The oasis., 1895-12-07
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The Mexican corvette ''Zaragoza
 has sailed from Acapulco for San Fran cisco, thence to Japan.
 The troops operating against the Yaquis are armed with MondragOn rifles and Winchester carbincs.
 Dr. Palmer Findlay, young physi- elan of Atlantic. Iowa. has been ap- pointed surge0n-in-chief uf the Mex jean army.
 An earthquake was felt at the City of Mexico last Saturday week, which cracked the walls of some of the houses so badly that the occupants were forced to move out for fear they should fail.
 General Mena has been appointed as Minister of Communications and Pub lie Works by the Mexican government. The appointment has been well re- ceiyed, as he is known to be a good statesman, and with a wide knowledge of affairs gained by his long residence abroad.
 The board of health's delegate at ManzanillO complains to the board that recently the commander and otli- cers of the British warship Satellite landed without awaiting the sanitary visit The board has referred the matter to the department of foreign relations.
 The Geographical Society of Mex icO has elected the following honorary members in Spain: Hon. Antonio Canoyas del Castillo, Prime Minister; Hon. Alberto Rech y Futigueras, Min istef of Fomento; Rev. Rafael Clndi Laym and Mir. Atanacio Morlesin, Minister of Education.
 Six desperadoes killed and robbed French merchant in a little town in the state of Vera Cruz recently. The police got after the murderers and killed one of them the same night. Three days afterward three others were caught, aud in fifteen minutes they were tried, convicted and shot.
 The legislature of the state of Oaxa. ca has voted the sum of 5000 for the widow Of the late MT. McSweeney. who, it will be remembered. was mur- defed near the city of Oaxaca in going to coffee plantation, about a year ago. The murderers were his own guides, and the crime, at the time it was committed, attracted a good deal of attention.
 The prefect of Guadalupe, near the City of Mexico, has adopted novel but effective plan to get rid of the female pickp0ckets and petty thieves who hover about that place when fiesta IS on. He took to shaving clean the head of every woman convicted of | picking pockets or pilfering from booths, and that class of of women deserted the nlace at once.
 The Mexican Herald gets off this sarcastic shot at our postal laws | The United States mail inspectors are yigilant in seizing Mexican papers [ containing lottery advertisements. so | when you mail your Herald abroad get | the U. S- edition, warranted not to | contain anything deleterious to the f morals Of community where every body gambles in sugar trust shares and in wheat, and other things"
 By direction of the state depart ment United States Consul Burke at Chihuahua, Mexico has been inyestl- gating the case of Mac Stewart, who. according to the news dispatches, was for shooting a policeman or a soldier in public square and sen tenced to death The consul reports that the sentence will undoubtedly he committed tn imprisonment Co twen- ty years, and that this may be reduced to seven years by good behavior.
 The Denver Times of the 20th pub. Ii shed q special from El Paso. Texas. say ing that reports reached El paso f that day Of big YaQui outbreak in k northeastern Sonora X number of citizens lnclnding Americans are re- ported killed. Nothing of the kind has been heard at Nogales. and as the Haqui country is in the southern part of sonora. The report is looked upon as q fake. The reported outbreak. ac. cOrdinn tO q later fplcuram nroved to