Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 March 1902 — Page 2

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Established October 10. 1931. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. I eieptioue No. Vi7. OFFICE in Bissell Block. Corner Center and Laporte Street. UVKHTlsälN RATES will be uu.de mown on application. Entered the Tostoffice at PIjn.ou .li. Ind.as second class mal ter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year In Advance 1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three .Months 40 cents. delivered at any postoff.ee. Plymouth, Ind., March 20. 1902. David P. Hill Is coming west this spring but he wil. i . be a guest on "NV. J. Ürvan's farm. Cecil Rhodes, vnc of the world's richest men, is dying without a child. By this time perhaps he is wondering what was the good of it all, anyway. The Iowa lcgilature has adopted a report indefinitely postponing the resolution for the submission of a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage This puts a quietus en that movement in Iowa. "Billv" Bice, the minstrel who was buried at the expense of a charitable institution the other day, drew a salary of $1.000 a week in his palmy days. But "Billv never thought it was neeessarv to save a cent for a rainv dav. William J. Bryan visited Washington and held an informal reception in the lower house of congress Thursday. It is generally believed that he is w Illing to make another attempt to be elected president and is now planning to secure a nomination in U04. On: states on the Pacific coast, voung as thev are, lead the world in long-distance electrical power transmission. In the state of Washington an installation at Snoqualmie holds a record of an everyday transmission of 215 miles. 'The Elkart Beview seems to think that, the time to oppose a candidate is after he is nominated. Most "republican papers expect to support candidates after they are placed on the ticket'and therefore work to prevent the nomination of weak candidates. An effort is to be made to "get the isthmian canal bill up for consideration in the senate not later than April 1. The decision of the interoceanic canal committee to recommend that the Ilepourn bill, as passed by the house, if agreed to by the senate, will be is very generally indorsed. Gen. Künsten says lie can pick out 40 Cuban, leaders who are the superiors of any the Filipinos ever had. There is no comparison between the two He says further that the great mass of the natives in the Philippines do not know what independence is. Xinetp-five per cent of them want to be left alone and prefer to be governed by .others than themselves. The celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Mobile, Ala., lis to historians the fact that the Hags of France, Spain, England, the L'rited States, the. confederacy and tin- United States again have all waved over the city. It was the first capital of the great Louisiana territory, the acquisition of which w ill be Qelebrated at St. Loui next vear. The New York World, which demanded, dav after dav, that Attorney General Knox Should not hold the office of attorney general because of his alleged connection with trusts, now declares that it is simple justice to that officer to say that his opening of thegovemment's case for the dissolution cf the Northern Securities Company is characterized by remarkable originality, aggressiveness and ability. Civil Service Commissioner Foulke takes a sensible view of partisan contributions by employes of the government. He says very wisely: "As to campaign contributions, it seems to mcthat the purpose of the law is to see that they are really voluntary and not actually or impliedly coerced, and as to political action and activity, it seems to me the purpose of the law is that a man should be free to do what he likes in office as well as out of it, with the limitation that it must not interfere with his official duties nor in any other way bring scandal upon or impair the efficiency of the branch of the service to which he belongs. : Secretary Shaw has under consideration the question of discontinuing the purchase of government bonds for the sinking fund. The secretarv has not definitely decided what he will do nor is he willing to discuss the matter for publication, but it is known he is doing nothing to encourage holders of bonds to dispose of them to the government, and in fact rather discourages sales. The present high price of bonds is an Inducement for banks to sell those they have on deposit with the government and reduce their circulation. This the secretary thinks is to be regretted, and a few days ago he announced that such banks sjs reduced their circulation would not be appointed public depositories. , The fact that the government is in the market stimulates the price of bonds so that the effect is just contrary to what fcj desired.

If Lord Kitchener takes the field in person the Boers will probably capture him.

2o other country in the world ever made such a fight agniust great odds as the Boers have in their war with great Britain. Dan McDonald thinks that democrats wlro were forced to vote for McKinley twice to aid in saving the na tion from shame and disaster should never again be admitted-to .member ship in the democratic party. On July 8, last, General Kitchener reported in an otlicial dispatch that the number of Boers remaining under arms was i;,0. Since then he lias placed the Bers casualties and sunvnders at 1:J,7.J. Kitchener ' evidently uses conclusions in place of figures in j making his estimates. John Alexander Dowie is slowly enlarging Ids ownership of property at ZionCity by closing up the options on ' numerous farms and taking titles thereto. He has just purchased 200 acres at a cost of 3 18, 500. lie has alo bought three lots in Lake Mound cemeterv for the use of his followers. Senator Clay, of Georgia, in closing his speech against the ship-subidy bill, declared that "the democracy seeks to rally around its standard the hopes and the aspirations of all men who love equality of rights, liberty and justice." Nevertheless, this same democracy in the south has already disfranchised more than half a million of voters. Defaulting Maccabee Arrested. A special from Tort Huron. Mich., j siys Chirles I). Thompson, exsupreme finance keeper of the Suprene Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, who some time ago confessed to a shortage of $07,000 has oeen arrested on a complaint sworn out by Sheriff Mains. The warrant contains nine counts, four of which charged Thompson with having embezzled 57,000 between Feb. 12, 1901, and Aug, 12, 1001. Four other counts charge him with having violated the state law reulating the responsibility of insurance agents to their companies and the ninth charges him with the larceny of 07,000, Thompson was arrested and taken to the police court for J arraignment. He refused to plead j and the court entered a plea of not j guilty. Bail was fixed at $5,000 and was furnished. His examination was set for March 13. The Macealees' officials are not known in the complaint which was made by Sheriff Mains. The county officials say they had become cotivinced .that the Maccabees did not intend to prosccuteThompson, and for that reason Sheriff Mains made the complaint. Caring for Hens and Chicks. Sitting hens should have clean nests, secure from invaders. Line the nest with paper, on which drop a linle lice killer. This will keep drafts from the eggs and lice from the hen and nest. Two hens should be set at the same time and when they hatch gi.e the chicks to one and reset the other. The chicks must be removed as soon as hatched and taken out of hearing or she may refuse to sit again. The sitting hen should have a dailv dust bath in the sun if possible, plenty of sharp grit, clean food and pure water. The young chicks must be kept dry and warm. The coops should bo put under a dry shed if you have no house, and the hens confined in coops on damp, windy days. Have a feeding coop .handy and the chicks will run out until cold and then go back to hover. There are more chicks lost by being dragged around through the cold and dahnp than any other cause except damp coops. The Spring Dress Goods. The subject of clothes is never so interesting as when the dainty spring and summer fabrics fill the shops. To anticipate in matters of dress is always difficult, as fashion is inclined to be whimsical. The Delineator, however, is singularly successful in this respect, as in indicated In the April number. The dress fabrics which will become most popular are illustrated, and all the - latest innovations in weaves and colorings are dwelt upon. In trimmings, Swiss and batiste embroideries will meet with great favor on summer gowns, and the beauty of foulards, light clothes, ete., will be enhanced through the vast assortment of laces and appliques. Victim Stripped by Lightning. W. W. Reed, a wealthy land-owner and oil operator, was walking alongu public highway, about eight miles northwest of Marion Tuesday, when the storm swept that section. He was carrying an unbrella, which was struck by a bolt of lightning and torn to pieces, his clothing was torn into ribbons and scattered about the road, lie was found a short time later in a nude and unconscious condition and thought to be dead. He was carried into a farm house, where he later recovered and does not seem to suffer any bad effect from his strange experience.

REFORM IN PRISONS

Valuable Results of the Workings of Indiana's Beneficent Penal Laws. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS How the Indeterminate Sentence and Parole Law Has Worked for the Eetterment of Those Who Come Under Its Operations. A few years ago the system of handling the criminal population of this state wts very crdc, IT the constitution of the state is to be considered. But little attention was given the prisoners after their arrest r.nd sentence to. prison by tho court. The object at that time seemed to be to throw the man into prison for a definite time and compel him to work, earning money for the state, and the more he could earn the better prisoner he w?s for the institution and the management. Section C3 of the constitution of the state of Indiana reads as follows: "The penal cole shall be founded on principles ck reformation, and not of vindictive justice." Or, ta. other words, the authorities of our penal institutions should base their management upon ideas looking to the reformation and making, where possible, better men of those that are placed In their charge. With this in view, the men who were interested in this class of work .began a fewyears ago, to educate our legislators ori the subject of stcuri-.g better legislation looking to prison management During the legislature of the winter of 1S95 they were successful in 'securing the appointment of a committee by the General Assembly to cake investigation of the laws that wye on the statute books at that time in the ttates of New York, Illinois and Minnesota, as these states were then working under the indeterminate sentence and parole law. This committee entered earnestly into their work end had the hearty co-operation of the management of our penal institutions at that time and before the meeting of the legislature in January, 1S97, had consulted with the prison management of all the states that were successfully operating the indeterminate sentence and parole law system, and with this Information at hand, drafted the law under which the penal institutions of our state are now. working. This law was approved by the legislature en March 8, 1S97. In the passage of these measures the Indiana State Prison North , became the Indiana State Prison and the Indiana State Prison South became the Indiana Jteformatory. Before the passage of this: law nil prisoners sentenced in counties north o a line running east, and west through the center of the state, which line touched the southern border of Marion county, wer! sentenced to the Michigan City priscn, and all south of this line were sentenced to Jeft'erscnville. This wa3 done without regard to age, crime, or the number cf times the prisoner may have been in prison. The result was that many a young boy who had committed his fust, offense was thrown Into prison and put into the same cell with an old, experienced offender, and, after serving his term of one or two years with no attention being given to him Xhile in prison, he was discharged a graduate in crime. The new law seeks to remedy just such cases as this by committing to the state prison all men who are ever 30 years of age, and those who have been sentenced for life, or treason and those who have served in prison more than one term. To the Indiana Reformatory are committed all persons under 30 years of age, except those who have a life sentence or found guilty of treason. The management of the state prison and the reformatory, as soon as the laws were passed, in 1897, set out at once t'j adopt rules and provide for the better government of the prisoners in their charge, as contemplated by the new law. In the enforcement and operation of this new law, no man did more to accomplish the results that have made the operation of this law si satisfactory, than the late Governor Mount of Indiana. Meaning of the Law. The first reform that was introduced at these institutions was to abolish the lash, and in its stead well ventilated and warm cells were provided, where a prisoner is placed in solitary confinement, on short diet, being compelled to stand at his cell door during working hours. This punishment lasts until the prisoner is willing and the. management Is satisfied that he will return to his work and give no further trouble. The average punishment cf this kind is about 4S hours. Again, the change of clothing from the stripes to the cadet blue or the first-grade prisoner and a checkered cloth of a dark and gray check for the second grade, and the stripes for the third grade. The lock-step has also been abolished and instead prisoners are permitted to march In military order, two abreast. These three reforms, the abolishment of the' lash, the striped clothing and the lock-step, have done more to improve the condition of the prisoner and make him feel like a man than anything that has been done. The indeterminate sentence law means that when a prisoner is sentenced to prison he goes for a minimum and a maximum term, which Is determined by law in accordance with the offense committed. It may be from one to three years, cne to 14, two to 14, or two to 21 years. On entering the prison the prisoner is permitted to enter the second grade, that Is, his clothing will be of a checkered cloth. While in this grade he will be permit

ted to write one letter a month and receive one visit per month from a fr'.end. At the, end of three months, with perfect deportment in this grade, the prisoner will be advanced to the first grade and the clothing will be of the cadet blue. v In this grade the prisoner is permitted to write two letters per month and receive two visits per month from his friends. For the breaking of any rule that has been adopted by the management, the prisoner may be reduced in grade; if reduced to the third grade, he will don the stripes, and while in this clothing will not be permitted to write letters nor receive visits from his friends nor to readin his cell. With the grading of the prisoner from the time he enters the institution, the management begins to study him, making a careful investigation as to his previous history while on th? outside, and finding, if possible, if he has a criminal reccid. If he is illiterate he is taken to the schoolroom four evenings in the week and nine months in the year. There he is taught to read ffnd write. He is permitted to attend Christian Endeavor meeiinsrs each Sunday morning and rcfeulr.r chapel service every Sunday forenoon; he is also permitted to have in his cell the best library bcoks, papers and magazines. With such methods as these the authorities are enabled to study each prisoner, and at the end of his minimum sentence are able to judge as to the character and habits of the prisoner when he appears before the parole board asking for parole. When a prisoner has served one or two years in prison, as the case may be, and has complied with the rules, he Is permitted to come before the parole board. The board first examines the statement made by the trial judge and prosecuting attorney; and then questions the prisoner as to his past record. If they find that he has served other sentences and that his past life has been spent in crime, his case will not be favorably considered by the board and he will be ordered to return to his work, not knowing just when he will again have another chance to be heard by the board. On the other hand, if the board finds that it Is the prisoner's first offense, and that the judge and prosecutor who tried him are favorable to his parole, and the records and all evidence at hand go to show that the prisoner will again become a useful citizen, they will parcle him. Employment must then bo found for the prisoner, usually in the home of his own people if they are responsible; if not, the management will secure work for him in a factory or on a farm, the person giving the employment agreeing to pay reasonable wages for one year and to take a friendly filterest in the prisoner's welfare. He is also to see that the prisoner makes his reports to the warden or superintendent on the first cf each month, for the previous

month, stating in this report the number ot days he has worked; if idle, for what reason; amount of money earned and amount expended, and for what; how many times he has been to church during the month and where; where his evenings have been spent; and hew often he has been in a saloon during the month. How the Law Hss Worked. This report must be signed by the paroled prisoner and approved by his employer. If this monthly report Is not received by the warden or superintendent promptly, investigation is at ence started to find why the report has not been received. If, after Investigation, it is found that the prisoner has violated his parole, he is at once returned to prison without trial and without cost to the county to which he has been paroled, and compelled to serve out his maximum sentence. During the operation of this law at the Indiana state prison from April 1, 1S37, to October 31. 1901, there have been 42G prisoners paroled, of which number five have been revoked, 14 are waiting - employment; 154 have been finally discharged; the maximum sentence of 2D has expired, there have been nine prisoners returned and discharged; there have been 1C returned and still in the institution; there ere three paroled a second time; ?j who are delinquent; seven have died; ons insane, and 152 still reporting. This showing, as compared with other institutions, is remarkable, being a fraction over 10 per cent of tho prisoners paroled that have violated the confidence placed In them by the management. The men who are out on parole are earning all the way from $3 to $40 per month and their board, and in many cases are caring for their families, that would otherwise be a public charge upon tho township where ther live had the prisoner been kept in confinement. The wise administration of Governor Durbin following in the footsteps of his predecessor, with a non-partisan management of the institutions of thi3 state as they are today being conducted, brings them to a high plane.' In fact, there is no state in the Union where the institutions are more economically managed and managed with less scandal than they are at the present time in Indiana. The value and success of the new ideas that have been inaugurated in our prison management depends upon the faithfulness with which they are executed. All unworthy considerations must bo left out. The parole must not bo granted upon influence, either political, religious or family, but purely upon the records and character of the prisoner in question. The ideal of prison discipline which this system involves, is a high one. It would be useless for the prison management, where high ideals of life are unpopular, to attempt to carry out this law. but such is not the case In the townj and country districts of Indiana,' for our people are airays foremost in adopting and carrying out Ideas and reforms looking to the betterment of all mankind, and we believe the time Is now here that the people in tho different counties, townships and cities of this state are ready and willing to assist the nien who are worthy of parole, in every possible way for them to regain their social standing. The parole law of Indiana is no longer an experiment, the results obtained from it rabre than meet the ap

proval of its friends. There 7s now a way open whereby the habitual criminal can be driven from the state or retained behind the bars where he can no longer prey upon society. At the same time, the unfortunate person who, temporarily crazed by Intoxication or laboring under some temporary derangement, commits his first crime, can be saved. . The principle of the parole law is in accord with the advanced thought ' of the day, which believes that there comes a time in the history of those incarcerated in prison when they can be reformed and placed on the road to good citizenship.

ALTGELD'S STORMY CAREER He Was a Picturesque Figure in Amcri. can Politics. John f Altgeld who died Wednesday was 'a character at once unique, forceful and picturesque, and, notwithstanding his vagaries, he numbereJ his friends and followers bv the thousand. In spite of the fact that he spent his early'life on a farm and lived out of doors, he had not been robust for the last twenty years. He was not an old man bv anv means born in Germany during the revolutionary days of 1848 but the last ten vears of his life were vears of suffering. Shortly after his inauguration as governor of Illinois in 1803, he, was compelled to leave the state capitol and go to the Hot Springs of Arkansas his nervous svstcm having been entirely shattered by the great strain of the gubernatorial campaign. Some time after that he was attacked with locomotor ataxia, and since then" he was never entirely free from it. An operation a few vears aro bv Dr. Nicholas Senn had the effect of affording relief to the patient, but improvement of a permanent nature was not looked for. The election of such a man as Mr. Altgeld to the governship of such a state as Illinois naturally attracted the attention of the country. His pardon of the anarchists and his controversy with President Cleveland, when the latter sent United States troops here during the great strike of 1804 are matters of history. Mr. Altgeld alwa)S maintained that he won a victory over the President in the matter, for after the protest the federal troops were withdrawn and state troops substituted. In the course of ah interview, a few vears ago. he told the storv of his early life as follows: "I worked on a farm in Ohio until I was sixteen years old. Then I soldiered some. I carried a musket along the James river when I was sixteen .wars old. Indeed. I was a great deal ir ore of a man than I am now. After the war I worked at different things, mainly teaching school. How did I like it? Oh. I liked it very much. Then, I think I got 35 a month and before I stopped had been raised to $ 0. "Then I studied law in Missouri and finally migrated to Chicago: I was a lawver for a while in Savannah and got along very rapidly. I was city attorney first, then state's attorney and had about as good a practice as a bodv could get there, and then mv head swelled. I wanted broader fields, so I went to Chicago. That's all. You know the rest." Although a strong advocate of the 10 to 1 doctrine all the leases to rooms and saits in the Unity building, Chicago, which structure was owned by him. were payable in gold. At one time, also, Mr. Altgeld was practically a millionaire, but the hard times of 1803 struck him very hard and crippled him greatly. Ileal estate, or big buildings, seemed a passion with him, and although a lawyer of superb attainments and a judge he was on .the circuit bench fojr several years whose opinions and decisions always commanded respect, he preferred real estate to law. Being Childless he called his big buildings his children. The magnificent Unity building, representing more than $1,000,000, he called his boy. Yet rich or poor he was the same man. When rich he lived in a plain and unostentations manner in a comfortable brick house in Frederick atreet, near Lincoln Park; a superb within the city limits. He never kept a carriage, cared little or nothing for society, never went, to clubs, and he and his wife lived alone, happy in each other's comnanionship. While bitter and sarcastic in debate or public speeches, he was the mildest of men ordinarily, a pleasing conversationist and a crenial host. Must Appropriate Money. By a decision of the supreme court Thursday ia the case of Verry L Turner against the .board of commissioners of Elkhart county the circuit court of a county cannot compel the county to pay for the services of an attorney in assisting the prosecutor in a trial unlcs.4an appropriation is obtained from the couuty council before making the appointment. Turner was appointed by Judge Wilson of that court to assist in, a murder trial and he presented a bill of $375 for Iiis services. This bill was approved by the court, hut the auditor refused to draw a warrant for the money and Turner sued the county.

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