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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Fl. WORTH LOSS
IS SI,90o,o00
500 HOMELESS FAMILIES BEING
CARED FOR BY FRIENDS.
One Dead; Six Seriously Hurt Burn.
cd Area One and one-Haif Miles
Long and Half Mile Wide.

Fort Worth. Tex.-Within the brief
space of three hours Saturday afternoon
one of the fsirest sections Of Fort Worth
residence district was laid waste by FIRE.
one life was lost, six persons were seri-
ously injured. a property loss of approx
imately sI,900.0o0 inflicted and about
500 families rendered homeless.
The fire started in barn on the cor
ncr OF May and Tucker streets, on the
south side. and famed by gale, which
at the time reached a velocity Of forty
miles an hour, swept northeast to the
Texas 4 Pacific railroad and east TO the
Santa Fe tracks. The burned area i.
approximately one and half miles long
and half a mile wide
Three hundred and nine residences
were completely destroyed. four lumber
manufacturing plants. the Texas & Pa
eihc car shops. the Sawyer electrical
manufacturing plant and five large ware
houses. in addition 10 three churches and
one sanitarium. were the business con
Germs Of Importance destroyed.
The extreme dryness of the buildings
after drouth and a high wind rendered
all efforts by the combined fire depart.
ments OF Fort Worth and Dallas to check
the fire unavailing, and only the open
space about the Texas 4 Pacific tracks
saved the business district from desiruc-
tion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
De SAGAN HEIR is EXPECTED
Princess Anna VIII Hold Whip Over
Former Husband.

Paris.-A bomb shell that will shattcr
all the financial hopes of Count Boni de
Castellane is contained in the news that
the Princess de Sagan expects the ar
rival Of new heir TO the DE Sagan title
and the Gould millions some time in
June or July.
The arrival of a De ,Ssgan heir will
give the Princess Anna the whip hand
over Count Boni and force him To desist
from the campaign of unpleasant irrita-
tion ne has so persistently carried ON
since his divorced wife's marriage to DE
Sagan. Count Boni really has a true af-
fection for his children as deep as his
hatred for DE Sagan.
By the terms of her fathers will,
Princess Anna was permitted to leave
her fortune to any child or children she
might have.
This places her in the position of be-
ing able to hold Count Boni's children's
future inheritance and welfare over his
head TO whip him into a mere reason
able and less warlike frame of mind. for
should the persistent efforts of Count
Boni estrange the children from their
mother and embitter them against De
Sagan, IL is in Princess Anna's power to
cut off the DE Castellane children fer
the benefit of the De Sagan heir.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Grace Made Manifest.

As Christ prayed on the Transfigu.
ration Mount the fashion of his coun-
tenance was altered" Prayer always
brings a significant change to the soul
that communes with God. The chang.
ing OF the countenance of Jesus in his
supreme. divine way. was the symbolic
representation OF that heightening OF
moral stature, that increased deIicacy
OF spiritual perception. that keener
view of heavenly things. which comes
TO believing spirit that draws away
from the world that it may come into
closer and sweeter relations with its
Creator. If Jesus in any sense needed
to pray We in every sense need also 10
pray. and when We pray in humility
and in faith. the light divine will
CLEAN out in our countenance.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
WOMAN ESCAPED FROM GANG
Hod Been Sentenced to Shackles for
Twelve Mouths.

Athens. Ga.-Kate o'Dwyer, the young
woman who was shackled and chained
and forced to work on the chaingang,
made her escape here Sunday night.
The woman. who is said to be comely,
had been sentenced to the gang for IL
months for disorderly conduct. The sem
tence was suspended on condition that
she leave the county and never return.
She returned month ago, was arrested
and ordered shaekled and chained day
and night as the desperate men convicts
were. Her treatment became public
when an attorney asked a writ Of habeas
corpus on the ground that no one can
be condemned to infamous punishment
except by jury. The case attracted so
much attention that Gov. Smith took II
up and the prison commission issued an
order that no woman prisoner. no matter
what her osfense, was ever to be shackled
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Salary upIift Checked

Even though the sundry civil appro
priation bill carries presidential sal
airy item Of $4,000. Mr.. Taft will he
little or no better provided for in this
respect than Mr.. Roosevelt has been
Tor year or two In this time tho
president has had at his disposal s25..
ooU year. additional to his discre.
ton, for travelling expenses. Now The
S25,OOO travel fund is merged into tho
salary from which the president must
meet his transportation costs. So
rails the whole movement for salary
increases among high federal officials
which had gained such promising
headway earlier in the session. IL Is
Just as well. considering the low state
or the public treasury and the hard
times among taxpayers.-Springtleld
Republican.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
AUTO COMPLETELY CRUSHED
Gets Jammed Between cars-Three
May Die.

New York.-Crushed between two
trolley ears at Ire avenue and Wilson
street. Williamsburg. a touring automo-
bile was ground down to its steel frame
work aud its three occupants. Mr.. and
Mrs Clarence Welt and their Io-year-old
son. Clarence, badly hurt For quar-
ter of an hour. until they were pried
out Of the ruins, it looked as though a
triple tragedy had occurred. The crash
was due to the attempt of the automo-
bile TO cross between an eastbound and
a westbound car.
When the crash came the woodwork
of the motor went to splinters and the
sides and windows Of the trolley cars
were broken. The eighty passengers in
the two trolley ears were tumbled about
amid screaming from the women and
wells of the men. When rescuers went
TO the aid Of the Veits they were not to
be seen They were laying in the street
beneath the ruins OF the car When the
wreekage was cleared away Mrs. veit
and the boy were found to be badly cut
and had possibly internal injuries.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
AMENDS PRESENTuQUOR LAW
Result Will Be Practically State
Wide Prohibition.

Austin. Textile prohibitionists Of
the lower house Of the Texas legislature
got in the saddle Monday and while act
ing on a bill which had for its purpose
a Perfectiny Of the present Baskin-Me-
Gregor liquor law, showed through an
amendment by vote Of 10 to 30, that
means statewide prohibition The amend
msnt provides that while liquor may lie
sold, that Il cannot be drunk on the
premises. The law now provides that
no liquor can be drunk on the street or
county roads, in any public place or on
any train in sight of a private residence.
The house did not take the vote on the
final passage Of the bill. but the prohihi-
tionists insist they will force a vote.
In the event the bill should pass the
house the senate will have to consider It
between now and next Saturday. when
the final adjournment of the special ses.
sion takes place by limitation.
The governor has announced that he
will Immediately reconvene the legisla-
ture and should the house pass the blu
with good majority it would be imme-
diately submitted to the senate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
TAX WEALTH: NOT POVERTY.
vital Flaw IN Tsrln Bill introduced BY
the Republicans.

The Payne tariff bill does not tax
cohee. II taxes tea eight and nine
cents pound. II continues on su.
gar the tax Of nearly two cents n
pound. which Wayne Macveagh. who
was attorney general in the Garfield
cabinet calls Infamous because II
often costs poor laborer more thsn
multi.millionaire.
There are some advantages in a
taxed breakfast table. You know what
you pay. and what fer: and the gov.
eminent gets the money. not the pro.
tected interests.
The government surely needs the
money II II is TO continue its present
policy OF extravaganza. Take the war
costs alone. For 1910 Chairman Taw.
ney OF the appropriations COMMITTEES
SAYS these will be: Army. si0f.lsT.
40; navy. si3G.ess.i99: pensions,
sloo.9oS.sos military academy. ?. sal.
52l' Notifications. sS.170.1fi: interes,
and miscellaneous. sl;5.9ss. .os2 Total,
s525.7i2. .30I.
a ten-cent tax on 1000. 600. 900
pounds Of coffee would produce siOo..
'"o."oo. A 25-cent-a-pound tax on
llS'"oo.ooo pounds Of tea would pro.
duce s2s.75o.0oo; anil a tax of ~
cents pound on $500. .OO0. 900 pounds
ot sugar would produce sses. $50 900.
or In all i527 500. 00.000-cnough TO nav
our war btlls-unless people stopped
using tea. coffee and sugar. a. many
would.
IL would cost each average family
aoout $50 eXtra-but they would take
more interest in war expenditures
ihe present plan costs them even
more than that. for besides the $50
10 the government each family paws
toll to private pockets
How much better than either tar.
ing the hreakfaS table or taxing near.
ly all the necessities of life. as at
present. would II be to adopt Mr.. Mac.
Neagh's suggestion and make 'colos.
sal incomes and colossal accumula.
tions OF surplus wealth" pay generous.
ly through graduated income and in.
heriiance taxes toward the costs OF
Tax wealth. not poverty
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
NAPLES H0N0RS ROOSEVELT
Reception in Bay Of Naples Looks
Like Great Carnival.

Naples.-ES-President Roosevelt spent
several hours in Naples Monday, and dur
ing that time was given many evidences
of his personal popularity with the Ital-
ian people, and of the admiration which
they have for his distinguished services
to his country. The steamer Hamburg,
on which Mr.. Roosevelt was a passen-
ger. coming in soon after noon. was
greeted on her way to the anchorage
with the blowing of whistles, the fiutter-
ing of many flags and the playing of
bands. Italian warships in the harbor,
steamers of various nationaIities. private
yachts and craft of all kinds, dressed in
bunting and signal flags from stem to
stern, added to the picturesqueness of
the scene, which Mr.. Roosevelt himself
characterized magnificent
Great crowds, too, waited for his ap-
pearance on the streets, and when he rode
along in an automobile he was greeted
with enthusiasm that astonished him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
TRUSTS TAKE HALF
THE REAL SITUATION IN AmeRl
CA TO-DAY.
Farmers Of the Country Consistently
F'eeeed BY Tsrin Robbers
James J. Hin Not a Sound
Political Economist.

James J. Hill. the railroad magnate
iays that American trusts will break
Gown OF their own weight. and tha,
'he chief problem before the American
leop'e Is to keep up the food supply.
This Is equivalent TO saying that
ticutifc agriculture will solve ali our
iedustrial problems-that II We raise
enough wheat and -four We can allow
the trusts to plumber US at will until
they exhaust themselves. One can
not -eslst the conclusion that Mr.
hnfk economic views are shallow. He
Is great railroad builder. and a poor
student Of political economy.
hr. Hill admits that the tariff is the
Ifother Of trusts" but falls back on
W wornout plea that tarin reduction
WI strip the nations treasury. Isn't
strange that this western empire
dliider should fail to preach national
conomy. as he breaches Il 10 his rail.
ad subordinates. and to the western
turner's?
High tarir not only induces govern.
nent extravagsnces. but Increases in.
lv'dual cost Of living. Private and
fsblic economy are the foundations Of
rational prosperity. A normal tariff
Fvientihcally adjusted. will yield the
government ample revenue for legiti
ThAte expenses. A depleted treasury
the favorite argument Of standpat.
PRS. who scoff at the idea Of rctrench-
fent In national expenditures.
hut IL is the individual foot that is
fnched most by the high tariff shoe.
ro~ much better OF is the western
F'prmer II he doubles his grain output
nt finds the cost OF living doubled
iu-ing the same periodg Practically
ms has been his experience in recent
years. The fruit Of his labor and
skill must be divided with the robber
trusts.
Again. must the cost OF living keep
On increasing until the trusts fall to
pieces through overreaching extor.
lion Mr.. Hin seems TO think so The
prenonderance of western American
sentiment Is against this view. The
vest believes that an artificial cost of
iving can be broken down now be a
downward" revision OF the tariff.
American agriculture may be des.
med to play the chief part in feeding
he consuming world, That is no rea.
on why American farmers she uld be-
leecei by tariff robbers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
STATE GAVE STANDARD LIFE
Kellogg Opens Life and Death Suit
Against Trust.

st. Louis, Mo.-In the federal govern
ment's suit against the Standard OH
Company, charged with being trust
and operating in restraint Of trade
which was opened in the federal court
here Monday, Mr.. Frank d. Kellogg. as
special counsel for the government, de
clared in his argument that the tax cor
poration laws Of New Jersey had given
to the Standard Oil Company the foot
hold from which it mas grown into
trust so strong that il allowed TO con
tinue its process Of monopolization in the
future as II has in the past. its power
will become 10 great that no one can tell
what the ultimate result will be. He
defed the Standard Oil to point to a
single instance where it had reduced the
price of oil.
"If this court gives the Standard Oil
Company the power to 20 ahead in the
future as il has in the past, there will
not be an independent company left in
the field" declared Mr.. Kellogg. ut will
extend its operations to other fields and
there is no telling what the end will be-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Democratic Policy the Rich, On.

The s3oO.OoO.OOO year which the
Payne bill is expected to turn into the
treasury should carry with 1t all the
protection that can reasonably be
asked. Surely 1t will restrict foreign
competition amply to cover the dif.
Terence between the American cost
and the foreign cost Of waking any
arucie that can he prohtably manu-.
iactnred in the United States.
Prohibitive tariff is neither in line
with sound finance nor with the de.
ciared policy OF the newly-seated
president. The Democratic purpoSe
to fight protective schedules only
wren they are prohibitive and rot
productive OF revenue Eill have more
over, the support OF millions of Re
publicans in the northwest who are
as patriotic in their willingness 10
contribute freely To the support OF the
government as they are firm in on.
position TO monopoly legislation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
For This Relief. MICH rh.nE.

Whatever else Mr.. Taft may have
inherited from his predecessor. he
seems 10 have evaded the demop.s
legacy of Rooseyeltian prolixity The
length OF presidential messages has
steadily increased through many wears
until they have come to rival the sir
best sellers in their unpruned luxuri.
ance. Napoleon said that he was con.
tent to go down to posterity with his
code in his hand. Should Mr.. Taft-s
practice continue as it has begun. he
may take his place in the line of the
worlds great ones. grasping a s,srIe
sheet OF typewriter paper contain
ing his first message to congress
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
Tafts Opportunity.

Possibly the strictest OF the civil
service reformers would insist that
White House BARRIERS and messengers
shall be employed only after having
passed an examination designed 10
test their efficiency. not as treasury
clerks or printers. but as BARRIERS and
messengers. But that point may well
be waived The main thing is that tho
business OF transferring men. of re-.
lieving them from duties which tbev
were hired to perform. ought to stop
Here is a chance for reform which W
trust Mr.. Taft will not pass by.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
consolidation Rin Vetoed.

Austin, Tex.-Gov. Thos. Campbell We.
oted the bill authorizing the consolids-
tion OF the Wichita railways, the COVER
nor saying in his veto message: Be
licving. as | do, that the consolidation OF
railways in this State is against sound
public policy, and without discussing the
mischief by such measures heretofore en-
acted in violation of the constitution,
simply transmit this bill with my disap-
proval"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08

Scripture Authority: Malachi, chap.
ter l. esp. verse II.
Malachi the prophet.-The name means
Messenger of Jehovah. lie was the las,
OF the prophets. and therefore called ''the
sea- % the prophets aH hts prophecies
constitute the closing book of the canon.
ot his personal history nothing u known.
According to one tradition preserved in
Pseudo Epiphanius II ts stated that NAL
aem was Of the tribe Of Zebulun. and
Was horn after the captivity nj Sophia IN
the territory q that tr,hc. Acear'inr 70
IN" same spocryphai story, hc died
youne. nni Was buried with hts fatf ers
IN MS own country. Jerome. In the
preface OF his commentary on Malachi
mentions n belief which was current
among the Jews, that Malachi was den-
uned with Ezra the priest, with equal
probability Malachi has bccn Identified
with Mordecai. Nehemiah and zerub-
babel The LXN render by Malachi'
tMaL 1;D. by the hand Of hi. angel -
ana this translation appears 20 have Civ
en- rise TO the idea that Malachi as well
as ifaggai and John the Baptist was an
angel In human SHAPE tcomp. Nal al:
: Esd l;tl. Internal evidence IL con-
elusive In favor of the writer living after
the death Of Ezra and the second immi-
grafton Of captiv~s. since the abuses
noted In the book are exactly those which
Nehemiah reformed
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
sERMoNgTTE.

/ In the present day we find full
hiiment Of the vision which Mai
\ sehi saw in verse ~.
The day Of the Jew was to
= pass and the day Of the Gentle
4 was to be ushered In.
\ Gods patience 10 seemingly
y Inesnsussible as he deals In
Z mercy and love. but there 10 the
\ other view Of the Divine eharae-
3 ter. "He will no, always ehide,
neither will he withhold his an.
\ ger forever"
! At last when every means Of
. bringing his people back to him
! are exhausted. then the ludq-
= ment OF his wrath falls and u 10
( then too late.
! In the declining days Of the
D Jews. when, in spite Of all his
7 warnings and his punishr,ents.
the nation persisted in forqet-
ting him. there was still shining
ahead OF then, the promise cs
} the Coming One. the Messiah, In
whom the nation should find a
perfect deIiserer. But u was
beyond that which Malachi
! looked when he said that the
} day was coming when the Jew
should be set aside and the Gen
tile should find favor with God.
Such prophecy could not be
! welcome 10 the Jew. whose
great pride In his nation made
, him feel that God could love
!, only his chosen people.
And while to-day there 10 not
danger Of the same feeling, at ,
least in degree. on the part Of :
the Gentle which existed In the
heart Of the Jew. still there Is
. something like the thought turk.
ing in the heart Of the Christian. 4
The day Of Gods gracious deal !
ings with the GentiIes will have
its end Just as at last the day }
OF the Jews had its ending. I
But there is danger In the
world to-day Of the same COM !
piaeent view Of conditions as es-
isted in the days when Malachi Z
saw this vision Of the Jews re- !
lection.
From the rising Of the sun
even unto the going down Of the
same" the name Of the Lord 10 I
great among the GentiIes.-
But where is the Jew7 He 0. 4
the despisec and the perseeuted Z
among all the nations OF the \
world. But dare the Gentle 4
Christians rest secure in the /
present hour OF favor7 As GER 4
tainiy ss did the Jews foroet
God and forfeit his favor. there
is danger Of the Christian Z
church Of to-day falling into cor. !
rupsion and forfeiting its rich .
heritage in Christ. !
v
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
GOV. HASKELL FACES COURT
Charges Of Misconduct Against spe-
cial Attorney General Bush.

Tulsa, Okls.-Cov. Chas. y. Haskell
when called before the federal court
Monday to answer to indictments eharg.
ing him with fraud in connection with
the Muskogee town lot cases. made a
hard fight against the case coming to
trial.
Judge Marshall of Utah. who is prs
siding. heard extended arguments by
both sides in the matter Of Haskell's lie
murrer and likely will render a deci-ion.
Gov. Hsskell's attorneys began THEN
fight by asking that the indictments be
quashed. charging Special Attorney Gen
eral Rush with misconduct in conducting
the grand jury inquiry which resulted in
the indictment.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
NINE OPERATORS HAVE PLAN.
Would Force Miners to Sign Old Agree.
ment.

Wilkes-Bsrre. Pa.-Anthraeite coal op-
orators here are discussing a novel plan
of action, providing the mine workers
special committee refuses to sign the
agreement which the coal operators will
offer at the conference next Thursday in
Philadelphia. This plan is TO reduce the
wages of the mine workers and also de-
crease the price of coal, in order TO gain
public sympathy in the event of no agree
ment being signed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-08
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT
Illicit Stills springing Up Like Mush'
rooms in Dry States.

Washington.-Ofhci OF the interua
revenue bureau Of the treasury depart
ment are of the opinion that the temper
anee movement. which has taken such
strong hold Of CERTAIN sections of tn,
country, particularly in the South. ha.
resulted in increasing the number of vic
lation- Of internal revenue laws in thl
distillation of Illicit whist \
The records up To- the first of last yej
did not show any very marked increik
in the number Of illicit distillcries
stroyed or in the number Of ARID.
made, but recent reports Indicate Tat
IN many Southern States. and especially
IN Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina
therc has been greater activity displayed
among mountain men. who have alway,
hss" tsp,.i.is--.s.a~ =. si.- r~.-.u. .asxrt !.
than in many years.
This Is accounted for by the faet that
the legislatures of these three State
have enacted laws prohibiting distiltr>
from operating within the0 bcrd.r-
Very many Of the legitimate distill.ri,s
have moved their plants to Florida AM
other border States, where the inhibition
does not exist
The fact that whisky is more diff.
cult to obtain in legitimate wsy ha.
greatly increased the profits Of iIlicit dis.
tilling, with the result that the activitic-
Of the internal revenue bureau at this
time are largely directed toward the
mountain sections of these three States.