Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-05-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The negotiations between Secretary
Hay and the ministers from Colon,-
bia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. look
ing to the requirement of the ueces-
sary rights for the construction by
the United States government of eth
er the Panama or the Nicaragua ca.
nal. were concluded on the 18th.
At Kansas City. Mo-. on the 18th,
William s. Green shot and kilied his
divorced wife and then committed
suicide His wife had just bc-.l grant
ed a divorce.
Col John +. Gsynor and Capt. b.
B. Greene. who jumped their bond at
Savannah. Ga. under charges of de
frauding the United States govern
ment. were arrested in Quebec. on
the 18th. and taken on a tug to Mon
treal to appear before an extradition
commission
Fire. which was discovered Just be-
fore midnight. on the 18th. totally
destroyed the elevator of Smith. Hin
per 4 Co.. at Pekin. ILL.,. together
with its contents of 5000 bushels of
grain A loss of about 100000 was
entailed.
BY the burning of the American
hotel at Point Pleasant. W. Va, on
the morning of the 18th. four farm
ers. members of the grand jury in
session there, lost their lives. and
one person was so badly burned that
he will die.
The anthracite mine workers, in
convention at Hazleton, Pa, decided
TO continue the strike of the I45.OOG
men against the mine owners and to
night it out to the bitter end. The
matter of calling out the engineers.
nremen and pump runners will be de-
cided later.
DR.. William Tod Helumuth, the emf
nent surgeon of Flower hospital, New
York, died at his residence, on the
18th. of heart failure. He had long
been afflicted with heart disease, but
mad been seriously i'll only three days.
While prospecting for copper ore in
the northern part of Washington
county. Ill, R. Murphy made the dis
eosery of a metal. said to be found
In no other part of America. 1t is
cadmium. used successfully in the
manufacture of storage batteries, and
worth 50 a pound.
Esther Dowie. aged %, daughter of
Doctor Alexander Dowie. of '.Zion,'
died ip Chicago as the result of burns
received by her clothing being igniteG
wniie using an alcohol lamp to heat n
curling iron.
The statement of the treasury bal
snce IN the general fund, exclusive of
the siso,000. 900 gold reserve in the d.
Vision Of redemption. issued on the
10th. showed: Available cash bal
ance, $lss. Zoe 1853. Gold, ss7,524.sis.
The Cuban congress, on the 18th,
after an examination of the severa.
credentials, formally announced tha.
Tomas Estrada Palma had been elect
ed president Of the Cuban Republic
and Senor Esteves vice president. and
SO notified Gen. Wood, at the same
time thanking the latter for his serv-
ices to Cuba.
A riot occurred at Kingston, ia,
maica, ON the night of the 18th, be-
tween soldiers and civilians. in which
~ OF the populace were wounded.
rarties Of soldiers from the West In
u'an tcoloreD regiment made a sortie
from the camp and attacked people
IN the streets with razors Iashed to
sticks The civilians used nail-stud-
aed clubs Numbers on both sides
were injured.
rive Persons were fatally and many
others badly injured by the collapse
OF hog runway, crowded with peo-
p'e watching fire which destroyed
armour Co.'S new lard refinery. Mt
the Chicago stock yards, TN the night
OF the 10th The fire loss was upwards
Of s75o. 200.
Ihe anthracite mine workers. in
order to win their strike, have decid-
Gu upon a plan that. if carried into
sueeessful operation. would practical
~ tie up the industries of the coun-
Try, paralyze business and inconven
,enee the people throughout the
United States.
ny way OF aceentuating the feeling
OF friendship of Germany toward the
United States, Emperor William has
signified to President Roosevelt his
'ntention to present to the American
people a statue, in bronze, of Freder-
lex the Great. to be erected in the ma
tional capital President RooseyeIt
has accepted, with thanks.