Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

I AsoAA-<tAAtNhlG NONgNs
'roSer MASON. aged Is years die
AZ MS home In RuSsisviIle. Ind. as IN
result OF Injuries received in a foo,bal
game between high school teams
The executive committee Of the min
statehood league OF New Mexico vii
send committee to Washington I,
iook after the movement while cor
gress Is in session.
The conservative papers OF Iorlo,
reel compelled to admit that Sir uenr,
oampoei-Bannerman has formed
stronger administration than hal bee,
thought possible.
Ine anthracite miners at their trl
state convention held in shamokiu
ra' took up the question. among o,h
efs' OF demanding an increase O
wages OF from 10 to 20 per cent
commissioner General OF Immixra
e'on Sargent sssy, in his annual re
port that grave problems are prs
ssnted by the rapid growth OF ou
alien population.
A tablet Is TO Be erected on the ha,
tieheid Of Gettysburg. Pa. bearins
Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address
During the navigation season iusi
closing there have been si5 lives los,
on the great lakes. against a to,al O,
" in 1896 II is the heaviest list in
many years.
Al a meeting Of American merchants
the Chinese guilds and the boyeos,
committee Of Canton. China. the Amer
leans agreed 10 recommend modi6ca.
tions Of the exclusion law as proposed
oy the Chinese as a basis on which
they would call OF the boycott on
American goods
The examination has been eoupleta.,
and the duties paid on Miss Alice
Roosevelt's souvenirs Of her trip to the
orient and the young lady is nov show
ing then. To her friends.
W. II Thomas. formerly a deputy
United States marshal at Springfield
Mo-. was fired si.es9 in the Unite,l
States district court at Kansas City for
having falsihed his expense account.
Joseph ". Fairbanks. oue Of the
founders of the republican party. and
for more than half century prominent
in banking. mercantile and political af-
fairs. died Al Farmington. Ne. aS-i a
years.
Presi1err Harvey Jordan of the
southern Cotton ASSOCIATION has iSSussi
call for a general Convention of farm
ers. bankers. merchants ami others
throughout sbe soath TO BE- held n New
Orleans January ii-i3 rext-
At the eunfs renee of L colleges ard
universities in New York city. a resDla-
tioE was adopted. Is 10 ;. declaring that
football shoald not Be abolished bat
should be reformed
IN expiossur o. 4 six-iEch main n
the piaEt of the Washington %. c.
Gas Light Co. demolished the buildings
that housed the engine ruon and IL
tricste machinery Of the p,azf. doing
damage 10 the extent q sI59a.rs
United Nine Workers u Webster
and Union counties. ksntaeky. have
been enjoine'i from interfering with
the property Of the Kentucky Coal Co.
whose mines. il Is alleged. they bad
threatened 20 bIox up.
Walter Warner. aged - years. who
was hanged in the san oaeEtiz tc-D
prison for the n1ursser u Marie Touay1.
n Santa Barbara. declared 10 Wars.e1
TOmkins. on the way 10 the scarold:
This IS the happIsSt dag Of my life =
Prince Min Yuenx Tchan ot Korea n
special envoy to this country. Vas
prostratec By the shock Of the news o<
the suicide Of his brother in Seoul -
4 Protest against the japanese protec-
torate
The legislative committee invsstigat-
ing life insurance eo1ditiOus in New
York have requested District Attorney
Jerome to institute proceedings
aSairst Thomas r Ryan for refusing
TO answer qusStiocs before the commit
tee
United States Senator John H. Mitchell
died in Portland. Ore. following an IN
eoutroiiahAe hemorrhase from the eavi-
" Of an extracted tooth. which weak
ensd him. so that other ailments were
fatally aggravated
Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers vas exc
euted IN the Vermont state prison. Al
Windsor for the murder Of her husband
al Bennington. August i. 1851
Mrs Mary Spangh was found guilty
Of murS.er in the second degree and
her son William Of murder in the first
degree. n CentervilIe. No. for the muir
der OF Sheriff Polk Of Iron county last
May. Mrs Spaugh was sentenced TO
ten years in the penitsntiary-
LAWYER Albert r. Patrick. the con-
vicrec murderer Of William Marsh Rice.
vas reSerteaeed in the criminal branch
Of the New York supreme court TO be
eieefrocuted in the week beginning jan
uary - next Notice OF appeal to the
United States supreme court, on a writ
Of error. was at once fled.
The Norfolk 4 Western and the Deia-
ware. Laekawsnns q Western Railroad
companies have announced that they
will. after JsLuary l. discontinue the
issuance OF raSses-
Second Lieut. Grayson Murphy. Sew
enteeuth infantry. has been detailed TO
proceed TO Santo Domingo and Organize
and train 4 rural guard similar TO that
which has been 50 successful in Cuba
Pat Grove. who was tried AT Omaha
Neb.. on the charge Of shooting with in
tent to Kill Ofieer Albert Jackson was
acquitted He IS yet to be tried for
highway robbery
viee-President ElGridge Of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Co produces
documentary evidence to substantiate
his assertion that Col W H. Phelps. OF
Missouri. demanded and received $3.50"
fby check from the company for legal
services"
Tne Frereh serate. after a long de-
hate adopted the bill for the separation
OF church and state by vote OF Isl
against lee.
France will be represented by ma
val SQUADRON at the celebration to De
held in the vicinity of jamestown. va
in 1897. in commemoration OF the birtn