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The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
SEVERE WEATHER PREvAIIs.

AAaih ana Snowstorms Cripple Railroad and
 Ieiegraph Service in Several States.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Heavy rains. fol- lowed by a cold wave and sleet and snow throughout the west and north west, have crippled railroads and tele- graph companies and caused great sunerng- Continuous rain for three days in this vicinity caused flood which has rarely been experienced in ohicago and Cook county. In the center of the city, where the drainage facilities werein better shape. not much inconvenience was felt, but in the outer districts the streets looked more like ponds than thoroughfares, ana many basements were Hooded. Out side 'of the city many roads were in an impossible condition, and the fields were covered with water. The Des- pla1nes river, the Illinois and Michigan canal and the drainage canal became torrents, and in a number of places the former flooded the surrounding coun- txy.
 un northern Michigan the rain wass also severe. Near Menominee it rained sSr AS hours. Logging was suspended and hundreds of menscame ont of the woods Ice gorges at Fisher and other points on the Menominee river threat an serious consequences to Memo ninee and Marinette. In Min nesota blizzard ragged all day Westerday with alternating rain and I'slcet and with falling temperature. North hand South Dakota and Nebraska suffered from severe snowstorm, which prevailed all yesterday The snow drifted, and railroad blockades were reported to-day.
 In Missouri the heavy rain which fell Saturday and Sunday was stopped by cold wave Sunday evening. The rain caused the rivers on both sides of the Mississippi to rise above the dan ger mark. At Richland, Mo, the Gas conade went all over the low bottoms and hundreds of acres of wheat and corn in the shock were washed away and other damage done. The Osage river was also at food height and there were grave fears at Jefferson City and other points.
 At Lincoln, Kan, snow began fall ing Saturday morning and by noon that day had developed into blizzard which ragged up till nine o'clock this morning. The storm extends to the west line of the state. Cattle are suf- fering severely and the feeders fear heavy losses.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
KANSAS LEGISLATION.

It Is Proposed to Require Insurance Com
 panies to Inv est in State securities.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 5.-The commit tee appointed by Grand Master Work man Wallace, of the A 0. U. w. of Kansas, to prepare a bill for passage by the legislature that will protect the fraternity benefit society against con cerns that come into the state under the provisions of the present insurance law, will make some very important recommendations. An investigation of the records in the Kansas insur- ance department shows that the old line life insurance companies doing business in this state made clear and took out of the state the past year over $1, TOO. GOO. This is profit over and above death losses. The commit tee recommends that law be enacted requiring all life insurance companies to invest 65 per cent of premiums col lected in the state in Kansas securi- ties, and that they be deposited with the state treasurer, so that upon a death, if the loss is not speedily ad- justed, the beneficiary may go to the state treasurer and have his claim satisfied. Fire insurance companies are to be put under the same regula- tiOuR
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
----------------------- ---------'------------------ WAR ON NEGROES.
Many of Them Whipped and Ordered to
 Leave Oklahoina Territory.

V
 Leave Oklahona Territory.
 PERRY, Ok. Jan. 5.-The home of Sam Jenkins, in Lincoln county, was visited a few nights ago by several masked men, and he and his family were or dered to leave the country at once or severe punishment would be neted out to them. For several nights the homes of several darkies have been visited, and the same instructions given Jen- kins were given. One obstinate man near Keokuk Falls was severely whipped. This whipping of colored men has been going on in the south eastern part of Oklahoma for several months, and hundreds of negroes have been ordered to leave the territory, and given to understand if they did not go severe punishment would be their lot. Many colored men have been whipped because they refused to go, some nigh unto death. During the season for gathering cotton last fall these masked men made visits nearly every night to the home of some colored man, and he and possibly several members of his family were whipped if they refused to obey orders of the band. It is the ob- ject of these gangs so it is alleged, to run the negroes out of the country so that they will not be rivals on the farm and in the workshops in Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties, where most of these outrages are going on. Cotton is the principal product, and negroes are experts in cotton fields, and get the best of white labor. The towns of Tecumseh and Norman, containing 2,0o0 inhabitants each, have not col ored inhabitant All of them have been run out by secret hands.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Francis Reverses Hoke smith.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.--A special from Perry, Ok, says: News received here from Washington is that Secretary Francis has reversed ex-Secretasv Smiths decision relative to claim-hold- CTS who made runs for the Indian res- ervation in the Cherokee strip in Sep tember, 1893. The report has caused considerable excitement. and hundreds of contests before the land office will result Several thousand persons are affected. Smith held that persons who obtained claims by running from Creek, Otoe, Osage and Ponca Indian country were disqualified, and Secre- tary Francis decides that they are qualified.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
FATALITIES IN THE RING.
Vne Pugilist Dead and Another Dying Through the Blows They Received.

Vne Pugilist Dead and Another Dying
 Through the Blows They Received.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 5-James Duffy, the young pugilist from Boston, who collapsed after fighting ten rounds with ueorge Justice, in the Broadway Ath- letic club on Saturday night, died at @l5 o'clock this morning. He lay un- conscious all yesterday in St. Vim cents hospital suffering from cere- oral hemorrhage, blood vessel in his brain being ruptured by the concus- slon of blows on his head.
 Another brutal prize fight in which ohe of the contestants was fatally in !ured is reported from Carthage Land ing, near Fishkill Landing, where Will nam Catslsill. colored, and Daniel Elan sgan, white, fought fierce battle on saturday night In the ninth round 'ianagan was knocked senseless and '. ne IS reported to be dying. Both men hve In Fishlxill. There has been en- Aiity between the white and colored sporting factions of the town for some ., rine and several fights have occurred. No arrests have yet been made.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
A HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN.

Maj. Mckinley Will Press Button at Cam
 ton, O., and Start 160 Cars at Silver
 Springs, N. Y
 CANTON, O., Jan. B. 5-President-elect Mckinley Wednesday will press but ton in this city which will start one of the heavest freight trains ever moved from the yards of the Erie railway in Silver Springs, N. Y, on it's way to Jersey City. A special electric device, manufactured for the ocasion, will, upon receiving the electric impulse sent over a special wire from Maj. Me- Kinley's home in Canton, open the throttle of the heaviest locomotive owned by the Erie Railway Co.,, and when that occurs train of 160 freight cars loaded with salt, will be started for Jersey City. en route to Boston.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Kansas PouItrv ExhIbit.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 5.-The Poultry and Pet Stock association of Kansas began its annual exhibition here to. day. There are large number of ex- hibitors and others interested in the industry here, and much interest is be- ing manifested During the year the monthly shipment of eggs from Kansas averaged Si26,00o each month. The average monthly sale of dressed poultry, not including home consump- tion, was s120,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
SLID INTO THE RIVER.
Railroad Track Near St. Louis Gives Way
 with Fatal Results.


 ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-Three trainmen were instantly killed and IA cars of freight hurled into the Missouri river in wreck that took place on the Mis- souri Pacific railroad line at New Haven, station 64 miles west of this city, at two o'clock yesterday morn ing. The cause of the wreck, as nearly as can be learned from the officials, was a landslide, caused by the heavy rain. The track had been cut by the running water and was left without support. It gave way under the train and roadbed, track and train went into the river. The tracks at that point lie along the river bank, and the water that had gathered on the bluff above ran down on the track. The bodies of Engineer Homer Evans, Fire man Henry Hookup and Brakeman J. E. Mcqueen, all of whom were from this city, were all recovered during the afternoon. The other trainmen es- caped with slight injuries.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
At the Close of the Year It Was S1,221,- 24o,961, Not Including Outstanding Notes and Certificates.

At the Close of the Year It Was SI,221,-
 249,961. Not Including Outstanding Notes
 and Certificates.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The monthly treasury statement of the public debt issued shows the debt on December 31, less cash in the treasury, to have been S992, 929, 5s2, decrease for the month of $2, ,839, 577 The decrease is account ed for by an increase of S2,963 2s1 in the amount of cash in the treasury. The increase in the cash was the result of the recent sale of first mortgage Pa ciic railroad bonds belonging to the Central Pacific sinking fund. The debt is recapitulated as follows: In terest-bearing debt, Ss47, 3G4, ,690; debt on which interest has ceased since ma turity, $1, 3s3, orc; debt bearing no in- terest, $372, 502, POI. Total, S1 1,221, 249,- sGl. This amount, however. does not include S5so, s09, 573 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
MISSOURI FINANCES.
Report of State Treasurer stephens Flakes
 Gratifying showing.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 5.--State Treasurer Stephens has filed his state ment of the transactions of the treas ury department for the month ended December 31, showing balance in funds in the treasury December 1, S537, 622 52; receipts, $591, ,os9. GA; total, $1, 12s, 705. IS; disbursements, $55l, ,242. 13; total, $577,- 463 05. Ninety-seven thousand dollars in bonds were paid during the month. During the last two years S919,0 1000 in six per cent. bonds have been redeemed by the state, and $s6, 900 in 3H bonds paid, which leaves the state bonded debt at present just S5.00O,000, which bears interest at the rate of 315 per cent, and all of the outstanding bonds are subject to call at the option of the state.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
CUBAN HORRORS.
Mir. Money Investigating the Spanish
 Murders in Guanabacoa.
REPORT OF A BIG BATTLE.
Three Thousand Insurgents in the Philip pine Islands Killed by the spaniards- Cuban Insurgent Leaders Want to
 surrender-Agreed to Mediate.

NEW YORK; Jan. 5.-A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Havana says Senator-elect II. D. Money, now member of the committee on foreign affairs, and Fitzhugh Lee. Jr.. visited Guanabacoa and viewed the general havoc wrought by the insurgents at that place. The scnator-elect's visit was for the purpose of learning all he could of the grewsome details of the murders committed by the Spanish authorities of Guanabacoa since Christi mas. What he learned will be doubtless listened to with interest when his com mittee next meets Mir. Money when seen at the Hotel Ingleterra, in this city, on his return from Guanabacoa refused to talk for publication. He de- clared that his visit was entirely un- official. He said the Spanish guard at Guanabacoa refused to allow him to visit the spot where the bodies of the Cubans murdered at that place were said to have been thrown. There could not be any moral doubt, he de- clared, that the men were taken out in the night and mur- dered with machetes Mr. Money said he would try and accomplish as much as possible during his short stay. The senator-elect was of the opinion that there was no precedent where legislative body has recognized either the belligerent rights or the independ- ence of any country. He was also of the opinion that the house and senate have gone to work in the wrong way in passin a concurren resolution that the independence of Cuba should be recognized. He thought that the end could be best reached by the passage of an act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States and Cuba, which might. if vetoed by the president, be carried, notwithstanding his veto. He also thinks that the strongest reason for President Cleveland to interfere to stop the war here is the very position he has so distinctly taken that no one else would be permitted to interfere. Reports of a Battle.
 | MADRID, Jan. 5.-A special dispatch to Premier Canovas del Castillo states that a great battle has been fought in the Philippine islands. nt Balucan, in which 5000 of the insurgents were killed. Geu. Ensebro, leader of the insurgents, is said to have been killed in the conflict. Of the Spaniards 25 were killed and 6S wounded. It is also reported that seven cannon were captured from the insurgents
 Insurgsnt Leaders Want to Surrender. MADRID, Jan. 5.-A dispatch from Havana says it is sexpected that Maxine Gomez and other insurgent leaders will soon make overtures to the Spanish military authorities in Cuba with view of securing favorable terms Of surrender.
 Agreed to Mediate.
 BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The Tageblatt as- serts that France and Russia have agreed to intervene at Washington in the breach between the United States
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Arrested for Train wrecking

GARNET, Kan. Jan. 5.-J. D. Spauld- ing, formerly Santa Fe agent at Rich mond, Franklin county, is in jail here charged with train wrecking. A few weeks ago he was discharged from the company's service. and to get rein stated, it is said, he placed a tie on he track few miles north of this city and then tried to remove it before the train reached 1t He failed in his attempt and the engine was ditched.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
MYSTERY CLEARING UP.
All of the Men Connected with the Blue
 Cut Robbery Now Known.

Cut Robbery Now Known. KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 5.-A man who has confessed that he was one of the Chicago & Alton train robbers was arrested last night east of Independ- ence. The officers refuse to give the name or make public the substance of the confession, as it duplicates two other men who have not been captured and &ho might flee if they knew of the mans arrest. Another reason for keeping the matter secret is that the man told where jewelry and other val uable things stolen were hidden, and the officers are afraid some of the mans confederates might dig it up be- fore they get to it. It is said unoffi- cially that the name of the alleged robber is Flynn and that he lives on farm about three miles east of Inde- pendence His confession tells in minute detail how the two hold-ups of Chicago & Alton trains at Blue cut were planned with John Kennedy as the arch plotter. It tells how the money was divided and where the iewelry was buried near Cracker 
 Neck. The confession gives the names of all the men in each of the hold ups, Kennedy, now in jail, and the two others, whose names are suppressed in the hope that they will be arrested. Flynn is in a cell in the Independence iail and closely guarded. J. A. Frier, the express messenger who was on the train the second time it was held up and robbed, went to the jail yesterday and identified Kennedy as the man who rifed the safe on the express car.
 Officers went out this morning and discovered in an unbroken and almost uncleared field and not a mile distant from the spot of the robberies all the bandits weapons and considerable ot the plunder taken. Of the $2, 300 in cash stolen ill the last robbery only S@5 in gold was found at the point indi- cated in Flynn's confession. but still the officers were richly rewarded for their search.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06

suited in the death of one and the light of the other. Isaac Johnson aged 2S, and his brother, James. aged l7, came to blows as to which should take young woman of the neighbor- hood to party. The older gave the younger terrific blow under the jaw which sent him to the ground. In fall ing, the victim broke his neck.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
PoPULIsTs GATHER EARLY.
Kansas Legislators and Various Candidates
 Meet to Work for Places.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 5. Notwith- standing the storm and late trains, the hotels are crowded with populist poli- ticians here to take a hand in the spealxership and senatorial contests, and some of them to pull strings for legislative clerkships In the crowd are 20 or 30 senators and representa- tiyes, among them Senators w. A. Har- ris, Dan Hart, w. H. Ryan, Titus and
 Field and Representatives Hackney Ia nephew of the famous Bill Hackney, Foley, Dingus, Ernst and Marks and dozen or more others more or less known to fame. Three candidates for the United States senatorships have opened headauarters-W. A. Harris in
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06

the National; Judge A. W. Dennison, in the Veale block. and John w. Breid- enthal in his office in the state house.
 In his canvass, Judge Dennison will be assisted by Mrs. Dennison. who has come to stay until the end of the con-
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Houses Blown Down at Benton, Ark.
their search

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 5-A de- structive windstorm occ urred at Ben ton, 25 miles south of here Saturday afternoon, and from all accounts ex- tended a considerable distance south. Many dwellings were swept away and ;tis believed that loss of life resulted. A private telegram from Benton reports ao houses blown down, but does not say whether any lives were lost. Cam eron was also struck by the storm and one man killed.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
A Mine Exnlosion.

HARTsHoRNE, I. T., Jan. 5.--A mine explosion occurred near here to-day, five dead have been taken out and Is or 20 are still in the mine. The work of rescue is going on.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
 MURDERED HIS BROTHER

'a' Result of a Quarrel as to Who Should Escort Young Woman.
 JASPER, Ga, Jan. 5.-A quarrel be- 'ween brothers in Cherokee county re-
The Mena weekly star., 1897-01-06
Agreed to Mediate.

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The Tageblatt as- serts that France and Russia have agreed to intervene at Washington in the breach between the United States and Spain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-25
NEWS NOTES.

The tannery at Watsontowu, Pa,
one of the largest in the state, was
burned to the ground the other night
Loss, Sl50,000.
Miss Mary Jugam, living near Sedge-
wick, Kan, was thrown from o wagon
in runaway and so injured about the
head that she Is maniac.
Two officers of the 0. M. B. lodge at
Lawrence, KAN, were convicted Of
violating the prohibition law by SELL
ing liquor in the lodge room.
Harry Cox, ex-treasurer of Buchanan
county, Mo-, attempted suicide by
jumping into the river at st. Joseph,
but was rescued and restrained
Rev. Anna Shaw, the well-known
equal suffragist, told convention Of
her sisters in Chicago that the height
Of her ambition was to be a policeman.
Attorney Van Martin, a former
prominent lawyer and politician, un-
der arrest at saltwater, Ok, for EN-.
bezzlement and forgery, committed
suicide in Jail.
s. L. Maxwell, agent Of the Wells
Fargo Express company at Wichita,
Kan, was arrested at the instance Of
the state game warden for alleged
illegal shipments Of game.
Clarence Warstler, q school-teacher
Of New Pittsburg, Ind, is charged
with unjointing a boys neck while ad-
ministering punishment Attending
physicians declare the youth cannot
live.
Georgia's ironclad anti-cigarette law
is enforced by the courts Seven to-
bacconists were fined for selling cigar.
cites to minors Friday. The law is so
framed that even parent who gives q
cigarette to boy may be indicted.
Representatives OF the five civilized
tribes Of Indians who oppose the rati
fcation Of the Dawes treaty have re-
turned from an inspection Of 100000
acres Of land in the state Of Tamauli.
pas, Mex. These representatives will
meet with their respective tribes at
Atoka, !. T., and make . report Of
their investigations
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-25
SURPRISING INDICTMENTS.

Bates County (Mo.) Druggists Held for
Whisky sales and Leading Men for Per-
jury.
Rich HILL, NO., Nov. 2a-The Bates
county grand jury, which has just ad-
journed, Unexpectedly indicted New
ton Martin, James Yonge and l. c
Biggs, druggists Of Hume; Frank Lee,
William Cox, John Elkins, W. J. and
w. A. Landsdown and John Saulspan,
druggists Of Adrian, and D. B. Hickey,
a Rich Hill druggist, for illegal sales OF
whisky upon one to a dozen counts
each. Frank B. Hamilton, recently
republican candidate for congress, ].
M. Cox, the new postmaster at Adrian.
and J. d. Simpson, well-known
tradesman of that town, were indicted
for perjury in connection with their
testimony before the grand jury in the
liquor cases
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-25
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STOLE A GAMBLERS MONEY.
Strange Fate That Overlook Two Men at
COfeyville, Kan.

Strange Fate That Overlook Two Men at
Coffeyville, Kan.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Nov. s9.-Dur-
ing big celebration near here in the
Indian territory, William Sanford, a
gambler, had roll Of bills amounting
to 81, 900 stolen out of his trunk. He
suspected girl named Sadie Harris
and followed her to Cotfeyville When
he arrived there he hired two Of his
bosom friends, George Mills and
George Butler, to watch the girl.
After several days they saw her hide
the money, which they at once secured,
but instead Of returning 1t to the owner
they pocketed 1t themselves and
skipped out They were located at
South McAlester, in the territory, and
were arrested there. Part OF the mon
ey was recovered. Both Mills and But
ler are charged with grand larceny
and, strange as 1t may seem, Sadie
Harris, the girl who originally stole
tho money, is the principal witness
against them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-25
METHODIST CONGRESS.
Meeting at Pittsburgh Called to Consider
Momentous Questions Of Religion.

Meeting at Pittsburgh Called to Consider
Momentous Questions Of Religion.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov .2.-Pitts-
burgh has, perhaps, never been the
scene Of more notable religious
gathering than the Methodist EpiscO-
pal church congress which began q
six days session at Christ church yes
terday. In conception, purpose and
treatment, 1t is unique in ecclesiastical
annals, and marks an epoch in re.
ligious history. The call for the con-
gress, which was signed by Bishop
Vincent, Ninde and Fitzgerald and
many prominent Methodist educators
says:
The congress does not propose to invite or fa-
vor destructive criticism Of existing institu-
tlons. but simply to bring out from persons rep
resenting different phases OF intellectual &C.
tivity frank expression as TO whether the
church can meet any more fully than II does the
demands OF our times. and. II so wherein It's &C.
tivlties may be modified or directed to advan-
uaBc Ihe conBrcss Will hot concerh itsoii WIN
questions Of church policy, but with issues
bearing upon the relation OF the church to the
thought and life Of the people as affected by
current scientific and literary teachings The
congress will ain to secure On adequate pre-
sentation OF the tendencies Of current scientific
and literary teaching, and also suggestions as
10 the best service TO be rendered by the chuA,h
In interpretInR those tendencies for the spirit
usl and intellectual advantage OF It's followers