Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-04-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Topeka, Kas., has been chosen as
the place for the populist state con.
Nention to meet on June "a.
The Northern Pacific. on the Sd
Med two mortgages with the register
of deeds. at Minneapolis, Mimi. a
prior lien mortgage of S130,O00, 900 t.
the Mercantile Trust Co., and a gen
eral lien mortgage of S19O,O00.0O0 to
the Farmers Loan and Trust Co.
nder the name of the allied Peo-
pies Party of the United States" a
new political organization was formed
AZ Louisville, KY, on the Sd, composed
OF reform elements opposed to the
democratic and republican parties.
When Rev. Granville Louther re-
turned to IePherson, Kas., from the
conference. where he was tried for
heresy and expelled from the min
lstry, the women of the NJ. +. church
gave reception for him, and from
mat church it spread to all the
churches, everyone expressing faith
IN him and his teachings.
The hotels totally DESTROYED by the
hre at Atlantic City, y. j.. on the Sd.
were the Luray. the Berkeley, the
New Holland, the Norwood, the Stick
my, the Stratford, the Rio Grande
uf Mervine. the Bryn Mawr, the
jord and the Tarlton. In addition
'ol these, the Windsor, the Traymore
ana the kenilworth were damaged.
H. 4. Dun Il Co., of New York. re-
ported on the 4th: Failures in the
United States this week were i67.
against is5 last year. and % in Cana
va, against 30 last year.
FoShall keene. the American SPORTS
man, was riding with the Ouorn
mounds near -Burrough Hill,- Melton
"o"bray, on the A+h. when his horse
ieh at the first fence and rolled over
nun Mr.. keene. who was uncon-
se'eus for considerable time, recov-
,feu sufineientiy to be removed to Dali
" nan, the residence of the master
OF the fox hounds.
Inc statement of the treasury bal
"ners IN the general fund, exclusive
OF the sI50,00o. 900 gold reserve in the
,.n ,hion OF redemption. issued, on the
,n, showed: Available gold balance,
'i.'r-Ss,ss3; gold, S96,5I7.I2i.
report from Washington. on the
'e"' said; There was a slight i'm
p'o'enent, to-day, in the condition of
AeF' l. DE Witt Talmage.-
iho'anapolis, Ind. was, on the 4th,
sleeted as the place of the next
M nm'eetlng of the Grand Arch council
Phi Kappa Psi.
me navy department has been in
u eu OF the death of Pay Director
a. wright, at Port Said, Egypt, ON
the 2sth ult. o.
pa Ia recent all-day battle with the
Eo' under Generals Delarey and
mp IN the western Transvaal. a
IA; Is;'aenInent of Canadian Rifles, under
Bruce Carruthers, held a posi-
,n on until every man was killed or
v. eeeii Rhodes will provides a three
sv ~. scholarship in Oxford university
,ery year for every state and terri
sv IN the United States and for
az. british colony. and five scholar
Tor students of German birth.
ports from almost every wheat
r.. county in Nebraska show
ne,., sne acreage Of winter wheat is
ves- v per cent. greater .han one
nm. ago, and that prospects are
tbis better for full yield than at
'nls Time last vear
the ags William r. Day, president of
~ Aehiniey Memorial association.
,;an- aaae request that all contribu-
h.-s 70 tue memorial fund now in
rIe. oe forwarded to Myron t. Her
'"s' sfeasurer, ~ Cleveland,