Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 February 1906 — Page 1

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QUEER OLD IDOL IN BARN.

Relic of Some Ancient Tribe that was Recently Found. Is it a relic of the Indians, an old god of the Aztecs or Incas, or is it a diety that was worshiped by a most historic and mysterious people? asks the Philadelphia Press. That is the question that is perplexing many of the citizens of west Philadelphia and which an expert of the archaeological department of the university of Pennsylvania could not answer concerning a crude stone idol found hidden among straw in the barn of G P. Groves' Sons, 4218 Lancaster avenue. Had the idol been dug up the natural supposition would have been that it were undoubtedly a relic of he Indians, but the fact tha it was carefully hidden precludes this idea. It is generally thought the idol was stolen from some university and hidden by the thief until it could be carried away. It is certain that the image was not hewn within recent years, for the action of water and contact with hard substances have worn crevices and lines over the carving. The stone is a hard species of limesone, and the worn and battered face gives evidence of great age. The face is nearly round, with prominent cheekbones. In the two pits representing eyes is a hard substance, which is thought to be cement. This gives rise to the supposition that jewels once filled the sockets of the eyes. The nose is but a triangle carved in the rock. Eight teeth and a line form the crude mouth. The face is that of a typical idol of an ancient people, and the whole head eighteen inches in length. The rear portion converges to a point and traces of cement suggest it was once cemented in a wall. The Cannon Was Loaded. As the Republican "insurgents" of the national house look at themselves in their mirrors they are doubtless comparing themselves to the traditional railway conductor who woke up the wrong passenger, or to the up-to date "young lady of Niger who went out for a ride with a tiger," or to any other popular example of futility which may occur to them. Of course, the trouble with the insurgents" was that they had no conviction of principle no faith, party or other,( which they could decently hold on which to base their attempted insurrection and give it vitality. The "insurgents" tailed because their only argument which could endure publicity was that they ought to do something which would benefit their party opponents and injure their own party, through whose power and favor they are all that they are in public life. They sought to tear down their own party to advantage its op ppnents and to weaken it for the gain Ai its enemies. What they tried to do and what happened to them in consequence makes most apt the comparison of them to a lot of boys playing soldier and planning to attack a real fort be cause they have persuaded them selves that the real Cannon which commands their line of advance was not loaded. They skirmished up to the Cannon, they told each other and everybody else how easily they could dismount it and make a hobby horse of it, because it wasn't loaded anyhow. Then the Cannon went off! It didn't exactly kill .them, of course, but the concussion knocked them into a ridiculous heap, out of which they are now crawling, wondering what has become of their hats and shoes and jackets, and how they can ever go heme looking as they do without getting sent to bed supperless. And they hear the echoes of the Cannon rumbling through the hills and saying: This is a popular government by party, and in such government the majority must and will rule!" Inter Ocean. Rockefeller's Wig. It was not through vanity nor a desire to keep his head warm that John D. Rockefeller adopted a wig. One of his close friends is responsible for ihe statement that the oil king did it to disguise himself. The news paper cartoons had maae his bald head t.nd sharp features familiar to the public and he was constantly an noyed by gaping crowds. Mr. Rock efeller has made several trips since he got the wig and has escaped the attention that he formerly drew. His closest friends have to look twice to be sure it is Mr. Rockefeller. It is considered possible that the process servers in the Standard Oil investigation may have passed Mr. Rockefeller on the street without recognizing him. Declares Our Navy Is Best In a conversation" with Dr. James Scherrer of Newbury College, South Carolina, President Roosevelt expressed the belief that when the time comes, if ever it does, that the United States NaVy meets the ships of Japan ours will win. Dr. Scherrer, who spent five years as a teacher in Japan, was introduced at the White House by Rpresentative Lever, and during his chat with the President said that he believed the Japanese fighting crafe to be the best in the world. The President challenged this statement at once and said that the United States navy is. man for man and ship for ship, better than the sea arm of any other pewer.

ENJOYS LIFE AT 104 YEARS.

Oldest Man in Ohio Kecalls Early History of His State. Probably the oldest man in the state of Ohio is Daniel Spires, who is enjoying life at trie age of 104 years at his home near the old Spring Grove camp grounds ,in the southern part of Columbiana county, Mr. Spires recalls vividly the days when he attended school in Lisbon in an old log schoolhouse 99 years ago, and when the town was scarcely 12 years old. He also has a distinct recollction of having driven a six-horse team through there 80 years ago on his wav to the northern wart of the state. Though a nero Mr. Soires was never in slavery, but has long been a nrnsnernu farmer. He lives with his wife, who is 73 years old. and f -"- their son in a beautiful country home. He has two sons in the gov - eminent service in the west. The Hone Bevond. The steamship Valencia with 154

souls on board, stranded Monday ev- u I , S 17 ic um a wen gets ening on the west side of Vancouver Indiana Weather. comon branches in 1905 were 7,580 into conference committee. The point island. It is an iron bound coast, and Prof. Moore, head of the Weather and :25 ßirls; Those attend- ,that ,s now being made by the House i . l u-i j j . 4 t, . . tnr .u. ng parochial schools included 6,260 leaders is that the unanimous expresalmost uninhabited, and in such tern- Bureau, declines to stand for the & . . lL . , , . . , -.urn t- l l u - boys and 6,883 girls. sion of the popular branch of Congpests as then raged receives the full theory that the spots on the sun are J t- v

fury of the mighty Pacific's surges. Speedy help from shore could not l . .1 Ta . . 1 A ..st. m1 if V r IIP rXDCLlCU. IL LUUIU tWllIC Will u I vessels, sent out fi--m thf Pucef J a . !l i,,.iit TVio souna.pun,, m.ny . aa, 11.3 uwawo "-'- o.w..v j " ,,v nr lnt in the boilintr breakers, A few men got ashore, but had to V V v VW m mm m m - -mw 1 tramp miles over the hills even to f .X.. rgive notice OI IIIC UlSdSlCIt IUI iliV73l of the Valenr a' neoole there was rnciil UcUUlt: UICIC nasi nohtinir but to cline to the shattered IIUUUII Ulli IU Villip J"UUV"xvreck and hone that rescue vessels rpirh them The new reached Vancouver Tues - , 1. aay nigm, anu vccib wee m -u, , . .L. J r out owing xo me icniucsi aim iuK r , , ir.j-.-j.. e-A .uuuea on euunuay to ...u . i tl. a 1. J wrecK, or were unaDie to icdui . . a. weanesaay evening a icw more gut luav frrm the wreck on a raft, and Thursday morning w picked up. but the wreCK naa disappeared . t i 1- J rr r. .U U i nose on tne rait report . if h- miminiT cnrvivors lllCV Jtlt lilt. h.iiioiiih(, were in the rigging singing "Nearer, Mv God. to Thee." The rest is silence. Irom the Val - encia and the 121 human beings who perished with her the last word is that broken yet triumphant strain expressive of the Christian soul's hope and trust. In vain "does science demand proofs. In vain does the skeptic sneer and the tool say in nis nean . . r . 11 a. um tfi t -1 i: t a. r mere is no uoa. in tne ngnt "i taith the soul Knows oeirer, an knows that it was not born to die as the body and be no more. When the last dread hour comes, when neip on eartn irom man is ain, the soul turns in taith to its MaKer teels its immortality, ana is sustained and soothed in its dark descent into the valley ot the shadow Dy tne "ust that ever abides, but the certainty on life immortal, by the hope that lies oeyonu me giave. inter wua... S1 1 t r A.- A f.-A. vievcianaa wants io Grover Cleveland for the second tune nas served notice upon a noma . mi F. Ryan and Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance ic-

ciety, that the $12,000 a year position experience and efficiency were no There is land in Indiana that can be was a Ple l0r thc maintenaance ot of rebate referee is distasteful to him. small features in the brief operations bought cheap, but where is it, and the old party paper in the smaller and the sooner he is relieved of the in Cuba. But best of all for him and what .$ Jt fit qt n Jt? towns The pa5Sing 0f the metrooffice the better satisfied he will be. for us (as also in the case Gen. News talks about furnishing light em- politan party organ is a fact," said the

Mr. Cleveland is now more aeiermined than ever to surrender the po suion, tnougn enons arc ucu.g ,iiac to have him continue in office He nas Deen toia tnat ne is renuenng an important public service as rebate referee; that because of the public's faith in his integrity he is doing more toward restoring public confi dence in life insurance than any other single agency. Mr. Cleveland, it is said, received these complimentary arguments with impatience. His friends say that his present atitude is so hostile to all of . . - . ... . r the important interests identified with ,.p . .... . nie insurance tnat tncy wuuiu not uc surprised if Mr. Cleveland severs his r-.-.-ji.. i.: tu it incnujy iciduuus wiiu Ryan. One of Mr. Cleveland's friends quoted him as having said recently in substance: t i.- v v. j , , " uccn ucirycu in tue """c o my menus -cepieu nc P trustee in me ityan siock, oeuev ing tnat i was penorm.ng a puouc . - u-ijr . .6 - t Equitable. I fear that I am now be Jncr ttcert cimnl v ac a ccreen riefween 'e "-"- r-j - - tne law ana men wno nave oonc . m . . 1 l m wrong. Mark Twain. Seventy years of laughter and light, v nieiimc spent to iuukc umcrs bright, Years of wholesome fun and tales Spent in pulling out coffin nails. Years from whose humor has been distilled t9n,c wft,cn nceas 01 manKina nas ... . r . fiil:d Iiis be .that lifetime's epitaph, "The world was his detor he made J. 1 1. n 1 i : A :.. it laugh." Baltimore American. Speedy Justice in Arkansas. Justice is really quick enough when it wants to be. On Dec. 29 a negro ina town near Little Rock committed an assault upon a white woman. was arrested almost Immediately, placed on trial on Jan. 5, convicted on the same day and sentenced to be hanged on Feb. 4, thirty-five days

after the crime was committed. Thislsador to France, and Judge Rose, of

is not quite so quick as lynching, it reads better in the statistics.

REGAINS LONG LOST WATCH.

Timepiece Had " Been in Shark's Stomach Forty Years. Frankfort, Ind., Jan. 22. Abraham Littleton, a pioneer citizen of this county, now in Pensacola, Fla., recovered the silver watch which he lost at the time of the blowing up of the ill-fated Sultana on the Mississippi during the civil war. Mr. Littleton was on the Sultana, and while he escaped, nis clothing was blown off. In one pocket was a large silver watch which, with the clothing, was lost in the river. A few days ago Mr. Littleton joined a shark fishing party of Pensacola and a large shark was caught. A young surgeon in the party opened the stomach and among other things Mr. Littleton's long lost watch was I found. It had such characteristics as to be easily identified by Mr. Little1 1 ton. I The watch had evidently been in the shark's stomach more than 40 I years and is in a good state of pres - ervation. I . responsible for the remarkable mildI nss of the early winter. He has the I mAr. rAicnn fshf. ref ticin rr r oprpnt iiivt . m vojwii v .vimjoij, v I this xnlanahnn ot the neculiar mptp - 1 rr rrnr i frnr1itirnc in that the c M m f

time with stone in the kidney,

I - teur weather sharps for the cold I weather of last winter and the winter I before. It stands to reason that the U;e1ro;c tne fare nf ih 1,1. I UIOVUIVIIBIIWIIJ v . .v. minary .even assuming them to be iiiiiioij tvfvu aajiiiiiuiK ntvui iw wv. I tremenduous volcanoes or storm I clouds, could hardly wow both hot land cold, and they may tneretore Del I.... . .1 1 eliminated from the equation. But I ,-n wh r.1e rwer he

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I -V.,,c 9nA tvherefnrec nt the weather - " "-- Whv 9rrpn nH e; it .c it -"-p - " I .e? InHiini nr rt imi 1 9 r I v in Itc fpfl. - I r.i r..tUo r,: t,,c k u w...-, especially favored. Farther north, Und even w.ad , I. I Kn lore (nehm onH mnr run "- - 1 TT.n w lnr, hreotenert M ;'"y;' "" I snao is tar more mud in this climatic I !.. - . belt tnan tne omciai preaictions maicated. The winter on fhe whole has 1 been very agreeable, and Indiana, as usual, has reason to congratulate itself because of its place on the map. Indianapolis Star. General "Joe" Wheeler. The death of Gen. Joe Wheeler came all too soon. He had completed his sixty-ninth year. He entered West Point at eighteen in 1854 and served in the regular army until the outbreak of the civil war, when he resigned to serve the Confederacy. As was the case with most of the army officers from the South, he believed his first and highest loyalty belonged to his State. Wheeler, by reason of his youth, had the good fortune to live till a later time of reunited sentiment and larger patriotism and happiIy become a conspicuous exampler thereof. He was a member of Congress for eigh - teen years, consecutively up to 1899. He jumped (that rather describes his impression) into the Spanish war and so for a second time was favored by fortune to serve the Union, and his Fitszhugh Lee), he thus became a popular figure in the North as he had been for two generations in the South. He belonged to the whole country, emphatically after the Spanish war.---Indianapolis News. . V . . - j ' Sherrick Deficit Increased. I The committee appointed by the I Governor to investigate the State I Auditor's office, consisting of James I Noel, of Indianapolis, and William B I Durborrow, of Williamsport, have I made a report to Governor Hanly,

I.. . . ... . I viiijr man ill itic wimcu Cialis I showing that the amount still unpaid,! . ... I . - .: 'Iwho possesses a nose which was

i ana due tne Mate, irom uavid U.. I Sherrick, ex-Auditor of State, is $50.I ... ' . an amount aoout $f,uuu in excess 0f what has commonly been I thought to be the sum due I Based on the figures sumitted . . . . " . I tne joverrfr at the time ot the fcher clc exposure alter subsequent pay - ments made had been credited, the . . amount due was figured at about $43, uuu. mis amount naa oeen raisea, - and was ready to be paid over to the I o . t . . j.i . . otatc, out payment was aeiayea to as . . certain whether or not that was the sum i.ccucu iu quaic nie account. Now that it is known that about $7, . A i . . . r . w,n De neeaea. "ner negotia tions will have to be made by Sher riCK ana nis irienas. Grub Worms Killing Rabbets. The Warsaw Union says rabbits are scarce in that vicinity and cannot be purchased on local markets and - . . avers that because of the exceeding ly warm winter a species of grub worm has attacked the bunnies and hunters who are giving up the field I r . , .... r on account of the condition of rabits say that they are fairly being eaten up with the worm Representatives Named. Secretary Root ha3 announced He that the American representatives to the approaching conference to be held at The Hague will be Josph H. I Choate, former ambassador io England; Horace Porter, former ambasbut 1 Little Rock, Ark., x-president of the I American Bar association.

GIRLS OUTNUMBER BOYS.

Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction Contains Surprise. While it is the common belief that the number of girls enrolled in high schools in the state is far in excess of the number of boys enrolled the figures just compiled by Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of pubI he instruction, do not bear this out. it is true that the number is someI what greater, but not as much greater as is commonly supposed. For example, taking the number of each enrolled in the non-commis-sioned high schools of the state, it is found that the number of boys is itu and tne number ot gins, 7,8J6, a difference of less thanr700. In the commissioned high schools ,the number of males in 1905 vras 12,051 and I . temaies, 14,908. There is a wide disparity in the I i I...: t tnumucr grauuaung irom mc conmiissioned high schools, the number of boys being 1,431, and girls 2,070. 1 Graduating from the non-commis-I . aw .. I , l,!.., . a sionea nign scnoois were bi Doys Kidney Taken from Body. An operation with an unusual feat-1

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l I pital. A patient had been suffering for I 'Pi. . 1 r , 4 "c. - of this sort sometimes is determined by the X-rays before the etherizau" Ul l,1C P-CIU. 1I1C M.rgCOU III I .1. .t. n .J ! .1 .! a C 1 KC i . . r I . . ' . I rsrr rrrron ltn r.,c f.,- 4, 1 . l" in ir it out ot the hnrl v . . The patient, after being etherized, was Ja,u uown. sweep ui mc - 1 -! -1 r Jt A f ! " -' ur-.i I inc Kianey. v unm a minute me surgeon had the kidney out as far as he I 0 J . T. .i, I -ouiu get it icduuv. iicncm is in nis "U,,i ,;.h h a,,. . v 11 ' ' . I " a . I t, u I "-WlClll IdlC tuacp KI1UUCU II1C stone and the attending doctors i ft were inspecting it. Within about seven minutes after the first stroke of the knife the kidney had been put back in place and I the slit in the back sewn together.! Fifteen minutes later the patient was back in his room.

The operation is said to be one ofLaporte, Lake, Delaware. Grant, Elk-

the first in which an affected organ has been reached by X-rays after re - I moval from the ho.1v. Tt nmVL-ne ' I and thorouehness. it was said bv a - w - -r doctor PWnt, were assurances of its snrcer The same doctor said he did not Lee whv the liver, or some other vital oran, COmi1d not be evnmineH in the same thorough manner. The operation seemed to him to presage splendid possibilities in surgery. I Hitt NaU on the Head. The New Castle Courier hits the nail on the head in referring to the crt cWe that chnnM he celerteH f7wa v wv -f v ;vtvviv,u l I .V,. ...... ..V, W.MVW ,..v... . ...bv.. . It savs the Indiananolis News insists that the navment of anv nr.Ve in erI ... -- CeSS of twentv-five dollars Der acre for land upon which to locate the Epjleptic Village would be exorbitant. payment for the inmates. Fancy the lightness of their toil in clearing away a jungle of trees and undergrowth in some isolated spot of clay . u...u.. i i. I

place as the price named by the News'a's troubles:

would buy. If the idea is to banish the state's unfortunates beyond the pale of civilization, then the News is right But we do not believe the legislature so intended. New Nose Grafted. Charles Rolfe of Argos is perhaps! I made and r fted "VJ. ! which is not notic noticeably different from any ordinary organ of smell. Mr. Rolfe lost his nose after a long seige of catarrh and a few months ago tol . suDmittea to an operation pertormedl - 1. eastern specialists. A portion of - flesh w uken from h;s ,eft arm and f A . ...u:.u : I lUltlltu UHU t 1IU3C W111V.11 13 111 CVC1VI - particular the same as was his orig inal nose Thc scnse of smell is -in no impaired.-Columbia City - i f -:i Intense ColH in Soutu - pr;vation and suffering, resultine 1 - I - from the sudden chan . the - weather, caused three deaths in New t r-:i.. a f found frozen to death on a door step, Claiborne Wallace, colored, was I found dead in his room. He was 70 years of age. Sarah Wisper, a ne-

I cress, aired SO. died in a chair facinelboueht a oiano with uostage stamos

.-- - a fire place in her room. The woman evidently exhausted her supply of fuel and fell asleep. Only very thin clothing was about the woman's I. " the! body. Burned Mortgage on Church. A large audience assembled in the Baptist church at Columbia City Sunday to witness the burning of mortgage, which had been previous ly cancelled bv the untiring efforts of Mrs. I. B. McDonald. The debt had hung over the church for a loiigl time previously, .and as the match was touched to the paper instrument! the. audience sang "Praise . God from Whom all Blessings Flow."

SENATE WANTS ITS OWN WAY.

Does Not Relish Idea of Dictation by Lower Branch. An acute sitaution is threatened in Congress, the paities to it being the House and 3enate. The House leaders are determined upon a course which, if pursued, will result in a crisis on railway rate legislation. In a nutshell it is this: The House says, "If we pass a railway rate bill which is recommended by the President, indorsed by the Interstate Commerce Commission and acquiesced in the unanimous vote of Democrats and Republicans in the popular branch of the legislature, the senate migni just as well maKe up its mind to acecpt it. We represent the wishes of the people, ind we don't intend to give in I rri. . i mat is serious taiK ana presages a good fight. I tu 1 4.1. l c uuusc win puss t um inu goes I farther than the Senate now expects to go and the railway interests are J depending upon the Senate to modify 1 m ' m rm, ... liL. L.'ll T1 -1 t l i"c um. i ne rauroaus iook iorwara is, vuiting me uireci sentiment 01 the people and made more emphatic by agreement between the two great I ees the right to insist upon the agreerncnt of the sentiment to the House I Kill - " I Insistence by the House conferees j upon this attitude will certainly pro.w - i.w.., o.tuawww. 4 llc I .pmtp l c vprir nrnn in ir1Alnrr mi , ' . . . I i i A t 3 lTtTplV thf fnrtTintlVe KTPrlCU in " v . ' legislation ,its duties being to top the timber and rough hew it, the Senate I 1 1 tr tr rliirk f aITaxta n r. A " """ "-w.c di.u c. durine form. It will be a new senI " I -,., U . CA U v,4 .ic t mm ic Houose daring to suggest that its ac I ;e thÄ nr(pp .Ic u" " f-'vvhw.. ..uuu.. The State Convention. The Republican state convention dll ho Wlrl in In-lnnannlic Wn I - " day and Thursday, April 11 and 12 I. .... . , ... I u wm De composed oi i,si aeiegates, T . Mit . r . . , 1 921 being necessary to nominate. Twelve counties will have 630 delegates, leaving 1,211 delegates to be divided among eighty counties. The Big Twelve", are Marion, St. Joseph, I Allen, Vanderburg, Vigo, Madison, I hart and Cass, if they could stand 1 together, they would only have to I gain 274 votes to control the conven lion absolutely Marion county has 176 delegates; there are twenty counties in Indiana whose combined representation in the I Republican state convention will be less than Marion countv's. Ohio county will have but three delegates and Brown four. Small as their representation is, conditions may arise I that will enahle Ohio and Rmwn counties to cut as much of a figure "i the convention as any of the large counties Plea for the Old Party Paper. "The Value of the Editorial Page' was the subiect discusseu by Geo. B. I - - Lockwood of Marion at the Republican Editorial Association meeting in Indianapolis. Mr. Lockwood's paper speaker, "but metropolitan conditions do not exist in the small towns." In n,s PaPer Mr- kwood made the following indirect reference to Gov. I Hanlv s attitude n recent state offic I !.f.l A 1.1 . The best partisan in public place is he who does not hesitate to apply the lash to official delinquents in his own party. And this seems to be the view of the present day Republicans leadership." This was warmly ap plauded. Once a Mighty River. That the Kankakee river was at

upon his face andione lme fiye miles wide and at least

100 feet in depth was the statement made by Prof. W. D. Pence, of Pur due University, before the Indiana Engineering society at Indianapolis . a . I ir,:.. 1 'ua In discussing "Recent Develop ments in the Drainage of the Kanka kee Marsh." Prof. Pence took un the - 1 geological formation of the marsh, -- r - showing that it originally was formed by glacial action and was a mighty river. At th present time it is a big, sluggish creek which is rapidly being drained by a series of canals and ditches. Postmaster in Trouble. Louis A. Bryan, formerly postmas ter at Calumet a small station near I Hobart, appeared before Judge An derson, of the federal court, and en tered a plea of guilty to having I " - Bryan was fined $50 and costs. He -negotiated with a Chicago piano house and bought an instrument. In return they sent him a vast quantity I . . . .... of advertising matter to be mailed a his office. The increase in business of the office brought him additiona salary, enough to pay for the piano. a A Wonderful Weaver. - Mrs. Barbara, Musser is the cham oion rag carpet weaver ot 190j so far as we have been able to learn She rounded up the year with 2,105 1-2 yards to her credit, beside nurs ing the sick, doing other household 1 duties and making about sixty rugs I All this time she was in a good hum

MORTUARY.

Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens. Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, mother of Attorney S. N. Stevens of this city, George D. and Forrest Stevens and Mrs. Hattie Drake of Argos, died at her home in Argos, Friday evening January 26, aged 69 years. Death was caused by neuralgia of the stomach after an illness of less than a week. Deceased was born in Seneca county, Ohio, came to Indiana fifty years ago and had been for over forty years a resident of Argos. She was the widow of Dr. Finley Stevens, who died in 1890, and was noted all her life for her hospitality and readiness to assist the sick and distressed and all who were in need of help for any reason. She had been for fifty years a member of the M. E. church and her home was always a home for the preachers and all others who were engaged in doing good work for mankind. She was in every respect a noble woman and as wife, mother, friend and neighbor, won the respect of all who knew her. Funeral services Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. B. H. Beall of South Bend, assisted by her Argos pastor and other ministers. Death of Mrs. Culey. Mrs. Mary A. Culey died at the liome of her daughter, Mrs. R. D. McGriff, west of Argos, Saturday, morning, January 27, aged 62 years, 5 months and 16 days. Mary A. Willis was born in Clark county, Ohio, but had been a resident of Plymouth more than 40 years. She was united in marriage with Charles Willard in September 1863, and to this union three children were born; one died in infancy and two are yet living. The residence of her son C. S. Willard, we are not now able to learn, but her daughter, Mrs. McGriff, at whose home she died, is left in this county to mourn the loss of a mother. Deceased was married four times, her second husband was George Boyce, father of the well-known Boyce family of Green and Walnut townships. Her third husband was W. R. Haskett, who was for several years street commissioner of Plymouth. After his death she married Clinton Culey, who died in the fall of 1902. Her first husband, Charles Wilard, died in Chicago over twenty years ago. At the age of 18 years she united with the Baptist church, but after her first marriage, she and Mr. Willard united with the Methodist church. She left Plymouth Wednesday forenoon apparently in good health, but on arriving at the home of her daughter seemed to have a slight cold, which rapidly developed into general congestion ending in death Saturday morning. The remains were brought to this city Sunday and interred in the Stringer cemetery. Mrs. Mary Beiler. Mrs. Mary Beiler died Sunday January 29, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Noah Marsh, aged 82 years, 7 months and 2 days. She was born in Ohio, came to Marshall county almost 40 years ago with her husband, Samuel Beiler, and resided in West township most of the time until her death. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Jonathan Wolf and Mrs. Noah Marsh of West township and Mrs. A. Bruckhart of North Manchester; two sons Samuel Beiler of West township and Sinclair Beiler of Oklahoma, who is now visiting in this county. She was a good christian woman who had been almost all her life a member of the German Baptist church. Funeral services and interment at the church of that denomination at 11 o'clock Tuesday. Death of Mrs. M. J. Rickle. Mrs. Mary J. Rickle died Wednesday at the residence of her son-in-law, Peter F. Sarber in Polk township, aged 87 years, 10 months and 3 days. Deceased was born in Ohio, but came to Kosciusko county over 60 years ago where her husband, Michael Rickle died fourteen years ago, and where she resided until about five months ago, when she came to Polk township to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sarber. She was the mother of eight child ren, two sons and six daughters all of whom are living except one daughter. The remains were taken to Warsaw Saturday morning and funeral services were held at the U. B. church in that city, of which she had been a member many years. Mrs. John Harley Dead. Mrs. John Harley died last Wednesday evening at her home near Tippecanoe, after a severe illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held at Bethel church, at 10 o'clock Friday. Stand by Hanly. Governor Hanly has burrowed deep and uncovered a nest of enemies to good and honest government. He shields neither friend nor foe. En forcement of the law is his para mount object. He cannot stop until the cleaning is completed. He has already shown that there will be no half way job of the business,, but that he will continue the work unti he has made his party clean. He does not wait for Democrats to car ry the state before the books are opened and the accounts fully audit ed. Stand by Hanly. Williamspor Republican.

MARRIED.

Trembley--Wunderlich. Mr. Samuel Trembley and Miss Winnie Wunderlich were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents in Columbia City Thursday January 25, 1906, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. W. S. Howard, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal church, Plymouth, officiating. The bride is well known in Plymouth, having made her home in this city for almost seven years with her aunt, Mrs. James W. Thayer, and hundreds of friends here wish her a long and happy married life. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thayer attended the wedding and the happy bride and groom will visit in Plymouth after a wedding trip of several days in the south. Silvius--Bolin. John E. Silvius and Miss Bessie E. Bolin were united in marriage Sunday evening, January 28, 1906, by Rev. I. S. Cleaver at his home in this city. The groom is the only son of Eli Silvius and the bride is a popular young lady of Argos. They will go to housekeeping soon on the splendid Silvius farm three miles north of Plymouth. The Rural Service Again. Considerable local interest is being shown in the parcels-post question. It is a problem on which opinion is much divided. Those who favor the proposition do so enthusiastically and those against oppose it just as radically. That the ones taking pronounced views on either side have sufficient reason no noe can doubt. A scheme to increase the effectiveness of rural service, however, seems to be misunderstood ana confounded with a general parcels-post. Two plans have been outlined. One of these is original wiht Postmaster General Cortelyou and is practically acording to earlier suggestions. He would consolidate the third and fourth classes of mail matter and call the result a limited parcels-post system. The other plan is simply a proposition to improve the rural delivery mail service. The farmer would benefit and so would the merchant in the town where he does his trading. It is not a scheme favorable to mail-order houses. The carrier would buy for the man on the rural route when conditions were such as to interfere wi ththe latter's making a trip to his trading point. The plan might be made to aid th farmer: be beneficial to the merchant and, as a revenue would be charged for the service done be remunerative to the government. Perhaps the proposition is not practical. The scheme might not work well and yet it looks as though it should be advantageous to all con cerned. South Bend Times. Logan Family Reunion. The five Logan brothers and F. M. McCrory and their families held a reunion Sunday at the home of Gid eon Logan at Lapaz and a royal good time was had by all. The boyhcod pranks were gone over and one would think to hear the recital that there was time for little else. At noon Mrs. Logan invited all to the dining room for a dinner that was fit for a king after which the time was spent in bible discussions and singing in which all who could sing joined with full zest until time came to depart for home. Such meetings are green spots in the desert of life and should be dotted in often. A sixth brother Marshall was detained at home much to his regret. The Price of Coal. Francis L. Robbins, spokesman for the coal mine operators in the inter state convention at Indianapolis, has said that a certain company with which he is familiar sold coal for 22 cents a ton less in 1904 than in 190$ and that last year a further reduction of nine cents was suffered. Now, if Robbins is correct and coal has been sold at a lower rate by mine operators what conclusion is to be drawn? Thc price to the consumer has been going higher. The situation which caused th statement made by Robbins was pe culiar. John Mitchell, arguing for a raise of wages for mineworkers, de clared that such was due the miners because coal had increased in price His position was challenged and the declaration that the product was being sold at a lower figure was made Robbins offered to prove the point by opening the books of the company As a result John Mitchell was humili ated in debate and the consumer has been set to thinking and pondering as to just why coal has increased to him. The State Convention. It is probable that the Indiana Re publican state convention, to be held April 11 and 12, will have two presid ing officers a temporary and a per manent chairman. While there has been no general rule heretofore, the state chairman has usually called the convention to order and introduced the permanent chaorman. Kepresentative c li. .uandis and Representative Brick are mentioned for presiding officers of the conven tion one as temporary chairman and the other as permanent chair man. The names are not used au thoratively, as the state convention of course, has the right to choose its own presiding officers, but it seems likely that one or both of them wil wield the gavel on convention day.

LET US HAVE PEACE.

Marshall County Republicans Are Well Organized and Will Do Good Work. It seems that there are really a half dozen or more Republicans in Marshall county who have been led to believe that the Republican county committee will not be harmonious and that the majority will work to advance thc interests of a faction of the party. These persons are much mistaken. The chairman of the committee, all its officers and we believe every member of the committee will work to advance Uepubican principles and insure Republican success and not the success or advancement of any faction in Marshall county. The committee and its officers arc tried and true Republicans, men who place the success of principles above the success of individuals, men who will make a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together to place Marshal county in thc list of Republican counties of Indiana. The committee believes in the good common sense of the masses, believes that the rank and file should assist in nominating as weil as in electin candidates, and the committee will not attempt to dictate nominations but it will do everything possible to elect the men placed on the ticket by the Republican county convention and it hopes to have and will have the assistance of every true Repub lican in the county. The county chairman will know no factions in this campaign. The Re publicans who wished to place some other man at the head of the committee will be accorded exactly the same rights and privelegcs as those who voted for him. He believes that he people should select candidates and he will do all in his power to give every man who asks for a nomnation on the county ticket a fair show, and after the nominations are made he will expect every candidate, every committeeman and every Re publican to roll up his sleeves and go to work to elect the whole ticket. The Rtpublicans of Marshall coun ty have a better organization than most of the counties in this section of the state. Over in Pulaski county he county chairman announces in Mr. Reddick's paper that several of he townships have not selected pre cinct committeemen and if they do not do so previous to thc last day of January he will appoint such com mitteemen. Here in Marshall county Republicans are alive and active and are ready meet the enemy. There can be no factions if every Republican docs his duty and the men who are in control of the Republican or ganization of Marshall county were chosen not to advance thc interests of any faction, any clique, or any coerie of men ,but to give equal rights, as far as possible, to every Republi can; and every true Republican will rown on every attempt to create fac tional feeling or secure factional success. For fifty years this paper has had the co-operation of the Republicans of Marshall county in battling for the success of Republican principles and it hopes to assist them this year in securing a glorious victory. A Kankakee Relic B. F. Nusbaum, of Mishawaka, while on a hunt in a Kankakee region a few days ago, picked up something unusual in the shape 01 the jaw of some extinct animal. Thc teeth are still in a well preserved condition, being like stone, and the other parts of the "mouthpiece" are equally sol id. It looks like the tooth of a mastodon, and some capable men have been asked to specify the animal which carried that set of molars, but without a definite answer. The teeth rre short, but rather pointed, yet not sharp, and the six or eight inch curio weighs nearly three pounds. A Mystery Cleared Up. The mystery surrounding the disap pearance of "Old Jim" Thompson, who had lived the hermit in thc sand dunes near Lake Station for more than a decade and who recently left his home after fixing up a deathdealing device whereby dynamite was to be exploded when the doors or windows of his house were opened, was cleared up when the body of the rich old hermit was found burned to a crisp beneath thc charred ruins of the barn on his farm. Four Log Schoolhouses. Four log schoolhouses are still in use in Indiana, acording to the annual report of F. A. Cotton, State Superintendent of Public Instruction .made public Friday. Years ago nearly all the school houses were built of logs, but the number has gradually decreased until there remains only four log buildings in use. Most of Indiana's school houses are now built of stone or brick. There are 112 of stone and 4,876 of brick. Of frame school houses there are 4,821. Quick Work. Thirty-six hours from sentence to forgery was the experience of Henry Delamade, a Louisville youth, who forged a check for $10.50, cashed it, spent the money, bragged about it, was arrested, placed in jail, charged with forgery in circuit court, pleaded guilty, was fined $500 and costs and sentenced to from two to fourteen years imprisonment in the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville,