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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
MONUMENT TO FAMOUS SCOUT
Grave of Jim Bridger, Frontiersmnn
and Trader, to he Marked by
Granite Monument.

Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 5.--The bones
of Jim Bridger, famous scout ana dis
coverer of Great Salt lake. will be
brought from sn obscure grave on a
farm ten miles south of tnis city for
final burial in local cemetery, Mon-
day. A granite monument seven feet
high will be unveiled next Monday.
Mrs. Mary Leightle, Brldgers grand
daughter, will unveil the monument. A
life-sized bust of the old frontiersman
and an inscription telling of his great
est deeds will be sculptured upon the
snaft. The expense Is being borne by
Gen Granville M. Dodge. who, as en-
gineer of the Union Pacific railway,
was indebted TO Bridger for the dis
covery of pass through the Rocky
mountains, through which the railway
was built.
From 1924 until late in the COS.
Bridger probably was the vests great
est mountaineer. frontiersman, trader
guide and fighter. He was the chief
of five of the most powerful Indian
tribes, the founder of Fort Bridger. and
the discoverer of South Pass.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDER
Relatives are investigating the
sudden Death of Mrs. Frank Mo-
Lain, Near Carrollton, MO.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 5.-A special
to the Times from Carroilton, Mo-,
says:
The sudden death OF Mrs. Frank Nc
Lain, month ago, at her home in Liv-
ingston county, Mo-, aroused the sus-
picions of her relatives in Kentucky,
who sent a physician here to investi-
gate the circumstances OF her death.
The physician, with the assistance
of the prosecuting attorney OF this
county, where the body was buried.
and the coroner OF Livingston county.
exhumed the body, removed the stom-
ach and sent it to St. Louis for chem
Ical analysis. The physician now says
that Mrs. McLain died in convulsions
and showed symptoms of strychnine
poisoning, as she was i'll only "a hours.
She was 2S years old, and apparently
in good health previous to her fatal
Illness.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
PROF. P. C, HOLDEN,
THE ACR0MOMIST
Iowa Pays Him Good Salary Il
Teach Farmers to Raise Corn.
ALL THOUGHT THEykNEw HOW
After Following the Professor's ln-
structions They discovered That
what They Didn't Know
Cost Them Dearly.

Sioux City. Ia, Dec. 4.-The state
Of Iowa has been paying 5000 year
for two years to man who in the
last 12 months has earned for the state
s10.0o0.00O. His name is Prof. p. G..
Holden. He is an agronomist.
Iowa farmers laughed at the idea
Of man with such title trying to
teach them, the best corn growers In
the world.
But they do not laugh now. Instead,
they flock by the hundreds to hear
Prof. Holden talk. and they go away
and do exactly as he tells them. AS
q result, in large part, of following
his advice, they have raised about one
hundred million bushels more corn
this year than in any year OF this
century, and they expect to add an
other one hundred million bushels
to their crop next year.
Prof. Holden became an agronomist
that is, an expert in grain raising
by accident. When he taught school
in Michigan he got up corn-growing
contest among his pupils. He induced
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
THE INJURED WILL RECOVER
Wreck at Holden, Mo-, On
Road to Recovery.

Kansas City, NO.. Dec. 5.--Only 16
OF the fifty or more persons injured
In the Missouri Pacific wreck near
Holden, Mo-. Saturday are still In hos.
pitals in this city. Others have either
gone to their homes in this city and
other Missouri towns or continued
their journey westward. OF those re-
naming here, the condition OF Mrs.
Mary Gillett. OF Canton, N. Y, Is the
most serious. She is "a years old, and
her temperature is very high, but her
attending physician believes that she
will recover. Mrs. Gillett was in the
rear Pullman which was precipitated
into a creek more than twenty feet
below the bridge where the wreck oc-
Cured, and she was rescued from the
wreckage after holes had been chopped
In the top of the car with axes. None
Of the other injured is in a serious
condition, and most of them will, 1t is
expected, be able to leave for their
homes in few days.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
IMMIGRATION HAS DECREAsE8
So says Annual Report Of Frank r.
Sargent, Commss~- ..er General
Of migration.

Washington. Dec. 5.--lmmigration
to the United States decreased ma
terially during the last fiscal year:
and it is noticeable fact that the
moral. intellectual and physical quail
ficatlons OF the immigrants admitted
to this country during the past year
are higher than ever heretofore have
been chronicled. These are two sa-
iient features OF the annual report OF
Frank P. Sargent. commissioner gen.
eral OF immigration, which is made
public.
The report says that during the past
fiscal year, Sl2.s70 aliens arrived In
the United States, of whom $40,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
Where He Differed.

Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, tells of a campaign conducted
by Governor Bob" Taylor in that
State.
Meeting for the first time delegate
from one of the eastern counties to
the State convention, Mr.. Taylor said
81 am glad to meet you, sir. have
known your father for a good many
years, but this is the first time l have
had the pleasure of seeing you. | see.
sir, that the son is better looking
man than the father"
ooh, come. Governor" replied the
delegate, banteringly, you needn't try
to jolly me that way, for I'm for
Barksdale all right, even If the old
man is for you"
Governor Taylor smiled in reflect
i've way. "My dear sir" he added, 81
merely said | found you a better look
ing man than your father. | did not
say you had half as much sense.
Harper's Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
Freedom In Russia.

A dispatch to strongly pro-Rus-
sian French paper stated that the
press censorship had practically been
abolished by the new prime minister
Of the interior. This plainly belonged
to the important II true" order OF
news, and confirmation of the intelli-
gence was instantly sought at st. Pe-
tersburg.
1t turns out that nothing whatever
has been done In legal or Official
way to recognize the dignity OF the
press or enlarge Its freedom and op-
portunitlcs. The restrictions stand IN
all their CALLING and paralyzing varie-
ty and weight, but 1t seems that IN
formally the newspaper publishers
and editors have received . tip to the
effect that considerable freedom OF
comment and criticism will be toler-
ated--for the time being. In other
words, the press Is enjoying actual
but not aforementioned and guaran'
| teed freedom.
Well. any kind Of freedom Is crate
| fully received In Moscow, but no -
| lightened Russian will congratulAp
himself on the press reform "a Fyanc'
tsviatopolk Mirsky< The strfnE ,
there. or, 10 change the netaphor. tn
| sword Is still suspended over the pui
lishers head, and 1t may come dow
at any moment.
IL is true that the Russian editors
are making hay industriously while
| the sun shines and the censor Is look
| ing the other way. They are now di-
cussing internal and foreign questions
with remarkable frankness and can
dor. Some of them are vigorously de-
manding real freedom for the press;
others are advocating the extension OF
local autonomy; still others are crit
icising the war and navy departments
and limiting at possible defeat in Man.
churia and at the expediency of maxi
ing peace on terms now obtalnable,
in short, a decided change has come
over the spirit OF the st. Petersburg
and Moscow press and the reader has
taste of Independent and sincere
journalism.
But this pleasant interregnum may
come to an end without word OF
warning. for Mirslsy may fall or be
forced by his associates to modify his
policy. As even the opportunist No
voc Vreyma says, reform which de-
pends on one man, or on the mood OF
one man, is not reform. There is no
sign yet of that Spring" for which
liberal Russians have been hoping
through the long winter Of reaction
and epression.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
A CRISIS AT HAND.
Black Sea Fleet to Pass the Darda
neIIes in Spite of England's Def.

London. Dee. 6.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Daily Mail pub
fishes an interview with Admiral Ka
zanakoff, who states that, after dec
laration to that effect, the Russian
Black Sea fleet will pass the Darna'
nelles, confronting England with an
accomplished fact.
The admiral points out that strong
reasons exist for the belief that the
British government will do nothing In
the matter.
Reports received from Moscow rela-
tive to the sudden movement of troops
toward the Afghan frontier seem to
bear out the belief that Russia will
send her Black Sea feet through the
Dardanelles and take her chances
about the consequences.
II is stated upon good authority that
an entire division of Russian troops
has left the Caucasus for the frontier.
and the only explanation for this
move is offered by the fact that the
question of the passage of the fleet
has entered the acute stage.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

were males and 263,770 females, an in
crease In the females. as compared
with last year, OF 1880, and de-
crease in the males of G4,046. AS re-
spects age, 109,150 were under IA years
OF age. 57,155 we're between IA and Is,
and 465G5 were As or over.
or the total number of admitted
aliens 1858 could read. but not write:
16S.903 could neither read nor write,
and it is presumed the remainder 640,-
Ola could both read and write.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

vine that had grown on his place. II
would appear from this instance that
pumpkins might be grown more gen
orally for feed. II the number stated
will grow from volunteer vine with
out attention, what might we expect
from vine that was cultivstcdY
Some one give the pumpkins trial.
Syrup mills In the southern section
Of the State are being operated day
and night to grind the enormous crop
raised. There will be much sweetness
for use during the next twelve months.
Newton has organized a business
league and will make q systematic
campaign for the betterment OF that
splendid little city. A substantial
improvement Is already noted and the
recently organized league will only
tend to make the improvement faster.
An immense lumber mill is being
established at Clarksdale and will be-
gin operations soon. Messrs. Wade 4
Dodjs are the proprietors and contem-
plate usiog the fine hardwood timber
found in that sections
The Red Snapper Sauce Co.. Of
Centreville. the only manufacturers OF
red hot stun in the State. was success
full In capturing a medal at ST. Louis.
This should be gratifying to the gen.
tlemen who are behind the enterprise.
It is said to be paying business and
that operations will be enlarged In the
near future to handle . fast increas-
ing frpda
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
To ston Exports of Coal.

London, Dec 1.-THE insurance cor
respondent of the Times. in today's
issue, says:
''It may be assumed that the British
government intends to stop all direct
exports of coal to the Russian fleet.
The direct exports of steam coal to
the Russian feet are trifiing in com.
parison with exports of similar coal
to Vladivostok. which merely come
under the head of conditionally con
traband trade. Yet the coal fer Vladi.
vostok is as surely intended for the
Russian fleet as those cargoes carried
direct to the vessels.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
arourht In a spoater.

Ottawa. Kas.,'. Dec. 4.-Experienc
oil men think they opened phep
enon in a well brought n n ae
tawa. The strike was I a.
feet. Other wells 600 fe Al
yielding ten barrels. n
spouting 100 barrels day IN
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
IS Factory Burns.

!, kas., Dec. Sire, Sat
about midnight. caused a
10000 to the plant OF the
Findow Glass Co, in this
s factory, blacksmith shop
! loads of lumber were de.
e plant will be rebuilt al
] partially insured.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
Gen. Joe wheeler In Mexico.

Mexico City, Dec 5.-Gen. Joseph
consideration at the hands of the Mex
ican government and of his own coun.
trymen. One OF the objects of Gen,
- - L grip is to interest the Mex
ir,ent in n new prin
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
A STARTLING DISCLOSE
MADE TO CONGRESSIONAL COM.
MiTTEE SENT TO PANAMA.
GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED OF Si5O.OOO

Job Perpetrated by French Stock
doIders-Members Assert That Esti-
mates Of the Cost Of the Canal Are
Absolutely Worthless, and That II
May Cost Many Millions More Than
at First Supposed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

Alton, ILL.,. Dec. 4.-H. J. HoE55
OF Alton, who displayed at the W6fil
fair white stone Quarried from
hills above Alton, has had a.
from the government TO exE
same at Washington. He has
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
England Preparing for Action.

London. Dec. ct is stated upon
good authority that the British gov.
ernment is about to make move in
the case of the torpedo boat destroyer
Carolina, the boat which the Hon.
James Roche-Sinnett bought from
Yarrow & Co. and delivered to the
Russians at Liban According to the
report, Sinnett, as well as number
of members OF the Yarrow firm, re-
ceived summons to appear in the
Bow street court to answer a charge
of having violated the law in the
matter of the sale and transfer Of the
vessel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
Would Never Do.

Stranger want to buy a good
watch dog.
Dog Fancier-Here's the one you
want, sir. Trained by an expert. He
can tell an insurance agent mile off.
"And what will he do them"
"Do? He'll chew him into soup
bones"
well. he won't suit me-"
"Why? Most people want a dog
like that"
eyes, | know; but I'm an insurance
agent. you see."-Chicago Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

Tex. Dec. 5.-A large ele'
4 by the South Texas Grain
Sunday. entailing a loss OF
lrtly covered by insurance,
Jas discovered by a train
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

President and Mrs. Roosevelt cele-
brated their eighteenth wedding ami
versary Friday.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
|. Near waterloo, III

,.-----s---.lIll., Dec. 5.-The large
farm residence of Joseph Schnaider
near this city, was destroyed Sunday
by fire from defective hue.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
"Mary" was amusing the baby.


He IS To HlUHIHs Oh.
''Now you be STILL" she said. "and
Mary viii read to you. Now be still, IT
she added. as she turned the pages OF
The Star. "and Mary will read the
'sniplights to you"
The baby was still He appeared
to enjoy them hugely.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

The zone authorities are to purchas'
Istamps from Panama at 20 per cent
of their face value
Tho order OF Secretary Taft is to be
ineffective unless Panama shall put In
to effect the gold standard. according
to the currency agreement of June 20.
1904. 1t also makes a stipulation re-
garding citizenship rights to Panama
ans In the canal zone. and provision II
also made in the order for mainten-
ance by the United States OF impor-
tant highways. partly in and partly
out OF the canal zone, and also for tho
building of hospitaA The order IL
made effective December IL. 1904.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

Another report from the coal find
in Leake county states that vein has
been discovered about ten feet under
ground and lying just below a strata
Of candle coal thSt has been tested by
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

jefferson City, Mo. Dec. 4.-Frank
W. Woodbridge. warden at the peni-
tentiary, has made contract for $500
pounds OF dressed turkey at IS cents
per pound for the Christmas dinner
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

Senatobia ia experiencing trouble
with congested condition Of the bus
iness streets, on Saturdays especially.
That must mean that the town is do
ing an unusually large business this
fall.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

W. A. Young, a Jefferson county
farmer, gathered eighty-three fully
developed pumpkins from a volunteer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

az his home, a lew miles from GEORGE
town. He had been blind for several
years and was respondent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

French Camp reports that a great
deal of trucking will be done in that
section next year. Ten thousand
fruit trees were put out this fall and
one farmer has planted eight thou
sand stalks Of sugar cane and con-
tracted the crop at sixty cents per
gallon. The people are beginning to
diversity their crops and the commu-
nifty is especially prosperous.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
Greater Mississippi

Devoted to the Industrial, Commercial and
Agricultural Development of the States In
comparable Resources = Items of Interest
Picked Up Here and There y - y y \
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

Jackson has organized the second
wholesale drug house. and the sixth
wholesale grocery house has just be-
gun business. The Capital City is
fast becoming wholesale center on
account of its location and the splen-
did railroad facilities enjoyed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

The Aberdeen Sand and Brick Com
pany has been organized with a cap
ital stock of $4,000, for the purpose
of manufacturing building material.
The company is largely composed of
home people, who see in the invest
ment a liberal return for the use of
their money.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

smen. in a new gun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

West Point is to have wholesale
tobacco company with a capital stock
Of $4,000 The charter has been Sc
cured and business will begin in a
short time. 1t is believed that this
is the first wholesale tobacco house
for the State, but there will likely be
more in the future.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-07
DEMOCRATS NOT BoASrFUL,
BUT CONFIDENT.

The marked contrast to the brag-
gadocIo OF the Republicans is the we'll
grounded confidence of victory which
prevails at the headquarters of the
Democratic National Committee. The
belief that Parker and Davis will be
elected is based upon the most trust
worthy information that can be OBJ
tanned at this time as TO the temper
and intention of the voters in the
ten or twelve States outside OF the
"solid South, " in which both parties
are fighting hard for supremacy. as
well as upon an abiding faith in the
Intelligence and patriotism of the
people when once they understand the
issue of the campaign and the posi-
tion of the respective parties there
upon. That Democratic prospects
have been greatly improved within the
past ten days Is evident to any one
with an eye to see and an ear to hear.
This Improvement is easily accounted
for, first. by the splendid condition of
the united Democracy In the State OF
New York; second, by the fine impress
sion made upon the country by Judge
Parker through his letter OF &C.
ceptsnce; and third. by the general
era of good feeling in the party. which
Judge Parker has created by his sue
cessful personal efforts to conciliate all
factions and enlist the hearty support
of certain Democratic leaders. who,
for one cause or another, had been
inclined to hold aloof and let the cam
paign take care of itself.
The foremost independent news
papers of the country, while perhaps
not yet convinced that defeat is in
store for the Republicans, nevertheless
agree that the political tide is turning
and that from now on it will set in
strongly toward Parker and Davis.
Among the influential papers which
hold to this view, are the New York
Herald, The Brooklyn Eagle. the Phil
adelphia Ledger. The Boston Herald,
and The Springfield Republican.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-07
SOME FIGURES
Taken From The Tax
Books Showing The
Wealth Of Maury
County.

Mr.. H. W. Thomas, Deputy County
Clerk has completed the tax books CT
Maury county for the year 1904 and
they have been turned over to Trustee
Ramon. The capitulation is as fol-
lows:
The recapitulation shows the mum
her OF town lots, 1900. value
So. 0Sl, 975 number of acres of land,
371.227, value SIS, S92. 525; value of
personal property less $1,000 ex-
einptions, 81. 100, 900; total real and
personal. SO, 1924, 400; poll taxes. $12. :
078; State taxes, 1874, 1876. 40; county
taxes, $245, Gil school taxes, $50, 525. :
IS; highway taxes, $6, 438. 90; bridge
taxes. 81, $50. SO sinking fund taxes,
81, 1854. 81 special highway taxes, ST.
964. SO grand total for 1904, SIG, 776. 48.
For 1903, the grand total was $118, :
1880. which was 81, 341. 9i more than
for this year. This falling off is caused
by the depreciation in value of certa in
phosphate mines in the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-07
THE PLANS
For The Building of the Pro.
posed Interurban to
This City.

The Banner in writing up meeting
of the Retail Merchants Association at
Nashville. gives the following in con-
nection with the proposed interurban
line that is projected to Columbia:
"Ihe matter of the interu1ban rail
way was taken up next, and Chairman
James Ryan's report was read. He
gave in detail the plans of the Pitts
burg capitalists. He stated that it
was proposed to issue $500. 900 of bonds
and dispose of 500, 600 of the issue IN
Nashville at IS cents on the dollar. and
that the Pittsburg men would take the
remaining $500, 900. He showed tie
advantages of such road and the in
creased business such a line would
bring to Nashville. Several letters of
endorsement were read in regard to
their financial and social standing.
''An itemized statement was in the
hands OF the committee as to the cost
OF construction. etc., and some argu-
ments pro and con were listened to.
THE following endorsement was
submitted by MI. James Ryan and WAS
adopted by the association:
"'We believe that the construction
and operation of this proposed electric
railway to Franklin and thence to
Columbia and Mt. Pleasant will prove
Of great benefit to the city of Nash
vile, and that the association give to
the movement such endorsement and
encouragement as. IN the Judgment OF
Its members, it may see fit.
attorney F. P. Bond made an ad-
dress in the interest of the proposed
road, and at the conclusion of his re-
marks Mr.. Jas. Palmer made short
talk.
president Joe Frank said he had
heard lots of wildcat schemes hereto
fore in regard to an electric line, but
this proposition was the most feasible
vet heard, and that he had investi-
gated it and would put his money in
Il Mr.. Palmer also said that he fav-
cred the road strong enough to take Il
few shares himself.
A COMMITTEES composed of Spencer
Eakin, James Palmer, II. NJ. Blen- |
necke, DR.. H. b. Lees and Frank |
Anderson was appointed to look into
the matter, with a view OF taking final
action.