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The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
FROM STATE EXCHANGES

Governor Jones may never succs., in any of the railroad schemes N, that he will succeed in making h,s self we'll known by this means 0oa without saying. England Courier.
 
 The out look now is that '9s and ,o will be record breakers for railro.s building Tn Arkansas Now is th time to get property in the comiD, great state of the Union. Hot Sprin. News
 Those who have DO timber would l. delighted with what we waste. Som, day we will long for what we was,. The time to begin to save is while ,,. have plenty. Save your timber-SA vier County Democrat.
 Arkansas took first premium on cosl cotton, apples and peaches at the ?. cent Perry, Ind, fair. There is n, trouble for Arkansas to carry off h. prize when she enters contest-S loam Springs Democrat.
 Warning to evil doers: At the lss meeting of the leveying board. th justices of the peace of the count agreed that hereafter when a fine < Sl was imposed it must be paid in scr. l sufficient to equal one of Uncle Sam dollars Mt Ida Herald.
 
 Mir. Britt. of the Britt Bros nm, cry. has sold here Is, 900 Elberta neaS trees Mir. Ford has sold sever, thousand, besides some growers hav ordered from other nurseries ". hope there will be 1000. 900 set her this fall. -Siloam Springs Republicap
 MT U. Mosely intends raising som, fine cotton next year, having bouqh two pounds of seed for the small sun of $i4. The cotton is known as 'Jack sons limbless" and is said to yien several bales to the acre on ordinar land. We will watch Mir, MosleVs experiment with great interest. -Lit,h River News,
 A gentleman from the north wb was riding over the country her asked farmer how they knew wher to kill hogs in this country. The far mer replied i've hold the hog up bv his ears and if the hind end goes down we know the hog is fat, bat if his nos goes down and the other end up VI feed him more corn. - De Queen Bee
 Our sympathy goes out to the peoph of Osceola, Forty-one business house were destroyed Ly fire heretofon mentioned in "The Gazette" news col umns, entailing loss of Sll4, GOO, onlv partially insured. A little water al the right time would have saved th town, put that has been scarce artf cle at Osceola for some time. -Litta Rock Gazette.
 Mr. J. w. McAllester, owns farr west of town on which is a small ors chard. From sixty-three trees coysr ing fraction more than one acr he sold l6e barrels of apples at sla per barrel which netted him S25aA This is only sample" of what cal be done with good orchard in Ben ton county. Every farmer who ha an orchard of any consequence nS realized more than a hundred dolla per acre for it and this is placing tb figures low -Gravette News.
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The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
The Gazette Publishing Co.,, O

The Gazette Publishing Co.,, of Little Rock, has been sued i'll the supreme courts of New York for $100,000, amount claimed for libel, for having published an item of news sent out to all papers using the associated press dis patches. Referring to the matter editorially, tine Gazette concludes as follows: If Mir. Brewer and his association succeed in get ting judgment they will be far richer than they would have been
 had their enterprise proved to be d success This of course im-
 plies that the Gazette Publishing
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Go. can easily and readily pay the little sum demanded. as of course most newspapers are abundantly able to do. We have no doubt but that either of our Mena con- temporaries could easily draw their check for that amount and never miss it.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Snow Storm In Denver.

Denver, Col, Oct. l5. The first snow storm of the season began here shortly before midnight A heavy fail is re- ported from the mountain towns. overcoats are III general use here to- night
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

"They were under the influence of liquor" is the concluding line of an account where Jim Elkins shot and killed his brother Bob, as the result of a quarrel. Whole volumes of misery and sorrow are expressed in the words quoted above, also volumes of warning telling all young men never to touch strong drink.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

To reach the people of Mena and Polk county, business men should advertise in the STAR, as it goes into the homes of more peo- pie than all the other papers in the county combined.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Delinquent tax payers of Polk county should bear in mind that if their taxes are not paid on or be- fore December 10, 1897, the pen alty suspended by the legislature tll that date, will be added and collected.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Growing orchards, laden with the best of fruits, will soon take the places where trees are being cut to saw into lumber for export and local use.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The Mena mills are all busy getting out lumber to supply the constantly increasing demand.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The fruit industry of this coun- ty is rapidly coming to the front, and ere long we will send as much fruit as cotton to the markets.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Last July John Schlegel, German grocervman. shot and killed Dr. l.. A. Burger, a prominent Kansas City phy- sician. giving as his reason that Berger had made criminal assault on Mrs. Schlegel in his office nine months be- fore. A jury has acquitted the mur- derer on the grounds of insanity.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The first carload of choice Elberta peaches shipped from Georgia to New York sold for $3 per crate for the en- tire carload.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The Star is pleased to note that the experiments made by the pos tai department, Of free delivery in several districts, have proven in every way satisfactory, and that the assistant postmaster-gen- eral recommends the adoption or at least an extension of the sys- tenn. This proposed reform, like that of the postal savings banks, is along the right line, and one that congress should enact laws to put in operation. There is no just reason why those living in small towns and in the country should not have the advantage of a free delivery of letters and pa pers the same as those who live in the larger towns or cities.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
Interesting Items.

From the Farmer and Fruitman.
 The annual poultry product of the United States exceeds the value of the cotton and tobacco crops combined.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

ing been committed by band of gyp- sies. and that the child was daughter of James Nation, of Elwood, Kan, who was kidnapped year ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The Frisco road alone transported 497 cars of strawberries from South Missouri and Northern Arkansas this season.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27
CURRENT EVENTS IN BRIEF.

Joe Patchen, the famous black pacer went mile in s:o2A at Joliet, Ill.,. Ooctober 20 drawing a four-whee led sullxy
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The hogs that die from the cholera should be burned and not buried-and that as soon as they die. It destroys the germs which produce the disease.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Denver. Col, has leased the plant of the Consolidated Gas company of that city, agreeing to pay per cent on the appraised valuation for d term of eight years
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

A tornado and tidal wave is reported as having devastated one of the Philli- pine islands, killing several thousand natives.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

"When fortune smiles on thee, take the advantage."
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

United States Senator Morgan has returned from the Hawaiian islands and says he favors annexation by the United States more strongly than ever, and intimates that it will likely take place within year. He says Hawaii is practically indispensable to this country and that the only opposition is that of few Liluokaini royalists.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

k r. Morris, 60 years old and one of the richest citizens of Howell, Wood ruff county, Mo-, in his capacity as school director, answered young lady's application for the position as teacher in such a manner that she turned the letter over to the authori- ities. Morris was arrested charged with sending obscene matter through the mail and has been sentenced to serve one year and one day in the fed eral prison at Leavenworh, Kan.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Sheriff S. B. Lard, of Riley county, Kan, arrested Ike Warren, jointist, at Leonardville last Thursday and placed deputy in charge ot the pris- oner and stock of liquors. The deputy got drunk. allowed Warren to take his pistol from him, who started to leave, but met Sheriff Lard and shot him to death. A mob started to lynch the murderer but was pursuaded not to do so by County Attorney Irish, and he was lodged in jail.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

An effort is to be made to have con- gress pass a law providing that women marrying old soldiers after the passage of the act shall not be entitled to draw widows pension on the death of the husband.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Charcoal, sulphur, lime. carbolic acid and pure water, and clean pens, are good remedies for hog cholera, but they must be used before the di- sease breaks out.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Seventeen cattle belonging to the herd of the Kansas College of Agricul- ture have been destroyed at Manhat- ten in order to wipe out bovine tuber- culosis, with which they were afflicted. This course was taken by the advice of and in the presence of experts.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

At New Madrid, Mo. George Vest man, aged 30, shot his stepdanghter and then blew his brains out. He had been suspected of intimacy with the young woman. who was about to be- come mother and this is supposed to be the cause of the crime.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Efforts are being made by the friends of Emmet Dalton, the notorious Kan sas outlaw now serving life sentence in the Kansas penitentiary, to secure his release. Dalton is foreman of the prison tailor shop and it has been stated that he has made member of the board of pardons a present of fine suit, and it IS said other mem bers of the board may secure the same fa- vor, indicating chance for small scandal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The statistics of the Chino Beet Su- gar factory of California show that there were 1000 acres of beets grown for that factory last year. This pro- duced a total of Ct. 00U tons of beets and gave an average of e,2s6 pounds of crude sugar per acre, or total of about 5000 tons for the season. From this it is estimated that the net profit of the factory was about s24o, ,oo0 The average return per acre to grow CTS of the beets was S33 75.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Coal miners of Osage county, Kan, are said to be much agitated over the fact that the present administration is mining and selling so much penitenti- ary coal at such low prices as to prac- tically crowd free mined coal out of the market. From figures given out the Osage miners have made less than $5 per month since the Leedy adminis- tration took charge of the states affairs.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Spain has made a reply to President McKinley's letter about the Cuban troubles. The impression in Madrid is that it may cause crisis, and Europe an papers are earnestly discussing the possibilities of war between the Uni ted States and Spain and probable results
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Orchards should be plowed late in the fall. By this means many of the larvae of hurtful insects are destroyed and the ground is put in condition for receiving and storing moisture.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Owing to the prevalence of yellow fever at Montgomery, Ala. and the quarantine against that city by all the other cities of the state, the governor aud state officers have located tempo rarily at Birmingham, where all the state business is transacted.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

An order has been issued denying promotion to railway postal clerks who drink intoxicants, use tobacco in any form or swear and many formerl pleasant faces are now oversh hadowed with grief
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

A. Nelson, of Lebanon, had patch of strawberries this season that yield ed at the rate of IA, ,o4o qurats to the acre. The plants were enriched with manure from the poultry yards and with ashes and mulched begasse.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

Senor DeLome. the Spanish minister at Washington, has been instructed to notify the American government that henceforth fiiibustering expeditions will be regarded as breaches of inter- national law.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The Yukon river in Alaska is frozen hard and all boats are laid up for the winter. No more gold will come from the Klondike until spring. Reports say there are near 6,0O0 people in Daw- son City, at least 1000 of whom will be obliged to flee from impending starvation.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27


 Secretary Gage, of the United States treasury announces plan for curren- cy reform, which will be submitted to congress this winter It favors refud- ing the national debt. the redemption of outstanding paper money and the extension of the national banking system to small towns He says that while he believes in the en- tire withdrawal of the backs from circulation, the plan has been abandoned as politically impracticable.
 The body of the little child found in the Missouri river at Kansas City, was not that of Cecile Lovine as it was sup posed to be at the time the Star was published last week. Cecile Lovine was found to be with an uncle in Kan sas where she had been taken by her father. The murder of the little one is still attracting much attention, and indications now point to the crlme hay
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

An Illinois saloonkeeper is alleged to have sold liquor to a man, which made him drunk, which condition caused him to be killed in runa way The widow sued the saloonkeeper and a jury awarded her $l0, GOO damage.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

The American Agricnlturist says that the potato crop of the country is fully 30 per cent short of the average Tn tonnage and that the quality is very poor. Blight and rot caused by ex- treme weather conditions is given as the reason.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-27

George Young, farmer near Blue Earth City, Minn., shot and killed his wife, two small boys and himself on October 20 All died instantly. Busi- ness and domestic troubles are sup posed to be the cause.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
A LYNUHlNG BEE.
A Mob Breaks into the Jail at YER
sailles, Ind.
FIVE MEN HANGED TO A TREE
The Lynchers Came from Distance on
Horseback--GOv. Mount Directs the
Sheriff OF the County to Bring
the Culprits to Justice.

VERSAILLES, Ind, Sept. f6.-About
zone o'clock this morning large body
of men on horseback entered the town
and called out KEENAN,, the taller. He
refused to give up the keys and was
overpowered and the mob soon pushed
its way into the cell rooms and fred on
Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews, Cliff
ford Gordon, William Jenkins and
Henry Shuler, under arrest for
many recent robberies, and then
dragged them to tree, square from
the jail door and hanged them. An
drews and Gordon had already been
wounded, having been shot several
times while attemptingsto rob store
at Correct last Saturday night. Shuler
was in Jail for attempted burglary and
Levi and Jenkins had just been in
dicted by the grand jury for robbery.
1t is thought that Levi and Shuler
were both dead from the shots fired
by the mob when taken out of the Jail.
The bandages that were upon the
wounded men were found later this
morning along the street, where they
had been torn off as the men were
dragged along. Levi was an old sol
der and bore on his face wounds re-
ceived during the civil war while fight
ing for the union. None of the lynch
ers are known. They all came from a
distance, presumably from the neigh
borhood of Correct, where the two
men were arrested Saturday night.
Gov. Mount sent the following from
indianapolis to the sheriff of Ripley
county:
Wire me at once the particulars of lynching
that has occurred in your county. further
direct that you proceed Immediately With all
the power you can command to bring to justice
all parties guilty of participating in the MUIR
der of the five men alleged to have been
lynched. such lawlessness is intOleraDle and
all the power of the state IL necessary. will be
vigorously employed for the arrest and punish
ment of all parties implicated.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
KANSAS POPULIsTs.
Summary of the Resolutions Adopted at
Their County Conventions.

Summary of the Resolutions Adopted at
Their County Conventions.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. l5.-The Kansas
populists have held their county con-
MENTIONS in nearly every county in the
state, and their ideas regarding the
future legislation necessary for the
people are shown in the following sum
mary of the resolutions adopted
I. The government should rs-establishpostal
savings banks.
?. The state should insure the property and
lives Of its citizens
3. The government should own the railroads
and telegraph lines.
L. The taxes Of the government should be as
seSSed on the millions which tine government
protects, and not on the compa- lively proper
tyless people who protect the government, for
the purpose Of securing from the vast fortunes
some contribution to the maintenance Of the
nation.
5. The law should be placed abol the courts,
and not the courts above the law.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER IS, 1897.
FEW FATAL CASES.
Yellow Fever Plague spreading, bat There
Is an Absence of Mortality.

Is an Absence of Mortality.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 15.-The health
board yesterday announced three cases
of yellow fever. Great alarm was oc-
casioned, and the railroad sold $500
worth of tickets. DR.. Guiteras has
gone to Edwards, Miss, and while he
would not talk as he was leaving, it is
understood that he has found four
more cases here.
Many Cases at New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 10. The health
boards books show that of 2G cases re-
ported as suspicious, in 10 the fever
was harmless, that 8 were yellow
fever and 4 not officially reported on.
Several new cases were reported from
Ocean Springs yesterday, and it was
also reported that Is of the cases at BIZ
loXi were certainly the dreaded plague.
The absence of mortality is having a
tendency to strengthen public conf
dence in the methods applied in the
treatment of the cases and unless the
disease should suddenly assume ma
lignant form many people who had
intended to leave town will probably
remain.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 15.-The execu-
tive committee Of the populist state
central committee held a conference
here last night with the state officers
and number of prominent members
of the party, among whom were Con-
gresham Ridgely and Vincent. The
committee did not issue the proposed
manifesto on the federal courts, it be-
ing deemed best to leave the matter of
making platforms to the regularly
constituted convention.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
RETURNED HOWE TO DIE.


James \. Parsons, In uPauce Company
Wrecker aud long Exile, Passes Away.
WILLmATlC, Conn, Sept. 15.-James
S. Parsons, eX-president of tine Con-
tinental Life Insurance Co., of Hart
ford, died at his home in Windham
Center Monday night, though it was
not learned outside the immediate
family until yesterday. His death re-
suited from cancer of the stomach.
After he wrecked the insurance COM
pany about ten years ago, ne fled to
Canada and had been an exile until
month ago, when he returned to his
old home.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
knights and Ladies OF Honor.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 15-The su.
preme lodge of the Knights and La
dies of Honor, a national mutual bene'
fit and protective organization, with
a membership of 10 900, opened its 18th
annual meeting here yesterday with
about 100 delegates present, a large
number of them ladies. C. w. Harvey,
supreme secretary, says the hard times
of the last two years have retarded
the work of the order. During the
past two years over 1000 of its mem
bers have died, which necessitated the
collection or disbursement in round
numbers of 81, $50, 900.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
FabuIous Ind at CrIpple Creek.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Sept. 10
Col. II. S. Ervay has just brought from
Cripple Creek piece of ore weighing
over 100 pounds, which is literally
alive with free gold, and which will
carry values aggregating fully 500, 900
to the ton. The ore was taken from a
new find and is in many respects the
most sensational ever made in Cripple
Creek. The rich rock was uncovered
at depth of only six feet.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
DIG cRowp AT sEpALIA.
Twenty-Five thousand People Hear WI
Ian, j. Bryan Sneak,

Twenty-Five Thousand People Hear VIII
liam J. Bryan Speak,
SEDALIA, Mo-, Sept. l5,-The streets
of Sedalia were crowded to-day with
people, vehicles OF every imaginable
sort and bands of music that marched
and countermarched, stood in the mud
at street corners and filled the damp
air with the blare of brass and the
roll of drums. 1t was estimated that
$4,000 people were here to hear William
J. Bryan make political speech at the
fair grounds. Men who live here say
it was the biggest crowd that ever
gathered here for any purpose.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16

LEAyENwORTH, Kan. Sept. -. The
dead body of John Emory, an aged
eolored preacher, was found hanging
in the South Leavenworth colored
school, of which he was jdnitor. Con-
siderable trouble had been made over
the disappearance of child of Emory's
step-daughter, he being accused of put
ting it out of the way. Emory had
been arrested and was to have APP
peared in court for trial to-day.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept DE 9. Flana.
gan, who was recently tried for the
murder of three women, and whose at.
torneys secured a mistrial on the
ground of insanity, escaped last night
from his cell. but after posses had
been organized and 500 rewards had
been offered, was found hidden in an
unused cell in the Jail.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
The Kansas Central Reorganl1ed.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 15.-The Leay-
enworth, Kansas & Western Railway
Co., of Leavenworth, capital stock
81, 200, OOO has fled articles of incorpo-
ration with the secretary of state. 1t
is a reorganization of the old Kansas
Central road, which was purchased at
forced sale recently. The directors
represent Union Pacific interests.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
A FAITHFUL DOG.
Brave Newfoundland Gives His Life for a
Little Girl Playmate.

H11VVHN
CANEY, Kan, Sept 15.-The FIVE
year-old daughter OF Samuel Dodge, a
ranchman who lives II miles south
west in the Usage country, tried to
follow her father away from the ranch
and was lost. Mrs, Dodge gave the
alarm and the neighbors turned out in
force The next day the little girl
was found asleep ~ miles away, while
Newfoundland dog, which had long
been her playmate, stood guard and
beside her lay two wolves which the
dog mad killed, receiving such wounds
that he died that night. Dodge has
ordered a marble monument for the
faithful animals grave.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept 15.-Dan
Hurley and Morris Hurley, two of four
brothers who live at el17 Campbell
street, were arrested late yesterday
afternoon and are now locked up in
the central police station, suspected
of being the men who shot and killed
Policeman John E. jacobson on the
night of August &c at Nineteenth and