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The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
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ATTORNEY FOR COME OF THE STOCKHOLDERS ASKS FOR
 s1o,ooo, 900 DAMAGES.
CLAIMS GROSS MISMANAGEMEN1 II
Maxwell Edgar Seeks to Hold Dlreo tors of the Company Responsible for Loss In the Car Repair Frauds--Ex cltsment at Chicago Meeting.

Chicago, Oct, 21.-Unexpected ex citemsnt was furnished at the annual stockholders meeting of the Illinois Central railroad. Attorney Maxwell Edgar. who holds proxies from an in dependent committee, including Secre tary Franklin MacVeagh of the United States treasurer. made charges oi gross mismanagement of the affairs oi the railroad company.
 Almost simultaneously deputy sher- iffs served subpoenas on the officers of the road to appear in a $10,00O, ,000 damage suit brought by Attorney Ed gar.
 Deputies Surrounded Building.
 The Park Row Station, where the stockholders meeting was held, was surrounded by deputy sheriffs. placed there to guard against an attempt to evade service which might, it was feared by Mir. Edgar. be made by eastern directors.
 Ar. Edgar introduced resolution demanding an investigtation of the conduct of the road by the directors and officers. It was lost by an over. whelming vote of 7S4,160 shares against 641.
 MT. Edgar first read charge of mis. management on the part of the officers and calling upon the directors to re- imburse the stockholders for $2.500,. 900 alleged to have been the total amount lost to the stock holders.
 Mir. Edgar then produced four reso- lutions in which he attacked every thing in the company from the presi- dent down to the charter and every resolution was voted down by an over whelming majority.
 When he named a committee of 25 persons to be appointed to investigate the affairs of the road, Blewett Lee. general attorney for the Illinois Cen. tral quickly called attention to the fact that two of those named, Nathanie, Fairbanks and A. Mont gomery Ward were not stock holders and were therefore ineligible.
 Voted Down all Resolutions.
 Another jolt given MT. Edgar was by 6tuyvesant Fish's representative in Chicago Henry W. Lsman who de- clarsd that his name was used without his consent and that he was against all of the resolution.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
CHANGED CANON OF THE CHURCH
Episcopal Bishops Vote to Make Moro Stringent Rule Against Mar
 riage of Dlvorcees.

Cincinnati. Oct. 20-The house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal national convention changed the canon of the church on marriage and divorce to prevent absolutely the marriage oi divorcees. The new canon repeals the former proviso by which Episcopal clerrymen were permitted to officiate at the remarriage of the innocent party to divorce on one charge. The rectors of all parishes will be notified of the action of the convention. The decisive vote on the subject Is a sur prise. Although the high church party has been against the change for years 1t was not thought possible of success at this convention. The action of the church Is similar to that of Pope Plus X in decreeing that no one who has been divorced may remarry in the Roman Catholic church.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
\ SYMPATHY STRIKE
MISSOURI PACIFIC MAcHiNisTs TO GET HELP FROM OTHER
 EMPLoYEs.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED
The Conference at St. Louis Ended In Failure and the Order for WaIkout Was the ResuIt-2,500 Men Arc Affected.

St. Louis, Oct. 21.--All sheet metal workers, coppersmiths, pipemen. black. smiths and boilermakers employed by the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads have been ordered on 8 striLe. according to an official state ment made by the presidents of three international unions here. The strike will infect 2.500 men.
 At the conference here a settlement of the differences with the railroad could not be accomplished and Gen. sral Manager Sullivan was notified that t1s strike would be called. He told President James O'Connell of the international Maohinists' union, that the road was as well prepared for the strike now as 1t ever would be, and the labor leaders. taking this as an ultima tum, issued the order for the strike.
 A formal statement setting forth the reasons for the strike was issued over the signature of O'Connell and those of J. w. Kline, representing the Inter national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and M. O. Sullivan. representing the sheet metal workers, coppersmiths and pipemen. In this statement it is declared that it was apparent a. the conference with Sullivan in his office that there was little or no prospect of an adjustment being reached unless an unconditional surrender should be made by the machinists, who have been on strike since last May. In closing the statement g yelled threat is made to call out all the members of all the unions involved on all oi the Gould lines In the United States.
 "If the trouble on the Missouri Pa, cific and Iron Mountain roads Is not adjusted within reasonable time. the statement declared. we shall take the necessary steps as will brins so bear the influence of our members who are employed on the railroads know as the Gould lines."
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
DAVID RANKIN DEAD
MiesoURPs MOST SUCCESSFUL FARMER PASSES AWAY
 AT TARkIo.
OWNED 23,OOO ACRES 0F LAND
Mr. Rankin Started 50 Years Ago WltA Nothing and Has Amassed a For tune Estimated at Nearly So,ooo.00o Was 86 Ysars Old.

Tarkio. Mo, Oct 2o.--David Rankin, who made farming his business and made that business pay wonderfully, is dead The end came following an attack of paralysis. Last Saturday, al though suffering from & cold. he wis ited his office here. Funeral arrange. ments have not yet been made.
 When David Rankin was first mar. ried 60 years ago he had only $5 to pay the preacher and made his start in life.
 To-day he is possessed of 23,00c acres of as fine land as lies out of doors, equipped with the very best in live stock and machinery, and an estate estimated to be worth any where from s4.00O.OOO to s5,00O,0Oo He made 1t all in farming, or rather in stock raising. He is said to be the worlds largest farmer and yet he sel dom sold any of his products, more frequently buying corn by the hundred thousand bushels. He never believed in marketing the raw product of the sail. He could make more money by transmitting his grain into beef and pork.
 David Rankin was born in Sullivan county. New York. in 1925. and was S5 years old May 2S. last. His parents moved to Illinois when he was boy and lived on q farm in Monmouth county. He served three terms in the Illinois legislature as a Republican In 1874 he moved to Atchison county, Missouri, bought farm there and be gan to grow corn and to feed it to cattle. He prospered and put his prof It's into more land. Land that cost him $1O and sl5 an acre .s now valued at k100 and more. Some or 1t cost him IS much as sS0 an acre. but none of 1t has decreased in value. The land Is not all in one tract, but consists of about Is separate tracts, each of which Is under superintendent, but all of them under MT. Rankin's supervision. It takes about 700 teams to work his farm and anywhere fram 300 to 500 men. In some years he has fed as many as 10000 cattle and an equal number of hogs It was only an ordi nary year that didn't bring a profit of more than $100,0OO.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Wash That Itch Away

It is said that there are certain springs in Europe that give relief and cnre to Eczema and other skin diseases. If you knew that by washing in these waters you could be relieved from that awful itch, wouldn't you make every effort to take trip to Europe at once? Would you not be willing 10 spend your last cent to find the cure?
 But you need not leave home for these distant springs. Relief is right here in your own home town!
 A simple wash of Oil ofWinter- green, Thymol and other ingre- dieuts as compounded only in D.D.D. Prescription will bring instant relief to that terrible burning itch, and leave the skin as smooth aud healthy as that of child.
 If you have not slre dy tried it, get at least 25 cent bottle today. We assure you of instant relief.
 Davis Drug Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
RURAL POPULATION HAS
 DECREASED SINCE 1900
Census officlaIs Believe That Most Of the States In the Middle West WIIl Show e Dc
 cloed Failing of.

Washington. Oct. 20.--The census Of Illinois. announcement of which is expected within two or three weekA uili show decided falling off h the rural population of the counties.
 The census officials also predict ( falling ofr in the rural population of Indiana and Ohio, and possibly other Middle Western states from which the returns will come in their alpha betical order.
 The Michigan eensua. which was given out ia advance of other states on account of election laws that waSe to be affected. showed a marked falling off in many of the counties. More re- gently the decreased showing in Mis- soun excited much comment.
 Reasons given for the decrease in the rural sections of Illinois, the show. ing of which is in prospect, are the improvements in farm machinery and the wealth of the farmers, who with their large holdings. do not care to divide them into small farms, aud who are sending their boys to the West to take ID new land h the less settled regions.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
DAVID BENNETT HILL IS DEAD
Former Governor and United states Senator Dles Unexpectedly at
 Hls Country Home.

Albany. N. r., Oct. 2l.-David B Hill. ex-United States senator and ex governor of New York. died unexpect edly at Wolfert's Roost. his country home.
 About two weeks ago MT. Hill waa seized with bilious attack while al his hw office in this city and, al though his condition was not consid cred dangerous, his physician advised him to remain at home until he re covered
 A cold developed and later alarming reports of his condition were circu lated. These reports, however. were denied by friends. In fact the senator appeared to be on the road to recov cry until in the night, when he sui fered sinking spell and died.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
BLOOD TROUBLES
CONSTITUTIONAL INFECTION

Constitutional Blood Poison is the most insidious of all diseases. It begins in an insignificant manner. usually the appearance of tiny sore being the only outward evidence of it's presence. But down in the blood the treacherous infection is at work, and in short time its chain of symptoms begin to crop out. The mouth and throat ulcerate, skin eruptions break out, sores and ulcers appear on the body, the glands in the groin swell.
 and sometimes the hair comes out.
 Mineral medicines cannot cure Con- stitutional Blood Poison; they only shut the disease up in the system to shoulder and await an opportunity of breaking out afresh. The only pos sible way to cure the disease is to REMOVE the germs from the blood.
 ;. 5. $. goes into the blood, and while removing the infection makes the blood pure, fresh and healthy. This
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Free Sampls
 Aids Old Mon

The sudden change from years of activity of both body and mind to the quiet of later years causes the human system to undergo many changes, chief of which is in the di- gestive organs.
 It becomes harder and harder to get the bowels to move promptly and segula-!- and In consequence many elderly men suf- Ter nct only from the basic toubie. ccn- supa uon, but from indigestion. headache, pelcning. sour stomach. drowsiness after eating and similar annoyances. It is first or aii necessary to. keep the bowels open and then to tone the digestive muscles so as to get them to again do their work naturally. A violent cathartic or purga- five is not only unnecessary but harm 5uas 5s, and something mild will do the work After you have got through experiment. Ing. with salts and pills and waters of various kinds. and have become convinced then try Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. a miio. gentle. pleasant-tasting laxative tonic that is especially adapted to the sequlrements of old people. women and anybody. Your druggist. who has handled lt successfully for quarter of q cen- tary. VIII sell you bottle for fifty cents . test of # before spending any money send your name and address 10 Dr. CaId- well and he wili gladly send you a salslpie kVttft Tree or cnarEe-
 This remedy is rapidly dispiacing aYt other forms of medication for the cure of stomach. liver and bowel trouble ana families like Mir. O. r. Wisher's of Syca- more III. and Mrs. Carrie culisr's oi xxa N, Metre Dame street, South Bend. &Ssa. gre now never without it in fhs nouso. They have tested t and know ifs 9raad value to every member of the
 Dr: Caldwell personally will be pleased 70 give you any medical advice you may desire for yourself or family pertaining 10 the stomach, liver or bowels absolutely Free Of charge, Explain your case fin d letter and he will reply to you in detail For the free sample simply send your name and address on a postal card or otherwise For either request the doctorss s well building, Monticello. III
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

effort, being resolved to hold the shiI as long as possible.
 The great danger was of the equin orator smashing or laundering my hIe boat, which was launched with oiin culty In the early morning, when we saw the steamship Trent two hour' away.
 Released Alrshlp Sailed Away.
 The airship America when II Was finally released from the life boatS weight. rose high and soon cisae peared in the distance.
 The loss of the airship was Wit ness4d with small regret because Il would never be of use again. Prob ably a stronger and larger aircraft will be built.
 The equilibrator retarding and dragging down the ship and inter fering with its steering, was the fata mistake of this campaign.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
WILL TRANSFER GEN. FUNSTON
The War Department Is Expecsed tc Soon Issue Orders Making
 the Change.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Brig. Gen Frederick Funston, now on duty at Fort Leavenworth as commandant of the army schools there, Is slated to go to the Philippines to take command Of the Department of the Luzon. Orders making this change will be issued at the war department soon and it is ex. pected that Gen. Funston will assume his new duties about January 1.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
B|G BRIBERY FUND
NEW YORK LEGISLATIVE COMMIT TEE LEARNS OF HALF MIL.
 LION DOLLAR POT.
INFLUENTIAL MEN INVOLVED
Robert 1. Elder Testified That James R. keene, Harry Payne Whitney and c. N. Hyde Were Among Thoss Who Contributed.

Now York, Oct 2t.--Robert H. Elder of Brooklyn. assistant district attor ney, said before the legislative graf probers in the city hall thnt Senator Gardner of Brooklyn had informed him that James R. Keene. Harry Payne Whitney. Charles H. Hyde. city chamberlain, and others had organized a fund of s50O.000 for the purpose oi defeating the Hughes anti-racing bills Mir. Elder declared further that Sena tor Gardner informed him that the men he named met in Delmonico'B and plotted to defeat the bills that would practically end racing in this state.
 The assistant district attorney. who had charge of the fight against the race tracks in Kings county after the passage of the anti.racing bills, testi- fled further that Gardner had informed him now the bribery fund was dis tributed. naming persons and amounts. When called to the stand Gardner re- fused to testify concerning the $500,- GOO bribe fund, whereupon Mir Elder was requested to tell the story. He said Gardner told it thus:
 T don't mind telling you about q meeting at Delmonico's at which money was subscribed to defeat the bill. He said that among the men there -- that he remembered = was James Keene. David Mitchell Parsons, Harry Payne Whitney, and that Charles H. Hyde was there. and the representatives of the bookmakers--I think he said the Metropolitan Turf association-were there, and others. This money. he said, was to be taken to Albany to defeat this biIl," Elder continued, "He said there was dis. pute as to who would handle the money and that s125.OOo was handled by James Gaffney to take care of three or four members of the legislature Tammany men. he said. Of this sum, he said. Grady got only $4,000 and might imagine what the others got.
 He said he was in Albany with Charley Hyde because Hyde didn't know the ways of Albany and how to approach people I asked him the amount of this fund and he said, "Oh, considerable. said heard 1t was a y2s0,0o and he said that if had said S5oo,o0o would have been bearer It. He said Senator MoCarrsn was angry because he didn't have the handling of the money and because Gaffney should have had charge of 1t.
 "He said McCarran waa angry he cause strange man was going up there expecting to get away with such Q proposition. and he attributed the passage of the bill to McCarrens dis pleasure.
 "McCarren was secretly in favor of tho bill. he said. and wanted to be revenged because the plan was made without his sanction.
 T mentioned Senator Foelker and he said Foelker 60 sl0.000. said heard Foelker got L6.00Q. but he said Foelker got sl0,0o0 and then voted for the bills anyhow.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

If you want the smile that won't come off, get a bottle of Swamp Chill Cure. It will make everything look good to you; and everything will taste gcod like 1t did when mother used to cook. Any druggist has authority to guarantee theperformance of all 1t promises. 44-tf
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
ZEPPELIN HAS A NEW AlRSHIP
pletion and Passenger Service VIII Soon Be Resumed.

Berlin. Oct. 2o.-The daily passenger service of tine new Zeppelin air finer, Deutschland. will be resumed at Dus- seldorf. Germany. early in November, All the novel features of the earlier Zeppelin air craft are embodied in the new Deutschland. which Is now near. ing completion. Luxurious cabin ac commodations will be provided for IS person and meals will be served aboard the aiFship.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
TELLS TELLS 0F 0| HIS TRIP |RN
WALTER WELLMAN DESCRIBES EXPERIENCE IN ATTEMPT TO
 CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
EQUlLIBRAToR NOT A SUCCESS
Contact With the Waves Caused ! to Threaten Destruction of the Blt AIrshIp-LIfe Boat Launched After Steamer Was Sighted.

New York, Oct. 20.--Walter We'll man has sent the following descrip- ton of his remarkable attempt ts cross the Atlantic In dirigible bal. loon to the Times of this city:
 On Board the Steamship Trent--Af. Ger passing Nantucket oR Sunday morning Swe made an estimated 14s miles east northeast, drifting with : fresh breeze without the motor.
 In the afternoon tho wind was west. erly and at 9 D. m. our approximate position was latitude 42 north, langi- tude 67 west.
 Here the wind shifted to the north. west and blew at 30 miles an hour. the America drifting at 25 miles an hour.
 EquIlbrator a Menace.
 The eQuilibrator pulled hard while riding over the seas. jerking and shocking the airship and setting ug rolling motion that threatened the total destuction of the craft It was 6 dreadful night but the entire crew were calm and even cheerful. We were greatly exhausted One after the other We wenk to sleep, expecting to wake up in the ocean.
 At 3 a. m. we were in readiness to start the motor and try to make Europe or the Azores if the winds held favorable. But they soon veered to the nartheast
 The Azores being impossible with the reduced gasoline on hand against the contrary winds, 1t was decided tc try and make the Bermudas.
 We drifted to the southwest at about ib miles an hour. reserving the motors and gasoline on hand for the final
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

When the chest feels on fire and the throat burns, you have indigestion, and you need Heroine to get rid of the disagreeable feeling. It drives out badly digested food, strengthens the stomach and puriiies the bowels. Price Soc. Sold by Jackson Drug & Furni- ture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
rhs Fesr.

I'm . little bit worried about the way my husband spends bis evenings. @ said the lady from rillinois.
 ~Is he convfv4aity inclinedr'
 '.No. but be talks 90 much about standing pat and 'jack-pots' that I'm afraid he's getting into politics. a. Washington Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Snow Blocks Colorado Train,

Snow Blocks Colorado Trains.
 Denver. Oct. 20.--Snow is reported from all parts of Colorado. in the mountain passes of the Morfatt road the snow is from eight to ten feet deep and trains are blocked. In Den. yer the fall was light
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Thirteenth to Cross tho Sea.

Thirteenth 10 Cross the Sea.
 Fort Leavenworth. Kan. Oct. 20.-- The Thirteenth infantry is expected to leave here for foreign service in April and the officers and soldiers are com mencing to make farewell visits to their old home.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

The best plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Lini. ment and bound on over the affected parts IS superior to a plaster and costs only one-tenth us much. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

table matter, containing not the least particle of mineral in any form. It Is q perfectly safe medicine and a certain cure for blood poison. We have n Home treatment book which we will oe glad to send free to all who write and request it, also any medical advice without charge.
 1 SWIFT SPECIFIC co. Atlanta, Ga
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Want Them In mexlc,

Guthrie, Ok. Oct 20.--A hearing on the application for the extradition of ". L. Chapman. R. c. Conine. l.. c. Grimes, A. T Brown and John Gar. rett, wanted in Mexico for alleged Aickapoo land frauds. has commenced sefore D M Tibhett, special commits
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

You are not experimenting on your self when you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a cold as that pre- paration has won it's great reputation and extensive sale by it's remarkable cures of colds, and can always be de- pended upon. It is equally valuable for adults and children and may be given to young children with implicit confidence as it contains no harmful drug. Sold by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

causes a general upbuilding of the entire system , and when S. S. s. has made a cure there is no return of tn c hideous s y III p t o m 8 1. s. s. S. is made
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-01
DlvInIna Rod 200 Year. Old.


Winslow w. F1feld Of Medford,
Mass. owns metallic div!ning rod
brought from England more than two
hundred years ago by one Of his an
cestors. The rod, says Mr.. Fifeld, has
been used successfully all over New
England and in the western mining
districts. 1t Is attached to whalebone
handles IL inches long and weighs two
ounces. The handles have inscriptions
on them which are almost obliterated
by age.
The person who brought the rod to
America was Isaac Greenleaf, who set.
tied in Massachusetts,. The rod became
famous as finder OF water. After
marking the place Of many springs the
rod was used in California. Colorado
and North Carolina for locating by men
In quest Of gold mines and other met.
ais. One pfson who used 1t with par.
The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-01
1he counter4eIt southerner.

The Counterfeit southsrnsr. 4
OF course. there are many coun
feits. A most amusing imitation b
one that often passes for the t, al
southerner In New York. This 81 lei.
mou.hed beasgart infests the 4 lies
and demands attention by his Sing
the waiter for offending his icate
sense Of honor. 4 hate q nigry sub"
he loudly proclaims. which senti-
ment that one never hears those
to the manner born. He hns the
theaters and parades the let's. since
1t Is poor fun TO practise gentility
In private.
He wears a wide blac lat, mounts
the table and yells wheaf fer the band
plays southern MELODY Such pre-
tenuous caricature wo be harmless
enough, but for the 4 Guile he brings
upon the south. Uni tunately. popu-
lar authors seem to ept him at face