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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
YOUNG DRIVER UNDER ARREST
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth of Dia-
monds Failed to Reach
Their Destination.

New York, May 3o.-James McCue,
% years old, driver for the Manhat-
tan Express Co., which operates in
connection with the Adams Express
Co., was arraigned before magis-
trate, Friday, and held as suspicious
person. 1t is said the arrest was made
in connection with the disappearance
of $4,000 worth of jewels shipped by
Mrs. David Strauss to Chicago. The
Jewels never reached their destina-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Another Insurance Company.

The Atlanta-Birmingham lnsur-
ance Company has applied to the in
surance commissioner for permis-
sion to do business in Mississippi.
All the papers have been prepared
and forwarded 10 the company and
it viii be ready for business this
week. Hon. c. NJ. Williamson, OF
Jackson, has been appointed attor-
ney for the company and Richard
Griffith is made State director.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
Democrats Carry Cook County, Ill,
by a Large Majority.

Chicago. June 1-Out of the eigh-
teen candidates voted for at the ju-
diciaI election in Cook county today
the Democrats elected fourteen and
the Republicans four. A light vote
was cast, owing to the weather, and
straight tickets were few and far be-
tween. Among the defeated Republi-
cans was Judge Elbridge Hanecy, a
close friend of Congressman Lorimer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
GRAND MOVEMENT.
Equity League Organized to Reconcile
Labor and Capital.

New York. May 31.-The America
Equity League, which has just been
organized, announced today that Its
purpose was to reconcile capital and
labor and interest thinking men with
this object. Thomas H. Cochrane is
its president. Charles M. Schwab
president of the American Steel Cor
poration, will hold a conference with
leading men this week and win formu
late the proper lines on which to work
w. H. Baldwin, Jr., president OF the
Long Island Railroad, will attend.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
COLUMBIA SCHOLARSHIPS.
One Goes to a Tennessean and An
other to a Mississippian.

New York, June columbia Uni
versity Council today announced the
award of Al scholarships. In the
list eighteen States and several terri
tories are represented. Among those
from the South who share this honor
are Horace L. Jones, of Hartman,
Tenn, in Greek; ]. G. Hamilton, OF
Hillsboro, n. c., in American History;
and Charles R. Stockard. of Washing
ton. Miss. in Zoology.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
A Week of Tragedies.

Several tragedies which escaped
the press dispatches have occurred
in the State within the past few
days. In Copiah county, near Ha-
zelhurst, VIII Vergis was killed by
Ed. Bonner, by slipping up behind
his victim and striking him ter
rife blow over the head with a
spade. The slayer is still at large.
In Lawrence county, Tom Rutland
was killed by William Chain in the
railroad camp near Blountville.
Chain has surrendered. Two trag-
edies occurred in Marion county,
Tom Sheffield killing George Ar
rington, and Tom Avery killing Vlr-
gil Bass: A six-handed duel oc-
currred in Winston county among
farmers, but none of the parties
were killed, although knives and pis-
tolls were freely used.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Some Remarkable Cows.

Remarkable cows are being made
the subjects of boasts by farmers in
the agricultural columns of the
country press. L. B. Soiourner, of
the Gallman neighborhood, Copiah
county, possesses a COW which he
claims averages 81 pounds of
strained milk each day and seven
teen pounds of butter for seven
dav period. DR.. Shepard, of
Holmes county, boasts of COW on
his plantation which has produced
six calves, within three years, all fe-
males
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Amnrx,s Second Bank.

Articles of incorporation were
filed with the secretary of State
last week for the Farmers and
Merchants Bank domiciled at Am
ory; paid up capital of S2,50o with
privilege of increasing to $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
An Old Confidence Game.

Two very smooth confidence ar
fists are in Mississippi working the
old mineral rod trick, and they have
been meeting with much success
mulcting eonfding citizens of hard
earned cash. Their latest victim is
a negro named John Franklin, liv-
ing in Jones county, who was swim
died out of $500, on the pretense
that a golden treasure had been 10
Gated on his farm.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04

Berlin, May 3o.-The two Ameri-
cans, William Stevens, of New York,
and John Meyers,sof Chicago. expelled
from Muehlhausen, Thuringia, are
mormons. The expulsions occurred
in accordance with the decision to ex-
pei Mormon missionaries.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Hattiesbura Still Spreading.

The postmaster general last week
appointed Albert Hanley, Jefferson
Dees, Cecil Mcleod carriers, and
Thomas j. Shields substitute for
service at Hattiesburg, June l, on
which date free delivery service was
inauourated at that place
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Address by Bishop Galloway.

Bishop Galloway has accepted an
invitation TO deliver an address dur
ing the celebration of the bi-cente-
nary of the birth of John Wesley,
which will begin at Savannah, Ca,
ON June 26 and last four days.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Eight Perish in a Wreck.

A disastrous head-end collision on
the Southern railway near Bryan,
Ala, resulted in the death of three
engineers, four firemen and one
brakeman; the destruction by fire OF
12 loaded freight cars and great dam
age to the engines.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Hank Owens Dead.

Hank L. Owens, turfman of Lex
ington, Ky, was found dead in his
room at the Fransioli hotel, Memphis,
with two empty bottles at his side.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Grenada Pastor Called.

DR.. Charles Hinman, of Grenada,
has been called to Christ Church. in
Vicksburg, to succeed DIR. II. San
som, deceased. DR.. Hinman has not
accepted vet.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04

T. Fl. Boykin, a well-known travel
ing salesman, whose home is at Meri-
dian, Miss, suddenly expired while
seated at table in a restaurant in
Mobile, Ala.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Leland Will Go Free.

J. E. eLland, safe-blower, who es-
caped from prison at Jackson. Miss,
and was captured in Michigan, will
not be returned, the expense being
too great.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Awarded Damages.

The owners of Vicksburg (Miss.)
furniture factory, which was de-
stroyed by fire from sparks from an
Alabama & Vicksburg railroad
train, were awarded $4,000 damages.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04

The Business Mems league of Mis-
sissippi was organized at Meridian,
with H. T. Mckee president, and d.
NJ. Mayer secretary aud treasurer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Hnrxnrd Lead. vale one paInt.

New York, May 30.-Haryard led
Yale in the tIial events in the inter
collegiate games here, Friday, by ex-
actly one point, the Crimson's total
score being 2l, while Yale's was 90.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Brief Mention.

Two women were killed by light
ming at Meridianville. Ala.
John Moore was killed at Middles-
boro, KY. by youth who shot at an
other person.
Gen. w. Z. Donaldson shot and
killed Thomas Choat, farmer, near
South Pittsburg, Tenn.
One trainman was killed and two
badly injured in collision between
freight trains near Ducktown, Tenn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Can Talk 70 Each Other Soon.

Articles of incorporation for the
Amory and Tupelo long distance tel
ephone, cash capital $4,000, will
be submitted for record in the near
future.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Negro Brute killed

William Hopkins. a negro, who as
saulted his 9-year-old stepdaughter,
was taken from train by mob,
near Bainbridge, Ca. and killed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
cutworms In the Delta.

Cutworms have appeared in the
delta, and replanting is going on in
many places as a result OF the
worms.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
youpx Man EIectrocuted.

Jack Jennings, 81 years old, was
electrocuted at Huntington, w. Va.
His body came in contact with live
wire. and death was instantaneous.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
WARNING SENT OUT.
Forecaster Bowie Predicts Con.
tinued Rise in the Missouri
and Mississippi. {.

st. Louis, May 31.-Weather Fore
caster Bowie of the st. Louis bureau
predicted a continued rise ia the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers and has
sent warnings to the various threat
ened sections along those streams.
From reports already received 1t is
feared the conditions that prevailed
during the great food of 1881 may be
renaated
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Ignorant Negro Sold as n Slave.

The grand jury of the United States
court at Montgomery, Ala, has found
a true bill against Robert n. Frank
lin, prominent white resident of
Goodwater. charging him with having
sold Joe Patterson, an ignorant ne
gro, into condition of peonage and
involuntary servitude, the purchaser
being j. W. Pace, wealthy land
owner.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Wreck in Mississippi.

A serious wreck occurred near Lula,
Miss, on the Valley road. Many were
injured, but none seriously. Trafhc
was DELAYED several hours.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
SOUTHERN GLEANINes
southern Negro Peonage.

At the request of the department OF
Justice, the United States secret serv-
ice has undertaken the work of in
vestigation of the charge of peonage.
or holding another in sevitude TO
work out a debt, which has been
made against persons living in the Vi
cinity of Montgomery, Ala. The pun
ishment provided by the statute for
this crime is fine of not less than
81 900 nor more than $1,000, or inn
prisonment of not less than one
year nor more than five. One man
has already been indicted for keeping
negro i'll servitude for at least
year. Information in the hands OF
Chief Wilkie tends to show that reg
ular system has been practiced for
long time between certain magis-
trates and persons who want negro
laborers. 1t is said that the plan is
to bring a poor negro before magis-
trate on fiimsy charge. He is con-
victed, and having no money to pay q
fine, the white man offers to advance
him the money, provided the negro
will make a labor contract with him
for length of time sufficient to. re-
imburse him for the money and trou-
BILE he has taken to keep the negro
out of Jail. He is, thereupon, taken
away and begins what is frequently
long term of cruel servitude, being
frequently whipped for failure to per-
form work to the satisfaction of his
eInplOYer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04

At Plattsburg, Miss, two men were
killed outright in a fight and three
were fearfully cut and slashed. Old
man Coghlan was killed. His throat
was cut from ear to ear, and his
heart was laid bare and slashed. a
younger Coghlan died from the ef-
fects of knife blade which went
from the left to right ear, nearly sew
ering the head from the body. One
other Coghlan, second son, was hor-
ribly cut. and may not live. Stewart,
the son-in-law of the elder Coghlan,
was cut in several places and may die
from his wounds. A second Stewart,
brother to the oldest, was fearfully
cut about the body and face with a
knife. A third Stewart escaped with
out scratch. Only one pistol was in
the crowd, and that was used with
bad effect by the youngest Stewart
boy, who fired several shots at the
Coghlans at close range and succeed
ed in shooting his own brother
through the arm. About one year ago
one of the Stewart boys eloped with
the daughter of the senior Coghlan,
and since that time there has been
very bad blood between the two men.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
soso Fountain Exploded.

G. X. Russell, plumber, was in
stantly killed at Union, S. C., by the
explosion of soda fountain, which
was being charged.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
Met Mt Memphis.

The Interstate Cotton Seed Crush
srs' association, comprising delegates
from five states, met in annual session
at Memphis, Tenn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
co.,,x Ere at norfolls. Va.

Fire in the shops and round-house
of the Seabord Air Line at Norfolk,
Va, caused damage amounting 70
sY50, 600 or more.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
CITY Buys Water works.

The water works plant at Natchez,
Miss, was formally transferred to
the city for s15o.oon
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

John FickIer has received the maxi
mum sentence for threatening the life
OF d mail clerk, which is Imprisonment
for life He and his running mate.
KahIer, held up mail wagon in S..
Louis. on December II, and, threatening
TO shoot the mail clerk. took large
sum Of money and a great deal OF regis
tered mail
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
MISSOURI DADE'S STORY
OF THE JORDAN KILLING
Police Investigation Foundation for
Statements duplicating Christian.

The police are today husiIy engaged
in looking into the foundation of 6
statement made to Captain B0ardman
yesterday afternoon by Missouri Dade.
concerning the killing OF MARY Jordan
in Anacostia Christmas Eve.
Missouri Dade and her mother Liza
Dads. live in house just across Green 5
Court from where Edward Christian and
John Jackson live on Christmas Eve
the Dade woman vas away from home.
and her daughter was in an rpner room
so she says. when from her darFraned
window she claims 10 have seen Chris.
rian come down the alley 10 the court
on the corner is a gas street Iamp. and
under the light. according to the wo-
mans story. Christian mcr ,vo negro
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
LADIES OF nACCABEES
INSTALL OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Meeting at Schmidt's Hall Last
Night.

Columbia Hive No. 3 and Brookland
Hive No l. Ladies' of tae Maccabees
held a joint installation of officers for
the ensuing year at Schmidt's Hall. or
Ninth Street northwest, at their last
meeting. The haH was very prettily dec
GRATED with flags. bunting and red ever
lasting wreaths and the large number OF
people present fully appreciated the
work of Helen NJ Rowe. chairman OF
the entertainment committee
Before the ceremonies Of installation
were begun Lady Nellie a Rowe. state
commander. presented a gold badgc
with the emblem Of l. 0. T. NJ en-
Eraved upon it, to Past Lady Com
nander Mary W. Galloway, Of the Co
lumbia Hive No s. a rosewood cabi-
net was also presented TO Mrs. Gallo
way in remembrance of the faithful ser
vices rendered to the hive by her. The
Columbia Hive then presented an L. o.
T. NJ. altar cloth and a red and tan pill
low to LADY STATE Commander Rowe.
After this Lady Rowe. assisted by her
daughter, Mistress -of-Arms Helen ri
Rowe. installed the following officers of
the Columbia Hive. No. s: Past lady
commander. Mary w Galloway: lady
commander. Fannie p Carey; lieutenant
commander. Ada L. Hartman; record
keeper. Clare z. Van NorsdalI: finance
keeper, Margaret J. Sherratt; chaplain,
Ida Lewis; sergeant, Mary Cosgroye;
mistress-at-arms, Grace Z. Bernhardt
sentinel, Eliza D. Persing; picket, Maria
B. Brooks Then followed the instaIla-
tion OF the officers of the Brookland
Hive. no. f. Fcllowing is the list FOR
the ensuing year:
Past Lady commander, Ada NJ Buz-
ton; lady commander. Lizzie K. Webb;
lieutenant commander, Nellie G. Stagge;
record keeper. Fannie f. Brown; finance
keeper. Agnes H Schilling; chaplain,
Bertha l. CarutheTs; mistFess-at-arm
Mabel @. Webb, sergeant, AlVerda S.
C0gswell; sentinel Ida c. Schulze;
picket. Clare z. Smith
Lady State Commander Rowe estab-
lished the Columbia Hive. No 3. about
three years ago. This was the first or
der OF the Ladies Of the MaCcabees in
Washington. and it has grown large and
rich under the guidance of their State
commander. Later on. she established
the Brookland Hive. No. T. and that is
in very H0urishing condition.
After the ceremonies, the following
musical program was very prettiIy car
ried out by the young people.
'FIorod0ra Sextette." Mabel Kirby,
Winnred Webb. Elsie Sheetz. irving
ConErove. Under the Bamboo Tree"
Elsie Sheetz. Irving Coagrove; Didn't
He RambIe." solo by Irving Congrove;
"GondoIers,'' - piano solo by Miss Keys;
'1dr- DooIey." by Irving Congrove.
Refreshments OF cake and ice cream
were served at the close OF a pleasant
evening.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.

Among the sixteen reports OF the
chiefs of the bureaus which appear in
the annual report Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, that of DIT. y T. Salmon,
OF the Bureau Of Animal Industry. is
especially interesting There were 7.e4i
cattle and 1927 hogs condemned be
cause Of tuberculosis and 5S.Sz9. .489 ami
mails were inspected at time Of slaugh-
ter. an increase Of 1,s02,508 over the last
fiscal year; 416,990,762 pounds Of beef.
1.145.24S pounds of mutton. and 1ss. geo, -
0l0 pounds Of pork received the certiG-
cate Of inspection for export, not in
cluding the pork which was examined
with microscope. There We're about
100000 pounds more Of mutton and
about 40.006.000 Of pounds decrease in
beef and pork than in the previous year.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
CHILD GATHERING COAL
WOUNDED BY WATCHMAN
Little Nine -Year-Old Girl VIII Die.
AssaiIant IN Jail.

KOK0M0, Ind, Jan. 15--Late last
night, while Ernest ard Mabel Miller,
eleven and nine years old, were in the
alley in the rear of she Apperson auto
mobile works. 3Ichns up scraps of Goa!
with which TO keep from freezing. Mabel
was shot twice by q man said TO be
Night FFatchmaH Jones, of the autom0-
bile works.
one bali passed through the body Of
the girl and he other shot caused q
severe flesh wound. The girl VIII die
Jones was arrested and placed In Jail
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
lies in New Yo-Unted States Treasury Notes Redeemed Large
Numbers-God Coin and BuIiOn-Study of Water Courses
in Southern Appalachian Systemby GeoogcaISurvey.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Secretary Shaw will leave Washing
ton for New York tomorrow to attend
the customs congress of American re
publics. r, B, Armstrong viii accom-
pany him. Secretary Shaw will deliver
an address at the banquet in honor of
the delegates Though the congress Will
probably last q week, Secretary Shaw
intends to return to Washington on Mon
day.
A record was made recently OF the
number Of United States notes redeem
ed in a single day. No less than $50
COO pieces, says Albert Relyea, chief Of
the redemption division of the Treas
arer's office, We're received and redeemed
January is always the busiest time for
this division. Bills are paid, money
pours into the banks, and all that is
old OF injured is sent to the Treasury
for redemption An average of $4,000
600 IS redeemed every day.
Miss Julia A. Smell, Of the division
Of reports, in the Office of the Comp
troller of the Currency, has been pro
NOTED from $1,4O0 to 81, 600. Miss Smell
has been In the Government service for
a number OF years. and her efficiency
was recognized in this promotion
Commissioner Yerkes, Of the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau, has decided that a
product known as a substitute for lard
Is not to be regarded as oIeomargarine.
nor IS 1t TO be taxable as such, under
the internal revenue laws
Commissioner Of Navigation Chamber
lain has written an article on American
seamen for the Verein fur Social Poll
Eik, one Of the best known poIltico-sci-
sntifc societies in Germany. This So
eiety is engaged in an investigation Of
he conditions of labor on the worlds
merchant vessels. Commissioner Cham
berlain's article viii be discussed by the
verein and its foreign correspondents al
meeting IN Hamburg next Septem-
Der.
Carpenters are at work constructing
aew room on the first floor Of the Treas
lry, using part of the south corridor.
This room is TO be used as a newsroom.
md the old newsToom on the second
ioor viii be used by the Bureau of In
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
PENSION OFFICE.

stephen a. Cuddy, who has been con
fined to the house for the last few days,
resumed his duties in the law division,
Pension once, yesterday
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

Virginia postmasters were appointed
yesterday as follows:
Mary N. Bowers, Dawn, Caroline coun-
ty-
John C. Luce, sebot Island. GoochIand
county.
William T. Freeman, Yale, Sussex
county.
". J. Lewis, of Nebraska, Seventh
Day Adventist, recently given d tenn
partment, has been made a permanent
clerk and his salary adjusted in such a
manner as TO permit him to observe
Saturday as his Sabbath de wiz not,
however, be paid for that time.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

DIT John A. Riggen has been appointed
Ark
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

Commissioner Yerkes, Of the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau, has decided that a
product known as a substitute for lard
is not to be regarded as oIeomargarine.
nor Is it TO be taxable as such. under
the internal revenue laws.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
POSTOFFICE.

How rapidly the business of the Postal
Service of the United States is fncreas-
ing can be easily seen from the state
ment Of the gross postal receipts at the
fifty largest postofhces for December,
1902 as compared with those for De
cember. 1901. The total receipts for
December. 1902. were $5,S71. So. as com
pared with $515L5S7 for December, 1901,
This shows an increase OF $T3A,570. The
receipts for the three largest cities in
December. 1892, We're; New York, ST.
2S9,ll1i Chicago, 1852 .y6, and Pbiladel-
phia $f59, 368.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
STATE DEPARTMENT.

The State Department was advised
yesterday of the arrival at Kingston.
Jamaica. of the Dolphin. with United
States Minister to Venezuela and MIS-.
Bowen aboard
The Washington times., 1903-01-15
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

It is reported that there were nine
deaths during the trip OF the transport
Logan, which arrived yesterday at San
Francisco from Manila. The dead ar,
all privates. The absence of gambling
during the voyage of the Logan was a
peculiar feature All the gambling tools
found were confscated.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

i proposed act of Congress providing
for The return to Harvard University OF
a Nordenfeidt gun and a silver cup pre-
scented to the L. S 5. Harvard when she
was temporarily in the service of the
United States during the Spanish war,
has been approved by Acting Secretary
Darling for the Navy Department.
The Washington times., 1903-01-15

Carpenters are at work constructing a
sew room on the first floor Of the Treas
Try, using part of the south corridor.
This room is TO be used as a newsroom,
md the old newsToOm on the second
ioor viii be used by the Bureau of In
.ernaI Revenue.