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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
1
Governor Brewer says the June 10 extra session will focus solely on the bond issue. Legislators and others proposed topics like bank inspection and a state reformatory, but he declined to consider them then. He notes progress on the penitentiary investigation and suggests broader review wait until January.
The disbarment hearings of attorney E M Barber concluded with Judge Barrett suspending him from practice until a trial on fitness is held next term in September. Burns detective L M Harrell accused Barber of framing a damage suit against the Airport and Mississippi Coast Traction Co. Barber sought a speedy trial and was placed under bond to appear before the grand jury. Harrell testified in related Nettie Gill case, underscoring the high stakes of the matter before the court.
Starkville residents report blue gloom after President Hightower learns of a telegram from Secretary of State Tirvan canceling William Jennings Bryan's baccalaureate address. Bryan cites inability to leave Washington, canceling his Auburn engagement as well. Officials seek Dr. P. P. Claxton to fill the appointment.
Day Sergeant L. A. Scott reports May totals show 195 arrests versus 210 in April. Among May arrestees 131 were colored and 47 were white.
Crystal Springs, the nation s largest tomato growing area, begins its first shipments of ripe fruit. The bulk of growers delay full marketing until the general crop starts, and most will avoid shipping green wrapped stock after lessons from last year.
Rally day offerings at St Andrew's Episcopal Church raised over 5000 to complete interior work after two months of fund raising. Organizers aim to finish by end of September, aligning with Bishop's tenth consecration anniversary.
Mississippi awaits $474,096 to schools as Auditor Thompson plans to issue county warrants in the coming days. Funds are based on per capita figures and will be distributed in early June, with refunds on auto licenses halted until the court completes its ruling in the Lawrence case.
Dr. Dunbar Rowland, director of Mississippi’s archives and history department, returned from Washington and New York with gains for state history. He notes the Civil War officer and enlistment roster is near completion, aided by 4500 rolls sent to the War Department, and estimates Mississippi contributed about 110000 soldiers with 123000 names on rolls, about 13000 duplications.
Yazoo City local reports show County Attorney Dudley Reed calling Justice Wilson's court a dammed farce. His strong remark drew a $25 fine or a fine if the circuit court sustains the ruling, highlighting a heated legal dispute.
T K E Denham employed at Arkay Stave Works was struck by a work train in Columbus and fatally injured. He was taken to the McKinley Sanitarium in a dying condition and soon died.
Mrs. Ben McMisken vanishes from her Louisville home after a brief marriage, leaving husband distress and police puzzled as friends and family pursue clues to her whereabouts.
In Greenville the Chand Commandery of Knights Templar of Mississippi elected officers for the next year and chose Greenville for the annual conclave. Joseph Brooks of Boyle was elected grand commander and Rev D B Vendell of Meridia named grand pre Gulfport. Harrison County Re Association backed a resolution urging federal judge appointment for the Southern District of Mississippi citing rising federal court business and eight southern district courts versus six in the north.
Senate finance subcommittee approves keeping meats and flour on the tariff list with 10 percent duty and 45 cents per barrel on wheat flour. Cattle sheep and hogs stay at 10 percent. Senator Ransdell denounces free sugar as aiding the sugar trust and accuses the party of breaking its platform pledge.
Winchell, president of both roads, resigns to focus on duties as receiver for St. Louis and San Francisco. Pending a successor, Vice-President Nixon leads Frisco Road and W J Jackson heads the Chicago and Eastern Minnesota operation.
John Norris was sentenced by Mayor Read in police court in Fort Smith Arkansas to help his wife bathe the children and attend church every Sunday for three months. The mayor decreed a church attendance report must be filed by the minister with the police department and warned of heavy fines for noncompliance.
Four armed highwaymen entered Mandel Greenhouse's jewelry shop on the lower East Side on Monday. They beat Greenhouse unconscious, looted two safes containing $4000, locked him in the shop, and escaped.
Cincinnati singer Mrs Blanche Berndt Mehaffy will receive about $5000 from the estate of Horace Wilson former secretary of the Kentucky Trotting Breeders Association and his brother Charles Wilson will receive an equal amount under a settlement in the Wilson legacy case in circuit court.
Testimony before a special commissioner in Texas is set for a $99,275,000 penalties case against Standard Oil interests and related entities for alleged antitrust violations. The suit seeks ouster of Texas branch concerns and will span over a month with sessions moving to Dallas, Beaumont, Houston, and Galveston.
Circuit Judge C F Irwin imposes life imprisonment on Herman Coppes the 16 year old who murdered Mrs Manny Sleep and her two infants on a farm six miles west of Elgin on April 14.
A Northern Pacific passenger train collided with an automobile at a crossing near Elk River Mima killing four people and injuring two members of the family party riding the car.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will probe the St Lowe and San Franco Railroad receivership. Judge Jibson Clements says the inquiry, begun on the commission’s own initiative, will explore mismanagement and high costs in taking over feeder lines amid Congressional valuation requirements. The scope aims to determine if DOJ prosecutions will follow.
England France Brazil Russia and Sweden favor a peage plan in a list of eight nations backing a new toll framework for international travel and trade.
Secretary Bryan announced broad support for a peace plan inviting eight nations to study disputes through an international commission before any war. Italy Great Britain France Brazil Sweden Norway Peru Austria joined, with others asking for more time. The plan outlines automatic investigation, timely reporting and optional independent action after the commission’s report.
Federals defeated the Constitutionalists near the Rio Grande 20 miles above Nuevo Laredo. Capt. Longoria reportedly killed six federals before dying with sixteen of his men. The victors exhibited Longoria’s scalp as a grisly trophy after a heavy machine gun attack.
The Illinois senate welfare commission will study fair minimum wages for men in Chicago to support a self and family. It will count workers paid below this amount and examine how wage insufficiency weakens the home and family life.
Reports from the Troy fishing grounds on Derr Creek and upper Big and Little Chice Creeks describe vast swarms of grasshoppers too small for fishing bait. Anglers note fish are finding easy meals, reducing boat fishing activity as grasshoppers fall into creeks in large numbers.
Washington Senator Dillingham, former immigration committee chairman, will introduce a bill to cut immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The measure mirrors the Dillingham Burnett bill vetoed by President Taft for excluding illiterate immigrants.
London reports the peace of London ends eight months of hostilities between Turkey and allied Balkan states. In St James Palace the treaty was signed by Osan Nisam Pasha for Turkey, Dr Tynes for Bulgaria, Stefan Novakoviteh for Servia, Stephanos Skolowlis for Greece, and M Popoviteh for Montenegr. The ceremony was brief with delegates signing without reading the text.
In Jacksonville Florida F C Painter a fertilizer maker drowned after falling from a ferry during a coughing spell on the St Johns River last week. A printed list at a life insurance agents’ meeting shows policies totaling 1178000 dollars with about half to Painter’s family and half to his firm most policies issued in April and within two years.
Chicago investors sue K. G. Billing of New York and Chicago allied with John Walsh hacks. They claim Billing's negligence as a director allowed Walsh to run schemes causing the failure of both banks and about $5,000 in alleged due sums.
Two waiting rooms at Shields Road Railway Station in Glasgow were set ablaze on Sunday. Suffragettes are blamed for the fires which caused considerable damage before being extinguished.
William G. Johnston, a California forty-niner and longtime Pittsburgh businessman who later became a wealthy Watertown resident, died late Sunday at his home at age 85.
Jacksonville Fla hosts the twenty fourth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion with Gen Bennett Young reelected as commander in chief. Departmental officers Garnett Marion and others were re elected to lead the Army of Northern Virginia and the trans Mississppi department. The event included monument dedications at Chickamauga Park and a joint memorial service for Confederate veterans.
Los Angeles report says Fred Newels chief clerk at Waters Piercil Company in Oklahoma City Mkla faces arrest on a charge of embezzling 87 500 from the firm. Newels denies being an embezzler and blames a former cashier for any shortage at the company.
A probe led by Harry N. Arnold reports a widespread scheme by 16 Philadelphia bankers and businessmen to defraud the government of over a million dollars in duties over eight years. Indictments may follow when the federal grand jury convenes June 10 as investigators name suspected participants and associates.
New York reports that the Pulo Committee’s authority to compel answers will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. George Tarr Henry, a New York banker, was indicted in Washington for contempt after refusing to answer the committee and will appeal the federal judge Mayer's ruling ordering him to stand trial.
Freeport Texas officials and Col C S Riche of the U S engineer in charge presided as the last link in the intercoastal canal joined Galveston to Corpus Christi. The Head and San Bernard rivers waters mingle at the cut. A formal celebration is set for June 12.
New York youth Arthur Lampham fell 400 feet from an airplane on Friday and landed in a Staten Island marsh. He was freed with ropes and boards and suffered only shock, after his parachute failed to deploy during a planned 500 foot drop.
An expert guide explains how a small city yard can grow fruit, berries, and grapes. It highlights currants, bushberries, strawberries, and grape vines, plus fruit tree options like sour red cherries, peaches, plums, apples, and pears with simple training and site advice. It also covers essential tools such as the hoe, rake, hand cultivator, and a high wheeled cultivator for efficient work.
Kipling notes a gardener is only as good as the tools he uses. Sharpen tools save time and effort, with a flat file for blades, grindstones for edged tools, and careful whetstone work. Proper technique, oil, and sharp bevels improve efficiency and results.
An old gardener explains sections of a cold frame made in six by twelve feet with four frames. It uses ash wood and waterproof cloth, slopes south, and can extend fresh vegetables through winter by covering at frosts and banking with manure. Flower varieties like violets and primroses also thrive under glass.
The passage links math and humor through figures like Lewis Carroll a Oxford lecturer and author of geometry texts Oliver Wendell Holmes a professor of anatomy and Poe who wove math and poetry together. It notes some humorists blend math with wit while others lack strong mathematical skill.
The text discusses stable practices for mares, such as box stalls for pregnant mares and outdoor open beds in mild weather. It covers feeding arrangements with separate grain spaces and racks, plus roughage from yard racks to prevent feed theft and aggression. It also describes a method used by a French poulterer for killing owls and the subsequent dressing process to produce market-ready poultry with a flat appearance.
A historical description details a crude block device using two nails driven in a heavy wood block to hold a fowl by the neck for swift decapitation. The method aims to secure the neck and facilitate a single decisive blow.
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