Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-01-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The Colorado Smelling and Mining
CO. was Incorporated at Trenton. y.
J.. on the 10th. with a capital of So
90, 600.
The recent prairie fires IN Beadle
county. 5. d.. have been very destruc-
tive The burned area is from two to
five miles long. in which were located
many prosperous farmers ard stock
men.
As demonstration in honor Of the
srating of a single senator. and as an
elaborate and beautiful floral spec
Stanley Quay. of Pennsylvania. to the
senate, on the 18th. was unique in
the history of the body. Within the
memory of the oldest senators moth
ing approximating the scene was ever
witnessed.
The orders to the Scorpion to pro-
coed from La Guayra to Guanoco have
been countermanded, and she will re-
main at La Guayra where her pres
ence is regarded as necessary.
The jury in the Jennie Bosschieter
murder case at Paterson. n. j., re-
turned a verdict. on the 18th. of muir
der in the second degree. This means
imprisonment for Is years.
The statement of the treasury bal.
anees in the general fund, exclusive OF
the SI50. .O00. 900 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption. issued on the
18th. showed: Available cash balance,
sI3s.Os3.sis; gold. sTe.iss.45s.
Marvin kuhns. the noted Indiana
desperado. and the man who escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary some
weeks ago. was placed behind the
bars of the Cass county OInd.l Jail on
the night of the 18th. in worse shape
than he ever was in before. having
stopped several bullets in ar effort to
escape from his csptors-
The senate. on the 18th. confirmed
| Col. II. II. Freeman. Twenty-fourth in
fantry. TO be brigadier general, L. 5.
| A.
Charles T. Mather. who had pleaded
guilty. in New York. to the larceny OF
iewelry valued. il is said. at $4,000
was sentenced. on the 18th. TO seven
years Imprisonment in Sing Sing.
| A Chicago street car collided with
q heavy loaded truck wagon while
rounding the curve on Archer avenue
on the 18th. Several passengers were
| injured by splinters and broken glass
At special meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Co., n New York, on the 18th
the number of directors was increased
| from IL to H.
A caucus of republican senator's in
Washington. on the 18th, decided
definitely that there should be no
| tariff tInkering in connection with the
| war tax reduction bill, the senators
present pledging themselves to sus-
tain this policy.
Gov. Allen of Porto Rico returned
to San Juan from a trip over the is
land in an optimistic frame of mind
He SAYS the sugar and tobacco crops
are the largest that have ever been
grown on the island. and the planters
are afraid the factories will be una
BILE to handle them
/ WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
the United States, arrived in St
Louis, on The night of the 18th, and
addressed the Commercial club on the
night of the 10Th. The newspaper
| men who started out to interview the
visitor soon found themselves the in
terviewed, and had to give it up
The sad truth is forcing itself upor
the minds of Englishmen that theii
Queens DAYS are numbered. and tbs
question of a regency is being freely
discussed. On the 18th the queen be
came the Oldest sovereign who eveI
reigned in England. having lived 81
wears and 80 days, which was exact
iy the age of her grandfather. George
I'LL.
The senate, on the 18th, finally dis
posed of the army reorganization
| bill. The measure having originated
in the senate, but final question wal
, not upon its passage. but upon agree
ing to the senate amendments The,
were agreed to by vote OF 4s to 2s
and the measure was sent to confer
encs-