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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
CHIEF DELANEY IN CHICAGO.
Denver Police Chief Reported Miss
ing Is In Chicago Visiting
Friends.

Virden, H., Aug. 17.-Chief-of-Police
M. A. Delaney of Denver, Col, who has
been reported missing from Spring
field, H., is in Chicago. His daughter.
MISS Mayme Delaney, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs Kate O'Neil,
in this city, since Thursday, received a
telegram, dated Sunday morning at
nine o'clock, saying he is with old
friends and that he will be with his
daughter in few days. Miss Delaney
expresses considerable surprise at the
newspaper reports, for, she says, she
felt at no time any alarm for his safe
ty
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
WAS ONCE A MILLIONAIRE.
Crow Died a Pauper mt the New
York state Hospital on
Wards Isla.,d

New York, Aug. 16.-Moses Rock
well Crow, protector of extensive water
companies, and once millionaire, has
died pauper at the state hospital on
Wards island. His body has been
placed in the magnificent mausoleum,
the finest in the middle west, which he
had built in the heydey of his prosperi-
ty at Falls City, Neb. He projected
the present water system used to sup
ply Wards island, where he died of
brain fever, after an illness of several
months, following his term as a char
ity patient at Bellevue hospital.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Another Railroad.

The governor issued his proclama-
ton authorizing the incorporation
of the Columbus, Memphis & Pen
saeola railway. The proclamation
authorizes the construction of a rail-
way line from Aberdeen to Column
bus, and thence in a southeasterly
direction into the State of Alabama
to connect with Pensacola, Fla. 1t
is some connecting scheme Of the
Frisco people, supposedly, the pur-
pose Of which may appear later.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Pope Received Archbi.hop Harty.

Rome, Aug. 1.-THE pope, at five
O'Clock this afternoon, received at
private audience in his apartment
Archbishop Harty (who, yesterday, was
consecrated archbishop OF Manila).
with whom he spoke at length about
the situation in the Philippine islands.
The pope said the efforts of the clergy
towards the pacification of the archi-
pelago and the triumph of Catholicism
would always receive the warmest sup
port at Rome. Archbishop Harty then
presented to the pontiff his secretary,
Mgr. Fowler and Father Donohue, of
Alabama.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
saw a Monuv,ert 70 himself.

C. A. Fernstrom. one of Minnesota's
pioneer Swedish settlers. went to that
state in 1850, but left two years later
for California. Some time afterward
he took up his residence in Iowa,
where he has been ever since. Last
week he revisited Stillwater for the
first time and learned that monu-
ment had been erected to his memory
years ago by his relatives, who In all
that time had never heard from him
and supposed he had died while In the
far west
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
william simmons.

St. Joseph. Mo-. Aug. 17.-William
Simmons, for 80 years one of the lead
ing farmers and stock raisers of Buch-
anan county. dropped dead. Saturday,
while experimenting the erection OF
buildings on a farm belonging to him
in the southern part of the county.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
statehouse Ready September 1

J. F. Barnes, superintendent of
construction of the States new mil
lion dollar capitol, announces that
the work of placing the furniture
in the new structure will be COM
pleted by the last of this month, and
that September l the handsomest
State building in the South will be
ready for occupancy. The building
itself, has been completed over a
week, but the furniture contractors
have been siIw in getting in the Of
fee fixings.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Cheaper Insurance Rates.

A special meeting Of the mayor
and board of aldermen of Jackson
was held last week and the question
of cheaper insurance rates was dis
cusssed. The insurance rates in
force in Jackson are so high that the
business men see the necessity of
taking some steps looking toward
getting them reduced.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
the Br.ke. Failed to Hold.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Ang. 16.-The
brakes on a coal train of Is cars on
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
failed to hold ON the steep mountain
grade near Ashley, and big wreck
was the result The engine preceded
the train to Ashley to taAo water, and
was about to start back to
pick up the cars, when they came DASH
ing down the mountainside at a ter
rife speed. They crashed into the To-
comotive, and Charles Eevitt, brake
man, was fatally. and Engineer John
son seriously injured.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Train Killed Mute Negro.

A southbound Yazoo & Mississip-
pi Valley train last week struck and
killed a deaf and dumb negro about
fifteen miles north of Yazoo City.
The negro was walking down the
track and could not hear the train
which signalled him of its approach.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
caterpiiIars Near West Point.

Reports from several plantations
in Clay county are to the effect that
the caterpillar is making serious
progress in the cotton field, and the
planters will use every known meth
cd to destroy them at once.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
SHE WAS MARRIED rs YEARS.
The Oldest Person in kirksvtlle, Mo.
Died at the Age of Nine
fy-Fiye.

KirksviIle, Mo-, Aug. 17.-Mrs. Ann
Darrow, whose death occurred here
Saturday. was the Oldest person in
Adair county, being So years l month
and 20 days old. She was married 75
years ago. She was quite active and
attended church services regularly un-
til three weeks ago. Two of her seven
children are living.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20

Mcpherson, Kas., Aug. 17-Early
Sunday morning heavy rain and wind
storm passed over Mcpherson city and
county. At the government station the
rain guage showed a precipitation Of
1.36 inches.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Capt. Browns illness.

Capt. E. W. Brown, clerk Of the
Supreme Court, and recently nomi-
mated to succeed himself, is reported
to be critically i'll at his home in Co
piah county. Capt. Browns eondi-
ton is regarded as very serious and
fears are entertained for him by anx-
ious friends.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Jackson Street Pavino.

The work of the street paving in
Jackson, about which there has been
SO much delay and litigation, is now
practically completed. The last of
this week everything will be finished
and the contractors will receive their
last payment.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
peath Rather Than Face Trial.

New York, Aug. 17.-Braving death
in the ocean rather than face trial for
murder, Herman T. Coates broke from
his guards and leaped overheard from
the Old Dominion liner Monroe when
two miles off Sea Girt Sunday. Coates
was being brought back to Manuel.
near Spring Valley, Rockland county,
where there is an indictment against
him for the murder of coachman in
1902. He was in the custody of Charles
D. Fisher, a deputy sheriff. and A. N.
Smith, chief of police Of Suffern, Rock,
land county.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
indians Leave Mississippi.

The last of the Choctaw Indians
to be moved out of the State were
taken out last week. A special
train of eight coaches with the Choc-
taw braves left the State over the
Queen & Crescent route.
The Indians were bound for Ato-
ka, I. t., where they will be given
the land set aside for them by the
United States government. Some
few Indians yet remain, refusing to
accept the governments offer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Public Road Question.

The question of working the pub
lie roads by contract is being dis
cussed throughout the State, and is
becoming an important question.
In a great many counties the change
has been made. By the old method
of working by comatation the pub
lie roads in the county are never
in good condition. The work is
practically done by negroes. and
done in a way that makes traffic in
the winter months almost impossi-
hlo
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
PULITZER POUNDS SCHOOL
Gives S., 900, 900 to Endow a School
of Journalism.
Students Proposing to Enter Upon
the Career of journalism Will
Find Valuable Assistance.

New York, Aug 17.-Joseph Pulitzer
has provided the sum of $4,000 to
establish a school of journalism at Co
lumbia university. this city. A new
building for the school will be erected
on Modningside heights at cost OF
100000 for the school, which will hold
toward the university relation SINH
lar to that of the other professional
schools, as the law school. the school
of medicine and the school of mines,
and, like them, will be national in
scope.
An important feature of the organi-
cation of this school will be an adj
visory board, nominated by the donor,
which will aid in devising a plan and
course of instruction. Seven members
of this advisory board have already
been named, and, with others to be Sc
lected, will be nominated to the trus-
tees of Columbia university at their
meeting in October. They are: Nicho-
las Murray Butler, president of Column
bia university, ex-officio; Hon. White
law Reid; Hon. John Hay, secretary OF
state; Hon. ST. Clair McKelway, Hon.
Andrew D. White, Victor F. Lawson,
Chicago; Gen. Charles H. Taylor, of
Boston; Charles w. Elliot, president of
Harvard university.
Students purporting to enter upon
the career of journalism will find ac-
.cessible here courses of study that Will,
for this profession, be equivalent to
what other professional schools supply
for other professions. while young
men already engaged upon the newspa-
pers and desiring to advance them
selves more rapidly by the cultivation
of their aptitude may find in these
courses valuable assistance. 1t is be-
lieved that this will be an advantage to
them Immediately and ultimately to the
press of the whole country.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
BOOM FOR SENATOR M'KINLEY
Republicans of Golden City Indorse
Him For Governor and Roose-
welt for President.

Golden City, Mo-, Aug. IA boom
for Senator J. c. Mckinley as candi-
date for governor, on the republican
ticket, has been started here by the
organization of Roosevelt and Nc
Kinley club, with the following Off
GERS: j. F. Duden, president; H. S.
Weissenfluh. vice-president; John A.
Griesel, secretary. The club numbers
I40 members, and has passed resolu-
tions indopsing Roosevelt for president
and Mckinney for governor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Prisoners in safekeepine.

TheJackson jail has four prison
ers brought from Harrison and Per-
ry counties for safe keeping, and
they will remain in charge of the
Kinds county jailer until the trou-
Bile subsidies.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Fire In Cincinnati stack Yards.

Cincinnati, Aug. 16.-Fire starting in
a shed in which stock droyers slept de-
stroyed Annex B. of the Union stock
yards, early Saturday morning, caus-
ing loss of 100000. A large quantity
Of live stock narrowly escaped de-
struction-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
The Capitol Commission.

The capitol commission will hold
a meeting on August 20 for the pur-
pose of accepting finally the capitol
building. The building has now
been completed so far as the con-
tractors are concerned and there is
now only the work of furnishing it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
win Adyertfre Ex.ep.iveIy.

Portland, Ore, Aug. ia. L. Craig,
general passenger agent of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Co., says that
the Hartman lines will appropriate
$50, 900 for the purpose of advertising
the Pacific Northwest at the st. Louis
exposition.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Two New Rural Routes.

Two additional rural free delivery
routes will be established Septem-
Der Is at Nettleton, Lee county, with
two carriers. The routes embrace
an area of tifty-two square miles and
contain population of 1878.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
cbiIkntI Indian. nj wor.

Vancouver, B. c.. Aug. 16.-The
steamer Princess May from Skagway
brings word of tribal war among the
Chilkat Indians of the Klukwan tribe.
For several days reign of terror was
in progress.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
CIoudbur.t FIood. Town.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. IA cloud
burst at Papillion, few miles south
of this city, early Sunday, flooded the
entire town and caused extensive dam
age. The entire surrounding country
was flooded and crops were almost en-
tireiy destroyed in the vicinity of the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Interesting New Device.

A. A. Breast, a successful sales
man of Columbus, has secured pat
ent on an adjusta BILE back band
which promises to be great seller
throughout the South. He is al
work upon the organization of q
company to manufacture this device
and has assurances from a number
of prominent capitalists that they
will take stock in the enterprise.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Getting Ready for Hin.

An Ohio artist is about to establish
his home in the branches of tall oak.
Possibly. says the Chicago Daily
News, he is expecting a visit from
Santos-Dumont.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Courthouse for Meridian.

The board of supervisors last week
decided to build a court house for
Lauderdale county, at a cost of
800. 900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
wiIliam Rlackhnrn.

Kinmundy, ILL.,. Aug. 1.-THE body
of William Blackburn, of st. Elmo, Nl..
was brought to this city, Saturday, for
burial He died Friday of consump-
ton. He was formerly Of this city.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-08-20
Had Retter Keep quiet.

Ciudad Bolivar will be getting itself
noticed by the poets the first thing Il
knows. remarks the Chicago Record
Herald,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
PARTITION SAL r

No 77so-In First: District Court O.
louisiana, PARISH of Caddo: Julius
Weinstock ct ais VS.. Levi Cooper.
BY virtue of commission issued b,
the Honorable First District Court al
Louisiana in the above entitled cause
and to me directed will offer at pub
lie auction for sale. according to law
for the purpose of effecting partition
between the parties litigant, at the prin-
clpal front door of The court house in
Shreveport, La, during the legal hours
for sales, OF.
SATURDAY, JANUARYIz y. 1903,
the following described real estate, to-
wit: Lots six and sixteen to TWENTY
two, both inclusive; lots thirty-one to
forty nine, both inclusive. lots fifty four,
ffty-seven, ffty-eight, ffty-nine. all of
Weinstock's subdivision in the city of
Shreveport. Louisiana, as per map of
said. subdivision recorded in conveyance
book U, page I54, Records of Caddo
Parish, La. ..ss,~,.- r.. .==.-----. ...
Terms of sale cash without benefit Of
appraisemcnt
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Auctioneer, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian. Dec. ID, 1902.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
SHERIFFS SALE

NO. $50 In First judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish. La. Shreve-
port Mutual Building Association
VS.: Mrs. Annie !. Randall and Hus-
band
By virtue of writ of Fl Fa to me
issued i'll the above entitled and num-
bered suit by the Honorable First Dis
trlct Court Of Louisiana. have seized
and will sell at public auction for cash,
according to law, without the benefit Of
apDralsement, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo par
lsh III Shreveport. La. during the legal
hours for sales. on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 7, IGOR,
the following described real estate. to-
wit: Lots 2 3 and : in block 60 in the
CITY OF shreveport. La. together with
all buildings and improvements thereon
Said property seized as the property
OF the defendants. to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in said writ in the
sum OF fOrtv-eight hundred and twenty
three dollars and seventy-fve cents with
Der cent interest from March 3, 1902,
and the further sum Of seventy-two dol
lars and fifty cents with per cent in
terest from November 20. 1902 and the
further sum of thirtv-two dollars and
fifty cents with 8 per cent interest from
Dec. 3. 1902, and 5 Der cent ATTORNEYS
tees on above sums and interest. to-
pcther with all costs of the suit.
S. J. WARD.
Sheriff of Cadd0 Parish. la.
Caucasian Jan. !. Icn7
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
WARM DEBATE.
Messrs. Aldrich. Vest and Carnack Dis
emss C.al DUTY Bill

Messrs. Aldrich, Vest and Car.naek his.
enss Ceaa Duty Biii.
Washington, Jan 14.-A lively do
bate occurred in the senate Monday
between Messrs Aldrich, Vest and
Carmack, when the arst named en-
deavored to secure postponment Of
the Vest resolution requiring the com
mittee on finance to report a bill re-
moving the duty on coal. The promo.
sition was not acceptable to Mr.. vest
who expressed the opinion that to al
low the resolution ito 20 into the nj.
certain and nebulous future would
mean defeat. At 8 o'clock the stat.-
mood measure was taken up and Nj
Nelson continued his remarks in q
position TO the omnibus bill. but had
not concluded when, at 4 O'Clock Nv
consent a large number ar
nnebJected pension bills on the calen.
Gar were passed. Mr.. Mitchell of Ore
gon announced the death In this eifv
OF Representative Tongue OF Oregon
and offered the usual resolution 81.
pressing the sorrow of the senate
Inc president pro tenn appointed
Messrs. Mitchell Perkins, (CaI1 Dol
nver and Dubois committee on the
part OF the senate to accompany the
remains to Oregon and the senate At
':1s o'clock adjourned.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
NOTICE or REMOVAL.

venort. La. JAN. S. 1903.
Me beg to 1nzsH CIR friends and the
n1slAaas m general that we have moved
k'slf mule and horse sales denartment to
klae corner s,f Travis and Spring streets
slile block from Merchants & Farmers
Is;1lk where We will keep al all times a
lalse stock III mules and horses on hand
ta slit the trade M now have ample
facilities 10 de What We have had in con-
Ieislnlati0H fuT some time. VIZ, to build
le wholesale as Aell as i retail market
81 hi 81
especially Soiscit calls from deal
sss III this section of the state to try lis
before going further 10 bsIv IN carload
NE vii carry from 90 TO $50
read ia alI classes IA stock, at all times
during he season, thus enabling anyone
wanting As many IS carload 10 buy
close At ihaiiie, avoiding long trips to
market With attending expense and
risks 81 long shipments.
are deeply grateful Tor generous
1as'}srs given is for the past twenty FIVE
years aud respect fully ask for fair
share 81 ypalr trade Ii the future. Re
Speetfuliy. COOPER BROS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ed Spinks, a tailor, was drowned az
Galveston.
Directors of Waxahachie cotton
mill have declared a II per cent divi-
dend
DIR. c. J. Woodbridge was struck by
a locomotive at Workman, Tex, and
sustained painful bruises.
C. NJ Barnaby of Walnut Sp:ings,
Tex, has raised lemon weighing one
pound and fourteen ounces.
Adjutant General Scurry has issued
a general order, covering several mat
tiers, to the Texas Volunteer Guard
Messenger boys at Houston of West
ern Union Telegraph company have
struck for SIS per month. They now
receive SIS.
A big copper strike is reported near
Roosevelt, Okla, in the Wichita noun
tains.
The Muskogee Southern railroad
has let a contract for 11S miles of
truck.
). F. Critcher's two-story livery barn
burned at Lexington, okla Loss,
$4,000
Dr. G. w. Kendall, a prominent den
fist, was found dead in bed at Shreye-
port, La.
Rev. H. G.. Settle, the well-known
Methodist minister. died IL at Louis
vile, KY.
The 1903 output of whisky in Ken
lucky promises to be the largest in
many years.
Nine Frisco freight cars were COM
pletely wrecked at Talihina, |. T. No
one was injured.
Five thousand people saw fierce
bull shockingly gore Francisco NATL
lero at Juarez. Mex
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
SHORT SESSION.
House Adjourned Out of Respect t" Rep
resentative Tongue.

House Adjourned Out of Respect t" Rep
| resentative Tongue.
Washington, Jan. 14.-The house
Monday, after adopting resolution tic
authorize the merchant marine and
fisheries committee to investigate the
coal situation, at once adjourned out of
respect to the meory of the late Rep
resentative Tongue, of Oregon, after
appointing Of committee to attend
the funeral. The resolution to inves-
tigate the coal situation recites the
fact that resolution has been intro
duced to extend the privilege of carry
ing coal to coastwisa ports to foreign
steamers for ninety days because the
present scarcity of coal involves great
suffering and distress and authorizes
the committee to investigate facts.
charges and necessities; to inquire into
the elements and conditions involved
In the trade, the cost OF ccal, the
methods, facilities and cost OF trans
portation and distribution of the same
and the reasons or causes of such
scarcity and distress
The committee is directed to report
the testimony with their conclusions
thereon to the house as soon as posi-
BILE. Il is given power to send for per-
sons and papers to administer oaths,
etc, and incur such expense as may be
deemed necessary The meetings are
to be held in Washington and In such
other places as the committee may de-
termine.
The desk OF Representative Tongue
OF Oregon, who died suddenly in this
city Sunday. was heavily draped with
black and covered with flowers. The
chaplain. in his invocation, referred
feelingly to the loss the house had sus-
tanned and prayed for the bereayed
widow and children
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
SLAIN BY A WOMAN,
Student Killed by Mrs. EfTie L. Carson
Over Alleged SIander.

Student Killed by Mrs. Effie L. Carson
Over Alleged Islander.
Macon, Ga. Jan. 14.-Mrs. Fife L.
Carson, wife of a railroad machinist,
formerly the wife of Ernest Thomp-
son, printer shot anr instantly kill
ed Robert A. Rigsby, student in a
business college here. The tragedy
took place in the law office of Mar
maduke c.. Bayne, an attorney, to
whom she had gone for advice. She
shot the man twice in the head and
once through the heart she cmptied
her revolver, the other shots going
wild. She at once delivered herself
to the sheriff, going across the street
with the smoking weapon in her
hand
Mrs. Carson was promptly placed
in-jail, but was subsequently released
ON bond of $1,000
The coroner's jury found a verdict
of voluntary mansaughter.
Mrs. Carter was a teacher of tele
graphy In another business college
She charged that Rigsby had circulat-
ed stories damaging to her character
and had gone to the lawyer with a
paper for Rigsby to sign. eXonorating
her. The lawyer took the paper to
the college and submitted it to Rigs
by. who declined to sign, but asked
personal interview. He went to the
lawyers office and Immediately asked
the lawyer and his stenographer to
step into the hall The door was at
once locked. In a few moments the
shots rang out and Mrs. Carson ar-
peared announcing that she had kill
ed the man.
Rigsby was found on the floor dead
with his own revolver near his right
hand. What occurred between them
is not known except for an admission
by Mrs. Carson that he applied an
opprobrious epithet to her. Rigsby
was originally from Bowling Green.
KY, Or a village near by, and is said
to be a member of family prominent
there. He had conducted business
college in Tampa. Fla, but had come
to Macon to complete his education,
intending to open another college in
June. He was about twenty-five
years of age.