Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 April 1906 — Page 1

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MAKES THE WORLD AKIN.

Like a Touch of Nature" Destitution brings People Together. rext to viewing the many square miles of ruins th;-.t once made San Francisco a city no better realization of the ruins that has come to this placet can be gained than by visiting the refugee camps located in the dis tricts which were untouched by the flames. Golden Gate park is the Mecca of the destitute. This great play ground of the municipality ha,s been converted into a vast mushroom city that bears striking resemblance to the fleeting towns located on the border cf a government reservation about to be opened to public settlement. The common destitution and suffering have wiped out all social, financial and racial distinctions. The man who last Tuesday was a prosperous merchant is occupying with his family a little plot of ground that adjoins the open-air home of a.laborer. The white man of California has forgotten has forgotten his antipathy to the Asiatic race and maintains friendly relations with his new Chinese and Japanese neighbors. The society belle who Tuesday night was a butterfly ot fashion at he grand opera performance is now assisting some factory girl in the preparation of humble daily meals. Money has little value. The family who has foresight to lay in the largest stock of foodstuffs on the first days of disaster is rated highest in the scale of wealth. A few of the families who could secure willing expressmen are possessors of cooking stoves, but over ninety-five out of 100 of the refugees are doing their cooking on little camp fires mide of brick or stone. Kitchen utensils that lat week would have been regarded with contempt are today articles of high value. A well known young lady of social position when asld where she had spent the night, replied: "On a grave." 1 . Nc Famine in San Francisco. The! cemmittee having in charge the relief of. the hungry reports that every homeless man, woman and child in San Francisco is being cared for and that there is no suffering on the score of either food or drink within the city. Within a few hours an ample supply of milk will be assured. The trouble in this regard has been th'. lack of cans. The mils that was first brought into the city came it cans and these receptacles w -e net promptly returned. As a result the dairymen had nothing in which to carry liquid and the supply ran short. On learning this the committee in charge secured a large number of vehicles and thoroughly scoured the city, picking up all the cans. At the dairies chimneys were inspected and repaired so - that the cans could be washed and.aitrilized and there will bt no further difficulty on this score. The committee is establishing new relief stations wherever there is need for them and in addition to the work being done officially is the work done at many points on the outskirts by individuals or independeil organizations. Some of these are working in connection with the committee and some are not, but all are working to one end, and that end, the relief of the needy, is being accomplished magnificently. Cars and steamers laden to their capacity with food and medical supplies are pouring into the city from evefy point along the coast and ' throughout the state, and as this sup ply has been assured as a permanen cy there is not the slightest fear of any lack of food or lrink. The relief committee is issuing or ders on dealers and on supply stations and within a day or two at the out side the work will be thoroughly or ganized and ample funds will be on hand with which to honor all ich orders that have been presented and filed. ' " Oldest Resident Dead. A. J. Lawyer, one of the very earliest pioneers of Kosciusko county, died on Wednesday at his home, two miles east of Etna Green, from paralysis, at the age of 78 years. His death marks the passing of perhaps the oldest actual resident of the county up to the time of his demise He came to Kosciusko with his parents when he was but two years of age, which would make him a resi dent of the county for a period of seventy-six years. He was a man of integrity and worth and possessed a large circle of acquaintances. Harriman Gives $200,000. E. H. Harriman, on behalf of the Union Pacific, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, the Oregon Short line and the Southern Pacific Friday authorized the expenditure of $20,000 in relief work in San Francisco. In addition to this all the above lines will haul all relief supplies free of charge and in many cases they wil fc. forwarded on passenger trains with expedited service. . Raising a Crop of Com. A statistican has figured that a far mer in planting forty acres of, corn vwalks 750 miles. He says that the farmer walks 350 miles ot this plowing the ground with a sixteen. inch plow, fifty miles in harrowing onr! thr remaining 350 mues in cum ,.:rr ;f The statistican has no iaui6 yet .figured the distance the farme walks to gather the crop.

How to Grade Seed Corn.

Atter tne sccu corn lias been care fully selc-cicu as to type ot ear and cnaracter ot Kernel ana properly test ed as to germinating power, it slioulj be shelled and graded, with special attention to securing: uniformity in size and shape of kernel, in order that the planter may Uc readily adjusted to uniformly Urop the required number of kernels. It the shelling and grading arc to be done by hand, as is generally the case on the farm, the small round kernels at the tips of the ears and the large irregular-shaped kernels at the Dims should first be removed and discarded. After this is donet or while it is being done, the ears should be divided into two lots according to length of kernels. Then each lot should be shelled into a separate vessel, an car at a time. Each ear as it is shelled should be carefully examined for faulty kernels which may have escaped notice up to this time. To facilitate this, the car should be shelled into a vessel by itself, or onto a screen or bosrd so that a careful examination may be made and faulty kernels removed . before the corn is ptit in "with the bulk of good corn already shelled. This is very important, and it must be remembered that every bad kernel which goes in with the seed to be planted will mean an ear less in the crop next lall. After the seed corn is all shelled, the proper pair of planter plates must be selected to plant each of the two lots. To do this a dropping test with the planter in operation must be made, ; trying in different pairs of plates, until the pair is found which will drop the desired number of kernels at least ninety-five times in one hundred drops. For making the dropping test set the planter up on blocks or 'on a frame of spme kindt raising it i foot or more above the floor, with the wheels free. Attach a handle to the driving wheel for operating the machine. If you have no attachment for automatic dropping while the wheel is being turned, the dropper must be operated by hand. Operate the planter with, a sample of each lot of corn to be planted, using different pairs of plates until a satisfactory pair is found for each lot of seed. Catch the kernels at each drop separately, and record the number until 100 drops have been made. The desired number of kernels at the proper intervals, whether hilling or drilling should be dropped ninety-five times- out of .one-hundred. Bulletin urdue Experiment Station. Free Relief Work by Railroads. In helping to relieve the suffering in San Francisco the railroads of the country are performing free of cost service which would have a com mercial value of at least $3,450,000. It is estimated, for example, that the relief work will cost the railroads which are in the system controlled bv E. H.- Harriman at least $75,000 aily for the next thirty days. This would make a total of $2,250,000. This sum, however, includes .the; cost U the railroads which deliver traffic to the Union Pacific at Omaha, in cluding the Northwestern, the St. Paul, the Great Western, the Illinois Central and the Rock Island. The estimate for the Sante Fe, which has its own lines from Chicago to San Francisco, is at least $23,000 daily, including the line3 which turn over to it at Chicago. The contri bution of the Gould system, together with the lines which deliver traffic to it, is estimated tc be $15,000 daily. Accordingly, it is said the railroads ire performing free of cost a service daily which has a commercial value of at least $115,000 and this service will continue for at least thirty days. To transport a train of provisions from Chicago to San Francisco on a oasscnger train schedule woulä cost shipper between $9,000 and $12,00 If the cars were loaded each with 10,000 pounds of provisions at a rate of $125 per 100 pounds, it would cost $500 per car or $10,000, for a twenty car train. The enormous amount of equipment which will be required to handle this traffic must be taken out of other service. Sees a Glorious City. E. O. McCormick, assistant traffic manager of the Harriman lines, takes an optomistic view of the San Fran cisco disaster, believing that a new city will be constructed, more glor ions than the one that has been de stroyed. He was for years a resident of the city, and served on the committeemen which former Mayor James D. Phelan was chairman, that per fectcd the old plans for beautifying Saii Francisco. Mr. Phelan is the man who has given $1,000,000 to the relief fund, and his views as to re building the city with well-anchored steel structures are said to coincide with those of Mr. McCormick. "If it were not for the fact of the earthquake," declared Mr. McCor mick "the San Francisco disaster would not, in my judgment, be such a crushing blow, leaving out of con sideration, of course, the loss of life, the injuries to people and the suffer ing they will endure. The earth quake, like the fire, and also like the great Chicago fire, is likely to occur again. So is any disaster which has overtaken a population in the past But the people of San Francisco know that with a city built as are the newer portions of the business dis trict of Chicago an earthquake like the one they suffered would not have a very damaging effect."

METSKER AGAIN SMIRCHED.

Daniel McDonald, Over His Own Signature, Shows Metsker a Liar. For several days during, the past week Metsker published articles in the Independent stating that Hon. Daniel McDonald was one of his best witnesses to prove his honesty and truthfulness, that Mr. McDonald had come to his assistance unasked and made statements that proved Metsker almost a saint, and a lot more "hog wash" that Mr. McDonald was unable to stand. Consequently the old editor wrote Metsker a letter and asked him to publish it in his daily paper and also in the Plymouth Democrat. Mr. McDonald says "I called, as you know, to explain why I had failed to reply to a note you had written me March 20, in regard to a historical sketch of the Democrat. "In the general conversation that ensued, the question of my financial dealings with you came up and I told you they had been satisfactory so far as I was concerned, that in the deferred payments on the purchase of the Democrat, and the payment of the rent of the building, you had in every instance paid promptly when due, and you expressed yourself satisfied with my course toward you in the matter. I also told you that I had not been summoned as a witness in the case between you and Wolford; that I knew nothing about the merits of the case and did not wish in any way to be mixed up with it; that I had not been present at any of the hearings of the case; had no conversation with any of the parties to the suit, and did not wish my name mentioned in connection with it. "Your article of Wednesday evening, again referring to my call upon you, seems to drag me into a contention that is very distasteful to me, and also makes it appear that I am taking side's against J. W. Wolford, Wm. O'Keefe and E. C. Martindale in their contentions. I am trying to attend to my own affairs and at this time l have nothing against you nor have I anything against Wolford, O'Keefe or Martindale. I desire to hold pleasant relations with yourself as well as the other men above mentioned. I have taken no part whatever in the unfortunate controversy between you and these men, and I respectfully, ask that you publish. this statement." Respectfully yours, Daniel McDonald. In one of Metsker's editorials referred to above, Metsker says: "Hon. Daniel McDonald came to the front like a man and refused to be made a party to the disreputable attempt of Wolford, O'Keefe and Martindale to blacken the character of the publisher of the Democrat. It is decidedly to Mr. McDonald's credit that he has come to the front in this matter. No honorable man can afford to remain silent when character defamers are using his name unauthorized in efforts to batter down an influence that stands between them and their ambition." Presenting God's Truth. In drawing moral lessons from the calamity at San Francisco Rev. Wil liam Chalmers Covert, D. D., pastor of the Forty-first Street Presbyterian church Chicago, said: Men often set the stage for truth in tragedy, but th: time tragedy has set her own stage. She never teaches some little petty fleeting thing. filings full of shock and horror make way for God's greatest truths. They open the heart like plowshares open the soil for seed. Three things are up permost in men's minds in th, presence of this calamity. The first is the natural cry ofvthe human heart, born out of a sense of our human limi tations; the second is born out of our Christian instinct and the prabtice of Jesus; the third is born of hope in the face of disaster. These things are explanation, interpretation and regeneration. We always try for the first, but rarely reach it. We get near enough to the second to find help to a better manhood and hints for a larger life. We find in the third the stay of "our hearts as we fight our way out of every calamity." How to Cure a Felon With Sggs. A Chicago doctor sys that for the last fifteen years he has used eggs to cure felon and .has yet to see a case it will not cure. The way to apply the egg is as follows: Take a fresh egg and crack the shell at the larger end. Make a hole just large enough to admit the thumb or finger, which ever it may be, and force it into the egg as far as possible without rupturing the shell. Wipe off the egg which runs out and bind a handker chief or soft cloth around the finger or thumb, leaving the egg on over nighi. This will generally cure in one application, but, if not, make another application. Many Illegal Elkhart Marriages. County Clerk Kinney estimated W'cdnesday that 300 divorces have been granted in Elkhart ' county in five years and that about one in eight was in a case where the defendant resided in another state. Mr. Kinney expressed the private opinion that the ruling would not apply ot cases where one of the parties went to another state and the party remaining here, obtained the divorce on the ground of desertion.

San Francisco's Calamity.

The catastrophe which has fallen upon the beautiful and flourishing city of San Francisco will awaken sympathy all over the world. Cominsr close upon the heels of the eruption of Vesuvius on the op posite side of the earth, the San Francisco earthquake shows that mighty forces have been aroused ! to unwonted activity within the earth Whether now they have temporarily exhausted themselves, or will lash themselves into greater fury, no man can tell; for science, with all its boasted progress, knows absolutely nothing of what goes on underneath the shell of cool rocks upon the sur face of which we live. But no greater disaster should be required to sober men's thoughts at this manifestation of the terrible immnesity of nature's power, nor to make us realize, as we never do in times of peace when heaven smiles, how puny we are in comparison with her. It is safe to say that, in the midst of sudden death, every San Franciscan, however deeply absorbed he may have been in his personal inter ests, the moment before earth gave its fist awful shudder, forgot them instantly and found nis mind fixed upon him who holds the universe in the hollow of his hand, upon him to whom one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. And when the fear passed ani men found themselves sitting desolate amid the ruins, who could have confined his thoughts to his own sor row? Who did not see himself mer ged, as it were, in the wnole race of men, eager to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and bind up the wounds ot those who suffered? What then were our petty ambitions, our con temptible jealorsies, our envy, hat red, malice and all uncharitablencss? i Gone, all gone; disappeared, fused in. the universal pity, sympathy, love. And so, at the news of the, catas trophe, pity, sympathy and love rise spontaneous in the breasts of all men, though v: ourselves escaped. and once more mankind realizes and surrenders to its brotherhood. Hard of heart and cynical as we may seem at most times, one touch of nature makes the whole world kir . Chicago Journal. - Plymouth Girls are Safe. Mrs.'Peter Kruyer received a letter Sunday from her r;ster, Miss Kate hon er, written at 1.30 p, m. seven .löurs after the earthquake in Santa Rosa, conveying the welcome news .hat both she and Miss Theresa Kruy er were safe, but expected to start iiome soon. They were sleeping in a one story frame house and it was not shaken down. The windows were broken, all Of the furniture was misplaced and the chimney was shaken down, but the house did not fall and nobody in it was hurt. Before going to bed Tuesday even ing Miss Shoner had written a long letter to her sister, describing Santa Rosa, the city of roses, as one of the prettiest cities in the world, and the most desirable place for a home that she ever saw. When she was shaken out of bed Wednesday morning she changed her mind, but she put both letters in the one envelope and mailed it Wednesday afternoon. She described the change made in a few minutes as wonderful. Not a brick building was left standing in the city and the earthquake, being followed by fire and hundreds of dead or wounded people being carried "out of the wrecked buildings made a scene hat the girls will never forget, and it is not strange that they wanted to start home as soon as possible. A Majority Are Honest In one of McCutcheon's cartoons he makes one of his speakers say, "You only hear about the dishonest ones in the magazines they never write up the honest ones. If they did, the magazines would be full for years. There's nothing sensational about being honest-" The lesson which he teaches in this parable is exceedingly timely and forceful. If one were to give up the feeling which is sometimes encouraged by the read ing of the papers of the present day he would conclude that everybody is a grafter and a ielfish thief. Mc Cutcheon's words contain a full sermon. The world is not half so bad as pessimists would make it appear. Men are not half so selfish as they are believed tobe by some. It is very easy when one feels the difference between him and some one else who has been successful to ascribe toother's success to wicked motives and wicked acts. The men who are hon est in public service are far in excess of the dishonest, and are more power ful in the world's movements. Elkhart Review. Next Legislature Strenuous. If a majority of the measures which have already been proposed are taken up, the next session of the Indiana legislature will be decidedly strenuous. Enough laws affecting so-called "special interests" have thus far been suggested to make a very busy time among the legislators certain. The large amount of legislation which has been proposed also brings up the question of how effective. the interests in question may be when they try to prevent the suggested laws being passed. The outlook at present indicates that the next session will have a chance to make a record. South Bend Tribune.

INDIANA COURT RECORDS.

During Past Year 42,074 Persons Were Convicted of Crime. In the year 1905 there were 42, 074 convictions in Indiana for crimes of all kinds, as shown by the statistics on crime in the state prepared by State Statistican Joseph W. Stubbs. These statistics show many interest ing facts. Among other things it is shown that there are in the state 85 city courts and 1220 justices of the peace and that 331 justices report that they had no criminal cases on their dockets during 1905. The crime of drunkenness for which there were 14,400 arrests and 13,101 convictions, led the list in In diana so far as numbers are concerned. Next comes assault and battery, with 9,703 arrests and 8,117 convictions and the third is larceny with 3,553 arrests and 2,749 convictions. During 1905 there were 53,547 arrests and 42,074 convictions for crimes in Indiana. A Great Year in Politics. Those who are calling 1906 an off year m politics forget that it will not only elect 3i6 members oi the popular branch of congress and legisfatures which will choose more than a dozen Unite i States senators, but that it will elect more than two dozen gover nors, in most ot the twenty-eight states which choose governors this v. r other state officers and, members oi .he legislature will be elected, 'I'hile in some states which do not choose governors there will be, as in Missouri, canvasses for minor state officers. Most of the important states choose governors .or minor officers, or both, iii 1906, and as they accompany a congressional canvass, a great deal ot interest will naturally be aroused in them, and a large vote is certain to be polled. Necessarily, na tional issues will be at the front in nearly all the state canvasses. Members of Congress and state officers being chosen at the same time will, in nearly all casts, be elected on the same questions. Manifestedly, the Republican machine's setbacks in Ohio and Pennsylvania in the state elections of 1905 will give a new element of interest to the canvasses in all the states in 1900, John M. Pattison, Democrat, carried Ohio for governor last year by a lead of 42,000, while William H. Berry, democrat, for state treasur er, won in Pennsylvania by a margii of 88,000. Technically, these were Democratic victories. Actually, they were triumphs of the Republicans anc the Democrats over the corrupt ani arrogant oligarchy which, for the mo ment, controlled 'the machinery of the Republican party. As, however, twelve months before those setback for the Republican machine, Roose velt carried Ohio by 255,000 and Pennsylvania by 505,000, the overturt of 1905 necessarily attracted national attention. Necessarily, too, it will excite some uncertainty in states like New York, which used to be doubtful in the past, and in states in which the Republican margin has been small on the scale of the ample Republican majorities of recent years. Ohio's and Pennsylvania's insurrections against the Republican machine in 1905 are a powerful warning to the Republicans to put up clean and popular men for state offices in all the northern and western -states in 1906. Shocks Frequent . on the Coast The Pacific coast has been so frequently visited "by earthquakes that it was deemed unwise until a few years ago, to erect tall buildings in San Francisco. It was with the advent of mod-ern steel construction, which was believed to render tall buildings safe from the earth's tremors, that sky scrapers made their appearance on the Pacific coast. In the last fifty years over 250 earthquake shocks have been recorded in San Francisco. The most severe were in 1868 and 1898. In 1868 much damage was done to the city and many lives were lost. The disturbance of 1898 did not result in loss of life, but caused much damage to property. This shock occurred at 11:43 p. m., March 31, and houses all over the city were shaken to their foundations. There was intense excitement and many miraculous , escapes were recorded. The damage was particularly severe along the water front, for a tidal wave rolled in from the bay and wrecked small boats and docks. The city was cut off from telegraphic communication with the world for several hours. The Mare island navy yard was damaged to the extent of $150,000 and since then no building over two stories high has been constructed on the government reservation. This shock of 1898 was confined to central and northern California and' severe damage was reported from interior state points. Angel of Charity Abroad. Never in the history of the United States probably-in the history of the world has there been such instant and generous, overflowing response to the cry for help as that which has followed the cry from the Pacific coast. Contributions of individuals have reached unprecedented sums Pv-M.ivor Phelan. now of Los An treles, once of San Francisco, stands out unique in this great heartedness bv civing $1,000,000, although he lost several millions by the earthquake and fire.

Stability of the Earth. Our pianei nas been winging oa its orderly course lor untoid ages and, juog.ng me luiurc irom uie pa9t, win tomiiiue on us way unnanned in general through vast stretches ox tne tuture. The earth cycles onwaru in its orDit witn but a little scar here and there trom earthquaices,. volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, tidal waves, subsidence, avaiancaes and tire, rime and again the end of tne

world has been prefigured by those who claim to have special knowledge on the subjectt and sects have been formed to get ready tor the event, out it was the credulous organiza tions, not the earth, that passed away. Millions drew a breath of re lief . when the 1000th year of the Christian era quietly added its notch to the chronology of the past. Moth er Shipton's forecast was wrecked by a definite date, rounding out the fact that there was ho such person. It seemed in London when the great fire and . plague came together that the period had arrived for mundane things to stop, but visitors today to the mighty city on the Thames find that the years of piled-up catastrophes left no lasting mark on the world's greatest center of population, nor stayed its progress. A frequent remark is 'that mankind dwell on a thin crust encircling a molten mass, and that the journey of life is practically on a fireball encased in a fragile shell that has cooled, and that, as it cools further, contracts with earthquake shocks. Much virtue in rhetoric, if the purpose is to elevate the hair, and induce cold thrills and gqosefiesh. The internal fire of the tarth is an inference and, in any large sense, historically harmless if true. Persons who worry over cosmic problems might also keep awake of nights over the palpable truth that the earth moves through space without any visible means of support. On the planet are the plain marks of epochs of ice as well as of intense heat. Scientists agree that glacial ages will come again, but geology teaches that they are gradual and of limited extent geographically. Posibly it is true that an Atlantis was submerged. A new sea is now forming in the southwestern desert region of the United States. Salt Lake, the litle stranded remnant of the ocean left in the Rockies, is gradually drying up. These changes, like others on the earth, are slow and scarcely have a perceptible effect on the fortunes or prospects of humanity. ' ' - . Instead of indulging in vast imaginative fancies about what may happen to the planet as a whole, the people of the United States, especially can occupy this time to better advantage by building their cities on more rational plans, of more enduring materials, and with spaces to limit conflagrations of a sweeping nature. An annual fire loss of nearly $200,000, is now the average in this country, which is many more times than the ratio of destruction from the same cause in Europe. Our business blocks are more lofty and architecturally elaborate than those in the old world, and it may be that undue risk is taken in this respect. The most complete destruction of San Francisco was due to fire, not to earthquake. The city will now have an opportunity to study thoroughly the leading features and opportunit ies of its site and near surroundings. One thing not yet determined in San Francisco is the kind of building least damaged by earthquake and fire lUis an important point to guide future action in city structures. Government by Commission. The emergency form of muncipal government that was given to the city of Galveston after it had been almost been wiped out by a tidal wave a few years ago, and has been retained ever since, because of its economy and efficiency, is being called for by other Texas cities that suffered from misgovernment of the ordinary -weakness and extravagance. This Government consists of five commissioners apopinted by the Governor. Galveston was in sore distress, it had defaulted in paying . interest on its bonds, it had a large floating debt, there were vast restorations and improvements immediately necessary. It has been lifted out of tne hole, the pressing debts have been paid, a great work has been accomplished, efficiency has been breathed into every de prrtment and the citizens want no return to the old system. The city of Huston has had the same kind of government for a year and is delighted with its achievements. Dallas. San Antonio and Ft. Worth are all agitating for it. The Dallas News predicts that "it will be only a few yer.rs before every city will be cantrolled by such government." A News Service Without Parallel There is ample justification for the claim made by The Chicago RecordHerald that its readers enjoy every day in the week, Sunday included, a news service that is without parallel in, range and completeness. In addition tothe independent news facilities of The Record-Herald, that paper receives the complete news service of the New, York Herald, the New York World and the Associated Press, and

when it is considered that its news j illegally remarried to separate from columns are supplemented by all the their present spouses. But the fact special features so popular with its J remains that a divorce obtained in a thousands of readers, it will be seen State of which the other party conthat The Record-Herald holds a cerned was not a resident is binding unique place among the great news- only in that State and not elsewhere, papers of the United States. Indianapolis Star.

ANTHONY HOPE'S NEW STORY

'Sophy cf Kravonia," Said to Be More Thrilling than "The Pris- ' oner of Zen da," Good news for lovers of stirring romance 1 Anthony) Hope has wrr a new story in tqf styla of "The Prisoner of Zenda' and even sur passing it in interest It is called ' Sophy of Kravonia" and is to appear exclusively in The Sunday Magazine of the Chicago Recöjd-Herald, begin ning April 22. ' . - The mysterious country of Krav onia lies in the same romantic regioa of southern Europe as Zenda, but the new story has no connection with that of the famous Rudolph Rassen dyl. Its central figure is a still more interesting person a courageous and beautiful heroine, who rises froni lowly life to the throne. Sophy de Gruche is her name, and she loves the brave but unfortunate Prince Sergius as she proves in a series of the most exciting events in modern fiction. Her trials and triumphs are due to the ex istence of two factions in the court One is loyal to the true heir apparent, Prince Sergius, and the others seek to place upon the throne the little son of Countess Ellenburg, the king's morganatic wife. The conspiracy leads to many dramatic scenes, one of the most thrilling being that in which the old king discovers the guilt of the countess and drops dead at a moment when things are in a perilous condition for Sergius and his bride. How Sophy comes out of this turmoil of intrigue, battle, tears and joy. Anthony Hope reveals in his own inimitable style. The first installment of "Sophy of Kravonia" will appear April 22. On acount of the great demand for this fascinating story it will be wise to order your copy of The Sunday-Record Herald well in advance. The Latest CcitntiSc Guess. The explanation now generally ac cepted is that' the earthquake is a process in the nebular theory of the earth. According to the nebular theory the earth was once a melted globe, and it required from 10,000,000 to 100)00,000 years to fit It for the abode of man. It cooled off from the outside, and the solid matter at first sank to the center. After a time a solid crust was formed, resting upon the molten sea. As the latter cooled it. shrank, and the crust break ing or folding settled down upon it, precisely as an apple in baking shrink and wrinkles for the highest muntains and the deepest ocean beds are but wrinkles upon the surface of the earth. Next the detritus washed from the highlands to the hollows in which the waters are gathered, produces an unequal weight and helps to break up the floor. As the pressure is down ward, it is relieved at, some point by an upward strain or break. In this grinding, crushing and sliding of the rocks the noises originate which sometimes are heard, but which sometimes are too far distant tn reach the ear. This friction, too, evolves heat, which melts the lava and generates the steam 'to cast it forth from the volcanos. The earthquake, so destructive to the works of man, is really nature's safety valve. Instead of being a desolate force it is. in the economy of nature,' a beneficient activity. It is the continent buider. Did it not occur, at frennfnt. intervals but waited until a' larg vacuum was formed by the shrinking of the nucleus like the space in an overbaked potato when the break did come the catastrophe would be overwhelming. The only trouble is that puny mortals sometimes get in its way. That Divorce Ruling. The recent decision of the United States Supreme court on the divorce question has roused special interest out in Oklahoma, which, until two or three years ago, had a ninety-day divorce law. That is, any person who could prove a residence in the Territory of three months was entitled to a hearing in the courts Ca application for divorce. Men and women from all parts of the country took advantage of this law and the estimate is made that not less than 2,000 such decrees were issued and are now, of course, rendered void by the Supreme Court's ruling. One notable case was that of a now deceased milior.aire resident of Washington. After his divorce he" returned to Washington and remarried. Since his death his property has been in litigation, both wives laying claim to it, but the late decision will probably cause a speedy settlement in favor of the first wife. No statistical returns have yet come from South Dakota, but as this was the favorite resorting for members of the New York Four Hundred who suffered matrimonial unhappiness, many interesting complications, both in family and financial affairs, are likely to result from the divorces secured there and from the subsequent marriages. As yet, it does not appear that the bearing of the new ruling has been comprehended by the persons whom it directly affects. At least, no dispo sition is shown by men and women illegally divorced and consequently

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James V. Bailey. James V. Bailey, who died Saturday April 21, 1906, aged 78 years, 7 months and 15 days, was born in Otsego county, N. Y. came with his father's family to Terre Haute, 70 years ago, and a year later went with them to Laporte. In 1840, the family returned to New York, but in 1861 removed to Plymouth where J. V. resided until his death, a period of almost 45 years. For a short time after coming to Plymouth, Mr. Bailey was engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store. Later he engaged in the purchase and sale of wheat, and in 1864 he purchased of Henry Humrichouser, the flouring mill now known as the Zehner mill. He operated this mill for almost twenty years, but reverses came, his health failed, ambition was gone, and he passed to the great majority having but little of this world's possessions. He had his faults, but he was always honest and gentlemanly, and had many friends. He was never married and left no near relatives. His father died many years ago. His mother was a Van Valkenburg, and an aunt of Mrs. H. G. Thayer. She died only a few years ago at the age of more than 90 years. Mr. Bailey's remains were interred in Oak Hill by the side of his mother. Funeral services were held at the residence of James W. Thayer, Monday, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. W. S. Howard. A Vetrrcn Nevrrjr-rr IZizu John Milikan of Crown Point, v.ho was initiated into Odd Felor.;h:p 17 years ago on the 16th inst. proposes to attend the celebration in hcr.cr cf the 60t.h anniversary of the crjinization of the Laporte lode, I. O. O. F., on the '24th inst. at which tine he will be the guest of honor. Mr. Milikan is a native of Delaware county, Ohio, by birth July 16, 1814. He learned the printing trade in eirly youth, and he removed to South L'cr.i in 1837. In 1845 he removed to La porte, where he published the LaPorte Whi- Afterward hs c-l::J the Plymouh Republican for crvrrrl years and went from here to Crcr.n Point, Ind., to publ::!i the Crcm Point Register, which pc;:tl3 filled till 1830, when he rc'.IrrJ frem active work. He still dc:3 c":c:!il work occasional!;', rr.i he i3 r"" to go to the cast and t.t his cv.n c.. His wife died in 1C31, sine: v.!.:ch time he has made his home with tr:o daughters in Crown Point. He is C3 years of age. Prohibition County Cc -vrr.il; 7. The Prohibitionists cf I.Izrihi'.l county met in ,-onvention at Plymouth, April 18, IDOü. Mr. Jchn V. Whittaker of Argos, was re-eltcted county chairman, Rev. J. J. Colerrzn was elected secretary pro tta. Prcf. Lough was presented and made an address in the afternoon, nad civc an entertainment and lecture at the Christian church in the evenirj. The following county ticket wzs nominated: For representative. Prof. I. C. Hahn; for clerk, Wm. Grocms; fcr auditor, Herman Horn; for treirurer, J. D. Williams;, for sheri.7, Isizc Spitler; for Recorder, Robert Schrccder; for assessor, Simon York; fcr surveyor, Freeman Hahn; for coroner, J. A. Cunningham; for commissioner 1st district, John Grise. Delegates were elected to the State convention to be held at Indianapolis May 22 and 23d. Scientists DIZtr zz to Czizzz. Geologists in their theories as to the cause of earthquakes, dier in detail, yet they are rather near in c"ral consideration. Several pcc::h!e causes have been figured upon, however, and the most important of these is "faulting," the term which is technically given for the slipping cf blocks of the earth's crust to a lower level. These men, who have nude a study of the subject, are as a rule firm in denying any relation between the earthquake and the seismatic troubles in Italy. On the other hand, Prof. Cox, of the United States weither department, is sure that the quzhes were due to Vesuvius Thus it is evident that students of geological and kindred subiect are widely divurtr.t as to thei views. Don't Go to Can Frcnciico. The following telegram to E. H. McCormick, assistant traffic director of the Southern Pacific railway, from J. C. Stubbs, traffic director, who is in San Francisco, was sent Monday: "Please ask the press .generally to advise, all people not to try to reach S?.n Francisco. Outsiders not allowed to land there. They would only add to the congestion of the cities around the bay and it would be1 impossible for them to locate cny bne. All the people are well tihen care of and there will be no trcul'.e Y the supplies are kept coming." Marshall County Clrl in Miss Nancy Barts, who v.; bcrn and reared on a farm seven rr.'.rs northeast of Plymouth, has d:ci lil to do missionary work in Africx Cl:; has been at Houghton, N. Y tv.o years, came home last Friday to v::!l until Tuesday, when she left fc7 I.V.7 York and will go to Africa as a missionary of the Wesleyan Methciiit church. She is the daughter cf Joseph Barts, is younj, strong, tr.J ii excellent health, and seems v.-til r " !- ined for missionary wcrh.