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had thought only of the salary she, would
h 10 Va apnroa obed him in the office and asked
fnr The increase In a businesslike way.
Then his vanity would not permit him
IN think that she had squeezed his
hand Just because she wanted an increase
in salary. To settle the matter, however,
he decided to make another move.
.IU see that you get an increase In
salary he whispered, 1for g kiss
sMr. Loyesuml' CALCULATED the girl;
40 show that you do like me a little,
and that you haven't been nice lust 70
viii see II we both stoop owe as though
yoS x' us, ana tho people behind are too
busy to look. What do you ea,yf'
Miss Remington said nothing, put b
did a lot Of thinking. One httle MSS n q
be so dangerous, after all, and 1t meant
On increase In salary. =,
aMv shoestring IL united she said.
Then, as che Bent forward to tie it, MI.
Lovesum quickly anticipated her, ted the
thessss deishtfui Kiss from The fair lips Of
the beautiful girl. In fact. Nj. Lovesum
was 10 carried away In revealing In stolen
sweets that he didn't notice the rumble OF
an express train going In the came direc;
ton, which ran right alongside the looal
train for three or our CITY docks JUST az
tLiD .OASASb8 -.
Miss Remington left tho local train at
Ninety-sixth street, TO continue up Broad
way, having extracted q solemn promise OF
an increase in salary, TO take effect that
week. Mr.. Lovesum. walking with elastic
vancing years had not yet robbed him Of the
personal, fascination which had proved
10 effective with women In his youth.
made his way toward his Lenox avenue
fiat, vowing that Miss Remington was a
sweet girl, and that, by Jovel even II he
was q married man, he intended to take
. paternal interest In her affairs hence.
forth.
Mrs. Lovesum opened the door for him
There was q peculiar glitter in her eye
ss, with calm restrain she asked him Il
he had had o busy day.
"You are very late she said. you
must have come up from downtown In
local train instead Of taking an express, az
customary
Lovesun looked at his watch.
What q good gussssr You ,are' hs
come cup on q local tsatn- The express
trains were % sEcwdsd. and bsssdss q bEAf-
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ness friend came along with me. We
wanted to talk over things, and the local
train gave us more time. My friend lives
up the Broadway line
Tn steely eyes OF Mrs. Lovesum glittered.
What is the sex Of your friend'' she
demanded.
Lovesum looked panied.
Now, my dear, surely you don't suspect
me of telling an untruth?' he asked with a
reproving look.
somsthins warned Mr.. Iovesum to
answer only after deep deliberation, but
clearly no one could have seen him in time
to tell his wife. Alarms, therefore. seemed
unfounded, and he answered with assumed
word that he had come up on the train with
a friend to talk over business 1t was un-
necessary TO explain further that the friend
was a gentleman.
-Liar!' shouted Mrs. Loyesum. Il Just
wanted to make you convict yourself out
Of your " mouth Your friend was not
was Q blond woman and sat With you In
the double seat In the front Of the train,
and just before The train reached Seventy
second street you kissed her.
Mr.. Lovesum sank back upon the divan
pened only fifteen minutes before, at tie
utmost; he had come straight home, and
vet Some one must have got there first
with the tale Of his indlscretfon.
Either that, or else his wife Possessed
occult powers and could zee things by
looking In o glass Of cloudy water, like the
ancient Egyptians. Evidently 1t was up to
him to bluff, and to bluff strongly.
my dear, whatever gave you such an
ideaI' he began, but she waited for no more
-Yeu miserable exhibition OF humanity
I more by trying to lilo about i'll / repeat It,
you were sitting with q blond m and
you kissed her. She leaned over to tie her
shoe, you tied 1t for her, and then she de-
iberately turned and let you kiss her.
Lovesum gasped. The incident Of the
shoestring settled Il. His wife had always
been a Christian Scientist, but he did not
believe that revelations could extend to
that degree.
'You are q wonder he said. FL cannot
understand IT, You seem to know all about
II and there's no use blufing. But II I con-
fess TO IN slight indiscretlen-oh, it' was
nothing moro than that. and We met only
by obafcs. ] assure you-wnl yor do M the
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1T would be a sacrifice Of the breadth,
dignity and repose which the conditions
of the work are so admirably adapted to
secure IL a lofty feature were to be inoor-
porated with it," said the report OF the COM
mittee of experts who approved the design.
aThe building has been left without other
browning feature than the suitable roofing
Of the mass and it's architectural effect
tude, by the careful adjustment and pro-
portioning Of its parts iand by purity Of
detail,' ,
The'late John r. Thomas was the original
architect of the Hall Of Records. He had
been selected without public composition
and the criticisms that arose caused Mayor
Strong to appoint the committee to ex-
anime the tentative plans. The members
were Prof. William r. Ware, Montgomery
Schuyler and Henry Marquand. They sug-
gested certain notifications and changes
which were made by Mr.. Thomas.
In the Van Wyck administration there
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was trouble over the architectural work.
The plan for the interior decoration OF the
building as drawn by Mr.. Thomas was
Known as the Tammany architects, with q
view 10 outing down the expense; They
made q report advocating many changes
When Mr.. Thomas died Mayor Van ,Wyck
forced their appointment to succeed him
on the Hall of Records.
When Mayor Low took Office be found
that all the architectural work Of tho city
government was In the hands OF Horgan
4 Slattery and he did his utmost to get
rid Of them. Their claims for money due
for work on various jobs were held up AND
they began fourteen suits against the city
1t was admitted, however, that their ap-
pointment to finish the Hal OF Records
was legal and all the final work was done
under them. The changes that they recon n
mended in the Thomas plans were n the
saanda II t Is saaa' n pruetiO %iGe' as naG Mr.. Thomas
desiRned il.
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THE new HALL OF RECORDS.
CITY DEPARTMENTS SOON TO
MOVE INTO NEW HOME.

The ComptroIler's ONCE Has Already
stored Some OF Its Records Hand.
some Court Rooms for the Surrogates
Cess Of Building Nearly 5000, 900.
The new Hall Of Records, one Of the best
equipped municipal buildings in the world,
Is about ready for occupancy after many
delays and disappointments. The contract
for its construction was let by the Board Of
Estimate in 1897, and it was thought that
It would be completed in three years at
the furthest. Instead of hat nearly nine
years have elapsed since the plans were
adopted, and there Is still much to do in the
line Of furnishing the room and in arrang-
ing the records that are to be filed there.
Already a vast number OF documents per-
tanning to the Finance Department have
been arranged in their cases in the base
ment, and 1t Is expected that the work of
moving in will be accomplished before the
month is over.
In this respect the Comptroller's Office
has Jared better than the Department of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

guaranty fund proved almost a Joke,
and Union Traction stockholders were
paid only one dividend. Finally re-
ccivers were appointed The Union
Traction and West Chicago companies
are in reccivership now. This was by
no means all Stockholders Of the
West Chicago company sued the North
{ hicago company. The city of Chi
cago sued the Union Traction com
pany for $2.0000OO and finally poor
car service drove the people to elect
mayor pledged TO immediate mu.
nicipal ownership"
! This was In the face OF the certainty
that corrupt politics and the spoiIs
system would be made worse by put
ting into politics the hundred thousand
street car employees. certain means
/ for machine control.
| The street car service never was
| good during Yerkes' reign. but has
constantly grown worse in most sec
lions OF the city by the deterioration
Of cars while litigation on every hand
absorbed the big companies. The
hopes of the public were raised by tire
purchase last year of twothirds con
troll OF the slS,O0O,0O OF the Chicago
City railway stock at 5000 share by
tho Observation-Disclosures syndicate
But the decision of the supreme court
has depressed City railway securities
nearly sl0O0U.0u0 and thrown the
Morgan.Field syndicate into a panic
Of CONSERVATION for the city Railway
company's franchises are about to eX'
pire and the 99.year hope has been
blighted.
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Lake Street elevated railway and the
Northwestern elevated and the ele-
waited downtown loop for another
81, 900, 900.
II had taken Yerkes 10 years to
work out his wel.dehned plan, all
based on the problematical value OF an
act of the Illinois legislature which
was construed publicly by Yerkes to
be a 99.year franchise, but which he
probably knsw-for he sold all his
holdings! to be the mere extension
OF the charter of the company to which
was granted the franchise.
Carefully he had inflated the bal
loon marked North Chicago Street
Railway" until he sold his stock at
1856 per share. 1t was quoted on the
stock exchange the other day at sS2 a
share.
/ He filled the balloon labeled West
Chicago Street Railway Co. until he
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was paid on basis of sl27 per share
The stock Ia nov selling at about $50
q share,
Then came the miscellaneous collec'
ton marked Consolidated Traction
ard the sale OF the well.watered
stocks OF a score OF underlying CON-
panies. payment In bonds which he
sold at so cents on the dollar. In
each case he gold no real value, and
took In payment something substan'
tial
When the balloons all we're sold
Ycrkes cared not at all how soon tAe
public discovered that the talk about
the 99.year franchise was but a four
flush bluff which he had expected
would be called" some day.
The blum got past Judge Grosscup on
the federal court circuit bench, but
the United States supreme court
called" It, and did It IN plain terms
I ne 99-year franchise was the wind
which had filed all the balloons; the
sand on which had been buiIded the
house OF cards marked with ierkes
| fanciful millions.
The day when Union Traction was
hoated was u great day in Chicago
The event was much heralded from La
Sale street and from the financial in
situations OF the city. who had various
interests in the success OF ierkes
great scheme and combination. The
public accepted it as the dawnilg o.
day when they would be released
from a hated bondage Of Charles T
Yerkes. The uniting OF the Nortl
and West traction interests promised
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
COMMERCIAL CULLINGs.


Swit2erlands exports oil machinery
md implements in 1904 are VaIueu at
about S9.1ooh'u. Electrical machinery
and machines used for weaving Knit
ting and em3rp!derlng were the prlh-
cipal items As this little country mas
no iron or coal O"i must l"'Po'' '''o
heavy ma''''''' 10y i'I''"'is' '"'
por'a'lnh Oh "''NI"'I! 'Pv"N' wa IVA
it, Industrial sh.H
The American financial cohalu"n
was SO easy In IJ'" thHl we WeI" "o'S
10 import SoiNuon"oo worth nl Hu'''-
bic foreign goods. an excess over l'o'
of Slo},0uooun ana over I9Od ol Tvs
100000; at the same time orr Imports
OF free goods jIhOuhl'i 7" $''''''''''''
an excess over I''t ~ St'''Ou'''' ""'
over 1908 OF $'"'"''."'",' l'N''., w.,
those increases IN I''' o'e' l'0'
amounted 10 $It''""'"''.
According To the government r'p"I"
the United States consumed last year
about onr-lourth oi the sugar pToHu'-
ton OF the world Nearly All I'VE
sugar brought into THIS country Is pro-
duced from cane. ana the lnited states
consumes inIly one-hali OF inc 'ah'
sugar produced in the world cans
sugar Is forming at present larger
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to be for the bettcrment OF the street
car service, and the advent of the FL.
hns.Widener syndicate into the street
car operation in Chicago was vel
coined from every hand. Even the
newspapers. who had been fighting
Yerkes, served to aid him by their
publicity in the lotation of the trac.
lion stocks No conditions could be
more suspicious.
Early In the day II was learned that
the entire issue of preferred and com.
mon stock had been underwritten;
that Chicago and New York had been
allotted $7,O0O.COO OF the preferred and
Philadelphia $3,oUO000 On the stock
exchange North Chicago and West
Chicago both moved up on the strength
Of the general enthusiasm over the
Union Traction deal No one seemed
disposed to delyc very far into the in
nerworkings and inner secrets Of the
traction situation. For several days
this continued, and Terkes' brokers
had little difficulty in supporting the
I
TO get Yerkes well out of cover.
II was but a month or two after the
ilotation that prices of the traction
stocks on the stock exchange began to
sag To the public this was unaccount-
able; the insiders evidently had be
gun to realize the untenable founda,
1 on for the big issue OF securities.
The 99.year statute was already In
| litigation, and had been for 80 years
! and the Feasibility that the courts
might rule adversely to the contention
| of Yerkes and his attorneys served t.
drive the stocks downward day after
day Six months after the flotation
| the prices were not much more than 81
per cent. of those at which Yerkes hat
sold his North Chicago and West Chi
cago street railways.
Everyone who crosses Chicago from
one depot to another In a Frank Parm
alec bus, or who sends his baggage
across in a Parmalee transfer wagon
would be interested to know tina
Parmalee was the man who secured
enactment of the 99-year statute whicl
has been so important He was tn
original street car man In Chicag
back In the days when Lincoln an
Douglas were debating slavery ques
lions and mutterings OF war wer
heard. The guns OF the civil war wer
not yet silent when the measure wa
framed which served Yerkes so wei
and other -millionaires so IL
Uncle Dick" Oglesby was governo
of Illinois, and he evidently saw tn
evils in It, for he vetoed the bill, bu
II was passed over his veto.
Yerkcs loved to fight, but thing
we're getting too hot for him In Oh
. cago in 1898, when he began the fini
/ balloon blowing process. There wa
, open talk of lynching the aldermen
they made concessions to Yerkes. an
more than once Yerkes himself VIZ
/ threatened. He blocked the eye OF oil
E prominent bushes. man aud called Il
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
newspapers blackmsil sheets.

newspapers blackmail sheets. When
the banks called loan 20 him OF
100000. he told them to loan him
as much more. When the banks
scornfully demanded securlty for the
extra s3.J00,O00. he produced $4,000
coo OF registered government bonds.
and got the money.
He then called loan he bad made
to Moore Brothers. the promoters OF
Diamond Match and Rock Island con.
solidation fame, and their suspension
caused a panic which closed the Cal,
cago STOCK exchange.
Necessarily. the story of the smash
Of the values OF Chicago Traction So
curites is the story OF Charles I,
Yerkes. who died December 30, last,
in New York. deserted by his second
wife as he had been many years be-
fore in Philadelphia, by his first wife
when he was sent to the penitentiary
on a charge OF which he later was ac.
Quilted. He was a broker at 81 and
banker. as his father before him.
before he was 80 tic spent few
years in Fargo, ~ D., and st. Paul,
MINI, Eefore going to Chicago as a
| broker In 1883
But wien Ycrkos has sold his bal.
looms" the interest shifts to THE boys"
who bought and held them and who
played with them contentedly at first.
Soon troubles began, and troubles
| thickened with each month, The
North Chicago and West Chicago COM
panlcs were not paid the respective ~
and six per cent, rental moneys re-
quired By the leases. the $lO.00o,OJ0
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Ch.yago.-Lhe a house OF cards
flaming with fictitious money values,
the towering structure of Chicago trac-
ton securities came tumbling about
the ears of the financial generals OF
Chicago. Philadelphia and New York
at the word of the United States SUI
premc court.
II has cost Morgan, Armour. the
Marshall Field estate, and the Gliins.
Widencr street car syndicate and 9th.
ers over SIS, 100000 to realize what
Charles r. Ycrkes probably knew
years before he sold his Chicago street
car securities, that certain leglsla'
tive act OF the state Of Illinois way
back in 1865. did not, as supposed, eN'
tend the franchises for use Of Chi.
cago streets for a period of 30 years
At the supreme courts decision
values of Union Traction stocks fell in
q heap. and Chicago City railway
stocks dropped % per cent, The &C.
companying table shows the losses.
Tho holders OF Union Traction com
pany stocks looked, after 1t was all
over. like boys holding the sticks OF
balloons with only a shriyeled bit OF
rubber at the end OF each stick as re
mirders of the buoyant beauty they
had bought from the circus day bal
loon man
In this case, the shriyeled bit of rub
Der had cost millions, and the boys
were multi.millionaires Those who
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
FOOD HELPS
In Management of Il r. R.

In management OIL H. II.
Speaking of food a railroad man
says:
My work puts me out in all kinds
of weather, subject to irregular hours
for meats and compelled TO eat all
kinds of food.
For Z years | was constantly trou-
bled with Indigestion, caused by eat
Ing heavy, fatty, starchy, greasy, poor
~ cooked food, such as are most ac'
cessibe to men in my business. Gen
orally each meal or lunch was fol-
lowed by distressing pains and burn
ing sensations In my stomach. which
destroyed my sleep and almost unfit
ted me for work. My brain was so
muddy and foggy that 1t was hard for
me to discharge my duties properly.
This lasted til about year ago,
when my att, ntion was called TO Grape
Nuts food by a newspaper ad, and l
concluded to try It. Since then | have
used Grape Nuts at nearly every meal
and sometimes between meals. We
railroad men have little chance to pre-
marc our food In our cabooses and l
find Grape-Nuts mighty handy, for II
Is ready cooked.
ITO make long story short. Grape
Nuts has made q new man Of me.
have no more burning distress In my
stomach. nor any other symptom oil
indigestion. can digest anything sc
long as | eat Grau-.Nuts, and my
brain works as clearly and accuratel!
as an engineers watch. and my Ole
nervous troubles have disappeared en-
tirely." Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek. Mich.
There's reason. Read the littlt
book. THE Road to Wellyllle" In pkga
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

cago and the West Chicago and e
tangle Of outlying electric lines. The
North Chicago was stocked heavily
and bonded literally. During the
growth OF each company ierkes had
sold part of his stock for many times
the amount of his first investment.
Then the Union Traction company
was organized with S2O0o0 600 OF com.
mon stock and $4,000, 900 Of preferred
stock. and It leased the North Chi.
cago and West Chicago companies.
Its stock was offered to the public and
sold TO the Elkins.Widener syndicate,
Of Philadelphia, now called the street
car trust" Charles Tyson Yerkes
pocketed $4,000. 900 Of nice hard cash
for the equities in the North and West
side companies from which he already
had made SloO00,00o
This worked so well he could quick
Is carry out his further plan. By
paying a dividend on the first dividend
day. he so encouraged the new stock
holders that when he got together his
miscellaneous electric companies hC
sold the lot. under the name Of the
Consolidated Traction company, to the
same Union Traction company, anc
took bonds in payment Bonds looked
good to the public and to Blair & Co.
of New York, and Ycrkes put away
for a cold day s5,OOO,OOO more in cast
and securities.
He also sold his interests in tht
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
Facts About Santo Domingo.

Such is the present day situation al
Santo Domingo. 1t Is a magnificent
island, one OF the beauty spots OF the
world, and has the finest climate ever
seen. It is inhabited and misruled by
a mongrel population, which, In spite
of many virtues and abilities, Is not,
and fear never will be, of type
strong enough and vigorous enough to
control its own destinies and advance
in the paths of civilization of its own
initiative, For It's own good. and for
the good OF the world In general, It
should be controlled by stronger ma.
ton. It knows this, and wants that
nation to be the United States. But II
Is superstitious and sees ghosts-and
they always wear the German helmet
New England Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

"why don't you ask her TO marry
YOU? You can surely afford to marry
on your salary"
That's what told her, but she said
that she couldn't. "-Houston Post,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

He-What would you say II ! kissed
you?
She-You don't suppose I'd be i'm
polite enough to Interrupt you. do you'll
-Yopkers Statesman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

Send for pamphlet goth Century Csnada .
and fall particulars regarding rate, etc, to
SuPFRfSri. SpESr or IMMIGRATION, Ottawa.
Canada, or tothe following authorized Canadian
Government Agents
/ 4 CRAWFORD, 1876 West 9th ct, kansasClty MO
[. j BROuGtIToS. IpOulncy Bldg 'Cheaso' la
Mention thu paper.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

The land that this was grown on cost many pt
the farmer, absolutely nothing, white those VINO
wished to 4 Id to the lG0 arfr- tic hoVcTnihcnt
grants, can buy land ad joining at from 10 to 80
an acre.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30

Climate splendid, school convenient, railway
close at hand, taxes low.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
$500 an Acre

rxvy1vH of WESTERN CANADA IL
a. !. !: !. =: -. =. a:
7HkNf the amount many tavIn.
SHHnE(0 rTS will realize from
eTtIty<HHA their wheat crop this
| GNcIEnHy year.
PtAtAMCH9 q Bushels to the Acre
"rH<1I2 will I've the Average
| WI Yield Of Wheat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
FALL OF THE CHICAGO TRACTION SECURITIES
BY CLYDE ALISON MANN

,na3@. 90: 3a39l s @0'~.
oaton values Union Traction and net shrink
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-30
Sff6,837,63o $4t,48t,to s75,356,53o
Observation-Disclosures, 356,53o

..@ss%os.a@scsas..a.::as.......s.eeeoee...a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-30

Mr.. H. X. McMahen, of winona, and
Miss Fannie Keel, of Glendora, were
married at the Reiman House, wednos-
day afternoon, Rev. w. NJ. Burr ollciat-
ing.
Messrs. B. L. Jones and W. Il. Eth
ridge, of Schlater, spent the past week
in Dallas, Texas, inspecting an improved
ginnery system out there, with a view
to putting in a similar one at Schlater.
James Gordon Gillespie came home
from the University of Mississippi last
Friday morning on a few days visit to
the home olks-returning Monday even
ing.
Mr.. T.. J Harvey was over from Car
rollton a few days since and made this
Office a pleasant call. Attention is di-
rected to some advertising locals of The
Harvey & Kitchell Brick Plant, which
he placed in this paper.
DR.. W. J. Redditt and Capt. D. L. Ar
mold, two of Carroll ~county's staunchest
citizens, spent a few days in Green
wood the past week. They have a good
lot Of cotton to sell, and while our buy
ers made them nice offers for it they de-
cided to hold it a while longer. DR..
Redditt visited his son, heal Itta Bena,
Sunday. The Commonwealth had the
pleasure of calls from Capt. Arnold and
DIR. Redditt while here.