Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-16
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Hawaiian emigrant agents are again
working il. San Juan de Porto Rico.
and an expedition is probable by the
Goth.
Col. A. Stilla. the insurgent gov
ernor of Infanta province, p. l.. sur
re1dered. on the sth. with ten officers,
isO men. i7o rifles and ten cannon.
Seven counts charging James Calla-
han. alleged to be one of the alb
ductors ef yanne ,u,iahy. with per-
jury on his late trial at Omaha, Neb.,
were fled on the 9th.
1T Dubuque, Ia. the jury in the
case of jackson and Stovall, the al
legged Manila GIa) express robbers.
found them not guilty. The men were
released n ON Jail.
The Indian bureau has received
word that the official count of the
vote of the Cherokee Nation on the
Cherokee agreement with the Dawes
commission shows a majority of 1.O23
votes for rejection. instead of I,23s,
as At first announced.
Gov. Yates of Illinois. on the 9th
signed the Louisiana Purchase
Worlds fair appropriation bill. which
appropriates se50.00o for an Illinois
exhibit at the exposition in 1903.
There was another wild time among
the stock spectators. in New York,
on the 9th. and many who considered
themselves rich in the morning saw
their fortunes vanish before the sun
went down. Thousands of small in
vestors. who took a flyer for luck"
dropped all they put in.
Most of the Chicago brokers and
traders were caught short on North
ern Pacific in the recent whirl. and
will have to stand heavy losses. One
Young Chicago trader. however,
bought $500 shares of Northern Pa
cific at i20 and sold il out at zoo. His
profit was in the neighborhood OF
Sl,4O0. 900.
The Australian federal parliament
was opened with great ceremony, at
Melbourne, en- the 9th, by the duke oil
Cornwall and York, representing
King Edward. in the presence of an
immense and brilliant assemblage.
A decision has been rendered by the
commissioner of internal revenue.
Mr.. Yerkes, holding that estates which
passed to heirs prior to the adoption
of the war revenue act. June Il. is9s
were not subject to the legacy tax.
The two Shamrocks left Southamp-
ton, on the 9th for 60-mile spin. or
the Needles they were caught in =
fierce squall. Shamrock ii. lost her
gaff and eaff-topsail yard. Sir Thos.
Upton had narrow escape from pe-
ing hurt by a falling blsck The sails
of the yacht were wrecked.
President Mckinley viewed the
floral parade of the Los Angeles Call
carnival on the 9th. The city was
packed to the doors. there being
probably 100000 people in the streets.
Pasadena. Santa Monica and other
neighboring towns in southern Cali
fornia were literally depopulated.
Count Boni de Csstellane is con-
fined to his room, in Paris, by sick
ness. Appendicitis is feared, and his
physicians are considering whether
an operation is necessary.
Gov. La Toilette. oil the 10th, sent a
long message to the Wisconsin senate
vctoing the Hagem-ister primary cleo
tion bill.
The cooperative store at American
Fork, Utah. was entirely destroyed
BY fire on the 10th: loss, 1000.
Ii has developed that X. y. Pollock.
the president of the Cuyahoga saw
ings bank of Cleveland, o., who COM
mitted suicide at Seattle, Wash, car
ried life Insurance to the amount, of
s6a.0o0 in favor of his family.
The branch appellate court of Chi
cago. in decision handed down, on
the 10th, denied the right of striking
workmen to picket" shop for he
purpose of dissuading others from en-
'ering the works. The decision was
given ON appeal from Judge Holdom's
sourt in contempt proceedings brought
against strikers who had violated an
injunction prohibiting them from
picketing- the Winslow Bros Co.'S
works during the strike two years
AGO.
On the 10th r. G. Dun 4 Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
Isl in the United States, against 1872
last year. and 20 in Canada, against Is
last year"
Lord Salisbury. bronzed and looking
exceedingly well, returned to London,
on the 10th, from Beaulieu. in the
south Of France.
Miss Helen Gould has been COM
peied to give up her philanthropic
work, temporarily, and take n rest.
While not positively i'll. her nervous
system is somewhat unstrung. and her
physician prescribes rest.
The steamer Bon Voyage caught
nre In Lake Superior. on the night of
the 10th, and was beached near the
portage ship canal. Five passengers.
ar women, were drowned in getting
from the boat to the shore. The rest
OF the passengers and the crew were
safely landed.
Department of agriculture reports
made up to May show the area un-
aer winter wheat in cultivation on
mat date to have been about 2s,267,-
voo acres. This is 2,O15,00O acres, OF 81
per cent less than the area sown last
iail, but 2,032, 900 acres, or TT per
cent in excess of the winter wheat
acreage harvested last year.
As the result of an attempt to pre-
vent singlc-tax advocate airing his
views on the Campus Martius, in De-
troit, Mich, on the night of the 10th.
riot occurred, during which dozen
policemen and several citizens were
injured