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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Sir Thomas Upton is making ar
rangements for another contribution
to one of the largest and most ex
pensive scrap piles ever reared
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The sultan Of Turkey has seventy
six titles, but the best plan is to call
him with a gun when you want him to
respond promptly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

AS she knows where she is apt to
get it, China is wearing a high cellu-
loid collar with gun metal fasten-
ings.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The death of Hole-in-the-Day, chief
of the Chippewas, leaves a hole in
the western landscape that never can
be filed
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Mr.. John Munroe, late of the pugi-
listic ring, was born in Chester, Pa.
And he is without pugilistic honor
now in his own or any other country.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

This is the season of the year when
the erubescent maiden and the awk-
ward swain get married at the county
fair or the town carnival, amid the
plaudits OF gathered thousands. In
after life it must be sweet music to
their ears to be known as that there
couple that got tied at the Berrien
county fair"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The robber who looted the Adiron-
bck camps of thousands of dollars
| orth of jewelry and silverware is a
kformer. and ought to have a monu-
emit What do these vulgarians want
take all those gewgaws into a
|oods camp for?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

How disappointed George Gould
would be if that dog for which he has
just paid $4,000 should ever bite him.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

1t is the opinion of every mother
that boy never loses an opportunity
for attempting to break his neck.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The racing automobile is all right
in its proper place, but it doesn't seem
to have found the place yet.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15
THE WHISTLE CREEK MOCKING
BIRD

Subscription Price soc Year
Garden Truck Accepted.)
Published Every Thursday Evening
Alexander Bing Boomit - Manager
AL. Simpson Dolttle = Editor.
Now is the Time to Subscribe!
Then they went out where the
green grass was growing and started
to do business. Whenever they met
anybody. they got the glad hand, and
the yellow dogs parked Hospitality
but there didn't seem to be any big
contracts! That night the literary
sleep alongside the railroad track.
They were weary and someYhat sur
prised-but not discouraged!
And here, oh, gentle reader, begins
the tear-spashed part Of this nara
tive,
About midnight. the fast mail train,
sweeping like demon through Whis-
tie Crick, threw out huge sample
copy bundle of Chicago papers. The
massive roll went hurting through the
right-of-way like torpedo through a
Russian cheese!
And Boomit, slumbering with Nor
pheus and Dolittle beside the iron
rail- was struck and telescoped!
He lived but fieeting moment and
his last words were:
"Partner-dont - give - up - our
editorial-ship."
Alas! Poor Boomit!" walled Dolit
tie, standing aioft, while tears OF woe
fell with sodden thud upon the dead
mans flannel shirt-"Poor, poor
Boomit. And we just getting such a
good START"
Then the chief mourner ran uptown
and spread the direful news
Squire Dingem shook his head sad
ly, and the corner groceryman said he
had felt all along the town wasn't big
enough to support newspaper.
Dolittle, daZed and weeping, hung
around all next day, soldering softly
to himself. but when the evening shad-
ows fell asiant the cottonwoods and
painted silhOuettes on the bosom OF
Whistle Crick, he mournfully with
drew up the railroad track, chanting
requiem of sorrow as he went,
The next day, Russian junk ped
dler swooped down upon Whistle
Crick and it's print shop with wrS
of replevin, the current issue of tha
trade paper said: THE Whistle Crick
Mockingbird has ceased to moclS!!'-
and the people lived happily ever aft
erward.
Moral-Most any gazabo can start
something!
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

AS the Fall approaches, nearer and
nearer come the rehearsal echoes of
the altiloquent campaigner from his
practice stump in the forest primeval.
Rhetorical bombast reverberates from
afar off, like harbingers of the storm
that sweeps in fury later on. In the
inimitable parlance Of the slangist.
We're up agin it!"-this is campaign
year.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Ballooning is a very pretty way OF
travelling If you aren't anxious to get
anywhere In particular.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

About the hardest luck extant was
that of the young man who, married
but three days, was drawn on the Jury
and accepted in a case that lasted
three weeks with two days and nights
for verdict A man is entitled to a
pension for such service to his coun.
try.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

yellow dogs wagged their tails as en-
couragingly as could be expected by
utter strangers!
Well, Dolittle and Boomit an
nounced that they would begin with a
write-up of the town, and the corner
groceryman, who was going to begin
business soon. said maybe he'd adj
vertise after the first year, II the pa
per showed evidence of stability!
With light hearts Boomit and Dolit-
tie went TO work. They set neat
editorial card that read like this:
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The graminivorous bovine in the
pasture is just about now getting an
adjunct of corn meal and bran to
stimulate tactical flow. To even
things. the kid that drives her is hit
ting the apple barrel in the cellar reg.
ularly. We. of the city, don't get all
the good things of life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Many a man that kicks another
when he is down refrains from kick
ing a dog when it has a tin can tied
to its tail. Our sympathy for misused
brutes is frequently more marked
than our pity for human beings.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

When young married couple with
their first baby go visiting and the
young husband carries a package I'M
DER his arm. all the old married folks
know what's in the bundle without
looking.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

II you haven't anything to say. let
the other fellow say it and make a
monkey of himself
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Many woman that could not cook
has made a noble mother and none of
her sons in after life was in a position
TO make his wife unhappy by refer
ence to tie biscuits mother used 20
make.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

The envious man misses his own
blessings in coveting those of others.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

MILES
to
WHISTLE CRICK.

......s....."
and the other one:
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

G. A. LIsK, Publisher
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-10-15

Hall, 20 the hog. The American hog!
The plebeian. groveling thing of the bog,
The bristle-backed, scurvy- skinned igno-
BILE dog
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

nation which is now the leader IN the peace
movement For long time the division OF
roland acted bond among three absolute
monarchies. The division OF Turkey will act as
a bond among the free nations.
Paradoxical as Il may seem. the nation that
would most profit by the event would be Rus
sla With the disappearance Of their millen-
MAI ambition-a mere supersttion-the Rus
slams viii be forced TO make the best OF what
they have (Which assuredly IS not littlel. and
the demand OF the people for participation In
the government will become Irresistible. Re-
forms Will come apace, and soon the life OF the
Russian peasant viii become human. Nicholas
II is said to be anxious to the title OF Gar
Educator. Well. your majesty, education re-
quires money. II you resolutely decide to spend
no more money on plans of aggression (and you
surely need increased expenditure for de-
fence, you VIII soon have money enough TO
build school and pay a teacher in every VII
laEe
With ell the untenable situations thus re-
moved, with the trinity OF England, France
and Germany linked together by their Turkish
heritage into a permanent triple alliance-a
kulturbund-the cause of peace will rest on a
sold foundation. Instead Of one gigantic power
threatening 10 overshadow the globe, there will
De I'VE approximately equal powers, maintain
ing parallel growth. When the pretext OF self
oefence has become absurd, democracy will
used. pOprpr crrIE
March 16 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
OLD CURIOSITY NAN DEAD.
Robert Fullerton and His Relics and
Manuscripts.

An interesting figure in the life of the metropolis
disappeared a few days ago in the death Of Robert
Fullerton Of the "Old Curiosity Shop" in East
Thirty-fourth-st. He died from heart disease. at
the age OF fifty-seven. Like its famous London
prototype his shop was zone of those receptacles
for old and curious things which 10 crouch in
odd corners OF this town. and to hide their musty
treasures from the public eye in jealousy and dis
trust"
It not true. however. that, like the creation Of
Dickens's fancy this Old Curiosity Shop contained
suits OF mail. standing like ghosts In armor. here
and there; fantastic carvings brought from monk
sh cloisters. rusty weapons OF various kinds dis
tartsd figures In china and wood and iron and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

Two dances took place at the Pouch Gallery on
Tuesday evening the Easter dance under tho
auspices OF the Ladies' Guild OF the Convent Of
Mercy and the last Bedford Heights CotillOn,
which was leap year dance. The favOrs fer this
were hammers. basebaIls and tops for the girls;
thimbles. pncushions and japanese dolls. for the
men. The order OF things completely reversed.
which gave opportunity FOR several amusing feat
urea The cotilon led by Miss Ethel James
and Miss Cornelia Blankley. dancing alone The
other dancers were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Syke, Miss Fighter. Miss
Katharine Aghter, Miss Carolyn Wurster Miss
Louise Wurster. Miss Edith Brewer, Miss Jessie
Pollard, Miss Louise AfIed. Miss Antoinette Al
field Miss Ange Atkinson. Miss Mabel Shaw. Miss
Marie Almiral. Miss Nina AlmraM Miss Emily
Richmond. Miss Mabel Randall, Miss Florence
Fairchild. Miss Grace Phillips Miss TCmlinson.
Aubrey Shaw. Morris W. Ely. George Brower
Ernest Brewer, Ralph Perry, John Vanderbilt
William Goodwin. Cornelius kitchell. Eugene Rich
mond. Herbert Zellhoefsr. Edward Worcester Dan
lei Hanckel. William Conlilin. William Atkinson.
George Sanborn. Gordon Cotton, George Street
Stuart Hills. ". g.. W. Childs. George Hatch
Howard Chapman Norman Carpenter. Herbert
Carpenter Juan AlmiralI and r. .. Aneld. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

The last Holiday Dance took place Tuesday
evening at the Assembly. and accounted one
OF the seasons most successful dances. The pa
tronesses, who ell present, were Mrs William
E. Carhart. Mrs Henry f. Noyes Mrs Henry
Rogers Mallory, Mrs. Francis Page, Mrs. Hersey
Brown and Mrs Sydney Smythe Among the
dancers Miss Helen BrufT. Miss Edith Thurs
ton. Miss Margaret Mynderse. Miss Helen Apple
ton. Miss Marie Appleton. Miss Mary Latin, Miss
Marion Snow Miss Alice Davol, Miss Lesley Acker-
man. Miss Harriette Mygatt. Miss Grace Bedford,
Miss Muriel GOepel. Miss Helen Stanton. Miss
Marjorie OatInan. Miss Gladys Balch Miss May
Noyes. Miss Helen Murphy, Miss Mildred Bedford.
Miss Reba Yorkes, Miss Nellie Dingee, Miss hatha-
rine White. Miss Dorothy Noyes Miss Madeline
Dougherty. Nelson DouSherty, Robert Moves, Cliff
ford Bailey, Clifford Cunning. Jack DykmaI.
Edgar Arnold. Francis Page sydney Jones, Philip
Mallory. Stuart Warner George Carhart. Richmond
Brown, Wilder Bellamy. Donald Abbott. Roger
Tredwell, Kingsley Swan. Stephen Hopkins. Fran
els Westhrook. Prentice Tubby. Louis Young and
Sherwood Coffin, jr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
POPULATION OF CHINA.

From advance sheets OF consular reports
United States Commercial Agent r. It. Greener,
OF VladivostOk Siberia, under date OF December
49, 1903 reports that a Russian paper. quoting from
.Acnor,Sins 10 the last census taken in China by
imperial order, in view of reassessins taxes. the
total humber OF inhabitants amounted to 46,4f7.
sos souls The eighteen Chinese provinces proper
had 4o7 7S7 s05; Manchuria, 100000 Mongolia, 2S4
Inhabitants"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
BROOKLYN SOCIAL WORLD
Continued from tenth page.
Leech. Ray Bgelow. Roger Treadwer. E. A Ar
mold and Z. S. Warner

TIE last Small and Early CotIlon. which took
place Monday evening at the Assembly.
led by Frank SQuier. jr. The decorations were in
green and white. The tavors were japanese para
sols. sketches. stems and plaster figures. Acting
patronesses were Mrs. John Smithers. Mrs
John Lund, Mrs r. A Pinkerton and Mrs F. n.
Hopkins. Among those present were Miss Hede-
lind Beck. Miss Bessie Jordan, Miss Ruth Ryder
Miss Marjorie Prentss. Miss Florence Foster, Miss
Louise Lefferts, Miss Mae McKinny. Miss Mar
garrett Mynderse. Miss Florence Frank Miss Mar
guerite Cassidy. Miss Florence Smith, Miss Stella
Field, Miss Muriel Goepel, Miss Doris Fuller. Miss
Marjorie Putnam. Miss Harrietta Low. Miss Mary
Latin. Miss Beatrice Oltrogge, Miss Frances
ward Tinker s jr Caswe stoddard. mo Howard
smithers, Starr Donaldson. Rudolph Goepel. Car
George Roberts Ad i Rollins Howard Kicker,
SON. Herbert Zellhoefer, Christopher Robert
Edward Burns. George Cooke. Donald Williams
Ira Ira Downs James Esher. Ernest Durham Water
Whiting and John Vanderbilt
On Monday evening the Pouch Gallery was the
scene OF the "junicr prom" of Adelphi College.
The patronesses were Mrs Cleon J. Sawyer. Mrs
Quimby Evans. Mrs. A E. McAdams. Mrs. r. p.
Forshew, Mrs e N Henderson, Mrs. s. W. Giles
and Mrs. S. y. Neyins. Among the dancers were
Miss Ida Briggs. Miss Florence Davenport. Miss
Katharine Tobn. Miss Frances Forshew and
Pauline Hathaway; the committee Miss Helen
Greason. Miss Lulu Harrison Miss Jeanne Swan.
Miss Dora Stone. Miss Mabel Juhring Miss Alice
Juhring Miss Louise Russell Miss Arvilla FL
aTedgs; Miss Marie Peroza Miss Matilda Per 1Sz
Leonora Choate, Miss Edith Quinby, Miss Claire
HsTs Ms. EIss Wson Miss Cora snoWen
Mics Helen Schradick. Miss Agnes Wilding, Alfred
stafford, Warren Peters Howard Major, Frederick
Humphrey. Ralph Stoddard, Robert Salter, S. l..
ches Charles eng Dayenport Fanf Raynor and
DR.. Charles Bishop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

Another leap year dance was given at Baron's
on Tuesday evening. under the management OF
Miss Olive Silsbe. Miss Edna Broughton. Miss Mary
Runyon. Miss Laura Runyon. Mss Margaret Doig.
Miss Edna Rogers. Miss Clara Butler. Miss Mary
Dennison and Miss Fannie Frank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10


Dance and the Alpha Delta Sigma Dance. Tho
paronesses present at the first mentioned were Mrs
William Murray Sayer, Mrs. J. J. Broes-Van HUI
keren, Mrs. Charles Frazier. Mrs. Henry Lltchfeld.
Mrs Edward Graef and Mrs. w. II. Wardell The
attendance included Miss Sallie Colson Miss Edith
Quinby. Miss Ethel Moore. Miss Clara Quereau.
Miss Nellie T. Graet Miss Louise Clement Miss
Katherine Kraetzer. Miss Marion Roe Miss Mar
jory Putnam. Miss Marion Frazier Miss Enid
Lenia, Miss Claire Quereau. Miss Ruth Wardel.
Ethel Barnum. Morris Knudson George Reynolds.
Richard Walker; Howard Major. Albert Clement
Frederick Foster /. E White, Colburn Pnkham.
r. i. Iitchfeld. r. Z. King. Carl Frank and os-
ward Carson.
The patronesses for the fraternity dance were
Mrs. Henry Sanger Snow. Mrs. Edgar Lucl5en BACH
Mrs. Thomas Heffron. Mrs. Henry Clinton Smith,
Mrs. Edward T. Eldredge. Mrs. George Brockway
Mrs. John Fuchs; Mrs. Peter burden. Mrs. William
were of blue onyx bristol board bearing the design
Of the blue and gold fraternity pin.
The April Dance. under the direction OF Paul
Rowiey and A. Campbell Weston. was another
dance at the Pouch Gallery last week The list of
patroncsses included Mrs. William Cullen Bryant
Mrs. Charles Spence, Mrs. Henry H. Esselstyn
Mrs. " r. Smith. Mrs. J. A. Sperry. Mrs J. y.
Meyer Mrs. Robert Macclaren, Mrs T. NJ. Moor
wood. Mrs. G A. Lieh. Mrs J; W Fleming. Mrs RS
Baldwin
Hurley gave a dance for their daughter. Miss
Stella Field at the Assembly. The decorations
were in green and white. Their guests Miss
Hazel Talmage Smith, Miss Bessie Jordan, Miss
Elsie w Hopkins Miss Hedelind Beck. Miss Muriel
Coepel Miss Anna Valentine. Miss Kate Hart. Miss
Louise L,efferts Miss Marjorie Putnam Miss Jean
cite Gilbert, Miss Bertha Muster. Miss Florence
Smith Miss Florence Foster. Miss Florence John
son, Miss Ruth Ryder, Miss Maybelle Crawford.
Miss Louise Crawford, Miss Alice Bebee, Mr.. and
Mrs Allan Pinkerton, Mr.. and Mrs. F. y. Duryea,
Mr.. and Mrs. r j. Tilney, Miss Elsie McColl. Miss
Stella McColl, Willard Thompson, George Whiting,
Starr Donaldson. Foster Champion, Deland Lund.
willis Chandler. Frank Squier. jr.. Herbert Fran,
eIoIi christopher Robert, Rudolph Goepel Howard
CorIies, Percy McIlwane, Howard Smithers,
Charles Burns, Weld Stevens, Andrew Smith, Whit
ney Baker and Arthur Foster.
In the receiving party with Mrs. Emile Barnes
Turner and Mrs. Truman Handy Newberry, of
Detroit on Wednesday. were Mrs. John Newberry.
OF Detroit; Mrs. G.. d. Mackay, Mrs. Henry Burr
Barnes Mrs Arthur e. Foote. Mrs Warren @.
Smith. Mrs. f. b. Richardson. Miss Madeline
Mackay Miss Marion Richardson and Miss Carol
Newberry. Mrs Turner wore corn colored peau de
sole and Mrs. Newberry old point lace. The deco
rations were IN green and white.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: A young girl writing to a morning paper
some days ago says:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
Brooklyn Real Estate for Sale.
I HAVE FOR SALE a

HAVE FOR SALE an elegant residences in ST.
Marks-eve: story and basement white stone;
equipped with every modern Improvement including
electric lights burglar alarm parquet roors through
out and nicely decorated: SIS, 0O0 owing 70
change of business viii make big sacrifice also the
story and basement brownstone house in Putnanavs'
with plumbing: will sell &C. 500 Write NJ "
HUNT, 1895 Fulton-st Nostrand- BrookJnS.i'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-28
ahIIwAY ASSOCIATION mEETs.

The annual meeting 81 the American Railway
Association was held yesterday at the Waldorf
The president. A. v. Sullivan in the chair.
with " F. Allen secretary Nearly all Of the
steam railways in the United States. Canada and
Mexico are members OF the association. The ex-
ecutive committee reported that 20 companies are
now members. operating total mileage o. 2l5 $50
I. Heissenbruch. OF Belgium, secretary general
OF the international Railway Congress. was pres
ent as a guest and made brief address. The com
rnftfee on train rules presented report providing
for certain new regulations governing the move
r-ent OF trains against the current OF traffic on
double tracks By means OF block signals. The re-
port was adopted StulNesant rush. president OF
The Illinois Central elected president OF the
association. and c G. waldo. general manager
~ the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton. second
zice-president. The first vice-president. G. W.
Stevens president OF The Chesapeake and Ohio.
holds over " c Brown vice-president OF the
lake Shore. and ". H Baldwin. Jr.. president OF
IRE Long Island Railroad Company. were elacted 10
The executive committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-28
STARTS BUILDING FUND.
Board of Trade Nay Haze Its O7c"
Permanent Home.

Al the meeting OF the Board Of Trade ara Trans
portation yesterday James Talcott surprised o1heF
members with an offer to subscribe SLo0 on the
spot toward the erection OF new oulIoihs 10 nc
used as a home for the organization He sus-
9sted that s. 0g00 be raised for the purpose ana
that work be begun out OF the suSgest4oli
grew 2 long discussion Of the future policy OF the
hoard As A result a committee OF nine was nalned'
with John a Sleicher chairman. TO cohslcer
MANS A meeting of the committee will be held 10
morrow.
Al the meeting yesterday II was also resoIVeu
that the present Is an opportune time for the re-
corvening OF the Joint High Commission OF 1850 ~
negotiate new reciprocity treaty with CANADA ana
to urge congressman from this State to taFor I'M
mediate legislation on the subject A majority re
port favoring The restricting OF immigration a4ohs
certain lines was accepted
Resolutions favoring arbitration in national al
fairs offered by oscar s. Straus. were passed. he
particularly favored such treaty between the
United States and Great Britain. Part Of the reso
luton said.
Resolved That the New-York Board OF Trade
and Transportation hereby records It's nlgh apI,.e
citation and communication OF President f1ooseNtl's
humanitarian diplomacy; for his enectlNe suPpott
and advancement o. International arbitration IN
directing the Hague Court the tfous tund case
hctwcen the United States and Mexico, ana IIIS
controversy arising of the claims OF the United
States and other nations against Nenezue4a -
Resolved. That this board Respectfully IequeSS.to
that our government perfect negotiations Win
Great Britain for treaty Of arbitration -.
and that thereafter. or simultaneous lIeicleLti
similar treaties be negotiated with other powers
Resolutions were adopted on the death of Patrick
Farrelly Of the American News Company for
twenty-five years a member Of the board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-28
SAY POWER TO CONDEMN IS UNSAFE.
Wall Street Men Asking Governor to Veto
Amendment to Railroad Law.

Wall Street railroad men are little suspicious
of the Carpenter-Apgar BIZ. amending the railroad
law and doubtless several protesting briefs from
the law Offices Of the hg companies will be sent 10
Governo- Odeil. who now has the bill The bill is
An act 10 amend Subdivision Of Section Of
Chapter xxx Of the general law known as the
Railroad law with relation TO the power OF a
railroad company TO condemn"
A prominent railway officer. in commenting on
the biz yesterday said;
In so far this bill gives to the railroad com
panes DO Cer to condemn land for Strengthening or
improving tito alignment grade Of their roads, II
IS 10 be commended. but the amendment Is so IN
geuiously drawn thai think the bill should not
become a law because there appears TO he no limit
upon the amount Of Strengthening which may De
done. and this might open th5 way 10 buildiIg al
ditional railroads. in order to keen on coetlt !ol
But, entirely apart from this, the bill also gives
apparently unlimited power 10 condemn loH
branches connections and 'Cut-offs. and SO
opens the door very widely. notwithstanding ths
fact that under existing laws new railroad com
pany which sought to build over the same ground
would have 10 obtain the assent Of the Railroad
Commission. It would be bill which the
Governor might safely veto. thus leaving urle Tor
d more mature consideration OF the act than II mas
received the hands Of legislators, Including
some public discussion OF the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-28
TO BRING n P INTO SECURITIES SUIT.
Hartman and Others File Amended Bill of
Complaint in Trenton.

Trenton n J.. April 27.-An amended bill or
complaint making the Northern Pacific Railway
Company party defendant, was fled in the United
States Circuit here to-day in the suit brought
by z. II. Hartman. Winslow S. Pierce ard others
90 restrain the proposed plan Of distribution.
Judge Kirkpatrick has made an order permitting
the fling Of the amended hin and fixing the hrst
Monday IN June for the Northern Pacific Company
10 make answer. The amended bill is ordered fled
without prejudice to the proceedings already had.
or TO the restraining order granted on April %.
TIA restraining order already granted is continued.
The amended bin. besides making the Northern
Pacific Company a defendant. contains a new sec
sion which sets out that after the distribution pro-
H-ded FOR there viii remain ia the treasury OF the
Northern Securities Company property IN no way
involved the suit in the Minnesota district court
az q value IN excess Of the So 954 600 TO which the
capital stock Of the Northern Securities Company
hae been reduced.