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The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-11
Death.

Mrs. F E. Miller of Grannis. died Friday morning. Her remains will be shipped to her old home in Iowa for burial. Alex Patton of the Mena Un- dertaking Company, left that afternoon Tor Grannis to prepare the body for shipment. Mir. and Mrs. Miller moved to Polk county from Iowa about four months ago and bought a farm near Grannis.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-11
wo,k of Reconstruction and Repair Was to Have Begun Within
 Few Days.
A PLAN TO REBUILD
Trustees of Property and Prof. W. D. Sharp Met to Consider Matter T.is Afternoon College Was
 to 0psn In September.

Thursday morning the main build ind of the Mena Hendrix College was destroyed by fire. the flames licking I'D everything but tine brick and stone.
 A smoke was discovered issuing from the building shortly before 6 A III. and the fire alarm sounded, but the fire department was helpless, as the structure was outside the fire and waterwofks district. The build ing was very dry. and light fire brands fell as far away as StilwelI hill. full half mile away. Had not rain fallen little more than an hour before. doubt less other fires might have been start ed. The dormitory. about one hun dred feet away, would undoubtedly have been burned had there been any wind blowing toward it.
 Prof. W. D. Sharp, president, who has his faculty engaged and has been making every preparation to open the Mena Hendrix College this fall, was at Hatfield in the interest of his enter prise when the fire occurred. He was communicated with by telephone and returned in time to meet w;.h the board of trustees at 4:S0 that afternoon. It is probable that ar rangements will be made to rebuild at once. In the meantime efforts will be made, it is understood, to open the school by using other buildings in the city temporarily.
 The cause of the fire is unknown. For more than three years. during which time the building has been va cant, there has been no fire in it. 1t is thought that the fire was set mali ciously or accidentally by some per son who was using the place as a temporary lodging house. The floors of some of the rooms were covered with old papers and other trash and it would have taken only small spark to cause fire.
 Another theory as to the cause of the fire. is that it resulted from a lightning bolt. This is given empha- sis from the fact that persons awake in the early hours of the morning say that there was quite an electrical storm before the rain and at least one heavy crash of lightning sounded as il it had come to the earth tt some point near.
 When the place was first vacated by the Mena Business College several years ago the trustees had the doors locked and thought everything safe. h short time, however, the doors were found battered in and several win. dows broken. Alter attempting sev' eral more times to keep them closed up, finding after each time that theil efforts were useless, they gave up The fine large locks on the front door: were taken off and carried away.
 The Rev. NJ. K. Irwin stated Thurs day that the loss will be between $S,000 and $12.000
 On account of the building beinl vacant there was no insurance.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-11

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The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-11

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The Washington times., 1910-06-22
The Clerks Rights.

II the Editor Of The Washington Times:
BY what right can the United States
Congress put hand into a Government
clerks pOcketbook and take out a per
cent of its years content. TO save
Tor the clerk? How can the United
states Congress dare to take any nor
ton TO save" for the clerk when no
Is not able, himself, 10 spare anv least
portion Of # 10 put into bank? He is
a Government clerk. true, but he Is 4
citizen Of the United States. Could the
United States Government also take q
portion Of each Senator's 70 save" for
him. a year or so since. when Sena-
tors were saying. IN print. that they
had 10 return home 10 poverty after
their years in Government" position
in the Senate, the poor fellows saIa-
RES were promptly increased-S2 500 per
year,
Young clerks cannot AFFORD to pay
pension moneys for sUperannuates. II
YOU must have a pension scheme, here
Is one: Do not tax any clerks below a
"a certain age; let taxation-on-salary
begin only when a clerk attains a GER
tain age, and beyond that age tax
heaviest those who are closest 70 re-
urement age.
Between % and 90. deduct so much
PEI cent; between Sc and 6. deduct a
larger per cent deduct heaviest per
cent from the salaries Of the clerks
Who are soonest 20 reap the pension
benefit
No statement Of a refund on resig-
nation OF a clerk can make that clerk
any more able 10 anOrd any Of his
salary taken from him without his CON
sent than he is able 20 afford putting
by himself into bank re needs every
last copper CentSof that little salary 70
1--we onto pay the bills incurred IN
presuming 20 be parent 20 children. to
feed and decently cloth them, 10 bury
his dead.
He cannot AFFORD 10 have taken from
his salary that which he cannot AFFORD
to save, himself for himself.
Was il not because Of question OF
taxation the colonies rebelled against
their parent, Great Britain
L8d not Great Britain every right 20
zu1uOEe what taXauOns were best Tor
the Colonies. and 20 collect without
taxed 500 II she had, all right. II
taking away without the consent Of the
individuals a part Of thei- 'Iualieuabl
possessions and from portion only,
as well. Of the population
II Il is lawful 10 take q mans goods
because he is Government clerk. why
not take also a part Of every soldiers
and OF every sailors, men and officers,
20 save for them, for their later pen
A CLERK
The Washington times., 1910-06-22

have met discouraging opposition, they
have also, from necessity, broadened
the field of citizenship that favors the
reform until today it extends to all
parts of the country. The result will
be the actual enactment of a law es-
tabishing a civil service retirement
system.
While we here in Washington have
become very much excited over the
threatened dismissal of Old clerks at a
time when it seems they would Just
miss the benefits of the proposed ret ,-
ment plan yet we must remember that
such a condition would prevail to
greater or less degree whenever civil
pensions were inaugurated- There
would always be a few who would fall
slightly behind the benefits. At such
a time, as at this time, it would be
perfectly proper Tor our generous Uncle
Samuel to lean backward in his de-
termination to stand up for the Gov
eminent employees.
For this reason it VIII not subject
the Administration to any serious
criticism if it adopts the suggestion of
the Senate and House committees and
retains on the payrolls for another six
months or year those $50 or 800 clerks
who were to be dropped July l because
of their advanced age. In order to
make certain that no injustice is done,
the Government can afford the ad-
ditional expense. 1t cannot be convicted
of extravaganza or wastefulness if it
follows such a policy, but, rather, Will
be deserving of commentator for its
humane attitude toward a little hand
ful of its employees
All things considered, the problem Of
civil service retirement seems in a fair
way to be economically and equally
solved.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
THE REMUNERATION OF GOV
JUDSON HARMON.

Ohio Democrats assembled In State
convention for the purpose Of renomi-
mating Governor Judson Harmon, nomi-
mating other State officers. and adopt
ing a platform, are attracting notice
from politicians all over the country,
Republicans as well as Democrats.
Much may depend on this convention.
Governor Harmon's denomination has
long been assured and the probabilities
favor MS reelection, inasmuch as the
Republicans of the Buckeye State are
badly divided and there Is a strong
spirit Of revolt against the Republican
organization. In case he is reelected,
his followers intend TO put him forward
as the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent in 1912. In fact, Temporary Chair
man Pomerene predicted that Ohio
would send Governor Harmon to the
White House to introduce reforms in
the affairs Of the Federal Government.
Yet there are some things about the
situation that do not bode well for
Governor Harmon as 4 candidate for
President. 1t is conceded he is a
strong man, and has made a good
governor. But can he, as a candidate
for President, gain the support of the
radical wing of the Democratic party,
the Bryan wing of 1t? If he cannot,
then, obviously, it is foreordained that
he cannot be elected despite the opti-
mistic feeling of Democrats generally
as TO choosing a Democratic President
at the next election.
The influence Of William Jennings
Bryan and Tom I. johnson has been
cast in the direction of forcing the
Ohio State convention TO nominate a
man for Senator. Governor Harmon Is
opposing this on the ground that it
would disappoint various aspirants and
so weaken the party in the State this
fall. No doubt he is right as TO the
political expediency of it. But the
Bryan and Johnson forces take the
ground that the only way to save the
Senatorship from the clutches of a cor
poratiOn instrument is to have the con-
vention nominate. They insist it would
avoid dark lantern methods and give
more force to the declaration for
direct election of Senators.
1t Is not fortunate for Governor
Harmon that he has been put in the
light of opposing nomination of a Sena-
tor by the convention. Progressive
sentiment in this Is undoubtedly with
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
THE NEW JAPANESE TREATY
AND ITS PROBLEMS.

The negotiations for the new treaty
with Japan viii be accompanied with
the usual expressions of profound and
distinguished consideration upon both
sides None the less there are some
difficult bits Of road ahead Of Mr.. Knox
and the japanese ambassador.
The kernel Of the treaty will be the
status Of the japanese immigrant. The
Pacific coast is determined that the
Asiatic cooley shall be excluded. as
was evidenced a few years ago by the
expulsion of a party of japanese
Iaborers from a town in Washington.
Japan, on the other hand. is equally
determined that her people shall not
be placed under the stigma. of inferi-
orltF and that they shall enjoy the
same privileges as Europeans. When
the problem became acute in California
two years ago it was the common
opinion that war was within measur-
able distance, and that it was only pre-
vented by the withdrawal from the
Catalonia Legislature of the bills
aimed specifically against the Japanese.
1t rs significant that the formulation
or thc new treaty has been advanced
by a year presumably that It may be
an accomplished fact before the meet
ing Of the California Legislature. and
the almost certain revival of the anti
japanese measures.
With the Pacific States determined
upon an. exclusion policy and the
japanese government equally resolved
upon equality of treatment for her
people, it would seem that the arrange
ment nj lie new treaty is hardly like
~ to be one Of those pleasant cere-
monia with which diplomats are ac-
cusJomed TO while away their time.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
c a pital T ales .
Rise of Senator Hughes.

WHEN the present session Of Con
w eress began Senator Hughes OF
Colorado. wac succeeded the veteran
occupied a seat on the back row OF the
Demo,-o-fc side and that was about
all that vas known Of him.
As the session closes, however, the
" esterner IS looked upon as one Of
the ablest men in the Senate and Ger
tainly The peer Of any Democrat as a
debater.
There are sriU a good many things
which Senator Hughes does not know
about tie parliamentary procedure OF
the Senate, its precedents and its prac-
tees. but he has demonstrated that he
can take care Of himself when he rises
10 speak.
The Senator's speech on conservation
was his best effort in the Senate He
had the holiness to oppose the idea of
conservation This gave The Senate a
new sensation. About everybody on tile
floor is either an active or a passive ad-
vccate Of conservation OF natural re-
sources. Senator Hughes is not.
He says that he is for the present.
He Is for the generation Of men Of to-
day He sees no reason why he should
starve now that his remote descendants
may be luxurious. He does not believe
in waste, neither does he believe parsi-
mony AL Of these things he told the
Senate ana he did 1t without reserva-
ton Il took the Senate's breath Cor a
minute, but fer only a minute.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22

You were wrong" said the Business
Doctor, Ito put that decision OF till to
morrow. II yoU form the habit OF max
ing your decisions at once and making
them final you viii learn 10 use your
best judgment lnstanter. II your de-
cisions are I'll tentative 4 YOU know
they are not final, that you are liable
70 take them up for reconsideration You
will never develop a fine. strong judg-
ment- The tempOrisinE process Will
weaken the fiber Of your judgment
It W. only a few nights ago when I
saw the proprietor OF a restaurant re-
lieve the cashier. The man explained
that he thought his cash was all right,
but he had only counted II once, and
would 20 over It again The proprietor
would not allow him 70 do so. and when
questioned him he replied that he
didn't want 70 ruin the man as a cash
Ter. He was a new man. and he want
ed to make him count right the first
time, and the way TO teach him 10 do
this was not 10 allow him 10 make the
second. count-to make him burn his
BRIDGES behind him
When a man has within himself the
consciousness that any decision he
makes must be the final one, and that
there is no opportunity for recOnsidera-
ton, be Vii soon educate himself 10
absolute accuracy 70 almost infalli-
biIity. and each confirmation OF his
quick Judgment increases his confidence
in himself and his ability.
Commend me to the man who will say
yes" and say it firmly, or mo- and
say it with an air Of finality, that closes
the matter and leaves his mind free and
clear 10 take up the next proposition
and handle II in like manner
Such a man not only has confidence IN
himself, but he begets the confidence. Of
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
Absentee Senators.

MANY Of the absentee Senators have
As4 come back 20 Washington TO be
present when he session comes TO an
end. They war ted 70 be in at the finish
anyway.
Two of the most prominent of the
recently absent ones are Senator JEFF
Davis Of Arkansas. and Senator Bank
head Of Alabama The former has been
home looking after Arkansas politics
and DracticinE a little Law As soon as
he could get 6Wav. however. he came
back 20 Washington and is now ready
for business
Senator Bankhead has been sick for
some time. He was confined 10 a hos
pital for several weeks. He turned
I'D yesterday 10 see how things were
moving along.
There are other Democratic Senator's.
though. who viii not be able to aDpear
even for the closing DAYS of the ses-
sion. Senator Daniel of Virginia. is
still slowly cOnvaleScing in Lynchburg.
Senator Tnlman is on his farm in South
Carolina, unable 70 work. and Senator
CulbeTSOn OF Texas. IS still TOO sick TO
come to Washington. Senator TaIia-
ferrO of Florida has been absent for
weeks. trying 10 bring about his re-
election 10 the Senate
Senator MCCumber IS among the Re
publican members who have been sIclS
He is still confined 10 the hospital here.
Senator Dillingham; Of Vermont. is also
sick. while Senator Aldrich has been
called away indefinitely on account of
his sons illness.
Senator Root is at The Hague rem
resentIng this Government in the fish
cries dispute; Senator Lorimer Of Mi
nois. IS IN Chicago fighting the bribery
charges and Senotor Burrows has inst
returned 20 Washington having been in
New York, on account Of the sickness
in his family.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
Miss Miller
To Wed Edward Roland.

The marriage Of Miss Grace Miller
daughter Of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller. &c
Edward Roland viii take place at S
clock this evening. The ceremony
Wnlcn viii be performed by the Rev
Charles r. Guthrie, pastor OF the
Hamliue VI. +. Church, in the home of
LNe brother 90 the bride, DR.. Maurice
r. Miller. i 1918 II street. viii be at
tended by the relatives and a small
party OF Ultimate friends and OUt-Of-
town guess
Or. Miller will escort his sister and
give her in marriage. Her only at
tCndaur viii be her sister, Miss Eta
Miller, and Mr. Roland VIII have as
MS best man Arthur Demarav, Of St
Paul, MINI.
A string orchestra viii play the
wedding music, which includes the
wedding marches and special pro
gram arranged by Miss Miller Dur
ing tne ceremony The VIC..uisL viii
play. believe Ne. II All Those En-
Cealng Dung Charms and other
mum oers which viii pTecede the cere-
nony and be played during the re-
CepUOn VIII be selections from
Faust -'EOsuTy.T 20. Promise Ne
the Egyptian Serenaade, and popular
A reception win follow the cere-
mony, and later IN the evening Mr.
Roland and his bride win leave
Washington for Baltimore. from
whence they viii go 70 Boston by
sea. returning via New York and At
-antlc City They viii reside in Chevy
Chase during the summer.
Among the Cur-Cf--0vu guests who
nave already arrived are DR.. and Mrs
John Fisher OF PHILADELPHIA cousins ~
the bride. Mr. and Mrs Ralph Turner
OF NeW YORK. brother and slsrer-in-law
or the BRIDEGROOM and Mr.. and Mrs
john Roland Of Henderson, Ky. cousins
OF the bridegroom.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
CONGRESS GETTING READY
TO HELP CLERKS.

Out Of the general disappoint-
ment caused by the failure of Con
gress TO pass civil service re-
tTement bill there Is one CLEAN
of encouragement 1t Is this: Con
gress Is apparently getting ready
20 pass a civil service retirement bill.
After years of agitation. after hours
OF debate. after months of investipa-
ton. Congress seems TO realize that
provision must be made for the men
and women who have grown old in
labor for the Government: those who
have reached a time in life when their
efficiency Is impaired and when they
can no longer serve the state nor sup
port themselves are, it seems. soon to
be provided for
OF course, something should have
been done at this session. But bv the
same token, something should have
been done at the last session and the
session before that. and so on back to
the beginning. Those sessions. how
ever, have passed. Let us, instead OF
condemning them, give thanks for the
sentiment for civil pensions that grew
up in and around them. If past Con-
crosses have been negligent, they have
also Indirectly created and fostered
public opinion on the question of civil
service retirement. If those who have
been struggling for such legislation
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
Bryan and johnson. Governor Har-
mon need not be surprised if his course
costs him no little strength in 1912.
AEROPLANES WILL DROP
BOMBS ON WARSHIPS.

Are the expensive battleships we are
building as useless as so many toys ?
This is the question raised by test
which VIII be held at Atlantic City next
month, when three aeroplanes viii un-
dertake to drop bombs on battleship
! and find out whether in practice there
Is anything to the idea that a vessel
can be sent to the bottom by rain
OF deadly explosives from out of the
air While the airships are trying to
drop bombs on the battleship, the guns
OF the vesse! will in turn be trained
on the air craft, and wiz endeavor TO
wing them and dash them crippled into
the ocean.
OF course, the bombs dropped toward
the battleship viii be theoretical. and
viii be filed with harmless sand. But
if it Is found that these theoretical
bombs can be so well directed as 10 hit
"a dreadnaugnt when dropped from a
great distan 8. there viii be no cues
ton as to what could be done It'll
real bombs in case Of war. On the
other hand. if il is found the guns OF
the vessel can be so well aimed as
theoretically TO destroy the aeroplanes
before they have a chance 10 do any
damage, it viii 90 far to dispel the
nightmare that now possesses thosa
who believe the airship is certain to
play havoc with the warship.
The progress made by the submarine
IN recent years Is such as to make
that piece of submerged enginerv
capable Of doing untold damage to
fleet of baJtleships- II now it is found
that the battleship is in grave danger
from above, a well as from beneath.
in addition TO such dangers as it must
encounterN from the battlesbips Of the
enemy, it VIII 90 far TO reduce the value
Of the dretdnaught as "a piece OF. war
machinery.
Stranger things have happened than
that the vuIuerability OF great war
ships from bombs dropped from above
would bring about the cessation OF ex-
penditures Of huge sums by the nations
Tor naval armamcnts- The experiments
at Atlantic City viii be worth watch
ing.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
Akron Society Girl Becomes Wife
Of Louis Clarence Wilson TODAY
Miss Doris Brown to Wed
q. f. Matheson, June u

Mrs Delphine Wilmarth Brown an
hounces the engagement and approach
ing marriage OF her daughter, Miss
Doris Brown. to 6. f. MaJheson, Of
ROscOmmOn, Mich.
The wedding will take place Monday.
June p, In the home Of the bride s
mother. in the Olympia. in the presence
friends
Miss Mabel Stewart viii be the bride 8
only attendar:, and the best man VIII
be r i Fellows, Of Harirette. Mich
After an fnIOrmal reception AR
AlalhesOn vii take his bride for an ex-
tended trip through the Great Lake re-
slon, and after August 1 they viii reside
IN Washington.
The Washington times., 1910-06-22
Senator
And Mrs. BuEEs Leave Tomorrow

Senator and Mrs. Briggs and their
family win leave Washington tomorrow
for their country place IN Maine. where
they Will spend the summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Sewers VIII close their
Washington residence G bout the first II
july and 60 % their summer place ar
Fort Hope on Lake Ontario. where Cher
VIII be Joined later IN the season Fv
their daughter. Mrs FaisCn. wife Of
Major samson l. FaiS0C. who is sta
toned al Madison Barracks y Y
Rear admiral and Mrs. Stockton win
so 10 the Blue Ridge Mountains for the
month % July
Mr.. and Mrs Raiaswo-th Parker and
their young daughter left Washington
today for "a brief stay in Atlantic CITY
Mrs. Parker and her daughter will spend
the month % July IN Maryland near Bal
tiuore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark l. Weaver, Of Bos-
ton Va, announce the marriage OF their
daughter, Miss Emma Virginia Weaver
% samuel Clifford SDenSler- Of Harris
TIE wedding took place This morning
ar o'clock ar the home Of the brides
cousin, Henry =. Weaver on Ontario
road. The Rev. J. Howard Wells Official
ing. in rho presence Of small company
OF relatives
Immediately after the ceremony M
and Mrs SueuEleF left Washington for
an extended bridal trip. which viii in
Clude New York, Chicago. and the Great
Lakes. They VIII be al home after July
. at Harrisburg. Pa
NJ and Mrs. Larz Anderson, who