Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 September 1898 — Page 1

Marshall County Independent

Vol. 4. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1898. No. 42.

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.Modern Samaritan ! the World. 1'lymouth Congress No. 5 Modern Samaritans of the World was instituted Thursday night in Woodmen hall with more than 30 members. The Congress starts out with one of the largest charter lists ever procured in Plymouth. After the initiation and installation conducted by Supreme otlicers Jlarry S. Chester and Herrick E. Stephens, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term- Past president, L. J. Southworth; President, F. VV. Boss; Vice president, Gay 1 1 am let; secretary, J. A. Shunk; Treasurer, C Firestone; Chaplain, K. Hotz. 'in; Master at arms, (i. W. Martin; Inner guard, John Cullen; Outer guard, Frank Kleber; Trustees, C. A. Heafes, Dr. II. C. HoltzendorlT, William VanVactor. A fine luncheon was spread at the Kosb House and a most enjoyable time was had. A splendid musical entertainment was given in the hall after the banquet, participated in by Carl Harney, 1). J. Ford and Harry S. Cheater of Klkhart. About a dozen vieiting brothers were here from Klkhart and assisted in exemplifying the degree work. The new Congress begins under the most favorable auspices and a membership ( 1 UO or 75 is confidently predicted before the holidays. tflrtN Fauny Ott is Promoted. Miss Fanny Ott has now attained the top most round in professional nursing. She has been elected superintendent of t e Pasavant hospital and training school for nurses, of Chicago. Such a position is commanded only by the best nurse in the country. It will be known how valuable her services were considered, when it is learned that she receive the appointment while confined by the injuries of her late accident. She is not physically free yet, but cai be around enough to direct those under her. Senator Turpie Remember Many. Senator Turpie rememoers a great many of the old timers in Plymouth and vicinity. Since he arrived In the

rir 0 greatest ever before shown. city he has inquired after David How, M. Lauer, .lohn Blain and other old residents, with many of whom he has been enabled to renew acquaintance. Tuesday he visited Mrs. Corbin, wife of the late Judge Corbin, with whom he had been acquainted for many years. New M. K. Church Dedicated. The new M. E. church at Aigos was dedicated Sunday by Dr. Moore, of Cincinnati, editor of the Western Christian advocjte. The total cost of the building was 5,000, and of the amount $2,400 had to be raise'. Only $1,700 was raised at the morning ser vice and the rest at. the evening session The building is nicely finished with quartered oak seats and lighted with electricity. Another Settler (ioiir. Adeline Warren, widow of Philip Warren, died Monday on her farm in North township. She was 71 years old The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon with interment at Fairmont cemetery. Mrs. Warren is well known through out the county having lived on the same farm since 1847. In that year they entered the property from the government Uarlug Hunk Kohhery. Karly Tuesday morning the Sage Farmers' bank at Flora, Ind., oi the Vandalia, ten miles south of Logans port, was dynamited by robbers and over $12,000 was secured. The cashier, William Lemon, was aroused by the explosion and appeared on the seen while the robbers were still working. He was shot and it is believed will die. The robbers escaped. Itontoii Itrown ltrend. To make Boston brown bread, mix Vankee rye, whole wheat (lour and Indian meal in proportions of one cup each with a cup of molasses, to which is added a teaspoonful of dissolved soda and a pint of buttermilk. This bread is boiled for five hours. October Ladies' Home Journal,

TURPIE'S ABLE TALK.

H SPEAKS TO AN AUDIENCE WHERE STANDING ROOM IS AT A PREMIUM. Bond I u' ( 'ritieli d and the I i n t; 1 y I. aw Kapowed Asa Failure For Hevenue FaVan Independent (J eminent in Cuba -Wo 1 '.I Hold the Other Territory as folalio, n We Hold Alaska. Wednesday night a crowd assembled independent of politics, in the opera boats to hear Senator Turpie. ILs speech was worthy of the man. Kvery thing he said was backed by patient historical research and was expressed in language simple and eloquent. Without attempting to make a verbat um report much of the substance expressed partially in his own language will be found below. Spain has had a growing antipathy to the United Mates brought around because she has always had claims to onr territorial accessions. When we purchased Florida for 1.1,000,000 she coveted the property after it was Bold. We bought Louisana. It had belonged to Spain but a few yeais before; as late as 1S00. Territory acquired in the Mexican war such as New Mexico, Texas and California had belonged to spain. summarizing, Spain once owned all our present possessions between the Pacific and the Mississippi. When we purchased Florida we bound Spain to the argreement that she should not sell Cuba to another country and added another limitation making it a violation for her to depress the subjects of that island. For years Cuba was most loyal to the mother country. Up until 182Ö she took no part in revolutions. She even merited the the title of "Loyal Cuba." Spain took a queer way to pay her debt of gratitude. She instituted monied otlices and multiplied their number unnecessarily. The populace supported the imported Spanish olticials. From 1825 to 18Ö0 the taxes amounted to 124 per capita for every father, mother and child in the Island. In 1850 a local rebellion was quelled. Fight years afterward another was put down, only to retaliate and manifest itself in 1886 by the great revolution of ten years duration. Peace was secured only by a treaty embodying the fallowing requirements: 1. Slavery shall be abolished. 2. All public otlices shall be open to Cubans. S. All money raised by taxation shall be sj et:t upon the island. 4. Autonomous legislation shall be instituted. One of these requirements was complied with. In ten years ehe abolished slavery. She utterly disregarded the other promises to which she had pledged herself. In 18U" the people arose against hre oppressions and contended, until by the help of the Americans, war ended A ig. 24, WJH. Up to that time Spain had siezed every opportunity to disconvenience, impoverish and oppress Americans. Some were shot. More than i?")0,000,000 of property belonging to Americans was confiscated. The United States protested against these acts but more especially against the inhumanity with which Spain treated the Cubans. When the Maine, sent on a peaceful mission, was blown up our future was decided. After war was declared, means of getting numey to defray expenses was looked into. The treasurer reported that the treasury contained enough to cover everything up until June 1, 18U8. Sure enough. After that date all funds were exhausted. The Dingley bill, which was to have covered all governmental expenses and leave a surplus of 830,000,000 per anum, failed to fulfill the lirst obligation. If the bill had but paid the expenses of the government we should have been saved 858,000,000. Instead of such a fulfillment of promise there was an actual deficit and a War Hevenue bill came up for consideration. According to the law, it originated in the house. It contained two provisions for revenue one by using bonds; another by stamps. A portion or the senate, realizing the inconveniences of stamps voted against such an act. It whs lost. A motion to strike out the bond provision and substitute it with another providing for the creation of treasury bonds such as served satisfactorily during the Mexican war, was also lost. Senator Turpie moved that Greenbacks be used. Why should a people buy interest bearing bonds which made possible individual gain to the loss of the whole people when they could as well borrow the money of

themselves? Cannot the people trust themselves when each individual is anxious to trust the whole? It is evi-! dent that 150,000,000 in greenbacks With the 150,000,000 besides could have paid all the expenses of the war If the greenbacks had been added to the j circulating medium, the farmers' products would have come up, wages I

would have increased and industry would have been stimulated. Hut the measure was defeated and the bond provision retained. The inheritance tax instituted by the democrats became a law. It was a measure providing a 75 cent levy on the 8100 for all property falling heir to children; 1.50 per hundred on all inherited by ur.cles; S3. 00 on all property inherited by more distant relation. The intention was to reach such vast estates as the Goulds, etc., which change nands without prolit to the government. It will be noticed that this tax differs from all other United States modes of taxing and agrees with the methods used by the states in that it taxes the person on what he is worth and not on what he consumes. When the proposition came forward for coining the one and one-half mil lions of silver bullion lying idle in the treasury into silver dollars, the democrats asked: How can ywu place this government in debt when you have millions in the treasury? Did they answer it? No. They might have answered it. They might have reproduced the argument about the superabundance of silver which served them such a good turn in "96. They might have talked about over abundance and debased metal. But they did not. Why? Because the argument of "90 was fal lacious. In the presence of war truth was demanded, and they dared not trifle. It was a most inigniilcent acknowledgement. They did not even pause to question. They simply acquiesced. The silver was coined. The amount was a clear gain, added to our cuirency. Not a larger gain certainly, but it was a concession to the cause of free silver. The result of the investigating committee sent to Kurope proveß the reliability of silver. The French cabinet agreed to coin it at the rate of 15 l., if proper arrangements could be made with England. England has a law authorizing one-lifth of her reserve to be held in silver. Remember, it is the reserve with which she pays her notes. Conditions were favorable for inter national agreement, but England's cabinet hesitated and said, we will comply if only the Indian boy consents. The Indian boy is controlled by those corporations and capitalists who regard silver their enemy. The Indian boy did not c msent. Thus it was ended. Could England, with all her caution and reiined financial delicacy afford to keep any part, and a part as large as one-lifth in her reserve? Freedom m the mint is as inalienable as freedom of speech, freedom of the press or freedom of lawful assembly. A history of the ratio of silver shows the following progressions: The first ratio was the lowest of all and stood 1 to 7. At the birth of our savior the ratio had risen to 10 to 1; at the fall of the Koman Empire, 12 to 1; at the time of Columbus, 13 to I. 1 he Columbian era witnessed the greatest addition in the history to the silver market. For forty years Spain sent her silver Meet to South America twice a year. Twice a year it returned laden with the precious metal, like we would laden a vessel with lumber. What was the eflect of this enormous addition to the silver market? In one century the ratio arose to It. At tlu period of the revolution it had risen to 15. In 400 years it arose 2 points. On an average the ratio had changed one graiu for every 900 years. In the history of money for 1,800 years silver raised 6 points. In the history of silver for the past 90 years it has risen 16 points. Statistics prove that the amount of silver mined would effect it only at the same slow rate that it was effected through the trial ot 18 centuries. If it was not demonetiza tion that caused the ratio to rise 10 points in 30 years, what was it? Has Vesuvius been belching forth rtreams of the pure metal? Has a mountain range of pure silver been discovered to effect so suddenly the work of almost three times 1,800 years? Real estate has dropped 80 per cent of its former value. After improvement it does not sell for what the unimproved property would have sold for thirty years ago. Why? Has there been an overproduction in land ? The same example is applicable to silver. The accessions acquired in the late war are best disposed of as American colonies. Should Hawaii become a state, who could deny the injustice of her being represented in the senate

along with our states when her entire population would not bear comparison to the population of some of our great cities ? If the Philippines and other possessions become colonies, after the same manner of Alaska, etc., we shall require an enlarged circulating medium, silver is the on'y money to which these countries have become innured. It is the only money they will accept. Thus, since the close of the war, the need of free silver mintage has become the more demanding.

.1. II Bo Write Fron Honolulu. Honolulu, II. I., Sept. 12th - Dear Hrother Frank: -As I have a few spare moments after having arrived here, will write you, as several weeks have elapsed since I have had the opportunity of doing so. Our time in Honolulu is limited as we expect to sail for Manila t nnorrow, will go on the same boat, the "Scandia." Well we have indeed been having a great time here, and also on our trip over here. The natives are a verypeculiar class of people, they are willing to trust a white person to anything, and put a great amount of confidence in them, consequently one could take advantage of them in almost any way if they were so inclined. I attended public court this morning, hut do not draw too hasty conclusions, I was not there under compulsion but my presence was entirely voluntary. Having nothing else to do 1 strolled in and witnessed several trials. Most of them were natives being tried for drunkenness. The judges and all the authorities are natives, but 1 think most of them have some white blood in them, and I think it quite probable that after the I'nited States government takes hold of the place properly, Americans will be placed in the better positions. The wages paid here are very high, clerks receive on an average about 100 per month. Of course everything bought is paid for accordingly. The climate is excellent. 1 am informed that it does not vary 10 degrees the year around, and the average temperature is about 85 degrees. Take it in all, it would be a very nice place to remain -one of the nicest cities 1 was ever in. The population does not seem to be definitely known, but opinions vary trom 25 to 40 thousand. There are but three good drug stores, no first cla?6 restaurants, and but one first class hotel; hut that is pretty well upto date. We certainly had a line time c ming over on the boat. We had smooth sailing nearly all the way over. Every evening we would all come upon the deck and there act out some previously arranged program, consisting of songs, speeches, etc. Hy the way, 1 was talking one night with a gentleman, who was a stranger to me, being from one of the Pennsylvania companies, and he mentioned something about Ann Arbor. I told him of you having graduated from there, and he said he was a personal friend of yours. His name is Moora, and 1 thought him to be a very line fellow. He sends regards. Well, I suppose it will be a long time before I receive any msil from home. Had 1 known 1 would remain this long in Honolulu, 1 would have had my mail forwarded to this place instead of Manila. Well, it is noon and must close. Will not be able to write you again until I reach Manila. Yours, J. H. Boas. Dootli of Alios Keator Mr. and Mrs. John II. Armontrout, of Tomah, Wisconsin, and daughter Mrs. Melle .Jordan, of this city were called to Bourbon on account of the death of their granddaughter and neice Miss Alice Kester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kester. She was stricken with paralysis about a month ago and had partly recovered when a second stroke ended her life Monday morning at 0:40 o'clock . She was a very esti mahle young lady and leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn her untimely death. The deceased was in her nineteenth year. The funeral services were held from the family residence in Hourbon Wednesday at two o'clock. Itreiueii K.n . In the 2:25 pace Wednesday Tommy V.,the Nappanee horse took first money and Star Hilot second. Time 2:21 '.4. The 2:18 trot was won by Cunaaulus in three straight heats, with Bad Star second and Eunice third. Time 2:H5l2. Ounsa-ilus beat the county reird. ( has. Hushman returned Thursday from Morris, Wis., where he went two weeks ago to inspect logs for the Novelty works.

AN ALASKA LETTER.

FRANK THOMAS WRITES INTERESTING LETTERS HOME. He la Working for One Dollar per Honr Plenty of Ptaeooragai' IVople ThereFrank Says he Will Make Some Money If Not a Fortune. Dawson City, July 24, 1S98 Dear Father and Mother- I wrote you two weeks ago and posted it here but I don't suppose you will ever get it, if they are as slack about sending mail out as they are at getting it in. I havn't heard trom home since I left skaguay. 1 am going to send this out with a young Englishman whom I got acquainted with on the way down. He is going out before loDg and will post this when he gets to Seattle. He is going to travel some in the United States and promised me he would call and see you when he passes through there. He is a real nice young man and his name is Samuel Harret. He has a brother living at Lansing, Mich. 1 know it would please you to talk with him as he has been here and can tell you so much more than I can take time to write. He has two partners, one of whom is going out with him. The other and I will winter and prospect together. Old Dick Iteomy tbey call him. He is an old miner from Wyoming and a good man to be with. Mr Harret will post you on this country when you meet him. Dick and I will take another by the name of Henry Pierce, from Newark, N.J. He is a good worker and has the sticktoativeness and that is what a man wants more than any thing else in this country, besides health and plenty of grub. Dick has a particular friend here who came into this country before this camp started and owns one of the richest claims in the district. Well he has promised us work when we get through prospecting. Now is tie best time of the year to prospect for bench claims and high diggings, as the ground is thawed some feet down and there is no bother from water on the high ground. However, one could not do much along the creeks now as the water tills the shaft before "bedrock is reached. We were out once since I wrote you last but did not do much prospecting as we were out for the purpose of looking over the country and deciding where we are going to prospect. 1 think the chances here aie as good as ever and that many will secure good claims in the next year and some will no doubt make fortunes, although many are discouraged and are going out as fast as they came in. As yet 1 see nothing smaller nor poorer than 1 expected before I came. 1 did not expect to pick gold off the bushes. 1 knew there would be plenty of hard work and necessarily exposure with it both in winter and summer, much on account of the great difference in climate. Then again 1 know that my chances will be only one among many thousands, but 1 am going to hustle as long as 1 am here and 1 am morally certain I can make some money if not a fortune. Tnere would be plenty of work here this winter if the royalty was taken off, but if not most of the claims will lay idle. These mining laws here are the most corrupt and unjust in the world. Everything is left to the police and their head otlicers, and the law distinct ly sayB that their decision is final so yon can imagine how corrupt they would soon get. To tell the truth they are a band of dissapatt d, drunken, highway robbers. l'eople here are almost down to the point of dispair to know what to do. The "Monarch" just got in from St. Michaels, the first boat up this year. Your loving son, Frank L. Thomas. Seeond Fetter. Bonanza Creek, N. W. T., Aug 21. Dick and 1 are working for wages at present. We are working on a bench opposite the discovery on Bonanza Creek. Am getting 1 .00 per hour. Don't know bow long it will last, lucky to get work at all as there are thousands begging for work at any price. The man we work for is Rhodes an acq u am tance of Dick's. Boats are coming up the river in great numbers and bringing plenty of grub and taking out loads of discouraged people. Plenty of grub, more than we can alt eat this winter. We are camping in the tent now. Weather fine but cool nights. Am feeling line and in good health. Not much sickness here. Frank,