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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02
Je1ries TO Box in New York.

New York, Dec. Jim Jeffries
will appear here tonight at a special
show AT the Amboy Athletic Club in
a three round bout with Sam Berger,
and three extra round with ack Nc
Cornick, of Chicago, who once knock
ed Kid Mccoy. The contests are SIM
ply exhibition tests, and will be in
creased in interest by a wrestling
match between Frank Gotch, the
worlds champion, and DIR. Roller.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02
Illinois centraPs New Tariff Rates.

Chicago, Dec. 2.-The Illinois Cen
trail Railroad today made effective
new grain schedules, reducing by liz
cen rates from Illinois Central points
to territory east of and including
Pittshurg n Buffalo on the basis of
l51Ac per 100 pounds from Hendrick,
Ind, and Thomas, H., to lev York
This will make the specific proper
ton up TO Chicago from these points
fkc., instead of 6 cents and the rate
from Chicago to New York Is cents.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02

Have You thought or what you are
going TO give your friend for Christ
mas? Engraved visiting or business
cards make very nice and useful pres
ents. Call al the Record Office and
get your order in early. Latest styles
at reasonable prices.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02
Cos. of Cotton Speculation.

Nav YORK, Gee. 2.-The board of
managers of the New York Cotton
Exchange is expected to take action
today endorsing the plan recently
proposed by members of the Ex-
chang 10 increase the cost of specu-
latiol in cotton. Ii is planned TO raise
non-members' commissions from SIS
to $50 per hundred bales, and floor
brokerage from as cents TO 81.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02
Bank Increases Stock.

New York, Dec. AT a special
meeting of stockholders today the
Fourth National Bank will increase
its capital stock from $4,000, 900 to
5000, COO. The new shares will be
offered to stockholders at 200.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02

The Italian Cabinet Resigns.
Rome. Italy, Dec. 2.-The cabine,
Premier Gioliti resigned today.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-02

Mrs. L. w. Holt. Of Lakewood, was
here today looking after business
matters
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to the. proclamation, order and direction of the Gov ernor of the state of Arkansas, | J. w. Cunningham: sheriff of Polk county, Ark hereby pro- claim that there will be special election held at the variousl vot- ing precincts of Polk county, Ark, on the lst day of July. 1909, for the purpose of elecling one Chief Justice and one Associate Justice of the supreme court of Arkansas. also for the purpose of filing any vacancies that may ex- ist in county or township offices, required by law to be filled by special elections, where appoint ments by the governor have here tofore been made. who shall, when elected, hold their respec- tive offices until the next general election.
 Given under my hand as such sheriff this 7th day of June, 1909.
 J. w. Cunningham,
 Sheriff.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
A CABINET CHANGE I.
A REPORT THAT REPRESENTA-. TIVE SCOTT IS TO SUCCEED
 SECRETARY WILSON.
CHICAGO PAPERS PRINT STORY
washington Correspondents of TrIb- une and Record-HeraId Say kansan "'I' Be Appointed Head of AerIcuI. tura' Department In December.

Chicago, June 23-Both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Record-Her. aiu print stories to-day under a Wash. ington date line to the effect that A caDinet change Is imminent. Accord Ing to the stories, James Wilson. sec retary of the department of agricul- ture. IS to resign and be succeeded by 1harles F. Scott representative from the Second Kansas district.
 Secretary Wilson, who has served under Mckinley. Roosevelt and Taft and holds the record for cabinet ser. Vice. Is to quit December 1, according to the report.
 Scott, who is reported as h.s; prob able successor is newspaper owner. he being editor of the Register of lola, Kan. He is now serving his fifth term in congress and Is chairman of the house committee on agriculture an Important place. He recently re- turned from a trip to Porto Rico where he went to study agricultural conditions in the islands.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24

THINKS MENA HAS
 BRIGHT FUTURE
Edward F. Cost Compliments City on Wonderful Growth of the Past Two Years-Visits Janssen Park
 Prefers Mena Climate.

Edward F. Cost, vice president of the Kansas City Southern railway, spent Tuesday in Mena, and during the evening had many pleasant things to say for the city.
 In speaking to citizens of Mena, among whom were k. M. Quigley and Dr. J. K. Davis, of the business outlook for Mcna, MT. Cost had much to say of the vast sums of money to be spent in improving the railroad immediately to the north and south, ali of which viii be paid out from here and much of which is bound to go into the local channels of trade. It is said there will be expended $600,000 between Mena and Stilwell, and as much or more between Mena and Horatio. The Southern's vice president stated that he had just come from New York. where he had been going over with the directors the plans for improve ment of the Kansas City Southern, and knew absolutely nothing was in view that would tend to interfere with the future prosperity of Mena.
 MT. Cost, with ex-Mayor J. P. Davis, visited the new Elks home and Jansen park, where he enjoyed the treat, rarely forgotten, of drinking from the spring. He was full of praise for the park and the people of Mena who had by work and ex- penditure of money developed so beautiful spot.
 In rassing back and forth over the road MT. Cost always endeavors to arrange to spend his nights in Mena, because, as he says. he is always able to find comfort and rest in this city because of the fine air and alti- tude
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Kansas City Southern Freight Train Strikes Hand Car With Fa-
 tai Results.

Tuesday afternoon about SIS as engine No. 528 in charge of Engineer Benjamin was rounding a curve about 2 miles this side of Wickes, near mile post 407, they ran into the section crew which was coming north on hand car, and T. E. Turpin was killed out right and several others bruised. It is reported that the train was running at very slow speed oi about l2 miles an hour when the accident happened. Mir. Turpin lives about ten miles west of Gill ham and is young man of about P years of age.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
SENSATION SEEKERS
 WERE DISAPPOINTED
Attorneys for Howard Gould Decide That They VIII Not Need His
 Testimony.

New York. June 23-<ensation seekers and the curious who have at tended daily the sessions of catherine Clemmons Gould's suit for separation from her husband, Howard Could. were disappointed at the resumption of the hearing before Justice Bowling in the supreme court when 1t was an nouneed that the defense rested and that Howard Gould would not taNe the stand. Clarence J. Shearn. counsel for the plaintiff. apparently was great ly surprised Mir. Gould seemed reliev- ed and Mrs. Gould annoyed.
 since the recess of last Friday your honor" said Delancey Nicoll coun- sel for Gould. "my associates and l have decided that the testimony which We have offered Is so complete that there Is no necessity for going furth- CT. Therefore we have decided to rest"
 MT. Shearn led of the rebuttal with testimony designed to show, he ex- plained. "the falsity of the charges that Mrs. Gould was continually and habitually intoxicated from 1902 to the present date"
 He produced many below-stairs Wit nesses whose testimony was followed by the reading of dispositions of guests and friends who swore that Mrs Gould never, to their knowledge, drank to excess and that she always was afr able, reserved and modest in her Ian guage-testimony directly opposed to that the defendants witnesses had given previously.
 It was on account of the unexpect- ed attitude taken by the defense that MT. shearn ran short of witnesses late in the day and was obliged to intro duce the dispositions, He promised however, to have string of about 5o ready when court opens this morning who will testify in rebuttal to disprove if possible, the husbands charges in- cluding Mrs. Gould's associa.io with Dustin Farnum the actor
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Ed Robie Arrested Last Night When Check Bearing the Signature "H.
 A. King" was Declared Bad.

Ed Robie, son of H. P. Robie of the Mena Democrat, was ar- rested Monday and put in jail charged with passing a forged check, drawn on H. A. King, att torney.
 Saturday Ed Robie went to the Grand Leader and presented check for payment of smali ac- count and bought suit of clothes. The check was drawn on the Mena National bank, and was signed HI. A. King"
 Monday the check was returned to the Grand Leader on the ground that the signature was not genuine. Robie's arrest followed.
 Tuesday morning the case was brought before Squire Sam Smith. General K. c. Shaver represent ing Robie. At his request the case was laid over until Wednes. day morning.
 Some weeks ago Ed Robie filed suit against Attorney King for Sc, 900 in circuit court for alienat- ing his wife's affections. Robie claims that last Saturday he and King made settlement of the case, he signing release on pay ment by King of sum of money to the amount of $4 and the check as part payment. Mir. King de- nies having issued the check and states that Robie came to him Saturday and offered to dismiss the suit for $25. Mir. King says he told hIm he would not pay him anything, but later gave him $l upon bis signing release.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
R. M. QUIGLEY HAS
 !. PART IN BIG DEAL
Firm of Which He Is Vice President Has Just Secured Contracts in Col Orado Aggregatiug i2
 kiiiiion Dollars.
From the Kansas city Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Two contracts for the construc. ton of dams aud irrigation canals in Colorado and Wyoming, call ing for expenditures aggregating 112 million dollars, have been awarded the last week to the Kenefick, Quigley & Russell Con- struc'ion Company If Kansas City.
 Robert M. Quigiey, vice presi. dent of the company, was here last night, returning from Denver lo his home in Mens, Ark.
 "The Wyoming contract is near Larimie and will amount to nore than million dollars, " Mr. Quigley said at the Hotel Baltimore. "The water will be taken from the Big Laramie river to form new lake, to be known as Lake Hattie. The tract to be irrigated from this lake will be about 60,000 acres. This con- tract was let by the Lake Hattie Reservoir X Irrigation Company in Chicago last week. The Col orado contract is near Denver, where about 50,000 acres will be irrigated. Both of these con- tracts will be completed by Feb ruary l. We have sixteen steam shovels on the Colorado work and will ship six others this week, to- gether with complete plant, in- cludiug twelve locomotives and l50 cars. Engineers are now in Lararie laying the plans for the work there"
 To Move Burlington Tracks.
 The kena6ck, Quigley x Rus sell Construction Company is now engaged in building the Staudley Dam Lake which, a Denver news paper in a recent article says, is one of the largest irrigation pro- jects in the West. The Barr Lake dam IS to be raised twenty feet by the company, nccessitat- ing the moving ot the Burling ton railway tracks about 2,000 feet, a distance of four miles. Barr Lake is twelve miles from Dem yer. Two canals are to be built, j, running north from Barr Lake a distance of eighteen miles, each with a capacity of six hundred cubic feet of water a second for irrigation.
 Mir. Quigley said that coustruc- ton on both the Colorado and Wyoming contracts would be started at once that the land to be opened for irrigation might be available next spring.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
CHiNAmAN THOUGHT TO BE MUIR. oERER OF ELSIE sIeEL IN
 NEW YORK CAUGHT.
WAS ARRESTED IN SCHENECTADY
accused Answers Description of Stay. CT In Every Way But Denies Ills identlty-His Roommate Also Cap. tured-Dead Girls Love Letters.

Schenectady, N. r., June 22.-A Chi nese, supposed to be William H. Leon, suspected of having knowledge of the murder of Elsie Sigel in New York was arrested here today in a Chinese restaurant in South Center street. fin every way the prisoner answers the description sent out by the New York police. He denies that he murdered Miss Sigel.
 At police headquarters he answered all of the questions put to him in the coolest manner. He gave his name as Leon Ling, but denied that he was William H. Leon. He said he had been fin the city for nine days and admitted that he came here from New York where he said he ran a place at 4 Dover street
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
BRICK FACTORY PROGRESS
Report of Commercial Club Committee Accepted-Prominent Workers
 Out of Town.

At the Commercial Club meeting Tuesday night there was but small attendance of business men to hear report of committee on the proposed brick plant question. Sev- eral of the most prominent in the negotiations were out of the city, notably John Thompson, chairman of the committee, vl.o was called to Memphis, and Dan M. Watkins, president of the club, attending the Hardware dealers convention at Fort Smith. w. T. Bradbury and Mayor Legate, members of the com mittee made a report, covering the negotiations thus far and recom- mending certain clauses, all of which were concurred in by J. L.. Gates, who holds the property and process to be used in the brick fac tory.
 The recommendations were con cured in, the report adopted, and the committee authorized to put everything in proper form and go on with the organization. Active steps, however, will await the re- turn of Mir. Thompson, the committee chairman.
 Mir. Gates states that the matter must be closed this week if he is to have time to get the plant working and meet contracts for brick he says he is promised.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
W. 0. W. DECORATION.
Visited White Oak Cemetery Sunday Morning and Odd Fellows in
 Afternoon The Band.

Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock the officers and a few members of the Woodmen of the World assembled at their hall and marched to White Oak ceme. tery, where with impressive cere- mony they decorated th@grave of their departed brother. E. P. Dol by. In the afternoon at 2:15 o'clock they assembled at the Odd Fellows building on Mena street and, headed by the w. O. W. band led large procession of Woodmen and friends to the Odd Fellows cemetery, where like at- tention was given the grave of T. B Langford.
 Besides the beautiful memorial exercises at Odd Fellows ceme- tery, Sovereign F. w. Lewis delivered an excellent address on "Woodcraft and Fraterpalism at Large" and Miss Atoka Ander- son reeited in pleasing manner poem entitled Why Decorate These Graves.
 The w. o. w. band made their initial public appearance, and all who heard the music was sui 2rlsed and pleased at the progress that was made. There were 20 pieces and under the leadership ot Prof. Mover deserve special credit.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
ARE ALL ID BE TAXED|
CORPORATIONS OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE ASSESSED ON
 THEIR PRoFlTe.
TARIFF BILL TO BE AMENDED
President Taft, With Senator Root. Attorney General WIekersham and the Senate Finance Committee, Arc Preparing the Measure.

Washington. June 23.-Presideni Taft will personally supervise putting the finishing touches upon the propos ed amendment to the tariff bull provid ing for the imposition of two per cent tax upon the net earnings of cor porations. This will be done tonight at conference at the White house.
 There will be present Attorney Gen eral Wichersham and Senator Root who are drafting the amendment. Sec retary of State Knox, and Senators Aldrich. Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cul- lom, McComber, Shoot and Flint. con stituting the Republican membership of the finance committee. The draft prepared by Messrs Wickersham and Root will be discussed at the confer ence.
 Such changes as are agreed upon will be passed on by the attorney gen eral on Wednesday and 1t is expected the perfected amendments will he ready for introduction In the senate on Thursday.
 The attorney general and Mir. Root had a long discussion at the capitol and reached an agreement on practi- cally every feature of the corporation tax plan. The portion which Is giving them the greatest trouble relates to the government control of corpora tions necessary to carry the law into successful operation There has been no little opposition to subjecting the corporations to the amount of publici- ty that will be required for the en- forcement of the law and to prevent manipulations of stocks and bonds for the purpose of evasion.
 Members of the finance committee as well as Mir. Root and MT. Wicker sham agree with President Taft that such publicity must be given and that without 1t be corporationf tax law would be a failure. This feature. 1t was said. certainly will Ike incorporat- ed In the amendment The authors of the draft, however. are experience ing difficulty in finding an effective way of reaching the situation.
 Among the details of the bill deter mined are that the tax to be levied will be at the rate of two per cent and that it will be collected from all cor porations. All banks will come within the range of the tax bill and deduc- tions will be allowed national banks to the amount of taxes paid upon their circulation. An important provision to be included in the bill Is definition of net earnings. This will follow as nearly as possible the definition of earnings collected in the interstate commerce act relating to railroad cor porations.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
MUST PAY
 VOUCHERS
Courts Order State Auditor lobe to Honor Orders Presented by Caldwell & Drake on
 Capitol Fund.
Special To The star,

Special To The Star.
 Little Rock, June 23.-In the fight between the state, through Governor Donag hey, and the dis charged contractors of the state capitol building, Caldwell & Drake won victory this after doon when Judge Stevenson is- sued mandamus requiring State Auditor lobe to pay the voucher for $20, 1000 presented by Caldwell & Drake. The three judges who heard the petition agreed that the contract had not been abrogated and canuot be without cause.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
President C. j. Barrow.

tional Cotton congress. The sessions will continue throughout the week, with various entertainments to light en the program.
 President c. J. Barrow of Gulfport, Miss, called the congress to order to- day, and told the cotton men what had been planned to make their visit profitable and amusing. The dele gates then were given opportunity to present any pet theories or ideas they might have. Tomorrow, after dele gates have reported on crop condi-
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24

Amsterdam, N. r., June 22.-Chung Sin. wanted fin New York as mate rial witness in the murder of Elsie Sigel, was arrested today at West Galway, 10 miles distant. The Chi nese admitted his identity and ac- knowledged that he was a personal friend of Leon Ling. Chung Sin has been at West Galway for eight days being employed as cook by Harvey Kennedy of New York, who has a sum- mer residence there. He admitted hay ing roomed with Leon Ling. but de- clares he has no knowledge of the lat ter's whereabouts
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24

New York, June 22.--In the love let ters of Elsie Sigel to two Chinamen is found the motive for the grewsome murder of Gen. Franz Sigers grand daughter. The night the body was discovered wedged into the old trunk in the rooms of Leon Ling in Eighth avenue the police found a score or more of letters which the girl had ad- dressed to him. They were endearing in tone and indicated a friendship more than platonic.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
CASHIER CAsHED UP.
Bartlesville Cattleman is Cleared of
 Charge of Robbing Bank.

Bartlesville, Ok, June 21- Thomas Jordan, a cattleman of Ramona, Ok, was cleared today of robbing the Collinsville bank. Jordan, when financially embsr- rassed year ago, was refused money by the bank. where he had Sl, 800 on deposit. because the bank also held his notes. He re- turned to the bank with a revolv- CT and forced the cashier 10 cash his check.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
READY TO SHIP "SPUDS'
Hopkins Commission Company to Have Car Ready for Loading
 Friday.

k. N. Hopkins says that he now has arrangements with a large deal CT in Kansas City to take potatoes shipped from here, and that Friday, June 9, he will have a car ready for loading on the Ice and Cold Storage Company's track, where the scales for weighing are handy. He hopes to load the car by Saturday after noon.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24

tions in their respective sections, they will be taken in charge by the secre- tory and treasurer. W. H. Harvey who lives here, and will be enter tained at the vinola wine ranch. Wednesday the congress is to be ad- dress by mill treasrers and buyers from the orient, and in the after noon there will be hay ride to the palisades of the White river, followed by a dance. Other amusements sched- uled are a trout fishing contest, ban quet and grand ball
 An especially interesting feature of the program will be an address Friday by Jol D. Walger of Sparta, Ca. He owns big plantation, is president of 25 banks and has done much for the farmers of the south.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
-----------l-- eov HadIey's Father Dead.

Desoto. Kan, June 2S.-MaJ. Johh NJ. Hadley, father of Herpert ?. ii"u
 lev governor of Missouri, is dead a' .he home of R F. snyder where he ha1 lived for 27 years. Major Hadiey was stricken with apoplexy June s' Although he was nearly 70 years o'u, @ ha had kept up his active business Connections e and appeared to be q, toast ten years younger For seVera' dave before his death be was un'
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
Killed ey a Crossed Wire.

Hiawatha, Kan, June 2S., Harry Knislev. a lineman employed by the Missouri and Kansas Telephone com nany was almost instantly killed at a o'clock this morning. He was work ing on a telephone wire which came into contact with an electric light wire. His foreman had hold Of the same wire. but received only slight shock He was on pole while knis- Iev was standing on the ground. knis- lev was 22 years old and his home was Stewartsville, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
WANTS SUMMER HOME HERE
A Texarkanian Real Estate Man Max
 ing Investments in Mena.

w. c. Wade, prominent real estate man of Texarkana, was in Mena Monday. MT. Wade al- ready has purchased through Dennis, Kelly aud Stratton, sey-
 eral pieces of property here, and is planning to secure a summer houe iu Mena. It is probable tbat he will cause several others to do likewise as lie has a very bigh opinion of the climate and the favorable health conditions.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
Negro Shot Two srakemen.

Des Moines, June 22.--An unknown hegro shot and killed Brakeman Lee t. Warner and fatally wounded Brake man Ava c. Brechtel, both of Boone, turing an altercation on a train at salL Conductor Mccartney found the TWO men, one dead, and one dying. on an oil car in the rear of the train. A posse was formed and is searching 'he country for the assallant. Ten negroes have been taken and are be- ing held at Westside and Boone for Identification.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
Meat Market Fixtures Cheap.

l have complete set of meat market and slaughter house tools and hrst-class market fixtures. The outfit cost me $l, 1000. I will sell for S350 cash. or will make reasonable part payment terms. If interested in opening shop in Meua, l also have good slaughter house for sale cheap. Mena has 6000 inhabitants and only three meat markets at present. Address 26-4t Jesse Reece, Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-06-24
STARTING OUT RIGHT
R. s. Woodruff This Morning Began
 Business and Tells About It.

K. s. Woodruff, for a year watch repairer for Burt Todd, Monday opened up in the old Awbrey stand, he having recent ly purchased the furniture and fittings and portion of the stock. He intends soon to fill his show cases with a nice stock oi iewelry, watches, etc.
 MT. Woodruff starts out right by eng aging nice space in the advertising columns of The Star.