Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


e"' h'rfttat ~ Sto1N Nttys H. On the
stth. Of consumption. He Won various
prizes in violin contests.
Special efforts are being made TO
secure the presence of President
Roosevelt during the International
Live Stock exposition. which begins
in Chicago December J.
The Altoona Iron Co., the largest
industry outside of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Co.'S shops in Altoona, Pa.
and employing sev-raf hundred men.
closed down indeaakteiy@ IN the cath.
Guy Bright .Ass-1aA. sisled his IA
:her. AlexanAw bs1uAA - their farm.
five miles frsa- lsaanA~ 10. on the
s4th- A q>asra ~ sosss the shoot
ing. The son gave Ensfn NJ.
Frank Fsrreh . psumfnent Tam
many NAM hes-eSs ~0s4-s ssa sse
on the 24th. with George wheclock.
on the result of the mayorslty elec-
tion in Greater New York city. Far
reil backing Shepard against Low.
Fire, which started in the fertilizer
building of the Armour Packing Co.'S
plant at South Omaha. on the night
of the cath, did So. 900 damage. equal
ly divided between building and stock
The seventh successive well on Gas
ridge. just south of Chanute. Has,
was brought in, on the cath. with
twice the flow of any well in that
field The roaring of the well can be
heard a long distance.
The London Daily News states that
IL is an undoubted fact that j. Pier
pout Morgan. the American financier
i bearing the entire expense (es0oo)
of the installation of an electric light
plant in st. Faul's cathedral. London.
and declares il q reproaeh to wealthy
Engiishmen-
One of the greatest natural gas
wells that has ever been discovered in
the United States was struck about
three miles northeast of Lawton
Okla on the 24th. by Mr.. p. Mcdaniel,
while drilling for OIL
Mrs. William Mckinley was prob
ably left more wealth than is men
toned in the will of her dead hus-
band News is received from Ely.
New. where the Saxton and Mckinley
mines are located. that outcroppings
show \ lead of ore that will go sioc
to the ton
Bishop Sbsretti. having settled the
question of church property in Cuba.
has been appointed delegate extra
ordinary to the Philippines. whittier
he will go about the end of the year
to settle the church property ques-
tion there. He will leave Cuba for
Rome in a few days.
The imposing marble shaft erected
in the national cemetery at Knoxville,
Tenn by the people of Tennessee. &c
the memory of the Tennesseeans who
fell during the civil war, was unveiled
on the e4sh- with appropriate cer--
monies.
Lieut--Col Ezra Woodruff. of tn.
medical department of the army. Ia.
been retired on account of age. He
is \ native of Kentucky
According 20 reliable reports re-
ceived in Shanghai from Gen Warren
100000 persons in the Province of An
Hui and 3oo.00o in the province OF
kiang-Su are on the verge of starvar
tion and the famine is spreading
The plant of the GAINESVILLE (Otl
Art Pottery Co. was DESTROYED by firs
on the 18th Loss. $4,000. Insurance
$4,000. One hundred and fifty men are
thrown out of work Charles Conn
was fatally injured under a falling
wall
Fire in the lumber yard of the Alex
ander & Edgar Lumber Co. Iron Riv-
er, Wis. on the 25th. destroyed r.
Ooo.o0a feet of humber. The loss is es-
timatesi at sfoo.o fully covered BY
insurance.
Andrew Carnegie announced on the
e5th that he viii preserve an impartial
attitude in relation to the municipal
campaign in New York. ANY other
course. he believes. would be highly
improper. in view of his present and
future relations with the municipal
officials of New York in connection
with his gifts to that city.
David White. n chaplain in the
United States army. from 1855 until
1859. when he was retired. died at
Lawrence. Has. on the 25th. aged 80
years.
The civil service commission. on the
25th. notified the postmaster general
that IL had modified its regulations in
accordance with his request to waive
certain physical requirements of fe-
male applicants for positions as post
Sfic~ clerks. including that making
them hop on one foot for a distance
of Il feet.
The navy department received .
csblegrsm from Rear Admiral Re-
mey. on the essh. announcing his ar
rival at vladivo<tock aboard his fag-
ship, the Brooklyn
Since the establishment of the new
system of customs collections at the
dock at the port of New York. on
March I. 1901. there has been collect
ed a total of Ss55.04s in duties on the
baggage of o.. $50 passengers. against
a total of xi52.454. collected ut the
docks from s5.I25 passengers during
the same period last year
ffre. Nnarn >tAFteu IN tHc DU1tGA1<
occupied bg Hunt. Wilkinson & Co.
upholsterers and furniture dealers.
on Market street Philadelphia. ON
the 2sth- resulted in the known loss
of IS human lives. and possibly more.
and money loss of ssoo.ooo-
John Siiv-rwrixht. of Kansas City,
James Mace. of Unionville; Wyman
Marion. of Lancaster. and Mrs NJ
Fre~iand. of Browning. all Missouri
ans, died on the e5th- as the result
Of injuries received in the Burlington
sreck ut Exiine, Ia Two other deaths
are expected
The dead bodies of George. aged u:
Edward. IL. and Clement. $. sons Of
Joseph Casper. a farmer residing
three miles west of Granville. ILL.,,
were found in a well on the farm Of
their father. on the 24th- and the gen
eral opinion is that murder has been
committed