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The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10
HIPS HIND MISHHpS.
Door Mats at Boyer's. Towel racks at Boyers

NhdIOihGS, OAi SAoels hAioASNA HV hoJ CTS
 Blank notes for sale 1t the Star of flee.
 The Leader is the place to buy your tacks.
 Picture frames to order any size, at Boyers.
 Buy your underwear at The Leader.
 Mating 5 cents per yard and better Ut Boyers.
 fyou want to buy glassware cheap go to The Leader.
 The Leader is headquarters for notions of all kinds
 When in need of suit of clothes The Leader is the place.
 Note the changes iss tfFii the professional cards of Dr's Gibbs and Raney
 Geen S Lewis made a shipment of eggs to New York City this week.
 Northern seed potatoes for sale at Wilman's commission house 26-4t
 Home made bread, cake and pies at the Port Arthur Eating House & Home Bakery.
 John Garrett is erecting building on Sherwood avenue, for flour and feed store.
 J. w. Greeson is erecting two story boarding house on west Sher- wood avenue.
 Landlord Tremain, of the Hotel Mena, has been in Kansas City few days this week.
 Wm. Hemphill broke ground Monday for store building o5x7o feet on Sherwood Avenue.
 Will B. Landes has take position in the railroad office at Janssen and is on duty there now.
 Dr. Reese has moved his office to second story in Dr Jennings new building on Mena street
 Mir. and Mrs. R. R. St. John re- turned yesterday from their visit with home folks at Carthage and Lamar, Mo.
 Trains from the north are loaded now with homeseekers, investors and sightseers and our hotels are all crowded.
 Men were breaking stone yesterday { for the concrete foundation of the brick eating house to be erected west Aof the depot
 IN. NJ. Roach is in receipt of car load of Sweet and Irish potntoes for seed, which he is selling at lowest markat prices. V Mcna's dramatic club will appear in "Border Land' the first time at the NJ. F. church. March l6. Go see them and | help good cause.
 The store for the foundation of the new coal jshntes now being built is from Frank Fountains quary on F. S Fosters homestead.
 o U. Hustell, late of the Southern Pacific railroad, has gone to Janssen on the P. & c. as agent. He will open his office at once.
 A party of Iowans stopping in the city went to the top of Rich Mountain Saturday, taking their lunches and putting in the entire day.
 Musick G5 Holt can sell you a first class piano or organ very cheap and on easy terms. Go look at their instru- ments. Next door to Green x Lewis grocery store.
 Mayor Carder is having the fruit and forest trees in Janssen park trim med up, very much improving the ap- pearance of the park.
 We are informed that . superintend- ent's office is to be erected by the com pan in connection with or adjacent to the railway eating house near the passenger depot.
 J. T. Hunter, of Polo, Mo, who has been here several days, purchased a ten acre tract of land just west of town, Monday. on which he expects to build nice home
 A gang of graders are at work grad
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10
Occupation Tax Knocked Out.

~In the circuit court at Dallas yester- day the case of the town of Mena vs. E. P. Smith testing tue legality of the occupation tax, levied by the city council. was tried and Smith secured q
 verdict. the tax being declared uncon- stitutional. J. c Byers was Smiths attorney and feels proud of his victory.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10

Window poles at Boyer's.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10

Carpet sweepers at Boyer's
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10
Plum Treesl Plum Treesi Plum Treesl

We have fine lot of plum trees to offer for this spring, of the following best varieties for the southwest in abundance: Burbank, Chobot, Wild Goose, Wayland Forest Garden. Our prices at nursery, for best grade, $lo per 100. 800 per 1000; standard grade, four to six feet, S9 per 100, $50 per 1oo0. Address JAMES E. WILD Ss BRos.,
 Sarcoxie, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-10
Large Coal CEsutes.

The foundation piers composed of concrete and stone for the large coal cbutes to be built here are being put in place. The building is to be 34x36 feet and the approaches and trestle 44o feet long.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
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1T IS EASY TO TELL.


People are not apt to get anxious about
their health soon enough. If you are mot
quite well'' or half sick" have you ever
thought that your kidneys may be the
cause of your sickness?--
II is easy to tell BY setting aside your
urine for twenty four hours; sediment
or settling indicates an unhealthy condt
tion of the kidneys. when urine stains
linen 1t is evidence of kidney trouble. Too
frequent desire to urinate, acanty supply.
pain or dull ache in the back is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and blad.
der need doctoring. a-A
There is satisfaction in knowing that the
great remedy. DR.. Kiimer's Swamp-Root.
fulfiIs every wish in relieving weak or
diseased kidneys and all forms of bladder
and urinary troubles. Not only does
SwamE-Root give new life and activity to
the kidneys-the Cause of trouble, but by
treating the kidneys 1t acts as tonic for
the entire constitution. II you neea, q
medicine you should have the best. Sold
by druggists. price nifty cents anil one
dollar So remarkably successful has
SwampRoot been that II you wish to
prove its great;inferit. you may have .
samDle bottle and pamphlet BOTH sent free
i'v :.i:- Mpntipw The Evening Titu..s 4
SIND your address TO Ds. KiIner 4 Co..
Bingbamton, N. Y.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
THE CASE WAS NoI-oROsSED.
Miss jackson Paid for the Gouis
She Took

Miss Mary Frances Jack sol of Westmorc
land county, Va, who has been visiting
relatives oB Capitol Hill. departed for her
home on q train this morning, much wiser
for her experience here yesterday. She
fortunate ly escaped pros .cution iii a charge
OF larceny because OF her physical AMI
mcnt al ontlition.
Since she came to this city she has been
very i'll ard was only atIe to go out Il da Y
Two ago Yesterday AFTERNOON she went 20
the Pa'ais Royal. She Eas observed to
move strangely about the counters and sooa
attracted the attention of Head Flor
Walker Collins, who detected her slipping
card case into her pocket. She was in
'vited into the office and detained until
the arrival Of Detectives Parham and Gal
laher, who escorted her to the First pre-
cinct station where She was searched by
Siatroii / ennifil. Many Christmas and re.
JIgoiuS cards were found in her pocket, als1
a copy CT 'he Thirt fourth 4 Psalm and sew
eral hvrans. The young woman did not
deny taking tfc articles, but could offer
no reasoi for her actions. Her friends
were notified of her difficulty, AMI this
morning there wasa consultation with the
firms representatives, which resulted in
the case being ol- pressed on condition the
goods were paid for. This was promptly
done, anG S5.25 paid to Mr.. Collins, who
deiveret the cards and books to Miss
jackson.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
MRS. FLEMING May Be DEAD
Her Sister Fears She May Have
Perished in Alaska
Woman Acquitted Recently of Hav.
ing Poisoned Her Mother-In.
herited a Large Fortune.

New York, Dec. 22.-when Mary Alice
Almont Livingston known to the world
as Mrs. Fleming" the celebrated fig
ure OF the Bliss poisoning case, vanish I'll
from the sight of all who had known her
to brave the t.rrors OF the Klondike, her
last words to the sister, Florence, In
who's. care she had left her younger
children, were: II leave my little ones
and all that IeIHains of my fortune in your
hands. THERE'S no one in the world whom
/ can trust as 1 trust you. II 1 cont
come back again, yuu'n know what to co. :"
Three short letters were all that told the
rest OF her story. One of these came from
Seattle il September; the other from ST
Michael, aud it told that she was then
starting up the Yukon River; the third
and last was from Dawson City, and con-
tained. these lines: IAN the money took
with III, has been swallowed up Send
me help; l am in peril"
. few days go came dispatch telling
the story of u slightly built, delicate lit.la
woman. with sharp features and black eyes,
who hac cen recognized ds Mrs. Fleming.
and who witt only her son and 1ne follower
Hdu ihONeu 'it VI tie C1t INTO tne nS2Tt
of the mining camps.
Nearly four months have her sister and
friends waited for word, and now they
begin to'fear she is dead.
Il dread the spring and tile news th.it It
will bring Ric," said Florence Bliss, vest r
day ''1t size were safe it is certain that
l should save received some tidings of h ,r''
Following acquittal on the Charge of
Poisoning hei mother, Mrs. Fleming drew
SS5,0o0 from the care OF tie city cha
beriaip This, together with little real
estate, represented the property inherited
ut the death Of her mother
The cost of her defense was estimated
at sac ,900.,.0f what remained she paid
So ,0GOs on real estate Investments, : took
S4,5O6 for her own use and placed the re-
maindsr in the hands Of her sister for, the
benefit o. her children. Under engagement
with Mrs. Fleming, John c. Shaw, her
counsrl. pays Certain sum each week fer
the. expenses of the household.
Many eaH7as operated to drive Mrs. Flem-
ing to the last desperate venture. Ferdi-
nanth WILKES. love of whom had caused her
trials, was no longer factor in her exist
ence. With her when she started on her
journey srere a Mr. land Mrs. Rothay and a
man knowha s Jack Long On her way tn
St-Aiicfaehtrcuble aruss In the party, and
f rom tkat tim, Mrs. Fleming and her son
were. lef't to themselves. .Ie-.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
JOE LETTERS WHEAT DEAL
So Far He Has Paid Ont About
A,50O, 900.
His Friends Say He Finds Comfort
aud EneOurAeement In the Bihfi-
cal Story of Joseph.

Chicago. Dec. 2-When L. z. Litter
said he came to Chica go to spend Christmas
with his son, he forgot to add that Mrs.
Letter Cancelled al her social functions
in the capital, and that the entire Letter
family, except the members abroad. hurried
here, and are now in battle array against
the Armcurs.
The Letters are quoted at 10000, 900.
mostly In real estate. and 1t will Ia ke half
of this immenst fortune to swing the deal
young Joe has undertaken. This means ire
mendodsix,rrowing from ibsnksandmortgag-
ing of real estate. Friends of Joseph say
he finds consolation n Holy Writ. andpoints
TO Joseph's original wheat deal, as told in
Gen., Kill:
''4s. Anc he gathered up all the sood
Of the seven years, which were in the
land of EgyFt and laid up the food in
the cities. the food OF the field, which
was round about every city, laid he up in
the same.
10. And Joseph gathered corn twheat
as the sand nf the sea, very much. until
he left numbering, for it was without mum
Der.
"And all countries came into Egypt TO
Joseph f"T - buy corn wheat; beoausethat
the famine was so sore in all lands.''
A total of 1855 900 bushels of wheat
was deliy cred to Letter yesterday. OF
this ap,t unit Armour delivered 500, ,Ooe
bushels, weare Elevator Company, ,OOO.-
600; Carrington-Hannah, rs 900, and
sraverns, 10000. The young giant of
the wheat pit has now accepted total OF
S.oO0,a60 bushels in one week. The wheat
averages linn 80 cents a bCshel and makes
his payments up to date about 81, 500 900.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
UNITED TO DEFEAT The BILL
Labor Unions Petition Against the
Anti'Sealping Measure.
They Regard the Effort to Pass as
IA Challenge to Them and Have
Accepted 1t.

The passage by Congress OF the so-calle,t
anti-scalping bin is becoming more and
more doubtful. Every day petitions from
powerful lahor organizations are forwarded
to the members Of both Houses, requesting
them to use their influence in defeating the
bill. The last of these petitions to be
filed came from Iron Molders' Unions, Nos
81 and 244; Retail Clerks Union, No
16s; Waiters' UGton. No. 2r: Pattern Max
ers' Assoc iation, tigar Makers Union, No
16T; Long shQrencn's Union, No. 10, and
Amalganiated Sheet Metal Workers Union,
No. i06.
These organizations repres ent many
thousands Of people, and the scores of
similar petitions that have been filed
represent hundreds of thousands of men,
Whose Votes count at each election. and
count 80 well that congressman will he
very cautious aiout offending the voters
Labor men believe Tie bnl to be d direct
challenge by the corporat ions to them,
and they have accepted their challenge
Transportation, at its chea pest, they
claim. is a hardship to all poor men and
for the wealthy corporations to deprive
them OF the opportunity for travelling at
the lowest rates, they assert, am ounts to
oppression.
In arguments that have been present ed
to the House Committee on Interstate ind
Foreign Commerce, relative TO this cut
rate bill. transportation from this city 20
New York has been quoted az fair sampi.
OF the saving that n traveller may m Ike
through scaIper's ticket. They may: pc
bought, according to the fluctuations Of
the market, at any figure between S4.5O
and $3.50 ticket, while the same trans
portation would cost at the railroa,l . f.,
fices $3.50. To save from 81 to S.,
The evening times., 1897-12-22
NO FAITH CURE
ABOUT STUART'S DYSPEP.
STA TABLETS.

They Cure Stomach Troubles and
Indigestion Anyway, Whether
You Have Faith In Them or Not
All physicians agree that the element
of faith has great deal to do in tht
cure OF disease.
Firm belief and confidence in a fam
lily physician or the same confluence and
faith fl patent p,etiitine, have PR
duced remarkable cures in all ages.
This is especially true in nervous truubi IS
and To field offers so prolif,c a harvest
for the quack and the charlatan as the dis
eases arising froin weak or run .iown
nervous system, -.
Nevertheless, the most common of all
diseases, indigestion and ston,3ch troubles,
which in turn cause nervous diseases, r. art
troubles, consumption and loss Of flesh,
requires sonitshins -besidest faith to cure.
Mere faith will not digest your food
for You, will not give you an appetite, will
not Increase your. flesh and strengthen
your nerves and heart, but stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets will do these things, DE.
cause they are cofnppsed of the elements
OF digestion. They contain the juices acids
and peptones necessary to the digestion
and assimilation Or all Wholesome fcct.
Stuart's Dyspcpsi1 Ta6icts Will digest
food If placed I'm a. Jar or tottle in water
heated te ss degr~5, sn.f they viii do il
much orc effecti, ely when taken into the
stomach after peaIs. whether you have
faith that thed wfDa Or not
J They invigmsfe t stosnaeh, make pure
blood and strong nerves. in tte only w1y
that nature CAM Josit, and that fs from
plenty Of wtole&fAA feed wen dixested.
It is net what we eat, but what we digest
that dt es us good.
stuarts Dyspersi4 Iablets are sold by
drugxisss for s9ceht Aforfuitstze package,
Little book on cause a usi cure Of stomach
troubles naifedsfree py ads1refxing Stuart
Co.. karshafi. Mfrh.
dep c,22,24 q sssi s'-s--
The evening times., 1897-12-22
How to Prevent rneumon,a,

At This time of the year cold is very
easily contracted, andifleftt to run its course
without the aid of some reliable cpnyh
medicine is liable TO result in that trea.I
disease, pneumonia. We krow Of 10 better
remedy To cure cough or cold than Cha n.
beriain's Cough Remedy. We have used it
quite extensively and it rss aiwa IS given
entiresatisfaction.- Ind. Ter. Chief
This is heonly remedy that is known to
be q tiertain preventive of pneunon IA.
Among the many thousands who hay used
It for colsis and la grippe We hayc nevcr ct
learned Of a single care having resulted IN
psseun,ouia. Persons who have weak iunHs
or have re3son to fear an attack OF pneu-
sHouia, should keep the remedy at hand.
Tie 90 and 30 cent sizes forsaie by Henry
Evans, Wholesale and retail Druggist. S3e
Fss.. .nDdc cenn. ave anus. st. NV: and l12e
Id. gve. ~.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
EVEN LAWYERS PUZZLED
A Case Fall Of a Variety Of Mar.
riages and Divorces.
Dorothy Daffron Would Like to
Know Whether or Not She Is
Daniel Holidays Thtrdwife.

New York. Dec. 22. Former Judge II. w
Leonard has begun an Investigation into
the circumstances surrounding a divorce
obtained In San Francisco some years ago
from Dorothy Datfron. a stage beauty and
skirt dancer who has appeared In all the
Holiday. tr., nephew OF former Gov.
Holiday. Of Virginia, and the agent here
of large wooleH manuf actory.
Miss Daft ron was born July 4, SGT, in
Dublin. Ireland, In the house in which
Thomas Moore was born. When scarcely
more than fifteen she married DR.. Henry
of Baltimore, and lived with him until his
death in 1854 Two years later she mar
ried Mr.. Holiday In this city.
In 1891 Holiday went to California,
where. on July 20, 1892, he obtained a
divorce.
On August 4, 1895, Holiday married
Einma +. Keaghey. in this city. Last
September the second Mrs. Holiday sued
through former Judge Leonard for a
separation from her husband This suit
is pending. Mr. Holiday asked for an
annulnient of the marriage, on the
ground that when he married his second
wife she was the wife OF John s. Keaghey.
On March Ii, 1882, keaghey obtained
a divorce from HIS wife in Jasper, Texas.
but Holiday alleges no sulflpoDs was
served persnnally upon Mrs AKeaehey In
Texas. aud the divorce isJ,pf no force in
this State.
About a month ago Miss Da ffron "a ne
here from Paris. read in the ne wsI,apers
of the second Mrs. Holidays s suit. hnr-
ried to Judge Leonard and told him that
for years she had supposed Holiday
dead. She declared that she never heard
Of any divorce proceedings against Ter.
ana that while 1t appears to have Seen
proceeding she was corresponding ry
letter with Holiday. To prove her s.
sertion she produced lett,rs from him.
Suddenly these letters stopped. she le-
clared, and later she heard from friends
of Holiday that he was dead. One year
later she married a Wall street bro ger.
who died In 1895.
Now Miss naffron wishes to know
what are her legal relations to Holiday,
and whether or not she is the legal widow
other third husband. Lawyer Leona rd >aid
yesterday that he ha d heard that the sum
mons in the San Francisco case was served
Sy publication, although he believes Mr..
Holiday knew where his wife was at the
time. .-.f
George Gordon Battle, Counsel for MIR.
Holiday, said that his client's divorce vas
legal.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
TWO DEATHS BY FIRE.

Fireman Overcome by Gas and a
Woman Burned to a Crisp.
New York. Dec. 22.-Tenement house
fires last night ard early this morning
claimed two lives-those of bra Ve fireman
and crippled woman. s-ess lsss
Martin Oakley, member of.engine esn,-
pany No. ., with four conpanjons, was
ordered into the basement OF. the , tene-
ment at 426 East Fourteentfpstnset last
night, where a stubborn fire was raging.
The men did not hesitate to ebey ofders,
but were s" overcome by smoke u ID the
fumes of escaping gas, that, one, Nv one
they dropped unconscious. 81 = Fl
All were rescued, but Oakley, who had
gone in first, was the last man FOUND. lie
died soon after reaching the open abr.
His companions were taken to a hospital,
and were better this morning.
Mrs. Frieda Scblintz was roasted TO
death in her home in q tenement fffe on
East Mnety-fifth street this morning.
She was cripple and when the ffrem.n
discovered her Flight she was surrounded
by a barrier of fire and beyond the hope
of rescue. Other tenants had narrow es-
capes.
The evening times., 1897-12-22

| Monticello, n. Y, Dec. 22.-The hap
pinesscf wedding atStarlight was bla ,te'
| a few hours after tn, c,rem)ny bya tragedy,
and If the anger OF many citizensis is not is,ii-
trolled anothrr tragedy may follow. Wal
lace Sts ntoE is at the point of death, AMI
Milo RI cine, who Shot the young man, is
| protected b. his friends. for there is open
| talk of t iynching if Stanton Dies.
The uoubie followed the practice common
In rural communities OF serenading newly
! married people. This custom is called
a 'skimmipgton'' in Sullivan county.
Davis McGee and Miss Edith Racine were
married at Starlight Sunday evening. The
wedding was at the home Of the biide's
parents. The young people ara well 'saown
and have many friends, mos. Of whom were
present. For the time the couple decided 70
make their home with the brides father
Milo Racine planning TO move to McGee.s
farm later.
Not II cloud came over their Happiness
until late Sunds night, when everybody
in the tousc WAS awakened by an out
burst Of hideous hoises. THE young men
Of the rcighborhood had come for a
''skiinmington," and bet veen shouts and
blasts of horns, Mr.. and Mrs. McGes
COULD hear calls for their appea rance before
the seTenaders.
1t was very late, the night was very
dark, and Il ere was no response from
the GOise t. the demands of the crowd
The noise was Continued. Tin pans, LOrns
and all conceivable devices for making Il
frightfui disturbance were brought into
full play, and the "skinm;ngton" was kept
up without pause until the brides father,
Milo Racine. appeared on the doorstep.
Bring out the bride and the bride
srum and treat the crowd" was the
cry from Il dozen throats.
Mr.. Racine demonstrated. and the scre-
made cont'nued. Then when a lull came Mr..
Racine shouted:
Get ava from: here or somebody will BE-
sorry.'
Tne threat had no effect. Mr. Racine
waited, and then. amid the boots and yei.s
OF the crowd. he returned to the house
n'oment later he reappeared with a
double-ba rreieG shotgun.
Now, go away, or somebody Will be
hurt,'' he shouted again.
The hosting was renewed with re,iou bl..I
vigor. Mr.. Racine fired one shot in the
air to frfghten the visitors. They only
laughed and taLinted him with oeins
afraid to shoot at them.
Racine. thoroughly angered, turned The
gun toward the cruw'i and, wit hout Further
warning. fired. Young Walter Stanton,
the ringIeader, fell to the ground, shot IN
the back and hip.
The .skinininston'' was at an end then.
Racine Went into the house as Stanton was
taken home. There he now lies bet
life and death. Racine was not arresreL,
but Is under the protection of his friends,
for threats of lyme hing have been made by
Stanton's friends.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
THE TREGOR 4 co. ROBBERY
Harry williams and Patrick Duffy
Arrested I'm Baltimore.

.ATF1Sttu HI
Detective Muller today went to Balsi-
more to get Harry Williams and PatrioS
Duffy, who are wanted here on charge
OF robbing N. Tregor & Company's barber
supply store at No. 1929 street north.
west. 1regor & Company have their main
establishment in Baltimore. Mr.. Marcus
Tregor ,ir., conduct the Washington branch
andlivesin Baltimore.
when Ia. vent tc the store Monday h dis
covered that some one had ent cred it the
night before and stole about fifty razcrs,
several pairs Of shears and other articles
He reported his loss to Inspector Nat
tingly, who promptly sent dispatch to
Baltimore and other cities.3g,Gi ,.
Last evening policeman in Baltimore
arrested Williams and Duffy who were
selling razors among the sailors scn Marsh
Market Space. The razors bore TregDr &
Company name, a nd the house in Ba itiniore
was notified Of the arrest. -
This morning Mr.. Tregor, informed In
spectOr MattIngly. Warrants were orn
out for the men, and Detective Muller
went after the prisoners.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
AUsTmA,s s.RACIAL oUARRELs.
Extend to the Army. and Two Regi.
( ments Fight

London, Dec. ga dispatch from tn /.
Daily MaTf~fr'im Vienna records incidents
Showing that RACIAL auiInosity has extended
t" the army. A racial quarrel in the Fer
diI and Infantry barracks at Prague re-
salted in fight with side arms between
the lO2d Bohemian and the 18th German
rtrin ents. One soldier was killed and
seven were dangerously wounded. The
Roi'emiar regiment has since been trans
ferred to another place.
The 2stt infantry regiment, which was
recruited entirely in Prague, sullenly re-
fused to do duty on the streets during he
recent rioting in that city. Since hen all
the regiment has been confined to bar
racks.
The evening times., 1897-12-22
PANAMA XII" SHOT DEAD.
Drew Gun, But the Other Man
Was Too Ouick

Butte. Mont. Dec. 22.-PAIties in from
HenTy's Lake vest erday brought the ficus
of the killing of William Keef. known all
over the West as the Panama Kid, by Al
Courtne!, n few days ago. The Kid and
Courtney We're associated IN hunting IND
trapping for several years. and Keef was
making arrangements TO 60 to the KlUn-
dix e.
In 4 dispute over the division OF their
property tile Kid drew a gun on Courtney,
but the latter was too quick for him and
shot hin, through the head. 4 coroners
Jury eXonerated d Courtney