Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-08-22
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oHhfapttl. the chicago Title and
Trust Co. was, on the 18th. appo,n,e,I
temporary receiver for the Georrr n
Phillips Grain Co. Bond In the sum
Of 100000 was given.
Among the passengers who arrival
at New York. ON the 18th. per steam
er Lain. from Bremen and Sou,h,r,-
ton. were Gen. Fred. ID. Grant nj.
wife and sou Ulysses s. Grant,
A severe tropieaI storm ~xent oxer
the gulf coast, on the 18th .nccomp,-
MED by what amounted 10 n tidal
wave. Thousands of persons were c,,t
of from the mainland in Louisiana
Alabama and other coast states. AMI
u is feared there wassome loSs Of life
The New York Tribune. Of the 18th
asserts that news has been receivr5
in this country involving venezueIa.
Nicaragua and Ecuador in the At
tempt of Gen. Rafael Uribe-Uribe the
Colombian rebel leader. To over,broxv
the government of Colombia
Mrs. Carrie Nation. while taking .
pleasure trip on the 81. Lawrence. ON.
Watertown, y. Y, on the 18th. began
a crusade against cippr smokers She
undertook TO snatch a cigar from the
mouth of Eugene Foley. a travelling
NINA, who promptly slapped her face
and the crusade came To an end Fo-
ley afterwards apologized.
Mrs. Eliza Stotlar. of Peoria conn
ty. ILL.,, mother of William Stotlar of
near Carthage. claims to be the oldest
woman in America. She celebrated
her one hundredtb and e;rh,a.n,t,
birthday anniversary August =. 1901.
She was born in PENNSYLVANIA.
In a match race at brighton Beach.
on the 18th. for a purse of sla. 600
offered by the New York Trottinr as
sociation. George II. Ketcham.s stall.
lion Cresceus defeated John j. Scan
nell's The Abbot. taking the frs, h.a,
in 2:O3@, and distancipg his competi-
tor in the second heat. Fully 20 600
persons witnessed the event.
Shamrock III. was nut in dry dock
at New York. on the 18th. TO have her
hull cleaned. EXPERTS who saw her
say the Gun challenger resembles the
Columbia very much. so far ne her
underbodv and fin are concerned
That Shamrock III. is n dangerous on
ponent is conceded BY all.
At GoreviIle. a little town on IN.
Chicago a Eastern Illinois railroad
near Metropolis. III no rain has f,Ii-
en since last ApriI. and ali IN. waIIs
dried up.s Watsr is selling n, 81 ...r
barrel.
The postmast,r-g.ueral r.c..;xad ,
cablegram from Havana. on the 18th.
stating hat the trial of y p Thomn-
son. formerIv postuas,er n, U,r,,a
,barved with embezzI;n, no,ev o.
der funds. had been concludsJ ,na
Thomson convicted. he was SON
fenced to nav a fine of s4oo or sarv.
six months IN prison
The ministers of the yarious po,v.rx
at Pekin unexpectedly signed the pro-
tocol ON the 18th. Comics wer. later
sent to the Chinese plenipo,entiaries
to receive their signatures.
The bill for the construction of a
Pacific cable from British Columbia
to Australia. nv the imperial govern
ment and the AusrraIasian colonies.
was passed by the British house of
lords, on its final reading. on the 18th.
State Building and Loan Inspector
Mauck of Ohio. on the 10th. swore out
a warrant for the arrest of j. 4.
Blodt. late secretary of the Guaran-
tee Savings and Loan association.
at Cleveland. upon the charge of en-
funds ofthe institution Blodt
recently resigned his position With
the bank as the result of an investi-
CATION by state officials.
On the 10th detectives arrested
Gerhart Terlinden, alias Theodore
Crate. at a boarding house in MiIwau-
kee. He is charged with embezziins
SOC, 600 marks from a large manufac-
turing concern in Germany which is
capitalized at 100000 marks. Ter
linden. it is alleged. duplicated the
stock. had il stamped and
sealed. and sold it.
The entire town of Iandess. Ind
was DESTROYED by fire on the 18th.
There was no fire protection what.
ever. The town had a population of
600 No casualties were reporteJ
.,r.r;.an coal h.s o.s,sd P,;,;sh
coal from the Swiss market saxs n
,,;.,,.h - n. Io,don MIL, u,;I
from Geneva .and the American syn
5;.,, l. co,6d.n, 80 .vsr,,.ux oh