Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-11-21
CURRENT TOPICS.


18th. made application in the United
States circuit court before Judge Par.
lange- for a receiver for that com
Pany- The corrt named Frank How
ART receiver.
Gov Jenkins Of Oklahoma appoint
ed William Qsialan. st Wayuoka. w
n Knfps. Of Perkins. and Geo n
Brett- Of Ponce City. as Delegates 20
represent Oklahoma at the National
Live stock convention IN Chicago. De-
csmb.r J.
Briv.-tien- Robert H. Hall was placed
On the retired list Of the army. on the
ifrh- BY operation Of Iaw on arcouns
OF ase- He WIS born in Michigan ani
appointed 60 the army from ulinnis.
Judge J. G. >winnerton. a we'll
known lawver and oraror. died ar
>teckton. Col. GU the tssh. He wa-
the father Of James Swinn-r-on. shr.
weilknowu newspaper artist.
B A. Palmer. a retired buukrr OF
View York. has made gift Of sen ass1
70 the Union Christian college. In.ss-
ri at Nerum. Ind
An Amsterdam Dispatch of th- rtrh
said that the eoudiriou OF Queen VIII
heimina who Is confined to her h~,E
through premature arcourhEnrne. was
normal Her phvsicianss however. pre-
ssrib~t absolute -~pose- Her roth-r
had been summoned by telegraph.
Joseph D. Keith was hanged at the
Airhigan City 6Indl p~nitrufiary ar
r-=rr n m. Of the 18th. for IN. mur
der % Nora kisfer- Before his ex-r,u-
ton Keith maGs . confession Of his
r'iiIs-
The snal drstt Of ne new Hay
FaHnsefsce treaty IN abrugariou af
the BsIlwer-Ciavran agreement and
providing for American control Of m.
prupo=erf inrerur~anic canal has been
ennpi~r~d By >~rrssary Hay anss Lore.
Paune~has~. and It's text was reIs-
graphsd ~ the fareign afficr IN Lon
don On the r4rh.
The financial report OF the Pan
American Exposition Co. masi.. by the
ausslror. an the rssh. shows the t0r..I
Liabilities Of the company az that time
20 " S1.s@s.ft4 net. assuming that the
assets OF stas.s5+ are eulIe.tabIe At
face-
n severe snow storm prevailed IN
central New York On the 18th. Couu-
try ruasts were. in some INSTANCES,
hiorkesf~ and huge drifts piled ur
along rhe fences. In Syracuse <lei:yh.r
we're running and th.. trolley car serv-
iee was temporarily demoraIizea-
Fire followed by an explosion. in
the Baby mine. at P0eahontas. Va.
On the 18th resulted IN the. known
death et nlne PERSONS and the in niur-
ing OF n score or more Several other
persons were unaecuunted for.
\ report has been made by the spe~
cal aseut appointed by Gov Stanley
TO g1rher statistics en- the slI5 5ieee of
prafris. dogx In Kansas. In the a.
counties covered by the reporr IL Is
shown that Ira s54 acres Of land are
occupied by prairie dog towns.
Fire Gu the night Of the 18th.
Cleaned ont the Pankrarx Lumber Co :
yard at Sturgeon Bav. Wis. which
contained many thousand feet Of TsI1n.
Der belsnging TO the Milwaukee,. Lurr-
her Co. and large quantity Of shin
gies. the property of the Pankrasz
cumFnny= loss. sso,ao0-
The attention of Russell Sase having
eesn called. on the Itth. to n twice
repeated story of his death. the fa-
nous finaneier quoted Mark Twain by
asserting that the reports were. at
least. premature.
On the 18th. T. G. Dun & Co. re
ported Failures for the week num-
Der III IN the United Srates. against
IL last wear. and - in Canada.
aa,ainss i3 last year.
Gen. Palavieifni. formerly aisie-,f,.-
camp to the late King Humberr. OF
Italy. died IN Rome On the 18TH
Secretary Gage. en- the I5th. pur.
chased ss5-.sa8 of short-tsrm bonds.
Naval C0nstruetor Richmond P
Hohssn has been detached from duty
ar TN. bureau OF construction and re-
pair and detailed to duty IN eonnec<
ton with the management of the gov
ernmenr naval exhibit at the Charles
ton g. c. exposition
Fire bruis. cut in the canning build
ing Of the CTICiahy packing establish
mern at Kansas City. No.. on the 18th,
destroying that building. with the
large stock of canned meats that II
contained The loss Is estimated at
sf5a.9a0.
1--we special trains. bearing -. head
Of hioosied horses raised On the BIT
ter Root stock farm of the late Mar
Gus DAILY. left Helena. Mont on tine
10th for New York The horses VIII
be sold at the Madison Square garden.
These are the Last horses that Will be
sold from the ranch all hlsoded ani-
mails having been shipped away
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. exclusive
of the s150,a9a. geo gold reserve IN the
division of redemption on the 18th
showed Available cash balances
sr7I.aI-.s10, gold. Sos. s05,s5s.
Mavor-eIecs Seth Low, of New York
went to Washington on the 18th. at
the invitation Of President Roosevelt.
and viii be a guest Mt the Whits
House during his stay there
George ZolIunhofer. y resolving
teller of the Williamsburg (S--Y-l saw
fngs bank. has confessed that he and
Harry =. Carhett- former paying tel
Ier. who died November ., had used
sSs. 900 of the banlk's funds in stock
spesulatious. The bank Is protected
by ample bends.
FeW masked highwaymeu who ap-
pruaenetf the scene of their bold rob
berry mounted on horses. held up the
cashier'< offise AZ the Chicago Amerir
can barns on the night of the 18th
deffed SIX men. who fought to frus-
trare the crime. and secured ssn0 In
money
When the ETftv-seventh congress
meets next MONTH IN viii contain ne
members Of the populist party IN this
senate Neither viii there be any free
silver republicans. but the lines will