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The Mena star., 1898-10-12

f. w. Jaques lett Sunday evening
for Omaha to attend the exposition.
A fine baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. b. L. Addison last Friday night
G. A. Smith & Bro. take space in this
issue of the Star to quote some low
prices
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Blocksom and
baby returned from Kansas City Mon
day morning
Dr. and Mrs. Jennings left Sunday
evening fo1 trip to Omaha to attend
the exposition.
A. w. St John started yesterday for
business trip to Kansas City and
other points north.
Mrs. P, N. Wigle of st. Joseph, Mo-,
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Pcchi of this city.
John Hayworth has returned from
Sapulpa, l. IT,. where he has been run
ming branch store.
L. L. Lockman sold yesterday to b.
NJ. Green OF this county his house and
lot in the st. John addition
J. L Alley returned Saturday from
visit to his father who is sick at his
home IN Montgomery county.
Work has been temporarily stopped
or the Savage Smith building on ac-
count Of the scarcity of brick.
C. C. Dupree purchased the residence
property of j. 81. Kigore in the st.
John Addition. Consideration S275.
NJ. e. Durham returned from Omaha
Monday, bringing good report of the
Polk county exhibit of mineral and
slate.
A fine girl baby weighing nine
pounds was bern to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S.
Watson Monday morning. Ali doing
nicely.
Senator ]. X. Jones passed through
Mena Monday, going to his home from
TT. Smith where he had oeen for sew
eral days.
Mr.. j. Yahn of Lawrence, Kas.. ar
rived last week to arrange to build a
residence on his 2OO-acre farm just
west of Mena.
DIR. and Mrs. II. L. Kerr left for
their home in Peoria, H., Saturday
evening after short visit with Mr..
and MS. Il. Ii. Dunn.
i. E Balthrop, one of Polk county's
most substantial farmers who lives
near Bulger, was in town Saturday
after short sickness.
The Mena Tailoring House, which
was purchased by Romeo Golf takes
space in this weeks Star and fills 1T
with an interesting ad.
The south bound passenger on the
Pittsbnrg & Gulf was eight hours late
yesterday. The delay was caused by
a freight wreck near Goodman
Mrs. G. L. Baker, one of Little
Rocks fashionable dressmakers has
located IN Mena and takes space in the
Star to solicit patronage OF the ladies
of the city,
J.. S. Elleston. of Texes, has secured
a farm a few miles west of town and
expects to make home on it. lie is
satisfied he can make a living farming
here easier than In Texas
The yellow fever situation has been
growing worse. A number OF new
cases have developed in Mississippi and
several deaths reported. The scare
has mt business at standstlL
q Edwards of Egger, wash town
Tuesday marketing some procure and
Gave the Star CALL bringing some ex-
ira large sweet potatoes OF the South
ern Queen and White Spanish vsrietes.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12
THEY MUST GO!
$ = EY

Hats that cost us from 75c to SIS we will
sell you for ................. 25c to 5 rs
Shoes that sold for 75c to $500, you
can have now for. ........ 25c to 200
Boys Suits, good ones, cost $3.50, we will
sell now Ior. ...... ............ LOU
Youths Suits, marked price $500, go
now at A5O
Mems Suits, quick sale at $780, VIC have
cut them to Observation-Disclosures. 7'50
Mems Suits, old price $500, to-day's
slaughter sale. Observation-Disclosures. 800
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

J. & Jackson left yesterday msrning
fer Texarkana where MRS. 'ach9n Il
receiving medical treatment. ~ ex'
meets TO take her from there TO aka
de,nb;a and unless he is assured pat
the doctors there can give MRS. 'sk-
son relief they will return by Menfn
about a week and go to chicago h
treatment.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

To sell entire stock of Dry Goods Clothing Furnishing
Goods Hats Shoes Trunks Vaises Etc. auction And from
this date we begin slaughter prices everyone who
Read this carefully and hand your neighbour Don't buy
dollars worth Of goods where before coming store
you will find bargains that will open your eyes We will the
prices and you will buy the goods.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

G. A. Edwards of Egger, wash town
Tuesday marketing some procure and
rovo the Star a call, bringing some cx-
ira large sweet potatoes OF the so,th-
am Queen and White Spanish vtrietes.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

A. w. ST. John started yesterday fol
a business trip to Kansas City ant
other points north.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

DR.. and Mrs. Jennings left Sunday
evening foT trip to Omaha to attend
the exposition.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

The yellow fever situation has been
growing worse. A number Of new
cases have developed in Mississippi and
several deaths reported. The scare
has put business at standsell.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12
3 LOCAL NEWS NOTES. z

w. A. Disbrow left for ST. Louis las
night on business
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

IS. Elleston. of Texes has secured
a farm a few miles west of town and
avrec,s IN make home on it. He is
satisfied he can make living farming
here easier than IN Texas.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

Mrs P. n. Wigle of st. Joseph, Mo. i,
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Picchi of this city.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

Work has been temporarily stopped
or the Savage Smith building on ac-
count of the scarcity of brick.
The Mena star., 1898-10-12

C. C. Dupree purchased the residence
property of j. 81. kilgore in the st.
John Addition. Consideration S275.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

cause of Cuban independence because they
can gain precarious livelihood out of it.
1t is this crowd which expects to rule Cuba
in the event of independence. If they are
not made rulers they will demand another
revolution.
The recognition of Cuban independence
means war with Spain, or the probability
of it. What have the American people to
gain by such a war, which will cost many
millions of dollars, involve the derange-
ment of business and the loss of life and
property? There can be no glory in such
a war for the American people. 1t may
bring independence to Cuba, but are the
people of the island sufficiently intelligent
to maintain stable government? Turn to
the Central American, or even to the South
American republics, in which there are able
men. and find an answer
1t becomes a very different question after
the present Spanish Ministry has had time
to see what it can do to insure peace and
has failed. We cannot permit a perpetual
war in Cuba to our detriment. When the
inability of Spain to reassert it's power in
Cuba shall have been demonstrated to the
world, all governments will agree to our
interference.
If a lot of demagogues in Congress who
have never shown a disposition to do any
thing for the good of this country did not
see chance to make political capital out
of the demand for Immediate recognition
the administration would be left to pursue
its conservative policy. To make a little
party capital these reckless demagogues
would willingly plunge the United States
into war with any country. In the event
of war not one of them would enlist to man
a gunboat or in the defense of the coast.
On the contrary, if they thought they could
make party capital by so doing they would
do all in their power to embarrass the adj
ministration in the event of war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
Egxnt,s Real Governor.

". w. Stevens, III LONDON MAIL.
The nominal suzerain of Egypt is the Sui
tan; its real Suzerain is Lord CrOmer. Its
nominal governor is the Khedive; its real
governor. for a final touch of comic opera,
is Thomas Cook and son. Cooks represent
tative is the first person you meet In Egypt
and you go on meeting him. You see the
back of a native-turban, long blue gown
red girdle, bare brown legs; How truly
Oriental" you say. Then he turns round
and you see Cooks Porter" emblazoned
across his breast. You travel Cook, sir?"
he grins; "all right" And it is all right
from one end of Egypt to the other. Cook
has personally conducted more than one ex-
petition into the Soudan, and done 1T as no
transport department could do. The pOpu-
lation of the Nile banks raises produce for
Cook, and for him alone. In other countries
the lower middle classes aspire to a place
under the government; in Egypt they aspire
to place under Cook Good Cook shOb all
the time" is the natives giddiest ambition
"a permanent engagement with Cook.
Cook gives no trouble; but the othef prln-
cipalitieS and powers are not so easy to do
with. If France is Sulky she refuses to let
Egypt have money out of the Caisse reserve
fund for Egypts most urgent needs. II
Greece is petulant she refuses to convict her
subjects of crime, and let's them go assault
ing and burgling at large through Egypt
If the Khedive loses his temper-and he can
be very naughty when he likeS-he can in
override his suggestions, or his subordinateS
to disobey his orders. And in all these
cases, in theory, the Englishman is helpless.
And yet it works. Fifteen years ago
oppressed defeated. To-day she is solvent,
orderly, prosperous, well-governed, victo-
rious. For the next day or two am going
round in a carriage from office to office ask
thing, meanwhile, is quite certain-England
did it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
AMERICAN FARMERS AND SUGAR
BEET CULTURE.

Discussion Of the beet sugar industry has
developed that an indisL ensable requisite
to success and even to making a beginning
is to get the farmers pledged to furnishing
a steady and adequate supply of the roots.
Capital is proverbially timid. and unless
capitalists can have a reasonable assur-
ance on this point they will not embark
in the business. To furnish such supply
year after year and permanently will re-
quire steady patient, drudging work. Amer
lean farmers, especially Western farmers
are not much given to this particular kind
of work They are accustomed to operating
on a large scale with few crops and to
using farm machinery to an extent that
does not develop fondness for back-breaking
work. such as hoeing and thinning out SUI
gar beets. There seems to be some doubt,
therefore. whether they would take kindly
to sugar beet culture. Mr.. Carnody, of
Evansville, touched on this point in paper
which he read before the State Board of
Commerce. He said:
In the production of his wheat and corn
crops, the average farmer turns a shallow
furrow, ofttimeS riding the Sulky pillow and
always the harrow. He rides the seed drill,
ne rides the cultlVdJOr, ne rlueS the reaper
and mower and rides the rake, and 1 fear
the farmer boy would soon ride the hoe
into the first fence corner in beet field,
ard lay down beside it. Other things being
equal, 1 think beet sugar plant located
in the vicinity of large German farming
element would stand the best chance Of
speedy success, because they, as class,
understand the better methods of truck
gardening, style of agriculture they were
accustomed to IN the fatherland, ana which
is necessary in beet culture. had the OPP
portunity during the past season of visiting
many farmers where trial patches of the
sugar beet We're grown as an experiment,
and invariably l found the best crops grown
by German gardeners.
1t has often been asserted that foreign
mechanics and artisans excel the American
we do not remember to have seen it asserted
in regard to farmers. Yet there is some
truth in it. A great majority of the vegeta-
BILE and truck gardeners in the United
States are Germans, and many of them
make more money off of three or four acres
than an American crop farmer does off of
eighty. They do it by hard work and in
tensive farming. Their implements are
chiefly hand implements, and they do a
great deal of back-breaking work. There is
more money in that kind of work, well di-
rected and supplemented by abundant fer
tilizers, than there is in riding the latest
improved farm implements and robbing the
soil of it's strength and substance year after
year by heavy cropping and selling off
straw and cornstalks. There is money in
the sugar beet business for both farmers
and manufacturers. but to get it out in
wolves back breaking work by the farmer
and confidence on the part of the latter that
it will be done year after year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

Republican Elwood: The Republican
platform of 1888 declared that "the Repub-
lican party is in favor of the use of both
gold and silver as money, and condemns
the policy of the Democratic administra-
ton in it's efforts to demonetize silver"
The platform of 1892 reads: "The American
people. from tradition and interest, favor
bimetallsm, and the Republican party de-
mands the use of both gold and silver as
standard money, with such restrictions and
under such provisions as will secure the
maintenance of the parity of values of the
two metals so that the purchasing and debt
paying power of the dollar, whether silver,
gold or paper, shall be at all times equal"
The resumption law does not specify that
the redemption fund. for greenbacks shall
be $100,0OO,C00, but the keeping of reserve
for redemption purposes is made obligatory.
The $100000,0O0 of gold reserve floats all the
greenbacks-$346,0O 900. OO0-and practically the
$107, 100000 of treasury notes. Silver certifi-
Gates were never redeemed with gold. On
their face the certificates declare that they
are orders on the treasury for given num-
Der of silver dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

Those who oppose the annexation of Ha-
waii do not offer any alternative. They
take no account of the fact that the islands
control the commerce of the Pacific and are
liable to be appropriated by some foreign
power unless annexed by the United States.
The suggestion that they remain independ-
ent and be protected by the United States
is not to the point. That condition has pre-
vailed for many years past but it is obso-
lete. Mr.. Kaulai, the chairman of the dele
cation of anti-annexationists, now in Wash
ington, said few days ago: IF we cannot
have the protection of the United States
and our independence, why, of course, we
say annexation to- the United States, rather
than control by any other country" That
puts the case clearly enough. If Hawaii
caanot maintain its independence without
the protection of the United States, and
nobody claims that it can, we had better
annex it at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

The statement of local civil-service re-
former that Indianapolis is drifting to-
wards boss rule" finds great deal of sup
port in the present situation. In fact instead
Of drifting towards boss rule the city has
practically. reached that condition Never at
any time during the old regime of coun-
cilmanic government was the city so COM
plctely dominated by one man power, and
that power exercised so unsparingly for the
advancement of personal and party inter-
ests as is the case at present. This condi-
ton would be bad enough under any cir
cumstances, but it is aggravated by the
fact that it is an entire departure from the
spirit and purpose of the city charter. One
argument in favor Of the adoption of the
charter was that it would do away with
political pulls" eliminate ward bosses and
city bosses from city politics and place
the city government on a strictly business
basis. AS matter of fact it has done moth
ing of the kind. The charter has been in
force seven years, and there never was
more political pulling and bossism in the
city government than there is to-day. This
is not so much the fault of the charter as
of it's administration. The charter contem-
plates government by departments and
boards, but not government of the depart
ments and boards by the mayor. 1t vests
the appointing power of subordinate Off
GERS and employees in the heads of the re-
spective departments and plainly implies
that they shall act Independent of any die
tation or interference by the mayor. Yet
it is notorious that the present mayor die
tates every appointment that is made, and
that the boards do not think of making
one without consulting him. This is a plain
violation of the Spirit of the charter. Fur
thermore, the charter says the mayor shall
see that rules and regulations are adopted
providing for the appointment and promo
ton of subordinates in the various de-
partments according to fitness and with
out regard to political opinions serv-
ices" Nothing of the kind has been done
or attempted by the present administration.
The civil-service provision of the charter
has been wholly ignored and in it's place has
been substituted the one-man power of the
mayor That this power is exerted in
quiet, noiseless way and is not Haunted
Extensively in the face of the public or ex-
ercised with a brass band accompaniment
does not make it any the less a violation
of the spirit of the charter and an exercise
of boss rule. By a distortion and prostitu-
ton of it's purpose the very instrument
that was intended to break up bossism has
become an incubator and protection for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
THE PINGREE BOOM.
How the StarIxe County Movement
Strikes a Michigan Paper.
Detroit Tribune.

Detroit .1TlDuIe.
We knew 1t would come, and have been
bracing ourselves for the shock; but still
there is a Jingle of surprise in the announce
ment that the first Pingree presidential ciuo
has been formed Perhaps 1t IS the place
and manner of the organization, more tnan
The fact itself that has overcome our de-
termination to receive the news callnly anu
in a frame of mind to 1udlclally weigh It's
Significance Had Walter b. Cole conduct
ed the ceremonies and admin Stef q the oatn
in q aar-hIlne hall over some Eighth-ward
drug store it would have been easy 10 heaVe
n gentle sigh of relief, after long eHpectan-
CIV and proceed without agitation, TO es-
innate the probable erect OF the event NJ On
ton: but to suddenly learn that a band OF
sturdy Starke county Undiana Pcpulist5
have flung the Pingree banner to the breeze
and already has arrangements under way
for oTgan.Z ng the other counties OF HoosleF-
dom is q trifie disconcerting.
These Indiana men have eliminated the
Republican party from the equation even
more carelessly than the Governor hlniselI
data as to the personal pulls of the active
parties their abilities as organizers or the
nature of the jobs they failed TO get through
the old parties We are not even informed
whether hiZzexellency was consulted before
action was taken and are unprepared 10
say whether the club has copies OF "Facts
and Opinions and the railroad message Tor
distrlbltion among the mOrtgageoIs ana
hired men of Starke county.
In fact. the information at hand IS 100
incomplete to permit any attempt at the
scholarly and closey-Teasoned article with
which we had intended 10 greet TINS event
when ii should take place Suffice II to say
shat the ball has been set roillng ana tndl
the fact of il being started by members OF
an organization with which the Governor
never formally affiliated wouldn't worry MN
a minute il it seemed to be gathering suf-
ficient Roadway 70 warrant him In taking
an interest~n its progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
RECoGNrrIoN AND WAR.

Representative Hit stated in the House
on Wednesday that all the promoters of
Cuban independence hope from recognition
is that such recognition will involve us in
war with Spain. Recognition would give
Spain the power to search American ships
for contraband goods. The Spaniards are
so constituted that they cannot exercise
such power without committing overt acts
which will eventually lead to war. In such
an event Cuba would be out of the fight
and we would be in it. In short, recognize
ing the independence of Cuba just now
would lead to, war with Spain. If Amer
lean citizens were being oppressed war
should not be avoided. but rather accepted
as last resort. But no American citi-
zen is in the hands OF Spain whose trial or
liberation the United States has requested.
Who are these persons who desire to
plunge the United States into war with
Spain? Cuban patriots who serve the cause
from the safe distance of the United States
and under its protecton-soldiors of for
tune, for the most part who subsist upon
contributions made to the cause of the
Cubans There are a few sincere men
amo1g the Cuban patriots in this country
but Me most Of them have espoused the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
Mrs. Ayers Jewels.
London Mail.


have only just heard of the death of Mrs.
Aver which happened in Paris last Mon
day and although she was comparatively
little known in London everybody knew her
by name and reputation as one OF the rlch-
est American women. In Paris she did great
feats Of entertaining, and here in London,
some two seasons ago, she gave gorgeous
dinner at the Savoy Hotel. on this occa-
sion, if I remember right, the table where
she herself was sitting with some of the
most honored guests was eXquisltely deco
rated with orchids while the Queen OF
Song" including Melba and many other
operatic stars sat at a table adorned with
red roses Another table was covered en-
tirely with pink bloom, and the table where
the unmarried girls sat, with their cava-
lers, was all white.
wore the wonderful rubies generally known
as the Mazarn rubies having belonged to
the famous cardinal of that name and the
value Of them can be approximately gagged
by the fact that the ordinary market value
of one of these stones is E400 for two carats
and e1 900 for three. On another occasion
when l saw her size was wearing her tur-
quoises, and with the exception of a Won
derful stone Which Lady Wharncliffe some
engraved with Persian characters, | have
never seen bigger stones. They were all
oval in shape and of a most beautiful
color, and some of them were as tlg as
hens eggs
Mrs Aver was very retiring, indeed SHY,
and for this reason, perhaps, she nrTer was
very well known in London society, the
keynote to which has ever been push;
but she had the name of being the k5Edest-
hearted woman and a very CooG foStess.
The source Of her wealth was the lar
famed SarSaDariIla.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

an army has been fought in Cuba, so that
the $4,000 have been rendered unfit for serv-
ice by invalidism due to improper clothing.
lack of food and fatigue. according to the
report of the inspector Spain cannot raise
another such army because the government
has not the means. This fact of itself
shows that the Spanish government has no
reason to expect to subdue the Cubans by
arms. On the other hand, the reports from
Cuba indicate that the insurrectionists now
have larger and better equipped army
than at any previous date. In addition to
these discouraging conditions, both in Ha-
vana and in Spain, there have been demon
STATIONS hostile to the present Ministry.
The public feeling is such in Spain that
those best informed predict that the next
demonstration which will help the Cubans
will be that of Spanish mobs hostile to the
present Ministry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

Unless the government should use the
money which a postal savings bank would
collect in the redemption of its outstanding
bonds there is no purpose to which it could
devote the collections. Such bonds would
yield less than per cent. net, possibly not
over ~ per cent. The expense of running
the system must come out of the treasury,
and would be considerable. To collect money
that the government has no use for, and
to put the treasury to considerable ex-
pense TO do it, seems to be paying dearly to
teach limited number of people to accum-
ulate few dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21

It was feared by some persons that the
movement in favor of currency reform
might have spent itself in the fist Indian
apolis convention and the report of the
commission growing out of it. This fear
has proved to be groundIess, for besides
the popular discussion which the report
continues to excite. it is evident that the
convention of the 9th inst. will be even
larger and more representative than that
of last January. The effect of this second
convention will be to give new impetus to
the movement and rivet the attention of the
country upon Indianapolis as its starting
point end center of influence.