Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 July 1903 — Page 2

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Established October 10, 1901. Only Republican Newspaper In the County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFFICE BIssell Building, Corner LaPorte and Center Streets. Telephone No. 27. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, in adTance. 11.50; Six Months, 75 cents; Three Month", 40 cents. delivered at any postoffiee ADVERTISING RATES made known oa application. Entered at the ponoiBce at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. Tlymoulh, Ind.. July 9, 1903. " " Uncle Sam is getting ready to talk United Stales oyer his own cable to Manila this week. Spanning the Pacific has been quickly accomplished in Ibis enterprise. Forty warships for the United States are under 'construction in thirteen different yards. The president and congress are of one mind in keeping the navy up to date. It is substantially settled that Mr. Cleveland will accept a fourth nomination if be can get it. In any case, he will put a strong impress on the next democratic national convention. President Roosevelt regrets the necessity of forwarding a petition to the czar in connection with the Jewish outrages, and the czar will be equally pained with the duty of turning it down. If Bryan should attend the next democratic national convention as the leader or the Nebraska delegation he would have the hurrah on his side and keep the organizers in a nervous condition from start to finish. Notwithstanding the reduction in internal revenues through the repeal -of the war taxes and the increase in appropriations, the closing day of the fiscal year finds a surplus in the national treasury amounting to 652,710,590, and an available cash balance amounting to 1231,545,012. The new department of Commerce and Labor is the first one that was ever formally opened with prayer and speechmaking. The exercises appropriate enough, and the department is likely to prove a very important one. Its investigation and official handling of trusts and corporations will be an entirely new departure. The tariff plank adopted by the republicans of Iowa is a very sensible one. It pledges continued adherence to the policy of protection as a main factor in our national prosperity, but urges the occasional revision of tariff rates as varying conditions may require. The plank is one that can be indorsed by all republicans. The South Bend Times notes that very few republican papery in this part of the state appear to be in a burry about declaring themselves for this or that aspirant to gubernatorial honors. They seem to think there is plenty of time to make a choice a little nearer to convention time. In politics it is not always the early bird that catches the worm. Many voters are getting tired of haying candidates nominated a year before election. The accounts of the government are kept so close up to date that on J uly 1 the treasury anthorities were able to announce the total receipts and expenditures during the fiscal year ended the day before. For the fiscal year ended on Tuesday there venues from all sources were $258,887,296 and the expenditures were $506,176,590, leaving surplus of $55,711,336. The snrplus is unnecessarily large and will probably call for a further reduction of taxes. The repeal of taxes is not nearly so difficult as imposing them, and yet it should be done with discretion. There is a wholesale emigration of miners and workmen from the iron districts of Austria to the United States In consequence of the unprece dented Stagnation of the iron industry. Ilundreds of men have been discharged since the beginning of the year, and the mines and iron works are operating on short time. Wages bave fallen fifty percent, and in many instances the men are earning less than 50 cents a day, and theif families are suffering. There is faint hope of any immediate improvement in the situation, and whole colonies of work men are leaving the country. Gratifying results of the monetary legislature known as the Gold Standard Law continue to accumulate. One of the important provisions of the law was the authorization of banks with a mimimum capital of $25,000 in the smaller towns. During the year just closed 537 new national banks have been organized, of which 339 are In towns of less than 3,000 population, having a capital of $25, 000 or a little more. This means a 'rery wide distribution of banking fa cilities among agricultural communi ties, which have heretofore had to de pend largely upon ' the Indivl dual money lender with his Shylock propensities. It means that the carload of cotton or corn or wheat for the country-side in be gathered and coved without taxing the life out of th3 owner of the crop to pay tribute Ll tzll a dozen different points.

. The government debt'of the United States has reached a point where it is less than the appropriations of one session of congress and considerably

less than the capitalization of the largest American industrial corpora tion. As compared with resources, it is a mere bagatelle. The Day After the Declaration. What do you suppose the signers of the Declaration of Independence thought of the situation theday after? A. period of prolonged tension cul minating in an irrevocable act of great importance is apt to be followed by a sort of reaction and a disposition to weigh consequences and wonder if the act will stand the test of time. Tbore is no record that the signers of the Declaration experienced such a feel ing the day after, but it would not be at all strange if they did. It is stated that when the document was being signed John Hancock said. "We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways: we must all hang togetner " "Yes," remarked Benjamin Franklin, 4 'we roust all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." It is also stated that after Elbridse Gerry, of Massachusetts, who was a slender man, affixed his signature, Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, a large framed man, said to him: "When the hanging time comes, I shall have the advantage of, you.; I am so heavy it will be all over with me in a minute, but you will be kicking in the air an hour after I am gone." These anecdotes are as well authen ticated as many others that have passed into history and are the more credible because they represent a feel ing which many of the signers must have had that they were burning their bridges behind them. During the 'long debate that pre ceded the Declaration a strong opposition to it was developed. This included several of the signers, notably Robert Morris, a rich merchant of Philadelphia, who subsequently be came the great financier of the Revolu tion. He and several other members of the Congress argued that the colonies were in no way prepared for what was likely to be a long and seere content wich ureal inuun. i which was powerful on land and sea; L that they had no well organized army or navy, no sufficient supply of muni tions of war or any way Of getting a supply. Mr. Morris thought a declara tion of independence whould inevitably dissolve the colonial union. ar. he did not believe one-half of the colonies would ratify it. John Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, an ardent patriot of the period, considered the declaration unwise, spoke against It voted against and did not sign it. Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina, opposed the declaration, but signed it, like Morris. Those who signed the declaration after opposing it for reasons which certainly appeared weighty at the time, deserved .all the more credit for sacrificing their opinions to the will of the majority. It would not be sur prising if the day after they wondered if they had acted wisely or not. nappi ly most of them lived long enough to bave all doubt on the subject re moved, and some of those who bad opposed the x declaration became its ardent supporters. If Robert Morris had been a sulker he would have re fused to assist In prosecuting a war which he had deprecated, and when reverses came he would have said, :I told von so." But he was not that kind of a man. After signing the declaration with doubts of its wisdom he beclame the financial mainstay of the Continental Congress and almost carried the Revolution on his shoulders. The signers were politicians as well as patriots, and they realized the Importance of getting the declaration before the people as soon as possible. They wanted to make the act as irrevocable as possible and to "fire the American heart.' a There were no daily papers in those days and no telegraph. It was not till the 8th of July that copies of the declaration were sent to each.of the Colonial Assemblies with a letter from John Hancock, president of the con gress, In which he said: "The im portant consequences to the American States from the Declaration of Inde pendence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, will naturally suggest the proDriety of proclaiming it in such a manner that thejpeople may be untver sally Informed of it." In each of the thirteen colonies, now newly created states, the declaration was received with joyous dem onstrations. Church bells wert rung, " . -it cannon were fired, the militia paraded and there were fireworks and illuminations. The Donular demonstrations and the hearty indorsement of the declaration by all of the state legislatures must have convinced the signers, as soon as the news reached th im, that they had made - no mistake. Whatever the doubts or misgivings of the day after may have been, they did not last long, though the signers who had jested about hangln? must have felt tt more than one dark period that their jokes might come true. Indianapolis Journal. .

Competition For Packers. It is altogether likely that compeUtlon, either latent or active, will prevent the establishment of any very oppressive monopoly in the packing business, but we cannot be quite sure that the effective competition will be supplied, by concerns aowedly established to "fight the big packers," such as are said to be under way in the west. Such concerns may derive their original capital., as appears. to be. the present Instance, from parties and interests naturally hostile to the monopoly which is to be fought. Wealthy stockmen, small shopkeepers and labor unions are said to have supplied most of the original capital for the "trustbusting" packing plants, and so long as these Interests keep control something like effective competition may be expected. But experience has shown that in such cases the monopoly fighters are likely to be swallowed up by the monopolists. There is nothing to binder bolders of stock from sell.ng or monopolists from buying, and the' latter find various ways of bringing pressure to bear on the former to sell. They can subject the young and comparatively weak rival concern to losses by underselling, when stockholders in the rival, having to pay assessments instead of receiving dividends, quietly sell out to avoid further losses until the monopolists get control of the rival. Sometimes, indeed, the rival is organized for the purpose of selling out and then its existence usually is short lived. , The best safeguard of the public against monopoly is latent competition. The monopoly may be able to swallow the comparitiyely weak competitor, but it costs a good deal to do the swallowing. It pays better, therefore, to keep prices down low enough to discourage competition and depend for profits on the advantages which they enjoy as producers on a very large scale. Chicago Chronicle. Storm Did Awh Damage. The storm of Wednesday afternoon and evening did much damage. The rain was very Ilea vy south and southeast of this city and in Fulton and

fimt untioc Perry Sarber's barn, on his farm five, miles southwest of "Plymouth, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Two hundred bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of corn, all his hay, oats and some farming utensils were destroyed by the fire.' Seven head of cattle and one horse perished in the flames and another horse was badly burned. A section of the L. E. & W. rail road was washed out between Tiosa and Rochester, and another section was washed out near Denver. All the low land in the vicinity of Rochester and Denver is reported under water and trains were delayed'from eight to ten hours. . Hail also did considerable damage in the country near Bourbon and south of there. In the country a few miles north of Plymouth there was only a light shower, and. there was not too much rain in this city. The Presbyterian church here was struck by lightning and the lights burned out, but was not much damaged otherwise. Mr. Sarber held $1,300 insurance in the Marshall Home company, but it will not cover bis loss by several hun dred dollars. An 'Ajrostologisi Wanted.' What is an' "agrostologist?" The ... ' - average person will nave to consult bis biggest dictionary to answer this question, and when be does, he I will find that an agrostologist is one versed in the science pertaining to grasses. The government wants a man of this kind, and anaounces . that if ltcan find him, it will pay 60 a month in return for his services Inasmuch as an agrostologist must be versed In botany, both theoretically, and practically, and understand all about grasses from the scientific standpoint, he will certainly lie worth the salary offered by Uncle Sam. Eyen "agrostologists" whose only connection with grasses consists in cutting them down with scythes and mowing machines, are able to earn two dollars a day in the haying season. . Roosevelt Rough Riders. The detachment of Roosevelt's Rough Riders under Captain Thomas Baker, which did such heroic service at San Juan Hill, will be seen in this city when the "Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Show. exhibit here. These cavalrymen weie notedly the greatest riders of the immortal regiment, and the exhibition of expert horsemanship they give in connection with the performance at these great shows will prove most Interesting, in addition to giving the people of this city and surrounding Jcountry to see at close hand some of the heroes who did so much to add to their country ' glory in the cause of liberty. They will doubtless receive a most hearty welcome when they appear here on Thursday, July 30. Mrs. Henry Brown, Milwaukee, Wis. Nothing has ever done so much for me as Rocky Mountain Tea. The whole family is kept .well by its use. 35 cents. For sale by J. E. Garwood

The Punishment of Crime. Secretary Butler of the State Board of Charities declares that the population of prisons in the country is steadily decreasing. He says this is particularly true of the prison at Michigan City. Some of those who give some study to this question'of crime and its punishment believe that there are two causes for this decrease, the reform of the methods of punishing crime In various states and generally prosperous condition of the country. These two reasons may possibly have helped somewhat, but there is a third and we believe . more potent reason, and that is the growing laxity in the enforcement of law against crimes. The present tendency toward lynch law has some foundation in the lact that people have no established confidence that certain crimes will meet punishment, and the delays, of, the law, necessary and unnecessary, cause many a charge to go unmade and many a qrime to go unpunished. Crimes which filled our prisons twentyfive years ago too often escape public officials fail to do their duty, juries tend to acquit, and lawyers secure immunity irom punishment by tricks of law. Twenty five years ago it was a rare case if an official failed of conviction when he was caught takings the public funds, but now the bondsmen hurry up to the captain's office and settle the deficit when they can find among the goods and chattels of the defaulter sufficient to reimburse them, and the Jury acquits of crime because the money taken was paid back. We are fain to believe that the decreasing population of state prisons is due far more to the laxity of enforcement of law, and to the apathy that general crime is not punished. Elkhart Review,

New Conscience Needed. Some excellent thoughts bave found their way into the. editorial columns of the Star, the newly established papsr at Indianapolis. Worthy of espe cial mention is a recent editorial ut terance wherein it is declared that "the essence of theft is to get from others what one has not earned, nor received as a gift. If an employer prospers, and pays less wages than he ought to pay, he steals from his men. If an employe wastes time and slights his work, he steals from his employer. If a company is promoted and stock is sold with a promise of dividends that are uncertain, and with contracts that cannot be lived up to for long periods of time, it is theft. Get-rlch-quick schemes are at the bottom usually of thieving enterprises, for they seek to get money for people who bave not earned it. Unfortunately, there are too many who would scorn to ao a small theft, and would be the first to have a petty thief thrown into jail, who will engage in business enterprises on a large scale, which are really more criminal. "The entire speculative element in trade needs a new conscience. There must be legislation to protect investors from commercial robbery, and to help men with weak consciences and powerful greed, to do right. But it is of more importance that the family, the church and the school, give attention to the ethical training of the young in these practical matters." Needs More Than Book Learning. There is a man in Lancaster, Pa., who has taught school there for fortyone years and has never been beyond the county limits in that time. No matter how good, or honest, or competent a man mav be in such a capacity Is he not likely to be too harrow, too much contracted of Idea .to be a first-class instructor of the young? The best teachers In any branch of learning are these who have had the most practical experience, who have had the opportunity of enlarging upon their theoretical knowledge and ideas by coming in contact with things in the world as they actually, exist. S. B. Tribune. ' - - ' l Labor Leaders Disagree. Samuel Gompers and Clarence S. Darrow, two labor leaders, are decidedly at variance with reference to the proper courscfor wageworkers to pursue. Darrow has reached the conclusion that unionism is on the wrong track and that the unreasonable demands in season and out of season for higher wages must inevitably lead to disaster. Gompers dissents from this vie? and, con tends that while, it may readily be admitted that some un!ons have gone to extremes, in the main the efforts of organized labor have been in the interest of humanity. A Sensible Horse. Perry Sarber's horse which escaped from the burning barn, was tied with a rope halter, which caught fire and burned so that the horse succeeded In breakjrg it and made a rush for the barn door, which was hung on rollers and had been shut so as to leave an opening for the air to get in. The horse pushed his nose through the opening and succeeded in pushing the door back on the rollers and mak ing his escape from the burning building. 7 The animal is badly burned but will recover. For the latest telegraphic reports see the Ttj3une.

MORTUARY

Mrs. John Wenszler. Rosa C. wife of John Wenszler, died at her home in this city, Wednesday afternoon, July 1, 1903, aged 60years, 4 months and 17 days. Deceased was born in Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 14, 1843. Her parents died there and she came to America, landing in this country in August 1870, where she married John Wenszler a few hours later, came to Plymouth, and resided here until her death. She was a kind and faithful wife, mother and friend, but for nineteen years had been confined to her home by a complication of diseases, and for four years previous to her death she was almost entirely helpless. She leaves a husband and one daughter, Rosa, who during all the long years of her mother's illness was her constant attendant, three sons, John, of Fort Wayne, and Fred and Willie, of this city. Funeral services were held at the home just east of the Brownlee bridge at 3:30 p. m., Friday. Services were conducted by Rev. C. E. Weiss of the German Evangelical church, of which deceased was a member, and the remains were interred at Oak Hill. Mrs. Thomas K. Houghton. Sarah J., wife of Thomas K. Houghton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rollo B. Oglesbee, in Laporte, Saturday evening July 4, after a long illness, caused by falling down stairs several months ago. Her age was 72 years, 6 months, 6 days. Deceased was the daughter of William Dunham, one of the first settlers of this city. She was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and came with her parents to Plymouth in 1836 and was a resident of Plymouth sixtysix years. She was united in marriage with Thomas K. Houghton December 28, 1854, and to this union six children were born, four of whom are living. They are Mrs. R. B. Oglesbee, Mrs. John H. Green, Jas. K. and Anna Z. Houghton. Her husband, Thomas K. Houghton now lies at the point of death at the home of Rollo B. Oglesbee in Laporte. Brief service were held at the house at Laporte by Rev. Dr. Hartley of the Presbyterian church. The remains were brought to Plymouth on the 10:38 a. m. train Monday and were interred at Oak Hill cemetery. The Fourth at Washington. At Washington for the first time in 50 years a erenuine old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration was held. A parade of genuine United States army soldiers was given with Gen. Corbin as marshal-in-chief and there were final exercises from an improvised stand in the white house grounds. Admiral Dewey read the Declaration of Independence. Seward Vindicated. When Secretary Seward bought Alaska he was much ridiculed by the press for "throwing away" $7,000,000 for a lot of Icebergs, Esquimaux, walruses and frozen rivers. In the last six months of 1902, this much derided territory imported from the United States $3,418,942 in merchandise and the precious metals, while it exported to thisJcouutry $24,988,188 in value. This total trade of the territory for the . period . mentioned amounted to $30.792,658, which is over four times as much as was paid for it. Bill?' 'Seward, as his enemies called him, would seem to be vindicated The 'American Farmer. A Word of Caution. The approach of Independence, day has caused the state board of health to sound the usual warning for the careful treatment of the children who are sure to fall victims to fireworks on the glorious Fourth. It points out that last year forty-two out or the sixty-three deaths from lockjaw were caused by Fourth of July accidents. Most of the cases were caused by the improper treatment of the injuries. A blank cartridge wound is really dangerous. If left to nature, lockjaw will result in almost every case. The lockjaw organism is not on the cartridge, but frequently is in the'dirt on the child's hand. The wad or piece of metal drives the dirt deep into the wound, where it remains. The microbes grow readily there, and lockjaw follows. Every firecracker or blank cartridge wound should accordingly be thoroughly cleansed, disinfected and antiseptically dressed. This should not be neglected simply because it hurts the patient; The Fccnditicn cf Health. Nourishment is . the foundation . of health life etrength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the one great medicine that enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest, assimilate and transform all foods into the kind of blood that nourishes the nerves and feeds the tissues. Kodol lays the foundation for health. Nature does the rest. Indiges tion, Dyspepsia, and all disorders of the stomach and digestive organs are cured by the use of Eodol. Bold by J. - E. Garwood. ,

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SUMMER OUTINGS. Low Rates to' Seashore, to (he Lakes and to Other Attractive Reiorti. Vacation trips to attractive places for outings, including popular summer resorts, may be enjoyed at low fare by purchasing excursion tickets over the Pennsylvania line?. A list of points which may be visited Include the national capital, Philidelphia, Sew York, Boston, the seashore, Niagara Falls, summer havens on the Great Lakes and in North Michigan, in Colorado and California and cool retreats in the mountains. Tickets to Chautauqua Lake, to Lakeside and Put-in-Bay, to Petoskey, to Mackinac Island, to Traverse City, and the scores of cool retreats in North Michigan; to Devil's lake and the Dells of TjVisconsIn, and to the attractive resort of the northwest and west, may be obtained at principal ticket offices of the Pennsylvania lines, every day during the summer. On July 6 to 8. inclusive, special low fares to Denver will be In effect for the Christian Endeavor meeting. On July 15 and 16 tickets to Detroit will be sold at low fares for the Epworth League meeting. On July 31 to Aug, 1" fares to San Francisco will be very low account the G. A. R. national encampment, and on.' Sept. 18, 19 and 20 a trip to Baltimore may be made at low rate, tickets on sale those dates account the I. O. O. F. meeting. In fact opportunities are offered for outings at low fares via Pennsylvania 0

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Ines to any part of the country, par tlcularly to the summer resort sections of the United States. Full information regarding low fares, time of trains, etc., will be furnished upon application to the Pennsylvania ticket agent. Special Fares to California via Pcrtnsylnia Lines. Account National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic will be in effect July 31st to August 13th, inclusive. For further information regarding rates, through time, etc.r coosult Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines. Colorado-California Excursions. July 1st to 10th, inclusive, excursion tickets will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines to Denver, Colo., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, Cal. For particulars consult nearest ticket agent' of the Pennsylvania. Lines. Home-Seekers Excursion. July 7th, 21st, August 4th and 18th, Home-Seekers' tickets -will be sold to points in the West Northwest, South aik'i Southwest. For particulars regarding rates, etc., apply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines. Good News For Everybody. The I. I. & I. B. B. will Inaugurate their popular cheap rate excursions to St. Joe, Mich., May 31. There wUI be more attractions this year than ever before and a good time Is insured jor everyone. For rates and full particulars inquire at I. I. & I. Ticket office or address W. L. Rocs, D.-P- A. Streator, Ills. V-