Oxford eagle., 1906-04-26
AT . meeting Of Amer,cans In Lon,

At . meeting Of Americans In Lon
don. presided over by Ambassador
Reid. Sfe.50o was subscribed for the
relief OF the California earthquake and
nre sufferers Mr.. Reid subscribed
s2.5eo.
The subtreasury building at San
Francisco was among the buildings de-
stroyed By nre. The funds In the vaults
remained intact. and q military guard
vas placed around the site
Clarence II. Mackay will give sfo0. .00C
toward the erection Of new buildings
Tor the University OF California
Reports from San Jose. Cal. show
that ten persons were killed as the re-
suit OF the earthquake there. All the
main buildings are badly damaged. The
Lick observatory and its valuable in
struments escaped injury.
X A. Cole. a well-knowu horseman
speaking Of the San Francisco horror
aid: My God, never saw anything
like II. and I have seen things. too;
was in the 81. Louis cyclone and the
Baltimore FIRE. They were nothing
Man. you can't imagine It: its indie
srribable. I saw all San Francisco
staggering and rocking and then in
flames. I wanted to rush down and
jump In the bay and shut out the awful
sights"
The citizens of Los Angeles. worked
up to high nervous tension by the ter
rible events at San Francisco. had a mo-
mentary scare in the shape OF a slight
earthquake shock. and though IL was
not hard enough to cause a pendulum
10 swing. II sent thousands scurryine
into the streets
President Roosevelt has issued a
PROCLAMATION calling upon cities. towns
boarrls of trade. chambers OF commerce
relief committees and individuals to
come 10 the aid OF the sufferers by the
terrible calamity at San Francisco. and
has named the National Red Cross as
the nations almoner to receive and dis
pense the public offerings.
The Franklin celebration in Paris
including the unveiling Of the Frank
lin statue. has been indefinitely post
poned.
An earthquake shock. which was
felt distinctly throughout Hancock
Mich. and which was most pronouneet
in the Quincy mine. killed one man ant
injured four others while working q
mile below the earth's surface.
President Roosevelt has received
many eablegrams expressive of ths
sympathy with this country Of foreign
rulers ard foreign countries on account
Of the appalling disaster al san Fran
ciSo-
Stale Senator p NJ McDavid. oI
Springfield. Mo-. IS doubtful as to con.
vierions being secured a<zinst member
of the mob engaged In the recent lynch
irgs.
Pope Nckerra- Of Louisville. ny
known as Lucky Mekenna. a Louis
vile & Nashville engineer. Is 50 year.
oS age And has never been in a wreck
On two occasions when substitutes hav,
taken his run they have been killed
Kalamazoo. Mich. has an ordnance
Just gpce into eject. that provides fol
a tne and jail term for any city EN-
ploye who accepts a free pass to thea
ter. baseball game. traction line or com
plimentary tickets Of any kind
Father Gapon. the Russian labo
leader. Is reported to have mysteriousl!
disappeared from ST Petersburg Tn,
police insist that be has not been ar
rested, and mis- wife fears that he hai
fallen a victim al the hands of persona
eremies
\ new worlds record was made il
the New York billiard tournament wher
George Sutton defeated Willie Hoppe a
ls-e balk line. making his 500 point
in five innings, his highest run bein:
e54 unfinished Sutton was in suci
splendid form that be was simply in
vineible
Col. James H. Lewis. corporation
counsel Of Chicago. purged himself O
contempt in the United States distrie
court II Springfield. Ill, and Judg'
Humphrey remirted the sentence Of s.
days in lail imposed on Col Lewis fol
violating the courts orter
The United States supreme court ha.
readeres. a deeision-fye to foar-thai
n state court can not sever q narriagE
bond unsess IL has jurisdiction Of bctk
parties TO the contract. Thousands oI
divorces are thus nuIlined and thou
sands Of marriages. following one-stcec
divorces. are thus rendered practically
bigamous.
Two thieves entered the ieweiry
store Of J. O. Hatch. i the Chrcniels
building, San Francisco. knocked q
clerk senseless with bow from ths
butt Of a revolver and made OF with 4
tray containing several thousand dol
lers' worth Of aianoresN
Joseph NJ Drinkwater. CT Chicago
Who eloped with his sister-In-Iax. Mrs
Dora Drinkwafer. was arrested. viii
the woman. in San Francisco. on com
piaint OF the latter-s husband. Wis
charged that they carried OF sIs.a0s o.
his money
volfya and his followers al Zlor
City made a proposition to Doxie q
place all of the property Of the Chris
tian Catholic church in the hands o
a boaru or arbitrators and allow then
to decide who shall control after hear
ing evidence pro and con
Maxim Gorky's reception In the
United States is giving the Russian
government some concern They xisl
the people OF this country to under
stand that Gorky is not a liberal moi
a reformer. but a revolutionist. ana
the woman with him is Of the sans
stripe
On his recent marriage in ST. Paul
Mimi. John j. Hanrzazn. grand mas
ter Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen. was rendered the use Of his
private car for his wedding journey q
the Pacific coast by President SziI oi
the Great Sorthern.> /. -
Much interest has bssn aroused u
Russia by accounts Of Maxim Gorky's
fall in public estimation in the United
States on Account Of disclosures touch
ing his domestic relations