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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-23

2IY -THE KIND FOR
THE BIG BoYs on DOWN TO THE
LITTLE FELLOWS WHO WEAR
GLousEs Or BUSTER BROWN"
WE SELL THE ONLY ORIGINAL
eBUeTER BROWN" CLOTHES. Al
SO COLLARS. a TO 70 1-2 i5o
EACH
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-23

Elsewhere in this Issue win be seen
c notice Of the National Bank of
brunswick declaring a dividend OF
four per cent for the shareholders
Which is payable on and after January
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-23

For the accommodation of their pat
rons in Brunswick the southern Bx-
press viii deliver packages on Sunday
oext Many paokages will come IN
Saturday night that should be given
TO their owncr at once and for this
reason the company has decided 60
-GTM these packages on Sunday
morning
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-23
AROUND THE G.If

The streets we're crowded yesterday
sifernoon ans last night and every
thlng presenst7 2 basy appscgsnee.
The police report everything unus
eally quiet Tor this busy season. So
far there nave been few arrests dur
inc the week
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-23

OUR $500 HATS INCLUDE ALL
THE NoeRY SHAPES IN BROWN
HND BLACK
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
TRADE REVIEW;
Conditions as They Appear from Re
ports to Leading CONNER s
cial Agencies. 4;

New York, March 26.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade s4yg:
Little nethchange in trade conditions
is noted forsthe past week. Storms
and floods did much damage Improper
ty and threatened agricultural pros
poets at the start, but subsequently
the weather improved and thesoutl look
frightened. Spring trade is expanding,
although still backward, to some ex-
tent, and new labor controversies have
added to the number lof unemployed,
despite an amicable ARRANGEMENT of
the sheet and tin plate scale. ABuilding
operations would, be vigorol4S if en-
ployers and wage earners co,ltd adjust
differences. Ss /,
Failures this week numb4red 226
In the United States. against 14 last
year. and IL in Canada, compared with
26 yearago." TO-
Bradstreet's says: Better weather
has helped the retail trade,s thereby
strengtheningsnthe tone Of. Wholesale
and jobbing business, hitherto rather
pessimistic because of backward spring
demand. Distribution as a. whole,
howeyer;%is notaaip to year ago. The
averting of the strike in the, bitumin-
Gus coal industry is a STRENGTHENING
feature to general business throughout
the west, but prices, which had adj
vanced on the fear Of a conflict, still
show considerable steadiness.''
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
WORST STORM OF SEASON.
Blizzard Sweeps Over North Dakota
and Heavy Losses Among Live
Stock Feared.

Bismarck. N. D., March 26.-The
worst blizzard of the winter has been
raging and snowdrifts from three to
six feet deep can be seen through
out the city. Traffic on the Washburn
and 500 lines is suspended and the
street cars are out of commission, 1t
is feared there will be heavy losses of
stock, many cattle having gone out
into the storm weak from the severe
winter. The wind reached a velocity of
50 miles an hour, five inches of snow
has fallen and the thermometer has
fallen 30 degrees to five above zero.
The blizzard also ragged at Grand
Forks. the wind blowing fiercely from
the northwest at the rate of 30 miles
an hour. accompanied by heavy fall
of snow. All trains were delayed and
range stock will suffer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
DEATH OF EDWIN ARNOLD.
The Famous English Poet and Author
Passes Away Peacefully at His
81 Home in London.

London, March 25.-sir Edwin Ar
mold, the author, died in London yes
terday. He was born June 10, 1882.
Although Sir Edwin suffered of late
years from partial paralysis, he was
not taken seriously ill until last week.
Early yesterday morning he had q re-
lapse from which he did not rally and
died peacefully at 10:30. Sir Edwin
continued his literary work until quite
recently, his last writing being in con-
nection with the Russo-Japanese war,
in which he was greatly interested.
The career of Sir Edwin Arnold has
been one Of peculiar interest. He at
tanned high rank in both his chosen
professions. literature and journalism.
The most successful of his writings
have been 1.-THE Light of ASIA" an epic
poem upon the life and teaching of the
great Indian prophet Buddha; "The
Light Of the World" and with Sadi
in the Garden"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Is REJECTED.
Empress Dowager Refuses to Enter
tain Proposal for Open ALI
ance with Japan.

London, March 26.-The Daily Tel
egraph prints a dispatch from Shang-
hal, which says that the empress dow
ager has negatived proposal made by
Gen. Yuan Shi Kai and Gen. Ma that
China conclude an. open alliance with
Japan in view of Russia's repeated VIC
lations of Chinese territory west of
the Lao river.
st. Petersburg, March 25.-Russia ex-
poets Japan's army to strike the first
blow in the vicinity of New-Chwang. 1t
is firmly believed here that Japanese
troops will be landed on neutral Chi.
nese territory on the west coast of the
Liaotung gulf, either at Tienkiancheng,
in Kinchau bay, or at Shanhaikwan.
st. Petersburg, March 25.-The press
is officially authorized to deny the re-
port, circulated in Berlin and published
in the United States by a news agency,
that the Russian armored cruiser Bayan
was blown up by a floating torpedo in
the harbor of Port Arthur March 16.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

trict is armed. They have not only
purchased practically all the revolvers
and ammunition in Trinidad, but they
have been shipping arms for several
weeks past
Ouray, Col, March 26.-President
Charles H. Meyer and Secretary w. ..
Haywood, of the Western Federation
of Miners. after consulting with the
union men deported from Telluride By
a citizens mob and the militia, have
decided that they should make no at
tempt to return to Telluride while
martial law is in force. Preparations.
have been made to provide board and
lodging for the exiles here.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

The Worlds total coffee production
In 1902-03 is estimated commercially at
16. 400, 900 bags (of 1928 pounds each)
against 100000 bags in 1901O2 and
14.700.0 900 bags in 1900.01. Brazil pro-
duces ordinarily from two-thirds to
,three-fourths of the entire crop of the
world. No Official statistics upon pro-,
duction are issued by the Brazilian
government, and the commercial esti.
mates that are given out as the Bra
lillian crop are simply the receipts at
the ports Of Rio Janeiro and Santos,
from which is exported practically oil
Of the Brazilian crop.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
SHUTDOWN Is THREATENED.
Thirty Thousand Men Will Be A.
fected, IfAgrsement with OPP
orators e Not Reached.

q |
Is, Des Moines, Ia, March 26.-Refusal
Of the miners in Joint conference with
the operators to arbftrate questions a.
fecting the wage scale in the first and
fourth districts has threatened shut
down Of every coal mine in the Thtr-
teenth district, which includes the en-
tire state of Iowa and q portion of Mis-
souri,. The miners demand a day wage
Of 1924 for unslsilled. labor in the dis
.trict. referred to and the operators re-
fuse because of conditions existing in
those districts which render that char
acter of labor much cheaper. No OBJ
lection is made to the scale in other
districts
Thirty thousand miners will be az
fected in case the representatives of
the miners refuse to arbitrate and a
general shutdown is ordered. The OPP
orators have issued their ultimatum
and the miners are holding a private
session in order to canvass the mat
ter
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
A RACE WAR.
Fight Between Whites and Negroes
in Arkansas-Three Of the
@ Latter Killed.

Dewitt, Ark, March 24.-Three ne
groes were killed in battle between
blacks and whites Wednesday at st.
Charles, this county. A posse of deputy
sheriffs was engaged in search for two
negroes who had seriously wounded two
white men in a fist fight at st. Charles,
and while passing through section of
woodland they were fred at from q
thicket by party Of negroes. The whites
returned the fire and instantly killed
Garrett Flood, Will Madison and Will
Baldwin. The tragedy has greatly
aroused the community and further trou-
BILE is feared. A posse left here for st.
Charles.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

Among the features Of the postal re.
form system recently introduced in
Russia is one which provides for the
mailing of kilograms. They need not
be presented at the telegraph Office.
as in this country, but can be dropped
in any letter box. Prepayment is
made by affixing to the envelope be.
fore mailing number of stamps cor.
responding to the message rate. Up.
on collection by the carrier the mes.
sage is delivered to the department of
telegraphy and by them opened and
the message forwarded to the party
addressed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

Where is the New Yorker who will
not say that he knows good thing
when he sees It? Well, there were a
few who fell far short Of this estimate
the other day, when a man stood on
the sidewalk In front of the Hoffman
house Offering to sell a twenty-dollar
gold piece for dollar. The expert.
ment is an old one, but despite the
peddler-like opportunities Of the
money merchant, he didn't make a
sale, and he was twice threatened with
arrest in the bargain.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
In Michiran.

Detroit, Mich, March 26.-Conserya-
tive estimates of the damage of flooded
rivers and creeks of lower Michigan
place the property loss at more than
$1,000, 900: At:}Lanslng alone the dg-
ures are placed atss$2oo,0oo. Two lives
have been lost. those of an unkhown
Armenian, who was standing Oh a
bridge at Lansing. when it collapsed
and was washed away, and boy who
was drowned in a flooded street at
Owosso. re8sa. s.s. ~ 5.a4,.ss.s5 ,..,s.ss
Grand Rapids, Mich, March 26.-The
food situation in western Michigan is
the worst in IS years. Grand river is
rising by leaps and the valley which it
drains resembles in many localities
large lakes, while at other points the
swollen stream is quite two miles wide.
All the large nearby towns along 1t are
practically under water.
In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis, March 26.-Belated
reports of. Thursday nights severe
rain and windstorm in southeastern
Wisconsin are coming in, and indicate
a great deal Of damage was wrought.
In Racine county the damage is esti-
mated at $4,000. Appleton reports
that Peter Verbost, living near Wittle
Chute. was killed by lightning while
crossing a field near his home.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
FIFTY-EIcHTH CONGRESS.
Summary Of Work Done in Senate and
House by the Lawmakers Of n
q AZ, the Nation. ..ss@.

Washington, March 21.-Insthe senate
yesterday the bill providing fortthe pur-
chase of site and the erection Of a
building for the departments of state,
justice and commerce and labor. was
considered. A resolution was intro
duced to inquire as to the legality of the
recent order Of the commissioner Of pen
sions granting pensions to soldiers Of
the civil war who had reached the age OF
81 years. In the house no business Of
Importance was transacted.
Washington, March 23-The senate
spent the greater part of the time yes
terday on the Indian appropriation bill.
The house outside of few routine mat
tiers devoted the entire day to further
discussion of the post Office appropria-
ton bill. S
Washington, March 24.-The senate
spent most of the time yesterday con-
sidering the Indian appropriation bill.
Charles Dick. successor to the late
Senator Hanna. of Ohio. took the oath
of Office. In the house the time was
occupied in further discussion Of the
post Office appropriation bill
Washington, March 25.-Thei senate
passed the Indian appropriation bill
yesterday. In the house eight pages
of the post ONCE appropriation bill
were disposed Of and the question Of
an investigation, Of the post Office de-
partment was defeated. Ell
Washington, March 26.-1n the senate
yesterday resolution was adopted to
consider whether it was desirable to
amend the rules relating to impeach-
ments. In the house the post Office
appropriation bill occupied tho time.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
REIGN Of MARTIAL
law Ih,,c0L ! R /
TWO COUNTIES suNDnn JURIs-
DICTIoN OF THE MILITARY
AUTHORITIES.
Purpose OF Order in San l6iguel County
e to Prevent Return Of Union MIN
,,s ers-son Of the Sheriff Says the
3 Strikers Acclaimed. & 4

Denver, Col, March 25.-Martial law
is in operation In two Colorado coun-
ties-San Miguel and Las Animas. Re-
ports from both districts are to the eff
feet that conditions at present are
peaceful. At Telluride, San Miguel
county, press censorship is exercised
and no news is sent out except such as
approved by the. military authorities.
No press censorship has yet been es-
tablished at Trinidad or other towns in
the coal field. At the capitol no secret
is made OF the fact that the purpose
in declaring martial law in San Miguel
county is to prevent the return to
Telluride Of the union men who were
expelled from the camp by an organi-
cation Of armed business men, who
have announced their intention to go
back, under protection of an Injunction
granted by District Judge Theron
Stevens. al .o,..5.
Says Strikers Are Armed.
Pueblo, Col, March 26.-John Clark,
Jr., son of the sheriff of Las Animas
county, where martial law is in effect.
returned here yesterday from Trini-
dad. and said: .a IA Ga. .
almost every striker in that dis
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Death Of a Veteran.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 24.-Gen.
Thomas Armstrong Morris, Of this
city, is dead at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. M. Chambers, at San Die
60, Cal, where he was staying for the
benefit of his health. Gen. Morris was
the Oldest living graduate of West
Point, having received his diploma
from the national military school in
1884. He was 81 years old.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

On the East Side, New York, and at
the North End, in Boston. the schools
in the poorer districts are kept open at
night to give the children of the crowd
ed tenements q clean and comfortable
place to study their morrow's les
sons. with some one to help them on
difficult. points. The children resort
to these evening study rooms in sur.
prising numbers, and the teachers help
them patiently and encourage them to
further effort toward fair education.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
New Reply Postal Card,

\ Washington, March 25.-The post
Office department has given notices
that new domestic reply postal card of
the one-cent denomination will be is
sued when the supply of reply cards
of the old design at the various postal
distributing stations is exhausted. The
new card will bear the portrait of Gen.
William T.. Sherman on the message
side and a portrait of Gen. Philip H.
Sheridan on the reply side.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

Each crew of a naval vessel consists
Of seven men besides the captain Of
the turret, who has general charge.
There are two guns in each turret, so
that when in action there are in tur.
ret Is men. At each gun there is q
pointer, trainer, a sight setter, a
rammer man, a hoist man, a breech.
lock man and loader Each has his
station, and the seven men practically
become part of the gun, working to-
gether like a machine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

(; Several years ago mongooses were
imported into Cuba to kill rats on the
sugar estates. They have now become
SO numerous and are destroying so
much poultry that the government IS
offering Is cents for each of the ami.
mails dead or alive. The experience Of
Cuba with this animal is the same as
that Of Jamaica, where it is such
a pest that means of getting rid of it
has been q serious question for long
tins. EiEsE t42rifat
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

Six hundred and sixty men, women
and boys employed in the wooden fac
tory of T. F. Taylor. at Bailey, Eng,
received IS each from Mr.. Taylor s
a reward for sustaining from tobacco
for the last 10 months. One hundred
and forty.one men and boys and $40
women had kept the pledge which they
were invited to take year ago. AS q
result of the years experiment. 40 Of
the men have decided to give up tobac-
co altogether
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Last Opponent withdraws.

Lincoln, Neb., March 26.-W. H. Har-
rison, of Grand Island, a candidate for
governor against Gov. Mickey, withdrew
from the race Friday. Harrison is a
member Of the state senate and has been
backed by those Nebraska interests
which lie north Of the Platte river. The
other candidates against Mickey, Dins-
more. Of Sutton. and Robertson, Of
Norfolk, have been out of the race for
several days and he now has no oppose
ton. ]. R. A. Black, Of Bloomington,
the other aspirant, has decided to stay
out. FIJI
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Murderer Executed.

Washington, March 26.-United
States Minister Powell cables the State
department from San Domingo City
that President Morales has captured
and caused to be promptly executed
Gen. Nicholas Arias, the insurgert
leader who was tried by drumhead
court-martial and convicted of killing
Machinist Johnson in the steam launch
OF the United States steamship Yankee
a few weeks ago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

In spite of the reduction of trans.
portation charses Of 10 cents per, ton.
the receipts from the traffic of the
Suez canal for the year 1903 are only
a little less than those Of the previous
year, so that a further considerable In
crease Of traffic can be stated. The
receipts were $50, 700.000 or $4,000
less than,in 1902. II the tolls had not
been reduced the traffic would have
yielded, a revenue of $21, 100000
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Two Killed in Wreck.

Niles, Mich. March 2e.-An extra
west-bound Michigan Central freight
train was wrecked four miles west Of
here by washout. Engineer Edward
French and Brakeman Frank e. Young,
of Jackson, were scalded to death IN
the engine by escaping steam. Fire
man Ross Moses. of Jackson, was ter
ribly scalded and may die. Ten freight
cars were demolished.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
PRAIRIE FIRES IN THE WEST.
Number Of Small Towns in Nebraska
Threatened-Thousa of
Acres Burned Over.

O'Neill, Neb., March 26.-Prair1e
fires which have ragged in Holt, Rock
and Wheeler counties for two days
are now threatening a number of small
towns. Inhabitants from these towns
and surrounding country are fighting
the progress of the flames, which al
ready have devastated several thou
sand acres of farm and grazing lands,
and burned large number of farm
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Hereros Repulsed.

Berlin, March ga cable dispatch
was received Friday from Col. Leutwein
the governor Of man-Southwest Al
RIGA. announcing that a fight occurred
at Omatako Mountain, March 16, which
resulted in the Hereros being repulsed
with the loss Of ten men killed. The
German loss was two men killed and
two wounded. The Germans surprised
a Herero village March 10, capturing
many head of cattle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

During January and February 400
acres Of high.grade cotton will be
planted in Antigua. There are now
1000 acres under cotton cultivation in
the smaller islands of the West In
dies. During the summer sample Of
Sea island cotton was received at
Liverpool from Barbados, and it was
declared to be the best cotton ever
seen in ENGLAND.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
no Open the Expositiou,

Washington. March 25.-Although
President Roosevelt cannot attend the
opening exercises Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, he nevertheless will
be a participant in them. He has con-
sented to press the button at the white
house which will start the machinery
of the exposition. This ceremony will
take place at one O'clock eastern
standard time) on April 80. g
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

An interesting addition to Wyom.
ing's exhibit at st. Louis will be fur.
nished by Meta Green, principal of the
public schools of Meeteetse, Wyo. It
is a relief map Of the state, ~ feet
square, made from all the newspapers
of Wyoming. The paper is reduced to
a pulp, and while still moist is nodded.
The map is almost completed, and To-
Gates every mountain and stream in
the state.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Passed AWAY.

Scranton, Pa, March pa. J. Col
born, Jr., former state and national
president of the Patriotic Order of Sons
of America, died at his home here. aged
AZ years. He was q political campaign
orator of considerable ability.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

The total coal production for the
United States up to December 81, 1902,
is estimated at 1900, 0O0,O 900 short tons.
That means that pyramid built Of
this material as high as Pixies peak
GAL feet), would have for its base
q rectangle LA mile square. If the
coel were spread out over the states
Of Rhode Island and Connecticut it
would cover both of them foot deep.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Fatal Explosion.

Wheeling, w. Va, March 24.-Sharps'
hotel, Lewis restaurant and several
small buildings were destroyed
Wednesday by an explosion Of natural
gas. The body Of William Lawton, q
pipe line man, has been recovered
from the debris, and it is feared that
other guests Of the hotel have been
killed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
On a Tour Of Inquiry.

Seattle, WASH, March 25.-A party Of
wealthy Japanese has arrived to visit the
principal centers of the United States.
inspect rolling mills and factories of all
kinds, look into the condition of the
poor, examine the practical working of
the laws, and ascertain, ii possible,
whether religion enters to any apprecia-
BILE extent into the actual daily life of
the people.