Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-05-18

| eate iOf tae injured and homeless
through the recent tornado.
Secretary OF State Hay Is reported
to have greatly improved in health
during his stay at Bad Nauheim. He
will sail from LONDON for home June 4.
President Roosevelt has approved
the recommendation OF Secretary OF the
Navy Morton that the remains Of Ad-
miral John Paul Jones be Inferred AZ
ArnaT ellis. Md.
| William j. Bryan expresses admira-
tion for the position taken by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft on the
question Of railroad rate legislation.
Martin ]. Elliott who. as a director
OF the American Railway union. was
imprisoned with Eugene V. Debs and
others. in 1898. in connection with the
Pullman strike in Chicago. died at
Butte. Mont. after a long illness. aged
1 IS years
Nan Patterson. thrice tried for the
murder OF Caesar Young in New York
city. and no jury being found to agree
as TO her guilt or innocence. has been
released on her own recognizance. II
is doubtful IL she is ever called for trial
again.
Seven men were killed and one se-
riously injured by an explosion OF
dynamite in the Cora mine. one Of the
Heinz properties at Butte. Mont. Some
of the victims were literally blown to
fragments
The betrothal of Prince Eitel Fritz
OF Germany and Princess Victoria Mar
garet. daughter of the duke OF Con-
naught. Is forecasted as the result OF
the princes visit to London to be in
troduced to his cousin. the princess.
The death list by the wreck and ex-
plosiol at South Harrisburg. Pa. has
been increased to %. by the death Of
some OF the injured. and II was ex-
! pected that others would succumb.
A man calling himself William Daily
has been arrested at Stroudsburg. Pa
charged with the larceny Of s27 600
from the Equitable Life Assurance So.
ciety by means of forgery.
Two coaches OF the weathcrfori.
Mineral Wells 4 Northwestern pas
senger train went through a broken
trestie at Dry creek. l. miles from
Dallas. Tex Twenty persons were
more or less seriously hurt.
Tom Witherspoon, a negro, recently
| released from the Missouri peniten-
tiary. was lynched at Belmont. Mo-.
for forcing Fred Hess. who lives three
miles from Belmont to go TO town
and get $500 for him under pain of
having his wife and child killed IL he
| failed
Federal Judge Elmer B. Adams has
been selected Tor the federal circuit
BEECH to succeed Judge Amos NJ Thay-
er, deceased. and Judge c.. A. FinkeI-
burg. OF St Louis. will succeed Judge
Adams as district Judge.
The Benton public school building at
Nevada. Mo. was struck by lightning
during an electrical storm. and a num-
Der of the school children were
shocked. but none badly hurt
During a fierce storm at Eldorado
Springs. Mo. flying plate glass struck
F. VI. Osborn, cashier OF the Cruce
hank, severing an artery OF his arm
Several other persons received minor
injuries.
| Wilbur b. Reading. a St Louis law
yer. has been disbarred in Judge Nc
Donald's court on the petition Of the
committee on grievances of the St
Louis Bar association. for malpractice
in a bankruptcy case.
The Paris Temps denies published
4 9f~ far C.te Eraneh Tndn-
| China, to the effect that Vice-Admiral
Roiestvensky sold. at Saigon. cargoes
of rice captured by Russian warships.
| Miss Helen Gould will pay for the
education Of Leroy Irving Dixon. the
nine-year-old boy who saved a Rio
Grande train from running into a rock
slide last October.
The recall OF Count Cassini. the Rus
sian ambassador in Washington, will
make Signor Edmondo Mayer Des
Pianches. the IfaIian ambassador. dean
Of the diplomatic corps.
The tornado epidemic reached over
into Iowa. doing considerable damage
in Clay county in the way Of demolish-
ing buildings. II. II. Holberg was
probably fatally injured
| President Roosevelt arrived safely
back in Washington after his holiday
journey of 5000 miles by railroad. to
say nothing Of the miles covered in his
hunting jaunts. He is in splendid
health.
The labor leaders of Chicago pre-
serted a strongiy-worded protest to
President Roosevelt, during his visit
| there. against the use Of federal troops
in connection with the strike. The
protest eourteously. and assured them
that the government had not been
called upon for troops
| Ambassador Cnoate was formally
called to the bench Of the Middle
| Temple, in London, with the quaint
ceremony Of olden times. There was
great enthusiasm among the grave old
lawyers over the new and distinguished
accession to their ranks.
According to an Official report issued
in Chicago, 1,500, 900 acres Of fall-sown
wheat has been winter killed
Chief Clerk Wallace H. Hills Of the
treasury department was found dead
| in his bed at his hotel in Carzozo, N.
NJ Mr.. Hills left Washington. May 2.
on official business, apparently in good
health
Secretary Taft, speaking at the ban
quet to the International Railway con-
gress. in Washington. declared that
railway rate legislation must come,
and that IL the railway men of the
country were wise they would aid. not
hinder it,
The two sons Of Mrs. o. W. Cor. Of
QuinIan, Okla, on the line of the
I Santa Fe railroad, were killed in the
destruction Of their home by a tor
nado.
| The Russian government papers are
not permitted to publish accounts Of
; the recent attacks on the Jews at Zhi-
tar-ir and elsewheraL