Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 November 1901 — Page 2

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Established October 10, 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. R. B. COLESBEE, Editor. Telephone No. 27. OFFICE in Bissell Block, Corner Center and Laporte Street. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50 Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents, de livered at any postoffice. Plymouth, Ind., November 7, 1901. Throughout the land the cry has gone up "Punish anarchy and yellow journalism." Anarchy is violence itself, but yellow journalism incites to violence. When dealing with the subject both must be considered. The yellow journal of the day is a menace to life and property and some way ought to be found to couple it with anarchy and stamp them both out. Philadelphia Inquirer. A wandering book dealer is offering a small stock at auction for a few day in this city. The eagerness of people to rush into absurdities is shown by the fact that they actually bid higher prices for some of these books than local dealers are asking regularly in the stores. An unknown and irresponsible spectacle peddler came along the other day and actually sold glasses, with scarcely a pretense of fitting them, for more money than our established opticians ask. The gold brick man will get you if you don't watch out! The Indianapolis Journal well says: The decision of the supreme court sustaining the constitutionality of the compulsory education law is based on sound principle and reasoning. The state has a right to protect itself against the evils of illiteracy, and to this end has a right to require parents to send their children to school during stated ages and periods. Parents can do a great many unwise things in spite of legislation, but the state has a right to say they shall not bring up their children in ignorance when the means of education are provided at public expense. Republican financiers are giving considerable attention to the surplus. -Indianapolis Sentinel. Well, why shouldn't they? They created it. It would not be natural to expect democratic financiers to give much attention to it, except for the purpose of destroying it and substituting a ravenous and growing deficit, as they did not many years ago. It is easily remembered that the democrats, when last elevated to power, found a very healthy surplus in the federal treasury and that in a very few years they were selling bonds at a high rate of interest to favored friends for the purpose of paying the current expenses of government while the national debt was piling up in heaps. The republican surplus is in every way preferable to a democratic deficit and republican financiers ought to give it considerable attention. The grouchy malcontent known formally as the Weekly Democrat went quite out of its way and stirred up the rats in its brainbox most viciously in its endeavor to bid a fitting farewell to Mr. Shunk on his departure for new fields. Such words as "rotten," "infamous," "putrid" and "maggoty," which are easily found and as easily strung together by any one who lacks shame, dignity and veracity, characterize the article and betrays the senile imbecility of its author. A paragraph addressed to its subscribers m the same issue explains in part the ury that possesses our frantic contemporary. It says: "A large number of our subscribers are owing us a considerable amount on subscription which we need badly to keep the machinery moving." Marshall county democrats are growing tired of being taxed two dollars a year for an out-of-date dollar weekly printed in an antiquated and worn-out plant, especially in view of the more than generous support that paper has had from the public treasury daring its entire career and which was more than sufficient, had it been rightly used, to maintain the best organ and the best plant in the county. We would be very glad if there could be brought to bear upon the squeaky old organ some control that would preserve it in respect and decency, for we would far rather commend than rebuke it. A very good and very earnest preacher said the other day, at the climax of a sermon, "If you want to be cured of grumbling, go to work." The reverend gentleman is impractical: people who grumble don't want to be cured. The grumbler is an unconformable monstrosity by his own choice. He does not crawl into his cave of Adullam to look for sweetness and light and would back right out if he found them there. Whether his querulous discontent proceeds from disappointment, or mortification, or liver complaint, or any combination thereof, he organized himself into an indignation meet by his own volition and he will never vote to adjourn. His only comfort lies in making dis-

comfort for himself and all about him.

That is what makes him an object of public concern. The person who prowls about in human society shrugging his shoulders, knitting his brows, pulling a long face, sore, soured and sulky, is a common nuisance, and the worst of it is that the grumbling habit always grows but never kills the one who has it. It sometimes kills his wife. Every man possesses inherently the right of self-protection, against grumblers as well as against assassins. It is useless to prescribe for the grumbler, but it is profitable to let him alone, pay no attention to him, withhold all pretense of sympathy, treat his dismal croaking with the contempt it deserves, make him a butt of ridicule and an object of scorn. Throw cold water on the fool and thrust him out. It is folly to preach to him or to argue with him-preach to the real sufferers, who have some sense left and might act. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER. Engineers-mechanical and civilcow make it their ambition to become, not consulting experts, but executive. Among military and naval cadets, the most brilliant and successful students eagerly enter the enginerring corps of the service, and become in after years the most thorough and successful officers. The same tendency is pervading commercial life. This state of affairs is becoming more and more prevalent. The managers of street railway, gas, electriclighting, and similar companies are, in the main, men of engineering training. The general management of broader manufacturing industries is being concentrated in the same direction. The departmental organization of the commerce requires men who shall be, first of all, able executivessecond, experts in the departmental work. In all excepting purely specialized branches such as the legal or finan-cial-use is being made of the trained engineer. Salesmen of mechanical goods, railway transportation depart ment officials, and incumbents of many other apparently unrelated fields, are made from engineering timber. The highest executive positions in the great industries are accessible to men of mechanical training and common sense. William D. Ennis. A GREAT FLOOD OF LIGHT. It is the uncontroverted testimony of all the witnesses that Sampson was on board the New York during the battle of Santiago and that the New York was not within sight of the engagement at any time. Sampson had taken his flagship out of the blockading line and sailed off to have a conference with the military commander; he might have taken an escort vessel and left his big fighter to preserve the blockade unweakened. Hearing the distant roar of guns he hurried back and arrived in time to see the shattered hulks of Spanish warships scattered along the coast for twenty miles, every surrender accomplished and Cervera on board Schley 's vessel. The evidence is that there was no prearranged order of battle and could not have been, because of the absolute uncertainty of the conditions, and that the only orders given were by Schley, who, in Sampson's absence, was commander of the fleet. These are now firmly established facts and are not contradicted. Now comes a great flood of light, illuminating most brilliantly the subsequent systematic belittling of Schley. That officer, in writing his official report of the action, simply adhered to the truth, as was his duty, and neglected to pander to the self-esteem of his temporary superior by falsely making it appear that the latter was in the fight; Sampson declined to receive the truthful report because it did not mention the presence of the New York. O brave and magnanimous Sampson! It has transpired that Sampson's log was falsified, that official charts of the action made under his inspection were knowingly incorrect, that his magazine articles did not speak the truth as he knew it to be, and that, Maclay's infamous libel was printed with his knowledge and consent. The officers who assisted in these falsifications of historical documents were witnesses against Schley and admitted the deviations from truth. Schley, not foreseeing what was to come, was big-hearted and generous enough to rewrite his report, for, said he, "the victory was big enough for all;" and later, when the conspiracy first began to develop, he sought to quiet the rising contention by saying, like an honest man and a true hero, "there is glory enough for all." When asked why he yielded to Sampson's improper demand Schley said most generously that he did it because he "knew if the New York had been present she would have done as good work as anybody else." The American people have a way of their own in testing public men and in popular sentiment Schley has always been "the man who licked Cervera" and destroyed the Spanish fleet. The fierce light of publicity has blazed upon him during the present inquiry only to reveal him more

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and the one incident of his omission to mention Sampson as an active participant in the battle is the central ray that discloses the very motive of the persecution. It is well for Sampson that his mental condition estops the people from expressing their opinion of him. GENERAL HARRISON ON THE GOEBEL CASE (Indianapolis Journal.) If anything were needed to justify the action of the late Governor Mount in the Goebel-Taylor case and to determine Governor Durbin to follow his example it is furnished by the conviction of Caleb Powers by a packed jury led by a biased judge, in the judicial farce enacted at Georgetown. The second conviction of Powers on probably the weakest evidence that ever went to a jury in a capital case shows that the judicial vendetta which is now being carried on in Kentucky and which aims at the punishment of a certain number of prominent republicans by way of reprisal for the murder of Mr. Goebel is organized on a permanent basis and actuated by a vindictiveness that will require years to obliterate. The Kentucky vendetta sometimes outlasts a generation. The reasons given by the late Governor Mount for declining to surrender Governor Taylor under the new form of lynch law administered by Judge Cantrill are even more convincing since the second conviction of Powers than they were before. In this connection it is worth while to recall the fact that the late President Harrison fully approved of Governor Mount's action in the case and virtually said that if a similar requisition had been made on him as Governor of a state under like circumstances he would have refused to honor it. A recent publication entitled "Views of an Ex-President" contains General Harrison's speech as president of the Ecumenical Missionary Conference in April, 1900, in response to the welcome of President McKinley. After referring in a dignified way to the kindness shown in coming so far to welcome the conference, he spoke in a lighter vein of Governor Roosevelt: Of course it was no trouble for Governor Roosevelt to come here. Indeed I think he rather likes to get away from Albany, and if we may believe those unfailing chroniclers of the truth, whose representatives are her before me, he is not unfrequently here for the purpose of having consultations. He availed himself of the few moments that we spent together in the reception room to consult me about a matter, and when I had given him my opinion, he said: "Well, that is what I was going to do anyhow, no matter what you would say." I felt very lucky that I had hit upon the conclusion at which he had already arrived. The Journal is able to state on positive information that the consultation referred to related to the Goebel-Tay-lor matter. About that time it was rumored that Governor Taylor was going East, and that when he reached New York a demand for his extradition would be made on Governor Roosevelt. The latter asked General Harrison informally what he would do in such a case, and the result is stated above. Thus we have positive proof of what Governor Roosevelt would have done had the demand been made upon him, and of what General Harrison would have done had he been Governor. The latter was one of the greatest constitutional lawyers the country has ever had, and he was a strict constructionist in questions of law, but he found no difficulty in piercing through the flimsy contention that the governor of a state has no alternative but unquestioning compliance with any and every demand that may be made upon him by the governor of another state, provided it be in legal form. He saw clearly enough that the constitutional provision could only apply to cases in which the course of justice was free and unimpeded, and that the governor of one state could not be required and ought not to be expected to lend himself to the consummation of a conspiracy in another state for the prostitution of justice and the execution of private revenges under the forms of law. And Governor Roosevelt had reached the same conclusion before he asked General Harrison's opinion. Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail The little daughter of Mr. J. N. Powell jumped on an inverted rake made of ten penny nails; and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a second one half way though. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was promptly applied and five minutes later the pain had disappeared and no more suffering was experienced. In three days the child was wearing her shoe as usual and with absolutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is a well known merchant of Forkland, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and heals such injuries without maturation and in one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by J. W. Hess, Druggist. Puny children with weak constitutions can attain an unusual degree of bodily and mental vigor by taking Rocky Mountain Tea this month made by the Madison Medicine Co. 35c. J. W. Hess.

THE WEEK IN COURT

Disposition of Cases Pending-General Court House News. The jury in the case of Paul vs Judy returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount of his claim after but brief deliberation. The amount found is $361.98, to which a large amount of costs will be added. The court Thursday morning took up the case of Huber Mfg. Co. vs Grant Emigh et al, a suit on a note brought this court on change of venue from Starke county. A partition suit, Railsback et al vs Deemer et al, was heard on default and a decree entered in accordance with the complaint. Sale of the property was ordered. V Marriage licenses were issued to the following applicants: Bert M. Hatfield and Bessie P. Berkey, Lawrence Johnson and Barbara Fagan, Edgar Haystett and Delia M. Roose. The case of Huber Mfg. Co. vs Grant Emigh et al., on change of venue from Starke county, came to an abrupt end by the decision of Judge Capron to withdraw it from the jury and enter a judgment for $500. It appeared that the matter had been fully disposed of by the Starke county court and there was no ground left for a defense. The case of Gagen Bros. vs Isaac Swihart and Alonzo Coplen vs the Lake Erie & Western Co. were dismissed, having been settled out of court. Allen Bibler filed a petition to have his wife Maggie declared of unsound mind. She is now in the insane hospital and this proceeding is necessary to protect certain of her property rights. Richard Learman has brought suit for divorce against his wife Mary. They live in Walnut township and were married in September 1900, having separated about two weeks ago. The charge is cruelty due to the wife's violent temper. A marriage license was issued to William O. Fisher and Maude M. Carlisle. In circuit court Friday Newton May was placed on trail for assault and battery with intent to kill. May is the man who cut Night Policeman Joe Glass in a. fight on the night of Aug. 20 and has been lying in jail since then in default of bond. The regular jury was accepted without change and a formidable array of witnesses took the oath for the prosecution. Harry Enyart, who was at the Ross House at the time of the arrest, described the altercation and told of the discovery of the knife in May's hand. The cross-examination seemed to disclose the fact that the defense will be justification on the ground that Glass was unnecessarily severe and struck May repeatedly with his cane without excuse. Clem Blain testified that he saw May before the fight in the Morsches saloon in company with some Bourbon men. May had in his hands there a spring knife similar to the one used in the cutting. May was intoxicated and was showing the knife; he took three or four drinks of gin in half an hour. Ed Giller told of the fight with Glass and of the arrest. Witness was near the Ross House at the time and helped to subdue May. Glass called for help, saying the man had a knife. Witness took the knife away from the prisoner and helped Glass take him to jail. Mr. Carpenter also assisted in getting the weapon and in taking the man to jail. Giller also described the cuts in the officer's clothes. L Vangilder saw May have the knife in his hand and heard him say that if any officer interfered with him he would use the knife on him. This was half an hour before the fight and in front of the Morsches saloon. Harry Fertig testified that May was drunk and quarreled with some boys on Laporte street and that Glass came up and told May to go home and get off the street; the argument then begun and the fight ensued. He saw a knife in May's hand, and saw Glass strike him with his cane repeatedly also saw the arrest. May had the knife out before Glass struck him. Dr. Stephens told how Mr. Glass came to his office wounded on the night of the fight. He dressed the injuries. There was a skin wound and a deep gash, made with a very sharp knife. The cut reached to the bone and was long; he sewed it up with several stitches. It was on the left side and over the tenth or eleventh rib, and was in a dangerous place for a stab. Isaac Reslar came to the stand next and told of the fight near the Ross House. His statement corroborated the testimony of Giller and Enyart as far as it went, but he took no part, saw no knife and was not close to the struggle. Abe Kimmell was one of the boys accosted by May on Laporte street. May stepped up to the boys and began to talk in an angry manner; he struck at Ira Lambert; Glass then stepped up and told the boys to go away and May to go home. A man was with May and both were drunk

and and staggering. The boys said nothing to start the trouble. Joe Glass followed with his account of the affair. He had known May two or three months. On the evening of the fight he first saw May and a stranger coming out of the Morches saloon and going up to the boys. He saw May strike at the Lambert boy and admonished him to go on home about his business. The subsequent proceedings were described without deviation from the statements of the other witnesses. Glass struck May with the heavy end of his cane twice and partially knocked him down. Mr. Martindale's cross-exam-ination was unproductive of any result favorable to the defense and failed to follow the lead indicated by Mr. Stevens in the cross-examinations of prior witnesses: At this point the state closed and Martindale made the preliminary statement for the defendant, showing the defense to be that May did not know what he was doing, being overcome with liquor, and that he acted intelligently and with commendable moderation in self-defense, as any good citizen should when unjustifiably attacked by an overbearing officer. The witnesses for May substantially corroborated those for the state in their accounts of the fight, May himself stating that he had no remembrance whatever of the occurrence, and they failed to testify to the facts set out by Martindale in his opening. Harry Allwein, a former trustee of the town of Bourbon, saw the entire struggle and, though called for the defense, his testimony was wholly favorable to the prosecution. J. L. Keller, formerly of Bourbon, turned out the same way. May himself took the witness stand and told of his life and family, of his removal to Plymouth from Bourbon, and about maintaining a home for his dependent mother. Said he suffered a partial sunstroke during the summer. On the day of the fight a couple of Bourbon friends were in town and they got him drunk. He lost his memory in the Morches saloon and knew nothing more until he found himself in a cell the following morning. The only other witness was Wm. Bates, of Bourbon, who said he thought May not responsible when pretty well loaded. The efforts of the defense were directed to reducing the crime to simple assault and battery, for which purpose it was argued that May was too drunk to form an intent to murder and that he was acting in self-defense in resisting an unjustified attack by Glass.

The jury in the prosecution of Newton May for assault and battery with intent to kill returned a verdict Saturday evening finding him guilty of assault and battery alone and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for 60 days and a fine of $5.00. The trail of Brit Wright vs Benjamin Zehner, for conversion, was tried by the regular jury Monday. About 32 cents are involved in this litigation, along with a vast amount of principle, Frances Hadley was granted a divorce from her husband, Warren Hadley, and her maiden name of Ware was restored. The defendant made no defense and did not appear. The divorce proceecing of Emma E. Reed vs Mel vin Reed was dismissed, the parties having settled their differences out of court and resumed their family relations. A judgment for $173.28 and costs was rendered in Susan White vs Calvin P. Klinger et al on a note. In the case for distribution of life insurance money in the estate of Luther Houghton the court ordered a distribution in accordance with an agreement entered into between the parties. James O. Price vs Ann Smith et al is the title of a new case filed. It is a suit to quiet title. The board of commissioners were in regular November session during the day and were auditing the books and accounts. There is no business of special importance before the board at this term. A marriage license was issued today to Thomas Farall and Maggie Wolf. H. T. McIntyre, St. Paul, Minn., who has been troubled with a disordered stomach, says, "Chamberlains's Stomach and Liver Tablets do me more good than anything I have ever taken." For sale by J. W. Hess, Druggist. BEST FOR THE If you haven't a regular, healthy movement of the bowels every day, your're ill or will be. Keep your bowels open, and be well. Force, in the shape of violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. The smoothest, easiest, most perfect way of keeping the bowels clear and clean is to take CANDY CATHARTIC -m IHv rs fry r r&1 i FT if, WORK WHILE EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10, 25, and 50 cents per box. Write for free sample, and booklet on health. Address 423 STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or NEW YORK. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN

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