The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22

publican consul during the present ad- minis tration It is believed that the president has determined upon course which he will pursue to bring the war to an early end.
 On Septembe r the British troops in India met a severe reverse after much severe fighting. A large num- Der of soldiers and a number of officers were killed. London papers charac- terize the defeat as disasterous and say it will greatly encourage the rebels.
 The Venezuelan government is offer ing special inducements to Americans to settle in rich portions of that country, assistance in transportation and free land being given. While every effort is being made to induce Ameri- can immigration. Europeans are not invited.
 The Mexican government is taking active steps to punish all those who participated in the killing of Arrayo, the man who struck President Diaz. Even the officials who permitted the mob to enter the prlson are to be pun lshed, some of them having been arres- ted and placed in solitary confinement.
 Judge Foster, of the United States district court at Topeka Kas., recent ly decided that the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange was violating the Sherman antitrust law and must cease operations as at present organized. The Judge shows quite clearly that the stock exchange is the creation of 
 J. w. Wooten, a deputy U. s. mar shal, surprised couple of moonshin- CTS in Kentucky last week. He wore a coat of mail and when fired upon by the illicit distillers stood still until they had emptied their Winchesters, at only fifty yards distance, then or lered the men to surrender, which they hastened to do.
 A sensation has been sprung in Der
 lin, Germany, by reliable announce ment that Emperor William has ,quandered in personal extravaganza what is known as the Guelph fund, to 5000. 0O0 This fund the private fortune of the former reigning family of Hanover, branch of the royal house of England.
 The steamer Excelsior arrived at San Francisco September Is, bringing sixtythree miners and sl GOO. GOO Tn Alaska gold Stories of impending famine in the Klondike are confirmed ny all. There are said to be 1000 peo- pie now at Dawson City and more are coming daily Provisions are running short and little prospects of getting more.
 Col. Isaac Wheeler Avery, who died a few days ago at his home in Atlanta. Ga-, was editor in-cheif of the Atlanta Constitution in the early '70s and used his influence to overcome the ill feel ng toward the North which was then bitter throughout the South. AL though sincere Methodist and of peaceful disposition, Col. Avery had four affairs of honor with men who cast aspersions upon hls motives.
 During the past six months there has been such Q high death rate from rail- way accidents among postal clerks Tn Missouri and Kansas that many of this class of government employees are seeking other employment where there will be less risks to life Com pared with the work and danger the pay is small. The government allows no pay to an injured clerk nor money to bury one killed while on duty.
 The 5-year-old daughter of Samuel Dodge, a ranchman in the Osage coun- try, near the Kansas line tried to follow her father away from the ranch and got lost Mrs. Dodge gave the alarm and the neighbors turned out in force. The next day the little girl was found leep twelve miles away. while a