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The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23
News Notes and Personals

A. A. Mckenzie of Waters was in the city ou business Tuesday.
 A. ]. Fritz and daughter of Slatington were shopping in the city Tuesd. y.
 T. F. Putnam and daughter of Big Fork were shopping in the city Saturday.
 Dave Rowton and Flavel Glazeuer returned to their homes in Black Springs Tuesday.
 K. Osborn left last week for Fort Scott, Kas., where he goes for visit with his mother.
 Dick and William Whisenhunt from down ou the Cassatot, were in Mena trading Friday.
 Ode Pyland and Rex White of Talihina, Ok, arrived in the city Wednesday to visit relatives.
 Abe Collins of De Queen, spent Friday in Mena looking after his candidacy in the race for pros- ecutfup attorney. $. I. Wood and mother return ed home Thursday from visi; of several weeks with relatives at McMinville, Tenn. Jesse Hilton and family of Board Camp, spent Friday light the city, the guests of MT. and Mrs. Alley Duncan. Peter McWilliams of Stating ton, manager of the Southwest ern Slate Company, was in the city on business Tuesday.
 c. B. Sale of Nunley Monday purchased the A. J. Golden ginning machinery at this place. The consideration was $l, 1000.
 B. F. Adkisson Sunday left for a goods-purchasing trip to Kansas City, St. Louis and other points in behalf of the Cash Store. Jonathan Lunsford and son, George, of Ink, were in the city Monday on their way to Shady Point, Ok., for visit with rela- tives.
 J. c. Bates and son, Benson, of Big Fork, passed through Mena last Friday on their way to Gillham for visit with rela- tives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joe Vaught who have been visiting relatives at this place and at Nunley left Thursday for their home at Stig- Ter, Ok.
 Deputy Sheriff John Bratcher and J. T. Philpot returned last night from Fort Smith, where they have been in attendance at Federal court.
 Mrs. M. A. Sweeper, who has been visiting her son, Harve Brown, at Board Camp, returned Tuesday to her home at Eu- faula, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. l.. Lochridge are in Hot Springs, where they expect to remain for some days. They expect to visit other points before returning to Mena.
 John Penny and ". w. Ray burn of Riddle Sevier county, came in Tuesday and will spend several days here looking oyer the country with view to locat- ing.
 G. Juette of Texarkaus was in Mena Thursday looking after his property interests here. He is much pleased with Mena and has already made offers for more real estate in the city.
 Mrs. Sallie Walker, after visit of several days with her sis ter, Mrs. J. M. Raby, returned to her home at South Canadian, Ok. She was accompanied hone by her nephew, Sam Raby.
 J. w. Lawrence, a well-to-do farmer of tho Shady neighbor- hood, was in Mena Friday mar keting cotton. He received II. 40I per pound, the highest price that
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

With the exception of consider
 able weakness Judge James D. Shaver has entirely recovered from his severe attack of pueu. mouia. He has ridden down town twice in the last two or three days and islooking remark
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

B. F. Adkissou Sunday left for a goods-purchasing trip to Kansas City, St. Louis and other points in behalf of the Cash Store.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

c. B. Sale of Nunley Monday purchased the A. J. Golden ginning machinery at this place. The consideration was $1, 900.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

Jonathan Lunsford and son, George, of Ink, were in the city Monday on their way to Shady Point, Ok, for visit with rela- tives.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

Mrs. H. s. Gray of Old Dallas is here on visit to her daughter, Mrs, M. D. Thornton.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

John Lofts and J. W. Martin of Cherry Hill marketed cotton in town Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

Peter McWilliams of Stating ton, manager of the Southwest l. ern Slate Company, was in the city on business Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

ably well, considering the serious illness through which he has just passed.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

Mir. and Mrs. Joe Vaught who have been visiting relatives at this place and at Nunley left Thursday for their home at Stig- Ter, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-23

J. c. Bates and son, Benson, of Big Fork, passed through Mena last Friday on their way to Gillham for visit with rela- tives.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
More Vacant Chairs.

Among the scores Of Americans dis
tinguished for their public activities
who passed away in 1908 1t may be
said without bias that zone will be
more often missed the next few years
thar Grover Cleveland. With the sin
gle exception of Grant, whose distinc-
ton anyway was gained in the field
instead Of the White House, no ex-
president Of the republic since the
days Of the founders having a per-
sonallty as marked as that Of Cleve-
land remained so long on the stage to
enact the role of foremost citizen and
elder statesman. The world of litera-
ture lost in Edmund Clarence Sted-
man a writer with his task completed,
yet bearing worthily among his fell
lows and in the eyes Of the cultured
public the title dean of American
letters" Closer yet to the popular
heart than Stedman. with a pen still
active, Joel Chandler Harris had made
for himself a place not to be easily
-
filed.
From among the elder statesmen
were also taken Senator William Boyd
Allison and Senator Redfield Proctor.
Journalism lost n past master in Mu-
rat Halstead. The chairs Of DIR. Charles
Eliot Norton and DIR. Moses Colt Gil
man will remain long draped out of
respect to scholars who have placed
our national culture in their lasting
debt. Harriet Hosmer, the sculptor;
Louise Chandler Moulton, the author;
Bronson Howard, the pioneer native
dramatist; Joseph Wheelock, the ac-
tor, and Donald G. Mitchell ok Mar
v~eD-revered' as a sage by the literary
guild-all of the old school. yielded
honors rather than powers at the sum-
mons Of the great leveler.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
The Year 1905 Was Good to Us.

The man who enjoys saying II told
you So has liad numerous signs to
encourage the habit since January.
1908, but the end Of the year finds him
taking to heart Hosea Biglow's ad-
vice. Don't prophesy onless ye know"
The business reaction which set in
toward the close of 1907 nowhere
amounted to an acute disturbance of
profitable activities. The. depression
felt was due to arrive presidential
year anyway: hence the responsibility
for the unsteadiness noted cannot just
ly be laid to the panic-if there was a
panic.
Pessimists were inclined to look for
a social crisis rs a sequel to business
retrenchment, especially as the nation
al polls invited the masses to voice
whatever grievances they might har-
Dor. On the one hand a landslide of
radicalism was predicted. even threat
ened in some quarters, and on the
other hand it was feared. Yet nothing
unusual happened. A record crop
kept the agricultural toilers busy, and
in spite Of high prices for food prod
ucts there has not been scarcity any
where In the land of a degree to war
rant putting the entry Hard time"
in the diary of 1908.
Contrary to misgivings at home and
abroad, the Pacific cruise awakened
no resentment Oh the part OF rival
powers interested in the far east. The
japanese accorded the personnel OF
the feet a magnificent welcome In
port. and the good will of the mikado's
government was pledged in the iden-
teal notes exchanged Nov. 30 between
the two countries by which mutual
rights in the Pacific sphere were form
ally acknowledged. Thus II sole in
%ternational ENHANCEMENT was happily
solved.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
CASTRO SUPPORTERS OUT
Acting President Of Venezuela Selects
New Cabinet.

Port of Spain. Trinidad. Dec. o.
Vice President Gomez. to whom Prest-
dert Castro handed i've the presidcn-
cy on his departure for Europe, has
established a new government IN
Venezuela. He has replaced the old
ministry, the leader of which was
DR.. Jose de Jesus Paul, the minister
OF foreign affairs in the negotiations
that eliminated in the ousting OF Min
lister De Rues and the severance OF
diplomatic relations with Holland,
with a new body of men who repre-
e n various factions in the state and
who have figured prominently in va.
rious ways in the political history OF
the country.
Not only has DR.. Paul disappeared
from the councils of the nation, but
DIR. Baldo, who is now travelling in
Castro's suite abroad, also has been
removed from his official position as
minister OF education. General Diego
Ferren, the minister of war, who also
was var minister in the cabinet Of
Acting President Gomez in 1906. has
been superseded by General Regulo
Olivares, who took a prominent part
in crushing the revolutionists six
wears ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
The Years, Happenings Abroad.

In the old world the pessimist has
been forced to swallow disappoint-
ment Throughout 1905. England was
at one time believed to be facing an
irruption Of socialism, but the minis
try sidestepped the crisis by an old.
age pension. In Persia the year open
ed with a clash between the shah and
parliament. After some shooting up"
on both sides the masses sustained
the shah, who promised to be good.
What appeared to be a formidable
revolution in Portugal led to the as
sassination of the king and crown
prince in February, but an appeal to
the people found the nation Jealous III
support of the old regime. y real re-
bellion placed the pretender, Mulai
Hafid, on the throne Of Morocco. Hav-
ing gained his prestige as a fanatic
and leader of fanatics, it was supposed
that the presence of European police
must be ended or a "holy war" for the
CAltIlllldIlOu lN1OlCASLC1 WIN SA
sue. But the usurping ruler promptly
guaranteed all the rights claimed by
outsiders.
When the Turkish constitution Of
1876 was restored in July the act was
believed to be a concession to reform
ers which would spur them to four
Their aggression. The most important
result was. the loss to Turkey OF the
vassal Balkan states Of Bulgaria and
Roumelia and the nominally Turkish
provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Whether Turkey will now be decent
and the Balkans quiet are questions
vet to be answered. Taking the world
over, there have been many situations
which would have provoked war had
the so called fighting nations been
ready for a scrap. That collision was
avoided augurs well for peace, at least
until some power feels strong enough
to thrash one of Its size.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
PACKAGE OF JEWELS
Oakland (cal,( Messenger Boy Re
ceives $500 Reward.

Oakland, CAL, Dec. 23.-By Stun;
bling over $1,000 worth of diamonds
on a sidewalk in this city Lawrence.
Potter, a sixteen.year-old Western
Union messenger boy, is $500 richer
and Mrs. Alfred j. Merle, a wealthy
woman of Alameda, is again happy in
the possession of her jewels. Among
the jewels was a diamond pin valued
at 81, 900. After losing the jewels Mrs.
Merle advertised for. their return and
offered a reward of $500. After pick
ing up the diamonds, Potter returned
to the office of the telegraph company
asked for a brief leave and took. the
Jewels to the home of Mrs. Merle
where he received the reward.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
AMERICAN WARSH|pS
GOING TO CURACAO
will. There Await Developments
in Venezuelan Situation.

New York, Dec. ga dispatch to
the Herald from Port au Prince,
Hayti, says that the United States
gunboat Dolphin LETT that port under
orders to proceed at once to Curacao
to await developments in the Venezu-
elan situation. The cruiser L}es
Moines is leaving also for Curacao,
according to the dispatch. News of
the movement of these vessels adds
interest to the secrecy surrounding
the battleship Maine, which is pre-
sumed to be en- route to Venezuela. to
be followed by the Ncrth Carolina,
although the. navy department has
made no announcement concerning
their destination or the purpose OF
their Journey.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
Power to Executive Elbows.

It is generally conceded by review
ers,of the great struggle between the
states that a strong man in the White
House in 1860 might have saved the
country from civil war over the slave
controversy. Lincoln took the helm in
1861, and the guns Of Sumter forced
him to act vigorously. For four years
he kept doing things to back up the
bold initiative he had taken the no.
ment the flag was fired upon. Since
that era the demand has been steadily
growing for executives of strong per-
sonality. Even governors who will do
things are wanted, and the most stir
ring elections in the states often turn
upon the personality of the candidate
for governor rather than the claims Of
party.
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly takes
the ground that the old school theories
of government have been o%verthrown
and the tendency today is TO hold
presidents and governors responsible
for what legislators do or fail to do.
While Executive aggression" is some
times condemned, it is also highly ex-
tolled and by the very same voices.
In the long run the executive who de-
votes his energies solely to the good
Of the state has the support of the
masses, for at heart the people are
not partisans. They want some sort
sof program put through and look to
the man at the top to do>it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

} As a hint to Mr.. Bryan for March,
the Brooklyn Eagle recalls the fact
that Stephen "A. Douglas held Lin
coins hat at Old Abe's first inaugural.
But at the national polls in 1860 Doug
las had proved to be an ally rather
than an opponent of Lincoln. He split
the Democratic popular vote, but gain
ed only twelve, electoral votes. Doug
las Democratic rival, John G, Breck-
.inridge, received seventy-two votes in
the electoral college, standing the Sec
ond highest, although his popular vote
was fewer by 100000 than that cast
for the "Little Giant"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

The minister who recently doubled
the attendance at his church by dis
play advertising In the newspapers
evidently believes, with Wesley, that
Satan shouldn't be given q monopoly
Of the best means for reaching the
heart Of the busy world. But the
question has its practical side. People
will consult the papers to find out
what is going on around them, and
the church thut is willing to challenge
criticism by advertising may be sup
posed to offer something worth while.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
GUARDS WATCH PROPERTY
Citizens Of Nebraska Town Angry at
Traction Company. ,

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 23.-Fearing
mob violence at Havelock Manager J.
H. Hun1pe stationed guards to prevent
damage to the property Of the Lincoln
Traction company. A crowd of men
attempted to burn a bridge but fled as
a car approached and the fire was put
ont with slight damage. -
A number of names have been Sc
cured and these will be reported to
the county attorney. Citizens of
Hayelock claim that the company
promised a 5-cent fare after the @
piration' of a ten-year franchise and
the company has not kept this pledge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
The Indian Athlete.

Uneasy lies the bead that wears q
wreath won on the athletic field. There
is no feat possible for any man that
SOM other man will not risk his life
to excel. Hayes won the Olympic
Marathon by a narrow margin. and
the next best man that day, DoraIdo,
outran him on another trial. But Do
rando had to yield a few days later to
Longboat, an Indian runner who owes
the very best that is in him to the
game. The Indian went Into the inter
national Marathon last summer with q
record that called for better fortune
than his pltiful collapse in the TWEEN
tieth mile.
'Longboat comes Of a race noted for
swift and hardy footmen. To "run
like an Indian" was enough to make
a white athlete famous in the early
American settlements. The trick was
not altogether a matter Of high speed,
but of covering long distances across
country and coming out as fresh as
Longboat showed himself to be from
his twenty-sixth mile at Madison
Square Garden, when his competitor
lay in a collapse. The whites long ago
set themselves up as schoolmasters for
| the red men. Mr.. Savage must be CIV
ilized. Perhaps his time has come to
teach the o~vercivilized whites some
things which, after all, ennobled his
| savage simple life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
SEE RuEF SENTENCED
Rudolph s%preckels Offers 70 Pay for
o Extra Fuel Of steamer

Honolulu, Dec. 23.-1n order to ar
rive in San Francisco in time to be
present in court. when sentence is
passed on Abraham Ruef next Thurs
day Rudolph spre9kels. who financed
the graft investigation and prosecu-
ton in that city and who is atpassen-
ger on the Japanese liner Nippon
Maru, which sailed from this port
Saturday, has agreed to pay for the
extra. coal, burned in the effort to
reach. port a few hours ahead of the
schedule. The Nippon is due 1t San
francisco on Thursday morning.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
Famous Hotel Threatened.

New York, Dec. pa fire which
started in the Gilsey House, n of
the famous hotels on Broadway,
threatened at first to destroy the
building. Spreading through the fifth
floor the flames soon were leapiEg
cut of the windows and 9 great crowd
was. attracted which for a time COM
pletely blocked traffic on Broadway at
that point. The firemen were able to
confine the flames to the fifth floor
ada the fire was quickly controlled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
A Double Barreled Torpedo.

= "A OuOX 1Dd(XCxCO ~
One Of our naval commanders has
invented a torpedo which may do
more mischief to an enemy's battle
ship than n Of those "all big gum
Dreadnoughts we are launching. This
new torpedb shoots twice. SO to speak
that is, it makes two holes instead
Of one in the target. Theoretical:
~ the old torpedo would rip a hole
in the side. of a warship and let in wa
ter enough to sink her. AS a rule.
however, torpedoed ships have kept
afloat until the repair shop made them
as good as ever.
The shell Of a big gun will do more
damage to q warship than any torpe-
do, provided it explodes inside the
vessel, say in the engine room or mag.
azine. But. a shell may pass through
q vessel, leaving only two small holes
and a few wrecked things In its wake.
The torpedo which becomes the ex'
elusive property Of the United States
because an officer in service devised it,
will smash a big hole in the armor
where it strikes and at the same time
project a shell carrying a fuse timed
to explode 1t ut any desired distance
inside. Unfortunately this govern
ment cannot monopolize the genius OF
the world, and If war comes to us the
enemy may have some contrivance
that will sink u ~battleship as efectual.
II as our double acting torpedo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
Unrest in Venezuela:

Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 23.-Wil.
lemstad is still without direct news
from Venezuela, but reports brought
in here by the steamer Zulia indicate
that the political outbreak against
President Castro at Caracas last week
has, been followed by other develop.
ments showing the continued unrest
of the country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

The annual Nobel prize award is an
ideal method for. letting the whole
world know what has been going on
among scientific toilers Of late. But
for the patient investigation of. evi.
dence by competent authorities few
outside of technical circles would ever
learn who has beenAdoing the greatest
work for humanity during the year or
what branch of activity has achieved
the most valuable result.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

Managers Of Poe centennial celebra-
lions will do something unique If they
bring out an American man or woman
who enjoyed even a common school
education and never recited 1.-THE Ra-
ven'' OF: 'sThe Bells"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
Indian Elopers Arrested.

Kansas City, Dec. 23:-Dora Fair,
sixteen wears old, and Lewis Rogers,
t~wertyt;ree years old. two Cherokee
,Issdians who eloped from Chonteau,
.okla;. were arrested at the Union de
rot here because the girls short skirts
attracted attention. Later atelegran
.wasNreceived asking that the pair be
led. They were on their way to Col.
oTado. M
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
Bishop Miehaud Dead.

! New York Dec. 23.-Rfght Rev.
John Stephen Michaud, bishop OF the
Roman Catholic diocese Of Burling-.
ton. VT, died at st. Vncent's hospital
here Of Brights disease. aged sixty
five years. The bishop arrived here
Monday on the steamer merika from
France, whittier he had gone tive
months ago in q vain attempt to re-
cover his; health.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 23.-The
new Venezuelan administration has
revoked the decree prohibiting the
transshipment at Willemstad of goods
destined for Venezuelan points. This
eas has been the, principal diff
Guilty in the strained relations be-
tween Holland and Venezuela and it's
revocation is regarded as a move in
the direction of a peaceful settlement.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

The record of, the California belle
who discounts DIR. Osler and remains
a coauette at sixty-ive was beaten to
a fragile" by the celebrated French
beauty, Ninon de L'Enclos. In her &C.
togenarian days Ninon was asked at
what age coquetry ceased to be a pas
sion with m REALLY, you must
ask some one older than l." was the
naive answer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

Cuban Liberals faunt a rooster as
their party emblem, which is all right,
but Cuba Libre's bird should bear in
mind that certain live things this side
Of Florida keys also wear spurs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

OF course Germany favors our ulti-
matum that China's door remain open,
because therein lies the kaiser's only
chance now to get away from home
occasionally. ia, ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

A chorus of '.let us alone extending
from congress all around to Cuba was
the. echo to the annual message, not
withstandina that some critics insist
that the document vas only another
sermon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

That sending of invitations to bridge
parties through the mails a be stop
ped without the parties chiefly inter-
.ested discovering that anything has
happened.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

The automobile club responds to the
accident Indictment with You're an
other" 1t admits that there are reck-
less drivers, but says that the chief
fault lies with pedestrians. Accord
ing to that, il reckless drivers are abol-
ished pedestrians will insist ,on break
ing their own legs and. cracking their
own skulls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25
kinedshx Her Own Auto.

u s55, Waterloo, Ia:. Dec. 2 2s-seizedl VIII .itln
q sinking spell while driving an .elecs
tic automobile, Mrs. Clara Court:
wight, aged sixty years elIs fromsher
machine and was killed In tunlblin ll
Mrs. CosirtwaFraght swung the g guiding
lever III such sman1nersaaa.s 7 (, can le
sthe machine so circle the street tw 'gie
The wheels passing over her body bot =
times, calsalsinx internal injuries;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-12-25

After the kaiser and Tom johnson
have confessed to going broke on the
eve of the holidays the average man
will have courage to put up a stronger
bluff than ever.