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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
THEN)RIHcAROL|NARON
New Warrants Issued by the State Courts in Defiance of Judge
 Pritchard.
PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ARRESTED
The Railroad Official Only in Custody Short Time When He Wae Re- leased by Judge Pritchard-Ticket Agent Wilson's Case Postponed Until Monday.

Asheville, N. G., July 2S.-Develop- ments came thick and fast in the railroad rate law controversy Satur- day. Warrants were issued for Pres ident Finley of the Southern Rail- way and City Ticket Agent O. c. Wilson of the same road.
 The warrant for President Finley was placed in the hands of police man who went to the Battery Park hotel to serve the papers upon the executive head of the Southern. Tn the meantime arrangements had been made for habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Pritchard to secure MT. Finleys release.
 The policeman did not succeed in reaching the police court with his prisoner. Just as he was ready to leave the hotel a deputy United States marshal walked into the hotel and took charge of MT. Finley. The policeman stood aside and MT. Fin lev was taken to the federal court room, where he was given liberty by Judge Pritchard.
 When the police officer called at the hotel for Mir. Finley the latter was eating breakfast and requested that he be allowed to finish his meal. His request was granted. In the meantime Mir. Finley's private secre- tary got into communication with Judge Pritchard who, it Is belived, cut his own breakfast short and came down town and issued the writ which was served just as the march to the police court began.
 The warrant against O. c. Wilson, who recently was sentenced to 30 days on the chaingang. for violating the new rate law and who was re- leased on habeas corpus proceedings by Judge Pritchard in the United States court, was sworn out before Police Judge Reynolds, who figured as a witness in the habeas corpus hearing. Wilson was selling tickets to Lake Toxaway when taken into custody and many passengers, 1t Is said, were commpelled to board the train without tickets.
 General Counsel Thom and other officials of the Southern left Friday night for Raleigh to consult with state officials there in an endeayor to arrive at settlement of the diff ferences existing between the rail road company and the state. The attorneys who remained here were greatly disturbed by the new turn of events.
 Tn the police court Judge Reynolds postponed the trial of Ticket Agent Wilson until Monday. The railway company, through counsel offered a bond for Wilson but Judge Wilson said he would take personal charge of the prisoner. Later he remarked that Wilson could follow him around all the time if he wanted to" and then walked off Wilson went in an opposite direction and was still at liberty Saturday afternoon. It IS as sumed that Judge Reynolds post poned the case to give the state an' thorities an opportunity to send ad' ditional counsel here.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
THE HAGUE PEACE PALACE
Corner Stone of the Andrew Carne- gie Building Laid With Fit
 ting Ceremonies.
ALL THE DELEGATES WERE PRESENT
M. Nelidoff, President of the Second Peace Conference, Was Master of emonies-Speakers Paid Tri- butes to Donor-oueen WilheIrdna Was Not Present.

The Hague, July 31.-The founda- ton stone of the Andrew Carnegie Palace of Peace was. laid Tuesday afternoon at Zorgvliet, in the midst of the wooded park stretching from The Hague to Scheveningen, by M. Nelidoff, president of the second peace conference.
 Practicaly all the delegates attend ing the present peace conference nur,l 1T of high court officials, t.ze me ,ers of the States-General, and delt ations from numerous civic and mn cipal bodies were grouped arc, Id the stone which, when the str ture is completed. will form the coi CT (. the grand hall of justice The ceremonies were opened with music and singing by number of choral societies after which M. A. p q Van Karnebeak, president or the Carnegie Foundation committee, delivered an address in which he paid tribute to the generous man whose name is engraved upon the first stone of the edifice due to his munificense." The thoughts and the thanks of everyone went out, the sneaker said, to Andrew Carnegie. Then rapidly sketching the history oi the Carnegie donation and describing the nlans of the peace palace, which if is proposed to ask the powers that have signed The Hague convention to furnish. M. Van Karnebeak con cluded his address with these words
 nThis is 10 be a palace of interna t,onal justice founded as the outcome Of the need of every civilized country "a institute the rule of right for the rule of might. In this palace no one will be stronger or no one weaker than the other, and no other blade axcept the sword of justice, will be nlaced in the scale The tower oi the nalace will point to the stars, indlcat lnv the ideal of our efforts.
 NJ Nehdoff expressed the gratitude oy inc peace delegates to the mum ncent donor of the palace and to the Netherlands government for the gii' os the land for the edifice. lne pal ace he said. would be monument to inc first efforts madcvoy the gov garments of the world to-preserVe te ,ha nations the benefits of psacstu development by seeking to prevent
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
nannaa Inxes LiInher-

Topeka. July 2S.--'rhe total asses sed value Of all the taxable property In Kansas has been increased s1l,- f73,734 above the valuation at which the county clerks returned the pro perty by the state tax commission sitting as board of equalization. This brings the total assessed value of the taxable property in Kansas to s43G.454,9 ,94S As returned by the county clerks it was s42S.2Sl.2i or appro Nmstely ssl eoQooo greater than a 1905
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01

hat under the law and the evidence here was nothing else for us to do. The last fellow who held out against acquittal belongs to the same frater- nal organization that I do. There was some talk of compromise on sec ,nd degree verdict. but we wouldn't stand for that-it either had to be ac- ruittal or I would have stayed there forever"
 Juror Samuel F. Russell, the senior member of the panel. said:
 There was nothing against Hay wood but suspicion and inference and when we came to dove-tail the evi- ience in the jury room it didn't seem somehow to fit"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
rurks and ereeks Flaht.

Athens, July S1.-There has been a pitched battle between Turkish troops, supported by Bashi-Bazouks, and a small band of Greek insurgents who had entrenched themselves in house in the outskirts of Seres, European Turkey (50 miles northeast of Salon ika.. The band was completely wiped out. but 90 men were killed before tue soldiers. aided by artillery, succeeded in capturing the miniature fortress. During the fighting the Bashl-Bazouks pillaged over 100 houses and burned number of Greek buildings in Seres.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
SHOT CRAZED BROTHER
Son of Retired American Army Of ficer Shoots Brothers and Sis-
 ters in France.
OCCURRED AT THE FATHERS DEAThBED
Family of Maj. Huntington Plunged Into Grief and Sorrow by the Act of Wayward Son In Their Home at versaiIles--Family Prominent In France.

Versailles, July 3o.--Grief and sor' row reigned Monday in the residence, near Neptune park, of the stricken Huntington family, where Sunday night. Henry Huntington, son of Maj. Douglas St. George Huntington, shot down two sister and two brothers at the moment the members of the family had gathered around the death bed of the father.
 Mai. Huntington is breathing his last. The condition of Elizabeth and Alonzo Huntington was Monday de- clared to~be desperate, although not hopeless; the wounds inflicted upon Edith and Douglas Huntington are not serious,
 Mrs. Huntington, their mother, is completely prostrated from shock and confined to her bed. A few blocks away Henry. who is regarded by his family and friends as demented, Is in jail He is dazed and confused and hardly realizes the terrible thing he has done.
 The tragedy occurred at the bed side of the father who was dying. Henry had returned to ask his fath- CTS forgiveness. having been estranged from his parents for some time past MT. Huntington, ST., was suffering from pulmonary congestion and as 1t was believed that he was near to death telegram was dis patched to Henry to return. The lat ter hurried to the bedside, around which were grouped the weeping wife the daughters, Edith and Elizabeth and the sons, Alonzo and Douglas Henry pleaded forgiveness for the sorrow he had caused and had re ceiyed his fathers blessing, wher Douglas requested him to seek ths pardon of his mother also. Thi' Henry declined to do and thereupor Alonzo asked him 10 leave the room
 According to the police, Henry i'm mediately drew revolver and firet on Alonzo. He then wheeled ant endeavored to make his escape. Ht was captured, however, by a guard who ran into the house to investigate | the cause of the shots.
 Mai. Huntington is one of the bes known Americans In Paris, and hs and his family have long taken prominent part in the social and off cial gaiety of the French capital Hs is a retired army officer. and priol to taking up his residence abroad h' | lived in Chicago, where he was ar associate of those prominent in arm, and business circles. In Paris h' became well known for his after-din ner speeches at the American club of which he was one of the organ izers and recently the president here Mai Huntington and his family al ways took leading part in the so cial functions at the American em bassy. Several years ago the famil, took fine old residence at Versailles where the major was better able t' pursue his studies of French art an' literature.
 Maj. Huntington enjoys indeper dent means. With former Ambassa dor Porter he compiled list o French officers who participated wit Lafayette in the American Revolution For this he was decorated with tn Cross of the Legion of Honor.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
anaro-,Ista - ReIolce.

Oyster Bay. N. r, July 30.-With. out comment, President Roosevelt made public the following telegram received by him Monday referring to the verdict in the Haywood murde: trial at Boise, Idaho: "New York, July. 2s. i9o7- Undesirable citizens victorious. Rejoice Emma Goldman
 Alexander B9fkman Hlppolyts Hayel "
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
EIected a Kansan.

Minneapolis. Minn, July si.-Frank A. Hetrick. of Ottawa. Kansas, was elected president of the National Den. tal Exa@Ipsrs association Monday
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
Arother cIrl Baby Stabbed.

Berlin, July 30.---Another girl baby if Is reported. was stabbed here Mon day The outrage occurred m tns schoenhauser Alec, 2 crowded work- Ing peoples district
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
st. LouIs Heat Wave Broken.

St. Louis. July 2S.-During the pas. l2 hours the temperature has dropped 8 degrees, registering 50 Saturaay forenoon and making the coolest Juy 2Ith ever recorded !n St. Louis
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
n c,nsv kan. Newcomer soId.

Caney, Kan. July S1.--H. E. Floyd Of Sedan. has bought the caney News of J. W. Strongstum and will take charge Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
wEDDEp HIS SECRETARY.
Jacob A. Riis, Author and Friend of President Roosevelt, Married at
 Ipswich, Mass.

Boston, July 31.--A special dis patch from Ipswich. Mass, Tuesday told of the marriage in that town Monday, of Jacob "A. Riis, the author
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01

ACQU|TTAL FOR HAYWOOD.
Jury in Steunenberg Murder Case at Boise, Idaho, Brings in Yer
 dict of Not Guilty,
TRIAL LASTED MORE THAN SEVEN WEEKS

Cases Against Mover and Pettibonc on Same Charge to be Pushed by Authorities Notwithstanding ResuI. or Haywood's Trial-Jury Was Out 21 Hours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.
Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped Her-cuticura
Cures Her in Five Days.

after my granddaughter of about
eve years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a
fortnight later by a furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body,
especially the upper part of it, forming
watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms, of considerable size.
She suffered a great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could think
of. Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable inn
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in five consecutive days the little one,
much to our joy, had been entirely
cured, and has been well for a long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, R. F. D. No.
8, Bakersfield, Cal, June rs and July
20, 1906"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
old PEOPLES VILLAGE.

There is a little village at the foot
of the Litchfeld mountains not far
from Waterbury, Conn, in which
scarcely a child is to be seen. Prac.
tically all the residents are old PEG
pie who have been born and brought
up in the little village and have never
been further away than Waterbury, a
distance of 25 miles. The inhabitants
of this quaint semi-abandoned town
number less than rs. Once upon a
time it was a much larger and pros
porous community, but, like many
New England towns, it has been left
to take rare of itself, while the farm.
ers moved TO the nearby cities to en-
ter business instead of devoting their
energies to tilling the soil. The av-
erage age of the residents now living
there is in the neighborhood of the
four-score mark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
OLD CANNON CAN'T BE BROKEN
Armament of Old Craft Was Made to
Last.

A good story is being told at the
Mare Island navy yard concerning a
San Francisco contractor who bought
all the old obsolete cannon which were
sold at the local yard some time ago.
The cannon were all of the smooth
bore kind, and in order that they
might be easily handled for shipment
to the city all sorts of schemes were
tried to endeavor to break them with
dynamite and blasting powder, but
they were unsuccessful.
An electric drill machine was even
set up at the yards and the cannon
were drilled full of holes in order to
weaken them for breaking open with
wedges, but this was also unsuccess-
full. The cannon were then taken
away and the last heard of them they
were corralled in the hills near Point
Richmond, where an effort was being
made to break them open with dyna-
mite again.
The cannon which proved to be so
strong were among the armament of
the war craft which sailed the seas
in 1S1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
A Collection Of Good Luck Pieces.

iround for its regular pressing. He
evidently don't want to lose it, and
as 1t has no apparent beauty or util-
'ty, 1t must be good luck
This penny dated 1888 has been in
)ne of my customers clothes for two
years. One day my curiosity got the
upper hand and / laid it aside and
didn't return it with his clothes. The
very next day he came in at the
noon hour and inquired for the coin.
giving the date n describing a mi
croscopic scratch that / had not no
ticed. | handed him the penny and
in a burst of confidence he told me
the why of its preciousness. One
day 1t was up to him to decide a deal
didn't know what was advisable.
Should he sell or buy? He struggled
with his ~indecision and in desperation
he tipped the penny and it said sell.
He sold and cleared a good margin.
That 1888 penny wanders from one
suit to another, but 1t is never lost.
| suppose that similar stories would
explain the most of these buttons, bits
of metal, knotted rubber bands and all
the other pocket junk o see here.
They are amulets. Yet we make sport
of the ignorant heathen."
In the pile were: A brass button
from a soldiers uniform, a. horse
chestnut, a dozen coins, a baby's
tooth, a dried bug, several pebbles and
shells, al empty brass revolver cart
ridge, a safety pin, a leaden bullet, a
glass bottle stopper, several rings, a
brass screw, three horseshoe nails. a
shoe button, a woman's broken
brooch, a medal and a tiny gold cross.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
NIeHrcAps IN VOGUE AGAIN.
Women Returning to the Fashion Of
Their Grandmothers.

Fashionable women have revived
the use of the nightcap. 1t was dis
carded at least half a century ago, ex-
cept by grandmothers and elderly
spinsters, but now, according to the
Diapers Record, it has again become
an indispensable part of woman's out
At and is included in all trouseaux.
The revival is partly ascribed to the
doctors. Their incessant advocacy OF
well ventilated bedrooms has, in the
absence of over door traDsoms in
English houses, resulted in bedroom
windows being opened at night, and
women who are not robust found the
wintry draughts too trying. Another
and more distressing cause is alleged
by hairdressers. These say that elab-
crate coiffures are being desired.
These are helped by stylish transfer
nations, which are detached at night.
To facilitate this arrangement 1t is
said that many ladies have their hair
cropped rendering a nightcap neces-
sary. Their g~randmothers practised
the same folly. Moreover, the new
n of dressing the hair, which in
PRODUCES an exceptionally careful pro-
cess of undulation and is submitted to
by women three times a week, calls
for the use of the protecting nightcap
to preserve the freshness of the Golf
fure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
Crocodile Captured Slave Trader.


The trade In slaves has entirely
ceased In Sokoto, but in Banchi there
was a recrudescence of it, due to ia
mine, the people spreferring to sell
themselves as slaves rather than
starve az freemen.
Ten years ago., it is recalled, the en-
tire Angass tribe sold themselves into
slavery, but when the famine is over
they take the first opportunity to
desert. In the province of Muri famine
gave a great impetus to the trade in
children, who were sold for food.
One grim incident is recorded:
The canoes" says the report, travel
by night and are concealed by day.
One, which was discovered in a back
water, with % children on board, was
pushed out into midstream by the
traders and apparently purposely cap
sized. The slave traders swan for
the bank, but one was held by the
leg by a crocodile and captured; 10
children were drowned"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
MATCH UP THE HORSES.
Try and Have Them Even as to Gait
and Pulling Power.

This does not imply that those of the
same markings or same color are to
be worked together. Matching farm
teams Is more difficult than matching
driving teams. A slow walking horse
should never be put with a fast walk.
ing one, for you will have to constant
Iy urg the slow one, and this soon
irritates the other one. Match gaits;
match temperaments, and match horse
power. These are the essentials to
keep in mind when matching up the
team for heavy work. Never put a
young horse to very heavy, steady
work, such as blowing. alongside an
old staid horse, says the Indiana
Farmer. The youngster is apt to do
more than his share, in spite of all
you a do to equalize the work. When
breaking a colt / have always found 1t
best to put 1t alongside a steady, even-
tempered horse that is not easily rat
tled." Such a mate will soon give
confidence to the colt, and he readily
falls into work without much trouble.
A correspondent says, give the colt
some light farm work at first, such as
blowing or narrowing. That Is risky.
We would never hitch a colt to a har-
row. One knows what they are
going to do, and a harrow Is a mean
thing to get a horse mixed up in.
Would rather give the colts the light
driving. and as they become seasoned
give them some heavier work. Match
up the colts as 500 as possible. and
when the teams are matched up. don't
change them around unless for good
reason Horses have to learn how to
pull and work together.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
A Friendly B

A correspondent relates the follow
ing incident as having happened to
himself near North Berwick on the
last day of the old year: when driv-
ing home in my sleigh / stopped to
speak to some friends, when a robin.
came and perched on the whip shaft,
which my coachman was holding in a
slanting position not more than a foot
or two from my face.
robin sat looking earnestly at me
with his beady black eyes with the
most perfect confidence for nearly
half a minute, and did not mind, the
talking or the holding out of my, alas,
empty hand. All birds, and especially
the robin, are very fearless in this
weather. but | never met before with
such complete fearlessness of man"
Edinburgh Scotsman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28

many. 1t is shown in the illustration
This apparatus is a glass vessel and
is nearly filled with water or other
suitable transparent liquid. A fame.
produced by liquid combustibles-
such as oil and compressed air-burns
below the surface of the water. The
air is led in through the larger and
the combustible by the smaller pipe.
AT the left is an opening for admit
ting the liquid and on the opposite
side an overflow pipe. When the APP
paratus is placed in a shop front OF
the like the flame burning within the
liquid will cause attention at once.
The apparatus can also be used for
producing hot water for heating pur-
poses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
BET HAD LONG BEEN OFF.
Experience of Two cronies Who
Stopped Using Tobacco.

T. L. Heath, of Norway, Me-, known
in the Spanish war days as Tim"
tells this story of his wager with a lit
erary man of the village. They had
agreed to leave off smoking. The
proposition was an agreement that a
$40 note should be forfeited by the
first one to smoke. This happened On
Saturday. Monday @orning things
went badly in the Heath Office, and
disagreements cropped out at home.
Saturday afternoon there came a lull
in business so Tim" dropped around
to the neighbours and sought him out
in the library. From his pocket he
drew a handful of Havanas, calmly
lighted one, and as the smoke sifted
through the sunlight he drew a crisp
note from his pocketbook.
Here you go. I'm satisfied" was
all he said as he passed the ten to
the literary man.
There was a smile. but no hano
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-28
CARRIED FOR LUCK
ALMOST EVERY ONE HAS A
POCKET TRlNkET.
Showing Mild Form Of Superstition
From Which Few Men Are Free
Some of Them Have Inter
estlna History.

The tailor was industriously brush
ing and steaming a pile of garments.
On the pressing table lay a little heap
OF trinkets. Testing his iron with
a def touch of his moistened finger,
he placed it back on the sputterlng
little gas stove to heat. Then he
answered the question about the pile.
of trinkets.
ooh, those" he said, why, they
come from the pockets of clothing
sent here to be cleaned or pressed.
Nearly every man has his rabbits
foot No matter how staid a bust
ness man he may be, nor how strong
ly he would deny that he was super
stitious. he almost invariably has a
pocket piece that he carries for luck.
Look at this little piece of flint. 1t
would be hard to explain the reason
for carrying 1t. Yet / know that the
owner of that checked suit over there,
q business man, must prize the little
rock, for no matter what pocket / put
1t in when | return the suit, it is al
ways in the lower left-hand pocket of
the waistcoat when the suit comes