Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
IEws From EvnYvEElI


He viii assume charge Of his once
on the ist.
The signal Office Of IN. war de.
psrtment now has direct ,-,~xr,ph;e
communication with Fort Exb-r..
Aiaska- The lines were completed on
the 2sfh.
The condition OF Kirk b. Armour.
the packer. who Is seriously IN as his
home in Kansas City. No. was repsrs-
ed improved On IN. 18th
Assassin Cxoigosz. who was sen
fenced. on the esth. TO be elertrocus-
I'd during the week beginning October
=. - reported 20 have said. during the
trip to Auburn prison. that he had
made . mistake. and was sorry now
mat he did y. - u had helped no.
body.
John George Nicoiay. who was pri-
vate secretary to Pr-siden. Lincoln.
and widely known ss the author Of
several works on the life of the great
war president. died. on the esfh. at his
residence in Washington. aged 10
years.
The London Daily News publishes
an unconhrm-d rumor that Lord
Kitchener has resigned the pos. of
eommander-in-chi-f of the British
army in sosth Africa. owing TO dis
agreements with Mr.. Brodrick. the
war secretary
Caleb Harvey. an Old and wealthy
resident of La Porte, Ind. died. ON
the -sth- as the direct result Of rriev-
ing over the assassination of Presi-
dent Mckinley The physician who at
tended Mr.. Harvey ays that he liter
ally mourned himself to death.
The remains Of Abraham Lincoln
were placed in what 10 intended shall
Be the final resting place Of the So
cred Dust. on the .ssh-a bed Of iron
and masonry Is feet below the base
OF the shaft of the national Lincoln
monument at Springfield. IN
Much disappointment was ex-
pressed over the failure Of the wind.
on the esth. which prevented the first
race between Shamrock H. and
Columbia being finished within the
time limit At the time the race was
called OF Shamrock was almost huh
down to the rear of the Columbia
The period of Official mourning for
President Mckinley win end on octo-
ber IA. and after that date the routine
of life at the national capital both
political and social. will progress as
usual
IL has been intimafe,i to the ladies
OK the oifseial set in washington that
NrA Roosevelt will not be ready to
receive calls of q social or formal
nature until after October Is.
Mrs. Roosevelt ID trying to solve
the problem of beztowinx a family Of
eight into seven-room nas-for that
Is all the White House living rooms
amount to-and at the same time
maintain n deceney of public appear
ance and n privacy of family life b.-
fitting their station
announcement is made that the
marriage of Maj. j.-Gen- H. c. Corbin.
adiutant general of the army. and
Miss Edyth Patten will take place in
Washington. at the residence of the
bride, on November &.
Passenger train No. J. on the Wa
bash. \ through train from St. Louis
to Omaha, was wrecked, on the sTth.
seven miles southeast OF Council
Bluffs. Ia The entire train. consisting
of mail and baggage ears, two dav
coaches. . chair car and Pullman
sleeper. rolled down an 1s-foot EN-
bankment and turned bottom side up.
Nearly forty persons were injured.
some of them fatally.
The question of the new tariff con-
tinues to be the subject Of newspaper
discussion in Germany, which is daily
becoming hotter.
Kirkland B. Armour. the packer,
died at his residence in Kansas City.
No., on the 27th- Mr.. Armour had
suffered with Bright's disease and =
weak heart
1t is again asserted in well-informed
circles at Caracas, that President
Castro will soon declare war on Co
lombia- The Venezuelan government
is without financial resources. and
Will shortly use the method of South
American relationships and proceed
to raise funds by force Lack of con-
fidenee in the government is mani
Tested everywhere in Venezuela.
In the Schley court of inquiry. on
the 2zth. letter was presented from
Rear-Admiral Sampson. asking to be
allowed to be represented in the court
by counsel, but the court refused to
grant the request on the ground that
*the court does not at this time re-
gard you rs a party to the case"
A special dispatch from Christiania.
on the eth. said that the condition
of Henrik Isben. the Norwegian
dramatist and poet. had grown worse.
and that his death was hourly expect
ed.
Dr. Lueger. the chief burgomaster
of Vienna, has been challenged to .
duel by>Herr Oftenheim. a lawyer.
whom he had called n -malevolent
fool He refused to fight, however.
On the e7th r. G. Dun 4 Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
.e7 in the United States, against :o4
last year. and il in Canada, against
IS last year
Herr Luck, a banker in Ascha6en-
burg. Germany. committed suicide, on
the s7sh, by drowning himself in the
Main
Czolgosz collapsed when he arrived
At the Auburn On " prison, where
he Is to be elersrocufed. ON the morn
ing. Of the 9Th induced by the
demonstrations of mob that sur
rounded hin and hin guards ea the
arrival of the szin frum Ba3zlol
Presidents Francis and Corwia H.
Spencer called an Pr~>sa<nx Esas<-
velr. on the x-sA. and w~r~ .s<ared
by him ,hae ne - h tAsruzgA 2r-s<d
vita AsianA ? a4=< exPo~s-
ton 2ai Will % e~exyxa&zx - hiz
pow~r TO prsnss< tas surr<. cf sAs
great undertaking.
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