Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. | tMtoUetod Every Evening, Except Buf> day by LEW & ELLINGHAM, . “iubacrlptlen Rates. P»r week, by carrier 10 T?* ptt year, by carrier ............25.00 y»f swath, by mail 25 cents Ver year, by mall Magle eopiee •••* ceatß ~ aAvertlHug rates made known on peeaeatton Altered at the poetoffice in Decatur, AHana, as second-class mail matten_ ~ J. H. HELLER, Manager. THE MAIL CARRYING CONTRACTS The government has been paying the railroads about double what they are entitled to for carrying the mails. . > It has been doing this for years and apparently has made no effort to cor. reet the abuse. Some person, how. ever, without the knowledge or con. sent of the people’s paid servants at Washington, discovered the truth and put it in tie newspaper spotlight. Then these paid servants avowed that they would cut off some millions of dollars a year from the soft thing enjoyed by the railroads. And then .the railroads intimated to the people along their Hnes that if the soft thing was made less soft they would be compelled to retrench their expenses by taking off some of their trains. The •'result is that the government authorities are besieged not only by railroad lawyers and ~-ficials but by scared "business associations" to make no reduction in the mail contracts. Doubtless the government will yield the point and allow the graft to continue. The virtue of the Roosevelt administration is not of that stern and uncompromising quality which insists upon right though the heavens fall.

In referring to the question of “swollen fortunes," Mr. Bryan in an address before the lowa legislature, said: ‘‘Let me here thank the president of the United Stales for what he has done in arousing public atten. tion on this subject, I believe that no one in this country feels more grateful to the president than I do, for since he has commenced to .point out the dangers of swollen fortunes 1 only get about ha’’ as much abuse as I used to get. He is now Staring this abuse with me’ Senator Slack states That Governor Hanly tried to secure his support for the insurance, bill by offering to help him wfn the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in ISOS. Just how does Governor Hanly figure that he will be able to swing the nominations of the Democratic party? —Ft. Wayne News. IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE The Senate Amended Insurance Bill Radically. Indianapolis, Feb. 21. —Samuel Gom. pers president of the American Federation of Labor, addressed the joint assembly today and plead for better labor laws, especially the abolition of child labor. Indianapolis, Feb. 21. —The senate today pa;sd the house pure food bill and then started in to ameid the in. surance bill. In practically all points asked by Governor Hanly the bill’ was amended, and leaves the insur. ance commission with the auditor. It not only permits agency companies, hot it commends them, except that nc officer of agency company can be! officer of or have an interest in life! insurance company or viee versa.' The governor’s friends submitted toj all amendments, which were adopted; without objection. BROTHER SENDS FOR THE BODY Remains of J. J. Early to be Ship, ped to Pennsylvania. Coroner J. C. Grandstaff has receiv. ed word from E. R. Early of Palmy, ra, Letatnon county, Pa., asking that the remains of his brother J. J. Early, who wai found dead in the Hunsick er barn a few days ago. that the body he prepare!! for burial, placed in a casket not .exceeding ,25.00 in cost and shipped by express, to Palmyra. He enclosed a postoffice order * for >25 and Dr. Cirandstaff is arranging to comply with the requests, though it is doubtful if this sum will cover the charge* o CHICAGO WOMAN KILLS LOVER Chicago, Feb. the noon hour today, Mrs. Flora McDonald, a beautiful young woman, wife of Mich, ael McDonald, the Chicago gambling king, entered the Omaha building at LaSalle and Van Buren streets, took elevator to an upper floor, entered an office and deliberately shot Webster Guerin, aged thirty.five. The woman was arrested and taken to Harrison •treat station.

GIVES A DINNER Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dogan Entertain. BHAKEPEARES ENJOY SESSION Social at the Home of Phillip Miehls —Morning Club Meeting—Help. ing Hand Meets. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan will en terrain a small company of friends, including Rev. Henry B. Masters and Mr. Yarnell of Fort Wayne, at dinner this evening at their home on Monroe street. The members of the Shakespeare Club had one of their pleasant meetings yesterday afternoon, at the home of Miss Hattie Studabaker. During the afternoon's work the ladies decided on the next year’s work, which is divided into four periods, and they are as follows: The first two months they will study the eight British Authors; next nine weeks they will con. tinue the study of music, taking the modern composers; next six weeks will be devoted to the study of the Dominion of Canada. The last nine weeks the Social and Current Topics of the Hour. This will close the study of the year. The members of the Y. P. C. V. of the United Brethren church will give a social this evening at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Miehls on Monroe street. Everyone is cordially invited.

On next Wednesday, Mrs. Daniel Sprang will entertain the Shakespeare Club at her home on Madison street at 9:00 o’clock in the morning, instead of the afternoon. The Helping Hand Society of the German Reformed church enjoyed this afternoon with Mrs. George Hen. neford. Refreshments were served and a pleasant time is reported. — o See Lehne for Eagle buttons and charms. A SISTER’S COURAGE. Preaeace of Mind of an Ei*hteoatft Centnry Irl.h Woman. In looking over some family papers and bundles of old letters I discovered one by Mrs. Jeffereys of Blarney castle, County Cork, which contains an account of a ci?cumstance interesting in itself as an instance of heroism on the part of the narrator toward her brother, the Earl of Clare, and so valuable as bringing to light a remarkable event connected with the history of those troubled times that I feel I am only discharging a duty in submitting it to the notice of the editor. The letter is dated 9 Molesworth street, July. ISO7. and, among other matters. Mrs. Jeffereys writes as follows: “On the day Lord Fitzwilliam was recalled, when my brother (as chancellor, was returning from the castle after having assisted at the swearing in of the newly arrived lord lieutenant, a ferocious mob of no less than 5,000 men and several hundred women assembled together in College green and all along the avenue leading to my brother's house. The male part of the insurgents were armed with pistols, cutlasses, sledges, saws, crowbars and every other weapon necessary to break open any brother’s bouse, and the women were all of them armed with their aprons full of paving stones. This ferocious and furious mob began to throw showers of stones into my brother’s coach, at his coachman's head and his horses. They wounded my brother In the temple in College green, and if he bad not sheltered himself by bolding his great square official purse beXsne him be would have been stoned to death before he arrived (through the back yard) at his own house, where with several smithy sledges they were working hard to break into his hall door, white others of them had ropes ready to fix up to his lamp iron to hang him the moment they could find him, wteea I arrived, disguised in my kltchee maid's dress, my blue apron full of stones. I mingled with this numerous mob and addressed a pale, siekly man. saying: ‘My dear jey*£ what’ll become of bus' I am after running from th* castle to tell yeas all that a regiment of bos is galloping down here to thrample bus. etc. Ob, yea. yea. where wil we go? Then they cried: ‘Hurry, hurry, the bos is coming to charge and tfirample bus! Hurry for the custom bouse.’ And in less than a moment the crowd dispersed. “I then procured a surgeon for my brother and a guard to prevent another attack, and thus I saved Lord Clare’s life at the risk of being torn limb from limb if I had been recognized by any of the mob.”—London Notes and Queries. A Good Patient. First Physician — Has be got an hereditary trouble? Second Physician —Yes. I hope to hand his case down to mv son —Harper's Bazar. .

AN OLD FASHIONED MAF.CH f * k < e I* Predicted by th* Never Failinfl Rev. Hicke. Rev. Irl Hicks, the weather prophet of Bt. Louis, in his predictions for March, says the month will contain a great deal of winter. Here is what be predicts, although here’s hoping he's mistaken: The first storm period, practically covers the first week in March. It is central on the 4th and reaches the 7th. Disturbances beginning at the close of February will, in all probability run into this period. The temperature wilt rise, the barometer fall and electrical storms result on and about the 2nd, In southern sections. Meantime snow storms of wide extent and severe in character will be rushlag eastward and southward out of the northwest High barometer and cold wave will be the natural sequel behind the Storms of this period- • The second' storm period will culminate on the Sth, 10th and 11th. This period lies at the annual magnetic and electric crisis, which as a rule culminates on and about March 11, each year. Added to rain, snow and many stiff gales on sea and land, auroral lights, earth currents interfering with telegraphic transmissions, and kindred phenomena need surprise or alarm no reader of these forecasts any where from the Bth to the 15th of March. The third storm period covers the 13th to the 17th, embracing new moon on 'the 13th, and moon on the celestial equator on the 15th, the central day of the period. Falling barometer and change to much warmer will set in to the wet early as the 13th. As | these’ conditions spread eastward rain and thunder storms will first appear progressively, beginning about the 14th, and touching wide sections of the country during their eastward progress about the 15th to 17th. On the western side of these storm areas, rain will turn to snow and sleet, bringing in the final windup a good dash of March winter. The fourth storm period is central on the 20th, 21st and 22d. The atmos. pheric currents will come up from the south at this time, bringing higher temperatures, falling barometer and some ugiy March storms —storms all the way from tropical to boreal. Look for rain, sleet, snow, heavy gales and a March cold wave, the cold wave to chase the storm areas eastward and dominate the country from about the 22d to the 25th. The fifth storm period has the dis. tinction of holding within its brace the central day of the great Jupiter period, March the 29th. This period is central on the 27th and reaches with its perturbing force from the 25th to the 30th. The period will begin with cloudy, menacing weather; marked change to warmer, with bar. omter falling to extremely low readings, will be in full swing from westtern sections by the 27th. and from the 28th to the end of the month ail parts of the country will be touched by storms, varying in character according to latitude. Rain, thunder and gales in the south, with probable West India hurricanes and rain, turning to phenomenal sleet, snow anc 1 blizzard in more northerly parts. A. destructive March blizzard over Canada, and along all northern to central states, need not surprise any student of these forecasts. Tornadoes along the south tangents of these cyclonic areas will be natural and should be watched for. On the 29th and for two to three days before and after that date, earth will pass a decided crisis in seismic, tidal wave and volcanic perturbation.

A STRICTLY AMERICAN COMEDY Robert Downing is scoring a great success in his creation of John North, in the new comedy "Running for Governor,” written for him by Mr. Herbert Bashford, the Pacific coast poet. The title role of this drama is perfectly suited to the famous actor’s talents. The play depicts society life on Puget Sound, the scenes laid in the city of Seattle. Hon. John North is nominated for governor of the state and soon after discovers that bls former wife of whom his present spouse knows nothing, has obtained entrance to his household. To keep from Mrs. North, who, has a hatred for divorces, the fact that their gues; was formerly bis wife, the resources of even so keen a politician as the whole-souled sav mill man delineated by Mr. Downing. "Running for Governor” seems destined to become a representative American comedy. Will be at Bosse Opera House Monday, February 25. o Lehne has the Finest line of Eagle goods in the city. 45-5

OBITUARY. Died at the home of its * New Castle, Pa . Agnes U>utsa daug - ter of Frank C. and Bertha C Blossom Born December 23riJ, l»0®. and died February 18. 1907. aged one month and twenty .six days. The funeral cortege arrived on an early tram, Wednesday morning and the services took place at the Baptist church st 19 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. B. Reckard. The text was taken from fourteenth chapter of Revelations, the fourth verse. Sleep on sweet babe. And take thy rest. God called thee home, He thought it best. Mr and Mrs. Blossom hare the sympathy of all their friends in the loss of an only child. ——o ■ THERE'S SOME TRUTH IN THIS A Plain Explanation of What Constitutes Gambling. The standard dictionary defines gambling as "playing a game of chance for stakes,” and defines a stake as "something wagered or risk, ed on a game." Again it says gambling is pretending to buy or sell, depending on chance variations in prices for gain." Now some have not a very clear vision of the real essence of gambling. Everyone whether Protestant or I. atholic clearly understands that the man who sits at the card table in the sa. loon and plays to win the stakes, in green backs piled on the table before him is gambling, but when a woman sits at the progressive euchre table I with other women of her social set, or members of her own club, in the par. lor of a sister church member perchance and plays cards when the stake are cut glass, china or em. broidery work instead of green backs, the preacher is too often silent about gambling. Yet all join in wonder why the young people are not coming into the church and being saved. The church brands the man who plays the horse races and bets on the pace of an animal as a gambler, but the man who buys and sells grain or stocks, depending upon chance varia. tions of price for gain is often elected Sunday school superintendent or steward in the church. The , spirit of gambling, obtaining something for nothing or much for a little, is in the air—in the hearts and minds of men. women and children. These things seem small, yet it is small things that initiate our boys and girls into vice. Mothers, wives, teachers and women in general are in a great measure made to feel that they are responsible for the moral, spiritual, physical and intellectual training of the men of the future generation, but this is unjust, for all the influence for good that it is possible for them to exert is out. weighed ten times over by the evil influences of the saloon, over which they are powerless and are made so by the fathers of these boys they are expected to train up for God, home and native land, because the vote to license the saloon. —W. C. T. U., Mrs. Charles Ritter, press reporter.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Reported by the Decatur Abstract 6 Loan Company. Money to loan on farms and city perty at lowest rates of interest. Office rooms 3-4 Studabaker build, ing. John Conrad to Charles L. Warner, inlot 26 Pleasant Mills *250. Jqhn Briener to August Limenstall, inlot 18 Preble, *I2OO. Martin Miller to 0. L. Vance, inlot 831, Decatur, *2IOO. " Jasper M. Snook to J. F. Nash, part section 10 Jefferson township *IOO. J. F. Nash to Jacob Houser, part section 10 Jefferson township *IOO. Lydia Egley to Samuel S. Egley in. lot 51 Berne, *2500. C. D. Lewton (auditor) to Amelia Spangler, section 16 Washington township *1340. Benjamin J. Brittsian et al., to Zachariah Brittsian, part section four Washington township * —. Laura L. Garwood to John F. Hocker and Benjamin M. Smith, part of section one Monroe township *2050. William H. Beam to Mary A. Gottschalk part of section 22 Washington township, *4950. ON NtxFMONDAY (Continued from Page 1.) There is talk of voting a subsidy to an east and west electric line through Geneva, and these figures were no doubt desired for campaign purposes. This shows that * railroad companies help pay the fiddler all right.

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; Hou a Scandal In the ; | Navy Was Prevented gj [Original.] Bob Backstay, a midshipman during the Spanish-American war, was just out of the Naval academy. He had been in more scrapes while at Annapolis than any man there, and, though he was a fair scholar, that be bad succeeded in coming out with a commission was a surprise to all. The truth is he was such a good fellow that the faculty did not have the heart to refuse to graduate him. Nevertheless It was predicted that his love for escapades would always keep him back in his profession. Backstay was sent to Cu tan waters on the Yellow Jacket, one of the many small armed boats used to watch the coming of the Spanish fleet, which wai daily expected. The Yellow Jacket was commanded by Lieutenant Quack» enbos, a num abnormally anxious for distinction. Indeed, he talked so much about what he would do or try to do if he got an opportunity that bis officers would exchange glances whenever “the old man" touched upon the oft mentioned subject. Os course the main topic of conversation on the Yellow Jacket was the Span.sb fleet and the opportunities it would present for wide awake officers to give notice of Its arrival or perhaps save the American fleet from attack or possible destruction and thereby gain promotion. The longer the Spaniards were in coming tbe keener the expectance till at last Lieutenant Quackenbw wits iu a tremor of excitement during each and every twenty-four hours. Then when it came to be understood that the first man to discover the hostile fleet would be promoted the commander of the Yellow Jacket resol'. ed to reduce his quantum of sleep to two hours in tbe day and two in the night The Yellow Jacket was cruising on the south Cuban coast and kept in touch with other vessels of the fleet In order that none of the others should get ahead of him in announcing the amval of the enemy, if lndrtsJ the en . emj came in those waters, Quackenbos ordered that all signal apparatus be kept on (Jjck rrndy for immediate use he painted or. rcth-r . t'pdusk over tbe “Z £ a slight to his commander‘who d ° Wn dully nap in his cabin taklllg hiß stentorian tones: Bhouted 1B “The fleet!" ed Q up the glass to bear on the h* br,ngin « «• Backstay Lnd2 BWe ’ >t glass. The lieutenant k him his own line andX a “ roU ‘ htitto the **-r Without losing am Ulßh dered that a signanL _ lnoment he orest vessel stating th'/t thTfl” the nw_ rived. Backstay had ar ’ from kis commander, h^ 18 glaM over the object le-s •>!..! * b 8 ,on sue on his coat sleeve Theoffl' the leM the signal had Iteen X ,0 wlw “> that the n-nnouiren^ 1 , ? aledbac k warded to the bad , '*«• format quarter the euemv ’ ‘ aSkM in found since he bad <>«» <•’ was to be Q-ckeub. .oX — Others ut

same result. Tbe man-of-war had van. Ished. “We’re outdone,” aaid Backstay, lowering his own glasa. “Some floating ■ torpedo has blown h«r up.” Handing bls glass to his commander, that officer saw clouds of smoke. He signaled that a man-of-war bad beea seen, but had disappeared. Then the officers got away from him as soon as possible that he should not see that they were laughing at him. “You’ll have to pay for this. Backstay,” said one of bis mates. “It’ll all come out, and they'll court martial you.” Backstay looked a trifle uneasy, but said nothing. He grinned; he was always grinning. Tbe next day, while the officers of tbe Yellow Jacket were at dinner, they all left the table In a hurry at bearing some one on deck say: “The Spanish fleet baa eluded us and got Into Santiago.” If the excitement at tbe confirmation of this news was great it was magnified a hundred times the next day when a message came from the flagship asking for the name of the man who had discovered the Spanish man-of-war reported two days before. The officers in Backstay’s secret looked at each other with mingled amusement and wonder, and the commander of the Y'ellow Jacket signaled, as he was obliged to do. that the officer was Midshipman Robert C. Backstay. Back came a signal for Midshipman Rol>ert C. Backstay to report on board the flagship. Before Backstay left the 1 ellow Jacket a consultation was held between him and the juniors, and it was decided that the secret was to be kept. To confess that the Spanish vessel -een was an ink spot would make a terrible scandal, even if the story were be- ; lieved. Backstay reported on the flagship, was complimented by the admiral for his watchfulness and promoted on the spot. He held his peace, 1 accepted the honors thrust upon him with his usual grin and entered upon new duties without returning to tbe Yellow Jacket. ”* ’ Quackenbos (now retired) never 1 ceases to complain that as commander of. the Yellow Jacket he should have had' the honor of discover !g the Spati- ' Ish fleet. Backstay Is shortly to I* ■ made a rear admiral. | MARK MERIWEATIIEB. , | I*. ’ • Ingratitude. '■ - ‘ “Were you ever really glad to bang , e man?” — \ “Only onc-e,” answered the sheriff. “I had prepared him a hearty break- , fast of steak, eggs, potatoes, waffle* i and ceffee.” . r ; “YeeT’ “And the Infernal ingrate demanded stewed oats instead.”— Louisville Cour- - isr-Journal. ■ —» t Bad Society. What you learn from bad habits 'a i bad society you will never forget sue it will be a lasting pang to you. I you in all sincerity, not as in th* **’ citement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before i God, I would give my right band if J ' could forget that which I have learne i In bad society.—John B. Gough. Didn't Need to Tell. “Bobbie, I hoi»e you didn't tell y f>ur mother that you saw me kissing sister last night.” “Nope. I didn't have to. Sis waked •’*’ »11 up at midnight when you went > ; >.:■ Minneai'O