Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-03-22

Dssessie sss Ysressny
CsxGnEsssexAL fEs.
BY vote OF I2s to IS. republican
caucus Of the house Of 4 1fesentatives
bill. III
The house adopted . jim resolution
erpcsering the interzfe commerce
Commission - compel he Attendance
and testimony Of witnebes in the rail-
road. coal and oil inq6ry recently d.
rected by congress.
The senate passed bus prOyiding for
two terms yearly Of IL United States
courts in Eureka. Cal. granting isnas
to Durango. Col. for ss,er reservoirs;
donating tao obsolete cannon to the
University OF Idaho ia decorative pur-
poses.
The senate passed ne house joint
resolution amending ths T.limanGtiies-
pie resolution for nvesizz,ing railroads
and monopolies.
Representative Heszt. of Nev York.
has introduced a biz prohibiting secret
rebates. discriminzr tons and ecnees-
sions. and providiSs Imprisonment OF
from one to ten yee-s a. a punishment
for giving or r~ceiv,s such concessions
or rebates
The senate has rassed bill provld-
Ing for the punisenent Of government
oficials Who pronatnrely diyulge So
eret informafionlsf government bureaus
in such mattersr rs crop reports. etc
The senate pSsed bill granting ex-
ec1tive authcrit in the matter f con-
strietion Of Hidgss over nzvisable
streams.
The serafe tmmittee oc pensions
has ordered a kvorable report On SEN
afcr Ga,linseS bill to increase The
pensions Of Nexican war veterans from
81. to SO a sonth
GEyEnDL xEWs rSgns
Dr. Herman Feist. a prominent ply
sicisn Of NaAviIle. Tenn. has been
arrested on De charge OF numbering
Mrs. Rosa MxigTum. whose body was
found noafiDr in the Ohio river. at
Cairo. IN. everai weeks ago. The
evidence axnnst the doctor. who has
been release on $4,000 bond. is said
to be purely eircumstantial
The shorege IN the accounts OF w.
r. Delaney. .the missing cashier OF the
Centerview MOI bank. has been hg
ured mp to s2s.soo. He was curator
OF several Rinors' estates and was re
puted to b worth $4,000 to 10000.
but none q this or other mooeys that
had been htrusted to him for invest
ment l. id sight
Rear Aenirai Train. commanding
the American Asiatic feet, cables that
the naval men wounded in the Mount
Dajo fighr will be removed to hospital.
and need sot be sent home
TIE bssiness portion OF White
Pige1c. Itch. was almost wiped out
by FIRE
X s. flnuni. Japanese student,
voh first honors in the annual ora
torical centest of the University OF
Michigan al Ann Arbor. receiving 500
in gold and the Chicago alumni gold
medal Els subject was The Mission
of NeO hpan"
The friends OF Major Generals Cor
bin and Macarthur in congress are
making spirited fight to prevent the
abolition of the grade OF lieutenant
general until those two omcers can
he promoted and retired with that
rank.
The Missouri state board of imm[
grafton, formed to induce foreigners
TO settle on unoccupied lands in the
state. has died from lack Of legislative
sustenance
p H. Everett. cashier Of the First
national bank at Freeland. Pa has
been arrested charged with embezzling
SO. 500 from the institution William
Beckley. . lawyer. was also arrested
on a charge OF conspiracy in connee-
ton with the embezxlement.
The region between the San Joa-
quin and Kings rivers. in California
Is threatened with the greatest food
in years, ON account OF the unprece'
dentei snowfall there. which at the
summit Of Pine Ridge is 32 feet deep
The state department at Washing
ton has received from the Christian
Herald, through the National Red
Cross, and forwarded to the Americas
embassy in Toxic. $4,000 for the re
lief Of the Japanese famine. making
Ss0.000 forwarded frum the saml
source. Another $4,000 Was promised
in q few days
A shrswd dsseetivs. with the aid II I
vsstTiIoquist and mule. is mid to hey>
secured a~ccnfession from = negro ol
ths details of the murder of the Christ.
mas family At Cottonwood. Ala. and =
. result VIII Christmas. = son. and
Walter Holland. son-in-law, have beel
arrested
Live stock men in Wyoming. who
we're conxratulzfing themselves on th<
splendid shape in which their stock hai
come through the. winter. are now ap
prshsnsiye of heavy losses owing to tn
Eveaksaed condition Of their flocks anl
nardn consequent on The recent coutin
~ cold and snow.
Jn1os Alton B. Parker denies the in
wiow imputed to him in which he "a
= to ny that he believed Presiden
pevelt win SEEK anothsr nomimtiol
lnhop Potter, o. New York, and hi
1nughter me spending month 4
Rome
Judep Benj. =. Perkins. proninen
pfonear Of nurtheasteEn Nebrnska, de
1t NinbFara. Neb.. aged u years.. H
I'D held many state and federal ol
1ceA
Al hcipient Cariist movement Is n
ported to havs broken ont h the pro,
inco - Cn1n1nnia- Spain
Logna biissard. . fugitive coavic
uhpa rosigting enptnre. was shnt m
ktIled " NheEiR Oweas q NeucastI
Wa. = ~ >unth a DDbali. Neb.
puun kGo ~ Mo ahn< and killed 1.
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