Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-04-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The house Of bishops OF the Protest.
spt Episcopal church. in session IN
'sew York. on the 18th. accepted the
resignation Of Bishop Henry Jackson,
former eoadjntor bishop Of the dia-
eese of Alabama bishop Jackson re
sigr-d early this year. There was nc
d scusSion a. to his successor
Gr-at finds Of copper are reported
hy deputy Consul Adams. at Dawson
city. as having been made ir the Ia
nan district. northeast of Prince VIII
liamtown. huge masses of nearly pu-,
copper from hundreds to thousands 81
pounds in weight being scattered over
the country at accessible points.
/ Clara Barton. president Of the Amer.
lean Red Cross society. who vouche.l
fer the Chicago ambulance eorps
which went To the Transvaal. SAYS of
their action at Pretoria. in taking up
arms against the British: "If the re-
port be true these men have practie.d
gross deception and violated a conf
dence which they sought. and the
world will not held them guiltleSs.-
II Convention hall st Kansas City is
not r~ady to receive the National dem
ocratic convention July IL will prob
ably be due to the action OF the labor
unions reprrsented on the work OF re-
building Ii is claimed that the work
men Show disposition to max un-
reasonable demands on the con-
tractors.
Eighty Russian and Galicisn Iabor-
,rs have b~-n expelled from northern
sehlsswig. Prussia.
Miss Marie Dins~. as-d about thirty
two years. dispos-~~S-d of her boara-
.ng house for non-paym-nt Of rent.
md dexpondent. l.ap~d from Brookly n
fridge. with suicidal intent. on the
s0th. Her body roated. and she was
rescued by tugboat and sent TO the
Hudson Street hospital. wher. IL WAS
and she Was not seriously injured.
Senator Hal-. on the 2o'h. intro
duced bill authorizing the purehas'
Of I.soo aeqD of land in the vicinity
:. Pearl HAbor, Hawaii. for naval
purposes. One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars is proposed to he .Ppro-
rriated for the purpose specified
German officers in Woo Chang. Prov
ince Of Hoo PEE, have induced the
Chinese governor general Of the prov
iace to engage other German ofheess .
ss army instructors in lien of those
dismissed.
The amount Of bonds exchanged at
the treasury for the new two-pes
cents. mp to the 10Th. was Ssss.-
,oi COO. Of which $40. .3ss. 100 were re-
ceised from individuals and inssisu-
tions other than national banks.
The grand jury at Frankfort. ny,
composed of ten democrats and two
republicans. returned an indictment
against Gov Taylor. on the eosh. for
simplicity in the assassination u SEN
asor Go~bel. and a o~neh warrant for
lis arrest was issued The vote To in
siet was strictly partisan
The return Of the prince Of Wales
to London. on the eoth. was made the
occasion fer spontaneous dsmonstra-
tion Of enthnsi<sm By thousands Of
persons who thrunged the Cha-ing
Gross station and its approaches, wai.-
lng patiently to show their giadnesz
At the heir apparent's escape from the
1ssassin-s bullets.
Lord Roberts has placed an en-
bargo on all dispatches from Blo~m-
fontein calculated to throw light Oh
the movements Of the British forces.
This is taken TO indicate that an adj
vance has begun
Fire wiped out the entire business
rortion of Edinburgh. y. D. on the
soth. Property TO the extent of s4oo.-
ooo Was burned. and two women Per
Ishsd in the flames. Smoidering ruins
and burnt debris are all that remain
20 mark the location Of this hereto
fore prosperous village.
A train bearing the American For
estry building. in sections. and the
workmen to put it together was sent
our from Chicago. on the Goth, on
the way to the Paris exposition IL
is the first structure In the history .:
the country ever shipped across IN.
oeesn in its entirety.