Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 May 1906 — Page 1

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Recorder's Office febOl TD YMOU ID)' PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1906. NO. 32 VOLUME V

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THE BOURBON TRAGEDY.

William Bates Shot Dead and Frank Bates Badly Wounded by Fred Rettinger. Bourbon and Plymouth, and in fact almost the entire population of Marshall county, were stirred by the tragedy at Bourbon, Saturday afternoon, in which William Bates, one of the old and prominent citizens of Bourbon township was shot through the heart and of course, instantly killed, and Frank Bates his son, was shot through the arm, by Fred Rettinger, a young farmer of the same neighborhood. A feud arising over some trivial matters, had existed for several months between Rettinger and the Bates family, and it seems that Rettinger had prepared to kill William and Frank Bates and Mr. Ellinger, a farm hand for Frank Bates, on the first provocation. The parties lived on adjoining farms about two miles from Bourbon. Rettinger sold some hogs to Ben Berson Friday; and Saturday morning took the hogs to town. After they were in the pen they were very sick and two of them died. Person went out to see Rettinger, who told him that the hogs seemed to be all right when he took them to town, but he guessed Bates had poisoned them and he would pay back the money. He then loaded two revolvers and started to Bourbon, knowing that William Bates, who is a stock buyer, would be there. When he reached Bourbon he saw the elder Bates standing in the door of Spencer's restaurant, talking to another man. He walked up to him, uttered an oath saying "you will poison no more hogs" and before Bates could reply, shot him through the heart. The bullet entered the left side, passed entirely through the body, killing Mr. Bates instantly. He then started for Frank Bates, who was several rods away, fired at him twice and when Frank ran into a shop for protection, he fired again, the bullet striking him near the shoulder, breaking his arm. Frank fell, apparantly dead, and Rettinger then started towards home. Deputy Sheriff Plant started after him on foot, and being a sprinter of more than ordinary ability, he overtook Rettinger and succeeded in persuading him to return to Bourbon. The prisoner said that he wanted to go back to the farm and kill Mr. Ellinger, with whom he had some trouble last fall and then his job would be complete. When he learned that Frank Bates was not dead he said he thought he had killed him and if he had known he was not dead, he would have shot him again. This was about 5 o'clock p. m. and a message was sent to Sheriff Steiner here, who procured a rig and drove hastily to Bourbon. He found intense excitement there and a strong feeling in favor of lynching the prisoner. Finding that it might not be safe to attempt to take the prisoner through the streets of Bourbon, he gave out the information that he would leave for Plymouth with his prisoner on the 8:40 p. m. train This had the effect of sending the crowd to the station and he succeeded in getting the prisoner out at a back door, placing him in the buggy unobserved, and by driving around the outskirts of town he evaded the crowd and was soon driving at full speed toward Plymouth where he placed the prisoner in jail. Sunday the prisoner was visited at the county jail and in an interview made no denial nor defense of his crime, but declared that he would kill himself before he ever came to trial. A guard is kept over him night and day. Rettinger, who is 28 years of age, is rather under medium height and weighs about 143 pounds. He does not look the strong determined character that would be expected to perform such a deed. He has been married four years and has two children. His wife came Sunday from Bourbon and was allowed to see him from the bars of his cell. Rettinger has employed Parker and Stevens to defend him and Mr. Stevens says they will do the best they can for him. This is the clearest case of deliberate murder that has ever occurred in Marshall county, and seems considerably like the act of an insane man but Rettinger has never shown any symptoms of insanity. William Bates, the murdered man, was about 66 years old, and his son, the wounded man, is about 35. They were prominent farmers and stock buyers and well known throughout the east half of the county and in the western part of Kosciusko county. Fred Rettinger is the son of John Rettinger, one of Bourbon township's best citizens. Governor Morton's War Letters. Mrs. Oliver P. Morton, widow of the war governor of Indiana, has pre sented to the state library the copie of letters, telegrams, war orders and other documents received and sent by Governor Morton during that mem orable time. The copies were made many years ago, and for the last sev eral years they have been in the safety deposit vaults of the Indiana Trust company. Some of them bear the signatures of President Araham Lincoln, between whom and Governor Morton there existed the strongest personal friendship.

REPUBLICAN HARMONY.

It Can Be Easily Accomplished in Marshall County During the past ten days several men who have no authority to speak for the bolters, have v come to the Tribune office with the statement that Ed Gam was willing to join in a joint call with County Chairman Hendricks for an entire reorganization of the county central committee. But . if this is true it does not amount to anything. Mr. Gam has no more influence with the bolters than County Chairman Hendricks has. He was . not an original bolter, does not naturally belong to that crowd and is 'only a cat's paw for Pickerl, Yockey and Carl Riddick, who care nothing for the success of the Republican party in Marshall county or anywhere else, unless it will benefit them. There are three or four other satellites of these 'men. Among them might be. mentioned L. J. Hess, John Staley and Postmaster Wiseman of Culver, but all of these will do whatever Frank Pickerl tells them to do. Pickerr is the brains of the bolters' movement if such a movement can have any brains, which we admit is doubtful. But Pickerl is the force of the whole movement. When he pulls the string all the others jump; consequently if Pickerl, Yockey and Hess will issue orders for the few members of the county committee whom they still control, to fall into line' with the regular Republican organization, there will be no more kicking. . The large majority of, Marshall county Republicans are just beginning to realize what this bolters' movement means. State Chairman Goodrich says tha county committee was regularly organized .January 13, and there is not a particle of doubt ot the legality of the election of William G. Hendricks and all the other officers of the committee at that time. Now recollect this the official statement of the state chairman and it will bt presented to the courts if this matter has to go into court. When the bolters met to oust Mr. Hendricks without giving him any notice or making any complaints of what he had done or promised to do, and he had pledged himself to know no factions in the discharge . of his duties, to make no attempt to dictate aominations, Lnd to give every Re publican an equal chance to "work for Republican success they pretended to remove ,h'm!- and -elect another chairman, but they re-elected all the other officers by acclamation. This was twice that all the officers of the committee except the chairman had been elected without a dissenting vote. ' When Chairman' Moorman called the committee meeting at the Grand Hotel, ht followed the directions of Frank Pickerl, refused to entertain any motion made by any member of the committee who was not controll ed by Pickerl and Yockey, refused to listen to any legal advice, and ordered the committee to elect an en tire new list of officers without mak ing any attempt to remove the old fficers who had been twice elected without a dissenting vote. Of course all the well informed men of the committee not controlled by the postmasters, left the hall, and as District Chairman Moorman did not have a particle of authority to do what he did, and as it is contrary to law and common sense, the committee re mains as it was organized Saturday, January 13. If the bolters want harmony let them tell their followers to fall into line and support the regular Republican organization in Marshall county. If County Chairman Hendricks or any other officer of the committee proves inefficient or recreant to the interests of the party he can be re moved. There can be but one Republican ticket in Marshall county and that ticket will be nominated by the convention called by the regular Republican organization of the county. Every man on that ticket can be elected if every Republican does his duty. Death of Isaac Miller. Isaac Miller, a brother of Jesse Miller, of North township, died at his home in South Bend, Saturday morning, aged 77 years and three months. He had been a resident of South Bend 50 years and had resided in the house where he died 45 years. He was a blacksmith by trade but for the past ten years had conducted a feed barn. His neighbors say that they do not believe he ever had an enemy. He leaves a widow but no children. , Funeral services at the Wenger church in South Bend, Tuesday after noon, conducted by Rev. A. H Kreighbaum. A Surprise Party. Mrs. Chaney of South street, one of the most popular ladies of Plymouth had a birthday Saturday and she ought not to have been surprised when a great crowd of friends rushed in Saturday evening to help her celebrate, but she was, she was not expecting anybody, but she soon made them all feel welcome and they made her understand that they hoped she would be for many years, as she is now, an earnest helper in every good cause. Ice cream and cake were served and all had a pleasant evening.

BANKER SLAIN BY BROTHER

Slayer Barricades Himself in Shed, But Meekly Surrenders. W. H. Sylvester, president of the First ; National bank of Montezuma, Parke county, was shot and killed at noon Thursday by Stephen Sylvester, a brother, whose mind is believed to be affected. After the shooting the slayer ran to his home and barricaded himself in a shed he recently, constructed. Sheriff Carter- and Marshal Boyd, who arrived soon after from Rockville after a hard drive across the country, approached the house and called on Sylvester to surrender. After a moment's hesitation he said he would surrender if he was assured safety. This assurance was given and Sylvester opened the door, stepped out and locked it after him. He hen gave himself up to the officers, and they started at once for Rockville where he was locked in jail. He had been known as a very eccentric character and it is believed he built the stronghold in his yard with iron roof and heavy walls in an ticipation of the trouble. He told" a physician of the family several days before that he was determined to get some money he claimed to be due him. from his brother and he did i:ot care how he got it or what happened. Stephen Sylvester was injured sev eral years ago by a fall and his mind has been affected since. The shoot ing followed a quarrel at the home of W. H. Sylvester, the dead man, who, was one of the most prominent men in the community. Stephen had demanded money from his brother and a quarrel and fist fight fodowed. Free Seeds and Trusts. Although congressional free seed distribution were lately declared up on good authority to be wholly without warrant in law, this consideration evidently does not weigh with many members of the house. By a vote of 153 to 58 that body yesterday again voted to continue the free-seed graft. As the reasons once put forward in defense of .the policy have been shown to be invalid, the only explana tion, must be that the congressmen yielded .to some of the arguments just put forward by satesmen to whom the free seed privilege is dear! Possibly they were affected, for in stance, by the burning eloquence of Congressman Gaines, of Tennessee, who saidin a recent .speech:. I believe that if we stop the pour ing out of these few little seeds ti the . farmers throughout this greai republic, thus preventing the seed trust concern from conspiring against the farmers, like the beef trust has done, I believe we will have the seed trust. But this keeps it down. It is free trade in seed. That is what it is, gentlment, free trade in seeds. That seed used to be Republican doctrine and it is good Democratic doctrine today. It is the only thing to hold off a seed trust.' That is the main point , and that is why 1 speak thus today." "Why is it," continued Mr. Gaines, eloquently proceeding, "that there is not a trust in these seeds.' because the government prevents it by buying thiseed and putting it into the lap of the honset yoemanry of the country."The impressive argument of the Tennessee statesman may not convince, the average citizen, but it evidently has prevailed with the congressman. Let no one imagine that the latter were influenced by a sordid desire to carry favor with constituents. They merely seek to use free seeds as an agency wherev'ith to combat monopoly and oppression. Perhaps later they will be found trying to elaborate the policy. Why not empower the congressmen, for instance, to distribute free steaks and free kerosene and thus break down the beef trust and oil trusts? An ap propriation authorizing each member to .give away anything he chose from hairpins and matches to automobiles and grand pianos would crush every grasping trust in existence. Logansport Journal. Asks Custody of Thirteen. The bravest woman in Indiana has been found. In asking for a divorce she fearlessly demands the custody of thirteen children, the youngest a babe of but eight months. This remarkable request is a por tion of the complaint filed by Mrs. Ellen Rittenhouse against Charles Rittenhouse, a retired and wealthy farmer of Ellwood, in the Madison Superior Court. Mrs. Rittenhouse avers that her husband has cruelly mistreated her for twenty years, but that she endured it until a week ago, when he threw her from their home ih Ellwood. The court has restrained Rittenhouse frorn disposing of any part of his estate pending the settle ment in court of the divorce case. The suit is a great surprise to the friends of the family. Another Woman in Case? Mrs. Albert Yoder, the wife de serted by her husband who has been teaching school at Westville, visite at Nappanee and Wakarusa, enroute to her home at LaGrange, and the Wakarusa Tribune surmises that a woman is at the bottom of the pro lessor s sudden disappearance, a young woman from Iowa, who was also a teacher in the ' Westville schools.

TAX LIEN GOOD ON MONEY.

Supreme Court Decides Against an Allen County Man. Possibly it may be interesting to those who have failed to pay their taxes for years to know that the Indiana supreme court has just decided that a citizen who, for ten years, had failed to pay any poll tax, property or dog tax, or to contribute anything toward the support of the government, could not prevent the county treasurer from, deducting his accrued taxes from a sum payable to him out of the county treasury, although it was not money owed by the county. Cain Baker presented a ditch warrant for $50 to the county treasurer at Fort Wayne, and when the treas urer deducted his accrued taxes and offered him a balance of only $10.38. he brought mandamus proceedings to compel payment. The circuit court decided in his favor, but the supreme court, in reversing the judgment, said that the taxes were a lien on every thing Baker had, and the treasurer properly, seized money in his own hands to satUfy them. Past and Future in Russia. Having once tasted power, it is probable that the Russian parliament will not easily let go. It has been so more or less with every such body in history. In the French case a weak king went to the guillotine. There is in Rusisa a deeper ignor ance among the peasants than there was in France and they feel a devout devotion to the czar as the head of the church as well as royal ruler a feeling the French did not have for Louis XVI. There is also, as there was not in France, a secret revolutionary propaganda, which has been working on the peasant mind frorn about the time of the emanci pation of the serfs. That act gave birth to a peasant hunger for land. They were given some at that time, but they have made no accumulations since, except of descendants, and their portions are now too small. The revolutionists long ago con vinced them that the intrigues and frauds of the bureaucrats the nobles, the rich, prevented the peasantry from getting all that the czar intend ed they should have. For many years they have been told that the czar wishes to get close to "his people" meaning the peasants and govern with them, but his will has been de-feated-by the nobles and -governing classes, who have intercepted the lands intended for distribution, stolen them for themselves, in fact, and have deceived him in a thousand other ways. A year or two ago, they covered the empire with a cloud of emissaries, teaching that the czar had issued pos itive orders that early all the crown lands, the lands of the church and those of the nobles and other rich, should be given to "his faithful peasants," but that these wicked holders had rebelled against his orders by concealing documents containing them and in other ways. . Jn remote districts these fomenters of hatred have traveled in the gor geous uniforms of pretended imperial generals, carrying a pretended imper ial charter in a gilt frame really a revolutionary fraud commanding his peasants to carry out his, the czar's, wishes by taking the lands and other property from the nobles who had intercepted them. This has bred a ferocious hatred of the rich and noble and in many once rich and populous districts every gentleman' house and farm estate, books, pictures, furniture, crops, horses and cattle have been destroyed. The rioters could not risk having anything in their possession and so destroyed everything, and whenev' J er questioned about it maintained with stupid simplicity that they did it all in obedience to the czar's positive commands. Recently they have been quiet, having absorbed a vague notion of being somehow represented in the new douma. They have been convinced that the nobles would not permit the douma to meet if they could help it. In that case or in case the douma can not or will not carry out the czar's commands then they will take control themselves, which means a reign of terror without even the semblance of court or the ghost of formality. The propaganda hopes to include enough of the army to cripple the military arm of the czar and expects, i.hen the peasants find thatthe douma will not give them what they want, as of course it can not, then cfouma and czar alike will be branded as recreant an dfalse and with the rich and noble go down in the chaos that will be the consequence. Out of this "scum that rises when the nation boils" the revolutionary propoganda expects to evolve the, cooperative commonwealth of which many dream. That is to say, the sincere fanatics so expect, and will try for it until struck down by. the inevitable hand of reorganized power at home. The intriguers who have brought on the situation expect to amass enough plunder ach for himself to live in luxury the rest of their days under the protecting haul of some other nation and very likely to pose as poor, unfortunate martyrs to "the cause of liberty." It is not an encouraging prospect, but known facts make it look only too probable. Chicago Chronicle.

STEEL COMPANY IS MODEL

Building of Beautiful Town at Gary, Ind., Well Under Way. Prelimniary work on the biggest steel plant that the world has ever known has been begun at the site of the new town of Gary i;i Lake County and every branch of it is to be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. Two hundred men and 100 teams are now at work every day, laying out the streets and avenues of the new city, taking soundings for the foundations of the immense structures that will constitute the buildings of the. United States Steel Corporation and getting everything in readiness for the vast army of workmen that will soon invade the place and begin the work of construction. The surveyors have completed the preliminary engineering work, and the new city will be built under fhe supervision of A. F. Knotts, while the construction of the steel plants will be superintended by Second Vice President Thorpe of the United States Steel Corporation. The test holes for the gigantic plant, which will give employment to 23,000 or 30,000 men, have been bored and show sand for fifty feet and clay at seventy feet. The surveys have also been made for the location and dimensions of the streets. There will be two prominent streets in the city, running at right angles to each other, one to be known as Broadway and the other as 'Fifth avenue, and each will be 100 feet wide and a marvel of beauty. They will be paved with vitrified brick, and all the streets of the city will be permanently improved at the start. The city is expected to have a population of at least 100,000 when the work of manufacturing steel begins, and the plans provide for the accommodation of that number, with additional ground platted for enlargements as they may become necessary. ' Career of Carl Schurz. Carl Schurz was born in Germany March . 2t 1829, rceived a university education and socn became prominent as a liberalist. He was arrested for his action, with the insurrectionists in 1S43, but escaped and went to London and from there came to America in 1852. He went to Wisconsin, where he attained prominence among the Republicans of that State, being called on as an orator of the party on many occasions. His speeches in both German and English proved strong in drawing power and he was finally given the nomination of the Republican party for lieutenant governor in 1857, only to go down to defeat with the other candidates with whom he was associated. He was a delegate to the convention at Chicago which nominated Lincoln for president in 1860, and was one of the most effective Republican speakers of that campaign. In 1861 he was named as United States minister to Spain, but held the office at Madrid only a few months, returning to the United States in 1861 to resign his office to enter the army. In May, 1862, he was made a, brigadier general of volunteers, and as such commanded a brigade at the second battle of Bull Run. He was soon afterward promoted to be a major general of volunteers and commanded a division at Chancellorsville' and Gettysburg. He took part in the various campaigns in Tennessee, resigning from the army early in 1865. Afterward he acted as Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, leaving the national capital in 18C6 to go toDetroit, Mich., where he founded and for a time edited the Detroit Post. In 1867 he, left, there and went to, St. Louis, where he became editor of the St. Louis Westliche. Post. In politics he has always shown great independence and this caused him to make several changes in his party affiliations. He was chairman of the Republican national committee which met in Chicago in 1868, and was United States senator from Missouri fiom 1869 to 1875. In 1872 he took part in the organization of the Liberal party and aligned himself with the supporters of Horace Greely, presiding over the Cincinnati convention which nominated Greeley. In 1876 he supported President Hayes of Ohio and was rewarded by being appointed secretary of the interior, holding the position from 1877 to 1831 InMSSl he became editor of the New York Evening Post, and held the position until 18S4. In that year he became one of the leaders of the independent movement and supported Cleveland for president. He has been a frequent contributor to magazines. Solves Girl's Life Mystery. Loganspor:, Ind., May 10. Miss Hertha Parker, a chief, telephone operator at Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee, through the Indianapolis police has solved the mystery surrounding her birth, and will go to Indianapolis to make her home with Thomas West, her father, whom she had never seen until Sunday. Her father was absent at her birth and on the death of her mother the infant was adopted by James B. Park er, a wealthy Kokomo man, who gave her his name. Clews to her identity were given the police by Miss Parker six months ago, resulting in the re union at Indianapolis.

THE M'COY TRIAL.

Both Doleful and Funny Stories Are Told on the Witness Stand. The story of the failure of the A. McCoy & Co. Bank at Rensselaer more than two years ago as narrated by the depositors on the witness stand contained many features of many knids. There was a touch of pathos in some of the. testimony and there was a vein of humor in part of it. The peculiarities of human nature were often displayed and the animosity of some of the witnesses was made plain. Many of the depositors were sufferers from the failure and others lost their all. In many instances the testimony was dry and uninteresting, but nearly every member of the jury watched each witness carefully and appeared anxious to hear every word. It is doubtful if in an Indiana court there has ever been such a story told. The money of public officers, of widows, of orphans, of rich men and poor men, wealthy farmers and poor sewing women, was all swept away. Guardians lost the money of their wards, wives lost their husbands' money and husbands' money belonging to their wives. All ranks of life and all businesses were involved in the failure. The savings of a lifetime disappeared in a few hours. It was a story of tears, heartaches and regrets. The comedy of the day was furnished by George W. Terwilliger, a farmer living near Rensselaer, who was as funny in looks as . queer in name. He laughed heartily on the witness stand at the slightest provocation, and kept Mr. McIIugh laughing, too. . . When Mr. McIIugh objected to one of the questions asked,' the witness asked: "Shall I answer?" "Oh, yes,' replied Mr. Sellers. "He is just having a slight s-pasm." "Guess he has 'em at regular intervals," continued the witness, laughing loudly, and the whole courtroom laughed with him. Mr. Terwilliger lost about $40 by the bank-failure, and also regarded that as funny. . . . The day's tragedy, was the appearance on the witness stand, in the afternoon, of Mary Hughes, age seventy-two years, an inmate of the Jasper county poor house. Mrs. Hughes is a soldier's widow, and saved her money until she had about $300 in tha McCoy bank. It was not a large sum, but it was enough to keep her the rest of her life. The bank failed, the money was lost, her home was gone, and she went over the hills to the poorhouse. If You Have an Oil Lamp. The housewife who uses oil lamps has now had a chance to learn the tricks of the trade. The testimony at the interstate commission's hearing of the charges against the Stand ard Oil Company has revealed, among other things, how poor oil can be made to burn well and how good oil can be. made to burn poorly by "fixing", the lamp. The tricks that the Standard Oil Company used to the injury of its competitors will be critically studied by the housewife, because they will give 4 her information that she can use to' profit in her own business. , - The wick, to begin with, should hang straight down into the oil. Then the oil will pass up more freely to the flame, and a better light will be obtained. The wick should be cut with as thin an edge as possible. If it has a, broad hurning surface at the top the flame will be yellow instead of white. The chimney should fit tight to the brass burner, so as not to let air in where air is not wanted. The holes at the bottom . of the burner should be kept open, 30 as to let plenty of air in where air is wanted. The wick should not be turned so high that it will char or smoke. An old chimney lets a better light through than a new one, and a shallow bowl lamp is better for poor grades of oil than a deep bowl lamp. The wise housekeeper will paste these facts on her oil can. This will keep them in her memory. Rochester's Savings Bank. Rochester is to have a new banking institution, the Rochester Trust and Savings Co., with a paid up capital stock of $60,000, and its leading stockholders the strongest men.financially in Northern Indiana. Among the stockholders are Rome C. Stephenson, George W. Holman, J. E. Beyer, W. A. Banta, Editor Henry A. Barnhart, and others of Rochester; W. I. Rannels, of Fulton; Jacob Wolverton, John M. Studebaker and Wm. J. Kellar, of South Bend; Ed. F. Michael and Emmett H. Scott, of La porte; and A. L. Stephenson, George T. Little and Thomas McNamee of Wabash. Mr. Woolverton is president ol the South Bend Savings and Trust Co. Democrat vs Democrat Hearst calls the late Democratic victory in New York city ''the crime of last November." He says that it has been shown by overwhelming proof that in the election the will of the people was defeated by fraud and that the accusations of fraud were supported by 2,000 affidavits, 100 in dictments and 17 convictions.

RUSSIA HAILS DAWN.

After Ages of Oppression People Are Recognized in New Parliament. The Russian parliament is now an actuality. Absolutism has been routed, and' the people, despised and abused for centuries, have come into their own. So finely did the Fates weave this magical skein that the contributing events of a thousand years were gathered and clustered into a period of a few hours. But history was made in that brief period a child was born to Russia, and the people have named it Freedom. Strange parody on a -sinister past, the czar was sponser at the cere monyl The imperial head of the. government, of the church, of the . soldiery and peasantry, stood in the great hall of the Winter palace und speaking from the throne of the Romanoffs, gave it quiet and resigned greeting. The masses received the speech with wild shouts of applause. Conditions were perfect for the event The weather was superb, the capital city sparkling with color and life. Flags waved from every window and a penant from every staff. The speech was a s follows: The Supreme Providence , which gave me the care of our fatherland moved me to call. to my assistance in legislative work elected- representatives of the people. In the expectation of a brilliant future for Russia I greet in your persons the best men from the empire, whom I order ed my beloved subjects to choose from among themselves. A difficult work lies before you. I trust that love for your fatherland and your earnest desire to serve it will inspire and unite you. I shall keep inviolate the institu tions which I have granted, with the firm assurance that you will devote all your strength, to the service of your country, and especially to the needs of the peasantry, which are so close to my heart, and to the educa tion of the people and their economi cal welfare, remembering that, to the dignity and prosperity of the state not only freedom, but order founded upon justice is. necessary. I desire, from my heart to see my people happy' and hand down to my son an empire secure, well organized and enlightened. May God bless, the work that lies before mc infinity with, the council I of the. empire and the, imperial douma. May this day be the day of the moral revival of Russia and the day for the renewal, of its highest forces. Approach with solemnity the labors for which I call you and be worthy of the responsibilities put upon 'you by the emperor and the people May God assist us. Modern Maccabee Ladles. . Plymouth Hive, Ladies of the Modern Maccabees was organized Thursday night in the Modern Maccabee hall, by Anna L. Gowdy, DeputyGreat Commander, of Coldwater, Mich. It starts out with a good charter membership made up mostly of ladies fronthe defunct order of Modern Samaritans. The ladies of the Modern Maccabees is an auxiliary to the Knights and is exclusively a woman's organization. It was organized at Muskegon, Mich., in ISStS and now has over 83,000 members. They confined their operation to Michigan until four years ago but they are now licensed and doing an active business in twenty-two states. The following officers were elected and installed: Past Commander, Sarah Sponsler; Commander, Ids Walburn; Lt. Commander, Grace VanGilder; Record Keeper, Mabel Kleckner;. Finance Keeper, Cora Hahn; Chaplain, Mattie fogue; Marshal at Arms, May Spencer; Sargeant, Minnie Pogue; Sentinel v Minnie Klingerman; Picket, Althea Windisch Organist, Cora Hahn, Physician, C. A. Holtzendorff. Makes Good Use of Wealth. Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, is one of the world's rich men who not only make ai noble use of his wealth but makes his life useful to the community. He began life as a soldier but later studied medicine and after taking his degree devoted himself. to treating diseases of the eye, and Is regarded as one of the most skillful living surgeons in such diseases. He is 67 years old and possessed of a large fortune. His wife is a trained nurse, and she and her daughters are actively engaged in assisting the duke in his practice. He never accepts a fee, from rich or poor, for his services, but on the contrary has spent milions in building and maintaining free hospitals. It has been 'well said that there is no luxury in this world like the luxury of doing good and the happiness the duke and - his family must get from this use of their fortune and their work is in strong contrast to the idle rich. Unexpected Happenings. Half a dozen years ago a man predicting that the May of 1906 v.as to find the senators at Washington put ting "No free passes over interstate railroads for us or any public officers" into the federal statute book would have been laughed at. Several unexpected things have occurred in this country since the year 1900 and there are more to occur. Hartford, Conn., Courant.

FERRIS WHEEL BLOWN UP.

Gigantic Relic of Chicago World' Fair Wrecked by Dynamite. St. Louis, Mo., May 11. After two heavy explosions of dynamite the Ferris wheel was brought down today and only a tangled mass of iron now remains of the monster wheel which carried thousands and thousands of passengers at the Chicago and St. Louis world's fairs. In the morning a hundred pounds of dynamite were placed in holes drilled in the concrete foundations on one side, but thj explosion only served to blow out portions of the concrete. Drillers set to work to drill holes for a still heavier charge, which was touched off at 4:20 p. m. Instead of falling on one side, as ;Vas expected, the massive wheel, which weighed 4,200 tons, crumpled up and sank to the earth in almost the same space that the framework occupied. The boilert engine and cars of the wheel had been removed about -2. month ago and the contractors spent considerable time in figuring how to take down the massive frame structure. . x Newspaper Reform Prcjrct. Albert Pulitzer, brother of Joseph, of The World, who a quarter of a century ago started the sensational and spectacular methods of the mod ern metropolitan dailies in his paper, the New York Morning Journal, has just returned from a several years' sojourn in Europe. He thinks the newspapers need another revolution. He finds tSem insufferably dull, and with a sameness that displays a woeful lack of originality. Their headlines "thunder in the index," but convey no information, and the body of the article often tells less. It makes his head ache to try to find something worth reading, and the Sunday paper is simply a monstrous collection of balderdash. Mr. Pulitzer believes in the real thing, and not something forced into He purposes to start a paper next fall on the lines he believes readers want le will have it political but inde pendent of party, and have it present the news of the day so that it can be easily found, read and understood. Keep Government llzzx T:z-lz. We cannot keep the govemnrrt too. close to the people. Ttr7 arc the -source, not alone ol "tuiLc'ri.y and power, but also of wisdom and virtue. Public men can make no greater mistake ihan to imagine that because a man has been in office a long time he is w iser and better thaa the people whom he represents. The great Probiens of our national life and civilization have not been settled in Congress, but by the people in their homes and theii places of business and at the polls. Every Congress which has solved great problems developed at a critical period in our history has been elected in response to an appeal of public sentiment. The closer the government stands to the people and the more it reflects enlightened public opinion, the, truer it will be to American ideals and the less danger will it encounter in its progress through the years. The suggested extension of the term of Representatives in congress would be a departure from this prniciple which the country can hardly afford to make. Denver Republican. The Time to Get Rich. If you are under forty years of age, and have nbt yet made your fortune, do not be discouraged. You have i ä. - r t. uiuit ui less unit ivs jiiaiv. lui isvtter days and it is "up to yqu" to improve every minute. An exchange says that the larger part of the great frtunes of the country have been accemulated after their amassers have,, passed forty. In fact, the first forty years of a man's life are the preparatoiy years, the years of training and discipline. A large part of this time is laying the foundation just getting ready to rear the superstructure. Many of us stumble around many years before we get into the riht place, .and then for additional years, we make many mistakes. Most men do not get wise until they have passed forty. They may ?et knowledge before this, but not much wisdom. Wisdom is the ripening process. It takes time. The Scythe of Time. , "It seems not so long only fifteen years ago when David Bennett Hill camp to Washington and took the oath of office as United "States Senator," said a veteran newspaper correspondent last night; "but since Mr.' Hill, was sworn in, death has cut a greviously wide swath in the ranks of distinguished men who were in the Senate with him . at the same time. More than a score have gone the way of Calhoun, Clay and Webster. Think of them Sherman,- Hoar, Hawley, Vest, Vance, Vorhees, Kenna, Gordon, Colquitt, George, Walthall, Davis of Minnesota, Plumb, McPherson, Harris Bate, and as many others." Washington Post, Ind. For Harbor at C-ry. The Senate on motion, of Senatpr Hemenway, passed the joint resolution originating in the house, ruthcrizing the United State's Sttel Ccrpcrresolution nojsr goes to the prc::l:r.t