The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-03
A GORGEOUS BELT.
4 Bill for Nevada to Present Trophy
 to the Winning Pugilist.
THE WICHITA GOLD FIELDS.
The Mountains in the Kiowa and Comanche Indian Country Filling Up with Gold Hunters s-Ex-Slayes Being Swim
 died About Pensions.

CARSON, New, March 2.-It is report ed on good authority that Assembly, man Timothy Dempsey. who was one of the most ardent supporters of the boxing bill is going to introduce q bill in the state legislature now in session within the next few days asking for an appropriation of S3,009 for the purpose of having made a gorgeous belt cE silver with diamond studuing to be pre- sented to either Corbett or Fitzsimmons, whichever chances to be winner of the great battle The bill is being drawn up at the present time and it provides that the secretary of stsato shall deliver the belt on the 18th of March along with certificate and affidavit notify ing the world of the significance or the trophy. 1t is intended to have on the belt reproduction of the official seal of Nevada, and fac-simile of Gov. Sad ler's signature to and approval of the measure. 1t is said the governor has already given his consent to sign the bill if it passes.
 There is runor in the air that the Nevada legislature will have ten days session with the idea of indulging in legislation, which, if carried out, will make Nevada a sporting paradise. The idea is to make the state a general rendezvous of wealthy sporting men, where they can have ali kinds of gambling, horse racing, prize fighting, wrestling and other anusements which makes life agreeable to men who like that sort of things. Men who protested against the prize fight now admit that it has brought a large amount of money into the state and an orderly class of people instead of crowd of tonghs that was feared by the opponents of the measure.
 The Wichita Gold Fields.
 PERRY. Ok, March 2.-An old Cali fornia miner, just from the Wichita mountains, in the Kiowa and Co- manche Indian country. brings news of daily conflicts between the police and gold hunters i'll these mountains. The gold and silver excitement runs high, and daily the gret.t crowd of prospectors is augmented by expert gold hunters. If the excitement con- tinues it will equal that of California in 1S49. Many old California gold hun terS are Tn the caves or the VI lcHlld mountains. on the line of the Apache and Comanche reservations. The gold region is said to be 25 to 90 miles in ex- tent, and is rich in both gold and sil- yer The prospective opening of all these reservations tends to increase in- terest at this time. There are ,000 ex- pert miners in these mountains. Ten days ago the Indian police drove out io men at one time.
 swsndiin= cx-Sl,vcs.
 MONTGOMERY. Ala. March 2.-Un- SGT louss persons gre feIuai'ig the ignorant ex-siaycs in so;aa purts ol the south with the notion tiiat thsy arc soon to be pensioaed for lie by the general govcrn9cu.. If is stated that the originators of ihe movement are circulating among the negroes and en- rolling the ex-siaves for a small fee each. These alleged attorneys have robbed the negroes about Alabama of considerable money. it Is said, and are now commencing their operations around Montgomery.>