Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-09-05
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THE NEWS u BRIEF.


30 take up. among other things. the
charges which have been preferred
against Judge Humphreys. of Homo
lulu
Joaquin Cooley. Chilean minister to
Brazil. died suddenly in Rio Janiero.
on the 2sth- He was formerly Chilean
minister to the United States.
Commander-in-Chi Rassieur of
the Grand Army of the Republic has
named the committee on credentials
of the coming encampment. in the per
sons of Adit--Gen- Sterrett and Assist
ant Adjufant-Senerals Rodgers. of
Missouri. Thatcher. of Connecticut.
kasso1. of Ohio. =ud Robbins. of Colo
rado and Wyoming. This committee
viii Sit on September 10 and ll.at the
Hollenden hotel. in Cleveland. o.
John r Thomas. an architect of
New York city. died at WatertOwn, v
Y on the 2-th- aged - years Mr.
Thomas was the architecs anR sole
commissioner for the erection of the
state reformztory at Elmirz: was
architect of the New York city hall of
records and of the Eighth regiment
AE @&1 49, 80 @AA@AEA "
the first prize IN the New York city
hall competition
The Nebraska CITY CNeb-l Daily Tri-
bune has beea sold TO the Morton
Printing CO. of which J. Sterling Nor
-oz- ex-seerstzEy Of agriculture Is the
h>ad. and VII b> edited BY him Mr.
Norton Is also editor Of the ConSerr-
afive. = weekly paper. and has ben
con7eeted wish Ofh-r periodicals. At
different tin~s for - vearS-
The will Of fhe late Do~z<~r En-
press Frederick Of Germany wzs
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nzzh~r Of Arz~1Szzs kizl~d bv the
karSSs VII dep<1d zpos rh< ezrery
rals<d IN Ezrope and The pr-sszre
brought 20 bear uPoa the szlraz- Th.s
sane horrible process vii be REPEATED
Year by wear antl all are killed
Zach Phelps. \ prominent lawyer
and CobeI democrat leader of Louis
vile, ky- died. On the night of the
18th. of pneumOnis, complicated with
heart trouble Mr.. Phelps drew the
t-n-year agreement of the National
baseball league
The board of review. AT Chicago. on
the 18th. discovered while closing its
z-sirs. that the Armour estate. val
ued at :. ss4 30. was not on the books.
An investigation was begun. which de-
seioped some queer Juggling
While the general opinion At Con-
st=nrinople is that Turkey will yield
and meet France by paying the fun
amount of ber claims. il Is known
that there IS . war faction in the sui
t7n's cabinet that Is urging him to
Provoke France into some overt act
of hostility
William Johnson 4 four-year con-
Wet committed suicide at the Kansas
state penitenfiary. at Lansing. by
drinking \ large quantity of wood al
eohol- He WAS sent up from Dodge
City, and had three years TO serve
Editor W. 5 Cox, of the Brainerd
Mimi Arena. was kidnapped. on the
night of the 18th. by three men, who
tarred and feathered him. and then
turned him loose The cause Of the
outrage IS not made known
The Carnegie public library build
ing At Oklahoma City. Okla. was ded-
iczted on the 10Th Gov. Jenkins and
other prominent men delivered ad!
dresses The library building cost
$4,000. the gift of Andrew Carnegie Z
After eIecting officers and selecting
Fan Francisco as the place of meeting
the first Tuesday in September, 1904
the twenry-eighfh triennial eoneiave
OF Knights Tenpiar, which had been
In session at Louisville, KY ad
9ourned. on the 29th. to the date set
call has been issued for eonven-
ton in Guthrie. October Il next. of all
Persons IN Oklahoma named Smith 10
effect an organization for annual re-
Unions II is estimated that there are
ZOO Smiths in the territory
The interior department has been
advised of the completion of the sale
of town lots in the town of Hobart
IN the newiy-eeded part of Oklahoma
The aggregate amount paid for ali
the lots sold was <132.0o-
The navy department has awarded
to Private C. Donan. of the Marine
corps. iife-saving medal for the res-
cue from drowning of Private W. IL
Gibson. also marine at oiongaPo, i
l. IN june last