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The Mena star., 1898-11-23
THE TRUSTS STILL THRIVE.

in spite of the fact that there is a tderal law prohibiting trusts. new Ines are being formed every day and hose now in existance have an aggre- Fate capitalization of S9.s02 s6S. 900. The tendency to concentrate special sadustries and bring them under the .anlnion of iuonapoiistic corporations
 fs for steadily Almost every
 h of the manufacturing business
 has its combination. or trust.
 lcnntrois both output aud prices.
 ltilion is crashed out bY the big V fations of capital. The small
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
PROUD OF THE OLD TAN.

Dr. J. w. Scott. father of c. F..
 Scott, publisher of the lola (Kan. )
 Register. was elected to the Okla
 homa legislature from Lincoln county. In commenting on this event the Register says that though the doctor has passed his |1ath birthday. it will be found ..s...shat in all things that 20 to make good lcgislator-wide and |accuratc judgement. infexible honesty, clear and logical speech there will not be anyone there leer of John W. Scott" And fhen with pardonable pride young IT.. Scott says: That is the binion the editor of this paper has # his father and he dosen't care hho knows it. Kansas City Jour .L.t
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
THEY WILL LOOK ALIKE.
Secretary Gage Decides That Bills of the same Denomination should Bear
 Close Resemblance.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Secre tary of the Treasury Gage long ago decided to have bills of the same denomination look alike. That is, he wished the s silver certificate, the g. United States note and the s Sherman treasury note to bear close resem blance to one an other. The first of the designs under the new system is for the Sl silver certificate. The notes will soon be out. Clearness, simplicity and protection against counter feiting are the results chiefly aimed at. The central device on the face of the note is an American eagle with wings partly spread, clutching the flag and with the dome of the capitol in the background. Below the platform upon which the eagle stands are small por- traits of Lincoln and Grant set in me- dallions
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

mann 'acturer finds that he must either juin the combination or go to the wall. aud in many cases he does not even
 have a chan t to join the com bination.
 Within the last six months articles of incorporation have been taken out by
 more than oue hundred companies of abnormal capitalization, which are designed to take over and concen-
 trate the business of scattered com
 panies in the various fields of indus try And this in the face of the fact
 that the United States supreme court
 has now pronounced even the railroad com bination known as the Joint Traf- fic association to be a violation of the
 federal antitrust law.
 The foregoing from tho New York Herald is not only interest ing but of vital import to all the people. That the tendency Is toward combination of capitalistic enterprises with | view of climi- hating competition is clear to be seen and the question arises in the minds of thoughtful people, what do such movements portend and where will be the end.
 In our opinion they portend ul- timatc good and will result in the final abolishmcnt of all unlawful formed for the pur- pose of cnriching the few at the expense of the many by unjust and cxacting demands.
 The rapidity with which these are being formed, as outlined by the Herald, will naturally cause the people to awake and demand the execution of laws now existing, or the en- actment and execution of others if necessary to protect them in their natural and legal rights in the in- dustrlal and producing world.
 Again, these combinations arc proving valuable object lessons, showing that cooperation is the order of the day and that the pco- pie must learn to co operate in their own interest. When the people learn this they will abolish all trusts and combinations formed to rob them.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
Fiendish Work of Thrso rramp..

River Junction, Fla, Nov. q. Three unknown white men went to the house of Andra Shackelford, five miles above here, and demanded food from his wlIe. She was alone with her three httie children and offered bread, say. ing IL was all she had. They demanded meat. She became frightened and fled 10 the woods. The tramps then set nre to the house, roasting the three little ones to death.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit c. E. Stead man of Newark, Mich. in the Civil war. It caused horrible ulcers that no treatment helped for twenty years. Then Bncklcn's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures cuts. bruises burns, boils, felons, corns, skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by F. c. Saw age, druggist.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

General James Longstrcct, U. S. commissioner of railroads ad- yises the construction by the government of double track railroad from Kansas City, Mo. : to San Diego, Cal. in the follow ing language: 1t may be timely just now to suggest that tue gov ernmcnt construct and operate q first class double track from Kan SIS City to San Diego by air line route. This will open the short est line measured by the map from Boston. NewIorik and Phila- ,delphia to the Pacific coast. along anl near the coal fields of the east and the west of thls side of the Rockies and making the most di- rect line from our great commer- cial center to the Sandwich is lands and tho Philippines"
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
Grover Cleveland or for santiago.

New York, Nov. 10. --On the yacht Oneida, Capt Robley D. Evans. Grover Cleveland and their host, F. c. Bene- dict, are sailing to the south bound Tor Newport News, Key West, San tlago and Ponce on a two-months' cruise. Capt. Evans will take the party to the marine battlefield, where Cervera's fleet was destroyed. Mr. Cleveland has taken fishing tackle and expects to catch big tarpon in Florida waters.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
NEW PLAN TO FEED THE POOR.

President Guggenheimer, of the mu- nicipal council of New York city, has proposed plan for the relief of the poor of that great metropolis. He has fig ured on the theory that enough food is wasted by the well-to-do people of that city to feed i0O 00u of the poorer classes, and urges that some system be adopted by which the superAuity of food as we'll as of clothing and other useful material, might contrib Ii ute to the sustenance and comfort of the poverished.- Kansas City Jour nal.
 When the lowly Nazarine de- ciarod that the poor ye nave ai- ways with you" he stated a fact as he saw it then and depicted a condition that is as painfully true now as then. No one has right to imply, however, that because of these facts that such condi- tion should always exist or that Jesus intended to convey taat idea, his acts and teachings gong to show that he deplored and con- demned such a conition of affairs.
 As long as these conditions con tinue to exist we'll meaning men and women will try to devise some means for the relief of the sufferers but if half of the energy was devoted to removing the cause that is now devoted to try ing to give relief much better re- suits would accrue. At tho best the method proposed above, like nearly all others of similar nature, is degrading and has a tendency to make chronic paupers of those who need such assistance and surely this is not beneficial to SO cicty.
 The Pingrce potato plan, as it has been called, Is by far the su- pcrior method as it helps the poor to help themselves and in that de- gree helps them maintain their in dependence and self respect.
 That our competitive system of industry is the prime cause which enables some people to waste food and clothing while others starvc and freeze is becom- ing painfully evident and cannot be successfully denied. No one claims that there is not enough food and clothing for all, but un- der existing conditions, after a portion of the people have waste fully thrown their surplus food into the slop-barrcl and their cast off clothing into the rag bag, some method of gathering these cast off articles is suggested with a view of relieving the suffcrings of those whose poverty stricken condition is the result of clearly defined causes capable of being removed.
 We have made wonderful ad- vances along scientific and pro- ductive lines. almost miraculous in their conception and results, and the time is ripcning for the adoption Of CD operative systems by the people whereby greater equality of conditions shall exist
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

Mcna welcomes her new found fricnds who recently arrived from Germany and hopes they may all find homes here and secure prop erty. We know that they will mako good citizens.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

It may be painfully ''too ab- surd" to remind our friend of the Eureka Springs Flashiight that a twenty y.6vc foot business lot sold in Mena last week for $l.000 cash, but 1t is Il fact nevertheless. V e would he pleased to see q report of one selling i'll Eureka Springs at that price this year.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

The cold wave of last Monday was very severe and quite unex- pccted for this section but was mild compared with what our friends in the north experienced from all accounts.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

and equal opportunities prevail to the end that no class shall waste in riotous extravaganza food and clothing to be gathered for the use of those who otherwise must freeze and starve.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

The contract for the new court house and jail for Mcna will be let on Thursday, Dee l.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

The proposition to build water works for Mena, now practically assured, is giving confidence to the people and causing our town to take on d more rapid, and at the same time, d very substantial growth. The further fact that the water works are to be built and owned by the city gives in- creased confidence to all new corners.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

Negotiations are pending for the purchase of the Chicago & Al ton railroad by tho Pittshurg & Gulf and certainly every friend of the road will be glad to see this Sconsumatcd. The Chicago & AL ton Is one If the very best roads in tho United States and combined with the great Port Arthur Route would make q trunk line from Chicago to the gulf that would have no equal.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23

The Maria Teresa is given up as a total loss, as a result of an examina- tion of the ill-fated cruiser as she lav aground on the shore of Cat island This was one of, if not the finest cruis- CT of the Spanish navy before it was so utterly destroyed by the American warships. It is not now expected that any of the fine vessels of Cervera,s squadron sunk on the Cuban coast can be saved. Dewey has been more for tunate at Manila, having successfollv raised and docked two of Monteio's vanquished boats, and expects to save at least one more. They are of steel well armed, and will be of great valne being especially fitted for service in the protection of American interests in the Philippine islands America win soon have eleven warships which she has bought eaptarcd and saved since the war began.
The Mena star., 1898-11-23
BRIEF ITEns OF NEWS.

The sailing vessel, Atlanta, is ashore off the coast of Oregon. She had crew of thirty men on board and only two got ashore alive. She was oouno from Tacoma for an African port with wheat. The vessel was broken in two.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
LUCKY OFFICERS CHEERED.
COppinger, snyder and Hawkes. Civ
en- an Ovation by Their Men.

COppinger, snyder and Hawkes. Civ
en- an Ovation by Their Men.
Mobile. Ala, May 4-News of the pro-
motion of Brig. Gen. Coppinger to be ma
jor general, and Coils. Snyder and Hawkes.
of the Nineteenth and Twentieth to be
brigadier generals was welcomed with
shouts in camp this afternoon.
Gen. Coppinger took his honors modestly,
saying that he was pleased, but that his
pleasure for himself was nothing like
that he felt in knowing that such able
officers as Coils. Snyder and Hawkes. had
received deserved promotion.
All the officers present at headquarters
shook hands with the general and con-
graduated him.
Maj. Pond carried the news to the pro-
NOTED cclonels, and when it was receiv-
ed a great assemblage gathered at once
and loud and frequent were the cheers
raised by the men of the regiments.
A half hour later the band of the Nine
teenth drew up in front of Gen. Snyder s
tent and serenaded him. He made little
speech to the boys, thanking them for
the compliment and their manifestation
of good will.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
Your Chair ana Your Desk.

From the Hartford (Conn.) Post.
Some curious experiments have been
made by a Harvard professor to prove
what is really the best hight for the chair
you sit on and the desk you write at.
Every person, 4 appears, ought 10 have
chair specially made to suit his or her
hight, and tho seat of the chair should be
exactly one-quarter Of your hight from the
floor Thus. If you are six feet high, the
chair seat should beneighteen inches. The
width Of the seat should exactly equal It's
hight. and ii should slope backward three
quarters Of an inch to the foot. The back
should be a tribe higher than the seat.
and sloped slightly, not too much Finally,
your desk should he two-thlrds as high
again as the seat of your chair Thus IL
your chair seat is twenty-four inches the
desk should be forty inches In hight.
When you have attended TO all these little
details you can sit and write all day with
out feeling that bQckache that comes from
chairs and desks that don't fit you.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
UNDERGRADUATE HUMOR.
English students who Wake Fun for
Themselves and others.
From Tif-Bits


The UNDERGRADUATE Is creature OF a
class peculiar to himself. and battles clas-
sifcaaon. He speaks a language Of his
own, has his own code Of etiquette and
morals, and his ownssense Of humor. When
he announces that cats a man and
has been ploughed In the stlnks," he
merely means that a ST. GATHERINGS man
has failed IN his natural science trpos ex-
animation; but even this verbal ambig-
uiiy may be pardoned in a man who buys
his butter by the yard and cultiyates
learning on squash"
His humor proud as he is of it, Is sell
dom equaI 10 his learning, and is rather
frank than witty. once a year. however
cabined II may be at other times, this hu-
NOR breaks bounds and runs riot ia def
ance OF proctors and vice chsncellors. This
is in common" when his university hon.
ors itself by comforting degrees on distin-
guished outsiders. Then the undergrad
uates gather IN battalions and M the gall
lery Of the theater in riotous crowds.
Every undergraduate Is for The nonce
privileged punster a licensed humorist;
and every man tries TO outlive his fellows
in daring witicisms. The rafters shake with
topical songs, and many an old gentleman
in the area is paraiyzed BY request 20
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
BISHOP MauADE a PATRIOT.
Believes in an Army That viii Ena-
BILE Us to Defy EuroDc


New York May 4-Not since the LAYING
Of the corner stone of st. Patrick,s Ca
thedral. in 1859, has there been a ceiebra-
ton among Roman Catholics of this
country equal in ceremony and masnia-
cence to that begun to-day to celebrate
the rwenty-fifth anniversary of the ele-
walton to the episcopate of the Most Rev
erend Michael Augustine Corrigan.
There was pontifcal high mass at 10
o'clock this morning at the Cathedral
the silver chimes were rung for the first
time. and there was procession of nota-
PIE Cathonc clergymen with a guard of
honor of 500 cadets
Every clergyman taking part in the
mass was dignitary of the church. The
papal delegate, Archbishop Martinelli
was present.
A grand orchestra, selected singers and
enlarged chorus supplied the music.
A certificate characterization for the debt
Of SSOO,0oe on the Dunwoodie Seminary.
conceived and begun by the archbishop,
was handed to him, it having been raised
by popular subscription in few months.
The vestments were made of cloth of sill
yer and embroidery of gold, surprising in
magnificence the remarkable vestnents al
ready at st. Patrick's vestry, some of
which cost 5000 piece
A banquet al the boys Orphanage. at
tended by about 400 clergymen, including
archbishops, bishops and priests, followed
the services at the cathedral.
Bishop Farley, toast-master. read con-
gratulations from Cardinal Rampolla, the
Pope's secretary of state, in the name of
the Pope.
The Apostolic delegate, Monsignor Mar
tinelh. responded to the toast, "Our Holy
Father" in Latin praising the work of
Leo KIT, and declaring that his acts in
Behalf of humanity would stand as last
ing monument to his honor and glory
In introducing Bishop McQuade of Rocn-
ester, VINO spoke to the toast Our Coun-
try" Bishop Farley said: This is one of
the greatest countries that man ever lived
for, bled for or died for. Now that the
nation is engaged in deadly struggle, the
Catholics of the country will be among
the first to risk their lives for its defense,
and more than one-third of the navy IS
composed of Catholics"
Bishop McQuade's speech was along pa
triotic lines. In conclusion, he said: I'VE
want a country unshackled by the chains
OF European customs. Our forefathers
laid down for US principles that are abid-
ing, and l am not 50 much a believer in
the army and navy as 1 am in the good
common sense of the American people. 1
believe in an army that will embrace all
the people, which will enable us to defy
the world, and in time of war to call lot
a million, but ten million, into the field.
Then shall we be able to dictate to Eu-
rope and the world the doctrine of peace"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
NOT TO RUSH TO CUBA.

ed to-day and We're issued TO some of the
men. They are made of a peculiar kind
OF India cloth that resembles white duck.
and are substantial though cool and COM
Portable Helmets OF the same goods are
on the way and viii be given out as soon
as they arrive
Twenty-Five teamsters and packers from
San Antonio, Tex, arrived to-day and were
Immediately put 20 work under Sergt. John
Sharp, an old army veteran. These men
are experienced horsemen and win follow
the army wherever It goes.
The signal corps are praeticing daily.
preparing for active service
The transports are steamed ready to
move at a moments notice, and Il is ru-
mored In some quarters tonight that the
first invasion OF the army viii leave here
tomorrow night for Cuba. The Olivette.
'Mascotte and Florida OF the Plant steam
ship line and three from the Merchants
and Miners, and one from the Morgan
line are in perfect order and others are
TO arrive tomorrow TO transport the SOL
diers and ammunition to the field of hos
Titles.
Capt. James Mckay, for a long time
captain Of the Plant System steamships,
and untn recently United States marshal
for the southern district of Florida, has
been appointed chief pilot. and will pilot
capt. SIMPSONS Meet. lie Will also nave
command OF the vessels that will trans
port the first invasion army that sails for
Cuba.
The state troops will assemble In Tampa
next Thursday, and great preparations
are being made for them. The call Is 10
furnish a regiment Of infantry that is to
consist Of 40 men, and il Is very probable
that Capt. 7. NJ Woodruff Of the Fifth
Infantry of the United States Army will
be appointed colonel Of the regiment.
Capt Woodruff is assistant adjutant gem
eral Of the state, and has been camp in
structor CT the troops at every state en-
campment for the past five years
Upon special orders from Wash
ngton to-day the Spanish fishing
smack captured by the tug
Uncas Of the Mosquito fleet was discharg-
ed from custody. The tug was taken in
American waters and as it had nothing
contraband OF war on board 1t could not be
held under the Presidents proclamation,
which gave Spanish vessels until May Il
TO get out Of American waters.
The army officials have purchased nearly
every saddle horse obtainable an these
parts to take TO the fields Of hosuities,
and will send their wen bred horses home
or keep them here until they return, as
they 'cannot stand the tropics They have
all bought Florida horses or animals that
are thoroughly accEmated. at
Newspaper correspondents are now expe
riencing some difficulty in finding suitable
horses for their purposes, and handsome
prices are being paid for anything that will
saddle and can move about lively on four
Ices
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
STAFF OF NEWS CATERERS.
Three Dispatch Boats in the Service
of the Associated Press.

of the Associated Press.
New York, May 4.--The fast dispatch
boat Kate Spencer which left Jacksonville
on Monday night TO go into the service of
the Associated Press arrived at Key West
this morning. The Spencer will operate
in conjunction with the famous dispatch
boat Dauntless, which has been operating
in Cuban waters for some weeks. in car
rying news for the Associated Press from
Key West for filing.
The widening scope of operations in the
West Indian waters made necessary the
chartering of a third dispatch boat for the
Associated Press and the fast ocean yacht
Wanda has been secured for this purpose
and sailed from here to-day, having on
board as CORES pondents A. w. Lyman and
Alfred Cecil Goudie.
The Wanda is recognized in her class
with one exception as the fastest ocean
steam yacht in these waters. On board
the Kate Spencer are Howard Thompson
and j. w. Mitchell, the well-known CORE
spondents from the Washington office of
the Associated Press.
On the Dauntless are j. B. Nelson and
Oscar Watson of the New York office
At Key West are Albert E. Hunt of
Philadelphia and Byron R. Newton of Buff
falo.
On the flagship New York is William A.
NJ. Goode of New York, and on the flag
ship Brooklyn is George E. Graham of AL
bany.
With the troops at Tampa is A. w. Copp
of the Chicago office.
In addition to these correspondents, each
in his way among the best known writer's
on the Associated Press force staff CORE
spondents, are at other important points
of cable communication in the West In
dies as follows: Elmer f. Roberts at
Kingston, Jamaica; Harold Hartin at St.
Thomas, Danish West Indies; r. r. Dav-
export at Port au Prince, Hayti, and f. j.
Hilgert at Havana
The Associated Press has a personal
representative with the feet at Manila, at
Cape Verde Islands, Hong Kong, Rio de
Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Madrid and on the
French frontier, in addition 10 which it
has the exclusive use of the great news
facilities of the Reuter-. Havas and Wolff
services throughout Europe and Asia.
F.. r. tombstone, who went to Havana
last February and who was chief of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
ARGoNAUTA's PRISONERS.
The Captives TO Be Taken to Fort
McPhersOn to he Confined.

Washington. May 4-secretary Alger las
directed that the. ten Spanish officers and
the ten prvates and non-commissioned CT
fcers captured on the Spanish steamer
Argonauta, and now at Key West, be
taken TO Fort Mcpherson, just outside Of
Atlanta, Ca, for confinement until they
are either exchanged for any American
officers or sailors who may be taken by
the Spaniards, or until some other meth ID
for their disposition is reached.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
WHAT A MOTHER SAYS
OF DIR. Hartmnn's Famous Family
Remedy and Spring Tonic.

Mrs. Hannah Lind, 1872 East Long street,
Columbus, Ohio is one of the many en-
thusiastic advocates of Pe-ru-na. She says:
For many years was subject to nervous
ness, dependency and neuralgia, for
which doctors and remedies seemed of no
use AT last was persuaded to try Peru
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had been so long in search oft relieves the
tired. depressed feeling felt in spring time