Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-03

for mayor OF 6reater New York b,
the republican city convention ans
the convention of the Citizens union
The Minnesota conference Of IN,
Methodist Episcopal church. at :,
Paul ON the ssth- voted. o to II. II
favor of the new constitution allow
ing women representation in the gen
eral conference.
The Cook county um.) grand jury
on the 1Tth. indicted Detectives Cra
mer and Tracey and Lieut.. Joyce. o
Chicago They are charged with con
spiracy to defraud the state by pad
ding expense accounts
Mr.. Kruger has abandoned his an
nouncsd intention to send . sp~cia
mission to President Roosevelt ask
ing intercession in behalf of the Boer'
in the aeld. owing to the cost and ths
want of . suitable agent
Prince Chun. the Chinese envoy. vii
not return home by way of the Unit
ed States In accordance with seie
graphic Instructions the prince VII
20 to Naples and thence. October
win sail direct for China
The statement Of the treasury nri
ance in the general fund exclusive o
the sr5o.ooo. go gold reserve in the di
vision of redemption, issued on th'
s7th. showed: Available cash bal
ance. srso,.73,sos, gold, sfo3. .2ss.o5s.
President ZeIays has appointed n
Nicaragua Representatives At ths
Pan-American congress TO be held IN
the City Of Mexico. Luis r. Corea
the Nicaraguan minister in Washing
ton. and Alexandra Bermudex. ths
Nicaraguan commissioner at the Buf
falo exposition
The postmasser-general has decid~l
that the proposition TO issue stamp.
for general use in commemorative oi
the late President Mckinley 10 in
practicable. in view of the length oi
time required for preparing the issue
and other difficulties No such stamps
therefore, will Be issued
It Is announced that British manu-
fac.urers have resolved to -forn q
commission to defend their Interest,"
and the interests Of British commerce
in view of the entrance into the eoun-
try of the American Tobacco Co.
To this end n retailiatory measure
win be shortly announced
Edward O-Neill. who . few week
ago. openly defied Deputy Police Com
missioner Devery, Of View York. sne
who asserted that he was being PER
secuted because he would not pay
money to save himself from being
transferred. was. on the e5th. di~-
missed from the force by Commits
sioner Murphy
Leon Z. Cxolgosz. the assassin OF
President Mckinley, was. on the 2sth
xensenc~<i 10 be el-c,rocuted in Au-
burn state prison during the week be-
ginning October IS. 1901 Before
sentence Was passed the assassin
evinced a desire to speak. and stated
that no one was in any way party
to his awful crime
jeremiah Morrow WILSON, principal
counsel for Rear-Admirai Sehley and
one Of he Leading lawyers of Wash
ington. died suddenly in his apart
ments in the Shoreham hotel. in
Washington. on the e4th- Heart fail
ure. saperinduced by an attack oi
acute indigestion. coupled with
Bright's disease. caused his death
J.. R. Wood, the man who drew claim
No. 1. adjoining the city of Lawton,
Okla. is now attempting to fence his
farm on which are located 500 squat
tiers, who refuse to move To fence
the north side, one mile long. Wood
must go through an almost solid row
of tents. stores and shacks- He will
appeal to the United States court 10
remove the intruderA
Labor Conditions in Germany is
the subject of . report to ths
state department by Consul-General
Hughes. at Coburg. From informa-
tion in his possession he says there Is
. scarcity of work in Germany,
Short hours. dismissal of hands and
cutting down of wages are reported
in the mining and iron working and
machine working localities
The Bulgarian government denies
the statement of the Turkish govern
ment that the abductors of Miss Helen
H. Stone, the American missionary,
sought refuge in Bulgaria A search
for the missing missionary which was
instituted in that country proved
fruitiess. The frontier guard has
been reinforced to prevent any pos
sibie passage Of brigands-
In reply to an inquiry from the
state department as to whether they
will pay the ransom demanded by the
Bulgarian brigands who kidneped
Miss Stone, one OF its missionaries,
the American Board of Missions has
stated that it has charged its repre-
kentatises in Constantinopie with the
ransoming of the woman. leaving the
price to be arranged by him.
The will Of the late President Nc
Kinley was offered for probate Al
Canton. o.. On the s7th- 1t disposes OF
an estate valued at from ss25,0oo 70
s.s0.ooo. all of which is bequeathed
to his wife. during her life tire, then
to go to his brother and sisters. share
and share alike The estate s
charged. however. with the payment
of an annuity Of $r-0oo TO his mother
during life. and to his sister. Heien'
Akiniey. after hrs mothers death
Cen Jose Maria Chaves- OF Ahiqaiil-