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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

York and established themselves or
Broad street, in the very heart of the
financial district.
While In Montreal they had become
connected with the Marconi Wireless
Telegraphy company, of Canada, and, as
it was understood that the stock was
valuable, they began to advertise it ex-
| tensively on their arrival here, and
worked up wonderful trade among the
| Italians, who were attracted in part, no
| doubt, because of their kinship of ma
tionality with the inventor.
Meantime the Munroes had also be-
come interested in the Montreal &
Boston Consolidated Copper company,
which is at the bottom of the present
situation. After the smash in copper
two years ago, however, they had hard
row to hoe, and little was heard of
them in connection with this company
They nevertheless kept the Marconi
stock to the front, and when there came
revival of the demand for copper
abroad. their prospects frightened.
Lay Plans for Coup.
They reorganized the Montreal 4
Boston, got some other properties to-
gether, and then laid plans for one OF
the biggest stock market coups in the
history of the curb.
A scheme was formed to have the stock
Of the company underwritten with the
special provision that the work should
De done by stock exchange firms, as
Munroe & Munroe were not members OF
the exchange. The stock was of a par
value of five dollars a share, and con-
tract was entered into by which the per-
sons who were to underwrite it were
to get the stock at one dollar per share.
Various persons went into the syndi-
cate, with the provision that they were
to take or underwrite certain number
of shares, paying one dollar per share,
~ per cent. of the purchase price, at
the outset and the balance within GER
tain specified times.
The understanding was, however,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

A day or two before election last
November Mr. Hemenway, Of Indiana,
now senator-elect, and Mr.. Hanly, now
governor of the same state, took Part
in a political meeting in the Academy
of Music at Evansville. A noteworthy
thing about the event was that across
the street was the livery stable where
Hemenway once worked as hostler
and directly in front OF the theater
the main gas pipe Of the Evansville
Gas company ran. ]. Frank Hanly dug
the ditch when this pipe was laid, earn
ing rs cents day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
If You Are Sick, Doctor!

When the medicinal properties of Saw
Palmetto Berries were discovered the ques-
ton Of the permanent cure of Stomach,
Liver. Kidneys and Bladder troubles was
settled. Vcrnal Palmettona palmetto
Berry Wine) is recommended by thou
sands of former sufferers. It relieves the
inflammation and cures the disease Don't
suffer from Dyspepsia, constipation, back
ache, headache, Vernal Painattona will
cure you. Write for free trial bottle to
,Vernal Remedy Co., LIE Roy, N. Y. Sold
by druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

received financial backing from J. N.
Greenshields, prominent Canadian
broker Of that city. George Munroe
married a sister of Greenshields and
through his influence the brothers were
introduced in good circles There had
always been speculation as to whether
or not the haberdashery store prospered,
but one day it was announced that the
Munroes had sold the store. At this
time the mining craze was springing up
over the country, and the brothers went
down to the financial center of Montreal.
opened up an Office and put out sign.
'Munroe & Munroe. Mining Brokers'"
Move to New York.
Although they dealt in few stocks on
commission, it was generally conceded
that their chief business was the hand
ling of mining stocks in which Green
shields was interested. Even in the
mining business, however, they failed
to attract any attention in Montreal, and
not long afterward they came tt, New
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

that those who had underwritten the
stock would not pay the one-dollar price
unless the money became necessary for
the development of the mining property,
the promotion of stock sales, and so on
That is, while they agreed to pay Ger
tain amount should the exigency arise, If
it did not arise they would be SO much
rore ito the good"
Resort to Washing.
Brokers who were members of the ex-
change were readily found who were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
Blue Laws in tha South

Corinth. Miss, had the lid down
strong and tight the other Sunday. en-
forcing the Sunday closing law, so as
to include the sale of cigars, soda wa
ter, etc. The drug stores were closed.
and even the bootblacks stopped work.
The sale of newspapers was allowed.
however.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

Hudson, Mimi, used to have resi-
dent known as "Hod" Taylor, who
edited its local paper, the Hudson Star.
He had d boy in his Office whom every
,odv in Hudson called "Mose" Clapp.
ravlor is now assistant secretary of
tho treasury and Clapp has just been
reelected as United States senator
from Minnesota.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
Plan Of the Brokers,

| James Stlllman, president OF the Ma
tional City bank, describes the transac
tons by which Munroe & Munroe, tn
laundry brokers, obtained from tn
bank daily loan Of 100000 for eigh
days on an unindorsed and unsecured de
mand notes for the purpose of washin
hundreds of thousands of shares of Mon
treal & Boston Consolidated mimi,
stock in the curb market, as the act of
junior officer of that institution.
| That junior officer was Archibald G
LOOMS, second vice president of tn
bank and the leading member of tn
Montreal and Boston underwriting syn
dicate. OF course there had to be some
body upon whom the responsibility coult
be placed by the public for the unusua
transactions, and the curiosity of me,
on the street was satisfied when Mr.
! LOOMS resigned.
1t should be said, however, that in til.
transactions the bank was In no way dis.
credited. The 100000 borrowed were
paid back by Munroe & Munroe before
the close OF banking hours each day, sc
that the bank lost nothing.
An interesting phase of the negotia,
lions was that the Munroes, unknown
and untried youths, became close per-
sonal friends of LOOMS.
Began on Capital of 81, 1000.
The worldly capital of the Munroes
when they quit the genteel occupation OF
gents furnishers in Montreal to take up
even more genteel occupation in New
York, was about $780,
The furniture in the Office would have
cost more than that-if it had been paid
for, and reflected great credit upon the
good taste of the gentlemen The desks
were of the finest and most expensive
make and the furnishings lavish. There
was a grill of chastely ornamental iron
work which confined the cashier, and
probably kept him from absconding
with the firms heavily bonded debt.
The furniture included set of big
easy leather-lined chairs and an impos-
ing sofa. There were other tasteful
touches about the place, and verything
suggested to the uninitiated that untold
wealth was at their command
But it was these same furnishings
that first brought the trouble that result
ed in BANKRUPTCY proceedings.
Bankruptcy Proceedings Instituted.
About October 1, Munroe & Munroe
approached McHugh & Co. They want
ed bill of goods sent up to their Broad
street offices.
They mentioned as reference the Ma
tional City bank, the institution which
afterward lent them 100000 daily on
their unsecured notes. McHugh & Co.
had sold goods to the National City bank
With that reference there seemed to be
no doubt that the firm was financially
good" The furniture concern sent up
$500 worth of goods, together with q
bill. Munroe & Munroe made few
more purchases in the course of week,
raising the bill to $3.50.
The bill wasn't paid in October. Still
the furniture man didn't think it worth
while to press such excellent Gus
toners. In November a short and very
polite reminder was sent. No answer.
And still McHugh & Co. were not wor-
ried until, on December 2, along came q |
collector for another firm to whom they |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

cines to cure my
kidneys. / do
not think that
any man ever
suffered as / did
and lived. The
pain in my back
was SO bad that
I could not sleep
at night. / could
not ride q horse,
and sometimes
-D ~ ~~--11
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

to ride in car. My condition was
critical when l sent for Doan's Kidney
Pills. l used three boxes and thew
cured me: Now I can go anywhere and
do as much as anybody. sleep well
and feel no discomfort at all"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
dhburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
% % % @W@

Homebuilder Yellow Dent Corn CROWS
like weed and yields from l57 to geo
bushels and more per acre! It's the big
gest yie1der on earth!
Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley, Maca.
roni Wheat, Pea Dat, Billion Dollar Grass
and Earliest Cane are money makers for
you, Mr.. Farmer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
Millions i'm Oats.

Salzer's New National Oats yielded in
Mich, 240 bu., in Mo-, 255 bu., in n. d.,
80 bu., and in 80 other states from $50
to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Dat if gem
orally grown in 1905, will add millions Of
bushels to the yield and millions of dol
lars to the farmers purse!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

woman who wears stuffed bird in
~ Int is liable to. a fine of from $25 to
eso ~ 4 law recently passed by the leg
saiatare Of Arkansas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

Raisuli is coming up in the social scale
Ills name is now written Rails ui. Ali
ne needs to get right into the swim is a
hyphen.-Washingto Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

fatal letters across its face Munrce &
Munroe had quit laundering copper
stocks and gone bust and the law had
taken possession.
The Beginning.
Until about four years ago, George
and Alexander Munroe kept a little
haberdashery shop in St. GATHERINGS
street, Montreal. They were quite young
men and apparently devoted to their
business.
It was generally understood that they
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
JuST SENn THIS MOI

JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
in stamps to John A. salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis. and receive their big catalog
and lots Of farm seed samples. TX. Ii
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

Good intentions are often too good Il
be true.-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
&6QmO WH me

oils and saw visions o. wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice for themselves,
but. as shrewd veteran of Wall street
said, 1.-The game grew too big for them"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01

The chief trouble with the man de-
signed by nature for the small-potato con-
tingent lies in the fact that he will per-
slst in fancying that he is in the some
pumpkin set.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
TORTURING PAIN.
Half This Mans Sufferings Would Have
Killed Many Person, But Doan's
Kidney Pills Cured Him.

A. G. sprague, stock dealer, of Nor
NAL, ILL.,, writes: :" For two whole years
| was doing nothing but buvinn n,ad;.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
PAS Edict.

Ma Twaddles-John, Tn interested in
this Jiu-jltsu' I've been reading SO much
about in the papers
Pa Twaddles- T., if YOU bring an
other of those new breakfast foods into
the house | leave. Now that settles it..
Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-01
The Beginning.

It was generally understood that they
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
LIVESTOCK IN TUSCANY.
American Consul Reports on Great
Italian Industry.

American Consul q. c. Jones. of
MADEIRA. has sent to the bureau of
commerce and labor the following re-
port on stockraisng i'm Tuscany:
The agrarian committee of Flor
ence started an annual cattle exhibit
ton in 1897, with the purpose of edu-
eating breeders in profitable fatten-
ing. correct form, elimination of de-
fects. and the improvement of Tuscan
cattle in capacity for work and the
production of meat and milk The eX-
hibition last year was the most i'm
portant held this far. The notable in
crease in the weight of fat animals,
the greater uniformity of animals of
the same age, the higher net produc-
ton of meat (about II per cent?, the
larger number of breeders, the larger
number of remarkable specimens in
the oxen of the Val di Chiana class for
reproduction, the greater fineness in
the quality of the cows, all show much
success.
Count di Frassineto exhibited two
very fine groups of Val di Chiana
oxen. Marquis Emilio Pucci of Val
d'Elsa, and Count Umberto Serristori,
of Val d'Arno Superiore, exhibited two
good groups of Chianin oxen, show
ing that even outside the limited dis
trict of Val di Chiana there is a grad
ual improvement in the breed of Tus-
can oxen. Symmenthal oxen are the
only breed in competition with the
Val df Chana. Symmetrical cows hold
the record for yielding the largest
% 10 Onnn
liters (475.50 to 52S.34 gallons) each
per annum.
Cattle in this district are compare
lively scarce. The demand is, strange
to say, greater than the supply, and
prices are therefore kept up. Should
the economic condition of the Italian
nation improve, as is to be hoped, so
as to raise the individual consumption
of meat to the average of the largest
European countries, the production of
cattle for food will become very profit
able.
The process is simple, the method
of working is easily understood by
the ordinary workman, the saving of
labor and fuel is very great, and the
results obtained are satisfactory in
every way. The cost of the entire
plant is very small compared with
that of one for triple crushing. The
brilliancy of the liquid after 1t has
been filtered through the megass by
forced circulation, is remarkable and
white sugar is made for direct con-
sumption, IL required.
Why should planters make raw
sugar. which has to be melted down
and refined, entailing loss, breakage
and expense, when white sugar can be
made direct from the cane IN the same
way that been sugar is made?
T. C. JONES.
| Consul, Funchal, Maderia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

If the recommendations recently
made by the Oregon Domestic Animal
commission to the county stock in
spectors are carried out, the wild
horses that have roamed the hills of
Eastern Oregon for many years will
soon be exterminated, says the Ore
gon Daily Journal. The horses. there
are about 1000 of them, worth about
$3.50 a head, belong to the Indians,
ton near Pendletop. and nearly all
are infected with mango; by them the
disease is scattered broadcast through
out the eastern part of the state.
For many years the state veteri-
marian and other authorities have
been attempting to stamp out the dis
ease which frequently attacks the
horses of farmers in that country but
the efforts have proved futile because
Of the proximity of the wild horses
Not only do these mavericks scat
ter disease but they consume the for
age which would support thousands
of cattle and sheep. The destruction
they have wrought to the legitimate
grazing industry is incalculable.
An attempt was made some time
ago to have the government compel
the Indians to corral their animals.
treat them for the mango, or shoot
them. but the United States attorney
general refused to take action. The
rta t-fa -
persuade the Indians to care for their
animals but without success.
The state authorities have decided
to take the matter into their own
hands. Recently DIR. William Nc
Lean communicated with DR.. Hickox,
chief of the western division of ami
NAL industry, and asked him for re-
lief. No definite answer has been re-
ceived.
DR.. Mclean two weeks ago took up
the matter with the Oregon domestic
animal commission of which Cover
nor Chamberlain is a member, and IT
was decided to instruct each county
stock Inspector in the afflicted district
| TO at once notify owners of diseased
\ animals, to take them up and treat
| them or the horses would be shot
/ The commission recommended that
the counties pay the owners the value
of the horses. In case of refusal the
state will stand behind the inspect ~-
to make good any loss which the owl
ers of the stock may suffer.
DIR. Mclean has recently been m
vestigating a peculiar disease in the
| district east of the Sandy river, where
dozen or more animals have died
on the ranges. He made a careful
examination but was unable to deter
mine what the disease was other than
that 1t was peculiar stomach trou-
BILE. He was of the opinion that it
was caused by the herds eating some
! sort of forage plant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Belgium has long been an important
center of the lace industry.
The art of making lace spread
through Flanders from France and
Italy in the middle centuries owing to
the splendid qualities Of Belgian fax,
and it was there that the wonderful
duchesse lace was originated. Much
Of the so called Spanish lace-black,
with its large roses and trailHg de
sign-was also made in Flanders, and
for the last hundred years the cities Of
Bruges, Client and Ypres have put on
the market the three best grades of the
modern valenciennes lace, each city
having a distinct variation in design
due to the differences in workmanship
gradually introduced in the course Of
years in the three localities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
CANDIDATE. TNNIAN INJURED.
James Inman Who Ran for President
Sues Douglas County.

James Inman of Looking Glass far
mer, political reformer and independ-
ent candidate for president of the
United States in 1904, wants damages
in the sum of $4,000 from Douglas
county for a disabled arm, says the
Roseburg Review. This morning he
presented a written request to that
effect to County Clerk q. n. Agee,
asking him to file the claim with the
county court next October. IncIden-
tally Mr.. Inman announces in his pc
tition. for damages that he will again
run for president in 1908.
Mr.. Inman recites that on the 10th
of last February he was thrown from
load of hay which he was taking TO
Roseburg with his team and wagon,
and as a result his right arm was
broken and dislocated at the wrist
He says the accident was due to the
bad condition of the road, which caus-
ed the wagon to careen so suddenly
that he lost his balance. Mr.. Inman
blames the road supervisor for the
condition of the road and IN turn holds
the county responsible for the super
Mr.. Inman states that his right arm
is totally disabled as the result of the
injury. He complains that he is
greatly inconvenienced in being
obliged to use his left hand to write,
inasmuch as writing is one Of his pro-
feSsions.
Further, he says it is his intention
to appear before the American people
in 1908 as a champion of the poor,
and as a candidate for president; that
during the year 1907 he will make a
tour of the world and lecture at the
capitals of the various nations to the
officials, aristocrats and the poor on
the subject: "a New Form of Govern
ment;" that the first of these lectures
is to be given at the New National
theater at Washington. d, c.
In connection with the above start
ling announcement. Mr.. Inman states
that his disabled arm will prevent
the action of a gesture while giving
public DISCOURSE"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
A STOLEN INVENTION.
How the Designer of the Hanson
Cab Lost n Fortune.

Charles Hanson, the famous English
architect, was a talented man in many
respects other than in the exercise OF
his profession. He was dining on
certain day with a few friends when
one of them taunted him with being
unable to invent vehicle which would
supersede the old fashioned hacks and
cabs in universal use in London. Mr..
Hanson got a sheet of paper, and
without any delay he sketched out his
idea of a safe and convenient mode Of
passing through the crowded streets
of the great metropolis. His friends
watched him while he was at work
and unanimously applauded the sketch
which he had drawn. They dubbed 1t
by the name Of its inventor. and it was
then and there called a Hanson car"
One of those present advised him to
take out patent for IT, which he said
he would do on the morrow. Howev-
er, there was one dishonest man in the
company, by whom he was forestalled,
for on reaching his own house that
evening and being, like Mr.. Hanson,
clever craftsman. as all great archi-
tects are, he sletched out car like
the drawing he had seen, and early the
following morning he took it to the
Office and got out patent for 1t in
his own name, thus robbing the talent
ed inventor of all the remuneration
which he deserved to reap from it. 1t
brought an immense but Ill gotten for
tune to the one who had perpetrated
the fraud, whereas Mr.. Charles Han
som was never one penny the richer
| Donahoe's,