Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1907 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■VEBYTHUBBDAYMORNING BY AKW g elungham, published (LOOPER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Maiered at the postoffice at Decatur,lndiana as second-class mail matter. OrdCIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CUUHIY SEEMS EASY FOR HARRIMAN. The Interstate commerce commission, without digging very deep into Harrimans railroad business, uncovered some startling things The parent group of Harriman lines consists of the Union Pacific railroad company, the Oregon Short Line, the Southern Pacific and the .Oregon Railway and Navigation company. These are known as the “Four Pacifies,” and are all operated by one management, which is located at No. 120 Broadway. Harriman holds the presidency of each company. The “Four Pacifies” have interest by stock ownership in various railroad and steamship liriis as follows; Absolute control of the Pacific Mail Steamship company. ’ - •'■ • Absolute the Portland & >v Astatic .SteajpsJfi^‘ tympany,' t* I Absolute control of .th? Oriental & -Occidental Steamebip.company. , , Absolute control ot the. steamship *' line on the Atlantic ocean formerly l J Anown as the Motgan line,, but now known as Southern? Pacific steamers. These steamship fines are the ones which are to t^eCOiVe 1 -the subsidies' provided for fn tlid"biH pending in congress. ’ ■'-» : 'f k-'u; >=., .‘j , • );. j ; -• Stock Interest in the Illinois Central' railroad. Harriman’s' influence is so groat as to dominate the road, and he was receri(ly t ab'ie'‘to depose Stuyvesant Fish fromTlie presidency. 1 ■■ * a Vd) Stock interest in the St. Joseph & Grand Island rg|lrpad. Stock interest: in the .Baltimore ■_&.! Ohio railroad.' .■; , < ,.- Stock interest in the Chicago & Northwestern raiiroadviu.v'it.. < >-■ Stock interest* iii the Atchison, Topeka & Santa ‘Fri railroad) ’ ! . r Stock interest in the New York Central. £ Hudson Rivet- railroad. , ! : h; .. T’-t: ‘ >; ; Control for the , of, ■ the, .’«& Salt, Lake railroad, ( fa competing csntrpl jtyipi the Rock Island the CJifoagp, > i . Harriman is practically the whole thing. The directors of his various companies always do exactly as he . recommends. They give him power to 1 ,jniy railroads, railroads, .sell railroads, do as he .pleases' with railroads and with money,, wtihbut 1 even referring the matters to their consideration. The commission,.was astounded to learn of the enormous powers given Harriman by the executive committee I j•■> 1• j J ' - 1 *1 t. of the Union Pacific railroad., If. Har-. riman is not, in his bus ? insss he 7.11! soon solve the “owperi, • ' »<! *1 • |ji ■ I ‘ • ship Senator Slack has introduced a bill calling for qualifications before a man can vote. One of the requisites is that he must be in possession of a receipt for poll tax, dhd 1 another is that he * must be. able to read and write the English language. The average man will say that the requirements are not unreasonable; in fact a man who does not work orit‘ his port tax or whp can 'neither read* nori write English, could b ; hardly cohsideFvJb a. hardship if de--1 Drived of the right to vote. R at all likely the pleasure .'iWfil-.be-come a law, however. ’ .; ( . ■ ■ ' x;,.- ... "" ' '< '''

? i JHr-'-i- —- Lungs ( ‘ ; I \ .5. . NbkdVINOL its cod liver oil elements heal and strengthen the luxigs Many people- inherit weak , lungs which are likely to be attacked by consumption. So also are lunga weakened by disease or by a stubborn hacking cough, ' Vinol, which is a real cod liver preparation with all the useless oil eliminated and tonic iron added, strengthens weak lungs and gives one the jfower to throw off, wasting diseases. - We ask every person sufterln; from weak lungs, stubborn hackint coughs or any wasting disease to tr] "Vinol on our guarantee. SMITH, Yager A FALK.

The Right Name. . Mr. August Sherpe.the popular over- 1 seer of the poor, at Ft. Madison, la., says: “Dr. King’s New Life Pills are rightly named; they act more agreeably, do more godo and make one feel better than any other laxative.” Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25 cents at Blackburn’s Place. o Governor Warner of Michigan, is the latest executive to declare war on the lobbyist. In his message to the legislature, the governor advocates driving them out of the state house and also calls a sharp turn on state officials and heads of the state institutions who appear in the role of lobbyists, instructing them to confine their effort to a formal statement of the needs of their departments. Governor Folk of Missouri, suggests that the jail is the best place for the professional lobbyist, who persists in forcing himself in where his influence is all to the bad. In Nebraska Governor Sheldon defines a professional lobbyist as a conspirator against the public good who should be dealt with according to the degree of his crime. Governor Hughes of New York, is equally vigorous in his denunciation of the pernicious influence of semipublic corporations which, seek to rule rather than serve the people. The rate of one and one-half cents a mile for travel on the Indiana Union Traction and other electric lines throughout the state is neither high nor oppressive. The state legislature can not afford to discourage electric' railway development throughout Indiana by enacting a one cent a mile law. The electric railways have done more tb fofee the steam roads into reasonable passenger and freight rates than any other cause. They have created natural and effective competition and the people have been benefited. To strike at these electric lines with a one cent a mile law would not only be unwise, but ungrateful and would in the end be playing into the hands of the great steam railway corporations. —Anderson News. Members of the county councils and township advisory boards, who nowreceive only nominal sums, for'-their-services, would get substantial pay-foyt two bills introduced by Senator Tyirdall. One bill would; give each member of a county, $3 a day for jvery day actually. devoted to the work of the council and 5 cents a mile for bvery mile traveled in attending, meetings. The other bill would allow members of a township advisory board in making levies for township 'funds, to include s2a day for-themselves.— Bluffton , Banner. .. It may be the privilege of the Jackson Club, of Lafayette, to announce the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan for president, at the twelfth annual banqitef/fo' be held Jan. 8, 1908. Before the close,' Tuesday evening, J. K. Risk announced that j£r. Bryan had already * promised to bq present next year, and that in sedition to Mr. Bryan, Governor Folk of Missouri, Senator Tillman of South Card-’ lina, and Attorney General Jackson of New York, would probably be guests of the club. , The Democratic membersof both t branches of the legislature have > shown a. most commendable spirit of : harmony. Bills covering all ©f .the l platform pledges have been prepared t unitedly supported. So j far as. the Democratic members are j. cqncerriedPit is ievid&nt-'thdt they clear*I ly Understand themselves and mean . to do fhdir ‘duty so far as a minority b M’ A Washington letter says that “Vice President Fairbanks is ’“receiving scores of invitations to deliver addresses in various parts ot the couto • try.” Now' we wonder why. Mr.” Fairbanks, has no opinions dr convictions on public arid his customary verbal inanities? are not enticing. Perhaps the people only want ,0 see his Lrindle whiskers. An eastern paper urges that the salaries of federal officials be increased because of the greater cost of living. This might be all right provided the incomes of the taxpayers can be increased so that they can afford to pay the bigger salaries. The taxpayers, are also struggling with the cost of living problem. , ?0 ,- ; , ■ Died of old age at the age of elevdfi, j is the verdict of physicians given so regard to a Minneapolis child,' who, bright in. infancy, began to fail,' both ® mentally and physically at the age of s six; became gray and walked with the n l debility of an-old man.—Ssuth Bend Times. i- - J 11 , ■ i- President Roosevelt has agreed e with Cannon and other standpatters that there shall b_e_no tariff Revision, g | Well, who expected anything else? Y There is nothing spectacular about tariff reform and consequently it can not Interest Roosevelt.

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A BUTTER SCORING CONTEST Will be Held This Month kt Indian«pon«. ' -Jw.-W . j ' -J * The eleventh educational ‘butter scoring contest will be heM in connection with the and cheese con- ' test at the annual convention of the State Dairy association, in Indianapolis, this trionth All packages of creamery butter and cheese will be scored oh A JSfiuafy 29, and should, therefore, be in the Indianapolis cold storage not later than January 28/ All dairy butter kiust arrive riot later than' hodni' JAhriary 30 The State'Daily 'aksbefation is offering fdllowing premiums: . wriole .milk creamery butter —$25 for highest &bre;''l*7s pro rata. ‘' f '. Gathered cream butter— for’the Ifighesi ’ Dairy' Wtt&'MlO'W $25 pro .rata. ' ’ i’UiMuasi Cheese —$15 for pro rata. -ledqoUßj i A certificate of by the State Dairy association, Wf be mailed to the holders of' a ; ,of9o or above. All butter -’fentrlek are also eligible for the prizes of 1 ( the bimonthly educatibnal buttei scoring; contests, conducted under the aus-! pices of the dairy departme it ; of Purdue university experiment s ation. ■< A sample of brittevofrom each contestant will be i anmydedirfiby H. J. Credicott, dairy eXpert'bf-.ithe United 1 States dairy dpartrilentp43hicago. Entry. blanks' an<fT .shipping tags may be obtained frtuaodfc'F. ftunziW, head of dairy departmtentjl Jdayette. " .V. htf ii.iiUnH real estate^Yßansfers. — 1. 5; : j;3 '"*V A Reported by- the-Decatur Abnract & Loan Company. _ C''’' Money to load cfa Thrm sand city property :at the lowest rate of interest, with privilege of partial payments. Office, fobnfiw'3-4 .Sttfdabaker block, ’Decatarwlndlana. ,< . t . David SJ-udabakpr to Archie P. Hardison, inlot 397, Geneva,'Win. E.' ! Butler to C. Fred Scheuler, -sec 30 Root township, 80* acres, S6OOO. 2-i Thos. C. McKibben t 6 Daniel 0." Roop, sec 11. Monroe township, 40 acres, S3OOO/ > ” ss Irirtn Bfandyberryi 'to Lawrence E. Opliger, :ink>t 77, - Johm H. Noah 'Nussbaum' sec 5, Jefferson township, >4 kerbs, SSOO. Levi Barkley to John Milter pt Inlot lot 334 Decatur,' $2700. ; Harvey Harbuff-to ■Neile.-M ( ,Eftfty,ti et al., part frilot 90, Decatur, SBO. i Mary FortMng to John B, Tudor NE *4 sec 9 Washington township, $9333.' Nathgn Ayres to Harry R‘.'Mdltz, pt.! inlot 113-114 Decatur, $625. ■ < DaVid D. Clark et ali, to Emily Johnson W % NE % sec 3, Monroe township, 75 acres, $4325.

■Lg-aid i'i i . hhhhhhmhhhhh* • Headache !! Can be cared only by ’[ < a remedy that will ( > ! ! wi remove the cause. '] [ .11 z-x -Th® oft oll6l y° u ° ] J stop it with headache J ] < • jk powders Or pills the < > 71 *V) 'r/ I Ticker will it return. J • ][ V Wil II Generally,headache ]]' < > comes from a dis- < > ' » turbed stomach or J ’ < » I I lln irregular bowels, and < > J ] •‘ " almost invariably ] I Lane’s Family Medicine ,<» (a iohid laxative) will cure head- ! > ] [ ache in short order by regulating ] ] I < ► the bowels and reinvigorating the < • > ( » stomach. < » < I ‘lt is a great blood medicine ' [ ’ ]' and the favorite laxative’of old ] ] < > and young. o ■ < > At druggists’, 25c. and 50c. < • <> < •

‘ - Cured of vL»h»b Trouble,, ‘ ? t “It is now eleven, years, since: 1,, had a- narrow escape from consumption,” write? C. 6. Floyd, a leading business man /of Keflshaw, S. ‘ C.' . *‘l> had run down'* in weight o 135 and coughing* was constant, both ,day- and night. Finally* I began taklig pr. King’s New Discovery, and continued this for about six months, whien my cough and lung trouble were entifelyt gone and I was restored to my normal weight,:;J7o pounds.”, Thousands of: are healed e’.ery yean Guar-| anteed at Blackburn’s Place. 50 cents' and $l. 7;r Trial bottle frees..A; ■ ■ .JR -Or ; - ■ t ' THE 4MEWS CAME, IN BONCHE6’ A.Mayer Rgcelyeß Many Startling Messages in, a Week. ; , Three deaths,7.a -ti|rth ..jtod a marriage, was thfe.record pf news received by 'John J.; Mayer, and wife from relatives last week. On, Monday they, received, an invitation. , t tp a wedding! of a nephew, on Tuesday, , notice of, the birth of? a son ,so. his sister; j on Saturday, JJfyer was called to New Cattle on acqquut of the death of -her shortly' after? wards was informed. of the death of her coubsin, Banker. Sfiaw of .Farmland, who died QU the, trgig while, en route Ito New York. In the meantime, Mr.. Mayer, was told of t’he ’ death a nephew at Muncie, who had beep, married only a month and Committed suicide. The latter young man had a successful career and no, reason can be given for his rash act. Going to the cellar just after dinner with a song. on. his lips, he picked up a. sfle and blew his brains out? -* - —!« ! I O' ' THEY ARE NOW DEAD BROKE Bluffton’s.City Council are Not Long on Cash. From now da until next July, the city will be run on an economical * J*” plan for the very good reason that there..will be very little money on hand to permit of any out of the ordinary expenditures! The decision was rriifehed last night When the plan of building a brick stack and an addltion to the' water works plant for the housing of the new boiletg came up. It was found’-that there ’ wasn’t , sufficient funds on hand so build as desired and as called the specifleationk However, -the plans arid . specifications were adopted as. read the’ council decided not to puhh’ j tbe building of the hew addition beI fore July, when the- July, taxes, will be in the treasury' and when the I stringency iri ’-tho ‘mintey market will . 'havo been £feffeved.-—Bluffton Banner. ''.lu,, q. A Florida man has devised a scheme by which he deciares ' a man can make his owfi ice at a cost of ten i Cents a hundred pounds, the process ! taking only five minutes. He adver- ! tised widely that he would give the ' formula to the world at a rate of ! two dollars a head. This beats the ! cold and tediouj business of cutting 1 iCe or building an expensive ice factoryfroth his standpoint, but the ! Untied Flutes r 'srial ini,horities says the only trouble with he scheme is s t < is as: (UC. i ’Frank Mosure, the Vera Cruz real ! bstate agent, reported this morning [ the sale of the John Stahl thirty acres, ' unimproved, to Daniel Kipfer. The i land is located in Adams county and [ the consideration named in the deal [ was $l,lOO. —Bluffton Banner. ► Q k. How to Cure Chilblains. ► J “To enjoy freedom from chilblains,” > writes John Kemp, East Otisfield, Me., > “I apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Have ! also used it for salt rheum with excel- • lent results,’ 1 Guaranteed to cure fever ’ , cores, indolent ulcers, piles,; burns, ! wounds, frost bites, and skin diseases. > r »A nants at Rlaekhurn’a Place.

■4- -- -■ H— !.. — WT.. —- - -•— MIBB DOROTHY DUGAN HOSTESS, lAt a Hoppy Afternoon Party—-Lodge • and Society Affair© for This Week. BY PEARL BURDG. Mrs. Shanks was the victim of a delightful surprise party Saturday evening, given by the members of the Rebekah lodge at the home of her mother, Mrs. Porter on Adams street, i The ladies met at Mrs. James Bain’s j home, masked, and while on their way to £lrs. Porter’s met Mrs. Shanks and after accepting their Invitation to accompany them, they took her home. The earlier part of the evening was I spent in unmasking and guessing, who each other was. This caused a great deal of merriment. A delightful ihusical program, to which all the guests contributed, occupied the latter part of the evening. At ten thirty the guests were served a delicious supper the dining room. The lodge members presented Mrs. Shanks with a beautiful china dish. Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan of Moiiroe street, pleasantly entertained a few of her little girl -friends; Saturday af-‘ offlotk. aftertison was spent In varous games;] and sewing, for ' thWr Jdolta, after whici?rMßss i 'DdfottJjP served dairity ferd’frfeshriiehto. TteHtf gjlfests iw^re i Gladys Graham, Margaret Bell,; Winf' fred Ellinghqm, Leah and Veda Hem sley and Leona Busse. ¥ " A ; MODERN COUNTING ROOM ;■ < ' Ti|e Floor and Entire New Fixture©-— The'Work is Nearing Completion. , v ‘ ‘ ' ' ■ “ t ;,v ■> ! The new furniture has been frtetalfed it the Old Adams County Bank Wd that well known' and 'substantial finani cial institution presents a palatial ap- ! pearance, equalled by no Indiaria brink--1 ing house. A tile' floor is the first ! attractive feature that appeata'to one as he e’fiters the door and ; adds to the attractiveness of the interior. . The furniture is of golden dak, built by the Aetna Cabinet company of IndiahapoliS, sifti'aside fromjits-beaujj ty, is built fbr <Sonvenienco of the force of’ employees; - At thd front'Ms. the presidents' private -efifce, then come special apartments with windows, for the cashier and j assistant cashier and then the desks for the bookkeepers and other i officials. Everything is modern and those who i enter unaware of the scarcely, realize that it Is the eaine place where they have business for a third of a century;' The change of furniture has required about a week and will be completed by tomorrow. J n- ——l,., ; , Piles get quick relief from Dr. Shoop’s Magic Oofatment. Remember it’s made alone for Pllse —and it works f with certainty and satisfaction. Itch- . ing, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Try) il ' and see. W. H. NACHTRIEB. ' , . <>■-— . The .United States Supreme Court revered a decision a couple of weeks : ago . that affects many towns v That decision was to the effect ithfit a town 1 has‘no rifeht z td‘ ariseSs h license tee for ■ selling by samples or peddling’, Such' 1 are A of the' ' interstate commerce. [ - .*! V---. [ Tlie EphMoswe property 4»n North L « Mala stoeet has to Wllliani F. and JisM, Falk,-ford the sum j $2,500, lhev deal being made through 5 the Effinger and Hocker agency. J,, H, ] Falk will start a machine and general repair shop in the property and will ’. make a. number of changes.—Bluffton j News. 4 . ' ...——

‘ JLI oooooooooooowoooooooo S| Or x 41 Rn Most people knew that if they have Q been sick they need Scotti Emul- V sion to bring back health and strength. J? 3 Ju But the strongest point about * ® Emulsion is that you don’t have to be > jSJ sick to get results from it. X ’ ? It keeps up the athletejs strength, puts fat s"S' on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy, X J c ]ji brings color to a pale girl’s cheeks, and pre- XI vents coughs, colds and consumption. 2i| ;■? v) Food in concentrated form for sick and Q] r.£> well, young and old, rich and poor. « e; c& And it contains no drugs and no alcohol. X i-I X T-— X . Y ! g ALL DRUGGISTS! BOc. AND SI.OO.

■ Wite Counsel From the South. “I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney .trouble,” says J. R. Blankenship of Beck, Tenn. “I have proved to an absolutely certainty that Electric Bitters wil positively cure this distressing conditon. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottle, I was completely cured; so completely that it becomes a pleasure to recommend this great remedy.” Sold under guarantee at Blackburn’s ■Place. Price 50 cents. o ACCIDENTS ON THE ERIE The Management Makes Investigation and Delivers Sermon. V? The management of the Erie railroad has made an investigation of every accident which occurred on that system during 1906, and has laid the result before its employees, together with a sermon on caution. During the year there were 1,513 accidents on that system, resulting in damages amounting to $249,269.91. The accidents are itemized under twenty different classifications, and investigation shows that ninety-five per cent of thbm could have been prevented if each employee concerned had done his full duty. In many instances it develops in suits against the raHroads for damages resulting from accidents, that the parties, suing were criminally negligent. is this true among employees who bring suit. Many times it is. rented in courts that the; Injured party, whilfe in the employ x>f the . rpad. rieHberately disregarded own safety in attending- to Mi work. Sacrifices In tfersoriai ‘endeavor to render the a Special service are of course-ffiicdptional hnd called for only ip emergency, -but 'the customary instruction given ’new employees, particularly in road service, is “look out I for personal preservation.” - -Tv.® r " • —-- ——.—■ THE PROGRAM 18 A GOOD ONE ' ■ ’ ’ '■l- ■■■ - D.?-—..R . Special Instructor© Beside Number t' ©f jWell Known Local r People. ■ ■ ■ ■ The annual session of the Adams County Farmers’ Iriptitute will convene in this city Friday of next week, Continuing two days. Already plans afo being made for thei event, which Moses anticipates will be J the most successful one held here. The special. Instructors for this year JVC C V J. yjiistjer of Lafayette, Ind., and Miss Bertli'a'N. Mftler of Franklin. Among, the local people who will take part are a number of successful people wbori^ s ‘'phpetri promise to be most interesting. On the program are I Esaias Jones, Davis Dailey, A. J. . Porter, Fred Bell, Senator Tyndall, Judge Erwin, Mrs. C. Vogt, C. J, Lutz, Rev. Fowlei\ J. L. Aspy, “Ralph Gates, Dr. Connell, Grace Pontius, Myrtle Pontius, J. M. Frisinger, Miss Miller, ' and others. Every wide awake farmer j should arrange to attend these meet- , Ings. | ... — °~ GET DOWN TO WORK AGAIN Legislature Convened Today—New Bill in the Senate. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) 1 Ifidirinapoils, Jan. 14.—Senator Cox '■ today introduced a bill in the senate 1 limitfrig The price to be i paid for arti- ■ habitants so sixty Cents/ After the of the present franchise di jthe'iocaJ gari cdmpany, this becomes t effective -Its 'liKHMiißpdlhF. g k Group esn positively ?be stopped in j2O minutes. No vomiting—nothing to ■ sickn or distress your child. A sweet, • pleasant and. 9afe §yrup, called Dr. 1 Shoop’s Cough Cure, does the work I 'and does It quickly, does not claim to cure a; dozen ailments. It’s fox ‘ Croup, that’s all. .Sold by W. H, | nachtrieb.