Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 April 1903 — Page 2

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Etblijl d October 10, 1901. Only Republican Newspaper In tha County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFrlCt-Biti. buiiomg, Comer LPorte aDl Center streets. Telephone No. 27. SC B5CRIPTION RATES One Year. In adTnce. 11.50; fcix Months. 75 cents; Thr-e Month. 40 rent. delivered at any postofllce ADVe.NTlSl.SU UATLd made known on application. Entered at the potofHce at Plymouth, Indiana, ao econd-clpps mall matter. Plymouth. Ind., April 16, 1903. Id Columbus, O., all the candidates, with a single exception, who had the indorsement of the Citizens' League were elected, and it may be added that nearly all el them are republicans. In prosperous times like this it is foolish for men to spend all they make aud to spend more tnan one makes and go into debt is reckless. This is the harvest time and every man who makes a living salary should put aside a part of his earnings for the inevitalle rainy day. The Supreme Court of New York has just rendered a decision affirming the doctrine that when husband and wife die at the same time and place, and there is no proof of survivorship, it is the .presumption that the husband survived and his estate accordingly goes to his heirs. Gen. Lew Wallace has taken occasion to repeat, with a warmth scarcely needed, tnat the confederate attack Shiloh was a surprise. History settled thaw point in the affirmative a long time ago. and to an army with less native grit the surprise would have been a bewilderment. If the decisiou of the Indiana Supreme court on the payment of wages is good law, the laws relative to the payment of wages in Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts and some other states will be declared unconstitutional. All of these states passed laws last year similar to the Indiana law. The strikers in Holland say they will call off the strike if the "antistrike" laws are abandoned, which seems to indicate that these laws are rather destructive than effective. The Dutchman, being a bit stubborn, doesn't tnke much interest in doing a thins: until somebody says he can't. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, says his election was a victory for municipal ownership a victory which should lead to the development of public national as well as municipal utilities." This is notice that the mayor thinks he is identified with a great national iisue that leads- toward the White House. Everybody knows the intense opposition to the appointment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port at Charleston, South Carolina, because there was colored blood in his veins. He entered upon the duties of his office ten days ago and within less than a week over 200 white South Carolinians had asked for appointments to office within his gift. Now that the election in Chicago is over there is no harm in saying that most of the readers of the ChicagoRecord nerald were disgusted with the wiggling, truckling and evasviness that characterized that paper in its efforts to support the candidates of both parties. The Herald has lost its reputation for honesty and consistency and will have very little influence in politics. The decision of the United States court of appeals at St. Paul, Minn., declaring in the clearest and most vigorous terms that the great railway securities deal whereby the Northern Pacific and Great Northern were merged, is one of great importance. The decision is 'a body blow to trusts, combines and mergers of every class, and sustains President Roosevelt and the legal bead of his administrtalon Attorney General Knox. Tbe decision of the Supreme Court holding unconstitutional the law of 1899 providing for the weekly payment of wages due employes is probably good law, but it will work hardship on a great many wage earners. The defect of tbe law seems to be in not making an exception in favor of the right of individual contract, and in giving the state factory Inspector the right to bring suit for its enforcement. As it stands, the law savors too much of paternalism and belongs to a class of labor legislation of which there has been too much. At Erie, Pa., Thursday evening, Senator Hanna responded to the toast 'Capital and Labor" and made a characteristic and forcible address. He said that this subject was very dear to his heart and to the people was of more Importance than any political question. He confined much of his remarks to' his connection with the civic federation, its objects and aims and the great amount of good work it had done. He spoke for. considerably over an hour, during which time the most important new principal point made by him was that if the employers would (and they should) take the initiative in asking their employes for a conference on their grievances, all strikes would be averted. The? should, he said, meet their men more than half way.

Commissioner's Proceedings, . Tue commissioners met in regular session Monday and transacted the regular routine business, such as auditing accounts, allowing bills and liquor licenses were granted to Balsor Sheets, Plymouth, and William Vanderwele, Culver. Viewers were appointed Tuesday for the Seneff ditch in German township and for the Mann ditch In Center. The prayer of the remonstrators was granted and reviewers appointed for the Shumaker ditch. The commissioners decided that the L. E. & W. railroad was not damaged by the joint road on the Fulton and Marshall county line. They also ordered the P. D. Berlin read constructed. The matter of most importance, perhaps, presented to the board was a petition signed by Albert B. Wicklzer, William Every, Samuel Parker and D. E. Snyder asking for a franchise for the construction of an electric car line in Marshall county. The route named- begins at a point on county line north and east of Bremen and thence runs south and west to Bremen; thence to the Lake of the Woods, down the Goshen road to Plymouth; thence to Argos, and from Argos to the Fulton county line with a spur from Argos to the Culver Military ar.ar1emr and Takf Mnrinknfkpp.

j It is expected that the line from Bremen will extend to Mishawakaand South Bend. The petitioners ask for a franchise for a period of 93 years to be granted them and their successors to lay a railway on the route described, leaving a roadway twenty-five feet wide over the public roads on which the line is constructed and they further ask that they be given five years In which to construct anyone of the lines mentioned and if a railroad be constructed and put In operation on any part of the line mentioned within a period of five years, then another five years shall be granted them to put in operation tbe remainder of said railway or railways. It will be seen that the granting of this franchise gives these men the control of the franchise for electric railways connecting the principal towns of Marshall county and does not bind them to do anything. The commissioners continued this petition until the May term to give the people time to think about It and give their opinions in regard to a franchise. The contract for 300 rods of wire fence for the poor farm was awarded to George Stevens of Argos. Weidner & Leffert, of Argos were the lowest binders on groceries, and M. Allmaj3 Sons got the contract for dry goods, boots, shoes and clothing. Buckwill furnish the oils and Astley & ness the hardware and George Stevens the binder twine. Linkenhelt & Co. got the contract for furnishing coal to the county farm and J. W. Wolford will furnish the wood for the court house at $ 3.75 a cord. The Right of Private Contract. A few years ago the legislature of Indiana passed a law requiring that all employers should pay the wages of employes weekly. Whether the employe wanted his wages 1j weekly payments or not even though he would rather receive the sum In lump payments once or twice a month the employer was compelled to pay him bis wages every week. This took away from both employer and employe the right to agree between themselves as to the times when wages should be paid. The next step in legislation might have been to fix c price for labor to control the terms of the contract by which one man works for another. It would be no more a violation of personal rights to fix by law the amount of wages which should be paid irrespective of the amount which the employer might be willing to par and the employe might be willing to receive than it would be to fix an arbitrary time when the wages should be paid. The supreme court of Indiana has declared that tbe weekly payments law not valid. It is an interference with the right of private contract which is inherent in eyery citizen. Any man earning wages in the employ of another has a right to consent that his wages shall be paid at such times and in such amounts as may be specified in an agreement between them. ' The authority which is now conceded to the decisions of the highest Indiana court invests this ruling with more fban common importance. Chicago Chronicle. Two Millions Bas ot Coffee. Coffee is now said to be at the lowest point in its history, due to an effort on the part of the Lewisohn Bros, to corner the market, while Herman Sielken, a captain of industry who makes coffee a speciality, keeps selling. : Investigation showed that the United States' yetrly consumes $60,000, 00p worth of coffee, and the Lewisohns expected to soon see the. demand outgrow the supply. They started buying with the result that they cow have something like 2,000,000 bajs of coffee stored In their warehouses at New York.

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The Medical Association. The meeting of the Marshall county medical association at tbe city hall in Plymouth, Thursday, was the best ever held in the county. Almost all the physicians of the county attended, and some of the ablest physicians and medical educators of the West were present; consequently the papers and discussions were intensely Interesting and valuable. When Dr. G. R. Reynolds called the meeting to order with an excellent address of welcome, Dr. C. L. Loring of Rochester brought a case before the society, a baby two years old, suffering from partial paralysis of the lower extremities. Dr. J. B. Birtiling read the first paper entitled Leu Karmia, which was well discussed by the members present. Dr. Charles B. Reed of Chicago read a paper on puerperal infection ana demonstrated the fact that meddlesome Intel Terence was tbe prime factor in caus ng the infection. Dr. Miles F. Porter of Fort Wayne, read a payer oq sarcomators degeneration in lipoma, reported a case and produced a specimen. Dr. W. R. Cisna of Chicago read a paper on diphtheria giving its history and treatment in full and strongly advocating the use of anti-toxine in all cases. This paper caused a great deal of discussion on the anti-toxin question and the large majority of the physicians present favored its use and thought the county commissioners should supply it to poor families free upon recommendation of the attending physician. The meeting adjonrned at 6 o'clock to W. W. Hi!l & Son's cafe, where an excellent supper was prepared and enjoyed by those present, after which the society reassembled at the city ball at 7:06, with Dr. R. C. Stephens vice-president In the chair. Dr. Wm. R. Cisna, of Chicago, read a paper on LaGrippe," giving its history from 1700 to present date and the paper brought out a great many interesting discussions regarding treatment etc. Drs. Charles B. Reed and "Wm. R. Cisna, of Chicago, were elected honorary members of the society and Drs. Wm. Kelsey and H. J. Kelsey, of Monterey; J. M. Ward, of Kewanna; F. E. Radcliffe, of Bourbon, were elected regular members. It was voted to call a meetihg of all the phy sicians of Plymouth together Monday night at Dr. Loring's Office for the purpose of forming a permanent business organization, after which the meeting adjourned. The following physicians were present: Drs. Mills P. Porter, Fort Wayne, Charles B. Reed, Chicago: J. B. Berteling, South Bend; W. R. Cisna, Chicago; Loring, Rochester; Butterworth, South Bend: Hill, South Bend; W. J. and A. J. Kelsey, .South Bend. Emery Reeves, Burr Oak; Denant and Hoy, Walkerton. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, R. C. Stephens: vice president, A. C. Jloltzendorff; secretary and treasurer, X. B. Aspiuall; board of censors L. D. Ely. S. C. Loring, T. H. Borton, Jacob Kaszer. Delegates to the Indiana State Medical society, which will meet at Rich; mond June 4 and 5: T. A. Borton. O. n. Rea, L. D. Ely, C. F. noltzendortf. Purification of Masonry. It is a fundamental principle of Free Masonry that no professional gambler shall be a member of the order. This is not exposing a Masonic secret. Tbe order makes tbe practice of some other vices a ban on membership. Recently a Masonic lodge in New York was disciplined for having admitted the notorious "Sbang" Draper as one of its members. It is not understood that Draper is a vicious or disreputable man in any respect except that he is a professional master gambler. He was admitted because he was a good fellow, repütable in his general life, charitable in all worthy directions and had a multitude of friends. . The grand lodge of New York canceled the charter of the local lodge which had accepted Draper as one of its members and passed a special order of discipline against the members of the lodge. There are 800 Masonic lodges within the New York jurisdiction. The rolls of membership in every lodge are to be investigated. It is said that all tbe more or less distinguished gamblers in the state have gained entrance among Masons. The excitement among Masons in New York and throughout the country occasioned by these exposures is very great. Nothing like it has been seen by Masons since the awful Morgan scandal of eighty years ago. Chicago Chronicle. Big Freight Wreck in Plymouth. Plymouth seems-to be. an unlucky place for Pennsylvania freight trains. There was quite a mix up and smash up of cars Wednesday evening and this forenoon the brakes, on a through freight going west failed to work and the engine crashed Into the rear end of a train in front of it demolishing the caboose and a half dozen freight cars, badly damaging the engine and damaged twenty other cars more or lees.. It required several hours to clear the tracks.

Chicago the Divorce City. Tbe great city of Chicago leads all other American municipalities in many ways. It is famous as tbe noisiest, smokiest, windiest, wickedest and liveliest city in the United States and now it has attained another distinction as having more divorced people within its borders than any of its compeers. According to the best statistics to be had there are now in the United States 51,538 people who have been divorced from the marriage relation. Of these 32,205 are women and 18,334 men. As a reason for the excess of women it is said divorced men are much more Inclined to marry than divorced women. In the city of Omaha, Neb , though, it is noted that there are more divorced men than divorced women. Chicago has more than twice as many divorced people residing within her limits as New York, and three times as many as Philadelphia, Sr. Louis or San Francisco. The figures are, Chicago, 4.341; New York, 2,146; Philadelphia, 1,772; San Francisco, 1,760; St. Louis, 1,596. Indianapolis is next with 1,391; Boston follows with 1,206; then Kansas City, 1,104: Cleveland, 1,059; Louisville, 1,034. This goes to show that marriage is practically a failure with a great number of American people. Most of the divorces are among the young, and among the class who marry in haste. Rarely is it that a divorce case happens with a couple who have been long acquainted with each other before entering the married state. South Bend Tribune.

Bewildering Steel Trust Figures. The first annual report to the stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation for the fiscal year ending December 31, shows the total volume of business done amounted to $560,510,479. with total net earnings of $133,308,764. The undiyided profits are $34,253,557. The great industry had on the average 163,117 employes during the year, and paid In salaries and wages $120,528,343. Other interesting facts ia-connection are total common stoc1, 508,302,500 shares; total prefened stock, 510.281,000; total tonnage rolled, 8,197,232; total number of stockholders, 58.629. A person reading figures hardly ever fully realizes their magnitude, but just think of one single corporation doing business that realizes more profits In one year than probably all the business firms in the whole state of Indiana taken together. And this all put together by one man, Charles M. Schwab. No wonder his health became undermined and tnat he sought diversion and freedom from business cares in foreign lands. South Bend Times. - An Interesting Personality. , Moses Martindale, who died Tuesday, was quite an interesting personality. While be was a child he had a severe attack cf scarlet fever which left him a mule. His parents sent him to the Indianapolis college for mutes and while there he met the lady who became his wife in 1870. She, too, had become a mute from the effects of scarlet fever. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martindale graduated from the Indianapolis college for mutes and ranked among the most highly educated mutes in the city. Mr. Martindale was a leader among the people who were afflicted in like manner, and bis counsel was sought by tbem. Mr. Martlndale's favorite hymn was ."I Would Not Live Always." Someone would interpret the words for him and he would place his hand on tbe singer's throat, in order to feel the vibrations. Elkhart Truth. Filipino Children in School. Teachers testify to the remarkable Intelligence of the Filipino children, which they say is superior to that of the children of the United States. They excel in imitation, memory and courtesy, but are defective in reasoning, in morality and ambition. Tbe boys take the greatest interest in Eng. lish, reading, writing and arithmetic; the girls show the greatest interest in reading, spelling, drawing, music and writing. The native games of children, like those of adults, all have an element of gambling, but the children take very readily to American games whieh have been introduced by the teachers. Very little can be done except by example and the ordinary restraint to improve the morals of the adult population, but the next generation will haye a higher standard and show a remarkable advance both in intelligence, education and morality. Hon. Charles tl. Reeve. It is unpleasant to note that the venerable ex-Senator Reeve, who lives in Plymouth is in feeble health. A correspondent , of tne South Bend Times found him propped up in an easy chair, with his face to the street, where, in waking momentj'., Tie could enjoy the sunlight and see tue people go by. - His library room, with large bay window, admits abundance of light and gives a long range of view, where he enjoys the moying scenes, but of which he is denied a part. His mental activities are clear as a bell, but his body is frail and weak. The doctor says he will be better and all hope his words may be a true prophesy. Elkhart Review.

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Bi Fire it Burr Oak. J. J. Cromley's house and bam at Burr Oak burned to the ground about 3 o'clock Thursday morning. The fire was first discovered In the hav mow and the barn was soon in flames; the wind blowing toward the house it also caught fire and was soon reduced to ashes. Neighbors turned out and worked herocially consequently a considerable part of the household goods were saved. One horse, two cows, a bugg7, sleigh and harness and everything else in tbe barn, was consumed. Mr. Cromley had $700 insurance but this will not cover more than half his loss. Dr. Loring had about $100 worth or goods stored which he loses. The fire was probably caused by tramps. Mr. Crumley purchased the horse Wednesday and tbe animal was burn ed to death the first night after it was placed in the barn. Harry Ruple's blacksmith shop was also burned. His loss is about $250 with an insurance of $100. All the buildings were insured in J. A. Mol ter's agency. A Fine Entertainment. The Cosmorama given by the Y. P. C. U. of the United Brethren church at the opera house Wednesday night was doubtless the finest thing in line of local advertising which has ever been given inPlymouth. Nearly every merchant in town was represented, and costumes and tableaux were especially unique and interesting. The Y. P. C. Ü. takes this means to most heartily, thank the business men for their kindness in making the entertainment such a success, and to doubly thank the fair young people for their great courtesy and untiring efforts to help the society in this way, and to Mrs. James McDonald for. her kindness in presiding at the piano throughout the evening, i Beautiful New Piano for Sale Cheap. . Slightly used, new large, late style upright piano, standard make, can be purchasad from a responsible party at a barealn. PaU cash, balance time, as desired. Address Box A, Tribune. 3Q1T7

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C SON, The f f f V W Tf f W the ground point down with heel The Lessons of the Sick Room. Those who have never experienced the uncertainty attending months or even days of illness cannot realize the misery and grief of the afflicted one. There is the thought of partly executed plans, of important enterprises doomed in their incipiency, of neg. iected missions, of opportunities left open to unwarranted and insolent interference from without. A thousand and and one ideas crowd in,, each with its own particular aspect to harass the mind with doubt and rob one of the poor comforts that fair external surroundings might possibly provide; the very attentions of friends and family excite a train of thought that the physician would give much to banish from the sick room; the weather, the information from tbe outer world exasperate and vex the broken but still unconquered spirit. Tbe doubts and misgivings sometimes give way. to a mostr delightful hopeful ness that is perhaDS as abuormal and unnatural as the extravagant gloom with which it alternates, The remedy for the mischief once done is hard to find. It is simply an illustration of the comparative value of an ounce of prevention and a pound of cure. The preparation for just such situations is undoubtedly , that fine and careful development that carries great and strong souls through awful moments of bodily danger and mental agony. It begins with the first breath and is tbe task of a life-time whose end marks the hero and the ideal man. J.- B. Stoll In The South Bend Times. Colonist Tickets to West and Northwest via Pennsylvania Linej. From February 15th to April 30th, inclusive, one way second-class tickets to California, North Pacific Coast points, Montana and Idaho, will be sold at low fares via Pennsylvania Lines. For particulars apply to nearest ticket Agent of the Pennsylvania Jines. These crispy mornings Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake Flour taste delicious. Beady In a moment. Buy from your grocer.

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