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Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
RESCUED FROM LIVING DEATH
Two Firemen Found Alive in Ruins
Of Burned Buildings.

OI burned buildings.
New York.-The search for the three
firemen who went down with the ruins
when Hills paper warehouse was burn
ed last night was suddenly halted to-
night, as the sound of some one rapping
on timber from within the debris was
distinctly heard. For nearly twenty
four hours, with brief respite, the fire.
men had sought the bodies OF their
comrades, and at first they doubted
their senses. AS they stared at each
other voice from beneath the charred
pile, and recognized as that OF John
Seafert, was distinctly heard. Seafert
said:
II am alive and so Is Campbell. We
can't see anything. The debris Is all
about US. Get us out as quickly as you
can"
Then later: "It is cold here. have
TO keep kicking my legs TO keep warm" "
1t was thought that the second mes
sage was from Daniel J. Campbell, but
this was afterward doubted.
With new energy the firemen re-
doubled their efforts until warned that
over-eagerncss might defeat their pur-
pose. More cautiously they proceeded,
while Seaferts wife, VINO had been on
the scene since midnight, encouraged
them.
The men were caught between the
timbers about midway between the Sec
ond and third floors. The third man,
Thomas Lennon, apparently was in
stantly killed. His body was located
today after hours OF digging. 1t was
buried in tangle OF debris from which
shattered hand protruded and the
torso was caught in such way that it
could not be released until tons OF steel
which held 10 could be cleared away.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
THE NEGRO
Senate Spends First Session o. HoI
idays Discussing Brownsville.

Washinrton-After two weeks Of va.
cation. the senate devoted its first ses.
sion to the further discussion OF Pres
ident Rooscvelt's order dlsmissing tho
negro troops of the Twentv lf'h in
fantry for shooting up Brownsville.
Tex.
Senator Culberson, OF that state. de.
Tended the order, bringing to its sup
port many points OF legal construc-
tion, and justifying the action by many
quotations taken In connection with
the ARRAY. He closed with an impas-
stoned statement of the position of
the south on the negro question. VIII h
he declared to be the most Wit 4
dangerous problem before the .eri.
can people.
Senator Foraker replied brier ex.
pressing his intense interest in having
speedy action ON his resolution for an
investigation.
Senator Lodge pro sed an
ment to this resolution. which 4e
effect OF admitting the presidents au.
thority as commander.in-chief of the
army to take the action he did, and of
restricting the investigation to the oc.
currence In Brownsville.
On motion of Senator Hale. the res.
olution was given the right of
Monday.
Senator Culberson concluded his
speech of an hour an half by
ing:
This problem involves u eiu.
cation, suffrage, social 5. lib.
erty. elf-government and the integrity
or the white race. The end no man
can see. Southerners feel deeply and
profoundly on this problem. and its
ultimate solution. Closing their eyes
and looking down the ages. different
vistas rise; sometimes the black race
Is deported. sometimes the races live
together as now. In perfect peace. one
subordinate TO the other: sometimes
they turn with unspeakable aversion
to a blended. corrupted and inferior
race; sometimes there is war between
the races-which may God avert. In
the midst OF such awful possibilities
any man or party who would create
false hopes in these people deserves
no place in the confidence of the Amer
lean people"
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
SOLOMON AS A CANDIDATE.
Professor Says Kings Record Would
Beat Him for Office Nowadays.

Macon. Mo.-In the course of lee.
ture on Honesty" Prof. w. A. Amin.
superintendent of the board of public
schools. said that. measured by the
morals and customs of to-day, David
would have been lynched or sent to
the penitentiary for a long term OF
years.
Solomon, had he asplred to the sen.
ate or any other large representative
body. would have been turned down
because of his domestic life.
The speaker said. however, that II
was unfair to Judge those illustrious
men by later-day standards. and
argued that the world was progressing
so rapidly toward correct ideals that
before long only men of the purest
honor and integrity. both in public
and private life, would dare to aspire
to important positions.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
ExC0RlATED HIM.
Divorced Wife Burns Up Former
Husband in Lunacy Trial.

Vicksburg, Miss.-"That man is q
liar and an infdel, and has no regard
for his oath. When | was his wife I
loved him and would have died for him.
but he mistreated me, and after l had
borne him six children he became
ashamed of my appearance and had me
placed in the insane asylum. Then he
had me divorced and married again.
He has been giving me so month
alimony. Now, in order to escape pay
ing this, he would have me again
placed in the asylum. am as sane as
any one OF you, though, God knows,
this is enough to drive woman crazy!"
Alice Elsessor. white woman, made
this statement in dramatic manner
last afternoon before jury of lunacy
and in the presence of her former hus-
band, Thomas j. Roddy, who, pale and
nervous, had not word to say against
this excoriation.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
PURDY At BROWNSVILLE.
Satisfied With the Result of His
Investigation.

San Antonio, Tex.-Milton d. Purdy,
assistant to the United States attorney
general, completed his labors here in
connection with his investigation into
the Brownsville affair, and left tonigh
for Houston, where he will continue
the examination OF witnesses.
Mr.. Purdy, in expressing his satis-
faction with the results of his investi-
cation, said; Regarding my work
from the standpoint of the Importance
of the evidence that l have secured
through the testimony of persons more
or less familiar with the Brownsville
occurrence, can say that my efforts
here already have been rewarded"
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
FINDING OF BLOODY JACKET
Leads to the Arrest of q Colored
Corporal.

Fort Reno, Okla.-The finding OF a
khaki jacket, one sleeve OF which was
covered with blood and punctured pre-
sumably by bullet, led to the arrest
this afternoon of Corporal Knowles Of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, colored, on
the charge Of murderously assaulting
Capt. Edgar b. Macklin on the night of
Dec. q. When arrested the negro Of
ficer was found to have severe flesh
wound in the wrist, which he is said to
have been treating himself for three
weeks. The wound in the wrist is de-
clared to have been inflicted by the
same size bullet as went through the
sleeve OF the jacket, which bore
Knowles initials.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
COMMISSION AUTHORIZED
To Investigate the Value of Coal
and Asphalt Lands.

Guthrie, Okla.-The constitutional
convention today authorized the ap.
pointment of segregated coal and
asphalt commission whose duty it shall
be to investigate the value and extent
of the segregated coal and asphalt
lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations and make negotiations for the
purchase by the State of all these
lands. The commission is permanent
one appointed by the present conven-
tion, and its members are to report in
the future to the secretary of State.
1t is believed the State will make an
attempt to own and operate all of the
segregated coal lands in the territory.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10

London-The attitude OF Great
Britain in the event of a quarrel be-
tween the United States and Japan
is still discussed here. In an editorial
the Standard points out that every
thing hinges on whether the aggressor
is provoked. that being the essence of
the Anglo'Japanese treaty. For in
stance, should the United States in.
wade Korea. Great Britain would be
bound TO assist Japan. but II Japan
Invaded the Philippines that would be
n private adventure in which Great
Britain would not mix.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Mississippi College Endowment.

The announcement is made by DIR. w.
r. Lowrey, president of Mississippi Col
lege at Clinton. to the effect that the
arluou. work IF raising the sum of
100000 as an allitional endowment is
about to be successfully completed, af-
ter sixteen months OF hard work and un-
ceasing effort This increased endow-
ment means much to that venerable and
honored institution, from whose halls
have gone forth many young men who
have made gratifying progress in the life
of this nd other States, and which will
take rank with the best and most po-
tent OF its kind, and the added income
II > used to make many needed and
-iraDle improvements. of the amount
as raised. the sum of $4,000 was raised
by subscription among the Baptists of
Mississippi, and the balance was secured
from private sources.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
LYNcHED AN ALABAMA NEGRO.
Entered Room Of Bankers Dauqh
ter at Night.

Midway. Ala.-A negro. whose name
cannot be learned, was lynched here
for attempted assault. A posse swung
him up to a tree and riddled his body
with bullets. The negro at night en-
tered the room OF Miss Morrell King.
daughter OF a banker at Midway. Her
screams attracted the family. and the
negro fed. A posse captured him. he
confessed and was lynched.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Three Minutes Too Late.

vicksburg, Miss.-Will Harvey. a
negro, was hanged at Mayorsville,
Miss. three minutes before notice that
his sentence had been commuted by
the governor reached the sheriff. Har-
vey's attorney was notified by Gov.
Vardaman that the negro's sentence
had been commuted to Imprisonment
for life. He hurried to the telephone
and called the sheriff. The latter
did not reach the telephone until three
minutes after the drop fell Harvey
was hanged for the murder OF another
negro
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Appointments by the Governor.

BY direction of the Governor, Secre-
tary of State Power issued commissions
for the following officials, whose terms
of office began January l, 1907: Capt.
!. T. Blount, of Water Valley, to be
Chancellor of the Third District, vice
Hon. J. C. Wilson, resigned. To be
trustees of the State penitentiary, pu&-
suant to the new law, which becomes
effective tomorrow: Howard Jones, of
Kinds, First Supreme District; NJ. p.
Bishop, of Lafayette, Second District,
and Charles C. Smith, of Claiborne,
Third District. To be superintendent of
nitentiary, Charles H. Neyland, of
nson.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Bank Ii Reopened

Philadelphia, Pa.-With the entire
place heavily guarded by uniformed
employees and police, the Fourth Street
National Bank, in which the bomb was
exploded Saturday with fatal results,
opened for business today. or the score
Of persons injured only two are still in
the hospital. Unless complications sci
in, the physicians say they will recover
although Crump probably will be blind.
The police are still at work looking up
the history Of Steel with view Of
learning whether he had an accomplice
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
GOES OVER LOUISWLLEFALLS
Man Walking on River From Gin
cinnati to New Orleans.

Louisville, Ky.-Before a crowd Of
thousands Prof. Charles Oldreive, who
is walking on the water from Cincin-
natl to New Orleans on wager Of
5000, gave an exhibition today. Ac-
companied by his wife, an expert oars
woman, In canoe, Oldreive made a
hazardous trip over the falls. He was
gliding along in his cedar shoes when
he suddenly dropped below the surface
OF the stream, and would probably
have been drowned but for the prompt
action of Mrs. Oldreive, who was fol.
lowing him in a skiff.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Uncle Sam Third.

Washington.-A statement by the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor which was
issued today announces that this coun-
try now ranks third in the value Of
manufactures entering the worlds in
ternational commerce, the amount OF its
exports for the past year having aggre-
gated more than 800, 100000. The ex-
ports have never even approximated
those figures before, and the value of
American trade in the foreign markets,
the report adds, is twice as great now
as eight years ago.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Striking Funeral.

Birmingham, Ala.-One of the most
striking funerals ever held in Birming-
ham was that this afternoon u -Adju-
tant Libbie Orchard of the Salvation
Army. Present at the funeral were
Maj. ]. NJ. Bergman, who came from
Baton Rouge, La. and Mrs. Brigadier
Bowl of New York, superintendent of
the rescue work in the United States.
Adjutant Orchard was accidentally
burned to death. She has worked all
over the United States and has spent
much time in India and Australia. The
body was sent to Craigville, Canada.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Starvation in China.

Washington.-Dr. Lewis Klopsch,
editor of the Christian Herald OF New
York, has transmitted to the American
National Red Cross the following Gu
blegram from DR.. McCrea, chairman
Of the Chinese relief committee al
Chinkiang, dated Jan. 5:
"Vicerov Tuan Fong's estimates oi
1000, 600 destitute confirmed. Area af-
fected nearly equal to New York State.
Winter on. Crisis unprecedented.
Suffering intense. Deaths beginning.
Five months to harvest"
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
immigration League.

Secretary Fred Muller, Of the Mis-
sissippi State Immigration League, is
not permitting the fact that such an
organization is in existence to be over
looked. He has prepared a circular,
which contains in condensed form the
platform aud purposes of the league, and
this is to be given a wide circulation
through the State, and is accompanied
by blank application for membership,
which the secretary asks the recipient
to study carefully, to sign the applica-
tion blank, and then return it with his
annual subscription as member, the
dues having been fixed at SO year.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
JAPs ASSAULT AN AMERICAN.
Raise the Flag Of Their Country, and
IS Are Arrested and Jailed.

Porteryille. Gala crowd OF Jap
anese laborers working on the tracks
OF the southern Pacific near this city
assaulted Roy v. Clark. After consid-
cradle difficulty, Is Japanese we're ar
rested, taken to visalia and placed
In the county Jail.
During the fracas the Japanese are
reported to have raised the Japanese
nag.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10

IH0 Govcru"r has issued a prosIama.
tiou uthor x the addition tf 5000 to
the statutory reward hitherto offered
for the detection and arrest OF Wheeler
King, the slayer of Town Marshal Archie
Buchanan of Mount Olive. This raises
the amount of the official reward to
$500, which will probably offer still fur
ther incentive to detectives TO redouble
their efforts to capture the elusive King.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
TRADE GOOD
RESULTS OF INVENTORIES FuL.
~ EQUAL TO SANGuINE
ANTiclPATioNs.
YEAR OPENED BRIGHT
Complaint from Northwestern Flour
Mills That Their Products
Do Not Reach Seabosrd
on Time.

New York;. q. Dun q Co.'S review
OF trade says: The year opens bright
with promise OF business, no excessive
stocks being carried over. and results
OF inventories fully equal to sanguine
hnucipations. II IL noticeable in dis
patches from the west that there was
less than the customary lull In bust.
ness during the holiday season, while
bargain sales are rapidly disposlng of
the moderate supplies remaining on
hand.
Contracts on the Books.
In the leading Industries contracts
on the hooks are very large, and the
plants operate full time. except where
materials or fuel cannot be sectred
or finished products cannot be forward
cd to consumers. There is much com.
plant from northwestern flour mills
on this point. and export trade is also
restricted. because grain and other
merchandise fail to reach the seaboard
Promptly To this delay may De at.
tributed part of the decrease OF ST.
749,665 In exports from this port for
the last week. as compared with the
movement year ago. while imports
exceeded the very heavy total for tho
previous year of s1,5S1,590
Large Contracts for Steel.
Many contracts for large tonnage
OF steel appeared during the past
week. notably structural material for
San Francisco.
Railway requirement Sd no
abatement, few contracts being con.
sldered. however. except for delivery
in the last half OF the year. Prices
OF pig iron have risen close to the
position OF 1900. but finished products
are still much lower as to standard
figures. although the premiums fire.
quently paid for prompt delivery make
comparisons difficult. Meanwhr. the
railways do not move the pig iron as
desired, and many mills are running
on light stocks.
Export Of SheetIngs TO China.
Business in the primary market for
textiles has been interrupted by the
holidays and inventories. but work Is
progressing In preparation OF new
lines for the coming season. Ship
ments OF bales of sheetings have been
sent to China. the first export bust
ness from that quarter for long
time. and more orders could have been
secured by the making Of offers. The
reviving interests tends to strengthen
the tone OF the market already de-
cidedly firm.
Confidence In Footwear.
New England footwear manufactur.
ers enjoy n feeling Of confidence re-
gardng business during the early part
of 1907. The leather market Is in.
variably dull during the first half OF
January. but trade at the present is
better than usual at this time of year
Export Of Wheat Short.
Wheat was depressed by accumulat-
ed stocks at the northwest. and wealth
er conditions unfavorable for winter
wheat in this country. while the Ar
ly. Shipments to Europe thus far unis
season from all surplus natiots have
not reached the dimensions promised
by large crops. and the smaller yield
in Russia is sustaining factor in the
markets for distant options.
Spot Cotton.
Steady absorption OF spot cotton and
fear of pressure against the short nc.
count in the option market brought
higher quotations and much covering
Of outstanding contracts.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
BARTHoLpT GETS PEACE MEDAL
Regarded Second Only to tire cs.ebrss.
ed Nobel Prize.

Washington Representative Bart
holdt. OF Missouri. has received the
bronze medal for 1906 of the Associa-
tion for International Cancellation,
voted TO him by the general council.
It was presented by President Butler
OF Columbia university. The medal
is regarded as second only to the
Nobel prize as recognition of pea 8
promoting efforts.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Cotton Seed Prices.

Prices OF cotton seed remain un-
changed, being quoted at S12 and Si3
per ton. Nearly all the mills in the
State are running at full capacity with
day and night shifts, and the remainder
of the crop will be worked up by the
middle of March or the first of April. A
few mills, however. may be able to pro-
tract their runs until the latter part of
April or the first of May.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Queen Helena ls an Ar.i.t

Naples.-Under the guidance OF Sig.
Casiasco. the artist. Queen Helena has
perfected herself in the execution of
water colors and pastels Some of
her pictures will be sent to an
exhibition at Venice. but under an
assumed name, as the queen wishes to
keep her identity secret.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
WILL ENJoIN NEGROES

From Incorporating K. p. Grand
Lodge in Georgia.
Richmond, Ind.-Charles A. Barnes
supreme chancellor of the Knights Of
Pythias OF the world, in bulletin just
issued, announces that the interests oi
the order are advancing in all grades.
1t is also announced that an appeal has
been taken to the supreme court OF
Georgia to enjoin the incorporation OF
negro Knights OF Pythias grand
lodge in that State.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
For Independence Of Poland.

Breslau-The articles of association
of the Polish National league have
been published here. They describe
the aim of the league to be to unite
all the national resources for the
restoration of the independence Of Po-
land.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10

Naples-The recent heavy rains have
caused enormous avalanches of mud
to start from the top OF Mount vesu.
vius. They grow larger as they sweep
along and eventually spread out over
several square miles.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
What a Friendly Sian Did.

Fort Dodge, Ia.-Stratled by friend
who suddenly slapped him on the back,
A. r. Hayden, of Gilmere City. slipped
on some ice and fell, sustaining a
fracture Of the skull and other in
juries which caused death.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
!. w. Wright Missing.

W. Wright. cashier of the Bank of
6o'iHery, Covington county, who mys-
teriously disappeared December 20, after
boarding train for Itta Bena to visit
his sister, who was desperately i'll at
that place, has not been heard from.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
RrnnksYille Burned.

The town of Brooksville, in Noxubee
county. was visited by fire, which al
most completely wiped out the business
section of the town.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Chambers in Kinds County.

Several animals affected with glanders
have been killed by order of President
Hewcs of the Kinds County Board of Su-
pervisors, which is according to law.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Poultry Show.

At the sixth annual show of the Mis-
sie ppi Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
"a, held at Aberdeen, there were not
as many birds this year as last, but the
quality was better this year than ever.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10

The various Confederate organizations
of the State are making preparations
for the celebration of the birthday of
Gen Robert T.. Lee on the 10th of
January.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10

The Cleveland section of the Coun.
Gil OF Jewish Women celebrated its
twelfth anniversary recently and took
the first steps toward forming a state
federation.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
France Order. submarir. Cruiser,

France Orders Submarine Cruisers.
Paris-The admiralty has ordered
the construction OF four submarine
cruisers. which, 1t is said, are TO be
superior to any existing type of SINH
lar vessels,
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
Over Four Tons Of Dynamite Let Go

Ell Paso, Tex.-Advices from Lowell,
Ariz., are to the effect that the dam
age done to the town by the explosion
of Denn-Arizona Co.'s magazine con-
tanning $500 pounds of dynamite VIII
be less than $4,000. while the dam
age 10 the company's property is es.
timated, outside OF the value OF ex-
plosives destroyed, at about $4,000.
Where the magazine stood is now a
hole IN the ground sixty feet deep. OF
the injured all are reported as improv-
ing. That many lives were lost, is mar.
velous. es there were 100 men at work
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
FOR GREATER
800. MISSISSIPPI

Devoted to the Agricultural. Commercial
and Industrial Development OF the States
Incompatible Resources Ofilcial Organ OF
Department OF Agriculture and Commerce.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-10
SPOT Cotton

Steady absorption OF spot cotton and
fear of pressure against the short nc.
count in the option market brought
higher quotations and much covering
OF outstanding contracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-16

mans; Francis P. Sheehy. district president
Of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; James
F. Shea, president of Carroll Institute;
Edward ]. Walsh. Edward P. Schwartz,
Edward P. Harrington, Rev. Father Boone,
representing Loyola College, Baltimore;
Rev. Father Mullen, personal representative
of Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, rector of the
Church of the Jesu and formerly pastor OF
st. Aloysius Church; Rev. Ignatius Fealy,
assistant pastor of st. Joseph's Catholic
Church; Rev. Fathers Pittar and Scully
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Hannah, W. I. Plant, John P. Dawson,
Charles j. Columbus, J. w. Common, John
Hollohan, Al. Shields. e. Weight, jr.. DR..
j. j. Slattery. James Richardson, T. b.
McNamee, Thomas O'DonneI, P. J.
ODea, Jeremiah Murphy, w. J. Slater.
Simon Cunningham. C. A. Colliere
Maurice ]. Sheehan. Joseph Ehneck James
Lawler, j.. F. Luitich. John 8. Donohue,
Thomas w. Mcmahon. John T. s. Burns,
James 8. Dugan, Joseph Dierken, Dr. ]. j.
Kilvay, M. Fl. Tolan, Edward L. Brady,
William J: Tobin. A; $. Fennell: IT.; Al. J.
William vii :, P Normoyle, Dr.; T; o; Reilly,
Langdale. Daniel P. Myers, F. X Lans-
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Michael E. Dillingham;, R. J. Lawson,
james l. Nolan, Leo A. Rover. John Rud-
den, Joseph c. Stack, James B. Cahill, w.
s. Brady, Frank Cahill. H. I. Quinn, Stuart
d. McCabe, William Stockman, Dennis ].
Fitzpatrick, DIR. w. p Keneally, John j.
Allen, j. J. Keneally. Mark Ward. William
McGrath. T.. Leo Haden. Francis j. T.
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