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The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
KNOCKED OFF
 BY LOW BRIDGE
Kansas City Southern Brakeman Badly Injured at Joplin While Riding a Bis Furniture Car Undef tbe
 Memphis Viaduct.

Joplin, March 18.--W. E. Cherry, brakeman of the Kan sas City Southern through freight was struck on the back of the head at } o'clock yesterday morn- ing while riding a furniture car under the old Memphis viaduct on Tenth street and knocked from the car. He was seen to fall by one of the men in the caboose and the train was stopped.
 Cherry when found was lying on the side of the track ia an un- conscious state. A scalp wound was found on the back of his head. A physician was called and the wound dressed. The in- jured man left this city yesterday morning at 5 o'clock for his home at Pittsburg, Kas. The wound, though painful, is not considered dangerous.
 The Memphis viaduct was supposed to clear freight cars far enough that 1t was safe for men to stand up on the cars. A fur niture car, however, is generally higher than the ordinary and II is because of this that Cherry was knocked off the car.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
PRAISE FOR CANAL WORK
Commercial Men Who Have Just Returned From Isthmus Pleased
 With Progress Made.
GAN BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY, ISIS
Found Greatest Hindrance to Rapid Progress Lack of Dumping Fa cilities.--Better Homes for Labor CTS in Panama thar Anywhere Else In the World.

Charleston, s. C., March 14.--Con. canal zone are declared to be ex tremely favorable for completion of the canal with the eight years end ing January 1, 1915, as estimated by the engineers in charge of the work. in the opinion of the committees from commercial clubs in Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati and St Louis who arrived here Tuesday after visit to the 18th. mus This opinion is embodied in a series Of reports, all of which were approved by all members of the party From them a general report will be prepared by the chairman of the several groups under whose direc' tion they were made and the general report will be submitted to the clubs represented by the committees.
 The committees found, according to their reports, that the greatest hin drance to rapid progress on the canal at present is lack of adequate dump. ing facilities. This is said to be due to shortage of cars for the trans portation of refuse from the steam shovel plant which, as a result, Is worked at only about half It's capa, city. The committee believes. how ever, that this condition is being remedied as rapidly as possible and that when the supply of cars is sui. ficiently increased the increase in progress will be most marked
 "The committee saw in Panama more suitable and well-built and com; fortable homes for laborers than ia provided anywhere else in the world for similar purpose"
 The force of laborers is declared to be adequate and efficient and the committee expresses belief that no difficulty will be experienced in re- cruiting the force from time to time as conditions may demand. In this connection the opinion is expressed that the laborers will be drawn from the white and the black races be cause Chinese labor is not wanted"
 We believe that the men in charge have solved the labor problem and we have only words of praise for what they have accomplished. They have created an esprit de corps which has permeated the whole body of men under them, and will lead to jealous prosecution of the work. Il is of the utmost importance that the spirit thus inoculated should be fos- tered and encouraged by all in whose hands the execution of this stupen' dous task will fall"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
STRAWBERRIES LOOKING FINE.
Dr.. Hilton of Cove Is Preparing to Put
 Ont Forty Acres This Year.

Dr. I. D. Hilton of Cove was in Mena today looking after bust ness matters preparatory to leav- ing tomorrow for New York where he will spend some time taking a special course in medi- cine.
 Dr. Hilton is an enthusiastic strawberry grower and reports that the crop at Cove gives promise of being very hue tais wear. Some of the early blossoms on the Mitchell plants were 'r1- iured but the Kloudikes and others are in splendid shape and SC t full of berries as large as peas at this time.
 Dr. Hilton is preparing to put out forty acres to berries this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
J. H. Mcclure Dead.

Dr. Dunman received a mes sage today from Poteau stating thatJ. H. Mcclure of Page who has been sick for a mum Der of weeks at the home of his daugh- ter near Poteau, died at 4 o'clock this morning. Mir. Mcclure was very prominent citizen of the Choctaw Nation and owned a great deal of land around Page. His remains will be buried at Page.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
scissors in Her Body.

Wichita, Kan, March 17.-A five inch pair of surgeons scissors were taken from the thigh of Mrs. w. R. White of Braman, Ok, at the Wichita hospital Saturday. She was operated on for a tumor four years ago and the instrument waSx1eft in the abdo- rsinal cavity The scissors worked through her body to her left thigh. causing excruciating pain. They were discovered by an X-ray exam ination.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
P|ITSBURG' GREAT LOSS
High Water Caused Damage Esti mated at From $10,000, ,o0o to
 $20,o00, ,oo0.
CREST OF FLOOD MOVING DOWN OHIO
Cincinnati and Louisville Now Suffer. ins-During Fire in Submerged Dictrict at Wheeling Number Of Panic Stricken Syrians Jumped Into Water and Drowned.

Pittsbura Pa. March 17.--Tlhe rivers are again in their channels and the greatest flood ever known here Is matter of history. For A hours the water has been steadily reced- ing and the stage at 10 o'clock Sat urday was 21 feet and still falling at the rate of about six inches an hour. With the receding water the extent of the damage is laid bare. The most conservative figures of property and losses are s10,0o0,000 and they run from this to s2o,o00.0o0. The loss of life in the past three days is not yet definitely ascertained. At least score of persons met death in the flood and many are said to be miss ing. Business is again assuming something like normal proportions but 1t will be weeks before Pittsburg, Allegheny and the valleys of the three rivers fully recover from the commercial paralysis caused by the tieing up of railroad and traction lines, silencing of telephones and sus- pension of mills, factories and fur naces.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
GOV. peneen to See Roosevelt

Springfield, III, March 15.--Gov. Deneen. accompanied by Attorney General Stead left for Washington at noon Thursday. the governor having received a letter from President Roosevelt requesting him and Mir Stead to come to Washington to ais cuss certain matters. Gov. Deneen refused to speak with regard to the subject of the conference but it is taken for granted among the legisla- tors that railroad legislation will be discussed.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
RESERVE FUND
 INVESTMENT
Senate Passes Bill Effecting Life Insur- auce Companies-House Passes State Depository BiIi-Proposed
 Change in Election Law.

Little Rock, March 19. The senate yesterday by a decisive vote of 19 to 7 passed the Amis insurance bill, which now makes # mandatory that every life in- surance company operating in the state of Arkansas shall invest in Arkansas securities at least 75 per cent of the reserve fund for policyholders.
 When the bill was before the Senate Committee on Iusura nee, some representatives of insurance companies declared that it's pas sage would probably result in the withdrawal of number of life companies from Arkansas.
 The Montgo nery insurance pill, which prohibits all rebates, special inducements to prospec- tive policyholders, eliminates the suicide clause and makes the policy iucontestable after sixty days, occasioned another lively argument. Adjournment pre- vented final action on this yes- terday.
 The McCollum bill authorizing the deposit of the funds of the state in the banks and trust com pauies of the state passed in the house yesterday after vigorous discussion.
 Underline terms of the bill the treasurer IS authorized to make call deposits in banks and trust companies of the state funds, not to exceed 50 per cent of the capi- tai stock of such institution, and to be deposited under the condi- ton that 1t may be withdrawn without notice. The stockhold- CTS of every institution iu which is deposited the state funds are liable individually. under the terms of the bill, and as addition al security, | bond for double the sum of deposit is required before the deposit is made.
 A constitutional amendment is proposed in a resolution offered by MT. Simpson, which provides for voting machines in elections, restricts the qualifications of voters, follows the line of the famous ''graudfather clause" of the South Carolina law, and gives women taxpayers the right to vote where question of taxation is directly involved. The resolu- ton was received with bit of disapproval, signifying that it will have stormy passage when taken up for fiual action.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Prussian Miners Killed.

Saarlouis, Prussia, March IT, Twenty-two miners were killed Sat urday morning at the Gerhard coal mine. They were descending one of the shafts in cage when the cable broke near the top and the miners plunged down several hundred feet. They all met with instant death. The mine belongs to the Prussian gov ernment which has already begun an official inquiry into the accident.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Ran Into Open Switch.

Detroit, Mich, March 17.-The At lantic Express on the Grand Trunk railway, due here at 7:55 a. m., from Chicago. en route to Port Huron and the east and running late. ran into an open switch at Bancroft, Mich. five miles from Durand, Saturday. and struck a freight train. Five per sons were severely injured, two of them perhaps fatally.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
kirkman to Appeal.

Leavenworth, Kan. March 15.-Ex Capt. George w. Kirkman, now serv- ing a two-year sentence in the mili- tary prison at Ft Leavenworth, who Wednesday was denied writ of ha- beas corpus by Judge ]. c. Pollock, in the United States circuit court, Thursday announced that he would take an appeal to the United States appellate court. Kirkman's attorneys are preparing the appeal papers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Harru and Charles Hopkins,

Harry and Charles Hopkins who arc recognized as being very prominent among Polk county Iumbermeu, are moving their large sa W mill plant from Egger to kosoma. T, where they have a contract for an enormous l arlonn! q lNm9sr.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Banker Walsh,s case.

Chicago, March 16.-Judge Ander' son in the federal court Friday sus- tained the demurrer filed by the at torneys of John R. Walsh, the for mer president of the Chicago Ma tional bank, to 22 counts in the in dictments charging him with mis- use of the funds of the bank and overruled the demurrer to the re- maining counts, 160 in number
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Cement Statistics.

Washington, March 19.-According to statement issued by the geo. logical survey Monday. the total pro duction of hydraulic cement in the United States in 1906 was 50,027,S2l barrels. valued at $54,015,773. This represents an increase in both pro duction and value of cement over the preceding year, the increase in pro- ducyon being 9,1S3,0l3 barrels and in value $1S,00S,524.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
LaFoIIette Back to kansas.

Washington, March 17.-Senator LaFollette will make two speeches in Kansas thls month. The dates have not been announced in Wash ington, but 1t is known that the Wis consin senator will speak at Peabody and in Wellington in compliance with his contract with lecture bureau
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Double Louisiana. Tragedy.

New Orleans, March 16.-Accost- ing Miss Dudez Dobson. his l7-year- old sweetheart on the main street of Pointe-aLa-Hache, La, Thursday afternoon. Whitney Moliere, young planter asked her to marry him and upon being refused shot and killed the girl. He then shot himself and fell dead over her body.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
Taft May Speak in Kansas.

Washington. March 17.-Secretary Taft may go to Kansas and make two speeches in June. Friday, Senator Long called on the secretary and urged him to attend the Chautauquas at Ottawa and Winfield Both w!r be between June 1s and T-l1 :
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
uote, Proprietor Dead.

New York, March i7.-James R. Keenan. proprietor of Youngs Hotel. in Atlantic City, N. J.. died Friday night after brief illness. He was 4s years of age and was known all over the country.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21
An EI Reno Merchant Shot.

Fl Reno. Ok, March 19. - w. K. Rhea. cornicemaker. who returned from Fort Worth. Tex, sunday night went into NewaIl's confectionery store Monday afternoon and shot and killed Newall. T would kill any man who ruined my home said Rhea as he surrendered to the offi- cers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21

Miss Hawkins, who has been visiting friends in this city for the past month, left on No. 4 Tuesday afternoon for her home ln Joplin, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21

Cincinnati, O.. March f7.--At the rate ot little more than one tenth of foot an hour the Ohio continued to rise Friday night and no indica tions appeared of immediate relief from the flood which has crept up over lowlands and into cellars and houses. That the river will pass 60 feet when the crest arrives Sunday seems certain and lears are still ex- pressed that the 65.1 feet reached in January, may be passed.
 At noon the river was about 5S feet and steady rising one inch an hour All points south of Parkersbnrg reported continued rising. Point Pleas ant being 13 feet above flood stage and others well above flood stage In a statement, Forecaster Basslcr said: There will be five feet or more additional water at Cincinnati on Sunday. The river will continue to rise until Monday or possibly Tuesday"
 Flood condition began to be felt more severely as the waters steadily crept towards the 90 foot mark An increasing number of factories were forced to close. Businesss houses on Water street and the river ends of the north and south thoroughfares were forced to abandon their store rooms. The water became too high to permit passage of steamers under any of the bridges.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-21

Wheeling. w. Va, March 17.-Panic stricken as result of an explosion and fire which destroyed the Warwick Pottery works in the flooded dis trict early Saturday. eight persons. all except three of them children, lost their lives by jumping from the windows of their homes into waters of the flood and drowning before they could be rescued.
 Surrounding the pottery is colony of Syrians. The explosion was fol lowed immediately by fire which en- veloped the entire plant in few minutes and threatened adjoining property. Fearing death in the flames the scared foreigners leaped from the windows into the water The police rescued many of the Syri- ans from the water but the eight named are known to have gone down. The property loss was about s100, ,000
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
After the OH TsIsI.

Senator Tillnan has announced
that he Is preparing bills intended to
correct the Determinations snd
monopolistic prscticss Of the Stan.
dagd on Com pan5 as revealed by the
latessest report Of the interstate COM
msrce commission. One Of the OBJ
jects sought to be obtsined viii be
the separation Of pipe lines from oil
producing concerns. Senator TillnaD,
Senator Bailey, and other democrats,
tried to have this provision incorpor-
ated in the rate bill last year. They
succeeded in bringing the Standard
Oh Company under the regulating
power of the commission TO the ex.
tent Of declaring Its pipe lines COM
mon carriers under the law. Then
later an amendment by Senator
Bailey was adopted, which provided
that common carrier should not pro.
ducs the commodities which they
carried. This provision, If it had
remained In the act, would have
divorcsd the Standards business from
it's carrying business. After hard
fights in the corf 5rence the provision
separating the operation Of produc.
ing from transporting was limited
to the railroads, leaving the SLsndard
free to setain it's own pipe lines. The
republicans, led by Senator Aldrich,
are responsible for the change. Now,
the commission finds the law isn't
working well, just because this excsp.
tion was made in favor Of the Stand.
ard, and Senator Tillnan proposes TO
renew the tight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
Had a Long Root.

An Irishman, with one Jaw very
much swollen from a tooth that ne
wished to have pulled, entered the
Office Of a Washington dentist, says
Success.
When the suffering Celt was put
into the chair and saw the cleaning
forceps approaching his face, he pos
itively refused to open his mouth
Being a man Of resource, the dentist
quietly instructed his assistant to
push a pin into the patients leg. so
that, when the Irishman opened his
mouth to yell the dentist could get
at the refractory molar.
When all was over, the dentist
smilingly asked:
ut didn't hurt as much as you
expected, did it?"
We'll, NO" reluctantly admitted
the patient. But" he added, as ae
ran his hand over the place into
which the assistant had inserted the
pin. little did I think them roots
wint that far down."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
Priest Was q Punster.

The Rev. Francis M. Kielty, rec
tor of the Church Of the Holy An
gels, St. Louis, Mo-, who died re-
Gently, was a good deal of wit, says
an exchange. Father Kielty began
his sermon one Sunday morning oy
announcing, in voice full Of pathos,
that he had confession to make.
81 might as we'll make a clean
breast Of it." he said.
AS the congregation gasped, he
waved In the air document, signed
and sealed to resemble an order OF
court
Yes, mean It," he continued. as
II to kill any lingering doubts. and
then, pointing through one OF the
stained windows, continued:
That alley out there has been
paved and the city has sued me for
alley money"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
ambiGUOu6.

An amusing relic Of the civil war
is in the possession Of a young Wom-
an In Baltimore, into whose fathers
hands it fell some years ago with
effects Of Southern relative.
At the time Of the seige Of Mobile
the women Of the city were busy for
many hours making bags to be filed
with sand and used in the deSences.
The young ladies in one popular
boarding school not only made such
bags, but decorated them with mot
toes in silk or worsted.
The relic referred to was one OF
the bags sent out from the school,
and bears In faded blue the rnpunc-
tuated device: God save the South
from Martha Bliss"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
with Prophetic Eye.

Nearly forty years ago Hon. B. q.
Hill, of Georgia, in a speech at At
lanta, referred to Gen. Robert q. Lee
in the following words Of classic
beauty:
"No people, ancient or modern, can
look with more pride to the verdict
which history will be compelled to rem
der upon the merits and characters OF
our two chief leaders-tbe one in the
military and the other in the civil SER
vice. Most.other leaders are great be-
cause OF fortunate results and heroes
because of success. Davis and Lee, be.
cause of qualities in themselves, are
great in the face Of fortune, and he
roes in spite Of defeat.
"When the future historian shall
come to survey the character Of Lee,
he will find it rising like huge noun
tain above the undulating plain OF hu.
manity, and he must lift his eyes high
toward Heaven to catch its summit.
He possessed every virtue OF other great
commanders without their vices. He
was foe without oppression, and a
victim without murmurlng. He was a
public officer without vices: a. private
citizen without wrong; neighbor
without reproach; Christian without
hypocrisy, and man without guile.
BE was Cesar, without his tyranny;
Napoleon, without his selfshness, and
Washington, without his reward. He
was obedient to authority as aservant,
and royal in authority as true king,
He was gentle as woman in lie
modest and pure as a virgin in thought;
watchful as a Roman yestal in duty;
submissive to law as Socrates, and
grand in battle as Achilles
When rttering these words nearly
forty years ago Senator Hill must have
been looking with prophetic eye to the
recent celebration of the centennial OF
the birthday of Gen. Lee. All and
more than what he prophecied about
Gen. Lee was re-echoed by the Hon.
Chas. Francis Adams, OF MasSachu-
setts, in his great speech at Lexing-
ton, Va, on the occasion above referr-
ed to. Mr.. Adams, an ex-Unlon SOL
dier, put Gen. Lee upon a higher pin
acle of fame even than Mr.. Hill, the
Confederate soldier, forty years before
prophecied he would occupy. No
prophet Of old ever uttered a truer
prophecy than the gifted Hill did
when he said that when the future
historian shall come to survey the
character of Lee, he will find it rising
like huge mountain above the undu-
lating plain of humanity, and he must
lift his eye high toward Heaven to
catch its summit
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
Brain Leaks.

Its hard to make your boy believe
the stories OF your early struggles.
A nseeipt for the pew rent is not a
pass thseugh the hsavenly portals.
Men VINO fear death are those whc
are always ecsing Backwards.
Some people sake no bones about
the skeletons In sneir closets.
Nog II ii had only been green
persimmon that Eve plucke6!
When doubt enters the door faith
flies cut Of the window.
Those who walk by faith are never
alone.
1t takes q real sleety day to make .
man reaEzs his advancing years.
Some men mistake moral dyspepsla
for sanctiacstio0.
Agitation is the desditest Toe OF
stsgnation.
The door OF hope has no blocks,
bolts or bars.
Straight voting often makes crook
ed politics.
Sunday piety is not an sntidote OF
wesk day deprsyIty.
Trouble will double when worried
abcus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
A Few Irish Proverbs.

The proverbs Of nation are the
distilled wit Of generations OF It's
people: and. the true wit Of the race
is oftenumes in proportion to the:
truth and beauty 81 It's proverbs.
Few nations and few languages pos
sess more beautiful sayings than the
irish. 1.-The silent mouth Is melo-
dious," is an Irish aphortsm preg-
aant with beauty and poetry. And
another saying, inculcattng charity
which is. spiritually needed In this
modern world Of ours. Is that which
:ells US "Our eyes should be blind In
.he abode of another" The beaud-,
I'll faith and the magnificent optim..
ism Of the Irish race IS well pictured
IL their, proverb, God never shuts
one door but. He opens two" "Au-s
lumn days come softly, quickly, like
the running OF hound upon
moor" is poetic, vivid truth. And
here is a sharp, satirical one that
cats several ways at the same time:
"A poem ought to be well made at
arst. for there Is many a one to spou
it afterwards
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
Senator spooner's Shooting

Senator Spooner, Of Wisconsin, is
a successful hunter Of big game. ac-
cording to the Milwaukee Sentinel.
On one of his trips he had for his
guide BillMurray. They were out
looking for bear and deer one day,
when Murray suddenly threw up his
rife and fired. The Senator saw an
animal fall heavily and called,
"We've got, him this time, Bill"
"We!" sneered the guide. There's
no we about it. I killed him plain
enough"
Quickly making their way to
where their quarry lay. they found q
fine specimen of Jersey cali.
"We've killed somebody's calf"
yelled the guide.
Senator Spooner gave him with
ering look and said: william, you
should be more particular In your
choice Of pronours. We isn't adapt
ed to this particular instance"