Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 June 1904 — Page 2

Zhc TObune. Established October 10. 1901. Oaiy Republican Newspaper In the County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFFICE Bissel! Building, Corner LaPorte and Center Streets. Telephone No. 27.

BDBSCRIPTION RATISS One Year. In advance, 11.50; Six Mox.tbs. 75 cents; Tbree Months, 40 cents, deliv ered at any postofflce ADVERTISING RATES made known on application. Entered at the postofise at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. Plymouth. Ind., June 16, 1904. MOLTER NOMINATED. Tbe democratic delegates from Marshall and Fulton counties met in convention at Kuhn's hall at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and nominated J. A. Holter for prosecuting attorney on the first ballot. Marshall county gave Molter 14, Curtis 19, Jones 1. Fulton county gave Molter 15, Curtis 7, Jones 1. Uhe total vote was announced as follows: Molter 29, Curtis 26, Jones 2. Molter having received a majority of all the votes was declared the nominee. It will ba seen that Fulton county nominated Molter. Common political courtesy on the part of Fulton county would have made Curtis the nominee when he had a majority in .Marshall county. But Fulton county seems determined to run the whole judicial machine. The St. Louis mob which rioted because deprived of a bull fight can have their fun yet. There will be a convention there in a few days. W. R. Hearst, it is said, offered 1500,000 for tbe Indianapolis Sentinel a short time ago, but the offer was refused in order to keep Hearst out of Indianapolis. Statistics compiled by a New York insurance journal show that the American people are taking out life policies at tbe rate of $3,000,000 a day. In tne past year all the companies combined have paid out claims amounting to $258,300,000. The old Indianapolis Journal will be greatly missed by old newspaper men in this state and adjoining states. It was one of tbe cleanest and mast carefully edited newspapers in the United States and gave reliable news in a compact form, so that it was easily found. Alaskan reports are to the effect that the largest eiport of gold mined lo Alaska proper, as well as the Yukon district, will be made this summer. It is predicted that the Alaskan output will increase so that the United States may count on not less than $10, 000,000 annually for many years. The Japanese double attack on Port Arthur was repulsed with severe loses, accordiug to reports from LiaoYang sent to London by a news agency. The information -comes from Chinese sources and contains tbe added story that the Vladivostok squadron joined tbe Fort Arthur fleet and in ao engagement sunk four Japanese ships. . ' Holland, tbe New York newspaper correspondent, . says financial conditions are unusually satisfactory for a presidential year; that the money invested in foreign loans will soon return through trade. The constrnction of the Panama canal will require considerable machinery, which will nave an effect on stirring sluggish .manufacturing and railroad industries. So far the indications are that the St. Louis platform will be made up chiefly not of what the democratic party will do except to tear down things, but what it won't do. In other words, it has no policy adhered to and carried out that has made individual Americans successful, and the same thing applies to the government. It seems that both democratic parties need to learn this very important lesson. The education of the human mind commences in tbe cradle; and tbe impressions received there frequently exert their influence through the whole of life. Principles which take tbe deepest root are those implanted during the seasons of infancy, childhood, and youth. The young pupil takes early lessons from everything ground him; bis character and habits are forming before he has any consciousness of his reasoning powers. The grand principles by which he is chiefly actuated, are always formed ccccrdi22 to th3 cuetciaa ted tcs principles prevalent in the country or inf ' t- COZZZZtlCZZ T7tCT3 hi 13 plaCid. i

Attorney General Knox was appointed to succeed the late Senator Quay by Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania Friday. Mrs. nannah Ellas, the octoroon arrested on a charge of blackmailing millionaire John R. Piatt was acquitted in New York yesterday. Attorney General Miller has decided that assessors are eligible for re-election any number of times. Officials therefore need not hesitate to become candidates again. Dowle Is now in Germany, paying $10 a day for hotel accommodations. Germany is no doubt glad to have Dowie in her midst, provided she's getting the forty right along. It is figured out that Parker now lacks 460 of having the required number to nominate in the St. Louis convention. There those who believe it possible that Gorman, Miles or Folk may come in and gobble up the whole concern. Members of the American Medical Association have made tbe discovery that the young men of this country are working themselves to death. This is one of the results of trying to run automobiles that break down every three miles. The horrors of modern warfare would seem already enough, but it has remained for the Japanese to discover a new and powerful explosive which simply reduces Its victims to smallest bits, at times leaving scarcely a trace of the person fairly struck by the missile. By way of Louisville, Ky., comes the news which makes Congressman Hemenway, of Indiana, say that Senator Fairbanks' name win not be presented to tbe national republican convention for the vice-presidential nomination provided there are others striving for the place. A consumption congress is being held in Atlantic City this week. Its members are not consumptives, as may be supposed, but physicians who are considering consumption cures and incidentally consuming the best things on the bill of fare without regard to health. "The Weather Bureau, with the engenery of the United States government and its corps of world-renowed astronomers and moteorologlsts, working indefatigably for the discovery of the laws and principles underlying weather changes, does not essay, excepton rare occasions, to go beyond a 48 hour forecast. It is hoped, however, that the time will come when it will be possible to forcast tbe weather for coming seasons, to specify in what respect the coming month or seasons will conform to or depart from the weather that is common to the month or season, but that time has not yet arrived. - - Collector of the Fort Stratton has prepared some statistics which show that more than $40,000,000 worth of munitions and supplies have been bought here by the Japanese and Russian governments since tbe war began. The Japanese have sent sev eral millions of gold yen by eyery oriental steamer for several months. In December they sent $2,000,000; in January, $2,500,000; in February, $2,866,000; in March, $6.250,000; and 1b April nearly $7,000,000. Russia has purchased most of her supplies through Chicago and New York, and Mr. Stratton estimates that these purchases have been fully as large as those of Japan, making a total of $40,000,000. The republican state committee has received from National Committeeman Harry S. New the announcement that Indiana has been allotted 130 tickets to the Chicago convention. Each of the thirty members of the delegation will get one ticket, to be given to whomever the delegate may see fit. The alternates will receive no tickets, aside from their own cards of admission. The state at large has been allowed 100 tickets, to be distributed 'on recommendation of the state chairman and district committeemen. ' There Is a good deal of complaint among members of the delegation because they were not favored with more tickets. The democratic delegates to St, Louis get three tickets each and the alternates one. If you 7Z2i ail the nos, cz in a clear and rcadablo ehapo jcull c-t it la The Tcibuite.

Want to Make Friends. In Illinois the reported combination between Hearst and Hopkins is looked upon as exceedingly favorable to Parker. Hearst will not need the Illiuois delegation for more than one or two ballots. After that Hopkins would like tto use them in the Interest of Parker. Hearst would make a good showIds on the first ballot and the Parker people have no objection to this. In fact, as their good understanding increases, they feel that they can afford to be exceedingly gracious to the young editor. The first disposition was to fight the Bryan and Hearst sentiment in Kentucky, but now It Is thought the better results will be obtained by conciliatory advances. In short, the Parker people feel that they have won the battle and now want to make as many friends as possible. Even Gorman is taking his medicine withoui making a wry face. He knows that he can not be nominated at St. Louis and he wants to make arrangements to be in tbe National game. Unique Gold Coin. A four-dollar gold coin, probably the only one of its kind in existance is on exbipition at tbe German National Bank in Milwaukee. It belongs to Dr. Charles J. Lange and is valued by the bank officials at $200, although this is only approximate. Tbe piece if gold is of the same diameter as a five dollar gold piece, but ' thinner. On its face is the well-known "Liberty head," without tbe cap, however. Around this are thirteen stars interspersed with tbe letters "6 G 3 S 7 C 7 Grams." The exact meaning of these letters none of tbe bank officils has ascertained. On tbe reverse of the coin is a five-pointed star, into which is cut tbe inscription. "One stella-400 cents." Around it are the words, "E Pluribus Unum. Deo Et Gloria, "and around these forming the rim of this side of the coin, are the words, "United States of America. FourDol." About fifteen years aero this coin was sent to Washington by the Merchants' Exchange Bank, of Milwaukee, according to the Sentinel of that city, but the only information obtained was that the coin is genuine. Mr. Stone and the Women. Mr. Melville E. Stone continues to catch it, and deservedly so, for bis address before the Press Parliament at St. Louis in which he took It upon himself to declare that: No large metropolitan newspaper can live without the support of women. Newspapers today are edited for women, and not for men. If the women of the General Federation ol Women's Clubs "sill set their faces against scandal tbe objectionable in journalism will disappear. Women have a joint responsibility with the editors as to tbe class of news contained in the columns of the metropolitan dailies. Mr. Stone is right in bis belief that no large metropolitan newspaper can live without the support of women and the same is true of the newspaper which Is neither large nor metropolitan, but which deals with the news of the rural districts, being rural itself. But be is wrong in attributing to women a desire for scandals and their details so stroog as to compel the coloring of the large, metropolitan paper to the hue of prurient desire. Flirted With Woman on Trial. "It is strange," -declared Judge Taylor in a St. Louis court room, "that a jury cannot try a woman defendant as impartially as it can a man. It is a pity that a sickening flirtation between jurors and tbe c ,fendant in a criminal case has the power in this court to defeat the ends of Justice " The statement followed the announcement of a jury that it had found Maud Williams not guilty of a charge of grand larcency. Judge Taylor's rebuke followed a scathingly sarcastic speech of "Thanks" by Assistant Circuit Attorney C. Orrlck Bishop. " : ' ' '"'.! "Gentlemen of the jury," he said. "I thank you for your verdict. I thank you in the name of all that is lawless and . shameful in crime and criminals. I thank you for the discriminating taste you have shown for the high order of citizenship which you have displayed in being Influenced in your verdict by a pretty woman's winks and a glimpse at a bit of openwork stocking. You are a credit to your class. Want More Money. The state board of forestry will ask the next legislature for a larger reserve in Clarke county, The present appropriation of $3,000 for the annual maintenance has been show d to be inadequate to carry on the work of im provement and planting that the reservation needs, The matter of a larger appropriation was discussed ' at the meeting of the board. It is likely that an annual appropriation of $10,000 win be asked. Cabins Lei Fcr Sals. Fifteen lots for sale at Pretty Lake, the finest location around the lake. Dca'tfailto pet one before the?, are all gone. Cash or on time. Inquire of J. B. Bo well. 35t4

Governor Durbin the Man. An instance of the personal integrity of .Governor Winfield T. Durbin has lately come to the knowledge of the Review, from either principal to the transaction, that establishes him in the confidence of honorable people. Some monthis atio he made an offer to C. G. Conn of a price at which he would sell his interest in the Elkhart Power company.Soon after, without apparent effort to overbid, but as a matter of business, the Hen Island company offered him $10,000 more than he had offered to sell it for. While there was not a scratch of pen or pencil to establish his first offer, he refused to consider the second, and sold at the price agreed upon. The act has proved that the governor esteems his "word as sacred as his bond. Elkhart Review. Unused Pianos in America. One of tbe visiting Englishmen, Mr. Mosely, was struck by the number of unused pianos in the American homes, That there should be so little knowledge of music and so little skill in performance where there are so many instruments was a source of surprise and pain to bim. No doubt these unused pianos are an indication of a general prosperity. That so many of them are silent is not to be deplored in view of the degree of skill of the average performer. The amount of money spent annually for piano lessons is enormous, and most of it is wasted. Philadelphia Record. Officers Must Enforce Lams. In a recent opinion rendered by Judge Grant, of the Michigan supreme court, this pronounced view was promulgated from the bench; "I want to tell you right here that the next time a law officer says it is not bis business to make complaint, and tells you that, if you will sign tbe

complaint he will set the machinery in motion, that you can assure bim that It Is not the duty of any private citizen to do this. It is not safe for any private citizens to attack three kinds of law breakers, bouses of prostitution, gamblers, and liquor dealers who sell unlawfully. The suppreslon of of their Illegal ousiness is not the concern of private ctlzens. If they are active in thlc direction they may have their houses burned down or be subjected to assault, but they dare not ass-ultl the officer because - he re presents the majesty of tne law. Every police efficer has the power of government behind him, and the law breakers know that if they cannot kill the officer they cannot kill the office: that as soon as one officer Is out of the way there is another in his place. Law enforcement is what yoa pay the officers for and It Is their duty and not a private citizen's." This judge.is entitled to the thanks of ail private citizens who have it continually thrown in their faces by sworn officers of the law that it Is their duty to ferret out violations of the law and take upon themselves the task of enforcing it. Olney People Resigned. Even the Olney people in Massachusetts are coming to tbe conclusion that it Is time to make terms with the Parker managers. They bavs until recently bad strong hopes that a deadlock in tbe convention would furnish .a chance for their man. They had a card up their sleeve which they hoped might be played at the right time to take the odd trick. This was why Bryan really preferred Olney above any of the conservative candidates. If Bryan had shown a good deal of strength in the convention it was thought by these men that the Massachusetts man might betaken to please the Nebmskan and avoid a split or a bait. They have fciven up this expectation. There is no doubt but the Bryan strength will be under control, although he may be a very noisv person himself. The Olney leaders have -been in close touch with the Parker managers, and although it is not likely that there will be any announcement for some time where the Bay State Democrats will go after they are convinced that their man can not win, it is sure that the leaders will be confidentially Informed at an early date. A problem (or the Legislature. There are few counties in the state not complaining of the burden of criminal prosecutions. The little county of Ohio is alreadiug conf ronting an estimated expenditure of $10.000 in the famous Gillespie murder trial, with possibilities of as much more before the case is disposed of. A similar expenditure has fallen upon Lawrence county in the equaliv famous Schäfer case. Lawrence county also must pay the costs of prosecution in tbe Ireland case transfcired to another county on change of venue, which resulted, as did the McDonald trial. Putnam county was recently burdened with a trial in an adjoining county, in which a effort of the State failed to get a conviction, and the same expense will again be entailed. These incidents can be multiplied ty the score. In vfhat ways these great expenditures can bs lecsensd is a problem, but It Is a question of sufficient gravity to warrant the best thought of the Legislature.

Eliminate Fish Commissioner. The following suggestions concerning the fish law appeared in the Columbia City Post last week: Tbe fish law has araused the Ire of numerous citizens of Kosciusko county, and they have effected an organization for the purpose of having tbe present law repealed and a new law enacted. These gentlemen contend that the present law and its method of administration is unjust and a haidship upon men who are friendly to the maintenance of a law that will keep the lakes and rivers well stocked with fish. The present law will not do this. It tolerates fishing with hook and line, but the" use of nets is prohibited. Thus children and summer visitors are permitted to fish in the lakes and tbeir catch is confined largely to small fish that can not be used for food but are thrown Into tbe water to die or cast upon the banks to decay. The net Is the most sensible and humane method for taking fish from the water. The net can be so constructed that only fish that have attained sufficient size to be of use for food can be caught. The small ones can pass through it. Other means may be used also which would result in catching the large and well matured flsh. There is certainly room for improvement in the present law, and if possible, a law should be enacted that will command respect and protect the fish against wanton destruction. It might be well to eliminate the fish commissioner also and turn that work oyer to peace officers.

Success And Education, In his forthcoming annual report the United States commissioner of education presents an analysis of the names and biographical data in "Who's Who in America." This book contains 14,443 names of men and women who have achieved something or have got credit or power of achievement. Counting those over 30 years of age, 7,709 of the persons named have bad college training, 1,627 are high school graduates, 1,066 had common school advantages, 278 were home-taught and 24 self-taught. Tbe commissioner, taking these result and comparing the statistics of population, finds that a boy with a common school education has one chance in 9,000 of achieving success a high school boy has 22 In 9,000, and a college graduate 200 chances in 9.000. Such figures and analysis are inconclusive. Literally, they mean little because they do not make plain what is meant by the word "success." If a man is not successful until he has been president, senator, congressman, diplomat, financier, coal baron or the like, then tbe figures might be .looked upon as reliable, but success is not measured in that way. If you accomplish what you set out to do, you will be a success, whether yau aim at the presidency or the jack-plane. If you live righteously, care for vour family, merit the respect of your neighbors and do well that which falls to your lot. you are a success. Indianapolis Star. Commissioner! Court The Commissioners at tbeir June meeting gave Charles Thompson the position of janitor at the court house for another year; awarded Dr. G, R. Reynolds the contract to attend the inmates at tbe county farm for tbe ensuing year; gave Daniel Z. Senour of Plymouth; the scholarship to Purdu3 University; appointed Henry Balsley, Benjamin Snyder and Charles Seltenright viewers on tbe Burnside ditch in Polk township; Frank L. Johnson, Henry L. Jarrell and John Richardson viewers of Skinner ditch, established the Ezra Hawkins road in Union township; but a remonstrance being filed against the viewers report on the J. T, Hindle road in Center township by John M. Bobbins, the reviewers awarded him damages in the sum of $110. Upon the payment of these damages tbe road will be ordered opened and kept In repair according to law. A. C. North, Frank P. Boggs and John Berg were appointed as viewers on the Jacob Fralich ditch In German and Center townships, to meet Tuesday, June 21, to make their view. The ditch commences at the sourh end of the Lake of tbe Woods and follows the Sell ditch to Yellow river and there terminates. Big Newspaper Deal. t Tne entire stock of the Indianapolis Journal Newspaper company has been purchased by George F. McCullocb, proprietor of the Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the Terre Haute Star. The paper has been merged with the Indianapolis Star as The Star and Journal. The Indianapolis Star was established one year 1 ago by McCulloch. The combined paper, which will occupy the exclusive morning field, will have Ca claimed circulation of more than 100,000 and is now independent in politics. The Journal was established as a weekly in 1823 and as a dally in 1850 and had long been the leading republican paper in Hocsierdorn and one of the representative nsvpapcrs of the West.jllr. lleCullough took posascslon of the Journal today.

COMMENCEMENT AT CULVER. Spectacular Final Exercises at this Famous Military Academy. Commencement exercises at Culver Academy closed Wednesday noon. After the arrival of the battalion from tbe St. Louis fair Saturday morning. the time of both officers and cadets was fully occupied in preparation for the annual graduation exercises which began Sunday morning at 9.30 with batall ion parade and inspection followed by the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Dr. Edward Judson, of New York city. The remainder of the day the cadets were at liberty. Monday's program in the field included a battalion drill at 4 p, m.. and battalion Inspection at 5:30. At 8 p. m. the declamatory contest was held, followed by the cotillion. Tuesday, exercises opened at 7:30 with guard mount, at 8 occurred the regimental parade, at 9 the Black Horse troop gave exhibitions of blanket riding, cavalry exercises, troop drill, Graeco-Roman and Cossack. riding and Manual of the Sabre, revolver, etc. From 10 to 12 were given exhibitions of bridge building, wall scaling, litter drill, signaling, artillery drifl and Catling quadrille. At 4 p. m. battalion drill, escort to

the colors, and Butts manual. 5:00 p. m. Final batall ion inspection and parade, at which event occurred the awardal of certificates to the cadet officers. At 10 p. m. occurred the hnal ball, at which the bright uniforms of tbe cadets and officers and tbe handsome costumes of tbe ladies made a magnificent spectacle. Following guard mounting at 8 a. m. Wednesday the graduatii g exercises proper began, with an invocation by the Rev. Dr. S. E. Klopfenstein, and short orations by tbe forty-two cadets comprising the graduating class. At 10:30 the battalion was assembled in final formation, the colors lowered while the band played "Auld Lang Syne" and the year's work was done. Probably no year has seen finer military features at Culver than this. The cadets have just returned from St. Louis, where they have covered themselves and the school with glory, and their drill and excerclses approached closely to perfection. Hundreds of visitors thronged the Academy grounds Tuesday and Wednesday to witness the worK. The Summer Naval school opens June 29th for an eight week's session, with an enrollment equal to the capacity. A new barracks similar to tbe others, and severaljother buildings will be begun immediately and rushed to completion for the fall session The Two Paths of Life. The tragedy in a New York cab, wherein a wealthy race-track gambler lost his life and a retired actress is held for tbe murder, like an event in Indianapolis a few days ago, when a mechanic was shot by a jealous mistress, leads naturally to the old, old question of why man or woman will deliberately choose tbe rugged, painful path of sin in preference to that which is strewn with tbe roses of goodness and leads to tbe garden cf sweet content. The New York story is commonplace to the point of utter dreariness. A well-to-do gambler has been for years faithless to his wife and has maintained an illicit relation with a bad woman. He has tired of it, and, like all such women, seeing tbe approaching end of handsome presents, wine suppers, luxurious ' maintenance and the rest of the tinsel of the sinful life, she threatens exposure and has certain letters on which to base her threat. Presumably, in the effort to get possession of these letters, he is shot and the woman is in prison with her wrecked life, tbe wife is in bed with wrecked nerves, and tbe children, if there be any, must carry the dreadful stain of the father's sin through life. Whyjio preachers talk of "the flowery path of sin" and "the rugged path of righteousness?" It is just the other way. Tbe path of the sinner is narrow, tortuous, rough to the feet and full of pitfalls and pain, while the road to right living is broad and open as the day. But cultivate the flowers of loye along this great highway, and it at once blossoms Into a paradise of beauty and sweetness, made glad by tbe song of the heart and the gleeful laughter of children. Here only comes the glow of happiness arising from good deeds and tbe delicious rest that follows honest work done with a right intent. Indianapolis Journal., A Dastardly Deed. . When Miles Pomeroy went to b,!s watering tank on his farm three miles south east of town one day last week, he found that all the minnows which had been placed in the ta jk were dead, Looking down into the water he found several teaspoonfuls of strichnyne in the bottom of the tanir. But for the discovery of the dead fish it Is probable that most of lit. Pomeroy 's stock vrould have beca poisoned. It is one of the cost dastardly deeds we ever heard cf la llarrhall county.

Make Banking Safer, The arrest or Thomas J. McCoy, cashier of the McCey bans of Rens

selaer, struessomething of a variation in the round of failures of state banks in northern Indiana, where several such institutions have gone to the wall in the last few years, with nobody hurt but the depositors. Of course, McCoy is a nice fellow and his father has been the great character of Jasper connty, but all that does not gi7e back to the depositors their money lost through loose banking methods or worse. The United States government has of late been giviDg some very emphatic lessons on tbe subject of handling other pciple's money and, if this prosecution of the McCoys shall point out the way to reach bankers operating under state law as the government reaches national bankers, very great; good will have been accomplished. There can be no public trust more sacred than that cf the banker, ne accepts the all of his depositors for safe keeping, and not infrequently these depositors are women and invalids and others so circumstanced that they can not take up again the struggle for a livelihood with any hope of success. When a man of family on small wages or salary, a school teacher, a domestic servant, a sewing woman or any one of the thousands of people that struggle hard for meager earnings, finds the savings of years swept away by the carelessness or the dishonesty of the banker in whom trust was placed, the event is deeply tragic. Contentment, hope and the joy of living are gone, and in tbeir place is desolation. Indianapol is Star. Notice of New School Books. To the School Patrons and Pupil of Marshall county: The State Board of School Book Commissioners has entered into contract with the following named firms to. supply books for the common schools of Indiana for a period of five years,, and at tbe retail and exchange pricesindicated below. Tbe exchange may be made at any time prior to March 1, 1905. If it is desired to make an exchange, tbe person making it must? give for the "new book" a copy of tbe "old book" and tbe exchange price,, as given below. Indiana School Book Co. Primers, price 10 cents, exchange price 5 cents, First Readers, 10c exchange 6c, Second Readers, 15c ex 8c, Third Readers, 25c ex 15c, Fourth Readers, 30c no exchange, Fifth Readers 40c no ex, Eaton & Company, Semi-Slant Writing Books, 5c no exchange, Ginn & Company, Frye's Advanced Geography, 75c ex 50c, The MacMilllan Company, Tarr & McMurry's Intro. Geography 30c ex 23c, D. C. Heath & Company, Walsh's New Gram. School Arith. 45c ex30c, D. C. neath& Company, Walsh's New Primary Arith. 22c ex 15c. Only the semi-slant system of writing may be used in tbe schools. George D. Marks, County Sup't of Schools. A Christian Science Story. A well-known, physician who is somewhat skeptical as to the soundness of Christian Science doctrines tells this story of an ardent Eddyite and her little boy: The mother was crossing the field with her small son when a goat appeared and came toward them threateneingly, to the dismay of tbe youngster, who shrank n terror behind his mother's skirt. Remembering her beliefs she tried to re assure bim. "Why, Georgie," she said, soothingly, as the goat continued to advance, "don't you know that you're a Christian Science little boy, that there's no such thing as pain, and that it would be useless for tbe goat to try to hurt you? Don't you know that?" "Yes, " wailed the doubting believer between bis sobs, "I know it, and you enow it, but the goat don't know it!" Wheat Crop in Indiana, Smallest in Four Years. The Modern Miller says: No damage of consequence to winter wheat crop has resulted from heavy rains in the west, which for a time caused apprehension. The general promise for the growing crop is satisfactory, improved conditions twlng reported from many sections. Tte plant is heading out as far north as Nebraska, and cutting has begun south of the Ohio river and in Oklahoma. Tbe yields reported so far Are fully up to or exceed previous expectations. The crop in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan will be the smallest since 1900. Bourbon Republican Ticket. The republicans of Bourbon township met in mass convention. Saturday June 4, and nominated George W. Hatfield for trustee on the second ballot, which was as follows: Hatfield 105, D. A. Fribley 45, V. W. Miller 56, Henry I. Woods 2, John Luty was nominated for assessor by calcamatlon and delegates were chosen to attend the county convention in Plymouth Saturday June 18. Over 200 republicans attended the convention and the utmost harmony and good feeing prevailed. Ths .Trltaas farcies all the latest vrcr csvrs. Now is the time to catccrt:.