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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 4.-Wheat-1n store
No. 1 hard, 92kc; No. l Northern and
No. 2 Northern, 9Obc. To arrive
No. / hard, 92Ac; No. 1 Northern and
No. 2 Northern, 9o%c; May, 9O%c;
july, sOhc; Sept, 80Ac. Flax-ln
store. to arrive and May, $1.07k; July,
81 O8% Sept. and Oct, $1.O9k.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
POSSESSION OF CANAL ROUTE.
United States Commission in Complete
Control.

Panama, May 5.-The United States
canal commission during the day took
formal possession of the canal route
and of the property OF the Panama
Canal company. William w. Russell,
the retiring United States minister to
Panama, recently appointed United
States minister to Colombia; Secretary
Lee of the United States legation,
and DR.. Pierce, superintendent of san
itation work, were among those pres
ent.
From now on the canal works will
be under the direction of Major Mark
Brooke of the engineer corps of the
United States army, who represented
the canal commission at the ceremony
of the transfer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
PLAN or REORGANIZATION.
That of Consolidated Lake Superior
Companv to Become Operative.


Company to Become Operative.
Philadelphia, May 5,-The details
of recognizing the Consolidated Lake
Superior company are in such shape
that the plan Of reorganization will
be declared operative in a day or two.
The charter of the new company,
which will be known as the Lake SUI
perior company, has been drawn up
and forwarded to Judge Walter K.
Moves of New London, Conn.,, in order
that the company may be incorporated
in that state, where the old company
was chartered.
The Lake Superior company will
have a capital Of $4,000, 900 first mort
gage bonds of $%10,000,000 and incom'
ing bonds of S 10000 The new
company will start operations with
$40, 600 cash.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
Bows Killed by a Train.

Coshocton, O., May 5.-Harry West.
fall and Emmett Lewis, two school
boys, aged twelve and eight, respec'
lively, were killed by a train at q
Panhandle railroad crossing in New
comerstown Wednesday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
BODIES BLOWN TO ATOMS.

Four Men Killed by Explosion Of Ten
Thousand Pounds of Powder.
Newport, Ind, May 5.-A powder
mill owned by the Northwestern pow
der company, three miles from New
port, was blown up Wednesday. -Four
men were killed outright and two were
injured. Ten thousand pounds of
powder exploded and the bodies of two
Of the victims were blown into such
small pieces that they could not be
picked up The other bodies were not
badly mangled. The injured men will
recover. The property loss was $1,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
BANK N MISSING.

Cashier Of a Minnesota Institution
Has Also Disappeared.
Austin, Mimi, May Sword was
received Wednesday that the bank OF
Sargent, Mower county, whose presl-
dent is Thomas Doig of Clearmoat,
and Fred Blanch, has son-in-law, cash
Ter, is closed. The cashier left ten
days ago. His absence caused alarm.
An investigation followed and the
result shows $4,000 to $4,000 miss
ing. Forged notes are said to have
been disposed of in st. Paul and Min
n%eapolis. Mr.. Doig is probably the
heaviest loser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
MARKET
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, May 4.-Wheat-May'
915sc; July, 91lAc; Sept, S0Bc. on
track-No. / hard, $3.50; No. l North
ern, 94Mc; No. 2 Northern, 928c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-06
DELAY IN HARTMAN CASE.
Death of Judge Kirkpatrick Results IN
Postponement.

Postponement.
Trenton, N. T., May 5.-Because OF
the death of United States Judge Kirk
patrick the United States district
court has been adjourned until next
Monday. This means that the Harrl-
man-Northern Securities case, which
was to have been heard in Newark on
Friday. will go yer 1t is probable
that it will be heard here on Monday
next, although this is not settled
Counsel in the case had a conference
in New York and agreed to continue
the status quo of the case until a hear
ing could he arranged.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
A La Carte Dining Car Service on the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.

To still further accommodate it's pa-
irons. the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Com
rauy h"N established the Il IN carte syS-
TEN Of dining ear service for breakfast
and luncheon on several OF its most pop
uar trains.
\ la ctrtn breakfast is served on the
Federal Express, leaving Philadelphia ut
80 81. IN. daily for WASHINGTON, and on
he Cleveland and Cincinnati Express
leaving New York mt So p m. daily for
pittSburg.
IA carte luncheon is served on trains
leaving Philadelphia for New York at
Il Il. m. week days. l4.3J p. m. Sundays
only, am! | y. NJ. week days; on train
leaving New York for Philadelphia at
l255 p. m. week days: on train leaving
I'ttShurg for Philadelphia at 1901 p.
IN. daily, and on the coach section of
train leaving New York ut 1.55 p. m.
daily for pittsburg and the West.
A In carte breakfast and luncheon are
served on the Manhattan Island Limited
leaving PittSburg at $50 n. m. daily for
New York.
All dinners on Pennsylvania Railroad
dining cars, and all other meals, ex-
cept those mentioned above, are table
d'hote.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
CHESAPEAKE CITY.
Copies of the Cecil Wing are on sale
sch week in Chesapeake City, mt Alex
nder's Drug Store. 3 cents copy.

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
Proverbs

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
mCnt.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
Personals here And There

Thcodore Jackson, of Blythrdale. is
r.icitiS.
Mrs Morris Wilkinson. of Virginia.
~ the guest Of Samuel Kirk and family,
rsar Zion.
Mr.. John IIittenhou~r. of Non, spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives in
f'hila tclphia
Nelson Wnrucr of Wilmington. visited
hrs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ.
Warner, near Zion. on Suw!uy.
Representative jackson, of this Con
gr"S>ional district, went to Washington
pm Tuesday and is at the Arlington.
Mr.. George A. NJ JrhlSom, of Leslie,
''.ft on Thursday for the st. Louis En-
position. He expects to return about
the 10Th inst.
Rev. Wilfrcd w. Shaw, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Govarp>, form
"rly of Port Deposit, has returned from
Il visit to the Worlds Fair St Louis.
Mr.. X. H. McClclHhan. Of Port Dcpo-
tSt, entertained II number Of guests in
s1onOr of the arrival home from abroad
q Mr.. ami MIS- Roy McClrnnhnn and
daughter
Miss Annic ]. Owens. Formerly of Elk
lon, now of WaShingtcr. -. e.. will
sapcnd this winter in San Altonio, Tex.
calling from New York. via Steamer
"Prcteus'' for New Or,Au.. November
o3d
Mr., ard Mrs Harry G.. YprkcS have
issued invitations for the marriage of
h"ir daughter, Miss Flo.'>i. McarnS. to
Mr.. Evan William CroSan, Of Whining
i"n. on Thanksgiving evening at q O'Clock
II their home near LewiSviIle.
Prof. and Mrs |. W. Coslett. of North
t1aSt, have issued cards for the wedding
~f their daughter, Miss Minnie May, to
Mr.. Guy Edgar Wiley, of Oxford, Pa,
t't the NJ. g. Church, North East, Wed
.cSday evening November %, ut $50
o'clock.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyer Vaughan and
Alfred Chamberlain, of Middlct"wn.
Del, were quietly married "Wednesday
morning at the brides home, Rev Viii
ham J. Wilkic officiating. Miss Mildred
Vaughan was flower girl. The bride
wore travelling gown of Oxford gray
broadcoth. Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain
will spend their honeymoon at Atlantic
City.
\ wedding OF considerable interest to
7}elair society was that of Miss Marie
Louise Rouse, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Rouse, of Baltimore. 10 Or.
Clarence StilWell Gore, also of Balti-
more, which took place on Wednesday,
November 16, at the home Of the brides
parents, Ills st. Paul street Miss
Sollse is closely related to the Rouse
,s4nd iIanway RamiiicS in Hartford county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
PERSONAL.

Mrs. \. T. Scott is visiting relatives
~ Baltimore.
Miss Amy MearnS. of Zion. has been
thr guest of Elktom friends.
Miss Corinne lamar is the guest Of
1i~. John Wilson in Baltimore
Miss Ida W. Smith, of Baltm"r" Wis
.1E,-d E.kton relatives this week.
Mrs. Sarah Scott is contnrd to her
-,pm by illness at the Howard House.
Mr.. Richard Maxwell. of Wilmington.
xfcrt Thursday with his sisters in Elk
tnn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Scott entertain
e.i The Elkton Euchrc club on Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. +. T. T.. johnson. of Washington,
iI 1hc guest OF her mother. Mrs. Isabelle
=. Wilson.
Mr.. Oscar Il. DcNkynr of Brooklyn,
\. y. is visiting her sister, Mis. Charles
&. IlrHtMg.
MI. Frank F. pric" has returned
from visit to Mrs. William Watson, Of
Phil .rlhia.
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hr. & 'Hw'nrd, t.oE @u aWrnpnji' u,r
e. hI...' IN on SATURDAY.
NJ. Henry NJ. Met UI.uu@A has lean
sp,G.t.- several lHNs with her >iI.r,
MIS-. Charles IL. Cook, in frrIuu. y. i,
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Dor iIr"lit> Mr.. ami Mrs William H..
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19

Mis-. Thomas Coward. Of Wnshmg-
ton. u. c.. spent several days this week
vita fIiDIGs here.
Mrs. Matthew Spence. Miss Spence
and MI . Prt,rmHn. of Philadelphia. Wis
tied Mr.. Allan p,tcrnLr.
TLr fuugrl! Of Edith. the wiIl>omr
and popular little daughter of Mr.. and
Ms. ECa,rt Hctcrm#n, of Marley. and
gI",Il '3U"htcr If Mr. Alan Prterman,
# ID,.s +. VS. held on Sunday. In spite
of the iurlrm,0t weather the funeral
vs. ,,rgrly ;2ttendc,. The services were
held in Cherry Hill Church in charge of
R,v. James 7. l.9e,,ril. pastor of Leeds
NJ. L. thm'h. lnt,rmcnt in adjoining
cemetery.
A.~. .Iam,. E. McCaul,y is spending
4 week with Baltimore friends.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19

ricultural implements, including McCor.
mick binders, Bickford & Huffman
and Ontario Grain Drills, Westing house
Gasoline Engines.
A postal card will bring me to see
you or send you circular which ever you
desire.
I am general agent for the goth
Century Manure Spreader the latest
production of J. S. Kemp. The man
to whom every user of spreader must
pay tribute.
We have won out in every contest
with this machine, it has no equal for
durability, convenience of handling and
effective work, we have lately added
device for returning the flow, change
the feed, stop the feed without stopping
the reel, all without the driver leaving
the seat.
You can see this machine work on
the property of Mr.. R. H. Emory, near
Elkton, James F Rutter, Battle Swamp,
VIM Ewing near Kansas, Cecil Co., Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
Opportunity to Buy Some
Wagons Very Low.
will sell the following 2OS below regular Price

Two Staver Carriage Co. rubber tire
Buggies.
1 steel tire same make.
I Staver surrey. These are genuine
bargains, are high grade and are the best
wearing wagons on the market. have
sold them for s years, fully guaranteed.
3 runabouts, 2 rubber tire very low
narrow body buggy, first-class
wagon at great bargain.
I am going to close these wagons
out in August, it will pay you to see
them.
My other stock of buggies, carriages
and harness is complete.
Notice this statement. l have no
cheap wagons at high prices, but have
good wagons at low prices.
Lot end hand wagons on hand.
l carry in stock and represent the
leading factories in complete line of Ag-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
BAY VIEW.

The Cecil Wing" is on sale each waeL
T. Bay View, mt the store OF Russell
iced 3 cents copy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
FLORIDA AND THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Winter Excursion Tickets Now On Sale by
the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

beginning October 10 the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell Winter ex-
culSion tickets to the resorts of Florida,
the Carolinas. and other States in the
South and Southwest, at greatly reduced
rates For specific rates, limits, and
other conditions of tickets, consult any
ticket agent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
LEEDS.

Mrs. John Preston and Miss May. of
RoXborcu=h spent Sunday with Mrs
CovinngtGn Wood.
Mrs. William Holt is seriously i'll at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Rachel
Harlan.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Coulsy
Commissioners of Cecil county will close tBs
public road known as the Port Deposit road
at point where the Baltimore & OhioRaif
road crosses said road. This road will onlS
be closed during the time that the Railroad
Company is constructing new bridge a.
this point. LEVI X. PATTERSON,
GEORGE II. SPENCE,
w. b. DAVIS,
Dec26tf Comm ss ionera
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15
ST. SATURDAY..

oh, Friday nights the queen of nights,
because II ushers in
The Feast of good st. Saturday, when
studying is a sin,
When studying is a sin, boys, and we
may go to play
Not only in the afternoon, but all the
livelong day
st. Saturday-so legends say-lived in the
ages when
The use of leisure still was known and
current among men;
Full seldom and full slow he toiled, and
even as he wrought
He'd sit down and rest awhile, immersed
in pious thought.
He loved to fold his good old arms, to
cross his good old knees,
And in a famous elbow-chair for hours
he'd take his ease
He had a word for old and young, and
when the village boys
Came out to play, he'd smile on them
and never mind the noise.
SO when his time came, honest man, the
neighbors all declared
That one of keener intellect could better
have been spared;
By young and old his loss was mourned
in cottage and in hall,
For If he'd done them little good, he'd
done no harm at all.
In time they made a saint of him, and
issued a decree
Since he had loved his ease so well, and
been so glad to see
The children frolic round him and to
smile upon their play
That school boys for his sake should
have weekly holiday.
Thev gave his name unto the dav that
as the years roll by
His memory might still be green; and
that's the reason why
We speak his name with gratitude, and
oftener by far
Than that of any other saint in all the
calendar.
| Then, lads and lassies, great and small
give ear to what | say
| Refrain from work on Saturdays as
strictly as you may
So shall the saint your patron be anC
| prosper all you do
| And when examinations come he'll Sc,
you safely through.
-[St, Nicholas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15
A Galloway Over the Andes.

a galloway, which it is said, will be the
longest in the world and will have the
highest engine station yet existing. is to
be installed on the Argentine side of the
Andes by Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipsic.
This galloway will extend from Chilectio
station on the Argentine Northern rail-
road-which is 3430 feet above sea
level-for a distance of % miles, to a
point 1898 feet above the sea level, or
1900 feet higher than the summit of jung
frau. 1t will cross a chain of rocks and
precipices, spanning, in some places,
chasms nearly three hundred feet wide
and six hundred feet deep, while at other
points it will be supported by iron towers
1S0 feet high. All of the material will
have to be taken to its destination on the
backs of mules, The length of the cable
rope will be 81 miles. The line is intend
ed to have a carrying capacity of A tons
of ore per hour a carload of 100 pounds
being despatched every 45 seconds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15

Bryan has passed away as a presidential
possibility. But while this talk about
Parker's courage is still fresh let's pro-
pound this question: Which is the man Of
greater courage, Parker or Bryan? What
ever may be said of Mr.. Bryan he is a man
of convictions, who never hesitates to de-
fine his position and who is always ready
to stand up and be counted Mr. Parker
kept absolutely in the dark until after
he was nominated and then declared him
self on "A single subject, one which the
Democratic delegates, in national con-
vention assembled. pronounced to be of
so little Importance that they did not con-
slider worth while to mention it in their
platform.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15
The Parker MYTH.

During months of the preliminary cam
paign Parker was as mute as an oyster
He was a mystery. The public at large
and the politicians in general knew moth
ing of his views. knowing that the
Democratic party was a mass of discord-
ant elements he said nothing, hoping not
to give offence. The convention was held
and after 16 hours of wrangling in the
committee on resolutions the conservative
element of the Democracy truckled to
Bryan and his contingent, and in COM
promising to say nothing on the currency
question played the part of poltroons,
The conservatives We're in the majority
but they dared not defy Bryan, as Bryan
defied them, when he held the balance of
power. And so they said nothing Early
Friday afternoon Candidate Parker in the
quiet shades of Esopus knew that there
was no mention of gold, silver, paper or
tan bark in the platform. He knew that
his name was before the convention and
he had had positive assurances that he
would be nominated on the first ballot
But still he said nothing. The following
day, after he was nominated, he was con-
fronted by the demands of the New York
World and the New York Times that he
declare for gold, with the threat that if
he did not the influence of those great
papers would be thrown against him.
Then he sent the telegram, which set the
braves at st. Louis a-quaking, and which
has been described in the Democratic
press as unprecedented action" as some
thing "unselfsh," "heroic," noble" when
he had really reached the ditch of exped-
iency and it was necessary for him tc
break the silence he had so long main
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15
Body of H. 3. Kingsley of Rutland Found

The mystery of the disappearance of
Henry B. Kingsley, 80, of Rutland on
Nov. II last, was partially solved We'd
nesday, when the decomposed body was
found floating in the Harlem river, op-
posite 157th street. 1t was identified by
rings, baggage checks, a watch and va
rious other articles The theory that
Kingsley was robbed is destroyed by the
finding in his pockets of valuable jewelry
and his wallet containing 800.
Mr.. Kingsley went to New York Nov.
IA from Pelham Manor, N. Y, where he
had been visiting his cousin, Hugh II.
Baxter. He said goodbye to Mr.. Baxter
and party of friends who We're going to
the Yale Princeton foot ball game and
then checked his baggage to Rutland, in
tending to return that night He was
seen in New York during the afternoon.
Soon after his disappearance a reward
of $500 was offered for information lead
ing to the discovery of his whereabouts
and in May this sum was increased by
his wealthy relatives to 100000 1t is eX-
pected that this reward will be paid to
Richard Meehan, a boatman, who first
saw the body and notified the police.
Kingsley's father, Major L. G. Kingsley,
went from Rutland to New York yester-
day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15
Get Rich Quick Mania.
Gorison Sweet Marden in success.l

tOrison Sweet Marden in Success
The mania for getting rich-the mad
false idea that we must have money-has
played worse havoc among ambitious
people than war or peStilence. 4 mem
Der of the Chicago board of trade says
that the men and women of this country
contribute 800, 600 900 "A year to sharp
ers who promise to make them rich
quick They work the same old scheme
of confidential letter and shrewd bait
ing. until the victim parts with the mon
ey. Thousands are plodding along in
poverty and deprivation. chagrined and
Inundated, because they have not been
able to get up in the world or to realize
their ambitions. for the reason that they
succumbed to the scheme of some smooth
promoter. who hypnotized them into the
belief that they could make a great deal
of money very quickly out of a very little
The great fever of trying to make 81
earn s. is growing more and more conta-
gious. We see even women secretly GO
ing into brokers offices and bucket
shops, investing everything they have
in all sorts of schemes. drawing their de-
posits out of the banks sometimes pawn
ing their jewelry-even their engagement
rings-and borrowing. hoping to make a
families find it out and then to surprise
them with the results: but in most cases,
what they invest is hopeessly lost.
Thousands of young Americans are so
tied up by financial or other entangle-
ments. even before they get fairly start
ed in their life work. that they can only
transmute a tithe of their real ability
or their splendid energies into that which
will count in their lives \ large part
of it is lost on the way up. as the energy
Of coal Is nearly all lost before il reach
es the electric bulb.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15

The Chicago Chronical the most con-
servative Democratic newspaper in the
Northwest. repudiates the Democratic
party and viii support Roosevelt and
Fairbanks The Chronicle believes that
the Democrats are not weaned from Bryan
and populsm, that Mr. Bryan was the
dominating force at ST. Louis" and
that the 700 nominal conservative major
ity played the part of towards, and be-
trayers of genuine Democracy, to concil-
late the demagogue who had done every
thing in his power to nourish contempt of
their candidate and prevent his election" "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-15

After deducting the Baltimore fire loss
of about $7OOO0O00, the total fire destruc-
tion of the United States and Canada dur
ing the past six months exceeds that of
the ecorrcspondingpe period last year by near
ly 1000 900. Including the Baltimore fig
ures. the half-year record is $172534, ,i05,
compared with $S3, 15i, $50 in the first half
of 1903 and $S7.l05 $50 in that of 1902. 1t is
evidently to be a year notable for great
disasters involving destruction of life as
well as property. Fire underwriters mean
time have made no successful effort to ad-
vance rates, and the situation according
lY is little to their liking.