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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-05-01
Clenham News

bridgf shopper Monday
John OVERLY. who is wprkinr a.
the country. spent ~nnday a home.
Mrs. X. G.. Plumb and chlldlrL
spent Sunday at the Donaldson
Ranch.
Ed Scott from the Horseshoe
ranch vas IN town on business
Tuesday.
Mrs. Paul Srhaffrr is visiting
with her daughter Mrs. &. j. Han
strom tlis week.
Hiss Jessie McKinnon spent the
fore part Of the week III Nobridge
visiting friends.
h. g.. Anderson and J. VI.
llough spent Sunday at L. c..
AnderSon's north of town.
"''V Mss p'l''nN pio"' Ma
been absent from school part Of
the week on account of illness.
X. Q. Sahin retultrd from the
b >rital Sunday and although he
|. not well, he Is much improved
Little EilI3hcth Ovarn, who has
been suffering with pneumonia the
past tinee weeks Is improving at
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. q & Anderson
he S"rda' "at,rno>n III the
country at the home of i. G..
Anderson.
-Nl>. Boltum u iletllnger, y. ID.
arrived Monday Tor "a visit with
ir. s~.tl '.t- WI - '!loEstad
ol Mound City.
DR.. Twining was over from
MObrdge Sunday to see b. r.
H0llenbeck. Mr.. Hollenbeck Is
improving since his Treatments at
the hospital.
NJ an Ms. Alfred Vammer
~ S'"''Nt''r ;. ~. afi Tues.
10y ''' = s'"'t V'>l with Mr..
/" ne : p''eI'~ Nh" lave NORTH
We '"t
NJ 4 " =. G." Hoffman ana
Mrs. l'tlcl Sherman of MOhrdge
stopped IN town Sunday on their
way to the Is Is. Sherman home
etSt Of town.
The Ladies' AID was pleasantly
entertained at the home OF Mrs. +.
I. Plumb last Thursday afternoon
Their next meeting will he Il, the
church May IA.
Mr.. ard Mrs. ars Amundson
returned home Wednesday from
Ne" Lepstlc. y. d.. where they
visited their daughters Mrs Hatch
and Miss Elma.
p. G.. Anderson has been very
sick the past two We k. witt pue,!-
monia. AT present he is not in
proving as rapidly as his friends
and family had hoped.
Misses CheStine and Laila An
derson returned home last Tuesday
from Lodgepole where Chestine
has a claim. LaiIa has been visit
INC out there for sometime.
TLa n,,, f,;.nds ot N;,, Moss
Seely Will be pleased to hear that
she has finished her business course
~ he Markaro BuSln' SIS College
aud has accepted a position III
MarSiield, Wisconsin.
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Local News


Mr. AID Ms. b s. Hill visited
at the count, seat Saturday.
O.. I. Berg spent "a part CT the
week in Minneapolis attending to
business matters.
Mrs. Parkinson of Miles City ar
rived in the city Monday night for
a few days visit with friends
Misses Mabel RIM and Inga
Barnstad Welt tc Aberdeen yester-
day. Miss Ring will return to-
night on No. Is.
Miss Seibelt. the nurse who Ia,
been taking care Of Frank l;ehan,
IL smallpox patient, left last Friday
night for Aberdeen.
Miss Ada Newell Of MeIlette
was a weekend guest in the city
at the homes of :. VI. Ilawver and
Prof. ". X. Thomson.
The Mobridge Furniture COM
panv have closed their store and
the stock GAS sold and shipped to
another Point in the state.
Albert Link and family loaded
their household goods and left
Tuesday for Parker, this state,
wlere they will make their future
home
clyde and James Caldwell left
for Minneapolis Monday on No.
+ 10 attend the funeral of their
nepheN. They received word of
his death Monday forenoon.
e ii Lintleman is seriously III
with erysipelas at his home in the
west part of town. Mr.. Lintle.
mans condition is very serious
but Is improving at this time.
Mrs Tom Church and her
brother, Frank Behan. are i'm
proving rapidly from a long siege
Of So a''rox They expect to he
r - asri from 1~uaranti . tomorrow.
Mr.. a. d Mrs Ed Ogden went
t" Ah 'een Wednesday to meet
Mrs q dr''s sister, who was IN
route to Mobridge, from Renville,
Minnesota, for q extended visit at
the Ogden hOmt.
The furniture for Bob Halls
new rooming house, on Wisconsin
avenue, arrived the first of the
week. Mr.. Hall is busy placing
he furniturc and a few of the
rooms are now ready for use.
Mr. Frank Erhard of Lennep,
Montana, is a guest at the pleasant
home of her sisttr Mrs. q. w.
Smith. Mrs. Ech I'd arrived in
the city Sunday and will spend a
couple of weeks at h+r sisters
home
Mrs. Fuller of Miles City arrived
here Monday night for a short
visit with her husband and to Eelp
him celebrate his birthday. Mr..
Fuller Is a passenger conductor,
running between Mo6ridge and
Marmarth.
{. l.. Pine has severed his con-
nection with the state bank exam
Inc S Office and left Monday for
Mitchell. After a short stay in
Mitchell Mr Pine expects to 90 ON
the road for q Twin City bank
supply house.
T.. W. Burton, a brakeman for
the Milwaukee, was requested to
report for duty at Three Forks,
Montana. Earl left for Montana
Sunday. Mrs. Burton will re-
main in Mnbridge for the present,
Until Nj Burton finds out whether
or not his work at Three Forks
will be permanent.
Chas. &. r. dpff Of Aberdeen, an
expert accountant. has been en-
gagged to examine the city's books
AID accounts MIR. Rod"ff will
cOyer the period from March, 1905
up to the present time. Mr., Rodoff
is considered one of the best ac-
cOuniant> in the Northwest and
his servi rs will prove Of value to
Mobridge,
Lillian the vuunD dauphter of
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CHAPTER XIV,
The Noiseless Death.

~ ED suddenly made a slight hiss
. ing noise that arrested the at
tention of the others and held
them in movcless silence.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-05-01

Mary Turner, q department store clerk.
is sentenced 10 prison for three years for
u theft she did not commit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-16

Brddstreefs reports another drop in
commodity prices. Resides the usual In
fuence OF the season the repressed state
OF trade and industry has been an i'm.
portant factor. THE net result has been
cheapenlng OF commodities and quite
naturally Brddsfrcets index number ms
OF May l last. reflects another dron the
figures working out at ss.Gss4, white the
ratio OF decline from April IL Is per
cent Since December. 1918, the movement
has been downward and the index number
just given IL al the lowest level reached
since July OF 1911. Except for the cut
In the price OF Australian wool, due to
the removal OF the tarlfr lmpost. that meas
ure has not otherwise PLAYED much of
a part In developing easier prices. How
ever. the current index number besides
being Ii per cent, below April last IL
Sc per cent. under that OF MAY 1 1913
when quotations were recedlng from the
record points Of Immediately preceding
months and II exhibits a drop of approx
mateiy per cent. from that date In 1912,
at which time we were discussing the
effect Of high prices on the spending power
OF the masses. Comparison with May /,
1911 when trade was letharEtc In char
acter, shows n rise of nearly 2 per cent.
In favor Of the present index number,
while contrast with that time In 1910 re-
fleets a drop OF 80 per cent, and as COM
pared with MAY. 1907. there Is n fall OF
as per cent. However, the present level
IL higher than In May I. 1909, and 1908.
when II was almost at the lowest point Of
recent years, while II ranks above every
other preceding May ! az far back as
1sep'
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$S5,OOO,OOO B. & 0.
NOTES QUICKLY SOLD
Kuhn, Loeb h Co. and Speyer
& Co. Cut the AllOt-
ments in Half.

Speedy disposition Of s35 100000 one
year ~ per cent notes OF the baltl-
more and Ohio was recorded yesterday IN
the sale OF the entire issue by Kuhn,
Loeb 4 Co. and Speyer & Co In little
over two hours in the morning, At
noon, when Il was announced that the
subscription books had been closed, u
was found that the issue had been twice
subscribed for. The aliotments were
therefore cut In half
The notes are due June ], 1915, and
offered at par. with commission ~
dealers Proceeds will be used TO retire
500 900 900 one year per cent notes
due July I. 1914 and for improvements
Better conditions In the money market
as compared with last year are Illustrated
In the fact that the old notes were sold on
a yield basis OF 5s. pei cent. as compared
with 4 u for the new Issue.
The present -. per cent notes are 90
cured by pledge Of s32. 600. ooo Baltimore
and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad hrst
4 per cent bonds, 1000 shares of Read
ing first preferred 10000 shares Of Read
ing second preferred and 10000 shares
OF Beading common.
President willard said that financing
at this time for no longer than one year
was deemed advisable because OF tha
preparations now being made for bring
ing out a broad financial plan which
will be In the form Of n general blanket
mortgage The company has been unify-
ing it's properties and arrangements Tor
the new mortgage will bo completed In
the near future.
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.
May wheat stronR-Corn Advances
ON Argentine News.

Wheat ruled strong in the early trad
ing yesterday, advancing - to L.. on
encouraging cables, Hossian fly reports.
decreasing Northwestern stocks and
moderate export buying. The May posi-
ton retained the greater part OF its ad-
vance to the close. but rev crop deliveries
eased Off In the closing hour under
profit taking sales, closing unchanged
to isc. higher. The feature OF the marke,
was the further widening OF the May
premium over the later positions At the
close IL wss &C. over July and nearly lie
over September. There is understood to
he stlll a considerable short interest in
May, and II IL apparent that the shorts
are finding II difficult to cover. Reports
OF Hessian fly damage were confirmed
by Modern Miller. II reported their
presence in south central Illinois and
central Missouri and In some portions
OF the territory the loss IL material. The
area so far affected. however. Is small,
and In other sections of the belt IN" crop
outlook continues highly promising.
Foreign markets were higher on In
dications OF light worlds shipments this
week. Liverpool cables reported smaller
Manitoba offers and strength In spot
wheat RrddstrCeps exports Tor the week
were also OOO bushels against 3.177,ooo
In the preceding week and ''oiiooo last
year.
Corn advanced sharply early In the SEES
s,on on fresh supply OF Argentine
damage reports The extraordinary ad-
vance at Liverpool had marked sym
pathetic effect. an II lent weight 10 thc
damage news. Interior cash markets
strong. receipts light In the late
trading prices receded from high levels
on profit taking. but Anal prices were
bc. higher Argentine exports tor tne
week were 2,1s3.OO bushels against
o57 600 In the preceding week and g.
I57. 900 last year
oats reacted after early strength. Ele-
vator interests were credited with further
heavy buying OF May against sales OF
,ulv Belt news was favorable except TOT
some reports from oklahoma OF deteriora'
ton from brown leaf
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Any Ones Guess.

Expectations OF a decision In the rate
advance case have become sharply divided
on the point Of time. Many persons In
the financial district would not he sur
prised TO see u come almost any day
now In fact there was strong rumor
on the floor Of the Exchange that II would
be given out Mt the close OF business
to-day. Others explain this op'rion mas
nothing to recommend II. while their
own. namely that the decision will not h.
banded down until June 90, II based on =
definite theory. This theory Is that the
commissioners will hold back the decision
until thew adjourn for the summer re-
cess. Saturday. June 20. IN order TO
avoid the storm Of criticism which IL
sure 20 he raised whichever way the
matter Is decided Since the date OF the
decision II any ones guess. neither one
idea nor the other can he denied with
any show OF authority The only safe
ground 10 take IN this matter Is that the
decision IL coming nearer every day.
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Interior receipts and stocks were:
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Coffee Closes Three to Four Points
ADMINISTRATIONS steady.

The coffee market remained dull and
steady After iiuctuating within "a range
OF two or three points throughout the ses-
sion final prices were three to four points
higher. brazilian and European markets
we're foatureIess and local trading was
Vithou, special Significance. Total sales
"ere 1000 bags.
The llavre market opened "a fr. higher
and closed !. to X fr. higher. Ham
burg started unchanged to Y pig. higher
and finished unchanged to q pig. higher.
no No was unchanged at 5fO5O. ~
santos No. was so refs lower at $3.50,
while so 7 was also so rel lower at
1880. Rio and Santos receipts were
5000 bags 1.-TWO days., against $1,000
nag last wear. Sac Paulo had 1900
srF,, against 5000, and Jundiahy had
spl9 against 5000.
New York and New Orleans warehouse
ot'verlcs OF Brazilian coffee on Thurs
cay we're 1920 bags, and for the four
oayS Of the week they were 1884 bags.
Prices were.
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May NOTICES STOP
ADVANCE IN COTTON
Southern Mills Probably Reten-
dered Holdings Acquired
Earlier In Month.
-
WEEKLY FIGURES BULLISH
Statistics Not Influential in
General Profit TAX
ing Desire.
WEEKLY FIGURES BULLIsF

yor North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia fair to-day and tomorrow; light
10 moderate east winds.
FOR Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana,
,,,, today and profanity tomorrow: mod.
.rs,. northeast and east winds
For eastern Texas. cloudy to-day and
,o.morrow. moderate east winds.
For western Texas. partly cloudy to-day:
,,,bahiv showers ana warmer In the Pan
b,ndis fair to-morrow.
yor oklahoma. showers and warmer to-
say; partly cloudy tomorrow.
For Arkansas. cloudy to-day: probably
shower. IN west portion: showers to- morrow
n looked yesterday as II some OF tho
Southern spinners who took up cotton on
Nav contracts earlier in tho month were
letting their holdings go through the me-
dun, OF redelvery. The amount rendered
WAS not large. possibly less than 5000
bales. but It served to check the advance
which At one time promised to carry cot
ton prices sharply higher. The notices
came from scattering sources and II was
LARGELY a matter OF conjecture whether
M not tenders could be credited to the
Southern mills. This was the prevailing
impression
Liverpool Just about met the New York
advance OF Thursday. which. considering
tire fact that prices have shown an up
ward tendency for the last few days. was
A good response. There was n general
dlyposltion to take profits around the OPEN
ing but the undertone was steady and Of
fsrlngs were well absorbed. A little later
prices went up to new high levels for the
present upward movement with May
touching 10 cents and both October and
December going TO the basis OF 11.so.
Later the undertone was unsettled. owing
to the circulation OF the notices referred
10 above
The ~eather forecast was favorable for
the Eastern belt, but again unsettled for
the Western belt. The map does not indi-
cate any heavy rains, but just now ex-
,remely favorable weather IL necessary
for Arkansas. Louisiana, Oklahoma and
Texas. Temperatures are too low to cause
satisfactory termination OF seed, and II
!, feared that the Government condition
report may be disappointing when Issued
June l. as A result OF replies dated May
10
Tho week end figures were moderately
,rliish Tho into sight for the week wa.
s2S2i bales against s5.s23 last year. Th'
total for the season Is i3,se3,o0o, against
1920. 600 last year. Spinners' taking'
were placed at 1875, 900 bales, against lsi,
900 last year. The decrease In the visibi'
ripply was about 10000 bales. agains
Approximately $4,000 last year.
Futures closed steady, to points
1oler
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wheat crop this season OF 500 900 900
bushels. and II the average price re.
celved therefor were SIS cents bushe,
the money value OF the crop would he
s6S0,o0o, o00. This Is an addition to ths
nations wealth from this source alone
suf'ciors TO stagges the Imagination
But by comparison with items of expendl-
ture on Injuries II may not seem 20 big
For instance, the Ford Automobile Com
pany alone turns out each year 900, 900
ears. At $500 apiece the output repre-
sents total Of $3.50 100000 or 90 per
Govt. OF the value OF the wheat crop
While II cannot he said that the auto
mobile has no commercial uses. II IL still
obvious that the nation rides away an i'm
portant percentage OF its annual income.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-16
JAMES BROWN.
BERNARD NJ. BARUCH.
HENRY EVANS.
FREDERICK STRAUSS.
d. N. WALLACE. Chatrmaa.
Committee.
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
DISCRIMINATING Investors.

Experts on conditions in the investment
market state there IL an excellent dema nd
for first class bonds and that at times 1t
IL difficult to oil orders. But the market
for second and low grade securities IL fat.
This type OF securities will not go" at
all. Investors discriminate sharply. Even
In the case OF the very best bonds Il can
not be said that the inquiry Is large. for
the volume OF offerings lately has been
extremely light. As yet there Is nothing
TO suggest n broad active market capable
of absorbing large offerings almost da iy.
Nevertheless. the quick manner In which
several new issues have been taken IN the
past few DAYS has caused some surprise
and some experts confess to having I'M
dercstlmated the absorptive powers Of the
market. The Northwest general Is
BROUGHT out last week Mt a4is were old
Immediately. and practically all OF them
went to personal investors. The rapid sale
OF the Baltimore and Ohio notes was also
a healthy sirr. although with cond tons
In the money market "a they are. prob
ebly nothing less should have been eS-
pected.
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THE STEEL MARKET.

The STANDARD OIL Company liz said TO
have placed an order with the Steel Cor
porat!on for 100000 boxes OF tin plate
for second half delivery The extent OF
other new business continues 10 indicate
the popularity of the hand to mouth buy
ing policy, and the trade shows no new
features.
Dulness has continued so long that
producers feel confident change for the
better must soon develop. The Inter
state Commerce Commission decision IN
the freight increase matter 10 expected 10
supply the needed stimulus.
PIttsburg advices reported a further
reduction OF 81 Ia III. price OF rivsts and
steel shafting. Mills generally are operat-
ing at q slightly lower rate OF capacity.
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THE COPPER MARKET.

Demand for copper metal braced UP con.
sideraby yesterday, and producers erected
fair sized sales at the prevailing price OF
could not he termed heavy II was char
acterized by producers as good con-
sumptive demand, with indications OF
lasting. Both foreign and domestic con-
sumers were In the market and the cop
per sold was again chiefly for June-July
delivery. Second hand copper had almost
entirely disappeared and II was doubtful
II even small lots OF the metal were OBJ
tainable under the 1+H cent level
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FINANCIAL NOTES.

The city Of Rochester has awarded salo'
mon Bros h Hutzler $500 900 city OF Roch.
has sold a note Of 100000 payable Noyem.
Der 20. 1914, on 3 per cent. discount basis 10
salomou Bros. & Hut2ler.
IL IL understood that Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co
will purchase from the Illinois Central as
soon az state Public Service Commissions
have authorized the sale 10 900. 90 Of me
and 5000, 900 Of lis refundihg 4 per cent
bonds
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Greene Cananca Copper Company

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING,
Notice 10 hereby given that the Annual
Copper Company viii be held at the once
OF the Company 1000 Alw2rth Building.
OF June, 1914, at twelve clock noon, for
the transact ton OF any and all business that
NAV come before the meeting, including the
election OF three directors TO hold once for
three years, ..-
o'clock T.. NJ, Monday. May 30 1914, ana
will he reopened at ten o'clock A. NJ on
Tuesday. Jane is, 1914 ..
. By orders OF the BOARD NJ Directors
FREDERIC II. KENNEDY, Secretary
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
MIDDLE WEST Utilities COMPANY

The Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders
OF the Middle West Utilities Company viii
be held on the nth dsy OF June, 1914. at
1900 o'clock noon at the once OF the Cor
poration. 3st Dupont Building. Wilmington.
Delaware. for the purpose OF eiecting =
Board OF Directors and receiving and acting
upon the reports of the oficers and for the
transact OF such other business as me-.
properly come before the meeting
In accordance with the laws Of the State
OF Delaware. no stock can be voted which
has been transferred on the books OF tho
Corporation within twenty (2oJ days next
preceding this election.
All Gtockholders are requested to be
present at such meeting in person or BY
EDWARD J. DOYLE. Secretary,
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THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET.

PHuAprLPHiA. May 15.-There was
good undertone to the market during the
day Trading was light and traders did
not seem inclined to take on commitments
over the end OF the week. There WIS a
GOOD demand for Philadelphia Rapid
Transit. and that issue rose half point.
BUYING OF Tonopah and Tonopah Belmont
was said to he good. Cambria Steel and
United Gas Improvement were bought In
odd lots around last nights close. Ar
bitrace trading was for most part done
in limited States Steel common. The
bond market was firm The summary:
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CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY OF NEW
YORK.
1870 Eat 18th Street.
NOTICE 10 sTocKiioLpERs,

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
New York. May 9Th, 1914.
NOTICE h hereby given that Special
Meeting 81 the stockholders of tho Con-
solidated Gas Company OF New York viii
be held on the 25th day OF May. 1914. at
~ o'clock noon. at the once OF said Com
psny. No. isO r.. 18th Street Borough OF
Manhattan, city OF New York. for the pur-
pose OF voting upon n proposition to In
crease ha Capital stock from tho present
amour. thereof to wit, One hundred. mill
lon Dollars $500, 900, oo0), consisting u One
million q, 600. 000) shares OF the par value
OF One Hundred Dollars Sio0l each. to One
hundred and twenty-five million Dollars
Hi25 00o. o00). or one million two hundred
and MY thousand u.250.00oJ shares, OF
the said par value: such Increase or the pro-
ceeds thereof to he used for the reimburse
ment In part of moneys actually expended
from income from other moneys In the
treasury, not secured or obtained from the
Issue OF stocks, bonds or other evidences Ot
indebtedness for the acquisition Of property
and for the discharge OF Its obligations and
for such other purposes az the stockholders
at such meeting may determine TO he ex-
pedient and also for the purpose Of trans
acting such other business as may come
." ore tho meeting.
The transfer books Of the Company will
be closed on May 18th, 1914, at IL o'clock
noon and reopened on May 3sth. 1914 At 10
A. NJ.
BY order Of the Board.
GEO. n. CoRTELYoU..
r. A. CARTER
Secretary.
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Notice to Holder. Of the Metropolitan T~le-
phone Telegraph Company First Mort
gage 90 Gold bonds,

Bankers Trust Company, successor by
meiger to The Mercantile Trust Company.
Trustee under a certain mortgage dated May
24th, 1883 and an agreement dated No
M-iropoiilsn T-iephobe & Tei-srsph Com
psny, which the New York Telephone Com
Invites proposals up to the Close OF business
June 2s, 1915, for the sale to II on July l.
1914. OF bonds secured by said mortgage, at
a price satisfactory to the New York Tele-
phone Company, at rate not exceeding par
snu ven per sehtuin premium 70 such an
si2aG0se
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. Trustee.
New York Nav l. 1914