Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 April 1904 — Page 3

Ill STRIKING DISTANCE

Marakoff and the Japs, with Their Squadrons, May Have Had a Fight. PRUSSIAN SAILS OTJT OF POST With Togo Signaled in the Offing Czar Buying Warships and Mikado Looking for More Soldiers. Paris, April 0. The St. Tetersbur? -corespondent of the Echo tie Paris says that Admiral Makaroff went out from Port Arthur this morning, a Japanese squadron having been signaled as in the offlng. It Is rumored, the correspondent says, that a sea fight took place, but nothing concerning it is officially known. Japs Covering a Landing; Scheme. London, April 9. A. correspondent of The Times at Wei Hal Wei, cabling under yesterday's date, says: "The result of a week's cruise leads me to believe that the Japanese fleet Is engaged In covering arrangements for a new landing of the troops recently mobilized. A close blockade of Port Arthur is not maintained, presumably because of Information regarding the state of the channel. Certainly up to the present no Japanese transports have entered the gulf of Te Chi Li." Russia Seeks New 'Warships. Taris, April 9. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that a French agent is negotiating for the sale of Argentine warships to Russia, which is determined to have a superiority over the Japanese fleet by the end of July. Japan Looking for Fighting Men. Vancouver, B. C, April 9. Jan Is seeking Canadian South African veterans for service in the war with Russia. Secret service agents are approaching men in various towns purporting to offer positions to Canadians in a Japanese corps. Those who have served In South Africa are preferred, tut any stalwart Canadian, it Is said, will be accepted. RUSSIA AND THE CONFEDERACY" fit. Petersburg- JOditor Recalls a -Story of the CiTil War. St. Petersburg, April 9. The Novoe Vremya prints prominently an article from a United States newspaper describing an interview between Emperor Alexander II and Wharton Barker (the Philadelphia financier, formerly financial agent of the Ilussian government in the United States), on the occasion of the review of the Russian fleet at Cronstadt in 1879. during which the emperor told Barker of his determination to consider Great " Britian's recognition of the Confederacy as a casus belli, and for that reascS sent the Russian fleets to New York find San Francisco. The Novot Vremya remarks: "Russia has not forgotten how to honor the z. rzil rr 1SC3 by Russian squadrons at Xew York -and San Francisco. The Americans who were at Cronstadt that day know how to appreciate the Russians friendship for America during the civil war." The Novosti approves of the government's policy, but foresees that more important measures are necessary to provide for the war expenditure. St. Petersbudg, April 9. The Vostoony Vestiks' ITarbln corespondent says everything shows that on account of unprepardness it has been decided to operate on the defensive. It isbelieved that the Japanese will never pas! Mukden. In anticipation of the cutting of the railroad, the correspondent says, families south 'of Mukden have been ordered north. SOME IOXDOS WAR NEWS Principally the Speculation of the Special Correspondent and Rumor. Ixndcn. April 9. There Is no real war news. A St. Petersburg special seems to have gotten behind the inner consciousness of the mikado, and by telepalhy, perhaps is enabled to tell what the. Japs are going to do next, which the special says is to make a supreme effort to bottle up the Russians at Pert Arthur by firing twenty five fire-hips" at the harbor at once in the hope that some of them will stick In the right place. Then there Is a rumor at Paris that -the Russians have been defeated on the Yalu with heavy loss. This Is confirmed from nowhere at this writing p. dozen hoars or more since its publication. Another correspondent has discovered that the Russians will be ready to take the offensive about next Friday. Longshoremen Agree to a Cut. Cleveland, O., April 9. The ten days' conference between the long--shoremen and dock managers of Lake Erie ports has .ended, the longshoremen accepting about 7 per cent, reduction In wages all around and practically agreeing on last year's working conditions. Gnnsaalas to Lead In Prayer. St Louis, April 9. Rev. Dr. Gunsaulus, cf Chicago, president of the Armour Institute of Technology, has accepted the invitation of the exposition company to deliver the invocation at the opening ceremonies of the World's fair on April SO. ' Wolf Raids a Russian Town. Minsk. Russl, April 9". A wolf entered this town and attacked and bit .six people before It was killed. The bubonic plague la decreasing in Peru. ' Smith Lafayette Russell, a retired New York city business man, has endowed the Duane M. TE. church In that city with $500,000. Charles C. Bennett, alias S. Francis Jones, has been arrested at Detroit for using the mail to defraud. Lutheran clergymen of the mlddla west are holding a conference at Detrc.t. - The United, States canal commission L3 arrived St eeles, Panama, and ht :n e-thuritically received. '

BLOCK COAL III OUT

Beginning Next Monday They Strike to Force the Hoisters into the U. M. W. SOFT COAL HEN WON'T WORK Until an Agreement Is Signed with the Operators Story of a Handkerchief Notes. Brazil, Ind., April S. President Ilouston, of the United Mine Workers of district eight, has issued a notice to the operators of the black coal field that ail miners would tease work on Monday, April 11. This general strike was ordered by President Ilouston because the engineers had refused to join the miners' organization. U. M. W. Officials at Work. Terre Haute, Ind.. April S. The officials of the Indiana miners organizations addressed ::m meetings of miners in the fields where the men are refusing to work until the scale is signed. The action of the operators in declicing to proceed with the conference so long as the men refused to work, is intended to have the effect of stimulating the sentiment for good faith with the employers. Effect of the Agreement. The Indianapolis agreement did not bind the men to work only so far as the miners' representatives pledged their effort to have the men continue at work, but it is desired that the lesson be taught at this time that it is best for both sides to comply in good faith with implied agreements. Miners Refuse to Go to Work. Linton, Indt, April 8. The miners of the Linton district at a mass meeting voted not to return to work until an agreement is reached and the scale signed by the miners and operators. More than 2.000 miners attended the meeting, which was addressed by National Board Memler William Blakeley. At night the miners ordered their delegates to return from the Joint conference at Terre Haute. This action ties up the Linton field. Three of the local mines are suspended as a result of the recent flood and the remaining mines will be idle as a result of the action. Inuudation Was Their Death. Evansville, Ind'., April 8. The backwater flood still afflicts the people at Glass Ridge, in the Wabash bottoms near Vincennes, and the funerals of three persons whose deaths are indirectly due to the flood had to be conducted in skiffs. The dead are Ethel Christy, May Butler and Chas. Prince, the latter a i-romlnent farmer. They were a filleted with the measles and pneumonia, and the water in their homes caused relapses, resulting fatally. TRAVELS OF A HAKDKEKCOIEF Been Sent from One Member of a Family to Another for Many Tears. Newcastle, Ind., April 8. A silk handkerchief that has traveled thousands of miles is now in the possession vt Harry T. Coflin, a local business uian. It is known as the "Coffin 'Kerchief." Years ago a piece of cloth came into the hands of a member of the family, and since then it has, In a spirit of fun, been sent from one member, to another. It has Just reached here from a Coffin in Omaha, and in its travels in tLc Inst ten years has been to the Philippines, Porto Rico and many points in the United States. It. was here last sumer at the reunion of the Coffin family, and was hidden among the effect of a New Yorker, who, when he found It, started the handkerchief on its way again. It will be kept going as long as. there are Coffins to send it to, and It is now regarded as a valuable relic. . Reformed Saloonitt for Mayor. Terre Haute, Ind., April 8. Strother Pierson has been nominated by 'the Prohibitionists for mayor of the city. Pierson was formerly proprietor of a saloon which gave the police much trouble. Finally Fierson killed a man in the place, was tried for murder, pleaded self-defense and was acquitted. The saloon ceased to exist after the .fatality. Following the trial Pierson Joined the Prohibition ranks. Declares In Favor of Parker. Indianapolis, April 8. James L. Keach, a recognized leader of the Cleveland Democracy of the state, and chairman of the Democratic city committee, has declared in favor of Judge Parker for the presidential . nominee. Keach had charge of the gold Democratic organization in 1S9G, but is understood to have voted for Bryan In 1000. Ills following will undoubtedly line up strong for Parker, - Costly Bunch of Cattle Killed. Grcencastle. Ind.. April 8. Trelve head of finely bred Shorthorn cattle were killed! in a bunch on the Big Four railroad near here. They were struck by the Knickerbocker express in a "curve, but the speed of "the train was so great that It was not Injured In any way by the terric impact. The cattle belonged to Alex Lockridge's herd. Drowned and Carried Under the Ice. Grand Rapids, WisJ, April 7. A. W. Ramsey, superintendent of the Pioneer Wood Pulp company, was drowned in the presence of his workmen at the dam, and his body was carried under the ice. Four wealthy Chinese boys sent to Vancouver, B. C, from China under the auspices of the Chinese Reform association, have been, drowned. A branch of the United- States Naval League -is about to be established at Paris. . ; At meetings at New York of the structural steel and steel plate pools present prices were reaQrmed. There has been no change in the railroad laborers' strike Ituatica In Panama. The strike is still on and1 shipments tied up. Colonel Thomas Marshall Green, on of the most widely-known histoTiana la. th2 cvitZ, b de-d at DanvUKr.

JAPISHOVERIKG NEAR

His Warships . Seen JOff Port Arthur by the Russians Since i Wednesday. BEPOBTS OF TEOOP 1IDVEKENT3 Great Fleet of Japanese Transports Sighted-Russia Calls for 31 ore Soldiers Censor Is Busy. BL Petersburg, April S. The admlr alty has received information that a Japanese squadron has been cruising off Port Arthur since Wednesday. Seoul, Korea, April S. Telegrams have been received here saying that the Russians are occupying six of the largest border towns on the Turnen river In northeastern Korea. A Korean prefect has sent in a report that the Russians and Chinese who were at Yongampho, Korea, hate withdrawn to Antung, across the Yalu river. Thai Japanese authorities have no confirmation of a reported) engagement between Russians and Japanese at IiwiSung. Russia Wants More Men. Paris, April 8. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Petit Parisien cables the following: A" colonel of the general staff has informed me that a general mobilization is in course of preparation. In view of complications which may ensue the police have been Instructed to prepare lists of all university graduates under 40 years old capable of serving as reserve officers. A portion of the reserves will be told off to guard the trans-Siberian railroad. The decree ordering the mobilization will be published shortly." We Prod the Dear Again. St. Petersburg, April 8. Through the United States government. Russia has again been requested by Japan to allow the Japanese refugees on Sakhalin island to be transported to Japan. The foreign office has already returned a favcrable response to this request, but the delay in the completion of arrangements is due to the necessity of consulting the military authorities of the island. The United States government probably, will send a neutral ship to take the refugees off the island. NEWS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION Censorship at the Front Is Very Active and Nothing: Gets Away. London, April 8. The brief dispatches from, the seat of war inthe Far East appearing In the London newspapers during the last few days have all been of a curiously stereotyped character, indicating that an active censorship is prevailing there and adding nothing to the Information contained In the dispatches of the Associated Tress. This applies particular ly to points under Japanese control,; but from the Russian side also it is evident care is being exercised to prevent the news of operations leaking out. The Jaramoso fleet continues cruising not far distant from Tort Arthur. The Standard's Chefoo correspondent announces that a steamer which arliver these yesterday sighted Japanese warships off Wei-Hai-Wei. The correspondent at Seoul of The Daily Telegraph cables that a correspondent at Geman has telegraphed Informing him that it took him six days to travel 1S3 miles from Seoul to Gensan, owing to the state of the roads. A dispatch from Seoul says that a United Statesan missionary, "who has Just returned from northern Korea reports having seen a fleet of forty transports; some of which were very large, off Haiju, fifty miles north of Chemulpo. It is supposed that the transports are carrying a part of he second Japanese army, the first three divisions of which are said to be destined to land at Yongampho." A St Petersburg dispatch says: "Three of the Japanese fireshlps sunk in attempts to block the harbor have been raised and towed Into the harbor At Port Arthur, where they are being armed with rapid-fire guns for service against the enemy." They Want That Bell, Badly. St. Louis, April 8. Superintendent of Public Schools Soldan has forwarded to Mayor John Weaver, of Philadelphia, a petition signed by 50,000 pupils of the St. Louis public schools asking that the Liberty bell be sent to the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Will Arbitrato In Kentucky. Louisville, April 8. A strike of oyer 4,000 coal miners at work in Kentucky which seemed inevitable' has been averted. The wage committees representing operatcrs and miners have agreed to submit their differences to arbitration and abide by the result. Boy Kills lilt Little Sister. Paris, 111., April 8. Edward, the 11-year-old son of William 'Jones, a farmer residing near Metcalf, Edgar county, accidentally shot between the eyes and instantly killed his 7-year-old sister Hazel, with a target rifle. Permanent Headquarters at St, Lonls. St Louis, April 8. Permanent headquarters for the national Democratic convention, to be held here July G, have been established at the Hotel Jefferson which was formally opened to the public. Gen. Colter's Half-Brother Dead. Columbus, O., April 7. Rrice 'W. Custer, former sheriff of Franklin county and a h? If -brother of the famous Indian fighter,, General George A. Custer, died suddenly at his home In this city, aged 73. Plight of an Aged Man. Hazel ton, 111., April 7. Benjamin Blackinship, an old man, was found in his hut on the White river bank near "here, with pneumonia and in a dying condition. The high water had swept away everything he had. i 7 aft To Be Spooners Guest. Madison, Wis., April 7. " Secretary of War William II. Taft will be In Madison May 12, the guest of Senator Cpccner. Secretary Taft will address the national convention of the Psi TJpdlcn celled fraterrJtv Wa

M'WHIRTER IS NAMED

Prohibitionists Put Him Up for Governor on a Regular "Kiln-Dry" Platform. PITH OF THEIR DECLARATIONS Death of J. C S. Harrison at Los An geles-Jline Sca'e Committee Itecesses Notes. Indianapolis, April 7. The Prohibitionists of Indiana in convention nominated Felix T. MeWhirter, of this city, for governor and elected delegates and alternates to the national convention. The convention took r.o action regarding a nominee for president. Followinj are the delegates and alternates-at-large to the national convention: Delegates-at-large Charles E. 'NewHn, Indianapolis; Homer L. Hall, Franklin; L. C. Masters, Muncle; eRv. A. L. Crini, Ladoga. Alternates J. R. Henry, Indianapolis; Harvey Radcliff, Marion; John Zahns, Grantsburg, and Henry Thompson, Greonsburg. Declines to Abaudon Woman SaflTrage. More than six hours were taken up in the discussion of a platform, which when adopted, contained only a few more than ."00 words. During the afternoon a motion was lost to strike out of the platform the pflank which declared in favor of "equal suffrage, regardless of sex." The platform declares that all laws permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors are "contrary to the voice of the supreme court of the United States," and "the Prohibitionists of Indiana ask for a repeal of all such laws which now make our state a party to the crime of liquor selling." Absolute Annihll of "Badge." The loquest Is mad" for a legislative enactment prohibiting the "manufacture, ale, importation, exportation and transportation of Intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes within the state, nation or foreign possessions." Legislation whfch "shall place capital and labor on an equal footing before the law," is approved. Candidates for Congress. Following are the Prohibition candidates for congress: First district, A. C. DeForest. Evansville; Second, Alexander P. Asbury, Fannersburg; Third T. J. Shrode. .New Albany: Fourth, r. O. Lamoreaux, Franklin; Fifth, David Hadley, Mooresville; Sixth, Chas. A. Johnson, Greenfield; Seventh, Elijah W. Lawhon, Indianapolis; Eighth, Aaron Worth, Rryant: Tenth, Isaac S. Wade. Lafayette; Eleventh, Edward II. Kennedy, Amboy: Twelfth. George O. Vlmer, LtGrange; Thirteenth, Chas. L .'lollpr. South Rend. WELL-KNOWN lMUANIAV DEAD Grandson of President Wm. Hen Harrison Tasse to Uet at lo Anv gelc-a. Cat. Indianapolis, April 7. John Cleves Short Harrison, for many years a wellknown citizen of Indianapolis, stricken with paralysis Monday night, April 4, is dead at Los Angeles, Cal. He was born at Vincennes, Ind., May 7, 1S29, the only child of Benjamin and Louisa Smith (Bonner) Harrison, and grandson of President William Henry Harrison. He was made a government director of the Union Pacific railroad for eight years seven years umder President Grant and one year under President Hayes. Previous to this H-arrison had filled two political appointments that of state sinking fund commissioner in 1SC4, and that of delegate to the national convention at Cincinnati in July, 1870. In July 1S91 he removed with his family io Los Angeles. He will be buried here. Operators Want a Guarantee. Terre Haute, Ind., April 7. The scale sub-committee of the miners and operators of the Indiana district ha adjourned to meet again at the call of the officers of the miners' and operators' organization. The adjournment was due to the failure of the miners to conform to the Indianapolis agreement to work pending an agreement upon the scale. The operators made the point that before miners' officers assumed to make a scale for the men they had better demonstrate their authority over them. The officers of the miners will go over the district to explain the situation to the men and get them back to work. Another Victim of the Flood. Evansville, Ind., April 7. The water In the flooded districts of southern Indiana continues to recede. One more' name has been added to the list of drowned in this flood. Henry Slevers, aged 13, fell from a load of wood while driving through the back water, in Knox county a 1 the wagon passing over his body held him in the water until he was drowned. Two Lumbermen Drowned, ' Princeton, Ind., April 7. -r- Fr&nk Reed and Oscar Cox, two lumbermen who occupied! a small cabin In the bottom lands near this city, are believed to have perished In the flood of last week. They refused to abandon their cabin when warned of the high waters, and have not been seen since for more than a week. ' Driven Mad by Starvation. Indianapolis, April 7. Mrs. Anna Blayschke has been declared insane! She lost her mind because o starvation, acd her husband, Josef Blayschke, wa9 arrested5 and charged with Deflect cf her axd bis children. HEWS FACTS IH OUTLIITE A bill has passed the house to prevent the unlawful wearing of the badge of the G. A. B. in the District of Columbia. The senate has confirmed the nomination of George E. Anderson, of Illinois, to be consul at Hang-Chow, China. A farmer at Millville, Pa., has had his wife arrested for cruelty because she Insisted upon playing "Hiawatha", on a phonograph against his protests. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spam is sufiering from ji severe attack of influenza, at Paris.

ACTION BY MORMONS

President Smith Makes a Pronouncement with Reference to Unlawful Marriages. LNDOESED BY THE CONFERENCE Declaring No Plural Marriages Have Been Sanctioned Since 1800, and Forbidding Them. Salt Lake City, April 7. A notable feature of the closing session of the seventy-fourth annual conference . of the Mormon church. Just held in this city, was the official declaration by President Joseph F. Smith on the subject cf polygamy. The statement follows: No Illegal Marriages Sanctioned. "Inasmuch as there are numerous reports in circulation that phiral marriages have been entered into contrary to the official declaration of President Woodruff of Sept. 2Gth, 1S90, commonly called the manifesto, which was issued by President Woodruff, and adopted by the church at Its general conference Oct G, 1S90, which forbids any marriage violative of the -law of the land, I, Joseph F. Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and, Declares Plural Marriages Prohibited. I hereby announce that all such marriages are prohibited, and if any officer or member of the church shall assume to solemnize or enter into any such marriage he will be deemed in transgression against the church and will be liable to be dealt with according to the rules and regulations thereof and excommunicated therefrom. "JOSEPH F. SMITH. "President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Indorsed by the Conference. This statement received the full indorsement of the church members assembled, who unanimously adopted the following resolution, introduced by Apostle Franc!? M. Lyman: "Itesolved, That we, the memlKTS cf the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In general conference assembled, hereliy approve and indorse the statement and declaration of President Joseph F. Smith, just made to this conference, concerning plural marriages, and will support the courts of the church in the enforcement thereof." Forgotten Prophet Remembered. A committee was authorized to take steps toward the erection of a suitable building as a monument to the memory of the prophet,' Joseph Smith. Although Utah abound with memorials Ol Brighara Young there is at present not a single monument or building in honor of the founder f the church. - Snate and Iloue iu Brief. Washington, April 8. The senate listened to eulogies of the late Senator Hanna. The galleries were well filled and the speakers were given close attention. Those who spoke were: Foraker, Scott, Cockrell, Piatt of Connecticut, Cullom. Blackburn, Elkins,v Fairbanks, Daniel, Terkins, Depew, Bcveridge, Dollivcr,NKearns and Dick. . The Swayne impeachment proceeding, which has been looked upon as the only possible block to an early adjournment of. congress, has been male special order In the house for Dec. 13 next. The bill extending the coastwise laws to the Philippines was pending at adjournment TWO IOWA BANKS FAIL Owner of Them Says They 'Will Pay All of Their Direct Liabilities in Full. Marshalltown, la., April 7. The Exchange bank, of Dow City, and the Bank of Buck Grove, Crawford county, have failed with reported total liabilities of half a million dollars and assets of only $150,000. Both are owned by II. S. Greene, ot Dow City. Greene says the assets are between $75,000 and $100,000 greater than the direct liabilities, and depositors will be paid In fulL He says the direct liabilities aggregate only $200,000. Speculation in western cattle Is the cause of the failure. N. Wilder, of Dow City, has been appointed receiver of the two banks. - Don't Want To Be Citizens. Santa Fe, N. M.f' April 7. At the congress of the Pueblo Indians of the territory, held) here, the recent decisions of the territorial supreme court declaring the Puebloscitizens and their lands subject to taxation, was discussed at length. A unanimous protest against the decision was sent to President Boosevelt, Wisconsin Republican Conrentlon. Madison, Wis., April 7. The Republican state central committee has called the Republican state convention to meet in Madison, May 18. There ere three aspirants for the gubernatorial nomination Governor LaFollette; Judge Baensch, of Manitowoc, and exRepresentative Cook, of Neenah.lie Resents a Sanitary Fad. Manchaster, N. H., April 7. Bishop Charles H. Fowler,- D. D., of Buffalo, declined to administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper at the opening session of the New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal conferen here because individual communion cups bad been furnished. V ) Ah Sin Makes Money for Us. v Seattle, Wash., April 7. Counterfeit half and quarter dollar are being manufactured in China and then shipped though Seattle Into the United States. The Imitation is very nearly perfect The coin is of the standard degree of fineness, but It is short weight. Secretary Taft's Nephew Married. Cincinnati, April 7. Hulbert Taft, a nepihew of Secretary of War Taft, and Miss Nellie Leaman. were married at the residence of the bride's mother here. Hulbert Taft is a member cf The Times-SUr staff. ;

Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. For many years it has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion and dyspepsia, but tho truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Repeated attacks of indigestion inflames the mucous membranes lining the stomach and exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus causing the glands to secrete mucin instead of the Juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Guro relieves all inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a sense of fullness after eating, indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Regular size. $ 1 .00. holding 2V4 times the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. O. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, III. For Sale By J. W. RINAR0, Druggist. Ulii.t TIIK TRUST TRAIZ TTunts Jme Kvt.lence Sapplled Congres? AKa'nitt u Coal Monopoly. Washing tr.n. Ariil S. Hearst of New York 1ms introduced a resolution calling on the attorney general to furnish congress certain evidence offennl by "a citizen cf New York In October, 1002, snowing a conspiracy in restraint of interstate trade among the anthracite coal railroads." The preamble of the resolution rocities that the monopoly complained of ha resulted in increasing the price of coaJ'40 per cent, and that this aggregates a tax of $50,000,000 a year an the consumers of coal.

Wisconsin Hotel Man Dead. Racine, "Wis., April 8. Lawrence Olie, aged 42, one of the most prominent hotel men of the state, died suddenly of kidney trouble. FARES TO ST. LOUIS. World's Fair Excursions via Pennsylvania Lines. The sale of excursion tickets ever Pennsylvania Lines to St. Louis, account of the Woild's Fair, will begin on Monday morning, April 25th live days in advance of the date of the formal opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The excursion fares from Plymouth Ind. are fixed as follows: Tickets good for the season, returning any time to Dec. 15tb, will be sold every day at $14.00 for the round trip. Tickets good returning within sixty days, not later than December 15th, will be sold every day at $11.70 for the round trip. Tickets good returning within fifteen days will be sold every day at $10.75 for the round trip. Coach excursion tickets, with! return limit of seven days, will be sold twice a week, every Tuesday and Thursday, beginning May 17, until June 3 Otb, at 6.75 for the round trip, approximately one cent a mile. Coach excursion tickets are restricted to day coaches, whether on regular or special trains. For further particulars consult J. E. Hanes Ticket Agent. Plymouth, Ind. L E. & W. Excursions. One way second class colonists rates very low, March 1st dally to April 30th, to Montana, Spokane Falls, Portland Oregon and San Francisco, and all intermediate points. StatexConvention Church of Christ, Lebanon, lad.', May 17, 18, 1904. Return May 21st, one fare. District Missionary Society Church of Christ, Laporte, Ind., April 13, 14, return 15th, $1.15. Big reduotion la rates to California, Oregon, Washington and intermediate points. Tickets sold daily during March and April, via Lake Erie and Western Railroad also Home Seekers' round trip and One Way Colonist tickets will be on sale at lower rates than ever offered before to many points in the West and Southwest, on March 1st & 15th, April 5th & 10th. Address any ticket agent, L. E. & W. R. R. Co., or n. J. Rhein, General Passenger Agent, Indianapolis, Ind Serious Stomach Trouble Cured. I was tronbled with a distress in my stomach, eour. stomach and vomiting spells, and can truthfully say that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets cured me. Mrs, T. V. Williams, Lainaburg,' Mich., These tablets are guarranteed to cure every case of stomach trouble of this character. For sale by all druggists. Sciatic Rheumatism Cured. "I have been subject to sciatic rheumatism for years," says E. H. Waldron, of Wilton Junction, Iowa. "My joints were stiff and gave me much pain and discomfort. My joints would crack when I straightened up. 1 used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and have been thoroughly cured. Have not had a pain or ache from the old trouble for many mönths. It is Certainly a most wonderful liniment." Eot sale by all druggists. . v - Btst Cough Mstlicir.e for Children. When you bur a cough medicine for small children you want one in which you can price implicit confidence. You want one that not only relieves bnt cures. You want one that is unquestionably harmless. You want one that is pleasant to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets all thesa conditions. There is nothiDg so good for the coughs and colds incident to childnood. It is also a certain preventative and cure for croup and thare is no danger whatever from whooping couzh when it is given, It has been uead in many epidemica of that dicci:3 mth perfect success. For eile by eil dru;-ist3,

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NORTH BOUND. No 12. Dally - 11:5J a ta No 20, Daily ex Sun. 6:45 p m No 26. " " 1J:0! p Dl 8UCTH BuCM). No 21, Dally ex S-un .Ä:35 am No?. Daliy 11:40 am No 19 " " " " 6:15 p lu Nos 7 and 12 run daily. No. 21 makes direct connections for Indianapolis via Colfax, arriving Indianapolis 10: 30 a. m. W. E. Smith. Agnt

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