Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-05-04


the president. received by teIephone by
secretary Loeb. at Glenwood Springs.
Col. on the 2sth inst. set at rest the
published story that the president was
ILL., Among other things 1t said that
the party got four bears the day before.
Frank q. Bigelow. former president
| OF the First national bank Of Miiwau-
kee. has been turned out Of his pa
latial home in that city. which has been
taken possession OF by the Wisconsin
Trust 4 Security Co. The family went
to the home Of Mr.. Bigeiow's son. TAX
ing little more than their personal ef-
fects.
George ". Beavers. former chief ~
the salary and allowance division of
the post office department. has been
placed under 10000 bonds to appear in
Washington and plead to an Indictment
in connection with frauds in postal
supplies.
William J. Bryan was the guest ot
honor and Congressman Champ Clark
was toastmaster AZ the Monroe day
banquet al ST. Joseph. Mo.
All the passenger associations of the
country have granted practically one
fare for the round trip for the North
American Gymnastic union festival in
indianapolis. June q.
Prof. John Bach McMasteT. OF the
University of Pennsylvania. says. We
have Carnegie libraries and Carnegie
heroes and now We are to have Car
nesie professors. do not like it,
The final report on the cotton crop
Of 1904. issued by the census bureau.
shows a total production Of i3.5Si. .i57
bales Of 500 pounds each.
Minister Herbert W Bowen. at Cara
cas-. Venezuela. Is to he called 10
Washington to explain his charges
against Assistant Secretary Loomis OF
the state department.
The government OF tine Netherlands
will appropriate s9so.0oo for the pur-
chase Of the site on which will he
erected the Palace of Peace. for which
Andrew Carnegie donated 81 500 .cna.
At the behest of the Employers
Teaming association Of Chicago. in,
corporated under the laws Of West
Virginia so as to secure federal pro-
lection. Judge Kohlsaat issued an or
der directed TO the Teamsters' union.
returnable May 10. restraining defend
ants named from interfering in any
way with the business Of the petition
ing corporation
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee died in Providence
hospital. Washington. d. G.. on the
night of the 2sth inst. as the result
of stroke of apoplexy suffered earlier
in the day while en- route from Boston
to Washington.
The total of the alleged peculations
of ex-Tax Collector SMITH of san Fran
cisco continues to grow At last ac-
counts it had reached nearly ss0. 100.
A police census of the District of Co
| lumbia. Just completed shows a popu-
/ lation Of 322.4i5. being an increase of
fs.72T over the. federal census OF 1900.
OF this population. 227.607 is white.
Experts working on the books of eX-
Tax Collector Smith, of San Francisco.
say that the entire shortage will reach
total of at least sss. Goa. Smith is said
TO have been accompanied by a woman
when he left the city.
Bankers throughout the country are
staggered as the full story Of the liza
bilities Of ex-Prssident Bigelow of the
| First national bank of Milwaukee Is
revealed There are ramifications ex-
| tending over several states. and the to-
! tai at last accounts was placed at So
2s7 .0oo
Owing 10 the sxigsncies Of public
business President Roosevelt has CON
cluGed to curtail his hunting trip. and
| will break camp May s. stopping only
at Denver and Chicago on his way
east The programmes at these points
will be advanced to meet the changed
plans.
| a number of miners narrowly es-
capped death as the result of fire that
broke out in the Colorado Fuel a Iron
Co.'S mines at Pieton, Col. Several
were overcome by smoke, but were res
| eued.
Victor n. Yont. graduate of the
University of Nebraska, employed in
the test department Of the General
Electric Co. at Schenectady. " Y. was
electrocuted by coming in contact with
a transformer carrying 5000 volts.
The Illinois house of representatives
concurred In the senate joint resolu-
| tion petitioning the national congress
to appropriate $3.ooo. 900 for the erec-
tion of Lincoln memorial monument
| in Washington.
According to the present plans OF
Gov. Hoch OF Kansas the state bonds
| for the Kansas state oil refinery Will
not be placed on the market for sale,
but will be turned into the permanent
school fund. which has more than
enough on hand to take up the bonds.
Thanks to the prompt action of the
directors of the First national bank
of Milwaukee and the ready assistance
Afforded them by Chicago and MiIwau-
kee moneyed Institutions. financial af-
fairs in the Cream city resumed their
/ normal condition following the Bige-
low defalcation without any serious
consequences.
| Prof. Walter L. Howard, of the
| University Of Missouri. who stopped in
| Washington. en- route to Leipsig, Ger
many. has been rendered mission to
China, at a tempting salary. in the in
terest of the department of agricul-
! ture
| AS one of the trophies of his hunt
| the president will carry home one o.
the finest brown bear skins ever seen in
1 Tho nrnGfdant NIT a