Ligonier Banner., Volume 42, Number 42, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 January 1908 — Page 1

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Prices of Cloaks Smashed to Less Than One-Half Actual Cost

During the Next ThirtyA_ Days a Tremendous Reduction Sale of Cloaks, of the newest and most up-to-date styles, and at prices less than one-half of their actual cost is on at the store of e o - E.JACOBS & CO. “‘ LIGONIER, - INDIANA This means that -you have an opportunity to buy a first-class, stylish garment at unheard of prices.- We have the best of business reasons for this offering, and we most cordially invite you to inspect the best bargains of the period. ‘ . |

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The Ligonier BDanner.

A Few - Words to the Ladies About Cloaks

You can buy these garlower than any merchant pays for them. Selections are good NOW; to get a choice you must come at once.

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1908.

N - Few Sample Sale Prices e §19.50 s2§tcoats | $9. 50 slgtcoats $4.75 All Others at Propor- : tionate Prices

- You The - Garment We - will Make Prices to . Please

A Pleasant Burprise i . On last Tuesday Dec. 31, a very pleasant surprise was given to Oliver Roe and wife, at their beautiful country home two miles east of Ligonier. It being thier _twentyfifth or silver wedding day. Their neighbors and friends thought to give them a surprise,- so about 10 o’clock in the morning they begin to come from all directions. nntil there were over fifty gathered together to celebrate the day with them. About 1 o’clock a bountiful' dinner was served in the dining room on a table just groaning with the weight of good things too numerous to mention. Suffice to say a king never sat to a better one. The day was spent in visiting, games, vocal and instramental music. All seemed to enjoy themselves to heart’s content, and it really was a day long to be remembered. Mr.and Mrs. Roe were made the recipients of many fine presents. The day was passed too soon and the evening coming on the guests begin to .depart, unanimously voting that Mr. and Mrs. Roe are grand entertainers, and wishing them many more years of matrimonial life. Among those present were Messrs. and Mesdames James Francisco and ‘daughter Helen, ‘Robert Earnhart, Erank Hull, Carl Nowels and daughter Doroghea, Mrs. Rillia Johnston, Messrs and Mesdames Albert Marker, John Hursey, Gorge Concrad, Allen ‘Wolf, Fred Huff, Elmer Poyser, aud son Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bordner and dauguter Elitha, Misses Florence Williamson; Hazel Bordner and Bessie Jonston. Messrs. Chancy Williamson, Joe Bordner and Charley Marker, Lawrence Conrad, and Charles Wolf, Cleotus Fant. ' Those from a distance were Mr. Charley Gale of Wolf Lake, Mr. Tom Kiger of Rosewell, Mr. Harley Robertson of Purdue, Mr. and Mrs. ohn Cole of Pierceton; Mr. and Mrs. T.‘ut:ll?h Kuhn of North Webster, Mrs. Mahala Nowels of Millersburg.

Iwmus OIL BORD -~ OF $29,240,000

DISTRICT ATTORNEY SIMS THINKS FORMER AMOUNT SHOULD BE INCREASED. ;

DEFENDANT COMPANY MAKES A NEW MOVE

John 8. Miller Urges -Court to Rule That the Elkins Act Was Annulled by Hepburn Measure—Now Before the Court of Appeals.

Chicago, Jan. 8-—Declaring that on its own statement the assets of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana were grossly in excess of what previously was asserted to be the fact, District Attorney Sims asked the federal circuit court of appeals to in crease the company’s bonds from $6,000,000 to $29,240,000 pending the rehearing of its case. ° Replying that the Elkins act, under which the Standard of Indiana was indicted, had been annulled by the Hepburn act, passed in 1906, Attor ney John S. Miller asked the same tribunal to certify this question of legality and pass it on to the su preme court, which Tuesday began consideration of the same disputed point in the Great Northern case. ~ Courtesies Are Exchanged.

These were the New Year cour: tesies exchanged by the government and the Standard Oil Company at the opening of the January term. The government’s petition will be taken up in two weeks. The Standard’s request will be passed on. Both petitions open momentous possibilities. To grant the bond increase would be a reaffirmation of the “big stick” policy of the government in its curbing of corporate power. If, on the /other hand, Mr. Miller’s contention is decided in‘favor of the company by the supreme bench, the Standard Company will be cleared of all chargés justifying prosecution and the fine imposed by Judge Landis will be annulled. 7 .

“In serving notice on us that the petition for am ‘increased bond would be made to-day,” said Mr. Miller, “the government has taken us by surprise. £ln view of the large amount of work on my hands I am forced to ask a little time to preTard ity "answer. “"There is a%oﬁler matter in the same case which I desire to present, however. : “I wish to raise the question whether there is any law to sustain the return of indictments under the Elkins act When the act already has been repealed and its terms extinguished under the Hepburn act?” -‘Attorney Sims’ Plea.

Distriet Attorney Sims, in setting forth his petition, declared “the government was in possession of new information concerning the real value of the assets of the Standard’s plant at ‘Whiting, Ind. ; “While the company made plea at the time of fixing the bond,” said the prosecutor, “that all its tangible property, if sold at auction, would not exceed $2,600,000 or $3,000,000, it is shown in the report of the same company to the parent corporation, the Standard of New Jersey, dated July 1, 1906, that the assets are $27,500,000. : ;

“Moreover, the profits of the Indiana company during the year covered by the indictment were shown to have been $23,067,000, or within $6,000,000 of the amount of the fine.”

109 Flee Fire; One Killed.

‘Worcester, - Mass., Jan. B.—Dennis Driscoll, a one-legged pencil peddler, was burned to death in the Salvation Army lodging house, 19 Washington square, early Tuesday. One hundred and nine other lodgers narrowly escaped, most of them rushing out or being taken out by the police. Some left their shoes and stockings by their bunks.

Rush West Point QGraduation. ‘Washington, Jan. B.—The first class at the military academy will graduate February 14, that date having been selected by the superintendent of the academy in accordance.with instruections received from Washington. The army is shert of officers and the addition to the list resulting from an early graduation will help materially in filling some of the vacancies. -~ Killed in Mill Explosion. Portsmouth, 0., Jan. B.—Jesse and John Thompson, brothers, were instantly killed and several others injured by a boiler explosion in a sawmill at Sedan, 20 miles west of here, Tuesday afternoon. The sawmill was totally demolished. The dead were sons of William J. Thompson, owner of the mill. ; : : i e e ° ‘{Amnesty from Emperor. : Washington, Jan. B.—The AustroHungarian embassy has received an official communication with regard to the amnesty decreed by Francis Joseph I, em®eror of Austria and king of Hungary, in commemoration: of the beginning of the sixtieth year of his relgn. L [ ———— | - Burned by “Night Riders.” ~ Carlisle,. Ky.,, Jan. B—The ware‘house of A. R.-Robertson, an inde‘pendent tobacco buyer at Bethel, was ‘burned by “night riders” Monday ‘night. = Peters Brothers’ Mf@ from the ware house and was destroyed, causing a loss of $2,500 in excess of the insurance.

THAW'S WIFE RULES CASE

INDICATES WHAT JURORS'TO AC-

CEPT OR CHALLENGE.

Witness Brought from Africa by Prosecution, It Is Said, Will Refuse to Testify Against Thaw.

New York, Jana B.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is posing.in a new role in the second trial of 'her husband for the murder of Stanford White. In the former trial it was the brains of Delphin M. Delmas ‘that directed the defense. In the present hearing it is already apparent that the will of the wife who bared her soul’s innermost secret to save her husband is to be supreme. - . : In the selection of jurors the ' instinet of the woman is being pitted against the shrewd experience of District ‘Attorney Jerome and the vast criminal machinery of his office. It is the dictum of Evelyn Thaw that decides whether veniremen -are to be regarded,6 as favorable to: the defense. 'When she nods the ‘juror is accepted, If she frowns the tales. man is excused. Gp e y

By a halfway system of wireless telegraphy the fate of Stanford White’s slayer is to be determined, and on the nod of the pretty favorite of the footlights will depend whether her millionaire husband goes to the electric chair; is freed, or sent to the madhouse. el

A surprise came at the resumption of the trial Tuesday in the announcement that the defense had won a big victory by the refusal of Ida Vera Simonton to testify for Jerome.

News that Miss Simonton has refused to testify against' Thaw came from Mrs. Charles J. Holman, mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and she supplemented her statement with another to ' the effect - that neither she ‘nor her son, Howard Nesbit, would testify. Miss Simonton, according to report,*was to have been the star witness against Thaw, and Jerome induced her to return from Africa especially to go on the stand against Thaw. : Mrs. Holman, in her interview, said that all her sympathy was . with Thaw, and that she hoped above everything else in the world to see bim acquitted at this trial.

TO AMEND LIABILITY LAW.

Senator Knox Introduces New Meas- - ure In the Senate.

of Pennsylvania, who has taken much interest in the litigation growing out of the employes’ liability act which was declared to be unconstitutional in the supreme court of the United States Monday, Tuesday introduced a bill which is intended to remedy the defects in the present law. The bill is so drawn as to make it applicable only to corporations engaged in such co&merce as congress has the undoubted right to control and to employes of such corporations engaged exclusively in interstate commerce. The existing law is so broad as to cover all transportation between states, but Mr. Knpx’s bill so modifies it as to -limit its operations to common - carriers which are operated by steam or similar motive-power. ]

HEINZE ARRESTED.

Charged with False Certification of Check on Mercantile National.

New York, Jan. B—F. Augustus Heinze was arrested Tuesday by a United States marshal on'an indictment charging him with having illegally certified a check on the Mercantile National bank. He was held in $62,768 bail after entering a plea of not guilty to the indictment. Urges County Local Option. Columbus, 0., Jan. B.—ln his . message to the legislature just convened Gov. Harris urged favorable consideration of county local option, and the brewers and distillers are much alarmed.” The governor also recommended provision for.supervision of state- banks, a new primary law,.better protection for miners and regulation of telephone rates. : : ;

Steal $20,000 in Jewels.

Derby, Conn., Jan. B.—A robbery; in the house of Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia, . Republican mnational committeeman and president of the American Brass Company, in which the thieves got jewelry valued at $20,000, is reported to-day. The jewelry was taken from a case in Mrs. Brooker's room while the family was at dinner. Bad Fire in New. Orleans. - New Orleang Jan., B.—Fire in Royal street, near Iberville, in the heart of the business district herd, Tuesday caused damage to the extent of about $250,000. The five-story building occupied by the W. G. Tebault Furniture house was practically completely destroyed. Tebault’s stock is a complete loss and three other structures were damaged. e A

Land Commissioner Resigns.

Washington, Jan. B—Richard A. Ballinger, commissioner of the general land office, has tendered his resignation of that office to President Roosevelt and it has been accepted to take effect March 4. Fred Dennitt, assistant commissioner, has been appointed commissioner. i John D. Halts Plague Fight. '~ New York, Jan. B—The work of the Charity Organization society’s committee for the prevention qf tuberculosis will be suspended gwing to the fallure of John D. Rockefeller to re: ‘new his subscription for carrying on

B. P O.E. Reception and Ball - . ‘As is customary with the Ligonier herd, B. P.O. E., they last .night gathered with their families in an annual fraternal reunion, the resnlt being one of the prettiest parties ever chronicled in Elkdom.. -An arrangement committeee consisting. of Messrs. Ashtop Sedgwick, Al Parshall and C. W. Morrell, assisted by Billy Sloan, controlled the situation so thorougly and completely that perfection in all details was the result. e :

An informal reception- and cards claimed attention during’ the early evening hours, fellowed by an illustrated voeal' 'solo—'‘To_Our Absent Brothers,” significant to herdsmen—sung pleasingly by Mrs. L. J. Dunning; then a splendid life-motion picture, ‘‘Bluebeard,” By the kindness of A. J. Inks, ‘'was thrown on the screen to the delight of all. .

At 10 o’clock, - luncheon was, announced and served to .groups of forty at a sitting, consisting of roast chicken sandwiches, pickles, olives, coffee, ice cream, cake and mints, prepared and served by Mrs. Alda Collar and assistants.” About 200 plates were supplied. e Sack’s orchestra furnished entrancing musie for the. gathering throughout, assisting Mesdames'S.: J. Straus, John H. Green and L.J. Dunning; each, in renditions of beautiful vocal selections that elicited earnest applause and appreciation, merited notice of which is denied because of lack of both time and space. - After the feasts of food and song, the dance was on—a joyously inviting scene of merriment and pleasure for, while the elders . danced, the babies of varied ages romped and played in an enlarged family fashion —and continued cuntil the wee sma’ hours.s - e i

- To an onlooker it would sgem that the Ligonier Elks’ ability to cater to the delightful entertainment of their friends in high-class and satisfactory manner is unexcelled, particularly so when functions are arranged by the able corps of managers, above mentioned. May they oft repeat the success of last night.” = e

It has just been learned that Miss Cecil Garrette and Russel Head, of Ligonier, were married quietly at Windsor, Canada; on December, 17. The bride was a popular operator at tie Home telephone exchange and the groony has a good posltion with the Lake Shore. While the bride was off duty on a leave of absence to visit her sister in Chicago the couple went to Windsor @nd were secretly: married.—Kendallville News.

Temperance people at Kendallville have undertaken to secure the needed 522 signatures to a blanket remonstrance to make the city ‘‘dry.”

Bad Stomach Trouble Cured

B e TN Having been sick for the past two years with a bad stomach trouble; a friend gaye me a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomaech and Liver Tablets. They did me so much good that I bought a bottle of .them and have used twelve bottlesin all. To-day 1 am well of a bad stomach trouble.— Mrs. John Lowe, Cooper, Maine. These” tablets are for sale by S. J. Williams. i 41-5¢

You can ;;o;d— _p—iifa—fl_n—lgaia; ~and other serious results from a .cold by taking Foley’s Honey and Tar. It stops the cough and expeis the ‘cold from the system.as it is mildly laxative. Refuse any but the genuine in the yeliow package. i 41-5¢ - B.J. WILLIAMS, Disturbed The Cohgregation : The person who-disturbed-the congregation last Sunday by econtinually coughing is réquested to buy a Dbottle of Foley's Honey and Tar, 41-t : ©B. J. WILLIAMS. Residence Property for saw}: e The Cornell residence on Main St. will be sold. Call on F. P. Bothwell for price and terms. o 2 . House for Rent : 5 Good six-room house, corner MeLean and Sixth streefs. Reasonable rent. Inquire of Jacob Franks. 42-tf That’s the house the Doctor buils, The biggest house yousee; - - Thank goodness he don’t get our o money, . - For we take Hollister’s Rocky { Mountain Tea. | 41-6¢ ssains oAI MIDRAD:

69 o o o o o o e vQoLLo2o2 0 o Qi Gragp ¢ A Most people know that if they have i#)d, been sick they need Scorr's Emul- - ™ sfon to bring back health and strength. . But the strongest poiht about Scorf’s _Emulsion is that you don’t have to be sick to get results from it. A SR keeps up the athlete’s strength, puts fat on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy, - brings color to a pale girl’s cheeks, and pre- \ wvents coughs, c?lds and consumption. : Food in concentrated form for sick and 8 well, young and old, rich and poor. - Andit contams no drugs and no alcohol i ',"Au,.' pnucqlers}fébo;'ANn stoo. e ‘

VOL. 42--NO. 42

; How it Works - The local conditions in Ligonier are not much different than in other towns but, we believe that the merchants will admit that they do not all live up to what would be to the best interert of the home metchants. The Logansport Beporter paints a familiar picture in the following:

“In the words of Goerge Ade, ‘once upon & time,’ this story is begun,” said the Reporter. ‘The particular time and day are not mentioned. They are needléss. Suffice it that it all happened in Logansport and it all ‘happened in one day, and the day was not so very long ago. The story is applicabie to merchants—some merchants—and the moral is, ‘consistency, thou art a jewel.’ .

_ **Once upon a time a Logansport dry goods merchant was starting down town when his wife reminded him of his most important duty of the day. ‘Now my dear, be sure and don’t forget to send to the city for that new Stanhope, so we can bhave it by Sunday. :You know our old buggy is getting so it’s not fit to be seen.” o P . “Just a few blocks away the merchant who handied vehicles and implements was sitting at breakfast with his family. The conversation drifted around to the near: approach of school. — { S ‘And this reminds me, John,’ said the lady who satat the head of the table, ‘I must be going to -the city not later than next week. I must get gopds for the children’s school clothes and I want to see about a fall suit for myself and I think while I'm up there that perhaps I'd better see something about a new rug for the parlor and some new curtains for the front windows.” . . “An houror twoe later a leading grocer. stepped into the bank to buy. a draft which he was going to send to a firm in Chicago for a swell bedroom -suite his wife had ordered about a week before. e “How'’s business?’ asked the banker.

~ “Oh, not 8o very good,’ replied the ‘merchant, resigned. ‘Things are a little dull jnst now.’ : - “Before the banker finished writing the draft a dapper yonng man ‘with a grip stepped in and asked how every body was. The banker ise_emed glad to see him. He was [vsbe fepre‘s‘en&tiveﬂof & big printiug ’esta.blishment in another state: He and the banker chatted pleasantly for a few minutes, after which the yoang man inguired casually of his friend behind the ‘window if he wanted anything. ' ' “I pelieve I do. Print us fiity thousand checks, five hundred drafts and a couple thousand letter heads.’ ~ “*And the vyoung man thanked him cordially for the order and bustled Out.” 1% 1 .

“That evening Logansport’s local business men had a meeting in ihe court house to discnss the growing mail order evil. All the gentlemen mentioned in this narrative delivered short talks. They all agreed that the farmers were guilty of treason to their home merchants when' they persisted in buying their goods of mail order houses,and the meeting closed by adopting strong resolutions against trading away from home.”

Notice to Water Takers - = .You are hereby notified that water rents are due Jan. 1, payable at the office.of the City Clerk. Onall rents due and not paid on or before Jan. 20, a penalty of ten. per cent will be added @s per section 18, 6f .General ordinance N 0.39. * ° Gh ¢+ R.E. JEANNERET, 41-4¢ ~ City Clerk.

Builds up wasté tissue, promotes appetite,improves digestion, induces refreshing . sleep,- gives renewed strength and® health. That’s what Hollister’s Rocky - Mountain Tea does. 385 cents, Tea or Tablets. 4.-56 S. T. ELDRED. ; The Price of Peace : The terrible itching and smarting incident to certain skin diseases, is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain’s Salve. Price,2scents For sale by S. J. Williams 41-5¢