Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 January 1903 — Page 7

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o Zbc tribune. HENDRICKS & CO.. Publishers. Advertisements to appear in THE TKIB CNE mut be 1 before Tuesday noon to insure tnelr appearance In the issue of tba week. Plymouth, Ind., January 22, 1903. I LOCAL NEWS & f C. Kilmer has gone to Tiosa for a visit of a week. The grand jury is called for Monday, January 26. "William Pitt, of this city, was at Laporte Thursday. Jacox & Shu'oe have sold their livery stock to John Flocenzier. ' Bert Sherrow went to Tippecanoe today to visit until Sunday. Dr. Holtzendorff mr.de a profession al visit at Bourbon Thursday. John D. Thomas, of Bourbon, is attending court almost every d3y. The auditor has almost $10,000 of school funds to loan at 6 per cent. Bert Bushman went east Thursday in J me interest oi me taciurj. J. W. Sears has returned to Argos; after a visit of a few days in this city. George W. Tnoraas is here from South Bend for a visit of a few days, Mrs. II. A. Tyreli, of Bourbon, is reported seriously ill of heart disease. There were forty loads of wood In town Saturday, and all sold at good prices. County Auditor Miller's annual report shows 862,036.59 in the treasury January 1, 1903. All the groceries of Plymouth w'.th one (r two exceptions now close at 8 o'clock all evenings except Saturdays. Captain James E, Houghton has been quite ill during the past wee', but seems to be slowly improving at present. The government wants 5,000 western boys for new ships. The government seems to think that the boys of the west make the best soldiers and sailors. Mrs. Hattie Emmons, with Her two children, has returned to her home at Argos after a vhit of almost a weeK in this city, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Pomeroy. It has been Assistant Postmaster Corbaley since Clarence Slayter was fired. Oscar Porter has the position that Miss Frances Emerson held under Postmaster Conger. Captain D. H. Mull, of the 13d. Indiana, died at bis home in Logansport, Tuesday. He was well known by scores of Plymouth yeterans. Funeral services were held Thursday. Mr. Frank Berater, who fell on the sidewalk in Plymouth, New Years, is still helpless at his home seven miles southwest of this city and aS he is quite old his recovery Is doubtful. During the cold snap of this week the Chicago board of charities relieved 500 families per day and the Salvation Army attended to the needs of about 800 families. The contributions to the mayor's coal fund exceed $S,000. There will be no delinquent list published this year, advertising real estate for salf: for the non-payment of taxes. The amount of delinquency is small and the treasurer will- endeavor to collect the delinquent tax without the expense of advertising. . ' Tippecanoe county holds the record for housing tramps aad charging the public treasury an exorbitant price for so doing,' having charged up 632 out of a total of 4,101 for the whole state. .They cost 50 cents each for sheriff's fees and 40 cents each for board. . ft Is 58 years since S. F. B. Morse, after much difficulty through Individual and public opposition, succeeded in establishing the first - commercial telegraph line In thl3 country, which covered the short distance between Baltimore, Md., and the capital at Washington. t The bill to extend the term of county superintendent of schools and then elect them by, popular vote is securing considerable opposition from some of the school men. Frank L.' Jones, state givperlntendcnt of instruction, says he will oppose the 1)11 to the test of his ability. r Plymouth Camp lo 28?, Modern Woodmen of America at their meeting. Wednesday nlht installed the following oScers: Venerable Cocsulc. Physician, Dr. It. C. Stephens; Cork, A.C. CzjCzt; t:crt, rdrr-rcJ Li:I:cr;

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all kinds of fuel . , ' our large stock Judge Capron made a business trip to Warsaw Friday. . Miss Ida Sosseman was a South Bend visitor Friday. ; Mrs. Daniel Ilahn werit to Bourbon Friday to visit her sister. Mrs. C. T.Allen visited her son, Guy, the operator at Grovertown Friday. James Gibbons, a prominent farmer of Fulton county, died Monday January 12. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bollman went to South Bend Friday to visit relatives oyer Sunday. Mrs. II. Norris, of Maxinkuckee, is visiting her,daughter, Mrs. Zechiel. at Decatur, Ind. Mrs. William Hildebrand, of near Teegarden, died Wednesday and was buried Friday. A farmers' dairy institute will be held at the M. E. church, Culver, Saturday, Jan. 24. Nobody is complaining of this weather; it reduces the cost of fuel more than legislation could reduce It. Senator Parks has introduced a bill requiring all of the state institutions to use butter instead of oleomargerine. Arth Qf L a DU Qf ver nas been confined to his bed six weeks with pneumonia and Is still dangerously ill. Rev. Mr. Presnall, wife and two daughters and Mrs. D. I. Morris went to Bourbon to attend the Wesleyan quarterly meeting. The general store of C. J. Kern, at Valparaiso, .was destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon. The loss is supposed to be fully covered by insurance. A large party of young folks assem-j bled at the home of Senator Parks, Thursday evening and spent several hours very pleasantly and profitably. Peter Disher, of this city, has .filed papers in bankruptcy .with Referee Lambert at South Bend. He values his assets at $512.95; liabilities $2,780. 50. : It is claimed by a St, Louis ladj that she knows 500 women in that city who gamble.. She ought to break away and try to getonter: a moral "set." ; ; ' ;: A Boston scientist has been trying to find out what makes drunken men see double. Heretofore it has been generally supposed that it was the stuff they drank. , A. E. Wickizer, who resided south ot Plymouth, and was for several years one of the prominent teachers of Marshall county, is no'v teaching at Crestonburg, Kentucky. William Shearer and his sister. Miss Hattie Shearer, were passengers to South Bend Friday morning. Will has been on the sick list several weeks and went to South Bend for treatment. County Assessor Bonham; of Noble county, stopped over night in this city with his brother. Homer Bonbam. He was on his way home from attending the meeting of county assessors at Indianapolis. , The hand car house near the Fort Wayne depot is being moved further west' and there is a rumor that preparations are making for a union depot at the junction of the Vandalia and Pennsylvania roads. John E. Smith arrived Thursday" evening from Lee county. Iowa, to visit his father, Noah Smith. It is his first visit here in thirty years and his father was taken by surprise, as he was not expecting him. . c . James Walker an old resident of this and Fulton countIes,died Wednesday afternoon, at, the home of his son, Edward Walker, five miles south of Plymouth. He was 78 years old. The remains were interred at Richland Center, Fulton county Friday. The Fort Way na Trust company filed a suit Friday against the Plymouth Electric Light company, Frank Wheeler and others, asking the appointment of a receiver for the Electric Light company. This will be probably fought to the end by the company. . , . Michigan City Dispatch: Bishop White will begin his deferred visitations to the various parishes and missions of the diocese at once, spending next Sunday at Plymouth. The bishop has been delayed In these visits owing to the lack of assistance at the cataedral. A bill bos been introduced in the legislature providing for an increase in the minimum Eolary of cchool teach ers, it provide that the average 3 by the applicant on examination for licens3 shall be multiplied by ccnta c-d t3 ciiall iz the mialnum vt-3 2 per day. " -

F. B. Carey made a business trip to Warsaw Saturday. " ; ,' : Mrs. L. G. Harley weht to Bourbon to visit over Sunday. Mrs. Nancy J. nardy is visiting relatives and friends at Bremen. Rev. A. H. DeLong went to his home in Thorntown to remain over Sunday. " ' William Scofield, of North township, is reported in declining health again this winter. Mrs. Blue who has been visiting at John Ringgenberg's returned to her home at Etna Green Saturday. Mrs. Florine Acker has gone to Rochester to visit a few days with her sister. Mrs. Arthur Metzler. Mrs. E. n. Kellsy has returned to" her home at Peru, after a visit with Mrs. Wayne Welch in this city. The Argos Reflector was sold Thursday, to R. McNeil of Lacri, Illinois, who will take possession at once. Mrs. Nettie Motz, who has been visiting in Plymouth several weeks returned home in Bourbon Saturday. Miss Nora Grindell has returned to her home at Knox after a visit of, tsvo weeks in this city with Miss Mamie Long. -The Peoples' Bank has been opened at Leesburg, with a capital of $10,000. Joel II all. is president, and J. A. Arvine, cashier. Late Friday evening some unknown parties left a load of wcod at Jacob Hoham's barn. Nobody will refuse such a gift this year. Frank Boss, who is one of the senate clerks at Indianapolis, came home Friday night to spend Saturday and Sunday with his family in this city. With a superintendent of public instruction and a deputy, are there not things that the state is more in need of than an inspector of high schools? The over due steamer St. Louis which was supposed to be lost was sighted Friday evening steaming slowly to port, evidently much disabled. Mme. Adelina PatCi will sing in sixty concerts as her last appearance in the States, Canada and Mexico du.ing the season of 1903-4, receiving therefor $300,000. Physicians, discussing the cure of blood poisoning by formalin, venture the opinion that typhoid and scarlet fever, influenza and other maladies may also be cured by its use. Bishop White, of Michigan City, preached at the Episcopal church Sunday both morning and afternoon. A class will be confirmed at the morning service. Bishop White is one of the great preachers of the church. The farmers' institute to be held at Bremen, Friday and Saturday January 30 and 31, is expected to be one of the best ever held in the " county. The program is a good one and many excellent Instructors have been secured. John Plum Teeple is the oldest man in Laporte county. He was born January 23, 1803, and will soon reach the century mark. His .health and memory are good, considering his age. ne lives with his daughter, Mrs. Weir, of Laporte. According to the city directory figures Indianapolis now has a population within its boundaries and in immediate suburbs of 221,375. The. esmate in the city proper is about 210,000. The 1903 directory will be issued early next month. To have railroad passes in pockets and to receive twenty cents a mile from the state to and from Indianapolis, is one of the good things in the life of most of the legislators. The allowance for transportation made Wednesday amounted to $2,000.; Schlosser Bros., paid an average of 20 cents per pound for butter fat lost year. They are at present paying 24 cents, and say the prospect is- that prices will keep up. At prices like this, cows are a better investment than bank stock. Bremen Enquirer. . Bert Jones cf St. Joseph county was given a shirt by relatives in whose family-there was a mild case of smallpox last May. ne wore it last week and is now down with a malignant case of the disease. The shirt had not been fumigated when the family was released from quarantine. A press dispntch says the heads of fifteen Amish families in the southwestern part of Elkhart county have refused to send their children to the local district school and have established a school of their own, where reading is taught from the New Testament, and arithmetic under fractions. George Shafer, a former resident of Inwood, who has been operating a mill at Wyatt, St. Joseph county,' died Friday night. The remains were be brought to the home of his father at Argos, Sunday, Deceased was about 35 years old and was well known in this county, He leaves a wife and one child. t: The Bremen Enquirer says Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Balsley, old residents of German township, are sick with grip and Christian Knpblock is seriously 111 with rheumatismJacob Carbiener has bought W. D Wright's handsome residence in the west part of town and John F. Ebersole and family residing north cf Bremen, vrill remove to Hewllodrld, Ho. i

Every mild day now is a day gained in reducing the cost of fuel. ; ' Miss Dora Goff, the eighteen-year old daughter, of Mrs. Ella Goff, of Logansport, committed suicide Thursday morning by taking a dose of mor nine, Her brother drank carbolic acid und died four months ago and she had attempted to kill herself twice sihee that time. Ofllciäl statements of the attendance at Purdue university show that there 1,309 students in all courses. The total number in the engineering course is 961; agriculture, regular, 45; science, 149; pharmacy, 82. The class totals are: Seniors,' 136; juniors, 152; sophomores, 326, freshmen, 375. . Senator Ilarrison thinks county councilmen should be paid $2 a day for time actually spent in the service of the county. Senator Woods wants a law to prohibit exemptions against claims for labor that do not exceed $100. Senator Lindley asks for a law to prohibit the marriage of diseased persons. If the element in favor of a sympathetic strike of the soft coal miners had succeeded last fall, thus preventing-the shipment of soft coal until the difficulty in the anthracite field hud been settled, there would have been a degree of distress compared with which the present suffering would be of no account whatever. , At his old home In Waterloo, III., Col. William R. Morrison, once the idol of the Illinois democracy, is resignedly awaiting the summons of Death. . ne Is suffering from an affection which only the surgeon's knife can cure. His 78 years are against an operation, though he is a remarkably well preserved man for one of his age. Mrs. Metcalf Beck, of Warsaw Ind., died at her home Sunday morning, January 10. She was the widow of one of the pioneers of Kosciusko county, and was widely known for her benefactions. She bad ample means, and used them to further every good cause, so that she will bey sadly missed by all sections and grades of society. King Coal swept everything before him in the national capitcl. The bouse passed the bill admitting coal free for a year, there being only six votes against. Then the senate sprung a surprise on the country. It passed the same bill within nine minutes fcfter it was received from the house, without debate and without a vote in the negative. President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania railroad, says the shortage in anthracite is entirely due to the strike, and that his company is hauling more soft coal than ever before to fill the place of anthracite. He declares the railways are doing all in their power to relieve the famine, but be does not expect any marked improvement until spring. A mysterious explosion occurred in the furnace of the japanning-room of the Oliver plow works at South Bend, blowing the windows out of one side of the , building. A door was torn from its hinges and hurled across the room, knocking down ForemanAndrew Hagquist and breaking his arm. Frank Kramer, another employe, was thrown into a vat of asphal turn and it is thought his back is brokeu. Lafayette Is in the throes of a police scandal," says the Elkhart Review. "The ministerial association, headed by three ministers, has openly

f made charges that the head of the po lice board winks at vice with one eye and counts the money received for its protection wjth the other. The governor is to be asked to interfere. The outcome will be watched by some other cities where similar conditions are said to exist. ' The thirteenth annual meetiDg of the Indiäna Dairy Association will be held at Lafayette on Jan. 21, 22, and 23. August Scholliol, of Bremen, is on the program for a paper on "The Skimming Station," and Samuel Schlosser, of Plymouth, will talk on general topics. Valuable premiums will be given for the best exhibits of butter and c heese, and there will be an interesting display of dairy products, machinery and supplies. The bill pensioning, totally deaf soldiers at $40 a month, which became a law Friday upon receiving the signature of the president, was originally introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Overstreet at the instance of Wallace Foster, of Indinapolis. Mr. Overstreet has succeeded in getting It through the house three times, but it never passed the senate until this session, when Senator Beverldge gave it special. attention, r.nd it Is low a law. Four South Bend , young men have been dishonorably discharged from the state militia; One of them, Theodore Krause, was charged with expressing satisfaction at the assassination : of McKinley, The others were Frank Brimtey, Frank Kltowski and Frank Nierelrhlme. This disadvantages of dishonorable discharges are many. Unless such charge is revoked, which Is rarely the case, the men under the ban are not allowed to hold public office or take civil service examinations. For the real, good old buckwheat Caver, buy Mrs. Austin's buckwheat cad don't forget (ths name.

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Misio Jennie Hawley and Edith Kendail Seriously Injured and Other Young Ladies Hurt Friday evening Misses Mary and Edith Kendall, Mary Brown, Edna Bair, Jennie Ilawiey and Dora Capron hired horses and a sleigh at Van Scoik's livery, barn and went out to the Roberts school house south-east of town to bring home Miss Edna Capron, who teaches there, and have a nice sleigh ride. Vance Turner and young Wilson who works at the livery barn went along to drive the team. On the way home the team started to run near the residence of Miles Vanvactor. The boys finding that they could not hold the horses advised the girls to jump. They did so with the result that Miss Jennie nawley and Edith Kendall were seriously hurt, while the other girls escaped with slight injuries. Miss Kendall's hip was badly bruised and her head was cut by the striking the icy road. Miss Hawley was picked up unconscious with the blood oozing from her ears and nose and It was thought for a time that she was killed, but prompt medical assistance and hard work on the part of the family of Mark Vanvac tor into whose bouse she was carried and the assistance of neighbors and friends restored her to consciousness. She was brought home Saturday morning and will be nursed back to health ann strength as rapidly as possible. Miss Edith Kendall and her sister were brought home by Riley Van vactor, and Dr. Reynolds attended to Edith's injuries after which he went out to Mr. Vanctor's to take charge of Miss Hawley, he being Mrs. Hawley's family physician. The boys remained in the sleigh and after the horses had ran almost a mile they ran into Albert Hume's sleigh and upset -it but Mr. Ilume succeeded In holdirig his horse and the livery team being pretty well tired out was stopped. It was a bad runaway and shows that boys and girls ajid men too should be more careful in driving than they are at many times. : . Miss Ulrich Entertains. Miss Amelia Ulrich entertained a crowd of her young lady and gentlemen friends at her home on South street Friday evening in honor of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Young. Some very fine selections on the piano were giyen by some of the members of the crowd. Progressive pedro was the feature of the evening. Miss Minnie Hillsman won 1st prize and Mr. Otto Klingerman was the fortunate one in winning the booby prize. Ice cream and cake were served and all report a most enjoyable time. The Indiana Situation. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in commenting on the selection cf Senator Fairbanks to succeed himself in the senate, says: "Senator Fairbanks has been continued as Uqited States senator from Indiana. The senator's leadership in the state has removed from his constituency the adyantages and disadyantages of being a doubtful state. Indiana has been the latest of the Northwestern States to take rank as secure for triumphs of republicanism. This will probably cut short the crop of presidents and vice presidents from the Hoosier land. It was a powerful pull tosay of a candidate that he was sure of success in the great community, more' or less identified with tne Wabash. There has been hard fighting for more than fifty years in Indiana, and now it is confidently affirmed that republican victories may hereafter come easy. The whole congressional republican delegation from Indiana is strong, and the state officers are also well selected. Between eloquence and organization, the state may be pronounced safe. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge rank among the effective representatives of states Indiana Factories. Recently compiled statistics show Indianapolis, South Bend, Whiting, Evansville and Fort Wayne to be the five greatest manufacturing cities in the state. In 81 cities and towns there are 18,015 establishments representing $234.481,228, employing 155,956 operatives, paying $66,841,317 annually In wages and having a yearly output to the value of $378,120;140. Indiana is developing into one of the best manufacturing states In the union. ' The Man Behind the Gun. The "man behind the gun" seems to be coming on stronger than ever, The other day an account was given of intended target practice off San Francisco, where a raft was towed out three miles as a target. The practice ended at the second shot, the man behind the gun" knocking the target to flinders. Now it Is said that the boys of the battleship Kentucky have broken the record for speed and accuracy. In one string of twentytwo shots nineteen hit the target. Kentucky folks always did know how to shoot. Indianapolis News. Tell your neighbors about the good qualities of the Tribune. .

AT ST. LÖ U IS Governor and Commissioners Co to the Bridge City World's Fair Grounds. DUEBIN'S PROMISE TO THE FAIR Sword for. Admiral Tajlor Valued Policy L.rtw"Jeff ' to Pay Her Obligations News Notes. Indianapolis, Jan. 19. A dispatch from St. Louis gives the following account of the visit to that city of Governor Dm bin and the oint fair commission: "Governor William T. Durbin, of Indiana, accompanied by Lieutenant Governor X. W. Gilbert and a joint commission of ten members of the Indiana legislature.arrived in St Louis from Indianapolis Saturday. The legislators are Henry W. Marshall, of Lafayette, speaker of the house: Senators W. A. Kittingcr, of Anderson; S. B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne; A. G. Osborn, of Newcastle, and Representatives J. F. Stutesman, of Peru; O. B. Luhring, of Evansville, and J. M. Cravens, of Madison. The party is here on World's fair business, spent much of the day conferring with officials of the Louisiana Turchase expotion. Will Select au Indiana Building Site. "The chief business here, however, was to select a site for Indiana's building, for which an appropriation is to be made at tne present session of the legislature. The delegation was entertained at luncheon by the World's fair officials. There were also present the commission sent to St Louis by the Japanese government, M. Isobe K. Yabashi and Y. Wooyeno. Darbln's Promis to St. Loals. At the conclusion of the luncheon Governor Durbin, among others, made a short address, in the course of which he said. "I am not prepared to say what the action of our legislative body -will be, but I believe that I may say to you that you will not be disappointed. I believe this exposition will be one of the greatest this nation has ever had, and? to reinforce that feeling and sentiment will be my endeavor.' " Signs the Taylor Sword BI1L Indianapolis, Jan, 19. Governor Durbin has signed senate bill No. 1, appropriating $1.600 for a sword for Admiral Taylor, former commander of the battleship Indiana. The governor appointed the following commission to select a design: Senator James T. Layman. Admiral George Brown, Judge J. V. Hadley, Jon C. Nelson (of Logansport) and John B. Beeves, of Rushville. The sword is to be completed by Feb. 18, and w ill cost $1,200. , Valued Policy Insurance. Indianapolis, Jan. 19. A valued policy bill has been introduced in the Indiana house by Representative Robinson. JEFF'S DEBTS ARE TO BE PAID City Officers and Saloons Aro to Supply m Good Deal of tba Necessary Money. Jeff ersonvilie, Ind., Jan7 19. The city council has agreed to a plan by which Jeffersonville will in time pay off its municipal debt The city has been running behind in finances for the last fifteen years, and city officers and employes have been getting their pay In orders on the treasury, some of which were disposed of below par. The city officers have agreed to cut salaries all along the line, the mayor, clerk and treasurer to be reduced $100 each and the councilmen $50 each. The cost of saloon license will be increased and savings will be made In the police and fire departments. By this means it is estimated that the city will save $8,000 a year. Will Try to Oast Dadley. Sullivan, Ind., Jan. 19. Coroner W. P. Maxwell, who was appointed sheriff of Sullivan county to succeed Sheriff Dudley on account ,of the action of the Indiana lynching law, will Institute quo warranto proceedings to oust Dudley from the office. This action Is the result of the interview held by Coroner Maxwell and Attorney Bays with Governor Durbin and Attorney General Miller. The state ,wlll pay the expenses, of the suit. Offers Reading to Rennselaer. Rennselaer, Ind., Jan. 19. Andrew Camejrie offers $10,000 for a free library building in Rennselaer. It is the first offer from him made to a city in this section of the state, and the largest he has made in the state In proportion to population. The city must furnish the fite and $1,000 a year. lie Is Short niid Alto Missing, Circleville, O., Jan. 19. Investigation has disclosed that G. Christie Bayer, late secretary of the Germania, the New Citizens' and the Circleville Building and Loan associations, is short in his accounts from $60,000 to $100,000. . Bayer disappeared on Jan. 6 and his whereabouts is unknown. Bon Passes an Important Bill.' Washington, Jan. 19. At the end of a struggle which prolonged Saturday's session until after G p. m. the house passed the substitute for the senate bill to establish a department of commerce and labor. The vote stood 137 to 40. All the Republicans and twenty-nine Democrats voted for the bilL No other business of Interest was transacted. The senate was not in session. One Boat Free, Another Stack. Grand Haven, Mich., Jan. 19. The steamer Nyack reached port Saturday after being fast In the ice off this harbor for four days. The tug Welcome, sent from Milwaukee to aid the Nyack, is now fast in an ice floe a mile from port and steamers will have to be sent to her aid. ' j N ,, Professor Drops Dead. few York, Jan. 19. Professor Arthur Wisner dropped dead from heart disease here last night "Professor Wisner had been a lecturer in French on French literature la this country for about ten years.

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T Chief of the Coal Minen Received with Acclaim at the Hoosier Capital. OPENS THE MINERS' CONVENTION Delegates Present from all Over the Country Mitchell's Adi-u to Philadelphia. Indianapolis, Jan. 19. The fourteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened here chla morning at 10 o'clock. Every train ietp'y has brought delegates from ever) f art of the United States. President Mitchell arrived shortly after 4 p. m. and was taken Immediately to his hotel. Vice President Lewis and all themombers of the executive board are here. President Mitchell was met at Greenfield by the reception committee, representing the Central Labor union, of Indianapolis; John J. Appel, August Kuhn, and Mortimer Levering, representing the citizens, and Eli Hirschburg and Gus W. Kevers, of the Elks. Cheered by a Large Crowd. At the time the committee boarded the train President Mitchell was at luncheon, but left the tablelong enough to meet the committee. He was met at the station here by carriages, and with the committee was taken to his hotel, where he held an informal reception for a number of his personal friends. The crowd which assembled at the station to welcome him was very large. The evening was raw and cold and the train was nearly an hour late, but notwithstanding these drawbacks the people waited. When Mitchell appeared he was greeted with cheers which continued until he had left his carriage and entered the hoteL Dinner to the Labor Chief. Atter the hrrival of the president at the hotel many of the delegates, organizers and officers called to welcome him and to extend their greetings. At 6 p. m. a dinner was served in the "ordinary" at the hotel for Mitchell and the reception committee. After the ' dinner John L. Feltman, who acted aa toastmaster, called upon President Levering, of the Columbia National bank, to welcome President Mitchell. Responding Mitchell thanked Indianapolis for its cordial welcome, remarking that to live up to the measure set for him by the people of the United States was a difficult thing. Opening of the ConTrntlon. The convention was called to order this morning by President Mitchell, who gave way to Mayor Bookwalter, who welcomed the delegates to the city. He was followed Ly President John Feltmau, of the Central Labor union, who welcomed the mine vorkers on behalf of local organized labor. The organization and opening speecbes will occupy the greater part of the day. Following them the report of the committee on credentials will be submitted. TALKS TO THE COMBIISSIOX llltchell Gl res the Arbitrators His Vlewu on the Situation GeneraUy. Philadelphia, Jan, 19. President Mitchell, befcre leaving for Indianapolis to attend the national convention of his organization, and subsequently the national wage convention of the soft coal operators and mine workers, delivered Saturday what he believed was his farewell address to the coal strike commission. The Scranton Coal company, which also operates the collieries of the Elk Hill Coal and Iron company, closed its case during the session, and was followed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway company. While the latter company was examining witness Mitchell arose and stated that it was probable that he would not be able to attend any more of the sessions of the commission. He expressed his satisfaction at the way in which the inquiry was being conducted and disclaimed any malice toward the i'on-union men who had testified before the commission. He said these men were brought here under the pretext of getting an advance in wages, but nothing looking to that end had come out; that these witnesses had their bills paid and money supplied for enjoyment; that they were here for the same purpose for which they had been put in the mines during the strike to destroy the efforts of those who struck; that they had been detrayed by those who brought them here. Referring to the coal shortage he said his information was that lack of cars prevented the men from doing their best, nere Major Warren, of Scranton, interrupted Mitchell to say that he would ask mitchell to prove this statement as his information was, and he proposed to prove it that the men would not load all the cars supplied. Mitchell said he was not testifying to the matter, but was giving his information. He said there were 3,000 idle men whom the operators would not employ; that these men were writing every day urging that something be done for them; that they were refused work because they were charged With being criminals, but he thought the fight ought to stop now and punishment of men ought to cease, and he intimated that the companies by refusing work to these men were violating their O CrVCmm örf wVia rVfn rVrvt 14 4- 4 V dispute to the commission. Mitchell was listened to Intently while he spoke by everybody in the room. DePanw's Coal Supply All Right. Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 19. There Is no probability that DePauw university will have to close on account of a low fuel supply. The university contracted for its coal last June, and where buildings have been cold It was due to one of the heating plants, and not to a fuel famine. . Zlany Deaths from tho Plague. Mazatlan, Mex.t Jan. 19. There have been 107 deaths from the plague since Jan. JL Most of the ladies of the higher class have left the city and hardly any women are seen on the streets. Trade 13 reduced id the lowest possible point . .

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