Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1907 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT _ — ■ ■- ■YEEYTHUMDAYMORNING BY tKWG ELLINGHAM, PUBLISH KD MAOPIR YEAR IN ADVANCE. • •v -. Eat irad at the poetofflce at Decatar,iWlana aa MOond-claM mall matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COIHUY THE PIRATE TRUST. The Interstate Commerce Commission has put on record a report showing that the Standard Oil company continues its criminal practices entirely undisturbed by the puny efforts of the government to make it do better. It-has been a part of the Standard’s policy not only to get the best of every situation, but to ruin its competitors. Says the Philadelphia Record: “This is the third document within a year setting forth this fact, Tile other two are the report of the commissioner of corporations and the bill in equity filed by the attorney general for the dissolution of the combination. All of them describe the same infamous methods; of this remorseless, pirate among uorporations. Th4 present report, after relating some of’fhe Standard’s says: petitive methods of the company in the past have been fair Xn<r disre- ' putable. Its motto has been the de- ‘ struction of competition any costs . and this policy has been pursued with-’' out much reference to decency or conscience.’ ..., “The main allies oft he Standard’ In crushing .competitors axe Gfo.rMl* , roads. In *lafo' years it hah not W*ceived rebates, but .it ~ ,* -from the raftfoads equally tiftettM t -Oppressive sCCret tates. Ils pipeiitamfiL enable it to bring upon the railroads. £The tatter* wW > make Standard for r loess. Or: they wirf rates where thu SttmdvdS-'damLi not use the 'UM 3 must, and-'then toe StaßdhrdnW* 1 the of oil throng, its own pigp fline, 1 i independent producers out of > But as a matter of fact ppthlng ne'# can be said about the .standard, Oft company- Ro words strpHg difotigh ' to describe its infamies. And the question pressing for?, soltitibks ' is, whether the people are going to allow the Standard Oil company and ih# other trusts to own them. They are doing as they please in ’ 'lndiana and will do so until state* officials ~ms, elected who will stand ftf> for the rights of the people. >i . 1 .1 .. ■ ,et ’■ • It",,' OUR TROUBLE WITH,JAPAN.,' President Roosevelt and; Secretary, Root, who want to “obl'itdrtite State tfoi-.M in-i*i lines,” ’attempting 'to.intimidate) the California school authorise# surrendering their undoubted eonstii tutional rights. An Associated dispatch from Washington a.tewcdaya ago said: "KU'I. asv omu. V ' HL-ttn I President Roosevelt has* requested the president of the board; tion and the superintendent'of schools at San Frapcisco to come\hefe''’MFit vti'

OLD PEOPLE <\\:i ■?kxß »il<in NEED VINOL “Because it contains the very elements needed to rebuild wasting tissues and replace feebleness with strength. j¥e return money if it fads ; SMITH* Y«0« < *¥®k

- Croup can positively be stopped in 20 minutes. No voMdfhig, nothing to sftken or distress child. Aeweet, pleasant and .gafo/syrup, called Dr. Shoop’s Cough.'Cow» doer the work and does it qtftckly. Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure is for croup alone, remem-; Ser. It does not claim to cure a dost en ailtoenta It’s for croup, that’s alt: Sold by w. h. nAchtrieß. ", 0 — ' conference id order that he may appeal to their patriotism and ask them to avert further complications by rescinding their ’ orders. He will tell them that this is the first requisite to a restoration of amicable relations. In one hour and a half the president and Secretary Root convinced the entire California delegation in congress that the existing situation is serious and dangerous. He appealed to their patriotism and secured: a promise to use their utmost influence in securing ■ ? Y‘4 favorable action by the San Francisco school authorities. The president told the Californians that he has positive information showing that Japan, in stead of being helpless because of poverty, is in a position to commapd the necessary resources with which to conduct a foreign war. Some nation, not named, has evidently intimated'a Willingness to advance sufficle&fclunds fort he purpose of prosecuting hostiftties. Thls crCated a sensation, as Japfcn was supposedly impoverished as a result of the war with Russia. * Both Roosevelt and Rodt know that * the'people of San Francisco are acting .within their righto ap4,for the ’ terests of American tehildren?>Wj*pan is really threatening us we sDOUId bold to pur self-respect a&’&'ha'tion and resent the affront. If, on the . ... ‘other’ hSEtod; ’ RdofileMt andßodtaTe »•.,. .JI,-. 1.0;!;! 1- ' miaroptesenting. the, wJ situation ip. , t'toeir they ane engaged. hi., a i»* l ßuVafter’il!J,-:i8 ft. not singular that] ' put. affections Upon r ‘‘the : swell-headed little Japs duirng ‘'tteffintf 1 dtlta that they> prov»ke .—- viMiGHil ICKNSK AND TfeA’tMtßS’ I "An effort made to convince j,tiie' teachers In the public .acbqoth >lhat- the only way tb Ihcreaafe their pay is by the passage of a loon ,license law. This is merely an evasion bf a serious question, f No one knows what the effect of a high license law:i will'be in Indiana. The "i I • ■III i» 1.. ', ■ , revenue derived from such a law ‘is .bound to be uncertain. < It may. be-more-or it'may be less thah that pfoduced by the present law. But ;no one caii say how inuph more or how ,tnuch ! It is all in the air< 1,., If the .Republican party had managed 1 the state’s affairs with economy Instead, qf with wasteful extravagance, it might;how be able to make provision fojr increasing the pay of teachers without adding to the tax '• levy, But' it’di'i. 'riot, do this; If the Remajority in the presept leg.ialatjire 1 rthily 'wants to favor the toadhters it can do it definitely by ciitr ting; ( dbwri’ bxpehses in other direc- ' tfoys! 1 if it won’t do thiS/ it-'-ean-bor-ir»wjponey -oh the state's bonds or it ; Chtfjiiake. a.higher Or what K better 'ft 'can transfer the ' staking v fund levy, which produces ■, ibtt^p|)(J'h ;i ye&tVfrom the general fund fpr the benefit pf the teachers. ,• .* The. proposition to make better pay t for the, teachers dependent upop 4 . tiife 11 >. unknown' effect of a license law at AWf' S&Mt hf an injsuiit. 'rheld’fk'ifti AssuranCb that iai i .•»>>,.if suck a. law can be passed,. There i|i, no general demand that such a law shoulfl 4)e passed, ( And the if they want' definite results, should direct their efforts, toward a mpre method to bring theta about. TH£ I FI?HT IS ON. z< ; I I ::one Manion Hathaway 1 of MunCle, Ind., cards the Muncie Star in reply — o A HEALING GOSPEL. The Rev. J. c. Warren,. pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga.* says of Electric Bitters: “It’s a Godsend to mankind. It cured me of ■ lame back, stiff joints and complete physical collapse. I was so weak It tcok me half an hour to walk a mile. Two bottles of Electric Bitters have made me so strong I have just walked three miles in 50 minutes and feel like walking three more. It’s made a nc av map. of me." Greatest remedy fur weakness and all stomach, liver 1 and kidney complaints. Sold under guarantee at Blackburn’s Pharmacy. Price 50c.

Weak W«ak ®taen. ■nk' notetto ■term. Bte thR Rw Stomach, find their we*kD4M, hot U the atean Itself, but in the nerves that control and guide and strengthen them. Dr. Shoop’s Reetorattve is a medicine specifically prepared to rpach tM* eontrollinc nerves. To doctor the Kidneys afoae. Is futile. It is a waste of time, and of money as veil. ; If your back aches or is weak, if the urine tcalds, or is dark and strong, if you have symptoms o< Brights or other distressing or dangerous kidaey disease, try Dr. Shoop’s Restorative a month*Tablets or Liquid—and see what it can and will io for you. Druggist recommend and sell Dr. Shoop’s Restorative WOkIMVWEk. , ■— -»-ssat—ere » . - to Editor George W. Patchell, In which Mr. Patchell dire things ‘ against the Stilwell people in the Eighth district, and Mr. Hathaway declares that if the Cromerites with Mr. Adair and want 1 to Democrat in office, all Well and <g»od, for just as sure as Cromer's hand is in the next nomination, M. Hathaway says, Mr. Adair ♦will be re-elected. In part . Mr. Hatl> j away says: *T can tell them\M plainly and site t cerely that neither , lir, his friends will be able to j successful candidate in tyo year§.i tfrorn now. The people have’ learned a lesson not to be sq soon for-j gotten and if Mr? Cromer ’fti »- candidate or is successful in: naming lhe inan, every mother’s son that-,, voted againatdiim,. many .more recruits wiB 7 purely go lo’ the piifs ahd giye ocrada .qajididat.e .a much largef’tah- “ "we ’ftfe not fotLoflces but we are the. best 4n -& man of such character not. only ttedple.pf thjs jut -all the people of the y natwii mwr. well be. proud of* F trust Mr. Adair may proye of the ek<»ll^| z and. if M& Crdmeri and his f riends want to ’ keep Mr. ‘Adair in office* let tiiem pn> ceeFalobg the Mi-f PaXchell :and j wilj assujte Mr' Adair iff a life-time lease on the job’.’* 4 yy-.t « ; -J-J..UU I.'JL.UHAV-ltl.g . -yh; -j TrP. ShontsS < e£lgried the petition chalrmad of the Panama ieehal mission to take a better job and Prf?dident pats tan affectionately on back and says “good, boy.” But when John F. Wallace resigned as Chief engineer both Roosevelt and Taft abused him like a pickpocket and accused him of lacking "* patriotism. Shonts, however, had the J forethought to get Paul Morton, of Santa Fe rebate Notoriety, to clear the way for him. 1 . When the bill limiting the price of gas to 60 cents in any franchise granted in Indianapolis, came up in the state senatp. Monday an attempt was amend it to include all’ cities t tad . towns,, with ranging from. 6,000 to 60,000, Senator Rahke lof Allen county, tad Senator Tyndall of Allen cqundes, both supported amendment, bift the Republicans . it.—Fort Wayne, Jpu^sjsgg V(f ‘ ■■ :'t { 't- ; IXI BTa«Hi! V-L» _lfj >:a ; V . , r The fright' <Sf tb manage their - F® Bb ould be rathem. Tv this end .the met- ’ ropolltan police law rhould be s> - tW-‘ jldwer tA appe :, ’.t; ■ and< ! clont.'.il the member* of pol’ee bpardy in tne cftfbs of the state shall beyepted in the cities : and not in the 1 ' , President Roosevelt is thinking of A 25c? Bottle ol ♦ Kemiiyßata • | ‘ j i ~.,3 ; ; 40 DOSES, ; ; ; <> And each dose is more effective than ] e * four times the same quantity of any , , o other cough reniedy, however well < - < > advertised and however strongly reo- 1 , ]’ ommended that remedy may be. , :; • Remember always that KEMP’S ] U BALSAM is the < • I ► __ i;; Best Cough Cure. ; 11 * It has saved thousands from con- ' 1 j J sumption. ' , i ’ i» It has saved thousands of lives, ,( . i i At all druggists’, 256., *SOO. and sl. 1 1 ’ Don't accept anything else. ]

"“ If you are constipated,..dtiU pr bilJfotte, b'r have a sallow lifeless complef-' ' '.Bantry Lax-ets just once to thfy -will do. Lax-ets are little tooth-* somh candy tablets—nice so eat, "nice tn gentlq j’gkative effect that. te plegsing-, ly deaarible. Handy for'the'vest pbbket or purse* Lax-ets meet every desire. Lax-ets come to you in beautiful lithoIgraplfed metal boexs at 5 cents and 25 cehts. Sbld by W. H. NACHTRIEB. ■' o ■ appointing a negro to the office of surveyor of customs at Cincinnati. of course, is to please Senator Foraker, the valiant defender of the colored umn and brother against all -comers, even the President bf the United States. u • A corigrCss which will pass a ship subsidy JWflal naturally finds it e’asy to passX'(salary grab bill. IS FQR PRESIDENT »? 5.-c - *n ■■■/ :A- - Hto Signature Makes it a Law— J-; ' " •){! ’ James Bryce, Great Britain’s > Ambassador.- ‘ Washington, Feb. S.—The -pbople’s ! lobby”; into appealed to the country to influence .in favor of the rejection' by . the Senate of the inserted in the agriculturalappropriation bill by the ‘ House makI ing it unlawful for the department to ! employ county or ffitmicipaL I chemists in ' the enforcement of the 1 pure food JaW. 1 ’ " - J r — i Washington, Feb. s.—The service pension bift was passed by the House? ! "ft now to the president'fdr -Ms • Bignat?re.. ( Jt 3 went ; through .the House without ..amendment. Under the bill every naag vMto-servted Us long a* three months in -ttjg civil wair Will, onitfMchtag the age’ Os” siily-two a, mohth on reaching the age of sevenHy- yearS and |2O a month on reaching Ahe age of seventy-five years. The bift* also gtarViVthe Mexican wanpshajl,peeeiye has the 'tadorsfeinent of thetafifeOrk of 7 the Na-" Wnfi' G." A. R., but many veterans have'*4hiten to congressmen object/&g*beea*efe r WtagtalMton does not for JF. PS? j.9?.80 aitiftiidrfT 1 ■’« tyeart'-'agp'i-darfiea. l Bryce, who-is seon r fo ertae herb 'Mb 'Great Britain’s am-

' baftNUior, wrote- a chapter on the ’•United States House of Representawhi<&hes Commented on the 'hbsdnceef whips. ; “So essential are "these officers to- -the discipline of English parliamentary; armies," he wrote, “thnt air ■> English, politician’s ■first question when- he sees Congress is; ‘Where are the whips?’ ’’ When the ambassador visits Congress on his return to Washington he will see at least: one real whip. When Joseph. G. Cannon became speaker of the House he realized the need of a whip who would ireally perforin certain duties and fte' appointed James E. Watson of Indiana, to the places , _ NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN • ■ c I . — 1 ; ; J ■■ ... Petition’ for Vacation of Highway— B TwoVacatipp'ofßoads Detlr-ed—*-Ofher Ileitis.- ’ L ; ■’■ ■ ■' :»ff'<- ■»; -o.t £ . The 'viewers aiid ! ehgin’eer’s-reports • were filed' and aprdVed'ih the Brush*- ( wood College extension twb rOftd. Blds for is construction W'drA ordered ' ■ for Monday, March’ 4. • ‘ ► •>' .<5 a 7 j-y ■ Bonds wdife ordered for the Brush- - wood College extension ; ohey Whibh , was sold for construction some tiige . tc Julius Haugk.’EredTlddy will ' 'have change"of the liipiirintendeney ’ of conduction'. " ’ ' * " * ! M-’ "hyiS; -; - - -.y 1 TwO petitions for highway by Maty Jones et ah, were continued March term of commissioners’ court. ! Oft J I’ ' — Xr ' An item in the January distribution’ - shOws the number of school children. [ Union township 393, Root 393, Preble •' 400, Kirkland 363, Washington 496, St. ! 1 Marys.3Bß, Blue Creek 392, Monroe J 845, French 418, Hartford 453, Wa- ’ bash 658, Jefferson 421, Decatur 1308, [‘Geneva 343, Berne 373, total 7644. 7 - '> *’«> Frederick Thieme, petition tor vacai tion of road, the proper record was ! made and Jacob Martin, J. E. Mann [ and T. Hi Baltzell were appointed ► -viewers, and they will meet at the auoffice February 8, to qualify. ► [ Auditor Lewton done a good job of ' collecting lob ditch assessments, about SB,OOO being collected out of a [. total assesment of SII,OOO. This is a * Jay county enterprise, but the bulk of ►' the assessments was on Adams county > realty.

BRAND 1 ci/sn/ON B, mSOLESrtOE I QQ/m riues nnvftkJTVii n i j Men’s $3.50 to $5.00 B :omfortable shoe for tender Ol rs it is possible to make Wd Feet” shoe is made in softest * gathers in neat styles, by our 5 with a Mattress Insole of tVool Felt that will not pack ns itself to the shape of the ns springy and comfortable. || "DIAMOND BRAND"Q M. I CeAje SHOIM/Um. •£ SHOES THAN ANY H fOUSE tH THE WdST. ' Bl - ; ■■ •„ Ki

IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT ; 0 Ax’i.'iisn The .Melching Divorce Case Heardrr. Divorch is Granted With S2OO Alimony. ’ "Judge LaFollette of Portland, was today appointed special judge to hear the"-E. Fritzinger appeal on assessment and assumed jurisdiction. VWa Rojbiseh vs. Jesse D. Robison, divorce, (foftall -of defendant* rule against prosecuting attorney to an--awer. 'v- 3 tsw ; te'T ..... , Ada Major et al., vs. Alma Oliver et <l.* partition, default Os Marion and Thomas Oliver. • r ' ■ - In the savid Werllng et al., petition' for drain! bo remonstrance was filed and the matter”‘referred"to the . drainage (Commission for-final report; on"dr/before March 4, - " toi -r „ ; ■ .J.-.-- , , R, 0. Johnson vl Christian Amacher et al., Tor new trial- it being 'sugges|ed tftat the presiding judgq will be called as a witness in

the cause; toe cause is assigned to lion. John F. LaFollette of Portland, who assumed jurisdiction Judge LaFollette of Jay county, assumed jurisdictionfn: the Arthur C. Fast petition for'-drain, a'ctae brought here from Allen cdunty.s? fi The case of Susie Melching vs. William Melching, divorce and alimony,, was heard this morning. Mrs. Melchjng told a story of abuse and cruel treatment and claims that her husband has abandoned her and gone to Wabash township. Judge Erwin granted the divorce, allowed the. plaintiff S2OO alimony and restored to her the former, name, Susie So vine. Judgment was. rendered against the defendant for costs, ~ ■- ;■ x-tvj Eh B. Lenhart, administrator of the Sydna Reed estate, filed an. appraisement, of real estate whfoh was ordered ..sold "kt private sale after three • '.weeks’! notice. -,s .-.u .» ; ■ a z; -r » 'zat.. “ John Meyer, for, ■ Charles Bixler,'filed a petition .for an order td compromise a claim, against toe C; & E. Railroad company- and it was so ordered. • .■ - .-i -.-/ ; , f ‘ James E. Moser vs. Harry Cordua, ' partition, appearance by A. P. Beat--1 tV'for defendant. Rule to answer.

w^rriHfTT?~*Ty ! r?T*?*Tr ..yrr""—r—■*■, • , ~ rT—u, .■■■u r -4: “ -W MJLJ 11. -wjf ■ i ■ ■•?■•'•■ -. .tnt >. X '• ■ ■ f ...,/, ."-X- r ; ? 4',, GnPP® ** Muenza, whichevsr you .Eke 4 1 a tO Cal ' is one °* most weakening 4 • 4 diseases known. 4 JA > A '4 # j > which is Cod 4 r 4 Laver Oil and Hypophosphites its easily di- 4 > ? gested form, is the greater rstrength-bidldaT X r ! , X - known to medical science. - • / -X■ - X 3 Y It is so easily digested that it sinks into - j . i A th® *y*t eni , making new blood and new fat, j'-"' * A and strengthening nerves and muscles. X X Use Emulsion after X t 4 Influenza. X A a | tetfSr Invaluable for Coughs and Colds, 1 I X f 1 jn| ALL DRUGGISTS! BO©. AND SLOO. W > • 1 .. I ■ ■. >

ioHuFr.' ■ ' -'7 L-arrr SIO,OOO From 14 Acres. expect to pick 10,000 to 12,000 Voices apples from 14 acres,” says B. •B. Holcomb, Wenachtee,’ Washington. f *?“My apples average SI.OO’ r pfer box.” This is only one of hundreds of re- ~ - ports that tempt the hard working farmer to take up more agreeable tasks. Great Northern Bulletin 83, on Washington, tells all about it. Sent free on request. Address C. W. Pitts, 220 S. Clark street, Chicago. — o ' f • .tr KNIGHTS TO MEET AT PORTLAND i -.■ ■ ' —• • 'Sixth District Convention to be .Held March 30th. . <. ...r- "■ I- if -bf. -l- £ , • . ‘ :ji .« f... —— j. 1 I’®’ 1 -: ■■'* '. ■ -•.-■'i. tUflOs ;, .The Ipcjal Kpights of Pythias lodge wftl tixe convention of sixth district^ ’composed of the* ties, .of Xdatas, sVellß, Blackford anddbic Jay, the ineettug to be held iifl, t! Pq|jtf 3i . land Wednesday;'March 20.- . committees, are preparing, between four aiffi I five hundred 1 DCcatur, iDerne. GblieVa, Hartf&M, « City, Bluffton, Dunkirk, Redkey ■* y£er;'neij;^>rihi''dltkib : ; IWftilfoeMi > tag’ granq’liirfge ImP'WU; attendance: Grand Chancellor Jonw a ■ Mortyhan ‘iff Orieanfe, -Grand Vice ,j : ChancelliF Prank- E. Gass OT Mtacie, 1 Grind KeepeY of Records a;

Harry Wade ’of Indianapolis, WKto Grand Instructor Robert G. MiHeqadf Bloomingtoh. Ass all day session’ wiibio. he held, thfe’mornihg to be devotedatai.-. < the reception Of'the delegates, whflebio the aftehhoon and evening businhfcww ..sessions- will be held id the lodge pppinj the affair to close with a ban*' queL.-r-J’ortland C&mmreclal-Review., —— O - •’At Nebraska girl husked 130 bushels of coim between sun up and sun down thereby winning a piano. Now the neighbors are firm in the belief that , .girl who can husk corn that-a-way has no business doing anything else. ■ WANTED—Gentleman or lady to travel fo&.> mercantile house of large " capital..,Territory at home or abroad r: ,tp-suit. If desirable the home may be.psed as. headquarters. Weekly ■ ■ salary of SI,OOO per year add ex- , , penses. Address, Jos. A. Alexander,. ' Decatur, Indiana.... 48-7 t. . _o —... ■ ■ LUCKIEST MAN IN ARKANSAS. ’ “I’m the luckiest man in Arkansas,” writes jH.IL. Stanley, of-Bruno, “since tjhe restoration of my wife’s health after five years of continuous cough-, ’ Ing'and bleeding from the lungs.; and i I owe iny good fortune to the world’s ; greatest medicihe, Dr. king’s ' New [, for Consumption, which ,1 know from experience will cure consumption if taken in time. My wife improved .with first bottle and twelve bottles completed the cure.” 'Cures the worst coughs and colds or money refunded.' At Blackburn's Pharmacy. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. . .'■V '