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.
 Denver, Col, has leased the plant of the Consolidated Gas company of that city, agreeing to pay per cent on the appraised valuation for term of eight years
 An effort is to be made to have COZ gress pass law providing that women marrying old soldiers after the passage of the act shall not be entitled to draw a widows pension on the death of the husband.
 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 allowed with grief.
 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.
 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.
 An Illinois saloonkeeper is alleged to have sold liquor to 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 $lO, 900 damage.
 Much anxiety is felt in London over the determined resistance of the revolters in India and the heavy losses of the British forces. Efforts are being made to secure more troops to assist in putting down the rebellion.
 The American Agriculturist 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.
 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 and state officers have located tempo rarily at Birmingham, where all the state business is transacted.
 At New Madrid, Mo. George Vest man, aged 50, shot his stepdaughter 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.
 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.
 Spain has made 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 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 6,000 people in Daw- son City, at least 1000 of whom will be obliged to flee from impending starvation.
 Secretary Gage, of the United States treasury announces a plan for curren- cy reform, which will be submitted to congress this winter If favors rafud. ing the national debt, the redemption of outstanding paper money and