Plymouth Republican, Volume 45, Number 38, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 August 1901 — Page 4

The Republican. ' WM. O. HENDRICKS, iltor and frwprletor. OFFICE in Bissell Biock. Corner Center and Laporte Street. Entered a: the Plymouth, Indiana, Post Office ai Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents, delivered it any postoffice. Plymouth Ind., August 8, 1901.

" Hi Yen 't men as gcxxl right to join unions as corporations have to form combinations?" is one of the questions now being asked which needs no answer, and it may be added suggests the-Indianapolis Journal, that men should have the right to remain out of unions if they prefer in a free count rj, and find employment and not be inteifered with in it. General Reub AVilliams, the venerable editor of the Warsaw Times, has yielded to the persuasion of friends and joined the little coterie of journalistic historians, thus following the example recently set by Editor Powell, of the Laporte Republican. General "Williams has taken up, in his most genial style, the narration of incidents and anecdotes of pioneer days in Kosciusko county and the series promised will be entertaining and valuable. Senator Tillman, with his usual impetuosity, rushes to the defense of the lynchers who revenged an outraged commnnity upon some negro brutes. The enormity of the offense striking as it dees at "the sanctity of the southern household and the southern women" explain and justifies the furious indignation of the public at the perpetrators. But there is no possible excuse for the people taking the law into their hands and Tillman hurts his case by overstating it. Indianapolis Sentinel. The captain of a warship told a reporter that our next war- will be with Germanv, and that bv the time the war begins we shall have a navy equal to that of Germany. Doubtless the oflicer did not know that he was talking to a man who would give his views to a newspaper, but would it not be well to have naval officers understand that such talk is possibly mischievous in that it incites the feeling that the United States must get into war? "We have never had cause for war with Germany, and there is not a- particle of evidence to indicate that German' desires war with the United States. "War is not the mission of nations n this period of the world's progress. THE STRIKE MUDDLE. A protracted struggle between the Amalgamated association of iron and steel workers and the United States Steel Corporation seems inevitable. The company is not disposed to yield, and the officers of the association will not accept the terms offered. The result will probably be the calling out of all the men employed in the company's mills, aggregating tens of thousands A long and bitter struggle for mastery will follow with no immediate end in .iew. The Amalgamated association has made no charge against the officers of the steel corporation. Its members have full employment on a scal-3 of wages agreed to by their officers. No charge of discrimination against them is made. Xo question of hour?, or even of the right to belong to the labor organizations is made. The basis of the strike is the demand that the organization be recognized in mills which contaia nonunion workmen, their purpose being to compel all workmen to join the association. It will not be easy for the general public, suffering inevitably from the consequences of the strike, to find justification for it. Congress, with its limited powers, will be called upon to intervene in behalf of labor and the party in power will be charged with the disappointment that must ensue. The muddle is a bad one and should have been avoided. PRESIDENT SHrTEJ?S CALL If, as is possible, the great strike inaugurated in the iron' and steel in.dustries should carry in its train such consequences as bloody riot and disastrous interference with., commerce, it will be important to know the exact grounds upon which the strike is based. For this reason President Shaffer's general call, issued Tuesday, should be preserved. It is as follows: 'Brethren: Tbe officials of the United States steel trust have refused to recognize as union men those who are now striving for the right to organize. The executive board has authorized me to Issue a call upon all Amalgamated and other union men in name and heart to join in the movement to fight tor labor's rights. "We must fight or give up forever our personal liberties. "You will be told that you have signed contracts, but you never agreed to surrender those contracts to the United States Steel corporation. Its oncers füink you w-re sold to them just 3 the mills were, contracts and all. "Remember; before yoa crecd to anv contract you took an obligation to the Amaljom-ted accociation. It vsr.i ccAlz ycu to hslp in this hour of e::2. -

'Unless the trouble is settled on or before Saturday, Aug. 10, 1901, the mills will close when the last turn is made on that day. "Brethren, this is the call to preserve our organization. We trust you and need you. Come and help us and may right come to a just cause. T. J. Shaffer."". The statements in the foregoing order are neither fair nor temperate. The so-called steel trust has never refused to recognize as union men those who are now striving for the right to organize, but, on the contrary, it has always recognized the union men in its employ; it has written contracts with them as such and during the entire course of the present negotiations it has recognized the union and dealt with it as a union. AVhat the steel trust refuses tö admit is that the union has any right to compel nonunion men to join its ranks and to compel the trust to discharge such men as refuse to join. The steel trust has gone so far irithe recognition of the Amalgamated association as to separate the men, placing the union men exclusively in the union mills under union contracts and rules, and it, has neverdenfed the men in non-union mills the right to organize if they wished; but it does refuse to give the Amalgamated association the power of deciding what men sljall or shall not be employed in non-union mills. Shaffer reminds his men that before they agreed to any contract, referring thereby to the union scale, they took an obligation to the Amalgamated association, and "complains because the scale contract was transferred to the trust, inferring that such a transfer made slaves of the men. This presentation ignores the facts that contracts of all kinds are transferable and are transferred every day without involving anv such thing as slavery; that the steel trust is not seeking to hold the men to the contract but has always been willing to abrogate it and it was in force up to the time of the strike only because the men themselves demanded it, while, on the other hand, the men did not not hesitate to violate the contract themselves by going on the strike at the very time they were claiming it to be in force and the trust was willing to nullify it; and that if the obligation to the association requires its members to disregard their contracts, then the trust is jnstified both in wishing to do away with the scale and in trying to destroy the union. "We must fight or give up forever our personal liberties," says Shaffer. Sane men will hardly think that there will be no more opportunities forever, neither can they see how any question of personal liberty or slavery is involved in this strike. It appears that the personal liberty of non-union men is at issue, if such a question is in the case, because the strike hinges upon the attempt to force unionism upon non-union mills by compelling the owners of the mills to discharge good men who refuse to join.

THREE I EXTENSION St- Joe the Scene o! Considerable Surjrjestive Activity. The true intention of the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa railway with reference to its eastern extension is becoming apparent from recent moves in Detroit and St. Joe, Mich. .The company has already acquired a large part of the property for its entrance and terminal in the former city and is securing right-of-way to St. Joe. At St. Joe it has contracted for an im mense bridge across tne river ana Henry D. Dean, the original promoter of the old scheme to build a railway tunnel under the city of Benton Harbor, half a mile in length, has re vived the scheme and entered into contracts to carry it into effect, in all probability in the interest of the Three I. This tunnel it is reported, is to be completed at an early date. The line,if constructed, will closely parallel the Michigan Central from Kalamazoo to Detroit. A Rumor Not Confirmed. A persistent rumor has been in circulation to the effect that John G Davis has bought The Republican, but after considerable inquiry we have been unable-to discover any foundation of truth inline story, except that Mr. Davis paid his subscription. The rumor had its origin in the office of the Independable sheet back of us and the wish is father to the thought. Plant Cow Peas, A suggestion is made for those farmers who are losing their corn and potato crop that they at once prepare the ground for planting a pea crop. iThe hinti comes from the south where this practice is commonly followed. Farmers there are In the habit of planting a pea crop in the later summer months, and when the vines are well grown and the pods are about half filled the crop is supposed to be harvested and stacked, with a little salting, and used for feeding the stock in winter. It Is said by those familiar with the conditions that' both horses and cattle will leave hay to feed upon this crop of peas. It is also very nourishing and as a substitute for a hay feed is especially valuable.

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A VUitor From China. Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 6. Miss Anna Sanders, for the past ten years doing missionary work in China, has returned home on a visit to her parents. She will return to the Orient in the spring. Laporte Odd Tüow$. LAroiiTE, Ind., Aug. 6. The Laporte county lodges of Odd Fellows are figuring on attending the sovereign grand lodge meeting fully 500 stiong. A special train will start from Michigan City. Diphtheria at Knox. Kxox, Ind., Aug. G. Diptheria in a malignant form is prevailing here, and two deaths have resulted. No religious services were held Sunday. Half the people have been exposed and a general epidemic is feared. Thousand Tons of Hr Üurncd. Knox, Ind., Aug. 6. A big fire on the great Peabody marsh, two miles west of here, Saturday destroyed over 1,000 tons of hay in the stack. The actual loss will be over $15,000. The fire was caused by sparks from a Three I engine. . - What a Cow Browsed on. Ft. -Wayx'e, Ind., Aug.. 6. C. J. Mills, proprietor of the Wayne Hotel, took an outing in the country Sunday. He went to sleep in the grass with arms thrown back over his head when a browsing cow came his way and bit off part of his hand. He was very painfully injured. First National Bank of Knox. Knox, Ind., Aug. G. The First Bank of Knox with a capital of $25,000, opened for business yesterday. The officers are: O. I). Iluller, president; Edgar Shilling, vice president; Monroe C. McCormick, cashier. The first two gentlemen are residents of Knox; the latter is of Culver, Ind. CANCER SUICIDE Michigan City, Aug. fi. Fred Mewes, a highly respected Germ an resident of the city, commited suicide at 2 p.m. yesterday by hanging himself in an outhouse at the rear of his home, 820 Manhattan street. Mewes suffered from cancer of the stomach and knew that he could not get well and this fact undoubtedly led to his self destruction. Workmen Are Pleased. Muxcie, Ind., Aug. 6. The four hundred striking members of the Amalgamated association from the Midland steel-wotks in this city are pleased with the situation. Their leaders have been afraid from the start that President Shaffer intended ta make a compromise that would m ean a practical surrender. All are ready and willing to continue the strike indetiniely. The men are determined to resist the Importation of non-union workmen. Three Blazing Runaways. Kokomo, Ind., Aug. .6 Three loads of unthreshed oats on fire and three teams of horses attached running away, furnished abundant excitement on the Henry Crowell farm, two miles north of town Saturday. A load that had been drawn up to a threshing machine took fire from the engine and the horses, taking fright ran away, passing two other loaded wagons and setting fire" to them. All the teams became unmanageable and ran pell mell around the field, with their blazing cargoes. The horses escaped injury, but the grain was destroyed and tbe wagons damaged. Suicide on the Vandalia. Logansport, Ind., Aug. 5. James I Cannon, age fifty, an inmate of the Hospital for the insane, committed suicide Saturday, by lying down on the Vandalia tracks "and allowing a passenger train to cut him in two. His insanity was mild and he had been allowed to go a short distance from the hospital in search of stray turkeys. He was accompanied by another patient, Charles Hendricks, who tried to pull him4 off the rails. The men struggled desperately, but nend ricks could not overpower Cannon and was obliged to step aside in order to save his own life. Cannon resided at Kendallville. Booming Greencastle. Greencastle, Ind., Aug 6. The Greencastle Commercial Clu has purchased a tract of ground on the eastern edge of this ciiy comprising 203 acres, which is to be devoted to factories and the hom?Ä of the employes of the factories. It has been platted into lots and factory sites, the former to sell for $150 each, which the citizens are invited to buy so that funds may be raised to use in securing other industries for the place. Two factories are already contracted wltä, which will build on the land near the Vandalia railroad. Others are investigating the shipping and residence qualities of the city. The factory sites are to be given to whatever industries may care to come. ' -

More Improved Roads. NoRTn Judson, Ind., Aug. 5. The proposition to construct thirty miles of gravel road in this township has been decided at a special election, resulting In a three-to-one majority for the road. The contract will be let on the 30th inst.

Birthday of a Centenarian. "Winamac, Aug. o. Elias Jagger, of Franklin township, Pulaski county, celebrated his 104th birthday on Fridav. lie was born on a farm near Philadelphia, and came to Indiana among the early settlers. He is well preserved, and says he expects to vote for an Indiana Republican for president in 1904. Peculiar Case of Lockjaw. Marion, Ind., August 2. Mrs. Denn Doster of Converse, is dead under peculiar circumstances. Last Saturday, while ironing, she became intenselv heated, and in an effort to lower her temperature she loosened her dress at the neck and bathed her shoulders and breast with ice-water. Within a few moments she was prostrated; lockjaw developed, with which she suffered until her death vesterdav. Sudden Death at Muncie Muncie, Ind., August 2. "William Abbott, sixty-eight years old, founder of the Brauh Hotel and director of the Union National Bank, was found lying dead on a coach at his home, yesterday. Apoplexy is the supposed cause. He was one of the best known residents of the county, having been prominent in republican politics and in the business affairs of the citv. He had lanre financial interests here. Bitten by a Spider. Muncie, Ind., August 2. Charles Patterson, a young farmer, living north of here, is slowly thing of bkxid poisoning caused by a spider's bite. ÄVhilö he was cutting grass last Friday a black spider jumped upon his hand from a tuft of grass. He threw off the insect after it had bitten him, thinking little of the incident. The next morning his arm was badlv swollen, and the poison has continued to spread. All Propositions Carried. "Wabash, Ind., Aug. 7. By a majority of 4G3, in a total vote of 2.200, Noble township, in which "Wabash is situated, eoted to appropriate $50,000 in aid of the "Wabash & Rochester Electric Railway, a, company to construct which line has been organized here. Perry township, Miami county, voted by eighty-tinee majority to appropriate $10,000. Pawpaw township, "Wabash county, gave .thirteen majority for a $10,000 subsidy. The total amount of the subsidies is $)",- 000, including the Rochester subsidy, and contractors are readv to undertake construction of the road at once. An Undesirable Marriage. Laporte, Ind., Aug. 5. "William Carpenter, sixty years old, who lives near Union Mills, vows that he will wed a Miss Zarr, who is but nineteen years old. Carpenter is a widower, and the children born to his first union have determined that he shall not contract another matrimonial al liance. ,They have served notice on County Clerk McClung not to issue a license. If a license is issued the children will bring action In the courts to have a guardian appointed, with a view of having a legal division of his large estate. Mr, Carpenter resents this interference with his lawful rights and an interesting legal contest promises to be the result. Traction Franchise Granted. Huntington, Ind., Aug. 7. Senator Heller, of ColumbiaiCity, yesterday secured a franchise from the County (Commissioners, for himself and other persons, for an electric line from the south part of Huntington county through the county to the "Whitley line. It is the purpose of the company, which is said to be financially able, to build through Huntington, "Whitley, Noble and Lagrange counties. Considerable preliminary work already has been done, and the road is to intersect with a line from Fort "Wayne to Goshen and Elkhart. . Cigarette fiend's Antics.. . Shirley, Ind., Aug.' 6. Benton Hamilton, proprietor of the Shirley House hariessstore, failing to secure a revolver in a saloon, called at a hardware store and requested permission to examine with a view of purchasing, and the obliging clerk also showed how the weapon was loaded. Hamilton then raised the revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger, but the clerk saw the movement and knocked the weapon aside, so that Hamilton only received a slight wound. Hamilton was then arrested arid placed in jail for safe keeping, where he made a second attempt by swallowing morphine, which he had concealed about his per son. Yesterday he was adjudged in sane, and will be transferred to the Eastern Indiana - Insane Hospital. He is twenty-six years old, unmarried, and addicted to the morphine ar.d cigarette habits. . .

What a Spark Did. Muncie, Ind., August 3. A spark from a threshing engine on the Solomon Smith farm set fire to a wagon load of oats. The horses attached to the wagon ran awoy, scattering the burning oats over the ground and setting fire to the stubble. The stubble fire spread and destroyed a threshing machine,- a stacker and a large amount of - fencing. The house and barn were saved bv neighbors. One of the run-awav horses was badlv burned. The loss is about $1,000.

Rochester Votes Subsidies. Rochkstki:, Ind., Aug. 7. The proposition to vote aid to the Toledo & Chicago Transfer Railway Company and to the' Wabash & Rochester Interurban Electric Railway Company were carried by heavy majorities at yesterday's election. Reichest er township gave a majority of 90S to the steam road and 927 to the electric road. There was considerable opposition to the proposed subsidies, chieflv bv Julius Rowiev, a farmer and lawyer, and the friends of the propositions are correspondingly jubilant. The combined subsidies in four townships amount to $95,000. Determined Attempt at Suicide. Indianapolis, Aug. 6. A welldressed young man, whose name is unknown, went into the Van Camp Hardware Company, at 120 to 130 South Illinois street, about 8 o'clock yesterday, and after calling for a revolver, which he pretended to wish to purchase, slipped some cartridges into the weapon. He placed the barrel of the revolver in his mouth, and after closing his lips tightly pulled the trigger. He was taken to the City Hospital in a dying condition. The young man regained his speech later but refused to give his name. He said his home was in Kentucky, but refused to jrive the town. THE LAPAZ CLAY A Valuable Deposit of Rare Quality Now Open and in Use. An industry of Marshall county littie. known away from the immediate vicinity where it is conducted has been in progress near Lapaz since last fall and is rapidly developing into large proportions. It is a matter to be regretted that the raw material is taken to another countv to be manu factured when it might as well be worked up within the limits of this county. A'KMt one mile west of Lapaz, on the farm of Andrew B.Thomas, there is a bed of clay of very rare occurrence in the United States. Its composition and quality render it peculiarly valuable in the manufacture of cement from marl. The deposit is very large and the substance runs even in quali ty and is unmixed with any detrimental material. It is exactly what will be needed when the Union town ship marl beds become the seat of a great cement industry, as they will eventually. The cement works at Syracuse, in Kosciusko county, ' bought a fortyacre tract of Mr. Thomas and opened up the pit last fall. They are now shipping the clay at the rate of three to' five cars a day, taking it out by hand labor with pick and shovel but a steam shovel is shortly to be put in, when the shipments will increase and more men will be employed. In the manufacture of cement from marl a necessary in gredient is clay and in the entire country there aie few banks of clay so well adapted to the purpose as the one at Lapaz. DISTRICT DAIRY INSTITUTE At Court House Tuesday and Wednesday, . August 13 and 14. 1901. For the special benefit of the milk producers and dairy farmers of Northern Indiana Purdue University will hold a school of Agriculture. Every session open and free .to all. All who are interested in a pro gressive and prosperous agriculture are cordially invited to attend, arid take part in the discussions. PROGRAM. Tuesday, August 13. 10 A .M. OPENING SESSION. Music. Invocation Hev. W. E.McKenzie Music.' A Word of "Welcome, Mayor P. O. Jones Response, W. C. Latta, Supt. Farmers' Insts. Dairying Promotive of Agricultural Prosperity, II. B. Gurley, Dairy Farmer and i at Tvll J TlT'H, Til miiiur win. nig, icrvaiu, xu Discussion. The Place of the Dairy in Indiana Agriculture, Prof. C. S. Plumb, Diiector Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Discussion. Announcements.

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Telephones; I Rsidn 18. ( Offi 90. Tuesday Afternoon 1:30. Dairy Cattle. Music. Selection of Dairy Stock, Prof. C. I). Smith, Director Michigan Agricultural - Experiment Station. Rearing the Dairy Herd, II. P. Curler Discussion. Care of Cows During Pregnaucv and Parturition, Cal Husselman, Dairy Farmer, Auburn, Ind. - Discussion. Causes of Variation in the percent, of Butter Fat in Milk, II. E. VanXorma'm. Dairy Instructor, Purdue University. . Questions and Discussion. Tuesday Evening 7:30. Music. Relation of Form and Function in the Dairy Cow; Illustrated, Prof. C. D. Smith Why Farmers' Wives Like the Creamery, Mrs. J. C. Erwin, Bourbon, Ind Mutual Interests of Business Men and Farmers, Senator John W. Parks Music. Informal Reception, given by the Business Men of Plymouth. Wednesday, August 14. 9:30 A. M. Dairy Buildings, Appliances, etc. Music. Prayer Rev. Ray G. Upson - Music. The Cow Barn Cal Ilussleman Discussion. The Silo: Its Cost and Construction, J. J. Billingsley, Dairy Farmer, Indianapolis, Ind. Questions and Discussion. Care and Delivery of Milk, , A. S. Shalliol, Bremen, Ind. General Discussion. Wednesday Afternoon 1 :00 Dairy Foods and Feeding. Dairy Feeding Rations, Prof. C. S. Plumb Questions and Discussion. Summer Feeding, S. B. Woods, Dairy Farmer, Lottaville, Ind. Discussion. Producing a Balanced Ration on the Farm, Cal Husselman Questions and Discussion. Silage: Its Value, Production and Preservation, J. J. Billingsley General Discussion. Suggested Topics for Question Box: Skimming Stations, liana beparators. Sweet Skim Milk. The Cooperative Creamery. Good Milk Without Ice. A Sanitary Dairy. Attention Hog Feeders. We will have a considerable quanti ty of buttei milk for sale each day at the creamery from now on. 38tl Schlosser Bros. I wi6h to truthfully state to you auJ the readers of these few linen that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is without question, the beet and only cure for dj 3pepeia that I haye ever coma in contact with and I have used many other preparations. John Beam, West Middlesex, Pa, No preparations equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as it contains all the natural digest ants. It will digest all kinds of food and can't help but do you good. J. W. Hees. T. Rlieuniatic ein matlo sufferera.wbo will testify to the merits of this great remedy. Now is the time to take it. ittguiate the noweis, gives a rooa ftprptltn. A 5 week's treatment tl.CO. Hold

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