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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-04-11

SpeAd ~ much time AZ you can. with
body and with spirif. IN God's out of
doors -vandyke.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-04-11

The head of matrimonial combine
glazed at bin from HIS wifes dress-
maker.
aWhen | proposed to you. less than
two wears ago" he said, Il was rather
Wild, and you said you considered it
your duty to marry me, for the pur-
pose or making something OF me, did
you nots"
yes, John" answered his wife,
swell" he continued, ''your efforts
have not been In vain. You have sue
cecded."
..rm so glad" she said What have
made OF you, dearg"
Once more he glazed ut the bill.
"A pauper." he replied with deep
sigh.
Does coffee disagree with soug Prob
ably II does, Then try DIR. Shops
Heal,h Coffee. Health Coffee Is a
clever combination OF parched cereals
and nuts. MOI a grain OF real coffee,
remember, In DR. Shops Health Col
fee, yet lis flavor and taste matches
closely old lava and Mocha Coffee II
your stomach, heart or kidneys cant
stand coffee drinking, try Health COT
lee. II IL wholesome, no1rishing and
satisfying It's nice even foe The young
eel child. Sold by Rinesrnd Merean-
tile Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-04-11
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6ecr. this weighing machine IN front
= yusr placs Il out cf ors1er.-
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,oong MN behind ~ counter.
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what. ne NATTER with X, any.
weyr
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m1n n inst now. and The Indicates
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I'm ! awindle."
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-04-11

ruts pg1x Cus0A
o6so Levs would ~ nos1sl, \ ~
rursn Wars I'm n shoops
- ! Oars iss-1nd ~ hssn ~ -
GS11 Tho Natyeaal IMw now ~ nires
J hASs Il M polnons saAer iaao : ccueh
inswr~. ii must ~ pinssd ~ shs
Ixhol u peckalga.
I'm this reasun mothers, ahd others,
okeuld iusiAt "a having Dr. Shoop's
Cow9h cur. No poIsoa marie On Dr.
elpsS lahele -and mona u The msdi-
cino, e3se Il must Nv law - O the
llabsI Ana lt's MOI only sAIe, bat y =
Mid - ~ ~ thdee thai know u hess,
! truly remarkabie cough remedy.
Ixks ID chance, particularly With
-Four chlldrsn Insist On having Dr.
shoops Gang b Cure. Compare cNre-
fnlIy IN N. ahoop fAckAke With osh-
w ia ~. NH poIs0n marks therel
YoO On always D. On the sale sIde by
de1nAkdlne ri. shoops Cough Cure.
alnply retuss 10 Hcccpt any other Sold
Nj Ploncer Drug %.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
ROBERTS DENIES CHARGE
TRAVIS Says His Mall Has Held Up
for TzcO Days.

The Travis organization tried hard yesterday TO
score a point in its fight against Postmaster Rob
erts in the Ilth Assembly District. Brooklyn. Ap-
parently having tired Of holding caucuses at meet
ngs of Republicans brought together by Senator
T'ravis's own automobile. his organization turned
its attention to the postmaster's official acts. In
circular sent all Republicans in the district tho
statement was made that Roberts's secretary
sent out some two hundred letters Tuesday night
and they stamped by the postoflce at 7:50
O'Clock. but were Immediately delivered. all being
delivered by $50 of the same evening. The super
intendent OF the postoflce says that the last de-
livery is at 5 o'clock When our committee sent
out some mail to the same Office at O'Clock in the
morning, they asked what the letters con-
tained, and mail that put IN that same post
office at O'Clock Saturday not delivered
until Monday morning.
Postmaster Roberts said yesterday that the cir
cular was contemplate falsehood." His secre-
tary John +. Gels. said the mail in question had
been posted 'at Station B. and the request was
made that ii be delivered g. possible. that evening
as the contents referred TO "a meeting to be held
that evening No action taken in regard TO
this mail matter other than would have been taken
for any other citizen. The same action would have
been taken if the mail matter had been deposited
by Senator Travis The charge that political mat
ter sent by the Travis faction was deliberately
held up for two days is positively untrue"
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19

inquire about the mysterious &C NJ Pratt IN
Vestment-"
Nr Fav had discovered in his overnight ex-
animation of the records and books in his office
that the waters-Pierce company investment had
appeared as an asset in the ledger Of the stand
ard Oil Company in 1899. Then il had disap-
peared Until February IS 1901
In the former year the 2,147 shares Of the
Naters-Pierce company held by the Standard
Oil Company Of New Jersey were valued on the
books al So 067. .s92 10. Then In 1900 the record
disappeared and Mr.. Fay could not explain what
had been received for it. nor could he say
whether the books would show q substantial ex-
change for an investment which was worth mill
lions.
RELATIONS TO NEW YORK COMPANY.
AS NJ Fay had not been able TO prepare a
list giving the capitalization of every corpora
ton controlled by the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey. Mr.. kellogg turned TO a line OF
questioning on the relations Of that company TO
the Standard Oil Company Of New York. Dur
ing this Inquiry, which was helped by a state
nnent that had been compiled under subpoena, it
was shown that though in 1904 the Standard
OIL Company of New York made profit of only
1.75Lf f60, it had in the same year paid over
IN dividends TO the parent company total Of
$50 99S 400
BY this transaction the net assets of the New
York company dropped from 40425.900 to S15.-
17l 706. less than half the amount Of the divi-
dends paid 10 the New Jersey corporation, and
the liabilities. which had been in 1903 S41.646,
2S5 went up almost S34.0o0000 the next year.
TO the amount Of SIS. .5951 40. Yet the gross as
sets Of the New York company increased from
SSs074.5e1 in 1903 TO So in 1901
Mr. Fay could not explain this problem IN
bookkeeping onhsnd; neither could he tell why
the accounts OF the New Jersey corporation
which had been only S19o45O14 in 1903, took
q jump TO S5s, ,212924
Mr.. Kellogg finally elected from the witness
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
+. n. BR4DT ARRWES.
Sold Manhattan Oil Company to
London Firm, He Says.

Anthony n Brady, who. with Commodore T. -
Renedict organized the Manhattan Oil Company
and later sold 1t to the firm OF Brown. Shlpley
& Co. Of London, arrived here yesterday on uie
Cuaar! liner Caronia with Andrew Hamilton
who was so earnestly sought during the insurance
investigation
Mr. Brady met the reporters on the deck oL
the Caronia shortly before she came abeam OF
her pier and had just begun to talk of the Man
haitian Oil Company and traction problems ahroau
when he was summoned below by Mr. Hamlltoh
with whom he hurriedly left the pier, leaving MS
baggage in the care of his valet lie SAID ne
would see the reporters later after a steward
announced that the Judge wanted him to come
below at once. But after joining Andrew Hamli-
ton he was not seen again until the steamer
docked
The Identical question asked of Mr.. Benedict on
Tuesday, as to whether the Manhattan Oil Com
pany had been sold by the company direct to the
STANDARD Oil Company asked of Mr. Brady
Yesterday. Without 4 moments hesitation Mr.
Brady replied: No. We sold the Manhattan Oil
Company 10 Brown, Shipley Co, of London.
through the agency OF Brown Brothers. OF this
city"
Concerning his traction interests Mr. Brady would
sav nothing This country about 100 per cent
ahead of anything he had seen in the traction line
abroad, he said.
At this point the summons came from the
Judge" and Mr. Brady begged to be excused for a
few minutes
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
WHO IS LUCEY-LUCEY2"
Question Getting as Popular Around City
Hall as How Old Is Ann9"

who is Lucey?'
That is what the average Tammany follower
wants know these days Ever since II was
rumored that Lucey to be named by the Demo-
cratic State Committee for the Court of Appeals
bench, the query, "Who the deuce is Lucey?'' has
been the foremost question at the City Hail
.Iucey-Lucey? Who is Lucey?' asked Mayor
Mcclellan yesterday, when first informed that
Lucey was being talked about for the head of the
Democratic ticket.
why, don't you know who Lucey is?' was the
answer.
Il have heard of Henry w. Lucey of The Lon
don Punch Is he the gentleman" asked the
Mayor.
Sure. know Lucy" said Little Tim Sullivan.
as he danced in of the wet and greeted some
of his men at the City Hall yesterday. Sure
know, her She used have interest in Il
pawnshop near Broome street and the Bowery.
She's a nice old woman Lucy is" said Tim
IT never heard OF Lucey before" said Marty
Keyes the keeper of the City Hall. "but used TO
go to school with a girl by that name"
According TO a wireless dispatch from Ogdens-
burg Mr. Lucey is a prosperous lawyer of that
citv a personal friend of George Hall, the Demo-
cratic boss of ST. Lawrence County, and man
with almost as large a fund of stories as Repre-
sentative Malby of the town.
.I don't know Lucey myself said William j.
Conners Democratic state chairman; only I've
heard that he was a candidate.
II is the prevailing impression around the city
Hall that the .best thing that Lucey can do Is TO
hire a press agent and do 1t quickly.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
MAYOR BACK IN HARNESS
Looks Into Ashokan Dam Bids Pre-
naratory to Board Meeting.

$780, ,,c,or,a, WIN returned on Tuesday night
from his vacation the Maine coast anu - 49,
y,-b,ta Mountains was at the City Han yesterday
AT 10 o'clock His Office stan was on hanu anu '-l
,,,,rfcirar machine soon caught its old fashloheu
stride Two of the Mayors callers yesteIudE -
Police Commissioner Bingham and senator
rem When asked If he was taking par~t.culal ~ -
terest IN the approaching election. the Mayor ie-
piled: str ,ora1
''My interest is TO see thaI Iheie - " '
and orderly election. -, s,,.
When asked about the state ticket ano 'he uouo'
about the candidates for Court OF ApPea''' '''0
Mayor said: ~.-t..oo
"I assume that the Democratic state Comrnit'ee
will nominate the two Bartetts for associate JUICES
OF the Court of Appeals
.,yvtl!ian J. Corners iutimates that they Will not
be nominated by the Democratic State Cohfhl''ee'
s,,ggested one of the newspaper men.
chairman Conners is not the Democratic party
o, the state is he? 1 take 1t for granted that the
TWO Bartletts will be nominated
The Mavor gave considerable attention yesterday
70 the circumstances attending the award OF the
,ebola1 Dam contract to the Macarthur Brothers
Company and the Winston Company at a nSuIe
s2a0opo higher than the bid OF John Perce' 'he
man who built the Hall of Records 1t IS under
stood that the Mayor and Controller nj a meeting
Of the Board OF Estimate tomorrow. Will bring the
dam contract up and take the necessary steps TO
ascertain that Il properly made. Controher
Metz has yet accepted the successtui o'uaer ;
silretics and he does the contract Is not IN
force II IS believed that II there is any way OF
readvertlsiu, for bids without causing delay and
litigation the Mayor win be in favor Of it, as ne
does not like the looks Of the transaction as II
stands at present.
The Mayor probably viii appoint to-day n city
MAGISTRATE TO The vacancy caused by the reslgna-
ton of Charles s whitman. promoted to the bench
Of General Sessions. IRE Mayor also will soon ap-
point commissioner OF accounts and two members
of the Board OF Education.
The Mayor said that the city budget. which IA
likely to reach high water mark figures would not
be taken up until October. The Mayor, by vigorous
outdoor exercise his vacation. lost eleven pounds
in weight and Ia looking unusually well.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
SEVEN ESCAPE FROM JAIL.
alleged Notorious Criminal Leads
BrOOme PrisOners-Four Cau ght.

Binghamton. n. Y. Sept 1S-After leading
six other men in escaping from the Broome
County Jail this evening, Charles Carter. said TO
be one OF the worst criminals In the country,
was shot in the leg at Apaachin late tonight
and recaptured. Four of the six men were capt
ured. leaving two still at large.
Carter is supposed to have sawed the bars OF
one of the cells. letting out with him six prison
ers. They then pTied the bars OF window apart
with piece OF pipe which they sawed from the
Jail plumbing. and all, of them jumped to the
ground through the hole thus made. The men
who escaped were being held for the grand jury
or under indictment.
Shortly before midnight a Tioga County dep
uty Carter and one OF the other escaped
men on freight train at Apalachin. fifteen
miles west of this city. They attempted TO es-
cape and the deputy shot Carter through the
leg and captured both men.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19

testimony yesterday showed that the Standard
had acquired the same number of shares IN the
new corporation He took the shares in his own
name He didn't know any special reason why
he should have taken the shares himself, except
"for convenience and facility" He paid about
S275,O00 for the stock, which was held by MIN
for the profit of the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey. because it trusted him" That was
the reason for the entry of the &C. NJ. Pratt in
vestnent' on the Standards books.
Then in 1904. Mr. Pratt sold his holdings in
waters-Pierce TO N. NJ Van Buren,. Mr. Pratt
didn't know why he shouldn't sell the stock TO
AIr. Van Buren,. who gave S150,0o0 in cash and
a note for about 100000 for the asset that
had been recorded in 1899 on the Standards
books as worth more than S3,O0o,Voo-
The transaction seemed all the more unusual
considering the fact that the stock paid the
Standard OIL Company SOS. 200 a month, or more
than 81 100000 a year Mr.. Pratt did not seem
TO know much about the purchaser of the stock.
although he is the son-in-law of John d Arch
bold. one Of Mr. Pratt's fellow directors in the
Standard Oil Company and of his fellow
defendants in the governments suit. Mr.. Arch
holds son-in-law did not hold the stock long.
He held il from 1904 to 1906 and then turned it
back to the Standard OIL Company. got back his
$4,000 and his note cancelled Now II Is again
earning dividends for Standard Oil. though Mr..
Pratt was sure II was a bona fide sale. The wit
ness said he had never received the dividends,
but held the stock for the Standard Oil Com
pany Of New Jersey.
Although a member of the special committee
which has the supervision of the stocks and
securities held by the Standard Oil Company.
MI Pratt could shed little light on the methods
by which the corporation votes fits stock interest
in its allied corporations. For that information
Mr. Kellogg will probably resort to Charles B.
White William P Howe, secretaries or as
sistant secretaries Mr.. Pratt could not say
which. in the Standards employ.
OF the sgners of the original trust agree
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
HERRN4N 4 M4GISTR1TE.
Mayor appoints Pmk Commissioner
to Succeed Justice House.

Mayor Mcclellan announced last night that he
had appointed AIoses Herman, Park Commits
sioner for Manhattan and Richmond city mag
istrate. He succeeds Frederick 3 House. who
was appointed for a fun term. Magistrate Herr
mans term Will therefore extend 20 July. 1893
He will receive s. 5OG a year. AS head OF the Park
Commission he received 5000.
Mr. Herman is president OF the OsceoIa Club.
the regular Tammany organization OF the 29th
Assembly District, and chairman Of the general
committee of the district His appointment by the
Mayor az this time is regarded in Tammany Hall
as a refutaton Of the charge being circulated by
the Murphy that the Mayor has turned his
back the Tammany organization.
Magistrate Herman Is a of the late Judge
Gerson Herman. lie was graduated from the
College of the City Of New York and read law in
the Office Of Samuel g. Courtney, formerly United
States Attorney. He elected Assemblyman
from the 2st District in 1893 and was named Park
- Commissioner January /, 1906, succeed John J.
Pallas who died and whose unexpired term was
filled by Samuel @. Parsons Acting Commits
sioner. No one has been appointed Park Commits
sioner 10 succeed him.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma CITY. okla, Sept. ls.-Returns from
Yesterdays election received to-day and tonight
continue 10 indicate that the constitution was
adopted TO /; that prohibition carried by at
least $4,000, and that the whole Democratic state
ticket, headed by Charles n. Haskell, of Mus
kogee, was elected by 20.0o0 plurality.
IN the Congress election the Democrats seem
TO have chosen four of the five Representatives,
according TO the returns received tonight. The
candidates probably elected are
First District-Former Delegate to Congress Bird
S. Mcclure, Republican
Second District-E. l. Fulton. Democrat, defeat
ing ex-Terrltoriai Governor T.. B. Ferguson.
Third District-James Davenport. Democrat
Fourth Distrct-C. d. Carter, Democrat.
Fifth Dstrct-Scott Ferris. Democrat.
The Legislature is Democratic by a large major
ity, and will elect United States Senators Rob
ert L. Owen. Cherokee Indian, and T. p. Gore,
blind man. They We're nominated by primaries-in,
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
WOULD GUST GATHERING MEDIUM.
Ohio Suit Against Manhattan Oil Company,
Alleged To Be Standard Tool.

Findaly. Ohio. Sept ls-Sutt was filed IN Com
mon Pleas Court to-day by W. l.. David. county
prosecutor, deprive the Manhattan Oil Company
its charter and TO enjon it from paying a higher
price for oil than is paid by the Buckeye Pipe Line
Company in the same territory
The petition alleges that the Manhattan was for
merly an independent company" but was alb
sorbed eight years aGo by the Standard OIL Com
pany and is now owned by the Industrial Develop
rnent Company. Limited. OF London. England. and
only five shares OF stock, value 500 each, are
owned by the directors who manage the affairs Of
the company.
The petition charges further that after the alb
sorption the Solar Refining Company, constituent
company of the Standard, took over its refinery
the Ohio Oil Company took its production. the
Union Tank Line IT'S tank cars. leaving the com
pany only it's gathering lines. which are used TO
fight the so-caIIed independent companies
1t is alleged that for the last seven years the
company has done nothing but serve as a gather
ing medium for the Buckeye Pipe Line Company.
paying cents barrel more for the oil than It
received for il when the commodity was passed on
To the Buckeye Pipe Line Company. yet the Man
haitian has paid dividends annually 10 its stock
hoi
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19

or three years end tha: he had been connected
with the Chess, CaTley Company, Of Louisville,
back in tie early SOS.
SIGNED ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
Mr. Tiiford also admitted that he had been a
.igner OF the original trust agreement. Though
a liouidating trustee. he had little detailed in
formation to offer as TO the doings of the trust
itself. He knew nothing about its records ana
didn't even know whether the lquidating trus-
tees had a secretary or not. Mr. Tilford did re-
member after much questioning, that the Oh
trustees had headquarters at No. 26 Broadway,
in tie same building with the Standard Oh
Offices.
Mr. Kellogg had 10 go through the same $40"
and Iaborious process OF interrogation with the
other two witnesses that he employed on Mon
dav Both Of them. Nessrs. Pratt and Fay, had
been on the stand that day. and the latter
had promised 30 submit such documentary evil
cence as Mr. kellogg wished if he was able TO
find it. So Mr.. Fay first put on the stand
when the hearing resumed, and with the
hope OF obtaining some definite information as
10 the Standard Oil Company's interest IN
waters-Pierce stock. Mr.. Kellogg started in to
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE PLANS

The first meeting of The Independents q 1.sr
nrepare for the coming campaign was hIrs1 he'I
.,rbt a, The c;ilsey House The meeting was 49,
20 order bv Chairman Charles r. Gehfins' q. - -
Assembly districts but one. the loth. oe'7 sssz
santed The delegates discussed the various - - a,
90 the campaign The consensus OF opinion opinion VI s+
favor Of the leagues nominating tnii ,4 mi
ticket The matter was not nnaIiy I-.s,,ant
sor, nrasent indications a complete llu'p
ticket will be put in the neld ,,trtee
rhs committee decided appoint a cohiil,s-.- -
.on platform and a campaign - vas de-
hcrs ~ which will be announced later Il rsyia
cidad 10 hold the state convention III 'sicisrv
HAN on septeber IS. and the county 'he -s1tous
and the Assembly and the aiderri<inN +bs state
ha,wasn October and 4 meeting Oh '.a,,- '
committee will be held on the mornihs =
ber IS. -, 1h,,sen Mr..
7, s,aakins about the meeting Max lhnlsei' lh -
-, ii navsonaI representativs said; 4 hA
s- seen such a spirit OF open-riinaeU'l,, =
,s displaved at the meeting All reali-e re sra
opsihity that rests upon them. ana 80 t4s5-
msatipg il with enthusiasm and oroso
ness"
New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
MAY BE MENTAL HYDR0PH0BIA.'
Doctors Think Boy Frightened to Death by
Talk of Being Bitten.

Philip Fischel. ten years old. living at No. 81
West 113th street, bitten by dog on Au-
gust 81 while at Hunters Park The animal
showed no symptoms of being mad. but the boy
was hurried TO the Pasteur Institute, in this
city, where he received the regular treatment
extending over twenty-one days. After that the
accident is said to have been the principal topic
of conversation In the Fischel family.
On Tuesday the boy died after exhibiting
many of the accompanying appearances of
hydrophcbia. Five doctors say there were no
real symptoms Of rabies but that the boy prob
ably died from meningitis, and that fear of
rabies may have superinduced this condition.
Coroner Hamburger has ordered an autopsy to
learn whether or not the child died from mental
hydrophobia."