Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-17
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- @eNN HtatT-. uAftt Nv ~ Joseph.
No. on the III, after a short III
ness. from heart disease. lie was
the builder of a considerable part Of
the Burlington railway lines west of
the Missouri river.
sezssE~e of death was. ON the ifth.
passed u.,on Commandans Lotter. the
Cap rebel whose commando. COM
posed almost wholly OF rebels. was
captured by Mai S~ob-I. south of Pc
tersbury. early last month. Lord
Kitchener has confirmed the sentence.
A report from Heilbron. south Afri-
en-. says: Thirteen OF Lord Kitchen
er's scouts we're captured in a Boer
ambush
The statement of the treasury Iai-
ances in the general fund. inclusive
Of the si50.Ooo.0oo gold reserve in the
division Of redemption. issued on the
iith. showed: Available cash balance,
si6.- .-55o.os-: gold. SioI. .ssi.ess.
Emperor William. in consequence Of
crop failure. has r-mitted more than
half the rents payable by peasants on
Prof. Thomas Shaw, of Minnesota,
was. on the iith. elected TO the chair
of animal husbandry in the agricul-
tural college at Brookings. s. ID. Prof.
Show enjoys national reputation
and Is leader of his profession in
this country aud Canada
On the nth re Dun a Co.. of New
York. reported: Failures for the
week numbered ssi in the United
States. against 90 last year. and 81
in Carada. against j. last year
Prof walsieyer left Berlin. on fh-
18TH 10 attend the Yale bi-c-nten-
nary. a. representative 81 fhe INT
versity OF Berlin and the Berlin Acai-
envy of Arts.
The supreme court of Indiana, on
the 10th. in the case of the receiver
of the defunet Citizens bauk of
Union City against its former df- &C.
tors. declared in emphatic terms thai
the defendants. on account of their
negligence. were liable for damages to
the amount asked for. s5a.eoo.
Capt Lemly. Judge advocate in the
sehley court of inquiry. was com
peIl-d TO admit. ON the 10th. that
there was n failure in the evidence
10 show that Commodore Schley had
received the message from Capt Nc
Gala in regard to the signal code
with the Cuban<-
Charles Watson Armour. Younger
brother of the late kirkland b. Ar
m-,ur- and the nephew of the pioneers
OF the weil-known family. is now at
the head of the Armour interests
He is ~ years of age and but little
known in western society.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago
iS quoted As saying -if the senate
rial nomination Is ever handed to me
on silver platter, they'll be lucky to
get the platter back
While cleaning furnace pipes at
Hickory church. nine miles from
Beardstown. ILL.,. David Carr and the
sexton found two one pound sticks of
dynamite secreted above the pipes
and connected with IS feet of fuse.
which led to the outside of the
church
II is said that William Waldorf
astor.. yif, Of $4,000 ,o IN. Society
g. ~. pr.x.,,;on ~ Cr,.,,v "a
fcr ,h. Pr.x.,t;or NJ cru@ltx tn
rh;,5r., vii, ~. follox.,, Inv III. rom
,-;,,,,.;<- % ,;n. o,h.r .hari,,hIr
institutions of London. and that the
ssoo.eo0 thus dispensed will win him a
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sianders- NO saen oa.o.eAN "1s
e".rsu p'e - - oo.,
A Paris dispatch says there Is gooo
authority FOR stating .nAi 'he 500
ment will send "arsnsps 10
unless the porte promP'is
all the French demahus-
A report comes from Washing .on
that President hooee'ei. ~in apr
Col Brodie governor OF Ari1oha on
the retirement of Gov Murphy coi.
Brodie was second in command Oh .ne
Rough Riders when hoosesei' was
colonel
At Ithaca. N. T., ON the 1lth' Inar'ss
Norris, car inspector Iol ~ -,