24 Sep 1908
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
1
Mississippi report covers statutory questions on executions, county finance for roads and courthouses, railroad disputes, insurance licensing, and aging institutions. Mentions Lee memorial funds, cotton market conditions, and local political moves in Meridian, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Starkville, and Newton County with multiple state agencies and organizations referenced.
Lieutenant Selfridge is dead after the Wright brothers aeroplane crashed at Fort Myer. Orville Wright is wounded and cared for at Garrison Hospital. Officials call Selfridge a martyr to progress as they assess the tragedy and future of aerial navigation.
In Clarksville Tennessee five witnesses who testified Thursday in the Gardner and Hunt trial for the killing of Vaughn Bennett were arrested and bonded for the grand jury. John Sadler Albert Albright Oscar Albright Charles Hogan and James Chambliss denied involvement while claiming to have been with the Bennett group that night. they wore masks and badges.
The acting secretary of the interior sets regulations for auctioning 1000 town lots near Lawton Oklahoma with James W Witten named chief law officer to oversee the sale on November 15 in Lawton. No purchaser limits or qualification restrictions are imposed. Franklin PA Joseph C Sibley denies writing to John D Archbold of Standard Oil warning President Roosevelt.
Heavily publicized court action reports H.8 Rope held on charges of large scale land swindle. Prosecutors allege scheme defrauded multiple buyers through false land deeds and inflated property values. Investigation spans county records and relevant real estate filings.
Frank L. Steen son of a building inspector and Harold Hope along with two other men are jailed in Pittsburg with charges tied to a real estate scheme. Police allege the Union Central Construction and Railroad companies collaborated to tout vast Texas and Louisiana land holdings and sell licenses without proper authorization.
Forest fires near Calumet Michigan rage Friday within 200 feet of homes around Eagle River and woods west of Calumet. Chippewa county fires rekindled, with large forested areas burning. Flames threaten shoreline near Mackinaw Strait though Stignac and Mackinaw City remain unthreatened.
The trial of Joseph James colored for murder in the death of A Ballard concluded Tuesday with testimony from Blanche Ballard and Mrs Ballard. Sheriff Warner announced receipt of a Black Hand threatening letter demanding James be hanged.
Berlin hosts the fifteenth Interparliamentary Union meeting with over 600 delegates. German Chancellor Buelow welcomes attendees as thirty Russian Duma members join the talks. The U S delegation is eight led by Representative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri. Proposals for a permanent international tribunal and compulsory arbitration are explored amid plans for an international court of naval prize.
Mrs Harry Pearson, 21, was fatally shot by Harry Parker, 25, after being lured to a secluded Central Park area. Parker fled. Pearson died Wednesday night. She had accused him of seeking her as agent for property sales and proposed a trip to Mexico before the attack. Diamonds valued at 200 were taken.
Chicago, Ill. Thomas Kearns, described as a wealthy mine owner and treasurer of Kearns No 2 gold mine, Rawhide Nev, was arrested here Tuesday night. He owns more than 150000 shares and has a San Francisco home. his wife is reportedly known in western mining towns.
Berlin resident Par dent Fairbanks cannot depart Maryville due to his wife's illness. The couple attended the wedding of Miss Cornelia Cole Sellers, niece of Mrs. Fairbanks, to Walter Sawyer. She fell ill right after the ceremony according to the attending physician.
In Paris Prince Robert Detreetie disclaims intention to seek divorce from Gn. Grose and plans to oppose any suit by Princess Lie Broglie, an American who was Karelle Alexander of San Francisco and formerly married to Sydney B Welt. Meanwhile a U.S. flour market report cites Syria as a potential outlet with the Ottoman government being asked for cheap grades samples.
An unidentified man about 25 aboard the Union Pacific Overland Limited in Kearney Nebraska killed himself with a knife during yard transit. After fatal wounds he threw the knife from a window. body removed with no ID. ticket shows Los Angeles as destination.
Evelyn Hues sues to place the Jackson department store and all Hargis estate property under a receiver. The suit targets property tied to late Judge James Hargis and family stake, with an estate valued around $150000.
Captain W. P. Porter of the battleship Vermont has been relieved of duty in the Atlantic fleet and ordered to command the second division, first squadron, United States Atlantic fleet in Washington.
Taft and William Jennings Bryan will meet at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet in Chicago on October 7, announced Friday by Dizon, chairman of the Republican speakers bureau.
The War Department issued an order Wednesday offering a reward of 50 for deserters delivered by civil officers or civilians to a military post or other designated location. In special cases the secretary of war may reduce the amount at his discretion.
Mobile, Alabama, foreign language reporter Frmilstrunnier was arrested on the charge of embezzlement. Mrs Johanna Mendel of Trieste Austria accuses him of cashing 2000 crowns for American money and receiving a check for 406 dollars payable in October.
The private bank of W. H. Schulte in Hopedale with about 700 dollars in cash and liabilities of 82 000 dollars including 50 000 deposits was turned over to trustees elected by depositors at a meeting in the opera house Tuesday night.
Nebraska City resident M. T. Johnson, a pioneer of the area, was hit by an automobile and thrown some distance, sustaining internal injuries. He recently marked his seventy eighth birthday.
Danish authorities disclosed that the private safe of M. Alberti, former justice minister, searched during his fraud arrest, yielded only a revolver and some coins. The discovery underscores the ongoing investigation into his alleged offenses.
Maysville Kentucky reports 13 year old Chester Savage sentenced to six years in the Penitentiary for the assassination of his uncle William Savage two years ago. The boy hid by the roadside and shot his uncle, marking him as the state’s youngest murderer on record.
Shawneetown Illinois notes a natural gas find three miles north with a steady flow since the well was shot. Yusovo Russia reports seven miners killed and many injured after the Veroffsky mine roof caved in on Thursday afternoon after shifts ended. Washington records August immigration total of 27 783, down from 96 825 in August 1907.
Henry Jockenson 22 of Brillion shot and killed Rosa Janke 16 in Sheboygan then shot himself above the heart. Jockenson not expected to live.
The Richmond Manufacturing Company, facing tough times and sharp competition, is placed in the hands of a receiver, Ackinson Trust Company of Richmond named as receiver.
Minneapolis mayor Haines, addressing a political gathering, struck a table in argument and fractured the finger on his right hand. The incident occurred during the meeting scene and drew attention to the tense exchange.
The infant son of Fred Bales is critically ill at his parents home in this city after a cat jumped into the cradle and bit the child.
Z W Walley a prominent citizen was attacked while riding from Grafton to Richton. Two highwaymen pulled him from his horse tied him to a tree with brid le band gagged his mouth with mud and robbed him of 332. El Paso reports border unrest near Del Rio amid new Mexican cut breaks expected along the border.
Tokio reports Akai Koto has qualified as Ambassador to England, replacing Count Komura who joined the Japanese cabinet weeks ago.
Pittsburg reports a 62 year old broker Herman A Schulz fell from an eighth floor window in the Publication Building while attempting to close it. He died from the fall.
George Fuller, a retired millionaire master of Chicago, died at his summer home on Oconomowoc Lake Wisconsin from a stroke suffered several days earlier. He was 68.
In Washington a social anxiety centers on Mr Rewsterelt's niece young men or "nice young men" tied to Roosevelt. Fears rise that after March 4 the diplomat and social set may shrink as the tennis cabinet dissolves, leaving fewer available hostesses for dinners and events.
Census and Forest Service figures show 1907 mill returns totaling over forty billion feet of lumber from 25 550 mills, about 29 percent more mills than 1906 and a seven percent rise in production, though last year’s returns were more complete.
In London a recent death recalls the 1888 recall of Lionel Sackville Sackville West, second Baron Sackville, former minister to the United States. He was dismissed by President Cleveland after a letter favoring Cleveland's reelection leaked, ending his career amid claims of a Fenian conspiracy.
Congressional action may arise from the cadet hazing disputes as six cadets suspended for a year face questions of authority and legality. War Department officials clash over the appropriateness of the punishment while districts prepare bills to restore those dismissed and revoke suspensions.
A youth enters a dentist office in distress, lacking a hat and wearing rumpled clothes from a struggle. He asks for a tooth extraction while explaining he was bitten by a dog named Fido while visiting Miss Neverbome, prompting the astonished dentist and a judge to remark on the odd scene.
In a clipped exchange, Mr Subbs tells Miss Flannigan his wife is a chronic invalid confined to her room. Miss Flannigan responds with a disjointed line about not fearing she might be wankvey confined to the kitchen.
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