Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 January 1902 — Page 2

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Established October 10. 190 i. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. R. B. OGliHSBHH, Editor. relfpnone No. -7. OFFICE in Bissell Block. Corner Center and Laporte Street. liJVKKTISING RATES will b made known on application. Entered the Postoffice at Plymouth. Ind., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents.deHvered at any postoffice. Plyaonth, Ind., Jaiaary 16, 902. Some scientists advance the belief that bad smells do not carry disease as has been popularly supposed. Well suppose they don't; what is the use of having them around?

No more important gathering will be held in Plymouth this year than the farmers' institute. Ample preparation should be made to give our agricultural friends a royal and hospitable welcome. Ft. "Wayne will do more street paving this year than in any former year. It is now the best paved city in the state, in proportion to area and population. A good pavement is the cheapest possible street.

Brcok II. Bowman has sold the Bremen Enquirer to Charles Scott, who cjmes from Ilarrisburg, 111., and is now in possession of the paper. He must needs te a hustler to make as acceptable a journal as the genial Bowman has made.

The South Bend Tribune and its cotemporary, the Times, are preparing to put in the new high-speed Hoe presses and to equip themselves in other ways to hold the position they have always held as pior' 3 in South Bend's march of progress

The brilliant youug brother of Congressman C. B. Landis, the silvertongued Fred, of Logansport, has entered the field as a congressional candidate against Major Steel, of Marion, and the knowing ones are saying that the major is facing sure defeat.

Widespiead industrial depression prevails in Holland. Thousands of workingmen are cut of employment, and the Salvation army is providing food for a thousand persons in each of the four leading cities of the country; Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Uttrecht and The Hague.

Cantrill, the Goebelite judge, whose candidacy for the United States senate was grounded on his conduct of the Goebel murder trials, was defeated nearly two to one in a caucus of democratic members of the Kentucky legislature. jEx-Governor James B. 3IcCrearv was elected.

Certains democrats are beginning to fear that Roosevelt wiil on his retirement leave his party in the sauie addled condition that Cleveland prepared for the democrats. We hope not, and we feel there is excellent ground for the hope; he doesn't like the democrats well enough to do that.

Schuyler Coltax has announced that he will uot again be a candidate for mavorof South Bend, his business demanding his entire time and energy. He has given his city one of the best administrations it has ever had and his retirement is regretted by progressive citizens regardless of party.

Nothing has been .said of late about the Sandoval company and the old Novelty works simply because there has been nothing to say. The company is apparently sawing wood and saying uothing, which would seem to indicate that it has no intention of asking any aid from "Plymouth people.

The Times of Goshen and theNorthern Indianian of Warsaw were born on the same day in 185ti. Both papeis, brought into, being as aids to the then new-born republican party, have never wavered from their party principles and have fought heroically and efficiently for the republican cause. The papers may forever and we wish their editors could.

The Goshen News-Times appears to be about as enthusiastic over Walter Brown's several candidacies as the Elkhart Review. It says: Walter Brown of Elkhart is a candidate fcr mayor, wants to be chairman of the Thirteenth congressional district, as well as to control the chairmanship of the Elkhart county republican central committee. If there is anything else that he wants he should not hesitate to tile his claim.

Some years ago a St. Joseph county lawyer was employed to prepare a will, ne did so, and it is alleged ignorantly accepted the wife of a devisee as a witness, which of course invalidated the will. A person to whom 5,000 was intended to be given by the instrument and who lost it has brought suit against the lawyer for that amount, on the ground that he had no right to draw a will when he did not know even the simple requirements of the statute. The case has been sent to Elkhart county for trial.

It is said the announcement that Fred Landis is a candidate for congress in Major Steele's district does not scare Major Steele a little bit. There are now four avowed candidates, Cowgill, of Wabash, Good, of Huntington, Landis, of Cass and Strele of Grant. Steele usually figures that the more candidates there are the better his chances for nomination. He has been in Congress twenty years, is a powerful center rush and has always been able to overcome all opposition but it is evident that he now has the fight of his life.

The Elkhart Review utters these lofty sentiments: "There are certain common obligations that each should discharge more ardently, more wisely, more persistently in the year we greet. The laws of the social relations and of obligation one to the other press upon us certain duties that passing years make ir.ore necessary of wise and conservative performance. 'Civic duties, citizenship and social relationship, business ties, home obligations deepen and broaden with each advancing twelve month, and the individual of today has a wider range of influence, a liner adjustment to hisfellowman, a deeper obligation to humanity than the man of even a year ago. We sometimes forget that the whole circumferenct of a man's being is enlarged with the expanding reach of intellect, opportunity and achievement." O'BRIEN ELECTED CHAIRMAN. The democratic state committee met at Indianapolis Wednesday, January 8th and elected William II. O'Brien of Lawrenceburg chairman. O'Brien is a gold Democrat. The contest narrowed down to the field against Fleming of Fort Wayne. It is said that O'Brien will be acceptable to the free silver faction which is not in reality earnestly in favor of free coinage, only bluffing to keep the populists in the democratic party. Even Dan McDonald is expected to abandon silver at any time and declare that no sensible man ever believed in free coinage. During a caucus of the forces arrayed against Fleming Wednesday morning it is said, the chairmanship was offered to J. T. Fanning, but he declined it. It was also offered to Committemen Hendren, of the Second district, and he also declined the place. Both men declined to have the chairmanship for the sake of harmony. The cemmitteemen who voted for O'Brien wer3 Hendren, of the Second: Duffin, of the third; Dixon, of the Fourth; McNutt, cf the Fifth; Magee, of the Sixth; Fanning, of the Seventh; Livengood, of the Ninth; Sims, of the Tenth, and Fletcher.of theThirteenth. The Fleming men were Nolan, of the First: Adair, of the Eighth, and France of the Eleventh.

DEMOCRATIC ADVICE. In considering the question, "What

must the democrat party do to again become popular?" the democratic Klkhart Truth savs: "The silver worshipers who are loudly denouncing gold democrats for refusing to support free silver will not gather much consolation from the marvelous reports of our country's prosperity now being published in the daily press. That the country has not gone to the dogs under a gold regime is not their fault. Nor should there be any wonder that we hae prospered, when nature has provided us with an abundance ooth below and above the earth's surface. "Neither politics nor party domination would interfere or retard our upward progress if our basis of values could remained unchanged. But the moment prices are unsettled by radical tariff legislation or by a threatened change of our financial policy trade comes to a standstill, industry stops operations, capital ceases to invest and a panic ensues. Nothing else could possibly bring about this disastrous result unless it would be an internecine war. There are always the same mouths to feed, the same demands for industrial and agricultural products, the same resources to draw upon. The same number of people to supply, and it is only when prices and values are threatened that the demand is curtailed by a restriction of business and a consequent lass of employment. "To command votes in the future and to overcome the prejudice created by the last two national campaigns the democratic party must adopt progressive policies and merit itc claim to the title of the party of the people. Wage earners with good employment, business men with a satisfactory trade and investors with opportunities in sight for making money will not turn their backs to the party responsible for their prosperity, unless better inducements are offered them. Free silver will prove no temptation, rattlebrained tariff revision will not answer their purpose, platform promises without substantial confirmation will not enlist their support."

Our Informant Confirmed. Under the heading. "Cheek" the Democrat makes a statement sustaining our report of one feature of the democratic convention at South Bend and which the Independent falsely

denied. The Democrat, says speaking editorially: The editor of ths Independent made another spectacle of himself over at South Bend Thursday at the congressional convention He was not a delegate to the convention nor had he a proxy to act as such, yet he had the cheek to intrude himself into the Marshall county delegation where he made a motion which he had no right to make, and which was clearly out of order, and properly declared as such, by Ed. R. Monroe, chairman of the delegation. His conduct was an exemplification of impudence not in keeping with an individual who has written himself dovn as "one of the most prominent democrats in Northern Indiana and who is frequently spoken of (by himself,) as a prominent candidate for congress!" Return of the Chinese Court. The return of the Dowager Empress, the Emperor, and the bourt to Pekin marks the culmination of an epoch in the history of the Chinese empire. As to the epoch just beginning, forecasts vary widely, but all agree that it will be different from anything in the empire's past history. In the epoch just passed the Chinese government has been essentially marsupial. It has been confined within the Forbidden Citv, an inacessibb space half a mile square. In this pocket the machinations of this Oriental cjurt, the very atmosphere of which is intrigue and corruption, have been as completely hidden from view as if the participants were little kangaroos in the pouch of their mother. Mystery and power are largely synonymous to the Oriental mind, and to t'je Chinese the Forbidden City was a holy of holies, the seat of a power unknown and irresistible. To a less degree this inaccessible mystery has had its effect on all the world. For the first time in centuries the Chinese court has been overthrown and forced to flee from its mysterious hiding pi ice. First in the sequence of events was the Boxer uprising. At first the coiut advised the legations of the powers that it was the work of boys and peasants. Later it pronounced it to be a popular uprising too great for the Chinese government to withstand. Information now at hand makes it clear that the Boxer movement was sanctioned by the Djwager Empress, whose imperious will overrode that of the Emperor. Then came the siege of the legations. When the relief forces of the powers approached Pekin the Empress, with her hair simply twisted in a knot and wearing the common dress of the people, fled her capital. A little oter sixteen months have elapsed since the right of the court. In the meantime the administration of the government of Pekin has been in the hands of the "foreign devils." A part of Pekin was intrusted to the Americans. The American administration was so excellent that even the Chinese were forced to see its excellence. The Chinaman is a crsature

wedded to his idols past all comprehen

sion of the Western mind, but even

he has eyes to see and to hear. When General Chaffee ordered the withdrawal of the American troops the Chinese residents of the district petitioned the allies, asking that the Americans be permitted to remain in authority. During the absence of the Chinese court, there fore, it has been passible for Western civilization, and and especially American civilization, to present to the Chinese an object lesson in good government so convincing that even John Chinaman has been impressed. ' During the absence of the Chinese court an even more significant change has been accomplished. Up to the very mc ment that the court lied, the Forbidden City was the abode of mystery and power. While the court was in hiding from the just wrath of the powers every nook and corner of Pekin was open to the inspection of him who cared to see. The court returns to find the mystery of the Forbidden City dispelled to Chinamen and Caucasian alike. It is the strange lot of the Dowager

Empress of China, aftei authorizing

the commission of the greatest crime in his history against the intercourse

of nations, to be returned to throne

and power. But the throne is not as

it was; nor is the power. The Dow

ager Empress of China has lost her capital of humbug and mystery. Inter

Ocean. Good of the Debating Club.

The debates which are held at the

North School-house eacti Friday eve ning are reaching proportions of in

terest that might grace a community

of'a much more national reputation. It is said the question last Friday

evening, "Resolved that the United

States should prohibit Mormonism,"

showed great thought and preparation on the part of the speakers, and a very heated discussion took place between the opposing factions Mr. Gebbey who affirmed succeeded in getting the

decision of the judges; but;, In conver

sation with a number of prisons who

were present each thought-tbat Mr.

Harmon, who denied, made a masterful talk from start to finish and if it had been left to the house would have received the decision. We hope the good work may be continued and that the younger men will not fail to profit by participating in these discussions. Argos Reflector.

WILD STORIES OF GOV. SHAW

Washington People Have Lurid Idea of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Washington Correspondents say the advent of Leslie M. Shaw into official life in Washington is awaited expectantly. All kinds of stories have been floating around the capital since President Roosevelt first announced that he intended to make the Iowa man a member of his cabinet. Some of these have been so wild and lurid that Mr. Shaw may do almost anything, and his actions will be viewed with comparative composure by the Washington public, prepared, as it is, by these reports. Mr. Shaw wasted, no time during his recent short visit here in denying reports. In fact, his appearance and actions gave more or less color to them. He stopped at the Arlington hotel, but he forgot to tell any one he was going there, so the telephone messenger at the white house had a trying time locating the new cabinet officer and conveying to

him the information that the president desired to see him immediately. On receiving this summons, Mr. Shaw-

did not put on a frock coat and silk

hat, as is customary for visits to the white house. He did not even go there in a cab, but started off across Lafayette spuare on foot.

On his second visit to the white

house he was accompanied bySecretary

Gage. The latter was spinkand span,

with his long coat and glossy tile. Mr. Shaw had on the same clothes he had traveled in. He did not look at like a cabinent officer or a prospective

one: Secretary of Agriculture Wilson occasionally goes to the white house

in a slouch hat, but he never wears ;

one which has the unmistakable signs of hard and constant use, as did that

which Mr. Shaw wore.

It is affirmed by some of the mem

bers of the Iowa congressional delegation that the new secretary of the treasury has never worn an evening

suit and that he has told some of his

friends that he iDtends to be as In

dependent in matters of drees as in

other things when he gets settled

pown in Washington. Senator Joseph

W. Bailev or Texas had si miliar ideas

when he first came to Washington as

a congressman. ' He insisted upon his statesman coat and broad-brimmed

hat, but nowanights Mr. Bailey can be seen with evening suit and silk hat the same as the rest of the officials

who mingle in society. So the other

officials here are waiting and wonder

ing what Mr. Shaw will do about it.

One of the stories afloat which the new cabinet minister neglected to

deny and which will. make him more or less an ooject of curiosity is that he has six toes on each foot. One inquisitive correspondent while inter

viewing him continually looked at Mr.

Shaw's feet, which were incased in a

pair of calfskin shoes made n an extremely broad last. The Iowan ac

commodatingly stuck his foot out

where the correspondent could get the best Dossibje view and smiled knowingly, thus indicating that he knew the story was making the rounds. The correspondent did not have the nerve to put the question which was uppermost in his mind, so Mr. Shaw was spared the necessity of denying or affirming this question which is so worrying cabinet circles.

PROCESS BUTTER

What It Costs Annually in Indiana to Permit Butter to Be Adulterated. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, asks us to print the following article: In every town and city in Indiana is to be found on sale what is known as "process butter." Ofcourse.it is not sold under this name but is offered for sale as "pure .country butter. Process butter is simply old rancid butter and spoiled oleomargarine washed in water containing soda to neutralize the acids which cause the rancidity, and then by aid of pepsin or chemicals mixed with milk. The following directions will enable any one to make "process butter." Take 100 pounds of old butter and oleomargarine, which has "gone off sale" in groceries because it has spoiled melt it carefully at as low a temperature as possible and strain out the flies, ants, hair and other dirt. Let the strained melted stuff flow into icewater, which is continually agitated in order to break up the fat into granules. The ice water must contain some soda, about one ounce to every five gallonss When the granulated fat rises to the top,, which it will do Upon standing, change the old "soda ice water" for frosh to wash the granules. Now having gotten your fat ready mix It with an equal weight of milk in a revolving churn. The milk may be made to mix, or rather emulsionize with the butter by a simple tri 2k as follows: Warm the milk to 100 degrees and add enough good pepsin or renet to change it to a firm sweet clabber. In this state it may be easily mixed with butter. Tha "old off-sale butter" will cast eight cents

cents a pound and the miik will cost 2 cents a pound. The 100 pounds of the first will cost $8.00 and the second $2.00, a total of $10.00 for 200 pounds of process butter, or 5 cents per pound. This stuff is sold retail, for 15 cents a pound and at profit of $20.00 or 200 per cent is realized. Now, as before saK, this "half butter," for it is one half milk, may be found on sale in every town and city in Indiana, and as milk is thereby sold at a butter price, us hoosiers are badly swindled. Why isn't this swindling stopped? The answer is very simple. The legislature, so far has refused an appropriation for the enforcement of the pure food law. Indiana's pure food law is most excellent in every particular and has "been upheld by the Supreme Court in every point, but it wont enforce itself. The State Board of Health asked the last legislature for a labratory in which to make analyses of food to detect and prove adulterations in the courts, and asked also for a proper appropriation for enforcing the law. Nothing was done, and the people pay $15,000 daily for adulterations. In the matter of butter alone they pay $150 daily for adulterations as appears in the following estimate. If we assume that on average, each of the 2,650,000 inhabitants of our state eats daily one teaspoonful of butter, weighing 1 djachm (and the estimate is very low), then each day there is eaten 20,703 pounds or ten tons. If we further assume that ten percent is adulterated, and we know positively it is over 20 per cent, then there are sold each day 2,000 pounds of adulterated butter. As one half of this is watar and is sold at 15 cents a pound, we therefore, spend $150 per day for water in our butter. This amounts to $44,750.00 per year. This,

however, is almost nothing when com- j nnred with thp sum tnrnl at lnc'c nn !

count", of all kinds of adulterations which exist in the state. The sum total is not less than $5,000,000. How long will it be before the legislature acts in this matter?

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PU1 inii IN YUUK HAHore fO.W (After .0

No. Doz. 2 16

Incoir.e. f0.40 3.20

I Many rarmers wonder I

how they can iLcreuse their winter's income, when they have tte mean? in their hen houses. Witb cot much elee doirg and everything quiet about "the place' a very little attention to thtir feathered frieucta will add dol'ars to their purse3 and create a hvleiness they lai never dreamed of. How ? By the proper, and careful use of our guaranteed Pure Ground Black Pepp-r with the Usual mornicjr meal, and, if olk food " is lacking, " Red Albumen " will supply that also. All other egg producing preparations muet give way to heee. In fact, our Bsles of the Black Pepper alone were more laet year than during the entire 17 years previous. The proportion of increase in production is about eight to one. No wonder it sells. J. W. HESS, The Druggist

Kindly take notice that Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is of great benefit to those sufferers from nasal catarrh who cannot inhale freely through the nose, but must treat themselves by spraying. Liquid Cream Balm differs in form, but not medicinally, from the Cream Balm that has stood for years at the head of remedies for catarrh. It may be used in any nasal atomizer. The price, Including a spraying tube, is 75 cts. Sold by druggists and mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.

Omeöa Oil

Inflammation is the cause of all troubles in Throat or

Chest. Cure the inflammation, and you cure the throat and chest every time. Omega Oil is the safest and surest remedy for inflammation ever known. Rub the Oil on

freelv and bind some on flannel around the throat.

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January Clearance

Sale

Odds and Ends In Men's and Boys

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This time of the year invariably finds us with certain lines broken in sizes. Of course this does not lessen the value of the Suit or Overcoat, but it does make it inconvenient for us to do business, as nine times out of ten a customer will select a Suit or Overcoat and we will be unable to find his size. We have gone through our entire stock and taken out all odds and ends of all sizes of Suits and Overcoats, and offer the entire lot at a great sacrifice to clean up for the season.

$5.00

Your choice of a lot of Men's Suits and Overcoats that we sold at $6.50, $7.00, $7.50

and $8.00, in all the latest styles Famous Vitals Brand make extra special bargains.

$7.50

For your choice of a lot of Men's Suits and Overcoats, contains many of the cream

of our stock; Suits and Overcoats that sold at $8.50, $9.00, $10.00, $11.00 and $12.00

Paa You can have the almost unrestricted choice of the finest Suits and OverUU coats in our storc' Goods that soId at $,2-50 $140 and $16.00. Al the very Iatet styles and very best makes. At this price you can afford to buy them now and lay away until next season. You will be making money by so doing.

All our Boys' and Ch ldren's Short Pants and Long Fants Suits and Overooats have had a special cut of 25 per cent, throughout our entire stock. All our Winter Boots and Shoes, and every dollar's worth of Felts and Overs, the ,fcMishawaka Combinations," are being sold at first factory cost. We are determined to clean up and get ready for a big Spring trade. Come early and get choice.

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