Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-01-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

United States Senator Fairbanks. OF
Indiana. did a strenuous stunt at In
dianapolis. on the 27th. rom the DO
sition of candidate. in the morning he
passed the apprentice. fellow craft and
master mason's degrees before mid
night. winding up by attending a grand
banquet
An imperial ukase. issued on the
seth. by Emperor Nicholas Of Russia.
makes decidedly liberal promises OF re-
form under a number of heads.
Miss Caroline rsyres. reputed 10 be
the richest girl in England. has mar
ried Bolton Monsell. penniless lieu
tenant in the British navy. Miss
Eyres. as a bride. brought her hus-
band a dowry of 5000. 900 In her own
right. and there is much more TO fol-
low.
On the 27th Rev. Father T. F. Liilis.
Of Kansas City. Mo. was consecrated
bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Leavenworth, Kas.
o. the 27th the four-story ware
house and the entire stock and AK
lures OF the Fuller & Johnson-Sugart
company. at Council Bluffs. la. was
completely destroyed by fire. causing
loss on the building estimated at
$4,000. and on the stock OF about
100000.
Wholesale charges OF corruption in
the handling Of Red Cross funds by
Russian officials have estranged the
people and practically pat a stop to
subscriptions.
An oast-bound Wabash passenger
train ran into a freight train on a
switch near Fort Wayne. Ind. on the
sIth. killing one man and injuring ten
others.
Al Portland. Ore. on the 27th. the
federal grand jury returned seven in
dictm Ets in connection with the land
fraud cases now under Investigation in
that city.
ON the 2Ith John Butler and Guy
keeo. the two negroes who were con-
victed Of the murder OF r. G. Story at
Thomson. Ga. were hanged In that
city.
Gov. Pea body Of Colorado has refused
the requisition from the governor Of
Missouri for T. j. Parker. wanted at
Sedalia on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
President Beckwith OF the 0berlin
f0.b hank, the ruin Of which was
brought by Mrs. Chadwick. was report
ed. on the 2sth. TO be in a critical con-
dition.
Four men were killed and one in
jured at Walville Wash. on the 2sth.
by an explosion OF four boilers in a
saw mill plant. :
The japanese are preparing TO make
general assault on Port Arthur pro-
ceeding simultaneously from the east
and the west.
Fire destroyed the Coon block and
several other buildings at Esthervilie.
Ia. on the 2sth. The loss is estimated
ct 100000.
More miles of railroad track were
iaid in Missouri in 1904 than in any
other state or territory in the United
States.
The total farm value OF the principal
tfoNS vi tue uANttA Dtdtr@.
cotton. on December I. was ss.I5i.ss3.-
7o2.
The Japanese. on the evening OF the
2Sth. had succeeded In occupying the
entire fort on Rihlung mountain. in
the defenses of Port Arthur. They are
busy sapping the northeastern forts
preparatory to another assault.
Gov. Odell's warrant fer the extra
dition of DIR. Chadwick. from New
York to Ohio. was mailei. on the 2sth.
from Albany to New York city. di-
rected to Sheriff Barry. Of Cleveland
o. The steamship Pretoria. with DIR.
Chadwick on board. was rot expected
until the 30th.
10 Is reported by way ef Toxic that
the Russian Port Arthur headquarters
have been removed to the foot OF
Liaotishan mountain. preparatory to
retirement to the fortress there as a
last resort
The New York cotton market took
decided slump. on the 18th. immedi-
ateiy following the publication OF the
census bureau ginning report The fig-
ure announced is IL .S4s, ,ii3 commercial
hales up TO December -. compared
with s.747.6ss bales in the same time
last year
The coroner's jury at Mount Carmel.
ILL.,. in the case OF the victims OF the
Christmas day wreck on the Southern
railway. found the company responsi-
bic. with the other parties. for hir-
ing men weak both mentally and phys
icaily for positions Of responsibility
end In this case hiring 4 man nearly
dad with consumption and cripple.
az salary Of only $40 a month. to do
the work Of tive abie-bolied men"
Seven OF nine eonviets al the Cali
forniz state prison at Folsom. who
made break for liberty on the sSth.
we're almost riddled with bullets. three
being dead and three in critical con-
dition.
After spending the entire day in
fruitIess ballo;ing. the new Delaware
legislature. which convened in extra
session. on the zsth. adjourned without
having effected permanent organiza-
ton.
Hollis hall. the historic dormitory on
me old campus Of Harvard university
at Cambridge. Mass. was damaged by
nre. on the 2sth. and the building was
barely saved from destruction
Judge Charles NJ Walker, Of Chica-
go. has decided that the city OF Chica-
so Is not liable for damages growing
out Of the loss OF life in connection
with the Iroquois theater fire
The. town OF Hartford. Ark. in the
center Of the coal mining district of
Sebastian county. was almost entirely
destroyed by IRE on the 2sth. The esti-
mated loss exceeds Sico.ooo.