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The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
GREATER NEW YORK CAMPAIGN.
Bourke Cochran WiIi Aid the Republicans
 Odds Stln on Van Wyck.

Bourke Cochran Win Aid the Republicans
 Odds StIIl on Van Wyek.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 27.- Bourke Cochran, who was elected to congress as a Tam many man, and was long known as the greatest orator of Tammany, but who revolted from that organization and in the last campaign supported the gold standard movement, has gone clear over to the republicans and will speak in the interest of Gen. Tracy.
 James B. Eustis, ex-senator from Louisiana and last ambassador to France, has decided to speak for Tam many Thursday evening, because Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has been billed as the star orator of the evening.
 At Henry Georges headquarters it was announced that Rev Thomas Ducey, pastor of St. Leo's Roman Catholic church, would speak at mass meeting Thursday night in the in- terests of the Jeffersonian candidate. It was for somewhat similar action that Rev Father McGlynn was disci- plined II years ago.
 Whoever shall be the victor in the mayoralty contest will win by plu- rality vote only. The total vote may be 525, 900. The secretary of the citi- zens' union asserts that Low will win with 190, 1000, Van Wyck receiving 135,- 900 and Tracy and George 100, 900 each The republican claim is of 210,0o0 for Tracy, 145, 900 for Van Wyck, 90, 900 for George and eO,OOO for Low. The odds on Van Wyck against the field are quoted at betting headquarters at to 1, but at the rooms of the republican campaign committee it is said that those who have desire to bet against Gen. Tracy can be accommodated with even money to any extent they may de- sire
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
PUBLIC LANDS.
Report of the Commissioner of the
 General Land Office.
DIVISION OF ALASKA URGED.
Capt. Ray Makes Report on the Condi- tion of Affairs in the Gold Region A New Chicf for the Coast
 Survey.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27. .--CommisisOuer of the General Land Office Binger Her mann has submitted his annual report to the secretary of the interior. Com pared with the previous year it shows decrease of S,29S original homestead entries, aggregating 37s,625 acres In the entire disposals of public land there was a falling off of 5,370, 4e6 acres. The areas sold for cash reached 419,052 acres and miscellaneous entries aggregating 7,334.554 acres. The re- ceipts from disposal of public lands amounted to S1, 596, ,3S0, and from the disposal of Indian lands, s43s,7fG There were 32,0S7 agricultural patents issued, approximating 5, ,133, 920 acres- There were patented or certified with the effect of patenting for the benefit of railroad companies, under congress sional grants, 5,101, ,969 acres, a de- crease of over 10000, ,000 acres from the previous year.
 An approximate estimate of the num- Der of acres of vacant public lands in the several states and territories st the close of the fiscal year is given, the amount in Kansas being 1,046, ,5S9; in Missouri, 497, 764; in Nebraska, 10,669,- 353, and in Oklahoma, 8, 105, 23S
 The commissioner then urges fur ther legislation to make secure the capital invested in the reclamation of arid lands. He also touches on min ing and timber claims and wants ample appropriations for protecting forest reservations.
 Division of Alaska Urged.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The war de- partment has just received an interest ing report from Capt. Ray of the condi- tion of affairs in the gold region, as he has found them, from St. Michaeps to Fort Yukon, supplemented by ac- counts of the most reliable persons he could communicate with ns to the state of affairs in the Klondike neighbor- hood. He urges the division of Alaska into two districts, the southern dis trict to remain under the present iuris- diction, while the northern district, including the gold region, is to be placed under form of military gov ernment until congress can make other provisions The place selected by the captain for military post is near Rapid City, abount 250 miles below Dawson.
 Coast and Geodetic Survey Chief.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.--Prof. Henry $. Pritchett, of St. Louis. astronomer and chief mathematician at the Wash ington university, will probably be appointed chief of the coast and geodetic survey, to succeed Gen. Duff field, whose resignation is to be de- manded by the president. The pros pective removal of Gen. Duffield is due to his conduct in preferring charges against several of his subordinates, to which be could furnish little or no substan tiation.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
POLICE ARREST A DEAD MAN.
A Corpse Was Locked Up on a Charge of
 IntOxicatiOu.

JERSEY CITY, N l., Oct. 27.-A dead man was arraigned before police sergeant in the Seventh street station early yesterday morning and com mitted to cell on the charge of intox- ication. The dead man, supposed to be John Collins, AS years old, was dis covered at five o'clock in the morning lying in what was supposed to be a drunken stupor in hallway. The man was taken to the station and several officers carried him to the sergeant's desk. He was braced against the desk, and while two officers held him up another searched his pockets and thus ascertained his name. The body was placed in a cell, but two hours later the sergeant, surprised that his prisoner should remain so long in comatose condition, called a doctor who said the man had been dead three hours.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
To Escape Husbands Wrath.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Mrs. Cora Doyle, wife of John Doyle, a hostler. jumped Is feet from the win dow of their home PIP West Seventh street last night to escape from her husband, who she says was trying to kill her. An electric light cable broke her fall, but she was badly hurt, her leg being broken and her body badly bruised. Doyle fled and has not been na anfnred
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
DOGS FOR KLONDIKE.

Chicago Pound Drawn Upon for Animals to
 Draw Sleds Across Passes.
 CHICAGO, Oct 27. Exactly 220 dogs of high and low degree, mostly the lat ter, the property of W. H. Lewis, 6 Seattle lawyer, are on their way to the Pacific coast from Chicago. and will be sold to the Klondike miners. Lawyer Lewis hopes to get from S25 to $50 apiece for the canines Dogs are said to be precious animals in Seattle, where every miner who intends to enter the newly found gold regions wants quartette of CUTS to haul his sled
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
SURE OF THEIR MAN.
Police Officers Believe William Carr Mur-
 dered His Own Child.

dered HIS OWn tHild
 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct ?. William Carr, arrested in Liberty, suspected of murderings his three-year-old girl, Belle Carr, whose dead body with a rope and stone around it was found on a sandbar in the Missouri river, reached Kansas City last night in the custody of officers. He was taken to the police station where Chief Hayes and few officers and detectives gave him a thorough sweating" He refused to alter his story and the more he talked the calner and more deliberate he be- came. The police officers are positive Carr killed his own child. The circum- stantial evidence is almost complete. The story that Carr tells has been broken down in several places, and though Carr still sticks to it. he does so because it is his only hope
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Fraudulent Creek yarrant..

WAsHrNGToS, Oct 27.-0ver 800, GOO of alleged fraudulent warrants on the United States treasury on the account of the Creek nation in the Indian ter ritory have been discovered by the government authorities. The alleged fraud was perpetrated in connection with the payment of the Creek Indian nation debts and only the barest de- tails have reached here.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
THE BID RAISED.
Union Pacific Reorganizers Preparing to
 PIacate the Government

Placate the Government.
 WAsHNGToN, Oct. 27. The indica- tions now are that the government may yet reconsider its determination to ask for a postponement of the sale of the Union Pacific railroad. There are reasons for the belief that the Government has received an addi- tional proposition from the reor- ganization committee. This is be- lieved to be a material increase in the guarantee offer, provided the sale be allowed to proceed on the date originally fixed upon. This in crease, it is reported, will make the Committees guarantee bid equal to the full amount of the governments claim against the Union Pacific road proper, or about $5s, OCT, 39s. In that event it is altogether probable that the offer will be accepted and the sale allowed to take place on the day first agreed upon.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
win Re Asked to Explain.

MUsKoeEE, I. T., Oct. 27.-T. B. Childers, ex-treasurer of the Creek na- tion, will be subpenaed to appear be- fore the grand jury at Vinita, l. T., to explain an alleged shortage of S80,ooO in his accounts. Childers was dis charged from the treasuryship Satur- day. His bond of Ss0,0O0 will secure the nation against loss should the charge prove true.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Now rt Is Thompson.

WAsHIs6ToN, Oct. 27.--It is expected that the Oklahoma marshalship con- test will be decided to-day, and all in- dications point to the selection of Cam ada II. Thompson, of Enid. Report has it that the president himself de- eided in favor of Thompson as against s>eoator Cullom's brother and M. C.. 3art, wbo was thought to have sure thing of it.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
NOTORIOUS THIEF SENTENCED.
Prentice Filler, Who Robbed Mail Boxes in
 Broad Day, Given Three Years.


 Broad Day, Given Three Years.
 ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Prentice Filler, the notorious mail box thief, was sentenced by Judge Philips to three years in the penitentiary at lief ferson City. Filler gained fame in Kansas City by escaping from the office of the United States marshal last June. He was an escaped convict, and plead ed guilty to robbing mail boxes at St. Joseph, where, dressed in the gray suit of the mail carrier, he had un- locked mail boxes and stolen their contents in broad daylight. If he found checks among the letters he would skillfully raise them and cash them.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Sensational PIttsburg & Cuff story.

NEW YORK. Oct. 27.--The Commercial Advertiser publishes sensational Wall street article in which it accuses the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf officials with deception, illegal manipulation of quotations on the New York Stock exchange and untruthful statements regarding conditions at Port Arthur. Officials of the Pittsburg & Gulf brand the stories as false.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
A Boy Dies from ockjaw.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct 27.--John Boddington, aged 15 years, died last night from loclxjaw at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Jane Lee, 600 Cornell avenue. He was thrown from wagon while returning from the Flower pa. rade in Kansas City. Mo, October 6. His injuries later developed into oes law.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Dr. PbiIIp Krobn Stricken.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.--Rev. Philip Krohn, formerly of Kansas, who was to have participated in the Rev. c. o. Brown trial by the Congregational council to- day, was not present, as last night he was stricken with paralysis and he is now at his home in a dangerous con dition. Dr. Krohn was at one time editor of the Atchison Champion and later was with the Abilene Reflector
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

were opened yesterday by special service in Westminster abbey, which was attended by the bench and bar, all wearing their robes. The Catholic judge and barristers attended ''red mass" at the Sardinia chapel
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Fayette. Mo., suffers from Fire.

FAYETTE, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Fire last night destroyed the factory of the Fay cite Tobacco company, loss SIP, 900; the A. +. Davison grain elevator, loss $5,- 900; the Kingsbury & Son apple pack ing-house, loss $i,500; the Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger and freight depot, loss S2, ,0O0. Losses only partly covered by insurance.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
risb for Kansas streams.

LARNED, Kan, Oct. 2z.-A United States government fish commission car arrived here yesterday and the farmers of this county are being supplied with black bass and trout for their irriga- tion reservoirs. Over 1000, 600 black bass and trout will be placed in the Pawnee river at different places be- tween here and Jetmore.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
OVER 400 LET OUT.
Chicago's Chief of Police Removes Repub
 licans and Appoints Democrats.

licans and Appoints Democrats.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 27.--Chief of Police Ripley to-day issued an order discharg- ing from the force 434 policemen and appointing in their places like num- Der of members of the "Star league, , democratic ex-policemen who had been discharged under the previous repub- lican administration. It is the biggest so-called general order" issued since ex-Chief Badenoch (rep) issued his famous order No 1S, in May, 1895, dis charpino 5S7 men,
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTIONS.
A kansas Woman Names Her Boys from
 Bryan, Leedy and Simpson.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 27.-Mrs. M. E. Linn, of Galika, Russell county, has notified Gov. Leedy that she has named her triplets William Bryan, John Leedy and Jerry Simpson. She wrote to each of the statesmen sug- gesting contributions Simpson was the first to answer. He sent Sl for young Jerry and told the mother to make Bryan and Leedy do as we'll for William and John.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
A Rrlok ana r...ng rl.n..

HUMBOLDT. Kan. Oct 27. A stock company. with an authorized capital of S15, 900, has been formed here for the erection of q vtrified brick and tiling plant. It will be fired with gas and will make I000 GOO brick daily and give work to 5a men or moro.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
WEDNESDAY, a7

ten cents ton. Word was sent to all the mines in the district to close down and the order was implicitly obeyed. The strike is said to affect about 1,o00 miners.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
snow Inconvcnlences Denver People.

DENVER, Col, Oct. 27.-A severe snowstorm, accompanied by a high wind from the north, began here last night and continued with increasing fury to-day. The weather is not cold and the snow is not drifting. Electric cars were unable to run and Denver people experienced much inconveni- .nea
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
cnlnrado Coal Miners strlke.

BOULDER, Col, Oct. 27.-At one of the coal mines at Lafayette the managers reduced the wages of the machine men
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

ReIIeious Opening for English Court..
 LONDON. Oct o7-For the first time
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
Excursion to Niarrara Falls.

The annual excursion OF the G. Fl. &
ID. Railway to Niagara Falls will occur
this year on July s. The rate from
Chattanooga will he S14 %.
Tickets will be good for seven DAYS.
Trains will leave Cincinnati about
10 noon. The accommodations will be
first class in every particular. Elegant
day coaches, Pullman and Wagner
sleeping cars. The route is the most
interesting of any. Going via Toledo,
Detroit and the Michigan Central Rail-
way through the best part of Southern
Canada, direct TO the Falls. This is
the only line, that passes close to tho
brink, from which Q full and complete
view of both the American and Cana.
dian Falls can be seen to advantage.
Niagara is one of the greatest wonders
on the globe-everybo body knows Of
Niagara, and everybody wants to 90
there. The G. II. & d. Railway was
the first to inaugurate these cheap ex-
cursions, and always has the best ac-
commodations provided for its patrons.
Persons desiring full information about
this excursion, should address the
undersigned and a descriptive circular
will be mailed you. d @. EDWARDS,
Pass'r Traffic Mgr G. H.. & d. R'y,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
School Dlrectss' Meeting.


To the School Directors of Washington
County, Tennessee
You attention is especially called
to the subject of establishing Secondary
Schools to the excelsior Of Primary
Schools.
In arranging for you schools this year
do not establish too many Secondary
Schools in your distrl
While the intention 4 the law creating
the Secondary School ystom was to i'm
prove the schools Of tie State by allow
ing the higher branches to be taught
where needed, it was lot the intention
Of the law to force directors to establish
Secondary Schools were not needed,
thereby causing a needless expenditure
of school funds and a hortening of the
school term.
1t is clear to any clos observer that
the vitality Of our Primary Schools has
been Slapped by the Unnecessary multi
plication of Secondary Shoots.
Directors should knov that the very
foundation of every god school system
depends on the efficiency of elementary
instruction, and allow iothing to cause
them to establish a Secondary School
where not absolutely NEEDED.
Where a Secondary .chool is estab-
lished, 1t necessarily requires two or
more teachers to do the work efficiently
Take into consideration that there is
nineteen regular branchs included in
the Secondary School curses, and the
school organized into eight grades, then
say each grade has onlytaur Rotations
per day, this makes thirty two recita-
tions per day-a task Wfich no teacher
can possibly perform alone.
Some portion of the da,'s work must
be neglected, and this u%slallly falls on
the primary students-ust where it
should not fall.
This is not to be considered that 1 am
opposed to Secondary Schools, but that
l am opposed to the unnecessary multi
%plication Of the same, whee not needed.
l am fully convinced tiat one good
Secondary School in each district would
meet every requirement.
Directors should make 1t q point to
employ at least two goG Secondary
teachers for every Secondary School
established. The reason il apparent, IL
you have only q primary assistant, it
necessarily follows that the assistant
must take control of nearly all the pri-
mary students because such teacher can
only teach the primary branches, and
very often the assistant is only a student
or some n without any previous ex-
perience in teaching. Again the blow
falls on the primary student, for If tact
and experience are required at all in
teaching, the requirement. is surely in
teaching the primary stntents.
Respectfully,
s. w. MURRAY, Co. Supt'
Jonesboro, Tenn, June /, 1897.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
New Pension Examiners.

A new board of Pension Examiners
has been appointed for this county,
consisting of Drs. Jones, of FEBRUARY,
DR., Stuart, Of Jonesboro, and DIR.
Mathews, of johnson City. Now If the
Department will change the place of
meeting from johnson City to Jones.
boro it will be an accommodation to
all concerned as the latter place is
much more centrally located. The
board is a good one, and will have the
advantage of DR.. Stuart's former ex.
p%erience, as he was a member of the
board which preceded the last one.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
Epworth League State Conference.


The State Conference of Epworth
Leagues convenes Ia Nashville on June
8-6. The exposition has filled the city
with visitors, butthe Leaguers of Nash.
Vile have reserved a place lat lowest
rates. for all those who send their
names in advance to John d. Sharpe,
Foster Street Railroad Crossing, and
all Leaguers and those who want to be
are taking advantage of this fact, and
are going to be there at the appointed
time. This arrangement insures q
comfortable place to stay while seeing
the Exposition and attending the Con-
ference, and in most cases experienced
escorts about the city.
he program, which is work of art,
shows the following participants: Rev.
Charles o. Jones, Joe NJ. Ramsey.
Bishop r. K. Hargroye, Bishop o. P.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Annie Fellows John.
son, Miss Tina Tucker, Judge L. H
Estes, Rev. j. G. Orr, DIR. w. R. Lam
buth, Hon. ]. R Pepper. Rev. Sam P.
Jones, Rev. E. B. Ramsey, Rev. George
K. Stuart, DR.. W. W. Berry, Prof. W.
r. Webb, and Rev. W. X. Piper.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
Summer Resorts.

Many delightful summer resorts are
situated on and reached via the South.
ern Railway. Whether one desires the
seaside oil the mountains, the fashion
able hotels or quiet country homes,
they can be reached via this magnih.
cent highway of travel.
Asheville, N. c., Roam Mountain,
Tenn, and the mountain resorts of
East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina, "The Land of the Sky" Tate
Springs, Tenn, Oliver Springs, Tenn,
Lookout Mountain, Tenn, Lithia
Springs, Ca, the various Virginia
Spring, also the seashore resorts are
reached by the Southern Railway on a
convenient schedules and at very low
rates.
The Southern Railway has issued a
handsome folder, entitled Summer
Homes and Reosrts," descriptive of
nearly one thousand summer resort
hotels and boarding houses, including
information regarding rates for board
at the different places and railroad rate
to reach them.
Write to G. A. B~enscoter, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Southern
Railway, Chattanooga, Tenn, for a
copy of this folder.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
CAREERS MILL.

Charles Slower, who has been seri.
ious i'll the past few months, died on
the morning of the 25th, and was taken
to his former home near Elizabethton
for burial on the following day. The
bereaved family have the sympathy of
a large circle of friends and acquain.
tances. Mrs. Catherine B~lankenship,
widowed daughter of Rev. j. B. Stone,
is also seriously i'll, and at this writing
is no better; her recovery is extremely
doubtful. Jesse j. Bacon is slowly
convalescing from his serious spinal
and rheumatic troubles. Jack Frost in
his rounds failed to visit our section
last week; his failure to stop was much
appreciated by all. Dave Crosswhite
was down from johnson City on a visit
q few days last week. Wonder where
Flo, of Hard Scrabble, received her in.
formation in regard to who did the
kicking out of the traces at Cash Hill
Sunday SCHOOL, Her information is
wholly incorrect. We live in one hun.
dred and fifty yards of the place and
know what we are talking about. In
fact, we speak from the books. If Flo
wishes the right version of the affair
We are able and willing to give it. We
think we know who her informant is
aud the Information given her can not
be substantiated by anyone outside Of
the parties doing the kicking. We are
sorry to hear that Watauga River some.
times gets muddy, but we fear the Free
Hill correspondent will fail to get even
a nibble from the fishes composing our
county court. Good roads and bridges
are a great thug desired, but filings
and i~nnuendoes at parties having the
power to make them is not a very sure
way to get them. A change in the post.
office at Chesterton, formerly CAREERS
Mill, will be made about July. The
name of the Office will also be changed.
PHELIM.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-02
DIED IN ROME, R

Mrs. Jane P. Bowie, Aunt of DR.. Park.
In Rome, Georgia. at 10 o'clock, P.
NJ, on Friday, May 81, 1897. Mrs. Jane
P. Bowie, In the 18th year of her age.
Mrs. Bowie was a daughter of the late
james Park, Esq, and the youngest of
seven sisters OF Rev. James Park, Of
this city. She was born in Knoxville,
October 8, 1916, and was married on
the 2Sth of September, 1s41, to Landon
Bowie, of Charleston, s. c., where she
lived until the close of the war. Mr..
Bowie died in 1868, and since that time
Mrs. Bowie has resided in Rome. Ga.
In her early womanhood she became
a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and lived in that communion until her
death. All of her c~hildren-two sons
and four daughters-survives her. She
had q wide circle of kindred and
friends in Knoxville.