Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-03-23

Miss Pearl Skyles. who killed James
II. Rainwater at Carthage. Mo. be-
cause he refused to right the wrong
he had done her by marriage. was &C.
quilted by the jury that tried her for
murder.
Maj. William Warner, OF Kansas
City. was elected United States senator
TO succeed Francis NJ. Cockrell. by the
Missouri legislature. on the sixty-sev-
enth ballot and just on the eve OF the
adjournment of the legislature sine
die.
Gov. Peabody's resignation was filed
with the secretary OF state OF Colorado.
on the 18th inst. and l.ieut.-Gov Nc
Donald was Immediately sworn in as
governor. in accordance with the COM
pact made before the final disposition
of the contest.
John S. Lemon. president OF the
Tootle-Lemon national bank OF ST. Jo-
seph. Mo. is dead. He was one OF the
pioneers of st. Joseph. migrating from
/ Kentucky in 1858.
Col. W. II. Phelps has been cited to
appear before Judge Martin at Jeffer-
son City. Mo. on March Il. and show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt in ignoring a summons
to appear before the Cole county grand
! jury.
Fran, e has officially called the at
tention Of the United States to the
high-handed action OF Venezuela
against e French Cable Co French
patience. 1t is asserted. Is becoming
I exhausted.
Gen. Joseph Il. Hawley. for "a years
United States senator from Connecti-
cut, died In Washington ON the morn
ing OF the 18th inst.
The Mothers congress. at Washing
ton. adopted a resolution asking the
senate of the United States to remove
Reed Smoot. and to take such action
as will effeetually prevent any organi-
zatiOn from "defying civil and divine
/ laws"
Twins were born to Mrs. C. Caruth-
ers. wife Of Los Angeles tCal1 civil
engineer. who was a passenger on one
of the bloodhound trains between San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Forum
ately there were two physicians among
the passengers.
Queen Alexandra Of Great Britain
and Ireland recognized ST Patrick's
day by presenting sprigs Of shamrock
TO the entire Irish guards stationed at
Chelsea barracks.
Heavy -four orders from Japan
continue to be received by Minneapo-
lis milling companies. One company
has received orders for 10000 sacks.
clearable from the Pacific coast in
April and May. Another company has
orders for 60.0C0 sacks.
Ebert Wright. farmer OF Horace.
Ill. whose wife was assaulted recent
| ". shot and seriously wounded Peter
Bassett, tied him in buggy and de-
livered him TO officers in Paris. Ill.
Bassett confessed the assault.
Manager Conreid's grand opera COM
pany opened his Cincinnati "Parsifal''
season. on the night of the 18th inst.
with every seat for every performance
sold. amounting TO about $4,000.
The sea continues TO encroach upon
Coronado Beach. San Diego Cal. and
much alarm is felt The great hotel
l. threatened. the boulevard has been
eaten away. and those who can are
having their houses removed.
Further heavy rains have fallen in
southern California. causing addi-
tional damage to the sorely-tried rail
! road asr-
caused by the former storms
A 81. Petersburg dispatch says a
bomb v as exploded on the tramway
liue close to the residence of NJ. Po-
biedonostoff. procurator general of the
hcly synod. M one was injured.
Gen. w. II. Whiteman. until a
month ago acknowledgement of the
territory of New Mexico. which Office
he held for seven years. has been in
dicted by the grand jury at Santa
Fe on a charge OF obtaining public
funds under false pretenses.
The transport Thomas has arrived
at San Francisco from Manila. bring
{ ing the ninth. seventeenth and
eighteenth batteries of field artillery.
destined for Vancouver barracks,
Wash.
By vote CT 55 to ii. in the joint
session of the Colorado legislature.
Coy. Peabody was declared elected
gOvernor. This action was the result
Of a compromise. the resignation OF
Peabody. as a condition precedent. in
favor of Lieut-Gov. Mcdonald. having
been placed in the hands OF a com
mittee. Gov. Adams quietly surren-
dered the oi.ee
Gov Gen Wright of the Philip
pines is negotiating with W. r. George,
n.anager of the George Junior Repub-
lie al ETeeville. " Y. for the estab-
lishment of a reform school for boys
aionF similar lines at Camp Gregg
I.uzon island
Seventeen thousand pounds of mail
matter. including I 900 registered let
ters and parcels aud s250.O0 in un-
signed national bank notes and much
gold and silver bullion are said to
have been in the mail car that was
burned at Hyndman. Nd. ON March l.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs Jane l.. Stanford were held.
on the 18th inst, in the Congrega-
tional Central Union church in Homo
lulu, after which the casket was es-
eorted on board the steamer Alameda
to be conveyed to San Francisco.
The recent severe storm tina. ragged
along the Pacific coast did a vast
amount of damage. that to the streets
of Los Angeles alone being estimated
at $500. 900.
An arrangement is being made be-
tween the governments OF Panama
and the canal zone for the construc-
tion, of the three buildings for lepers.
lunatics and incurable indigents.
Lieut. Francis Boone. under sentence
of Imprisonment as the result of q
court-martial at Vancouver Barracks.
Wash. was shot twice by sentry and
seriously wounded while attempting TO
escape.
The gale which swept over the Brit