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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2
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A GOOD BEGINNING FOR THE NEW YEAR
Each or tho following havo scut In yearly
mibserlpllons In numbor oh follows: 0. M. Ma
gee, Marietta, Ohio, 7; It. K. Patterson, Mercer,
Pa., 7; John G. McConaghy, Skldmoro, Pa., 10;
A. V. Sovorln, Clulhrlo, Okla., 7; T. M. Gallbroath,
GalnoHhoro, Tcnii., 9; M. Hughes, Altmas, Cal.,
7; John Shearman and J. C. Plersol, Monroo
City, Mo., 15; J3. S. Uartlow, Hamilton, Ohio, I);
Conrad IJaiiHon, PoIho, Idaho, G; II. A. Darby,
M. D Athens, Ala., !); K. M. Myham, Tacoina,
WfiHh., 10; William P. II 111, St. Louis, Mo., 7; J.
T. Marl In, Tiffin, Ohio, G; J. A. Wobstcr, Wilson,
N. Y., 8 13. 10. Faught, Shawnoo, Ohio, 8; John
Muollor, Lisbon, N. D., G; P. A. Itequarth, Dayton,
Ohio, 0; A. J. Yooman, Washington C. II., Ohio,
10; W. A. Hughes, Edgerton, Mo., 8; O. T. Hans
land, Sucrod Heart, Minn., 7; Harry M. Ituby,
Macon, Mo., 27; John McDonough, New York,
N. Y., 10; J. P. nice, Westport, Ky., G; L. P.
Dickson, Kenton, Ohio, 8; II. Dove Allison, Nar-aiiju,-
Pla., 12; William M. Gharet, Haloton,
Ind,, G; J. W. Van Mater, Orleans, Nob., G; C. C.
Van Dousen, Kennard, Ncb 10; A. Mlchall, Con
verso, Ind., G; P.' II. Howard, Strawberry Point,
la., (I; G. W. Davis, Oskaloosa, la., G; Dennis
Murray, Talo Springs,- Tonn., G; Hiram Overall,
Glondnlo, Ky., M; Samuel Rankin, Neoga, 111., G;
Leo Haynes, Mondota, Mo., 0; Huffman Bros.,
Peculiar, Mo., G; 10. W. Post, Cunningham, Wash.,
7; P. L. Tate, Vermillion, Kan., (!; Edwin II. Win
itiis, Rochester, N. Y., 7; A. Weidnor, Talent,
Ore., G; Dudley McCann, Vancouver, Wash., 8;
10. T. Anderson, Republic, Mo., G; John Hodgson,
Jackson, 111., 10; A. C. White, Kondrick, Idaho, 7;
T. J. Washam, Buckhorn, Texas, 8; Rayo Hage,
Mountain City, Nov., G; Joseph Johnston, llliopo
lis, ail-, 17; T. J. Dobbs, Chandler, Texas, G; D.
M. Long, Custer, Okla., G; G. W. Sackwoll, Green
ville, Texas, 7; J. W. Hilton, Crane, Mo., 10;
A. J. Cox, Green Porest, Ark., G; W. J. Snyder,
Mowcaqua, HI., 7; D. P. Castor, Maplo Palls,
Washes; N. B. Laughlin, Simta Po, N. M., G;
11. E. Igler, Glendale, Ohio, G; William II. Demp
soy, Waterloo, N. Y., 0; A. W. Bartlett, Cambridge,
la., 8; Georgo Plett, Ada, Minn., 23; K. C. Paul
son, Mason City, la., 7; James Bolmn, Auburn,
N. Y., G; L. B. Grace, Owons Mills, N. Y., 7; A.
McTyre, Ellabothtown, 111., 8; Al Goldsby, Gush
ing, Okla., 8; J. W. McNabb, Duncan, I. T., G;
D. B. Long, Now Matamoras, Ohio, 10; Frank
Wilkorson, East Marion, N. Y., G; J. w. Davis
Paris, Mo., 9; J. N. Gill, Penn, N. D., 10; G. l!
Kirk, Platte, S. D., 10; Charles Schoenmann,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 7; Edwin 1-1. Winans, Rochester,
N. Y 7; Georgo W. Short, Salem, Ind., S; T. W
Rosonfold. Walton, N. Y., G; C. E. McCracken!
'loboso, Ohio, 7; Pat Cullon, Paicincs, Cal 7
II. Allen Anchor, 111., G; W. H. Woods, Beaver,
W. Va., 0; C. A. Neiman, Whitewater, Kan 7
J. P. Woodyard, Garfield, Ark., 7; I. D. Racier,
Sprlngdale, Ark 7; Dr. J. S. Recob, London,
Ohio, 11; J. P. Cunningham, Mountain Vire, Cal.,
G; K B. Benson, Edgowater, Colo., G; W. S Ives
Annandalo, Minn 7; C. C. Dlttmer, Oklahoma
r V r '": V;. ,T- M" Monsoi Pornoy, Texas,
G; L. J Markham, Fillmore, Mo., G; J. R. Gon'
sales, Gulnare, Colo., C; Rufus Thompson, Al-
S?"?' M?r,r V 'l' S WoilldG'. Centervillo, Texas,
7 J. T llnrtx.cU. Portland, Ind., 9; L. G. Movers
?i?bSr nV: Zach Shicl(ls TaylorsvineKv!;
S; W'rant Tnbop, la., G; J. G. CrutcheV
Woodland, Cal., G; John M. Hall, Caddo, lT
?t ,Sniol Munnell, Canonsburg, Pa., 55; Charles
WasCh' r"lUphT W!8" fl; aac P' Calhoun, Kent
"'"'WKimur, umana, Neb., 16; W M Bor
rowdale Mngdalena, N. M., 6; Join Horan Sax
ton s R vor, Vt 0 p t ,L,, i I1"ran &ax-
Ind., 7; 'A. t c'lrr son' Tex f T Jo'hnM'
ST ioV tS?1';1;1 A"y, South Dnnsville
t, " , ' l' Loo Wontpelicr Vt 11- Tnim t.
McParland, Malone, N. Y. gVLw n .'
Gulch P-ii 7. n V ' &' u VGdder, Prench
Minn S- V v t''B0 Ai Love' M- D- Proston,
C YninlnV n i Eva"s' Sr- CnniDbolltown, Pa
f. i Amos UmJw'Jn1.- uli, J,U "watr'n '
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N. 1). Crow .imn-lZ n av00,Mondon' Mo-:
J. Finn, Wlnsted, Conn.; O. T. Haworth, Emmett,
Tenn.; J. W. Armstrong, Norman, Okla.; Webster
Greeno, DePauw, Ind.; John Scoficld, Shlloh,
Ohio; W. C. Slekcr, Milwaukee, Wis.; W. B. Chap
man, Kalma, Wash.; T. A. Stephenson, Cunning
ham, Wash.; Dr. II. P. Spillers, London, Ark.;
Georgo W. Bragg, Aliens Creek, Tenn.; Mrs.
Annie A. Miller, Oak Ridgo, Mo.; Joseph W. Ad
klns, Circleville, Ohio; C. C. Homer, Bucksport,
Mo.; T. E. Nighswonger, Jamesport, Mo.; W. S.
Harris, Athens, Texas; J. R. Crosgrove, Middle
burg, Pa.; A. Cornell, Burr Oak, Kan.; E. J. Scott,
Letcher, S. D.; S. R. Sankey, Holden, Mo.; G. W.
Hazleton, Peru, Kan.; Adam Krouse, DeGraff,
Ohio; E. A. Dotuncq, Minneapolis, Minn.; Master
R. A. Hills, PolOHi, Mo.; Mrs. R. McCulloh, Don
aldsville, La.; Georgo T. Bell, Bucklln, Mo.; J.
M. Epperson, Ilurdland, Mo.; S. D. Fox, Powell
Station, Tenn.; P. B. Johnson, Hagor City, Wis.;
J. M. Cutlif, Exchange, W. Va.; A. H. Roller, Cum
berland, Ind.; D. P. Canning, Savanah, I. T.; John
Wesley Myers, Auburn, N. Y.; W. C. Broadwater,
Browning, Moiit.; John Dayton, Paris, 111.; S. W.
Daniels, Ranioua, I. T.; A. B. Corman, Pana, 111.;
W. W. Eller, Atlantic, la.; R. S. Salyards, La
moni, la.; John Warner, Renville, Minn.; Calvin
Adkins, Chant. I. T.; J. IT. Shoe, DeGraff, Ohio;
John Keller, Lodi, Cal.; O. G. Whitcomb, And-
over, N. Y.; W. M. Barnes, Ft. Collins, Colo.; F.
A. Baker, Trappe, Md.; J. W. Hughes, Sumas,
Wash.; J. R. Churchill, Lima, Ohio; M. G. Condit,
Chicago, 111.; II. Clay Hendrix, Crumpton, Md.;
Prank Lindquist, Wheaton, Minn.; B. F. Ore,
Minatare, Neb.; J. J. Reiter, Rochester, Minn.;
P. A. Rcquarth, Dayton, Ohio; Martin Conn.,
South Charleston, Ohio; J. P. Ensey, Poarch,
Okla.; A. R. Harrover, Pond Creek, Okla,; J.
Curtice, Shannon, 111.; M. D. Spencer, Lucerne,
Kan.; J. O.-Wayman, Santa Rosa, Cal.; Frank J.
Hart, Los Angeles, Cal.; O. B. Miller, Germano,
OhUp; W. II. Barney, Onoville, N. Y.; William Mc
Knno, Mona. N. Y.; Joseph E. Foster, Coyle,
Okla.; J. D. Conard, Frederick, Md.; J. M. Kes
ter, Guthrie Center, Iowa; W. B. Tull, Magnolia,
Miss.; B. F. McCloskey, Wallace, W. Va.; P. L.
Swartz, Joplin, Mo.; Albert A. Hollnquist, Hax
tum, Colo.; J. L. Murphy, Cherryvale, Kan.; "W.
S. Wood, Newman, N. Y. John T. Briscoe, Devlne,
Texas; L. L. Shaffner, Deep Water, Mo.; Albert
Paxton, Cincinnati, Ohio; George Purcell, Mar
garetville, N. Y.; J. T. Tribble, Raymore, Mo.;
E. H. Wilson, Neb. City, Neb.; Frank C. Brown,
Salem, N. Y.; Rufus Grover, Cheshire, Ohio; J.
F. Wilson, Kenney, 111.; M. F. Herron, Nashville,
Tenn.; D. S. Burson, Richmond, Ind.; B. C. Jones,
Bridgeport, Ala.; A. Hornberger, Morrison, Okla.;
L. M. Hidden, Vancouver, Wash.; Peter Bock,
Solum, Cal.; Eugene Wade, Addison, N. Y.; E.
P. Borryman, Omaha, Neb.; S. G. Northfleld,
Edinburg, N. D.; J. K. Stauffer, Bryan, Ohio; J.
L. Kinsey, Roberts, Wis.; E. Marshall, Ordway
Va.; Georgo Ray Batt, Annapolis, Cal.; J. B
Owen, Mexico, Mo.; John Connoll, New Bedford
Mass.; IT. B. Knickerbocker, Pine Plains N Y '
George R. King, Jones, Okla.; Joseph 'Finney,
Holland Pa,; John R. Beard, Fredericksburg,
Ind.; C B. Sturdivant, Ukiah, Ore.; T. Y. Elton
San Saba Texas; R. J. Thompson, Santa Anna
Cal.; J. R. Jarard, Wright, Iowa; Park W Pit
man, El Paso Texas; G. W. Crouter, Charlevoix,
Mich.; Joseph Langhardt, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
Richard Moore, Billings, Okla.; W. T. Dalton
Los Angeles, Cal.; C. L. French, Perryville Mo '
Z R. Barker Gallipolis, Ohio; W. J. Mason, Zanes
ville Ohio; James J. Hamilton, Manhattan, Kan.;
F. R. Hedges, Millard, W. Va.; John B. Ennis
HardT' Sun : BT-.Vt' ddam' Kan'' Mar
vTQn"' MoL- Fite Tomahawk,
Wis.; J S. Denison, Savannah, Mo.; J. B. Lane
Bishopville, S. C.; W. H. Randolph, Enfield, N
C; A. Moake, Carterville, 111.; Will air Ward
Moores, Stephenville, Texas; Walter Sateh
Columbia, la.; C. W. Hanna, Ch co! Tex G
W. Spaiilding, Albion, Pa.; Charles Jahn Buffalo'
N. Y.; J. N. Harless, Dayton, Wash.; AD Sloan
Pendleton, Ore.; E. H. Baldwin, Green Lake
Seattle Wosfc; J. A. James, Swedesboro" R j"'
G. T BHggs, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; S. H. Wellborn
Center Point, Texas; E. L. Sane usky?s Citv
Nob.; C. C. Dompsey, Spokane, Wash John B
Lacy Hunters, Wash.; L. S. WolJ Walton
W. w. Glesenkamp, Woodsfield, Ohio- Lars
Brown Orcas, Wash.; R. A. Shock, Appleton Citv
Mo.; Esther Young, Cortland, N. Y.; Thomas V
Meek, Galveston, Ind.; A. A Tustw nJ'
111.; Otto M. Siebold, okkoshAVJis.f SG DCaspa?n'
Timpson, Texas.; Henry Heyl, Depauv He N Y '
J. M. Langston, Los Angeles, Cal.; John Hodgson
Jacksony llo, 111 ; G. M. Allman, Weston, W Va'
Pass O e .UTJ' M1"' NGb'UX A' Rusic' Gran
xass, ure., J. M. Johnson, Durant, I. T.; B. F.
Pei)per, Witch Creek, Cal.; Hugh Hardie Audu
bon, la.; S. A. Hay ward, Hay ward,, Okla.; J. H.
Terrett, Michigan City, Michigan; It. M. Phelps,
Gilroy, California; Jack Smith, Sentinel Okla
homa; W. O. Thorniley, Steubenville, Ohio; John
Lupoid, Gunnison, Colo.; C. Westergaard, Buffalo,
N. D.; W. A. Garner, Trinidad, Colo.; J. Linville,
Aline, Okla.; Richard Arnold, Winslow, Ind.;
Simeon Brounell, New York City, N. Y.; W. J.
Kiser, Cleveland, Okla.; C. L. Shockley, South
Solon, Ohio; W. D. Burgess, Itasca, Texas; P. A.
Heater, Whitepine, Mont.; N. A. Ellis, Orlando,
Okla.; W. A. Ferrenburg, Ferrenburg, Mo.; Victor
Hammond, Lima, Ohio; C. M. Brown, Ithaca,
Mich.; A. F. Sauer, Milwaukee, Wis.; W. K. Moore,
Ponca City, Okla.; C. W. Peebles, Chester, Va.;
G. W. Lessly, Higbee, Mo.; H. L. Moffltt, Newton,
la.; John Kierraan, St. Louis, Mo.; John A.
Westre, Vermillion, S. D.; N. W. Oulf, Alanson,
Mich.; George Balliet, Perrysville, Ohio; Emery
Whittcn, Burnham, Me.; J. H. Kinsey, Roberts,
Wis.; J. V. Sperry, Pattonsburg, Mo.; Edward
Byington, Farmington, Mo.; A. Hall, Denver, Colo.;
Thomas Lloyd, Cincinnati, Ohio; C. J. Fitzsim
mons, Marshall, Mo.; E. Shugart, De Funialc
Springs, Fla.; C. L. Frinch, Perryville, Mo7; Har
vey Watson, New Concord, Ohio; G. P. Foreman,
Alvo, Neb.; M. J. Flynn, Cincinnati, Ohio; T. J.
Douglas, Hickman Mills, Mo.; Dr. W. B. DeJar
nette, Columbia, Mo.; M. D. O'Brien, Steuben,
Wis.; Eugene Sanford, Alanson, Mich.; L. P.
Motsinger, Orleans, Ind.; W. J. Cochran, Charles
ton, W. Va.; A. H. Covert, New York, N. Y.;
G. S. Summers, Gordon ville, Mo.; Conrad Kess
ler, Welston, Ohio; James W. Smith, Bixby, I. T.;
W. A. George, Caldwell, Idaho; Jackson Leidy,
Carthage, Mo.; H. D. Funk, Chicago Heights, 111.;
Wayne Smith,-Elmwood, Ohio.
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DISCRIMINATING
The jury In the licorice trust case returned a
verdict of guilty against the two corporations
convicting these concerns of forming I
combination; at the same ttoe Ss furv Jil1
verdict of acquittal to the pres Ident ? a
corporations. The New Ll K 0f the,?e
respects to the jurors inthislv pays ,lta
is that so discriminating a Ef J W?
to see the logic of attributhig Irtminnf f8f fai1?d
the rubber stamps or typewrifer ?B??fnn?nt. t0
and writing corporation SSUSttoMrSS '
moral obliquity of inanimate things cSffo,.l
stant correction for the security of ?hiV0P in'
tions' business." aeunty of the corpora-
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