Show TO DAYS three thousand people destitute in missouri L Q C LAMAR CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE A man murders his family to save them from freezing to death A sil minneapolis jan 16 mandan da kota special to the journal says alie mail driver was frozen between new salem and stanton alie three day s blockade on the northern pacific was raised this morning the journals revised list of the blizzard fatalities show 97 dead in dakota 13 in minnesota 6 in iowa 17 in nebraska and 3 in montana total besides 55 reported missing terrible kansas city mo 16 saturday and sunday nights were the coldest the thermometer registering 19 degrees below zero at one time reports of cases of freezing from points in kansas are appalling the blizzard that raged through this section a few weeks ago left the people in an exhausted condition it is estimated that three thousand people in clark county are in a destitute condition A presbyterian minister at hartford kearny county writes to the aid society imploring assistance for the people of that section saying if relief does not come soon will die specials from different points indicate the casualty among stock has been greater than ever known in kansas horses and cattle have perished in stalls two trains of cattle coming in on alie missouri pacific railroad were in the blizzard and every animal frozen to death in indian territory the entire range is frozen over and cattle are drifting badly and losses will bevery great telegrams from points in texas report the mercury lower alian ever before known the suffering among the poor people is very severe cattle on ranges are drifting south in vast numbers and cattle men great losses shot by a mob galveston jan 16 A special from caldwell to alie news says A mob gained entrance to the jail tonight to night for the purpose of lunching lynching lyn ching three mexicans charged with the murder of a planter named alford several days ago pazo one of the prisoners confessed the mob found the murderers in the cell with a who they commanded to throw the mexicans out of the cell one by one after a terrible struggle the negro ejected pazo and another mexican both of whom were cahot the mob retired murdered ails family brainerd minn jan 16 lumbermen from little falls who have crossed the county from princeton confirm and give a few additional details regarding the rumored murder of an entire family they state that in a swedish settlement about twenty miles from princeton a farmer named henry murdered his family consisting of liis wife and seven children ho gave as his reason for the crime that he feared they would freeze to death oue this time st louis jan 16 A wreck on the chicago kansas nebraska railroad occurred at willard near topeka kansas this morning three cars were thrown from alie track down an embankment and twelve persons injured only one fatally the wreck was caused by a rail breaking on a sharp curve bamar la confirmed washington 15 the senate went into executive session at 1 this afternoon and three quarters of an hour later look up the nomination of lamar its consideration lasted until 4 at which time the nomination nomi mation was confirmed by a vote of 33 to 28 senators stanford and stewart voted with the democrats all the other republicans voted or were paired against lamar and the democrats were in his favor the discussion was almost entirely confined to the republican side the xetah A new york 14 A meeting of the directors of the denver rio grande road will be held at denver in about three weeks for the election of officers and the consideration of plans for the utah pacific enterprise it is supposed here that the denver rio grande western will continue to be operated by the denver rio grande |