Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 January 1907 — Page 1

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Case Against Ex-State Auditor for Appropriating Insurance Fees. Attorney-General Charles W. Millr filed an amended complaint, and a second and third paragraph, in the sibperior court, in the suit of the state ol Indiana against J. Oscar Henderscf'i, former state auditor for the collection of insurance fees which Henderson is alleged to have wrongfully retained during his tenure of ofiice. 'iemand for judgment for a total ojf $120,000 is made in the amended cpmplaint. J The amendment deals with the question of the collection of foreign insurance taxes and alleges that Henderson owes the state $60,000 tor rtiontys of this character alleged to Wave been collected and retained by hjirn during his two terms of office. In the second paragraph a demanj isi made for $50,000, and the questio-i ot Henderson's right to collect and retain such fees is gone into. The tjiird paragraph deals with the question of the alleged omission of fees fom the reports made by Henderson t.o the treasurer of state during his incumbency and charges that the for mer auditor owes the st?:e $10,000 such omitted fees. Judge Carter ruled that Henderson shall make answer tcthe amended complaint at an early date and pleading of some nature rill probably be filed by the former auditor's attorney on the next rule day in Judge Carter's court. J Is Success Injurious? Dr. Lymajj Abbott is not felicitous inj his illustration of the wrongs oi ou'r governmental system. He says hei knew a man who "put $00,000 imo a fe'old mine, and in two years, without doing a stroke of work or using hii brain, took out $2,000,000. This sy'tem is not just and we are going to I leave it in the rear." What is there unjust about it? There is an elejmcnt of chance in it, as there is in many other investments. There are hundreds of men who invested in gold mines and took out nothing. Neither Dr. Abbott nor anybody else makes any complaint of them. The criticism is merely of the man whr happened to "strike it rich." The the ory'. seems to be that if you make a lucWy investment there is something wrong about it. Onl the same principle, if a man in vests ia-al estate that h ippens to go he has, in some mysteriou way, wronged his fellow men. If i ges down or remains stationary ir vaiiie there is nothing wrong from .the- Atbott point of -view. If a mabuys a horse, and it tnrns out to be an ordinary animal, the transaction icommendable, but if it should devel op into a racer, and be worth a great deal of money, the purchaser would be an enemy of mankind who ought to be suppressed. In other wordwhat Dr. Abbott objects to is successful investment. He wants a sys tern in which good judgment as U investments shall count for nothln? a system in which there is simply wages for work and nothing more

To Preserve State Rights. A second reading and a sober con sideration of Secretar Root's speeci. has-shown the states' rights advocates that they were all too hasty in their denunciation. His words wen not a threat, but a warning. In thei ' proper meaning they were an exhor tatiosi to the states to vindicate their rights by using them. He told them plainly what can not be truthfully denied that the American people have " no respect, but, on the contrary hearty contempt for rights not exer

cised and powers not used. ,Tht people of the whole country havt definite ideas of'what they wish done If they can not get the states to di Jhese things, they will utilize the fed eral government. There is reserved to them this right, and they wilt ex ercrse it. The way to preserve tin authority of the individual states i for them to do the things for which this authority wa.s given them. In diana is a "shocking example." She has no anti-trust laws of any value Efforts to enact them have been sev eral times made In recent years, bu? .these efforts have Leen thwarted hy influences not creditable to the legis lators whose action has been con trolled by them and for connection with which a certain Baker is even now self-exiled from the state. According to Law. In the capital crty of Maryland an! within five-hundred yards of the res idence of the governor, a maddened mob took a negro charged with as sault on a white woman, from the jail where he was confined, and brutally lynched him. The state attorney de dares that he will do all in his poweto identify and punish the members of the mob. This should be done for the credit of Annapoli. The negro perhaps deserved death, but h should have been punished according to law. Time's Changes. H. H. Tyrell, Mrs. Clarence Tyr rell and Miss Eva Tyrrell were hero from Bourbon yesterday ?o spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Hub bell. It is just forty-two years ago that Mr. Tyrrell was united in marriage in this city with Ella Chamber Jain. While. about the city he did not meet but five persons who were res idents of the city at the time of hi? marriage and he says that he does not think that there are more thar 150 persons here all told, who were here in 1864. Goshen Democrat.

Anti-Pass Law. The going itno effect of the antipass provision of the railroad rate law marks officially an important step in the reforms of the day. Must of the railroads of the country have anticipated the provision of the rate law by cutting off free transportation, but a few of the great systems have continued to follow the old policy. After Tuesday, Jan. 1, if will be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce "directly or indirectly to issue or give any interstate free tickets, free pass, or free transportation for passengers, except to its employes and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians and attorneys-at-law; to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad Voung Men's Christian Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosynary work; to indigent, destitute and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, ami the necessary agents employed in such transportation; to inmatta of the national homes or State homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and of soldiers and sailors homes, including those about to enter a;id those returning home after discharge, and boards of managers oi such homes; to necessary caretakers of live stock, poultry and fruit; to employes on sleeping cars, express cars, and to linemen of telegraph and telephone companies; to railway mail service employes, postoffice inspectors, customs inspectors and immigration inspectors; to newsboys on trains, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the common carrier is interested, persons injured in wrecks and physicians and nurses attending such persons, provided, that. this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents and employes of common carriers and their families; nor to prohibit any common carrier from carrying passengers free with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence or other calamitous visitation. "Any common carrier violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and for each, offense, on conviction, shall pay to the United States a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000, and any person, other than the persons excepted in this provision, who use any such interstate free, ticket, free pass or free transportation shall be subject to a like, penalty."

Handy at Letter Writing. George W. Harris, who for. a week past has been craving to take upon himself the responsibility for the murder of Sarah Schäfer, the Elkii art school teacher, at Bedford, Ind., three years ago, has written another .etter. This last epistle from the pen of Harris was directed to the Goshen News-Times. In it he proves conclusively that he is a liar, for he in timates that he chloroformed Sarau Shafer. Harris goes on to say thai the Bedford authorities must be trying to protect some person there, when they refuse to come here and get him for the crime to which he has confessed. Local authorities are somewhat disgusted with "Bedford officers. They think the prosecutor should have shown more interest in Harris, even though it is reasonably sure that he is lying. In neglecting the case the prosecutor has caused what suspicion exists as to an unknown person being protected, to be cast upon himself. There is believed to be little to this suspicion, yet i exists. Goshen Democrat A Good Law. The Citizen is in - sympathy with Representative McDonald's proposed arrti-railroad subsidy bill. The practice of voting aid to railroads i; vicious and out of date. It had its origin in days when the railroad.' were a necessity to the development of a new country and were of great er benefit to the territory reached than the territory was to the rail roads. The experimental stage of railroad operating has been passed and now any new railroad that seeks a route is amply assured of a profitable bt siness as soon as its trains begin to move. There is an abundance of capital to finance any railroad tha is worth building, and there should ;iever be, in this section of the country at least, any more votin j away of the people's money and plac ing a burdensome debt on the people's property for years to come. Culver Citizen. Six Feet of Snow in Alps. In Switzerland the weather is o! unusual severity. The uplands al ready are under six feet of snow an 1 some Alpine villages are completely isolated. This state of affairs is draw ing renewed attention to legislativ; measures to keep the Swiss passeopen all the year through. U; to the present time the government hadeclined to contemplate doing thi because of the heavy expense invo!v cd. Austria and Hungary are also suf fering in the grasp, of extreme wintry weather. Traffic on some of the rail road lines in Galica has been suspended. In Budapest the heavy snow has put an end to street travel on wheels. Gremany reports the heaviest gen eral snowfall in many years and railroad traffic is considerably dislocated.

A Salary .uggestion. The question of increasing the pay of congressmen from $.000 to $750o per year, is now under discussion throughout the Union. A number of the gentlemen interested have been interviewed and have in a pathetic manner set forth 'the hardships endured in attempting to get along on the beggarly sum allowed them. So far, however, none have reported that their wives have to take in washing or do plain sewing in order to make both ends meet. It is true that in addition to the five thousand dollars, they have stationery anil postage free; that they have an allowance of $1500 per annum for a secretary, whether or not they employ one, and their mileage is reckoned at ten cents whereas it costs them three or less It is true also that the congressmen have the fixing of their own salary. They have but to put forth their hands and take whatever they choose. There is only this limitation, that if they wish to return, their constituents may put forth their hands and thrust them aside. In this dilemma The Times offers a suggestion. Let congressmen get at work and earn a bigger salary. Hie people are generous employers, but they like to have their employes earn their money. Let congress pass laws that will curb the insolence of corporations, revise the tariff so as to remedy its inequalities, enact an income and inheritance tax, give the country an elastic but absolutely safe currency, ameliorate the condition of children whose lives are crushed out by long hours of cruel labor, legislate for the Philippines in the interest of the islanders and the people of the United States instead of the sugar and tobacco trusts, and, finally, enact statutes that will make an end of bribery and corruption at federal elections. Should congress speedily and thoroughly do these things, the pepple, surprised and grateful, migh even petition its members to increase their salaries. South" Bend Times.

How Tyranny Falls. The Russian government has reason to fear that De Raylan, reported dead at Phoenix as a woman, was in reality a male refugee who was implicated, in Nihilistic plots in St. Petersburg. It suspects that De '.Raylau induced the young woman at Phoe nix to take his name so that her death would enable him to pass from sight and espionage, and that the young woman in Chicago who confesses t,hat De Raylan was a woman is in the plot to help her husband It is of course, a far-fetched theory; but the determination io have the body exhumed and brought to Chicago for identification shows the relentless thoroughness with which the Russian bureaucracy pursues the revolutionists. Here is an event in real life which confirms the almost incredible pictures of the Russian secret service that Sardou has ptr upon the stage and George Kennan has put into his books. There is almost no escape from the indefatig able human bloodhounds of the Ro manoffs. And yet in the long run how powerless is this sleepless and releqtless pursuit of liberty by the secret and almost omnipotent power of the Czar and his court. What exiles and persecutions and executions, suppression of the press, secret imprisonments and poisonings have disfigured the history of modern Russia! And yet through it all the spirt of liberty is stronger in Russia than it ever wa before, consthutional government is nearer ami self-immolating enemie of tyranny find their way to the heart of the ducal palaces. It is only the free government that is strong The throne of the tyrant is always trembling. Indianapolis Star. ' Dies on Operating Table. Emanuel Alburn, 3S, was the vie tim of a horrible accident at the Lafayette strawboard plant W-cdnesday, his left arm being twisted nearly off at the shoulder and his body frightfully lacerated by being caught and whirled in the belting of the heavy machinery. He was taken to St. EKz abeth's hospital, where he died two hours later. At the time of the accident the unfortunate man was engaged in brushing the coal dust from a large pulley and he was caught between the pulley and an iron belt. Attracted by the screams of the wounded man, Engineer Miles Taylor and Willam Burke, stoker man, rushed to the spot and met Alburn staggering toward them. He "walked foT a distance of fifteen feet before he again fell. He was taken to the hospital and died while under the influence of an anesthetic for the purpose of an examination Gaines Has Found It. Representative John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, who is in favor of enacting a new statute providing that members of Congress shall forfeit $13.70 for every day they are ab sent, announces that as a result of a search through the old document at the Capitol he has found that a statute, passed in 1850, which prohibits absent members 'from collecting their salaries, unless they are kept from their official duties by ill ness has never been repealed. An attemt was made to enforce this. law, he says, in the Fifty-second Congress, which resulted in a strenuous effort to repeal the statute in 1894. when the Democrats had control of the House. Representative Gaines will call the attention of Congress to the statute, he says, and insist that Sit be enforced.

MANIAC RUNS RAILYARD.

Seizes Tower-House, Routes Employes and Flags Trains. For six hours Wednesday a man.ac ran the switchyards at CavanaugH, Ind., a junction point near Hammond where the Lake Shore tracks cro those of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad. He gained possession of the tower-house, flagged every pas'senger and freight train that passed, and wrth a coupling pin put to flignt every train crew that made a protest. In four hours he discharged twentyfour brakemen and six conductors, and to fill the vacancies hired any "weary Willie" that showed up. r The maniac appeared early in the morning just as the section hands were starting off on the handcars,: He mounted the steps of the tower at the crossings and confronted W. J. Bate, operator of the switches. "I'm the new yardmaster," he said. "Glad to meet you," replied Bate, busy with his levtrs. "I don't like your red hair," stated the newcomer, belligerently. "It's better than a red nose," retorted Bate, with a laugh. "You're too fresh jyou're fired. Go to the station and get your envelope" shouted the "new yardmaster." "No red-headed men can work for me." The operator left hastily, influenced by the ight of a corpling pin which his critic flourished.-; As soon as the coast was clear the maniac amused himself by jerking at every lever in sight,1 throwing the interlocking switches and bringing all trains to a . standstill. Several train crews tried to arrest him, but he fought them off. ' " . f After discharging a number - pi brakemen he turned to a hobo who stood near, with the remark: "1 appoint you president of this road. Go out and get some mqre of die boys and I'll give them easy jobs. You may think I'm buggy,(bul I'm not." ; ' J After several hours' dtlay C. $E. Salisbury, agent at Hammond, wired into headquarters at Chicago,' and orders were given for a special tf ain. It took a squad of a dozen brakefmen and deputy sheriffs to make the; arrest, several being used up in the encounter with the crazy man and his coupling pin. He finally was overpowered and taken to jail at Hammond, i 1 Child Killed at Bourbon. Another fatal accident from handling of guns by children follows the death of the Hively child who was shot and killed by his little sister near Teegarden, a few days ago. This time it is a little Bourbon township girl killed by her brother. Rufus Haines, who resides near Bourbon, went hunting Friday afternoon and when he returned gave his gun to his little son Alva, ten years old, to set it away. Elsie the twin sister of the little boy was playing with some pictures under a table when the gun was in some way accidentally discharged, the entire load striking the little girl under the chin and almost tearing her head off. Half a dozen accidents from the handling of firearms within less than fifty miles of Plymouth during the past week, emphasize the fact that children should not be allowed to handle guns. Wants Monthly Reports. It is said that Representativeelect Aaron S. Zook, of Elkhart coun ty, proposes to introduce at the next session of the legislature a meauirproviding for a closer financial relaf'on betwen school boards and com mon councils. His experience on the Goshen school board of eight years has shown him, he says, that the present law pertaining to the haidling of moneys and making reports by school boards is entirely too lax His bill will favor the compelling of school boards to make month ly reports to the common councils ol moneys received and expended from the school fund. Under the preien: law the treaiurer of each school board is required to make an annual report of expenditures. Indiana In the Navy. When Capt. Henry Mc Crca goes aboard the Iowa in a few weeks Indianians wilj be in command of five of Uncle Sam's important war vessels. The other Hoosiers in naval command are Geo. Augustus Bicknell, comanding the Texas; Alfred Reynolds, the Nevada; Charles Carlton Mars, the Pennsylvania, and Albert Parker Niblack, the Iroquois. Only eight states furnish more Unit ed States navy officers and only nine more enlisted men Thuty-eight Indianians now hold naval commission., and S2C enlisted men from the statv are aloard the fighting . vessels. Of these all but fifty-six were lorn in Indiana. Secretary James R. Garfield. The man. who will succeed Ethan Allen Hitchcock as secretary of thr interior is the second son -of the late President Garfierd. James Rudolph Garfield is fortyone years old, a na tive of Hiram, O., where his father in early manhood was president of a college. He practiced law in Cleve land until his appointment as a member of the Ünited States civil serviccommission, n 1903 he became commissoner of corporations. His report on the matter of railroad rebates first brought him jnto national notice. Mr. Garfield married Miss Helen Newell of Chicago, j

The Constitution in the Schools. We have received a letter from a fourteen-year-old school boy in which the constitutional rights of the President to accept the Nobel prize, awarded to him, is questioned. Reference is made to the provision of the constitution which forbids any person holding office of trust or profit under the Government from accepting, without the consent of Congress, "any present emolument, office or title, of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state." We are glad that the constitution is being studied in the schools, and especially glad that there is at least one strict constructionist among the pupils But in this case our young friend is, we fear wrong. Indeed, he himsef is forced to construe the constitution to make it cover this case. For, after citing the provision in question, he says that the Nobel prize is "profered" by a foreign state. So it is. But it is no? "given" by a foreign state, and k ; only a gift that is forbidden. Norway simply decides who shall receive the gift. But the gift comes from & fund created by a private individual. Alfred Nobel bequeathed a fortune of $9,000,000 to create a fund, the interest on which was to go each year to persons who had done most for the good of humanity. The peace prize is awarded by a committee of five per

sons, chosen by the Norwegian Legislature. The state -does not give the prire, but only chooses five men to decide who is worthy to receive it. Therefore it seems to us that President Roosevelt has an unclouded title to the prize. The strictest constructionist can not, in, our opinion, find in his action any violation of the constitution. Yet we entirely approve the spirit of our correspondent. It would be well for all of us to test the acts of government more frequently than we do by the constitution. That great document is worthy of our careful study, and its provisions ought to be most carefully observed. Indianapolis News. ' No Work, No Pay. Some sneering and sarcastic, persons may be disposed to say that the average congressman might better be paid than "docked" for abming himself from his place in the house. That is a matter of opinion respecting which there will be differences But as a matter of ordinary business it really seems that the legislator who gives no attention to his duties ought not to draw pay. Rep rcsentative John Wesley Gaine thinks so and, what is more, to the purpose, he has hunted up' an old statute which says so. There is, consequently, no- heed for a new law o.i the subject The enforcement of thi old one will meet the situation. Members of congress are not to be treated like railroad laborers, going to work at the sound of the whistle and "docked" for any time Vhat they are idle. It is equally clear that a congressman ought not to be paid for congressional duties which he flagrantly neglects. Tinman who can not give his time and attention to his legislative functions ought to resign his seat. There is nothing funny about Mr Gaines proposition to enforce the statute of 185G. It is a commendable business proposition. Chicago Chron iclc. In No End of Trouble. Joseph B. Workman, whose tax ferret contract with two of the Allen county commissioners' is under a cro? fire in the superior court, applied for a change of venue from the county, which was strongly jbjecteJ to on the part of the attorneys representing L. J. Libbing of the board. In support of the objection it was stated that Workman is a party to the suit on his application and not one of the principals in the action. Judge Heaton held, however, that he is entitled toa change of venue and stipulated that the issue must be made up before it is granted. The other attorneys in the case have been advised and will take up the issues and when this work is completed an order granting the change will be made. Workman has been encountering a great deal of trouble in his field of operations. He wanted a contract in Elkhart county, but the commission ers turned him down. Watch For this Swindle. A company in an eastern city advertises: "We lend money by mail on good security; second or third mortgage. How much do you want?" John Smith, for instance, applies for a loan. The company, "thinks favorably of the application," the answer ing letter says, "and if the title proves satisfactory the amount will be sent by return mail. Which will b: most convenient an express money order or a New York draft?" John Smith is pleased and perhaps doesn't kick when he reads, at the bottom of the letter: "Send an advance $3.7.: to pay an attorney for searching title." That's all the "company" wants out of him. Of course he doer not get the loan nor the return of his $3.75. Campbell is Promoted. South Bend Tribune: E. H. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Campbell, who is in -'the- United States navy, has been promoted to lieutenant commander, the commission dating from Dec. 10. U: is ; navigator on the cruiser Milwaukee and is stationed at Mare Island, j"st off San Francisco, where he will re main for some ti:ne.

War on Whisky Blenders.

A big row is on between Secre tary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture and the manufacturers of blended whisky. The controversy is of particular interest to Indiana be cause of the vast quantities of spirits manfuactured at Terre Haute and th importance of the industry in dollars and cents to the distilleries of the State. v The disturabnee has' been created over ;he proper definition of the word whisky. In preparing to enforce the pure food law Secretary Wilson has announced that things must be labeled what they are and not what they seem. The distillers and manu facturers of blended whisky claim that neutral spirits, or cologne spir its, are only whisky under a different name, and that when they are mixed with w-hisky the result is blended whisky, entitled to be known and lab eled as such. Secretary Wilson con tends that they are not like substan ces and theefore can not blend, and that when whisky and cologne spirits are combined the result is not whisky but a mixture of whisky and cologne spirits, which must be labeled as such. The manufacturers of blended whisky ill over the country arc thoroughly aroused. They declare that if Secretary Wilson adheres to his ruling and prohibits them from labeling as whisky what they declare really is whisky their business will be absolutely ruined.. As the blenders secure their spirits chiefly from Terre Haute and Peoria, 111., the importance of the secretary's ruling to the distillers of Indiana is readily appreciated. Secretary Wilson is supported in his war on the whisky blenders by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and a former Indian'an. Dr. Wiley said: "Ninetenths of all the whisky, socalled, that is sold in the United States is not whisky, but a mixture, fully one-half of the stuff that is sold as whisky contains no whisky whatever. This may seem strange, but it is true. "I will describe the methods of the blenders. A blender whose establishment is in Boston will send to Terre Haute for 100 barrels of neutral spirits. Nearly all of the spirits in the country are made at Terre Haute and Peoria. He dumps the hundred barrels of spirits into a huge vat and adds to it 110 barrels of pure water. Then he puts in some artificial coloring matter and some beading oil to give it the appearance of age and sells the mixture for pure whisky. Under the operation of the pure foo,d law such stuff-may be sold, btit it must be. labeled as a mixture of various ingredients and not as whisky." "Red" Austin Given Freedom. The case of the state vs Thomas Edward Clark, alias "Red Austin" alleged to be a noted bunco steerer, well known over the country, was nolle prosscd before Special Judge Hubbard by Prosecutor Kurtz in tht circuit court Thursday at South Bend. . Mr. Drummond attorney for Clark, filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings, contending that Clark had been acquitted of grand larceny at his former trial, and therefore could not be tried again on the same charge. After the state supreme court had granted Clark a new trial and he was returned from prison he was reindicted for grand larceny and bunco steering. Prosecutor Kurtz says he saw the futility of attempting to fight the case on the latter charge alone and asked for the dismissal. By securing his release on bond Monday and getting out of the coun ty Clark appears to have evaded th? Michigan officers who have been here several times in his quest on a swindling charge. The sudden and entirely unexpected .ending of the case caused a sensation, which locally is the biggest of the year, and although no direct charges arer made a scandal is hinted. Clarke was arrested in 1904 on a charge of swindling Henry Crofooi a farmer, out of $3,000 in a buncosteering game, and was sentenced to prison for an indeterminate term. The Supreme Court reversed the decision, and he was awaiting a new trial. . Mr. Bryan Is "Willin." The news of Mr. Hearst's activity in Indiana, given to the world in Thursday's issue of The Star, ha? reached the attentive eye and ear of Mr. Bryan, who has an answer readyon the instant The dread intelligence overtakes him at Topeka, where he promptly rises to remark that when in due time the Democratic nomination for the presidency pursues him beyond hope of escape and insists on pressing itself down upon his modest and startled brow, he will at length and in becoming wise yield to the inevitable and again lead the hosts of Democracy to de but let us no' anticipate. Indianapolis Star. List of Old Settlers. The Warsaw Daily Times Wednesday published a list of old residents of Kosciusko county ranging in. age from C9 to 06 years and at least a fourth of whom "have resided in that county over 70 years. The oldest one in the list is Mrs. Elizabeth Crmvell of Syracuse, aged 90 years and she has lived in the county "for 72 years. W. S. Clark of Warsaw, is 93 years old and M. G. Middleton of North Webster is 32.

Will Raise Price of Beer. At an executive session of the Western Brewers association held at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago Thursday, members, while loath to be quoted, admitted that the price of beer would be raised. The wholesale price, they say, will be advanced perceptibly. Increased demand and stringency in prohibitive districts were given as causes for the prospective increase in price. Albert Lieber of Indianapolis presided. Twenty members were present. Reports from the various members showed a prosperous condition generally r throughout the country, but some complaints were made regarding transportation facilities owing to car shortage on several lines. An executive session of the American Distlling Company was held at the Grand Pacific hotel to consider the manufacture of denaturd alcohol as prescribed under the new law, effective Feb. 1, 1907. Samuel Woolner

of Peoria presided. Mr. Woolner said the board would have to figure out the interpretation that would govern the operation of the company. He said that the new law would likely prove beneficial to the consumer where light was desired, but did not believe it would benefit power operations to any extent. He predicted a large sale of the new alcohol. Members of the gathering believed the law a good one and would prove benficial to producer and consumer equally. x Prosperity's High Tide. In the , general wind-up 1906 is showing the United States to be in better financial shape than any other country. The week's markets closed in New York with a decline in the rates for moneyi and an advance in stocks. It was money instead of stocks that was generally expected to advance. This is an agreeable surprise, and indicates that the business situation here is stronger than it is in European centers. The high rates for money in the national banks of England and Germany were expected to have an adverse effect here, by sending money rates up farther even than they were a few days ago, but the opposite has ocurred. Season Game Law Held Invalid. Because there is no provision in the law setting a fine for hunting out of season Judge McMahon in the Lake county circuit court, Wednes day sustained a motion to quash the affidavit in the case against Warren Stillsen on the ground that the game law is defective. Stillsen was atrested by Game Warden Fleming" a few weks ago for shooting rabbits out of season, being caught in the very act. He appealed from the justice court t othe circuit court, and filed a notion to quash on the ground that the statutes do not provide a penalty for the offense. The court found his contention to be right and ordered the case dismissed Will Probe the Lumber Trust. Probing of the lumber trust will start stmultaneously soon at St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City. From these cities the inquiry will branch out to take in the entire coun try. The exact date on which the investigation is to begin has not been arranged, but that it will be soon was learned from the department- under Herbert Knox Smith, who is tucceed James R. Garfield as .commis sioner of corporations on March 4 The chief object sought is to ascer tain the cause of the high price of lumber in its various stages of manufacture ,and whether there exists any combination in restraint of trade. Stand Up and Be Counted. The secret ballot may have its uses and good features doubtless it has. But an open vote, w'here men have to stand up and be counted and go on record is sometimes a mighty good thing. The national house of representatives recently defeated by a vote of 106 to 183 a bill to increase the salaries of senators and congress men from $5,000 to $7,500 a year. It is interesting to speculate on how many or how few votes would have been cast against the increase if the Australian system of secret voting had been employed. Knox Democrat. Myers has Big Fortune. It is claimed that Harry Myers, son of Samuel Myers, a Goshen clo thier, has made such an enormous fortune in England .that he has bought a copper mine in connection with a syndicate of Englishmen Newspaper accounts from Santa Fe and Las Vegas credit Myers with be ing an authority on mines and finance and refer to him as "Col. H. Harry Myers." Had Their Christmas Appetites. The performing goats which ap peared 'in the Bucklen vaudeville at Elkhart Tuesday mixed matters at the Lake Shore depot by eating the checks off of several pieces of baggage which .tood near their cage. Stage manager Carpenter also com plains that one of the goats ate part of his "kitchen" door. Decision Favors Women. A woman may hold the office of county superintendent in Indiana, according to an opinion which Attorney General Miller has sent to Fassett A. Cotton, superintendent of public instruction.

J. J. HILL TO RETIRE.

Head of Great Railway System WiL Try to Enjoy His $400,000,000. i James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, probatiy the most admired and respected, as well as the most picturesque and remarkable character of the railroad and financial world today, will retire from active business and active nianageirent of his many mammoth enterprises July 1, 1907. Ihe announcement comes from Mr. Hill himself. His successor will be his eldest son, Louis J. Hill, first vice president of the Great Northern, . who possesses to a great extent the remarkable genius of his father and who will still have at his disposal the guiding hand of the empire builder of the Northwest. From time to time in the last few years there have been rumors that Mr. Hill was planning to retire. The definite time for the retirement has never been announced until "Friday, when Mr. Hill himself named July V 1907, as the date for getting out of the harness. He said: "I have planned to retire as soon as I could safely do so. By that time I shall be able to leave the work of a lifetime and the business here on a safe, sound base that will endure." For fifty years Mr. Hill has followed steadily his dream for the de- . velopment of a new empire in the Northwest, and at the age of 08 he will retire with his work accomplished. Today he controls transportation facilities covering almost an entire continent, steamship lines connecting with the Orient and a hundred other enterprises. Mr. Hill rose from manager to president of the company reorganized as the St. Paul, Minneapolis ik Manitoba, becoming president in 1883. Ten years later the Great Northern was completed to the coast and the recent years have recorded wonderful advancement. The system covers over 6,000 miles of lines today with over 1,000 miles of yard and sidings, steamship lines on lakes and the Pacific, and controlling influences on connections. Mr. Hill hmself is reputed to be worth $100,000,000. Today Mr. Hill is credited with more knowledge of railroad affairs and management than any other man living. Scores of railroad captains all over the country admit they received their first and best training .on the Hill roads under his instruction. A Ccricr:t7,t3 Ctcv; ZjlHrz. "In one of lle uiüJo o l.'.i Mancheste- hardware store stands a stove that is not there for sale. It is not equipped with "all modern improvements" or in fact any of them It was made in 1850 and was brought to this state by Mrs. Wier, who located in South Whitley years and years ago. She brought the stove ft cm Dayton, O. Some years ago she married a Mr. Onstott and moved from South Whitley to NorVi Manchester. In the course of a few years Mr. Onstett died and his widow moved back to South Whitley. During the time she lived in Manchester Charles Frame learned of the stove and tried to buy it. But the stov was not for sa'e. A short time ago Mrs. Onstott died and then Mr." Frame bought the stove.. It was no doubt a fine piece of kitchen furniture in its day, but it wouldn't meet the demands of the up-to date housekeeper. It is without grates, but has one damper, and while of rather frail construction yet it stood active use from about the year it was made up to a short time ago. Ready to Marry at C3. William P. Booker, of Louisville, Ky-. aged 85, obtained a license Monday to marry Mrs. Amanda Clapham. The clerk who issued the license asked whether it was his first vent ure Yes replied the applicant. "I've never been married before, but I find I'll hav; to do it. I started out at the age of 12 with a mother and five sisters to support. The last sistet died eleven months ago and I am both free of obligation to t!.:n and lonely without a family. I czn't get along alone and I am going to join the . married men on the principle that its better late than never." Many Criminal Cares Dbrr.izrtd. In winding up the aTTairs of his office, from which he retires at the end of the year, George W. Walters prosecuting attorney for Cass county, found it necessary to have 114 criminal cases stricken from the docket of the Cass Circuit Court because of the State's inability to prosecute them. Of this number sixty-three cases were dismissed for various reasons, principally on account of the fciilure of the evidence to materialize. Fifty-on cases were temporarily dropped from the docket because the State failed to arrest the accused persons. Superb Ckatin;. The first ice of the season mide glad the skaters' hearts on Christmas day, and there has never been, finer skating on beautiful Lake Maxinkuckee. As smooth as glass from shore to shore without a break or air-hole, k! so clear that the moss and pebbles of the bottom and the fish could be distinctly een many feet below, the ice afforded an ideal surface while the bright sun and crisp, quiet air made conditions perfect for the tport. Culver Citirt.

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