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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-22
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After an i-nsssusal0n lasfiaE
Throughout ne sumner snd fail. the
rue IDENTITY % Professor SPIN ths
trotubE marvel. Who started rs
sesson On ,l- . - Glaze and finished
sith a record ~ zIlL has been 80
tAbllshsd - that - The Illinois tr0t-
ter. Jack London ID myaLsr1usly
disappsnreG .n 1870 Nifh TIE clear
Ing ~ 81 fh. mysier rruluGlnS The
trOttinE marvel fhs creates ringlng
cAupaisn lu fls ris'Iry - fte Amer
can tuT' has been Glsarfhcd add the
men Nho cAmpa gr-d the so-called
green trotter n caught will not
only b. ruled % thr flrf bu' may b.
sent 30 "a penitenrary
Entered 90 fl@ g. trDt al Montreal.
p q. the chestnut geidinE made his
nrst app@araEre under the name OF
Professor GgiaH AFTER losing the
nrnt heat in tte slow time OF = ga.
he Game on and sou the nsEt three
heats on th. Dir Iu lbA. . lsi.
1f. The ease iu HllCh TIE so-Czlled
green horse turned HE trick a. once
aroused the Suspicion 81 yeferan
trainers Who ira al their experience
had never witnessed a green trot-
ter rac with the rarmarFs 90 an OLD
campaiEncr Then 'hs horse vas 90
the hands OF A r Richardson. o.
Pint. Mich Who had previously been
In trouble Nth racins aAEociauons
which Was FAR from r~eassIriuC
Horse Protested.
The trotter saF 30 once Protested
n the purse of 500 refused payment
by tho association Richardson then
left for Michigan and returned with
a number OF nnidaslts which asserted
hat Professor SplnK Whs sired by
the stallion. Mamber SpinN. a stand
ard bred u registered stallion. aud
out OF a mare called Lucy. by Gals.
donia Chief Richardson procured the
names OF the men whom he tated
bred the horse. and hi sdefeuse vas
30 strong that the association thought
that there was no longer any doubt
OF the horse being "a green trottcr
and they paid over the winnings
Peeier Patron.
Nevertheless. wherever the trotter
and Richardson went suspicion fol.
lowed them That was due 20 two
things-the remarkable speed o. the
trotter and the shady reputation of
tho owner aud driver some years
previous Richardson raced % green
~trotter. Peeier Patron. ga the slow
classes In New England Like Pro
lessor Spinx. ne had a world OF speed.
and before closing hts campaign won
a barrel OF money. This horse was
branded a ringer" but his true
Identity could never be established.
and the horse disappeared without the
harness world ever knowing who ne
was.
Coming 10 Wheeling.
From Montreal Spinx was shipped
70 Canton. where he finished third.
or course. no protest was made there
and Richardson determined 90 ship
him TO Wheelpg to start him AZ the
state fair he vas Informed b. a
Canadian horaoman. however that n
be entered here he would be protested.
Then on the heels OF Jennie w. a
PAGER who was campaigued the year
before by a friend % Richardson. be
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-22

iIoerty's forfeited three games.
Tonight Sameles~ ~ Wheeling. Pro
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-22
Not For You

You probably won't have another chance like this in wears
if ever! We are ~recklesSly letting the best clothes in the
land 20 for a mere song. Why in the world don't YOU
come and
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Totals 17f -fs 800 sss
wefne,i'y eight 300. Hiss--
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
STARTED FOREST FIRES
John Whitson Found Guilty and Alst
Punished for Failure to Appear
for Trial.

A sentence of one hour in Jail was
gwen Thursday by United States
Judge Rogers to John Whitson of near
Mena, Ark. because Whitson failed to
appear for trial to answer a charge Of
having caused fire in forest re-
serve after he had been released on
his own recognizance.
Last summer while travelling re-
servein Polk county Whitson cooked his
dinner in reserve. He failed to extin-
guished the fire and small quantity
of timber was destroyed. He was
held to the grand jury and recently
indicted.
An alias writ was recently issued
and he was brought to this city Mon
day BY d deputy United States mar
shell. The case was tried before The
court Thursday on an agreed state
menf Of facts and Whitson was held
guilty. He testified that he did noI
appear for trial because he did NO
possess enough money to pay his tx
penses here
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
STICKS TO POLK COUNTY
J. 0. Gates. a Prominent Hatfield Mer
chant, Decides Against Contem-
plated Ceange.

j. o. Gates. for a long time well
known and popular merchant of Hat
field, last fall concluded to close out
and 90 to some point in Texas. While
in Mena last Saturday. however, Mr..
Gates informed a representative OF
The Star that he had changed his
plans and was restocking his big store
TO continue business at his old stand,
if anything, on broader lines than be-
fore. he desired that the Star ex-
press his appreciation TO his old pa
irons and carry to them the word that
he would be ready at all times to
serve them as in the past. He also
says that many new people are locat-
ing near Hatfield and the prospects Of
that part of Polk county seem very
bright.
Mr.. Gates recently purchased of his
brother. j. w. Gates. the o. X. wagon
yard in Mena, which he has placed in
the hands of w. R. Rogers, an efficient
MANAGER
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
MORE FOR MENA CITIZEN.
General R. G. Shaver Chosen to Name
Steets in U. ". Camp Named
in His Homer.

General R. G. Shaver received Off
cial notice Saturday afternoon that he
had been selected. together with b. l.
Roberts, chairman of the encampmenl
committee. to name the streets of the
camp ground at Little Rock chosen
for the national encampment of the
United Confederate Veterans May is
IL and Is. This gives him chance tt
remember Mena that's not likely to be
overlooked.
AS General Shaver is commander o
the camp, which is named Camp Sha
yer in his honor, is to name the streets
of the camp ground and has beer
chosen to lead the big parade, ane
every day in the year has good words
to say for his chosen city and county
Mena surely has ample reason to b
proud Of its distinguished soldier
General Shaver will leave in the morn
ing for Little Rock.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
GRANDPA LEVI HILL DEAD.
Was One Of Polk county's Oldest Citizens
Buried Sunday.

Grandpa Levi Hill died last Friday
at the home of his son John. on Noun
tain Fork. at the age of II years.
Mr.. Hill was taken with pneumonia
a short time ago and his extreme age
and feebleness made his case serious
from the start. He was charter
member of Mt. Fork Lodge No. 40S,
F. & A. M, and was buried with Ma
sonic rites. M. P. Olney. d. M. Wat
kins, l. M. Davis and DR.. Z. II. Black
went out to Rocky, where the burial
occurred, in Mr.. Davis automobile,
and assisted in the ceremonies. A
funeral sermon was given by the Rev.
J. L. Redding and DR.. r. 7. Connally,
life long friend. made a touching adj
dress. The deceased leaves a son,
John Hill, and a daughter, Mrs. N.
w. Williams of Potter.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
ADVICE FOLLOWED FOR ONCE
Owner Of Bank on Which Burglars
Were at Work Said, "Let
Them Alone"

Lawrence. Kas., Feb. Three men
have blown open your bank at Lin
wood and arS robbing it. What shall
we do?"
That was the message that greeted
Willis X. Folks as he climbed out oil
bed to answer a madly ringing tele
phone. 1t was rather startling news
particularly as Mr. Folks had only
bought the bank about three weeks
ago, but the ex-secretary of the uni
versity here was calm.
Tell the citizens not to risk theil
lives to save my bank, he told the
excited resident of Linwood who haC
called up to tell him of the robbery
None CT the townspeople of Linwoot
had been risking their lives to save
Mr.. Folks bank, and they followed ou
his wishes and continued not to do so
The bank, which was the State Banl
OF Linwood, Kas., fourteen miles cas-
of here, was wrecked by three men
After destroying the safe the burg
lars took $1,000 in silver and $500 il
currency and left.
The robbers overlooked $3.50 in golf
which was in the safe.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09

Jefferson City, Feb. THE burst
ing of water main removed all
chance of saving any part OF the old
capitol building. For time the water
supply was remarkably good and
there seemed to be a chance to save
four of the most important Offices in
the building. Then the streams went
down. The main pipe was broken.
SO, as the morning progressed the
fire gained new start in the water
soaked rooms on both ends of the
building. In short time there was
a furnace again in the center of the
building Smoke was pouring out oil
rooms in the Office of the governor
and secretary of state that had seemed
safe last night. A strong wind from
the southwest carried the flames to
ward the river. Everybody could sec
that the building must be complete
wreck
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
Back to Arkansas.

Mrs. Will Benton, a cousin of Mrs.
G. F.. Crawford of this city arrived in
Mena Sunday from Wilburton, Ok,
where she has lived since leaving her
home near Black Springs several years
ago, she left Monday for Black Springs.
Mr.. Benton is coming overland with a
team. 1t is unnecessary to state that,
after a few years elsewhere, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benton are coming back to West
ern Arkansas with a strong resolution
to stay.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
C0NDlTl0NS ALARMING
BaciIIi Ineffective to Check
--physicians and Nurses
victims-Bodies Burned.

Manchuria, Feb. THE
ming phases of the plague at
; the rate at which physi.
nurses are succumbing to
se. Every precaution of pro.
exercised but the mortality
ose at work in the affected
ontfnne to increase. The
i'm the foreign importation of
proving ineffective and 1t is
,osed that a serum be made
lchurian bacilli.
athy Of the Chinese toward
lary disposition of the bodies
has given way to a terrible
he plague and in districts
,rmerly the stricken natives
lcealed from the authorities
now being pushed into the
, their fate. Many are freez-
isposal of the bodies of vic
tinucs. over 5000 victims
N either burned or buried
'eported that the plague has
| In Transbaikalia, in Eastern
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
New Bank Elects Directors S.

At the meeting of the stockholders
Of the Planters state bank. held Satur-
day afternoon. G. W. Petty, w. W,
Townsend. M. r. Olney, w. Z. Wat
kins and W. |. Mckinney were elected
as directors. As Mr.. Mckinney i
now out Of The city. at Conway. the
officers were not chosen. and viii not
be until his return.;n about ten days
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09

j. T. Sparkman, a brother-in-law OF
both j. G. and j. S. Wood of Egger
neighborhood. accompanied by Mrs.
Sparkman, were in Mena Monday on
the return trip to their home in Nc
Minnville, Tenn. after visit of a
month with relatives in Polk county.
They have. since leaving home, made
an extended tour. including trip to
California. They will receive The
Star for at least year.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
A CAPITOL BURNS
MISSOURI SuSTAlNS HEAVY Loss
BY FIRE AT JEFFERSON
CITY.
RECORDS OF GREAT VALUE LOST
The Building Was Erected in 1893,
With Additions in 1S87-State Lost
First Capitol in t837-Last Building
Worth a Million.

Jefferson City. Feb THE Mis-
souri, state capitol building burned
last night. 1t was struck by lightning
shortly before o'clock and the en-
tire building burned with many of the
valuable records including the house
OF representative journals of the pres.
ent session The senate records were
saved
The fire started in the cupalo OF the
dome and spread rapidly. 1t had
made such Roadway before the local
fire department got to it that it was
unable to throw water at that height
to stop the fire which soon spread to
the hall of the house OF representa-.
and falling inflammable material soon
caused the entire building to be in
ruins.
Convicts Fought the Fire.
In addition to the local fire depart
ment, the penitentiary department re-
sponded with 100 convicts but all eff
forts to save the building proved
fruitless. Gov. Hadley and the other
state officials and members of the
Legislature in the city rushed to the
scene and the governor took charge
OF the work of removing what records
could be moved. Convicts and citi
zens clerks and state officials. togeth
~ with a local military company
,hich the governor called our worked
aithfGlly and saved some of the rec
prds but many OF hose OF great value
ire lost unless the strong stone anc
cement floor preserves the basement
ind saves those stored there. This
sill not be known until the fire is out
To Scdslis for Help.
GOV ldadley telephoned to Sedalis
and the department of that city was
Don on the way here on a special
rain but the distance is Ga miles and
was late before it arrived
The state treasury contained over
90 zee which as in the safe in the
Ssult with the time lock on and this
vault considered fireproof wi. be
saved unless the weight OF falling ma
torial breaks it. The present state
building was erected in 1888 anu cost
S350,OO0 In 1887 the building was re
modelled at a cost of $250.U00. II Is
the second Missouri state building to
be destroyed by fire. The first build
ing. erected in 1885. burned in 1885,
Temporary headquarters will be pro
vided for the legislature and for state
officers. Gov Hadley stated that he
would advise the legislature to take
immediate steps for erecting a new
state house
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09

Edward E. Frye returned Monday
from Edeerton. o.. his old home. where
he went about week ago to attend
to business matters. He had intend.
ed to be gone about three weeks. but
found it very cold and eleven inches Of
snow on the ground, and the memory
Of the balmy air of Mena cut short bis
stay.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
Z IS RELIEVED
FORCED GARRISON NOW
e TO HOLD THE
CITY.
WAITED roo LONG
-orccs Reported rs MiIet
City Awaiting Re-Enforce
sm South-Navarro Hurry.
chihuahua.

Tex. Feb. 7.-0utgeneraled
forts to prevent the en-
.]uarez of Colonel Rabago
hundred federal troops from
the Mexican revolutionists
uaI Orozco are reported tc
ID to Salamayuca, twenty
iouth of Juarez, there to re
,ir supplies of ammunition
ait rB-enforcements.
fecto force of between five
inbred men under General
reported twenty-five miles
arez, where it had a sharp
it'll a band Of one hundred
be federals retiring in the
Oh overwhelming odds.
AFRO Hurrying North.
as expected to join Orozco
If Juarez and assault the
.pparently the revolutionist
been changed, for SO far
sign of an attack.
leantime General Navarro's
OF seven hundred men
been campaigning around
City. is reported making
rches overland to the relief
eaguered city. Should Ma
ICED IN getting into Juare7
forces. the insurrectos will
work cut out for them, fol
men are veterans, seasoned
campaigning. Indeed, Mexi
s are now confident that the
scted by six hundred sol
low safe from assault and
ampaign of the young revo
eader will soon end in his
4 the scattering of his fol
Best Opportunity Gone.
however, is prefaced on the
{ General Navarro will sue
aching the Rio Grande with
Had Orozco succeeded in
Il Rabago's re-enforcements
,uld have saved Juarez from
Of the revolutionists. But
roops In the city, Orozco and
n have before them six hun
armed regulars and Juarez
will. II is believed, fall only
dy fighting.
,reabouts of Orozco and 9th
eaders and commands is
he FEDERAL officials. Mem
le insurrecto junta declare
ran out of food and water
b Withdraw, but will attack
hat Orozco will be re-enforc
en- from Ojinaga, east OF
Others from the vicinity Of
nd Casas Grandes, to the
tn the fear of an immediate
sipated, tension in Juare7
relaxed and business houses
ain this morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
Inned Down by Engine.

UH<u UuWIl UT GHyIHc'
Ok. Feb. Running thirty
es an hour, the engine of a
g. San Francisco train, east
rom Sapulpa to Monet, turn
at Taneha. seven miles south
here. Engineer Collendal
right beneath the engine and
1ned there two hours. He IL
to be dying. His home is ii
Mo. A spreading rail prob
used the wre,fk.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
FORAN GAP ROAD
MUCH IMPROVED
Road Commissioner Davis Makes Re-
port on Progress Of Work
Valuable to Mena Business
List Of Those Who Aided.

B. C. Davis, county road commits
sioner. reports that three of the four
miles of the Foran Gap road which he
recently undertook to improve, prac-
tically has been completed, and he
soon will finish the grading on the
fourth mile, when all will be treated
to dressing down with King drags.
He wishes The Star to particularly
thank the Mena business men who
saw the benefit of this improvement,
and financially aided the work.
The work done is close to the Scott
county line and will it is thought, en-
able many to trade in Mena who 9th
erwise would be forced to 80 to other
points. In addition to labor given
free by people in the district adjoin-
ing the road, the following gave the
amounts indicated:
FIRST National Bank. .....$ l0.0C
Farmers and Merchants Bank 1000
Lochridge Fry Goods Co. ....H.....5.0t
Patton & Co. Furniture Hdw. 81 t
Jackson Drug and Furniture Co. .5.0t
rhackcr Dry Goods Co. 500
WV. Townsend ............. 500
| G. w. Petty ................ 5.0s
| W atkins Hardware Co. ..........5 .0t
Roach Wholesale Grocery Co. u. $50
Moseley & Sons. .........-.....2.5l
| W. w. Rowton 2. 81
John Arthur. ..... .....-......l.0'
| Total .............. 366. On
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
THIRTY INDICTED
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Bench Warrants Charging Perjury Are
Issued Against Leading Citizens in
Connection With Primary
Of 1910.
From The Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Pine Bluff, Feb. A. John H. DELI
mon, Jack Kerwin, brother Of former
county Judge +. ]. Kerwin, and pres
ent representative in the legislature
from this county: William Miller. for
mer deputy sheriff; DR.. ). D. Wilson,
a specialist, and G. II. Herrick an
employee of the Cotton Belt here. were
arrested today by Sheriff Edgar Brew
ster on bench warrants charging per-
jury in connection with alleged cleo
ton frauds. The alleged frauds are
said to have been committed on March
80, 1910, in the First ward. where they
served as judges and clerks.
1t is stated that about 80 indict-
ments. each containing nearly 100
different counts and charging various
Irregularities in handling the ballots,
were returned against each of the de-
PENDANTS by the Grand Jury. All of
them made bond and were released.
Following the return of the true bills,
Judge A. B. Grace issued an order di-
recting Circuit Clerk G. E. Lyle to is
sue only one bench warrant for each
defendant endorsing a $500 bail for
each. This order. Judge Grace states,
was made to save the useless expense
of issuing and serving multiplicity
of warrants.
Urges Arrests.
District Attorney Nixon, whose
election as prosecuting attorney re-
suited in face of alleged irregularities
and who personally conducted the in
vestigation and brought evidence be-
fore the Grand Jury that ended in in
dictments being returned against the
election officials, went to Judge Grace
when he learned of the order and urged
him to direct the clerk to issue process
in all cases where the Grand Jury had
returned indictments and especially in
all cases growing out OF the alleged
First ward elections frauds In a
statement tonight Mr.. Nixon said that
the law required the judge of the
court to direct the clerk to issue
process in all cases where indictments
were returned by the Grand Jury. I'M
less the party charged was in Jail or
on bail. and he said he could see no
reason why the indictments in the
cases referred to in Judge Grace's or
der should be withheld from the public.
Judge Grace would not yield and man
damus proceedings in the Supreme
Court may result.
The perjury Indictment charges that
the judges and clerks were asked i
additional tickets had not been given
them at the polls and if changes were
not made and the ballots destroyed OIL
some substituted for the ones cast by
certain electors. The charge is also
made that 100 ballots had been given
to the election officials in the First
ward
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09

L c. Acruman made business trip
te Cove last week.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-02-09
Loses Finger at Box Factory.

James Nix. employed at the Mena
Box factory. Monday afternoon lost a
finger while working at a saw.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-01-26

In Of the speculation John Tailor
will be brewing In
that this
uon as to identity and business methods.
1t is just little
st out the trade possibilities the
branches tailoring
in West
My first venture Manchester
bitter cold first day of March,
patns and today doing
Encouraged by phenomenaly
tend On Sept LIST Of the
dence and of
Opening there had the setting
days" business that do think
trade of the in
started a
This morning presenting before
ness here You have to Judge find
am asking myself "W history splendid
have made in other cities
hogan? The remains with mill Of
feel that will he judges
Is stock Of woons Yoar
not truthful You will know whether giving
for Upon judgment
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

oKeeffe has been arrested and
fined as well as others and the bat
tie will go steadily forward It was
shown how II had been boastod that
more liquor was sold here than ever
before, how the Burkes. O'Keeffes.
and other bootleggers were getting
rich. But when the Burkes were
fined S1,7O0 it was found that they
had but little over $400 In banl,
although 1t had been advertised by
wet spouters that they had $1,000.
However. many of the bootlcggers
caught had no money to pay their
fines and were sent to the worllhouse.
An important argument was ad-
vanced by calling attention to the
boys and girls present and imprcssing
the consideration that it is these chif-
dren which the saloonists want for
their patrons and whose lives would
be blighted by their return. a lawyer
who has been Working for the return
Of these saloons said with a brutality
characteristic or a iiend to mother
solic.tous about her boy; "Oh IL the
saloons are voted back Wen get your
boy Was there ever before exhibit
ed such a satanic spirit?
Other points We're presented and
this was one OF the ablest presenta-
tions fthe practical facts Of the
campaign so far heard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27
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