Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 August 1903 — Page 2
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Plymouth, Ind., August 20, 1903.
Dun's review of tradesavs the out
look is promising, railway earnings
arc increasing abd preparations for
Tali business display much vigor.
The Elkhart Review has entered upon its thirty-second year of success
ful journalism. It Is one of the oldest
and best daily papers north of Indianapolis.
Each governor of tbe forty-five
states ' should put himself on record against lynchings or any other form
of mob anarchy. Free government
and monocracy can not exist together.
The reign of mobs is death to republics
and the high road to tyrant rule.
Seven persons are dead and thirty Injured as the result of Gilbert Twigg, the insane soldier, firing into a crowd at a band concert Winfield, Kansas. Five of tne injured are likely to die. Tne maniac left a rambling letter declaring that everybody was persecuting him.
The Lords and Commons having both maintained their dignity by sticking to their amendments, the Irish land bill is now in tbe hands of a conference committee, where, no doubt, sufficient influence can be exerted to bring about an agreement. Legislative diarnity is a great thing, but it has a decided tendency to delay action.
It has been less tnan a month since the occurrence of the mob at Danville, 111., and yet about twenty-five members ot tbe mob, including, the leader, have been indicted, and the prosecutor hopes to send them all to the penitentiary. That kind of quick work creates respect for the law. Indianapolis Journal. The descendants of John Alden and Priscillaat their reunion in Duxbury, Mass., started a subscription for a fund to buy the old Alden homestead in that town. The house, erected by John Alden's grandson and now 250 years old, has been held by the Alden family through all its history, and is now occupied by John W. Alden and bis wife, Mr. Alden being a direct descendant from the original John.
There is no foolishness In treating violators of the law at ' Indianapolis. A. S. Griswold was charged with converting his saloon into a "wine room" before Judge Whalton. On the charge of keeping an evil resort Griswold was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to serve 180 days in the workhouse; for allowing minors to loiter in bis place be was fined $100 and costs and given ninety days, and for harboring children at an indecent performance he was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in the work-house.
The most northerly railway in the wtrld was opened a few weeks ago, For its whole length it lies within tbe Arctic regions. The greater part of it is in Swedish territory, and only a small part cuts through the narrowest portion of Norway until it reaches the Norwegian harbor of Narvik. The chief object of the line, which .now connects the northern Baltic with the Atlantic, is to open up the rich mineral resources of North Sweden and to carry tiem ch dy toNarviK. The new railway, which wili be known as tbe Ototen line, is about 140 mites long and cost about one and a half million pounds.
Judge Gregory of the county court of Albany must be commended for refusing to naturalize foreigners unable to speak tne English language. rI will," he said "compel them to answer 'questions regarding their age, p ace of nativity, when they arrived In tbe United States, and any other questions which . I deem essential to good citizenship, and If they fail to make satisfactory answers, I will refuse to grant them the necessary papers. When a man has been in this country five years and is unable to speak our language, be is not, in my opinion, fit to be admitted to citizenship, and I will a:t accordingly.'.'
Prof. Eernard Moses, of the University of California, who has just returned after serving since April, 1900, as a member of the Philippine commission and who was secretary of public instruction in the Philippines under Governor Taft and and formulated the educational system that was adopted by the commission, in an interview, vigorously defends the policy of teaching English to tbe native children, holding that this is es' sential in order that the race may cose Into touch with American institutions. Prof. Moses says that a certain amount of Immigration from C-Ina into th3 islands is absolutely r:;:::-ry la order. to supply the labor rirl::t for at Izzzt fi'ty ycinj.-J.
Currency Legislation. The subcommittee of the senate committee on finance is holding a conference at Senator Aldrich's home in Rhode Island to discuss currency legislation. . The subcommittee consists
of Senators Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
Piatt, of Connecticut, Allison, of
Iowa, and Spooner, of Wisconsin. This is an able committee, well balanced geographically and otherwise. Its conclusions may not be made pub
lic at present, but it is safe to assume
they will be wise and conservative.
Senator Aldrich stated a few days
ago that tbe subcommittee would
probably frame a bill, which, after
being formally submitted to the full
finance committee, would be introduc.
ed in tbe senate on tbe first dav of the
extra session to be called on the 9th
of November.
It is probable the subcommittee will
embody in tbe measure it will present
the principal features of the Aldrich
bill, which failed in the senate at tbe
last session.
That bill did not affect the present
banking system at all, but it provided
that the public money derived from customs revenue should be deposited
in national banks, instead of being, as the law now requires, locked up in the
subtreasuries and thus withdrawn from actlye circulation. The practical effect of the Aldrich bill would be to increase the circulalation by adding to it a considerable
sum which is now locked up. This
sum varies from year to year, but it is always large. It is doubtful if the committee will go much further than this and it is entirely safe to predict that it will not favor any radical change in the present banking system. Indianapolis Journal. "Eastern Question" Again. A few days ago the Macedonian Insurrection looked very much like a case for the police to look after, but now, since the murder of a Turkish soldier has given the Bear an opportunity to put his paw in the trouble, the situation has suddenly become one of great importance to every European Cabinet. While the eternal, relentless purpose of Russia to possess Constantinople and the Dardanelles exfsts, with Turkey ruling over a lot of Christian subjects, this "Eastern questioa" will remain a box of gunpowder, likely to be ignited by the slightest spark; and with a lot of Bulgars in Macedonia
chafing under Turkish rule there will always be sparks In plenty.
Behind the whole situation stand tbe clashing interests of Russia and
Great Britain. The history of Russia
has been expansion toward to sea.
The Russian dream of centuries has
been the possession of Constantinople to make her in fact as well as In claim the successor of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire. And in time this dream has become a commercial and military necessity. The Black sea is a Russian lake, but at its outlet frown tbe cannon of the Turk, commanding and controlling absolutely. tbe narrow passage known as the Dardanelles. The leviathan is -cribbed, cabined and confined by an apparently puny enemy. But behind the feeble Turk is the whole power of the British empire, bent upon keeping open the road to India at any cost. For this is the reason of Gibraltar, of Malta, of Aden, of British occupation of Egypt and British ownership of the Suez canal. And because the Turk happened to hold an advantage-1 ous position on tbe road to India is the only reason he has not been kicked back into Asia long ago. For more than half a century now this has been the great question of European politics. The Crimean war did not settle It, nor did the treaty of Berlin, after the Turko-Russian war. Nothing, will settle it while the British and Russian nations remain powerful, and the pity of it is that the geography is such that, if war comes, nealy every nation of Europe will be drawn into it. Indianapolis Journal.
Sunhsh Weighed a Ton. A huge, throbbing lump of fish flesh, estimated to weigh nearly a ton, and resembling an elephant in all but shape, was fought to its death in the channsl and hauled upon tbe beach to amaze the summer thousands at Avalion, California. It was a giant sunfish; The capture of the creature constitutes one of the most remarkable and interesting events in island history a history which is crowded with extraordinary piscatorial events. The catch astounded pioneer fisherhman-. and summer newcomer alike, for no fish anything like the one caught was eyer seen in ' these waters before. There have been vague . traditions of sunfish weighing half a ton having been seen, but such reports have been generally discredited. The fish taken eclipses the storied ones, and establishes a new record. - Witch Fcr This Or.z. The secret service has discovered a new counterfeit $10 silver certificate. It is in imitation of the series of 1891, check letter D, Tillman register, bean the portrait of Ilendricks, and apparently is printed from platc3 of photomecanical process.
Mail Clerk Healy Hurt The limited express on the Pennsylvania ran into an open switch at Van Wert, Ohio, Friday afternoon. The engine struck a flat car and went entirely over it, the first mail car was piled on the engine and the other mail cars were almcst reduced to kindling wood. B. W. Healy, of this city, is head
mail clerk on this train. ' lie received a bad cut in the back of his head and
was badly jammed and bruised.' Frist
reports received here made his friends
fear that be was very seriously inured, but he eame in on the 5:10 a. m.
train Saturday and was able to walk
from the station to his residence.
Eight other postal clerks were more more or less injured, some having broken limbs and others receiving cuts
and braises.
The . engineer, Charles Eaton, of
Fort Wayne, was instantly killed ana his fireman A. W. Boggs, who, it is reported was a former resident of Marshall county, was so badly crushed and scalded that it was thought be could not live, but he was taken to bis borne at Port Wayne and his recovery seems probable. It is said that the crew of a freight train left the swich open. The fast express was running at the rate of 45 miles an hour when it ran into the switch, and it is fortunate that the passeuger cars did not leave the track, as the passengers were saved from anything more serious than a general shaking up. The hundreds of friends of Mr. Healy are thankful that he came out of the wreck not worse hurt. The life of a postal clerk is a dangerous one. It is said that tbe per cent of clerks killed or wounded every year is equal to tbe per cent of soldiers killed and wounded in battle.
Why Wheat Advanced. Minneapolis Thursday- reached the dollar mark wheat, an advance there of 3 cents and up about 10 cents this week. This spectacular incident contributed more to the wheat advances in the other markets than anything else. There is the possibility that Minneapolis will be down to a complete exhaustion. It is expected it will be down to 1,400,000 bushels today; and another week, with no larger receipts und equal consumption, would put the flour mills at the bottom of their wheat bins.This situation isso sensatioual as to furnish bulls
everywhere with a buying incent
ive. It is possible the cash premiums which have been created this week, will start up the receipts. But so far this season tbe advances in prices have
had the effect of causing farmers to hold rather than to sell.
Swiss School -houses. No spectacle in present-day Switzer
land is more assuring than its public
schoolhouses, and of none are the peo
ple prouder. The best sites of the town on parks, water fronts and
commanding elevations are choser,
and some of the monumental struc
tures recently erected do peculiar cred
it in architecture and attractiveness to democratic institutions. The "turnhalle," or gymnasium an ad
jacent structure harmonious in motive
is a feature of all. up-to-date build
ings. The playground, ample In size
and surfaced with very fine water-
worn stones, is another feature. Then the entire school plant is likely to be
embellished more or less generously
with bordering trees, foregardens, vines and gay flower space and finally the school garden, cultivated in part by the children, may be a part of the
grounds.
The Pennsylvania's Double Track. On Tuesday morning three and onehalf miles of new track was opened to traffic on subdivision D, of th3 Penn
sylvania western division. Thestretch of new track lies between XN tower,
three miles west of Plymouth, to Don
aldson. This track, by special order of officials, will be used temporarily as a passing siding for trains running in
both directions. It will be used for freight trains until the roadbed Is sufficiently settled to permit of the high
speed of passenger trains. With the opening of the new piece of track
there is left only seventeen miles to be completed, between Bourbon and Chicago. This comparatively short distance will soon be completed, as efforts are making In that direction by the maintenance of way department. From Bourbon west to Chicago, a distance of ninety-five miles, seventyeight miles, of new work has ben done. Shortly more double track will be placed in the service and before the end jof many weeks the entire line from Bourbon west will be a uoubletracked road. Warsaw Times.
Value of Naval Maneuvers. . .Civilians are apt to regard the naval and joint maneuvers of the amy and navy alosg our coast as eiaboate and rather expensive comedies. For those actively engaged therein, however, these war games are no jokes. In every other rtspect than in the absence ot bodily peril they have all the characteristics of actual warfare. The strenuous rivalry is there and the strain of constant alertness, just as if the participants were really enemies. Philadelphia Record.
' Still Hunting For a Wife. "I know exactly what kind of a woman I want for a wife and I can't be imposed on by any gold brick scheme. I'm too old Jo be in a hurry but 1'r.i getting anxious to settle down and have it over with. I'll give a bunch of money and half a beef to the man that Ünds me what I want." Thus spoke Daniel Overmeyer, an elderly and well-to-do farmer who lives down on the line between Fulton and Pulaski counties, and who has been
advertising for a wife. He means bus
iness and has had responses to his ads
from many states and from many can
didates, but is still a single man. He
owns 200 acres of good land, well improved, and considerable stock and
grain and is Out of debt, bis standing is good among his neighlwrs and there is nothing queer about him except a
little inoffensive eccentricity. Seen
at his farm borne he spoke freely of
bis matrimonial hopes and described
the woman be is seeking.
"She must be young enough to
cackle and too old to lay," be said, and she musn't be afraid to work
nor too tired to spruce up a bit and go
to a picnic with me once in awhile. I like them Sunday excursions, too, and I don't want to drag no dead woman around with me. She must have good sense and suit my eye for looks.' Overmeyer is a good looking, fellow of about fifty, dresses neatly, has a pleasant home and raises fine stock, ne declares that be is sound In mind and limb and can do stunts in farm work with the best man in the county. He has eleven heirsand will divide his property and give bir. accepted wife her share in "cold coin" at the wedding. I am a good provider," he says, 'and will contract to kill three young beeves and five hogs on the place every year If any lady wants to look me over for a week I will meet her at the train and send her back with all expenses paid if she' Is not satisfied. Warsaw Times.
THE STATE'S HEALTH
Smallpox Shows Marked Decreasi Com
pared With Last Yesr.
Suicide by Slow Tcrture. It would not be advisable to Instruct people in easy ways of killing themselves They are altogether too fond of suicide ai it is. It really seems, however, that there is need for popular education in such matters which will keep people from torturing themselves to death with
carbolic acid or rat poison. It they
must kill themselves they should not
endure uncessary agony.
Carbolic acid has attained surprising vogue as a lethal agent, probably because it is cheap and easily procured.
It can be bought at any drug store
aDd a nickel's worth is sufficient to
kill. Yet it is a most agonizing in
strument of death. It is a powerful
escharotic It actually burns and destroys living tissue wherever it touches Tbe man who drinks carbolic acid pours liquid flame down his threat. It corrodes and eats away the lining of the whole digestive tract. The ensuing torture is indescribable. Rat poison Is largely made of arsenic, one of the deadliest and crudest poisons knon to the chemist. It produces pains compared with which the tortures of cholera morbus are Insignificant. It excites unquenchable thirst, gripes, convulsions. Death by arsenic is horrible in the extreme. Chicago Chronicle.
Inviting luin and Disgrace, - Within the last week or two several large defalcations have been reported of bank officers or managers of trust funds. In Boston the custodian of a preachers' aid fund embezzled several hundred thousand dollars and is now a fugitive from justice. -At Newbern, N. C, a bank cashier absconded leaving behind him a shortage of $125,000. At Circle ville, O., a bank cashier is missing and the books show a shortage of $75,000. In each of these cases the defaulters had stood high in the estimation of all who knew them and their downfall was due to one and the same cause speculating in stocks or on the grain market. That sort of thing is sufficiently dangerous when one speculates with his own money; but whoever begins it with other people's money invites ruin and disgrace. Indianapolis Journal.
The monthly bulletin of the State
Board of Health for July says: "The public health in July iu Indi
ana was not so good as in June, but
was sligaily better than in July of
1902. ...
"Smallpox shows a marked decrease
as compared with the corresponding
month last year, the figures being,
July 1902, 5p2 cases with 15 deaths in 46 counties; July, 1903, 104 case with
four deaths In 23 counties. "The number of deaths was 2,765,
an annual rate per 1,000 of 12.9. In
the same month last year there 'were
2,607 deaths, a rate of 13-6. Of the
total number of deaths 541, or 20.7
per cent, were 65 and over. The deaths from filth and food poisoning diseases were: Typhoid iever, 63; cholera in
fantum, dysentery and diarrhoea. 313
Cancer caused 108 deaihs, violence
199, consumption 315, influenza 11, diphtheria 13, measles 6. "The murders numbered 13, and of these ten were from mob violence and three by skulls being crushed. Of the
suicides, 30 in number, 22 were males
and 8 females."
Our Interest in Russia. Former Ambassador White declared recently that Russian predominance in Manchuria is best for the interests os the United States. This is fully borne put by the statistics just issued by the department of commerce and labor. Our exports to Russia during the past year doubled those of 1901 and are 50 per cent in excess of those of the year 1902. Their latest aggregate exceeded $17,000,000, the largest in our record with Russia. Nor is It difficult to account for this increase. The excess of railway expenditures this year in Russia over the receipts is $30,000,000. Much of this has gone into Manchuria and most of it represents imports from the United States.
nussia deserves credit for awaking
the dormant east with the locomotive. She alone of the oriental powers has the courage, the credit, the capital
and the faith required for bringing
the old world into harmony with tbe new. It is a slow process and all her wavs are not admirable in carrying it
on.
As a buyer of our cottons, agricultural implements, iron and steel manufactures and flour Russia deserves
our distinguished consideration, es
pecially as what she buys from us contributes to peace and progress. Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Picnic at Culver Wednesday. The picnic of the Sunday schools of
the German church and tbe Church of
God held Wedresday was an enjoyable affair for all who attended. Over 150
tickets were sold and the Vandalia kindly furnished three extra coaches
so that no crowding was necessary. On the arrival of the train at Culver
the plcnicers went to the boat landing where arrangements were made to
giye them all a boat ride.
First they stopped at the academy
grounds to witness the naval race on
the lake, after that another trip was
taken around the lake on the steamer.
After other sight seeings the crowd returned to the 6:44 train well pleased with their afternoon outing.
Exporting Much Whisky. Kentucky distillers are making pre
parations for the exportation of 20,-
000 barrels of whisky to Hamburg and
Bremen, for storage purposes. It is
principally of the crop of 1903. This is the first time in the history of Ken
tucky that any large amount of young whisky was exported and matured in
Europe. Heretofore whisky has only
been exported when about to be forced
out of bond.
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Third Set of Natural Teeth. A third set.of natural teeth for any person is an exceedingly rare thibg, but a case of the kind is reported In Bremen. Mrs. William Baker lost all her permanent teeth, and got the usual substitute of 'store teeth." Some time ago they began to give her trouble," as the plates would not fit. An examination showed that she was cutting rew teeth.. She now has a complete set of perfect teeth, and a set of artificial ones that would probably be sold at a liberal discount. Bremen Enquirer. Eight Thousand. in Duty. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, who h?js just returned from a European trip with his bride, paid $8,000 in duty to the collector of the port of Boston. This is the largest collection ever made from a returned tourist at that port. It is said the examiners checked up Mr. Vanderbilt 's- declaration Item by item, requiring two hours to go through 40 trunks which the couple brought in.
Graduatea at Seventy-Three Mrs. Mary D. Erlougher, of Swa-
zee, Grant county, aged 73 years, was
one of the graduates of the C, L. S.
C. at Winona last Thursday. Mrs. Er
lougher is probably the oldest member of tbe class of 1903 and notwithstanding her advancing years, is still a student, keeping up her interest in bocks and readiog, as is evidenced by the fact .that she has just completed the four yearC. L. S. C. reading course. Warsaw Union. Promotion In the Army. The new militia law provides thorough drilling and five days' field service for the members of the national guard each year. It also provides that any man with the qualifications thus and otherwise tobe easily secured may go before an examining body and be listed to be appointed an officer of volunteers. From those ranks any American may rise to be head of the army. - A Snake Story. The Wanatah Mirror: William Goodwin, formerly of this place, who now resides on W. E. Tinney 's farm near Kouts, informs us that hS and his hired help have killed eighteen rattlesnakes this season, one of which was ten jrears old. He found ten In one den. They have also killed eight blue racers.
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