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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
1
Otis Brupp in Betzville loses a bull calf tied to a red woolen shirt fetish after a fire and parade mix up. The story follows the bull’s odd devotion, a diet of red hay, and its final longing during the Betzville firemen parade day.
Otis trains a bull calf to love red by dyeing hay and shirts, causing a Main Street parade to end with the beast feasting on dozens of red woolen shirts. The tale ends with claims of joy and a doctor offering a different fatal explanation.
A quoted exchange from the Atlanta Constitution shows a character awaiting prosperity, then noting it has already passed two months earlier. The dialogue reflects a mood of stalled fortune and uneasy anticipation.
Forty present and former Pittsburgh council members confess to taking bribes as part of a $192,000 vote-buying pool. Dr W H Webber and Capt. John Klein reveal large payments, including a $10,000 shoe box confession, with others admitting sums from $51.10 to $500 while awaiting magistrate Fraser.
Senate pensions committee reports favorably two bills to grant $5 000 annual pensions to Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of Grover Cleveland and Mary Lord Harrison widow of Benjamin Harrison. It declines to report a bill to retire Theodore Roosevelt as commander in chief with a $10 000 yearly pension.
Christian county grand jury returns indictments against Dr. Duvet A. Ames Cy Dunning Oh Malone Newton Nichols Joly Robinson and Irvin Glass for being members of a night rider band that raided Hopkinsville on June 6 1907. Property destroyed valued at 150 000 several defenders shot and townspeople terrorized. Prosecutors say Dr Ames led the group and Guy Dunning a former Planters Protective Association official is named.
Forty five people die and forty are injured in a Chicago Rock Island and Pacific train wreck four and a half miles north of Green Mountain Iowa. The crash leaves bodies severed and crushed with widespread blood and grisly dismemberment described by rescuers and witnesses.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee urged Secretary Knox to adjust tariff rates with France on cottonseed products. Cottonseed enters France duty free, but oil from American seed faces high duties. French processing could allow oil to be shipped back to the United States for sale, competing with domestic oil.
Senator Benj Tillman plans a quiet summer rest in a London suburb, advised by his Columbia physician Dr J W Babcock who traveled with him from Trenton D C to Augusta Ga. He remains somewhat low in spirits but carries a cheerful outlook and will not return to Congress this session.
In a dramatic Saturday session, Republicans and Democrats allied to vote 191 to 155 to remove Cannon from the speakership committee, expanding its power, while the House refused to remove him from the chair. The chamber erupted in wild scenes as supporters and foes clashed, marking a history making, bitterly partisan fight with symbolic rebuke to Cannon and his faction.
Murray Kentucky burial of James Vaneleave, Cal loway county oldest male, at Miller cemetery with Masonic honors. In his 76th year, descendant of Daniel Boone, long county resident for seventy years, noted for a long useful career. Survived by one wife, two children, thirty grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren from three marriages.
Admiral Schroeder reports the battleship Louisiana achieved an average speed of 18.942 knots in a four hour full power trial during Atlantic fleet maneuvers in Cuban waters. The test aims to drill the squadron in naval warfare.
In Milwaukee Frank Bower, a laborer, paid a fine and suspended sentence after being arrested for stealing four loaves of bread. He says he had not eaten for three days and needed food for a walk to Pewaukee for a new job. The judge ordered the bread returned to him. In Washington treasury officials estimate corporate tax revenue could reach 40 million dollars this year, higher than Secretary MacVeagh expected.
New York investigators heard letters and telegrams detailing payments from fire insurers to law firms and politicians to sway Albany legislation. Major sums included 15,000 in 1901 and 5,911 to Elijah Kennedy, with 1,000 given to Rochester party leader George Aldridge. The inquiry seeks rest of the 3,000 not accounted for and continues to scrutinize Sherman & Sterling.
Arthur F. Zimmerman, described as impressive looking, was sentenced in Brooklyn county court to four years eight months to nine years six months for perjury in falsely claiming he was unmarried to obtain a marriage license. He had married twenty four women since 1872 and has nineteen children, six of them twins, under Judge Dike’s stern rebuke.
The senate on Monday passed a bill authorizing $4,600,000 for enlarging the Capitol grounds. It allows purchasing twelve city blocks and rocks to create a 150 foot wide avenue from Union Station to the Peace Monument on the west side of Capitol Park.
Gov Willson of Kentucky signals he will veto a bill granting pensions to Confederate soldiers citing lack of funds. He says a special session could be called to include the pension question in the call if the assembly wishes to pass such legislation.
George C. Priestley, agent for the Holland Syndicate, has secured options on several thousand acres of oil leases near Bartlesville Oklahoma. The deal, to close by April 1, totals 5 100 000 dollars and ranks among the valley region's largest oil transactions. Holdings on Wolverine Oil County Lumbermen's Oil Warren Oil Galena Fort Pitt Oil Security Canadian Company are involved.
Lexington Ky reports the largest whisky sale in years closed at a Burgin distillery near the city. The deal with a Cincinnati firm covers 7000 barrels valued at about a half million dollars.
Governor Willson of Frankfort, Kentucky, signed legislation establishing electrocution as the method for carrying out capital punishment. The bill outlines execution procedures and the statutory framework for enforcing the death penalty.
Daytona Florida reports that United States Senator Daniel of Virginia, long between life and death after a paralytic stroke, shows improvement in his condition.
In Guthrie Oklahoma the house committee of five Democrats and two Republicans exonerated Chas. N. Haskell on charges of misappropriation and mismanagement of state funds. The panel found no misappropriation since paid services were actually performed and theft was not shown.
Wednesday's session exposed a flood of testimony in the John Combray case as victims described how faith in a former friend led to losses from a supposed wrestling operation. Witnesses from Minnesota, Texas, and Kansas testified about extorted sums totaling tens of thousands of dollars allegedly collected by the defendants.
The Interstate Cottonseed Association plans a headquarters in Little Rock to demonstrate cottonseed meal as a substitute for wheat flour. Visitors will be served confections and cakes, promoting cottonseed meal’s advantages. It notes the flour contains 33 percent protein and 7.17 percent fat, totaling 60.17 percent against wheat flour benchmarks.
John C. Mabray and co defendants were found guilty by jury on charges of illegal fee collection linked to varied switches. They face up to two years in prison and a $10,000 maximum fine. Government claims to have shattered a longstanding criminal network with decades of falsified receipts totaling around five million dollars.
Lieut Charles M. Austin USN son of Tennessee representative was recently in Tokio and wed Miss Margaret McTeer of Knoxville. Navy assigns him bachelor duty in Tokio then orders him to Mare Island. In Dayton Florida Senator Daniels remains in stable condition with satisfactory pulse and temperature. coma state constrained but not fatal, nourishment adequate.
Chas. Ric. Drummond of a wealthy St. Louis family testified that his memory failed after his second marriage to Charlotte J. Beate at Clayton on January 25, four weeks after his first wife obtained a divorce. He said his real self was unaware of the act and that his subconscious directed his actions.
Long suffering Uncle Sam rebels over tipping as waiters in senate restaurants become government employees funded by the contingent fund. Reform arises after it proves hard to find willing operators, with double prices cited and no rent for the caterer. In Cleveland, three children left in snow survive after neighbor and fire alarm efforts follow a house fire, the eldest four years old.
Mississippi notes recount the death of Maj. Gen. Will T. Martin at his antebellum home near Natehew at age 87. A 1890 constitutional convention member, he built the Natehew Jackson & Columbus railroad and served as postmaster at Natcher. He is survived by his wife and nine children and recalled for service with the Second Mississippi Cavalry Jef Davie Legion and aiding Robert E. Lee near Richmond.
A sermon reflects on Matthew 9 36 38 urging prayer for laborers to reap the spiritual harvest while warning against overemphasis on material wealth. It cites symbols of harvest and abundance, calls for faithful service, and cautions against placing Caesar above God in guiding religious life.
A reader argues that prayers can be written as faithfully as spoken requests. The essay notes how collected prayers, family forms, and friend sent petitions convey belief and fervor, and asks why one cannot write prayers as extemporary pleas to God.
A sermon notes how knowing Jesus elevates character from Peter to Paul and Bunyan, transforming the weak into strength and sight into vision. It cites Rev Ellsworth Higley praising Christ as present help and warns against conceit.
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