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


with meal served to him. was throw
ing bricks through a window at his
wife. in Omaha. Neb.. his son Leo emp
tied the contents of shotgun into
his fathers body, the man dying two
hours later
As the result of his indulgence in
drink and his consequent arrest. Capt.
W A. Raiborne. of the Twenty-ninth
infantry. in a fit of desperation over
his disgrace. shot and badly wounded
Lieut.. Wm. \. Point. of the same regi-
ment at Fort Douglas. Utah. and then
put a bullet into his own head. dying
instantly
Memorial services for the late Jo-
seph jefferson. under the auspices of
the Actors club. WIRE held in THE
Little Church Around the Corner" in
New York city. the edifice being packed
with every player in the city who could
Possibly ge: there.
After 4 life of nearly thirty years
the 81. Paul Mimi Globe. the only
democratic morning daily in the state
has suspended publication. Lack of
patronage by advertisers is the reason
assigned
King Edward n Great Britain and
President Loubet OF France exchanged
official visits in Paris. on the 39th ult.
and in the evening King Edward at
tended dinner given in his honor at
the Elysee palace.
Charles NJ Schwab. of New York
interviewed in Berlin. confirmed the
st Petersburg report that he had en-
tered into a contract with the Russian
government for the construction of
warships. but declined to go into de-
tails.
Thirteen miners were ontombed by
an explosion in the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas Coal Cos mine Ne. 10. four
miles west of wilburton. |. r. There
was little prospect of the bodies being
recovered for several days.
President Roosevelt and party at
tended church services. on the 30th
nit. in the Old Blue schoolhouse on
West Divide creek. Col. Ranchmen
and their families for miles around at
tended. and gave the president char
scteristic welcome.
The remains OF Joseph jefferson were
laid to rest with simple but impressive
ceremony in the cemetery at Sandwich
Mass. near the famous actors summer
home.
Thomas Gahan. for many years ma
tional democratic committeeman from
Illinois. died at his home in Chicago
Of Bright's disease
In the trial OF Nan Patterson in New
York, for the murder of Caesar Young.
Hyman Stern, the pawnbroker. failed
TO identify J. Morgan Smith as the man
to whom he sold the pistol with which
Young was killed. or Nan Patterson
or Mrs. Smith as the women who ac-
eompanied the purchaser Of the pistol
Detective Henry Freese. one Of the
most efficient men in the st. Louis po-
lice department. dropped dead in .
hardware store where he had gone to
make purchase.
Frank Fuellie. formerly of Texas.
has been appointed attorney-general
OF Porto Rico, vice Stewart, resigned
Gov. Folk of Missouri declares the
Sunday closing Law 10 be in the inter
est Of good government. and that those
who defy it insult the laws majesty
The New York board of aldermen
have started a movement TO have the
remains of Admiral John Paul Jones
inferred in that city.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners claim to have won
their strike. which has been in prog
ress in New York for the past eight
months.
The monument to Leon Gambetta,
erected at Bordeaux. France. was ded-
fcated with great ponip and ceremony.