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The Washington times., 1911-08-24
QUIET Of NIGHT IN
COUNTRY GETS ON
BEATT|E'S NERVES
Prisoner Tosses All Night
On His Cot In the Ches-
terfeld Jail.
By JULIA MURDOCH.
Over Times Leased Wire From Ches-
terfield Court House.

terfield Court House.
CHESTERFIELD. COURT HOUSE,
Va. Aug. A.-"Never spent such a
night in my life. 1t was awful. There
wasn't even a trolley car to hear go
by"
With these words. Henry Clay Beat
tie. jr.. on trial for the murder of his
wife, greeted his first morning caller.
Standing at the little barred window,
which is scarcely larger hat the port
hole OF an Atlantic liner, the youth.
with confidence still unshaken. chatted
with his morning callers. a group of
newspaper correspondents, while he
chewed on a wooden toothpicE.
He had Just finished a huge pitcher of
black coffee, after having partaken
heartily of a heavy breakfast with eyi-
dent enjoyment. Bacon and eggs, a
slice Of broiled ham. some Virginia corn
poDe. and a luscious canteloupe made
I'D the menu Of his morning meal The
young mans family have arranged with
JatleN Cogbin for this service so long
as Henry shall be tho guest Of the tax
payers Of Chesterfield county. That
this will be for some time to come Is
the prophecy OF those who are watching
the case closely. 1t Is freely predicted
that September will be well under way
before this case reaches its conclusion.
After rising early, after a night OF in
cessant tossing on the narrow cot In the
little steel cell of Chesterfield Jail, the
unusual quiet Of the Virginia country
side got on the young mans nerves.
The night call Of the cricksts in the
adjacent fields irritated him
Perhaps there fitted through his mind
the shadow of the thought that It was
in this very field that for many years a
gallows stood.
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
BLOOD-STAINED CAR AT COURT
By JULIA MURDOCH.


somebody win have pay for that engine II tn
tred Henry sad referring TO the fact that had been
brought to the court house with the radiator empty
The "canerarras' rushed forward to snapshot the boy
the side OF but the crowd dense that their
attempts unsuccessful The automobile In which the
young woman's body brought back to her homo
feess. that fatal night Just fortyve min
after had left that belated honeymoon" ride
with husband is model Of three back
q black bodied upholstered in carecoored leather
carpeed color In front of the drivers seat
the floor is covered with corrugated Zinc
Stains covered with SIX weeks accumulation Of
dust. blood drpped from she womans
to death Beneath Of the loose
cushions the blood 10 caked and cracked like the
that baked too slowly 1t is black
and of the partition that
ates the two front seats.
County Detective FARRELL who has been in charge Of the
experienced considerable difficulty in finding custod-
Clerk Of the Court Philip " Cogb refused to assume
responsibility He insisted that Sheriff Gill should take
charge responsibility Of this duty taken
seriously by Sheriff Gill who Immediately placed Clarence
Carter in charge. Mr Carter s Chesterfield young man
a straw hat and blue neckte He sits In lone
in the VIII ich Is drawn in the shade OF
spreading caapa tree until 1t shall be needed as evidence
N the trial
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and entered an automobile IN which
Detective Sergeant Wren and Detective
George farrell were waiting.
The Jury looked more comfortable this
morning than the defendant. They had
spent the night in two-story ramb-
ling frame building, situated about three
hundred feet from the court house, and
used as a country hotel. They are quar-
tered in one room in the north wing,
and because the room is none too large
and there are not beds enough to 60
round, some of the Jurors have been
compelled to double up. Some of the
farmers, who 1t Is plain to see exerted
themselves to get a seat In the jury
box, undoubtedly did not take account
OF the discomforts which they would
suffer for two or more long, hot weeks.
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EDUcATIoNH
7. AGNES SCHOOL TOR GIRLS

episcopal Church.)
30I7 STREET, WASHINGTON, ID. c.
Telephone West 1856
d,exSu
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Spanish War Veteran
Buried At Arlington

Funeral services for William 8. Kess-
Ter. a veteran of the Spanish-American
war, and former newspaper Gorge
spondent In the Philippines, were held
from Schippert's undertaking chapel.
Twentieth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, this afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial was at Arlington.
Mr.. Kessley, who was forty-three
years old, was born and educated in
Washington. He was a clerk in the
Postoffice Department.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Kessled, and two children.
Mrs. Kessler and the children, who
were at Colonial Beach at the time of
his death, arrived last night.
The Washington times., 1911-08-24

kindly disposed people since the day Of
the tragedy.
The stump that has been spoken Of In
published accounts Of the tragedy so
many times since the night Of the mur.
der has been felled. It was old and dry.
rotted to sCch an extent that after
many hands had poked at It with sticks
and canes, and many feet had kicked at
1t, the old snag had fallen down, and
nothing remains Of 1t but little pile
Of chips.
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Lawyers Make Long Plea.

! 1t was not until Attorneys Smith and
Carter had made a long and determined
endeavor to allow Besttie to be re-
moved to Henrico jail and failed, that
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Pleads Guilty To Theft.

Leon Marks pleaded guilty of break
ing and entering the stable Of Edwin
Fuller, in the rear of 1924 X street
last Saturday, and stealing
two coats and a hat. He was held un-
der $500 bonds for the grand jury
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
LEGISLATURE AFTER SALOONS
Possession of Government License
Prims Facie Evidence of Liquor
Sales--For Home Rule.

jefferson City, Feb 3.-The senate
voted % TO s TO engrcss Senator
Busby's measure making the posses
sion of government license to sell
intoxicants prima facie evidence in
prosecutions that the holder of the
license is engaged in the sale OF
liquors.
Representative Gossett's bill to
make it a misdemeanor to talk about
the solyency OF asbank and unjustly
start run by saying the bank is in
danger when it is not, passed the
house.
The Democrats will offer plan for
giving ST. Louis, Kansas City and st.
Joseph home rule bills, which they
say will be fair to all and really do
what is intended for them, turn po-
lice, election and excise affairs over
10 the cities.
Bills passed by the house include
those permitting SEEMING in the Mis-
lissippi and Missouri rivers at Ger.
lain times
New bills provide for four branch
agricultural schools in the state and
require railroads TO incorporate I'M
der Missouri laws to exercise the
right of eminent domain.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
AN EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL
Kansas Legislature Asked to Pass
such a Measure to be Effective
in Two Years.

Topeka, Feb. s.-McCormick in tho
house and Porter in the senate intro.
duce bill creating a commission to
investigate and draft an employers
liability law The commission is to
consist of two members of the .3use,
two from the senate. the labor com
missioner, one mine operator and one
representative of Il railroad The
commission Is to make thorough in
vestigation and report a bill to the
next legislature.
The house passed the bill prohibit.
ing the exhibition OF indecent moving
pictures or pictures in which crimes
are enacted. This bill is intended to
stop the show put on by Emmett Dal-
ton, showing the Coffeyville bank
raid
The house committee on fish and
game has drafted an entirely new
ish and game bill and killed all the
pending measures.
Malone of Rawlns introduced a
bill prohibiting persons getting on or
off movingetrains.
The house has adopted a resolu.
ton stopping the introduction of all
bills at noon next Friday, except ap.
preparation and committee bills.
The house killed the joint resolu.
ton urging congress to provide q
higher tariff on bvoomcorn 10 protect
Kansas grawers.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

From some examination papers In :
Massaehusetts-we repeat, Massachu
setts-town:
"Capillarity is when milk rises nj
around the edge of the bottle AMI
shows good measure"
The settlers gave a Thanksgiyip,
dinner TO the Indians for their kind
ness and to the Lord for fair weather
They kept up their festivities TO,
three days. eating all the time. A
partS of sixty Indian warriors came
rolling their warhoops down the hill
Henry VIII. by his own efforts
increased the population of England
forty thousand
"Esau wrote fables and sold them
for potash"
The Lupercal was the wolf whe
nuckled Romeo and Juliet at Rome"
Lincoln has a high forehead which
Is sign Of many brains. EVERY
body's.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
SUE FOR A FORTUNE
HAvEmEYER ESTATE ASKED TO
ACCOUNT FOR TEN MIL.
LIONS.
WAS A GRATUITy TO PROMOTER
American Sugar Refining Company
Having Radical House Cleaning
J. n. Post Given the Stock--Turned
u Over to n. O. Havemeyer.

Trenton. N. j., Feb. 2.--The execu-
tors and trustees Of Henry o. Have
meyer and James II, Post were sued
In the chancery court 10 compel the
surrender of s10.000.000 OF common
stock OF the National Sugar Refining
company OF New Jersey, or payment
for the same at its face value with
interest from 1900, In case the stock
Is not paid for the suit seeks the re-
turn OF s2.5o0,oO0 paid In dividends
on the stock.
The plaintiffs are Nathaniel Tooker
and others, owners OF preferred stock
OF the National Sugar Refining com.
pany. II Is set out that in 1900
James II. Post purchased 10000
shares OF the National Sugar Refiin-
ing company. ie,eAo OF the Molien-
hauer Sugar Refining company and
500 OF the New York Sugar Refining
company, and turned these shares
over to the National Sugar Refining
company OF New Jersey. receiving
therefor sls,250.oo0 made up of &c.,
100000 Of Its common stock and S.
$4,000 preferred stock. II is alleged
that this preferred stock Post dis
tributed to the persons from whom he
bought the stock OF the absorbed com
panies. and that this represented the
full sslae Q. the stock acquired.
The $i0.Oo0.0Oo OF common stock.
II is charged was given to Post as a
gratulty, and 1t Is further charged
that in the transaction he was acting
as the agant OF uenry O. 4aveYnsvsr.
and Immediately upon obtaining the
certificates Of common stock signed
the same in blank and turned il over
TO Havemeyer The American Sugar
Refining company issued statement
in New York describing the suit as
another step in radical house clean.
ing by the new element in the com.
pany"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

The raiders OF this paper Will be pleased &c
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that nature has been able to cure In All
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Hairs catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known tc
inc medical afrsernity. Catarrh being con
sututional disease. requires r constitutional,
treatment Hairs Catarrrh Cure Is taken m
ternaiiy, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the sysfein. thereby sss-s.
uoymg the tnnndatfon OF the disease and
giNihathe patient strength b. building up the
Gems itutseH and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietors haN c so much faifh
~ us curative powers that they offer One
hundfed Dollars for any case it fails TO cure
send for list OF testimonials. ADDRESS:
Z. !. CHEN III a CO., Toledco,
sod ~ aiiDruEsists. TOO
fAke Hsu Ffmiis pills for constipation
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
An OKLAHOMA COUNTY
DEVASTATED BY FIRE
100000 Damage in Washington cour
ty, okla.-oil Waste on River
Burning for Two Miles-Many
Were Fighting Flames.

Bartlesviile, Ok, Feb. "a prairie
fire which has done over 100000
damages across Washington county,
The oil waste on the Caney river Is
burning for two miles. oil companies
have 200 men fighting the flames.
The fire started in the oil pools
near Young's lake, in the northern
part Of the state, and famed BY
northwest wind, swept derricks,
tanks and rigs before it. No loss OF
life has been reported. A number OF
of farmers living in the district were
compelled to build backfres, place
their belongings on the burned tracts,
and flee.
Ii was hoped the fire would be
checked when it reached Caney river,
but oil waste on the water carried the
fire across to the opposite bank. A
call was sent to Bartlesville for help
and automobiles carried men to fight
the flames. Persons living north of
Dewey were greatly alarmed by the
fire, but no serious damage is report
ed there. Among the oil companies
whose property was damaged are the
Prairie Oil and Gas company, the
Central Oil and Gas company and the
Caney Valley Oil company
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
: peedy Relief from Kidney
Trouble

" | had an acute attack of Bright's
disease with inflammation of thekidneys
and bladder, and dizziness. . says
Mrs. Cora Thorp, Jackson, Mich. "A
bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy over
come the attack, reduced the inaama-
ton, took away the pain and made the
bladder action normal. | wish every
one could know of this wonderful rem
edy." For sale by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
HASKELL LOSES IN LAW SUIT
Judgment Against Him for $4,000 and
$4,000 int.rest--Ex-Govern
Will Appeal Suit.

Guthrie, Ok, Feb. 2.--Judge Cotter
al. OF the United States circuit court
rendered Judgment in favor of Corne.
Illus S. Loder Of New York city
against ex-Gov. Haskell for $4,000
and interest since February, 1900,
and costs. The interest now amounts
to about $4,000 The principal rep
resents the amount still due from
Haskell to the Illinois Steel company
on loan made to Haskell in 1898 TO
promote the Lima & Northern rail
road in Ohio. 1t is understood Has
kell will appeal
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
II DREAN0UGHTS FOR ENGLAND
The Thunderer With Displacement
Of 1880 Tons and Heavily Ar
INQUIRED Has Been Launched.

London, Feb 2.--The Thunderer, the
seventeenth British Dreadnought ant
the fourth OF the super-dreadnough
type, has been launched. The arch
bishop of Canterbury conducted reli
glous services before the christening
The Thundersr has displacement
OF 22,6s0 tons and will be equipped
with turbines with total of twenty
seven thousand horsepower. A speed
OF twenty-one knots an hour is ex
pected The vessel carries ten 1876
inch guns and twenty-four finch guns
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
baSkache, Rheumatism, Sleepiess.
ness

Result from disordered kidneys.
Foley Kidney Pillshave helped Others,
they will help you. Mrs. ]. B. Miller
Syracuse, N. r.. says, ''For a long
time suffered with kidney trouble and
rheumatism. | lad severe haee ache
and felt all PLAYED out. After takiny
TWO bottles OF Foley Kidney Pills nv
oackache IS gone and where used To
ne awake with rheumatic pains / now
sleep IN comfort. Foley Kidney pills
dia ~ondsrtai things FOR me- Trv
Them now For SAFE by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

But never follows the use OF Foley's
Honey and Tar. which checks the
cough and expels the cold Nj. Stock
we'll, Hannibal, Mo-, says, ut beats
all the remedies | ever used. con-
tracted bad cold and cough and was
threatened with pneumonia. One bot
tie of Foley's Honey and Tar COM
pletely cured me. No opiates, just a
reliable household medicine. Forsale
by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

the last two years. I think from your
description of internal catarrh that
must have had that also. / suffered
very severely
Nothing ever relieved me like Pc
runa. IL keeps me from taking cold.
"With the exception OF some deaf
ness ! am feeling perfectly cured.
am forty-six years old.
Il feel that words are inadequate to
express my praise for Peruna."
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

Bartlesville, Ok, Feb 3.-The pral-
RE fire which started nine miles north
IF here, is now under control Twelve
~ derricks. an equal number of tanks,
bout two thousand barrels of oil, "a
sridge and several small houses were
destroyed. The total loss is about
s25, eco
A years drought made the flames
very difficult to check Fires are burn
ing in parts of the Usage reservation
west of Bartlesville and at places east,
but all are detached and threaten no
danger.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
lndorses FedsraI Road Law.

Washington. Feb 2-The proposed
federal law to secure cooperation be.
tween the state and the federal gov.
eminent In improving roads and high.
ways and authorizing the appoint
ment of a national commission or
highway Improvement, was strongly
Endorsed at hearing before the
house committee on agriculture.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
COLDS
BREED
CATARRH.


Mrs. c. S.
Sage RS er.
1871 Wood
land Ave.
X a n . a 3
CITY, Mo-,
writes:
Il feel Il
a duty to
YOU and to
others that
may be af-
nictcd like
myself. TO
speak ( O r
Peruna.
my trou@
b lie Il r 8 I
came after
la ST ippe
e l q h I or
nine years
ago. "A gath
erlng In my
head a n a
neuralgia I
su n e r Q d
most all the
I | m e. My
nose. ears
and e v q q
were badly
aHA~sAI -.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

Foley's Honey and Tar for all coughs
and colds, for Group. bronchitis
hoarseness and for racking lacrippe
coughs No opiatss. Refuse substl-
tutes. @sDss'-
Sold By 81 druggists
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
win curtalI southern rrln.

Washington, Feb. Sit was an.
nounced at the White house that the
president had Cancelled all engage.
ments for his Southern trip in March
except his visit to Atlanta. Ga
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

why, the team in this town loses
= game after game. The bunch on il
are as stupid as they make EN-. what
kind of a team is this nine?s
"Asinine."
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09

she-Do you think it possible for
man to love two women at onceY
He-Ah. darling. fifty at once If they
were all like you.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
IT'S EFFECT ON THE HEART.

''In what way is the heart affected from
kidney trouble9"
Sin all cases the heart is disturbed,
though in many instances the palpita-
ton does not become alarming until the
disease has advanced to a serious point.
A severe heart throbbing and nervous
trembling is noticeable, especially after
little bodily exercise; the victim fire.
quently imagines he has heart disease"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
HOW TO CURE IT.

what is the proper course of treat
ment for kidney disease?"
First, to get rid of uric acid and other
poisons in the system. This can be done
by stimulating the bladder and bowels
SO that they will act more freely. The
suffering kidneys must be strengthened,
the liver and stomach toned UP and the
digestion improved"
Prickly Ash Bitters is remedy that
answers these requirements completely
1t IS not only a system tonic and repu-
lator, but its healing and restorative in
fiuence will build up the weakened kid
neys and urge them to a better perform
ance of their duties. 1t gives strength
and tone to the liver, stomach and heart
and promotes harmony OF action through
out the body.
a. ". Burr, village blacksmith and respected
CITIZEN OF starks La, says: II was troubled with
kidney and liver disorder for IS years. was in
continual misery until began taking Prickir
Ash Bitters which has entirely cured me and I
am now strong. healthy aud hearty man. I
give 1t to my wife aud four children and they are
in the best of health, too. feel that PriekivAsh
sitters Is the best remedy on earth and that
everybody should keep a bottle at home"
Get the genuine with the figure
"S'' in red on front label.
Sold by druggists. Price sIOO.
jackson Drug & Furniture Company
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
| PHYSICIANS DIAGNOSIS OF
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
A Seemingly Common Disease
which Becomes Fatal through
Neglect and which May Be
Readily Cured by Prompt AT
tention.

More than two-thirds Cf the annual
ieath rate, physicians cl,im, is directly
raceable to kidney disorders.
Interested by this remarkable asser
ion and desiring to acquire better un-
ierstanding of the origin Of the disease
prominent physician was recently in
.erviewed as to the symptoms of such
troubles.
"To what do you attribute the grea1
1estructiveness of kidney disease?" was
asked.
"The hold which the disease gains in
he body before the victim becomes aware
ct his true condition, and the rapidity
with which it eats its way into the vital
organs"
"Would not the proverbial 'odnce of
prevention check the progress of the
disease?"
"There is no doubt of it. The trouble
is that victims of this disease mistake
the symptoms for some trifing ailment
III the stomach or bowels; therefore they
do nothing to arrest the course of the
disease until it is we'll advanced"
"What is the origin of kidneytrouble?"
almost invariably bad digestion, fol-
owed by torpid liver and constipated
habit"
"What are the symptoms1"
Headache, dizzy spells, sluggish
brain, restless nights, pale or sallow
skin, bad breath, lack of appetite, heart
burn, sour belching, backache or tender
ness over the kidneys, nervous weak.
ness, dark rings around the eyes, tired
feeling, too much or too little urine, and
sediment in urine"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-02-09
NEW YORK SHAKEN
DYNAMITE BOAT ExPLoDEs, DO
ING GREAT DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY.
MANY PERSONS ARE KILLED
City Rocked from End to End-oc.
cupants Of Sky scrapers Flee to
street--All Available Doctors Rush
70 Give Assistance.

New York. Feb 2.-An explosion
that made New York's giant skyscrap
ers tremble dizzily and shook the city
from end to end occurred at noon TO
day. Tenants in such structures az
the Singer building and the Metropolis
tan Life. alarmed by the swaying o.
their lofty Offices, rushed for the
streets. taxing the capacity Of eleva
aors and staIrways to the utmost.
So great was the panic that the po
lice reserves were called out and sta
toned In front OF the larger buildings
to quiet the crowds and assure the
alarmed ones that there was no dan
ger
Many Reports Of Damage.
1t was long before those In the bust
ness section of the city learned what
the explosion was. There were re
ports that the Standard oil plant had
blown up, that the powder supply OF
the forts In the harbor had beer
touched of and that the Jersey City
piers had been blown up. Finally II
MAS learned that dynamite boat IN
he harbor. the Catherine c.. had beer
destroyed, killing several persons and
injuring many more.
The Jersey City police asked this
New York police department to send
all the available medical assistance
possible to Jersey City. Commission
er Cropsey ordered all available police
surgeons TO render assistance.
Aside from the destruction OF the
Catherine G.. the explosion caused i'm
mense damage
The force OF the explosion blew the
glass from windows and doors in /
large number OF buildings from Corr
land street down the Battery. Shov
windows We're shattered and passcr
covered with broken glass.
The shock OF the explosion caused
fire alarms to be rung in from various
parts OF the downtown section and ap
paratus from all the nearby stations
was sent ycurrying around the distric;
in a vain search for the scene of thS
explosion. which was commonly re
ported at first to be on the lower END
OF Manhattan Island.
The Catherine c. belonged to the
McAllister towing line and was about
leaving Its pier, which adjoins the
passenger station OF the Central Rail
road of New Jersey, when the explo
sion occurred