Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Siu BUY uico suddenly at Van Buren,
Ark Relatives who knew she had
money about the place founi $3.50
tied IN rags on top of an old safe.
She had her silverware lying under
her led covered with dust and as>es.
Dr. Leonel de Pean. a promiEsnt
Cuban physician. now in this COUNTRY.
says that when Estrada Palma. the
newly-ehosen president of Cuba. lands
in the island there viii immeiiate telv
follow n revolution between the
whites and the blacks
\ sensational pitched battle. with
PISTOLS occurred at Richmond. XIV
on the 18TH as the result of which
Leslie Estill and Shelton Chambers
were morrally wounded Jim Estfu
. brother of Leslie. also participated
IN the battle. but managed to escape
unhurt-
The Kansas state agricultural col
iege IS overwhelmed with demands
from western Kansas for prairie dog
poison One western Kansas county
ordered a hundred half-gallon cans
capable of poisoning 1000 to 1900
deg families each
Five thousand laborers on the
docks at Sueste. Hungary. struck. on
the 18th, in sympathy with the fire
men employed by the Lloyd Austria
company who were out. Several col
lisonS with the police occurred and
numerous arrests followed. Troops
finally arrived there to maintain or
der.
The Italian government has appro-
priated f36.ooo for the purchase of
An Italian embassy at Washington.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg. on
the 18th, said: Count Tolstoi i'm
proved to-day. but his condition is
still precarious-"
The first American blast furnace in
Germany with an automatic charg
apparatus has been started in ST.
lesia-
The city council of Des Noines, Ia.
ON the 18th. decided to close all
churches and theaters and to prohib-
il all public gatherings until the
smallpox epidemic shall have abated-
Seven men were killed and at least
fourteen were seriously injured. on
the 14th. by . huge boulder, weigh
ing Is tons. crashing into the ca
boose of a work train on the Choc-
tow. Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, 20
rrii-s west of Little Rock. Ark
Sir Archibald Milman, formerly
l. - ~.
nors. died in London on the 18th
lie had been in the service of the
house from 1857 until recently.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
OF tae siso.ooo. coo gold reserve in the
d;vision of redemption. issued on the
Eth. showed: Available cash balance,
Slzs.ies, ,734; gold. So. .336.557.
On the 18th r. c. Dun & Co. of New
York, reported: Failures for the
week numbered 24o in the United
States. against 257 last year, and in
Canada %. against 40 last year.
a dispatch to a London news agen-
ey from ST. Petersburg announces
that the large town of Shamaka,
IrarS-N aucaSuSs has been DESTROYED
by an earthquake No details Of the
disaster have been received.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Reuter-, Telegram Co. London. ON the
18th, said that Miss Stones ransom
had been paid and that ker release
was expected ct any moment
Mrs. Kate ycepel. a widow, was
murdered in her apartments in
Christopher street. New York. ON the
18th She was found dead by her
young son. There were IS knife
thrusts in her body. and disordered.
bloOd-narked room told of desper-
ate struggle before the woman gave
up.
Narconi's lsurels are IN danger Of
being stolen A society has just been
formed in Paris for the commercial
exploitation Of wireless telesrarky.
The promoters say that it win be inn
possibie for ssareoai 70 patent his
systsn there