The Mena star., 1899-05-11
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS MET.
The Convention Opens at Kansas City with Parade to the
 Cathedral.
4 BIS COMBINATION OF FLOUR MILLS.
Police Chiefs of the United States and Can. ada in Session at Chattanooga, Tenn Bloodhound Chase-The American Federation of Musicians Convenes-A Carpet Trust-Texas Antitrust Bill.

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 Carpet Trust-Texas Antitrust Bill.
 Kansas City, Mo-, May 10.-With elaborate and impressive services in St. Patrick's church the twelfth bien. nial convention of the Catholic Knights of America opened this morning. At 9:30 o'clock the procession which was to escort the 150 delegates and visitors to the church formed in front of the Coates hotel The parade was headed by detachment of mounted police. Then came the national officers of the order Tn carriages and St. Paul's com mandery of the uniformed rank, c. K. A., from Vincennes, Ind, com manded by Capt. Hoffman. The members of the company were in full uniform and their splendid marching and brilliant uniforms added much to the parade They were followed by the firemen and the First artillery band. The dele gates to the convention brought up the rear. Ten priests from various parts of the country assisted in the serv- ices at the cathedral. At the conclusion of the services the line of march was again formed and the delegates marched to Lyceum hall, where the opening session of the con vention was held. Mayor Jones wei comed the visitors to Kansas City and Edward Feeney, of Brooklyn, N. Y., supreme president of the order, re- sponded. Frank Walsh addressed the convention in behalf of the Kansas ift- ,fc T taken until the next morning.
 A Big Combination of Flour Mills.
 Chicago, May 10. The Post to-day says: A gigantic combination, gather ingi all the flour milling corporations at the head of the lakes, New York city, Buffalo and Syracuse, has been effected and tomorrow the score or more of mills embraced in the deal will be turned over to the new management. The consolidation is capitalized at S40,- 000,000. Officers and board of direct ors have already been elected and the leading spirits in the organization pro- pose immediately to revolutionize the flour milling business of the country. The new corporation will be known as the United States Flour Milling com pany. Headquarters will be in New York. George Urban, of Buffalo, has been elected president and Charles Me Intyre, Of New York, treasurer The combined output of the mills controlled by the combination will nearly equal the product of the mills at Minneapo- lis, which refused to enter the combine.
 Police Chiefs in Convention.
 Chattanooga, Tenn, May 10-The sixth annual convention of the Police Chiefs association of the United States and Canada began here in the city Auditorium to-day. Several hundred prominent thief-catchers were present. The convention was called to order by President Jannssen, of Milwaukee. Mayor Watkins, of Chattanooga, de- livered an address of welcome to which the president responded. Reports were submitted by the secretary and treas urer. After the appointment of com mittee to draft resolutions on the death of Vice President Moore, of Washing ton, the meeting adjourned. This af- ternoon the chiefs witnessed blood hound chase and took a boat ride on the Tennessee river.
 American Federation of Musicians.
 Milwaukee, May 10.-The American Federation of Musicians opened its annual convention here to-day with about 40 delegates in attendance. The feature of the first session was the ad- dress of President Owen Miller, of St Louis. He urged further work in the lines of organizing new branches. The federation, he said, had a membership of 9,563 The National League of Mu- xicians will meet this week when ac- tion toward consolidation with the federation will be taken
 A Gigantic Carpet Trust.
 Philadelphia, May Manifestations now point to the success of the scheme to form gigantic carpet trust to con trol the product of the factories in the eastern and middle states. The corpor- ation will be known as the National Carpet company, and the capitalization probably will be 50,000,000.
 A Texas Antitrust Bill.
 Austin, Tex, May 10.-The senate to- day passed finally its antitrust bill. When originally introduced the bill was identical with the Arkansas law. It has been materially amended, how ever, and is decidedly more drastic in its provisions than the Arkansas law.