Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Five hundred Missouri democrats at
tended a Jefferson day banquet given
By the Missouri State Democratic Press
Association IN Kansas City. Among the
guests were prominent democrats from
various parts Of the state. Gov. Folk.
Senator Stone and Congressman Charles
A TowEe. OF New York, were the prir-
eipaI speakers.
Sir Robert Thcrburu, former pre-
uier Of Newfoundland. Is dead
The R0unania- government. az the
repeated demands OF the Russian po-
iies. has decided to expel Matuscheuko,
the leader Of the mutiry on board the
Russian battleship kniaz Potemkire in
June OF last year.
vesuv.us has quicted down, and the
people n the threatened districts are
Offering thanksgiving for danger past.
In the devastated places the g-svsoEe
task Of searching for tie bodies of the
victims IS being carried o. and they
are buried in quiekliEe As fast as
found
Uritel States Vice CocSul lanes
Springer. AZ Car3en.s. Cuba. died sud
denly Of heart disease
II Is Tot believess that the And COW
cred by sand and einGers from yesuvtus
can be brought under cultivation in less
than ten years. which viii involve .
loss OF about se0.cao. go yearly
The LcEdon Express says that Ls
Grand Norto7 DenstOx. an American
doctor residing in London. has discoy-
cred a cure for locomotor ataxia. and
dsrful recoverics.
A fire o. supposed incerdiary origin
destroyed the business section Of Ro-
dessa. La. 70 miles north OF Shreve-
port: loss. $4,000.
An unknown mar. on whose person
was found % pounds CT dynamite
fuses. caps. two revolvers and a black
mask. was struck and fatally iniurec
by Northern Pacific engine in the
yards al Bozemar. Mont He was evi-
IDENTIFY loaGe! for ho,6up-
The United States grand jury al
Sioux Falls. s. d.. has returned an in
dietment charging perjury against Car
Petan. 4 prominent ssockman. in con
nectio1 with government land entrie.
BY four different persons.
The EPIDEMIC Of typhoid fever is de-
creasiRg somewhat az Pittshurg. Pa
but is spreading to surrounding munici
palities aIcng the OHIO river
Three stables at the lexington Ky
rare track and I've cottages just out
. h. ~
fire together with ten horses belonging
TO George w. BissezI, Of Pittsburg. Pa
and James Baker. OF Lexington: loss
$50. 600.
United States Senator Thomas C
Platr. Of New York. will make no efor'
for re-esectioa for another term
Representative James s. Sherman. o
New York. has been elected chairman
Of the republican congressional com
mittee; Representative rawney. of Min
nesota- vice-president. Representative
Loadenssager. Of New Jersey. secretary
and Representative Mckinley. Of Hi
uois. treasurer
The town Of Briggs. Tex. about 1.
niles north OF Bertram- was swept b,
tornado and almost entirely de
stroyed- Two persons are reportes
killed and 20 injured. some fatally.
Russia will not insist on July as III
cate for holding the second peace con
Terence az The Hague
The funds Of the Delta bank Of lie
land, Miss. are said to be 5000 short
and the cashier. W. H. Bell, IS missing
Jack Srinscn, Of Leland. was named q
assignee
The Bangor schooner Sallie B. foun
cered on the Maine coast with the los
Of four lives
The state department has receive,
through the Red Cross an additiona
5000 for the Japanese famine suffer
ersN
Brig Gen Charles A. Buchanan. nov
In command Of the department Of tn
visayas. in the Philippines. viii be re
tired. ON his own request. May 81 next
August Belmont, according to Lon
don dispatch. has purchased the racin,
stallion Rocksand, paying s125. .00e
Rocksand. In 1903. won the Derby, tn
st. Leger and the TWO thousand Guin
eAs stakes
The straits Of Mackinaw are open 7
nAyigztion-