Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-09-14

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\ relentless war aealrst gambiers.
toih native and foreign. public and
clandes'iue. IS being wag.d in the
City Of Mexico.
BY defeating Jimmy Bri.t AT Colrna
tsa. Battling Nelson wo.t the white
hsh'weisht champions hip II the world
and about se3.tco in cash. with s50e
ADDED as royalty from the moving pic
tnre concession. The losers end will
b. about sl5,sOo. with s5.0oo royalty.
NJ. Witie. in a letter to a friend in
Berlin. described President Roosevelt as
statesman of large caliber.r
The Russian mutineers from the hat
dsship Georgi PobIedonosetz. the iron
clad Ekaterina H.. and the transports
frout and Vecha. have been distributed
IN small groups in the Odessa district.
Early next year they will be drafted
to Siberia.
mob In Kobe. Japan. overthrew a
statue OF Marquis Ito and dragged Il
through the streets
President Roosevelt has removed
Public Printer Palmer and promoted
Foreman Ricketts, to the position.
An unidentified man ieaped from the
Eads bridge at St Louis.
Whitecappers are supposed TO have
murdered negro. Fred James. on the
Cook plantation. near Sumner. Miss.
James has mysteriOusly disappeared
At Pittsburg. Pa. Major Delmar. the
trotting king. lowered he worlds wag-
on tro'ting record. hell By Dr. Strong
al 2:oS. to 2.06.
Cotton picking is well under way in
Texas.
John J. Carney. OF Springfield. Mass.
has been sent TO jail to work out his
tifty-eighth tine for drunkenness
The New York Life Insurance inquiry
shows clerks Mere used as dummies in
selling honds.
On the 9Th. dispatches from Toxic In
Gicated that the military patrols had
brought order out OF chaos. and that
tine fierce disorder had ceased. Soldiers,
on account OF their popularity. we're
mere effective than police in handling
the crowds.
The Toxic municipality has passed a
resolution denOuncing the peace terms
sEd fayoring the abandonment OF the
treaty
The NOrwegiaIs are alarmed at the
comp.ste silence of government officials
regarding the dissolution Of the union
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'clamoring ir the mobilization of ~ 900
troops. pointing out that Norway is OILY
able lc command 5000.
The Chinese magistrate of Quinsan
near Shanghai. has beaa arrested and
lnpt isoned. He Is reported to have
tortured British subject OF Chinese
descent. employed on the Shanghai
Nankin railway. though informed that
the man was a British subject.
Mrs Sophie Erlinger. of St Louis
died Of paralysis. caused by the shock
OF suddenly meeting her son. who re-
turned home after years absence.
Headed OF in the far east. il is be
lieved that Russia is 1esirous Of secur.
ing concessions in the shah Of Persia
dominion. The eonspicu0usly splendid
reception accorded by the government
in St Petersburg indicates that Russia
though driven out OF Manchuria. ha'
not abandoned its desires for adven-
lures in other parts OF Asia.
Bitter resentment in Japan sgains
The terms OF the peace treaty has taken
the form of riots and arson. The aged
Marquis Ito was stoned on the street
Even foreigners. to whom tine Japaness
are inwardly very polite. have suffered
| indfgnitics Fifteen police stations have
been wrecked. ten Christian churches
burned. and the army reserves beer
called out.
When President Roosevelt heard o
the Toxic riots. he expressed regret. bul
made no comment.
Ninety cases Of cholera and 2
deaths are reported from widely affect
ed areas in Germany. Strict sanitary
precautions are being taken.
Frederick c. Rossiter. the we'll
known Chicago civil engineer. wa,
killed by a train near Hammond. Ind.
The National Letter Carriers asso
cation. by a practically unanimous
vote. refused to consider affiliation with
the American Federation Of LaDor-
Agrarian disorders are spreading
around Taquanrog. Russia The zu
thorities are unable to suppress the RI
oters.
l. ID. Cooley, OF Kalamazoo. the dis
eoverer Of a deadly poison for vermiI
and insects. will not place il on th'
market. fearing that IL may become
universal murder agency.
The will OF the late Frederick p
Rirdge. OF Los Angeles, Cal. has beef
found IL leaves the entire estate. val
ued at sso.ooe. .0oo. to his widow sns
three children. and appoints Mrs
Rindge a. executrix without bonds
Officials OF the big railroad systems
operating between Chicago and ths
Pacific eoast are enthusiastic over th'
prospects for Increased trade between
this country and the orient. expecting
the fact that the war was settled through
the interposition Of the American au
thorities to create friendly feeling TO
ward this country in the far east.
II will be impossible to award Presi
dent Roosevelt the Nobel peace priz'
this year. owing to the requirement
that candidates for prizes be nominated
, hefore February. However. 1t is ex
pected that Mr. Roosevelt will be tn
favored one in 1906.
On the Sth. a dispatch from Baku
Russia, said that the foreign residents
and better classes were fleeing ol
ships to escape from danger. Massa
cres were reported from Balaklan, Sa
lbunto and NomanL
September Is has been selected as I'M
day when the government will hear th'
charges made recently against Is west
ern railroads by members OF the inter
| state commerce commission.
The gasoline tank of a peanut roastel
exploded at Wagner. I. T.. killing Mrs
Robert E. Mcguire and seriously inInr
ing c. w. Sheldon. David Camphei