Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-04-18
TOPICS OF The DAY,
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.


PERSONAL AND GENERAL
lie Steele. the leading Dreyfusite or
gan in Paris. and the most persistent
champion of Great Britain in the
IransVaal. on the 10th. announced its
failure and sale at auction.
The United States armored cruiser
New York. with Eear-Admiral Rod.-
ers en- board. arrived at Port said. on
the ilth, ON the way TO Manila.
The Ninnebago Indians. in wiscon-
sin, on the 18th. elected striking
Tree" tJohn LittlesoIdier) as success
sor TO Chief John Thunder. deceased.
The decision of the Japanese min
lister of finance, Niscount Vatanabe.
TO postpone the railroad. telegraph
and telephone undertakings. although
the budget provided expeditures for
this purpose. has created much public
dissatisfaction in Japan.
The congress of French miners
opened in Lens on the 1lth. Unless
the French government agrees to
bring in an eight-hour day bill. the
delegates will probably vote for q
general strike.
n Manila dispatch saws that Agui-
naldo lives in dread. fearing the
vengeance of the friends of Gen.
Luna. whom he tAguinaldol caused
to BE- aSssssinated. Col. Vellia and
DIR. Barcelona members of Aguinal-
dos staff, have been liberated.
The remains of Abraham Lincoln,
which have been resting in a tempo
rary vault during the reconstructic,
of the Lincoln monument. at Spring
field. Ill. will he removed to the new
monument in a few DAYS. The re-
moval will be private. and the exact
date viii not b. made known.
Somebody is responsible for a
blunder in the designofthe equestrian
statue of zen. John A. Logan. recent
" unveiled in Washington with I'M
pressive ceremonies. One of the tab
lets on the base is said to be fiagranr-
" inaccurate historically.
The movement toward erecting 4
monument to the memory of tien.
Harrison in indianapolis has been re-
Sived by Senator Fairbanks. " no will
head the subscription list with a con-
tribution of $1,000. eGn. John ". Fos-
:er will contribute a like amount.
Vandals did serious damage IN the
Thomas \. Hendricks monument. az
India ~ rolls. on the night of the 10th.
One of the large granite ornaments,
weighing a1out one hundresi posln.ls.
was broken from the base, a bronze
shislG was carried away srd the
scales which the figure of Justice
held in her hand were stolen.
!.obert ". MeWaJe. UnIt-s! States
consul AT Canton. China. reports tha.
10000 deaths from the plague have oc-
Cured there during the past SIX
weeks. and that there are II cases of
smallpox on board the United States
monitor Monterey. Only one death
has resulted.
Over four hundred gamblers have
left Hot Springs. Ark. the last few
days on account of the anti-gambIina
law passed by the Legislature. The
city police force has spared no Dairs
in carrying out the law. and every
gambling den has been watched day
and night.
The department of agriculture has
received dispatch from a prominent
packing company of Chicago announc-
ing that they have been advised that
the British government will exclude
all beef except home-bred from the
British army contracts after June /.
An oil discovery has been made in
the vicinity of Deming. y. NJ. which
promises to equal that of Beaumont,
Tex. There is much enthusiasm man
ifested over the discovery.
The Marion state bank. at Marion
Junction. = d.. was wrecked by rob
bers early on the morning of the llth-
Owing to an overchange of powder,
the money chest was wedged and the
robbers secured nothing. The bank
was fully insured.
Four counterfeiters were sentenced.
on the 18th. by Judge Hangord in the
federal court at Spokane. Wash
James Moriarity was given ten years.
and Mike Williams and McCleary.
eight years each. at hard labor in the
United States penitentiafy. Mrs. Ethel
Waco,the female member of the gang.
was sentenced TO one year.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. liner Pre-
toria. which sailed from Hoboken. on
the 18th. for Hamburg. carried 30
tons of supplies ordered for the MEM
bers of the Baldwin-Zeigler polar ex-
petition The supplies will be for
warded to Tromsoe and Sandjford.
Norway.
Gen. Butler will be offered the COM
mand of the British troops in North
America, which command is now Va
cant.
Superintendent Bull of the Buffalo
IN. " police department, has issued
orders 10 clear the city of all crooks
and suspicious characters between
now and May l, and wholesale arrests
are being made in consequence.
A military commission of eleven
members, presided over by Col Nc
Crea. will sit at Manila, TO try, by
court-martiaI. the soldiers ana civil
ians who are accused of being imPli-
Gated in the thefts or frauds In re-
gard to the government eoHmisary
stores in the Philippines.
The weIl-known Mormon elder,
George @. Cannon. died at Monterey,
Cal. on the morning of the 18th. aged
rs wears. His remains were taken to
San Francisco and embalrred and
then forwarded to Salt Lake City,
Utah
Ii has been found necessary to
close a district school near Decatur.
I'LL. owing to its having become in
feeted with vermin through tramPs
using it as a sleeping place. 1t was
found necessary TO burn the clothing
of the children.