Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-01-10
PERSONAL And GENERAL.

An explosion of natural g1s az Cot
FEY sille. Kas.. on the Id. that dsplol-
ish-d the home of \. NJ George. seri-
cusly injured George and his wife and
fatally hurt William COons, an el,ieriy
ran.
At the meeting of the foreign min
isters. in Pekin. on the Sd. il was an
nounced that Ii Hung Chang and
Prince Ching were prepared to sign
an agreement with the powers as
soon as it is ready for signature.
Gen. Funston reports TO Gen Mac
Arthur that Gen Sandico. the rebel
leader, is hiding near Victoria He il
trying to reach Manila His entire
following has sispersed and his men
are, individually. surrendering. The
better classes are extending their
friendship and cooperation TO the
Americans.
James T. Harlan, of Illinois, was,
on the Sd. nominated by the presi-
dent for attorney general of Porto
Rico. He is a son of Justice Harlan,
of the United States supreme court.
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-
Sehwerin, whose marriage to Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland has been an
nounced for February Z, is said to
have left The Hague, indignant at the
tone of the parliamentary discussion
of his future position.
Cadet Edwin y. Johnston. of the
first-class. appeared before the ex-
amining board, at West Point mill
tary academy. on the Sd. in the semi
annual examination, as first man in
all the subjects of his class, engineer
ing, ordnance and gunnery. law and
history, an unusual distinction. He
is from Oregon.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler. president of
the University of California, has re-
ceived information from secret
sources in the Philippines to the ef-
feet that Aguinaldo is dead, and that
his death occurred no less than six
weeks ago.
Hon. Stephen N. HOLES, a retired
banker and one of the wealthiest
men in Bond county. ILL.,. died at his
home, in Greenville, on the Sd, as the
result of wounds said to have been
self-inficted, on the morning of the
Iss-
Bishop w. Y. Ninde. aged 6s years,
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
was found dead in his bed at his
home in Detroit, Mich, on the Sd. Il
is thought the cause of death was
heart trouble.
Hamburg's shipping business last
year showed fewer vessels arriving
and sailing. but quarter of million
increase in tonnage.
German physicians are preparing a
petition asking the government to per-
init cremation
Wm- z. Rockwell. the 15-year-old
boy who ran away from his home in
Taunton, Mass, and for whom n sys-
tematic search has been made by his
millionaire grandfather, Charles ii.
Swan, of New York, was found at
Jacksonville. Fla. on the 4th. working
in a restaurant He had arrived sew
eral days before on the schooner Dud-
ley, and said he would not return
Zero weather struck Berlin, on the
4th- The Spree was frozen so sudden
ly that the ice inclosed 13 of the city's
swans, and the fire department was
called out to release them.
Mat Gurley. of Kneosha. Wis. was
killed and his wife probably fatally in
jured while driving over the Trues-
dell crossing of the Milwaukee road
on the 4th-
The Essen chamber of commerce. in
its annual report. admits that the
change in Germany's business situa-
ton came from the United States
The seven nominees of the earl of
Mimic, governor general of Canada.
were, on the 4th, gazetted second lieu
tenants in line battalions-
Earl Roberts has settled down to
work in the British war Office, with
business-ike air. His influence is so
great that any measures which he
NAV recommend for the defense of
Cape Colony and for bringing the
campaign to an end will the adopted.
The London Daily Express, speak
ing of the American industrial inva-
sion of England, says: This Ameri-
can invasion is much more serious
than the Boer invasion of Cape Col
ony, but il serves the British right
for their encouragement of inventors
and their neglect OF the exponents of
progress
The marquis of Lansdowne has
transmitted to Secretary Hay, through
Lord Pauncefote. highly eulogistic
tribute to the valuable services rend-
cred by Rev. F. d. Gamewell. of the
American Methodist mission, and Mr..
Herbert Squires. secretary of tie
American legation, during the siege
of the legations in PekiD-