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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Public Sentiment Asks That Bucket
Shops Close.

Public sentiment asks that the bucket
shops be- closed. completely and forever.
Besides being made criminal,
every dealer should be made liza
ble for all losses to his patrons: and
every person who provides building.
telephone or telegraph, or other facility
for operating future gambling. should
also he made liable for such losses re-
coyerable by the nearest relatives. if the
victim himself will not institute legal
proceedings. When all who contribute
to make the operation OF bucket shops
possible are made equally responsible,
ciyilly and criminally, with the opera
tors. as in morals they are, the evil
will be effectively suppressed.
The brand of crime has been placed
upon liquor selling by the moral sense
of all the counties in the state, except
few ON the gulf coast and the Miss;s.
sippi river front. There the saloons and
their friends ask now to be let alone.
This is self refuted appeal. They do
not let those localities alone that have
outlawed liquor traffic. but, on the con
trary, send to them both liquor AMI
liquor-soaked victims. breeding crimes
which would not otherwise occur. Be.
sides, in all state elections and in legis-
lative gatherings, the foreign and the
home liquor dealers are found actively
at work, seeking to control results in
their own interests. organizing forces
seeking evil ends and providing liquor
and sinews of war. In state, county and
municipal elections the saloons know
their men and concentrate their votes
on those candidates who could give them
most help or least hurt.
BY thorough watchfulness and CON
tinued organization, absence of all scri-
pies and readiness of emergency, the
liquor forces cannot be prevented, as
long as the business is legalized, from
frequently holding and exercising the
balance OF political power. Those who
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Train Kills Three workmen.

kittaning, Pa--Three workmen
were run down and instantly
killed here Friday by a Buffalo 4
Allegheny railroad engine. The dead:
Samuel Halliday. John II. Miller and
August Hettler. They stepped out OF
the way of an approaching freight
on to another track. only to be struck
by light engine.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Wins DANCING Prize a, 90.

Columbus. Ind.-James Collins, the
best fiddler" in clifford. a village in
this county. has added jig dancing and
singing to his championships. His new
honors came at n Modern Woodmen
entertainment. Old dances and songs
were required.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Aoki to Be Priv Councillor

Tokio-The appointment OF the
Viseount Sinzo Aoki. ex-ambassa-
dor to Washington. as prvy council.
lor will be officially announced Thurs.
day. The position of privy councillor
IN the Japanese government CORE
spends to that of the members of the
cabinet of the president OF the United
States.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Divorces Remarry a. 73.

Fort Dodge, la.-Mr. and Mrs.
Francis J. Johnson. both aged 10 years.
have been married here. They were
divorced three years ago. soon after
their 18th wedding anniversary. John
son has been living at Beaver City.
Okla.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Customs Inspcctors' Paw.

Washingion-Senator Hopkins from
the committee on commerce reported
a bill to raise the salaries of customs
inspectors at New York. Boston. Phil
adelphia. San Francisco and New Or
leans to Sc per day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
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Merriman Now premier

Cape TOWN.. Y. Merriman. leader
of the African Bund, has accepted the
premiership of Cape Colony in success
sion to DR.. Leander S. Jameson, who
resigned because OF the defeat of his
party in the Cape Colony parliamen-
tary elections.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Husband. 1902. Wife. 1o5. Dead.

Warren, Minn.-Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Zejdlik, who both died here the same
day. we're born in Bohemia, and came
to this country many years ago. Zejd-
lik was 1o2 years old and Mrs. Zejd-
lik was l05. They had been married
7s years.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Deny cxar AsssssInsted.

London-The Russian empassy,
the British foreign office and sew
eral ST. Petersburg correspondents
deny a report. current Thur sday night.
that the czar had been sssassinated.
The rumor reached here in dispatches
from Paris and Berlin.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
AGED Woman Seeks a Pardon.

Stroudsburg. Pa.-Mrs. Dora New
man, aged IS. who is in the Milford
jail under a sentence OF one year and
six months for the killing of Ler aged
husband. John Newman. will make an
application to the state board of par
dons at their meeting in February.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
propped Dead Enterino c,,.

Norristown. Pa.-overcome by apo
plexy. Rein H. Godshalk. aged SO
years. a retired contractor CT Iron
Bridge. was found dead at the front
gate of his home by Preston Nyce. q
clerk at the Eagle Hotel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
TwENTY-FIFTH DAY.
H0use

The defeat of the bill providing for a
slight increase of $500 in the salary of
the state superintendent of education
by the close vote OF so to -. was one
Of the surprises in the Legislature to-
day.
The customary adjournment resolution
was presented to the House to-day. pro
viding for final adjournment on Tuesday,
March 10. and was adopted without a
word of objection. Should the Senate
agree to this that date will be fixed. aud
the solons must work up accordingly.
The committee on liquor traffic sub
mitted its looked for report to the House
this morning, with three bills, which are
recommended for Passage as amended
by the committee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
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Two More FsIar Expeditions

London-Two more polar expedi-
uons are announced. DR.. Jean Char
cot. the French explorer. is preparing
to set out in quest OF the south pole.
and ne duke of Abruzzi is planning
a voyage to the north.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
New EnaIanders ORGANIZE.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Following the
custom of other cities in the state.
citizens of Ardmore will organize a
society to be composed OF former resi-
dents OF the New England states.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Enoine Kills Ex-confederate.

Little Rock, Ark.-Robert NJ. Little
john. GO years old. an ex-Confederste
soldier. interchange clerk of the Rock
Island and Iron Mountain roads. was
struck by an engine in the yards, on
the north side, and died a few hours
afterward
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
To Ship Flour to Manila.

Jrnction City. Nas.-A local -four
ing mill has been notified of the ac-
ceptance of a contract Of -four ship
ments to Manila. One shipment will
supply 81, 900 men for a month.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Break Jail, but Return.

Starkyille. Miss.--After breaking
jail and having few hours liberty,
two negroes. one charged with MUIR
der and the other with assault. ap-
peared at the sherin's Office and asked
to be locked up again.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
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Killed by Car He Wanted

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Tumbled across
the tracks by the impetus of lis rush
down an embankment. William Huber.
"a years old. of Nanticoke. was man
gled in, the brake rigging OF a trolley
car he meant to board.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Death Stroke in Street.

West Chester, Pa.-Sufering from
tuberculous kidneys. Herbert Heston
Highley, aged 22 years, son of George
Highley, fell on the street while taking
little walk, and died upon being
removed to his home, near by.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Montana Governor Resionx

Helena, Mont-Governor Joseph X.
Toole rendered his resignation to Sec
retary of State Holder. TO take effect
April next. He will be succeeded by
Edwin Norris of Dillon. lieutenan;
governor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13

York. Pa.-Fire starting in n pile OF
kindling wood in her kitchen at York.
as she lay sleeping in an adjoining
room. Mrs. Wesley Bair would prob
ably have been burned to death had
not her 5-year-old son given the alarm.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Four-Year-Old Shoots Self

Pittsburg. Kas.-The i-yearold son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. Busy fatally shot
himself with his fathers revolver. The
youngster climbed on a chair and was
trying to pull the weapon from his
fathers overcoat.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13

Swarthmore. Pa.-Fifteen students
OF the Swarthmore college have been
suspended of being implicated In
placing full-grown COW in one Of the
girls rooms.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Rabbits Have consumption.

Guthrie. Okla.-Health officers are
campaigning against rabbits as
food. They say that many OF tho
rabbits are infected with consump-
tion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
SCORES CORTELY0U
cuIsgRsoN CHARGES sPEcuLAr.
ING BANKS WE'RE AIDED.
ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION
Declares That Wall Street Firsneiers
Received More Than Their
Just Share.

Washington. n. C.-Senator Cul.
berson of Texas. Democratic leader In
the senate. charged on the floor OF the
senate Thursday that Secretary OF the
Treasury Cortelyou had violated the
law in six respects in his handling Of
the finances during the panic.
He demanded that the secretary be
called on 10 farnish the senate with
all correspondence between his office
and the New York banks that would
show whether he had supplied funds
to the New York banks only for relief
through them OF the Western and
Southern bankers. or for use in spec
ulation
Secretsry Cortelyou. according TO
Mr. Culberson. violated the law hy
depositIng money in New York banks
for speculative purposes. giving them
a greater share OF the funds than
their combined capital permitted.
New York Banks got one-Third.
with only one-sixth the total capital
Of all the banks in the country the
New York banks got one-third OF all
the public moneys between August
and December. said Mr. Culberson.
Mr.. Culberson said that Secretary
Cortelyou had also broken the law by
issuing the Panama bonds when they
were not needed for canal expenses
by excluding private bidders and ac-
cepting only national bank bidders for
the bonds by using the proceeds for
the bonds for other than canal ex-
penses. b. issuing per cent ce.tifi-
Gates when they were not needed to
meet government expenses. and by al
certificates instead OF on registered
h~nAu
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
GOV. NOEl'S MESSAGE

Jackson. Miss.-In words fairly brist.
ling with dcnunciation of the SALOON.
bucket shop and pistol carrying. t.ov
Noel sent his first message Of import.
ance to both houses of the Mississippi
Legislature this morning. The recon.
mendations he suggests leave NO doub,
but what the hght to the dealth Of the
saloon IN Mississippi j. on. lie not
only wants state wide. or statutory
prohibition. but wants II incorporated
in the constitution oi the state
GOV. Noel Is M less severe with the
bucket shop. and after showing the easy
road from the legitimate 10 the illc
gitimate dealing IN the products of the
country, which make. gambler out of
man without his knowIcdgc. recon.
mends that II he closed completely and
forever, aud that every person con
ncctcd with ihe operations OF such
gambling institution bc made criminal
and speedily sent To the pen. Besides
being made a criminal every person who
provides a building. a telegraph or tel
ephone or other facility. for operating
future gambling. b. made liable for loss
20 patrons. recoverable by the nearest
relatives II the victim himself will not
institute legal procccdings
Gov Noel rec,mmand- that more rr.
striction. he thrown around the sale
and ownership OF pistol-. and suggests
that tho crime Of manslaughtcr by
means ~ such weapons h. higher and
the punishment more severe.
Following is the full text of the
Governors message:
Gent lem-n 81 th.. senate and House Of
Representatives;
one oi III" chief objects OF wise leg
is'ation j. increased security for life,
hbsrty and property by suppression Of
CRIME, the chief causes for which, in
this state. are concealed weapons,
gambling AMI liquor drinking. Efsc
tive blows at these evils will greatly
reduce the number and grade OF all
ohenses. While laws. Of themselves.
can not make evil men good. they can
make crime perilou- AMI profitles.. there
by restraining criminal instincts.
Pistols are made and used chiefly for
taking human life. For nothing el-e are
they adapted Men who carry them are
brutalized by constant association with
an instrument of death and it, sugr~--
tion of shedding human blood Contem-
plation and preparation Of necessity for
use Of pistol often creates such ne
ccssity, seemingly. when none really eN-
lists. Additional restrictions should be
thrown around the sale and ownership
he better defined and possibly narrowed
tn weapons OF the largest sus. Except
ss To officers, otherwise than in conncc-
tion with arrests. man-laughter - the
least oifsnse OF which a jury could con
Niet when homicide was committed
with deadly weapon which had been
carried concealed. The penalty for man
slaughter being largely within the dis
cretion OF the court. could be adjusted
TO meet emergencies.
Gambling in its various forms is one
OF the prevalent crimes of the age, lead
ing to nearly all the other-, especially
theits, entertainments. murders. Dealing
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-13
Senate.

In the Senate the Harper resolution
which vas considered a reflection on the
professional men in the Legislature.
though the more conservative members
of the Senate give their distinguished
associate for failing to perceive and ap-
preciatc the point, after being carefully
considered in executive session, was dis
posed OF by a motion to indefinitely
postpone.
The Senate also defeated, "a the
House had done, the bill which attempt
ed to cut off the surplus school funds
from such of the larger counties as have
a surplus and convert it into the treas
ury. The bill failed to pass by vote
of ~ to T.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM.
At So Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Tells
 How IL Was Written.

When the literary history of the na- tion's capital is written, writes Mar garet B. Downing, one of the chapters will contain the story of Julia Ward Howe's great war song, The Battle Cry of Freedom. It was written in the old Willard Hotel in the dark days of No vember, 1861, and looking back to those dreary, seemingly hopeless times, Mrs. Howe now considers this hymn as q direct inspiration and an answer to her prayer to aid her struggling country. During the recent celebration at her Boston home of her S9th birthday, Mrs. Howe told again the story of how she wrote the great battle hymn and the intervening years seem to shed new light on the mental processes which swayed her then.
 q recall wildly" she said to her friends on the afternoon when the fete was In progress. that when this Battle Cry of Freedom was sung for the first time a friend remarked to me, Mrs. Howe, you should pray to die
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31
Look mt Her Teeth,

Young man, before you marry, take particular notice of the teeth of your intended wife. Aunt Peggy tells me just now that the organs of mastica- tion are certain indicators of a wife's inclination to roam or not to roam. If you want home body" says the aged high priestess, marry a girl whose teeth grow close together. If the teeth are distinctly separated, your wife will go gadding about all the time. She may love her home, but she won't stay there. She will want to be travelling. The greater the distance between the teeth the greater her inclination to wan der abroad. New York Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31
Breathe Fresh Air.

If people only knew what good health and good spirits attend sleeping with ones head under window tent, one and all would do 1t, says a bulletin of the Indiana Health Department. Coughs, colds, pneumonia, consumption and all other diseases of the air pass ages are principally induced by breath ing foul air. The window tent supplies fresh outdoor air to breathe and at the same time permits the body to be In a warm room. The head is accustomed to the cold, and in very cold weather an ordinary woman's knit hood may be worn to protect the ears and cheeks. During the night and when asleep the tissues are repaired and the brain and nerve cells are recharged with energy. Pure air is the great factor in repair work. Consumption and catarrh in their early stages can be cured by breathing fresh air night and day.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31
Congregational Bell Signals.

On the floor of the house the door, keeper has his desk, and 1t is here that the bells are struck that give notice of the needs of Congress. One bell calls for tellers when the house is in committee of the whole; two bells in- dicate a call for yeas and nays; three declare a recess; with four bells the red light over the door goes out; five bells mean "call of the house." under which the sergeant at arms Is supposed to summarily arrest any member on sight and bring him in, whether on foot or horseback. Any member who Is not present at call of the house is subjected to a severe reprimand. Look ing down the corridor, the going out of the red light gives the curious sug- gestion of the tail end of a passenger train dashing through tunnel. While the red light burns bright and clear 1t means that Congress is under way, but when the light winks and goes out then the visitors understand that the wheels of legislation have ceased to re. volve.-National Magazine.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31

on the Virginia side of the Potomac, the report came of great disaster to the Federal forces and the rumor that the southern troops were marching on Washington. We fled back to the capital, disheartened and troubled. hnd l had that awful sensation of darkness closing in on me and my country, and that nothing left was worth while. Late at night came the news that the report was wrong; that the rebels, as we said then, but l am glad to note that we use less harsh language now, had been defeated and that all was well. The reaction excited me tre- mendously. We were stopping at the old Willard and my rooms looked down on Pennsylvania avenue Leaning out l could see the sentinels in the White House grounds and then the gleams of the night lamps which showed of the vigil kept by the one who's guided the ship of state.
 ''The words of the hymn burst on me like a revelation, and seizing the first paper convenient, I jotted down first a few words, then the lines, and then the verses in the order in which they now stand. It was just the gray dawn of late November, gray as my thoughts had been the evening before when I finished my hymn. I knelt beside my bed and prayed a little, and then fell asleep. When I awoke the day was beautiful and sunshiny. and I never again despaired of my country. It has been given to me to see that God was marching on.'"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31

now, for you will never equal what you have accomplished in this grand hymn This criticism has proved true, that I did the best that was in me when l wrote that war cry, yet l have lived to realize that useful work is possible after one has done the best. It is almost fifty years since that day and l count it the greatest boon that God has given me that l have heard my reunited country sing, north and south together, that cry of my heart when brother had turned against brother and blood flowed like rivers through the land.
 q have told so often the story of this song that it would seem trite now to hear 1t again. But new light seems to come about why the hymn was written. I wrote the first draft of the Battle Cry of Freedom on the official paper of the sanitary commission of the Treasury Department, of which my revered husband, pr. Samuel G. Howe, was a member. I had come to Wash ington depressed in spirit and believe a little discouraged. My husband, who had given his youthful ardor to Greece and had fought her fight for freedom with stout heart, who had aided poor struggling Poland in her efforts to get free from the tyrant's clutches, was past the age to take up the sword for his own unhappy country. My eldest son was a mere strin1inp and family ties kept me to the duties of home.
 "I longed to do something. something which would count, and I envied those women who could go to the battlefield with a ministering hand. These thought assailed me day and night, and one dark November day, when a horsebsek excursion led us to the hills
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-31

It Is announced from Washington that President Roosevelt's commission on country or farm life Is fully organ ized and about to take up its work. Prof Bailey, of New York, who has studied agricultural questions deeply and written luminously and interest ingly about them. has accepted the chairmanship of the commission, and we may be sure that the rather short time which he and his associates have at their disposal will be husbanded in acordance with the best principles of intensive cultivation" It appears from informal reports that the problem be fore the commission has already been subdivided into the following subjects: |: Land supply, labor supply, communica- ton, education and organization. Each of these subjects admits of subdivision, and presumably under communication the question of social life and amuse- ment on the farm, not only for the adult but also for the younger people, will claim share of attention. The possibilities of cooperation in the use of improved machinery and in market ing products will doubtless fall under the heading of organization" The flip pant comments of those who profess to see something offensive in the alleged effort to "uplift" the American farmer cannot have made much impression on anyone who is familiar, first, with the amount of scientific and practical aid given to farmers, and gladly received by them, in the shape of publications, data from agricultural stations, State and Federal authorities and so on, and, secondly, with the number and variety of questions relating to rural life and labor that have barely been considered in the United States. There Is plenty of room for improvement In the techni- cal side of agriculture, for example, and the distribution of farm help certainly leaves much to be desired. In order to arrest the cityward drift on the part of boys and girls and to induce more and more of the educated youth to take up farming as a career, the matter of TO- cial intercourse, play and entertainment in rural communities must be accorded more recognition than it has so far re ceived. The commissions report will be preliminary in nature. but basis for constructive discussion is exactly what the situation demands.