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The Mena star., 1899-02-01
GARLAND STRICKEN.
Ex-President Cleveland's Attorney
 General Dies of Apoplexy.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
A Member of the First Congress of the Com federate States. tiovernor of Arkan- sss, United States senator and
 Member of . Cabinet.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Former United States Attorney General Augustus H. Garland was stricken with apoplexy while addressing the United States supreme court yesterday afternoon and died within ten minutes. The oc- currence came with startling and tragic unexpectedness, changing the usual calm and dignity of the court into temporary confusion. while the dying man was carried from the cham Der ina futile effort to alleviate his condition. When the court convened at noon Mir. Garland resumed an argu- ment which had begun Wednesday. Mir. Garland spoke calmly and with no evidence of agitation or effort He had read from law volume and had followed with the sentence: This, your honors, is our contention" As the last word was uttered Mir. Gar land was seen to raise his hand and then gasp He tottered and fell sideways, striking against a chair and overturning if as he fell heavily to the floor. A succession of loud, deep gasps came from him as he lay on the floor His associate in the case. Mir. Franklin MacKey, was at once by his side and. with other coun- sel and officials, the head of the dying man was raised, his shoes removed and draught of water given him. He was carried from the chamber across to the room of Chief Clerk McKenney and there placed on a sofa Senator Gallinger. who is a physician, was near at hand. A single glance told him that the attack would be fatal. Within ten minutes from the time of the stroke MT. Garland breathed his last He had been in poor health for several years and some months ago was in the hospital for some weeks.
 After the death of the former at torney general became known the su- preme court adjourned fer the day.
 Augustus IF Garland was born in Tipton county, Tenn. June II 1882. and took up the practice of law at Washington, Ark. when he was 2f Four years before the civil war he moved to Little Rock He was elected a mem- Der of the house of representatives of the first congress of confederate states and later served as senator. In 1874 he was elected governor of Arkansas In 1876 he was elected to the United States senate and at the end of his term was reelected. At the beginning of President Cleveland's first administration Senator Gar land was appointed attorney general of the United States and at the close of the adminis- tration he again took up the practice of law. Mir Garland was offered and declined su- preme court justiceship Three sons survive him
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
THE MONTANA SCANDAL.
Clark, Senatorial Aspirant, yindicated of Doodle Charges and Senator whiteside,
 Who Made the Charges Repudiated.

Helena, Mont, Jan. Sensations came thick and fast yesterday in the Montana legislature. Before the mem- bers met in joint session to vote for United States senator the grand jury reported that it had no evidence on which to return any indictments. For two weeks the grand jury has been in- vestigating the charge of bribery made by State Senator Whiteside when he dramatically turned over to d joint committee three $l, 900 bills, swear ing to high heaven that they had been given him and three others by agents of W. A. Clark to influence their votes in his favor for the federal senate. One of Whiteside's alleged copartners in the vote selling business repudiated him hotly and discredited him before the grand jury. Other contradictory and refutatory evidence was given and the grand jury's report was a complete vindication of Mir. Clark. At the ses- sion of the senate yesterday by a vote of 14 to 9 Whiteside was unseated on contest for his office and republic opponent given the seat Nine demo- crats and five republicans voted to un- seat him. All those who voted Eor Whiteside were democrats
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
VIII Take a Trip to Cubu.

Washington. Jan. 27.--Secretary oi War Alger, at the instance of the president, has extended an invitation to the members of the house and sen. ate committees on military affairs tc go with him on d tour of Cuba and Porto Rico. The party is to start from Washington March and will spend about three weeks in the two islands. The president. it is said is very anxious for the two committees to glean more information about the military government of the two is. lands than can be obtained from offi cial reports and hearsay evidence.
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ENTIRE FAMILY DROWNED.
Tried to Cross Lake Erie to Canada in a Boat and Every Member Finds .
 Watery Grave.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-The Tribune's To- ledo, O., special says: The loss of an entire family in Lake Erie is reported here. On one of the islands in the Bass group lived family named Rob son. The family consisted of the father, mother, a daughter of 20. son of five and hired man, Henry M. Mar tel The little boy died and his parents determined to take the body back to Canada, whence they came. A clinker boat was used, the entire family start ing on the perilous journey. The bat tered clinker boat has been found, and the body of a woman reported found recently near Port Burrell, on the Ca nadian shore, is presumed to have been Mrs. Robson. The other bodies have not been found.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01

Eagan, according to the verdict, 10 guilty, on account of his vile language before the war Investigating commis- sion, of conduct un bee oming an officer and a gentleman and conduct preju- dicial to good order and military dis 'cipline.
 Notwithstanding the nature of the courts conclusions the president can exercise clemency if he so desires. and Gen. Eagan's friends will urge that his punishment be confined to reliev- ing him from the duties of commissary general of subsistence. and to a detail to garrison duty, instead of putting upon him the disgrace of dismissal from the military service.
 Oncers say Beef Was Had.
 Washington, Jan. 27.-Reports of 63 officers, representing more than a dozen regiments, scores of companies and thousands of soldiers, were laid before the special Investigating com mission, furnishing overwhelming proof that the men in the army were made victims of an outrageous beef scandal. Corned beef escapes without great censure, but canned roast beef and the so-called fresh beef with which the soldiers were served is de. nounced without exception. Accord ing to the evidence placed in the hands of the commission the beef was unfit for use. It was tasteless and nauseating; all of it was stringy and devoid of nourishment; none of the soldiers would eat it except from ex- treme necessity, and many of those who did were made i'll thereby. Great quantities of the beef were thrown away and Mai J. M. Lee. who served as a sanitary inspector in the camp at Montauk point, recommended that large lots be removed 'as a sanitary measure.o
 Statistics About Farm Animals.
 Washington, Jan. 2S.-The depart ment of agriculture reports the number of live stock on farms in the United States on January 1, 1899, as follows: 13.665, BOT horses; 2.134.21S mules; 15,- 990, 115 milch cows; 27,994. .225 oxen and other cattle; 39, IA, 453 sheep and 3S,- 651, ,631 swine. These figures show de- crease of 295. GOA in number of horses, 59, O69 in that of mules. l,35S, 972 in that of oxen and other cattle and 1, 10S 362 in that of swine. On the other hand there is an increase of l49, 229 milch cows and 1.457, ,493 sheep. The aver age farm value of every description of live stock is higher than on January 1, 1S9S
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
MAY HAVE TO USE FORCE.
Indications Are That Filipinos VIII Not Re- lease Spanish Prisoners at Manila
 Until Compelled to Do So.

Washington, Jan. P. Through the French embassy here Spain has again urged the United States to procure the release of Spanish prisoners held by the Philippine insurgents. Informa- ton officially received by the Madrid government from the Philippines show that the lives of Spanish women and children, as well as men, are in danger and that the prisoners are not receiy. ing proper treatment Secretary Hay replied that Gen. Otis had been in
 structed to give immediate attention to the matter, but this government h as made no promises to obtain the re.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
MOTHER AND TWO BABES DEAD
Snow slide Carries Away the Home of w. H- Rudolph, at Apex, Col. and with It
 His Wife and Children.

Denver Col. Jan. 30. "A specia, from Apex. Col, says: A snowslidc occurred here at nine a. m. yesterday in which three lives were lost They are Mrs w. H. Rudolph and her two children, aged two and three. The Rudolph home was situated on the side of a steep hill and directly in the path of the slide. Snow has been fall ing almost continuously during the past week and has reached depth of 15 feet on the fountain sides. Mir. w. H. Rudolph, who with his family was in their home when the slide started, succeeded in escaping out of danger, but his wife and three chil- dren were swept away in the avalanche of snow. A searching party succeeded in rescuing the six-year-old son alive
 The other three nave not been ssLs.-
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
TO IMPROVE HAVANA.
Ten to Twenty Million Dollars Re
 quired to Clean the City.
Municipal Debt ot the City Now Over SIS. 100000, Wicb Is Not CoDsidcre Ex- cessive-Porto Ricans Want a
 Civil Govern m eaE

Havana. Jan. 30 Maj. Gen. Ludlow has on his table several projects for underground sewerage, street paving and up-to-date school system. and inn provements of lesser importance. He has had pressed on his attention a se- ries of suggestions on how to create sn ideal city The only obs. scls is money. A million is nothing. Some thing between SIC, GOO, 900 and S2O, O00,- 900 is wanted and Gen. Ludlow is turn ing over in his mind the best way of asking Washington, through Mai. Gen. Brooke, for leave to bond the city, so that the next generation. as we'll as this one, may have an opportunity to pay fer the renaissance Ernest Lee Conant chairman of the financial in- quiry commission, deputed by Gen. Ludlow to go into the finances of the city, has prepared a memorandum on the subject From among an orderly arrangement of many dry facts the following paragraphs are extracted:
 The debt of the city Of Havana, October si. 1893. according to a statement signed by the alcalde and comptroller was as follows: Loan of April 22. 1885, b0-year six per cent bonds
 
 Cuba), >o72i.00 Loan of October i9 1892 S0- year six per cent tmortgagee, Bank of Con- merce, united railways and Regla warehouse), t2Ss.,0J0 Notes s23. 8S0 9A Floating debt for salaries, materials, interests and sinking fund.- t2 450. 7e Total, si2 o75, ,so5 72 At the close of the year the floating debt was still greater and the total debt was about SIP, 300, 900
 Mir. Conant then argues:
 For city the size and wealth of Havana, . debt of si2 h00 600 is not excessive. Under 6 stable government and an honest administra- ton of the cty's affairs 1t is probable that it's general credit is sufficient to float eu addi- tionai loan The revenue of the city is derived entirely from licenses and indirect taxation. Real estate is Tot directly taxed and the muni- cipality does not directly receive anything from real estate
 The receipts amount to between ss and ti0 a head on a population estimated between 200, 000 and 250. .000 In American cities % per cent or more of the revenues is derived from direct tax on the assessed value of real estate. includ- ing vacant property In New York the revenue is about t2s per head in Boston it is about s20; Philadelphia, about si5 in Chicago, about SIP per head
 they Long for Civil Govern mont
 San Juan. Porto Rico. Jan. 30.- While the Porto Ricsns do not offer the least resistance to the military ad- ministration they make no secret of the fact that they do not desire its continuance. It is not that they object to the Americanization of the island, but they earnestly wish for a civil government in some reasonable and practical form.
 Postal Service for Cuba.
 Washington, Jan. 3O.--The postal service in Cuba is being vigorously pushed and military postal stations. having money order and registry fa- cilities, have been ordered estab- tablished at seven more of the large towns These make 35 military postal stations there in all.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
Denies It's Authority.

St. Louis, Jan. 30. O.-Senators Hohen- schild and Childers, of the "Lexow" committee, requested permission of City Boiler Inspector Price to examine his books. Mir. Price declared he would surrender his books and papers to no body but Mayor Ziegenheln. He em- phatically denied the authority of the state over his office. The committee will at once cause the issuance of a writ compelling him to show his books
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
State Omcer. Not of une Mind.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 30. While Audi tor Cole and Treasurer Grimes in the west wing of the capitol are holding up the laws of the special session. Clark, the secretary of state, in the north wing. is recognizing them to be good, but in acts carrying appropria- tions the west end officers have the last say, and there such bills will be lodged until the supreme court decides the Harvey case
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
IS AGAINST PAGAN.
Court-Martial Finds Him Guilty of
 Conduct Unbecoming an Officer.
His Friends Wili Appeal to the President for Executive Glenn -ncy Omcers Say Army Beef Was Bsd-Statistics
 Regarding Farm Animals.

Washington, Jan. % = Dismissal from the military service of the United States, without any recommendations for clemency. is the verdict passed by the court-martial upon Commissary General Eagan for his recent virulent attack upon Mai. Gen. Miles The verdict was reached within z5 minutes after the trial ended yesterday. Gen.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01

New York, Jan. Se Mine great mis- sionary organizations. representing the Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, Presby terian and Reformed church of this country, have united in protest against the seating of B. H. Roberts as representative in congress from Utah. They declare that if his election should be held to be legally valid he should be expelled. The or ganizations whose names are signed to a memorial which will be sent to the next congress are the American Missionary society, the Congregational Home Mis- sionary society, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the Domestic and Fore ign Missionary society of the Protestant Episcopal church, the Missionary society of the Methodist church, the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyt terian church and the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed church. The memo rial recites that Roberts is ''an avowed polygamist, having at least three . wives," and that he served & term of imprisonment in the penitentiary in 1889 for living in polygamy. It also shows that by the Edmunds- Tucker law of 1887. polygamists arc made in- eligible to hold office under the United States" 1t declares Roberts ''has confessedly lived with plural wives and has begotten polygamous children since November 1. 1890, and therefore has not complied with the amnesty proclamations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland"
 To Map Out Sunday school Lsssons.
 Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 0.-Preparations are making for the ninth triennial in- ternational Sunday school convention which is to be held here in April in the Y. Nj. c. A. parlors. About 1000 delegates from all parts of the United States, several South American coun- tries, Canada, Mexico. England and possibly India will be here. Several days before the convention the inter- national lesson committee, of which Rev. Dr. John Potts of Toronto, Ont. is chairman, will meet in Atlanta to map out the Sunday school lessons for the next six years.
 Publishers Want Free Paper
 Washington Jan. 30. The Publish CTS association met here to-day and adopted resolutions strongly urging congress to provide for free paper and free pulp from Canada in any treaty made by the high joint commission now in session here in an effort to frame treaty settling matters in dis pute between the United States and Canada. A large part of the daily press was represented.
 steam Lsundries in a Trust.
 Chicago, Jan. 30.-Every steam laun- dry of any importance in Chicago will be operated by one stock company if the present plans do not miscarry. Contracts of sale have been entered into by 3S steam laundry companies and negotiations are under way to se- cure 42 more.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01

lease Of the prisoners. it IS be grow. ing belief that the United S,atra wal be able to obtain tho release only hv force. Information has alsn heen re. ceived here showing that 5p0 frinr, held as prisoners are compellei bv ths Filipinos to undergo all sorts Of meniai labor, such as attending to the horses of Filipino officers, paving the streets 0f towns and so forth
The Mena star., 1899-02-01

of the statues of Benton and Blair placed in the national rotunda by the state of Missouri. The members se- lected speakers as follows: Represent atives Champ Clark, Lloyd, Bodine and Dockery. The ceremonies are set for next Saturday.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
Bitter Cold In Northwest.

St Paul. Minn., Jan. 30. Thirty. eight below zero at Battleford and ten below at Marquette were the official extremes of temperature in the north west to-day. The local record, 26 be- low. was the coldest in years.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
Hentnn and Blair Ceremonies.

Washington, Jan. 90. The Missouri delegation of the house held meeting to arrange for the formal acceptance
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
HANT ROBERTS EXPELLED
Nine Missionary Societies Unite in
 Protest Against the Seating of Polygamist Roberts.
TO MAP OUT SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS.

Preps Being Made in Atlanta, Ga, for tho Ninth Trienniai sunday School Convention = Publishers want Free 1 Paper from Canada-stsam Laundries in Chicago in . Trust.
The Mena star., 1899-02-01
sn.tu for Dtsarmamcnt.

Madrid. Jan 80. Spain has accepted the invitation to take part in the cxar's universal peace conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
E0RnHAM COLLEGE,.

The Alumni Association has elected the following
officers: President Or. James y. Butler, 81 vice.
presidents the Very Rev William McNuty' 90
Timothy F. Neville. '5s. DR.. George NJ EdebohIs
~ DR. John Gleises ~ the Rev. Christopher b.
O'Rellley. &c. and the Rev. William H. Murphy
IS; treasurer Thomas J. Aspell. 81; recording sec
rotary John c. McNeilly, 9O corresponding $50
tarv William A Ferguson "a. historian. Thomas
Caffney Taafre 80. The Committee on Banquets
reported that the annual dinner VIII be helu az lne
Hotel Manhattan on Wednesday evening FeOru-
airy s. 49,, .,,o-.,s,o, y,
The Library Association. under the SUPERVISION OF
the Rev J. Ziegler held an election or onlcers Oh
Wednesday with the following result: Presi9em,'
paul J. Dolan go: vice president Ambrose Dun
nigan, 90. treasurer, Thomas J. Mccormick, Ol
first secretary Charles Won, 49, second secIetaL!'
o'Donohue 'Ol. third secretary. James hllroe
90; librarians NJ A. Zuricslday. 49, and Lawrence
Thomas J. Mccormick. 'Ol OF Easton. Penn mas
been elected manager OF the Footnan On
The Juniors have elected the following Glsss In
GERS. President Henry = Downes, OF hyueVihs
on vice president. Ambrose DunnisseHS;- ao NJ
BROOKLYN; secretary Maurice J. OGorman. OF sew
York treasurer James A. Treacy. or Ne"-iorA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
WILLIAMS.

Wuliamstown Mass Jan 29-Dr. William Gun
ningham OF Cambridge University. delivered a lect
ure on English Towns and Their Historical De
velopment last week.
r c seaver co. has been elected captain OF the
polo team. Games are to be arranged with SYRIA
cuse and Amherst
To Dudy Butler Madison. y. j.. 90. has been
awarded the prize in THE Literary Monthly" com
p.tition A L Goodwillie Oh. woH the essay prize.
The freshman class has elected George Il. Max
well manager OF the baseball team and J. W.
Heffernan captain
gan work in the cage last week. About twenty
men started In. 80 .
following results Baseball manager. J. p Upham
man . r Park IT.. W. X. Lane, W. H. Qurk.
e T Broadhursi r p Hart and Paul Leggett.
The Rev Dr. George A. Gordon OF Boston, con-
Quoted the services on the day Of prayer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia Jan. 29-Provost Harrison has sub
mitted his annual report TO the trustees and II Is
indicating progress along all lines OF work OF
the University. II notes unique departure in the
election OF James McCrea OF Pittsburg. as trustee
which IS the first election OF a nonresident OF
Philadelphia in the history OF the University. The
whole number OF students attending during the
terms OF 1867 was 2sS+-a slight Increase over
the preceding year OF this number 762 came from
States other than Pennsylvania, and So from for
eign countries. one OF the most pleasing features
Of the report is the indication that the student body
is increasing I'm that manliness and sense OF re-
sponsibility that release Il more and more from
faculty restrictions In the college the system OF
noting absences has been radically changed, and
the Student Committee IN Maintenance or Dis
cipline increased and the principle OF student self
government better cxemphed
The treasurer, George J. Harrison Jr., appenos
his report which shows that tho donations during
the year amounted IN all to $iOs "a 73
On University Day the address VIII be delivered
by Seth Low. president OF Columbia University
The procession OF students will be held as In
former years, all the departments participating
The review will be under the command OF Dr.
Warrior Simpler. and he will be aided by the presi.
dents Of the various classes. Governor Stone OF
Pennsylvania the Governors OF adjacent States
among the guests.
AS a result OF the debate held Wednesday even
Ing al the meeting OF the Debating Union the fol-
lowing men were chosen TO represent the CnlVer-
sity In the annual debate with Cornell: +. s.
Meade. =. K. Smith and c. f. Morgan. The alter
Resolved That the interests OF the United States
are opposed TO the permanent control OF any por-
tlon OF the Eastern Hemis phere except 30 much as
may be needed for naval stations"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
COLUMBIA.

Augustln Days "A Night of" was successfully
produced Friday and Saturday night at Berke-
ley Lyceum The profits OF the performance Will
20 a long way toward paying the debt OF the track
team. Another thing that definitely settled
is the fact that It is advisable TO have young
women play the female parts in legitimate COM
edies put by students. The leading parts were
filed by II. Waldo Kiralfy. H. A. Harrison and
Miss Stella G. Stern The cast follows: JUS
tinian Rabbit. II. A Harrison; Harry Damask
$ J. Block; Jack Mulberry Lee Bingham, LORD
"A. Waldo Kiralfy, Prowl +. n Godwlh' NIT, Mrs'
Zantippa Rabbit. Miss Minnie Humphrey; NisDe.
Miss Stella G. Stern Angelica, Miss Charlotte
Nom Baur, and Susan, Miss Mary Priar
The announcement was made some time ago
that the trustees acting on President Low sug-
gestion to leave the buildings practically use
less during the summer vacation or f0ur 70, iss
II sufficient demand therefor was made known II
has brought such large number OF letters from
Interested persons that the trustees VIII prOpaDlS
course will consist of thirty lectures or eNet-
cises covering SIX weeks. The students OF ms
school Will have the use OF the library the vail
labora tories, the gymnasium and the swimming
Manager William f. Mitchell OF the football
eleven has succeeded In collecting $,4V Oh lhe
coach Cochrane, Butterworth yale" Hal ana
Murphy are named 1t IL proposed 10 play the
home games at Manhattan Field.
Professor John B1ssett Moore, VINO mas DeeH
absent from the University since April. as Assist
ant Secretary OF State and secretary or the amer
lean Peace Commission. will deliver MS ressg, ia,
lectures international law and diplomacy al'el
The Lacrosse Association has elected these officers
President Hugh Kalka: vlce-president {, {, SInlth
secretary 3. l.. NJ. Ernst; treasurer r., fsah
Geschen Kleeland and Eyer. delegate 10 l"'e'
University Lacrosse League. b. smith