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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
FUGITIVE REMAINS
FREE FROM CLUTCHES
Chicken Thief Has Not Been
Apprehended.

The remaining number of the group
OF negroes that ravaged the Hodgin
chicken flock. aided by shotguns, has
not been captured. The police kept
a strict lookout for him last night. but
he did not, return to the city, or if he
did he was not apprehended. His
name has been secured through the
confession of the others in the group
and 1t is believed his capture is only
. matter OF time. The others are be-
lieved to be. doomed to reformatory
sAntene1s
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
French Ambassador Astound-
ed at the Scene in the
Chicago Wheat Pit.
INTERESTED SPECTATOR
AMBASSADOR BRYCE OF ENG
LAND ALSO WITNESSED THE
FRENZlED SCENE AND AP-
PEARED TO BE DUMaFOUNDEO.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Amba ssadors
James Bryce of England and Jusser.
and of France. on their way to Wash.
ington from the Springfield Lincoln
celebration visited the Chicago board
of trade today. The price Of May
wheat was touching a new high mark
as the dignified diplomats entered and
the clamor of an unusually frenzied
day was at its height. The distinguish
ed foreigners appeared somewhat be
wildered and Jusserand remarked. 81
did not know that war had been de-
clared" The ambassadors were es
corted to the pit floor by President
John A. Bunnell of the board of trade
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
BLAIR GOES TO CUBA
Popular Local c., C. & L. Rail-
road Man on Business
And Outing Trip.
TO BE GONE THREE WEEKS

Charles Blair, ticket agent and To-
cal manager for the c. c. & L. rail-
road will leave soon for Havana, Cuba
on business for the company and for
pleasure. He will be gone about three
weeks. Mr.. Blair has chosen the fol
lowing route enrOute to Cuba: Allan
ia, Ga, Jacksonville, st. Augustine,
Palm Beach and from Knights Key
to Havana. He will stop at Sanford,
Fla, where many local persons are
located on his way home. During his
agent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
MANY CATHOLICS
IN THE D|0CtSS
Advance Sheets of Catholic
Directory Are Out.

Chicago. ILL.,, Feb. 13.-Advance
sheets OF the official Catholic direc-
tory published by the NJ. H. Wfltzius
Co., Milwaukee. give the following
statistics regarding the Indianapolis
diocese: Population lCatholic) about
lis. 900; bishops, 2: clergy, 222:
churches, 1856; colleges and academies
Ia: parishes with schools. 10s: chiH-
rem attending. $4,000: orphan asylums
3; orphans, 153; charitable lcstitu-
t1onsS II.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
BRITISH STEAMER
FOUNDERS At SEA
Nine Lives Are Reported to
Be Lost.

London, Feb. 13.-The British
steamship Forest Castle was founder.
ed in the bay of Brest and nine of her
crew were lost, according to a dis
patch received by the Lloyds from
Brest, France.
The Forest Castle, which was an
$500 ton craft. was last reported as
sailing from Bordeaux for Bilbea.
Spain. on January 27. For two days a
severe storm has been raging in the
English channel and along the coast
with the bay of Brest directly in its
path.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
HOME DEFENDER
GIVEN SENTENCE
Revenges Seduction Of His
Pretty Wife.

Denver, Col. Feb. &c Burbette
Bell will have to spend five years less
for good behavior. in the Colorado
state penitentiary for the murder Of
C. Cuvier Dury, the Cincinnati actor.
who alienated the affections and So
duced Bells pretty young wife whflA
he was away from home Sentence
WAS pronounced upon Bell by Judeo
Shn1tuck this morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14

imore, who won second place in the
oratorical contest held at Indianapolis
Friday evening. Prof. Edwin p. True
blood made short talk about the con-
test and the great showing made by
Miss Fenimore. Miss Fenim0re made
a short talk. After which a social
time was enjoyed by ell tAe- students.
Rsfreshmeaks-vhpe.ngG6
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA AND oHlo-Fair and cold
er Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14

Kim Yunwka. a Chinese, was re-
Gently made the subject Of strange
1ail sentence. After being condemned
for life by a Chinese cour, he escaped
and when captured was tried by an
other. court and e fuSthsr term ofppnr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
STUDENTS HONOR
MISS FEN|MORE
Hold Reception at College Last
Night.

An informal reception was held at
Earlham college last evening in Earl
ham hall in honor Of Miss Janet Fan
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
INSURANCE SCANDAL
1T IS THE PHENIx FIRE iNSuR- AKcE COMPANY OF BROOK
 LIN THIS TIME.
A POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTION
Superintendent Hotchkiss of New York
 Department Has Laid the Case Be.
 fore the District Attorney-Funds Used to Cover Speculative Accounts.

New York, Dec. S.-The Phenix In- surance company of Brooklyn is under investigation for alleged irregularities which have resulted in conditions that Superintendent Hotchkiss of the state Insurance department laid before the district attorney for possible criminal action. It is charged that the presi- dent has overdrawn his salary; that he has unloaded doubtful securities on the company and that he has used the eompany's assets as collateral to se- Sure his own personal speculative ac- cunts. The directors do not escape celsure.
 In formal statement Mir. Hotchkiss says he does not believe that the capi- tai of the company is impaired, and that thus far there is no evidence that it's securities are not intact, but he admits that the present investigation Is not finished.
 George P Sheldon, member of many clubs and chairman of the legal committee of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, has been president of the Phenix since 1887 and it is charged that under his administration the annual reports of the company made to the insurance department in at least the last ten years and prob ably longer are false in more than one particular. MT. Hotchkiss says the Phenix had not been examined in nearly p years or since MT. Sheldon became president. The insurance de partment alleges that it finds that questionable securities, originally sold to the company by MT. Sheldon have, year after year, passed through wash sales" and by this method have been l concealed In the report. Speculative accounts have been maintained by President Sheldon, according to MT. Hotchkiss, in at least one brokerage house, and the assets of the Phenix have been used as collateral to cover his operations. It is charged also that for several years the presidents salary account has been overdrawn and now Is paid up in full to October 1, 1910 | In the last IT years, 1t is alleged members of the state insurance depart ment, whose duty it was to supervise the company, have accepted collateral | loans from 1t, made to them by Presi l dent Sheldon. in amounts varying from | ,000 to $100,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
Ir Memoriam.

Whereas, It has pleased the Great Comm auder to call our worthy and much respected com rade, Volney E. Psu,k, from oar ranks and take him to the ranks of the great majority in the be- yond; therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, By General John C. Black Post No. l20, Department of Arkansas G. A. R., that in the death of Comrade Pauk our p st loses a most honorable member, the community one of i;s best citizns, the government one oi it's most noble defenders, and the companion a loving and devoted husband; be it further
 Resolved, That his chair in this post be drsped in mourninp for the space of 30 days, and ih a copy of these resolutions bs spread of record on the minutes of the post aud a copy be fnr' uisbed each of the city papers tol publication and copy be presented to the family of tue deceased.
 Ed T. Wolfe.
 H. r. Close,
 T. c. Birney,
 Commmlttee
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
PROSPERITY WITH US ONCE MORE
President of National Association of Manufacturers Thinks Country mas
 Recovered From Panic.

New York, Dec. 8.-That industria, prosperity rules throughout the uhlteu states and that the business men oi the country expect 1t to continue is shown in reports from 5000 repre- sentative firms, compiled by the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers and made public here. John Kirby lr.' nresident of the association, summing mn m the result of the reports receiYea says: aan
 nIt is quite within the bounds or con servatism to say that today. practicai lv two years after our so-cailed panlc inc country has reached a condition ol normal prosperity. By normal pros perity is meant to be understoou satisfactory state of manufacturing selling and collections.
 "Thls statement is not based upol unsupported optimism, but upon saci unfailing trade barometers as the as', cultural output, bank clearings' manu featuring. movement of freight an' otbar well known indications
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
IA BIG SIOUX FALLS MEETING
Implement Dealers from Three States Are Holding Convention in the
 South Dakota City.

Sioux Falls. s. D., Dec. S.-The big gest convention ever held by the Re- tail Implement Dealers association of South Dakota, southwestern Mime sota and northwestern Iowa opened last night in the Auditorium. Mayor Burnside welcomed the members and response was made by H. l.. Taylor Of Alexandria, s. D. Interesting ad- dresses were delivered by Dean E. c. Perisho of the University of South Dakota, J. A. Craig of the National Association of Agricultural Implement Manufacturers and Charles F. Holmes, The program was varied with music This afternoon in Elks' hall President J. E. McDougall of Britton will deliver nis annual address, and several other members will speak. The banquet will De held this evening after a theater party.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
MORGAN LEADS ALL
HIS CONTROL OF EQUITABLE PLACES HIM AT HEAD OF
 AMERICAN FINANCE.
IS ALSO INSURANCE MAGNATE
institutions Dominated by the Wall Street Man Have Resources and As. sets Amounting to Over Two Billion DoIlars-Some of His Banks.

New York, Dec. 5.-Through the purchase of the control of the Equita- ble Life Assurance society, J. Pier pont Morgan is acknowledged as the insurance magnate of America, the dominating factor in the nations fl nances and the master and controll- ing spirit of the traction situation in New York. It was admitted that the supremacy of Thomas F. Ryan in trac' tions and his career in finance had come 10 an end. IL was figured that MT. Morgandominate financial insti- tutions representing in assets and re sources S2.z31,117,S30.
 The greatest achievement of Mir Morgan in obtaining control of the Equitable was adding the National Bank of Commerce to the list of Nor gan institutions. He already owns the New York Life Insurance company and has strong financial interests iI the Mutual Life. The Equitable Life Assurance society is the owner ol 50,000 shares. in the Bank of Com merce. MT. Morgan also is in contro of the First National bank and ir financial circles the statement was made that the purchase of the Equita ble. with the Bank of Commerce, fore shadowed the merging of these two banks into an institution that would be far greater than the National City bank.
 The new bank will become the riva of the City bank, the great Rockefel ler-Armour bank; the Standard Oi and beef trust strong box. With tn, millions of the insurance companie: and the resources of the banks anC trust companies at his command, MT Morgan also will become the head O the traction interests in New York The back of the McAdoo tunnel is now in the Interborough Those familial with the situation say the control O the fractions of the city of New Yorl has been carefully planned by Mor gan and the head of the house will b, the dominant factor from now on II the traction field Controlling the in surance companies and the most pow erful bank Tn the city, he will be in [ position to finance any scheme ap proved by him and the public serviot board.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
OTHERS WOULD FURNISH BOND.
Friends of Wm. Stevens at Shreveport
 Hear of Trouble. Offer Assistance.

Mon day nightJ. G, Jackson was called up over long distance tele- phone from Shreveport by J. T. WurtsDaugh, a big lumberman and former partner ot MT, Stew ems in the lumber business. MT. Wurtsbaueh h had seen report of the trouble and having known Mir. Jackson years ago called him up to see if the report of his friends troubles was true.
 On learning the details he ex' pressed great surprise. and on be- iug told that there was some feel ing that it had been a mistake to release Stevens, said that if there was any call for it he and 5. E. Hicks, another wealthy Shreye- port man would furnish bond ID any amount. Mir. Wellborn states that he IS expecting C. w. Mizell to arrive very soon from Wingate, Tex.'
 to take charge as manager of the Cash Store business, this having
 been arranged for by MT. stevens
 several weeks ago. he realizing
 that his health was not equal tt
 the task of conducting the busr ueSS.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
HE tNGBERG FAMILY WARNED
Coroner Hears that Masked Maj Visited Home of Murdered Girl
 at Pittsburg, Kan.

Pittsburg. Kan, Dec. Sword wat carried to Coroner Dudley and tho members of the coroner's jury that { masked man had appeared at the Eng berg home and warned the memberi of the family that if the investigation of the death of Goldie Engberg did no stop there would be another death Il the family.
 Members of the family were loatl to talk about the visit. Apparently th' relatives of the dead girl stand in flea of someone whose name they do no know or will not reveal.
 There are several persons who have refused to give testimony before tn coroner's jury. Coroner Dudley be lieves they know things they will no tell. and he has served notice that they do not talk when the hearing | resumed Thursday he will put then in jail till their tongues are loosened That Miss Engberg was murdered still the firm belief of the coroner. Tn jury has an entirely new theory nov on which it bases the supposition c murder and is working on the ne' lead
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
CHICKEN RAISING FOR REVENUE,
Isaac Saurbaugh Has Raised 1000
 This Season 200 Hens Now.

Isaac Saurbaugh, who lives on Mountain hork river, about seven nd half miles from Mens, was lu Tuesday with twenty dcz' n eggs and says his young hens are just getting started to laying.
 MT. Saurbdugh says this IS his third year in Polk county and his lrst iu the poultry business, but
 e is pleased with results and will continue on even a larger scale. He uses incubaiors and has raised tor market this season about lCOt chickens, which he sold as fries, getting about 30 cents apiece foi them. He now has 200 hens and outlets, and expects a heavy egg production from now on. He has sold eggs recently at 30 cents iczen.
 His chickens are now of several varieties and mixed breeds, bu' he says he expects to get into growing pure blood poultry later He prefers Barred Rocks for sell ing purposes, because of thu quickness with which they mak size and weight. He now has good many Leghorns and like them for layers.
 Mir. Saurbaugh says the onl, serious trouble he has in growing chickens is with the hawks, losing a good many from that source.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
Likes Mena, but Didn't Get Bear.

J. E. Long of Danville. Ill.,, who has been in Mena for about ten days visiting with his brother, w. L. Long, and family, left this week for his home. MT. Long has travelled a great deal during his life as railroad man. and when he says that he Ike
 Mena, its people and climate, he does so with knowledge of wha
 he talks about. lie says could he ,rapsfer his presen, job of conduc
 for to the Kansas City Southern with headquarters in Mens, ht would gladly do so. When Mr Long arrived his brother touiee him as a great hunter, dnboIue him Teddy II. And two days the brothers tramped the noun taius seeking bear-so ttey say But the Polk county beais may have read The Star and heard Q
 the mighty hunter. Anyway al inc hunters found was tracks all supposedly headed for the bis woods over in the next county.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
zELAYA READY ID 60
..,, TAKE THE FIRST STEAMER LEAVING coRiNTo WITH
 HIS FAMILY.
ENGLAND MAY BE DRAWN IN
.u Roads Leading to Rama Are n n,asd and Gen. Estrada Is Await ,ao Attack of Government Troops r,seen Thousand Engaged.

naw orleans, Dec. 8.-A private .s,a dispatch received in this city srom Nicaragua says that President 1elaya has made all arrangements td aoa from Nicaragua. and, accompanied sv @ his family, would board the first steamer sailing from Corinto.
 The vessel that will take the fugi- five president from the country will be a,a of the Pacific Mall fleet from Pan ana which will land him at either salina Cruz, Mexico. or Amapala, Hon. duras.
 Great Britain may be drawn into the N,earaguan affair and compelled to ,ale decisive action, if the claim made hv President Zelaya at Managua, in slsnatches received, are corroborated. He declares that the rebels have loot ed banana plantations and other ranches owned by Englishmen of the eastern coast and the planters have been compelled to ask alu of the Brit lsh cruiser Scylla at Bluefields.
 dispatch from Bluefields, via wire less to Colon, states that every road and stream leading to Rama is heavily mined. and that Gen. Estrada, provi- sIonal president of Nicaragua, Is await ing an attack by the government forces of Zelaya. Zelaya's vanguard Is now within few hours march of Es- tradas outposts and desultory fighting may begin at any moment. The main attack, however. is not expected before today.
 Estimates of the strength of the con tending armies vary greatly, but 1t is believed a total of 15,000 soidiers will be involved. Zelaya has between 5000 and 10 000 men, which would give him B numerical strength over Estrada, but this advantage is more than offset by the superior conditions of the reyolu. tionary army. which also has the ad' santage of being the defending army
 Gen. Chamorro, the revolutionary leader, who is besieging Greytown. re ports the condition of the government troops there as critical. He is pre- pared to attack the town the moment be hears of the conclusion of the Rams engagement
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09

LITTLE ROCK INDIFFERENT
Indications Are That the Big Poultry Show Will Have Small Attend
 ance, Though Many Entries.
ance, ThOug.
Special Correspondence to me Star.

Special Correspondence to The Star.
 Little Rock, Ark, Dec. b. b.-Tht second annual exhibit of the Lit tie Rock Poultry Association opened today with total entry of nearly 800 birds. Several states are represented.
 Some beautiful Reds from all over the state and Texas are here, and the Red entry will be a fea ure of the show. The compe'i ton in White aud Barred Rocks will he lively, also in the White Leghorns and White Wyandottes.
 So far, no competition is in sight for Meua exhibits, but this may develop today, when all birds must be in. The Meua birds came through in fiue shape, in spite of the narrow escape from a wreck coming over. About 35 miles west of Little Rock the trucks ol the tender left the track and but for the prompt action oi the engineer in stopping our train, the accident would have neen ser lous. We were delayed eight hours.
 The Poultry enthusiasts of Lit tie Rock and from outside are greatly disappointed at the a,ti tude of the local press in utterly ignoring the show in all the Sun lay papers. This in spite of the tact that the show management nas spent a good deal of money it cash advertising.
 1t is doubtful If the attendance compares at all with the Mens ,how.
 The skating ring is being useC for the show and is fine build ing for the purpose, giving splen did room, light and other desira ole features.
 Superintendent C.. c. Watkins s doing everything to make tht show a success in conjunction with the Little Rock Poultry As sociation. but lack of apprecia ion is shown by the state capita and the press.
 E. N. Hopkins.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
hlCARAGUAN CASE TO CONGRESS
Representative SuIzer Of New York Introduced Joint Resolution Which
 Practically Declares War.

washington, Dec. S.--Representative suizer of New York introduced a joint resolution in the house, -soon after it mel at noon, which practically declares war against Nicaragua. It directs the president to use the land and naval 'Orces of the United States to restore ofuer in Nicaragua. It demands the sifest and punishment of Zelaya for tue murder of American citizens and also demands an apology and damages rum Nicaragua for the execution oi Groce and Cannon.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
Leading Photograph Gallery.

Do you know Christmas IS coming !? Well it is, and l am prepared 10 do finer and bet ter photo work than eyer before. While away bought the finest line of photo mounts and folders ever brought to the city, also photo supplies and post card al bums. and a fine line of picture menlding, picture frames made to your order, post cards, art goods, pyrography material, pho to supplies, line of framed DIG, lures. kodak work finished. Call and see at Hiltebrands. M l97-44&tf
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
PROBE WILL 60 DEEP
AN INVESTIGATION OF kANsA1 cITYss PRODUCE EXCHANGE
 TAKES ON NEW VlGOR-
NEW WITNESSES SUBPOENAED
Grand Jury Endeavorina to Find Out Why Prices of Food Stuff Are So Much Higher There Than Elsewhere -Flxlno the Prices.

Kansas City, Dec. S.--The Jackson county grand jury's investigation of the combination in Kansas City which is said to control the price of food stuffs may go further than was planned at first. Members of the Kan. sas City Fruit and Produce Exchange and grocers who buy butter, eggs, poultry and other foodstuffs from them, will be subpoenaed as witnesses and, in addition, it may be decided to go into the country towns in search of witnesses.
 The object of this, it Is said. is to show that the prices of eggs and other foodstuffs handled by the alleged com bination in Kansas City increase out of all proportion when the produce en. ters Kansas City.
 Those Cheaper Country Prices.
 It is said that eggs stored in Kansas City for months and shipped to the country where 1t is possible to place eggs, sell cheaper to the country mer. chants and the country trade than right here in Kansas City. The prices of eggs in the country towns near Kansas City and throughout the states of Kansas and Missouri are said to be several cents cheaper dozen than in Kansas City. At the same time, the cost of handling is not great.
 It also may be shown that the mem bers of the Kansas City Fruit and Produce Exchange buy practically all the eggs, butter and potatoes which producers have for sale in Missouri, Kansas and some even in distant states and, because of the close under standing among the members of the exchange, are sold at large profit in Kansas City.
 Fixed Prices Merely Nominal, They Gay
 Christ M Feiring, Walter L. Crush and C. c. Clemmons, commission mer. chants and members of the exchange, were subposnaed to give testimony in the inquiry, Other witnesses will be subpoenaed.
 The members of the exchange will be asked to explain all about the meet ings held in the Centr2pois hotel at eleven o'clock every day and about the committees of five which meet to arrange the schedule of prices for the day. Some commission merchants say the meetings are to arrange the mar ket prices for the convenience and guidance of the country shippers; oth CTS that it is to provide protection and a working basis for the commission merchants, and all insist that supply and demand control the prices of food. stuffs in Kansas City and that the prices agreed on at the meetings have nothing to do with them.