Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-07

A tidal wave seven feet in height Sc
riously damaged shipping and dock
property At waIkegon. Ill
j. c. Rawlings and his txo sons.
Milton and Jesse. convicted Of the mur-
der Of the Carter children last June.
have been again sentenced to death At
NaldostA, Ca Their execntioa Is 81
for January next All Moore. their
negro accessory, viii hang with them
A pound Of opium MAS found secret
ed in a box Of goodies received By q
convict NJ the Missouri penitentiary
Thanksgiving day.
DR.. Ambrose l. Ranney, Of Bloom
field. n J.. an authority on nervous
diseases. dropped dead Of heart dis
ease white consulting his attorney IN
New York.
The annual report Of the life-saying
service IS replete with statistics show
ing that the service s one Of the most
important adjuncts Of the treasury de-
partnent-
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Yerkes instructs that peddlers going
over the country selling alcoholic pat
ent medicines and liquors be required
to pay a special tax in every district
and separate place at which there Is
evidence Of sales having been made
Harry Eldridge, one OF the leaders
of the outbreak at the Folsom (CaLl
prison on July q. 1906. vas executed
~ursfh - fcr fhl panFr1zr NJ
Guard William, Cotter.
Every business house in Arcadia
Fla. except three brick structures
the King. Seward and Desoto blocks
was destroyed by fre: loss. 335o.eoo.
Miss Florence Carpenter. Of Chicago
was thrown from a horse af Excelsior
Springs. No. receiving iDiuries which
proved fatal
A. R Meyer, a widely-knoxn cap
italist. a native Of St Louis. one Of
Kansas City's most prominent business
men, and the founder Of Leadvilie. COL
died in Kansas City Of rheumatism OF
the heart. aged IS years.
Ernest Peugnet, aged %. son Of 3. X.
Peagret. St Louis capitalist. commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the brain al the home Of his father
1n-lav. Judge E. O. Brown. in Car
thsge. Mo.
The steel steamer Ira H. Owen. car
Yyinx a crew Of 1s men and CARGO OF
lls 900 bushels Of barley. is reported
as lost with all hands during the recent
storm on Lake Superior.
Midshipmar Minor Meriwether. Who
vas tried by court-martial at Annapolis,
Nd. for causing the death Of Midship-
man Branch in fist fight, was acquit'
ted of the charge Of manslaughter. but
the corrt recommended his dismissal
from the naval academy for violation
Of the rules of the institption-
The village OF Roca Saraggio. near
Luna. Italy. with the exception OF
church was entirely destroyed BY q
landslide. The inhabitants fed
Adam W. Johnson. former United
States marshal at Nome, Alaska. died
in New York. following surgical op
erntion-
Gov. Bell of Vermont has refused &c
interfere in the case Of Mrs. Rogers
sentenced 10 hang. December 8. for the
murder OF her husband
DR.. r. B. Martin vas shot and killed
by a negro named Andrew Patterson
near Beleher, La, following dispute
over an account
Capt. E Tedford and First Mate Nc
Nzth Of the British ship Scottish
Moors. were arrested at Port Town
send, Wash. charged with shanghaiint
three Tacoma sailors
The campaign against brutal football
Is gaining strength daily. and eecf
casualty adds fuel to the IRE
The ambassadors Of the powers hav'
turned q deaf ear to the efforts Of Tur
key to compromise on the Macedonis,
matter.
Fifteen persons were killed and 8
seriously injured - the result a
rear-eni collision On he Boston
Maine railroad near Lincoln Aass-