Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-06-28
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en-. vas the subiect of di--,i-<ion ~
meeting IN Chicago. on tho Goth. of ,hs
Western society ~ Enrin-vrs- The
ehief sp~akrrs were Iames 4 Sesisioa
and T. y. Cooley.
The Eepahlican national convention.
~ Philadelphia. on the etss. placed
IN nomination. without q ,li...a.ins
vote. William Mckinley for prv-isi.uf.
and Tteosiore Eoo-cselt for ,ic--prr~i-
ori.t II ths United States.
Harmony over raie~ for the forth.
cAnssr- -r~-wres s-~s-.f .s- a.. A. u
RIVALS. ~ meeting ~ .Nrvuti,r uf-
n, ials held in Chicago. the Wisconsin
Central renewed ~ promis.. 20 adhvrr
strictly TO regulations prc~rrihssl bs
IN. Western rts~sngsr associate, "a
lines with reference 20 rates Tor the
veterans gathering In Chicago iiEt
o.e-farr rate.
\ Buenos tyrrs (Nrgentinsi dis
patch. of TIE sist. SAYS; AN English
gentleman jus, arrived her. siys h- .
chsrgrd by nurcr,us i;o,r families &c
obtain from the so. rnmcuy 80 square
mite in Patagonia .or elimination hy
the U1crs"
Fticnds of Gov Roosevelt who have
s-.n him since his nomination fur the
,ice-pr-Sisicncy H. lar that he Is 20
ire e suspend Mayor Van Wyck -
New YORK. p.nsling an investigation
by special grand jury. a. pro,i.led
by lsw
Netting -, rr,sry - the Navy Hack
et' received = eablcgrsm FROM Nd'airal
KcrpG. dated che Foo. June q. say
/ ing that lien Tsin wa= hsing hom-
tafd.d. and that the Nm-ri~aa ccn-u-
late. a. well ss the sor,irn concessions,
were bripg DESTROYED.
Ten. Fullgr's adyan,~ to Sansi,pruit
u aiu,ost the only fr-sh point in the
mslitatv situation ~ South Nfriea. He
march i IN the direction uf stan.isr
ton. whieh csnmaud, th- railrusd
northward.
The Northern Grain Co.'S ELEVATOR at
Monsloti. Wis. was burned. ON th~
night II th. elsf. together With 1a.ea'
bush~ls Of wheat. fpoo bashsl. - ~
and much oats anA harley. Los e~ti
mated at allout sfa.e"; partly insured.
The jury ~ salt Lake. Utah. in the
case % B a. Eoi-Ifs. on trial for m
laufu cohabisatiou. returned a verdict
Of guilty. Roberts. in an agreed state
ment OF facts put tsefore the jury, al
mitted that he entered into poly "A
nous marriage with Maggie n ShipT
and lived with her and his legal wife
Sarah Louisa.
Gen. CaSsius NJ. Clay. of White Hall
ny. has purchased from }. II. Narneii
Of Pinkard. Moosif.rd county. and
iee.icd TO his former ehild-wife, nov
Mrs Riley lirock. a house and three
acres of land adjoining Mrs. Brock
present home.
Close confinement within the shops
and cells of the peniteniiary of Fort
Leaycnworth has proved too much for
Obcrlin NJ. Carter. former captain oi
engineers, United States army. and h
is broken in health and spirit. II,
showed signs of giving way complete
~, and Warden MeClaughey has fOunC
IL necessary to change his employ
ment.
An international column. consisting
of British. Russian and Japanes'
troops. left Taku. ON the 22d, for Tier
Tsin. IN Italian detachment. com
manded by an ensign. remained h.
hind to guard the Italian flag. which
with the flags Of the other powers. has
heen hoisted over the forts
Judge l.. II. Thompson. of the Yer
naont supreme court. died at his hom'
at Irasburg. on the I'D. Of pneumonia
lie was . years Of age. and had h~eH I
suprrme court judge since i,>s-
The worid's " oman's Christian Tenn
p~ranee union op~nsd is annual meet
ing in Edinburgh. scotland. on tn
I'D. under the presidency of Mr.. l. "
y. stevens. Of Maine. Lady iienr,
Somerset presided at the afteracoa s~s
sion
During a labor ruw AZ the ogiea ia
Cos plant in Chieago. on the I'D. Gu
Paaokomin. a contractor. vas shot ans
seriously wounded by Jamss ". col
iinS. a Negro. collins. a nou-unio'
man. was st upoa By strikers. aa'
b-gan shooting AZ his aSSailant-
PoRoSomiH. who happened 20 b. pass
ing and had no hand in the trouble. ~
eeived a bullet intended for one of tn
strikers.
Augustus Lowell. \. NJ. died at hi
home in BrookIine. Mass. ON the ed
lie was a vice-pre~id~nt Of the Ameri
Of trf. uaI &sssr
President Kruger sons. who sur
rendered to Gen Baden-Powell. ar
back on their farms, and working
peacefully.
II was announced. on the 22d. tha
the British war Office had bought q
, batteries of krupp field artillery.
. President kruger's principal eondi
tion for immediate peace is that he b
allowed 20 stay in the Transyaai.
The meat inspection bill passed tn
German bundesrath on the 22d.
. Bill TAYLOR. the leader of the ban
. of train robbers who held up an
} robbed a passenger train on the Gull
Colorado Il Santa Fe railroad. abou
. two years ago. has escaped by sawin
, his way out of tine Coleman count
(Tex.l jail. where he was confined
Taylor had been tried and sentence
to Is years imprisonment.
A Jackson (Neb) dispatch of tn
22d says that an armed band of J
: men from South Dakota cut a chan
mel through Rining,r's Neck. or. as
is known on themaps. Bruigher's Rene
in the Missouri river. thus THROWN
T thousands of acres of Nebraska Ian
into South Dakota.
! During a severe thunder storm a
GilIingham. Wis. on the I'D, lightnin
5 struck the United Brethren churc
T during services. Lewis peekham wa
instantly killed. Julian Hart and
: Foley were rendered unconscious an
the entire congregation shocked. Tn
building was wrecked
Il, is understood that the Unite