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

Under orders of President Castro.
the governor of Barcelona. Venezuela.
has taken forcible possession OF the
coal mines OF Guanta Naricual. near
Barcelona and under a s3-year lease.
dating from 1898, TO an Italian com
paay.
Four trainmen were injured in a
Missouri Pacific wreck near Salina.
kas.. caused by running into a burning
bridge.
Twelve persons were injured. two
probably fatally. by an Erie train
plunsing over an embankment near
Narfield station. Mich. caused by the
dropping of the auxiliary reservoirs
under the engine cab into a switch
frog.
A meat trust appear to be operating
in Mexico. prices having been ad-
vanced Of la.e to such an extent as to
create q serious situation among the
working classes.
C. a. knieekern. assistant general
passenger agent OF the Illinois Central
railroad, died following stroke Of
apoplexy. aged 50 years.
The Morgan county 0ll.1 srand Jury
has returned indicsa,ents against
Mayor John r. Davis of Jacksonville,
charging him with accepting a bribe.
and Police Captain John F. Kennedy
for misconduct in Office.
By the collapse OF the gallery of the
Lyric theGser in Santiago. Chilli. during
an anti-Catholic meeting, four persons
were killed and large number in
jured.
Three buildings Of five and six sto-
ries, in Harlem. y. Y. in course OF
construction. collapsed. due to bad
work.
Ten men were instantly killed by a
terrific explosion in the Rush Run and
Red Ash mines near Thurmcnd. w
Va. and Il rcscuers we're killed by a
second explosion Of afterdamp. The
destruction around the mouths of the
pits was something terrible.
Mrs p. =. Marsh. wife Of Congress-
man Marsh. died an hour after being
stricken with apoplexy at her home in
Warsaw. III.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Walter 5. Louden internal revenue col
leotor for the thirteenth district OF IL
linois.
Mrs. Mary Fox vardaman. mother of
GOV. vardaman of Mississippi, who
lived with him at the executive man.
sion in Jackson, dropped dead in her
room.
The United States senate confirmed
the nominations OF District Judge C.
c. kohlsaat TO be judge of the seventh
circuit and Sol II. Bethea and Kenesaw
III. Lands to be judges of the northern
and eastern districts of Illinois re-
spectiveiy.
State Senators Frank II. Farris and
Charles ii. Smith. of Missouri, rein
dicted by the Cole county grand jury
for bribery in connection with baking
OF 1901. were held in $1,000 bonds by
Judge Martin at Jefferson City, and
their cases SCI for hearing May %.
Minneapolis will provide the flour
to feed the $4,000 prisoners captured
at Mukden. The battle had hardly be-
gun when the Japanese government
began placing orders.
Festus J. Wade, of st. Louis. has
paid for and received the s., SOC. 900
Philippine bonds.
Japan is said to be sounding German
finalciers with reference to the plac-
Ing Of Japanese loan on the German
na'ket, and not without encourage
nent.
Gen. Booth of the Salvation army
mas completed his visit to Jerusalem
and has sailed for Australia.
Il. S. Benson. one of the best-known
caatlemen of the southwest, formerly
prominent in Iowa. dropped dead
while sitting on the porch of his ranch
reuse near Carlsbad. N. NJ.
The next session OF the Congress of
Mothers will be held in Los Angeles,
cal. in March. 1906,