Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-04
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chosen to have charx- Of the Frt<nds'
sniS-snn work In Cnha- The Quakers
~ili establish many missions there.
AZ the meeting Of the Rapid Trans
L commissioner of New York. on the
18th. resolution was passed for .
tunnel 20 BROOKLYN. To follow n route
favored BY Comptroller col~r. who ---
Inmates that the cost Of construction
viii b- about six million dollars
\ New York dispatch OF the .-sh
said that negotiations were under
wsy for the settlement of the ansAra-
rite coal minerS' strike. Cardinal Glib
hcns having consented 20 act "a me-
diator between the miners and the
uP-rator<-
livery days labor at Galveston enlv
shows that the srst estimate. af the
loss Of life during the rr~ss storm
wsr~ far below the actual count. Re-
meath the debris at the Garden ver-in
u : estimated that fully saa bodies
are confined in . pile Of ariftwocd
whirh = twenty feet high at some
roin.~
rank D-vcr~aux- property man OF
. ihratrsrai company. who lost every
thing he had in the Galveston hurri-
~ane. while trying to b-a, hrs way
north. vas arrested By the sheriff az
Er~rgr~~n. Ala and sentenced By n
magistrate At tsr~ensill~ tn the Pratt
Cify uia-~ antii D~cemb~r Is. az a
sssr2nt. in d~fasIt Of s. fine and s21
rssfx.
The health of Secretary Of State
Has Aas improved rapidly of late. and
y - exP-ctet that he will return 20
Washington in q few DAYS and resume
she daii~s of his of'sce. relieving DR..
hiii. the acting secretary. who has
heea suffering from . malzrisI at
tack
fwsnty-thr-e men and women.
riei-ing themselves TO eat no foo,
that has been cooked. have organized
tse chicago Raw FOOD society with
l. fyier as president IL was decided
20 try 20 bring about the orxaniza-
ton Of kindred societies throughout
the United States.
The Ens~iaR naval stan announces
that il j. proposed to blockade all
shinese naval ports. in consequence
- the hostile attitude Of the Chinese
FEET at Shanghai. and TO send fast
cruisers from the allied squadrous to
Protect their Transports
The determination of the rnitesi
states to withdraw her troops from
thina- while at the same time inerras.
ing the strength of her feet in Chin
ese waters. u rather disroncerting TO
the European powers But the inter.
pretation put ON il in Official circle. i
that the United States is resolved IL
Protect the policy of the open door Ia
the extremity.
The American line steamship New
York arrived at Southampton. on the
evening Of the e-th. liz hours late.
Her delay was caused by the fracture
of her starboard thrust shaft. which
was. fortunately, discovered before
an actual break occurred.
While a woman was enrur~d in
eleaning suit of clothes in Pitts.
hurgh- Pa. on the ssth. q blaxe, gen
Grated by the brisk rubbing of gnso.
hne- communicated to a tub of the
hqHid standing near by. causing an
explosion and IRE that resulted in the
death of two persons and serious in
Jury to two others
The census bureau announces that
the population of Spokane. Wash. 10
so.s4,. as against 1882 in isso. This
Is an increase Of is.s2s. or ss.ss per
cent.
One customs Inspector is under sus-
prnsion in New York and q deputy
surveyor of the port has been accused
Of eoliusion with smaxgiers in psss-
ing dutiable goods into this country.
The accusation is based on an auto
graph confession made by Mrs NJ.
shsaahsn. n dreSsmaker-
Reports received. ON the night of
the 2-th. Indicated that the Trinity
and Colorado rivers In Texas were
again rapidly rising and compelling
People on the bottom lands to seek
safety ON higher ground Nnch cot
ton and live stock Is reported lost.
Randes Ahrsham>on. the isyear-
old boy Who Was accused of setting
II fires in Duluth. MINI. last spring.
was sentenced. on the essh. TO ten
Years At hard labor in the state peni-
tentiary. He was convicted of setting
IRE to q stable in which . human life
was lost On that same nighf. accord
ing to his own confession. he set four
other firex-
IL is reported in Shanghai that Rus
sia has offered to advance money TO
china to repay the British loan
Reports OF the esth. from the scene
OF the anthracite coal miners strike
would seem to Indicate that some
sort of settlement. in which the min
ers would get at least n portion OF
their demands granted. Was not far
Of
Following the disclosure that ma
9ority OF the powers have followed
the United States lead in rejecting
the kaiser's latest Chinese proposal,
comes the report that Germany has
already arranged to recede from the
more radical features of its position.
Representatives Of foreign nations,
aotahiy Japan. China. Italy and Ger
many, are. by the courtesy of the
census bureau. studying our methods
OF enumeration and csmpilation Of in
dus'rial statistics
The oldest editor in the United
States. G. G. Galloway. ID lying at the
POINT of death at his daughters home
IN Denver. Col He was struck by q
ramwsy car. and sustained dislo'
eated shoulder and severe internal in
luraes His great age. % years. makes
the chance strong agaiAst his recov