26 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
1
An editorial advocates firm enforcement of murder penalties regardless of race, urges citizens to serve on juries, favors arbitration to settle disputes, and highlights reforms in farming, road building, and labor efficiency to spur Mississippi's development and curb crime.
Terence V. Powderly reports the Bureau of Immigration division can place 256 400 people at wages from 3 a week to 3 50 a day. Agriculture commissioners in three states state a need for 1 020 600 settlers. Circulars in several languages will inform incoming allies of opportunities and placements.
Adolph Munson, a business man from Albert Lea, was arrested in Winona on a murder charge after a woman he lived with, Mrs. Clifford Julian, was shot at the Commercial hotel. She died of a heart wound while en route to a hospital. Munson claims the shooting was accidental and the woman killed herself.
San Francisco mayor Eugene F. Schmitz paid attorney J Campbell $29 000 following his recent trial. Campbell told a trusted confidant he wondered why he allowed himself to take the defense of Schmitz.
Miss Bertha A. Goodwin a local attorney was sought by Pittsburg Pa police on embezzlement charges. Officers learning of the warrant traced her to her Newburyport apartments where she fled a field toward woods and was captured.
In Los Angeles Antonio Villa Real Ricardo Flores Magon and Librado Riviera were freed on criminal libel and resisting officers before being rearrested for murder of an unidentified man and postal robbery at Jiminese Mexico. Mexican consul Lozano swore to the affidavits.
Four fresh cholera cases with three deaths were reported from Moscow and nearby areas. The Vistra government is said to be infected. In Zion City Illinois Wilbur Glenn Vo sa was elected general overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church for life by a 1 262 unanimous vote at a tentside conference in Zion.
Hundreds of pockets of soft iron ore were discovered along Como avenue in Minneapolis. A real estate firm owning the area has asked the state university mining department to investigate the find.
Paris Senator Beveridge of Indiana and Mrs Beveridge sail from Cherbourg to New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm I. The journey marks a notable return for the couple amid ongoing parliamentary duties and public duties.
In Atlantic City New Jersey the parrot perched on Miss Owens shoulder cried for help when her mistress Mrs K M Bowen tumbled down a Champion apartment stairway. The woman lay unconscious at the foot of the stairs with a deep head wound and bleeding. the parrot’s alarms brought aid and likely saved her life.
Cunard liner Mauretania left builders yard at Wallsend Monday for speed trials off the Tyne then to return for final fittings. She measures 790 feet, carries 560 first class, 400 second class, 1400 third class passengers, with crew of 1,000 and total 3,260. Gross tonnage about 32,200 and maximum draught near 57½ feet.
In Leeds a fourteen year old Roy FKolt is shot by Thomas RK. Chubb while guarding a melon patch. The town splits into two factions with one side wanting reform school for the boy and the other urging penitentiary for Chubb as the victim lies critically ill in a hospital.
In a Harlem bakery on Tenth Avenue Henry Fischner shot and killed Johanna Hoffman after she refused to marry him. In front of witnesses he then fatally shot himself in the head as bystanders lunged toward him.
Mrs Hattie Belie Teeter, recently adjudged insane, believed she was called to kill her mother and attacked the elderly woman, crushing her skull and causing injuries likely to prove fatal.
County Attorney Tyrrell obtained a requisition for three alleged railway bandits arrested at Sioux City. They are named J B Bailey J Wil Name and N M Hubbell and are accused of robbing passengers of the Hock Island Limited near Murdock several weeks ago.
J P Morgan denies that he or Morgan & Co has acquired over 600000 shares of Union Pacific from Kuhn Loeb and Co. The stock was said to be owned by Henry H Rogers of Standard Oil.
The body of Stephen Baker was found in the woods near Shamokin Pennsylvania with half the head blown off. Authorities investigate whether the death is suicide using dynamite or murder.
Washington Minister Uearte of Honduras informed the state department that on September 13 the constitutional regime was reestablished in the republic of Honduras.
In Morgantown West Virginia 12 year old Hungarian boy Andy Siabo died by suicide after being whipped by his father The father then became insane and attempted suicide but failed.
Paducah Kentucky 15 year old Birdie Clark stepped on a match causing her dress to ignite and she may die from burns received the incident prompts urgent medical care and a public warning about fire hazards for youths
Drago Siegel heiress of twenty, daughter of a late Austrian colonel, is shot by Julius Hoffman a married former lieutenant. Hoffman wounds Siegel then tries to kill himself but she stops him. She dies while resisting and would have inherited $100,000 under her father's will.
Frederick Penney Earle the artist secretly arrived in Bethlehem New Hampshire to meet Miss Julia Huttner at her mother’s home. He came via Maplewood and would not discuss the visit. Miss Huttner met him at the door and they exchanged greetings. Previously she said he would not come, but they agreed to keep the affair private until month’s end.
George Wong attacked a man on an elevated Chicago railcar at 1 am, slashing through a crowded car. John Grent, 21, died from a abdomen wound. Edward Wall, Joseph Sepp, and three others were injured. Wong fled as intoxicated assailants chased him, breaking windows and terrorizing passengers.
A brief note on a sermon titled David's Supreme Ambition references 2 Samuel 7. The piece presents a preacher's view of scriptural authority and the kingly standing envisioned in biblical prophecy.
Prince Autute of Coburg died in Cartebad Coburg on Saturday. He was a hereditary descendant of the Austrian line of Coburg. His father Prince Lou Gasen Clement, born at Ebenthal in 1870, serves as a captain in the Austrian army. His mother Princess Mathilde Marie Therese, a Bavarian princess, died at Davos in 1908.
Ashore in San Francisco after a clash at sea between about 150 Chinese and Japanese passengers on a Alaskan voyage. Dozens wounded with serious injuries and several dead expected. fighting began before the ship left port and continued until arrival.
The converted yacht Huntress with a Missouri crew left Pensacola Navy Yard on the 17th but had to return due to bad weather. It finally got underway again Wednesday evening toward New Orleans.
Paris reports Pope Pius X denounces modernism and adopts a hardline stance against government compromises. Roman clergy see his policy as an epochal shift in church history with a global push to defend dogmas.
Harold MacCrath reports Maxim Gorky and Mme Andrieva have wed in Capri area after his American visit. MacCrath, who arrived on the Finland, confirms the marriage and notes his wife spent the summer nearby.
New York reports three to four hundred cases of infantile paralysis treated in hospitals and many more by private doctors. Physicians are puzzled by the sudden rise and question why the illness is spreading as an epidemic.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested and held in police custody in Washington DC for disorderly conduct after refusing to stop lecturing to about 200 men on the steps of the post office department when asked by an officer.
Fire struck the Oakland Gas Company plant halting gas supply to Oakland and nearby towns. Manufacturing firms using gas for power were forced to close as the blaze disrupted energy for the region.
An electrical storm swept over Chicago early Wednesday causing demolished buildings and prostrated telegraph and telephone wires. Police and fire alarm systems were temporarily disabled.
Peoria Illinois judge David McCulloch aged 54 and a member of the Peoria bar died in Peoria He belonged to the Illinois Historical Society and served on the bench.
Fire destroyed the township hall Odd Fellows hall Dr John J McClowd residence and his barn on Boardway in Marysville Ohio with a loss estimated at 20000. The blaze for a time threatened the entire town.
Milwaukee pianist and composer Odin Lois Ren oing died at Knowlton hospital at age 25. Ren oing, noted for writing the Corona tion Ode to King Haakon of Norway, was among Wisconsin’s best known musical figures.
Police in Copenhagen recover a framed photograph of King Christian inscribed to Queen Alexandra from a telephone worker jailed for theft. The item was taken from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert during the queen’s Copenhagen visit. Milwaukee indictments target Stockbridge Indians for cutting 3 reservation timber in a U.S. court, with ruling that tribal timber cutting on trust lands may not violate law.
Joshua Harrison, sentenced to twenty years for kidnaping Kenneth Beasler, son of State Senator Beasley, took his own life at the New Gladstone hotel in Norfolk Virginia. He had been convicted in Elisabeth City North Carolina in February 1906.
Joliet Michigan pardon board rejects Paw Stensland parole request. He remains to serve a 14 year term for looting the Milwaukee Avenue Savings Bank of Chicago, where he served as president.
A Seattle report states 300 peracms drowned in a wreck near Bristol Bay. The vessel name is not provided.
Mrs William Keyser a prominent Ellsworth woman was fatally burned while cooking her dress caught fire she fled into the yard as high winds fanned the flames.
At Trenton the Republican state convention nominated Supreme Court Justice John Franklin Fort for governor on the first ballot. Fort secured 750 votes out of a 1.15 percent total, signaling strong party support.
The Magdalena river line near Bogota, Colombia, is now open, promising cheaper freight movement between the city and the coast and easing regional transport.
Fire at Hays City Kansas scorched the LM Yost mill and elevator and other buildings causing an estimated loss of 110000 dollars. The business section was threatened with destruction and aid was sent from nearby towns.
A sermon urges yielding to God's will over personal ambition. David's desire to build a temple shows how God can redirect plans toward greater purpose. Nathan's promptness is cautioned. seek God's mind first and accept his prepared path even if it differs from personal aims.
The narrative recalls David's rekindled religious devotion as the ark reaches Jerusalem and is placed in the holy of holies. The king leads with renewed zeal, altars spring up along the march, and a national revival follows, deepening reverence and obedience to the Mosaic law. David admires Hiram of Tyre after surveying the cedar palace and withdraws to contemplation of God and His law.
In a revelatory moment King David debates building the Lord a temple but Prophet Nathan instructs that God forbids it. David accepts the divine will, returns to the tabernacle, and receives a vision of future of his line and the covenant, praising the Lord.
A facetious remark from the roof garden prima donna prompts banter with a lanky comedian in salt and pepper trousers. The exchange jokes about who could judge a voice, mentioning a stove man and a curve greaser in a playful, unfinished tease.
At a British Scientific Association meeting, disks of leaf sugar spun on a lathe while hammered produced an almost continuous light. The glow did not come from heating the sugar and is believed to result from changes in sugar crystals, linking crystallization flashes to light. Implications for artificial light production were discussed.
Rio de Janeiro develops an artificial ice trade with a single factory supplying the market. Equipment is outdated and the price is driven by grocers at about 34 cents per pound.
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