The Mena weekly star., 1906-11-22
SOUTH SWEPT BY STORM
Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee Suffer Damage From Wind
 and Rain.
MANY TOWNS ARE PARTIALLY WRECKED
Eight Lives are Known to Have Numbered by Scorcs-Cotton and Other Crops suffered Enormous Damnge-Lfvesfock Drowned.

| Damnge--Lfvesfocx Drowned. Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 20.--Eight persons are known to have l,s. tle'ir | lives. scores of others injured and | property and crops suffered great damage the extent of which, because | of the meager reports yet obtainable, can not be estimated at this time as a result of terrific wind and rain storm Sunday. The storm, which originated on the gulf coast swept northeastward through portions of Alabama, central and northern Missis. sippi and western Tennessee, and in it's northward course razed scores of substantial buildings. partially de- molished hundreds of others, caused a complete demoraiizatiop of railroad traffic and cut off telegraphic com. munication with many points in the affected territory
 Cotton in the fields blown down by the wind was beaten into the ground and badly damagei Besides the loss of life and property damage wbich is known to have occurred, a number of points directly in the path way of the storm can not be com municated with and when complete reports have been received it is felt that the loss to both life and property will be greatly increased. Wolf river, a small stream running eastward Of this city, Is out of its banks in many places and in the viclilty of Ross vile, Tenn, is several miles wide, the town being completely inundated and the populace in state Bordering oD panic.
 The storm approached Athens, Ala, from the west and cut a path 300 yards wide through the southern DOT, ton of that city. A score of build killed or seriously injured.
 At Mathison, Miss, nearly every building in the southern portion of the town was destroyed. These include the Baptist church, public school building, several brick buildings and a number of residences. At this place negro woman was killed and several others were injured.
 Near Okolona, Miss, three lives were lost The property loss at thfs place could not be ascertained Sun day night.
 At Maben, Miss, Ben Wooford, telegraph operator, and his wife sus- tained injuries which may cause their death. At this place the Maben bank and several brick buildings were de molished.
 At Bolivar, Tenn, nine inches of rain fell in 24 hours and thousands of head of cattle were caught in the lowlands. Relief parties were out Monday, but because of the high stage of the wa ter. little could be accomplished in rescuing the drowning cattle.
 Grenada. Miss, where serious dam age was reported to have occurred, escaped almost unscathed.
 Photographic communication is grad ually being restored but railroad traf. fic is greatly impaired and in many instances demoralized. Reports from the western section of Tennessee show that the railroads have suffered greater damage than ever before. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. the Mobile & Ohio, the Southern, and the Illinois Central are unable to op- crate trains at all through Jackson. Tenn. Tracks are washed out for long stretches, bridges are down and in some places the water Is standing over the tracks for milet making 1t impossible to operate trains. Farm CTS have suffered great loss both in crops and live stock.
 New Yorker Dead in Paris.
 Paris. Nov. 20.--Charles c. Loril- lard-Spencer, of New York, brother Of Princess Cenci-Polognetti. is dead.
 Central kansa~ covered.
 Abilene. Kan. Nov. 20.-Two inches of snow with high north winds over central Kansas Monday morn ing marked the winters first storm.
 In Indian Territory.
 Tulsa, l. T.. Nov. 20.--A storm of unprecedented severity of this season of the year is raging in the terri tories, snow and sleet accompanied by high northwest wind has been failing for ten hours. The thermometer is steadily falling and traffic is delayed.
 storm i'm Colorado.
 Colorado Springs, Col, Nov 20.-- Colorado Springs and vicinity is again in the grasp of the storm king. Several inches of snow has fallen since Saturday and the thermometer in Colorado Springs Monday morn. ing registered two above zero. Bitter cold weather is also reported in the Cripple Creek district
 WIchitn's First snow storm.
 Wichita, Kan, Nov. 20.-This sec ton of the state was covered with 11a inches of snow Monday morning. This is the first snow fall and will cause suffering to live stock.
 Standard oil Manager Dead.
 Nowata, I. T., Nov. 20.--JohI O'Bren, general manager of the Ohio Oil company, died in hotel here of heart disease. MT. O'Brien's home wau in lima 0 He had heen in