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The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
HAVE A QUEER RIDDLE TO SOLVE
innocent Topeka Man Who confesssd to Murder Refuses to Tell
 Police His Reason.

Topeka, Nov. 1.-Two weeks ago Fred Tanning confessed to the murder of Mrs. Mary J. Short. He said that he had put trough on rats'' into her coffee one morning and she died with in half an hour. The crime was com mitted, he said, to got Mrs. shorts money.
 Mrs. Martha Mather. sister of Mrs. Short, came to Topeka with story about how sne dreamed of the murder of her sister It was through her earnestness that Tanning was ar rested and later confessed to the mur- der. Mhs. Mather still insists that her sister was murdered.
 A post mortem examination of the stomach by physicians failed to reveal any poison there and the coroners Jury has brought in a verdict saying that Mrs. Short died from natural causes.
 The county officials are now engaged in trying to find out why Tanning con iessed to the murder. The develop ments of the last two days indicate that 1t was impossible for him to have murdered the ~ensn. Planning laughs when asked why he confessed to the murder. but has .has far failed to ex. plain why he made the confession
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
ACQUITTAL OF MIME. STElNHEIL
 POPULAR VERDICT IN PARIS
Citizens of the French Capital Re- ceived the News With Wild
 Demonstrations of Joy.

Paris, Nov. 16.--Mme Margherita Steinhel, the tragic widow, was ac- quilted at an early hour Sunday morn ing by a jury of the charge of mur- dering her husband. Adolphe Stein hell, the painter, and her stepmother. Mme. Japy.
 The jury brought in it's verdict shortly before 1 o'clock after deliber- ation of over two hours.
 salvo of "bravosv followed this announcement. and a perfect bedlam broke loose. M. Aubin. counsel for Mme. Stelnheil. embraced his col leagues Men and women in the rear of the hall jumped and screamed for joy. The judge threatened to clear the courtroom and when semblance of order was restored he called: Bring in the accused"
 Fully two minutes passed before the black robed figure with a white face dropping on her breast appeared in the doorway, supported on either side by a. sendarme The woman swayed and ,GtHSu tO ue i@tHL1ilSf put III itoFVHAc 10 wild outburst Of cheers she lifted her head and looked about, smiling faintly ill acknowledgment Then she tottered forward and sank on the floor beside the rail.
 When the judge pronounced the yer diet her faint murmer of thanks was hardly heard An instant after M. Aubin was over the rail lifting her in his arms. The crowd surged forward in solid wall. making the rafters ring with cheers
 Outside the gloomy court tens of thousands who had been waiting for hours took up the cry. Special editions of the papers spread the news like wildire through the boulevards, where thousands more were waiting in front of the cafes and the same scenes of rejoicing were witnessed there.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
WHY WE GIVE THANKS.
PRESIDENT TAFT ENUMERATEs VARIOUS REASONS IN AN
 NuAL PROCLAMATION.
THURSDAY, NOV. 25, THE DAY
Peace, Quiet and Bounteous Crops Arc Among the Things the Chief Execu. tive Says We Should Be Thankful For

Washington, Nov. 16.-Thursday, November 25, was to-day officially proclaimed by President Taft as Thanksgiving day. The presidents proclamation was issued, as usual from the state department, where it received the official seal of the United States.
 The following is the text of the proclamation
 By the president of the United States of America:
 A proclamation.
 ''The season of the year has re- turned when, in accordance with the reverent custom established by our forefathers, the people of the United States are wont to meet in their usual places of worship on day of thanks giving appointed by the civil magis- trate to return thanks to God for the great mercies and benefits which they have enjoyed.
 During this past year we have been highly blessed. No great calamities VT HSph pl t1iibCnt VI tbtucAhtt oiCh- ness has befallen us. We have lived in quietness, undisturbed by wars or rumors of wars. Peace and the plenty of bounteous crop and of great indus trial production animate cheerful and resolute people to all the renewed energies of beneticient industry and material and moral progress. It is altogether fitting that we should hum bly and gratefully acknowledge the divine source of these blessings.
 Therefore. hereby appoint Thurs day, the 25th day of November, as a day of general thanksgiving, and call upon the people on that day, laying aside their usual vocations. to repair to their churches and unite in appro- priate services of praise and thanks to mighty Gndn
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
HASKELL MUST slANO TRIAL
Oklahoma Governors Plea of Statute of Limitations overruled by
 Judge Marshall.

chickasha. Ok, Nov. l6.-Gcv. Has kell of Oklahoma must go to trial on charge Of obtainIng by fraud titles 10 hundreds of town lots in Muskogee. Judge John A Marshall of Utah, pre- siding in the. Eastern district of the United States court of Oklahoma. over ruled today the demurrer filed by at 'orneys of the governor. The de- iendant was ordered to appear for trial next Saturday morning at ten o'c'ock at ChiAasha
 The demurrer pleaded the statute oi limitation, alleging that the overt acts or the conspirasors were first commit ted eight years ago. Judge Marshall n his opinion contendcd that the statute of limitations did not enter Into the case because the conspiracy was continuous and therefore punish able at any time.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
NEW KIND or STRIKE PLANNED
Philadelphia Labor Unions Would Show Tneir DispIeasurc Over
 LeaderS Imprisonment.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1G.--Plans for a general strike by wage workers throughout the country for two weeks beginning on the day the officers of the American Federation of Labor are imprisoned for contempt of court, were inaugurated here at a meeting of the Central Labor union.
 Resolutions to this effect were unan- imously adopted by the union. which represents about 75.000 workers in many lines of employment in this city. Copies of the resolution were sent to the American Federation of Labor. now In session in Toronto, and 1t vas decided to appoint committee of five in this city to perfect plans by which organized and unorganized wage work CTS would unite to make the strike effective.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
MORE SUGARFRAUDS
THE INVESTIGATION EXPECTED TO RIVAL THE FAMOUS IN
 SuRANcE INQUIRY.
THE SCOPE HAS BEEN WIDENED
Both Boston and Philadelphia Are to be Included in the Probe by the Government--StilI After the Men Higher Up.

New York, Nov. 17.--A federal in vestigation of the sugar trust that will rank in importance with tke insurance inquiry of 1905 Is expected. Boston and Philadelphia were brought within the scope of the investigation with tho report that the government prob ably would try to obtain back duties due on sugar in those cities, while the investigation went on in New York with repeated rumors of reaching the men higher up." Henry l.. stimson, acting as special attorney for the gov ernment in the cases, declined to dis cuss this talk of prosecuting bigger men
 William Loeb. jr., collector of the port, also was reticent, but he repeated that if was through the determination and influence of Theodore Roosevelt that the investigation of the sugar frauds was undertaken. According to Mir. Loeb, he had talked oyer the matter with Mr. Roosevelt before he took charge of the customs house here.
 With the denial from Washington
  by Jomes B. Reynolds, former assist ant secretary of the treasury. that he had in any way opposed the inyesti- gaiion while in office, came the am nouncement in New York by Richard Parr, through whose statements Mir. Reynoldss actions and motives were opened to criticisms. that he had been misQuoted and misunderstood. Parr. who is still engaged at the customs house, issued a statement in which he says Reynolds did not send him away for any improper reason but by request of District Attorney Stiznson. who feared Paris health was being injured
 There Is an added feature in the situation in that the city of New York now has pending against the company a suit charging that the corporation surreptitiously took water in great quantities from the city mains.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
F0R BETTER FARMS |
THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING MIL LIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR
 FOR EXPERIMENTS.
TO INCREASE THE CROP YIELD
A Statement Issued by Secretary vii. son Points Out How Uncle Sam Is Using fiis Wealth in Aid of the Farmer.

Washington. Nov IA. - Secretary Wilson has issued a statement point ing out that the United States govern ment is spending in the neighborhood of IS million dollars year on ex- perimental work in increasing the yield and efficiency of the farms of the country.
 The statement was inspired by the charge made by William c. Brown, president of the New York Central lines, at dinner in New York this week that the nation could better af- ford to invest the cost of one battle ship in agricultural experiment work than to expena t in the increase of the navy \ battleship costs approxi- mately 9 millien dollars.
 Secretary Wilson declares that the government K expending each year exactly as mucb as two first-class bat tleships cost. and the money is being used in precisely the manner recon mended by President Brown.
 The assistance given the farmers of the United States, the secretary de- clared. is not confined to any locality
 As an instance of the aid the de- pariment renders Secretary Wilson re- cited the case of farmer who was raising only twenty bushels of DO tatoes to the acre, and. dissatisfied. appealed to the department for assist. ance and advice. Both were given promptly. and MT. Wilson says he now is raising 25o bushels to the acre on the same land as result of using tls seed and the information given him by the government.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
NO MORE TIME FOR GoMPERs
Labor Leaders Application for an Ex tension Overruled in District
 of Columbia Court.

Washington. Nov. 1.-The District of Columbia court of appeals over ruled the application for an extension If time of the mandate of the court aftirming the sentence of Gompers Mitchell and Morrison m Buck s stove and Range company contempt eases. The original sentences were pro nounced for contempt of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the case being carried to the court or ap peais. The only resource of the de fendants now is an appeal to the SUI nreme couft of the United states They probably will file an appeal 10 this court on their return rom 'ne Toronto convention of the American Federation of Labor, now in session
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
BOMBS FOR INDIA'S vICfRoy
Narrow Escape for Lord and Lady Minto While Driving at
 Ahmendabad.

Ahmendabad, British India, Nov 16. Lord Minto, the viceroy of India, and Lady Minto had narrow escape from being killed by bombs. They were driving through one of the streets when. without warning two bcnbs were thrown at their carriage.
 A dragon, who vas riding alongside spurred forward and with outstretched saber intercepted the first bomb. hurl. ing if some little distance away into
 sand heap.
 She second bomb struck the vice ror's jemidar. native lieutenant hold ing an umbrella over Lady Minto. and fell harmless to tho ground.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
TALK TRUST TURNED
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY ABSORBED BY BELL
 TELEPHONE COMPANY.
WILL HAVE ENORMOUS CAPITAL
Telephone Officials Declare Close Co., operation Between the Two Corpora tions Will Give Improved Service to the Public at Less Cost.

Boston, Nov. 17-1he American Telephone and telegraph company nas secured substantial amount of the minority stock of the Western Union Telegraph company and suffi. cient voting rights of other stock tu give the telephone company control of the telegraph corporation, according to an announcement made here.
 President s. N Vail of the Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph com pany had the following to say:
 From the very commencement of the telephone business it mas been be- lieved that close o-operation,-the making of one business the auxiliary to the other business, would give addi- tional public service, as well as re suits in large economies both to the public and to the companies.
 There is much la be gained by the joint construction and maintenance of plant. and by it's common use to the greatest possible extent. but the great est advantage would follow the plac- ing of the millions of telephone sub scribers in close and reliable connec. tion with the receiving and dispatch Ing offices of the telegraph companies. While some provision for this, after manner, exists today; lack of har> mony and cooperation between the companies, and an inability to agree on methods of fixing responsibility. has limited It's utilization to cases of absolute necessity. The harmony and cooperation necessary. IL is believed. can now be established. and the re- sulting advantage made available for the public"
 The American Telephone and Tele' graph company is the Bell telephone monopoly. It controls 10000 900 miles of wires. about s.06o, ,O00 telephones and has outstanding about $400. 900 .00V in stocks and bonds.
 The Western Union Telegraph com pany has slO00O0. 900 in capital. 342.- o00,00o in bonds. nearly 1.500 900 miles Of wires. and handles nearly 75.o0o. .o00 messages yearly
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Bows Wrecked an Engine.

Seattle, Wash. Nov l7.- Fcrty boys at Birmingham. north of this city. stole a mogul locomotive that had been side tracked by construction crew and ran 1t several miles. They then reversed tho engine and started for Birming- ham, throwing the throttle wide open. The boys were unable to stop the To- comosive and jumped oH All of them were injured. five dangerously The engine, which attained speed of more than a mile minute. crashed into a freight train in the Birmingham yard and was wrecked.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
An lola Freiohthouse eurned.

lola. Kan, Nov. 1.-The Missouri Pacific freight depot here was de- stroyed by fire early this morning. The building was an old one. having been used as passenger depot 25 years ago Considerable freight was burned and car on a siding contain ing some material for the new post office building was destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $5.000.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Reform schol for Mckay.

Lawrence. Kan, Nov. 16--The youth of Willie Mckay. the 15-year-old part ner of Earl Bullock. will save him from a long term in the penitentiary for participation in the robbery of the State Bank of Eudora. The boy was arraigned in the juvenile court this afternoon and probably will be sent to the reform school at Topeka. He can De kept there until he is q years old.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Stock Noted h 1891 Just Issued.

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 16-The St. Louis. Iron Mountain Railroad com pany Of st. Louis has filed with secre tary of State Roach a certificate of increase of capital stock from $26,5oo,. 900 to ss7,0oo.00o The new stock was voted in 1881 and 1883 and had not been issued until now because 1t was not needed
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Bsyan's Friend pisbarred.

Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. 17.-Because hs wrote brief permeated with crisp ad- jectiyes l. J. Dunn, city attorney of Omaha, and the man who nominated w. j. Bryan In the Denver convention. has been disbarred from practice in every court in Nebraska. The order was entered in the supreme court of Nebraska this morning. The cases against Attorney Rine and Attorney Burnam. his office assistants, were dismissed
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
4 Fake Hoq Remedy.

Topeka, Nov. 1.-The state pure food and drug department has iouno that hog cholera cure that is being extensively advertised in kansas ls nothing more than rock salt, Tn the nronortion of s5 pounds of salt to one hound of lampblack. The department bas taken steps to compel the makers of thls medicine to keep it off the mar pat or else advertise It's real composi ton.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
shcrin shipn Gets 90 Days.

shingion, Nov IT Ninety days fmpflsonneut was imposed uasn ex sheriff Joseph E shipp of chatta nnuea Tenn. by the supreme court oi the Ilaiied States for failing to prevent the lyneling of a negro, Edward John s,,s.. s::s.avleted of assault, bu. whose execution lad psen stayed v the eAuri.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
4 New Mortosoe by Armour,.

Kansas City, Kan. Nov. 17.r-<A $50. 900 .000 mortgage was filed in thA. office of the Wyandotte county .rreegIsferr Of deeds on the Armouf 'P5cKfhs hompany and it's assocIates cohlbaifiese. The mortgage s4ates tAAtsthe iflfst eb0 ;00o.- 900 Of the .aInnnnt ts.tos betssed isa fais- ipg the ieqnipanx se ip dabtadn11sss , The remaIpipg $2p, ,oQQ.QAo ara forS anartlng new plants and and 9ipsF i4p5efapeats
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Cold In Northwest.

Portland Ore. Nov. 1.-The entire pac5ec Northwest is In the grip or ao,a wave. Not in a score of years mas .s's s's. weather been so cold as this sea son. In some sections of Eastern gre z soa so and Washington, the mercury IS lowering about zero mark
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Nav Split on Temperance Question

Toronto. Nov l7-The attack upon the saloon at big temperance meeting by Vice. President John Mitchell and Treasurer John l. Lennon of the American Federation of Labor, and President thomas E. Lewis Of tho United Mine Workers. was the snbiec' of much dlscussian amGng the dele gases 10 the American Federation 2
 Labor ennyeDtisn and 4 fight oyer ihs temperance Questioa is alm0st certain.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Bremen Demand increase.

Chicago. Nov. 12.--Locomotive fire men of 42 railroads west of Chicago nled demands for a wage increase of rom 20 10 25 per cent. Approximate Y zo.000 men are involved in the de hands. Their territory covers all tha West Southwest and Northwest DOT lions 0 fthe United States.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Flsherman's Find Worth stoo,ooo.

Port Townsend, Wash. Nov. 9.-- James Curry. fisherman, found 1s0 pounds of ainbergris in the straits ef San Juan dc Fuca, a few miles. frbn here Chemists examined the find and pronorr@ed it's value to be sioo. .eeo.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18

A woman minister in Psnnsylyani& has resigned beeauae.eba fnds tho combined dpties .of fplalIIpK her pnl house too much For her. 6avine roul5 while Sefying 'hdIh tdfhtslt ioco teen ui1s iaeeip1
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
u..vlest November Rains.

rmnoria Kan, Nov. 17.-A total pre- cipitation in three days ol ,s,', s.sv r,ssrs sent son inc Cottonwood and Neesho 1's ess z. ,a ,e''' tba highest marks eyer known a' V .s.s s. ssaaon of the year. water c9Yeflns tbs bsts0ms !s plaoes
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
Thompson Appointed Senator.

Bismarck. N D. Nov 12. Fountain Y Thompson of Gando. N D., was ap- pointed United States senator by Gov. Burke to All out the nnexplred term ol Senator ii. N. JoAason. who died three
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
RedueSd bsssn Ra{e ons Haif.s ii

New York, 'Ndy.. TI'he annual re- port Of Samuel Grabgeld9r 6f PhiIadel-E 'rhia. pfesidtaitsbf 4Ife Hjatiohaf JeA1sh lIfoapital for Gonsump ptites 'at 1E3enver shows that thn.aeath rEts 0u16htF<the patients treated has .benn1 dedrersed
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
The Central Branch Tied Up.

Aichison, Kan. Nov. 16.1 The inces- sant rains along the Central Branch Saturday and Sunday have tied up service on the road The bridge over yermlllon creek, west of Vliets. was washed esls. and between Frankfort snd Cons tho tracks hays been Qaulaged, ~
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-18
ILL HOfE E GONE
NO CHANCE LEFT TO RESCUE ALIVE ANY OF ENToMBED
 ILLINOIS MINERS.
WERE THEIR LIVES SACRIFICED 2
Charges Thst Sealing Shafts to Save the Mine Caused the Deaths of Some of the Men--Officiais Deny Accusation.

Cherry, H., Nov. 17.--hith popular feeling running high over the St. Paul mine disaster. James Steele. superin- tedent of the mine. has made the start ling statement that every man who may have been alive in the sline when he shafts were sealed perished with in two hours after the sealing of the shafts. On the heels of this admission, James H, Penn of Peoria, H.. member of the Illinois subdistrict board of the United Mine Workers or America, charges that the sealing of the mine was done wlsaout regard to the lives of the entombed miners and for the purpose of saving the property of the company.
 Superintendent Steele's statement md penn's charges. coupled with the expressed opinion Of experienced min. rs that men working in parts of the ,nine remote from the fire would have escaped death. has dashed the last hope of the relatives Of the miners that any of the 300 or more imprisoned men are still alive, aBd mas caused the authorities to fear an outbreak of yio. lenee.
 Ii was after he had expressed the opinion that all the miners were dead ans that their bodies would be found near the main shaft that Steele ad mitted the quick and deadly effect of sealing the shafts.
 Whether The bodies will be taken rom the St. Paul mine or not for sev sral days will depend upon the condi tion of the fire. It is possible that steam and chemicals producing q car oonic acid gas will be forced through )ipes to the bottom of the mine today These will have 3 tendency to choke put the flames.
 It was learned that 300 collins have been ordered--half of them to arrive today and half tomorrow Mainline The several score of nurses who have been sent here look forward to no pros pect of hcrcic work in reviying injured and half suffocated men It is con adently believed that no one will be brought out of the mine who will be .dthin the power of the nurses fesusritation
 Efforts have been made to rescue he miners. parties having penetrated several hundred feet into the veins of the mine but no trace of the miners was found
 Cherry. III, Nov. 17.--George F. Rice of Pittsburg. geographical direc or, took the temperature at the top )f the shaft of the burning St. Paul 1. nine today and found temperature 0f loS degrees Fahrenneit. indicating that 1t would be impossible to break he sealed shaft today.
 This was disappointing to the mine ofiicials and investigators, who had made all preparations for fighting the nre. special train from Chicago bringing fire fighting apparatus is on the way here under direction of James Horan, chief of the Chicago fire de aartment
 Twenty thousand gallons of water are waiting at the mine and more is on .ae way
 Patent extinguisheTs have been pro cured, and as soon as the shaft can be opened the fight against the flames will be undertaken.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Judge Makes Odd Ruling.

Mrs. Sophie Prick OF Cleveland. o.. will
be sent to the workhouse to work out a
fine OF $40 and costs for stealing IS cents
worth Of railroad scrap iron, but only in
the event that some member Of the
Chamber Of or other wealthy
person agrees to care for her three small
children while she is imprisoned.
This was Police Judge Levlne's answer
20 several rich Cleveland men who have
appeared before a Chamber OF Commerce
committee to demand less lenient treatment
in police court OF women arrested for.
thefts Of coal or iron from railroad tracks.
Judge Levine said his conditional offer
to iraprison Mrs. Prick would be open for
one month. Meanwhile her sentence is
suspended. Incidentally. It may be men
toned that the youngest Of IN Tires babies
u nursing
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

gist. He looked me over and then pre-
scribed a new mode OF living. rather than
a lot OF medicine. He wasn't with me
twenty minutes
Nov. down at home. where we know the
physicians, we hail them good naturedly as
Doc Forgetting that l was a stranger, l
said to Osler: We'll, how do we stand,
Doc?'"
FIFTY dollars he replied, and his tone
OF voice had no sweetness in it.
Whats that. Door l asked. 'F1fty?'
"I said $780, he answered; $50
II paid it and hurried away. Soon / be-
gan thinking and the notion came TO me-
that he added a few dollars for the manner
in which 1 addressed him.
"Since which time" concluded Mr.. Levy.
when addressing a physician l call him
Mister Doctor or Esquire.-Washington
Correspondence New York Times.