Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 December 1903 — Page 4

VT 1 . " . ADVKKTISINO RATES made known 5n application. Entered i the poitoffiee at PlymoutL, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. Plymouth, Ind., December 10, 1903. John A. Howie's control over Zion Citv bas been restored and receivers have been discharged by United Stares court. Comptroller of the Currency Rldgey in hts annual report says' the stability or the national banks bas .Dot been disturbed by the heavy slump In stocks. Mr. Bryan bas appealed from the decision of Probate Judge Cleveland, of New Haven, by which be is pre vented from benefiting by the Bennett will. Well dO,000 is worth struggling for. Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, ditditf Brighton, Eng., Tuesday aged 8'.i Vfurs. He was ac-wurker of Dar win and Huxley, a bachelor, and comparatively poor, although a writer of noted roks. Between the reports that Wall Street is against him and reports that the labor unions are against him', the president will at least have enough to occupy his miud to keep him frum feeling boredAccording to reports from Germany the kaiser's condition is of a most ser lous nature., and there are fears that he is affiicted with an 'incurable heart disease such as took the life of his father, Emperor Fredrick. The statement toai the net gain in the gold stock of the United States in the past fiscal year ending June 30, bad been $o7, 157,149 shows a great natural increase in the nation's wealth and gives further reason for the hope foi a continuance of a fair degree of prosperity. Secretary Moody's report shows that the United States navy has now double the ruhtin? strength it had at the beginning of the Spanish war. Tweaty-tive new vessels have been added this year and iorty-four are under construction. The talk about our backwariness In building a navy appear not to be In any way justified. Judge Adair, of the Whitley-N.oble judicial circuit, has decided that a liquor license notice requires but one publication. Three publications were deemed necessary, and the Judge's decision is quite a surprise to the newspapej men of that part of the state. Most lawyers hold that three publications are contemplated by the law. William P. Frye, of Maine, boast of qeing the only great-grandfather in tiie United States senate, a girl labv having arrived at the home of his grandson, William Frye White In Washington. Mr. Frye is willing to ' acknowledge th.it there are great grannies in the senate, but revels In the distinction - of being the only great-grandfather. The deepest concern is caused in banking circles of the Southwest by the low prices for live stock, due to the alleged combine between the packers. The banks are holding mortgages on beef cattle intended for market, but as prices now run the cattle barely bring enough to cover the mortgage and the farmer gets nothing for bis trouble and his feeding. Mayor Edward J. Fogarty of South Bend, as quoted by the Indianapolis Sentinel says: lt is not fair to say that I am at present a candidate for governor. Some of my friends started tbat business at the municipal league meeting. 1 am running for re-election as mayor of South Bend, and wb?n the city election is over this spring I-will be able to answer any questions that are addressed tome about the gubernatorial Platter." One-half of the world's production of coffee comes to the United States. We pay over $1,000,000 a week for our coffee and send the money out of the country. Germany and France together consumed last year only half ?,s much as we did. We consume our 800,000.000, or about ten and one-half pounds apiece, every year. Most of this coffee comes from South and Central Amine, some from Porto Rico, the Philippines and Ilawail. I looks as If Dr. Do wie was going to weather the financinl storm that has burst over his head and come out ahead of his persecutors, If such they may be called, at last. He is manipulating things around in his favor so that the creditors who have' been crowding him so persistently are now willing to give him a little time to square himself and pay off all bis obligations.' Dowie says he i3 bound to triumph over his enemies and looks as lfhs would succeed Tb?n look out fcr a tlzzl from Zica that will resound ttrcc-tout thz world. Couth Ecnd Tribun.

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PANAMA CANAL TREATY; Without the alteration of a word, the Panama authorities have signed the isthmian canal treaty, which was approved in the state department of the United States just one week be

fore. The document will now be submitted to the United States Senate, going first to the committee on foreign relations. Under its provisions the canal strip to be under the supervision of the United States will be ten mites wide. Instead of six miles, as was proposed with Colombia. Practically, the treaty establishes a protectorate on the part of this country, which guaratees the territorial defense or the new republic, But, under the Monroe doctrine, the United States was already committed to the protec tion of the Isthmus against foreign in vasion, and, by a treaty, to preserving order along the line of the isthmian railway. The" treaty with Panama opens the way to the construction of the isthmian canal under stable, satis factory conditions, and renders defi nite the necessary details. Some minor points are still to be worked out, but the treaty as it stands covers main es sentials. Our responsibilities at the isthmus were already large. The new treaty renders them clearer, without adding much ' to their fundamenta weight. Nearly one-third of the 1,100 saloon keepers of Schuylkill county, Pennsyl yania, will go out of business next year, as a result of the. increase of temperance sentimeut among the an thracite miners The secretary of agriculture has recommended that a sum not less than $50,000 be appropriated to stop the ravages of the cotton boll weebil. He thinks it is only a question of time when this destructive pest will spread over .all the cotton-growing states. Measures must be taken quickly to remove this menace, by which the en tire cotton-raising industry is threat ened with ruin. Fifteen members of Mafia have been arrested in a Philadelphia tenement house. They were armed with guns and stilettos, and were extorting money from Italian merchants. One of those arrested stated tbat his gang was in communication with similar bands of bandits in other large cities. Such gatherings of the scum of the slums of Europe is a result of too lenient immigration laws. The private secretaries to congressmen have organized an association for their mutual "benefit. I is known as the National association of secretaries to members of congress with head quarters at Washington. The object of the organization is primarily to promote the social intercourse or its members and aid each other in numberous ways. It bas a member ship of something over a hundred now and will soon have every secretary enrolled. - The president in his message calls attention to the importance of the rural free delivery service, He asks for the attention of congress to the question of compensation of the car riers and clerks. This is a matter that deserves consideration. The rural service ought to be put on the same basis as the service in cities. The carries should have sufficient pay and should not be expected to eke. out a livelihood by engaging in other occu pations than that for which the govern ment employs them. According to the Washington Post, which is probably correctly informed, the advocates and opponents of a ship subsidy bill have agreed on a com promise vhich will postpone any attempt to secure congressional action on the subject. It is. said the com promise contemplates the appointment of a Donpartisac commission of five persons, not members of either house of congress to be appointed by the president, to investigate the whole subject and report to the. next conThe annual report of the controller of the currency, shows a marvelous increase In the banking business of the country. The loans ana discounts of the national banks this year reached their maximum in the history of the system, and on Sept. 9 tney aggregat ed three and a half billions of dollars. The cash holdings of the banks increased $25,000,000 over last year and deposits increased during he year $347,000,000, bringing the total to $6,352,700,055.; This remarkable sum is greater by more than $611,000,000 than was credited to depositors in all reporting banks in 1898. In the death of Herbert Spencer the world loses one of its greatest men. In natural endowments, In extent of knowledge, In breadth and power of mind, in ability to interpret facts and to co-ordinate the ' most complex phenomena, in clearness of statement, originality of thought, in industry and in persistence, he was excelled by no man of his time. It is no exaggeration to say that he was the first philosopher of his age and . one of the greatest philosophers of all ages. He wrote ca politics, natural science, re ligion, education and literature, and rlcct invariably hs spoke with uthcrity. -

. . . . . . v . , - 000 and no useless colonies to waste any 'of it on, is In a position to face the Christmas season with a large and cheery smile. - Money circulating in the United States has increased $56,000.000 In eleven months and every dollar is as good as gold. The prosperity items of the year drawing to a close make a long list. It is annouueed tbat. the state department has taken steps looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with foreign powers. That is good news. The crime is indeed a serious one, and whoever is guilty of it and has fled the country should be brought bactt and tried. Missouri led all the states last sea son in the amount of cotton produced per acre. The Missouri average was 232 pounds. Indian Territory stood next, with 231 pounds, and Louisiana and Oklahoma were third, with 223 pounds. Arkansas averaged 196 pounds and Texas 143 pounds. ' The democrats of the Second Indi ana congressional district through their leaders who held a quiet-meeting recently to compare notes, have started a Gorman boom for the presi dential nomination, and have also de clared for Tom Taggart for chairman of the party's national committee. It is understood that ex-Senator James K. Junes, of Arkansas, has shaken the dust of tbat state off his feet and will never again have a residence there. He hopes eventually to be appointed a member of the Isthmus Canal Commission. Mr. Jones took his defeat for the senate very bard, and would have preferred almost any man in Arkansas to beat him than ex-Gov. Clark. The book of estimates submitted to congress Monday contains many items of interest in Indiana. For continu ing work on Indiana public buildings estimates are submitted as follows: Anderson, $20,000: Crawfordsville, $12,500: Elkhart, $31,500; Hammond, $35,000; Logansport, $18,750: Muncie, $20,000; Richmond, $20,000; Vincinnes, $18,750. An estimate of $309,000 for the maintenance and improvement of the Soldiers' Home at Marion and $45,000 for the improvement of the harbor at Michigan City; $250,000 for the improvement of the Calumet river in Indiana and Illinois ana $47,800 to cot er the cost of col lecting internal revenue taxes in the state. In the assignment of committees speaker Cannon gave Indiana four chairmanships, and the state will thus be an Important factor in congess. As was expected Mr. Hemenway suc ceeds the speaker as chairman of the committee on appropriations, a place undoubtedly of the first importance in the House of Representatives. Mr. Overstreet becomes chairman of the important committee on postoffices and postroads. The tremendous growth of the postal service has brought this committee into great prominence. Mr, Crumpacker is made chairman of the committee on census. a position which is always important and influential, but never more so than today. Charles B. Landis is made chairman of the committee on printing a committee which is of very high rank, and which is his first choice. The Best . American Poem. In a voting contest on "the best American short poem," conducted in a Philadelphia paper, William Cullen Bryant's ''To a Water Fowl" received the most votes, ninety-four poems hav ing been suggested. Edmund Clar ence S ted man, whose critical opinion is certainly of value, expresses himself as In favor of giving first place to Thomas William Parson's poem, "On a Bust of Dante," Dr. Vaa Dyke gives the preference to Emerson's "Threnody," while other well-known contributors to the paper consider that Bryant's "Thanatopsis" and Whitman's "Captain, My Captain" fill the requirements, The question resolves itself, after all, into a matter of individual opinion, and depends for the most part on the special appeal that a poem makes to each reader. It is the sentiment of the verse rather than the form that decides, for the technicalities of construction in such poems as those mentioned, as well as n a great many others of lesser note, are above criticism. What is the greatest or finest poem Is not a thing that will ever be eettled by popular vote. A, Big Steer.The largest steer in Indiana, prob ably the largest in the country, and perhaps the largest in the world, is on the tarm of James Swope,- who ,ives two miles south and a half xnilt east of Greentown. The animal was pur chased Monday by eight business men cf Greentown, and he will be brought to that town and fattened for the world's lair at St. Louis next summer. The steer is a roan, weighing 2,700 pounds. He is young, but four years old, and will grow until it is seven years. Jjy mat urns, ut lus i. ;uo ratc3, It will-be about the sue of the Hotel Hendry, block. Steuben Re-

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Americans Can Save. Americans are a provident people, notwithstanding their reputation for generosity and loosening of pursestrings in having "a good time. " The report or the Controller of the Currency is might; interesting reading.. True, most folks stagger at fig

ures, but there is something behind the statistics In this report that is comforting. , The Controller says that in this country there are 7,035,228 depositors in savings banks, and that the aver age for each depositor is $417.21, or a (totar of $2,935,204,845 laid away for a rainy day. It Is also encouraging to note that the increase iu deposits during the past year was $185,027,555. "Save the dimes and the dollars will take care care of themselves" is a motto that bas a more far-reaching effect each year. Close-fistedness and the disposition to save : have no relation whatever. There are few people in this country who could not save a small pajt of their earnings each week. It seems that many of them are doing this very thing. And it affords satisfaction to every one to know that nearly three billions of dollars are almost thc instant command of the American people. In. dianapolis Star. Mr. Speaker Wouldn't Bow. When the secretary of rhe senate appears at the head of the head of the center aisle of the house with an official message, Speaker Cannon's backbone becomes as rigid as a ramrod. Early in the extra seision, when Mr. Cannon was still new to his job, and was taking lessons in the etiquette of the chair from bis elbow man, as all new speakers musj do, the senate's secretary pushed through the double doors at the main entrance. One o. tl;e doorkeeper's assistants announced him formally, as usual: 'Mr Speaker! A message from the senate," at the same time making the customary profound bow. It Is proper at this point for the speaker to bow," whispered Mr. Can non's elbow man. 'Bow?" returned the speaker in a rebellious semi-tone, and adding one of his famous expletives of four letters. "I wouldn't bow to the senate, and 1 won't bow to its secretary." Therefore Instead ol bending grace fully, Mr. Cannon stood perfectly up right, and he stands that way when ever the senate deigns, in the fash ion prescribed by hoary precedents, to inform him and the house officially what it has been doing. Washington Post. Profit Consists of Experience, y A book agent has doped farmers in the vicinity of Darlington and has es caped with the profits. Several days ago he appeared and began a cyclonic canvass for a farmers1 record, a book in which to keep farm accounts. He ! represented that the book was a new one, that he was sole agent for Indiana, and that be was offering it at introductory price of only $2.75. He sold over 500 copies, and incidentally iisposed of canvassers' rights for. firteen counties at $168. The farmers are now finding out that a similar record has been offered for sale In the general stores of Darlington for several years, the price being $1. Lawyers who have been consulted offer the farmers no consolation. The Headstrong Girls: When a girl sets her heart on the wrong man, what's best to do about it? The Bryans gavein, and now find that they have an unhappy daughter and a shiftless sun-in-law. Mrs. Caulk, of Beverly, Mo., learning that her sister, Edith Edneson, less than 17, had eloped to Leavenworth, followed them, and met thtm on . the streets. Sbe pleaded and begged, but it did no good, and she then proceeded to horsewhip ttu? girl and her man got out of town, and they were married anyway. Can anything be done? The wise guys who exhibit the latest styles in millinery at women's literary clubs should really take up this question. It is causing more tragedies than aoythings else in the world, Atchison, Kan., Globe. Parker in the Ltad. The Indianapolis Star took a poll of the democratic editors who were guests of Tom Taggart at French Lick Springs with the following result: Judge Alton B. Parker 48, Grover Cleveland 7, W; J. Bryan 4, Richard Olney 8, Senator Gorman 27, George Gray 2, G. B. McClellan 3, B. F Shively 2, David B. Hill 5, W. R, Hearst 8, J.-W. Book waiter 1, Carter Harrison 4. R. W, Miers 1, Tom Johnson 1, Judge Harmon 1, F. M. Cockrell 1. IndisnVs Ccm Exhibit. Chairman Stevens, of the committee on agriculture of the World's Fair Commission from Indiana, believes that the corn exhibit to oe displayed by this state will attract as much or more attention, than any other part of Indiana's exhibit. ; Indiana is to. have 2,500 feet of space for its special corn exhibit and 3,coo feet for its general agricultural exhibit. Croup instantly" relieved! Dr. Thomas 'Eclectrb Oil. Perfectly safe. Never lails. Atuny drc store.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The Document Is Pronounced to Be a Master Work,

Washington. Dec. 8. President Roosevelt's annual message, which was read in congress yesterday, has won for him the limit of commendation among statesmen because it is so evenly balanced, so judicial, and so uniformly temperate. This judgment was repeated not only all over the capitol, bui in the departments as well, when. some little surprise was expressed that the president, with such rreat subjects to express, has been so reserved in his ex pressions of opinion. Most members of congress say they see in this document the in evitable sobering effect of greal responsibility, and they believe the entire absence of undue enthusiasm on any subject will tend to strengthen the president with the conservative element in the country and will dissipate still further the original idea that he had to combat when he took the oath of office, that he was erratic and untrustworthy. His message deals with the marvelous events affecting: capi tal and labqr, and winds up with a cogent discussion of affairs on the isthmus which is particularly admired by diplomats here be cause it is confined to well estab lished principles of international law and because the position of the United States is asserted without the slightest reference to the famous doctrine of President Monroe, with which the Europe an nations have become more or less surfeited during the present generation. Republican lead res in congress are particularly delighted with the president's review of the Panama incident. They say he has disposed of all possibility of partisan attack on his adminis tration on account of the Panama revolution. They were, in fact. fearful of a democratic advant age resulting from the effort of the United States to maintain the neutrality of the isthmus, and quite a number of senators and representatives have been busily engaged digging up material for speeches on this subject, so there might be plenty of campaign literature in defense of the administration. The Panama portion of the president's message, it is said today, is quite as good a campaign document as the re publicans can hope to circulate. If the democrats attempt to make an issue of the Panama matter the president's forcible demonstration of the actual neutrality of the United States throughout the whole affair will be printed by the million and circulated throughout the country by the next Republican national committee. ' Coupled with the discussion of the message there has been an extraordinary amount of talk regarding an editorial in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, in which an effort was made to turn down Roosevelt as the republican candidate for the presi dency on the score of innate political weakness. Almost every man is inclined to believe the editorial was inspired by friends of Perry S. Heath, former assistant postmaster general, who was handled without gloves in the Bristow report and who was not treated any too tenderly ir. the president's own memorandum. Technically, of course, Mr. Heath has no interest in the paper, but he was once its editor chief and the influence of his family in that vicinity is well understood. There are some other ' influences out in Ohio which are ' antagonistic to the president, but which long ago have been discounted. Rathbone, the convicted Cnban boodler, was once a power in republican politics in Ohio, and Machen, now under indictment for participation in Cuban frauds, comes from the same state. The general opinion, therefore, is that the editorial discussion was merely an attempt to get even with the president, and there is no possibility of such a thing as the loss of the Ohio delegation to. President Roosevelt next June. , - It is understood the republican national convention will bo called to meet about June 9. It may bo a week later, but the general j

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