Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-17

Occurred in Nicaragua on the eth The
Pacific coast of Nicaragua was food
"a to . depth of eight feet. and con-
iderable damage was done
At Salt Lake City. Utah. ON the sth.
arthur J. Van Kursn was sentenced
% two and half years in the state
enitentiary for the crime Of emb<z-
bling 5000 from the Oregon Short
Line Railway Co. while in its employ
n the capacity of local treasurer.
h The University of Goettenxin re-
1nfly offered the newiy-foundesi
Aair Of inorganic chemistry to Theo-
DDre William Richards. of Harvard
niversity- Heretofore il has been
quite unheard of that an Americar
nhouId be called to a German univer-
Dify.
The supreme court of Colorado has
eited the members of the state board
~ assessors, which was created by the
ncw revenue Law. TO appear, on the
9TH. TO answer to the charge Of con-
empt in proceeding with the assezs-
nenf in disregard of the courts or
Der.
An official bulletin, dated from Bar
Panquilla. Colombia, makes the fol-
owing statement. but gives no details
Df the event referred to: The French
|nteamer fourncl brings news that
Gen. Cribe-Uribe was utterly routed
ut Tachira and arrived at Naracaibo
|on the morning of October n
The committee that has been invee
|tigating the affairs of the embar
|rassed neutrality-suspicious. Mort
|gage bank of Berlin reports a defici,
|0f i0,Ooo.o0o marks upon a capital of
J., ,00o.0oo marks. and that the annua.
loss from interest on mortgages wiz
be s9s.0oo marks.
Mr. Choafc. the United states am
bassador. is going to take holiday
He intends sailing to the Cnitee
States, with his family. ON board the
American line steamer Philadelphia
1t is said ut the embassy that some
thing might arise to prevent Mr..
Choste's departure. in which case his
family would sail without him.
A royal decree issued from Madrid,
ON the 9th. orders the payment i'm gold
of all taxes or interest upon bonds
shares or dividends. and on r-sIrmp-
tions by companies. Sko are TO pay
their shareholders and bondhoIderx ir
gold. As there is no gold in Spain,
the taxes will be paid in pesetss. cal
culated on the basis of the Official
quotation of the gold premium
The German press. referring To tho
dispatches from Washington. giving
alleged information as to the new
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain regarding the Nicaragua
canal. points out that Great Britain's
remuneration of her rights under the
Clayton-Buiwer treaty without COM
pensation is a plain illustration Of
the paralysis produced by the war in
south Africa
Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the
church of jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, better known rs the Mormon
church, died unexpectedly at his
private residence, the historic Bee
Hive house, in Salt Lake City. Utah.
ON the 10th. after an illness that had
been serious only one day. The i'm
mediate cause of his death was hy-
postatic congestion, superinduced by
aggravated bronchitis.
Laurent Tailhade, editor of Liber-
tairc, the anarchist sheet, was. on the
10th. tried before the correctional po-
lice tribunal of Paris. for the article
he published in Iii-rtaire, during the
visit of Emperor Nicholas to France,
inciting to the murder of the czar.
President Loubet and the French min
listers as -ryrants and oppressors of
the people, He was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one year and to a fine
of 1000 francs.
The Berlin National Zeifung, dis
cussing the Washington dispatches
that purport TO summarize the con-
tents Of the projected treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
regarding the isthmian canal. says:
Not only for Great Britain. but for
all commercial nations. it is mat
ter OF extraordinary significance that
one of the most important routes Of
navigation of the future will be ex-
clusiveIy in the hands of the Ameri-
cans
The gross po.t.l receipts for Sep
.ember of "a of the larrest most Of
fees were = .as.7ss. a met increase of
sss1 -. or a. ~ cent over Iass