Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1907 — Page 2

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MAY CUT OUT DIVIDENDS Their Surplus Fund Aggregates Two Hundred Million and Perhaps ' ’ ■ ■ Mo're. LH ij : : — ... I . If the Standard All company has to pay the $29,240,000 fine it is probable that for a year at least no dividends will be paid to its stockholders, or, If any be paid they will be very small compared with recent years. Until John D. Rockefeller placed on the witness stand before Judge Landis in Chicago on July 5, nobody outside of a small group of men had any idea of the real profits of that corporation. The Standard Oil has always been operated as a blind pool as far as its profits are concerned, and not even its stockholders are given reports of its earnings. They get what is handed out to them in the shape of dividends, but are never told what proportion of the profits the dividend distributions represent. When Judge Landis asked Rockefeller what the actual profits of the Standard Oil company were during a series of years past, he claimed he did not know. When Charles M. Pratt, secretary of the Standard Oil company, was placed on the stand he was compelled to give the information for the three years covered by the cases before the court. The facts thus disclosed _gave the outside world for the first time definite information of the huge earnings of the oil corporation. The figures given by Secretary Pratt showed that the actual profits in the three years were: 1903, $81,300,000; 1904, $57,000,000; 1905, $61,500,000. It has always been the" policy of the Standard Oil company to pay out in dividends only a portion of its yearly profits, adding the balance to its surplus fund. What that fund amounts to never has keen disclosed, but it is supposed to exceed $20,000,000, and it may amount to a very much larger figure. r HE DIED AT ALTON, ILLINOIS He Has Beers Located at Crawfordsville for Over a Year—Died from Effects of Surgical OperationFather W. J. Quinlan, former pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic church at Marion who visited Hartford City frequently and was known by nearly every member of St. John’s church, is dead at Alton, 111. Father Quinlan for the past year has been pastor at the St. Bernard’s church, Crwafordsville, and was attending a funeral of a niece at Alton, 111., when stricken down. The deceased was born April 16, 1864, was ordained a priest in 1888 and had several charges before receiving the one at Marion. April 30, 1906, he was given charge of the St. Bernard church at Crawfordsville, which place he held until his death. The cause of his death was said to be from the effects of a surgical operation performed last year r which, combined with his grief at the death of a favorite ■ n|ece, whose funeral he was attending at the time proved fatal. Mr. Quinlan has many friends in this city who will hear with extreme regret of his death —Hartford City News. — o The Clover Leaf had one of the largest excursions ever carried over its lines through Delphos, Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The train, four sections of which were run as extra sections of No. 4 and thrdb as extra sections of No 6, carried about eighteen hundred z people. The excursion was run from St. Louis through to Niagara Falls and was the only excursion to Niagara Falls from St. Louis over any line. The first section passed through Delphos about 11 o’clock Saturday evening and the last, -Section Sunday morning.—Del phos Herald. —Q Quick relief for Asthma Sufferers During the summer kidney irregu larities are often caused by excessive tend to the kidneys at once by uslnf Foley’s Kidney Cure. A THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

I LOOKING FOR LOYAL CANDIDATE i By This They Either Mean Cromer or One Who Supported Him Always. The season is a little dull, so some fellow, with a fair imagination, has solved the problem of Republican politics and policies in this congressional district. The following dispatch has been sent broadcast: In Adams, Wells and Randolph very little is being said about the reorganization of the county committees just now. Last year when Cromer and Stilwell locked horns Cromer controlled the organization in Delaware, Randolph and Adams, while Stilwell peeple were in the saddle in Madison, Jay and Wells. If Cromer himself is not a candidate for the congressional nomination it is certain that he will not sit idly by and see the nomination go to a so-oalleid’ “bolter:'’ And these ’’belters” are numbered by the thousands. For example, in 1904, Cromer received 29,462 votes while in the last election he received only 19,783. In round numbers there was a falling off of 10,000 votes. Where did they go? Several thousand voted the Democratic ticket, while thousands more did not vote at all. Again, in the congressional primary, Cromer received in, round numbers 13,000 votes and Stilwell 11.000. Yet when it came to election Jay less than 20,000 of these Republicans voted their own congressional ticket. The question now with the Cromerites is , to nail the “bolters.” Quite naturally then, the Cromer people are suspicious of every Stilwell man who is being mentioned as a congressional possibility. They go on the theory that the men who weie for him at the primary were for him at the polls, and that the scratching must have been done by the Stilwell people. Cremer was defeated by Republican votes for the district is normally Republican by about 6,000. Still well was strongest in Madison, his home county. Yet this is what happened to Cromer in Madison on election day: Fred Sims, the Republican neminee for secretary of state, carried the county by 463; Cromer lost it by 1,127. To the minds of the Cromer leaders these figures are sufficient proof that it was the Stilwell following who used the knife. What the Cromer people throughout the district are insisting on is this: That a “loyal” Republican be nominated for congress. By “loyal” they do not necessarily mean one who supported Cremer in the primaries as against Stilwell, but one who worked for Cromer’s election and voted for him. It is safe to say that if a Republican is nominated whe was disloyal to Cromer and the ticket last year the Cromer following will never accept : him. This can only mUm that they will do what so many of the Stilwell ; people didI—knife 1 —knife the ticket on eleci tion day. Hence the possibility of the district electing another Demo- ■ crat. If Cromer can’t muster the entire i Republican strength of the. district . it is certain that he can control more ' than any other Republican. This was i demonstrated in the primaries last • year. • Holding as he does, then, so much power, he intends to use it tn controlling or in helping to control the j congressional nomination. If he himr self is not a candidate his strength t will be thrown to some man who was ; loyal to him; but never to a “bolter.” 1 —o—- - A new order from the War Depart--1 ment to all of the United States army e recruiting stations forbids the men in s charge to give out to the press the e names of the new recruits Accepted for a enlistment in the localities. The cons tention is, according to the order, it that where the recruit is under age, e the relatives sometimes cause trouble 1- and annoyance to the department. The new ruling will, in all probability, exclude from the press much of the free^advertising the service has i- been accorded, as the Interest in the ® mentfon of the recruits lies in the names of the men enlisted.—JournalGazette.

WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY She Died from the Effects of a Gasoline Explosion—Remains at Home of Peter Gaffe**. The remains of Mrs. Clara Baumgartner arrived Thursday night from Toledo, Ohio, where she died Wednesday morning at two o’clock at the Toledo City hospital, after suffering for three days the result of burns received from a gasoline explosion. The remains were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaffer on north Ninth street. Tomorrow morning the funeral services will be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church at nine o’clock, Rev. Wilken officiating, and Interment will be made in the St. Joseph cemetery. The sudden and untimely death has cast a gloom over the entire community, as Mrs. Baumgartner was well known in this city, having made her home here and before her marriage was Miss Clara Wilhelm. The burns that resulted in her untimely death occurred last Sunday morning, while she was attempting to extinguish a small blaze that had started on the floor caused by gasoline which she had accidentally dropped on the floor, while starting a fire. During the excitement that followed she upset the remainder of the gasoline from the can and her clothes caught fire and she was soon a mass of flamesBefore assistance arrived she had been so badly burned that her death was expected any moment and she was tenderly taken to the Toledo City hospital, where her injuries were dressed. However, she was unable to stand the shock, and Wednesday morning death relieved her from all further o—• MARRIED AT BRIDE’S HOME They Will Live in Fort W«yne Where the Groom Has Position on Pennsylvania Railroad. A very pretty wedding was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, of Pleasant Mills, when their beautiful and accomplished daughter, Miss Lucy, was united in the holy bonds of wedlock te Martin N. Miller, of the same place, the ceremony being performed by the Methodist preacher of that place, whose name we were unable to learn. The young couple are ranked among the most popular young people in that section of the county, and have a host of friends who wish them much joy and happiness. The happy young couple left immediately after the wedding for Ft. Wayne, where a furnished home awaits them at 465 west Williams street, and where they wijil soon be at home to their many friends. Mr. Miller is a hustling young business man, having for several years last past been in the employ of the Monarch Publishing company of Chicago, but at this time is in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, acting in the capacity of detective, his work being confined to the railroad yards in Ft. Wayne. Both of the young people are well known in this city, and have a host of friends, who will wish them much joy and happiness. The groom is a brother of Frank Miller of this city. _o ESTIMATES OF EXPENSE MADE Work on T»x Duplicate Began— Other Items of from the Court House. The commissioners have ordered bonds sold on the East Jefferson macadam road. This Improvement was voted favorably upon several years ago, and foljpws similar road improvement that has been made in that township. The board completed their estimates of expense for next year and the same will be acted upon by the county council, when they meet in annual session the first of next month. t County Auditor* Lewton has began work on the tax duplicates, the same to be used in 1908. Returns are all in from the state tax board, and nothing stands in the road of their completion. A marriage license was issued to Martin B. Miller, of Fort Wayne, aged thirty-one, and Lucy A. Brown, aged twenty-one. The bride’s parents reside at Pleasant Mills. Railroad rumors are about the hardest rumors on earth to run down and the latest one here is to the effect that Supt. Patrick Houlahan of the Clover Leaf is to rsign his place here and go to the C. B. &-Q. road. Railroad men in the city state that they have heard the ruipor, but none Would venture an opinion as to its truthfulness.—-Frankfort Crescent l

< QBITUARy. The aged pilgrim has at last laid down the staff and is at rest. Ashley Mann was born on April 4th, 1829, in Lorain county, Ohio, and died at Decatur, Ind., August 2nd, 1907, aged 78 years 3 months and 29 days. At t . the age of five years his parents j moved to the northern part of Adams .. ceunty, theen in its primitive state, _ to find for themselves a home. Here r the family lived for many years, sharIng the hardships and privations of j the pioneer life. With the approach j of manhood's years, the subject of our j sketch learned the trade of a plas--3 terer, which he followed with suc--5 cess for many years, even until the ; once strong arm failed longer to I wield the tools he once was master of. His health had been on the decline for a number of years, and flnr ally succumbed to disease which was of a complicated nature. Ashley Mann heard and heeded the. ’ Gospel call unto Salvation in 1848, at a Methodist camp meeting, united . with the M. E. church and in 1863 , with the Evangelical association and ( remained a member and an earnest Christian to his end. His struggle to , press into the kingdom of God was i long drawn and sharp, but as with Jacob, victory followed persistency. The treasure bought at such a price was duly valued. Through many struggles and trials he kept the faith, he clave to the Lord. Mr. Mann was twice married. In 1854 he was married to Martha Dunnephan, who died in 1875, leaving no family. His second marriage was with Mary Elzey, who also preceded him in death. A family of seven children was born to the latter union. There remain to mourn two daughters, one grandson, two brothers and one sister. The deceased was an honest son of toil, and during the long life he lived he aided in the material and spiritual Improvement of the community. The funeral was conducted on Sunday afternoon from the Evangelical church, and was in charge of the Rev. A. B. Haist, who spoXe on the words “Lord, how lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.” The body was interred in the Reynolds’ cemetery, north of the city. o TO DRAIN KANKANKEE SWAMP Commissioners Will Appeal to Congress for ah Appropriation. Attempt will probably be made at the next session of congress to get an appropriation to assist the state in opening the Kanka/ee river and drain and reclaim the land in the Kankakee swamps. The proposition has long been involved. The national government has assisted other states in this way and members of the state tax board say that there is no reason why it cannot spend $1,000,000 in reclaiming a large part of the northern part of Indiana. According to Fred Sims, chairman of the state board and secretary of state, some. 500,000 acres of land are in need of drainage. The land lies in Lake, Starke, Porter, Laporte, Newton, St. Joseph, Pulaski, Jasper and Marshall counties. -o ■ —•— WANT THE TRACTION LINE* r* Some of the Berne Citizens Want Interurban Extended. Horace Zook was at Decatur on Wednesday to see if the traction company can be induced to extend their line to Berne. The president of the road, Mr. Fledderjohann, returned to Berne with him in the afternoon, to feel the pulse of the people, and see if they would be willing to vote a small subsidy. Zook and Miller ship a large amount of milk every day and the Adams Express company are very stubborn in making them a reasonable rate, and now our milkmen are seeking relief from these exorbitant prices via the interurban route. It is likely that the Fort Wayne and Springfield railway company will soon ask for another election to vote a subsidy.—Berne Witness. —o s D. E. Studabaker is preparing to send out about fifteen head of his best cattle next week to the Muncie fair, after which they will be sent about from one fair to another in this part of the state for the double purpose of winning prizes, if possible, and advertising his big cattle sale which will be held at his stock farm the latter part of this month. His Hereford and Holstein cattle have won many prizes and he expects to capture several county fair prizes before the sale. The estimated amount of $15,000 worth of finee> bred cattle will be sold at the sale. —Bluffton News. — p Every Woman Will Be Interested. If you have pains in the back, Urinary,. Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb cure for woman’s ills, try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. It is a safe and never failing monthly regulator. At druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE. Address The Mother Gray l Co., Leßoy, N. Y. 12-4 t!

COULD NOT CLAIM HIM • ♦ —- - I Mrs. Frank Johnscm of this City Still I Thinks of t h e Loved One That is Gone. I Seeing in the papers the name of 1 Howard Johnson, for the love of whom Mrs. Ella LaPoinre shot and killed ' Mrs. Florence Besancon in this city one week ago last Sunday evening, and the trifling manner in which he played with the hearts of the fair sex, Mrs. Frank R. Johnson, of Decatur, who was robbed and deserted by her husband last May after having been a bride of less than one month, came to this city this noon to have a look at Johnson in his cell at the jail with the hope of identifying him as her missing spouse. But although Howard and the other Johnson must be a good deal alike in • temperament and propensity for beguiling women they are not one and the same, and. Mrs. Johnson will have to look elsewhere for her man. To a reporter at the jail this afternoon Mrs. Johnson recited her tale of woe and the dastardly treatment she had been subjected to by her husband, the third, by the way. She was first married ds a girl to a man named Slagle. She secured a divorce from him and later became the wife dt one Longacre. This time it was the husband who applied for and was granted the divorce and Mrs. Longacre was left a double grass widow with one son, by her first husband. She supported herself by washings and housecleaning and amassed almost S3OO when last spring Johnson, by trade, a pipe liner, cook, boilermaker, painter and carpenter, came to Decatur and applied at her home ior o room and board. He was of a bad character having been arrested a couple of days before for stealing a team of horses but was acquitted on the charge. She says she did not know of this and gave him a room at her home, and a month later accepted his proposal of marriage. The wedding took place on April 9th and they lived happily for almost a month, she taking in washings and he spending the proceeds. It was indeed the ideal order of home life. On May 6th he stole all the money in the house and going to the bank drew out $l5O of his wife’s hard-earned money and skidooed the town. When she learned what had happened she filed a suit against him charging him with wife-desertion and larceny and officers were sent on his trail. They traced him as far as Fort Wayne but lost track of him there and nothing has since been, heard from him. Mrs. Johnson said this afternoon that she understood he had an undlvorceJ wife and daughter living at North Manchester, Ind. —Bluffton Banner. o NORTHERN INDIANA HOSPITAL The Governor Helps Them with His Contingent Fund. Governor Hanly has come to the aid of the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane and authorized the expenditure out of his contingent fund of a sum not to exceed SB,OOO to take care of the pverflow population of that institution. It seems that the general assembly of made some appropriation for part of which was in 1906 and part in 1907. At the time the appropriation was made it was thought- sufficient to build the addition necessary , to take care of the Inmates. But by the time the second half of the 1905 appropriation became avail- : able this year prices of material had advanced to such an extent that the . addition could not be completed. Tents ] were resorted to and the managers • were unable to make further provisions. To, relieve this condition the ( governor has offered the expenditure . of not to exceed SB,OOO out of the con- , tingent fund at his disposal. Over j SIO,OOO remains in this fund. , j AFTER ABSENCE OF SIX MONTHS , i A Postal Sent Out by William Conrad < Returns. ( . . 'LI William conrad the young genius ( who is employed at the Anderson and Baker restaurant, some time ago , started a letter addressed to himself on a trip around the world and this morning the missive was returned to him after an absence of six months 1 and in good condition, taking into consideration the number of times it had J been handed, stamped and number ( of miles it had traveled. He sent the ( letter from this city first to San Fran- . cisco and the same was then forwarded 1 to Pekin, China, and so on until it had passed through the mails of practically every country in the world that j is inhabited and this morning the postman delivered it to him at his place of business. The letter was entirely pasted over with stamps and the address could hardly be distinguished. Mr. Conrad is proud letter and shows it to every one that steps into the restaurant. The letter cerjtainly is a relic and one that he can nreserve and be proud of

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r . w At a late hour last night it was, decided that the Knights of Pythias would take the band with them to Indianapolis when they go next week for the dedication of the new Pythian Temple and the state encampment of the Uniform Rank. The funds for carrying the band of twenty instruments to the capital will be raised from outside sources and the lodge will not be drawn on for a bit of it. —Huntington Democrat. The last of the crusade cases were settled this morning in Squire Smith’s court when a certain saloon man appeared and contributed his mite to the good cause. For the present at least no more cases will be filed. Mrs. R. J. Lyons, of 428 Washington boulevard east, and her niece, Miss Lillian Lyons, of Akron, Ohio, who has been visiting here, have gone to Decatur to see Mrs. Lyon’s cousin, who is dangerously sick. —Ft. Wayne Sentinel. » The members of the board of state charities yesterday made an inspection of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youths. The board is composed of Mr. A. W. Butler, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Rexford, of Indianapolis, and Mr. W. P. Cooper, of this city, and arrived here yesterday morning from Richmond, where the eastern hospital for the insane had been visited. The party was taken all over the institution and out to the farm and later was entertained at dinner by Superintendent A. E. Carroll. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. There has been a violent outbreak of a new form or advertising in Memphis, says an exchange. This is a scheme adopted by salesmen of cheap books and small articles to cover the sides of their small suit cases with as large and florid advertisements of their wares as the dimensions of their suit cases will admit. Os course, these "ads” attract a great deal of attention, particularly when the bearer of one of them enters a car, where every one seems to be willing to look at anything rather than to stare out of che windows. McCabe University, of Muncie, is about all in, and it is not likely they would acknowledge the fact unless'it were true after having made such a splurge regarding it. Dr. Winchester former president of Tayldr University, of Upland, and who was chosen president of McCabe university of Muncie, is expected there this week. It is with his coming, efforts will be made . to inject life inco the almost extinct project for the opening of a new institution of learning in Normal City.— Hartford City Gazette.

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