The Oskaloosa herald., October 12, 1905, Image 4

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""«*•*» i.iinr wifrin'iniiiifr
i»*uftd title «»» #HdM f..r the
holders* and that alt fan
tiler, Dr, ntn of th» irli*» pre*
Iflesta, told him tl wm for law pur-
U fO v '* f*"
WltunM AM not feel rreponslbl* lo
the cotniwuty, at» •kecutlv* eflteer har*
Ihr UM hlnrlt «M |»*rf«tty legel. tfca
took tu* vouchers frit this payment,
not* for other* Ik August end tuna tu
tor, Itot.
~ OtOMuin Stfmn to Ttlk,
Vic# President another
P-Knee*. said hr had instructed Mr,
Thummel from tiro* to flm« relative
to attention to legislation In various
■' It atm, but he could not wall the par
v tl cu lore.
"la your mind a blank <m thi* sub*
fectY” Mr. Hußhea asked.
••Not entirely."
"Well, will you please Mate anything
there might be In It?”
"You mean In my mind?" naked the
fitness.
“Yea.”
“Well, out of reaped to you I won't
•peak It,” hotly retorted tbe witness.
Vice President Grannies knew little
about tbe contributions to campaign
funds, but justified them on the same
ground as President John A. McCall of
the New York Life, .that the free silver
plank in tbe democratic platform was
a menace to, the interests of the policy
holders. When the method of the ex
penditure of the 925.000 Items was in
quired Into Mr. Grannies admitted
that the general solicitor could get
$25,000 any time he wanted It, without
disclosing for what purpose ho wanted
It and without rendering any account
of It. He further said he neve*-knew
where a cent of the money spent by
the general solicitor went.
McCurdy on the Stand.
President McCurdy was on the stand
all of the afternoon session. He de
tailed the manner of his entrance Into
the Insurance business. He practiced
law for nine years and was counsel for
the Widows and Orphans’ Benefit Life
Insurance company, of which C. H.
Raymond was the president. When the
company went out of business Mr. Mc-
Curdy went with the Mutual Life. Mr.
McCurdy testified that he never knew
what Mr. Thebaud, his son-in-law, was
getting out of the business of C. H.
Raymond A Co., und said he did not
, think It was any of bis business to ask
about Mr. Thebaud'a personal affairs.
He said the company did the business
to get the commissions and that, was
all he knew. All contracts were made
without bis knowledge. Witness said
on tbe matter of salaries that he never
requested that his salary be raised, and
all such Increases he took as compli
mentary to his management of the
business. They were always made by
the committee on salaries of their own
volition.
Mr. McCurdy said he had not given
particular attention to the matter of
salaries In late years. When his salary
waa advanced from SIOO,OOO to $150,000
. It was done by the committee on sal
aries. He never In his life made a re
quest for an advance In salary. Wit
ness took the advance as a mark of ap
preciation of his work.’ He would hava
continued his services whether hts sal
ary was Increased or not. “I certainly
did not Interpose any objection," ha
added, referring to the raise In hla sal
ary. It was brought out that the wit
ness and Dr. Gillette held enough
policyholders to control the board of *
trustees by electing Us members,
, Attorney Beck asked permission for
President McCurdy, In explanation of
the Increase of bis salary to $150,000, to
tell of the growth of the business of the
Mutual life under bis management.
Doing so, the witness said that the as
sets of the company were $103,000,000 In
1883 and now they are $157,000,000. Ho
said that when he took charge'the'com
pany was going down, and he had built it
up until now It Is one of the largest in
surance Companies In the country,
Wlien President McCurdy had run over
the figure* of the assets, payments to
policyholders, disbursements and new
business. Mr. Beck was permitted to ask
the witness If It was not a fact that the
Mutual Life Is the largest Insurance
company of Us kind In the world, with
assets greater than the combined as
sets of the banks of France and England,
Mr. McCurdy replied In the affirmative,
and declared that bis salary was In
creased because of the vast responsi
bility which tbe gieatness of the com
pany had placed upon him.
Mission of Insurance Companies,
Toward the close of tbe session Mr.
McCurdy made the startling statement
that an Insurance company was not an
Institution founded to make money for
tbe policyholders, but was or should
be a great philanthropic enterprise
founded to Increase and spread it* ben
efit* over tbe entire earth. "There
has been a great mistake made.” he
said, "about the real province of life
Insurance companies in these later
yean. People have been led to believe
that the main purpose was to make
money for Us policyholders, fn my
view that i« not fh« purpose of such
companies. They are eleemosynary.
When a man Insured In a company he
should fake Into consideration the
fact that he has entered s great phf
tfnthrople concern that Is In daiv
hound to spread Itaelf. even though
fhl* growth prevents him from realis
ing as much a* he expected.”
Adjourns for a. Week.
Mr. McOordy pap atill on
wh«n adjournment waa (a*'
day, and he wan aake'*
day. After adjo--
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what action should be taken In the sveftl
nf flpeskrr a Fred Nixon’s death, and
whit* the rnmmttte* «ii a tils*
patch iitlfM snwnuiteln* the sneaker’*
d«»th. It was then anmninred (hkt ths
session* would bn postponed until tfWt
week, when but n two day** session will
probably bn bnld,
•DOYVILIB IVINTi. *
(By John R. Rip*#.)
Kay Swan visited In Albla*Thtirsday
night.
J. If. Milter wan on the sink Hat tha
greater part of last week.
A. C. Boamer looked after matters
of buslnuas at Pella Saturday.
D. W. Ward was confined to bla
homo with alckneas Thursday.
Mrs. 0. E. Stephenson was In Ot
tumwa Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. nalloway wtsnt
to Cedar In their auto Friday.
Mrs. Mary Danner visited relatives
at Oskaloosa and Beacon Friday.
Pearl Dunkle was taken sick Satur
day with an attack of cholera morbus.
F. W. Pals completed two largo cpn
crete culverts on East Mill street mst
week.
Miss Grace Brewer, of Oskaloosa,
spent Tuesday night with Dr. and Mrs.
McVay.
Rev. Right has been building a cis
tern and making a number of changes
about the parsonage.
Miss Allle Shea returned Wednes
day from a ten days’ visit with her
brother In Ottumwa.
Misses Blanche Harding and Lucille
Moss spent Saturday and Sunday with
their uncles In Albla.
Bundy Fisher, after working at
Wright and In Dakota through the
summer, returned home Thursday.
The pupils of Mire Madonna Scott's
music class gave a recital at her home
Thursday evening wbten was much en
joyed.
Arthur Elliott, of Greenville, 111., ar
rived Thursday for a ten days’ visit
with hfs parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Elliott.
MUs Lila Btesco returned to her
home at Blockton the latter part ot
last week after an extended visit with
relatives hereabout*.
Fred Wilcox, till lately a member of
Durham Lodge No. 199, I. O. O. F„
was admitted by card Into Day Lodge
No. 26 Wednesday night.
Jacob DoWlnter and family,Of Knox
ville, drove down Friday to spend a
Week with Mr*. DeWlntcr’s sister,Mr*
Will Osborne, west of town.
Misses Marinda and Abblo Williams,
accompanied by A. J. Parcell and Hen
ry Bracy, of What Cheer, went to
Brighton Saturday for af short visit
A. D. McVay, of Chicago, spent
Wednesday visiting hi* brother, Dr.
H. R. McVay. Mr. McVay Is a civil
engineer In the employ of the Illinois
Central.
L. 8. DeLong, of St. Louis, has just
finished painting an etegant lot of new
scenery for the opera house, and will
also repaint the walls of tho I. O. O.
F. hall.
All the rooms of the Eddyvilfc
school except tho high room were dis
missed Friday afternoon to permit of
the teachers visiting the Oskaloosa
public schools,
A. Hartman, Frank Comstock and 8.
Lamps
In brass, bronze, onyx and black metal, ranging in
price from 95.00 to 985.00. Bee our south window.
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JGubßs |
M. Burns arn the latent addition* to
the subscribers' list ot thn Eddyvllt*
Telephone Company.
Walter Hartman, who «014 his r**i
deuce in the oast part of town to At
torney Ullltcs last week, has leswwl
and will move to Mr*. I* N. Spencer’*
tenant property on North 4th street.
Daniel May, of Harrison township,
departed on a trip to Colorado last
week to look at the country with a
view to locating there, ns he recently
sold his farm In Harrison township.
following were among the Into
Oskaloosa visitor*: J. T. Johnson, of
Sand Ridge, on Friday; John and Acte
Odom, Ralph Chord, (100. Wabber,
Leonard Beamer and J. B. Barber on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mr*.Frank Epperson moved
last wook to their newly built resi
dence on North Third struct, next door
to the parental John Jagcr home. F.
M. Epperson and family will occupy
the residence whore Frank has been
living.
Cook & Barrett’s Combined Shows
and Lent’s Trained Animal Exhibition
were hero Friday. They gave a street
parade at 12:30, and afternoon and ev
ening performances. Their tents were
pitched on the vacant lots near the
end of Bouth Third street. They re
ceived a fair patronage here, but their
exhibitions were not praised very
highly.
W. M. Burns, father of Daniel,Frank
and Samuel Burns, and ono of tho old
and highly esteemed settlers of this
locality, passed away Saturday night
at his home on the Oskaloosa road,
north of town, after an Illness of a
month or six weeks, aged 81 years.
His second wife died several years
■ago, and since that time he had lived
with his son, Frank Burns and family.
Mr. Burns came to lowa In an early
day and had lived here Tor over fifty
years. The funeral will be held this
(Monday) afternoon.
Tho following persons from Eddy
vllle ahd vicinity attended a colehra
| tlon at the Jereo Palmer home at Av
ery Friday, tho occasion being In liou
-1 or of Mr. and Mrs. Pal filer's 64th wed
'ding anniversary: Messr*. and Mes-
I dames C. C. Palmer, F. M. Epperson
1 and S. E. William*, Mrs. O. H. Seifert,
Dr. Epple McCrea and Mrs, S. L, Lem
! rnon and little daughter Minnie. Tho
day. wag observed m grand style,noar
'ly 250 people being present. Of these
about fifty were from Albla. Long ta
! btes were spread on fho lawn. The
' tables had a seating capacity of about
j seventy-five persons, and they were
filled three times. Tho guests brought
' eatables with them, and there was el
mo*t no end to the good things which
were dispensed. The day was spent
In a social way, and In the late after
noon some photograph* were taker, of
| the gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer
are tho aged and venerable parent* of
j C. C. Palmer, the popular stockman of
this place. They are possessed of
many warm friend* In-Monroe county,
as was attested by tho vast crowd*
who assisted them In celebrating the
day.
Get estimates on your lumber of
Rand Lumber Co. High avenue west,
next to elevator. lltf
.1. J. Howells Is building sn addition
to the rear of his saloon building at
tho corner of First street and Sixth
avenue, across from the Rock Island
depot. The addition is 20 feet by 20,
and 1* a cold' storage room. McKey
is building tho addition.
Gas and x
Electric
txsmith
JEWELRY MOUSE - f
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SEMI*
IQ THE BANKEEIS
H'onHuucd from lat page 1
009,000 of (InttM'wliu < .imtocrce, and
then, by a ingle which I do not un
derstand, wo will get so much larg
er shaii* of the World's 110,090,000,
000 export tr*«n* as to tully root pen
aata ourselves, sad that In addition
w# will tnako tba world happy. I
quite agree with litem that It would
make our competitors happy. But I
will not dlseuas that question. I de
sire to confina my remarks to the Im
portance of a merchant marine.
Tha Halted State* Imports a mil
lion dollars' worth per day of tropi
cal and semi-tropical products. It
sends to Europe, In exceta of every
thing wo receive from Europe, a mil
lion dollars a day In raw materials
snd food products such a* I have des
cribed; and Eurotm In turn sends a
million a day to the ports of South
America, South Africa and the Islands
adjacent. I do not need to tell you
of the great number nf ships that sail
the triangle. They start from home
with a cargo of finished products
which they leave In thoso southern
ports, then load with coffee, rubber,
hemp, sisal, mahogany, dyo woods
and fruits for the United States, and
then take a load of our raw materials
cotton, copper, petroleum and food
products back to Europe..
1 havo been many times taken to
task for remarks Hko these. I have
received letters, for instance, from
certain commercial associations, the
principal officers of which aro Inter
ested In foreign steamship lines, call
ing my attention to the fact that
means are at hand for carrying to
these southern ports all tho merchan
dise that America sends thither. Gen
tlemen, I have never'taken the posi
tion that what goods we ship to South
America do not ultimately re&ch those
ports. I have sometimes called atten
tion, however to the fact that tne
quickest way to go to South America
or to send mall to South America,
or to ship freight to South America,
and the most usual way, is to send
first to Europe and thence to the
ports of destination. A large share
of our paltry commerce with those
countries does actually go by way of
Europe, rather than In these old
scows, owned by the men who take
the position that because there are
ways In which goods can r>e stmt
thence, therefore no occasion exists
for Improving the means of commu
nication.
lowa was dotted with settlements
long ttefore railroads tapped the Ter
ritory. In those days some grain
was sown, and the little that was
grown was hauled In wagons, fre
quently a hundred rnlles and somn
ttmes more. A few cattte were fat
tened and they were driven some
times four hundred miles to market.
There were trails, even then, and
sometimes roads. Some hogs wt-re
fattened. These were killed, their
carcasses frozen and htuted to mark
et—a process which consumed some
times week* and frequently entailed
an expense exceeding the value of tho
freight carried, But In those days
lowa did not contribute very mucii
either to interstate or to Internation
al commerce. Not until railroads,
encouraged by government aid, were
built, did her commerce multiply, and’
not until these became of the best did
she rank am» contribute abundantly.
Possible someone will say, "Who
care* particularly for the American
manufacturer? it Is his business, not
ours," Yes, but It Is my business
also. 1 own my farms In lowa and 1
want my tenants to Mra tho men who
manufacture for these markets. I am
selfish. In fact, Inm so selfish that I
desire every Industry under our flag
to prosper and I hope I arn wise
enough to know that no one class of
American people ever did prosper ex
cept when all our people prospered.
I hope that I am wise enough to
know that the prosperity of any one
class means the prosperity of all.
The United States Is the owner of
the Philippine island*, and these pos
sessions, plus the Panama canal, plus
a merchant marine, would Insure to'
the American people somewhat morel
than their present 10 p. r cent of thei
one millions of trade wash
ed by tho shores c. the Pacific.
We occupy tho best position on tly
map. We have the safest and the
most convenient form of money In
the world. We speak the language ot
commerce. Our .arms produce more
than th* farms of any other country.
Our mines yield gold literally by the
carload, stiver by the tram load, and
there is unloaded on the shores of a
single commonwva*..h more iron ore
than any other country produces. Our
forests yield a hundred million Net of
lumber for every day ot th* calendar
year. Our factories turn out more
finished product* than all the factor
ies of Great Britain and Germany com
bined by more than three thousand
millions every twelve months. We
transport this matchless product of
farm and factory, forest and mine,
from the Interior to the sea at one
third what similar service* cost any
where cine oeneath the skies. W»
carry it from point to point
coaet In better venue la, on
Urn, end at cn*>aper rate* than
But at our coaat tine wo are I
to an abrupt'halt. Here we
longer independent. Onr fotfeti
merce ta four time* an large a
ago, but we
Write Secret ol Good Coflee
Kv*ft 0t« lire! ltm*Mtkg*MM« MBBflt tn*V* g ffflfct «f
•off** without *OO.I malarial. Dirt?, odulioratAtl Mid quMflt
Msmlct #offe# Booh us uoeentpulous dealers •hovel over limit
remoter* won** da Pul Uk* lb* pure, *l***, hatuwl flavored
LION COFFEE, *« kUtt #i »n m*u*« f««m ~
the coffee thai for Ot*r » quarter of a century has been daily
welcomed in mttlionß of bom**—And you will malts t drink ill
for a king in Uila way t
now TO MAKE GOOD CO&EE.
a-SfaSSESSEfea
TjgSjr;w.riss.*«waf suxs’s.*=! aa Is
aratrars at;
TWO WATS TO SETTUE COffTT.
IA Wlw »s pert «r Ik* won* of *a egg. sUste, Hwttk Iks r~«4 Ut>*
Insist on wetting a package of genuine UON COFFEE*
prepare It aeeordtog to thl# ricipc.nd pan will only in
LION COFFEE la future. (Hold rely In 1 lb. sealed packages.)
■ (LUmdMtd on *v«y pankag*.)
(Save thea* LUm-haads for rxluabl# premiums.)
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
WOOZAf* BPIOB OO. f Toledo, OWo.
ROSE HILL HERD OF DUROC
JERSEY HOGS.
A choice lot of early March pigs to select Item.
Good length, big boned. Our pigs are by such noted
sires as Advancer, No. 28773, and Reed’s lowa Banker,
No. 23891. This is the blood that tells in the show ring,
the sale ring and the feed lot. >
At farmers’ prices. Herd at edge of town.
G. W. STOUT,
10w3pd Kona Hill, low**
Prof. Mayne Arnold,
K Xpert Eyeaigbt Hpedaliat, moat auceeaafol in iowa.
More letter* from Juatlcoa Huprcmo Oourt, Oovernora of
** wLj Htatna, U. N. Honatora, mem bora Congreaa, anpertnten
denta of blind inatltutea, profeaaora In medical ooWegea,
aehoola of science, etc., than any man living.
Olan*e* adapted faultleaaly to meat difficult eye« and
ground to order. Office OskaLoosa, lowa. Beware of
fakira and glaaa peddling frauda. (3dtMwtf.)
ships only ono-thlrd a* many gro«*
tons a* forty years ago. We have pro
tected and cncouragod every Interest
but our merchant marine, and every
protected Interest has flourished. We
have every facility for International
commerce except International mer
chant*, International bankers, and an
International merchant marine. Shall
we not have the**? 1 am nfrt urging
ship subsidies. I am speaking of re
sults, not of method*. If we will but
take advantage of our opportunists#
we will send these products of farm
and factory under every sky and Into
every port, and make our financial
centers the clearing houses of at least
a fraction of the world’s trade.
Now is the time to see the land at
Holly, Colorado,
See the Immense yield uf, sugar
lAjots, wheat and other crops.
Crops that are paying for the laud
each year, •
See the million dollar beet sugar
factory at Holly, one of the largest
In the world.
Sett the best Irrigation fysjtcjn fn
the V. H.
Enjoy the exhilarating atmosphere
of this most desirable climate.
Can giv* the lowest homrerekers’
rates that have ever been offered.
He trm for particulars,
HARRY B. DAV(B,
Over Boyer s Clothing fltufo.
(132-36 wi
Meeting of Mahaska County Short-
Horn Brooders’ Association.
To be held at the Farmers’ Chib
Itoon, Court House, Saturday, Oct. 21,
Htoti, at one o'clock p. m. Election
Of officers. The following program
will tie glwn:
• Th# Care of tho Calf From Birth to
Maturity," I. N. Taylor, Willi# Krlzer,
Th(.», Moore.
"Should We Still Continue the
Practice of Having Public Sales, and
If So, to Wbat Extent Should We Ad
vertise?" A. L, Stutzman, John Hoov
er, J. Frank Clark, C. C. Caldwell.
"Should We Pay More Attention to
Dairy Quality In &BTr Short-Horns?"
J, (I. Lytle, Clarence Hanna, Homer
Dye,
I. N. Taylor, President.
W. J. Wlllhott, Secretary.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Mist Laura Btaddom Intsrtafo# Her
Young Friend*.
Mire Laura Steddom, No. 621 North
C street jratertaloed a company or
friends Saturday afternoon In honor
of the fourteenth anniversary of her
birth. The young hostess .was made
the recipient of a number of hand-
some presents. Refreshment* were
served and several hours passed very
pieeseatly. <>
Thrum prclient were Laura and Myr
tle Bteddom, Lea* Soothwick, Helen
Boggle, LUlle Quigley, Wilma Barr,
Nellie Cox. Rae Qooly, Inez Btoddom.
Elma Blair, Helen and Hazel Cole,
Florence and Eeele Larimer, Merger
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Canada Land
I have the greatest har-
KdiiiH yet offered in Can
ada Lands, i deal direct
ly with the owners and
can save you some mon
ey. If you are interest
ed, come see me.
Low Railroad
Rates
which we rebate to pur
cha*ef».
Next Excursion,
Oct. 16.
C. W. Carr.
et and Grace tcidor, Winifred and
Kdna Caffall. Florence Whecher, Helen
Roaeubfrger, Jeannette Hadley. Mb
ther Wllllarna, Florence Smith, Maude
Coltfen. '
"* Doa’t wait for the cold weather be
fore ordering your alorm *a«h of
Hand Humber Co„ High aventiw weet,
next to Klevator. lltf
Oonsdferable Improvement sttJl -con
tlnuos, and the fall sea nun In Oska
loose HhnwH that me town la far from
dead fn a building way.
I EXECUTRIX NOTICE.
J Notion la hereby given to ail
perron* in to rented, that on the 9th
day of October, A. IJ. 1000, the undor
elgncd waa appointed by the district
court of Mahaak* county, lowAf ex
ecutrix of the estate of David O.
Olven, deceaaed, late of aaid Ms
baaka county, lowa. All persons
indebted to aaid eatate will make
payment to the undersigned, and
those having claima against the aama
will present them legally eatbentfc
a ted to aaid court for allowance.
Dated October 9, 1905.
Hattir Otvrw, Executrix
Vurr B. Wnar, Clerk. • lfw3
By L« B» Ooßi/WTT, IMptity#
PROBATE NOTICE. \ ....
In matters of the last win and
testament of Jefferson Bflllck, de
ceased.
Notice la hereby riven that there
la now on Ale In the office of the
Clerk of the District Coart ot Uslt
baaka County, lowa, an instrument
of writing purporting to he the I art will
and testament of Jefferson Billlok,
deceased, and the same la set for bear
ing on the DJtn day of November, 1908,
of the next term of the district court,
to be began end held in Oskaloofs
on tbeSrd day of Oct., 1900, at which
time objections can be made to the
approving of said will and its ad
mission to probate.
Dated this 9th day of October, I*oo.
Chirr B. wrsr, Clerk.
By W. T. Marti*, Deputy. llwß
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