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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Standard oil in Control.

The Standard oil appears to have at last invaded the eastern newspaper field. The control of an important financial and commercial New York newspaper has been secured and its columns are daily filled with violent personal abuse of Au- gustus HeinZe, who has for years antag- onized and embarrassed the operations of Amalgamated Copper in Montana and elsewhere. There is small sympathy for MT. Heinze, but considerable speculation is being ndulged in as to how far this species of newspaper buccaneering may go. If Heinze is to be attacked through the columns of a Standard oil newspaper because he opposes Standard oil plans why not others?
 Are the kings of high finance and the captains of industry going back into the old ways where the strong arm is the only test of superiority, where brute strength rules? The situation has be- come at least interesting, and the opera tions of the Standard Oil crowd in the newspaper field in the east is being watch ed with soicitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Panama Canal.

The Panama canal payments are not likely to disturb the financial situation Tn the slightest On the contrary, 1t is pos sible that there may be such delay in paving the $40000.000 to the owners of the old canal property that the banks Will have the use of the money for months. The epidemic of law suits which has bro ken out in France between the various claimants for the share which is to go to that country is making the American interest very uneasy. According to com mon belief at least half of the money will remain on this side. No definite lnfor- nation is obtainable as to the identity of the individuals composing the Amer ican Panama Canal contingent but It IS unauestionably made up of important people whose influence has been potent in Washington as well as in Paris during the progress of legislation and treaty dls- cussion. Some day the facts may be known. and when they are there will be a sensation which will joy the soul or Col. Henry Watterson and others who have an inkling of the truth but lack definita knowledge of the facts to sup port their vague statements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

large number of banks, trust compa- nies and insurance companies, 1t would be possible for it to obtain intimate knowledge of the operations and re- sources of thousands of men who buy and sell stocks and bonds.
 There is no proof that this is being done, but it would be in direct line with wfat was done for many years in devel- oping the Standard oil monopoly. With larger and better facilities for acquiring the same kind of information as to secu- rlties it Is not a very wild flight of imag- ination to conceive that the practice is being applied wherever such information might be desired.
 Spectators and traders have a sense of uneasiness and insecurity in consequence of the growing fear of Standard oil espi- cnage of the private affairs of those who have relations with financial institutions under Rockefeller control.
 This is a curious condition of things and intensifes the growing terror with which the Rockefeller party has inspired the financial district. People are asking them selves where 1t is going to end and when the Standard Oil crowd will be satisfied and cease it's aggressions and be content to let others alone. Throughout his long career the founder of the Standard Oil company has proceeded on the theory that business is war, and that the anni- hilation of competitors and competition was justi6able and an incidental means to success. We have the authority of the late Gen. w. T. Sherman that war is he'll" and it is the conviction of men who have tried uhsuccessfully to oppose the plans of MT. Rockefeller that the business methods of the great financier and mer- chant are "hell."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Philadelphia Buddhist Temple.

We are very pleased to learn that there is q Buddhist temple in Philadelphia. It occupies a part of the Museum of Ar chaeology in the University of Pennsyl vania and is under the directorshop of Dr. Maxwell Sommerville, professor of glyp- tology in that institution of learning, and it's equipment has been gathered by Pro- lessor Sommerville during his travels through eastern countries, especially Japan. He is learned, refined gentle man. and is especially fond of art. Budd- hism has interested him deeply. and he has become quite learned in it's philoso- phy. This Buddhist temple in Philadel- phia has cost more than s5O0.OO0, and all these valuable religious articles brought by him from the far east have recently been presented to the university. Pro- lessor Sommervile has been delivering instructive lectures on Buddhism in this Buddhist temple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Crop Outlook.

The crop outlook is already a matter of concern to those who invest or speculate in stocks. Winter wheat is concededly having a poor start Conditions in the southwest and the west, where the sur plus winter wheat is grown, have not been favorable and predictions are al- ready heard that the crop of 1904 will be a short one. In the northwest the ground is frozen to an unusual depth and indica- tions point to late start for spring wheat. It is hardly wise to destroy or cut down the spring wheat crop before the seed is in the ground, but 1t can be said without doing violence to common sense that the outlook for early agricul- tural endeavor is not as good as 1t might be-
 Advices from the south and southwest are almost unanimous to the effect that there is going to be very large increase in the cotton area. In some parts or the cotton belt estimates of the probable in- crease range from g to 8 per cent Texas apparently taking the lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Facts About Japan.

Walter J. Ballard in the New York sun
 Japan has 4s52 postoffices. equal to one postoffice for each 97OO people; Russia has only 602s. or one for each 21,5oo people.
 Japan bought of us last year $2i,OooOoo worth of goods. while Russia was our customer for only sl7,0000oO.
 Japan has a commercial maine of 1S4- 43 tons. against Russia's 63S'S22 tons. That is o59l tons more for SS,oOo'ooo less peo- pie.
 Japan has about the same area as Mon tana. with more than half as many people as there are in the whole United States.
 Janan raises sufficient agricultural pro ducts to feed her own people and leave a good quantity for export.
 Japan had foreign commerce In 1896 of si45. GOO 900. while in 1903 it was s3lS,0oo.- ooo. more than 100 per cent increase in seven years.
 Japan has gold. silver, copper. lead tin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

people, both men and women, who expect to be admired for a useless expenditure Of their nervous and physical energies on all sorts of absolutely foolish objects, into which no particle of intellect enters. Sim ply to be always busy, always occupied, always doing something passing restless ly from one piece of work to another, tc have their hands full, never to be idle, al they say, seems to be their ideal of life.
 There precious muddlers. who plum, themselves on never being idle. pass theii time doing useless things under the pre-. text of being busy; and they assume credit for purposeless activity. The biggest people, those who have really thought out their plan of life, do not make the mis. take of doing what need not be done They have time for everything because they do not imagine they are economizine time by occupying every few spare min utes in being unnecessarily busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Jim Hill Aqain.

The street again hears that MT Jim Hill and his associates have plan tully matured for continuing the Northern Se- curieurities holding company under new guise in the event of an adverse decision. The device supposed to be hit upon IS that of a voting trust. similar in many respects to that which has been in operation In Erie and Southern railway for several years Presumably such voting trust would be endowed with authority to dis trib,lte the stock and bonds now held by the Northern Securities company. Just how this can be done is not now clear. The job will be full of complications and endorsements. and it will effect not only the Great Northern, Northern Pa cifc and Burlington, but the Union Pa cihc as we'll The last name corporation Is a large holder of the underlying se- curities which enter into the Hill combi- nation and will be involved to very con- siderable extent in the distribution and its consequences.
 An adverse finding by the supreme court would be of far-reaehing import ance beyond the question of doubt. It would not affect combinations Of non competing railroads but 1t might play havoc with existing arrangements by which the Pennsylvania controls the Bail timore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western and Reading. all of which are more or less competitive. It might also affect the combination by which the Southern Pacific is controlled hv the Union Pacific. The existing con trol of Louisville and Nashville might also he broken into. Four out of five of the mergers of recent years would not come under the ban. as the properties consoli- dated are not in restraint of trade, but are strictly in the nature of railroad ex- tension and expansion.
 This is conspicuously the case with the Rock Island which is combination of a large number of lines gridironing vast area. but in no instance taking in com nntitiNc roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Jacobs Pharmacy
 2O9-2Il N. 18th St.

know that the earth is only one of many inhabited spheres-but Joseph Smith knew it three-quarters of a century ago. (6) The idea of God being President" of anything is repulsive. @ We have always believed a mans home is his castle where his wife and children are in his home on earth, but as to tfie future state-we draw the line. To believe in household of wives in future state is to suppose that the hus- band and all his spouses go to the same place, which is incredible. (S) Merely hum orous.
 The original word mormon meant a baboon; specifically, the great blue-faced or rib-nosed baboon, the largest most for midabe. ferocious and hdeous of his tribe. Maybe it was this creature who wrote the message to Smith on the gold plates. Max Muller might have trans lated 1t. These plates should be exam
 ned' by certain professors of philology who have recently been studying the hog-ape language in tungles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
MORMON CREED.
Not Altogether Objectionable to Chris
 tans Aside From Polygamy.

From the New York Press.
 Mormonism and polygamy are not sym onymous terms, though usually accepted as such in the north and east. Let us not forget that polygamy was originally con- demned by the Book of Mormon, but about year before he was killed by mob Joseph Smith bothered by the in- crease of women in the ranks of his fol- lowers, and pretending to have received A new revelation from the angel Moroni, altered the creed so as not only to permit but to enjoin the practice. Some Nor mons do not marry at all and many are not polygamists.
 Here is the Mormon creed in brief;
 l. God is a person with the form and flesh of man.
 9 Man is a part of the substance of God, and will himself become a god.
 8. Man was not created by God, but ex- isted from all eternity and will never cease to exist.
 4. There is no such thing as original or birth sin.
 5. The earth is only one of many inhab ited spheres.
 6. God is President of men-made gods, angels, good men and spirits waiting to re- ceve tabernacle of flesh.
 !. Mans household of wives is his king dom, not for earth only, but also in his future state.
 s. Mormonism is the kingdom of God on earth.
 There Is not much in the creed that Christians capnot subscribe to. CD We be- lieve that man was made in the image of God: therefore God must be the image of ran CD Christian man already believes himself to be a little tin god. (0 We are surrounded by millions of self-made men who believe they will never cease to exist (D Only handful of benighted Presby- terians believe in original sin. (0 We
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
and mercury in abundance, besides coal

and mercury in abundance, besides coal and iron.
 Japan has every kind of manufacturing cotton goods. telescopes. microscopes, watches, knives. spoons. electric machin- cry, matches, clocks, woolen goods and a host of other lines. In 1870 manufacturing in Japan was almost nil; now she has over 5000 factories of various kinds.
 Japan has railroads gridroning the em- pire, electric light plants in nearly all the cities and telegraph lines all over the country.
 Japan did not have a single battleship in 1895, while now she has six of the first class and many, war vessels Of inferior classes.
 Japan has facilities for making every thing necessary for the construction and equipment of railroads except locomo- lives.
 Japan runs her railroads with native labor entirely, from the general superin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Leaders are Sensitive.

Financiers and leaders in the stock mar lket are extremely sensitive these days on gossip touching on the methods and cam nairns of the Standard OH crowd. Miss Anna Tarbeli in her inside history of the standard oil company. made it plain that from almost the first it was MT. John D. Rockefeller,s habit to maintain a close espionage on competitors and rivals in the oil business He was openly accused of employing a corps of spies to keep him informed of everything that was done bv his opponents. There is an uneasy feeling in the street that these same methods are being employed in the secu- rites field, now that the Standard Oil
 has undertaken to dominate there
 Through its ownership and interest in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
tendent down, including the train dis

tendent down, including the train dis patchers.
 and l500 miles of telegraph lines in opera tion Twenty-Five years ago not mile of this system existed.
 Japan is mining over 2Ooo tons Of coal day, nearly 100000 tons yearly, and the supply is of fine quality apparently mex haustible. Twenty-Five years ago the out put was only 300 tons day
 Japan does weaving in 66o, 40S dwellings or establishments. containing 924.13 looms and employing 1.042. .S6S persons. The weaving is done in cotton, silk and silk and cotton mixed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
The Illusion of Being Busy.

From the Saturday Review
 A ridiculous notion is common that we live in time when there are more impor- taut world affairs on hand than has ever been known before; and there are silly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Cocktails.

CLUB AND sAZARAc, assorted
 varieties, Sou at $1.50; I Ok
 our price, per bottle. .... I'~c GOLD LION COCKTAILS, assorted sold at S1.50; our price, I 0O per bottle... =. ........ AOo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Scotch Whiskeys.

ANDREW USHER'S SCOTCH WHiSkEY, regular price S1.50 per bottle; our I OE prlce... .....
 JOHN DEWAR's SCOTCH WHls- KEY, regular price $1.50 I 0k per bottle; our price. -. l'CO "BLAck AND WHITE" SCOTCH WHISKY, regular price I 60 $2: our price. e...........L' L'cO KING WILLIAM W. SCOTCH WHiSKEY, regular price l 7S $2 per bottle; our price. IL c HAiG & HAlG 3-STAR SCOTCH WHiskEY, regular price I 1S $2 per bottle our price. A''O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
PaImer'S TOIu and Honey 15 Gents
 AND 35 Gents

You cough because down there in your throat your bronchial tubes there's that tckle-an rritated place There's natural desire expe and every time you try 1t is more infamed.
 Palmers Tolu and Honey works right the irritated spots
 It stimulates the secretions, soothing and healing the irritated surface. Nature will do the rest.
 It isn't like the Irshmans horse who "up and died" just he learned to eat shavngs-when you've gotten your cough cured with the help of Palmer's Tolu and Honey you've not gotten your stomach and bowels all out of order There weak places left to trouble later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

If in need of reliable Liver Powder we do not hesitate in recommending Red Cross Liver Medicine, made fresh daily a home product.
 Use the telephone both phones %.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-28
Savings Deposits.

Merchants and Farmers Bank, corner
Spring and Texas streets, Shreveport.
The savings deposits Of this bank is
one of its deservedly popular features.
Interest at the rate Of three per cent per
annum is allowed on all sums Of one dol
lar and upwards remaining on deposit
three or more calendar months.
When made dnring the first three days
OF any month, interest is allowed on
these deposits as if made on the first day
in the month. Interest on all sums not
drawn will be payable on the first days
Of February and August, and interest
not then withdrawn is added to the prin-
ciple, thereby giving depositors COM
pound interest.
Deposits may be made by married
women or minors in their own names.
Facilities are given depositors to draw
money.
Deposits made for . longer period than
six months draw a higher rate than or
binary savings deposits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-28
List of Grand Jurors for January
TERM (19O4) OF THE DISTRICT
COURT, BoSsIER PARISH,
LOUISIANA.

Be it remembered, that on this
the 21st day of December, 1903, we
the Jury Commissioners, whose
names appear hereunto affixed,
met at the Clerks Office, in the
town of Benton, La, and pro-
ceeded to select from the general
venire box, which was previously
prepared by US, in accordance
with the provisions of Act 1876 OF
the General Assembly of LOUISE
ana, approved July Is, 1893,
twenty persons possessing all the
qualifications under said act,
taken from different portions of
the parish, to serve as Grand
Jurors for the term Of six months
from the date of empanelling at
the January 5000 term of the
District Court, beginning the 4th
Monday, the 25th day of January,
1904, and until succeeding Grand
Jury shall have been selected:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-28
HOLZMAN'S,
2s23 Texas Street.
Stray Sale.

Stray Sale.
Estrayed before me, J. P. Gleason, j.
P, Ward 5, Bossier parish, by Ellis
Ross, one sorrel pony, about II years
old, Is hands high. Has white spot in
forehead; has short name. No brands.
Taken up about twelve days ago. APP
praised at fifteen dollars. The owner is
requested to come forward, prove prop
erty and pay charges, otherwise said
horse will be sold at Midway, La, on the
goth day of February, 1904. This the
18th day of January, 1904.
Up. GLEASON, ]. P.
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Notice to Leyee Contractors.
Office Board of Commissioners, !

Office Board of Commissioners, l
Bossier Levee District,
Bossier City, La, Jan. 81, 1903. ]
Gealed proposals will be received at the
- Office OF the Board of Commissioners
OF the Bossier Levee- District, in Bossier
City, La, up to P. NJ, THURSDAY,
February 4, 1904, for the construction
of the following evee work in the Parish
of Bossier, viz:
Bear Point Spur: New levee. APP
proximate contents 10000 cubic yards;
deposit required, 500 90; bond required,
$4,000.
Ninock Bayou: New levee. Approx
innate contents, 5000 cubic yards; de-
post required, $125.00; bond required,
ST 10000.
Swift Chute Bayou: New levee.-
Approximate contents, $1,000 cubic
yards; deposit required, $4,000; bond
required, 81, $1,000,
Cash or certified check to the
amount of the deposit required must
accompany each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
Other information as to location,
character of work, terms of payment,
and blank forms for proposals may be
obtained at the Office OF the President
of the Board at Shreveport, and at the
Office Of the Board OF State Engineers,
at New Orleans, La.
W. B. MCCORMICK, President.
T. N. BRADEN, IR., Sec'y, Curtis, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-28
Jte 8ussier 8auatr.
Y. II. scanland, Editor and Proprietor
Democratic Ticket.

For State Senator, E. S. Dorteh.
For Judge, R. c. Drew.
For District Attorney, J. N. Sandlin.
For Representatives, w. c. Hughes and
J. T. Many.
For Sheriff, ]. F. Edwards.
For Clerk, B. A. Kelly.
For Coroner, H. Neeson.
FOR POLICE JUROR,
Ward ii. T. McDade.
81. c. Logan and T. J. Tidwell.
as. R. Strayhan.
4-G. T. Mays.
b-Dr. r. B. Martin.
&C. D. Sandidge, w. NJ. Burch.
Pca JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Ward ii. C. Bell.
Wv. J. Dawson and E. T. Fuller.
81. F. Delaney, D. M. Clowney.
Al. D. Rogers.
81. P. Gleason.
6-H. Barnacastle, w. NJ. Vickers.
FOR CONSTABLE,
Ward i-R. F. Jacobs.
Pr. A. Gardner, Chas. Smith.
sc. S. Ford, H. NJ. Underwood.
&c. E. Rogers.
ST. w. Heath.
81. w. Oneal, Walter White.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of John Lewis, deceased
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
by virtue of an order OF sale to me
ID directed from the Honorable Dis
trict Court in and for Bossier Fsrish,
La, l will, on Saturday, January 81,
1901, at the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, within the legal hours Of
sale, proceed to sell at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, the fol-
lowing described property to-wis:
North half of southwest quarter Of
section 1, and the northwest quarter Of
southeast quarter Of section z, township
20, range II, less the pine timber.
Also, the following described land
situated in the Parish Of Webster, La. !:
The west half Of the southwest quarter
Of section 5, township 20, range 10, less
the pine timber.
Terms of Sale-Credit Of twelve
months, and according to law.
A. r. THOMPSON,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auc.ioneer.
January IA, 1901.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-28
Final Account.

SUGGESTIONS of Jack and Mary Johns.
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
Notice is hereby given that Marx
IN Bluesteine, administrator of the
SUGGESTIONS of Jack and Mary Johns
has filed his tableaux Of distribution and
final account in said SUGGESTIONS, and this
is to admonish all persons concerned,
that if opposition be not made thereto
within the time prescribed by law, the
said account will be homologated and
made the Judgment Of the Court, as
prayed for.
Given under my official signature and
seal Of office, at Benton, La, on this,
the 23d day Of January, 1904.
B. A. KELLY, Clerk.
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List Of Petit Jury Drawn to
SERVE AT JANUARY (1904)
TERM DISTRICT COURT,


TERM DISTRICT COURT,
BOssIER PARISH, LA.
Be it remembered, that on this
21st day of December, 1903, we,
the undersigned Jury Commits
sioners, whose names appear here
unto affixed, met at the Clerks
office, in the town of Benton, La,
and proceeded to draw from the
general venire box, previously
prepared by us, in the presence of
two lawful and competent witness
cs, the following thirty named
persons to serve as Petit Jurors,
for the second week of January
(1904) term of the Second District
Court in and for Bossisr parish,
which term opens January 25th,
1904; said Jurors to be summoned
to appear on Monday, February
/, 1904, said date being the first
day Of second week of said term.
| All of which was done in accord
ance with the provisions of Act
1875 of the General Assembly of
Louisiana, approved July 18th,
1909.
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Entry No. 745S.

Homestead Entry No. 745S.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoches,
January 5, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Clerk District Court
at Benton, La, on February q, 1904,
viz:
Homestead Entry 1853 1853 Berry
jackson, of Bellevue, La.,-for the north
half OF north west quarter, or lots 2 and
), section IL, township 10, range II.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz: Henry
Davis, Aleck Davis, Sam Woods and
Rials Clark, all of Bellevue, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January IA, 1904.