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The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-09
Inc Better Part.

Van Bibbsr. fresh from the wedding, sat over a cool and hissing drink in the club window.
 She rejected you once. didn't she, old man?" De Peyster asked.
 Van Bibber sneered at the memories of the June bride which his friends question evoked.
 "She only partially returned my af- fection," he murmured.
 "Only partially returned your afYec- ton? What do you mean?'
 'I mean what I say" Van Bibber bitterly answered. She returned all the love letters. but kept all the jewelry."
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Cured of Lung Trouble.

Tt is now eleven years since had narrow escape from consumption" !" writes c. 0. Floyd, leading business man of Kershaw, $. c. "l had run down in weight to l35 pounds, and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. Finally 1 began taking Dr. Kings New Discovery, and con- tinued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were en- trely gone and l was restored to my normal weight, ITO pounds. /" Thous- ands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at Jackson Drug Co. ooc and loo Trial bottle free,
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LEGAL NOTICES,
NorICE TO QUIET TITLE.


 Notice is hereby given that on May l2 ia0S F. M. Cecil filed in my office his petition to the Chancery Court Of Polk county, Arkansas. praying that said court at its April term, 1908, by It's decree confirm, and quiet his title to the following described lands sitna ed in Polk county, Arkansas, to-wlt: the sE,4 NE'4 NEi4 SEt4. NWA sE,+ and Siyl4 NE {, Sec. 2e and all that part uf the swt4 NWit. Sec. P, wing west of flick ory Creek, ali in TWP <, K. P w;sE,5 sw,f sEL Sec. ?, and the NE;,t N FL Sec. P. Twp 3S., R. B2 w; the sWi4 SE4 Sec. :, Twp. $. Is. a2 ". and the NEf4 NEi4 Sec, l. Twp. S., k. 32 w..
 Therefore, all persons who claim any Interest tn said lands or any part thereof. are hereby warned and called upon to ap- pear in said court within seven weeks from this date and show cause, if any there be, why he prayer ofsaid petition should not be granted and why the. title Of the said petitioner to said lands and every part there Of should not he quieted and confirmed. Given under my hand this izth day Of May, 1908,
 ". l. Green,
 Clerk of Polk Chancery Court.
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And then just as both families be- gan to hutter with
 hope he married a 20-year-old girl
 who lived in the next block. who couldn't boil wa ter without burn ing it, and who D enly boasted
 that she had never
 wen mended her
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ITO Keep We'll

The whole year through, writes l.. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route |, Gull ford, Me, II and my family use Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They have proven most satisfactory to all ot us. Y They tone the system and cure bilious ness. malaria and constipation. Guar anteed at Jackson Drug Co. 23c.
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his home and care for Elaine him self, instead of passing her over to distant female relatives and ex- isting in a hotel.
 That poor man
 and with a child on his hands, tool" was what Mrs. Smith next door said to the others who were acquainted W i { h
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How to Cure ChiIb'ains.

''Toenioy freedom from chilblains, " writes John Kemp, East Otisfield, Me, q apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with excellent results. Guaranteed for fever, sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin diseases. 25c at Jackson Drug Co.
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Bank Note.

First Director-That new cashier don't seem to take any interest in the business.
 Second Director-Heavens; you don't want him to clean up everything do you? We ought to be glad if he takes nothing but the principal.
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CHERRY HILL UNION NO. POT. F. II. Fur, president; |. NJ. Borough Secretary. Meets each ist and 3d Saturday at D. m. Egger r. Q.
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In the prsaent.

And before l accepted him." Miss Passay was saying, T asked him If he would love me when l was old"
 "rhe ideal" exclaimed Miss Bright. why, if he proposed to you he had sl- ready proven that, hadn't her"
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Mathematical.

Are you going to make an example of that grafter?" said one statesman.
 He's worse than an example now answered the other. Hes . problem. . Washington Star.
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NOTICE TOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, Land once at
 Camden, Ark.. May 21, 1908.

tdH1Utn AFk., MAY TT, IHUn. Notice Is hereby given that
 JAMES II. ECkHARDT. of Mena, Ark. who on March 3, 1902. made homestead entry No. 25423, for N1a N El4 and SW4 NEI4, Sec. C, Twp. 2S., and sEls. Fl, Sec 3I. Twp. $. Range 20 w., 9th r. M., has filed notice Of intention to maFe final i've year proof to establish claim to land above described, before County Clerk Of Polk County, at Mena, Ark. on the sth day Of July l9o8.
 Claimant names as witnesses: Ira GlnOrd John IT. A Anders0n, Jacob C. Lowry, William r.. Reed all Of A corn. Ark. Nays H. c. Friedheim, Register.
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CT Smith, at the age of S3 years. In 1S49 MT. Smith began running an engine on the Mount Savage &
 Cumberland rail road in Maryland, where he re
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POLK COUNTY UNION.

Meets the third Wednesday l., January April, July and October. William Martin. President and Lecturer Mountain Fork. Ark. ]. C. Terrell, Secretary-Treasurer. Mena. Ark, IL. F. n. No. 2 A. NJ. Parker, Organizer, liatfied, Ark.
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LIBERTY UNION NO. 235.

Geo. Wood, president J. K. Wilcox. secre tary; meets 2d and 4th Saturdays at P. m. kgger, F. 0.
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FAR MERS' UNIONS
A Roster of Local Unions, Places
 and Dates of Meeting.

officers of unions are especially requested to notify The Star Of any changes in officers, meeting times or places, thus Keeping the directory upto-date aud Of greatest possible value to the mem bership.
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FOWLER UNION NO. 12s4. Wills Jones, president, Eugene A bernathy. secretary. Meets first and third Saturdays. Big Fork F. 0.
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OZARK UNION NO. zoo,

Meets ist and 3rd Friday nights. Roe Granniss r. 0.
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HOLLY HILL UNION. NO, 2i5i A. !. Edwards, president; ]. F. smith. ec- retary. Hartly F. 0.
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RANSOM UNION NO. BIT.
ROCKY UNION NO. i54.

Meets ist and 3rd Saturday nights. J. k Chambers, president; Prof W. K. Shinn, sec retary. Mena, F. Q.
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COUNTY LINE UNION NO. h77. Meets Saturday evening before the 1st and 3rd Sundays. F.. $. Miller, secretary. Hart iy 20.
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POTTER uNIoN.

POTTER UNION. Meets 2d and 9th Friday nights. $. B. liar reIson, president: Frank Cole, secretary Mena, Ark, k. Y. D. No. |.
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OAK GROVE UNION
 j. H. Davis, president. T. B. Baker, secre- tary. Granniss F. 0.
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DALLAS UNION NO. 7b0. Meets lst and 3rd Saturday at 7:30 D. m. $, A. Key, president A. l.. Durham, secretary Mena, F. O.
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BOARD CAMP UNION.
FIDELITY UNIt

Meets ist, 3rd and 9th Wednesday nights. (. II. Miller, president; A. E. Wear, secretary. Board CampP. 0.
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l. C. Terrell, president; $. Thacker, secre- tary. Meets 2nd and ltb Saturday at2 D. m. Rocky postoffice.
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OVERTURE UNION NO. 1897. Clarence Waits. president: Albert Ward secretary. Gillham F. Q.
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WENT BACK TO lS4e
VETERAN ENGINEER SAW MANY
 CHANGES.
The Late Asher Smith Was One of tho First Men Who Ran Locomo- tlves In the United
 States,

There recently died in Kansas City, Kan, former railroad engineer, Ash.
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CENTER UNION NO. 1901. Lee Evens, president T. A. Dooley. secre tary.
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John l.. Riding, president; J. W. Wilkins secretary. Vandervoort F. c.
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ROCK SPRINGS UNION NO ssi W. F.. Cox, president; J. F. Lass, secretary Quito F. 0.
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OLIVER crApr

MOUNTAIN FORK UNION Tom Rogers, president Willie Beavers, sec
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HATFIELD UNION NO. z60. Meets list and 3rd Saturday at D. m. A. G Bruce, president; it. II. Stockton. secretary Hatfield P. Q.
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HOLLY GROVE UNION NO. 1542. E. E. Carter, president; R. L. Dalrymple secretary,
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Every sort Of Legal Blank of the "Legal Light" kind for sale at The Star office
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OLIVER CHAPEL UNION. T. c. HiIl, president; W. E. Murray. secre tary. Meets each Tuesday night Mena F. q
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CARING FOR
 ELAINE

When Thayer's wife died Elaine was just seven. Thaver elected to keen un
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HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO 2sx. E. K. Grlffith, president; J. c. Yell. secie- tarv. Quito F. q.
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OWEN cHApEL UNION NO. sso

H. z. Fowler, president; T. D. Reid, secre- tary. Meets first and third Fridays of each month at 2 P. m. Mena r. c
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
FOREIGN.

The steamer Rotterdam, the PATIO
ton Holland-American liner, was sue
cessfully launched at Belfast.
Considerable concern is felt in Ma
drid for the safety of King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria on their approach
ing visit to Barcelona, which has been
fixed for March r. The newspapers
regard the trip as imprudent.
Mexico and Guatemala have reached
a friendly settlement of difficulties
which have existed since the assass-
ination last April of Gen. Lima and
Col Bone, and the removal of the
Mexican legation to Salvador.
The French cabinet has voted form
ally to send 1000 additional soldiers
to Morocco with the object of contin-
uing the aggressive policy as we'll as
affording rest to troops who have be-
come tired out in recent fighting with
the Moors.
At Belfast Farland & Wolf are
building new ships to enable the con-
struction OF vessels 1000 feet long, as
a preparatory step to the laying of the
keel a year hence of a mammoth
steamship for the White Star company
for the Southhampton-New York trade
The question of a government pc.
troleum monopoly is still under con
sideration by the German ministry of
finance, but the commission has not
yet decided to recommend it. The
difficulty which confronts the govern
ment is how to get along without the
Standard Oil company. No conclusion,
however, need be reached before next
autumn, as Chancellor Won Buelow
and Secretary of the Treasury Sydow
have postponed the introduction of
fresh tax proposals until that time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
ERE AND CASUALLY.

Fire which started in Lembke's dry
goods store at Albert Lea, Mimi, car
ried losses of $4,000.
Fire at Tampa, Fla, destroys 3C3
buildings, causing a loss of 100000
and burned itself out, the department
being unable to oppose 1t.
Breckenridge hall, one Of the largest
dormitories of Central university, at
Danville, KY, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is about $4,000.
William Fischer of Palmyra, Wis,
who was arrested on suspicion OF try
ing to burn the Palmyra uepot, was
bound over to circuit court in bonds If
81, 900.
Three men were burned to death
and fifteen others seriously injured by
jumping from windows in a fire which
destroyed three workmens' shaeks at
Port Washington, L. I.
The home of Charles Hickey at La
Crosse was nearly destroyed by fire
which originated from defective
chimney. The family were aroused by
the servant and made their escape.
At Eau Claire Lewis lie Claire
caught q live wire which he could not
let go of. He saved himself by letting
himself fall from ladder on which
he stood, which released his hand on
the wire.
The Roman Catholic convent at Ma
son City, Ia, burned to the ground.
The fire caught by sparks falling on
the roof from q. burning chimney.
There were eighteen occupants and all
had narrow escapes. The total loss is
$4,000.
In order to determine the origin of
the numerous mysterious fires which
have recently occurred in La Crosse,
Deputy State Fire Marshal Wander
boom of Madison, has been called to
assist the local authorities. This is
the first visit of member of the
newly created department.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Johnson of Cable, Wis,
was startled by cracking sound and
found the roof of her house On fire.
She was alone, but notwithstanding
her crippled arm, she carried water
from the lake upstairs, then standing
upon a bed, made a hole through the
roof with an AK and applied several
pals of water with a dipper, succeed
ing in saving her home from the
blaze,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Andrew Carnegie has notified Gov.
Johnson of Minnesota of a donation
of $4,000 to the endowment fund now
being raised for Gustavus Adolphus
college at St Peter,
Former Gov. John Lynd and DR.
Cyrus Northrup, president of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, have been ap-
pointed by Gov. Johnson to be dele
gates to the congress at Washington
for the conservation of the national
resources.
Henry Bergh, nephew of the founder
of the American Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. in a
letter in connection with the offer of
a prize of $500 by the society for an
invention of the humane slaughter
of animals for food, objects to present
slaughter methods as cruelty.
Four American educators sent out
to the Philippines by the government
embarked from San Francisco in the
American Maru. The party includes
Prof w. D. McClintock of the depart
ment of English in the University of
Chicago, and Prof. Frederick Starr of
the department of anthropology in the
University of Chicago
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laws. the bill would be unconstitution-
al. A subcommittee was appointed
TO hear arguments on this point
Secretary Cortelyou sent to the SEN
ate detailed data which completes the
answers to four congressional resolu-
tons calling "for information regard
ing treasury operations in connection
with the panic of last fall" The last
answer embraces data similar to that
given in answer to senate resolutions
bearing on public repositories; nature
Of securities and capital stock and
outstanding national bank notes of
each bank.
President Roosevelt has before him
statement prepared by Secretary
Root dealing with charges against the
ad ninistration of the United States
court at Shanghai, China, presided
over by Judge r. L. Wiley. A state
ment by Judge Whitley is now before
The president. From an authoritative
quarter It is learned that an investiga-
ton has resulted in the conclusion
that the charges rest upon the strict
rules of procedure enforced by the
court
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On being told he continued: I'll
tell you what / will do. You can
sell the story to all your papers and
/ will divide the price with you even.
l will write the story and also the
query. I probably can have the
story ready tonight"
At 6 o'clock he was on hand with
the following query: "Prominent
Philadelphia club passes strong res
olutions denouncing the candidacy OF
Charles Emory Smith and condemn
ing his conduct of the postoffice-
600 words"
Throwing the query down on the
desk, he said: "I'Il be back about >
o'clock with the story all written.
Yon can keep your orders until chen
The correspondent had a n3wspa-
per guide and sent the query to one
newspaper in every city of impor-
lance in the United States.
Astonishing was the result of the
query. Almost every paper ordered
the story, taking the whole amount.
Promptly at 9 o'clock the reporter
came in with the story, the substance
of which follows:
The Harry E. Wildey club, an or
ganization with rooms uptown, met
that evening and passed resolutions
condemning in strong terms the can
didacy of Charles Emory Smith and
uenouncing everything he had done
in the postoffice department. 1t was
good and strong, going into detail
as to the speeches made for the res
olutions and telling as a climax of
the club vote for the resolutions be,
ing unanimous. Two telegraph OPP
orators were kept busy sending out
the story to the different cities. Soon
requests came to the regular CORE
spondents asking them to verify the
story and reporters were sent to the
Wildey club. The secretary was
there, showed them the minutes and
the story was published all over the
country.
It did it's work well. The name
of Charles Emory Smith did not fig.
ure in the convention and Theodore
Roosevelt was shunted into the of
fee to become president when the
hand of an assassin cut down Will
liam Mckinley.
The Wildey club? Well it was Il
marching club only, under the con-
troll of Mr. Smiths enemies. The
reporter never took his share. of the
receipts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
DEATH REVEALS A SECRET.
True Story of Political End Comes
to Light


The recent death of Charles EN-
DRY Smith, Philadelphia editor, d.
lomat and politician, recalls an Incl
dent of the second Mckinley cam
paign in which the Philadelphia was
probable candidate for the vice
presidency. How he was beaten out
of the nomination is bit of unwrit.
ten history known only TO the few
who engineered the plan that led to
his name being wiped from the re
publican slate as possibility
In the west and south considerable
sentiment was aroused by his friends
and also among some of the members
who were backing Mckinley, in
whose cabinet the editor was post
master general. Certain politicians
in Philadelphia who were followers
of Quay saw With alarm the growing
feeling in favor of their townsman
who had fought against the senator
and his men in the cause of reform
for the Quaker city and the keystone
state. The matter was taken up
by leader and quiet scheme was
laid to put him on the shelf.
in aid oil the plan the services OF
political reporter on one Of the
dailies was called into play. He was
sounded and was willing to go into
the deal. Going to a man who had
several papers for whom ne CORE
sponded the reporter said:
I've got big story. How many
papers dc you correspond for?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

w. C, Ribenach. private secretary
TO Senator Stout, has purchased the
plant of the Ashland FIGURING Mill as
ISOLATION.
The Waupaca Felting mills, which
closed last November during the fin
ancial furry on account Of the cancel
ing of orders, has resumed.
Freight handlers employed at the
Erie freight depot at Binghamton, N
Y. are on a strike as a protest
against a 10 per cent reduction in
wages.
Work On the new plant Of the
Michel Brewing company at La Crosse
is being rapidly completed, and it is
expected that the plant viii begin op-
erations by April 1.
The street railway promoting firm Of
James F. Shaw & Co, incorporated Of
Boston, has been placed in the hands
of a receiver. The liabilities are
$700,976, while assets are said to be
sSSO,OOO.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
a total of 4,703,554, against 4,773.047
last week. OF this the total of Ameri-
can cotton is 3,5O6,67S against S,GO3,171
last week.
August Lenke and o. S. Richardson,
as individuals and as partners in the
D. S. Richardson Coal company, Chi
cago, have filed petitions in bank
ruptcy, placing liabilities at $103, 359
and assets at $67S,O93.
Railroad business is picking up in
Nebraska according to reports of the
state railway commission. For the
last week reports show that 7G6 stock
cars we're ordered as against SIS for
the same period in January.
Chancellor Garland Lytt of~AIississ-
ippi has rendered a decree declaring
that the Missouri and louisiana Retail
Lumber Dealers association is trust
and combine, and ordered that the
organization be ousted from Mississ-
ippi
Owing to the dropping of in orders
for sash doors and blinds, the A. II.
STANCE Sash and Door company at
Merrill, one of the largest institutions
of its kind has laid off between
seventy-five and 100 men and boys,
until business picks up.
A meeting of leading farmers of Ra.
cine and Kenosha counties vas held
receatly for discussing the question of
organizing the two counties. tie object
being to bring about legislation estab-
fishing uniform system of weights per
bushel of all farm products.
\ delegation Of Chicago business
mon will leave in a few days for
Washington to present reasons to
congress why. in their opinion, the
bills prohibiting the selling of grain,
cotton and provisions for future de.
livery should not be enacted INFO law.
Sections men on the Cincinnati di.
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad
have gone on a IS hour a week isched-
ule. They had been on a foFty-five
hour schedule ever since the financial
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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

Washington, Feb 2T.-A highly
dramatic scene, in which two senators
with Indian blood In their veins and
members of former Indian tribes car
ried on animated and acrimonious de-
bate, marked the proceedings in the
senate. Senator Owen of Oklahoma,
a member of the Cherokee nation,
fought by means of wordy battle to
have the word Late" placed before
the designation of the five civilized
tribes" declaring that he wanted TO
record the death of the old tribal re-
lations. Mr.. Curtis of Kansas, who is
part Kaw Indian, tainted his fellow
senator with the statement that he
was under control of the secretary Of
the interior, and there ensued wordy
battle that entertained both senator's
and the visitors in the galleries.
When the senate voted on the propo-
sition it was against Senator Ovens
contention. Senator McCreary of Ken
lucky spoke on the currency bill.
The all-powerful committee on ways
and means of the house was put to
route and by an overwhelming vote or
dered out of the capitol to the new
house office building a block away.
Various members of the committee
strenuously objected to removal but
they had only weak following, and
their protests awaited them nothing.
The committees present rooms are
desired in order that the speaker may
have more commodious quarters. The
army appropriation bill was discussed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
WASHINGTON.

The case vi the Countess of Buena
Vista against Gen Brooke in which
she made a claim for $20,5000 dam
ages on account OF revocation of her
perpetual and exclusive license to do
the butchering of live stock necessary
to supply meat for the city of Havann
was argued in the supreme court. The
countess bases her claim on the pur-
chase of a Perpetual franchise from
Spain. The charter was revoked fol-
lowing the Spanish war
The question whether congress has
jurisdiction over the transmission OF
interstate messages by telephone and
telegraph was raised befoIe the sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
which lad under consideration the La
Toilette franking bill. Members say
without an act of congress placing the
companies under interstate commerce
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
ATTACK ON CHEZ sHIPPY.

Harry Azerbuch, Russian Jew an
archist, stabbed Chief OF Police Shippy
In Chicago, perhaps mortally wounded
the chiefs son, age 20, and then was
shot TO death by the chief and Police
man James Foley, who also Is
wounded by the anarchist. The battle
place was in the Shippy residence.
The NEW of tie attack stirred the
Chicago city hall, the wheels OF gov
eminent were stopped, and Mayor
Busse and heads of departments
rushed in automobiles to the home OF
the stricken official.
Ad Domestic