Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 June 1902 — Page 4

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Established October 10. 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. Telepnone No.557. , OFFICE In Blsscll Block. Corner Center n3 Laporte Street. 1DTZBTI8INQ BITES will be mad knows on application. Bntertd töe Postoffice at Plymouth. Ir-J.. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance fx.50; S'x Months!75 certs JThree Months 40 cents.deUverel at any postoffice. Plymouth, Ind., June 19. 1902. THE STATE TICKET. Secretary of State. DANIELE. STCRMS. Auditor of State, DAVID E. SH ERRICK. Treasurei uf State, NAT D.HILL. Attorney Genera!, CH AKLES W. M ILLI'R. Clerk Supreme Court. ROBERT A. BROWN. Superintendent of Fubllc Instruction, F. A. COTTON. State Statistician, BENJ. F. JOHNSON. State Geologist, W.S. B LATCH LEY. Judge Supreme Court, Fifth District, John h. gillett. Judges Appellate Court, FRANK 11. ROB V, U. Z. WILEY, W.J HENLEY. .TAME H. BLAC K, I W.COMSTOCK. W. E. 1.0BINM)N. COUNTY TICKET. "R preventative In C- nsrress, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRICK. Rf preentatlTe, PETKR HEIM. Auditor. PETER I BUROENER. Clerk, FOSTER GROVE. Treasurer, WM. II. CONGER. Sheriff. ELMER E. WILSON. Surveyor. MILTON BECK. Coroner, DR. NILS S. LINDQÜIST. Commissioner First District. GEORGE STOCK. Commissioner Second District, JOSEPH CO AR. Lord Kitchener reports that 1,800 more Boeis have surrendered. This brings the total above 14,000. The latest estimate is that nine republican senators will not vote for any plan of reciprocity with Cuba. This would leave the republican supporters of the measure with two less than a majority of the senate. There are not two other men in the senate more accustomed to deal with large business questions from a practical point of view thanSenators Hanna and Fairbanks, and the fact that they both favor ,tiie Panama canal route for business reasons should carry weight. At this distance it looks like the democrats of South CaroliLa are waiting for Senator Tillman to choose a senator for them in place of Mr. McLaurin. The South Carolina demo crats believe in the consent of the governed, when it comes to the Philippine question. In their ownstate Tillman's consent seems sufficient. It is epigramatically said of Mr. Bryan by the Hermitage, Mo., Re publican that 4 'he has so many friends that he can't be defeated in a demo cratic convention, so many enemies in his own party that he can't be elected and has friends enough to defeat any other man in the democratic party who may oppse his doctrines." The problem suggests a democratic rest In 1904. The last of the American soldiers who occupied Cuba have returned to this country. This is a short and simple statement of fact, but it indi cates one of the most remarkable in cidents in the world's history. The peaceful withdrawal of the United States from Cuban soil after placing that island, freed from a foreign yoke, in the hands of Its own people, will re main tne of the brightest pages in the records of ti . Irrigation is a great thing in the arid regions. It converts barren lands into productive forms. " And the more such farms we have in this blessed land of ours the more solid and enduring the republic will be. The farm is the safeguard of the republic. Anarchy gains no foot-bold there. The man who tills the the soil is not in sympathy with destructionists. He believes in building up, not in tearing down. South Bend Times. - The suddenly and . evidently sincere fraternizing of British and Boers shows they are both glad the war is over. The latter must have known for a long time that they were making a hopeless fight, and the readiness with which tney embrace British citizenship shows they appreciate its value . They will make good citizens, and in England's next war, if she calls on her colonics for help, the Boe:3 will furnish a valuable contingent.' It would not be at all surprising 1 1 see General De Wet a British army officer some day.

The house has passed the irrigation bill creating a fund from sale of public lands for reclamation of arid lands in sixteen states and territories,

It is announced that the senate will adopt the" Panama canal route by. a vote in the proportion of 48 yeas and 40 nays. The change in favor of Panama is attributed to Senator Hanna, who had facts on his side. ;. Gen. norace Porter, himself a graduate of West Point, gave an epigrammatic bit of advice to the graduating class. He said: "Never underestimate yourself in battle; never overestimate yourself in a report." That comes pretty near summarizing the ethics of the American army. A Pretoria dispatch says of the Boers who are surrendering; "Many are youngsters of 11 years old and upward." Gen. De Wet praises their fighting qualities. If Boers of 11 can handle a rifle, Gen. Smith must have had good reason to look after Fi.ipinos of 10 brandishing a bolo. The tropical youth ripens early. Consideration of the Philippine government bill will begin in the house next Thursdav. Under the rule agreed on for consideration of the latter bill there will be a day session beginning at 11 a. m., and a night session beginning at 8 o'clock for general debate until the following Tuesday, when the bill will be open to amendment under the five minute rule. The final vote will be taken on Wednesday. The statement is made that John Wanamaker, the merchant prince of Philadelphia, wants to buy the Palmer House in Chicago with a view to tearing it down and erecting upon the site the largest department store in the world, at a cost of about $10,000,000. The Palmer nouse ' covers a great many feet of valuable real estate between State street and Wabash avenue, and its location is among the choicest in the metropolis of the Northwest. The senate will meet at 11 o'clock each day puring the present week up to and including Thursday in order to permit ample opportunity for discussion of the Isthmian canal bill prior to voting on the bill and amendments on Thursday. There will be a strong effort made to have the Cuban reciprocity bill in readiness to be made the unfinished busine s when the canal bill shall have been disposed of. It is expected that the Cuban committee will be prepared Thursday, CANAL ROUTES COMPARED. Senator Cullora in giving his reasons in favor of the Panama route said: We are called upon to select between a route 183 miles long and one forty-nine miles long, between a route costing $189,000,000 and one costing $184,000,000; between a route which will annually cost $3,300'000 to operate and. maintain and one that will cost but $2.000,000 to opefate and maintain: between a route that will take but twelve hours to navigate and oae that will take thirty-three hours; between a route that has been a highway of commerce for 400 years and one that has never been used; between a route the entire length of which there is in operation a railroad worth several million dollars and a route with no transportation facilities. For all these reasons the Panama route should be selected. I believe the Panama Canal Company can convey a good title to its property to the United States, but if on examination by the law officers of the government it is found that the title of the Panama Company is defective then the ma Company is defective then the Panama route will be re jected and the canal will be constructed by the Nicaragua route. The Mien Pension Law. The amendment to the pension law of 1901, introduced by Representative Miers, of Indiana, and passed Monday is very generally approved in congress, but the senate will hardly reach it th session. Miers explains the ameudment af follows: "The purpose of this act is amend the act of 190'1, so that a widow who was the wife of a soldier during his service, notwithstanding the minor children may have drawn a pension for a time, may, if she is now in straitened circumstances, be placed on the pension rolls the same as the other widows. The purpose of this law is not to grant any new right. It only allows all widows who were war wives, if aain widows, to be relieved notwithstanding their remarriage. United Stilts Strato. The senate has eighty-eight members, of whom eighty-seven make their antecedents public. Of these, forty-six are college graduates, twentyone received an academic education, and twenty were limited to the common schools Sixty are lawyers, eighteen are in business, three are connected with the press, five are farmers, and one is a .doctor. Eighty-two were born in this country, and five are of foreign birth.

THE CLASS OF 1902

Annua! Commencement Of the Plynv . - outh High School. The Twenty-seventh annual commencement of the Plymouth schools has come " and gone. The "class of 1902, the smallest in numbers for many years has "graduated. Its members have received their diplomas, statements of worksuccessfuUy completed. While these diplomas are in no sense a guarantee of success in the future, the same hard work and faithfulness . to duty that secured them will, almost certainly, bring success. That is why Monday night may properly be named commencement for this class. Twenty-six classes have preceded this, have commenced in the Plymouth schools, and most members of these classes have been successful. That good work in the future,may be accomplished by each member of this class is the wish of everybody. "Their class motto, "You will rise no higher than your aspirations" is probably true of everybody, but something more than aspirations is necessary to success in this age of keenest competition. It is not necessary to speak of the stage the music or the surroundings. Elbels orchestra was here as it always has been on commencement evenings. After the grand march and overture, Rev. W. S. Howard opened the exercises with prayer, then came an anthem followed by Miss Claude Edna Bollman's oration, subject, "Nature's Influence upon Man." It was an argument showing that environment has much to do with character, and that the temperate zones are the best adapted to bring out all that is good in humanity because here man must work to secure success and the climatic conditions! are better for the improvement bf body and mind than torrid heat or frigid cold. Miss Bollraan handled her subject well and spoke clearly and easily leaving a good impression on her audience. She was followed by Schuyler Franklin Heim. His subject, was "Man's Influence upon Nature." Without attempting to dispute the fact that nature to a certain extent influences man, he launched intohis subject showing that man's skill and industry almost controlled nature, making what seemed to the untutored mind the greatest and most dangerous obstacles, the means of greatest good. Man has harnessed, controlled and directed the forces of the cataracts to assist him in his work. He has changed and modified nature until what seemed to have no force has become a power beyond the grandest conception of the primative man. Steam, electricity, chemical combinations, machinery, and the brains of man have transformed the earth. Trees and flowers are more beautiful and useful than before they were touched by the hand of man, wild beasts have been destroyed, or domesticated and made useful, the bogs wildernesses, mountains and waste places of the earth have been made useful and beautiful in a word man has subdued the earth. "America for Americans" was Miss Effie Mav' Conger's subject. This oration evinced, perhaps the deepest thought of any subject presented and was wonderfully well handled for a girl of her age. The racial problems were discussed as if by a professor of physiology and anthropology, and she contended that there was always weakness in the intermarriage of different races and the attempt to assimilate and harmonize all the nationalities of the world in the United States was fraught with great danger. "The Open Door" was Ralph J. Leonard's subject. He argued that the intermingling of the different nationalities was one of the causes of our great success as a nation; We got the best ideas from every quarter of the globe, and even the most ignorant knew something that the wiset man had never learned. The "Open Door," was hot dangerous in this country. We can retain the good, cast away the bad, and make "ours the greatest of all nations th world has ever known. " ' " Miss Edna Browning Capron's subject was "Policy." "Policy molds the world" she said. There can be no government, no harmony in families, communities, cities, states or nations without policy. Principles are essential, but policy is often necessary to secuie ' the adoption of principles. Abraham Lincoln had his emancipation proclamation ready two years before he proclaimed it. He waited for an opportunity to present it. He knew it was right, but he knew that an attempt to enforce it before the people were ready to receive it would result only in " disaster. He waited until it would be effective and , the world knows the result. Policy is necessary to secure the success of great principles. "Principle" was John Russell Tanner 's subj ect. "In the beginning was the Word" a id from that first mo

ment of creation down to the present time, principle has been the foundation of all that is good in this world. It is true that truth has not always prevailed when first presented, men have died apparently failures because the world refused to accept the truth; but the truth lived, the principles they had presented found a place in the hearts of men and finally triumphed. Principle, exact justice, true manhood, an adherence to right and righteousness have saved the world. At the conclusion of the orations and music, Prof. Redd presented the class, and Dr. T. A. Borton. president of the school board, presented the diplomas in an effective speech, J, Russell Tanner was awarded the class honors having made the best per cent in his studies. The hoDor med J was presented by Miss Romig, Mr Tanner delivered the valedictory, the closing songs were sung and the class of 1902 went out into the world to begin the battle of life. The Alumni Banquet. The alumni banquet and reunion at the Washington school Tuesday evening was largely attended and was a very enjoyable occasion for the members and their friends, who were present. Reaves' South Bend orchestra furnished the Instrumental music and the "Frogs Singing School" was rendered by a double quartette composed of Edna Corbaley, Gertrude Peterson, Daisy Thompson, Maud Houghton, Mary Brown. Carrie Boss, Flora Koontzand Emma Holem. The Boatman's Good Night was sung by Mrs. O. S. Thomberry. Anna Z. Houghton James O. Parks and Daniel Senour. The solos were the "Indian's Love Song" by Mrs. Maude Houghton, "Dawn of Heaven" by James O. Parks and "Under the Palms" by Adolph Kuhn. Addresses were made by Will C. Martin, of the class of '93; Mrs. R. E. Beebe, class of '86; Miss C. E, Bollman, classs of 1902; Ronald M. Thompson, class of '95 and Mrs. J. II. Wiley class of '77. The committee on music was Mary K. nohara, Victoria C. Cleveland and Leonore O'Keefe. President L. M. Lauer and Secretary Estella M. Chase arranged the program. The supper was elegant and bountiful,the addresses and music were such as have made the graduates of Plymouth schools famous, and there was nothing said or left unsaid to mar the happiness of the occasion. Parties Compared. A comparison between the platfcrm of the Indiana democrats, adopted at Indianapolis on June 5, and the platform of the Pennsylyania republicans, adopted at Ilarrisburg on June 11, affords food for much reflection on the part of thinking people, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. - The one is a heart-rending cry of bitterness and a wail of despair; the other is, a joyous shout . of triumph and an anthem of hope. The one deplores; the other congratulates. The one denounces; the other extols. The one coudemns; the other approves. The one views with alarm: the other points with pride. The one Is an echo from the cave of gloom; the other is a reverbration from thy sunlit hills. The one approaches the issues of the hour with trepidation; the other reaffirms its faith in well-defined principles. The one is ashamed of the policy of the government at home and abroad; the other is prond of it. The one casts slurs upon the American soldier in the field; the other appeals to the American people to resent "the wholesale attacks of the democratic party upon our soldiers and sailors, which are made for political purposes now as they were after Appomattox, and which seek to tarnish the fame, of the army which is now the common heritage and possession of the American people." ' The one would , put a curb to the commercial expansion of the nation; the other bell 5 ves it to be "the dictates of wisdom to let well enough alone." The one shirks the trust issue; the other "heartily approves the action of the president of the United States, through his attorney general, in instituting proceedings to check the growth of unlawful combinations intended to raise the price of commodities at the expense of the consumer" The one avoids the immigration question, the other places itself on record 'as favoring the passage of wise 'immigration laws to the end that anarchy may be forever driven from this country, and the American workingman shall be protected against unfair labor from abroad." The one, true to the traditions of its party, clings with senile tenacity to the past: the other though mindful of all that was good in the past, reaches out with unlimited codfidence Into the future.

Card Of Thank. The relatives of the late Mrs. Dr. A. C. Holtzendorff extend their thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly gave their assistance during the sickness and death of the deceased. . . :.

MORTUARY

Mrs. Martha J. Holtzendorff. Martha Jane Holtzendorff was born in the state of Virginia, Oct., 5, 1830 came to Laporte County. Ind., with her father Daniel Brown and his family. Later her father acting as land agent located at Plymouth, where the deceased has since made her home; For several years after the death of her parents she taught a private school and many of her pupils are residents of this county. On June 26, 1876, she became the wife of Dr. A. C. Holtzendorff, who with her brother, Thomas D, Brown, survive her. One brother and four sisters having died at early age. The deceased had been ill for fiye weeks but at no time was her condition considered serious until the two days before her death, which occurred Thursday morning June 12, 1902, at the age cf 71 years, 8 months and 7 days. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon. June 14, and the remains were laid at rest in Oak Hill cemeterv. Land For Homesteaders. The new extension now being built by the Northwestern line to Bnesteej, S. P., brings to mind the treaty recently made with the chiefs of the warlike Sioux by which part of the famous Rosebud reservation is to be turned over 10 the government and one more of the few clfoice tracts of now remaining will be thus opened to settlement. The land in question lies between the Missouri and Niobrara rivers, and is well watered and fertile. Farm lands near tue reservation are selling at from $20 to $35 an acre, grazing lands at from $6 to $15. The country is level or slightly rolling, consisting of black loam with clay subsoil, making the very best of farming land. It seems to suffer exceptionally little from drought. A great boom has sprung up in Bonesteel, to which the Northwestern line is building. Last fall there were fifty settlers there. Today there is a town of three hundred. Ninety days from now there will be three thousand. Five real estate offices have opened and town lots are selling at from $300 to $800 each. The reservation will probably be opened by a lottery plan, such as was made use of in Oklahoma. Fifty thousand people are expected to take part in the drawing for the land. To enter a homesteod of 160 acres one must be the head of a family or have attained the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States or one who has filed his declaration to become such. To establish a title to the land residence must be maintained thereon, improving aud cultivating the land continuously for five years. With the completion of the Northwestern line from Verdigre to the reservation boundary at Ronesteel there will without doubt be a tremendous influx of homesteaders as soon as the President's proclamation sets a date for the opening. Interest in the matter in Nebraska is intense. De Wet to the Boer Women. One of the mast pathetic incidents cf the end of the South African war occurred on Thursday at Winburg, Orange Free State, when General De Wet addressed the Boer women in the refugee camp. Nothing but the consciousness of duty faithfully performed would have emboldened him to appear before the mothers, wives, and daughters of the lost cause with words of comfort, hope, and advice. To some of these women the surrender meant the return of their loved ones; to many doubtless the end of great privations; but to the majority it meant only the sad conclusion of a struggle for which they had vainly sacrificed everything save honor. It was, therefore, required of the commander who addressed them that he should be above reproach, and this requirement was filled biy De Wet. The most heartsick, desolate mother, wife, or daughter in the camp could not point tb any failure on his part to do his duty. He, too, had made sacrifices, lie was one of them. He had earned the right to be heard by them. He offered no excuse on his own behalf, for none was necessary He thanked the women for the stanch support they had given the Boer-cause throughout the war, both on the veldt and in the camp. He said truly that if the women had not been stanch the burghers would have been obliged to submit long ago. He probably said much more than has been reported, for much more could easily have been said in honor of these women, and much more will be said by those competent to speak of the hardships they have endured, of the indomitable courage they have shown, of their patience under privation, and of their loyalty to the cause of freedom. Inter Ocean. You will be delighted if you use Mrs. Austin's Quick Lunch Tapioca. Ready in a minute. No soaking required.

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J.W. HESS, MARRIED Ritchey-Weigle. There was a quiet wedding at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weigle in North Plymouth, Wednesday, June 18th. Their daughter, Miss Mary Weigle was united in marriage with Mr. Ira E. Ritchey of Mishawaka. At 9:30 o'clock a. m., in the presence of the immediate relatives of the bride and groom, Rev. C. E. Weiss spoke the words that united the happy couple in the holy bonds of matrimony. A splendid wedding repast had been prepared and after congratulations and good wishes it was disposed of. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchey left on the noon train for Mishawaka where they will make their home. Child of Five Is a Hero. The three-year-old daughter of John Gering, of Mishawaka, Tuesday fell off a steamboat dock into eight feet of water. With her was her five-year-old brother, who immediately lowered himself on timbers and, while clinging with one hand to the clothing of his little sister, the other arm was seemingly welded to the docking. For nearly ten minutes the tots were in this perilous position. Strong arms then took the two limp and exhausted little beings into a boat. The child hero and his sister will recover. Naval School at Culver. A naval school is to be established in Indiana. The Culver Military Academy, on LakeQMaxinkuckee, has through the Indiana delegation in congress secured from Uncle Sam regular man-o'-war cutters and all the equipment necessary to teach the young Hoosiers and the boys from the neighboring states all that is to be learned about boat-drills and elementary' naval science in general. The course, is to be practical and complete, and, when he finishes it, a. Culver naval cadet ought to be able to go on board a ship wherever he may find her and take her safely to any port. lightning Strikes and Kills. Six valuable steers on the farm of William Orr, near Wanatab, were struck by lightning Saturday afternoon and instantly killed. The loss will reach $200, partially covered by insurance. This is the farm where about a year ago two men were struck by lightning, while standing in the doorway of the barn and killed. All Beers Have Surrendered. . An official dispitch from Lord Kitchener says that the surrender of Boers in the Transvaal' is complete. The Orange Riyer Colony will be completed today. There remain only 150 more to come in from Cape Colony. '

folllowing sentence the most can be read: fr A PAIR OF I GIVEN FREE JULY 4 The Druggist Spurns Degree of D. D. By spurning an honorarv degree of doctor of divinity that had been conferred upon him, the Rev. John Thompson has startled the people of Rockford, where he is pastor of the Centennial Methodist church. His action has also made astir throughout the country because of his prominence in Methodism and the unusual stand he has taken in reference to empty titles. The church of which he is pastor is considered one of the strongest ones of the west. In explaining his action he said: "I do not value a degree. When I find it necessary to wear a title to keep in a position of credit and dignity among my brethren ff thp minictrv T will kppIt srimp nthpf field of usefulness.' The Rev. Mr. Thompson is an Englishman. He graduated from the Garret Biblical institute at Evanston two years ago. He is about 35 years of age, and was appointed to his present position about a year ago. Clairvoyant Accused of Fraud. Ten patrons of Professor Root, a clairvoyant, who left Elkhart Satur I day after a two weeks' season there, have admitted that he took $206 belonging to them, which they had intrusted to him so that the incanta tions which he should utter over it would result in revelations of in forma tion desired by them. The heaviest loser is a white haired old man, who is $100 out. The police have just re ceived a description of a man wanted in Boston for similarly taking $1,000 from a woman there on May 22, and the description tallies, even to a defective eye, with Root's. A Curious Freak of Nature. : The Wakarusa Tribune says Mrs Anthony Lechlitner has a curiosity in the way of a willow stand. She pur chased the stand last fall from some gypsies. It is highly . painted and bronzed. Mrs.' Lechlitner" had the stand in her sitting-room all winter. This spring she decided to set ft in the yard to put plants In, when, what was her surprise to find that it was alive. Sprouts were shooting out In all directions, on which were leaves as large as squirrel's ears. The stand stood on the carpet all winter and had no moisture. This curiosity can be seen at the lady's home. f Stood Off the Grocery Man. An illustrat ion of the reason why so many people fail to pay. their grocery bill was observed in a city on the gas belt lately A man accosted a laborer for payment of rent for a month. In the process of collection both visit ed I a saloon where the laborer invited the collector. The proprietor de manded a payment of a bill for one month aggregating $11150. The man then paid his rent, $8, and remarked that he would have to "standoff" his grocery bill. Is it any wonder that men do not progress in wealth when they pay $11.50 for beer and only $8 for a home to live in? Elkhart Review.

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