Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 31 March 1904 — Page 2

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Established October 10, 1901. Oolj Republican Newspaper In tb County. HENDRICKS & CO., PüBLisnERS.i OFr'ICE Btwell Building, Corner LwPorte and Center Strtets. Telephone No. 27. tJDBCRIPTION RATFS One Year. In advance. 11.50; Sil Months. 75 cents; Three Months 4U cents, delivered at any post office ADVERTISING RATES made known on application. Entered at tfce po-tofflee at Plymouth, Indiana, as 8eoond-clH9s mall matter. Piyirouth, Ind., Marchs 31. 1904 . J. L. Broderiwk shu.ved some sense at list by pleading guilty; Walter Brown should d the same thing as 8 kd as possible. Tfte Swedish census shows the low est death rate of any civilized nation. List year it was only 16 49 per 1000. Norway comes next, aud Britain third with 18.8 per 1000. Those demos ats who believe that Judge Parker will be a strong candi date because he has no jecord, should recollect a phonograph without a re Cord is never attractive. Twelve New York churches hava j .iued together to light the divorce evil. Such a combination may'not be able to force any direct legislation, but cm at least he'p to create a pow erful public sentiment. Newspaper readers are beginning heartily to wish the war at an end; Dot from any humanitarian motives, but because they are beginning to be lieve tbatthev will never learn what is happening until then. Ex-G iv, Murray Crane, of Massa chuvsets, positively denies that he is to be chairman of the republican national c mmittee and says he knows nothing about who will be called to till that important position. The expulsion of intelligent people from Russia by the late Minister M. Sipiagun were so numerous that a number of them have been now invi ted to return, as the education of the country has been affectel by their ab sence. An organization of young Mormons has been formed iti Salt Lake City with a view to withdrawing from their church unless Joseph Smith and other polygamists cease living with plural wives. The world moves, even nUtah. ' Talk about organized crime China is the place where it has reached its most striking state. The government troops have been defeated In a bloody battle by an army of 1,000 opium smugglers. "The smuggleis fought like fiends," say the dispatches. t A report from Berlin, Germany, says: Excessively large orders of ammunition have been lodged by several governments with all German powder factories. The most important 'nations mentioned are China. Turkey and Spain. So great is the demand that work is being carried on at high pressure, and even a powder mill closed for years has been ordered reopened. Some $15,500,000 more was added to the monetary circulation of the country during February 8,000,000 In bank notes, $3,600,000 in gold and $4,600.000 In silver and silver certificates, with some little decrease in other kinds and It now makes the new high record of $2,503,481,897. This is not only the largest amount of money ever outstanding, in the country, but the largest relative to "population, the per capita circulation being $30.75. One thing that will tend to make the present war In the East comparatively a long one is the fundamental character of the causes that led to It. It is not about a mere boundary dispute, a question of international etiquette, or some claim that could be adjudicated by the Geneva tribunal. It is a question of death on both sides. Russia is fighting for an outlet and and open harbor on the Pacific, and Japan is fighting for self-preservation and national existence. The latter is the higher motive of the two, hut that of Russia will inspire her to the greatest possible efforts. Japan will fight as long as she has a man or a dollar left, and Ru5sla will never reUnquish her cherished scheme as long 3 there is the slightest hope cf realizing it. Moreover, Japan is fighting for recognition as a first class power end Ri'a cjolnst the humiliation of tbicj tcat:n by a Eaccrd-cloea power. Indianapolis Journal,

If Major George W. Steele succeeds

Id defeating Fred Landis for congress in the Wabash district as now appears inevitable, it will be the first time in many years that a renomiuation shall have been denied to a member of con gress from this state upon serving a single term. , So much scandal was connected with the old Panama canal scheme when the French attempted to make a canal, that President Roosevelt thought it necessary to issue a manifesto to the canal commission in which its members are plainly told what is expected of them. This manifesto is a very comprehensive document. The president wants it distinctly understood that every man officially con nected with this great enterprise is expected to do his dutv, and if not thus inclined to step down and out. THE STATES AND LIQUORS. -The Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Holmes rendering the opinion, has upheld the validity of the local option legislation of Texas in the case of Granville Rippey against the State. Rippey was indicted under the laws of Texas for selling liquor in small amounts over the bar, in fact and bis contention was that the Texas law contravened the provisions of the provisions of the Federal Constitution In the methods it authorized the local officials to employ, being, as he alleged, a practical deprivation of his liberty and property without due process of law. The decision of the Supreme Court was against him on all points. The court broadly and comprehensively holds that the power of the State over traffic in liquor is absolute and can not be questioned nor interfered with by Federal legislation nor by action of the Federal courts. Rippey's appeal from the State Supreme Court was, In consequence, dismissed. Under the Rippey decision, the con trol of a State over the liquor traffic being absolute, the article could be seized by the officers of the State im mediately on entering the State lines and confiscated as contraband. It is understood the whole court concurred in the opinion. It is certainly one of the most sweeping decisions rendered by the court in many years, zz:3 tbe judgment of the court is the law of the land, Andrew Jackson. In a few localities, but only in a few, the birthday of -'Old Hickory," March 15, was becomingly observed and celebrated by democrats. A few years ago such celebrations were quite general but tbe democratic party of today has abandoned the political teachings of the hero of New Orleans, and such a man as Jackson would not be entitled to membership in that party. Bancroft tbe great historian wrote o ' Andrew Jackson as follows: "No man in private life so possessed the hearts of all around him; no pub lie man of this country ever returned to private life with such an . abiding mastery over the affections of tbe peo pie. No man with truer instincts re ceived American ideas; no man ex pressed them so completely, or so boldly, or so sincerely. Up to the last be- dared to do anything that was right to do, He united personal cour age and moral courage beyond any man of whom history keeps record. Not danger; not an army in battle array, not age, not the anguish of disease, could impair in the least degree the vigor of bis steadfast mind. The heroes of antiquity would have con templated with awe the unmatched hardihood of his Character; and Na poleon, had he possessed bis disinter ested will, could never have been van qulshed. 11 Jackson never was vanquished. He was always fortunate. He conquered tbe wilderness; be conquered the sav age; be conquered the bravest veter ans trained in the battle fields of Eur ope; he conquered everywhere in statesmanship, &nd when death came to get the mastery over him, he turn ed the last enemy aside as tranquilly as he, had done the feeblest of bis ad versaries, and passed from earth in tbe triumphant consciousness of immor tallty." Farmers Are Getting Cusy. The average farmer is beginning to get a move on himself, and for the next few weeks he will be about the busiest man in this part of the coun try. The spring plowing and seeding is to be done and there is always a carta! a amount of work that must be done before this and he is now busy looking after this work. He and the hired man are up and at work hours before tea &7erae city ccntlcman thinkf of gctticj up and thl3 cort cf thinj will ccntinua until after tb3 norvccS ia tna fill, ut:a t? uIIIto

BRODRICK PLEADS GUILTY

President of Wrecked Elkhart Bank Will Go to Penitentiary. The trial of Justus L. Brodrick, president of the defunct Indiana National Bank at Elkhart, on charges of embezzlement, misapplhatijn and abstraction of the bank's funds, and makijg false reports of its condition to the comptroller of the currency came to a sudden close in the Federal Court at IndianapolisThursday, when the defendant's attorney withdrew Brodrick 's plea of not guilty and en tered a plea of guilty. ' The act was entirely unexpeoted by tbe government's counsel and the court, and it came as a great shock to Walter Brown, -who is under a similar indictment implicating him in the wrecking of the bank and who was on the sU.nd Wednesday in Brodrick's defense. It is understood that the indicted bank president wanted to end tbe trial on account of the strain which it has caused his wife, who has been at bis side eyery hour since it began aud on whom it was telling sensibly. She has grown very nervous under the evidence, it is said, and has been greatly surprised at the trend which it has taken from the opening. When the plea of not guilty was withdrawn and the plea of guilty entered Judge Anderson turned to the clerk and instructed bim to make the change on the records, and suspended sentence until after the trial of Wal ter Brown. He then dismissed the jury and court was adjourned; The whole incident covered only five minutes. W. A. Ketcham, ex-attorney general, who is one of Brown's attorneys, asked if Brodrick's plea would have any effect on tbe Brown trial set for next week, replied: ''No, we will go into the trial and fight it through. The Brown case will be called Monday. The only effect Brodrick's plea can have, if any, is to make the Brown case a more difficult one to try." The penalty provided for the charges to which Brodrick and Collins have pleaded guilty is imprisonment for not less than five nor more than ten years. Quay's Litest Triumph. Senator Quay, the man who holds Pennsylvania in tbe hollow of his hand, has not for some time past been enjoying good health. He finds it easy to do as he pleases with the political atlairs of the great Keystone State, but his own internal system has been giving bim a great deal of trouble. , It was for this reason that his doctor ordered him, a few days ago, to quit smoking. Quay has for years been an inveterate smoker. People in Washington seldom see him without a cigar in his mouth. It, therefore, came as a severe shock to him to be .old that be must leave tobacco alone. After arguing tbe matter at some length with the doctor the senator threw himself upon the mercy of the man of medicine and asked if he couldn't smoke just one cigar a day. Even that was denied him, but the doctor consented to let bim smoke a half of one cigar each day. That was to be tbe limit, and tbe compact was sealed, after which Quay went and bought himself a boxful of big, black cigars, each of which was fifteen inches long. He religiously limits himself to half of one of these cigars a day, and is reportep to be doing fairly well. The moral of this is that it is foolish for a mere doctor to exgect, when be tackles a man who is sharp enough to juggle with a whole state as Quav juggles with Pennsylvania, to get anything but the worst of it. Record Herald. A Honey Print Shop. A "print shop" ballt of honey, wlii be one of the (hlngs to be seen at the World's Fair. IL F. Stapel, editor of the Rockport (Mo.) Mail, is the architect and his bees are the builders. A year or two ago Mr. Staple erected a handsome office building. Last summer be conceived tbe idea of producing, in the miniature, bis building in honey. He placed a hive in exact imitation of the Staple block and then his bees cot busy. Ina few, months every facade, and every nook and corner was covered with a thick coating of Missouri honey: This odd exhibit will be housed in the Missouri display in tbe Palace of Agriculture. , Thinks Brodnck is up Against It It is the opinion of the witnesses who have returned from the trials at Indianapolis that the prosecution has succeeded in weaving an exceedingly strong case against Brodrick and that it will be impossible to return any verdict but that of guilty . As one of them said this morning. "I -would not want less than $1,000,000 to be in either Brodrick's or Brown, s shoes." Elkhart Truth. A Hard Vcnd. , What is a man to do in this world anyway? There is Judge" Parker, of New York, who 13 objected to because he bos no record, licet of the other t:?irant3 are unavailabls becaurs tbey cava record. CI:i:ro R:ccrd-Hcr-tld.

At the Illinr is TheatreFritz! Scherl comes to the Illinois Theatre next Monday night (March 28) with the youth, beauty, joyous spirits and gift of song which made her a favorite when she was in grand opera. Iler charm of personality and marked musical and histrionic ability are displayed to better advantage than ever in the romantic operetta, "Babette," by Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith. Merry Fritzi Scbeff fills a place on the American stage which has long been vacant. There have been plenty of pretty women who could not sing, many who could sing but couldn't act. but Fritzi Scbeff

tills all the requirements that are desired. She belongs to the Viennese school, which represents all that is vi vacious in things musical. She is comely, possesses a persouality that is magnetic, a voice that not only is of fine quality but of higher cultivation than is the rule on the light opera stage, and her acting abilities are of an uncommon ' order. Besides all these gifts she has the refreshing charm of youth for she is just twenty3ve years young. That is the reason tbe middls aged prima donnas at the Metropolitan Opera House scowled at this "enfant terrible." Victor Herbert's music in Babette" delighted New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The story it accompanies concerns Babette, tbe pretty letter writer of a village near Antwerp In the days of Spanish supremacy in the Netherlands. "Babette" is an enthusiastic patriot and has numerous adventures, but in the last act she sings a song so charmingly, that the King cannot refuse to grant an all around pardon, and the curtain falls upon the happy ending always sure to occur In comic opera stories. C. B. Dillingham, who lured Miss Scbeff from grand opera, has surrounded her with a worthy company, including: Eugene Cowles, Richie Ling, Lou's Harrison, Ida Hawley, Josephine Bartlett and a chorus of seventy-five. The only matinees during the Scbeff engagement will be on Saturdays. Another Dillingham attraction will follow Fritzi Scheffat the Illinois the Frank Daniels Company, presenting the favorite comedian in his latest and greatest success "The Office Boy." Double Wedding. John Hubbard the genial landlord of the Argos house and Jennie Davis accompanied by Lewis N. Schäfer and Miss Norris, came up on the belated L, E. &. W. train, Friday night and were driven to the residence of John R. Jones county clerk. They called Rev. Howard to perform a double marriage ceremony at two a. m. They then repaired to the Ross house u. partake of a hasty wedding breakfast. Tbe brides who are two of the most beautiful, amiable, popular and valued teachers of Argos, spent an hour writing their resignations to the Argos school board after which the whole party together with Rev. Howard took the five o'clx:k train for Chicago. , An Agricultural Scientist. Professor Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Agricultural Department and something of a humorist, was before the House agricultural committee. "What is a scientific agriculturist?" inquired one of the rural members, desirous of enlightening and also of drawing the-professor out. "A scientific agriculturist," replied Professor Wiley sagely, is a gentleman in the employ of the government who can make two dollars grow on an appropriation bill where only one dollar grew before, " which reply members of the committee now profess to believe explains the reason for the great increase in agricultural appropriation bills during the last decade. Washington Post, Gowdy Not Coming Home. The reports from Washington correspondents to the Indianapolis newspapers to the effect that Consul John K, Gowdy will come to Rush county on a visit as soon as a vice-consul is appointed is denied by his agent iu Rush county and his intimate friends who receive letters from him. He will not come home until his term expires next year unless on account of his wife's health, which is poor, in which case he will come to stay. ..How to Writ to tht P?er, When writing items for publication do not use abbreviations. If some of the letters received should be set as written it would take, a month for many readers to figure them out. Tbe words couqty, evening, secretary and president are rarely spelled out in full in communications and it is necessary to almost rewrite some of them. Write on one side only. Remember This. To vote at the city election this spring you must be a resident of the state of Indiana six months, of the township sixty days, of the precinct thirty days. 'The city election takes place on Tuesday, May 3d.. Any voter who raovca from one precinct to another after April 2d will cot fca entitled to vote.

ARTS OF

They Are Blended by World's Fair Designers So as to Produce Both Variety and Harmony,

Magnificent Picture In Which the Best of the Old Masters Is Seen With the Latest Creations of Modern Art.

THE architecture of the Louisiana rurchase Exposition is majestic in the great ivory white exhibit palaces, historical In the foreign and state buildings, all-world and unique In concession structure. Tlie palaces are the varied productions of the leading architects of the United States, designed in obedience to a chaste, harmonious scheme. The style adopted Is described as "a free treatment of the Renaissance." According to dictionaries, "Renaissance" is the style which succeeded the medireval and was based upon study and emulation of the forms and ornaments of the classic architecture of Greece and Rome. One of the architects defines the use of the term "as a carte blanche to the architects to produce a beautiful "effect by the use of any architectural device that ever gladdened human eyes, from the pediment and peristyle of the Parthenon to the minaret and dome of the Taj Mahal." The architect of the Palace of Education surrounded that building with a majestic Corinthian colonnade. Another architect made lowers of the pedestals that carry the crowning sculpture of the Palace of Electricity. Another architect designed for the Talace of Varied Industries Spanish steeples and a semicircular colonnade unlike anything ever before done in architecture. The architect used a dome roof and a triumphal arch motif in the Palace of Manufactures. Another architect broke the sky. lines of the Falace of Liberal Arts with quadriga crowned entrances reaching as high as five story houses. Other architects introduced into the Palace of Machinery a German feeling, with a forest of towers and a big sloping roof backing a sculpture decked entrance way. The supervising architect of the United States treasury introduced1 another element of variety In the United States Government building, taking the form of a big flat dome, nn Ionic colonnade and a classic pediment lifted in the air by a caryatid attic. The same architect reproduced in the. great Fish pavilion for the government bf the United States, line for line, a Itoman dwelling house of the Pompeiian type. In the Mines and Metallurgy Palace the Egyptian obelisks furnish the motif for the entrances. The cornice is wiped out entirely by the substitution of an overhanging roof. In the Art Palace an engaged colonnade is employed to decorate a windowless museum facade. Festival Hall is made conspicuous and distinctive with the largest dome on earth. The chief of design of the Exposition adopted the dome roof, three massive entrance arches and a bottle shaped pylon for features of the great Palace of Transportation, luis same mind employed plain heavy piers on the Palace of Agriculture and demonstrated the architectural possibilities of the farmhouse gable in the Forestry, Fish and Game building. The artistic sense finds further pleasing variety in the Tudor Gothic of the dozen permanent red granite buildings which form part of the World's Fair settlement. Architectural history may be read In the buildings of the states and foreign governments. France reproduces the Grand Trianon at Versailles; Germany, the Imperial castle at Charlottenburg; Great Britain, the Orangery" of, Kensington palace, at London; Japan, the Castle of Nagoya; China, the palace of Frineo Pti Lun. Belgium builds an Antwerp townnali. Mexico has a patio, or inner court. In its buildings. Louisiana reproduces the Cabildo at New Orleans, where the formal' transfer of the Louisiana Purchase Territory from France to the United States took place. New Jersey supplies a replica of General Washington's headquarters at Morristown. Connecticut presents the fine Slgourney mansion at Hartford and adds mantels and woodwork from two other Connecticut mansion homes. Virginia's pride Is gratified in Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.' Mississippi . 'Mlds Beauvoir, the home of Jefferson i vis. Most of the other 6tates adopt the style of the big exhibit palaces on their buildings. The transition from the" architectural dignity of the Plateau of States to the gayety of the Pike Is made by the building of Texas, shaped like a five pointed star, and by the wigwams of giant trees which Washington and Oregon supply. Color is used sparingly, on screen walls and in shaded places In tbe exhibit palaces. The facades are a uniform ivory white, with color on the roofs, domes arid towers. On Concessions street, however, color is used more freely, and the form3 of the "art noureau" abound. FEATURES OF EDUCATION. How tha Exhibit at St. Louis Will Oo Distinctive From That at Any Other Centennial. Br CLAUDE H. WETUOUE. Education finds more recognition ia he Louisiana Purchase Exposltion.than in any previous centennial celebration. It Is the keynote of the great enterprhe, permeating every display. Moreover, the idea in its abstract has a home of its own, in that for the first time in history the appliances of school life are shown In a building constructed exclusively for this purpose. At Chicago and at Taris this exhibit was made a department of something else. At St Louis It is seen alone, housed in a palace which many concider the most perfect architecturally cX any ca the grounda. Eacidca, in the classification cf exhibit creation leads all ethers, tatirj rcrXcicr 39 arts, ocufxeture and

ALL AGES

all the Industries. In remarking these facts visitors have added that it was strange such prominence had not been given to education before, and they are loud in their praise of those who have carried the idea so prominently to the front. In St. Louis the revealment of process will be carried out in the Palace of Education as well as In the other palaces. Formerly it was deemed sufficient to arrange In booths samples of text books and of apparatus of the laboratory and observatory. Appliances used in the schoolroom were displayed conventionally, and visitors could pass through aisle after aisle and view only the technicalities of the world of Instruction. As a result the pedagogue only was interested. In St Louis, however, there is to be actual demonstration of the use made of all euch appliances, and the multitude will find itself entertained. Thus tbe model training school will be a creature of life boys to be seen using the tools of th various trades. Pupils of a school for the blind will demonstrate the methods In vogue where the sense of touch is made to supply that of sieht .and those who are deaf and dumb w ill also -be given opportunity to display their method of instruction. College professors at work in laboratories promise entertainment for the layman, and likewise there will be demonstration of the methods employed in using the modern telescope and taking photographs of the sun. moon and stars. Supplementing these active" exhibits will be others quite as interesting that have been secured from all over the world by means of the camera. Enter one booth and turn the swinging doors of a movable cabinet You will see picture after picture illustrating school life, the children entering a class room, the pupils at recitation. In a fire drill, during the recess hour in fact, through all the stages from the hpur when they assemble for their studies Until time comes for dismissal. As illustrations of public school life in large cities. New York. St. Louis, Cleveland and other municipalities have planned to make extensive displays, while cities of th& old world will bring their systems into comparison. Higher education js exemplified as never before at a world's fair. All the large colleges of the United States have prepared extensive' exhibits PAGODA OF THE IMPERIAL PAVILION IK THE CHINESE KESEliVATIOX, WOKLD'S PAIR. which are supplemented by displays from technical institutions. Both interesting and novel will be the exhibits made by the Agricultural department of the Federal government In the Education building, for which congress made a special appropriation of $100,000- These will be in the nature of experiment stations such as have been established at various places throughout the country for the practical education of those who desire to study the scientific questions of agriculture and horticulture. Here will be demonstrated the best system of fertilizing the soil, of sowing the seeds, of caring for the crops, of harvesting them, and then for handling the same in barns and storehouses. Visitors to the Exposition will be given the opportunity for instruction in the diseases which infest the realm of Flora and the medicines or surgery that must be employed to combat the dangerous Inroads. Located on the Grand basin and commanding a view of the Cascades, the Terrace of States and the Hall of Festivals, the Palace of Education, itself a portion of the main picture, can be reached by either the broad boulevards or by transit over the crystal waters of the Lagoon. Its visitors may reach Its doors In roller chairs, oh foot or in gondola or electric launch. v In this balding, as in the others, especial arrangements have been made for the comfort of the sightseers. Multitudinous windows permit of free currents of air constantly circulating, and withdrawal rooms are at every hand where one can sit down after becoming fatigued from too much exploration. - Agricultural Plana Completed. Mr. James L. Farmer of Tennessee, chief special agent of the United States Government board World's Fair, has practically completed the plans for the exhibit of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts and experiment stations, of which he has charge. He has secured space in the Educational building for the greater part of the exhibit which is large and comprehensive and which will be of ezpecial interest to Eouthern planters. Stops more pain, relieves more suffering prevents mora heart cb:s and dlccccs thin any other remedy. TLit 'a xzX Rccliy Mountain Tea Trill do. 35 cents in tea ci tablet fcra. Pccpls's Druj Ctcrs.

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4 rüKSlSHICD BT GRESSNER & COMPANY Owners of the only Abstract Books In the uoumy. Abstract ef title to all In nds in Marsh!! county compiled promptly a&d accurately. i TO MARCn24th. 1904. Emma Snyder and husband, to Christian Kästner, w 52 ft of e 104 ft of n 120 rt of Block 2 Ringle's 2nd add Bremen; $175. George Zimmer aud wife, to Washington Laudeman, all n of RR in shf of sw q of sw q also in e hf of sw q all in sec 25, T 33, R 3; $6500. Ida M Parks, to Elmer E and Laura Rockhill, lots 2, 3 in sec 36, T 32, R 3, ex school lot in nw cor. 3100. Ellen narsh and husband, to Valorous li Fisher, all Interest in sw q of sw q of sec 23, T 32, R 3; $1000. Nancy A Falconberg and husband, sole heir of Bessie Lemert dee'd Q C I to Fred Lemert, und 1-5 of sw q of ne q also in w 22 a of nw q of ne q also in e 18 a of nw q of ne q also in n 8.31 a of e hf of nw q all in sec 34, T 35, R, 1, also in e 22.87 a of se q of sw q of sec 27, T 35, R 1; $160. James R Reed and wife, to George F Wahl, trustee, lot 8, blk 4 Manufac add Bremen; $660. Isaac N Troutman aad wife, to Lucinda Simons, e 40 a s of river of w hf of riw q of sec 31, T 33, R 2; $1200. John W Simons, etal Q C D to Charles A and Lucinda Simons, n 9 a of lot 2 in sec 1, T 32, R 2; $1.00. Charles A Simons and wife, to Clinton Bondurant, n 9 a of of lot 2 in sec 8, T 32, R 2; $800. George W Ganshorn and wife, to Austin II Sponseller, s hf of se a of se q of sec 21, T 33, R 4, also ne q of ne q of sec 28, T 33, R 4; $1800. John W Kirtviner and wife, to William II Guthrie, 23.55 a off w side of sw q of ne q and e 30 rdsof sw q of ne q all in sec 6, T sc. R 1; 2000. Outlook For Wheat is Gcod. Notwithstanding the repeated thawing and freezing of the winter, Indiana will have a fair yield ot wheat this year, according to State Statistician Johnson, who made a tour of the state last week to observe the condi tion of the crop. It was thought by many farmers that the thawiug and freezing had killed the wheat. The coming of warmer weather has shown however, that the wheat still has. much vitality. The best conditions exist in the northern part of the state where an almost continuous snow protected the grain. In central and southern Indiana, the indications are that a larger crop will be gathered than was expected. Mr. Johnson saysthat with enough rain and not too much warm weather in the next few weeks the wheat in the state will be much improved. At this time last year, the conditions were much better for an excellent wheat crop, but conditions appearing later, notably heavy rains, damaged the crop. Mr. Johnson expects as good harvest this year as las I year. Two years ago, he said, be said, conditions were in a measure similar to those existing now. The wheat bad been damaged by the lack of sufficient snow and it wis predicted that tbe wheat crop would be a failure. Better weather conditions, later, he said, made a good crop. Ice in the Great Lakes. There is a large mass of ice in the great lakes and much snow In the northern realms. So whenever the wind comes from the north or the west it will be chilly In this section of the country as oaturally it will be affected by these Immense refrigerator deposits. Last year tbe Straits of Mackinaw were opened for navigation in tbe first week of April, but it will evidently be more than a month later this spring before the ice is all melted away to admit of the passage of vessels through the strait?. STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COCKTY. SS" Frank. !J. Cheney,' makes oath that he is senior artnerof the firm of F J. Cheney & Co., doing buienesa in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm 'will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall'sCatarrh Cure. Frank J Cheney Sworn to, before me and subscribed' in my presence, this 6th day of Decern ember, A. D. 1886. ( j A. W. Gleason,. seal V . Rotary Public Uall'fl Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the syetem. Send, for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O: Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion: Cc!cr.i;t TicXtts tojht Vc:t tr.d Seuth-r-? Qwest via Pcr.nsylvar.;4Lint5.D March 1st, and 15th special one way second class colonist tickets to Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Kansas, Mlxouri, Arkansas, exas and lew llexico will b3 sold via Pennsylvania Lines. Ask ths nearest Ticket Acntcf thccD Hnc3 fcr particulars. Subccribs fcr tks Tribun 4ft