Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-30
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


many. at fottsdam- from May % to
June I. at the emperor's invitation
The making Of new mast and Ear
for Shamrock H. was begun. a.,
Glasgow. on the 23d.
The decision of the supreme court
of the United States is that the con-
stitution does not necessarily follow
the flag. The decision. however. Is
rot unanimous The opinion. il Is un-
derstood. has teen written hy Chief
Justice Fuller. and NAV be formally
promulgated on the 9th
Ex--Gov. John Riley Tanner. of Illi-
noi<. died at his apartments in the
Leland hotel. Springfield. Ill, on the
27d- of rheumatism of the heart. aged
s. years Though he had been i'll for
about n week. his death came unex-
pectedly.
The I've cadets dismissed from the
military academy at West Point have
entered the service of the New York
4 Bermudex Asphalt Co. ostensibIy in
civil engineering capacity. but will
probably be employed in the orrani-
xztion ard training of guards for tn.
. AsAtfIAA- NELrAltlA-
Prof Frederick Starr, in a lecture
90 his students in anthroPoIogy at IN
University OF Chicago. declared that
Poets. gamblers. drunkaryis. cigar
stts smokers, perxons who are tat
tooed and those persons who part
their hair in the middle are degeuer-
ates--
William Webb Ferguson and Mrs.
Mamie Barnes were jointly indicted
by the grand jury. at Jacksonville,
H., on the ed charged with poison
ing the husband of the latter. DR.. ].
l. Barnes The case Will be tried in
November.
Katie D%ugherty. Is years old. of
Peoria. H. who had been i'll for more
than year. saturated her clothing
with gasoline on the I'D. and thea
set them on ere. standing stoieaIly
in the center of the room while sh~
roasted TO death She lived two
hours. but never uttered a CRY of
pain
The tablets in the Hall Of Fauae. in
New York. viii be unveiled on Mem
oral day with Impressive ceremonies.
Many men OF prominence viii par1ies-
pate Senator Chauneey N D~p~w
delivering the oration-
The fate Of the steamer Croft.
whieh sailed from New York for
le.th- on January =. I>es. and which
vas never heard of afterwards. ! X
Piained By the contents OF bosrle /
pieSed Up at GrsnsOu- England on the 1
I'd The message said that the
trOtt WIS sinking in Elid-Atlantir.
Reports OF the devastation OF wheat /
feds over MePher<on county. Kas-
b. the hes<izn fy continue TO come. 4
Many felds are eatireIy rrinsd and in 4
others the damage done BY them has
bot rpas he'd the Limit
Senator NJ A. Hanna was mus-eres 4
iato Memorial Post. G. 4 r. OF CIev.--
land. o. en- the night Of the I'd. He
vas received with great enthusiasm .
and naa@ a brief speech in reply to
the congratulations upon the new .
hono-s conferred upon hin
The schooner c IL Hackney. Cart 4
VIM C. Ertel- went ashore in a north 4
east gale OF Port Washington. Mich 4
on the zsth- The Milwaukee life Sav-
ing crew was notified, ard weus 10 the .
wreck vsth a hiz wreekin~ tug. A.
ter considerable exertion fhe SIX zuera- 4
bers of the crew mere rescued. thou-n Z
the schooner was an utter wreck
IL is seni-oifeislly asserted that ths 4
resolution by the ministers of the
powers IN Pekin not TO reduce the 1
thinese indemnity below f5O.oao.0e8 I
'aels i NAL. ard also that China a. I
eepts tais. thus rendering approx i
mate Reimbursement of the exDesfi- I
f'onSEy expenses Of the powers GER
tain
The Berlin comic paper. -Uk--
shows Count Won Walderse~ ready 10 I
depart from China standing before .
three empty trunks. labelled Vie I
tories ACQUISITIONS and -Indemul- 4
ties. anil asking is il worth while /
taking them along9e
On the esth T. C. Dun & Co report /
cd -Failrres for the week nzE.-
a~red Iso in the United States. against I
IL la>t year. and - in Canada. I
agains. - last ye@r.-
The aasi-6ernzn agitation IN tie
province of Po~en has assumed alarm
Rg proportions. and the Prllssizn gov
eruzens has fornsdden all Polish in
coor or outdoor rs<s tings for the Pen
teca~tsi holidays
The live stock industry of Wyoming !
= fac TO face with a grass famine
Trouble between the cattle men and /
sheep men Is feared;
The guhboat Scorpion arrived oE 1
Memphis. Tenn. on the 2fth- and wss /
Tsersrssl with ! salute ef p guas,
Vhich was respoEdei 10 by the war
ship The Scorpion will remain there
until after the confederate reunion
At their next rneeting. directors of
the Pulln.sn Sleeping Car Co will be
asked to pass upon plans for pension
ing the 1900 or 1900 employees of
the company
The merchants and clubs of Havana
have contributed literally for the re-
lief of the jacksonville fire sufferers
The stsSmer Taefieian cleared froTa
New Orleans for Cape Town yester-
d.. with l.10o horses
The question as to the ownership of
the historic Plains of Abraham has NJ
last been decided The Dominion gov
ernmens has voted $4,000 for the
Purchase of the property from the
nuns The government will hand she
property over to the city of Quebee,
TO be converted into public park
An explosion occurred on the 2ith-
At the Universal eoliiery- at Sen
ghenydd- in the Rhondda valley,
Wales After several Eoars' work rye
bodies were recovered. and there were
as miners missing The pit was com
pletely wrecked.
The officials of the Ottoman en5as-
sy at Paris have teIegraphed TO the