Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EvEaYvHEzI
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ihere was no material change 10
Mr. Shsrman's condition. on the 18th
sNe~nt that he showed sign. Of in.
ereasing weakness. Th~ peti~n. ~r=s
partially urcoaseiou. much OF the
tisae- raiiytnK and frightening at in
'srrals- lie has a disagr-~able cough.
which irrita,es him a great deal IN nj.
dchiiisated eousiition-
The state department. on the tstA.
ree~is.t a report from the ~on.ut a,
Nagasakt. Japan. % the d~ask At th.,
ptse~- "a September n. Of B<rtraaa
w Eag~tsi~. tice-coasai and marshal
OF the c"1saiar eoart ss Ti-n T.iz.
China H- ksd roae frosa Tfen T.En
20 Nsgs~ssi in Juiy for The h-a~st Of
his h~aifh.
frof Joseph Whit~lv. principal -
the Salt Lake city ft-tahl =-hn.sl %
iaV. drvPp~si dad ont - his rhssr m
a restaurant. on the 18th. fruua h-u
orrhage % The brain IT. ha.I tak~u a
desrve ~ Oxford university. an-I. -
FORE coming - Nm~ris-2. va et~rxv-
man in The ehurrh % Eaxlauss-
The Ohio Sosi-ty of California 49,
received information - a d~saisS na-
'ure TO The eject that rr--i.s~us NJ
hiniry will visit san Fran~iss.s r~xs
April to witness th- iaunchinr Of IN
tattleShip ohio. vhi~h i now n~arinx
completion al the Uuion iron works in
that city
The department II -,iuration in the
Philippians has d-rided TO pla~~ -sr,~
NATIVES in tait~t states srhosis ~
that they may come in contact with
American so~izt and political usar~s-
The tirst lot 81 students probably viii
not te sent over until n@x, summer.
The duke Of Tetuan. Mar,1us. villa.
verd- >~nor u Olivier. director x~n~r-
al Of the civil rs=ist-r. and Senor Ter
rvs Camps. have b.-n appointed
rnsmh~rs. On the part Of Spain. of TIE
Hague international arbitration
hoard
ate danger attaching To the Illness %
Ming Oscar has pass-,i. bat that h.
will require a long rrst-
Eabbi Heyman S~hvarz. a we'll
known Jewish litterateur. sli~si at
Hoast"n. T~~. on th~ 18th aged -.
lie bad an international r~rutasiou a.
a writer on the J~wish religion.
\ bone for women students AZ thu
Berlin university Will ~ erected. Col.
lowing tho geueral plan % college
dormitori~- in the United states
Hard coal priews will never b~ ~
duesd TO the point wh~r~ tk<y were
before the Prun-ylvania strike in the
opinion OF retail coal dealers They
say that the strike has permanently
raisr,i the pric~ Of coal az least y
ecHsS on the ton
William Millham- Of solomon Citv
Has. a veteran Of thr evil war. saI a
I furioaehei inmate of the national
military home at Leaveuworth. k=x.
Was killed. on the 18th. a, ~. Loui..
by the kiaIoeh special ON the Va
bash railroad.
United States Marshal Hamuaae'S. at
Eureka. Springs. ARK. has just cota-
pleted the capture OF an entir,, hansl
OF countcrfriters. who hav. 5cen ep-
Grating in tina: neighbour pspt fo=
many years Their h~aaquar ser-
in cavern known a. Bennet. cave.
four miles from Eureka springs.
Maj Mott T. Peterson. ehief COM
n1isSary Of Cuba. died of yellow fever
at Las Aniuiss. on the 18th IN horr
later his wife shot herself fatally.
The remains were Inferred the same
iay with military honOrs- The sass
at N MorrO and cn all the pablie
buildings wvr~ half-mas,ed-
The town ef Guadalupe. Mexico. was
swept away by a eloudburst. On the
nixht of the nth The water swept
shroagh the little town in a torren,
6xe feet de~p. leveiiug everything in
is way- IN old man and two ehiIireu
are missing
Paul Kruger. former president OF
the Transvaal Repablie. embarked. Sc
rr~tly. early ON the morning of the
18th on board the Dutch cruiser Gel
deFiand. at Lor~axo Marqaex- IL Is
said he feared the Beers wouId attack
him IL they saw him departing
Rev. y Nelson HoIiif~ld. retiring
moderator of the N~N Jersey Prv=hy-
II AENAAA AstRAs tAtNtAHsNA AA"1*A - AA&NAe"+AN
hail. Atlantic City. y J. of heart dis
ease. Dr. HolhH~Id was about sixty
years of age. and apparently in good
health
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow received n dispatch
from Havana. ON the 18th. informing
him that Oxar Feyt. clerk in the
Il .f....s~s-~-@ "a 81. usw.wa
post ofhs~. had been appr~hended by
poss ofse~ inspectors for tamP~ring
with international registered mail.
The settlement OF the anthracite
coal miners' strike Is temporarily
blocked by the powder question. the
| operators insisting on figuring on the
reduction in the price of powder in
adjusting the ten per cent increase
| in wages
John scrugxs the Welis-Fasgo Ex-
press Co.'S agent at Ese~los. Mexieo.
has disappeared. together with a
/ pSckage OF Mexican currency contain
| ing sIc.0no- The company offers re-
ward for >cruggs' apprehension
within= a few feet of his wife. and
Il IN tAE ~1EEE E0O1t WHIT -aJ A@ ,HW
ing and singing. John Pfeiffer. of Chi
eago. hanged himself to n hook in the
decreasing so quiet was the man in
his act and 50 busy was the woman
with her work aud her song that she
dill not see hun procure the clothes
line and Deliberately hang himself
The vieeroy of India. Lord Curxon
Of KedleSton. in a speech before the
council at SiInla. ON the 18th. said
the famine had affected a quarter OF
the population of India and rha:.
even now. two millions of people
the hope. however. that in month
were receiving relief He expressed
these would return to their homes
Father VI. T. O'Flaherty. assistant
pastor Of the Church of the 'isita-
,ion. 81. Louis. won the weight put
,;nv contest az the St- Louis coliseum.