Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 January 1902 — Page 1

ID) LYMOU WEEKLY EDITION. lers office tlfcbOl : Kocop. VOLUME I PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9. 1902. NO. 14

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Necly Prosecution Pressed Along Despite Protest. Witnesses Say Munclc Aan Made no Effort to Conceal His Methods e.vJ That Clerks in the Office Knew What Was Going on. Havana, Jan! 7 In the hearing of the postoffice cases yesterday Moya and Mascara, the Cuban stamp clerks, who are chargPd with sellin sr surcharged stamps for Neely without their passage through the books, both testified that they had sold tnese stamps on eighteen occasions, about 8100 worth each time. These were not included in the requisitions made on the stamp department and no record was made of them. Moya said that Neely made no. secret jof this. He gave no instructions that the money for these stamps should be handed to hinl CThe business was apparently 'done openly, and witness handed the. money to clerks in Neelydepaftment. - Reeves another of the accused, was on the stand for three hours. He stated, among other things in connection with certain warrants, that about 88,000 were drawn in July, 1899, to reimburse the old postoffice account, which warrants were for the departments of Thompson and Carter on account of salaries paid to employes owing to the monthly req nisitions not having been credited. These warrants were cashed by Neely and the indorsements were forged. Neely told him that he had cashed them and kept the money. Fiscal Hevia confronted Reeves with his former statement, made before the court of first instance, that he had forged the indorsements. Reeves refused to say anything on this subject. Messrs. Lanuza and Desvernine, who withdrew from the defense a couple of days ago, have returned and will defend the accused. The prosecution expressed itself strongly regarding their withdrawal, and says it was a mere bluff to delay the trial to give ex-Director of Posts Rathbone every chance to escape. Nevertheless Messrs. Lanuza and Desvernine say they can show that Rathbone is not being given a fair chance. The press stenographers complain that they cannot hear the proceedings. The arrangements of the courtroom are bad. Governor General Wood says the trial will continue even if he hasto appoint a military commission. He adds that there is no reason whatever for delay. A Human Torch. Laporte, Ind., Jan. 7 Gust. Radtke, of Michigan City, quarreled with his family yesterday. He brooded over the matter ana reached the decision to kill himself. He saturated his clothing with kerosene and set fire to himself. The flames were extin guished by the family, but not until he had been fatally burned. THROWN IN THE KIVER. Body of a Murdered Girl is Recovered Through the Ice in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 7 A body, said to be that of Carrie Larson, with a weight around its neck, was taken from the river here yesterday. Louis Thomas, cook of the steamer Peerless,- and Oscar Keissig, who also worked on the boat, were placed under arrest following the 'discovery. The body was identified as that of Carrie Larson, twenty-two years old, whom Thomas is alleged to have secured ?rom an employment agency New Year's day to assist him in the cook's galley. According to Keissig, Thomas and the woman quarreled and the litter was knocked unconscious.

Keissig said the cook compelled him to assist in fastening a weight to the woman and in throwing her overboard. Thomas, the police say, denies the accusation. Keissig said later that Thomas choked the woman to death, and that in forcing him to assist in disposing of the body he displayed a knife, which he threatened to use on him (Keissig). After throwing the body overboard, Keissig said that it was necessary to carry it a few yards over the ice to a-spot where a hole had been cut through. The body, weighted with iron, was forced headforemost through this hole."

YACHTS MAY BE LOST Yacht Parker and Steamer Sparta Mysteriously Missing. Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 7 Captain and crews of the steamer Sparta and the acht Parker are missing. They have not been heard of since Thursday, and it is believed they were caught in the storms off the Cod bank, about twelve miles from shore. The yacht Alberta was sent in search of the missing boats and all life-saving stations along the Jersey coast notified, but the Alberta returned without word. Several boats will be sent out today to hunt in every direction to obtain some clew, if possible, of the fate of the missing ones. Some of the best known yachtmen on the New Jersey coast were aboard these vessels. Land Prices Soaring, Hagerstown, Ind., Jan. 7. Some recent extensive sales of real estate in this vicinity indicate that the day of low prices for land is past. Prom 870 to 8100 an acre marks the range of prices. Many valuable farms have changed hands lately, and the inquiry for first-class farming land promises well for an active future demand. One noticeable fact is that numbers of farmers are returning to their country homes, which they left some years ago to come to town. Few farmers who leave the farm to live in town grow to like the change, and their return is but an accomplishment of their desire, and not brought about by necessity. Some of the most beautiful homes in this county are country homes. Frank H. Cooper Sells Out. Chicago, Jan. 8 Frank H. Cooper has sold out his interest in the firm of Siegel, Cooper & Co., in this city. He is said to have been paid 87,501,090 for his stock in the concern, the purchasers being Henry Siegel, Isaac Keim and. Frank E. Vogel. The last named is vice-president of the Hammond Packing company, while Mr. Keim has been connected with the department store since it was started here in 1887. He will become managing director. Henry Siegel, will henceforth own the controlling interest in the big store. - Frank H. Cooper opened a clothing and hat store in Peoria in 1865. In 1887 Cooper and his store had outgrown Peoria and the outfit was moved to Chicago, where, with Henry Siegel and Isaac Keim as partners, Cooper reopened at State and Adams streets. L. Z. Leiter put up the the present building occupied by the firm of Siegel, Cooper & Co., in 1891, and that year the department store was moved for a second time into its latest home. From a small store in Peoria, where the annual receipts were barely 85,000, the enterprise has developed into an enormous business, the receipts of which annually amount to 812,000,000. The man who has earned such a collossal fortune in Chicago is a native of Holland, where he was born at Akram, Freshland, Oct. 23, 1843. He recently established in his native town a home for aged people. He came to this country when he was 23 years old and got a job in a dry-goods house at Buffalo for C5 a week.

LONG SAYS

The Criticism of Navy Department is Unjust. Explains Law Concerning Division of Prize Money os It Existed When Court of Claims Hade Sampson and Schley Allowance?. Washington, D. C. , Jan. 7 Secretary Long has addressed to Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota a long letter defending the navy department against what is declared to be unfriendly criticism in connection with the distribution of prize money and bounty. The letter is called forth by one from the senator, asking for information on this point for the use of a western newspaper. The secretary declares that the criticism that the department has discriminated in favor of Admiral Sampson and against Admiral Schley in the distribution of prize money and bounty is unjust, because the department has no control over this matter; that money being distributed from the treasury, and all questions of law and fact relative to prize and bounty having been . determined by the courts. The secretary calls attention to the laws touching prize and bounty as they existed at the beginning of the Spanish war, and says that, though advised by attorney general that it might make a distribution, the navy department preferred to place the matter in the court of claims, and so tar from displaying favoritism, adopted the most effective means in its power to secure a just distribution by courts ' f law of the rights of all concernt . Touching the claim of Admiral Sampson for bounty 'at Santiago, the secretary says that the distribution was under a decree of the court of claims which he cites, and from which no appeal was taken. He further points out that, under the prize laws, the commander-in-chief of the fleet is entitled to his 'one-twentieth" of bounty by virtue of his position as commander-in-chief, whether he is personally present during the engagement or not. Says the secretary: "As commander-in-chief, Admiral Sampson would, therefore, under the law, have been entitled to his share of the bounty for the destruction of the Spanish ships at Santiago if he had been on the north shore of Cuba at the time. This was the law, for which the navy department is in no wise responsible." On this point, the secretary says that the department itself ! was the first to realize the ine qualities of this law, and to make the recommendation which led to its repeal, so that "a rather amusing feature of the attacks made upon the navy department, " as the secretary puts it, is that the administration is blamed more than two years after it had cured the evil. The secretary concludes his letter with an extract from the report ot the auditor of the treasury for the navy department, showing the status of the prize money and bounty cases, yet unsettled, owing to delays m the courts, and predicting a settlement within the year. NOT ASHES TO ASHES Cremated Remains of a Lady tn be Scattered in the Water. New York, J?,n. 7 Miss Hannah Phillips, educator and physician, having requested it upon her deathbed, her body has been cremated and next Saturday, afterjja simple service on the decks of one oi the Staten Island ferry boats, the ashes will be scattered upon the waters of New York bay. Miss Phillips, - who was fifty-

four years old, was born in the west. For many years she was a teacher in the New York pub--lie schools. Afterward she studied medicine and achieved prominence as a specialist, members of the Vanderbilt, Van Rensselaer, Van Cortland and Cutting families being nnmbered among her patients. Among those who assist in the ceremony at the ferry boat will be Miss Esther Phillips, a teacher in the public schools and,a sister of the decedent.

CRY OF THE PEASANTRY Grinding Poverty of Sixty Million Russians Now Ignored. St. Petersburg, January 7 Leaders of the proagricultural movement assembled here recommend that the government cease compelling farmers to sell their crops in autumn at any price in order to pay their taxes. The cry ot the peasantry has reached the ear of the czar and the imperial sympathy is sifting downward through the oflicial classes so that some real attempt at relief may be expected. Russian statesmen acknowledge that the grinding poverty of 60,000,000 men can no longer be safely ignored. The farmers are in earnest and thoy expect the support of Prince Oldenburg and the imperial family. Major McFadin Dead. Logansport, Ind., Jan. 7. Maj. Samuel F. McFadin died at his home in this city last night, aged seventy-five years. Major McFadin was one of the pioneers of this county, a major in the war with Mexico and one ot the few surviving veterans of that conflict. He was one of Loganport's first mayors and always was recognized as one of the leading Democratic' workers of the county. He had been in poor health for some time and his death was due to a general breaking down. INDIANA BOY KILLS GIRL Heury Clements, Aged 19, Murders Mrs. Edward Davis at Knox Ind., and Attempts Suicide, But Will Live. Knox, Ind., Jan. 8 Henry Clements, aged 19, yesterday shot and killed Mrs. Edward Davis, aged 17, and shot himself inflicting a slight wound. Mrs. Davis, who was Edith Holcomb, had promised to marry Clements a month ago. All preparations were made for the wedding, when Miss Holcomb married Ed Davis. Mrs. Davis lived a half, mile from town. Monday night Clements met her and told her he had a present for her. Today he met her near her home, and, as he handed her a package which contained old papers, he shot her. He then turned the revolver on himself. Clements attempted suicide twice before, once by taking poison and again by jumping from a fast train." "I have tried my best to end my life," he said, "and hope I die. A package cf letters was found on Clements which show much time was used in their preparation. One warned girls against disappointing their lovers, lest they meet a similar fate. Drowned by Falling Derrick. LaPorte, Ind , Jan. 2 The breaking of guyropes on a piledriver that was being operated at the Barnes bridge, on the Kankakee river between Laporte and Stark counties, caused the' derrick to topple over. Bruce Barnes of Kingsberry, the contractor, was carried with it, being pinioned to the bottom of the river by the machinery. The body was recovered after several hours of difficult work. He was fortyeight years old and left a family.

CONGRESS

Important Measures Confront the National Law-makers. ror Six Months the Mentors will Lator Defore Stopping - none y Question Ud cy Overstrect's Bill Chinese ExclusionPhilippine Tariff-Isthmian Canal Washington, D. C, Jan. G With the reassembling of 'congress today after the holiday recess, a six-months' stretch of arduous legislative labors begins. Beside the big leading subjects to be considered, such as the appropriation bills, the Nicaragua canal, and Philippine tariff and administration measures, there are an unusual number of scarcely less prominent and certainly not less important matters demanding attention. Among these is the extension of the Chinese exclusion act that expires with the current year. The Pacific coast representatives, who are most closely related to this matter, propose a bill which shall include all the details desired by the administration officials for its execution, putting G into statutory form the regulations of the treasury department now in force. There has been some discussion on the coast on a proposition to combine the Japanese with the Chinese, under the ban of exclusion, but there is little prospectof that being done. Representative Over street's bill explicitly declaring that the gold dollar of 2o.8 grains shall constitute the unit of valuo or standard of our monetary system will doubtless be passed should the fates permit it to come before the house with a favorable committee report. When introduced, the bill was referred to the committee on banking and currency, of which Mr. O vers tree t is a member, but unless there is a complete backdown by the members of the committee on coinage, weights and measures, it will not be permitted to remain there without a struggle. They say that if a bill for that purpose does not belong to their committee nothing does, and there is no use of such a committee being in existence. They asked Speaker Henderson to change the reference, but he said the matter must be decided by the house. There is also the question of tariff upon Cuban tobacco and sugar, and that of a reduction or repeal of the war internal revenue taxes. These will be tackled by the committee on ways and means, the Cuban business first. It is almost certain that no change will be made in the schedule for the benefit of Cuban sugar, although a portion of the tobacco produced in the island may be admitted free of duty. As to the matter of appropriation, it is not apparent that any general or special plan of reduction is to be enforced or even considered. With the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill the march toward a billion dollar session will be vastly accelerated. With the division of responsibility for keeping down the expenditures consequent upon the assignment of half of the great bills to separate committees, any material curtailing of the total is almost hopeless. Engineer Ground to Pieces. Ft. Wayne, Jan. 6 James Lindsay, aged thirty-one, an engineer on the Nickel Plate, fell under his engine just across the Ohio state line yesterday and was cut to pieces. He was alighting from the cab while the engine was in motion and losing his balance fell under the wheels Dying With Blackleg. Crawfordsville, Ind.,, Jan. 2 Many cattle are dying in this county from a mysterious disease that resembles blackleg. Many farmers believe that there

is some kind of poison in the corn stalks, the theory of overfeeding being untenable because of the fact that cattle turned out but an hour or so each day die just the the same as those that feed all day. A good many cattle are also dying with blackleg, and as a precautionary measure some of the farmers are having their cattle vaccinated. Nothing seems to check the new disease, however.and it always results fatally.

BOLD FRAUD Scores of Iowa Farmers Caught by a Slick Scheme. Independence, la., Jan. 8 A scheme to defraud scores of farmers in this part of Iowa came to light yesterday. It is estimated that had the plan succeeded the promoters would have cleared about 835,000, as. notes representing that amount have been sent to the bank at Jesup, in this county, for collection. Three months ago a stranger, giving the name of John Smith, covered the western and northern portions of the county and obtained farmers' signatures for various causes. To rnany he represented that he wanted to run independently on the county ticket for treasurer and would have to secure the signatures of 300 voters. To others he said he was getting up a petition for a new county road. He secured the signatures of at least 200 farmers and possibly more. On Monday a large number of the wealthy signers received notices from the law firm of Lantz & McElligott, Unity Building, Dearborn street, Chicago, that their notes for 4,000 or $5,000, as the case might be, had expired on December 18, and that a representative of the firm would be at the First National Bank, in this city, Tuesday for settlement. Angry farmers were in line to meet" and settle with any one who might come, but no Chicago man appeared. Instead promissory notes to the amount of $14,000 were sent for collection, bearing the names of about seventy men. The notes revealed the scheme. Blank sheets of paper were signed and the promissory notes were printed at the top afterwards. Several farmers called the partitioner's ättaution to the fact that there was no heading to the petition and were assured that it would be filled in later. The filling consisted of notes from 4,000 to 85,000, payable to Henry Miller. Various indorsements have been made on the back to William Davis, Charles Brown, John Williams and Andrew Anderson. The notes and indorsements are exact counterparts, and the signatures are the genuine signatures that occurred on each page of the petitions. The farmers are united in their efforts to fight the case and the best of Jegal counsel has been retained. The notes have been repievined.wliich will necessitate any future action in the matter to be brought in the local court. Mr. McElligott said last night that he knew nothing of any such deal. "I retired from all new action interest in the firm on October 1," said he. "Since that time I have had nothing to do with any new business. I cannot understand how the old firm name was used, unless some one secured some of our old letter heads and used them. I don't believe Mr. Lantz had any connection with the case, and I know I did not." Schley Calls oh Roosevelt Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. Rear Admiral Schley called at the white house yesterday by appointment, and spent nearly an hour in conference with the president. The admiral refused to ducuss the conversation, saying that it was of a personal character. The president also declined to intimate the nature of the conference.

ROOSEVELT GRANTS REQUEST

Will Hear Schley's Appeal From Majority Decision. Pear-Admiral's Case to LSe Reviewed By the President a Commandcr-ln-Crtfef Appeal to be Presented Immediately Left Entirely to the President. Washington, D. C. Jan. 6 "Admiral Schley has concluded after mature and careful deliberation, to appeal from the majority decision of the court of inquiry to the president of the United States as commander-in-chief of the army and navy. The action having been determined upon, nothing more can be divulged at this time, the regulations of the navy being such that the nature of the proposed appeal cannot b3 revealed except by the president after the formal documents have been filed with him." The foregoing statement was given to the press yesterday by Attorney Raynör and Teague after a conference of several hours with their distinguished client, Admiral Schley. It derives special significance from the fact, admitted yesterday, that the Admiral's visit to the President on Monday was for the purpose of requesting permission to make the appeal above referred to. When Admiral Schley went to the White House Monday and was conducted at once to a pnvrte interview with President Roosevelt it was with the object of asking the President to receive and consider an appeal for the reversal of the action of Secretary Long and the disapproval of the majority judgment of the board of inquiry, and the President knew that Schley was to call on him for that purpose. The visit was entirely satisfactory and the request was cheerfully granted. The cause of the visit and its result were a complete surprise, as such a step had not been anticipated by members of congress or the correspondents and the first information of it came from the White House itself. The Admiral declined to make any statement regarding his interview with the president or even to mention the subject discussed, holding that he could not properly talk of matters occurring between him and his commander-in-chief. It is known, however, that the President has been much impressed with Schley's dignified bearing throughout the controversy and that he encouraged the latter to explain fully his views of the alleged iniustices and discrepancies of the majority report. Some facts that the President did not know were presented and he readily agreed that a formal review of the case should be had by him as the highest authority. The members of congress who have been interested in Schley's case now feel that since the President has assumed personal charge of the controversy he should be allowed to settle it without interference from them and no further steps wil at present be taken in the matter. There is the greatest confidence in his sense of justice and fearlessness and the opinion prevails that his judgment will be accepted by the country. The admiral summoned his. lawyers to aid him in preparing the appeal, as it is the President's desire that it be presented as early as possible, and it is surmised that but a few days will be required for" this purpose, perhaps not exceeding two weeks. The granting ot the new hearing explains the pleased expression the admiral wore when ho emerged from the White House on Monday. WANTED Girl witVreferences, for general housework; apply at this office.