Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-01-18

nan people generally kusw. to m. ..
tent Of three reputed aauxht.rx rssi,
ing IN Fossil. Ore. who want a shar
OF his se5e.eos estate.
Miss Lizzie Rankin. daughter of VI
RANKIN. formerly Of Henderson, epnn
y. Illinois. who has been b.d.rids
and dumb for tao years. as the rpsuI
OF spinal trouble. az Los Angels. Cal
mas suddenly recovered her power o
speech.
After "a hours Of terrible anxiety
Win heavy storm raging. the mas
sengers AMI crew OF the steamer che,
osee. from San Domingo for Nev
forS. which grounded on Brigantiu,
shoals. we're taken Oh BY a rescue par
" and landed at Atlantic City. Nj.
Gen Sozf was given a popular ova
ton on his arrival at Toxic from Man
ennria The general and his stan va
driven In an imperial carriage to III.
PALACE where they we're received by IN.
emperor.
Rev W n Cleveland. retired
Presbyterian minister and brother te
sormer President Grover Cleveland 1.
seriously Ill at the home Of his son IN
Columbus. o.. having been stricken
with paralysis.
Omaha has put on a Sunday LID
and screwed IL down tight.
Three children Of H. A. Brazil. in
the Portage La Prairie district ol
Manitoba. were cremateL in their
farm home Their parents narrowly
escaped
During the recent storm on the At
iantic coast two persons were electro
cuted in New York city by fallen elec
tric light wires
Benjamin Robertson was killed and
hve friends with whom he was coast
ing down a steep hill at Traverse City
Mich. injured. by their bobsled collid
ing with a horse and cutter.
Two additional Indictments have
been found against former State Audi
tor David E. Sherrick. OF Indiana
charging embezzlement and couspira
CT to commit felony.
| The supreme court OF Mexico has
declined TO grant a stay Of execution
in the case OF the three Americans
Aaston- Richardson and Harls. sen
fenced ar Chihuahua to be shot fol
numbering people TO secure life insur
ance money.
p. J. Hughes. a Kansas City money
lender. was convicted OF usury. II,
loaned a man sl0. collected Sal in in
terest in two years. at the end o.
which time his victim. according to hi.
idea still owed him $50.
Fears Of drought in California xer,
dispelled by heavy general rain last
ing over "a hours.
R. Brent Mitchell. the San Francisco
stock broker who failed recently fol
$4,000. has disappeared
Three children of Mrs A. Guerin a
the Cornell coal camp. north Of Pitts
| burg. kas.. who were locked in theil
home while their mother went on al
| Grand. set fire to the house in som.
way anI were burned 10 death
The British steamer Santiago tool
on board al Guaysquil. Ecuador. tbs
| remains Of Thomas Mast the cartoonIs
and former American consul, who dies
there Of yellow fever three years ago
and will take them TO Panama. vhenc.
they will be shipped 10 New York
The National League of Commission
Merchants. in session at Milwaukee
pledged support to the president in hi.
efforts for the abatement OF transpor
tation evils.
The Chinese commissioners. Tuar
Fang and Tai Hung Tue. with theil
suites. g. persons in all. arrived in
San Francisco on board the steamer
Syria and were given 4 cordial wei
come by a representative Of the pres,
dent, the military. commercial and pri
vate interests and the Chinese colony
The tension between France and
Venezuela Is strained Diplomatic re
relations have been severed, and il ap
pears m ore ahtIenlIky ftheMfgbc
pears more than likely that some
punitive measures on behalf of France
will be adopted
Ine German authorities are taking
every precau'ion TO prevent any dis
turoance occurring IN Berlin on sun
day. the 21st. when so immense social
ise inee'inss are seneaaiea % os neia
u ooo'l n'o' Aeion " Hsu SunuAs ~
81 retefsouls hns niiii'Ais WI oe
nesd IN re.aihess 70 eoope'ate VIE
ehe ponce u
Fire destroyed the Norfoik tb
seofaee ~ Us
cleaning plant adjoining the city lsA
One nrenan Was Killed under faiiinx
saL Inc prisoners were AZ ea
out OF the lAi and several escaped
o<e. si"o.v"
The works OF the Carneg1e stssi 20
al Sresnsine we're oarhea. en-
taihns q loss Oh aDoae mi = nia1ion a''.-
Afs- foaf eandred men are 'nfosn oae
Oh WORK
George Ernest S'ssinS. wanted n So<-
tir CHAM. England for forsery and en-
hezzlement- was arrested IN Alnnespo-
lis MINI. after chase extending from