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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21
announcements
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
Direct to Havana

Via Illinois Genital R. R. to New Orleans and
the weekly outhern Pacific S. S. Louisiana"
to Havana. Leave Chicago and Cincinnati
Friday morning, leave ST. Louis and Louisville
Fridoy noon, arrive New Orleans Saturday TO- 90
Q: M, leave Saturday 200 p. m, arriving at
Havana Monyay morning Round-trip and
oneway through tickets at unusually low rates
Free Illinois Central r. r. Illustrated Folder
on Gu ba giving all particulars on application
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

Miss Annie Henry visited Mrs. J.
A. Spann, at Pelahatchie, this week.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

I, w. H Barnes, cashier of Brandon Bank, of
Brandon, Miss do hereby certify that the fore
going is a true full and exact statement of the
assets and liabilities of said bank on the day
and date named therein, as shown by the books
of same NV. III. BARNES, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, chan
Gerry clerk in and for the county of Rankin,
Mississippi, this the. 18th day OF April 1904.
SOL DOBSON,
Chancery Clerk.
Examined and found correct.
T. M. HENRY, Auditor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15
THE DEERE CORN and BEAN PLANTER

Has proven itself one of the most profitable
implements farmer could buy. 1t is equally
as accurate in planting beans or corn at the
desired distance apart. For simplicity, con-
venlence OF handling, the Deere No. Planter
is in a class by itself.
80 many Deere Hay Leaders were in
use last year by Shiawassee county farmers to
load their hay and BEANS and gave such uni
versal satisfaction, that we merely refer YOU
to those who have used them. We are already
urged by the manufacturers to place our order
for several carloads of these machines. So
great is the popularity that they have never
yet been able to build machines to supply the
demand. 1t is both swath and wndrow loader
going from to the other without change
1t is high and has double cylinder the rear
cylinder being flexible, and adjusting itself to
an uneven surface.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15
WITH one exception, for

WITH one exception, for
" 1904 we had the choice
of all the Harvesting Ma
chimes built in America.
In many instances, very
fattering offers were made
us to drop the McCor-
mick and take the agency
of something else. How
ever, at no time did we
seriously consider making
a change.
We feel that we are
honor bound for the pro-
lection of our Mccormick
customers, to continue
their sale. In our judgment
no one offered us a better,
or as good a machine as
the Mccormick. Until we
are offered a better machine
you may depend upon it we
will sell the Mccormick.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15

NO one ever did buy, ever will buy
Cheap John" Buggy or Carriage from
our store We sell Buggies manufactured bv
firms who will not put out inferior work under
any circumstances. Our prices for the grade
of work we sell the very lowest Our
stock is complete.-Surries, Phaetons with
rubber or steel tires.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15

u OR several years we have sold the Syra-
cuse PIOw and Spring Tooth Har-
row with the following guarantee:
''Take and try Syracuse Plow or Harrow
and if it does not give you better satisfaction
than any other pillow or harrow, return it and
your payment will be refunded if any has been
made"
Hundreds of farmers have availed them
selves of the opportunity OF giving them the
test, until it is generally conceded among
farmers that the Syracuse is the Pillow and
the Harrow.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15
Kokomo Poultry Fence i'm Stock.
In 1903 we fulfilled our promise to

In 1903 we fulfilled our promise to
beet growers that we would furnish
them with the most up to-date, rela-
bic Beet Tools manufactured. We
were as sure of doing this when we
announced to the public that we had
secured after much investigation the
right lines ofogoods, as we are now
after closing the wears business. We
obtained our information from the
right source. The thought of specu
lation or getting something cheap
was not considered by us in deter
mining what lines to represent We
went directly to the beet growers
who had had experience and profted
by their mistakes, and gave our
farmers the benefit 1904 will find us
with IA stock of strictly up.to- date
goods.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-15
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 1S-The cotton mar
ket opened weak at decline OF 26 to "a
points on the old and of to points on
the new crop months. under active bear
pressure and liquidation. promoted by
easier cables than expected and rather bet
ter weather over Sunday than had been an
ticipated. Selling was also encouraged to
some extent, perhaps, by the outlook for
rather larger receipts.
Shortly after the opening there was a
rally of a few points covering, but all
most at once another aggressive drive by
the bears and a bearish interview predict
ing decline of full cent pound, cred
tied 10 one OF the heaviest early sellers, a
spot house with New England Connections
again eased the market off, and, the esti-
mates for to-mOrrowS receipts at leading
points being heavier, the general ruling
was weak right up to the middle of the
afternoon.
BY that time May had depressed to 1850.
July to 1890, and October to IL. 60c a net
decline of about &c on the near months
while the late positions were net 20 TO a
points lower. AT this level liquidation gave
wavy to covering, and, while the bear ele-
ment was evidently trying to break July
through to 1850 with the idea, possibly
of catching more stop orders at that figure
the tone during the balance Of the session
rather steadier. with the close show
ing recovery of about TO 10 points on
the nearby positions. The final tone was
steady. net 10 TO IL points lower Sales
were estimated at 1906 bales.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
Deaths.

Margaret Miller. -142s South East street.
days. hamilton
James A. Clements 1lO5 West New York street,
twenty-nine years. cerebral hemorrhage.
Carl Joseph Hermann. 80 Prospect street. nine
Walter Bradbury. City Hospital. forty-eight
years tubercular enteritis.
Martha Jane Boyers. 2S31 Talbot avenue, sew
enty-five years. absceSS OF liver.
Jesse Bryant. Churchman avenue years.
verI Carl wickiin. 80 Virginia avenue. seven
Nellie T. Umversan SIC West Twenty-seventh
street. sixteen months complications following
measles.
Susan Gerhard. 60sik Sutherland avenue. sixty
nine years heart failure.
Helen Buchanan. 3l35 North New Jersey street.
three years. inanition.
Thomas Augustin Heard. 1907 Alvord street.
thirty-seven years laryngitis-
Ruby Ent, 1872 North Dearborn street, twenty
years. peritonitis
Elizabeth Redding Sc East Sixteenth street
eighty-two years heart failure.
Thomas Casserly, So West Pearl street, eighty
Charles whitaker. $50 West Ohio street. thirty
nine years. heart failure.
Mary Schneider. sol Morrison avenue, sixty
eight years. peritonitis.
Reynold Roesener. German Orphans Home If
teen years typhoid fever.
years uraemia
Nellie Phillips. 1916 West Thirty-first street.
twenty nine years. acute tuberculosis
Edna {. Mann. 425 West McCarty street. two
months, commissions
Eva Bottema, Southwestern and English ave.
nues, seven months. pneumonia.
William z. Allen 2s5 Downey avenue thirty
three years tuberculosis.
Andrew Lee. City Hospital, sixty-rine years
Andrew Lee. City Hospital. sixty-nne years.
heart failure
John Mert o'COnnen. les McKim avenue. thir-
Harriet Lshey, a3 East South street. forty
eight years. conclusion Of brain from fall.
Jessie Wicher. City Hospital twenty-three
years pneumonia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
Pere Marquette a Trunk Line.

The contract between the Michigan Cen
trail and the Canada Southern with the
Pere Marquette, under which the latter
obtained trackage over the lines of the
former from st. Thomas to Niagara, in
cludes the use of the cantilever bridge and
track from Wellking to the International
bridge at Buffalo, has been approved by
the Canadian government, and the Pere
Marquette has also closed a contract with
the New York Central under which it Sc
cures, beside a terminal yard of it's own.
the use of the latter's terminal facilities
at Niagara Falls, trackage into Buffalo
ana the use of the New York Central pas
senger station at Buffalo, thus completing
the Pere Marquettes line between Chicago
and Buffalo and placing il permanently in
the family OF trunk lines. An official of the
company states that while the relations
OF the Pere Marquette with the Wander
Dit interests are expected to be friendly,
IL is entirely free to interchange its bust
ness at Buffalo and intermediate points
with all its connections, consequently this
road Will become a growing factor in
dealing with the trunk-line situation. In
anticipation of the opening of its through
line the Pere Marquette has added 5000
freight cars to its equipment, and is now
receiving the last of eighty new model
locomotives. The company has added two
steel ferries to its Lake Michigan fleet and
Is just putting in condition a new steel
car ferry for service in the river at De-
trOit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
DECLINE OF PROFANITY.
Gentle Slang Has SuppIanted Cuss
Words of Old.
Savannah News.

Savannah News.
Many purists bewaiI the prevalence of
slang in the spoken language of the period
Has it never occurred to them that in the
vast majority OF instances slang is rela-
lively soft and harmless, that it is seldom
profane, and that what common speech
has suffered from intersections of slang
and cant phrases has been more than
counteracted by the disuse OF hard old
Anglo-Saxon swear words? Thus the Ian
guage is really the gamer, and usage is
making much of the slang good English.
Take any good dictionary lately from the
press and it will be found to contain liter
ally hundreds of words that were consid-
cred slang and not TO be spoken in polite
conversation dozen, or twenty-five or
fifty years ago. Likewise, take any stand
ard novel Of three, four or five generations
ago, which reflects the customs and people
of its period. and it will be found that some
OF the leading characters in IL were given
TO politely damnlng various parts of them
selves and about everything else the
slightest provocation, in any company
whatsoever.
In the DAYS of Sheridan il was consid-
cred good form for the gallant gentleman
10 consign himself to perdition, piecemeal
or as a whole. while paying tribute TO the
charms of the ladies with whom he was
conversing. The rotund and benevolent
Mr.. Pickwick himself was not averse to
using a judicous oath while in the most
charming society. Thackeray, in person
and in his novels, let drop swear words
occasionally that would not now be toll
Grated in a gentlemans parlor. There
was a famous and brilliant lawyer Of
Charleston, who fiourished not long before
the outbreak of the civil war, who swore
plausibly, artistically and easily i'm polite
company and told risque stories in the most
select circles; and he was accounted among
the most delightful company to be found
within the broad expanse of the country
In the good old days of long ago il was
regarded as a gentlemans privilege TO
swear, and If his oaths were nicely chosen
no offense felt. 1t is not so now Not
that profanity is obsolete, but it is pretty
nearly so in polite society. 1t is principally
INDUCED in by uncultured persons, or by
the tipsy. Occasionally the gentleman may
let slip oath, under provocation, but in
such instances he is careful to note that
there Is no woman within earshot. The
ID" at the dinner table or in the drawing
room is unknown in these modern and bet
ter days. Men have a higher and finer re-
spect for women, for themselves and for
the language than in former times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
Will PUSH TO THE COAST
ROCK ISLAND COr'PANY CAN NOW
CARRY OUT ITS PROGRAMME.
Pere Marquette a FulI-FIedged Trunk
Line-W. II. Vanderbilt, Jr., in
the City Yesterday.

1t Is stated that the Moore Eros. and
w. b. Leeds, having succeeded IL settling
all their difficulties with the minority
stockholders of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific. are now in shape to push on TO
the Pacific coast. The settlement with the
minority includes the stock held by the
c. H Venner Company, who had been a
bitter opponent of every move made by the
owners of the property since they pur-
chased it. In connection with the settle
ment 1t is stated by those who ought to
know that the Moores will carry out their
original intention Of securing a transcon-
tinental line by extending the Rock Island
to the Pacific coast, and the project will
be undertaken as soon as financial condi-
tions are more favorable. Many are of
opinion that the Rock Island has been
back of the A1offatt road from the start.
ana that the Rock Island will secure the
San Pedro-Los Angeles line from Senator
Clark, also Moffatt's Denver & Pacific.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
Building Permits.

Maggie Browning. barn. 2liO North Meridian
street. 81. 10
Alice Tomlinson. shed. 45 Laura street SIS
Samuel WEIGH, addition and stable, $50 Eddy
street. $50
Dynes Lumber Company. shed. 100 East Mary
land street $500.
Mrs. Hansen. addition. 1431 Spann avenue 5000
Daniel Burton, repairs. $40 West New York
street. $500
Eva Tinsley. barn. Park avenue near Twenty
fourth street. 500
s p. Engle, frame dwelling, near Twenty fifth
street. $500.
Thomas McNamee. repairs. West and Tenth
streets. 500.
j. A. Reed cottage. Newland avenue. near
Bevie. 81 200.
c. Hodges. addition. 1917 Lambert street sss
w. p. Henderson, addition, 1913 Linden street
SIS
Jessie Aldred. cottage Holmes avenue. near
New York street. 81 900.
W. +. Smith two frame dwellings keystone
avenue and New York street 81 500
Louis Brooks. addition. SCI Darnell street s5n
a 4. Wittenberg. addition 1913 Linden street.
Slo0. 1850
500. "'e"ue'
Carl Schmld addition to dwelling, Ketcham
street. near Walnut street. $50.
Nancy NJ. Montgomery two-story frame du.r
ing Northwestern avenue and Conrrex~ stree,
s.. 600. e''
Major Davis: porch and addition, l6os Martini
dale avenue. $3.50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
SUIT AGAINST, WHISKY TRUST.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-The action
brought by certain stockholders of the
American Spirits Manufacturing Company,
known as the whisky trust to compel an
accounting for the profits of that concern
came to trial to-day before Justice Davis,
in the Supreme Court
Over $135. 600 of authorized capital is
represented by the main defendant and it's
allied and subsidiary companies. The pant-
ifs and Frederick CT. Reeves. of New Jer-
sey, invested 100000 in the concern at the
time of the formation of the original COM
pany, in August 1895.
The plaintiffs ask for an accounting for
the return OF property and assets alleged
10 have been wrongfully diverted. for an
explanation by the directors concerning
their management of the concern, and to
set aside the transfers of more than a doz-
en- of the largest whisky plants in the coun-
try. 1t is alleged that distilleries with plants
worth several hundred thousand dollars
were transferred to the trust for a consid-
Grafton of 50.
The case now on trial has been long pend-
ing. Demurrers, amended bills. answers and
supplementary answers have been inter-
posed from time 10 time, so that the real
points at issue have never yet been passed
upon and the main question TO be decided
now comes before the court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
U. s. STEEL COMPANY
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Management Voted Down-Judge
Gary Urges Publicity Policy.

NEW YORK, April ia resolution was
offered in the annual meeting of the United
States Steel Corporation at Hoboken to-
day calling for the appointment of COM
mittee of stockholders to investigate the
present management. He said he did not
charge Misrepresentation of funds. but as
serted that il was a fact that over 5000,
600 has been paid in commissions through
bona conversion for less than $1,000 900.
He wanted TO have the stockholders find
out just what measure was necessary un-
der such circumstances.
Judge Gary announced that proxies
would be voted against the resolution, but
Mr.. Alice insisted on a stock vote and
this matter was therefore voted simultan-
eously with the other matters for which
the meeting was called.
There were 2,234 shares voted in favor of
the Alice resolution for an investigation
and 4,759.617 shares were cast against it.
The Stetson resolution ratifying the action
of the board of directors during the mast
year was carried.
The routine of the years business was
approved by the stockholders, as also were
the changes and amendments to bylaws.
These include the action of the board in
abolishing the executive committee and in
naming Judge Gary TO act as chairman
or the board OF directors.
Mr.. Alice made motion that all persons
not stockholders who could not give the
chairman of the meeting good grounds
for their presence should be excluded
Judge Gary urged that the motion be not
pushed, as the corporation courted pub
Ecity and was glad TO have it's meetings
largely attended. Mr.. Alice insisted, how
ever, that the motion be put to a vote,
which was done, and the motion was lost.
John Reynolds asked if the amendment
to the bylaws was not intended to get rid
of a provision in the original bylaws which
certified that surplus earnings over the
preferred dividends should be paid out as
dividends on the common stock. Judge
Gary said that there never was any such
provision in the bylaws.
Mr. Stetson proposed the full list of re-
firing directors for reelection as follows
J. Pierpont Morgan. Henry II. Rogers,
Ebert II. Gary, George w. Perkins
Charles Nj. Schwab, Henry Phipps, Ed
murd S. Converse and James Gayley. They
were reelected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
-Renresentative Sales

Cattle-The receipts of cattle to-day, al
though probably an average for this time
In the week. were by no means liberal, and
ordinarily would probably not have af-
fected the market TO any quotable extent.
The developments here, however, were in
nuenced by reports from other places.
There was not enough competition 10 create
an active market, and, of course, il was
more or less difficult to consummate sales.
statesmen were little reluctant in accept
Ing the decline. but finally a satisfactory
clearance of the fat stock made at
with those prevailing for equal kinds at the
close of last week. While a number of
sales, no doubt, were 15c lower, the market
generally was quoted fully loo lower. There
was not a complete variety of steers and
the market could not be tested for all
kinds, but there is no reason to doubt that
the same results would have prevailed.
Occasionally fancy cows appeared to be
about steady, but otherwise the market
showed the same change as for other
grades, and sales of heifers, no doubt, rep
resented all of the weakness of the market.
The bull market. was also weaker, but
calves sold usually about sc higher. AS
usual at the beginning OF the week, there
was very little request for feeding stock,
and hardly enough business was transact
values. Sales OF steers included 1230 to
1.32S-lb cattle at A.4044S0, with lighter
butcher grades as low 81, and feeders
high as A15 Faifers sold from $685. TO
siS5 cows from $225 to S425 bulls from
IS to $3.50, and calves from $3.50 to Sc. Quo
tations:
Steers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
HEARING OF HARTMAN
SUIT is UNDER WAY

NEW YORK, April 1S.-The hearing in
the suit against the Northern Securities
Company, asking a restraining order
against the announced methods of distri-
button of that company's holdings of Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
stock was begun in Jersey City this morn
ing. Z. T. Nichols, secretary and treasurer
of the Northern Securities Company. filed
an affidavit very similar TO the affidavit
filed in the Minnesota suit. the only new
thing being a statement that the Conf
mental Securities Company became a stock
holder OF record of 500 shares on March 2S
six DAYS after the distribution of stock had
been decided upon.
Counsel Thompson. for the petitioner.
argued In support of the requested iniunc-
ton and former Attorney General John w
Griggs replied on behalf of the Northern
Securities Company. The arguments were
continued this afternoon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
The Joke Turned.
New York Tribune.

The travelling men of Maine are noted
for the jokes they are always springing on
the public, but last week one of them got
into trouble in an unexpected way. His
parents celebrated their golden wedding
and the drummer had long planned to
spend the day with them. But when the
day arrived. he found that he was too
far from his old home to get back to il.
so he sent a telegram to his father He
thought that il was a good time TO get off
a joke on the old man, so he merely sent
the message, rs marriage a failure?' He
was somewhat taken aback when he got
the reply. Marriage is not, but the re-
suits sometimes are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19

Kansas City Journal.


A remarkable story can be verified by a
well-known ocuist in Kansas City. In one
of the counties of western Kansas is a cat
tleman who has grown wealthy. His wife
a charming woman of some forty years,
recently began to have severe headaches.
A local physician decided that the trouble
with her eyes. The family could not
believe it, as she had very keen sight from
both far and near. However the husband
took her to an oculist in Kansas City for ex-
pert examination. In the course of the ex-
animation the professional man held I'D
a candle and asked her what she saw Il
see the two lights" she answered calmly
'Twor exclaimed the surprised husband
Have you always seen two of me-when
you looked at me?" why, certainly dear"
was her answer, don't you always see
two of me?'
And then came the revelation that this
educated. intelligent woman had never
known in all her forty years of life that
everybody didn't see double She had ac-
cepted her own condition as a matter of
course. 1t instantly accounted to the hus-
band for little indefinite movements which
he had frequently observed in his wife when
she was reaching for an object and ii was
matter OF great astonishment to the
woman when by an adjustment of glasses
and through treatment she began to see as
other people do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19

Court. restraining Henry r.. Platt and Hor-
ace X Tenney from prosecuting suit
bought by them in the state courts, in be-
half OF Jacob Miller. subject of Germany.
The order of Judge Grosscup in the David
A. Kohn case, which involved the paying OF
dividends under the modified lease, was also
reversed in the decisions made public to-
day.
To-day's decisions have an important
bearing upon the Chicago traction decision
at this time. With the exception of a case
involving the validity of the ninety-nine-
year act and tangles arising from that case,
traction matters are largely taken out or
the hands of the federal courts and are rel
egated 10 the state courts for settlement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
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