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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
BUSINESS BROADENs.
Dun & Co. Agencies Furnish Encourag-
ing Reports-Spring Trade Good.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade
says:
BUSINESS broadens in wholesome man
ner, and the most encouraging Indication
regarding the future Is the scarcity OF labor
disputes. These controversies are usuallv
most numerous on May 1, but this wear no
serious trouble Is threatened and one ben
encent result is the expanding activity in
the building trades. Jobbers have expert
enced a good spring trade and manufac-
turers are now receiving large contracts for
fal shipment, while retail sales are of sat
| isfactory volume. except at few points
where inclement weather has temporarily
| retarded distribution.
Activity at the interior is evidenced nv
the increased transfers thither of silver dol
| lars and subsidiary silver by the treasury.
crop prospects being well maintained de-
spite excessive cold in a few sections. Rail-
way traffic continues very heavy, earnings
| for April thus far exceeding the same pe-
| Rod last year by 1917 per cent, while for
eign commerce at this port for tile last
week shows gain of 1884, AT In value of
| merchandise imported, and an increase of
$1,94 $50 in exports, as compared with 1904
Mercantile collections show further i'm
provements, and money remains abundant
and easy.
Current conditions and prospects for the
future are both extremely satisfactory in
the iron and steel industry. Several new
plants have been completed and others re-
paired and put in operation, SO ii Is I'M
doubtedly the fact that current production
of iron and steel is constantly establishing
new high records. Two lines of distribu-
ton are particularly overwhelmed with
business-railway equipment and structural
steel.
Strength is still conspicuous in the hide
situation, large tanners purchasing moro
freely. Leather Is also more active New
England shoe manufacturers taking large
quantities of middle-weight hemlock sole
which is in light supply. Eastern boot and
shoe manufacturers are still very busy and
some VIII have little time for the taking of
inventories before commencing work on fall
goods.
Textile industries continue to make en-
couragang progress Prices of cotton goods
in the primary markets have not been de-
pressed by the weakness of the raw mate
rial, the situation exhibiting more inherent
strength than for many seasons. Wooden
goods are quiet. duplicate orders not yet
arriving from clothiers, but quotations are
readily maintained, particularly as the new
wool has begun to move without any de-
pressing effect. Failures this week num-
bered 204 In the United States against 2o2
last year, and fifteen In Canada, compared
with sixteen a year ago"
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Mining Affairs in Mexico.
Of Commerce

From the New York Journal of Commerce.
Among recent mining developments In
Mexico are the following: Max B. Finch of
Sonora will establish zinc and lead plant
near the gold camp of Pittsburg. eighteen
miles southwest of Engle; the TransvaaI
Mining Company, which has developed
great copper property in the Montezuma
district of Sonora, has ordered from Chi
cago twenty-eight carloads of machinery;
the Tarsca Mining Company will construct
a fifty-stamp mill on their property west of
Torres; the Encinillas mines, situated to
the east of Santa Rosalia, are about to
erect two 200-ton smelters. which when
built will be supplemented by two more of
the same capacity to replace the 1o5-ton
plant now in use; the Southwest Smelling
and Refining Company of st. Joseph, Mo-.
has taken over the Jarilla mines at Jarilla,
sixty miles north Of Torreon, and will erect
a 200-ton smeltaT. Install hoisting engines.
compressers. air drills and an electric light
plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30

bales, was second. having passed Missis-
sipp. which held the second rank in 1908.
Mississippi Is third and Alabama fourth.
With the exception of Kansas. Arkansas
and Texas all the cotton-producing states
show larger crops for 1904 than for any
other year. The states which show the
most notable increases compared with 1908
are Alabama. Georgia and South Carolina.
the largest increase being found in Georgia.
where the crop exceeded that OF 1903 by
612. $50 bales, or 4S per cent. The increase
in Alabama Is 46 per cent, in South Carolina
40 per cent and in Texas q per cent The
increase In the combined production of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory over 1903 Is
II per cent. The report shows an increase
OF cotton seed mills from 1851 in 1900 to 7l5
In 1904.
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Baltimore Markets.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 29.-FLOUR-DuIl un
changed; receipts. 3,711 barrels; exports, 20 bar
rels.
WHEAT-Weak; spot contract. 93a93H spot
red western. 9312a93A; april. 93a93A; May 921!
asked; July, SASSY; Auguts, 50 asked steamer
No. red S5as514; receipts. 9.o5s bushels: southern
by sample, 76a93: southern on grade s3a93.
May. 5Os.a5o7s; July. 5l1sn5I III September, ST
asked: steamer mixed. 47Aa47Ia; receipts, "a, 06i
bushels; exports l21. l69 bushels; southern white
corn 4Sa51; southern yellow corn. 4915a521z
oATS-Quiet; No. white. 36a361a; No. mixed
331aa38Y: receipts 1,494 bushels
RYE-Steady fupt0wn1 No. western, IS asked
receipts, 2,61T bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Steady, unchanged
%BUTTER-Quet: fancy imitation 24a25; fancy
creamery. 29a30 fancy ladle, 22a23; store packed
19a20
4 EGGS-Steady, 161h.
cHEESE-Firmb; large, 13s4; medium. II; small
14N.
stGAR Strong; coarse graduated. e.e5; me
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COTTON CROP OF 1904.
It Exceeded That Of Previous Year by
35 Per Cent.

The census bureau has issued the final
report on the cotton crop grown in 1904,
showing total production OF 1854 ,457
bales of 500 pounds. The crop exceeds that
OF 1908 by 3.491 1856 bales or 30 per cent.
The largest crop produced in the United
States prior to 1904 was that of 1898, which
amounted to II ,235 600 bales, or 16 per cent
less than the crop of 1904. The average
crop for the fve-year period ending with
1903 was 9.S92 047 bales, or % per cent less
than the crop of 1904.
Among the cotton producing states Texas
has held the first rank for twenty years.
Its production In 1904 was 3,134.B77 bales.
Geer3 with q production OF 1.060, ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
Norfolk and Western Appointments.

ROANOKE. Va. April 29.-The Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company has an
rounced the following appointments
IL L. Daw, to be assistant general freight
agent, with headquarters at Columbus
Ohioi Miles G. Figgatt, to be travelling
freight agent, with headquarters at Roa-
noket
Alexander Kearney. formerly superirn end.
ent of motive power of the Baltimore an6
Ohio Railway Company. with offices al
Pittsburg, has been made assistant superin-
tendent of motive power of the Norfolk and
Western. with headquarters in Roanoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30

Owing to the crush of business yesterday
the tickers in New York were eight minutes
behind the trading on the floor, while the
Philadelphia ticker service was sometimes
nearly fifteen minutes behind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30

timers. When he makes up his mind to one
of these sudden flights he consults no one
but just simply picks up his heels and goes
This faculty has saved him barrels of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30

Mr. E. Southland Parker is one of the
members of the exchange whose name has
the prefix Mr." when he is addressed
that is. commonly. Mr.. Glover calls him
Parker, but, then, Mr.. Glover is president
of Riggs Bank.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
History Society Events.

The meeting of the state historical
society at Pierre on Wednesday even
ing was addressed by two notable
men. Thomas l.. Riggs, president of
the society, now past the meridian of
life, is the second son of DR.. Stephen
r. Riggs, the famous Minnesota mis-
sionary, who began him work with the
Sioux in 1887 and gave the remainder
of his long life to the uplifting of that
people. Thomas l.. was born at Lac
qui Parle in 1S43 and, like his father,
has given up his life to the elevation
of the Sioux. He settled at his pres
ent home on the Missouri and estab-
lished Oahe mission in 1873 and still
continues at the post. The other
speaker was John P. Williamson, also
a son of the famous missionary family
of that name, and he was the first
white child born in Minnesota, having
first seen the light at Lac qui Parle in
1885, and he, too, has unselfishly sacri-
feed his seventy years to the good Of
the Indians. There is no more intense
ly interesting and even thrilling chap
ter in the history Of the Northwest
than the life histories Of the Riggs and
the Wililamson's.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
BANK ROBBED A SECOND TIME.
Express Package for Ramona Bankers
Tempered With.

Tempered With.
A second package of money sent
from the First National bank of Madi-
son to the Ramona State bank OF
Ramona has been. robbed.
Several weeks ago a registered let
ter containing $1,000 in cash, sent
from Madison to the Ramona bank,
was taken from mailsack which was
lying upon truck at the Ramona
station, preparatory to being carried
to the Ramona postotice. The enve-
lope was afterward found beside an
elevator near the station. All OF the
money but five SIS bills had been re-
moved.
Although postal inspectors were
promptly on the scene, sufficient evil
dence has not been secured to warrant
an arrest.
The other day the Ramona bank
again had occasion to make snip
ment of money from Madison. Hav-
ing in mind the loss of the money
sent by registered letter, the bank Off
Gals decided to ship the money by
express.
The train carrying the money did
not reach Ramona until late in the
evening, after the bank was closed,
and Mr.. West, the station agent, not
having safe place in which to keep
the package over night, declined to
receive it from the express messenger.
Accordingly the package was car
ried on through to Bristol and as far
East as Ortonville, Mimi. After thir-
ty-six hours later it was returned to
Ramona and delivered to the bank.
The package remained in the bank
some little time before it was opened.
When the money was counted 1T
was found to be 500 short. Examina-
ton of the express package disclosed
that it had been tempered with, hay
ing been cut open and then carefully
closed, after part Of the contents
had been removed.
What became of the money and who
was responsible for the theft are mys-
teries which the authorities are striv-
ing to solve.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
STATE SONG.
Bill Now Before the South Dakota
State LeoiSIature,


State Legislature.
A bill has been introduced IN the
South Dakota house of representatives
by Representative Apland for the
adoption of state song, whose author
is Stena Sidnell Peterson, OF Center
Vile. When the bill was first pre-
sented the assistant clerk OF the house
offered to sing the song for the mem
bers. but the offer was declined, and
the song was referred to the commit
tee on immigration. Following is
Mr.: Peterson's production:
Tune-"Yes, Well Rally Round the
Flag, Boys.'
Where the skies in beauty beam,
And the sunsets golden CLEAN,
There in my home in South Dakota;
Where the fields of waving grain
Raise in glory to thy name,
Giving a cheer for South Dakota.
CHORUS:
All hail to Dakota. with glad hearts
we sing,
Till far DER the prairies, our praises
will ring;
And within each patriot heart, what a
joy it doth impart;
Hail to the State of South Dakota!
"Where the western breezes blow,
Golden rod and roses grow,
Over the plains of South Dakota;
And the lovely autumn days
Into winter lingering stay
Giving a cheer for South Dakota.
Timber land of wealth untold,
Mines of silver and of gold,
Are in the hills of South Dakota;
Wonderful thy Cave of Winds.
And thy great and famous springs
Then give cheer for South Dakota.
"They gather from the East,
And they gather from the West,
Seeking for homes in South Dakota;
What welcome glad and free
From each pioneer you see
Then give cheer for South Dakota.
&" 'Tis the homeland Of the free,
Patriots of Liberty,
Came from the homes of South Da-
kota;
And the Nations flag shall wave
Long in honor of her brave
Then give a cheer for South Dako-
tai
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

ment spent a week in the Hills last
summer and decided at that time to
have the management of the Black
Hills reservation put under the agri-
cultural department, instead Of the in
terror department. as at present. The
secretary proposes to turn the Black
Hills reservation in forestry school
where young students may have object
lessons.
Last year Capt. Bullock made his
reservation pay. The expense of main
tenance was about $4,000 and the
gross receipts about $4,000. There
were log Ares which burned over only
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
BULLOCK cLEAvEs 70 HILLS.

Tell. Why He Refused Nome Mem.
bership.
Capt. Seth Bullock has returned
from Washington, D. c.. where he at
tended the national convention OF
foresters. Under his supervision the
Black Hills reservation Of Deadwood.
has become the best kept and most
important in the United States. Secre-
fary Wilson Of the agricultural depart
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
YouNes LITTLE CONCERNED.
Warrant Charging Todd's Murder is
Read to Trio.

Miller, S. D., Jan. 31.-Justice Mill
er read to j. W. Young, John Young
and Gerney Young. the warrant charg-
ing them with the murder Of George
M. Todd. They showed little concern.
The hearing was set for tomorrow af-
ternoon. Another brother. Elmer
Young, an escaped Sioux Falls esavict,
convicted for horse stealing, is also
under suspicion He is said - be in
Canada.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

New York is looking with amaze
ment at Danish wrestler who has
performed the feat of getting under a
1.4OO-pound automobile and lifting it,
with its chauffeur seated in the car.
Wouldn't you liks to have him help
lift the mortgage on your house?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

In speech to his sons Bible class
John d. Rockefeller said he believed
in newspapers and in extending the
widest freedom to the press. Mr..
Rockefeller needn't expect after this
to stand very high in the estimation
Of Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

A Massachusetts pastor left the stub
of his cigar in his study the other day,
the result being fire which destroy
ed the church. Here is another strong
argument against the use of tobacco
by ministers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
Collision at SYLVAN L.ke.

Brainerd. Mimi, Jan. 29.-The pas.
senger train from Duluth to Staples
crashed into freight at Sylvan Lake
yesterday. wrecking the passenger en-
CINE and mail car and two or three
freight cars. No one was injured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Mr.. Barney oidaeld has just bought
a new mile-a-minute automobile. With
this instrument at his disposal, Mr..
Oldfeld should be able during the
coming season to make several more
notches in his axle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The Harvard medical commission
pronounces cancer to be hereditary.
and European authority says there
is no such thing as hereditary disease;
and there you are.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

A Michigan professor says no
woman should marry until she is able
to support her husband. He does not
go SO far. however. as to insist that it
must be according to the style in
which his mother supported him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake says it
was not an apple that Eve ate 1t was
a ounce. This makes Ewes conduct
all the more reprehensible. Ever try
to eat, raw ounce?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The siege of Port Arthur is COM
pared with the siege of Troy There
was Helen connected with the siege
of Troy. and there was something
very like hell in Port Arthur - Boston
Globe.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The sum of six cents has been
awarded by a jury to a New York
woman who sued for damages done to
her heart by a man who said he would
and then decided that he wouldn't. Oh
but she must be homely.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Mr.. Takahira says that Japan is too
busy fighting now to talk of peace. 1t
must have bothered the minister lot
to have to stop to have the appendi.
citis.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

An Iowa woman who smokes to-
bacco has celebrated the one hun
dredth anniversary of her birth. But
why should woman wish to live 100
years if she has to smoke pipe to
get there?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The learned scientist who explains
the price of beef on the supply and
demand theory adds that it is just pos
sible that combinations of packers also
exist. What shrewdness.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

BY order of the De Beers syndicate.
the value of the supply of diamonds
has been increased $50.000,000 That
$50,O00OO0 may properly be spoken of
as fiat money.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

A Christmas bard MARBLES pathetic
ally about Nan Patterson's empty
stocking" though why Miss Patter-
sons stocking was not as full as usual
does not appear
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

tornado sneaked into Mexico and
did considerable damage the other
day. President Diaz must not allow
this to happen again
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

1T really seems a shame for the
whisky trust to start price war
when so many good men are still on
the water wagon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

At this late day it doesn't matter
much whether 1t was an apple that
Eve ate, or ounce. We're all out
side.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Uncle Russell Scrooses Christmas
may have been Dckensrsque affair:
but there are no reports to that effect
as yet.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

1t takes mighty level-headed man
not to consider himself a great finan-
cier when the stock he is holding on
margin happens to go up.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The scissors grinder who died and
left an estate of 100000 had not at
tracted the attention of the kings of
finance. Obscurity is wealth.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
MERGER STOCK GOES UP.

insiders Appear to Be Catherine in
Northern Securities Paper.
New York, Jan. 2S.-Current belief
that there's something doing" in the
Northern Securities situation was
strengthened yesterday by further
advance of point in the stock. In
siders appear to be picking up all the
stock they can get at present figures.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Concerning that decline in mar
riases last year, there may have been
an unusually large number of declina-
tons
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Incidentally, Andrew Carnegie's es-
tablishment of nearly 1900 libraries
has added 1900 copies to the guaran-
teed sale of every important book.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

jewels were worn at Mrs Astor's ball.
Harry Lehr was dazzled
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

The medical congress at Panama
declares for the extinction of mos
quitoes. Let's make the movement
universal
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

Edna Wallace Hopper proposes to
endow home for newsboys. Tremen-
dous applause from the gallery.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

745 acres of timber land, valued at
$500. This is considered remark
able record by the government fores-
try men.
Capt. Bullock has fifteen forest
rangers all the year. and thirty in the
season The reservation is divided
among the forest rangers who must
keep of trespassers and look out for
fires.
Capt. Bullock estimates that the
lumber supply in the Hills is good for
seventy-fve years. He will soon
commence to plant pine seeds on the
denuded places.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

- The gifted inventor of the gold
brick is dead, but his brick goes
marching on.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

DO you see that striking looking
woman with the veil?"
Eyes"
"Do you know why she wears the
veil?"
"No. Homely?"
mo. She's afraid the sun might
blister the paint" cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

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