Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-02
TOPICS OFTnE7 DAY.
HEWs Tl0N EvnYwHEIE
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

from China on the steamer Nippon
Marn.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was placed in
the rotary cell OF the county nil ss
wichita, kas.. on the a5th. for in
snbordina'ion and fighting with her
feHow-prisoner. Mrs. Lucy wilhert,
The rotary 10 I'VE SANG as. . slangeon,
and she viii get nothing :. but. bread
and water while ctrfined there.
Henry Huffman. an ANIMAL trainer
with n circus. met n horrible death,
on the 2sth. being killed by "Big
Charley" monster elephant. while
the animai was bathing in the river
near Peru. Ind. The animal was sub
sequently killed.
The National Louisiana Purchase
Worlds Fair commission has finished
its work in ST. Louis for the present.
having sdjourned. to meet again in
st. Louis between June I and IS.
Nothing affecting the location of the
fair was considered.
II is reported from Manila that the
insurgent general. Cailles ordered
eight American prisoners to bc shot,
April 81. the same day on which he
condemned to death Col. Sancio. On.
of his staff officers, and Senior de In
Rosa, wealthy native, who had re-
fused to contribute to the insurgept
fund. Sancio escaped.
ID. ID. Thompson, of Chicago, the as.
sistant editor, was, on the 25th, elect.
ed editor of the Northwestern Chris.
tian Advocate, by the Methodist book
committee, to succeed DIR. Edwards.
deceased.
The benking house Of LEROY C.
Partridge. of Ovid. n. ". made an as
signment on the 25th. The liabilities
and assets were not made public. The
bank was capitalized at si5O,O0O.
The comet. first seen at Cape Town,
Cape Colony. on the 25th, is visible on
the eastern horizon. 1t is brilliant
and triple-tailed and il rapidly ap-
preaching the sun.
The entire plant of the Lookout
Distilling Co. at Chattanooga. Tenn,
together with 631 barrels Of whisky,
was seized by Revenue Collector Mul.
link, on the 25th, by orders from the
Washington authorities. Duplicating
wholesalers stamps on original pack
ages is the charge.
Oscar, the well-known maitrs
d'hote of the Waldorf-Astoria. in New
York city, who has earned the graft.
tude of every woman patron by his
assiduous attention to their wants. is
credited with having accumulated q
fortune of nearly $20O. 900 by judiciou.
investments in stocks on tips given
him by pleased patrons.
Mark Thomas Hayes was hanged nj
Uniontown. Pa, on the 25th. Hayes
crime was committed July 4, 1899, al
the Hill farm, near Dunbar, Pa. Hi.
victim was William Lowoen.
Miss Helen NJ Gould gave $4,000
last January. to build q Young Mems
Christian association headquarters AT
Fort Monroe. under condition that the
name of the giver be kept secret. The
fact has leaked out however.
Over twenty banks have suspended
payment at Ooawa and in the south.
ern and central provinces of Japan
The Bank of japan has assisted them
but further trouble is apprehended
A financial panic prevails.
Thomas 4. Ketchum, alias "Black
Jack" the notorious outlaw who had
terrorized the people of the south.
west for the past Is years. wa,
hanged at Clayton, n. NJ, on the Goth,
for train robbery. and in the drop his
head was severed from his body by
the rope as if by guillotine. The
headless trunk pitched forward to-
ward the spectators, and blood spat-
tered upon those nearest the sca.-
fold.
Charles NJ. Switzer, of New York
city. filed a petition in bankruptcy, on
the 26th, with liabilities of 500. i67, and
no assets. The petitioner was formerly
a member of the firm of Mcpherson.
Switzer Il Co.. of Chicago.
The carr and czarina will privatelv
visit England and London during the
season. They will attend the
Glasgow exhibition.
L. l.. Hummer. on trial at Alma. Wis.
for illegal banking. pleaded guilty. on
the goth. to the charge of receiving
money after knowing the bank was
insolvent, and was sentenced to one
year at Waupun penitentiary.
The Filipino committee in Madrid
has adopted a resolution calling upon
their countrymen in the Philippine isl
ands to continue their struggle
against American sovereignty TO the
bitter end.
An anti-clerical demonstration in
Lisbon was dispersed by the police on
the 26th. The figure of q Jesuit was
burned in efigy by the mob. who,
indulged in anti-Jesuit
cries.
On the 27th r. g. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
215 in the United States, against 204
last year. and 20 in Canada, against
e2 last year"
George II. Bridgeman, the United
States minister to Bolivia, who had
been on 4 visit to the United States,
arrived at La Paz, Bolivia, on the
26th.
George II. Phillips, the Chicago
Corn king, has again demonstrated
that there is nothing of the Shylock
in his makeup. Before the session
was an hour old. on the Goth, he had
relieved couple of shorts in May
corn. and that without any demon
stration.
j. NJ. McCracken, representative
in the Arkansas legislature from
Pope county, was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal John T. Bur
ris, on the 26tn. on q warrant charging
him with defacing two doors in
United States public building.
The widow of the late BENJAMIN
Harrison has filed formal notice of
her intention to accept the provisions
Of the will of the late Gen. Harrison.
By the terms of the will she is TO re-
ceive $4,000 in cash, the summer
home in the Adirondacks. the use of
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