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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
SORT OF ONE-MAN POWER
CrOmWells Absolute Control of De-
posits-Big Expenditures.


posits-Big Expenditures.
Hughes asked how the increases or
decreases of bank balances were con-
trolled. II control Them" said Crom-
well. He recalled that in one instance
he added $1,OOO,OOO to the deposits in
the Guarantee Trust company be-
cause the trust company needed the
money for special purpose. He could
not remember what. was the specified
contingency, but he promised to look
up the records and disclose it, This
case, he said, was in no wise unusual.
Hughes asked if nobody else had a
word to say about increasing a de
posit mo, J. do it." was the answer.
Il take the responsibility" Cromwell
said that the company's business could
rot be conducted effectively unless
some one had the power to regulate
the deposits. But finally, he added
the finance committee must approve
all his actions, for all the bank bal
Rnces were scrutinized by the commit
tee every week. His own power of
regulation, therefore, was temporary,
and anything he might do could be
revoked within a week.
''The advertising printing, station
cry and postage accounts Of the Nut
ual is 81, 134, S33.76; of the New York
Life it is 1851, 2S4.6S; for the Equit-
able $772, 645.5O. Can you explain
these very large amounts?' 81 know
nothing about it. Current expenses
of the Mutual are under special COM
nittee,"
Us che same true of the legal ex-
penses to the sum of 1894, 254?" Il
have nothing to do with it. 1t would
be under the law department. !"
"Do you as subsidiary companies
make, advances to agents!' mo sir. !"
How are advances made to agents
Thy the MutualY" 1T is done through
!! the general agents of the departments,
but understand the amounts are not
large"
Does the Guaranty Trust company
or the United States Mortgage and
Trust company make loans or mort
gage" Not to my knowledge; /
would not like to swear to it,
you have an account with the
American Exchange bank?' "We
have had it for nearly a generation"
"You do not receive any INTEREST,"
"None whatever: its president is one
of our trustees. and he tells US frank
~ if we want interest we must go
elsewhere, but we have not thought
| it gracious to close our account" 1t
was at this point that butcher was
called. His testimony developed moth
ing of a startling or sensational ma
ture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16

"Old Hiram Spruceby was the lazi-
est man these parts had ever seen,"
remarked the postmaster at Bacon
Ridge.
"Was he really so very lazy2" in
terrupted the soap drummer.
Lazy! Why, would you believe It,
when he wanted chicken killed he
would tie it out in the road and wait
Tor an automobile TO run over it. Tha'
q fact, stranger. One day he wanted
4 bullock killed and he tied that out
thar, too"
And l suppose a racing machine
came tearing along and then there was
fresh beef?"
Nothing of the kind, stranger.
When that thar bullock seen the rae
Ing machine coming he just lowered
his head and tossed tt clean over Hi
Fpm's barn. Now Hiram has four
damage suits on hand and new roof
to put on his barn"-Chicago News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Troubles Of a Cross Examiner.

Speaking of the trdbulation Of the
cross-examiner, Henry Wollman cites
this experience:
In the progress Of a murder trial
near Kansas City he wished to learn
Erom witness just where the bullet
struck the victim.
Where was this man shOt?"
Right here in this town." replied
the witness.
Eyes, l know; but where did the
bullet hit him?''
Near Sixth and Wyoming streets ;
"You don't understand me. Where
did the bullet enterw
ut came in at the window"
'But in what part of the body die
1t lodgeT
1T never hit his body"
"Well, it certainly hit him some
where-he is dead.
''Hit him in the head" said the wit
ness.--New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Markell STANDS PAT ON HIS BID
Why 1t Was Not Necessary to Have
Asked Bids at All.

The same information was given
Markell, but none was written to Balfe
because his bid was tout of sight" too
high anyhow. Markell sstood pat'' on
his bid, and taking into consideration
the fact that it was lower nearly ev-
erywhere than Hudgins & Dumas, and
that he was by long odds the man. of
widest experience in the line of BUSH.
ness required, he got the contract.
Shonts in conclusion says: Permit
me to express the view that under the
circumstance it was not requisite for
us to invite proposals at all. I wish
to call your attention especially to the
fact that we do not buy the food, nor
do we sell it, neither do we employ
anybody to serve it or even keep the
buildings in order. All Of this is done
by the holder of the privilege Again,
that it is entirely optional with the
laborers to avail or not to avail of
this opportunity, there being no re-
quirement upon their part to either
patronize the hotels or camps. >
"As an illustra ton of how satisfac-
tory a trade we have made, as judged
by one of the most expert men in the
country and entirely disinterested, l
will say that Geu. Weston, the head
of the commissary department of the
army, and not then knowing of the
award, called and suggested to me that
in place of granting a privilege we
appoint man whom he could recon-
mend from the army to take charge of
the camps and hotels directly for the
railroad. o." =
..But when 4 read him Mr.. Markers
proposition he. said do you mean to
say that YOU have that sort Of a propo-
sition from a responsible party? and
when l. said YES, he replied, I with
draw my suggestion, for considering
what you get think you have made
much better arrangement than we our
selves have in the commissary depart
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
INSURANCE METHODS
Further Revelations as to the Way
Life Companies Do
Business.
PERFECTLY CANDID
Justif1es What Is Done as the Proper
Way to Do 1t All Through
His Testimony.

New York, Sept. 10. When the
special legislative committee probing
life Insurance companies methods adj
journed Chief Counsel Hughes had
finished for the present the examina-
ton into the. Mutual Life Insurance
company, and the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company was started on
when Silas B. butcher, director and
"a member of the finance committee,
was called to the stand. butcher was
questioned regarding the. securities
held by the Metropolitan, and as to
the syndicate operations of hts COM
|pany. He was asked the salaries Of
the cOmpany's officers, but could not
remember them. He will present the
list of officers salaries to the commit
tee today.
Profit ON What Cost Nothing.
Earlier in the day Treasurer Crom-
well had taken the stand to continue
his explanations of the Mutual Life's
syndicate operations In explaining
the relations of the Mutual with trust
companies Cromwell stated the inter-
eSting fact that on the purchase Of
81, 10000 shares of the Guarantee
Title & Trust company the Mutual
had received in dividends $1,22O,O0O,
making these shares cost nothing and
realizing profit. Cromwell stated
that these shares were now selling at
over GOO.
Fish Would Not Sell Him Bonds.
On the advantage of dealing through
syndicates in preference to buying
railroad bonds direct Cromwell said
he had actually tried to buy bonds di-
rectly from railroad company. He
went to his friend, Stuyvesant Fish,
president of the Illinois Central. ''Mr.
Fish told me he could not afford to sell
bonds to the Mutual" he said.
"Then the truth is that the railroads
must stand in with the bankers in or
der to sell their securities, and the
insurance companies must stand in
with the bankers in order to buy at
low prices?" Hughes asked. Exact
ly."
"The bankers control thesituation 2"
mo doubt about that"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Sept. IA.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the
day, 10000. Sales .anged at $4.4OM
5.25 for pigs, S5.0,@5.55 for light,
$4.S5@ sos for rough. packing, S5.O5@
$50 for mixed, and So. lo@5.55 for
heavy packing and shipping lots, with
the bulk of the trading within the
range. of $5.20@5.45 for fair to good
averages. - mss /.
Cattle--Estimated receipts for the
day, 1900, Quotations ranged at $3.50
'@6.35 choice to fancy steers, $4,000
$50 medium to good steers, $3.750445
grassy and common steers, $2.65@4.9O
fat cows and heifers, So. 1O@4.65 west
ern range steers, $4.OO@5.05. heavy
calves.
Estimated receipts for the
day, $4,000 Quotations ranged at 81 .S5
@5.00 for choice to fancy native weth-
ers, $4.5O@4.65 fair to choice range
wethers, $5.25@5.6O for good to fancy
light yearlings, $6.60@7.25 poor to-
prime range lambs, S5.50@6.5O poor
to choice feelings lambs.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. IA.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock
Commission Merchants, East Buffalo
n. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re
ceipts, cars; market, steady. Hogl
Receipts, 20 cars; market, lower
workers., medium and heavy. $500
5.S5; pigs, $5.TO@5.SO. Sheep and
Lambs-Receipts, 10 cars: market.
strong; best lambs, S7.25@7.5O; fair.
to good, S7.00@7.25; yearlings, $5.75@
600; wethers, $5.25@5.5O; mixed
sheep, $5.O0@5.25; ewes, $4.50@5.Oo..
Calves-Market, strong; best, $9.OOQ
Q25.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Public Auction.

The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction at his farm 6 miles east Of
Bloomington, IL miles northwest Of
Lancaster, on the farm known as the
Miner farm. the following described
property. Sale to commence at 1:30 p
M, sharp.
los head of hogs consisting, of y
head of spring shoats, II fall shoats
and Is old hogs. One thoroughbred
boar year old. 80 head of cattle, con-
sisting of twelve yearling steers and
eighteen yearling heifers. Three
sucking colts.
Terms: All sums under $40, cash
Large amounts to be paid before Jan
I, 1906, with interest at Z per cent.
~- Ell. HURLBURT.
r. N. Hoskins, Auctioneer,
M. F. Woodhouse, Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Have Been Robbing the Company.

New York, Sept. 15.-Employes of
the marlborough company it was an
nounced in a local police court have
been robbing the company of $4,000
a month. The thefts have been con-
fined to IL" tickets. and were effected
by a partnership Of sellers and chop.
pers. Detectives Of the company dis
covered that the inside of the glass
compartment of the chopping box
would be made wet, and the tickets
which stuck were taken out by means
Of a steel rod, with chewing gum
fastened to its end. The extracted tick
cts were then disposed of through the
ticket sellers. .;a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to s o'clock tonight:
Illinois-ShowerS and possibly thun.
derstorms; cooler in west portion;
brisk southerly winds.
Indiana and Lower Michigan
Showers and probably thunderstorms;
brisk southeast to south winds. Z
Wisconsin-Showers and thunder
storms; warmer; brisk southerly
winds.
Iowa-Partly cloudy with showers
and cooler in northwest portions
brisk southerly to southwest winds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
The Herald Prints Everything.
Grant County, Town of Potosi.
In Justice Court.
To Edward EvanS.

You are hereby notified that war.
rant of attachment has been issued
you and your property attached to
satisfy the demand of Alex. Volkert
amounting to- one-hundred and forty.
two dollars. Now unless you shall ap.
pear before E. NJ Wilmott Justice
{ the Peace in and for said county
at his office in said town on the 18th
day of October A. D. 1905, at 10 O'Clock
in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT will be rem
dered against you and your property
sold to pay the debt.
Dated this 18th of Sept. 1905.
1913 ALEX. VoLKERT, Plaintiff.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
will Affect Patent Medicines.

Washington, Sept. Is. - The com
missioner of internal revenue has rem
dered decision that will seriously af-
feet a number of patent medicines
composed largely of distilled liquors
He has reversed ruling of his de-
partment made many years ago, and
now decides that the manufacturers
of these medicines must take out Ii
censes as rectifiers and liquor dealers
and that druggists and others handling
them will have to pay the usual retail
liquor dealers license.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Well, He Has No Kick Coming.

Battle Creek, Mich, Sept. Is. = AT
the Michigan postmasters' convention,
Postmaster w. H. Burnson, of st.
Johns, told of one postmaster who gets
$3.50 year to open mail pouches only,
because red tape will not allow rural
carriers to unlock a pouch. Postmas-
ter w. E. Holt, of Bellevue, says red
tape makes him keep postal money in
weak safe when a bank is within
ten feet. but not a national bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Aston Files a Big Claim.

New York, Sept. 15.-William Wal
dorf Astor has filed claim against the
city for S1,O00,OO0, asserting that his
property here has been damaged by the
changing of grades.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
He Shoots a White Hawk.

Greenburg, Ind, Sept. IS. = Henry
1Zurlin, farmer living south Of this
city. shot white chicken hawk which
was trying to carry away his fowls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Isaac Schamus Declared Insane.

Mineola, l.. l., Sept. Is. - Isaac
Schamus, who was arrested at Oyster
Bay after having made efforts to see
the president in order to present to
him a plan for handling the anthra-
cite coal output, has been declared in-
sane and will be taken to the asylum
at Central TS1ip
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16

On landing in Australia, says a
writer, our hive bees industriously
collected quantities of honey. Find
ing, however, that there was no winter
such as we have in England, it gave
up laying in stores. It's morals are
corrupted, for it is no longer "busy,"
and leads a butterfly life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16

Two Munich scientists have, by
means of the Roentgen ray, succeeded
in photographing the human heart be-
tween beats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Weekly Menu a Good Idea.

They were asked to supply one and
when it came to Shonts he thought
so well Of it that he had it inserted
as part of the specifications, so that
all could make proposals on the same
basis. All were therefore notified OF
the change and all submitted proposals
on that basis. When the bids came
lower than the other two firms that
Shonts was sure they had bid under
some misapprehension. He wrote
them calling attention to some mat
tiers they might not have understood
and they replied thanking him, admit
ting their error and raising their bid
very greatly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
Met Markell on the Isthmus.

ShOnts begins by stating that he
had met Markell on the isthmus, Mar
KEEL having gone there to study the sit
uation at the suggestion Of Engineer
Wallace, and told Markell that he
would like him to make a proposal for
the subsistence concession. Upon get
letters from HudginS & Dumas and
Balfe asking opportunity to make bids,
and the specifications were sent to
them also. Later Shonts went to New
York and met all the bidders and
there it was proposed by Hudgins 4
Dumas that weekly menu be insert
ed in the specifications instead of a
general one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
FLYNN.
WisoWa
Notice.

We hereby warn all boys to keep
off the Nathan Estate farm.
NATHAN GRO. Co.,
Graney & Willis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
.SHONTS EX0NERATED
President Says His Contract with
Caterer MarbeI Is Straight
and Correct.
NEW YORK PRoTEsTERs Fo1LED
Substance of the Report Sent to ROOse.
welt by ShOnts-Gen. WestOn's
Commentator.

Oyster Bay, L. l., Sept. ia con
tract for the hotel and subsistence
concession on the Panama canal zone
awarded to Jacob E. Markell, of ON
aha, NeD., by President Theodore P
Shonts, of the Panama Railroad com
pany, will stand. This In effect Is the
decision of President Roosevelt, who
has approved report on the subjec1
made to him by Shonts. The presi
dent authorized the publication of g
report he had received from Shonts
as president of the Panama Railroad
company, regarding the protest re-
Gently received by him from Hudgins
& Dumas and HI. Balfe, of New York
against the award of the contract to
Markell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16
THE MARKETS
Chicago Grain.

i Chicago, Sept. IA.
Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board of Trade today.
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close.
Sept. IS .S21a S .S2% S 80 S .S25A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10
A GIRLS RIGHT TO SING
IRENE L1TTLE'S AUNT COM
PLAINS OF DISCRIMINATION
. AGAINST HER NIECE,

The story. in T e Jourra al Satur- i
day Of the intention of the state labor
department. to cause the arrest of Man
ager: Maple Of the Unique theater, for
employing children under the age Of l6,
and especially Irene Little, who sings at
the theater for her support, has prompt
N, Irene's aunt, to explain the circum-
stances of the girl IS employment. Mrs.
Bishop writes: ...s -.,
"A year ago, while in Chicago on
visit, found Irene working hard tax
ing care Of several infants and helping
with the homework besides. Altho i'll,
l could not see my sister 3 child treat
ed in that way, so I brought her home
we could afford. In order to cloth her
properly for school, I let her go to work
as cash girl in a Minneapolis store, hav-
ing received a permit from the princi-
pal Of the school. While at the store
she had to leave home at 7:30 am. and
did not get home again until nearly
pm. and on Saturday evenings she
She received for this work So a week,
which hardly paid her carfare and shoe
leather. After leaving the store to 90
| to school she had hardly any more to
| cloth her than she had before starting
| to work. We gave her the best we
could and she went to school regularly
| from October until the latter part Of
April. During the winter we let her
appear as an amateur several times
and Mr.. Maple, seeing her natural gift
as a singer, offered her a position and
she accepted and has enjoyed herself
better than she would have had she
been employed at anything else.
"There are hundreds Of young girls
working all vacation days in stores the
same as Irene did last year, and why
is there nothing said to the people who
keep these young girls upon Their. feet
The work Irene does is not in any way
injurious to her health or habits I
am sure it is not as hard upon her as
taking care of several infants, as she
was doing in Chicago, or as cashgirl
in any Of the department. stores. The
work is pleasure to her, as she loves
to sing and will sing anywhere. It is
also an education to her, for while
learning her songs she is also learning
music.
"We do not let Irene do this work
expecting her to support anyone but
herself, and while she is willing and
able to do what she can toward her own
support, it strikes me that her singing
is a great deal easier and much more
pleasant than being cash girl in some
department store.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10
Renidii Lake

Painful burns, any or skin hurt quickly
healed by Satin skin cream Csc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10
WAS WITH LINCOLN {.
Major Merwin Tells of Presidents
,.. Work for Temperance.

Knox Presbyte riaA church atSHamline
was filed last evening" by people who
gathered to hear Major. J. b. MerWin S
aaareSs on fhe re7lGlon; NE OF horaasm
and savings of the president on temper
ance and prohibition: He said he was
not only total abstinence man, but in
careful face to face study Of the prob
lem of temperance, he sawsthat all efforts
at permanent reformation must be futile
while the traffic had the sanction of
law, while the drinker had the appe-
tite, and while 1.-The saloon-keeper was
greedy for monay. Mr.. Lincoln s first
printed paper was a plea for the TEN.
perance cause, said Major Merwin. His
speeches in favor of prohibition in iii
nois in 1854-5 revolutionized public
sentiment in many counties. Lincoln
used substantially the same arguments
against the liquor traffic that he USED
later against slavery. Major Merwir
was with Lincoln in that campaign.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10

The marriage of Miss Ethel Wyman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Wy
man, and George z. Bromley, Saturday
evening, was very pretty but simple
affair, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alton L. Wyman, 1921 Lyndale avenue
N. About forty relatives and friends
witnessed the ceremony, which was
Baptist church. Mrs. William H. Marsh
played the Lohengrin for the en-
trance and Mendelssohn after the
ceremony. There were no attendants.
The brides gown was of white French
lawn trimmed with valenciennes lace
and tucks.
An altar Of palms was arranged in
the parlor, where the wedding vows
were spoken. The reception hall was
decorated with pink roses and in the
dining room green and white were used
The table had as centerpieces a basket
of white sweet peas, and southern sml:
lax dropped in festoons from a bell
suspended from the chandelier to the
corners of the table. The silver can
dlesticks held white ~tapers.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs
Bromley were assisted in receiving by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman, and Mr.. anC
Mrs. Edward A. Bromley. In the din
ing room Mrs. John Hall and Miss Al
ice Wood presided, assisted by the
Misses Floy Hodgemire and Louise
Vaughn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bromley will be al
home after Aug. Is at 200 Chicago
avenue.
Norma L. Newhall of Minneapolis
was married to Miss Margaret Noble
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexande:
F. Noble of Toronto, Ont, at St
Marks church, Toronto, Saturday. TIL,
service was read by Rev. Mr.. Jugles
Mr.. and Mrs. Newhall will return t.
Minneapolis this week and will max
their home temporarily with the bride
groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. f
Newhall Of 2702 Humboldt avenue S.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Anderson of $40
Lnydale avenue S announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Coral. t
Irville A. Bokwell of Ham Lake. Tn
marriage will be celebrated the even
ing OF, July Is at the home Of Mr.. an
Mrs. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence Brad
ley Of St. Louis Park announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Ruth Al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10
I.ABoRERS IN DEMAND
Railroad Contractors Calling for More
Men Than Are Available

There. is shortage of laborers at
road psp work going on on west Of Minn ea
oils. Minneapolis labor employment
agencies are at present shipping out 225
men day. It is the custom Of these
bureaus to charge the man given en-
ployment an office fee Of SO cents to So,
according to the job. Of the 225 men
shipped out yesterday, 100 were given
employment without any charge, and
cents to 81 payments each. The agen-
cies are shipping men without the office
charge and also furnishing free trans
portation in order to meet the demand
and hold their business with the big
railroad contractors.
The trouble is, said one labor bu-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10

Miss Sara Brooks was hostess at a
hosiery shower Saturday afternoon at
her home on Sixth avenue N in honor
of Miss Viola Ackley, prospective
bride. The affair was informal. The
decorations were roses and ferns.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10

WOODMEN LAY A CORNERSTONE.
Modern Woodmen and their friends,
over thousand strong, attended the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new build
ing of Unity Camp No. 1861, at Isabel and
Livingston Streets st. Paul. Sunday af-
ternoon. Consul G.. S. Shurman presided
and addresses were made by G. A. Atkin-
son of Chicago and Judge E. A. Jaggard.