Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-05-25

- tH-nlie-ah-nou wind struck Fort
Worth. Tex. on the night OF the sis,.
and much damage was done. John
foung. a Texas & Pacific train dis
pa'eher. was killed. The town of Min
eral Wells is said to have been prae-
ttcally blown away.
A hunger rio. broke out at AIcarar
de San Juan. in the province OF Gu
dad Real Spain. workmsn attacking
several -four mills.
In riot in Chicago between whites
and blacks. in the vicinity Of where
Enoch Carlson. the eight-ysar-old boy
was killed. James Gray. a negro. was
killed. Harry Bernstein mortaIly
wounded and a building partially
wrecked.
The cruiser Rsina Mercedes. captured
at Santiago during the war with Spain.
and which has been Undergoing repairs
at Portsmouth. y. IL. for nearly I've
years. Is now one Of the best equipped
; receiving ships in the navy.
Two persons were killed and a.
wounded during a socialist demonstra-
tiou in Buenos Ayres. Argsntinz-
Secretary Of the Navy Morton will
retire from the cabinet July IL the
president will accept his resignation
and name hts successor BY that date
President Roosevelt insists that the
United States is entitled to the mos;
favored nation" clause in its contracts
with American concerns for material
for construction of the Panama canal.
| Johann Hoch was convicted. in Chi
eago. OF causing the death Of his wife
Marie Weleker-H0ch. by poison. and
the jury. after only half an hours de-
liberation. assessed the death penalty.
George II. Wood. the DR.. Jekyl and
Mr.. Hyde in real life. was allowed to
withdraw his plea OF rot guilty to the
charge Of murder. at Somsrville. " J..
and enter plea Of guilty OF murder in
the second degree He was given a -
years sentence. He killed George
Williams. whom he had hired to take
him on a trip into the country.
Emperor Nicholas Of Russia signal
ized his birthday by signing a mani
festo fixing the date for the eonvsnins
I " A4E A[tAHHr -o-EAr VI vi ne
people. for October II.
The police OF Joplin. Mo. do not be-
lieve John 5. Quinn committed suicide.
! because there are no powder marks
about the wound They are looking
up an alleged quarrel between Quinn
and another prominent resident OF Jop-
lin TO find a motive for murder.
The suit Of the Mutual Life Insur-
aEee Co. OF New York AGAINST the Wild
oS OF the late James l. Blair. Of St
Louis, to cancel insurance policies as-
sTegating s39o.09o. has been with
drawn. and the presumption is that a
private settlement has been reached
When George Nerkel was taken into
custody at ST Louis to be sent to the
penitentiary for two years on affirma-
ton Of his conviction of embezzlement.
il vas discovered that for seven
months. while under sentence for the
| crime. he was a member OF the ST.
Louis police force and his sponsors
were aware Of his conviction
II trarspirss that the Cunard liner
Caronia was beaehed OF Sandy Hook
by the pilot to prevent running into
and probably sinking the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm IL. which was a. an
ehor directly in her path. and which
could Tot be seen sooner on account Of
the fog.
\ Milwaukee dispatch says that F.
G. BissIow carried sI.0s00e0 life in
sgranee. over s50o. 900 Of which aecrues
to the benefit Of his creditors
Russian statements that the Japan
ese government eontemplates the re-
moval Of the emperor Of Korea to ia
pan. in eontraventiOn Of the treaty Of
ShimonOsski. are pronounced ineoz-
rect by japan. the report being cireu-
lated with misehisvous purpose in
view.
King Alfonso Of Spain pardoned Il
prisoners on the occasion Of the eele-
bration of his nineteenth birthday.
Morris $ AIgo. charged with an at
tempt to blaekmail Editor Rosewater
Of the Omaha tNeb-l Bee. has been
. held for trial in the district court al
Omaha
France will send special envoy TO
Berlin to attend the wedding Of Crown
Prince Frederick William and the
Duchess Cecilia of AecklsnbGTs
| Schxeria. June 5.
John H. Dalton. recently on trial In
Chicago for alleged fraud in connection
with a land lottery scheme. and John
Harrison Dalton. capitalist and Texas
oil land operator. are two distinct per-
sonages-
The Iowa Congregational conference
at Sioux City declined to discuss the
Rockefeller gift to the foreign mission
board. on the ground that enough had
besn said about 1t already.
The parents Of six children who had
taken part in the recent school strikes
in Chicago we're Ened $50 each and
costs. by Judge Hurley. for not send
ing their children TO school
The Philadelphia councils. by over
wkeImiug maiorities. after stormy sss-
sions. voted to lease the efty's gas
works 10 the United Gas improvement
Co for a total sum Of s.. .coa. .ooe- The
hual passage was greeted with hisses
and cries OF thieves" from the gal
Iery-
Preparations are well under way for
the annual enezfnpnent and reunion
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
at Denver, Col
Chlcago. electives raided the Bel
mont Corresponding club" an alleged
matrimonial agency. and arrested three
persons. whom they charge with dis
orderly conduct Several thousand let
Isrs and photographs were seized
John b. Quinn. 4 mining engineer
and prominent in social circles. suicid-
ed al Joplin. Mo-. by shooting himself
in the head
The Cunard linsr Caronia. which
stuck her nose in the mud Of Flynn's
Knoll, OF Sandy Hook, was pulled Oh
and proceeded on her voyage after 4s
hours delay, none the worse for her