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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
Verdict for DR.. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home Journal.

Sending truth after lie. It Is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth is getting its boots
on and no doubt hundreds of thousands
OF good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon DIR. r. V. Pierce
and his ~Favorlte Prescription published
In the. May $500 number of the Ladies'
home journal, with its great black dis,
play headings, who never saw the hum
Bile, groveling retracton, with it's incon-
spicuous heading, published two months
later. 1t was boldly charged In the sland,
erous and libelous article that DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman's weaknesses and ailments, con,
tanned alcohol and other harmful ingredi.
ents DIR. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers of the Ladies'
Home Journal, for 5000, 10000 damages.
TT. Pierce alleged that Mr.. Box, tia
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter witty the intent Of injuring his
business Furthermore. that no alcohol. on
other Injurious. or habit-forming, drugs
are. or HVer were, contained in his "Fa-
vorite PRESCRIPTION" that said medicine
Is mad3 from native medicinal roots and
contaNIno harmful ingredients what
aver/afd that Mr.. Bok's malicious state
mefX were wholly and absolutely false.
1.-The retraction printed by said Journal
hey were forced to Acknowledge fhat theY
had Obtained analyses of mEaY0rite Pre-.
seription,n from eminent Chemists all OF
whom certified that It did not contain all
:Qhol OF, any OF The alleged harmful drugSi
;he action in the Supreme Court. But the
business OF Dr. Pierce was greatly injured by
The publication of the libelous article with
thousands who read the wickedly defamatory
article never saw the humble groveling re-
traction. set In small type and made as incon-
IpicuouS as possible. The matter was. how
aver brought before jury in the Supreme
Court of Flew York State which promptly
rendered verdict in the Doctors favor.
Thus his traducers came to grief and leir
base ISLANDERS were refuted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
Use Of Telephones Increasing.

The increase in the number Of sta
tons which the New York Telephone
Company had in use and under con-
tract for the month Of August was
1856. The total number Of stations in
use IN the i've boroughs Of New York
1T the end of August was 22O, 155,
which is largely in excess Of that OF
any city in the United States or Eur
rope.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11
The Doll She Wanted.

Mrs Clarence Mackay, schoci com
missioner Of Roslyn. wanted to make =
birthday present to q good little girl
who went to school I'll give you =
DOLL she said. Thank you" And
what kind 81 q doll Z" Twins. please
Twins It was. Harper's Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

The Bnglishman is an admirable
soldier. Napoleon even said, "The
English infantry is the best in the
world; it is pity there are so few"
But If quantity is not everything in a
modern army, quality alone will not
serve, and the problem which agitates
our neighbors remains unsolved.-
T'Eclair
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

Garfield Tea-the indispensable laxative!
Take it in the Spring; it pdrifies the blood,
cleanses the system, eradicates disease. 1t
is made wholly of simple Herbs. Guaran-
teed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

On famous rifle range there was
an important team match one day,
and the men were firing in pairs, one
for each team, side by side. The best
shot on the home team was given tc
aiming so long that bets were made
on whether or not he had gone to
sleep at the firing point. Presently
he withdrew his head from the stock
of his rifle, lowered the barrel, and
asked his opponent, in a low voice:
Did fire or did you?'-Forest and
Stream
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

Members Of the London Stock E1-
change are not allowed to advertise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

In China man can not by will dis
pose Of his land in favor Of any one
person, whether relative or stranger;
it must be distributed among all his
male children without exception.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11


it must be distributed among all his
male children without exception.
Dickens, Wesley, Newton, Keats,
were sickly children. Mohammed,
Caesar, Napoleon, were epileptics.
Cicero was a weakling. DR.. Johnson
bore the marks OF inherited disease.
In 1901 the population Of the metro
politan area of London, defined as the
Metropolitan Police District, and ex-
tending over radius Of fifteen miles
from Charing Cross, was about six and
a half millions.
A shotgun recently manufactured by
a Connecticut firm was a. special order
for a man who uses his left eye to
aim with, the right eye being sight
less. The stock and lower frame Of
the gun were twisted so that he may
shoot without discomfort.
A brown African goose in North At
tleboro, Mass, lately amazed its own
er by producing an egg Of extraordi-
nary size. Around its longest circum-
ference it measured II 7-8 inches, and
ten inches around it's shortest. The
goose weighs nineteen pounds.
The snakes tongue proves to be .
most remarkable organ. A Maryland
woman student finds that its chief
function is connected with a sense OF
feeling without touch, and may be q
finer development Of the sense that
enables some people to avoid striking
obstacles in the dark. The forked tip
and the numerous folds behind It
greatly increase the surfaces exposure.
Few persons know why August has
thirty-one days, July, which takes its
name from julius Caesar, has thirty
one days, and Augustus, who completed
the calendar, declined to submit to the
indignity Of seeing his own month
branded with the inferiority Of one day
less The astronomers had accordingly
to reshuf1e the lunar cards, and after
some perplexity hit upon the expedient
of shearing twenty-four hours from
February's glory in order that August
might face the world on q footing Of
perfect equality with July.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

'T haven't worked since 1897, and I'm
proud of It," said a vagrant who was
being questioned in a Chicago justice
court.
The cells of the epidermis are inter-
laced by net work of extremely fine
nerve fibres, which centre in a deep
nerve plexus beneath the epidermis
and extending out into the folds.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

We are All the time regretting
When 1t Is too late,
And some heavy heart has broken
While we hesitate.
Lives are human, though 80 often
We disguise our pain;
Some are hungcring -or your comfort,
Give and give again.
l-E. III. Shannon, In Christian Advocate.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

Have you any CHEEKY greeting?
Tell 1t out today
While you wait the friend and message
May have gone away.
Let the one who sighs for comfort
Feel q hand grasp true;
1t will cheer the way, and surely
Can't impoverish you.
IS. s 4 e
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-11

Dickens, Wesley, Newton, Keats,
were sickly children. Mohammed,
Caesar, Napoleon, were epileptics.
Cicero was a weakling. DR.. johnson
bore the marks OF inherited disease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
COMPELLED TO
POSTPONE CASE
Wife of Juror Bolton Dies and
the ThaW Trial Is Brought
to a Halt.
MAY PROCEED ON MONDAY
MUCH SYMPATHY FOR BE-
REAVED HUSBAND.

New York Feb 14-Another tragic
chapter in the history OF the Thaw- White
episode was written today, when death
stepped i'm to halt the famous trial. The
wife Of Juror Joseph b. Bolton died this
afternoon soon after her husband had
reached her bedside. He had been sum-
mOned from the court room. where the
trial had been in progress for less than
fifteen minutes The formal announce
ment Of Mrs. Bottoms death was made
ia court shortly after > y. m, the hour
set for the afternoon session. ana Justice
Fitzgerald Immediately ordered an ad-
journment OF the case until next Monday
morning. The court also ordered, with
the consent of counsel. that the other
eleven jurymen be given their liberty and
no longer be held together He admon-
ished the jurors TO be guided by their
honesty and their Oaths, and not to read
the newspapers or TO discuss the IhaN
case with anybody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
ATTEMPT TO EXTRACT CONFESSION
FROM PRESIDENT HILL A FAILURE

st. Paul. Mimi, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee appointed to inquire into the
Great Northern transfer OF land hold
ings TO the Oliver Mining company.
heard testimony from President J. j.
Hill today.
Representative Miller attempted to
secure an admission from Mr.. Hill that
the Lake Superior company. which held
title to the ore lands. was organized 10
defeat the law which prohibits railroads
from dealing in stocks Of. any other cor
poration-
Mr.. Hill contended. however. that the
Lake Superior company was organized
primarily 20 undertake matters OF bust
ness which the railroad company could
not handle, and TO conduct the trans
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actions in way that would be to the
best interests Of the road and its
stockholders. In many cases. said Mr..
Hill. the property acquired by the Lake
superior company was for the purpose
OF keeping traffic for the Great North
ern. He stated as his belief that the
ere lands recently transferred contained
900. O00.0 tons Of ore,
Mr. Hill testified that less than So
100000 in securities had been trans
ferred 10 the Lake Superior company.
mostly i'm stocks of subsidiary railroads.
land, ore logging and several other
companies. he said the ownership cf
the Lake Superior company was en-
tirel- distinct from that Of the Great
Northern.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
PROVO AUDIENCE SCARED
Almost Panic in Theatre While
Lost in New York" Is
Being PLAYED.

= (Speciai 10 The Herald =
y While Lost in New York was 4
y being presented at the opera house y
q this evening some boys rushed down y
\ stairs from the third gallery some y
y of them falling and making a great y
\ disturbance This was while the y
\ steam launch was burning i'm the y
. third act The noise and smoke on y
= the stage and some person volun- \
; teering the information that boiler y
b in the basement had exploded =
\ caused nearly all the people to make y
. n rush for the doors. which were y
; thrown open by the ushers. The y
y stage manager appeared before the =
3 footlights and stated there was alb y
/ solutelv no danger and nothing b
b wrong Several people in the audi y
= encc also cautioned the frightened =
= people to remain quiet and I'm this y
y way the stampede was STONED y
) without anyone being hurt. although =
5 many were badly frightened.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
sun SPOTS CAUSED THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING DURING 4 SNOWSTORM

snous,o-.s' "a, Feb. l4-During a heavy
Of th,,ns sn mere today several loud peals
WAS eI We're heard. The phenomenon
Pros ,ssOn panied by lightning.
,-lelesSor John A r7ro.1,... -, =,
the AsSoctn,as 2tory, who announced 10
covers ~ a as Press last night the dis
ever called me s Of the greatest sun spots
tronomers ho 20 the attention of the as
Tor the rcros-5. ne sun spot responsible
cation. Aaoie atmospheric compli-
"0o" today he said. The great
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15

sun spot. which is 1lsO00 miles long and
$1,000 miles wide. covering an area OF
about 3.500.0oO square miles. was distinct
Is facing the earth This spot is very &C.
tive. Taking these facts into considera-
ton IL is not hard for one to stretch
his imagination and connect the cause OF
today's disturbance with the sun spot.
Then again. there is a white line. about
IL. 900 miles long. running through the
spot and I'm my belief this white line is
responsible for conditions today and any
additional phenomena which are very
apt 10 follow !"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
OUTCRY RAISED
BY PUBLICATION
Joint Resolution introduced in
Congress to Prevent Print
ing of Revolving Evidence.

Washington. Feb. 4.-Representative
Wharton of Illinois introduced a reso-
luton in the house today authorizing the
president to exclude from the mails any
and all publications containing the re-
voting details of the Thaw case and
other cases of similar nature.
The following is the text of the joint
resolution:
Whereas. The public sense of de-
cency and morality has been grossly out
ragged by the publication in detail of
the most revolving features of the evil
dence of the trial of Harry i. Thaw
now I'm progress i'm the city of New York
and which reveals "A depth of moral de-
pTavity, degradation and degeneracy on
the part of Stanford White uneQualled in
all the annals of our criminal history
and,
DemoraIizing Influence.
Whereas The publication in detail of
the loathsome and licentious acts OF the
said Stanford White i'm a long and unin-
terrupted career of debauchery of girl
ish virtue and chastity. must Of neces-
sity have a demOralizing influence upon
the youth of the land: therefore be it
Resolved. BY the senate and house of
Representatives that as protection TO
the honor and the good name of the
woma nhOod of America. the president OF
the United States is hereby authorized
and empowered to exclude from the
mails of the United States any and all
publications containing the revolving de-
tails of this case and others of similar
nature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
MAIL SERVICE NEEDS men
Utah Youths of the Right Sort Can
Obtain Places by Passing
the Examination.
Especial 10 The HeraId.D

Especial 10 The HeTaId.l =
. Washington. D. c.. Feb. 4-There y
; is such a shortage of clerks In. the =
i railway mail service at the present y
+ time that the civil service comInls-
3 sion today issued a special notice 3
3 urging young men to take the spring 4
= examination in Wyoming. Utah. y
3 Arizona, Idaho. Montana and sew =
! eral southern states. Applicants are y
\ urged TO at once apply for application y
= forms. either TO the civil service y
J. commission at Washington or TO the Y
: secretary of local boards OF examin- y
+ ers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
NEWSPAPERS INplcIEp.

= Lebanon. Ky, Feb. 1.-THE coIln- 4
3 ~ grand jury last night returned
4 indictments against the Cincinnati !
y ENQUIRER. Louisville Herald. Louis I
: printing and circulating the ''offen-
= Sivo and indecent proceedings Of the 4
4 Thaw trial 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
SLAIN BY INSANE PATIENT
Tragedy in the Idaho State Institu.
ton at Blackfoot-Cook 7. H.
Dehson the Victim.

Blacl<foot Ida. Feb. H.-Thomas H
Debson. chief cook of the state insane
ASYLUM. was killed this morning at an
early hour by an insane patient of the
insane institution. Debson was engaged
n, preparing the morning meal when
George Byers. who has heretofore been
regarded as a trusty patient. and who for
a number OF years has been employed in
the culinary department. assaulted him
from behind with a heavy coal shovel.
knocking hin, to the floor after which
he beat his brains out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
FAVORABLE REPORTS.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house COM
mlltee on library decided today to make
favorable reports on bills TO erect mon
umentS in Washington to BENJAMIN y
Stephenson, founder OF the Grand Army
of the Republic, and TO Captain John
Ericsson. Tue Grand Army of the Re-
public Will give the Stephenson statue
TO the capitol. but an appropriation of
$4,000 is carried TO buy site and erect
pedestal. The bill carries $50. 600 for
the Ericsson statue
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
THE DEATH RECORD.
coIoneI James 2. HarrisOn.

Mound City. Kan. Feb H.-Colonel
lanes FinJlay Harrison. a grandson of
President William Henry Harrison. dicd
al his home here today OF old age. aged
~ wears He was born in Cincinnati
and had lived i'm this country since 1866.
He fought under Major General Zachary
srsvIor i'm the Mexican war. He was q
graduate of West Point and up to re-
Gently had engaged in his prof ession OF
civil engineer. Among the children who
survive him are J. s. Harrison and A.
n Harrison Of Helena. Mont.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
WATER STILL RISING

Fremont Neb.. Feb. 14-Late tonight
the water began rising and is higher
than at any time since the flood began.
The Union Pacific from here 10 Column
bus is blocked. and trains are running
over the Burlington tracks. Six Union
Pacific trains are marooned here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
Nor. Manuel santander.

Madrid. Feb. 1f-Monsignor Manuel
Santander. formerly Bishop Of Havana.
died yesterday OF paralysis. aged Il years.
He resigned his bishOpric in 1899 when
Cuba was lost 10 Spain,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
TROLLEY SLEEPING CAR.

East ST Louis. XII. Feb. i5.--The =
= first trolley sleeping car over an II y
! lgncis traction line departed at mid >
b night for Decatur, H.. via Spring =
= field Nearly every berth was occu- =
: pied The car is operated by the IL =
. linois Traction company. =
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
AID FOR SUFFERERS.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE American
National Red Cross today ca bled s.. 0G0
TO China FOR the assistance of the fam
Inc sufferers, making total Of s45.G0
cash contributions. in addition to $40. zoe
wofth of -four and a large quantity OF
wheat FOR planting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
AMENDED BILL
OF PARTICULARS
Binger Hermann's Counsel Un-
able to Shut Out the Ad-
ditionaI Charges.

Washington, Feb lf-District ATTORNEY
Baker today filed with Justice Stafford
IN criminal court No. l an additional
bill of particulars I'M the trial of Repre-
sentative Binger Hermann Of Oregon for
the alleged destruction of public records
while he was commissioner of the gem
eral land office. In order to afford the
defense an opportunity to consider this
additional bill, and the letters and doc
umentS TO which reference was made the
case was continued until next Monday.
when the trial probably will be resumed
Under the ruling Of Justice Stafford the
jury. were sworn and will continue as
the jury of the trial
Protest of Defense.
Attorney Worthington. for the defense
protested against the receipt Of the adj
ditiOnal bill of particulars filed bv the
district attorney upon the ground that
the issue in the case already has been
Joined and the trial before the sworn
jury had been begun. He maintained
that the receipt of this additional bill
by the court places i'm jeopardy the in
terests of his client. Judge Stafford held
however. that the district attorney could
file the additional bill because upou the
statement of the district attorney IL was
made clear to the court that the infor-
nation contained in it was not in his
possession at the time the original bill of
particulars was drawn.
Not All Personal Letters.
Prior 10 the adjournment of the trial
Harry Reiger. who was upon the stand
yesterday. testified that he had knowI-
edge that all the letters in the press copy
books which were mutilated were not
of personal nature. DISCRIMINATION
of the witness developed the fact that
he did not know that the letters he re-
ferred to were. copied in the letter press
books. but that he had heard the order
given that they should be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
Not All Personal Letters.
CASTRO SURE TO RECOVER
President of Venezuela Takes On
New Lease of Life After Be-
ing Under the Knife.

Caracas. Monday. Feb. II. via William
sted, Curaceo. Feb. 1.-THE Astaternent
that President Castro had been success
fully operated upon for an infected gland
in the groin was conveyed to the people
of Caracas yesterday while the CITY was
in the midst of celebrating the first day
of the carnival DIR. Revenga informed
the Associated Press today that his pa
tient had passed good night and was
without fever.
IL is semi-officially announced that
General Badillo. chief of staff to General
Antonio Paroles, the revolutionary lead
er who landed recently at the mouth of
the Orinocco river. and two other Off
GERS. had been captured at Uracoa.
The government predicts that the force
under Paroles soon will be captured
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE Venezuelan
legation tonight received official advices
from the Venezuelan consul at Trinidad
stating that President Castro is doing
well and that General Paroles the revO-
lutionarv leader. has been captured with
all his followers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
ETTR0PATkIN'S STORY OF
RUSSO-JAP ANESE WAR
Books Suppressed by the Cars Gov
eminent Now Given to the
World.
Insuanq Criticism of the Men Responsible for Crushing De-
feat of Manchuria.

gave way to panic. The Russian posi-
tons at Mukden. he says, offered eX-
tremely serious defects.
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Depressing Effect.

The death of Juror Bottoms wife had
depressing effect on everyone connected
with the trial. The prisoner seemed to
feel the matter quite keenly when he was
brought into court TO hear the formal an
nouncement Of n postponement. The fact
that the jurors had been kept in close
confinement since they We're selected for
trial service and that Mr.. Bolton had been
allowed 10 visit his home only three times
during his wifes fatal illness lent a pa
thetic aspect and the greatest sympathy
was felt on all sides
During the brief morning session. when
Mr. Bolton had taken his place in the
box, Thaw fixed the juror with his gaze
as he entered. II was not stare of Gu
riosity or concern as TO his own welfare
that the defendant turned on the jury
man. but there seemed rather to be a
light OF sympathy I'm the eyes Of the
man accused OF murder
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15

The man who tried to farm by
following the book was about as
successful as the man who works
from a treatise" on advertising.
Rusty Mikes Diary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
LOWER PAY FOR
ALL CONCERNED
Butte and Anaconda Publishers
Issue UItimatum to the
Printing Crafts.


Butte. Mont, Feb l4-The Butte
Publishers association in a statement
directed to the typographical and
stereotypers' unions, notifies them that
when the pressmen's strike is adjusted
the printers and stereotypers must re-
turn to work at a scale fifty cents less
per day for each man, the scale of
wages prior to May o. 1906. to be in
force. The stereotypers must return
under the scale in effect prior TO Jan.
20. 1907. The typogra phical union must
abrogate several OF its rules one pro-
viding that where change is made in
an advertisement that change be made
without resetting the whole ad. The
publishers also demand that they be
permitted to run picture and matriX
matter without being compelled to pay
the typographical union for the. space
consumed or for having the plate read
ing matter set after il has appeared in
print. to be thrown away without use.
UItimatum Is Emphatic.
The publishers state i'm emphatic
terms i'm their announcement to the al
lied printing crafts that until the
unions see fit to accede 10 the demands
of the printing companies there viii be
no publication of any papers in Butte
or Anaconda. The wage scale demand
ed prevails at Helena and Anaconda.
The Anaconda Standard, in an append
cd statement to the typographical
union. states that it has decided TO
cease publication until the demands Of
the Butte newspapers have been en-
tirely satisfied.