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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-05-02

BsoE % We@.n 20 nee. Xsds.I Rdsies, SsscTs.
your Umppms stating and reply will Be sent plain
fsisd snveloPs AddSsE edies Advis1U Dept IL
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
GOLDFIELD ANGRY,
PROTESTS AGAINST
SOLDIERS COMING

GOLDFIELD, New, Dec. T--Everyone
here believes the Federal troops shipped
into GolddeId today viii be shipped out
again within ten days.
The mine owners and Governor SPARKS
appear 20 he in for plenty Of trouble
over the alarm they started. The
county officials and local legislators
siSned an angry protest 10 the COVER
nor today. They will send It 10 wash
ington. too. Tho War Department is
asked with much emphasis not to quar-
ter soldiers in the town.
Not only the miners but tho citizens
generally accuse the mine owners Of at
tempting TO manufacture sentiment
agajust the men that they might be able
20 get the military 90 aid them in re-
Opening the mines with nOn-uDiOn help.
The miners directly accused the own
crs OF circulating this afternoons re-
port that several GOldfcld buildings
had been blown up by strike sympa-
thizers. Nothing of the kind has hap
pened. Perfect order has prevailed ever
since the strike was declared.
Col. Albeit Reynolds. I'm command Of
the troops. saws he does not think
martial law Will be declared and that
the soldiers VIII simply do police duty.
Among the soldiers the Impression
seems TO prevail that the companies are
TO be kept at the mines for sixty days.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
GLEN ECHOITES
DEFY THE AUTOISTS

Things are warming UP in Glen Echo.
Anyone who hJbOrcd the 5dea that
this progressive bcroughIeC had beer
swept OF the map wOulI have done
wei 20 attend the latest meeting Of
the town council. when some well
chosen and picturesque remarks were
sent out in the direction Of Washing
ton motorists.
Threats 10 sprinkle cracked glass on
The Conduit road 10 break up speed
ing were heard, and IT was decided TO
rigidIy enforce ordinance No. 3. max
ing 1t an onense TO operate "A DenzIne
wagon through the village at speed
Of sixty miles per hour. Mayor John
Garrett pointed cut the iucOngruiues
IN the decisions OF Attorney General
Bonepartc, Judge Advocate General
Davis. and Judge Henderson or Mary
land. lie declared that this inharmOn-
iOusness and dissimilaTity i'm the de
Cisions gave the town ample grounds
10 tdkC the case to the Supreme Court
or the United States, where the matter
viii ultimately be adtudicated.
Militant Marshal Collins has been
suppIanted by Walter J.. Shaw. who
owns an automobile, and is expected
10 accomplish much good IN the mat
ter Of breaking up speeding Glen
EchDites continue TO regard United
States Marshal Jackson as a. joke.
Mayor Garrett said last evening" IF
any washington siceG fieud wishes TO
learn whether or not our sCOrCniuE or
dinances have been embalmed and in
tered, let him come out and sCOrCh- 20
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
FIRM
ON ARMY TESTS
Efforts Made to Save Heads
of Important Engi-
neering Projects.
Executive Said to Have
Admitted Aiming at
Physically Weak.

Since the convening Of Congress
strong pressure has been brought 10
bear upon the President IN behalf of a
number of army officers. particularly
engin> = officers having charge OF i'm
portant river and harbor improvements.
who are doomed 70 retirement under
the horseInanship test Of the President,
unless some move is made 10 exempt
them.
The most recent order, tnat prescrib-
ing nincty-mile ride in three days.
under the conditions Of a forced march,
has. 20 say the least. not met with
favor among army men. Many Of the
older officers are greatly wrought up
and dcspondent in the belief that after
their long and faithful service to thejS
country, they are to be prematurely
cast out.
Even the ninety miles would not ne
so bad. it is said. were 1t not for the
clause prescribing the conditions Of a
forced march. An officer I'm making a
forced march, going into an engage
ment. is supposed to dismouut and lead
his horse az "a trot, so as to spare the
animal
The President is quoted as having
made vigorous reply 10 a prominent pol
iriciau VINO visited the White House on
behalf Of a stan officer recently ordered
before a retiring board. The Presidents
reply IS said 10 have been substantially
as follows
II Is as well known 10 s-@n officers
as il is 20 me that no man can perform
the highest grade Of brain work OF
which he is normally capable unless he
bee iu frst-class physical condition. Tho
Government Is entitled 20 the best ser
vice an ofncer'S natural ability enables
him TO do To is. therefore, the Guty
of every officer Ia keep himself at all
times in the best possible physical con-
ditiun. The physical test required iu
nly recent Instructions To the Secretary
of War has been purposely so specified
that no officer VIII Doe able 10 stand %
who has not kept himself iu proper
physical condition II Is neither severe
nor excessive. but an officer who peg-
milS himself 20 become physically WcGS
or debHitat,d 10y indolelce or lack Ui
exercise viii not be able 20 take it sue
CesStLlly.'
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
CHINA BARS boss"
FROM ASSEMBLIES
Celestial Councils Can Play
Great American Govern
ment Game.

China, in the thrces Of progress, does
not propose to accept the blessings of
modern civilization "unmiXed," accord
ing 20 the text Of the decree pruyid-
ing for the establishment OF provincial
deliberaGye assemblies which was re-
ccived by the State Department today.
In thIs decree her majesty Tzu-hsi,
etc, expressly says: These officials
and gentry. selected from various
places for their honesty and ability.
shall elect competent and eIn,-ient men
to act as members Of the deHoerative
assemblies; aud under no circumstances
shall men Of evil reputation. or local
bosses who seek only their own ad-
vancement, be chosen by them"
The edict providing for the establish
ment Of deIberaUye assemblies IS on
its face a decided ster toward a form
Of constitutional government and is an
unusual move toward the democratic.
The order has bee' delivered to ali
v.Ceroys and governors Of provinces TO
establish the deIiberative Assem- blies-
They are TO discuss means Of main
tanning the public peace. 70 deliberate
on matters pertaining TO the establish
ment Of new institutions. or to changes
OF any kind. and II shall be The duty
Of high provincial officials 10 take the
decisions of these assemblies into con-
siderauon.
IN this wise viii the Chinese parGci-
pate in ali the joys Of American ciu-
zcnship in meeting and resoIudng and
having a taIk-fcst on every subject that
strikes their fancy
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
N'KINLEY HOST
TO COLLEAGUES
Representative From Illinois
Gives Theater Party
and Dinner.

Representative William =. Mckinley
OF Illinois gave a theater party and sup
per t tho Raleigh Hotel last night 10
a party Of thirty members Of Congress
and Washington correspondents.
The party saw Anna Held in "A Par
isian Model at the National During
the performance Otis Harlan sang a
song called In Washington" =" and took
advantage or the occasion 70 ring in
something about Representative McKin-
ley's trip to Panama last spring, when
he chartered a. boat and took a parry
OF his friencs 70 the canal zone. Miss
Held made a hit with the lawmakers
by singing Wont You Be Ny Teddy
B. TO Major Mcdowell. the gray-beard-
ed seargeant-at-arms OF the House.
who was IN one Of the boxes.
After the performances the party went
TO the Raleigh. where an elaborate sup
per was served. Also. there were lots
Of songs at the supper
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
MOTHER BLOODSTAINED,
BACK WITHOUT CHILDREN

BROCKTON. Mass, Dec. No trace
has yet been found Of the children Of
Thomas Bah. who were taken from
home by their demented mother. The
mothers rcturu last night without them
and spots of blood on her clothing
caused the distracted father 90 fear the
worst. His suspicious are strengthened
by Mrs Balls taking with her a razor
with which sac sIashed her own throat
Mrs. BAH fed from home Monday
during her husbands absence. On her
way she stopped at the Winthrop school
and took her daughter. aged niue years,
and ner son. a red seven. When the
father returned home he found the
house -in dames. With the insane moth
or lodged i'm the asylum. detectives to-
day are trying TO trace hcr wanderings
in the hope OF coming upon the cntl-
dreu.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
HEIRS TO BATTLE
FOR PAGE ESTATE
Sixty Square Miles Of Land
Left by Londoner
in 1929.

LONDON. Dec. by the time ths
Druce case Is disposed Of George Hor-
ton Morris cf Australia viii be ready.
20 begin lis battle for another big event.
the vast properties left by Henry Page.
who died without direct heirs IN 1929.
Page left land holdings extending for
sixty square miles north snd west from
Marble Arch. The tract has been ad-
ministered by trustees since 1873 and
It's value can only be estimated in nil
Hons
Morris says he is Pages nephew. Hs
worked hills way from Australia 10 Eng
land as a ships steward seven years
ago to prosecute his claim. Last March
he learned that parliament was con-
sidsring passing the estate 70 the na-
ton IN default Of a demand for Il and
organized a $1,000 stock company 10
present his case
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
ENCAMPMENT NO. III, U.V.L.,
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR

The election OF officers for the year
of Encampment No III Union Veteran
Legion. WAS held last week. resulting
as follows Colonel Jasper p. Snow
lieutenant colonel. NJ G. Connolly
major .. L. Hallam. chaplain. II. n
Condor, QuartCTnuster. Il. l.. Ford
surgeon ~ n. Newell. UHccg-Of-the-
day. r IT, HCnkle, ofiiCer-Of-tn tne-EuarG,
j. J. LJwdeu; trustee r. - Ford
Union Veteran League meets fiTst
and third Fridays OF each month. The
organization is I'm Il prosperous CoLdi-
ton The hail IS located az Gl5 Penn
sylVauia avenue southeast.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
All Dressed in White.

on the night of the hurricane. Thurs
day. in the words Of Admiral Evans,
they were far out of the area Of dis
turbance and all dressed IN white. This
means, in the ordinary English. that
they were out of the storm limit and
I'm the warm climate Of the Caribbean.
with officers and men dressed in white
duck.
No word is expected from the notilla
until their arrival in port, for the rea-
son that they do not carry a heavy
wireless equipment, their installations
having q radius of but 100 miles one
hundred miles is but about four hours
sail for them, and It is believed. should
they come in communication with the
San Juan station. Lieutenant Cone
would not wire the department until an
chor had been cast in the harbor OF
San Juan.
II is fully believed that the entire
feet viii carry out the itinerary 70 the
day. and no delay is expected. From
the present prospect, il looks as though
the battlesnip fleet viii have as auspic-
ious a start as the hotilla Of smaller
craft
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
TORPEDO FLOTILLA
DUE AT SAN JUAN,
MISSED HURRICANE
Admiral Evans Receives
Final Instructions From
President.
BattleShip Maine Clears
Log From Rudder
Post.

Lieut. Hutcn 1. Cone. with his com
mand, the second torpedo boat fotilla.
was due TO arrive at San Juan yester-
day. completing the first leg OF the
long cruise 10 the Pacific. but no word
was received from him all day by the
Navy Department
Although this may look alarming
after the hurricane which swept the
North Atlantic coast, no fear for the
safety of the little torpedo craft is felt
by the Navy Department. 1t is said
t1at the fotilla is not yet overdue. as
IL has until midnight last night to ar
rive within the schedule. ard that il
WIS likely il would arrive before that
time, but too late to communicate with
the department until this morning. It
rs pointed out that. should anything
have happened to the fleet. there is no
question but what some word would
have been received.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
PLATE PRINTERS UNION
ELECTS YEARS OFFICERS

the Bureau OF Printing and Engraving.
has elected the following officers for
the coming year. President. William
D. Leissler; vice president Clarence E.
Mcclure: recording secretary. Charles
Cameron; financial secretary, Edward
Meehan; treasurer. David Fulton. Dele
gates 10 Central Labor Union, c. z.
Mcclure. Charles p Smith. P j. Ryan,
g J. McKenna- and J. T. Harrington.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
OPPOSITION TO BAILEY
STARTS CLUBS AGAINST HIM

AUSTIN, Texas. Dee. Opposition TO
United States Senator Bailey is crop
ping up al over the State, and anti
Bailey clubs are being organized every
where. The Central Club was formed
In this county today. and poll showed
that 50 per cent OF the voters IN this
section OF the state were opposed to
the Senator and his trust record.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
NORRIS CHAIRS

Oak Morris chair, without cushions. Reg.
price, $500, Sale price ..,,,,,,,..,.,. sl0,25
Oak Morris chair, without cushions. Res.
price, $3.50. sale price -. .......... .S1175
Oak Morris chair without cushions Reg
price, S7O0- SALE price ............... s535
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
BUSY JAPANESE.

u Is reported from NaEasaki that eN-
teusivc work on sea walls ano I'm dredg-
ing TO a depth of thirty-slx feet at Sas-
eb0 TO be coupleted i'm 1900. viii in
crease the facilities Of tnat japanese
port so that az least six large battle
ships can anchor within the harbOT. and
vessels may lOa> and discharge along
side the stone walls.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Evans Says Farewell.

Admiral Evans has completed his
duties in this CITY in connection with
the departure OF the fleet He held
his last conference with the President
Yesterday. and has received fun and
detailed instructions. Last night he
spent "a home. He had previously an
nounced formally that he positively
would not have any social engagements
on that, his last night in the city.
Today he will also spend with his
family, and this evening, in company
with his STAFF and the other feet Of
fcers, leaves for Norfolk, 20 so aboard
the flagship Connecticut, there TO re
main until the Heet sails, MOnOay De
Cember Is. Tomorrow he will spend i'm
mOhiliZing the fleet, and "A fun week will
he put in arranging the details to have
every thing I'm perfect order when the
sixteen fighting monsters point their
noses through tho Virginia Capcs after
dipping ensigns 20 Jhe President.
There is but little doubt that the start
viii be made on schedule time. All Of
the first and second divisions Of the
first squadron. consisting Of the battle
ships Connecticut. Louisiana, Kansas
Vermont Georgia. Virginia. New JPT-
scy. and Rhode Island. is in the Roads
awaiting the arrival Of the admiral All
Of the second squadron, under COM
mand of Rear Admiral Thomas, is iH the
Roads. with the exception OF tho Min
uesota and Kentucky, and they arc eX-
Iccted by tomorrow. Several vessels
Of the third and fourth squadrOns have
not vet arrived.
Capt. Giles b. Parker. commanding
the battleship Maine. which was forced
10 put back to League Island. after
+ sailing Friday evening. owing 10 a sup
posed arrangement Of her steering gear,
wired the Navy Department yesterday
afternoon that divers had discovered
that "A log had lodged under the YES
sells rudder post, making il impossible
10 turn it.
The log was easily eXtricated without
damage and the Maine proceeded to
Hampton Roads. She is expected to
arrive this morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19

SHE KNEW THE BREED.-The bishop
of Maryland was much interested in
uplift work among the lowly, and
maintained a school for neglected chill
dren In one of the poorer quarters Of
Baltimore, says the Sun. Among the
pupils was little girl whose free use
of swear words" indicated lamenta-
BILE conditions In the home circle. On
one of the bishops visits to the school
the teacher told him Of this little
girls persistent use of profanity, and
asked him to talk to her about 1t, La
ter the good bishop called the child to
him and, after putting her at ease by
a few kind, fatherly words, told her
how very wrong it was for little girl
to swear, and hoped she would not do
/. any more.
The child in no wise abashed, want
ed to know of the bishop "who told
him."
"oh," he said, evasively, "a little bird
told me-"
Well" said the child, with flash
Of quick intelligence, Il bet it was one
Of them d English sparrows."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19
For Sale By YORKVILLE B. & M. co.
AN ORDINANCE.

Providing for an Election to Decide
Whether or not the Town Of York
Vile Shall Issue Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars Of Bonds, II so Much
Be Necessary, for the Building Of
Sewerage System and Extension Of
Water-works System.
d E it ordained by the Mayor and
ID Aldermen of the town Of York
Vile, S. c., in regular council assem-
bled this 2Sth day of October, 1907:
It having been certified to the coun-
ell Of the town Of Yorkville, s. c., by
George T. Schorb, Town Treasurer,
that a majority Of the freeholders OF
said town, as appears from his tax
books, have signed a petition asking
that council call an election submit
ting to the qualified voters Of the said
town the question Of whether or not
the town shall issue Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars Of Bonds, If so Much
be necessary, bearing interest at a
rate not exceeding six per cent and
payable in forty years from the date
Of issue, with the privilege Of redemp-
ton after twenty years, 1t Is Ordained,
That such election be held on the
10Th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1907, in
the Sheriff's office, and the polls shall
be open from eight a. m. until four p.
m, during which time all Of the quail
flied voters of said town shall be en-
titled to vote.
Sec. Those in favor Of the issu-
ance Of said Bonds, shall cast bal
lot on which the following shall ap-
pear:
"Shall the town Of Yorkville, s. c.,
issue Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
Of Bonds, II so much be necessary, for
the installation of a Sewerage System
and Extension Of Water Works in said
TOWN."
Those opposed to the issuance Of
said bonds shall cast a ballot on which
the following shall appear:
"Shall the town Of Yorkvtlle, 5. c.,
issue Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars OF
Bonds, II so much be necessary, for
the installation Of Sewerage System
and Extension Of the Water Works In
said TOWN."
mo"
That w. Thompson Jackson, c. h.
Sandifer and T. w. Clawson are here
by appointed Managers Of said elec-
ton.
Done and ratified in Council assem-
bled.
JOHN R. HART,
Mayor Town Of Yorkville, s. c.
Attest [Seal1
I. W. Johnson,
Clerk Of Council.
81 { At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19

"MUBDER!"-Florrie Sullivan had
many an adventure in the New York
slums. Some of his adventures were
dramatic, tragical; some were the re-
verse.
Passing a mean little shanty one
Sunday morning Sullivan heard loud
yell:
Murder! Murder! Help"
In his grave, generous way, never
stopping to count the cost, he ran at
full speed toward the sound. An old
mans voice." he muttered to himself,
and then he shouted as he ran:
Have no fear! Courage! I will as
slst you!" -
Murder" shrieked the voice again.
Sullivan reached the door and thun-
dered on it with his fists and feet. II
opened and a neat young woman ap-
peared.
What is the trouble that"-Florrie
painted, but the young woman, smiling
quietly, interrupted him.
"Oh, never mind at all, at ALL" she
said. "Shure an they're only putin a
clane shirt on ould Johnny."-Wash-
ington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19
8amarans 9epartment.

ELF-DEFENsE.-Prof Ogden Chal-
mers Lorimer, Toledo's veteran educa-
tor, is one of the few remaining school,
masters who still cling to corporal
punishment.
II believe In corporal punishment"
he said stoutly in a recent address. Il
take no stock in moral suasion. Good,
healthy boys under moral suasion have
too free a time of 1t. They get out OF
hand.
There is a friend of mine" said
Prof. Lorimer with grim smile, who
is raising a family Of six boys with
the help Of moral suasion. The mild
little chap argued about the matter the
other night at club.
And do you believe said j, that
moral suasion is better than corporal
punishment for big. lusty boys like
yours?'
"'Yes,' said my friend.
land do you mean to say that you
have never whipped your boys?" 1
asked.
LAS true as 1 sit here my friend
declared earnestly, I have never struck
one Of my children except in self-de-
fense.' Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19
WHITES IN THE TROPICS.
Contrary to Theory, the Caucasian Can
Stand tho Climate.

Contrary to Theory, the Caucasian Can
Stand tho Climate.
The opinion of some authorities that
white races will never succeed in OBJ
tanning a permanent foothold in tropi-
cal countries does not seem to be
shared by a writer in the Journal OF
the American Medical association. AS
quoted in Science (New York;, he
says:
THE recently expressed opinion of
Colonel w. T. Gorgas, that within the
next two or three centuries the tropi-
cal countries, which offer much
greater return for mans labor than do
the temperate zones, will be settled by
the white races, and that the centres
Of population and civilization be trans
ferred to the equatorial regions, may
not prove a strictly correct prophecy,
but it's possibility cannot be denied, a
priori. as once it would have been.
| The discovery of the malaria germ
and of the transmission Of 1t and OF
that Of yellow fever by mosquitoes has
abolished the principal drawbacks of
the habitability Of these regions by the
white races to a very great extent and
opened for the use of civilized man
large portions of the earth's surface
that were formerly practically forbid
den to him. The question, Of course,
still remains to be settled whether the
white man can retain his physical
stamina and energy through residence
in the tropics Of many generations
and whether the mere conquest of
Ipathologic germs is all that Is requir-
ed. The productiveness Of tropical re-
gions is of itself a drawback. The
leverage man works only from neces-
sity, and what renders mere existence
the easier does not necessarily tend to
the higher development of the race"
Sir Charles Dixie, the writer reminds
US, once the banana was called the curse
OF the tropics, and held that where 1t
iabounded, human progress and ambi-
ton disappeared. There is enough
truth in, this to make it unlikely that
the tropics will be the leading centres
of civilization in the future. The tenn
perate zones, where the struggle for
existence brings out the higher abil-
tiles of man. will always dominate. the
writer thinks. and it is not improbable
that the tropics will be the recourse of
the yellow races rather than Of the
white To quote the conclusion:
There is every prospect that with
our almost certain conquest Of the
pathologic conditions that exist In
those regions. their utility to mankind
will be vastly increased and that high
er civilizations than now occupy those
lands will be developed. We may not
be able to look on the tropics as per-
manent home for the best of the rul-
ing white races, even two or three CEN
turies hence, but there is hardly any
question that they will be much more
habitable and useful than they have
been in the past"