Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-07-28
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Ancient order OF tilDeIHldHs OpSEcuS
on the 18th, at Music hall, st. Louis.
It is the most largely attended bien-
NAL gathering in the history of the or.
der in America.
Four thousand non-union carpenters
of New York, who have been locked
out by the Building Trades Employers
association. have decided TO remain
idle indefinitely.
A rcquisition from Gov. Beckham OF
Kentucky on Gov Bailey of Kansas
for the return of William Payne to
that state has been honored. Payne
is accused with attempting murder In
Kentucky eight years ago.
A charter was issued, on the 10th,
by the secretary of state of Missouri,
to the st. Joseph. As0any & De.
Moines Railway Co.. of st. Joseph.
aIo. The company has capital of
$sO0. 900, with which to build and op
crate a railway from St. Joseph, Mo-
to Des Moines, Ia, a distance OF so
miles.
A ST. Petersburg dispatch of the 18th
says that a Russian torpedo boat and
a German vessel struck mines at Vlad-
lvostok aud sunk, their crews perishing.
'Pittsburg Phil" is said to be dying
at a retreat near Saranac lake, in the
Adirondaeks. where he Is afflicted
with lung trouble. "Pittsburg PHIL in
his days of activity, was the greatest
plunger the American turf has ever
known.
Positive proof that the train robber
who was killed on Divide creek. Col,
June last, was not the notorious ban
dit Harvey Logan, has been secured
by an examination of the body by DR.
X. X McAllister, of Denver.
Col. George Wilson, retired United
States army officers. who lived in Paris,
France, fired several shots from revol-
yer at Mile Charlotte Murmann, Il
years old. Col. Wilson subsequently
shot himself through the head, and ex-
pired while being taken to hospital
All carpenters employed in New York
by the Master Carpenters association
have been locked out by order of the
board CT governors of the Building
Trades Employees association. The
lockout ties up the carpenter work on
every large building.
A charge OF manslaughter has been
preferred against VIM. T. Richards, the
station agent at Midvale. N. J., and
Ernest Keller, fagman on the eXeur'
sion train which was wrecked neal
Midyale. July 10.
The Cripple Creek (Col) Mine Own
ers' association has issued 1000 recon-
mendation cards, which are absolutely
necessary to obtain employment in that
district.
The cloud that appeared on the hor-
izon between Russia and Great
Britain mas been dissipated by the re-
lease by Russia of the British steamer
Malacca, captured by the Russian vol
unteer cruiser st. Petersburg, in the
Red Sea, because the British master
refused TO produce her manifest.
Gen. Kuroki, after severe fight, oc-
cupled Kiao-Tung on July -. The
place had been fortified by the Rus
SLAMS, who defended 1t stoutly. In the
fighting the Japanese troops
GROVE il-t INuSSidIlS lIOlu bAtli @NiOhS'y
fortified position on the Chi River.
The 81. Louis grand jury, in par
tial report, made ON the 22d, returned
an indictment against Edward Butler
the political boss, charging him with
inducing a states witness to absent
himself by the gift of money.
DIR. Sllas c. Swallow, of Harrisburg
Pa. and George w. Carroll, of Texas,
respectively candidates for president
and ylce-president of the United States
on the prohibition ticket, were formal
" notified Of their nomination at In
tsianapolis. Ind, on the 22d, and both
made responses of acceptance.
The Missouri Democratic state con-
vention completed its nominations, on
the slst, by the choice If T. l.. Ruoey
for lieutensnt-governor, Sam b. COOK
for secretary of state, Albert o. Allen
Tor auditor. Jas. Cowgirl for treasurer,
Il. w. Major for attorney general and
II. Rube oglesby for railroad and
warehouse commissioner.
A Russian correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph. under date
Of the 18th, said that fierce fighting
had been raging for two days and was
still continuing. with the Japanese In
superior strength. The Russians were
retiring under a successful thanking
movement by the Japanese.
A Lao Yang dispatch of the goth
delayed in transmission) said that the
Japanese had broken through the left
flank between Gen. Count Keller's po-
sition and that of Gen. Reunen-
kampff, and were marching on Muk-
den. The news created sensation in
st. Petersburg.
News from Bonesteel, s. D., the
principal registration point for would
he settlers on the Rosebud reservation
lands. was the scene of considerable
disturbance on the 2lst, the crooks and
gamblers seeming to have the upper
hand. There was some talk of calm
upon the United States government for
troops.
The will of the late Charles f. Dew
ey. who died in Wheeling. W. Va,
about a month ago, disposing of an es-
tate in Chicago and elsewhere, valued
at approximately s1.O00,000, will prob
ably be contested by his daughter by
a former wife, and his son Chauncey,
who was recently acquitted on
charges of murder growing out of a
ranch feud with the Berrys in Kansas
Ex-senator George G. Vest. of Mis-.
souri, is in critical condition at
Sweet Springs, Mo. and his closest
friends say that there is but little hope
OF his recovery. His mind is clear,
but his strength is falling rapidly each
day.
Capt. Grass, an instructor of the
German army balloon corps. has left
Berlin for st. Louis, where he will
observe the dirigible balloon contests
in behalf of the war ONCE.
Charles Stimmel. convicted of the
murder of Joseph W. Shioe. book
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