Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-08-10

greeted with salufss ana a rorcsn
water pageant Secretary Tar was
presented with the golden KEYS Of tA@
{ CITY
The people OF Nome. Alaska. ara
{ reported to b up in arms aRains. the
Soverzmen. crsciais. who are said to
ee taking advantage oc their positions
TO Gle upon the most valuable minius
claims
/ The Milwaukee county (wi5eousin1
grand jury has returned FIVE more in
dement's. including one againsr Cnas.
= Pns;er. one Of the city's most prom
inent citizens. charging larceny BY
baflce.
What promises to be one Of the
most disastrous cave-ins ever known in
that district Is occurring al Duenwex.
a mining camp near Webb City. No.
due to defective timberinx. The King
William Mining Co. will Be a heavy
loser.
NJ Witte. the principal Russian
peace plenipote1tiary. after his first
visit to President Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay. said he had conceived the high
est opinion Of Mr.. Roosevelt. and was
particularly struck with his energy
AMI broafmindedness
Acting on the reques. Of Gov. Biau-
ehard OF Louisiana. President Rooss-
welt directed Surgeon General Wyrian
OF the Marine hospital service to take
every step in his power to meet the
sttuaticn in New Orleans
I'd Lewis and Kid George. ne
Sroes. we're iyuched AZ Hattiesburx.
Miss. b. a mob. The we're charged
With being accessory 70 the murder OF
convict guard J. 5. Smith.
Between twenty and thirty ussn .re
reported to have teen killed by an sx-
plcsioa at the dynamite factory Of the
Nitro Powder Co. at Mingo Hollow.
near ESopus. y. Y.
\ report is current in Berlin which
s regarded by the press as probably
true thar meeting has been arranged
between Emperor William and his IN
cle. King Edward Of Great Brit1in
Gov. Mickey OF Nebraska has Srrrer-
dered 10 the state Of Colorado Frank
Buster. alias Frank Martin. charged
with the mur,ier OF Martin OConn nor,
I miner. on April last
After killing two persons. seriously
and probably fatally shooting two 9TH
ers. one a woman. and less seriously
wourdiug two more. Ike Kinney. dss-
psrate negro. vas killed a. Doeliz- Ark
Kinney had previously killed 4 negro
a. Stamps and vas being pursuei
The ciry couEciI oC Msna. Ars. re-
fused to quarantine against yellow fe-
yer infscTsd points. 61E invited refugees
TO 20 there Meza Is in the OzaTkS.
I-ssQ0 f.st above ssa Level. where yellow
fever ssrns can rot exist
Portsmouth. y. H. during the sss-
stons OF the peace conference. xiil en-
terrain one Of the most notable gath
erirgs Of special newspaper eorrsspon-
dents that has got together in many
a day George Smailsy. Of the Londcn
Times. aged u. bur still zettxs AID
alert. viii be dean Of the gathering
Percy Pembroke. aged Is years. one
Of three eoys charged with the unurrsr
os T W. Coos. n, Oakland. Cal. has
made a fun confession He says ths
crime was deliberately planned. bat
thzt the other two. Joan Snyder And
George Bioksr. did the work
Gov Nagocu's report fer Jaly shows
a, Improvement IN the yellow fever sit
uarSon on the Isshzas Of PznamA over
the preceding noah
W. H Hartman expects TO srsrt
SO aao 0do in railroad building in Ore
Eon. Washington and Idaho within the
Esxt ysar-
Thomas A Edison announces that he
has at last perfected his electric motor.
Il Is not designed for seorchins. bat for
a pleasure vehicle. under most favor-
able conditions il will give a -Nmiie ar
hour speed for $50 miles
The assets OF the defunet German
hank Of Buffalo. y. Y. which had n
face value OF ss.7ss.17s. are shown by
the appraisers report 10 be actually
worth about ss.s5a.5e1.
I'm. Whites words are 20 be taken
literally he has not eome over here to
make peace. but merely TO ascertain
IL Japan's demands are such as TO
form a reasonable basis for future
negotiations.
The proposed Bennington HEM
oriaI at San Diego. Cal. may take the
form OF a club house for the use OF
sailors If the IDEAS Of the promoters
are carried out The government viii
erect a fine shaft in memory Of the
dead seamen-
As result OF a meeting Of insur-
ance commissioners Of several states
in Chicago three large Insurance com-
panies Of New York are 10 be inyesti-
gated. and it is likely that interstate
investigation Of all the large COM
paRies will be instituted
The Foresters. in national eonSen-
ton at Atlantic City. n J.. decided
to reduce the minimum age to f6
years and the maximum Is made 50
years. A policy viii be issued as low
as $3.50. while before $500 was the
smallest
Col Henry Watterson. Of Louisville.
KY. has been observing the aris
tocracy across tie water He sa-s II
Is of better grade than the American
article There il means lineage and
brains. Here-~ell. Il ranges chiefly
between bad whisky and Standard
OIL
Pereey Pierce, of Buffalo. " Y. was
awarded the s2.0e9 trophy offered b.
Charles J. Giidden for the best chow
ing in the recent automobile endurance
test from New York to Mount Wash
ington and return
Two wealthy Chinese merchants
have arrived in Washington 20 discuss
Chinese-American matters with spe-
cial reference to the boycott against
American goods
Luther Gillian was arrested near
Gainesville. Ill. by Sheriff Cornery Of
White county. charged with the murder
Of William Jones. whose dead body was
found near CarmL
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson