Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-07-27

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The Toxic correspondent Of The Lon
don Daily Telegraph says that a lap
anese army has been landed north OF
Nladivossok and that a compleie en-
velopmert OF the fortress Is imminent.
GENgaAL NEWS ITEMS.
Col Daniel Lamont. secretary Of war
under President Cleveland. died al mis-
country residence at NIIbrook. y. T..
after a brief illness.
The oflicials of the public health and
marine hospital service in Washing
ton are working in harmony with those
IN Louisiana in efforts TO prevent any
spread OF the yellow fever. FROM which
one Italian died il New Orleans.
Preparations are going forward sc-
lively sf Portsmouth. n H for the
pace conference which Is expected 20
begin its sessions about August ;.
A tornado struck the northern rim
Of Racine county. Wisconsin. on the
I'd inst. killing two men and damag-
ing property and crops To the exfert OF
fIaa aao
Upwards Of I0.eoo persons viewed the
remains Of Gen WiIman W. Blackmar.
iate ommander-in-chief OF the G. A
X. as they lay in state in Memorial
hal in the NasSachuset state hsuse
IN Boston. previous 10 the funeral serv-
ICES On the I'd irst
The French minister Of marine has
decided to send a squadron 10 visit The
United States AZ the end OF October
Marion Williams. the widely-known
middle of the road popuIist died IN
the insane asylum ar Austin. Tex.
where he had been confined for several
s~s4s.
Lightning struck the girls buiId-
ing Of the Montana state reform senooi
az Miles City and the building was
burned AL the inmates escaped
Fcrty-seven bodies of the dead BY the
Bennington disaster ar San Diego
Cal were Inferred in one large grave
IN the military cemetery on the eyzst
OF the promontory OF Iona All due
ncnors were paid them. and tender
hands uestrewed the grave with
vrearhs and flowers.
Is q result Of q police eonvass in
Philadelphia. ;1.fs7 names have been
stricken from the voting lists of the
ETY.. and q second canvass is to be
made
Chinatown, San Francisco. is to have
an eight to ten-page morning daily
paper printed in the Chinese language
1t will be illustrated along American
lines and will represent a new political
party formed in China and this count
try.
Thee commissions in CONSTANT
rcple have been unable to nnd the
slightest ciew to the author or origin
OF the attempt on the life Of the sultan.
ey whien about ~ men and 455 horses
were killed.
Ten saloon men were arrested in
Kansas City. No.. charged with violat-
ING the Sunday closing law
Samuel Novosaf, a Cruatian. was
shot and killed by an unknown man
on the street in Kansas City. Mo-, while
walking with a friend. with whom he
had just escorted two young women
home from a wedding The tragedy is
believed to have been the outgrowth OF
jealousy.
The latest compilation Of casualties
by the Bennington disaster is. Dead.
90 missing. I6. injured in various hos
pitfalls. 49, OF the latter. seven or
eight are expected TO die
Lightning struck an oil tank al HUM
bic. Tex, and up to latest accounts the
loss by fire had reached $3.50. 600 and
still burning
Brakeman James Murphy, Of Trer-
ton, Mo-, was cremzted in an oil expio-
sion following the derailment OF a Rock
Island freight at Unionville. La.
Inga Hanson. the Salvation Army
girl convicted Of perjury in connection
with a suit for personal damages
against the Chicago city railway. win
have to go to the penitentiary- the
courts having decided against her ap-
peal
NJ Wftte, the senior Russian peace
plenipotentiary to the peace conference
in the United States, received a notable
reception. on his arrival in Paris. from
assembled officiaIs and diplomats.
The Tucson, Prescott and Phoenix
tAriz) land Offices have been consoii-
dated
John z. wukie, chief OF the United
States secret service. who has Just re-
turned from the orient says the Chi
nese boycott Of American goods Is not
20 serious q matter as reported
The International Association OF
Press clubs viii hold it's next cunven-
ton in Denver, Col
Capt Charlie Barr. the celebrated
skipper, met defeat at the hands OF an
amateur sailor. Harry Maxwell. with
the Yankee. agzinst the Minneola, sailed
BY Capt Barr
The PutfIoR iron works in St Peters
burg have been closed, after q two
veeiS warning.
One Of the remarkable features of ths
heated spell in New York was the
mortality among animals. Besides
horsss, hundreds Of dogs and eats died
IN tie streets
Intensive preparations are being
made In Toxic. Japan for the reeep-
tinu Of Secretary Taft Miss Alice
Rcsssveit and ether members Of the
parry Besides ofIcizI receptions, i'm
psEzz1 asa otherwise. the bankers AID
ctAsr tn4n<ntsai bodies are appointing
eozui<tsss.