
New York city on the 18th
II I. stated on authority that the
new million dollar ps~kinghouss plant
OF thu Cudzhy Brv,hers in Karsss City.
NJ. will be in full operation BY the
first Of May
Ths statement of th~eondition of the
trs sxury issued on the 18th showed.
Available cash balance. sssS.Ito. as:
gold reserve. So. f.s>f-eoo-
O~mzn Digna. principal general OF
the late Khaiifa Abiullah. has been
esptur~si. IL has h~en known that he
was in the neighboThood Of TokaT.
ard several expeditions were organ
iz. ii from Suakim. nnd~r Capt Burges.
with the result that Osmsn Digna was
taksr. unhurt. in the hills
Otto Won Schaezler. Of Davenport.
Ia.h as renounced his claim TO a
borouetey in Germany and title to the
great fortunes that ar. attached 10 IL
| in order to continue his residence in
this country. he having married an
American girl and become naturalized.
\ dispatch from Spearmzn's Camp.
Natal of the 18TH says that Lord Dun
dorsId, with his cavalry command. on:
| the 18th. surrounded n detachment of
Beers near Acton Homes. killing 20 OF
them and taking Is prisoners This
move interrupts the Beers eommnni-
cation with the Orange Free State.
| Amos Phillips. the Bates county
i Mol farmer who was tried ~ Fort
Scctt. has. for completely in the mur-
der cf Leopold Edlingsr. last Novem-
her. was convicted. on the I9th II
murder in the frst deyre-. Th- Jury
was out all night
The foreign comrlenes of the United
States in 1893 amounted to ove- g.
Oco. .coo. 600. sad Of this rn1vu,ous srsnl
more than three-fifihs Was r~PoTis
ard les. than tw0-lfths imports