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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
1
Mississippi advocates see the Panama Canal boosting Gulf ports led by Pascagoula. They argue deepening harbors, permanent dredging, and new rail links to attract national lines and massive maritime traffic, transforming the South’s economy and making Pascagoula a major port of entry.
Captain Munro of the schooner Casec reported to the U S Consul at Vancouver that a Japanese sailing schooner looted Litak Hay village on Southwest Modliak Island. Japanese mariners landed, broke into houses, dragged out valuables, and looted extensively. A separate report claimed Japanese poachers landed on Shelikof Island and killed cattle.
Washington reports the president will approve Oklahoma's state charter, removing anti prohibition obstacles. The move aligns with the soil liquor lobby and averts political friction with Taft’s campaign, ensuring Oklahoma’s admission as a prohibition state.
In Portland Judge C E Wolverton rules Captain Maurice Hemet acted within limits by landing two Japanese sailors who had signed for a round trip from Kove Japan. The ruling states no regulation blocks entry of any alien lacking a home passport but discharges Hemet as the sailors were improperly brought to the United States.
Miss Gertrude Deeks spent 23 days in Panama for the National Civic Federation. Her report cites improved administration but faults contracts with American workers and calls food there often unfit, with prices tripling. She urges strict inspection of all U.S. food sent to the canal area.
The cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay received a wireless message from Savannah Georgia distance over 2400 miles without a break. The Point Loma Cal wireless station aided by receiving segments from the Connecticut off Cuba and from the Rhode Island near Cape Henry earlier.
New York pasangan Jacob and Selma Eckhardt seek separation after about a year of marriage over the name for their first child. The 17 year old wife petitioned the court citing the dispute over naming the baby after either her mother or her husband’s mother as the cause of the split. the husband is 20.
Three Cuban officers including Juan Masso Parra Juan Ducass and Luis Lara Miret were arrested Thursday morning on conspiracy to disturb public peace. Governor Magoon, after a high level briefing, believed the uprising was thwarted and this plot originated in New York with support promised by Japan.
Marconi said bad weather would not affect the New service from Glace Bay Nova Scotia to Europe once masts and poles are intact. He forecast three weeks to start commercial Atlantic wireless with about twenty words a minute and rates of one cent per word for ordinary messages and two cents for press dispatches.
Judges Mun Ger and Munger in the federal court cite Nebraska cases against five express companies. The state seeks an injunction to force release of reduced rates under the Sibley law. Similar action against Union Pacific, Rock Island, Burlington and Missouri Pacific was overruled and hearings began.
Prince Louis of Battenberg was searched by detectives in Perugia on arrival from Florence. Police had been instructed to look for three suspects believed to have stolen a wallet on the train, but the prince accepted the incident with good grace and did not complain.
Fire began from unknown causes and gutted the sixth floor of the Altman building at Eleventh and Walnut streets. Residents on upper floors escaped in night clothes as the blaze raged at 1 30 this morning. By 4 o clock a m the fire was under control.
A $40,000 packet of negotiable paper vanished Friday from the Rodney Savings Bank in Rodney Ta. J P Rogers was in Sioux City when the vault was opened. F I Collings of Omaha was alerted, hired a special train and rushed to Sioux City where he met Rogers. A later message said no MOY was missing, the packet having slipped behind a check tie.
Richman and Vit Permanent will arrange with the Ichehme and the Protestant Eplecu wal church in the United States for transferring ecclesiastical control of the Panama canal zone from the Church of England to the American church. A missionary bishop will be elected to reside in Panama and a report will be made to the general convention by a special Panama visit committee.
Theodore Wal dron Downs former United States consul at Quebec and longtime Democratic figure died at his Bridgeport home Monday. Downs served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and was prominent in national party politics.
San Francisco dispatch reports two Maryland sailors, Beyer and Gilmar tin, invalided home, arrived as first class passengers on the Siberia. They refused steerage quarters with Asiatics and were given cabin tickets by the Yokohama naval hospital surgeon in charge.
Elhu Root was in Little Rock on Friday en route to Mexico City and said President Roosevelt was absolutely sincere in refusing to be a presidential candidate again.
Viscount Aok the Japanese ambassador reached Washington from Buena Vista Maryland. He refused to meet reporters and did not grant interviews, ending months away from the capital.
Newburyport Massachusetts Edward A Moseley secretary of the interstate commerce commission last week has sustained a stroke of apoplexy his condition is grave and causes anxiety for his recovery and the agency's work
A Daily Mail report notes Mr. Nestle patenting fake eyelashes now popular with women. It quotes a customer requesting more lashes and mentions hundreds of ladies renewing their eyelashes after the initial trial.
William Lawrence was stabbed in the throat by William Schellis and is in dangerous condition. This marks the second stabbing in Bedford since Saturday.
A Boston Daily Mail item explains eyelash extensions last about a month. If lashes loosen, recurl them with slightly warmed tongs and apply a special fluid for refixation.
A Milwaukee Sentinel brief recalls a woman recounting George kissing her last night and her firm refusal to permit any man to repeat the act, highlighting social standards of consent and propriety.
Transportation officials contend they cannot issue dividends due to funding gaps and rising costs while seeking approval for a revised fare structure. The dispute centers on budget shortfalls affecting operating revenue and passenger subsidies.
Officials warn receiverships as Missouri railroads report a $1.5 million three month loss under the two cent fare rule. General Manager Miller says passenger revenue fell systemwide and railroads plan to present their case to Federal Judge McPherson in Kansas City around October 15. They seek to restrain enforcement, arguing the law is confiscatory and would threaten dividends and possible receiverships for several lines including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Wabash Missouri Pacific and Chicago and Alton and others.
A Baltimore jury awarded Gardiner Dairy $950 in damages in a suit against Knickerbocker Sea Company. Gardiner claimed $10,000, alleging coercion after it declined a contract and redirected customers to Sumwalt Lee and Coal Co. Knickerbocker allegedly threatened to cut off supply to the Sumwalt firm to force terms.
Ellis Island sources report the Department of Commerce and Labor has ordered Paula Kipenbours a young Viennese actress to depart. She attributes her troubles to persecution by Thrace FP. Miller, a wealthy manufacturer, whom she accuses of breach of promise.
Henry H Flagler vice president of Standard Oil Co was in his New York office Friday denying a report of serious illness at Bretton Woods New Hampshire He said the report was false and he did not know how it began.
Washington North Dakota will be the name of battleship No. 23 one of the new 20000 ton vessels. Utah is the only state after which no war vessel has been named.
The British schooner Princess of Avon capsized off Graves, Boston harbor entrance while bound from Parrsburg to Houston. The five crewmen were rescued by a government tug.
San Francisco reports 43 verified bubonic plague cases and 26 deaths to date, a death rate of 60.4 percent. Twenty two suspects remain under observation.
A Chicago American writer asks what love signifies beyond dictionaries, arguing it endures in human warmth. The piece muses that love is the small herd gathered to a mother, the force that carries us through folly and unwisdom across years.
Missouri Federation of Labor officials announce a statewide inquiry into breaches of the Telegraphers' Right Hour law. The legislative committee, after discussions with state officers, will press counties to enforce the act. if county attorneys fail, proceedings will begin to remove nonperforming officials.
President Roosevelt announced he would approve the Oklahoma constitution after review with the attorney general. He said approval should rest on the enabling act rather than his personal view, and that his thoughts on the document were not for publication. He would announce approval later.
A posse led by Sheriff Lapent in South Bend Indiana pursues Max Minnie, accused of cutting out tongues of eight horses. Minnie has been sighted and fired upon twice but not hit. Authorities fear lynching if he’s captured.
San Francisco's convicted mayor Eugene F. Schmitz paid J. C. Campbell, his attorney, $29,000 after a recent trial. Campbell voiced this amount to a confidant, explaining why he took on the Schmitz case.
In Malaga Spain a cloudburst and flood have killed 150 people in Malaga and nearby towns. Thousands are left homeless amid widespread devastation. The damage is estimated near one million dollars as King Alfonso travels toward the scene.
About 250 workers from the Daly West Ontario and Little Bell mines quit Wednesday in protest of employing nonunion labor. The Western Federation of Miners members suspended operations at the properties.
New York July 20 Use the figure twer the Dinking home of J Moran Co. to take over 0 000 shares of Union Pacific railroad stock from Kuhn Loeb Co. and owned by Henry Rogers of the Standard Oil Co. Morgan authorized a brief denial.
Chicago mill ionaire Paris-Joseph Talter hurries to the bedside of his mother Mrs. Lev Z. Letter as she fights severe jaundice. Her daughters the Countess of Suffolk and Mrs. Colin P. Campbell are at her side to support.
Marcus Jacobs owner and manager of the Columbia theater Newark New Jersey was struck by an automobile at Broad and West Park streets Thursday afternoon at 4 o clock. He died of his injuries two hours later in St Michael s Hospital.
Mrs. Minerva B. Taylor aged 78 dies at her Boonville home. A born resident of this county she was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone and Ratliff Boone former Indiana governor.
Middletown Connecticut Professor Wilbur O Otwater head of Wesleyan University chemistry department and noted for calorimeter experiments died Sunday night after a two year illness.
A poetic tribute describes a woman who forgives and bears burdens, likened to a mother, guiding a family through life. It emphasizes unwavering love, resilience, and enduring beauty found in aging and hardship, framing her as the focal point of life’s joys and trials.
The Ancient and Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine announces a New Albany conclave on December 10 featuring international entertainment and elaborate costumes. Members praise Meridian events and urge a legislative appropriation of $25,000 for a memorial to Southern women in Jackson.
The Mississippi State Board of Health will meet in Jackson to examine applicants for medical practice. All candidates must be present at the new capitol building on Tuesday morning at one o clock, with Dr. Shower, Secretary. The report notes a growing state fair management and a strong livestock display planned for Jackson this fall. The governor granted a pardon to Campbell, serving life for murder in Carroll county, after considering testimony from a nine or ten year old witness and other factors. A woman near Wattiesberg has suffered a prolonged state of catalepsy for thirteen days with unclear cause and no obvious external injuries.
Chancellor Wood issues injunction against Blount Lumber Company of Mount Olive restraining the firm from using its traction engine on public roads in Covington county. Vardetoan appoints Dr. Low Stone of Jackson as aide-de camp on the governor’s staff with the rank of major.
The penitentiary trustees sold 350 bales of cotton at 01 cents each and 2.00 pounds of lint cotton, yielding a state net of 31,000. The report details the proceeds and the resulting revenue figures.
The Industrial Institute and College at Columbus opened with 800 pupils enrolled and expects 100 more to reach full capacity, marking a milestone for the institution as it begins its inaugural term.
The Newton County board of supervisors approved an order directing road work throughout the county to be carried out by contract. The measure authorizes a contract system to maintain and repair county roads under specified terms and oversight.
Counties along the Yalobusha river plan to seek federal funds to dredge the waterway and restore steamboat navigation. The river runs from Chickasaw through Calhoun Grenada and Leflore to join Yazoo near Greenwood.
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