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

The Tribune.

HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. Advertisements to appear in THE TRIBUNE must be in before Tuesday noon to insure their appearance in the issue of that week. Plymouth, Ind., November 7. 1901. LOCAL NEWS Culver's new rural mail route was started Friday. Mrs. Stella Helm went to Warsaw to visit over Sunday. Mrs. P. C. Powe went to South Bend to visit relatives for a week. Miss Ethel Mills went to Hamlet to to visit relatives for a week. Mrs. C. J. Hush went to Lapaz to visit relatives over Sunday. Mrs. John Schlenker and children went to Culver to visit for a week. .Mrs. G. A. Edwards went to Donaldson to visit relatives over Sunday. Miss Lottie Haines went to South Bend to visit relatives for a week. Mrs. S. M. Nash and children went to Logansport to stay for the winter. Julius Tascher and wife spent Sunday with Mrs. Tascher in this city. Mrs. Louis Benison went to Indianapolis to visit relatives for a week. Miss Maud Miller went to Chicago to visit relatives for about two weeks Mrs. L. C. Seymour went to South Bend to visit relatives for a few days. Mrs. D. W. Barron and children went to Bourbon to visit relatives this week. Mrs. B. A. Hodgins and children went to South Bend for a week's visit with relatives. Theodore Becker and Ed Tanner were two former Plymouth boys who visited here Sunday. Miss Alice Abbott went to South Bend to attend school at St. Joseph's Academy in that city. Mrs. G. H. Sword and daughter, Julia went to "Warsaw to visit Mr. Louis Sword of that city. Lott Losey has extended his business to include the loaning of money on jewelry and diamonds. Miss Josephine Wickey left Monday for Chicago where she will attend the wedding of De Sail Norton. Rev. Father Yenn went to Mishawaka to assist Father Oechtering during forty hours devotion Monday. Mrs. D. A. Wheaton is unable to walk on account of inflammatory rheumatism. Dr. Preston is attending her. Mrs. J. M. Cottrell went to Valparaiso for a two weeks' visit with her brother, Mr. John Salem of that city. The secret of success is to meet opportunity half way instead of waiting for it to come along and put a tag on you. Mr. Glunt, of Pittsburg, is the latest addition to the colony of railway civil engineers at the Marble house. Abe Rhinehart has returned to South Bend after a long visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rhine hart, of this city. The sudden drop in temperature to conditions suggesting winter Monday brought out the gloves and earmuffs from their summer retreats. The leading dancing event of the present social season will take place on the evening of November 22, when a swell ball will be given at the opera house. Men worked Sunday, as long as the weather would permit, on the roof of the Bank block, in order to head off the threatened break in the weather. The Windsor Hotel has opened for business under the management of P. A. Mickey, who will run it as a first class house. It has been refitted and put in excellent shape. John O'Neil, now of Elkhart but formerly a well-known pioneer resident of this county, visited among his old friends in Plymouth Sunday. He is upwards of 80 years old but quite hearty. Miss Bessie Smith's seventeenth birthday was remembered Saturday evening by a large number of her young friends, who surprised her and made her the recipient of a beautiful locket. Light refreshments were served. Miss Theresa Steiner, a sister of Father Steiner who was pastor of the Catholic church here during the war, visited the family of George H Kruyer over Sunday. She was accompanied by her neice, Miss Katie Beck. Both live in Michigan City. THE TRIRUNE was on the street at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the only correct and complete account of the Summit Switch wreck that was published. An extra edition of 200 copies was sold within a short time and at 7 o'clock the demand was unsatisfied and we printed more. J. C. Root of Omaha, sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World, with his wife and Col. J. B. Jevell, of Manchester, Iowa, Finance keeper of the order arrived in Plymouth Sunday evening and spent Monday looking after the interests of the order in this city. They were guests of J. O. Pomeroy.

Argos to Bead Buck's add for low prices on smooth and barb wire. Mrs. M. P. Morrill went to South Bend to visit for a few days. Mrs. M. J. Sanders went to South Bend to visit relatives for a week. Harry Swindell is spending several days here on the business of his firm. Miss Nellie Laird went to Logansport to visit relatives for a few days. Mrs. John Miners and children have gone to South Bend on a family visit. WANTED Good girl for general housework. Apply at this office. dwtf Miss Ella Heminger went to South Bend to see Dr. McAllister of that city. Mr. Conrad Bergman went to Peru to visit relatives the remainder of this week. Miss Laura Witter went to Culver to visit relatives the remainder of this week. Miss Anna Nylen has returned from Laporte where she has been visiting her brother, John Neylen. Mrs. S W. Cunningham and daughter, Helen, went to South Bend to visit relatives for a few weeks. Mrs. G. W. Crepean and little daughter Eva went to Columbia City to visit relatives a few days. Mrs. Mary Cook has returned to her home in South Bend after a long visit with Chas. Huff of this city. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Elick returned Tuesday from an extended visit with relatives and friends in Ohio. Mr. J. C. Pranver, of Winsterset, Ia. is the guest of his mother-in-law, Mrs. M. F. Davis, of this city. Miss Erma Lishe has returned to her home in Grovertown after a visit with her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Allen. Mrs. H. H. Osborne went to Indianapolis to remain over winter with her son, H. L. Osborne, of that city. Miss Mamie Lange has returned to her home in Chicago after visiting her sister, Mrs. Marshal Logan, of this city. Zach M. Tanner is in charge of an exhibition of ranges at Astley's store. Hot biscuit and coffee are served to all comers. Mrs. J. F. Jevine has returned to her home in Chicago after a long visit with her mother, Mrs. John McCoy of this city. Charles Ball, of Valparaiso, timekeeper for the Cliffords on the Pennsylvania contract, has resigned and returned home. A marriage license was issued yesterday to John W. Drake and Harriet M. m Stevens. The bride is the sister of S. N. Stevens of this city. Dr. C. B. Stemen, of Ft. Wayne was in this city professionally Tuesday and attended the Eastern Star festivities in the evening. Mrs. J. C. Stockman has returned from an extended visit in Battle Creek, Mich. She is entertaining Mrs. J. D. Sofeman of Monroe, Wis. The second road case from Laporte county brought here on change of venue was docketed yesterday. Senator M. L. Agnew is one of the attorneys for the plaintiff. D. A. Westbury, president of the Indiana state association Masters of Plumbers, is here from South Bend is the guest of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Holdorf and family of this city. Drs. A. C. and C. F. Holtzendorff and Dr. L. D. Eley performed an operation on Mrs. Charles Weidner Monday afternoon on South Plumb street. Mr. and Mrs. Weidner recently moved from their home near Argos. A B. & O. westbound freight telescoped at Bremen yesterday. Two box cars were derailed and rolled down a 15-foot embankment. The track was blockaded about two hours. No one was injured. Passenger traffic was considerably delayed. Mrs. M. C. Pagne and daughter, Minnie, arrived from Grantville, Ga., Tuesday night and will visit the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Bert Burch, north of Plymouth. They may decide to make this their future home. RaphaD.Brown was yesterdaygranted a divorce from her husband, John W. Brown, and was given judgment for $500 alimony and the custody of their 6-years-old child. The parties were married in 1892 and separated in 1900. They lived in Bremen. The tenth birthday of little Miss Ruth Logan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Logan, was celebrated Tuesday evening by a gathering of about fifty of her young friends. Games, music and a lot of good things to eat made the evening memorably enjoyed. Mrs. O. L. and Mrs. Martin Sutherland wives of two brothers residing in Laporte, stopped in Plymouth Tuesday enroute to New York City, to attend the national convention of the nome Missionary society of the M. E. church, one a delegate from the N. W. Indiana conference, and the other a delegate r m the South Bend district. No trouble to get breakfast quickly if you have Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake Flour. Your grocer waits to supply you. 22t24,5t4

Miss Mamie Fish went to visit relatives for a week.

THE WEEK IN COURT

Disposition of Cases Pending General Court House News. The divorce case of Leona Mattern vs Walter Mattern was heard Tuesday. The parties, who live in German township, were married in 1896 and have two children. The charge was cruel treatment and no defense was made. A decree was granted and the custody of the children given to the mother. S. J. Hayes appeared for the plaintiff and J. D. McLaren for the defendant. The jury in the case of Wright vs Zehner returned a verdict for $10.00 against the defendant, the verdict having been reached late Monday night. Jacob Hensel, Mary Hensel and Susan Laser were found to be of unsound mind upon evidence presented and a guardian was appointed for each of them under bonds fixed by the court. John F. Weiss, of Bremen, was appointed in each case and filed the necessary bonds. A marriage license was issued to Edward W. Essig and Elizabeth Kubley. William Campbell was placed on trial under a charge of rape, the alleged victim being the little daughter of Joseph Stein. Tuesday forenoon was exhausted in empaneling a jury. L. M. Lauer is prosecuting and Judge Hess is defending. The evidence is too horrible to be printed. The defense apparently will be made on the question of the identity of the prisoner as the person guilty of the offense. The defendant has lain in jail from the time of his arrest, which was made soon after the crime was committed Sept. 11. The jury sitting in the case is made up as follows: Geo. E. Kaufman, D. K. Harris, W. D. Thompson, Abijah Borden, Damon Crippen, Amos R. Green, B. B. Parks, Jesse L. See, Geo. W. Ganshorn, Frank Vernett, Lewis Sebert and Frank Carey. Campbell says he is from South Bend and was employed on the railroad. The Campbell case as we have said, resolved itself into a question of identity. The little girl described the dastardly offense clearly and with entire self-possession and other witnesses testified to the arrest of Campbell and the efforts made to identify him. He was positively identified by the little girl, by one of her little girl companions, and by John L. Brown, the liveryman. The evidence showed that Campbell had sandburs on his clothing of the same character as the sandburs growing in the locality where the crime occurred, but it also showed that he had been until the day before working in sandburs along the railway. It was stated that the guuiltyu man wore a red handkerchief about his neck, but no such article could be traced to the prisoner. Some of the witnesses said that Campbell had a stubby growth of beard at the time of his arrest but it appeared that he had been shaved that same morning. There was also some question as to the color of the trousers worn by the man who assaulted the girl as compared with those worn by the prisoner. The little victim of the crime is possibly the youngest child who was ever permitted to testify in a case of this character. Judge Capron was in grave doubt about allowing her to be heard and examined her closely to determine as to her intelligence, memory and power of expression. Without her testimony it is probable that the prosecution would have failed. The defendant was put upon the stand and told of his employment on the railroad, of his long carousal on the day of the crime and of his whereabouts at the time it occurred. He said he had crossed the river and sauntered aimlessley on the sough side as a stranger would, and that he kept on the west side of Michigan street. He never saw the child until he was confronted by her after his arrest. He declared, amid sobs and with tears, that he is not guilty and declared that if he were guilty of such an act be deserved no trail and should be strung up. He said that the is the victim of circumstances. Campbell was minutely cross-examined. He said he was born in Elkhart and left there when a child and has lived in South Bend, having lived thirty years in Boston. He is forty-six years old and has been a laborer, chiefly on- railroads. He told a wild tale of the tin-star detective class about a stranger calling him to the jail window one day and telling him that his partner in the carousal had been secured against him for the use of the state in the trail. His partner has disappeared. Rural Mail Business. The record of rural route carriers from the Plymouth office for the month of October is as follows: Total number of pieces delivered and collected: Route No. 1 for month of Oct. 1900...4307 Route No. 1 for month of Oct. 1901...4798 Route No. 2 for month of Oct. 1901...4043 Route No. 3 for month of Oct. 1601...4493 Routes 2 and 3 were not established until November, 1900.

CLOSING UP THE GAPS

Council Getting Ready to Take Final Action on the Acceptance of North Michigan Street Improvements-Other Municipal Matters Considered. Mr. Parker was late in arrivng last Wednesday evening and it was after the appointed hour when Mayor Jones rapped the council to order and inquired the purpose of the special meeting. Mr. Parker stated that he understood it to be for the purpose of hearing the report of the afternoon's inspection of the North Michigan street paving. Dr. Reynolds informed the body that in company with other officials he had examined the work and it was found that the pavement was in many places too low. The contract requires the crown of the street in the center to be of the same height as the top of the curb, whereas they found that it is in almost its entire extent from 3/4 of an inch to an inch and a half lower than that. In some places, also, the surface of the brick at the curb line is likewise too low. He did not think the symmetrical appearance of the street was marred thereby, but feared that in some places where the pavement is too flat the storm water will not readily run off. He reported further that they failed to find where extra gravel had been used in the work, as claimed by the contractor. City Engineer Butler stated that he measured the pavement just after it was rolled and at the time it was opened for general use and that he then found it to be exactly right. He thought the foundation had not been sufficiently rolled and that the traffic on the street, being chiefly in the center, had packed it down to its present condition. Most of the street would not be in any way injured by being that much lower than the specifications, but in some places it would be and this could be determined by flooding and observing the disposition of the water. During the afternoon he had called the contractor's attention to two of these places and directed that they should be remedied, which the contractor willingly agreed to do. He had also directed the substitution of good blocks for bad in several spots. Mr. Parker moved that it be the sense of the council that at present the pavement be not accepted. He explained that he had been prevented by court work from being present at the inspection and felt that the water test should be applied as suggested and the defects remedied before further action is taken. . Dr. Reynolds thought the motion should be more definite and pointout the exact work required to be done as a condition of acceptance. Mr. Parker agreed to this and by consent of the council the engineer was directed to turn on the water and direct the repairs. Mr. Parker changed his motion so as to read that further consideration of the acceptance of the pavement be postponed until the engineer's report shall be received, in which form it was carried. The contractor's bond for the South Michigan street work was filed. He will be required to file his brick and maintenance bonds for the North Michigan street improvement before the same is accepted. The bill of the waterworks commissioner, deferred from the last meeting, was allowed in full after it had been explained. On motion of councilman Sherer the sprinkling of paved streets will be suspended for ten days. Whether they shall be sprinkled hereafter will be determined later. The matter of furnishing brick for a gutter in front of the Kellison House, Mr. Kellison to pay for constructing the gutter, was referred to the city engineer and the street commissioner with power to act. It is represented that such a gutter will be a benefit to the city by . protecting the pavement and catch basin from washing dirt in case of rain. Mr. Sherer opposed the proposition. Otis Mikels, to whom was awarded the contract for building the Washington street sewer, filed his bond in the sum of $425 and it was referred to the mayor with power to approve. The mayor reported that two five per cent loans of $1,000 each had been closed for the city, one at each bank, and the money deposited with the city treasurer. The loans run for nine months. Council then took a recess until Monday evening. List of Unclaimed Letters. The following letters remain uncalled for in the post office at Plymouth, Ind., for the week ending Nov. 7, 1901. GENTLEMEN. Levi Mast Floyd Gryner Chas Hauch Edward A Ellis Edward Kinzey Claude Beeson Eddy McLinn W McDaniel Eddy McLinn Look-No-Further Mantle Co. LADIES. Mrs. Bessie Weis Cassie B McDowell Mrs. Wm. Killermen A fee of one cent will be charged on all the letters advertised. Please say advertised when calling, for these letters. J. A. YOCKEY, P. M.

WRECK AFTERMATH

Funerals of the Dead and Condition of the Injured-Notes of the Day. The funeral of Joseph Clifford was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Paul's church in Valparaiso, and was very largely attended. Several were present from Plymouth. Charles Courier, whose name is also given as Coyer, was buried at the same time, funeral services being held at the home of his brother in Valparaiso. He was not married, as had been reported. The remains of Howard P. Compton received burial in the presence of a very large crowd at Larwill Sunday. He was born and raised near there and left many relatives. The scenes at the funeral were very affecting. The injured men are all getting along as well as could be expected, no unfavorable symptoms having appeared in any case. Mead Logan issuffering more than any of the others, his wounds being of a very painful character. Work on the grade was resumed as though nothing had happened, but far greater care will be taken hereafter to prevent a repetition of the disaster. The construction company has often urged the railway officials to issue orders for the trains instead of compelling them to "sneak" to and from work without any right of way on main track, as they have been doing all summer. It is now hoped that arrangements will be made to give orders for the work trains. It appears to be a certainty that the headlight on the freight engine was dark when the disaster took place. The engineer screened his light while he stood on the siding to let the fast passenger train go by and when he pulled out on the main track he neglected to remove the screens. A brakeman was 'posted on the front end of the caboose of the work train as a lookout; had the headlight been exposed he would have seen it in ample time to get his train out of the way and the accident would have been avoided. That twenty or thirty men were not in the wrecked caboose at the time of the collision was a mere happen-so, for it usually brought that many in on its evening run. The fact that the second work train was running so close behind and could pick the men up probably led Conductor Compton not to wait for them. Half a dozen of the civil engineers, who were in a hurry to get in and be ready for the concert at the opera house, missed the train by half a minute and some of them started to run for it. It was the train they almost invariably took and it was at first supposed by the ofticials in Plymouth that they were on it and killed or hurt. Frank Simonton, freight engineer, and Engineer Carpenter of the construction train sustained slight injuries that were not reported at the time. The former leaped from his cab into a box car on the siding and bruised his shoulder, and the latter's face was cut and bruised. The injury to Fireman VanBuskirk's arm is not at all serious. Charles Courier's mother and thre sisters were dependent on him for support and he was much elated over the fact that he was to have been promoted next Saturday with a good increase in salary. CORRESPONDENCE In order to convey information to a number of inquiring friends J. C. Ramsay writes from Devil's Lake, N. Dak., under date of Oct. 27, as follows: If you will kindly allow me space in your paper I will write a short letter. The crops here are very good this year and nearly all threshed except the flax, and that will last about two weeks yet. There has been some very bad weather for threshing, it having rained enough so we could only get about two days work in a week,/but for the past two weeks it could not have been better and machines all around have been going every day, Sunday included. The potatoes are very good here but owing to the scarcity in other places, the price is about 85 cents in car load lots, so I do not think they would be a very good investment. Most of the farmers that are through threshing are hauling flax or plowing. Flax is worth from $1.20 to $1.45, according to how much comes in. As I write this the sky is clouding over and looks much like rain. Very Respectfully, J. C. RAMSAY. i in the coffee bin-not a pleasant thought, yet when coffees are kept open in bulk who knows what different "things" come climb- '( ing and floating in ? put up in sealed packages insures cleanliness, uniform quality, freshness and delicious flavor.

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Grand Corn Exhibition

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