Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-23
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labor and to pay the costs of the
trial for the murder of \ farmer
named johnson. The case attracted
widespread attention as the result Of
an order Issued by Judge Young pro-
hihiting the publication Of testimony.
Ex-Congr~ssman H. r. Bartine. OF
Nevada. who was associate editor Of
the Anaconda (Mont.) Standard fc,
two years has gone to Washington "a
take editorial charge of the Washing.
ton Times.
The oleve & Gifts Mining Co. Of
Ashland. Wis. has purchased the Ash
land mine from the Haynes Bros, the
consideration being s.. 100000.
Strike riots have occurred in the
cotton mills ON the yiboy side of the
Neva in Russia Ii is reported that
MANY have b~en killed.
Louis Gallott. a United States pr;.-
oner n the Ohio penitentiary. was re-
leased. by pardon from President Nc
kinley. on the 10th GaIlott vas sent
mp from New Orleans for emb-xxle-
menf-
After day of intense anxiety, on
the 18th. during which. at one time. il
was reported that Mrs Mckinley was
dead. a private dispatch was sen, out
stating that the patients condition
was unchanged that while eri,S~aIlv
siil- she VAS not suffering. but was
very weak
Mrs Potter Palmer Ia. been ten
dered the position of volunteer in
EPector of streets and alleys in her
precinct o. the Twenty-firxt ward of
Chicago. and Alderman Honore Pal
mer says re thinks his mother will
accept
The London Telegraph of the r-,h.
commenting on the serious illness Of
Mr. Mckinley. ssys that the most
sincere anu most heartfelt sympathy
of the Angio-SaNon world is with
President Mckinley. who. by the mos.
tragic irony OF fate. is Shadowed by
the approach of the ssddeSt bereave-
menf 10 which life is exposed at the
very moment whcH he has reached
something like the aPotheosis of his
career
In the police court at Wichita. Kax-
Miss JASMINE Wilhoit. Anna Peebl-s
and wiaona kilgrove. who. in imita-
siou CT their elders. smashed the "a
loon of Fred Wolf. were found guilt :
of the charges ard 6p~d 500 Zach.
the fu1 extent Of the law.
Gen FI'z John Porter. no for thr~~
year, has been suffering from chrome
diabetes is very i'll At Morristown. ".
- hrs disease having taken such a
serious turn that il Is feared he nav
die at any time The general is 80
years of age
Hardin W. johnson. farmer. near
Mansfield, H. committed suicide. on
the 18th, by cutting his throat. pe-
cause of his inability to plant crops
rs early as he desired
II is estimated that at least 20 Ooc
men from outside the state will b.
needed in Kansas to secure the enor-
nous wheat crop. Wages will range
from <l-50 TO $50 day and found =
Harvest will begin about June To-
Three men fatally wounded hun
dreds of others with broken heads
and cut faces. cars running merely a.
arsenals. with no patrons. and the
city under martial rule. was the sits-
alton at Albany. y. V at the close of
the day on he 10th, with no settle
ment in sigh
Gov. Nash of Ohio was poisoned by
poison oak while participating in the
dedication of a big tree named in his
honor at Santa Cruz, Cal He was
partially blinded and is under tb-
constant care of physician.
In the superior court at Chicago.
On the 10th. Judge Baker. decided
that it is legal for employers to
maintain blacklist The ruling was
in the case or Annie Condor againS.
Libby. McNeil & Libby. Armour &
Co., and other stock yards packing
frms-
At Bemidji. Mimi. the Norwegian
national festivities. on the 18th,
lot of fireworks in the steamer Sjaa-
dow exploded and out of about thirty
people on board five small boys and
several men received perhaps fatal
burns. while of those who jumped into
the lake to escape the fire, four small
boys were drowned.
The strike riots which occurred in
the cotton mills on the Mibog. or Sin
nish side OF the River Neva. during
which il was reported that many had
hcen killed. were a result of a strike
of workmen from four of the textile
factories for an increase of wages
The strikers held several noisy meet
ings and threw stones AZ the windows
of the factories.
Mrs Gage. wife of Secretary Lyman
j. Gage of the treasury department..
died at her residence, in Washington,
city. on the 18th, at $50 p m
President Nick Young. of the Ma
tional Paseball league. has ruled that
the time within which the clubs of
that organization shall reduce the
number of their players TO 10 may be
extended to June Is.
Failures for the week ended on the
nth numbered III in the United
States. against III last year, and 10 IN
Canada. against 30 last year
The post Office at Holdensillye, In
dian territory, will be raised to the
presidential grade on July l.
Joseph Busert committed suicide at
Waterloo. Wis. on the 18th. by filing
his mouth with powder, compressed
In packages. placing n fuse between
his lips and lighting it. In a moment
his head was blown Of
The transport Sheridan arrived At
San Francisco. from Manila, via Ma
gaSaki. ON the 18th, with Generals
John F. Bates and Fred D. Grant, 80
officers and I.s23 enlisted men of the
Forty-fifth and forty-sixth infantry
Mrs Lyman J. Gage. wife of the
secretary of the treasury, who was
taken i'll, at the time of the Inaugural
tion, with a severe cold. which de-
veIoped into grip. died at her home in