Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 July 1903 — Page 2

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Plymouth, Ind., July 16, 1903. , When Governor Durbio said: "The mob at Evansville will be quelled and law and order restored if it takes every soldier in Indiana," tbe mob collapsed at once. Tbe mob knew the govejnor meant business.

The most remarkable feature in Pope Leo's case was his clearness of mind and cheerfulness. Mere vitality holding out many hours or even days beyond all expectations is not unusual, but the other conditions are very remarkable.

Slate Statistician Johnson thinks Indiana's wheat, oats and corn crops will fall considerably below those of last year, but just now the weather conditions are very favorable to corn and if we have good weather when the corn is earing the yield will be good. Daring the fiscal year just closed 132,829 claims were allowed by the pension bureau, and 113,720 rejected. Tae number of allowances exceeded those of last year to the extent of 13,005. The number of rejections ii 1902 was 118.464. This was the first year under the administration of Commissioner Ware.

John W. Kern, of Indinapolis, is now rated as Bryan's closest friend in Indianapolis. Mr. Kern was recently ÖS felted by James Reach for the head Ot the democratic ' ity organization in Indianapolis, which would indicate that Mr. Bryan is not represented personally by the most poplar "democrat at the state capital.

The South Bend Times has no use at all for Wm. Randolph Hearst, the yellow journalist, as a presdential quantity. That paper says that when Hearst's name is even remotely coupled with a presidential nomination, there is nothing wrong in boomlog John W. Kern for the place. The latter the Times says, is as superior to Hearst as a Bengal tiger is to a singtd cat.

The United States government is now in direct communication with all its insular possessions. The completion of the Pacific ocean cable to the Philippines, taking in Hawaii and Guam on the way, is of immense value to the country, as it brings Washington in direct touch with those far away islands and will be the means of greatly advancing the cause of civilization in general.

In his testimony at the coroner's Inquest at Evansville, narrv S. Hunter, the Indianapolis traveling man who was the first witness called, blamed the miliatiamen because they did not try the effect of a volley of blank cartridges before riddling the mob with bullets. Mr. Hunter apparently does not know that it is contrary to the laws of Indiana for a militiaman to fire a blank cartridge. If the Indiana soldier fires at all he must fire a bullet.

This center shot was made by the Indianapolis Journal; "The people that, want to regulate the lives of others are always yery numerous and very persistent in America, and one cannot but regret the widespread disposition they are showing these days to force the government Into the attitude of poking its nose into the internal affairs of other govertments. The jurisdiction of the United States government is very large and it has plenty to do within its own domain."

There is no half-way place between right and wrong In matters of law, any more than there is in matters of religion. ' A community must choose whether it will live under the reign of law or under that of anarchy. It is more than dangerous for the people of a city or town to say, "We will enforce this law because we think it right but we will not enforce that one because we think it senseless and wrong." Contempt for one law quickly breeds contempt for another, and the logical end of such a beginnlDg is riot and bloodshed, 'if the path be traveled far enough.

The first newspaper ever printed and published by an Indian has made its appearance in Eufaula, I. T. The editor is Alexander Posey, a Creek and one of the most prominent men of the nation. Posey is called the "Creek band," but he is only half Creek. His father was a Scotch trader, ne was born near Eufaula on Aug. 23, 1873, and was educated at Bacone university at Muskogee seven or eight years ago. He went into educational work after his graduation and was successively superintendent of the Creek orphan school, superintendent of public instruction for the Creek nation and superintendent of the Eufaula Creek high school. He Is the author cf the "Fus Fixica" letters.

A LITTLE HORSE SENSE. The older readers of the Plymouth Republican will recollect that when the civil service idea was In its infancy, the editor of the Republican said there was real danger of its building up an ofllce holding aristocracy, which would result in ineffliciency in the service, increased expenses and soft snaps for the friends of the favored few who had been long in office. We argued then as we do now that real civil service reform should be a fixed tenure o! office, which would not allow any one to hold a position over six years. This would infuse new blood by the selection of honest competent business men. who would keep the departments out of rjits and prevent such scandals as we now read about. The civil seryice men are now busy declaring that the scandals recently unearthed by investigations in the Postofflce Department are the result of tbe spoils system. On this subject the Middletown N2ws expresses our yiews when it says: "We prefer to believe that they are rather tbe outgrjwth of the civil service policy that has prevailed in the department, in fact the two chief conspirators are shon to be civil service employes of years standing, and the officials who have brought the scandals to . light are" without the classified service. Appointments are made after a sort of examination, which tests the capabilities of the applicant to do the work, but makes no test of bis integrity or business sagacity. Doing good service in a subordinate position, where there is no temptation, tbe officer is promoted to a position of great responsibility; with this increased responsibility "comes temptation, and If the officer is not one of tbe strictest integrity he falls. Besides, be is likely to conclude that, protected by law, his place is secure and because of this fact, there is all the greater temptation to him to engage in irregularities and speculations. Any system of appointing men to responsible positions, which does not in some way test or disclose the character of the candidate, his integrity and business ability, Is at fault. The so-called civil reform policy does no do this. Capability to do a certain work and integrity to resist temptations are two vastly different qualifications. A system which would leave the appointments to men who wjuld select honest people, rathe: than those who, upon a sort of school teacher examination, could show their capability, is much to be preferred. This would not necessarily mean a return to the old discredited spoils system. Even if it did, it would be none the worse. A system which builds up a sort of office-holding aristocracy is wrong in principle and should be discontinued.". - .

John B. Stull says the man who sits down to his desk on a hot day like this to write a column editorial on tbe political situation simply wastes time and fires In tbe air. No matter how well and ably an editorial on political topics may be written, it will fail utterly to make an impression on the general reader while mercury is hovering about the 90 's.

Horse Thief Caught Samuel Bauer, who stole a livery rig aud team from William Bondurant at Bremen a few weeks ago and was released because it was not entirely clear that he did not intend to return it, is now in jail at Peru with excelleut prospects for going to the penitentiary. On Saturday evening, June 21, Bauer stopped at the home of Levi J. Schröck, twelve miles south of Peru, and remained over Sunday. He bad a horse and buggy and was selling medicine, ne admired Mr. Schröck 's horses and learned that one very fine mare was an excelleut traveler. On Wednesday, June 24, be left his horse and buggy with a farmer about four miles from where Mr. S brock lives, stating that he wished to go to his home at Elkhart and would return in a few days. That night Mr. Shrock's mare was stolen and a buggy and harness were stolen from a neighbor. Bauer drove up into Fulton county and from there to Marshall county and traded the horse to Frank Johnson, near Teegarden, for a pony, getting $80 difference. He sold the buggy for a trifle, returned to. Miami county and got his medicine outfit. Mr. Shrock suspected him, succeeded in catching him, gothlmin jail, got a confession from him, came here Friday, and got his

jnare returning home today.

He Had a Good Appetite. A witness in tbe Drake case at Covington testified thatbesawMr. Drake eat twelve chicken legs and drink seven cups of tea at a sitting, and the widow testified that her husband at his last meal "ate three slices of hog jowls, only one of which would go into the frying pan, which was large, at a time, six onions, three inches in diameter; that he drank two and, a half cups of coffee, ate four large slices of bread with a large amount of butter and a number of hot waffles. " ne died that night., and now they are trying to prove that it was a dose of poison that killed him. Great Scot! Indianapolis Journal.

Who Shall Decide? The tripartite debate between Presidents Eliot of Harvard, Harper of Chicago and Butler of Columbia over the length of the baccalaureate course and the preparation for.professional schools must have'been an intellectual treat to those who had the pleasure of hearing it. The three men represent three different forms of energy, and eac) has its special value. President Eliot represents power through" repose, latent strength, that without baste and without rest works its miracle in calm serenity i President Harper has the force which grasps every favorable opportunity within reach and converts it into good for bis university, which to him is of more importance than the universe. In fact, it is tbe universe, or will be, if he carries out his plans. President Butler has zeal and purpose, but he believes the university is made for man and not man for the university. Dr. Harper would hold onto the stuaent for four years at least, and as much longer as possible. Dr. Eliot has confidence that the excellent quality of work dorje at Harvard is so efficient that three years' study is sufficient to equip a man for his professional training, which should be entered on by the time he is 21. President Butler would adapt the uuiversity to the needs of the individual student, giving the young man educational doses In packages of two, three or four years, as the case require. When doctors of philosophy disagree it is as difficult to decide which is right as it Is when doctors of medicine are at odds, and people may side with either as they please. Dr. Haper will still continue to lay bands ou students and hold them till they- are gray If be chooses. The magic names of Harvard and President Eliot will irresistahle draw men to Harvard in ipite of tbe attractions offered elsewhere, and Columbia with its "adaption of the environment to the organism" will hold its own with the other two. Smaller institutions may imitate either course as seems best, to each, but these three universities are able to carry out the individual idea of their respective presidents, knowing that success is assured whatever be the plan adopted. Chicago Chronicle. Indiana State Fair. . The premium list of the Indiana State Fair of 1903, which is to be held in Indianapolis, September 14-18, is being distributed among exhibitors and patrons of the fair. The premiums offeres aggregate $29,426.75 apportioned as follows: Horses, including races. $12,74? 00; .cattle, 7.864.00; dairy products, $207.00; sheep, $1,961.00; hogs, $1,458.00; poultry, $1,806.00; grain, seeds and

vegetables, $1,407.50; fruits and flowers, $1.107:50; bees and honey, $50.00; table luxuries $157.25, and art, $1,256.00. This is decidedly the best list ever issued by the State Board of Agriculture and should attract a very large exhibit. Sousa and his Band have been engaged for tbe iifth successive year, and will give concerts at tbe fair grounds -on tho afternoons of September 16 and 17, and at Tomlison Hall in the evenings. Other high class special attractions will be secured. Tne race program is a great Improvement over former years. Premium lists and entry blanks can be had by writing a postal card to Chas. Downing, secretary, Room 14, State nouse, Indianapolis, Ind.

Richest Man in the World. The Czar of Russia is by far the richest man in the world. You know how much a 640-acre farm is? The czar has enough land of bis own to make a million such farms. The Russia crown owns one million square miles of forests and cultivated lands, an area equal to one: third of the United States without Alaska and our outlying colonies. He has in addition mines in Siberia which produce a vast revenue, and bonds and stocks and gold galore. Indeed no. one knows what his revenue is. Tbe crown domains are considered the private prop

erty of the impenal family, and. their

millions coming from them which never get into public reports. He has also vast amounts in jewels and other treasures, so that it impossible to estimate his wealth.

Swat Him Anyway. At this season, in the Interest of humanity, it is customary to announce that there are to kinds of mosquitoes, the culex and anopheles. The latter is directly responsible for the spread of the germs of malaria. The former is harmless and merely annoying. The difference between them can be readily determined. While resting on any surface the body and tail of the" anopheles ire at an angle to the surface, while' the same parts of the culex are parallel. Thoughtful citizens who would not have the shadow of crime unon them will be careful to as

certain whether the tormentor is a be

nign culex or a baleful ancopheles, but our advice is, swat the mosquito whenever you can.

Paul Revere'! Watch. The watch which Paul Revere carried on his midnight ride 128 years ago is still a serviceable timepiece and is owned by Frederick Lincoln Crane of Maiden, Mass. This relic, pronounced by expert antiquarians to be undoubtedly what it is claimed, fell Into Mr. Crane's hands something over a year ago, by a very interesting chain of circumstances. Paul Reere left this watch by will to his son, Joseph Revere, who in turn passed it down to Col. Frederick W. Lincoln of Canton, his nephew and tbe grandson of the Revolutionary scout. This Colonel Lincoln was for many years the head of the Revere Copper Company's work In Canton, the industry, it will be remembered, with which Paul Revere was so long connected. Frederick W. Lincoln, afterward mayor of Boston, was adopted by Colonel Lincoln, and because of this, as well as because he was tbe patriot Paul's great-grandson, he would have been tbe natural beir to the watch. Just here, however, an interesting bit of romance came in to divert the relic to the present owner. Colonel Lincoln had in Dr. Phineas Miller Crane, late of East Boston, the father of Mr. Crane, of Maiden, a very dear friend. Often Dr. Crane had admired the Paul Revere watch, and in love for the timepiece his bride heartily shared. This fact he let drop to Colonel Lincoln one day in tbe course of conversation, proposing, half in jest, that he sell him the watch to give his fiancee the day she became his wife. Naturally Colonel Lincoln was averse to Jetting the watch go to one not of the Revere blood but his friend's

request seemed to offer to him an ad

mirable opportunity to set the seal on a friendship which had meant much to them both. . as well as to Miss Dwight, so he consented to part with tbe watch and it became the property, the day she became Mrs. Crane, of the woman both men wished to please. The number of the watch, which is aa 18-carat gold case, is 24,650, and that it was well made is demonstrated by the fact that today, 128 years after the night it served the owner on his famous ride, it keeps good time. A Democrat of Democrats. Walter Clark, the chief justice of North Carolina's supreme court, is in a position to say with a good deal of emphasis, "I am a Democrat." Judge Clark, who is William J, Bryan's favorite for the presidential candidacy of his party for 1904, would have nearly eyery official of the nation and state chosen by the vote of the people. He would abolish the electoral college, choose Presidents and vice presidents in the same way that governors are now elected, and would make the same change in the case of United States senators, judges of all the federal courts and incumbents of almost all the other posts down to postmasters. This sort of doctrine ought to commend Judge Clark to the Western end of the Democratic party, at least. There has been an agitation among the Western Democrats for many years past in favor of the election of Presidents, vicepresidents and senators bv popular vote, but Clark has gone farther, In an address before the Kansas bar association, and has advocated the election of virtually all federal officers. He would make the Supreme Court elective, as well as all the rest of the federal judiciary. Clark calls the present system of appointment of the judiciary "undemocratic. " It would be alolisbed immediately if he had the power, and all the offices, from postmaster to President, would be filled by direct vote of the people. Good Advice From Colored Men. The Indianapolis .World, a paper owned and edited by colored men, criticises very severely end very sensibly the incendiary advice of the negro preacher at Chicago who said: If this lynching and burning is. not stopped by tb i constituted authorities then I say to every black man, "go Fell your coat and buy a gun to defend yourself." On this the World comments: Lawlessness begets lawlessness, just as surely as friendliness begets friendliness. The advice of the Rev. Mr. Thomas should not be taken seriously. Whatever our personal feeling in these mattersmay.be, they should not be adopted as a racial policy. The World further points out the hopelessness of such a policy if adopted; showing that if the races came to war the overwhelming majority of the whites and their vast resources could lead to only one result the extermination of the blacks. Verily it is a time not for the rousing, but the calming, of race prejudices. The two races must go on living Together. The friction is produced largely by the few that misbehave. Men that are honest, quiet, peaceable, industrious, whatever their race, seldom have trouble.

Ahead ot Illinois Any howl Indiana la more civilized than Illinois, anyhow. Our mob at Evansville was only trying to kill a colored man, and the Illinois mob at Peoria was trying to kill a colored woman. Shame on Illinois! Noblesville (Ind.) Ledger. v-

Select Good Grade Teachers. In the National association of teachers at Boston, more than usual attention is given to the position of the grade teacher. This tenn means the teacher of the common, public and private schools who touches the life of the child from his first day of school life to his entrance into the high school. This teacher and this class of teachers mould the citizenship of the country; they touch at some period every sane and normal child, except the comparatively few in the great centers of population, and thy determine largely the character of the citizenship and of the social life of every generation. The grade teacher makes tbe citizen. The high school teacher shapes a few of the citizens. The professor in the college and university touches still less- Hence, if any single class of tbe instructors of youth should be most carefully directed into a certain and high uniformity of purpose and be most liberally rewarded for their efforts, it is the graae teacher. Elkhart Review. People Who Fly. The Ryah-Zorella Troupe are unquestionably the greatest aeriallsts

ever seen anywhere in the world. Four men and three ladies have been brought together from the best of the world's circuses to present the wonderful performances which are one of the star features of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Enormous Shows United. So swift and far their flights through the dome of the vast canvas, so graceful their every movement, and so daring their every feat, that they seem to be really superhuman and more like feathered birds than men and women. If there were nothing else on the programme of this vast congregation of wonders brought about by the consolidation of America's two greatest shows, it would be well worth the while of any amount of travel and expense to see it. They will be here on the date of exhibition on Thursday July 30. Three Nations May Veto. "It will be interesting to notice who the coming incumbent of the papal chair will be," said Bishop Grafton of Fond Du Lac, Wis., "although it is certain he will be an Italian. Italian cardinals have always regarded their nationality as favored of God, and since the days of Adrian VI, an Englishman, they have always kept the appointment of this office in their own hands. It is not ordinarily known by Roman Roman Catholics that the beads of three European countries have a veto power over the election of a Pope; thev are France, Austria and Spain. I understand that some of them have already filed objections to certain of the cardinals who were mentioned as likely to be chosen. Cardinal Gotti is a handsome man and a fine scholar Cardinal Satolli is too young. The older members of the college will hardly vote for a young man."

A New Boat Capt. MoTis has been at work on a new sail boat for the last six months and it was just completed and launched last week. It is a new departure in the sail boat line on Lake Maxinkuckee, being known as a knock-about. It Is sloop rigged. 7J foot beam, 24 feet over all and 15 feet 5 inches on the water line. It carries 360 square feet of canvas and can beat anything of her class that is on tbe lake. It will be named the "Katheryne" and Mr. Allen Williams has chartered her for the season ner approximate cost was $600. Culver Citizen.

How to Disappear. A man came here a few weeks ago with an invention that-could produce oil at oil at less than one cent a gallon. He suddenly disappeared. Did the Standard Oil crowd get after him? LXum Smith can make water burn like oil; he was going to demonstate It; at the door of the ball he was arretted as a lunatic. Did tfie Standard Oil crowd get after him? If a man wants the easfiest way to disappear let him invent or discover a process of making oil more chearpy than it can be welled and pipe-lined by the Standard-Oil Company. New York Press. More Cutters for CS. N.S. Immediately after the opening of C S. N. S. with numbers so far in excess of what had been expected, application was made to the Navy Department for an additional man-o' war cutter. The department, appreciating the real effort being made by the school to give sure-enough naval instruction, gave two Instead of only the one asked for. so now we have six, just six times as many as any other school except Annapolis. Culver Citizen. " A Spirit to Be Deplored. Just where honorable industry ends and avaricious piling up of treasure begins no one can take it upon himself to say. The spirit, however, that impels a young man to sacrifice all the nobler alms of life in order to turn a liberal competence into .wealth too great to be spent and the giving away of which, unless carefully regulated, Is a doubtful good, Is certainly to be

deplored. Eliot Gregory In Century. 1

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