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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
DISASTERS TO SHIPPING.
rhsssy N~ss.is Dst.es s.hsr. 90 IN. Nov.
ssetts ss.ss-uss.y Ests Fsitisg.

HAtiEsx. y. =. Oct. is-Additionai
disasters Ia shipping ou this coast are
reported. The known list Of vessels
driven ashore now numbers thirty.
mostly owned In this province aud New
foundiand. The loss all over the eoun.
~ aud In the n.ighhoring provinces
through terrific rainfalis and washouts
and damage To orchards and buildings
by heavy winds will bc very many
thousands 81 dollars Heavy rain 10
falling again to-day throughout; Nova
Scotia Rivers and lakes everywhsr.
are o,crho-ing and destroying prop
erty. There has been no Canadian
Pacific train fron Mon,real ia four
days. aud serious wreck of the ssd'
ney express caused by w.shout Is re-
ported la Cape Hrcton.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
MANY TOWNS DESTROYED.
ryphee. sweeps A~sy Nineteen uaaarsa
ftsas~. Many Live. Lest.

MiSSEArorIs. Oct. IA special TO
the Times from Tacoma, Wash. says.
A iyphoon caused great damage last
month on the epssts of formo>a ani
Southern China Numerous towns were
DESTROYED. Nineteen hundred house.
were washed away or inundated at
Taipeh. FormoSa, aud many lives lost.
The French cruiser kersaint was
blown ashore In kankow harlsor. Fire
broke out and almost caused a panic.
She was pulled into deep water and
after temporary repairs proceeded 70
Saigon.
Forty more Boxers were beh~adesl AZ
iiankow late in september. Hankow
Is under martial law. Foreign-driIlei
troops patrol foreign concessions. de-
spite consular protests. as well as .
native town
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
ACTIVITY OF THE BOERS.
Msae Prtsssess sf war
nsssish Cspssres.

Cape Town. Oct. 1.-THE Beers are
very active in the kroonstad district.
Gen. De Wet has proclaimed that
burghers who refused to fight will be
made prisoners of war.
British mounted infantry. scouting
from Lindiey, had Capt. Wiltshire
killed through misfsking a party OF
40 Beers in khaki for friends.
Bo~r commandos continually ha-
rassed the British column while
marching from Lindley to kroonstad.
The Boers captured detachment OF
the Cheshire regiment. which was IS.
corting an empty wagon near Frank
fort They released the driver. but
kept the wagon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
The WAGE FARMERS REWARD
Statistics Takes sveH rev m.iis
shs~iss r...t-ssisss Dsr-
tss Tea Nsars.

Washington. Oct. IS Hon. Carroll
u. Wright. commissioner Of labor. has
issued Bulletin giving summary %
data in previous publication on
trusts and industrial comhina,i ,ions.-
showing the rate of wages in varions
combinations for a period extending
hack. In most eases. from the prcsen,
year to i-9i. The data was secured
directly from the pay rolls Of cstat-
hshmsnts:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
rLor TO srRN a CITY.

Consptrntor~ 81 Santo Domingo Thea la
tended tn seine the Fort.
SASro DoxrSso. Santo Domingo. Oct.
1.-THE plan Of the conspirators against
the government. whose plot was dis
covered few days ago. was to burn the
new section Of this city and while a.
tention was being directed to the fre
the fort was to be seized. The eonspir.
stors had . large quantity of arms.
Arrests have been made in all parts OF
the republic The government Is strong.
Vega, the revolutiouist. may surrender.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

A distinguished citizen OF Houston.
Texas, thus writes 20 the grand s~cre-
tary Of Masons OF Mississippi On the Sd
instant:
Ny Dear Powsr-Parion me for my
seeming neglect in not responding sooner
TO yourx The condition Of Galveston When
reached there on the iith Of September
10 indescribsbis tongue can tell. no pen
ds.cribe, no artist paint. no mind conceive.
Il Is all simply awful. horrible; thousands
OF men. women and children. nude, floating
in the bay; thousands more buried beneath
wells Of debris twenty feet high: DARKNESS
and gloom over the entire island: every
face that one met, that Of de-pair-eveo
the lack Of hops vas absent I pray God
10 blot frosr my remembrancs the vision
that still hsunts me. and that make my
nights gloomy indeed
The receipts from Masonic sources have
been very liberal
trust that the day is not far distant
when the Oieander City will again b the
pride Of the Southwest
Yoar-. sroDpAnp.
Ceavtss Far.isg.
The annual repor, of Warden Psrch-
man Of the peni,entisry industrial
operations for the past fiscal year Is
very interesting. On the three planta-
tious owned or controlled BY the State
he estimates the crop At. ..is5o bales
On nine plantations worked on
shares. aud making . total
OF 4i00 bales. the States
share i&. -3ooo bales
Net crop for State. e.......-. 500 bales
The States share In the corn raised
on all the places Is 81. 800 bushels The
States share in the hay crop 10 2S5o
touA
Ainslee'x Magazine for October con-
tains an illustrated sketch by Dabney
Marshall. entitled THE Release Of
.Five-Sixty-Eight-" II is well written,
and Is intended 70 represent what '.the
hell OF . convict camp" is in Missis-
sippi Let us hope that the picture u
everdrawn. Certainly the number on
penitentisry register-sSs-does not
snswer to the class of convict whose
cruel treatment and resulting death Is
% pathetically sketched BY the writer.
Ellisvillss sssesssd valustioa = ca
90, s,ss7,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
Privilege Tss Ksvenue.

Auditor Cole reports the total privi.
lege tax-fees reported aud paid by sher-
iYs for tho fiscal year ending sept 20.
1900. To be esss. iss.os; the fees paid
direct To State treasury being about
$4,000 additional. The fs5 saloons in
the thirteen wet counties paid in
si9i.Ii The wet counties are: Adams,
Hancock. Harrison Issaquena. Jack
son. jefferson. Madison. Monroe, Quit
man. Tunies. Warren. Wilkinson. Tai
lshstchie was the last To leave the wet
column There are eleven wholesale
liquor houses Municipalities in the
wet counties may levy tar On dram
shops no, to exceed so per cent on the
State tar.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
oLD-EAsHIoN WATCH MEETING
To ne Held ss Fittiag Gilman To the
Twsntieth Ceatury Fand Movement.

Jackson, Miss, Oct a.-Bishop Gal
loway. president Of the board of cduca-
tion of the NJ. 4. Church. south, tomor-
row will issue call To the one aud
half million Methodists in the South to
assemble in their places OF worship on
the night of the last day TO hold an old.
fashion matchmaking as a fitting
climax to the twentieth century fnud
movement The fund now amounts TO
Si. 100. .Ooo.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

London. Oct. is.-The war Office hs;
received she following from Lord Rob
erts. dated Pretoria. Saturday. octo-
ber II:
"A satisfactory little affair occurred
near Frankfort, Thursday. Col. Grove.
with the West kents. surprised a Boer
lager at dawn. killed seven. wounded
nine and captured Is"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

Auditor Cole reports that there were
27s,s77 polls assessed in the fiscal year
ending Sept 80, 1900. The sum Of $3.50,
oss.is was collected. The poll tax is
500 Had all paid. the revenue from
that source would have been 1851. .e3i. IS.
So that about ono half the polls did no,
pay the tax. and therefore disqualified
themselves as voters The constitution
says mo criminal proceedings shall be
allowed 70 enforce the collection of the
poll taxi" but hereafter delinquents
will be published on April l.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

Washington Oct. ia letter re-
eeived at the United States depart
ment of agriculture from Benrith coli
Iegr, New South Wales, Australia.
calls attention TO the great need of
improved types Of agricultural ma
chimes in that colony. The writer
states that there are not half dozen
machines for cutting and collecting
maize in New South Wales, and a ma
chine for cutting sugar cane would be
greatly appreciated BY the cane grow
ers in the north of that colony and In
Queensland.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

Berlin. Oct. 15.-Lieutenant- Com
mander William II. Beecher. naval at
tache Of the United States embassy. 10
suffering from pneumonia
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
Grand Perks college Dedicated

Grand Forks. n. D.. Oct. l5.--Grand
Forks college was dedicated yesterday
in the presence of large concourse
of people. The college is controlled
by the Norwegian Lutheran synod,
and will be the leading Scandinavian
institution in the west. rs it 10 the in
tention Of the synod to center its
northwestern educational work here.
Preparations will be made for the ac-
commodation of 500 students Many
leading educators from all over the
northwest were present a. he dedi-
eAtory exercises
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES or PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By ]. L. POWER.

By ]. L. POWER.


usssrss. - r.eiss s<s-sae
Prot u y. Boyd. u ko>cia.ke. pres
ident - the state Teacher Asso~is-
,ion. has issued . stirring aud timely
appeal for the forna;ioa % libraries ln
al pahlic schcol> Here are .one Of
his practical Suggestions
!. Ash the larger papils % zach home
r~pres~n,~d In your school 10 Furnish
yoa a list - bosks in their libraries.
You can draw frosn each library Zoe the
children Of ,hs, home. and In many In
stances sarueno- parents To pat saeh
books as you recommend into the home
library. Ge, them 10 read the books by
sssing them fr-aarnsly what they and
interesting In them
AK each company whose text
books yoa use.io make contributions of
their books to your library.
Name . Library Day. and on that
day have a short exercise ~ literary
nature. and request a contribution from
each pupil.
. On the same dsy have your iarx~st
pupils 10 solicit contributions from your
business men.
Prepare an evening ~ high. grade
entertainment aud charge . reasonable
fee.
q Secure lecturers
Give literally yourself !, Is seed
sowing.
strange ss Il may seem. the pupils %
the Deaf and Dumb Institute. at Jack
500. are well posted on current events
and current literature. They have the
b~neti Of . rapidly increasing library.
which Includes magazines and ieadin
newspapers. and are frequently ques-
TONED A. 10 what Is going on in all
parts Of the world. By all means. let
there be a library in every public school
in the state. The way % clear. All
that Is needed is the will
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

Architect Link has about perfected
all details for the new capitol. and con-
tractors will verv soon be invited TO
make bids for the several classes OF
construction Ground will be broken
about Dec. l. One of the eompensa-
tions Of the unavoidable delay in work
ing out the elaborate plans is that all
building material is considerably
cheaper now than IL was early in the
summer.
The delta section wants a branch ex-
pertinent station II ought to have 1t.
and will doubtless get ii when the leg
isiaturc meets
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

An internal revenue Inspector has
called the attention of the secretary Of
State 20 rulings of the treasury depart
ment requiring
l. That all bonds given by State Of
feers mus, have n so-eent stamp At
taehed.
=. That all domestic corporations
chartered since July /. is9s. must be
stamped-io cents
3 That the charters OF ail foreign
corporations filed In the Office Of secre-
tary of State must be stamped.
Proofs Of publication. with accom-
panying affidavit. are not required to
bs stamped. but the charter mus, be
stamped before IL can be considered.
and those already granted must be
stamped TO avoid penalty.
The State won in the suit Of Warren
county against the State. Warren
claimed p, 900 acres Of land lying in
Issaquena county. Chancellor Conn
sustained the demurrer of Attorney
General MeCiurx. The case goes TO the
supreme court
Oa~tai naliss.
As the form Of the Official ballot sent
out by the secretary of state may be
too long for some Of the job presses in
Offices that may get the printing. the
ballot may be shortened by placing the
constitutional amendments in one col
umn and the presidential electors and
candidates for congress in the next II
amendments and names are arranged
so that the voter may express his prefer
ence by the y mark, the law is com
piled with. The code docs not pre-
scribe the length or width of ballot, or
size type.
The State Historical Commission will
meet ct Jackson on the nth instant for
organization. The commission, as ap-
pointed by Gen. ). ID. Lee. president Of
the State Historical Society. pursuant
to act Of the legislature. consists Of DIR.
+. L Riley. Bishop Chas. b. Galloway.
Gerard C. Brandon. r. K Mayors, J. l.
Power.
The supreme court has "ordered that
the picture Of Hon. Josiah A. p. Camp
bell. 20 long . distinguished member Of
this court, be placed couspicuously on
the walls Of the court room" A de-
served and graceful complimen.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

Rllisvilles sssesssd valuation = ca
o., ,ss7,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
TO PREVENT ExToRrIoN.

Isignedl "w. ". JOHNSON.
-Acting Postmaster General -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

The supreme court has "ordercd that
the picture Of Hon. Josiah A. p. Camp
bell. 20 long distinguished member of
this court, be placed coospicuously on
the walls of the court room" A de-
served and graceful compliment.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
pendence

RI. Adm. Montgomery Sicard was
retired in 1898. Since 1851 the ocean
was his home. He served during the
civil war with several blockading
squadrons until 1862, when he was
made lieutenant commander. After
the war Sicard spent two years at
the naval academy and two years on
the Pensacola. In 1881 he was made
captain, and in 1894 he was promoted
miral. When the Spanish war broke
out Adm. Sicard was placed in COM
mand of the squadron at Key West,
but he became i'll and was invaded,
RI. Adm. Sampson succeeding him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
TO SAFEGUARD KRUGER.
The Portuguese Government Au-
thOrizes His Departure From
LOurencO Marques.

Lisbon, Sept. 1.-THE Portuguese
government has telegraphed to the
governor of Mozambique authorizing
the departure of Mr.. Kruger for Eu-
rope. The governor, however, must
satisfy himself that Mr.. Kruger is re-
ally going to Europe. Meanwhile he
is instructed to take all precautions
to safeguard the personal security of
Mr.. Kruger.
The Hague, Sept. 1.-THE govern
nfent of the Netherlands has tele-
graphed to Lourenzo Marques offer
ing Dutch warship to bring Mr..
Kruger to Holland.
London, Sept. 17.-Mrs. Kruger, ac-
cording to dispatch to the Daily Ex-
press, has arrived at Lourenzo
MARQUES.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
CoRBETT IN QUEENTowN.
He EmphaticaIIy Denies That His
Fights With Sharkey and
Mccoy Were Fakes.

Queenstown, Sept. ia press rep
resentative on boarding Friday the
Cunard line steamer Campania, from
New York, handed to James ].
Corbett, the pugilist, number of
dispatches relating to the charges
made against him in New York He
read them and said:
''It is ridiculous to say that my
fights with Sharkey and Mccoy were
fakes.
1.-The allegations of Mesdames Cor
bett and Mccoy" he said, ''are too
ridiculous to speak about"
Corbett and Marguerite Corneille,
the actress, were booked as ''Mr. and
Mrs. Martin" Her mother was with
her and Corbett occupied separate
state room
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
A Remarkable Family.

Tusumbia, Mo-, Sept. IA re-
markable birth is reported here
from Mary's Home, little town near
this place. Mrs. Henry Smith, wife
of a tiemaker, became the mother of
five boys at one time. They are re-
ported to be well and weigh total
of 30 pounds. Smith, according to
reports, has a remarkable family. He
has been married about seven years
and is the father of 16 children. Only
one time has there been born a single
baby at a single birth. There are two
pairs of twins, two pairs of triplets
and the quintet reported.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Was Won Bv America,

Paris, Sept. 15.-The grand race of
the nations, one of the leading events
of the cycling carnival at Vincennes,
was Friday won by America. Great
Britain, Germany. Italy, Austria, Bel
GUM, France and Holland also com
peted, each country being represent
ed by three men. Cooper, Mcfarland
and Banker constituted the American
team. The distance raced was 1900
metres.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Took His own Life.

Tuscaloosa, Ala, Sept. IA man,
supposed to be Frank McGill, of
Brownwood, Tex, who came here
from Jackson, Miss, killed himself
after having told several persons he
had lost daughter and three grand
children in the Galveston flood.
Among his effects was letter from
the cashier of the First National bank
of BrownwoOd, Tex.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
A JEALOUS ITALIAN.
Kills His Wife and Two Men, Runs
Amuck, killing Five others,
WOundinE Two, and Suicides.

Casetera, Italy, Sept. 15.-Caetano
LongO, on returning from the United
States to Pastona, a small town in
this district, killed his wife in a fit
of jealousy and then two men of
whom he was jealous. Having com
mitted the triple crime, he ran amuck,
killing five others and wounding two
fatally Then he went to the local
cemetery and committed suicide.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Cant. McQuestOn KiIIed.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war de-
partment Sunday received informa-
ton from Gen. Macarthur of the
tragic death in the Philippines of
Capt. Charles McQueston, of the 4th
regular United States infantry, the
result of wounds by soldier whom
ne had attacked during a temporary
fit of insanity.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Sept ia
farmer named Touch Wooten, living
near GAINESVILLE, was shot down in
front of his own gate, his alleged
sIayers being two brothers named
Winters. The tragedy grew out of a
dispute over a corn deal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
DEATH OF sIcARD.
The Retired Rear Admiral Expired
Suddenly of ApOplexy at
WesternviIle, N. Y.

Rome, N. Y, Sept. 15.-Rr. Adm.
Sicard died of apoplexy at his summer
home at Westernville Friday morn
ing. The house in which he died was
erected by William Floyd, one of the
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Coal Goes Up i'm St. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 15.-The immediate
effect of the threatened anthracite
miners strike in this city was an ad-
vance of the price from 1913 to $7.25
ton by dealers Friday. A further
advance is expected after the strike
goes into effect. The visible supply of
hard coal is small, as bituminous coal
is generally used.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
KiIIed the Vfcfor.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 15.-At
Dewey, Trigg county, KY, near the
Tennessee line, Dave Kennedy, mer-
chant, shot and fatally wounded Jim
Walker, who had got the best of Ken
uedy's nephew in fight
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Murdered By Two Brothers.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 17.-Harry A.
Brown, an English artist, was shot
and killed and robbed early Saturday
morning. Sunday the coroner's jury
found that Brown had been killed by
Paul r. Bratton and that the latter's
brother John was an accessory.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Peter Maher defeats Jim JeGords

Philadelphia, Sept. 15.-Peter Ma
her, of this city, completely out
classed Jim Jeffords, of California, in
the two rounds of what was to have
been a siX-round fight at the Penn
sylvania Athletic club Friday night.
At no stage of the fight did the Cali
fornian show any cleverness.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Gen. McCIernand Growing weaker

Springfield, Ill, Sept. 17.-Gen. Jno.
A. McCiernand is continually grow
ing weaker. This was the statement
given out Sunday night by DR.. Bow
cock, who had been at his bedside
several hours.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Road Completed with Gold Spike

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 1.-THE
last spike, a golden one, was driven
IN the Tennessee Central railroad
track at Obids River Friday, connect
Ing Nashville and Knoxville BY line
eontrolIeG by the Illinois Central.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
KiIIed His Enenv.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 15-Dur-
ing the renewal of an old grudge be-
tween I. R. Nelson and VIII Doris,
of Robertson county, Tennessee, the
former was shot and killed by the lat
ter. Doris fled to Kentucky and has
not been arrested. &
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-18
Must Give Up Their Bonds.

Washington. Sept. 15.-Assistant
Secretary Vanderlip has given notice
to banks having old 2-per-cent. bonds
on deposit to secure deposits of pub
lie moneys that the bonds must be
surrendered at once and other bonds
substituted, or their deposits viii be
decreased
A Swiss named Walter was arrested
at San Sebastian, Spain, on charge
of plotting with anarchists to kill q
European monarch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-09
WHY 1T IS FOGGY.
Weather Observer Jennings Explains
the Matter.

This genuine dear old Lunuon"
weather that the weather bureau has
been serving to eastern Kansas for the
past few days is on the bill for fare for
several reasons. One is that it is not
genuine Kansas weather and is apt to
make Kansans more appreciative of the
real thing when we have 1t. That is
one reason but it is NOT a scientific one.
This foggy weather is prevalent for
several reasons" said Observer Jen-
nings when asked why such vile at
mosphere is prevalent. 1.-The ground is
cold and the moist air coming over it
condenses the moisture. Sunday was
a pleasant day. That night the tenn
perature fell from So at 5 o. clock to 81
at IL o'clock. After that the tempera-
ture rose and the moisture in the at
mosphere was condensed. This foggy
condition is all over this end of the
state. The map shows that conditions
are favorable for such weather all
through this section We will likely
have rainy weather and that will be apt
to clear up the air. Some times fog is
heavy enough to make precipitation.
On Friday night the gauge collected
one hundredth of an inch and yesterday
the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-09
APPEAL TO STANLEY.
Linwood Asks For State Aid in Liquor
Fight.

Governor Stanley has been asked to
take a hand in the fight against the
jointists at Linwood. The governor has
made a rule to take no part in these
matters, preferring that the communi
ties regulate the business to suit them
selves.
That is to say, if the local sentiment
is in favor of the saloon let them have
it. That is the governors attitude.
The Linwood people have been having
a stormy time for several weeks and
have appealed to the governor for an
assistant attorney general to prosecute
the violators, or a proceeding in quo
warranto to Gust the city officers of
the town, who, the claim is made, re-
fuse to perform their duty concerning
the enforcement of the law.