Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 15 September 1899 — Page 1

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. H. Wilson, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. orlice over Hill & Carabin's store.

DR. N. S. UNDQUIST. Physician and Surgeon. Oßict ii; .Model buiMiii;.'. Tel. M. M:Jit calls ri'Ninmtlf ' t. A. C. HOLTZENDORFF. C. F. HOLTZENDOKFF. Physicians and Surgeons. Cum r Michigan an i Je tier sou streets. Niyht c;ills answered. R. B. OGLESBEE, Attorney-at-Lav PLYMOUTH, I NO. Kuhn liuiUliL, llume Uo. o. rf X i ! TESTED N FREE. H. G. PATTON, Opt. G., First Dour South of rostotlk-e, Kooip.4. Oftice open every af tcrnuuu except Mouilay. MONIS Y AT SIX! 6 TODAY IT COSTS YOU NOTHING O to CALL or WRITE 6 o JOHN C. CAPRON, Packard Blk. ATTENTION, FARMERS! You who h ive been payim: 7 and y percent, on iirti:a- loans nrv respectfully solicited to call ami see in. 1 have a limited amount of money tli it I w ill loan at 5 .V; and ; per cent , which rates I am sure cannot be surpassed in the county. No delay money realy as soon as abstract is approved. OMtce over Italic Co., Plymouth, lud WILLIAM EVERLY. RESTAURANT can always supply you with Fresh Urcad, Cakes, Pies and everything in bitter goods. Our Lunch Counter is always supplied with just what you are looking for to satisfy your anoetite. V e serve warm ! meals at any time. Oysters served in any style. Special Attention given to manufacturing of fine T.. ( V ILL V-sll.llll. A Home in the Sunny Southwest Missouri We can furnish you 100 acres of tine farm land for only FiftyFivi: Doll a its. Finest Country for Fruit, Grain, Hogs, Sheep or Cattle. Climate and Water Unexcelled. No swamp or malaria. TITLE PERFECT. 5PECIAL RAILROAD RATES. For particulars and book of informa tion, call or write AMERICAN LAND CO., Suite 714. 50 Dearborn 5treet CHICAGO, ILL. you is our city, call and see us. hko pipiit'Mn tb' rctrr .HUMPHREYS' VETERINARY SPECIFICS 11 is I$C. LunifucHn. ltheumatiain Ll Hi .- J 1 1 khs ) " UOIHI. Hot, irnrm. r- f:- ?COl olN. influenza. COLI', ndlyarhp. Diarrhea, (i i. lrrrim JIIM'AHHI.U'K. f! ' KIHAKY A IIL ADDKH IMhOKDEHH. K. 11 n ( OMITIO. Marin Coat. Ur?. each; Stable Ca', Ton SfwHflfr, Hook, ftf, fX At lruKi-it",r -"in tin-pain u r---ii'i. "i i'i HiiTiilireyV Medicine Co.. C-r. William & John XERVOUS DEBILITY VITAL WKAKXKSS nnd Prostrntion from Over work or other causes. Humphreys Homeofthio Speeiflc I ,1 ISO. ÜH, 111 useovertuyiira,uio um successful r"mely. $1 per ial.or 5 vials and large vial powder.for 5 fv.M l.v Dniitist't. or iM-ut . on reoipt nf prlc. ULMPIIKtls' tu. ' Cor. nilliaa Juha hu., itmw lai 35 rhlrkeater FnclUh IManwnd Krand. rENHYROYAL PILLS I -- Original and ntj trninr. " 71N rc. im MUt.le. tDit k J.oir, Ii! ith hin. rit.Njn. 1 ke RVVI.TII r . . ,t,if;nn. At DruiTtfl'.. or 'na . in itii- f-r prt(ru:r, t-.timooUl. .n't ellci Tor i,iiiei. Mll. 1 ,00 Tet r"onll. Um rafft.

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Belt Buckles. A new line of Belt Buckles and Xeck Pins, some of the latest and prettiest styles shown this season. Prices very reasonable.

We are daily receiving Xew Carpets. Inspect before you purchase.

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THE COUNCIL THROWS FAMOUS COMPANY OVERBOARD. City Father S-e Clearly that a Deception was Attempted 1y Foreign Company and in Confluence KcTummI to Close tlf 'ontrat Mr. Simou' I5il then .tceptc! with. Some Alterations. Monday night was an interesting session at the council chamber, and a large body of citizens were present to 6ee the mistakes of the former meeting rectified. There was some regular business but the main interest centered in the electric light contract. Mayor Jones had previously been authorized to sign the contract binding the city to the Famous company, providing that he found that said concern was an incorporated body on the date of the last meeting, which assurance Mr. Wickey in open council gave them at that time. In his own words he said: "I understand that our articles of incorporation have expired by limitation but immediate steps were taken this week to reincorporate, and I learn from the Famous company that the articles of incorporation have been forwarded here. I do not know why they have not arrived unless delayed in the mails. They certainly will be here tomorrow morning." Mr. Wickey aeked time and accordingly the council authorized the mayor to sign the contract if the concern proved to be incorporated on that date, A u trust 28, IbW, as Wickey repre sented. Since then Wickey came down with his articles of incorporation but they were dated September 5, 18ÜÜ, and showed that the application for incorporation was not made until three days after the adjournment of the council meeting of August 28tb. This deception could not be tolerated by our common council. The Independent had previously published tho exact facts relative to the Famous company, but at that ;ime the council had such confidence in Wickey that our exposure was ignored by a bare majority. Since then, the facts as stated in the Independent have been clearly veiilied by th type written confessions of Mr. W;ckey himself, which he submitted to the council Monday. Iiis appeal that night was to get the council to contract with the newly incorporated company on the same proposition submitted by the old company, whose articles of incorporation had expired. Of course the council would not grant his appeal, aa the newly incorporated company's identity was entirely new. It had never Did in the first place and could not have hor.e6tly been considered, even if the council had not been convinced as to the deception practiced by the repre sentative of the Chicago concern. Alderman Leonard offered a resolu tion authorizing the mayor to sign the contract with the newly incorporated Famous Company a9 per terms in proposition of the Famous Company when unincorporated, but his resolu tion was lost by a vote of four to two as follows: For resolution, Leonard and Dickison. Against resolution, Kuhn, Reynolds, Morris and Harris. Dr. Reynolds then presented the Simons proposition and moved to accept, whereupon Aid. Leonard moved to substitute an entirely new proposi tion from the Famous company, which proposition ha took from his inside pocket five minutes after trying to get the council to contract on the terms of the former proposition of Mr. Wickey. This new proposition was from the Famous company and proposed to light the city for 602 50 per light all night or S 12.20 per light until midnight. Of course the council voted down the Leonard subsitute as their confidence in Leonard was very much shattered. The fact that he tried to get the city to pay the Famous company .$72 per light lor all night and 818 per light until mid nighi, when at the very time he had another proposition from the same company in his possession asking to light the city on the basis of 62.50 and ;? 12.20, shattered the confidence of all the other members of the body except Alderman Dickison. Hence, they voted down the substitute and accepted the Simons proposition. Thd decision of the couacil was happily received by the entire audience with the exception of two aldermen, Mr. Wickey and the Evening News. The people of the city are practically unanimous in their approval of the council's action Mayor Jones was decidedly happy in that the council settled the matter without the necessity of his vote. Mr. Morris, one of the most conscientious men that ever served as council man, voted for the Famous company at the former meeting, believing that he was acting for the best interests of the city, but when he became convinced that Wickey 'b assurances were unre liable in the face of his own acknowl edgements, he was one of the most ar dent aldermen in favor of rescinding the former action. And he did exactly right, for which course he will receive the commendation of every unpreju diced citizen of Plymouth. The Independent still has faith in an enlightened public sentiment, which it

6troYeto create b facts and honest argument. Its motives have been challenged and imputrned at various times by paities prejudiced against Mr. Simons hut subsequent light from other sources has vindicated its course and established, as correct, its policy and the honesty of its efforts.

Wiokey'i Men Expose The iiiele. The electric light equib.ler on the News says that the contract for lighting the city was not let to the lowest bidder and that the city and citizens could have been saved 827,000 if the council had accepted the last proposition from the Famous company. Let's see. Mr. Simons lights the city for 870 per arc light; the Famous company was to receive 872. Their price on incandescents were exactly the same. Hut it is true Alderman Leonard came out with a second proposition from the Famous company which proposed to light the city all night for 802.50 and to furnish incandescen's for 40 cents per month. This was after he failed to get the council to accept the Famous company's bid at 872 per light and 50 cents per month for meandescents. To those councilmen, who were crediting Mr. Leonard with honesty and with working for the interests of the city, it was evident that Mr. Leonard himeelf considered the 872 proposition of the Famous company better for the citv than the 802.50 proposition, ehe he would have presented the 802.50 proposition as first choice instead of second choice. If Mr. Leonard, who had examined the 802.50 proposition, had less faith in it than he did in the 872 proposition of the Famous company, how couid any one expect the other councilmen, who knew nothing of it except as they heard it read, to have faith in it? The councilmen sitLply reasoned this way: Alderman Leonard favors two propositions from the Famous company. His first choice is the 872 proposition; his second choice is the 802.50 proposition. And whereas Mr. Simons proposes to light the city for 82 per light less than Mr. Leonard's first choice of the Famous company's propositions, it was their duty lo izive him the contract, which they d'id. The council acted wisely under the circumstances, and Alderman Leonard, and his "Me too Tommy" D.ckinson got into a position from which they cannot extricate themselves. They can jot explain their posi tion to satisfy the public. If the 8G2.50 proposition was the best, for the city why did not these aldermen try to get it accepted in the first place instead of insisting upon the 872 proposition? If the 872 proposition was the best proposition from the Famous company, why did they insist upon its acceptance in preference to the 870 proposition from Mr. Simons? If they were desirous of saving the city money why did they not vote for the Simons proptfition and save 82 per arc light? This is the situation in a nutshell. They have simply convicted themselves in the public eye of being extraordinarily anxious to give the contract to the Famous comp jny. We hope that that extraordinary anxiety was prompted by their intense interest in the city's welfare. The Accepted Contract. Mr. Simons, whose contract for lighting the city was accepted Monday night, agrees to put in a duplicated planttwo engines, two boilers and two dynamos. Thus, if at any time one gives out, there will be no suspension of light. The present machinery will be overhauled and made as good as new. The new machinery is to be absolutely new. The contract is for all nicht lighting at 870 per arc light and 50 cents per month for each incandescent light, fiat rate; or one-half cent per hour meter rate. The contract extends over a period of ten years. lie agrees to furnish renewals free, and all new arc lights free. The old plant, including t ie wire, will be overhauled and made modtrn. There is a provision by which the city can buy the plant at the end of live years, the price being fixed by arbitration. This new contract dates from Feb. 10, l'JOO, but Mr. Simons will put in new machinery at once, having already ordered the same to be shipped. A point was raised Monday night objecting to the term "nominal" candle power. That the people may understand, we will state upon information that the term is a technical term, It has a fixed meaning and cannot be varied. The term is used in electrical engineering to designate a certain fixed thing which can't be varied. Candle power measures brilliancy. A watt is a measure of the intensity of the current at the point where the light is produced. The brilliancy varies with the intensity of the current. The intensity can be measured but the bril liancy cannot. A 50 nominal candle power equals one watt of intensity. So there is always a way of finding out if lamps are producing the candle power. These points may be of interest to those who have never given thought on the subject. "Nominal," as used in connection with candle power, has a different meaning from the common accepta tion of the term. Most of the farmers have delayed their sowing on account of the grass I hopper pest.

Where They Freach. The following is a complete list of the assignments in the South Rend district of the Northwest Indiflna conference which adjourned at Frankfort Monday evening: Isaac Dale, presiding elder, South Rend, Ind. Argos, W. R. Mikels; Rringhurst and Flora, W. I'. Hrootn field; Camden, F. (J. Howard; Culver, F. O. Fraley; Delphi, L. S. Smith; Door Village, X. M. Heath; Hamlet Forest, C. blayor; Idaville, (ieorge Mason; Kewanna, John A. Maxwell; Knox, Robert J. Rees; Laporte, S. W. (loss; Laporte circuit, N. E. Tinkham; Lucerne, A. MIlaeenbook, Monticello, A. T. Rriggs; New Carlisle, A. L. Miller; North Liberty, G. W. Alley; Plymouth, W. E. McKenzie; Richland Center, W. L. Sonoson; Rochester, L. C. Ruckles; Rolling Prairie, William Davis; South RendFirst church, E. P. Rennett; Grace, I. W. Walker: Milburn Memorial, J. ('.. Campbell; South Rend circuit, Lynn Rates; Walkerton, W. A. Smith; Yeoman, J. X. Thompson. The next conference will be held at Lafavette.

Ietter from the Philippine. We have been out on a long and hard campaign and this is the first time 1 have had a chance to write anything. When we came back to Manila the day before yesterday I was so near dead I could hardly walk. We were paid about two weeks ago and as I did not want to eend home loose iri an envelope I have deposited it with one of the officers where it will be 6afe. I tell you, life in the Philippines as a soldier is not what it is cracked up to be. You may lind out everything that is going on here in the newspapers so I will not write any more now but will let you know from me as often as I can. Your loving eon, Waltf.k Williams. Lewis Leuiert Drops Dead. Last night Lewis Lemert, who lives near Teegarden, dropped dead. He made no complaint of feeling ill hence the incident was quite shocking. Heart disease was undoubtedly the cauße. All day he had worked hard at a cider mill and had just loaded his wagon to go home. Death struck him as he was in the act of straightening one of the bar reis of cider on his wagon. Lewis Lemert is well known all over the ccunty but should r't ? e confused with a merchant at Teegarden by the same name. Hctfignatioii Not Aeeepted' Just before the adjournment of the common council Monday, Aid. Morris offered his resignation which was not accepted. Mr. Morns does not enjoy being placed in euch critical positions as he has been in for several weeks and prefers to devote his attention strictly to his own affairs. No doubt he will continue in olnce till his term expires, but it is not likely that he could be tn duced for love or money to take the iob again. A Sillv Ktnnor. Among the aftermath following the electric light controversy is a rumor on the streets that the contract with the M, W. Simons Light and Power plant will not be legal because City Attorney Oglesbee is a stockholder and director in said concern. The records of the aforesaid corporation show that Ogles bee sold his stock and resigned his di rectorship July 15th, over a month be fore the present contract was even presented to the council. Marshall County Taxes. The following figures phow the rate of taxation as fixed by the advisory board. All figures under the heading of "Tax on Property" are taken in their order to refer respectively to tax for township purposes, local tuition, school purposes, road purposes, additional road purposes, township poor, library purposes. All numbers under poll tax per individual refers respectively to township purposes, local tuition and special purposes. t Thus in Green town ship under poll tax will be found 50, 25, 50. It should be read: 50c for town ship purposes, 25c for local tuition and 50c for special purposes. The property tax is made on a basis of 8100. Union Property taxes, 10,14,25,15, 12,3; poll tax, 0,25. Green-20, 15, 20, 10, 10, 2; poll, 50, 25, 50. Rourbon-8, 10, 8, 15, 3, 2; poll, 0, 25, 25. Tippecanoe-20, 25, 10, 10, 10, 100,2; poll, 25, 25, 25. Herman K, 8, J, 20, 5, 2. 0; poll, 0, 25, 25. North-10, 12, 0, 15, 0, 3; poll, 0, 25, 25. Polk-l, 15, 18. 20, 5, 3; poll, 0, 25, 25. West 10, 15, 20, 10, 5, 4, 2; poll, 0, 25, - Walnut 15, 12, 18, 15, 3, 5; poll, 0, 0, 50. Center 5, 12, 15, 15, 5, 5, l;poll,0, 100, 0. Slurried. David Gam and Elizabeth Kepler wers married at the Reformed parsonage Wednesday. They took dinner at Peter Rergner's. Thursday they weut to Rock Falls, Wis., the bride's former home. llefiitleiit 1'rlent at Walkerton. The Very Rev. Father, L. A. Moench Tuesday installed the first resident Cath

olic pastor at Walkerton, Ind. The ser

mon was appropriate and impressing. The principal points were "Duties of a congregation toward the pastor, especially obedience aDd love to the priest, and the grace which a congregation receives when it has a resident priest." Rev. A. M. Ruckkert, the former pas tor, was also present. He preached bis farewell sermon last Sunday. Killt'd at Lakeillle. Last Saturday night Rert Snyder and Frank Craßher were run over by a train near Lakeville. The former was killed instantly and the latter is so badly in jured that he will die. The boys, it eeems, were on their wav home from Lakeville. They were riding down the track and were in front of the Snvder farm when the accident occured. It is thought that they paw the train coming and tried to get to the crossing before it met them. Roth boys were carried into the house by their relatives. Culver Items. The Lake View hotel closed Wed nesday aft?r a good season. The spire of the new M. E. church is being put in place, the ja6ement i9 al most completed, and plastering will be begun next week. 1). A. Rowman, who has been em ployed with Castleman & Co. for the summer, left for his home at Leeeburg, Wednesday morning Two thirds of the summer cottages are closed. Superintendent F. T. Hatch and En gineer Hendricks are here in their private car. Rev. F. O. Fraley has been returned a$ pastor of the M. E. church for an other year. The Union News 6tand will close in few days. Robert Kreuzberger, C. C. Reeber and Wm. Overman were arraigned before Jutice Stephen Laden Tuesday afternoon on charge of selling intoxicating liquors in a manner contrary to law. Prosecutor Harry Rernetha appeared for tho state. The defense asked for a continuance until the 21st and euch continuance was granted upon furnishing bonds in the sum of one hundred dollars each. Services are being held in the new Evangelical church each evening this week, and on next Sunday the building will be dedicated. Wm. Knoeble and family are away on a visit. W. II. Wilson while on the way home from the east part of the state was on a train that killed four persons crossing the Panhandle track, two miles east of Logansport, Tuesday. Russel Miller, correspondence clerk of one of the largest banke in Chicago, is here visiting his cousin Herbert M. Garn. T. Rronte Evermann, son of Dr. Rarton Evermann, U.S. Fish Commissioner who is conducting the fish investigation here, returns next week to Cornell University to continue his biological studies. Mrs. Jennie Rosenberg, of Monterey has been visiting a few days with Mrs W. H. Mathew. A. L. Porter and family reached Terre Haute the other day. Mike Roland, section foreman here, has been transferred to Logansport. We have not heard who takes his place here. J.S. Hahn left Wednesday morning to at'end the U. R. conference and will be absent about a week. The Poplar Grove church will be dedicated Sunday, the 17th. Justice Laden and Constable Spencer were in Plymouth Wednesday on legal business. Geo. Klimer has returned to his homo near Rochester. An; os It iiis. Chas. Stheouover is in Chicago this week. Harry A. Ford, of Geneva, Ohio, is the guest of Miss Stella Taber. Arthur Shirley, of near Rourbon, has entered the grocery business in Argos, occupying the Simons building on Michigan street, which has been especially prepared for that purpose. John Romig, of Chicago, is visiting with his Bister: Mrs. J. J. Hoffman. Mrs. Oeorge II. Dunn, of Shelbyville, is visiting with her sons, W. R. and II. II. Dunn. Miss Lida Cordon returned from Minneapolis Sunday evening where she has been visiting during the summer. Mrs. Wm. Kanouse and sister. Miss Marie Kemps, are visiting friends and attending the street fair in Peru this week. The Misses Grace and Hop Erwin, of Rourbon, and Miss Mamie Hobam, of Plymouth, spent Tuesday evening with Miss Stella Taber. Notice. I have determined to remain in Plymouth, and my old clients and fnendi will lind me in the Wheeler block fully prepared to do any kind of law business, wtf Chas. P. Dkummond. The Pennsylvania color car has started out on its annual trip over the western lines to examine employes on sight and hearing.