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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
Is Prohibition a Failure?

The liquor law in Lewiston took new
turn Saturday, and constables and sheriffs
are getting in more work than usual.
Dozens of warrants were served and
number of places caught. A sensational
seizure was made on Lisbon street, the
liquor constables battering down doors to
catch the dealer smashing the last one of
81 bottles of whiskey. Hundreds of excited
people witnessed the seizure. The seizure
OF club liquors has made big commotion.
All clubs countermanded their heavy Or
uers, ana the express companies have
'elegraphed Boston officers not to accept
any liquor packages for Lewiston.
Inc statement so often made and accept
ed that the country villages and towns are
tree from rum selling, will not bear in
v,estlgation at the present. Vassalboro,
the scene of the probable murder has
number of rumshops, and Caribou, in the
Aroostook, has vendors of the fiery liquid
VINO rival those of Lewiston in their wick
ca ingenuity and persistency. Up there
the other day Sheriff Gary called at a
mouse where he suspected that the forbid
uen llqulu might be sold, but he cOuldn t
hnd anything unusual except closet that
was longer on the outside than it appeared
TO be on the inside. On cleat across the
end of the closet were several hooks and
dresses hung thereon. Two more hooks
were short distance below the others.
10 see if the cleat was solid Sheriff Gary
took hold of hook and to his surprise the
cleat easily turned. Then using the lower
hooks as handles, the whole front came
out disclosing recess Of two and a half to
three feet with shelves filled with 143
quart bottles of whiskey, 80 pint bottles
OF brandy, 3 bottles of gin and Is bottles
OF Wine In addition the sheriff got six
bushel baskets full of bottles and five
gallon keg containing wine. [Hallowell
Register.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
The Boom in Farm Products.

The following table has been prepared
by Assistant Secretary Brigham OF the
q. S. department of ag riculture, showing
the increase in prices of farm producls
this year over those OF the corresponding
nariod in 1906.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
period in 1896:

These are Cincinnati figures IN all cases,
and on the dozen or so articles speclileo
show an average advance of about ~ per
cent,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16

difficult to see which is the most
isrd side of Emperor William S
speeches at the army maneuvers and ban
-A-' II Coblentz. His overdone t1attery
l- Duke of Cambridge's military at
~l1ents, which no one was ever able to
-' yer in this country, is about as &C
1r presentment of the old Emper-
Npinion as the recent statement in
'i"AA newspapers that the Duke of
'IrlIge once won the Victoria Cross.
tiN the most grotesque of all, yet
" th0ut its pathetic flavor, was the
1ei bombast with which he claimed
3.-dlf of his grandfather and himself
possibility to God alone. If it were
'ul late to plant the grains of com
-'l sense in a head so choked with the
'e-"s Of self conceit, William might be
daby recommended to give few
4Oltes quiet study to the current num-
'e' ID the "Fortnightly Review" where
feat services to Germany are set
'l'a with almost brutal candor. Ac-
lng to this writer, the result of this
centric monarch's feverish activity has
''et hat Germany has lost the premier
position in Europe, Russia has taken her
t@te, the triple alliance has practically
eased to exist, England has been cut off
nom Germany, and the old serviceable
'5> between that country and Russia
l"Fe been snapped in way that pre-
.lides all renewal. This indictment is
4'' an altogether unfair summary of the
i n of the seven years misrule of the
HoAenzollern inspired one.
GERMAN HATRED OF PRUSSIA.
u the face of all this frothy talk at
oolentz, by which Emperor William
,'3tlnily strives to keep alive the now ex-
F'oded fiction that he is the absolute and
uncontrolled master of the united Ger
-an flock, it is instructive to read the
EIGHTY words used by Prof. Reinhold in
rlef to obtain an approximately ac-
I'late gauge of the situation. Prof.
Nelnhold declares that so great and grow
,Ds Is the destestation of Prussia in South
Ielmany that on all sides are to be heard
ne ne striking words. 1--WE would rather be
F!enchmen." 1t hardly needs the evil
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
L.. STAPLES,

Would respectfully announce the citizens of Monroe and
vicinity that he of the posoce with POO other fourth
class Democratic posmasers but shall still continue
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
The attempt to extort money from the

The attempt to extort money from the
estate of the late Jay Gould, through the
claim of Mrs. Sarah Anne Brown Angel
that she was the wife of the dead million
aire and entitled to ''dower rghts,'' has
failed, the claimant having confessed that
she never was married to Gould, and was
only the stool pigeon of a number of con-
spirators who were DESTROYS of getting
money through her pretensions. 1t was,
seemingly, deliberate conspiracy to rob,
and it will be good thing if all engaged
in it, directly or indirectly, shall reap the
reward that belongs to the convicted high
wayman.
In 10 years the Grand Army of the Re-
public has spent over two millions of dol
lars in charity. That is a showing of
which this organizati on may well feel
proud.
DR.. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Straw berry has
been used for forty years and has never yet
failed to cure a case of diarrhpa, dysentery,
or summer complaint in any of it's various
forms.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Rock Island VIII Furnish Water.

q. W. Dobb, superintendent Of the
water service for the Rock Island rail.
way, is In the city today making ar.
rangements with the mills and pri.
yate water contractors for supplying
the various industries Of the city with
water while the drouth lasts. The
water will be furnished from the well
at the Rock Island depot. This
source Of water supply is believed to
be inexhaustible. The we'll is about
eight inches in diameter and thirty.
two feet deep. When a depth Of thir.
ty-two feet had been reached 10 sink.
ing the well the casing dropped out Of
sight, and no one has ever been able
to reach bottom. There is undoubt.
edly an underground lake Of immense
proportions and depth under the
Rock Island bottoms. The railroad
pump, which has 2S-inch stroke, has
been run night and day at great speed
for a considerable length Of time
while the water supply was not affect.
ed in the least. The we'll will come
In handy during the present threat
ened water famine. 1t would be a
good idea for the water company or
city to sink a we'll Of its own in the
bottoms to guard against the contin-
gency Of a long dry spell in the future.
journal, Saturday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Hawaii and Postal Banks.

If the United States annexes the
Hawaiian islands IL will add it its
possessions a country that 10 one
respect at least is more civilized than
itself. Hawaii has 10 successful opera.
tion a postal savings bank system
There is on deposit with the postal
bank about 100000, which is a
pretty good showing for country Of
100000 population, mostly illiterate
natives and foreign laborers.
II annexation OF the islands were To
carry With it the extension to this
country Of the postal savings bank
system IN operation there, that would
be a strong argument for annexation
Chicago Record.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Ill.,, D:r, cure nausea, indigestion,
n0Od'S Pills bllIousness. Is cents.
Big Fire at Medford.

The thriving little town of Med.
ford, o. T., was swept by fire last
Wednesday morning and property to
the amount o: $4,000 was destroyed.
The fire is thought to be Of incen-
diary origin. W. D. Frantz of this
city is 10 Medford and witnessed the
destruction. Mr.. Frantz writes the
VOICE particulars Of the fire.
The fire started in the rear end OF
the general merchandise store OF P.
K. Dean, about 4:3O o'clock Wednesday
morning. There was considerable oil
aud other infsmable substances 10
the store and the entire building was
soon in flames and beyond all control.
The only fire protection MedfOrd ha>
consists Of patent BabcoCk extin.
guishers, and these failed to work sat
iSfactOrily on account Of lack Of chem
icals. The Volunteer Fire Co. worked
hard but they were unable to get the
fire under control. The flremen sue
ceeded 10 tearing down and saving
several buildings that otherwise
would have been burned.
The following is a statement Of the
losses by fire:
P. E. Dean, general merchandise;
loss on building, 500; insurance, $3.50.
Loss on stock, $1,000; insurance, $1,000
Medford Drug Co; damage to stock,
$500; insurance., $3.50. The building
was owned by Mrs. j. Fl. Mallon; loss,
800; no insurance.
E. D. Stetler, furniture, Jewelry and
undertaking; loss, $500; no insurance.
The most Of the stock was saved by
carrying it out before the fire reached
the building.
Three buildings ow1ied by Ralph
Kettering's father were totally de
stroyed. The loss is probably 81 200.
1t is not known whether Mr.. Ketter.
ing carried any insurance.
Tom Adams, Jr., harness, etc.; loss,
probably 500; no insurance. The most
of his stock was saved.
Kearse & KOrDdorff, Arcade saloon:
loss, probably $500; NJ insurance. The
most of the stock fixtures, etc., includ-
ing one billiard table, were saved
D. A. Brown, sewing machine and
repair shop; loss Of tools, etc., not to
exceed $50. Most Of the other stuff
saved.
Medford Real Estate Co.; loss on
furniture, ETC., $50; no insurance.
The next building was about fifty
feet distant from those burned. 1t
was 10 the course OF erection and had
just been enclosed, They bad hard
work saving it. Adjoining this build
ing was D. L. Cline's general mer.
chandise store and the postoff1ce FIX
lures. The only damage was in car
rying the goods out and putting them
back. The stock was insured.
The most Of the burned buildings
will be rebuilt at once, and many Of
them talk Of putting up brick build.
ings. The entire town would have
been burned but for the direction of
the wind, which was In the north
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

robbery near Chiksshs, 1T, last
Saturday, was In Kansas City with
car load of cattle on the Monday
following. II is highly improbable,
il not impossible that that Mr.. Jen-
aings could have participated in the
ROBBERY, bought cattle and taken
them to Kansas City in the short
time between tae Chiekasha affair
and his appearance In Kansas City.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14
Will Soon Talk to New York.

and his appearance In Kansas City.
Will Soon Talk to New York.
Wellington will sOOn be able to talk
to n q York city. A new long dis
lance telephone has just been COM
pleted from Chicago TO Kansas City
which puts the latter in direct com.
with the Windy City and
Gotham. An extension from Topeka
to Hutchinson Is being made and when
il is completed we will be in instan-
taneous communication with all the
great cities in the north and east, in
Guiding Kansas City, Omaha, Chica-
20. New York and Brooklyn.
Many improvements and extensions
nave been made to The toll lines of
he Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.
into new territory during the present
;ummer, and the work will continue
until stopped by bad weather. A
lew line from Kansas City TO Carroll.
tOn, Mo-, touching the intermediate
towns has just been completed, and
mother new line brings ChillicOtbe,
no., and the local towns along the
G. NJ, & st. P. Railway within reach
Of these eastern cities also. From
Kansas City south via Nevada, Mo-,
Fort Scott and Pittsburg, Kas., a
heavy line is under construction
which will bring these people into
range with the new long distance
phone system. But We will event.
uaily get more direct long distance
line through to New York. A line is
proposed from St. Louis west through
Jefferson City and Sedalia to Kansas
City which will bring US several hun.
dred miles closer to New York and
other eastern cities which are now
connected by long distance telephone.
There are upwards Of quarter Of q
million Of telephone subscribers in
the United States, and within the
territory now reached by the long dis.
lance system, considerably more than
One-balf Of the entire population Of
this country live and do business, so
that it is a mere figure Of speech to
say that Wellington, when connected,
will be in instantaneous and direct
communication with one-half Of the
people Of tie United States. The
charge for talking over the new long
distance system will be IS for five
minutes.
The line which will connect Wei
lingtOn with the eastern cities is now
in the course of construction and will
be completed this winter. They have
almost reached Abilene. From there
the line will be extended to Salina
thence to Mcpherson, and from the
latter place to Hutchinson. We are
now connected with Hutchinson, and
will have the long distance facilities
as soon as the new line is complete.
Ia addition to the advantage of being
10 connection with the larger cities OF
the eastern states, Wellington will be
connected with 10 towns in Kansas
and Missouri, whereas We now have
communication with only twenty.
seven Kansas towns.
Manager L. F. Duggan Of Wichita,
recently received letter from Super.
intendent Charles Mcdaniel of Kan.
sas City, saying that a telephone line
from this place to Kingman, Goddard,
Garden Plains, CLANCY and othel
places west, taking in Mayfeld
Milan, ArgOnia, Harper and numer-
Gus other towns would probably bt
constructed iD the very near future
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-14

Major Ferguson received official
notice from Washington Thursday of
his appointment as postmaster. The
commission will not arrive until the
senate confirms the appointment.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Tax Collector $ Notice.

Notice is hereby given that I will be at the following named places on the day and dates mentioned for the pur- pose of collecting the taxes due in Polk county Ark. both real and per sonal for the year Of 1s97
 Ozark township, Monday, Jan. r, at the precinct: Hatton Gap, Tuesday, Jan. IS; White township, Wednesday, Jan. l9. at Janssen and Thursday Jan 20. at precinct; Barton Switch, Friday. Ian. 2l; Town of Cove, Monday, Jan. 24. at the precinct; Cedar township, Tuesday, Jan 95, at precinct; Eagle township, Wednesday, Jan. %, at the precinct; Freedom township Thurs day, Jan. 27. at precinct; Potter, Fri day, Jan. 2s, at the precinct; Eagle Gap, Monday, Jan 3l; Washita, Tues day, Feb. l, at the precinct, Mountain township, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. and 3, at precinct; Big Fork township. Friday, Feb. at precinct; Fulton township, Saturday, Feb. at precinct; Gap Springs township, Mon day, Feb. at precinct; Faulkner town.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
New Mining Interest |.

After couple of preliminary meet ings of the citizens interested Tn de- yeloping the mining resources of Polk county, general call was made for a meeting at the K P hall which took place last Thursday night. The hall was well filled with citizens and bus mess men, The evening was taken up with talks made by interested par ties who claimed to understand the situation. After the meeting was over about $i0O was subscribed by those present to carry out scheme to
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22

develop one of the thirty-two mining claims owned by w. |. Boyer, H. D. Green. II. J. Radcliffe and J, F. Todd seven miles from Mena on the Church mountains, which these gentlemen would donate to the company. As soon as possible the promoters of the plan desire to raise S1 ,oo0 which they think sufficient to drive tunnel far enough into one of the mountains to ascertain whether or not there is min eral in paying quantities in Polk county
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Notice of Publication.

Land Office at Dardanelle. Ark Oct es. 1897 Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler las filed notice of his intention to make inai proof in support of his claim. and, that said proof will be made before the Clerk or scott county at Waldron. Ark. on De- cember, 24, 1897. viz: '' De
 RALPH w. KLFN
 H, E. No. 20s23. for the " Inf of SC or ana ot SC ar, and ne CT of sw ar. section g9 tnsydn. ship north, range 82 west w" lie names the following witnesses to prove HIS ms eontlnious residence upon and cultiva- ton of said land, viz: William Little. William Naikup, Samuel Little ard Robert shores all oi hlch Mountain, Ark. VIM. r. WOOTIN.
 Register
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22

ship, Tuesday, Feb. 8 at precinct; Rich Nit township, Monday, Feb IA at Grand Summit station; Center town ship, four days Tuesday to Saturday, Feb Is, It, t7 and IS at Mena; Dallas. Monday Feb. 21 and until the 10th day of April, 1898. except court weeks, after which date the penalty will be attached and collected on all delin. quent Please be prompt and avoid a rush on the windup.
 D. E. JOPLIN.
 Sheriff and Ex-otficio Collector
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Notice for Publication.

Land office, Camden, Arks.. Nov. 22, less Notice Is hereby given that the folloWins named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proofin support of his claim, ap anp that said proof will be made before the Cists sss or Polk county, Arks., at Dallas, on 0sA Jan., 1898, viz:
 WILLIAM II. MANIFOLD, .v, ot Folk county, Ark. II E. 2027 for the Nz D p' b SW4 NW4 Sec. 1 and NE4 SE4 Sec. T2S N'- w.
 He names the following witnesses to prossse ms continuous residence upon and cuitlVa'iV" of said land viz John NJ. smith, James A. Walters, ueVi7 w Newman and Levi N. Hill all of Noun ''''' Fork, Ark.
 LA. ROSS. Register
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all whom 1t may concern that the undersigned with others wifi petltlon the County Court of Polk county. Ark, at it's January term 1895 to grant them an order for new road commencing one half mile east of southeast corner of section l5 toWhsllp south range 50 west, thence west to Ransom, thence west to or near the southwest corner of section 16, same township and range to the corporation line of the town of Mena FOX county Ark RD DoDD,
 NOV S', le9t NJ FLEMING,
 DAVID BIRD. ct al
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will on the first day of the Polk county court
 1898, at the January term thereof, present a petition to the county court of said county for the opening and laying out of new road as follows. to wit. Beginning at the south end of Mena street in the town of Mena coun- ty of Polk and state of Arkansas, running south as near as practicable to the quarter section between sections 10 and 20, township 2 south range 30 west thence south on said sec
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22

tion line 2 mile to public road thence south M mile to the cornerof section % 80, 31 and 32; thence east one mile to the Dallas road, and will ask that reviewers be appointed for that road T D DESNIsoN ms Dec. I, lSgi- l. B DEESisoS
 JEFF kOBINsN
 and others
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
To Cure A Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. June s
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Mena Private School.

Embraces a full commerclai course and the literary work, oe, ginning with the kindergarten anu extending to all higher branches
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22

For further information see ol write Zella H. Gather, Mena Street, Mcna, Ark.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-10
A REMLRKARLE SCENE

Citizens ofYOIo Cheer the Sultan when
Informed they would be Projected
VoLo, May 9.--The correspondent Of
the Associated Press describing the entry
OF the Turkish troops, says;
''Edhem Phshn sent hag Of truce with
proclamation that he would protect all
inhabitants remaining in the town. A
t5uching scene cnSued In the principal
street an immense crowd gathered with
anxious upturned faces listening eagerly
10 the reading OF the proclamation which
was 10 decide their fate. When the read
ing was finished, a murmur OF intense re-
lief Wns heard throughout the dense
ihrong. quickly followed by frantic
shouts OF: "LOnE live the sultan"
"Rut there still remained cause for the
most serlous anxiety for the question was
then. whether the Greek admiral, whose
ships were lying OF the town and plain
sight, would accept Edhcm Pasha's
terms. a single gunshot from the fleet
would have compelled the Turks to treat
Volo aB hostile
"Thrco newspaper men, myself among
,bcn were appointed deputntion 10 go
On hoard the hagship and get the admir-
al'g reply. We bore n white ilaB. At the
ouny. however. we met the captains OF
tbe foreign warships with a written COM
munlcatlon from the admiral saying that
be Intended to remain in front OF the
town until assured that II would be oc-
cupIed quietly. To this the Turkish
commander replied that only one battal-
Ian would enter, the main army going
into camp outside. and he again request
ed that the Greek flag be withdrawn, ns
otherwise he could not be responsible for
,vhnL mlght occur"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-10
coNaREssIONAL PRosRAN1EE
Nc Certainty About the ssnAts-Hout'
will Meet Each Day.

Ne Certainty About the SenAte-HVSo
will Meet Each Day.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May s.-There
Is no certainty as to the line OF proceed
ing in the senate during the present
week. The Morgan Cuban resolution
probably will be taken up Monday, and
II may lead 10 a prolonged and spirited
debate. Senator Morgan is quito deter
mined 10 press the resolution to an Issue.
and Senator Hale Just as determined
10 prevent It's passage. Mr.. Hale un-
doubtedIy will movo to refer tho resolu-
tion to the committee on foreign reia-
tIons, and an effort will be made 70 en-
list the friends Of the administration
against II. The committees will be filled
Monday or Tuesday, but as this VIII y
done on the basis heretofore agreeo
upon there will be no friction over ule
proceedlngs. The conference report on
the Indian appropriation blll may cause use
sorne debate, but the probabilities are
that the agreement on the conterees Will
be generally Ocqu!esced In
The house programme OF three-dny
ndfournments will be suspended this
week. The sundTy civil appropriation
biu has passed the senate and now re-
turns 10 the house for action on inc
amendments. The programme pursued
when the Indian bill came back to the
house probably will DO followed In the
case OF the sundry civil bill. That Is.
inc amendments WIN be considered In
the house before the bill Is sent TO con-
ference. There is a good deal OF bitter
feeling among the house faction, which
may break out as soon as opportunity
for debate iH given, and somc lively ora
toricnl displays are expected. Tho con-
ference report on the Indian Appropria-
tIon bill also Will be ready for consld-
Grafton before the week closes. The
questions involved In the opening OF the
Uncompnhrgrc reservation In utah WI!
~ course furnish the main source OF
contention IN tho debate on this report.