Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-20
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL.

tsuCONAe NNO 9GN6uS6
Two Wabash freight trains. west
bound, collided. rear-end, near Chilli
cothe. Mo-. on the 11th. and George
Runyon, Of Moberly, Mo-, conductor Of
one Of them, was killed.
The comptroller of the currency has
been advised that the First national
bank. Claysville, Pa, closed Its doors,
on the 11th, In consequence OF run.
The attendance at the Worlds fair
on Missouri day is estimated at 160, 900.
Special trains from all over the state
carried thousands Of visitors to st.
Louis for the celebration, the chief
events of which were military pa
rade, reception and ball.
The impression is gaining ground
that Gen. Kuropatiyin's offensive move
ment against the Japanese was In
spired by pressure from St. Petersburg.
At latest accounts up to the 18th. q
sanguinary engagement was in prog
ress.
Albert J. Adams, the former policy
King Of New York. was released from
Sing Sing prison on the 11th.
Col. James p. AveriIl, national junior
yice-comnfander Of the G. A. r., died
suddenly at his homo in Atlanta, Ca,
ON tho 11th.
Four business blocks were destroyed
In the heart of Winnipeg, Man., on the
18th.
During an attempt to haze freshmen
made by 1 party Of sophomores at the
Michigan college Of mines at Hough-
ton, Mich, on the 18th, serious In
Jury, which II Is feared may result fa-
tally, was done to one of the freshmen.
a Toxic dispatch Of the 18th gives
tho FIRST account of the sinking Of the
Japanese gunboat Hei-Yen on Pigeon
bay, September Is, having come IN con-
tact with mine during storm. All
on hoard. nearly 300 men, perished,
save four.
Three boys were drowned. on tine
nth. by the overturning OF skin at
Kingston Mines, Ill.
AS Indicative OF the desperate ma
ture of the fighting in the battle south
of Mukden, in Manchuria, it is said
that in a single Russian regiment, out
of over a hundred officers, only eight
escaped either death or wounds.
A burglar who was shot and killed
while plying his vocation In the room
ing house conducted by Mrs. John
Volsmer, in st. Louis. early on the
morning OF the 18th. was found to be
wearing corsets, probably to protect
his body In case of attack,
The Philippine Exposition board, In
addition to rs grand prizes to Philip
pine exhibitors, will have struck spe'
cial bronze medal commemorative OF
the exposition, and every Filipino man,
woman and child, including the scouts
battalion and the Philippine constab
ulary attending the Worlds fair VIII
receive one.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co.. on the 18th. paid into the United
states subtreasury at st. Louis $500,
900, being the ninth semi-monthly pay
ment on the s4600,000 loan trom the
government. leaving but $69fs5o ye'
que.
Offlcial reports regarding Gen. kuro
patkin's side of the fight south OF MuK
den we're lacking in st. Petersburg. OF
the 18th, and, In consequence, there Il
considerable uneasiness.
The Japanese government has decid
ed TO float a domestic loan OF S4o.0oo,
4 900. representing the balance Oh III
amount authorized by the diet.
Manuel Qufntana was. on the lztn
inaugurated as president OF Argentina
The event passed off without especia
Incident The republic is calm.
John Harper. a negro. was hange
at Magnolia, Ark, on the 18th, for tn
murder OF his wife last February. n
admitted his guilt.
w. r. Eaves. former cashier OF IN
Citizens national bank of Arlington
Tex, who fed from that town a yea
ago. under a Charge Of embezzlin
$4,000, was arrested in st. Louis o
the 18th.
Chicago is to have the largest hott
in the world. It will cost $10.00o,oO'
be 20 stories high, and dwarf In siz
and magnincence, II is promised an
structure of the kind ever erected.
Miss Bessie Stone and Robert Gil
who eloped from Ashland, Va, octope
II, we're found dead with their haho
cIasped. near a pond in that viclnit
on tho 18th, by searching party. BOZ
had died from pistol shots.
The William Rudolph murder cas-
was submitted to the Missouri
nreme court, on the 18th, and
c,s;on NAV be expected in about OF
month.
Fire. on the 18th. destroyed tnr'
buildings of the plant OF the unit'
Zinc a Chemical Co. at Argehtin
Kas., causing loss estimated WV
900.
The fourth day of the great bat
south of Mulxden found the hussi
forces retiring under the terrible pr
sure of the Japanese, who had turn
aeeaiIants. The losses on both sides
said to be very heavy Upwards
thirty guns had been captured py
Japanese.
A ST. Petersburg dispatch of
18th said that Ave japanese cruis'
were reported off vladivostok. I
commander Of the fortress had su
moned the inhabitants to surren'
frearms of all descriptions within
week.
A Toxic dispatch, via Berlin, on
18th, said; AFTER an incessant DC
bardment lasting three days the gre
er part Of Port Arthur is IN nan
Many of the Russian troops are no
ing the white flag and surrenderlnf
The officers of the American Ell
mean suuadron were the guests
dinner OF the Welsh regiment
Gravesend England. on the lStn'