Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 36, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 June 1902 — Page 2

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Making a virtue of necessity, the Boers are for a new flag and an appropriation.

One of the lessons of the South African war is that cool courage and trained marksmanship are a hard combination to beat.

It is England that pays the cash indemnity in making terms with the Boers, but it is money well and economically invested.

Oregon has elected the first mem

bers to the next House, and both its

districts ar3 "overwhelmingly republican-" It is a good leginning.

If the republicans of Oregon know why they lost the election of govern

or, let theni correct the mistakes that led to it, and let the rest of the coun

try know what the mistakes were.

In their state platform the demo

crats criticise the republicans for

surrendering to the trusts," in the

face of the fact that the administration is now forcing legal proceedings

against this very thing.

Great Britian has appointed Hon.

Michael Henry Herbert Lord Pauncefote's successor as ambassador to the

United States, and Spain will send

Senor de Ojeda to succeed the Due de

Arcos as minister to Washington.

If Gen. Miles had been less of a

mischief-maker in the past, he would

not so readily be susptsted of furnishing official papers for use against the

army. He has his querulous, fault

finding, fussy disposition to blame for

a good deal of his present misfortunes Elkhart Review.

According to the terms of the

treaty of peace between the Boers and

the British, which is that no offend

ing Boer will be punished, Cronje will be released from his prison home at St. Helena. He will thus be a length Aari of Napoleon, who had to stay there" till he'died

It is not apparent that the Philippine debate in the senate, extending

over some weeks, changed a single

vote, but the country obtained a pretty good ic?oa of the situation.

The little flurry between the commonwealths of Kentucky and Indiana is over, so far as the smallpox situation is concerned, and the two states will clasp hands across the muddy Ohio and wish each other well. The abundance of burning sulphur about the crater of Mont Pelee shows how the ancients, who were more or less familiar with such phenomena as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes,

got their after.

idea of a sulphurous taere-

Announcement is now made that President Roosevelt will not appoint a successor to Judge John II. Baker until after the November election, 'it is stated that the president so informed Congressman Landis a few days since.

The queer thing about the strike of the Chicago packing-house teamsters is that it is increasing the already high price of meats and no class of men is in greater need of regular meat rations than these same teamsters who are now out of work. The injunction which the supreme court of New York has issued against the meat packing companies may show how far a state can go in curring unlawful trusts. General Harri

son held the opinion that if the states

would do their duty by enacting antitrust laws and enforcing them there

would be little for the general govern-

to do.

agreement

The forecast of an

among republicans whereby a compromise bill for the relief of Cuba is to be passed will be acceptable news to the country, for a bill upon which all republicans can unite is sure to be a good bill. The terms of this measure

will be anxiously awaited by the

country.

This paper favors the changing of

such parts of the present tariff law as

experience and changed conditions of

affairs may warrant, but it is not by any means in favor of a general revi

sion of the enactment. We do not consider the Dingley tariff schedules

or any other tariff legislation too

sacred to be changed as circumstances

seem to demand.

Packers Did Wrong. The fact that the meat packers in

Chicago have settled with the teamsters by yielding to some of their de

mands leads to inquiry why they could not have made this offer before three days of rioting as well as after it. The representative of this most highly organized combination in the country a combination embracing the essential features of a trust told the teamsters onSaturday that to consent to their demands in respect to the union would be to give up the direction of their affairs, which they would not do. Thsy made their decision an ultimatum. Then the trouble bean and Chicago was the scene of riot for three days. In those three days the lawless element in Chicago, which is larger and contains more desperate elements than in any other city in the country, has learned its strength. That element will not remember that it was held in check by a courageous police, but that its violence led to a compromise which the lawless will interpret as a fear of its power, which it will exercise whenever another strike of any magnitude may occur. Every such resort to violence and settlement after violence tends to weaken a wholesome fear for the law by those who are disosed to be lawless. If the packers had conferred with the teamsters before the strike they would have been entitled to some respect,but now that they have yielded after several hundred people have been injured and a few killed their concession will be attributed to fear. It is better for the interests of all that efforts to be made to prevent strikes than to compromise after violence and lawlessnes. Indianapolis Journal.

It will be interesting to know in what way President Roosevelt can interfere in the coal strike as an offi

cial, unless it be as commander-in-chief of the army to suppress disturbances, ne cannot compel a man to go" to work, nor can he compel an operator to hire a man whom he does not want. St. Louis will be the great convention city in 1904, and the rational political conventions should by all means join the list. They will be given the warmest welcome and every facility they could asK. And, incidentally, they can enjoy themselves in viewing the wonders of the grandest of world's fairs.

Senator nanna has begun his fight n trainer, thft Kfrarae-ua route and is

forcibly in favor Of the Panama route.

He has made wonderful headway against the Ni,sua TuUte since he flrst took up the fight. When he bcbegan there were not over three or four republican senators with him, and now he has enough backers to cause experienced legislatives report

ers to predict he will win. As the

preference of the senators now stand

here are about thirty-five who are in avor of the Panama route, forty who ire for the Nicaragut route and

thirteen who are doubtful-

It now' seems most probable that if

any thing is done at the present session of congress about the isthmian

canal bill, the new bill by Senator

noar will be passed. It appropriates

ten million dollars to begin the work,

and leaves it with the president to decide which route shall be ta en and

when the work shall begin, after he satisfies himself about the conditions.

The Elkhart Review says a great

irlnom settled over the city of Ind

ianapolis while the democratic con

ventiop was in session. The Review thinks the trouble with the democratic issues is like that of the old

hen who lamented that she could not find anything where she laid it. The democracy finds Its manufactured is

sues destroyed every time by the patriotism and good sense of the peo

ple.

If it proves trus that the governor has ordered the insane convicts at the prison sent to the insane asylum, it illustrates how slow some generally

recognized reforms work out. For at

j least twenty-five years report after re

port from the prison to the governor and legislature has called attention to

the necessity for doing something for

the relief of these prisoners. The ne

cessity has dways been conceded, but

nothing has been done.

William Jennings Bryan, who went to Cuba as the special correspondent of Collier's' Weekly at the time of President Pal ma's inauguration, pre

dicts that Cuba will be the scene of civil war and internal strife growing

out of the dissension among the po

litical leaders will temporarily para

lyze the industr.'as rf the Island,

though he also holds that the Cubans

not only have the ritrht - to govern

themselves, but also tte ability.

There is little

Oregon election. The have carried the state

significance in the

republicans

for all their

candidates except governor, and it is

possible that they have elected their

governor by a very slight plurality.

The other candidates have been chosen

by pluralities ranging from 7,000 to

12,030. The vote on governor was not a fair test, as there was a bitter

fractional warfare waged against the

republican candidate. The republi

cans carry the legislature, thus insur

ing the election of a republican sen

ator to succeed Senator Simon. Both

republican congressmen are elected by

large pluralities.

The Logical Afterthought The members of the democratic oonvention have done their work and hurried home. Perhaps it would be nearor the truth to say that the managers had hurried them through the work and sent them home. It is evident in the proceedings that the managers were fearful lest some unbridled tongue in the head of a democrat who yet .believes in the silver heresy might bhout the name of the 'peerless leader" and start a Bryan conflagration. It was that fear which led them to push the nominations and the. rest of the business to adjournment. But because the members of the convention have gone home and

Brvanism has been suoDressea as a

contagious disease the leaders should not assume that the people who think, those who are silverites as well as who are hot. will ccaso to won

der why it is that 16 to 1 was tue

only hope of the country Hi 1896

while now it is an evil so fraught

with danger that it must be muzzled.

A few days ago one of those who

have oeen tnrougu mis cuiinge ca-

plained that the production of gold

since 1896 has made free coinage ot

silver at the present time unnecessary. The reply to this explanation is that

the output of gold had bee i increasing so rapidly during the five or six years

prior to 1896 that the present abundant supply was assured. But for the

South Africa war the world's stock of gold would have been easily $150,000000 more than it now is. Such being

the case, this plea cf ignorance con

cerning the "discovery" or gold is

simnlv confession of an Ignorance

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which unfits men for party leadership. Indianapolis Journal.

An American Jockey Wins the Derby.

The one hundred and twenty-second renewal of the English Derby at Epsom Downs Wednesday was of great interest to Americans. American owners were represented in the race, American horses ran, American jockeys rode, and an American jockey was upon the winner. There are other features of general interest, aside from the race itself. The winning owner, P. Gubbins, is Irish, and so is the winning horse, Ard Patrick. Mr. Gubbins also won the Derby of 1897 with Galtee More, also an Irish horse. Sceptre, the favorite, finished fourth, doubtless beaten by a heavy track. "Plunger" Sievler, owner of the favorite, stod to win $300,000 on his sensational filiy, and was so certain of victory that he refused an offer of $200,000 for his tickets. "Johnny" Reiff, the popular little American jockey, riding for W. C. Whitney, was ofiered the mount on Sceptre. Mr. Whitney gave his consent, but the little fellow loyally rode Intruder, saying he would rather be beaten on his employer's horse than ride Sceptre. King Edward's tact saved him from an awkward position. Sceptre is, or was, an English idol, and the people started to raise a subscription and buy her as a present for the King, that he might ovn the winner of the "Coronation Derby." Had be not checked the movement, the plan would probably have gone through, greatly to the disappointment of all concerned. J. H. Martin, the winning jockey, is familiarly known as "Sheets." He is one of the best of th Americans now riding in England, and is a typical American jockey of the highest class. The English Derby, the great race of the world, has thus been won by an American horse (Parole, 1881), and two American owners (Pirre Lorillard and Mr. Whitney), and an American jockey. It remains for an American jockey to win on an American horse owned by an American.

Demand For Postal Cards. One of the most noticeable developments in the Postoffice Department is the increasing use of postal cards. The number circulated through the mails is increasing every month, and to supply the demand the United States postal printing office up in Rumford Falls Me., is being run night and day. It is now turning out 3,000,000 postal cards daily and still the demand increases. New York, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburg, Detroit, Cincinuatti, Baltimore and Troy use more postal cards than other cities. One )f the newest and increasing uses for postal cards is to secure opinions on all sorts of subjects. Whenever a business concern, a social organization or a political body wishes to test the state of public feeling on any point now it circulates postal cards. They are printed so that all citizens whose opinion is sought need to do is to write "ves" or "no" or to m

affix a mark to a question, sign his

name and drop the card in the mail

box. It is a simple and effective

means of feeling the public pulse, and it is helping Uncle Sam's trade in postal cards wonderfully.

The working ot credit was illustrat

ed recently in New York in the case

of a bank whose clearances one day amounted to 1,323, 694. These were settled by the payment of 10 cents in

rash. It is said to be the smallest

clearing balance recorded in the New

York clearing house in twenty years

It is more commonly interesting because It is a sharper illustration than usual of the advantages derived from

business combination. Without

clearing house the day's business of

that bank might have involved visits to two or three hundred other banks

and twn or three days' time in the

settlennt. As lt was, two hours after the bank closed its agent closed the accounts for the day by the trans

fer of a dime.

With the conclusion of peace in Smith Africa it becomes in order for

the United States government to re

commission another United States

consul at Pretoria, the capitat of the

late South African republic. This yost formerly was held by the late Adelbert Hay, but since his death has been allowed to remain vacant as

a nomination to the place would have

involved a decision by the United

States government as to the actua

sovereignty of Great Britain over the

Transvaal, which question must have

arisen in connection with the issue o

credentials. Therefore the consular work at Pretoria has been cared for by Mr. William D. Gordon, by temporary designation. The salary is only $2,000, while the total fees for last year were only $7.

South Bend's Hold-Up Band.

Miss Beaton, a trimmer at the Tay

lor millinery store, South Bend was

held up on West Washington street in

front of the nigh school between 8

and 9 o'clock Wednesday nigtit by five

boys, now under : st and as fol

lows: Charles Flasrl aged 12; Victor

Ltchty' 12; Louis Curi; 11; Geor

Rhodes, 11; Albert Koerth, 13. Young

Curl approached Miss Beaton, asking

her to buy a paper, which she declin

ed to do. The other boys crowded

around and Rhodes grasped her pock

etbook, . containing 2.14, running

down an alley. The money was changed and divided, Flagle getting

75 cents, Lichty 50 cents, Rhodes 25 cents, Koerth 35 cents, and Curl 14

cents. He returned the pocketbook

to Miss Baaton after the other boys left and cave her car fare to ride

home. The boys confessed to having organ

ized for the purpose of holding poople up at shows and in crowds, but. con

sidering they were taking too great chances decided to operate in this fashion. The arrests were made by

Officers Bodkins and Wiley.

Young Lichty has been arrested for

burelary and larcency nine times in

three years. Scientific Cranks.

The scientfic cranks and newspaper correspondents , who are crawling up

Mont Pelee 's desolate heights to ex

amine the smoking crater of a volcano

may satisfy their own curiosity, i

they live to get back to tell the tale

but will not be contributing any very

valuable information on the subject

Thev can say tney have been there

that Is all. They cannot tell wha

made the volcano bojst forth and de stroy a city with its 30,000 people

nor when it will break out again.

South Bend Tribune.

The Fearful Cost of War. The war in South Africa between the Boer republics and Great Britain began May 31, 1899, and closed on that date, 1902. It cost the Boers their independence and the devastation of their country, the depletion of their treasury, the sacrifice of thousands of lives and the entailing of a vast amount of suffering upon the whole territory involved in the strife. It is difficult to estimate, in fact, the real cost of three years' struggle for their rights to the Boer?. To the English the sacrifices of life

and treasure has beön enormous.

Great Britain's fightlhg force engaged

amounted to 500,000 men, the flower of her great army. Out of these 100.-

000 fell either by the bullets of the enemy by disease or were captured and prevented from taking part in

the war at the close. The loss of hih officers to the British was 282

cilled in battle. Many of these be-

oned to the nobility of the empire,

and many were needlessly sacrified bv

the foolish tactics pursued by the

English. The Boers had no tactics to

speak of, but they had never ceasing courage and. plenty of long range and accurate shooters. By the terms of

peace the Transvaal republic and the Orange Free state that joined in the armed opposition to Great Britain, be-

colonies of the empire, but the

price at which they were secured is in deed of a staggering nature as pre

dieted by President Kruger at the

niitset. The cost in money to the

p.no-nsh will foot uo over a billion

dollars.

Baby Found first Diamond.

Mr. Howard Hensman, iff his new

hlnoranhv of Cecil Rhodes, tells the

fnllnwinorstorv of the first diamond

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found in South Africa:

"In 1867 diamonds had been dis

covered in the region to the north or

the Orange river. This discovery was

made accidentally. A Boer family

one day saw a native child gleefully

playing with a small pebble that glittered and corruscated in the sun

with unusual brilliance. He took the stone from the child, examined it and

carried it home with him. He could

have had but little idea of what the stone really was, for, probably, the

only time he had ever heard of dia

monds was when he had read the Old

Testament; but a Boer has always a keen eye for business and, thinking

that the stone might have some com

mercial value, the farmer showed it

to a British trader named O'Reilly

O'Reilly seems to have recognized the

stone immediately as a diamond and

brought it of the Boer after considerable hacaiincr for 20 pounds. Next

he submitted it to Dr. Atherstone, of

Grahamsrown an authority on

m'nprainorv who unhesitatingly de

clared it to be a diamond of the pures

water. The diamond was then shown

to Sir Philip Woodehouse, high com

missioner of the tape, ana was oougn

by him from O'Reilly for 500 pounds

The Rest Is Well Earned.

Few farmers of Indiana as yet enjoy

the luxury of automobiles, but nenry

Gibson, a wealthy farmer living near

Milford, has one which replaces his faithful driving horse which he has used for thirtv-one years, and which

is now past forty years of age.

Tornadoes and Floods Everywhere.

While Marshall county farmers are grumbling about too much rain, this

section of country is still the favored

part of the northwest. Carroll county, 111., was swept by a tornado Friday, some lives were lost and tens of thousands of dollars worth of property was destroyed.

For the second time during three

weeks Elgin was deluged by a cloud

burst which filled the streets with

rivers of water. Many houses were

struck by ligtning and for a time after

the rain had passed it seemed that the

citv would be destroyed by fire.

A cyclone passed over the country north of Rensselaer, Ind., laying everything low for a distance of six

miles and a width of 200 yards. Alexander Leach. -wife and child were

killed. In Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan and the Dakotas the storms were equally severe and the damage is immense.

Flag Day is June 14

The AmericanFlag association sends

out a circular from New York City, asking some observance of Flag Day, Saturday, June 14. The association is, according to the circular, an

organization formed in 1897 of flasr

committees from veteran military,

patriotic and historical societies of the United States, and also of patriotic citizens, to promote reverence for

arid prevent the desecration of the

law of our country. The circular

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asks that flags be displayed on tue

day from every church, school, public

building and private dwelling, and

that the mayor call upon the people

or such a display and to assist in

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any patriotic exercises mat may ue

arranged. June 14 is set down as

Flag Day because congress on that

day in 1777 defined the flag as it ap

pears today.

Commencement at Culver.

Culver military academy has closed

thf most successful session in its six

years' history. Thirty-five were grad-

uated out of a total of 2S0 cadets.

Following are the honor men: El

ocution, I. II. Patchin, Iowa; drill, J.

W.Westphal, Iowa; cavalry, P: T.

Garoutte, Colorado; deportment, C.

Winter, Illinois; spelling, J. II. Hos-

tetter, Iowa; best shot, u. u. eo-

ster, Indiana; athletics, C. McQuaid,

Iowa; scholarship, F. E, Soliar, Ohio;

the Dr. J. D. Younsre. model cadet

medal, J. B. Trinter, Pennsylvania;

special mention in army register, J.

A. Givin, Washington, D. C, J. B.

TYinter. Pennvlvania. ana A. tt.

Novils, Colorado.

Horse Commits Suicide. A valuable horse, owned by Ed-

nvind Norton, jot Edinburg, Ind.,

committed suicide by drowning. A

vetrinary surgeon was called to see the i

horse, which was ill, and as it grew

steadily worse the surgeon was called

a second time last evening. As he approached the animal to administer

medicine the horse broke loose from

where it was tied and ran to the river

nearby and jnmped in, deliberately!

hnldlncr its head under water until it

drowned.

Twenty Hour Trains.

Official announcement has been

made by the Lake Shore and Pennsyl

vania railroads that, beginning Sunday, June 15, they will put In service

new trains which will mn between

Chicago and New York in 20 hours.

Phos trains will be in addition to

the "limited" trains now in service,

which make the run from Chicago to

New York In 24 hours.

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Grand Sweeping Reduction

in the

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Extra Special June Sale Prices

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The June Muslin Underwear Sale is now also in full sway

Every Trimmed Hat and Bon net at 333 per cent. off. Taking into oonsideration the fact that these goods are all marked very reasonably to begin with, this extraordinary reduction brings them down

to a price within the reach of everyone. Remember this sale will only be through the monih of June. The line, while not as replete as it was earlier in the season, yet it ha-, many attractive and distinct. V tvles that can not be found elsnw hre

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Plymouth

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Ask: the Man . . . who has ued a Hallock Success AVeeder two seasons to tell you how he likes it. He will tell you it is a Success' and he would not try to farm without one. We sell them at 8.00 Other makes 7.00 A one horse Farm Wagon 30.00 A Farm Wagon (3i skein) 50.00 A Corn Plow (8 shovel) 14.00 Shovel Points for any make of Cultivator (make your old one as good as new), 1.25 up per set of 8.

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Furniture and UnflerMing

Largest Stock Lowest Prices. Store removed to new quarters in Wheeler Block, 1 corner Michigan and Laporte Streets. Thanking the people for past favors we invite you to come in and see our new ä

store.

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t Commencement Special

Plymouth Will TAt a Big Circui.

The towns in the Indiana gas belt have organized to keep oat circuses in

favor of home carnivals. The Fore-

Daueh-Sells, 'Wallace and Rlnglingi

shows have been interferred with.

Any of these shows would do well to

mm tn pivmouth and cut out the

eas belt. Plymouth wants a big circus;

At Anderson the council has increased

the circus license to $2,500.

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For the past five years ours has been the place for appropriate commencement selections. A careful record of the goods that sold best during that time reveals the fact that the book sales outclass the combined sales of all else by the ratio of a little less than three to one. With these facts before us we shall continue our efforts this year almost wholly to the good book trade and wish to announce that our line will be unusually attractive and appropriate for the occasioneven more so than usual since we have come to this conclusion. If you can suggest anything more appropriate we will gladly put in a line. . V. HESS, The Druggist.

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