Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-03-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ports that the state department has
made a demand upon Turkey for re-
endorsement of the money expended
in the ransom of Miss Stone. is eaus-
ing n good deal of annoyance to the
officials of that department.
Emperor William has directed that
n former torpedo boat. now used as
. guarslship at Wilhelmshaven. Prus-
sia- shall be named Alice Roosevelt.
in honor Of the daughter of the presi-
dent of the United States
Hartman Peck & Co.. piano manu-
facturers. suffered loss of 500. 600.
or. possibly, more, Dy the deStrue-
ton. on the night of the goth. by fire.
Of their plant located at West Forty
eighth street and North river. New
York city.
Mr.. H. Clay Evans. commissioner
of pensions. has told President Rooze-
velt that. at his early convenience.
he wishes to be relieved from his
present official position. The presi-
dent has indicated his intention of
giving Mr.. Evans a diplomatic mis-
sion.
Lieut.-Gen- Miles told the senate
committee on military affairs. on the
Goth, that IL the bill introduced by
Senator Hawley, at the instance IL
the war department. for the organi-
zation of general staff of the army,
should become a law, he would de
cline to longer hold his commission
Henry Bush. IS years of age, a car
penter, became enraged at a stray
cat at his home in Quincy, ILL.,. on the
Goth. and made a vicious kick at it
He was standing on the edge of hi,
front porch and missed his footing
falling to the ground. breaking his
neck
In the current issue of the Com
moner William J. Bryan makes an at
tack on Grover Cleveland. denouneins
him as a traitor. migrate and political
nonentity. The animus of the attack
is the letter recently written BY Nr.
Cleveland to a Mississippi editor.
Noah Davis. for many years a judge
Of the supreme court OF New York.
died at his home, in New York city,
on the Goth. He was the magistrate
before whom William NJ Tweed and
Edward s Stokes were tried
\ large tree. half oak and half
black walnut, is a curiosity on the
timber lot owned by E C. West. in
Ohio Grove. three miles southeast of
Sycamore. Ill Old woodmen say they
never before heard of a similar freak
of nature
The board of library trustees OF
Beatrice, Neb-, on the 2ist, received
an offer from Andrew Carnegie TO
give 10000 fo. a library building
there, on condition that the city fur
nish a site and agree to supply S.
600 a year for maintenance
The Vienna Tageblatt announced.
on the 2Ist, the arrest in Warsaw of
the Russian general. Prince varkoff.
who is attached to the staff of Grand
Duke Sergius. on the charge of com
plieity in n widespread revolutionary
movement.
The house appropriations commit
tee of the Iowa Legislature, on the
21st. recommended for passige bill
appropriating sI5O.0oo for an Iowa
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition to be held in ST. Louis in
1908.
j. B. Pest. = farmer, living on the
Worth road. four miles from
Tonawanda. y. Y, becoming jealous
of his wife. tied her to post in his
cattle yard and allowed a vicious
bull to gore her to death
/ The bill for the protection of the
president OF the United States. or
any officer on whom the duties of
president may devolve, was passed
by the senate on the 21st- The same
penalties imposed apply to those who
conspire to kill any foreign ruler.
Brother Joachim. member of the
Gethsemane Trappists. has been com
missioned a notary public for Nell
SON county, KY by aw- Beckham.
Brother Joachim is known 90 the
world as Jack Hanning. of Owens
boro.
For the first time in three wears
the export trade of the United States
Is showing n decided falling on. The
figures for eight months ending with
February indicate decrease of s4r,
600 .ooe. or about s5.ooo.o go 9 month