The Mena star., 1898-06-29
CURRENT EVENTS IN Bp,Rr

sINiS IN BRIEF.
 Cornel a easily beat Yale and Harr, in the great annual college boat ecu at New London, Com. last weaL :, repeating last years victory va, was second at the finish.
 Numerous efforts are being mad. learn what public sentiment is regard ing the keeping of the Philippines .ns other Spanish possessions taken bv or army and navy. The results seen :. indicate that the people favor sucb a~ tension of territory by the Un;taa States. about twenty-five desiring tb ., result where one opposes it.
 John Henry Collins, the youno co, Iege student accused of murderinc b,. father to obtain insurance money l.a. May, has had his preliminary examine tion and is held without bail. Th. strongest evidence produced aga;ns. him was letter he is alleged to hav. written, indicating that he had hired negro to commit the murder.
 That part of the United States sou ate who oppose the annexation of tbs Hawaiian islands. while fully recor nizing the apparent hopelessness of their fight against the wishes of ,h. strong majority, persist in using everv means in their power to delay tha adoption of the annexation resolution It is thought that such tactics canno, block vote much longer. This is tba only thing delaying the adjournment of congress.
 The United States, in the midst o+ war, is spending goodly sum in 6t. ting up navy, but there are a number of nations across the water that are enlarging their sea forces with ereatar speed and at heavier cost. Great Britain has contracted to expend slo7. 100000 in building war vessels; Russia s31s, 1000, ,000; France, S144, ,000, ,O00: Ger. many, $240, 900, ,000; and little Japan's plans call for the expenditure of sl9s. 100000 The great tendency is toward swift going vessels. as it is now almost universally Acknowledged that such ships are far more useful than the pou. derous fighting machines of low speed
 In view of the fact that the ex. pense would be but a trifie, 1t seems too bad that Uncle Sam will not give MT. Holland and his submarine boat a chance at the Spanialds. His boat is certainly wonder. as its many sue cessfrl trips under the water prove. and its builder has this to say: II stand ready, if the government will supply me with five tons Of gun cotton projectlles, to enter the harbor of Ha- vana or Santiago and demolish all mines and torpedoes in the way or de. stroy all warships within the harbor and single handed to reduce, one by one, every fort, battery or fortifcation within range of my guns. I will go in the boat myself. will turn it over to a naval officer and serve as one of the. crew. l will do anything required to prove that the boat is all that claim for 1.-the most terrible as 1t is the simplest and most practical of marine fighting machines
 Internal revenue stamps will soon be as common as the postage variety and it will be some time before the public learns all the places that they are required by the law passed to raise revenue to carry on the war. They will have to be used on bank drafts and checks, certificates of deposit any order for the payment of money, bills of exchange, bills of lading, deeds, leases. insurance policies, mortgages