Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-01-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ISSUED an order giving freedom 20 40
men in the province of santa Clara.
tuba. Some of them had l.,eu detained
without trial ard others were suffer
ing excessive punishment
On the 3d Wm. Waldorf Nstor con
tribuied z 1000 To the prince of
Wales hospital fund.
The Venezuelan government has con
ferred the order of the BUST ~ Boli-
var" upon Admiral sampson. Captains
Taylor, Cook. Sigsbee. Chadwick and
t'codrich. and Commanders Mead. Day
ton. SymondS aud Todd. of the United
states navy, and Representative Hit'.
ON the 81. introduced hill nuihoriz-
ing the acceptance Of the decorations.
Gen. Wheeler has drafted blil for
the establishment Of permanent
army post at Huntsville. Ma. and IL
will he introduced by Congressman j.
= Siailings. with the support OF all ths.
Alabama congressman.
The American bark Sachem. Capt.
Nickel. from New York. December \.
70: Hong Kong with Kerosene. ar
rived at ~. Thomas. ID. ". l.. on the
sth. in distress.
The promotion OF ten. Macarthur
by the president was confirmed hs the
senate ON the 9TH.
The Davenport. Rock island 4 North
western road. one Of the new lines
built in Iowa this wear. was opened
for freight traffic un the 9Th
Mr.. Wilson. of Idaho. introduced q
bill in the house. on the 18th. for a con
stitufional amendmen mt authorizing uni
form marriage and divorce laws.
". Murray Crane was inaugurated
governor of Massachusetts on the sth.
AI the same tim. the other state ofii-
eers-elect took the oath Of office Gov.
Cranes address WIS devoted wholly to
matters of state interest
R.cause the Arkansas authorities
would not pay any more than So for
his return to the pcniteBtiary in that
state. WI hence he escaped. eight month.
ago, having II years Vet TO serve. the
police Of Denver. Col. have turned
Wyatt sharpe loose.
NJ the instance of School Trustee
Heating. who i president Of the An
cient Order of Hihernians. the school
management committee of the Chicago
hoard Of education aruered ali histo-
ries of England that refer to England
as the mother country To be- thrown
ont of tn. t>t of suppl' mentaTy read
ing Tor seventh and eighth gra.lss.
While in a H. - rslge. on the sth.
Charles Root. Kalamazoo county
Mich farmer h.ing in Texas town
ship. cut his wife throat and then
his own in the presence of their two
children. The elder II only two wears
CID. and cln give no inielligihle ac-
count Of the tragedy except that his
parents had i,s.cn guarreling.
The Philadelphia grand jury returned
true bills Of Indictment in the election
fraud eaSes in the thirteenth division
of the seventh ward. during the recent
election for state treasurer. when
Lieuf.-Col. barnett OF the Tenth Penn
sylvania VoIuuieers WIS elected. There
are min. defendants.
The power house of the Cnsiahy oil
Co.. located north Of Mlucie. Ind. In
the l;iackford county oil FLEETS. was
ds moiished by an cNplcsion. causing
loss OF $1,000. Forty producing OIL
wells must lie idle until repairs are
made in the machinery.
Andrew Carnegie has promised the
college of Emporia (kasl $4,000 for
library building a. soon as the pres
ent debt is paid. II. II. GTagg. finan-
ciaI agent of the college. raised $1,000,
on the sth, from the Topeka presby
terry Emporia citizens have given s5,-
GOO. ard the synod of Kansas promises
$4,000. which will be enough TO pay
all obligations of the college.
The worlds first aluminium tele-
phone system wis put in operation be
tween Pittsburgh and New Ken
sington. Pa. distance of u miles. II
proved 50 much of success that IL is
said the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has
ordered similar system.
The president issued an executive
order, on the 5th. setting aside certain |
lots of ground at Honolulu a. military
reservations, subject to outstanding |
leases and private rights.
The statement OF the condition ofthe |
treasury issued on the 5th showed: |
Available cash balance, S2s3, ,021: |
gold reserve. S236.25l. .s3s.
Mrs Lily Lsngtry. the actress, az
rived at New York. on the sth, on the |
steamer Lucania.
Failures in the United States for |
the week ended on the 5th. as report
ed by r. q. Dun q Co.. were 2T5.
against 24s for the corresponding week |
las. year. In Canada the failures were |
a5, against u last year.
DIR William \. Hammond, former
surgeon general of the arEy. died ir
Washington ON the sth-