The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-29

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 The annual fall festivities in Kansas City take place next week, including among the attractions the Priests of Pallas, Karnival and Flower parades. All railroads are making very low rates from all points.
 An attempt was made by mob to burn school house in N CIV Orleans last Thursday which was being used as hospital for yellow fever patients, and it was only prevented by active interference of the police.
 A crank from Connecticut recently made an attempt to enter the white house in Washington but was arrested. He was found to be armed and his actions and remarks indicate that his intention was te kill the president.
 Judge Wofford of the Kansas City criminal court has taken a radical method of punishing woman beaters. He refuses to hear any testimony in their defense, but on proof that the offense has been committed promptly passes sentence.
 The United States flagship San Fran cisco is at Morocco Investigating the ]
 fogging and abuse of American citi- zens in that country. It is sand if the claims are not settled in reasonable time fleet of war vessels will be sent to enforce demands
 Reports from Hawaii indicate that Japan is taking measures to establish an army to oppose the annexation of this country by the United States. ships arriving from Japan are said to be bringing large numbers of veteran soldiers as steerage passengers.
 At Webster, Iowa, Nous. Munsen was being twitted about his love for Miss Peterson at supper table. He arose from the table and shot Osmond Peterson, the young lady's brother, and Fred Larson then placed the re- volver to his head and killed himself.
 Immigration Commissioner T. V. Powderly announces that he will do all in his power to prevent the entrance of anarchists and other criminals to this country. He complains of the laxity of the naturalization laws and sug- gests that stricter measurers be adopt 1 ed
 l Word comes from Alaska that landslide occurred at a sheep ranch on the Chilcoot pass on September i9 by which eighteen men lost their lives. The skaguay trail is impossible and prospectors can neither advance nor retreat. At the town of Skaguay many eases of typhoid fever and dysentary are reported.
 Lieutenant Peary, of North pole fame, will start north next July and says he will Preach the pole or die in the attempt With the exception of three, his party will be composed of Es- quimauxs, a force of whom are now lay ing in supplies The American Geogra- phical Society has guaranteed sl5o, 900 for the trip.
 The condition of the Spanish sol diers in Cuba is said to be terrible. At the beginning of this month there were said to be no less than 10000 sick soldiers in the hospitals, hundreds of whom die each week. It is also esti- mated that one.sixth of the rural pop ulation of Cuba has died of sickness and starvation.
 Some excitement was caused receut- { ly by rumors that the presidents in- structions to Minister Woodford in regard to the Spansh-Cuban war were of such nature as to cause serious trouble between Spain and the United ] States. These rumors were unfounded. there being no threats of any kind, 4bo,<rh tLa Gx,rt~E <~-~..-....