Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-13
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Col Wilson. with go Of Kitchener,
scouts. surprised and routed 400 Beers
| OF Beycrs command. ~ miles west OF
Warm Baths. The Beers left u dead
100 prisoners, and all their wagons
and supplies. including 5000 cattle, in
the hands of the British. The British
loss was three men killed and Is
wounded.
Congressman The obold Often and
his private secretary. Nathaniel Green.
were run down and both seriously in.
jured by an electric car at Milwaukee,
on the 9Th, while driving in a buggy.
Maj. George Arthur, assistant pay
master of the United States army,
who recently returned from the Phil.
ippines. died suddenly at the We,ideIl
house in Cleveland. o.. on the 9Th. as
the result of the rupture of blood.
vessel in the head.
The WAYNE hotel. the leading hotel
In Fort Wayne. Ind. was damaged TO
the extent Of So, 600. by fire on the
night CT the 9th. The guests all got
nut safely.
The American contingent of mil
liouaircs and merchant princes was
entertained at Lord Brassey's resi-
dence, in LONDON. on the night of the
9Th. 1t was a brilliant affair, with a
large sssemblage of ministers, mem.
bers of parliament. leading men OF
the London chamber of commerce,
bankers and judges.
Miss Ollie Tyson, a poor orphan liv
ing in Todd county. Ky. has learned
through attorneys that she is to re.
ceive over ss.0o0.00 from the estate
of John Tyson, her uncle. a Scotch
man. who died in Australia. She /.
one of IS heirs.
A terrific tornado struck Clarks.
vile, Tern, on the 9th. WaddelI hall
at the Southwestern Presbyterian
university, was wrecked. causing S..
00O damage, ard Peatus' tobacco fac.
tory, in New Provide encc. was wrecked
damage about $4,000. Considerable
damage of a minor nature was done
At Toronto, Ont. on the eth. Frank
Rutledge and Fred Lee Rice. convict
ed of robhing the post Office and a
private bank at Aurora, were sen
fenced to 81 years in Kingston peni
tentiary. Upon being returned to Jail
plunged keadlong from the Jail gal
lery to the paved floor 80 feet below
and died of his injuries soon after.
| Andrew Carnegie signed a deed in
London. on the 7th. transferring $40.
o0o. 900 in five-per-cent. United State,
Steel Corporation bonds to trus
tees for the benefit of the universitie.
of Scotland. The amount become.
Immediately available. The next in
stallment of interest can be used fol-
the October term
Mr.. Broderick, the British war sec
retary, replying to a question in tn.
house of commons. on the 7th, r.
garding the proba bility of an earl,
conclusion of peace in South Africa
reaffirmed that the government wouit
no: consent to discuss the future in
dependence of the conquered states
with the Beers.
| Tne statement Of the treasury bal
a3ces in the general fund. exclus;v. o.
:he si:o.oop.coo Fo.d reserve in the tli
vision of redemption. issued on the
7th. showed: Available cash balance
sIs5. .6ec. .4s3: gold. So. .3O4, III.
The English censor of plays ha.
forbidden the production of The
First VISIT" an English version oi
the younger Dumas "Une Visite dc
Noces.- in which the American actress
Beverly Sitgreaves. was to have
played the leading role
Count 6oluchowski, the Austro- Hun.
garian minister of foreign affairs. IN
formed an Austrian deputatior, OF
the 7th. that the government could
not entertain a suggestion of media
tion between Great Britain and the
Beers, because mo serious govern
ment would care to undertake medic
tion after the British government hat
declared that il would not accept
mediation. and tha. an offer to medi
ate would be regarded by Great Brit
ain rs an unfriendly act"
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller 81
the United States supreme court ar'
rived in Chicago, on the eth. from
Washington. He declined to discuss
for publication any of the national
Affairs now occupying public atten'
tion.
The secretary of the treasury. on
the 7th. bought short-term bonds for
the sinking fund as follows: S7e5,O0l
fours at SII3.s06. $4,000 fours. deliv-
cradle on the sth. at <ii3-si; sls.Oo0
thr-es at SIos.s53i The total amount
purchased to date was sii-257.s9o.
As the result of fire that started
in the Otto Cooper shop IN lexington,
XIV, on the eth. % houses. with their
contents. were destroyed. the agyre-
gate less approximating $4,000
/ FoxhaIi Keene's filly. Cap and Belia
lU- which won the Oaks stake. in En-
gland. on the 7th, is Kentucky bred
youuxster, by Domino, out of Ben
Nv Chree by Galopin. The keenes
viii devote the purse TO charity.
Failures in the United States for
the week. ended the 7th. according
to Bradstreet's. number 1863, against
IA last week. Is4 in this week year
aro. IFS in 1899, 2.l in 1898 and 256
In 1897. Failures in Canada In May
number I03, with liabilities of $780,
600. an increase in number, but de-
crease in liabilities of per cent.
Bishop Eufus Nicholson. Of the Re
formed Episcopal church in Phiiadei-
phia, died at his home in that city
ON the night Of the 7th. He was born
In Greene county. Miss, in 1922, and
was . graduate Of L. Grange college.
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