Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-03-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Jim Younger wants to get mar
ried; but Jim is legally dead. and is
not competent 10 enter into a civil
contract and the Minnesota board OF
control. the only power that can act.
is not anxious to enter into a mar
riage contract on Iim's account.
The woman suffrage amendment
was given its final death blow by the
Iowa Legislature. on the 18th, when
the house. by a vote OF sd to IS,
adopted the report of the committee
recommending it for indefinite post
ponement
Miss Jane Smith died at MARSHALL
town. Ia on the 18th. at the age of
Io5 years. She was highly connect
ed. a native of West Virginia. and her
father fought in the revolutionary
war.
Gen. Lord Methuen, who was re-
Gently captured by the Boer general.
DeIarey- after being badly wounded.
has been released. the profound
astonishmenl of He ar
arrived at kIerEsao1 on the 18th.
Because two jail guards became in
terested in sent pie viii Lanier,
sentenced to die March 10, ar Aber-
ieen- Miss, his third escape was
probably prevented. The men broke
open the pastry, and found that it
contained six fine steel saws.
r. G. Dun & Co., of New York, re-
ported on the 18th: Failures for
the week were 232 in the Unitrd
States. against 209 for the corre-
spending week last year. and "a in
Canada. against 80 in 190f.'
tired), a notable figure in many cam
paigns, and in one of the few remain
ing corps commanders of the western
army, in the civil war. died in Wash
ngton. on the 18th, aged q years, of
chronic Bright's disease.
Senator McComas, on the i4th, in
troduced a bill authorizing the re-
funding of internal revenue taxes
paid on legacies and bequests of a re-
igious, literary. charitable or edu-
cational character. or for the en-
couragement Of art under the war
revenue act.
The case of Princess Radziwill, who
is charged, at Cape Town, with
forgery in connection with notes pur-
porting to have been signed by Cecil
Rhodes and repudiated by the latter,
has been postponed until the 21st, on
account of the illness of the prin-
cess.
Oil has been struck at a depth of
800 feet in well ON Turkey creek
southeast of Morrison, Col, and only
L. miles from Denver.
Negotiations for a treaty of amity
between Spain and the United States
have fallen to the ground. Mr.. Storer.
the American minister at Madrid, did
his utmost. to get the treaty acc-pt-
ed, but when one eff the principal
clauses was somewhat brusqueIy re-
iected he promptly dropped the ne
gotiations and started for America.
Some one, by means Of duplicate
key, opened n mail wagon, in Chicago,
ON the night of the 18th, and ex-
traeted a registered mail sack. The
contents of the pouch are estimated
to be of the value of s1,700.
Tbs. first court of the present reign.
which took place at Buckingham pal
ace, London, on the night of the
18th, was n gorgeous spectacle, no
less than 500 presentations taking
place. Rain spoiled the function from
the sightseer's point of view.
Gen. I. I. Garrard of Manchester.
patriarch of the Kentucky mounlain
feudists and chief OF the Baker-White
faction. died at his home in CLAW
county. KY, on the 18th, after a pro-
tracted illness.
King Edward has sent Field Mar
shall Gen Lord wolseley to South
Africa as his persopal representative
10 investigate conditions tnere with a
view to bringing about peace before
the coronation
1t is rumored that two more
changes viii soon occur in the cabi-
net, namely, that James Wilson. of
Iowa. secretary Of agriculture, viii
tender his resignation. and TIA.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock. of ST. Louis
secretary Of the interior, viii retire.