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The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
HELD UP AND ROBBED
Joe Copp. Ticket Seller For Band Boys Relieved He Was Not Carrying
 the Funds, However.

For the first time in many moons Mena had a hold-up on her streets Saturday night. Two men, one with big gun and the o h ef with nimb.e fingers, stopped Joe Copp on Second street, near the coruer of Everett avenue, and went through his pockets, securing about $4 in cash and "Iiot Springs" d:a- mond.
 In promoting the new Mena Band enterprise Joe has been collecting subscriptions, besides selling tickets at the Davis opera house for the band benefit shows being given there nightly.
 The parties in the hold-up evidently were aware of this tact and kept tab ou Joe's move inents Alter Saturday nights performance Joe started to the nome of father-in-law, c. NJ. Allen, in the south part of town. He was within a block of his destination when the men sud- denly stepped up before him. They cleaned out his pockets, look his scarf pin and examined his watch, but decided not to take it.
 Fortunately the funds belong ing to the band which had been
 aken in by Joe lad been eff at the Davis drug store or the los would have been much greater.
 After being ordered to ''move on" Joe hurried to Mir. Aliens home and the two returned up town aud notified the officers, but at last report no arrests have been made.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
STUTTGART FIRE
Property Valued at Sl5,000 Destroyed
 By Blaze.

Stuttgart, April IS. - Fire broke out in the restaurant of w. H. Hittman and Company in in this city at 5 o'clock today and did damage to the amount of about $l5,000.
 The restaurant was destroyed. It contained a large stock of fancy groceries, besides the cold drink fixtures, and was lnsured for Sl, 800.
 The store of the Semmeis Mer- cantile Company, with a stock invoicing about So 800, was all most a total loss, with $4,00o insurance.
 The insurance on the buildings, which were owned by other par. ties, was $l3.000, which was about half their value.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

put into tifect by the railroads alter the temporary injunction was granted was excessive.
 The judge further stated that unless the commission and the railroads get together and agree upon rates which will produce one third more revenue 10 the roads than the old commission rate he will appoint a masi,r to do this work.
 Passenger rates were not dis turbed by Judge Trieber. He made the statement that this proposition did not effect every one like the freight rates.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
UNIVERSITY BILL
Taken Up As Local Bill for Pulaski County Effort to Prevent First
 Reading Failed.

Little Rock, April l7.-In the house this morning when the penitentiary committee bill rec ommending change in the peni- tentiary management was up for amendment, DuLaney bitterly at tackled the measure, characterize Ing it as ia legal abortion.' The bill proposes to provide a manag- ing board of three to be appoint ed by the governor.
 DuLaney declared he was tired of extending this appointing power to the governor and assert ed that in his inaugural message iLe governor has asked for the appointment of no less than 54 commissioners and board mem bers.
 The bill finally went over until Wednesday.
 A bill by Kendall requiring all passenger trains on the Fort Smith branch to go via Coal Hill, was defeated after hot debate be- tween Kendall and Hogan, the latter declaring the bill, if passed, would leave Denning without a passenger train and tits citizens would have to walk five miles to catch train.
 A bill was introduced creating the University of Arkansas inn provemeut district of this city, for the purpose of raising the quarter of million contingent on the removal of the state uni- versity.
 The Washington county dei- egation tried to block the meas ure and prevent it being read, on the ground that it was general hill aud could not be introduced on local day, but failed.
 The bin passed prohibiting way agents delivering liquor packages to minors.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
MAIL CAR BURNED
Car Cut Out of Iron Mountain Train at Texarkana, and With Mail Is
 Destroyed.

Texarkana, April l7.-Fast mail train No. ', on the Iron Mountain, due here at 2:30 this morning, arrived half au hour late. The delay was caused by a fire which caught in one of the mail cars when 40 miles north of here and which, for few min utes, burned so fercely as to threaten the entire train. The burning car was finally ''cut out. < It was a total loss, together with a heavy paper mail which 1t was carrying. A baggage car next to the mail car was also badly damaged. ,a originated from spa'k from 'ne sneiue of the train.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
A Long Time Coming.

Geo. w. Austell of DeSoto, Kan., arrived in MeDa last week and expects to locate here. Mir. Austell has been reading The Star, and through 1t watching Mena and Polk county for eleven years. Most of this time he has been trying to arrange his affairs to come here, but conditions have prevented until at this time.
 Now that he is here he says he finds the country justifies the good impression he gathered of 1t through The Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

Many so-called "bitters' are not medicines. but simply liquids disguised so as to evade the law. Prickly Ash Bitters IS not one of this class. It is strictly a med lcine, acting primarily on the kidneys, liver and bowels, aud for the dangerous diseases that attack these organs it is remedy of the first grade. There is nothing objectionable in it's taste, it has an agreeable favor and is acceptable 10 the most delicate stomach. w. c. Vandiver, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
JUDGE TRIEBER
 TAXES HIS STAND
Holds Old Rates in State Made by Commis- sion too Low---Present Rate Excessive and Orders New Rate One Third Higher
 Than the Old Schedule.

Special to Star.
 Little Rock, April l9. Judge Frieber in Federal court today rendered his decision in the rail. road rate case, ordering the railroads to put.into effect iu state interstate freight rates, one-.hird Tn excess of the old rate, which was established by the Arkansas railroad commission, which were cjoined by the trunk line roads of the state.
 Judge Trieber held in his opin- ion that the rate established by the commission was not compen satory and that the rate later
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

the commission.
 Upon presenting this bill Seua- tor Logan stated that he had in- troduced bill two weeks ago at the request or Governor Dona- ghey which he found later the governor had had him introduce for political purposes, sending in iater the Oldham bill appropriat- ing $S00,000 for the completion Of the building.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
NO REASON FOR IT.
When Mena Citizens Show the Certain
 Way Out.

There can be no just reason why any reader of this wll, con tinue to suffer the tortures of an aching back, the annoyance of urinary disorders, the dangers of diabetes of any kidney ills when relief is so near at hand and tue most positive proof given that they can be cured. Read what q Mena citizen says:
 I. w. Tow, ex-deputy sheriff, 909 South Second Street, Mena, Ark. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are the finest remedy 1 ever used. For years I was troubled with kidney complaint and was unab e to find remedy that would bcne- fit me. My back achcd constant ly and dizzy spells and headaches were frequent. l also had diff flcLlty with the kidney secre. tions, the passages being too frequent and greatly disturbing my rest at night. At times | would be completely laid up as n resu t of the trouble. Finally | heard about Doan's Kidney Pills and procured Il supply at the Palace Drug Co. The contents of two boxes made complete cure, that has remained permanent up to this time
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Go. New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name Doan s- and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
Mrs. John Furr Dead.

This morning M. l.. Wimberly received telephone mo ssage from Bigger that Mrs John Furr of that place had died Sunday night of consumption. Mir. Wimberly purchased materials for trimming coffin and sent them out to Egger, where she was buried.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
DEPOSITORY SELECTED.
Bank in Randolph County Bids Over 5
 Per Cent for County Funds.

Pocahontas, April l9.-The Randolph County Bank was the successful bidder for the county's revenue of public funds for the next two years at the letting by Judge White at the opening of he April term of the county court. Several banks bid on the money, but the Randolph County Banks bid was the highest, their offer to pay 5 1-l6 per cent being accepted by Judge White.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
LOGAN SPRINGS SENSATION IN SENATE

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, April l9.- Sem ator Logan created a sensation in the Senate today by his re- marks in connection with his introduction of a bill appropriat- ing $35O, 900 for the completion of the state capitol building, and S25,000 for the expense of
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

If you have backache and urinary troubles you should take Foley's Kidney Remedy to strengthen and build up the kidneys so they will act properly, as a serious kidney trouble may develop. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

Purify the blood and put the system in order for summer work by using at this time a short course of Prickly Ash Bitters; 1t is the greatest blood purifier on earth. w. c. Vandiver, special aUant
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22
Want Eggs and Butter.

Have just unlcaded a car oi flour and feed, which l wish to exchange for eggs and butter.
 M. K. Pennlnger, Is At Nunley, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-22

Indigestion is the direct cause os d,e.ase that kills thousands ot persons ' annually. Stop the trouble at the start with q ii'tle pr;ckly Ash Bitters; 1t strength ars the stomach and aids diges-- t;on. W. c. Vandiver, special agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
Sees Mother Grow Young.

ct would be hard to overstate
the wonderful change In my mother
since she began to use Electric Bit
ters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpat-
rick of Danforth, Me. Although
past 70 she seems really to be grow
ing young again. She suffered un-
told misery from dyspepsia for 20
years. At last she could neither
eat, drink or sleep. Doctors gave
her up and all remedies failed till
Electric Bitters worked such won
ders for her health" They invig-
crate all vital organs, cure Liver
and Kidney troubles, induce sleep.
impart strength and appetite. Only
SOC at C. Blakely's, Geo. G. San
born, Mortified, c. F. Leavitt,
Plainfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
LOST WALLET IN STREET.
NJ. III. Morgan Dropped Pocket Book
Containing $685. on Main Street.

Chief Durkee and Marston H.
Morgan, who lives in the Willard
block, left Friday afternoon on the
White Mountain express for Burl-
ington in response to a telephone
message received this morning from
Chief Russell of that city. stating
that a man had been apprehended
tlere who had found some money on
the streets of Montpelier. It de-
veloped that Mr. Morgan lost his
wallet containing $S6.25 on Main
street yesterday afternoon and re-
ported the loss at the police station
but no trace of the money could be
found at that time.
1t appears from the message of
Chief Russell, that George Robbins
q barber, who has been living on
Barre street for some time past,
was walking along the street with
his wife late in the afternoon, and
picked up the pocket book, after
ward taking the o'clock train for
Burlington. On reaching Burlington
Mrs. Robbins reported the finding of
the money at the police station, but
in the meantime her husband had
disappeared and 1t is said that he
had in some way distracted about
$50 from the wallet, which he had
at first given over into his wlfe's
possession. He was found shortly
afterward and the money taken
away from him after little persua-
sion, but Chief Russell asked Chief
Durkee to come to Burlington,
bringing with him the owner OF the
money, in order to straighten things
out
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
TO CLOSE WEDNESDAYS.
Merchants viii Close Their Places
OF Business Wednesday Afternoons
During Summer.

According to an agreement enter
ed into by a large majority of the
merchants in the city, the various
stores will be closed on Wednesday
afternoon sduring the summer, the
schedule remaining in force until
September 16.
The plan was carried out last
summer and was found to meet with
the universal approval, so that the
merchants decided to continue the
practice this year. The clerks made
no request to have the half holiday
and the action of the merchants Is
especially appreciated by them show
ing the willingness Of the employ
ers to conduct their business on lib
eral principles.
The new schedule Will begin next
Wednesday and would have been
started this week but for the fact
that the Fourth came on Monday
and so gave the stores an opportu-
nifty to shut their stores.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
800 REWARD, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sell
ence has been able to cure in all its
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
ttonal disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Hall Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally, acting directly
Jpn the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system, thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease, and
giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that It fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & 90,
Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
Life 100000 Years Ago.

Scientists have found in cave in
Switzerland bones of men, who lived
100000 years ago, when life was in
constant danger from wild beasts.
Today the danger, as shown by A.
W. Brown Of Alexander. Me-, Is
largely from deadly disease. "It 1t
had not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery. which cured me, could
not have lived" he writes. Suffer
ing as I did from severe lung
trouble and stubborn cough" To
cure Sore Lungs. Colds, obstinate
Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia,
its the best medicine on earth. SOC
and 800. Guaranteed by G. Blake
ly, Geo. G. Sanborn, Mortified, G.
r. Levaitt. Plainfield. Trial bottle
free. I. 2Tk
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
DIED IN ALASKA.
w. ID. Jones Succumbs to Disease
After an Experience In the Land
Of the North.

A message was received here
Saturday from Mrs. w. D. Jones.
now in Rochester, N. Y. stating
that her husband was dead in Alas
ka. News was received some time
ago that Mr.. Jones was in a criti-
cal condition, and when Mrs. Jones
moved to Rochester a week or
more ago she was in a state of
great uncertainty regarding him, as
letters are received from there only
once month.
Mr.. Jones went to Fairbanks, Al
aska. about year ago. to take
charge Of some mining interests foH
his brother, and some of his letters
to local friends about conditions in
that country have been very inter-
esting. The climate and the hard
conditions there have proved very
exhausting to him and he has suf-
fered one o rtwo bad attacks of ILL
ness before he was stricken the last
time. AS he has suffered from a
throat trouble while here it Is not
considered surprising that the eli
mate was too severe for him
Mr.. Jones was a man about fifty
years of age and came here aoout
ten years ago as painter. He was
a competent workman and a man
of high intellectual capacity. He
had been prominent in the affairs
of the union and was looked upon
as one of the strong labor men Of
the vicinity.
No particulars have been learned
regarding his death, but it is known
that his brother, who started for
Fairbanks Immediately on learning
OF his serious condition, reached
there before he died.
Mr. Jones is survived by widow,
and one daughter, Mildred who
graduated from the local high
school In 1906 and who went to
Rochester, N. Y, few days ago in
tending to take course in the
training school there.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
SUMNER SCHOOL.
Session for Rutland and Bennington
County Teachers Opens at Rutland
LII 10


County Teachers Opens at Rutland
July 10.
The summer school for teachers
in Rutland and Bennington counties
opens at Rutland July 10 and con-
tinues through the month. The
school will be in charge Of Hon. Ma
son s. Stone, state superintendent of
education, w. P. Abbott, superin-
tendent Of schools at Proctor, and
D. B. Lock, superintendent of the
Rutland schools.
There will be lectures by Mr..
Stone, Hon. william r. Chancellor
of Norwalk, Conn, DR.. j. M. Thorn
as, president of Middlebury College,
Fred H. Daniels, supervisor Of
drawing, Newtonville, Mass, DR.. G.
s. Caverly of the state board Of
health, H. w. Bailey, United States
marshal, Charles E. Dana, superin-
tendent of schools at Castleton, Will
lldu II. OOOh, superintendent dL
Poultney, c. II. Drown, superin-
tendent at Wallingford, A. w. Var
ney, superintendent at Bennington.
and Miss Elizabeth Hall, supervisor
of primary schools at Schenectady,
N. Y. There is also an efficient list
of instructors.
This school will afford teachers
in rural schools an opportunity for
keeping in touch with modern meth
DDS at small cost, and various ex-
cursions have been arranged so that
the affair will be one Of pleasure as
we'll az business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
CONTROL WATER POWER.
Gaysyille Company Secures Nearly
100 Additional Horse Power.

BY the recent purchase of the
water rights and dam at Gaysville
of H. c. Allen, the Gaysville Elec
trio Light & Power Co. gain COM
plete control of the water power on
White River at that point. This dam
is located a few rods below their
plant and by its removal will add
nearly 100 horse power The Wood
bury Granite company is the chief
owner and are using three to four
hundred horse power developed at
Gaysville in their stone sheds at
Bethel, and at the quarries. The
Gaysville Electric Light & Power
Co. are also installing an auxiliary
steam plant near the stone sheds at
Bethel of nearly the same capacity
as the water power plant at Gays
vile. They also furnish electricity
to light Randolph and Gaysville.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
PLACED ON PROBATION.
Ralph Bennett of Barre Pleads
Guilty Of Larceny In City Court.

Ralph Bennett of Barre, the young
lad who obtained a mileage book
and $40 in cash from G. H. Ken
drick of that city on June 26th, was
arraigned in city court Wednesday
to answer to an information that
had been filed at his request by
States Attorney Gates, charging him
with larceny. The boy is 16 years
of age and after being lectured in
good shape by both Judge Harvey
and the States Attorney, and given
a set of rules by which he must
govern himself hereafter, he was
placed in the hands of the probation
officer who will have authority over
him until he is discharged.
The boy obtained a Wells River
mileage book and $40 with which to
purchase a B. G. M. mileage from
Mr.. Kendrick, on the presentation of
a note purporting to be written by
his mother, saying that she wished
to go to Derby and wanted to rent
the mileage in question. 1t was later
discovered that the note was a for
gerry and Bennett was apprehended
by Chief Faulkner as he was about
to take the Wells River train the
same afternoon. He has been in Jail
since that time, but will now be al
lowed to return home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
BERNICE DARLING ODGERS.
Well Known School Teachers Sue
cumbs to Illness This Morning.

Mrs. Bernice Darling Odgers, wife
of Frank Odgers. died quite sud-
denly at her home in Barre at 3.15
Saturday of acute Bright's dis
ease. She had not been in the best
of health since last Monday and had
a bad attack of illness while camp
ing at Berlin Pond. She was pre-
pairing to go for a ride last even
ing when taken worse.
Mrs. Odgers was born in South
Ryegate and would have been 81
years of age next week. On the re-
moval of her family to Barre she
attended the public schools, gradu-
ating from Spaulding High in 1897,
and has since taught successfully.
For the next eleven years she was
an efficient teacher In the Barre
public schools. She was then en-
gagged as substitute teacher in the
Montpelier schools, serving here
most acceptably on several occa-
sions.
Mrs Odgers is survived by her
husband, a member Of the granite
firm of Littlejohn and Odgers, her
parents, brother, James r. Darl-
ing, and sister, Miss Jean Darl-
ing.
Funeral services will be held from
the Presbyterian church Monday, at
1890 o'clock. Rev. J. D. McKen-
gie will officiate. Interment will
be in the Hope cemetery,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
AUTO SPEED TRAP
FOR THIS CITY
City Council Provides for Quarter
Mile Course to BE Watched by
POlice-First Draft on Treasury
For City Hall Purposes.

AS the result of the action Fri
evening at the special meeting of
the city council, all automobilists
exceeding the speed limit of ten
miles an hour on local streets, are
in danger of landing in the clutches
of the law, with the option of pay
ing fine or spending a term in
limbo. The council passed motion
providing for an automobile trap on
Lower state street, of a quarter of
a mile, surveyed by City Engineer
Smith and Supt Roberts OF the
street department
AT each end of the stretch will be
placed posts so that the exact time
taken by autos in passing over the
ground can be ascertained by per-
sons set to watch the trap. 1t is
arranged to have special police on
the job, one at each end Of the trap,
each provided with stop watches.
to signal to each other when autos
exceeding the limit are passing ov-
err the quarter of mile roadway, and
all drivers fracturing the regula-
ton will be placed under arrest and
fined according to the law. The
action on the part of the council is
the result of continued complaints
regarding careless driving in the
city, especially on lower State
street and on the East State street
hill. it being the idea of the alder
men to put stop to the endanger-
ing Of life and property through the
carelessness of both local and for
eign autoists.
John w. Taylor appeared at the
meeting last night and reported
that the walk at the corner of Hub
bard street and First Avenue Is in
bad condition, requesting that some
repairs be made at this point. He
also asked that the water mains be
extended to that section as there
the service badly. On a motion by
Alderman Smith, it was voted that
the council look over the places in
Dictated to get an idea as to the
needs of the various landowners
and take action at the next regular
meeting.
The Mayors warrant for a sum
not to exceed $4,000 was approved
to be used for expenses on the city
hall, it being intended that this
money be paid back into the city
treasury as soon as the city hall
bonds are floated The money OBJ
tanned on the warrant will be used
to pay for the excavations and the
laying of the concrete foundation,
and also for any incidental eXpen-
ses which may occur before the
floating of the 100000 worth of
bonds. In this way the contractors
for the foundation will not be oblig-
ed To wait for their pay and will be
much more satisfactory to all con-
cerned.
Supt. Smith of the water depart
ment presented bills amounting to
$5026S and G. o. Stratton for the
School Building Committee for S13.-
a., both of which budgets were or
dered paid
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
A Night Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calo-
mel. croton oil or aloes pills. They
raid your bed to rob you of rest.
Not so with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They never distress or in
convenience. but always cleanse the
system, curing Colds. Headache. Con
stipation, Malaria, Csc. at c. Blake
ly's. Geo. C.. Sanborn. Mortified,
c. F. Leavitt, Plainfeld.