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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

When the Office boy came back that
night he looked haggard. He SAID
that by telling the people he was the
only support of three widowed mothers
and eight brothers and sisters he had
sold the Friday tickets among the
tbrong at the track for a paltry dollar
apiece. He said he had intended TO
invest in one himself, but that in
lucky moment he had hunted out the
box and sat in it. He regretted 10
say that it was the very worst one
there for position and that after ne
had found he would have an unre-
stricted view of one post, corner OF
fence and blank wall he decided he
would not buy ticket.
What did you do with the Satur-
day tickets?" Warrington asked in
hollow voice.
The Office boy burst into tears i
II lost sem," he sobbed.
We'll, that's lucky. anyway" said
Warrington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
up to Date.

Il had nightmare last night"
You mean q night airship."
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
THE BEAR IS STILL GROWING
chinese Reply to Russia's ultimatun,
Not Fully Satisfaotory--situation
Is Only More Agsravatins.

Pekin. China, Mar. 29.-The Gin
nese reply to the Russian ultimatum
demanding acQuiescence not later
than today in the demands set forth
in the Russian note OF February Is,
has been delivered, according to an
nouncement by the foreign board.
II is a lengthy document explaining
and justifying the previous answers
Of China to the representations from
st Petersburg. and there is no doubt
that it makes further concessions.
The Russian legation believed that
the Chinese note would terminate the
incident regarding Russian consular
and commercial privileges in Mon
golia temporarily; but the Chinese.
having discovered that Russia is re-
luctant to move its troops, will rec
ommend soon, it is believed here. a
policy of obstruction toward Russians
in the interior. Accordingly, it is
believed that the whole issue will be
only aggravated by the latest ex-
changes.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
WAGON ROLLED
DOWN MOUNTAIN
7. c. Davis aud Thomas Witherspoon
Of Fort Smith. With Hunting Party,
Badly Hurt in Accident South.
west Of Cove.

special To The star.
Cove, March 27.-Two members OF
a hunting party from Fort Smith were
badly injured yesterday while on their
way to their hunting grounds by the
overturning of one of their wagons
which rolled down the mountainside.
The injured were:
/. G. Davis, president of the Reyn-
olds-Davis Grocery Company of Fort
Smith, leg broken.
Thomas Witherspoon, wholesale
coffee merchant. Fort Smith, hip dis
located.
The team was dragged from the road
and down the hill and was badly in
jured.
The hunting party arrived at Cove
on No. 3 Saturday and consisted of
eight persons, including. besides those
named, Judge John A. Rogers of the
Federal court. and five whose names
are not known here. They started as
soon as possible with three wagons
for Holly Bottoms, thirty-five miles
southwest of Cove. When about
twenty-eieht miles on their way the
accident occurred, the wagon over
turning on steep side hill and rolling
over several times before stopping
Judge Rogers was walking at the time
The injured men we're brought back
to Cove as quickly as possible and
were taken TO Fort Smith on the early
train this morning
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
SUGGESTIONS TO
THE BOYS ON
PLANTING CORN

AS some of the boys have not
yet received circulars from the de-
partment containing instructions for
growing corn, and as it is getting
near planting time ! offer the follow
ing extracts from demonstration
circulars:
Harrow thoroughly before plant
ing. Make your ground fine and
smooth as a garden bed
Mark off new rows A to 4 IL feet
wide The rows must be wide
enough for plenty Of room to cult
vate until corn is forming in the ear
Plant shallow, one to two inches
deep. Use plenty of seed to secure
a good stand and some to spare.
Ii Commercial fertilizer is used il
should be put in the row pretty
deep and thoroughly mixed with
the sail, then the furraw filled in
till the seed will be | inch above
fertilizer. Use fertilizer containing
a high per cent of nitrogen. Pure
cotton seed meal is an excellent
corn fertilizer and is cheaper plant
food than the mixed goods.
Don't be in a hurry to plant, there
is nothing gained by planting while
the ground is cold. Better do some
more narrowing and wait till the
ground is warm.
Hoping that every boy will make
a big yield on his acre | am yours
for better corn.
A. f. Wear.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
ROMIEE SURRENDERED
Claims he Shot Steve Etcheson and
Frank Miller In Self De-
fense.
Special % The slnr.

Special 10 The star
Cove, March 28 Further particu-
lars Of the fight in which Steve Etcbe-
son was killed. Friday night. at Bethel.
Ok, reached here today.
1t seems that in the. drunken row
which brought ON the shooting. Etche-
son and Frank Miller. the other party
who was shot sided together and gave
Newton Romine a beating Romine
got up and started on to the house
and when the other two persisted in
following him he drew his
gun and fired several times. hitting
Etcheson in the head land chest and
Miller on the arm and leg.
The three men lived in the same
house and Etcheson and Romine had
families.
Saturday morning Romine surren-
dered himself to the authorities. claim
ing that he shot i'm self defense.
The condition OF Etcheson body
would not permit of its being taken to
Vandervoort as had been planned so
ii was buried at Bethel.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
DEMONSTRATES THEIR uTILITN
Work of AeropIane Scouting That
More viii Be Used.

San Antonio, Tex, Mar. S.MaJ
George e. Squier of the signal corp
returned to the maneuver camp afte
a weeks horseback trip along the Ri,
Giande for the purpose of establishn
aeroplane scouting stations. He mad
10 selections, but it is believed that b.
stationing aeroplanes at FL Paso. De
Rio, Preside and Eagle Pass larg
territory could be observed. AS pres
ent plans stand detachments of tho
signal corps would be stationed witt
each aeroplane.
Recent successful flights along th,
Rio Grande and at San Antonio b..
Lieut.. Foulois have demonstrated tho
utility OF the aeroplane as scout Ons
sdditionsl Wright machine and two o.
tie Curtiss type have been ordered
shipped here. and Lieut.. Paul v. Beck
Lieut.. J. G. Walker and Lieut.. Georg,
Z. N. Kelley. ordered to report fol
duty in connection with the new plan
o. patrolling the border.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
STEEL CIRCLES FACE
TROUBLESOME TIMES
Rumor chases Rumor Through Wall
street--congress May Investigate
steel corpcration--Wickersheir's
Conduct May Be Looked Into.

New York. Mar. 29.-Wall street
had two rumors concerning the Unit
ed States Steel corporation which
caused considerable scurrying about
to find out what was going on.
The first was that the new house OF
representatives would adopt the Stan
lev resolution for an investigation OF
the giant corporation with view OF
ultimately instituting legal proceed
ings similar to those against the
Standard Oil company and the To
1acco trust.
The second was that Andrew Carne-
gie was giving aid TO the assault on
The big trust.
From source that leads into the
inner councils of the Carnegie inter
ests information was received that
both reports have foundation of fact
Neither Mr.. Carnegie nor Judge Gary
could be seen.
In connection with the investigation
there will be an attempt to institute
,apeachn-sn proceedings by the dem
0cratc house OF representatives, IL
sas said. against Attorney General
~. SERBIAN. for his failure to proceed
seslnst the trust on evidence furnish
d by two or three departments OF the
.u4csnment. 1t is alleged that the
mgxau OF corporations as Well as the
4afeas OF construction Of the navy de-
~f.s,.f,f has deyeloped a mass o. evil
arse Indicating that the steel corpo-
atom has been persistent violator
s. tse Interstate commerce act from
.1srslon. It is also alleged thai
ard Tie close OF the Roosevelt ad-
'asion the department OF Jus
.,fS. then headed by Charles Bona
gsfhered much corroborativc
cny in support Of the charge
thst the frust Is In constant contemps
& &c sheFlpss law,
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
More New People Coming !.

The Sunderman Realty Co., report
the sale of j. H. Long 80-acre farm two
miles west OF Msna to T.. B. Trickey
of Englewood. Colo. Mr.. Trickey is
here with his family and their house
hold goods are on the way. They ex-
pect to move on the farm in a few
days. The price paid for the place was
ST. 700. Mr.. Sun herman has also sold
the G. W. Harvey place one mile east
of Mena to Ben Baback. This is a
good 20-acre farm which recently sold
to a Mr. Phillips for 81 200 and resold
TO Mr.. Baback for 81 400.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
POLK COUNTY MAN
KILLED In Fight
Steve Etcheson Became involved In
Drunken Row With Associate at
Bethel. Ok. With Fatal Re-
suits Killer Escapes.

spccial to The star,
Cove. March q, Word just reached
here of the death ofz Steve Etchcsun
last Friday night at Bethel. Ok.
Etcheson and Newton Romine. an
ex-game warden. who have been liv-
ing in the same house at Bethel and
were known as friends. became in
volved in a drunken row, 1t is stated.
and about | O'Clock Friday night the
body of the former was found about
a hundred yards from the house, where
he evidently had fallen when shot.
The men, il is said, made a business
of peddline whisky.
The only information that was OBJ
tainable as to the trouble comes from
third man whose name was not
learned. but who was shot in the arm
and thigh at the same time, and as
serts that Romine did the shooting
and then left the country.
The dead man was born and raised
"cui iidetoH, iluo Couhty, duu Wdo
widely known. He was about SIS
years old and leaves wife and sever
al children. one Of whom is the wife of
John Garrett of Vandervoort.
Before going to Bethel Etcheson
lived at Watson, Ok. for a time, but
got into trouble there about six months
ago with Dave Vale, a Choctaw, and
after shooting at him lett
The remains viii be buried at the
Witherspoon cemetery at Vandervooi.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30

Mrs. Kate P. Craig. wife Of S. l..
Craig. died Tuesday morning about
O. o'clock. after a lingering illness with
cancer. She was SO years old and
leaves, besides her husband, -four
children who live in Mena. They are,
James M Craig, Milton Craig. Miss
Jenette Craig and Mrs. G. W. Lutes.
Her remains were taken for burial
to her former home in Kentucky.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30

Warrington. Mar 2S.--Magazines
and other bulky periodicals, after July
next. will be transported by the
postoffice department in carloads as
fast freight Postmaster General
Hitchcock is developing as rapidly as
possible plans which he decided upon
last December to utilize fast freight
In the transportation of magazines
when practicable. and in instances
where a saving to the government In
transportation charges may be effect
ed.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
A CARELESS CRIME |
INVESTIGATION OF CONDITIONS
AT HOLOCAUST SHOW GRIM,
iNAL NEGLECT.
MANY SIMILAR PLACES IN CITY
New York Authorities Win Endeavo
TO Change condtions--7oo Girl
Worked in One Room-Fire Starte +,
From Cigarette Authorities Declare

New York, Mar. 29--As pathetic a,
the scenes at the morgue ON sunda,
though in a different way-wer,
some ~of me revelations brought on
by Fire Marshal Beers in his publi,
inquiry into the causes of the Asci
building disaster
1t was shown that the poor girls /,
that panic rush to escape from tn,
hames found traps at every turn.
II seemed that the very arrange
ment of the workrooms was a tran
With seven hundred women iammec
back to back at their machines. wher
the panic started, the narrow aisles
became blocked with chairs and the
girls were in confusion before they
even started for the doors. Thei
there was the scarcity of exits. The
inward opening doors and the death
trap fire escapes
Started from Cigarette.
The fire, without any question
started from a cigarette or a match
thrown into pile of lawn clippings
light cotton sutton the Greene
street side of the building" said Mar
shal Beers There was no gasoline
about the place, so far as coule
learn, and the machinery power was
furnished by electric motors. But
can prove that cigarette smoking was
40 uncommon practice among the
aen employed in the factory. found
ne stains OF the cigarettes In places
there they had been laid down By
lie smokers
The fire started at 40 O'Clock
Samuel Bernstein the superintendent
81 the Triangle company, and boy
ited to put il out with buckets OF
ater eia fought il for only a minute
and half 1ne alarm was not turn.
ed in for five minutes.
while Bernstein was fighting the
fire. Edward Brown. the machinist
VAS trying to get the girls in line to
1sarcn TO the fire escape and to the
elevator doors But the poor things
IN most cases, understood Yiddish
and did not know what he was say
ing TO them
Girls in a Panic.
The girls had been sitting at sew
ing machines so close together that
their backs were almost touching
The stools upon which they sat hao
to be moved in order to get them into
line. As the girls were seized with
panic, they fell in heaps over these
stools and the whole screaming
struggling mass remained for a min.
ate in that tangled condition There
were $4,000 square feet of space on
this floor where 700 girls worked
Ii they had been marched to the film.
~ fire escape II would have taken
three hours for them all to descend tc
The street Imagine theater in this
town that seats 700 and that IT would
take three hours to empty.
The same condition that ives
found in this factory will be found in
all the other loft buildings in his city
that are rented for factories. The
renting of such buildings for factOrie
should be made a criminal ofen.'e
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
GIRLS SLAUGHTERED.
f4f PERSONS--MOSTLY GIRLS
MEET DEATH THROUGH
cARELEsSNESS.
ALL OVER IN THIRTY MINUTES
We're Employees of the Triangle Shirt
waist Company--Worked on the Tot
Floors of Ten-story Loft Building
Mo Outside Fire Escapes.

New York, Mar. 2S.-One hundred
and forty-one nineteenth.
of them girls from the East Side
shirtwaist makers-were crushed t
death on the pavements. smothered il
smoke or burned crisp in factory fire
il the wo~st disaster New York has
known since the steamship Genera
Slocum was burned to the waters
edge off North Brothers island in 1867
One hundred and forty-one bodie.
had been removed from the ruias a.
midnight. and seven of the forty in
jured had died in hospitals. This. il
is believed, completes the list of dead
most OF whom are unidentified. Grief
crazed relatives besieged the morgue
as the bodies were laid out.
Nearly all If not all. of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
company on the eighth. ninth and
tenth floors of ten-story lofl
building at % Washington place, on
the western fringe of the downtown
wholesale clothing. fur and millinery
district The partners OF the firm
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck escaped
unscathed from the Office on the tenth
floor, carrying with them over an ad
joining roof Blanck's TWO younl
daughters and a governess. There
Was not an outside fire escape on the
building
Bodies Fell TO Pavement
DrI. =;
Washington place 10 Washington
square at ten minutes to ) we're seal
tered by the whiz OF something rush
irg through the air before them: there
Was a horrible thud on the pavemen
and a body hattened on the hagstcne
Wayiarers on the opposite side OF til,
street shaded their eyes against The
setting sun and saw the windows
the three upper floors of the buildin
black with girls crowding to the sills
"Don't jump. don't jump." yelled tht
crowd but the girls had no alterna
i've. The pressure OF the maddenet
hundreds behind them and the urgln,
Or their own fears were too strong
They began to fall to the sidewalk
All over in 30 Minutes.
Four alarms were rung within hf
teen minutes. Before the engines
could respond, before the nets coult
be stretched or the ladders raised, five
girls had fallen from the eighth anc
ninth floors so heavily that they brok,
through the glass and iron roofs
tire sub-cellars and crashed througl
the very streets into the vaults below
In an hour the fire was out; in hal
M hour 1t had done its work prob
ably the death list was complete i,
twenn minutes.
The building stands on corner
vlth exposure on two sides, but the
only fire escape was. interior, openinl
on light and air shaft In all ther
were seven exits--the single fire es
cape, two freight elevators at the real
two passenger elevators in front ant
two stairways.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30

Sale of Timber. District No. 3. Alhuquer-
que n. NJ. March IL iyli Sealed bids
mark ed outside "Rid Timber Sale AppIica-
ton, August 81, iaio. Arkansas,r and ad.
dressed to the District Forester. Albua, er
que, New Mexico, Will be received up &, and
including the list day Of May. 1871 for all the
merchanfable dead timber standing or down.
and the livs timber marked for cutting hy
the Forest officer on designated area OF
about 1920 acres. located approximately M
Sections IL. 1s 80 81 - n. %. ~, 90 n. n. n.
81 w :. 5th p NJ. within the Arkansas Nation
al Forest. Ark ansaS. estimated to be 1000 900
n. B Nj. shortieaf pine: 100000 H. u IA. while
oak; and 10000 II. b. NJ. red and black oak
more or less No bid 81 less than s2.OD per
N Il B. NJ. for short leaf pine. 500 per II n.
@. Nj. for white oak. and l.50 per NJ It. r.. Nj.
for red and black oak VIII be considered and
deposit Of $4,000 must be sent to the First
National Bank Of Albuquerque, n. NJ for
each bid submitted to the District Forester.
Tim ber upon valid claims iszesemp pied from
sale. The right 10 reject any and all bsas T.
reserved. For further infoTmation and reesi-
iations governing sales address. Forest su-
peTviror, Arkansas National Forest. Hot
kprings. Ark ansAa ksfit II. f1arp Acting
pisfTyH TurvsfSf Nafvh = 1t
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
ARE SHOOTING STRIKEBREAKtRs
Queen and Crescent Railroad Losst
Thirty Firemen by shots Fired
From Ambuscade.

Lexington. KY, Mar. 27.-Thirty
men have been killed since the strike
of firemen on the Cincinnati. New o..
leans e. Texas Pacific railroad Tho
Queen and Crescent) was inaugurated
according to authentic information re
ceived here. The most Of these were
negroes working as strikebreakers
and the majority were Killed nea,
Somerset. KY. The railroad company
mas made great efforts, II is said. to
keep the real situation secret and
most OF the dead have been buried in
graves alongside the. tracks without
burial Eitsh
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
MORRIS WINS FROM
SHRECK In SIXTH
Twelve Thousand See White Mans
Hope Knock Out Cincinnati
Fighter victory Easy
for 0klstcman.

Sapulpa, Ok, March 3S.--Carl Nor
ris, the Oklahoma white man hope
climbed step nearer the champion
ship here this afternoon by kaockinl
out Mike Scercck Of Cincinnati. In the
sixth round Of scheduled i5-round
bout.
A hard right hook to Schreck's jaw
after the sixth round had gone one
minute and two seconds. ended the
battle. The Cincinnati man fell
heavily TO the canvas and was count
ed out by Referee Edward w.
Cochrane.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
HAS MOVED TO MEHA.
Charles A. Mcdonald Of Hot Springs
Will Make Home Here.

Harve Mcdonald. who has been
visiting at Hot Springs for the past
month. returned to Mena Tuesday.
He brought with him his son. Charles
A. Mcdonald and his family. whom
he has pursuaded to make their home
home here.
Mr. Mcdonald reports that during
his stay at Hot Springs he did good
business for the Business Mems Ac-
cident Association, for which he is
agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30

Mrs. Mary j. MuIlikin Of this city
has just received word from London.
England of the granting Of patent
on her invention. combined table,
chair and ice chest. in Great Britain.
This makes this invention patented
in the United States, Canada and
England.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
Chicago Men Buy Land Here.

T. B. Casey, through j. II. Mailer &
Co., has closed deal by which he
sold l17.t-2 acres OF land 7 miles
northwest of Mena to two Chicago
men. Forty acres went to G. f.
Simonds, who bought 100 acres adj
joining about year ago. and II 1-2
acres went 10 Frank d. Thomason.
Both men brought the property as an
investment.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30

Mr.. Roy Bales. carrier of rural roLte
No. z. reports the death OF little Eva,
the 8-months-old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Phillips, who live five
miles west of Mena. The baby girl
died Tuesday at 2 a. m. of pneu-
monia, after weeks illness. The
funeral was held that afternoon and
the remains buried in the Rocky
cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
Will Peters Breaks Arm

viii, the f4-year-old son OF T. S.
Peters. while delivering meat for
Lewis & Briggs Wednesday. fell and
broke both bones In bis right fore arm.
He had gone in at the gate at the
home OF W. A. Wilson. but on coming
out undertook a short cut over the
fence, with above result DR.. J. r.
Bogard reduced the fracture.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
Killed RESISTING Robbers.

omaha. Neb.. Mar. 2S.-Herman y.
cchn, a wealthy clothing merchant
was shot and killed within half block
Of his home in the best residence sec
tion OF the city by two thugs who at
tempted to rob him when he returned
dome following a theater party which
Be bad attended. He was in the act Of
resisting their demands when the two
thugs shot and killed him, and es
efp~a
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
CoMMIssIoNER.s SALE.


Notice Is hereby given, that In pursuance Of
the authority and direction contained In the
decretal order OF the Chancery Court of Polk
County, made and enter on the 27th day OF
March. 1911. in q certain caust. No. 7l3. then
pending therein between -. G. Clark, Plant
fff and II. X. Brooks and Lucetta Rainey
Brooks, Defendants, the undersigned as & M
missioner of said Court, Will offer lor sale at
public vendue. 10 the highest bidder at the
southeast door or entrance of the County
Court House, In which said court Is held. In
the County of Polk, within the hours pre-
scribed by law for judicial sales. on he NTH
day Of April, iaii the following described
real estate. fo-wit. Lots I. z, 3. 4 and In
Block q in the town Of Jansen, Polk coun-
ty Arkansas
Terms of Sale. on credit OF three months,
the purchaser being required TO execute a
bond as required BY law and the order and
decree of said court In said cause with APP
proved security, bearing interest al the rate
OF ten per cent per aunlin from date of sale
until paid. and lien being retained on the
premises sold TO secure the payment of the
purchase money.
Given under my hand this 2sth day OF
March, 1911.
IT. j. Green
Mch 80 st Commissioners Ia Chancery.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
Sent Dan on Postal Card.

Walter Boren of Eagleton was
Tuesday taken to Ft. Smith by
Deputy u. S. Marshal Holt. charged
with sending dun through the mails
on a postal card. He plead guilty
and was held under 5000 bond. which
he made.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-30
Imported Fine Jack.

The Hathaway Bros. of Waters
were in Mena Wednesday to receive q
standard bred Tennessee jack which
they purchased and had shipped
here. The jack is fine looking ami
NAL and will be taken TO the Hathaway
farm near Waters for breeding pur-
poses.