Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 May 1907 — Page 1

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BIG INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET.

Annual Contest of the Northern Indiana High School Association About seventy-five pupils of the Plymouth high school with teachers and friends, went to South Bend Saturday morning to attend the interschool contest of the Northern Indiana Oratorical and Athletic association, of which Plymouth school is a part. It was an importan event in the history of the schools of northern Indiana, as the oratorical and declamaotry features have added a new field for scholarship contests, and the association brings the schools into closer social relatiors and creates a school spirit that stimulates endeavor. The field meet at Notre Dame in tijifternoon was held under the auspices of the Northern Indiana Athletic association. Six northern Indiana and one state record went to smithereens. The Goshen school, with its star representative, Starbuck, scored a victory with a total of 23 points. Laporte was second with 23 points and Crown Point was third with 21. Young, of Crown Toint, heaved the twelve-pound hammer 139 feet and 7 inche- breaking the state record by nearly five feet. Madden of Michigan City, knocked off two seconds in the mile rnu in the record held by himself and made at Goshen last year. Buechner, of South Bend, tied the running high jump mark, when he crossed the bar at five feet, four inches. Youn, of Crown Point, added two feet to the discus record made at Elkhart last year by heaving the weight 102 feet and six inches. Young, of Crown Point, scored another record when he put the 12pound shot 40 feet and six inches. The prettiest race of the day was the 220 yard low hurdles. Starting with an even lead off, Buechner, of South Bend, and Elliott of Hammond, continued the entire distance and both breasted the tape-line in a dead he;t. Hook, of Laporte scored the greatest number of points for his school, sixteen in all, and took the gold medal by winning the greatest number of individual points; Starbuck and tied for the silver meial, while Buechner' received the bronze medal by scoring twelve points. Goshen won the relay banner by defeating Laporte in the last lap. The winner of all places in any event was rewarded with a beautiful badge. There were fourteen events, namely, discus throw, 100-yard dash, 220ysrd low hurdles, running high jump, 1-mile run, shot put, 440-yard dash, 120-yard high hurdles, pole vault, 220yard dash, hammer throw, 880-yard run, running broad jump, 1-mile relay race. The summaries of the events in which Plymouth had a part are as .-follows: Discus throw Young, Crown Point, first; Whalen, Elkhart, second; Eckert, Plymouth, third; distance 106 Teet, 6 inches. 220-yard kw hurdles Buechner, of South Bend, and Elliott, of Hammond, tied for first; Lloyd Bowell, of Plymouth, third; time 0:29. 120 yard high hurdles Elliott, Hammond, first; Buechner, South Bend, second; Lloyd Bowell, Plymouth, third; time 0:18 4-5. Shot-put Young, Crown Point, first; Eckert, Plymouth, second; Link, Laporte, third; distance, 40 feet, 6 inches. The total number of points of the interscholastic are as follows: Goshen 2S Laporte 23 Crown Point 21 Michigan City 14'5 South Bend 12 Hammond 10 Plymouth 5 Elkhart VA Warsaw 0 The Ball Game. . The baseball game in the forenoon between the Plymouth and South Bend schools resulted in a score of 13 to 11 in favor of Plyomuth. The South Bend boys charge the loss of the game to rank fielding errors, com bined with several battery mistakes In the first inning Plymouth fell upon Siewertson for five hits, and with the and of two errors shoved five runs across the plate. South Bend then steadied down, when they took a sec ond aerophone ascension in the seventh. In this round Plymouth scored a second bunch of five on two hits and three errors. Plymouth's work in the field was more steady and South Bend scored most of their runs on slugging. The score by innings: Plymouth 50021050 013 15 3 So. Bend 00340120 111 13 7 Batteries Plymouth Switzer and Kuhn; South Bend, Siewertson and Shanafelt. The Oratorical Contest. Otis Romine, of South Bend, and Miss Bonnie Harris of Hammond, carried away first honors in the first annual contest in oratory and declamation at the Place hall, Saturday evening. Mr. Romine won the contest in declamation while Miss Harris delivered the winning oration. Eighteen contestants, representing the best speaking talent of the schools in northern Indiana, participated in the two contests. The second winner in the oraioricontest was Reed L. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parker. Reed left the Plymouth school last year when his parents removed to South

Bend. His subject was "Abraham Lincoln." Miss Harris' subject was, "The True Measure of Manhood."' She said that true manhood could not be measured by wealth, as money had

proved the conqueror of men. Nor could a man's righting anconquering abilities be placed fir't in meas uring manhood. Charactr, good and moral, was the only tape-line by which man could be measured. In the oratorical contest the order of winning was as follows: Ham mond, first; South Bend, second; Goshen, third; Crown Point, fourth; Plymouth, fifth; Elkhart, sixth; Mishawaka, seventh; Michigan City, eighth; Warsaw ninth. It is due Earl McLaughlin to say that he was scarcely" in a condition to enter the contest and that his rating was affected by his physical disability. In declamation South Bend got first place in order of winning; Laporte and Michigan City tied for second place; Warsawt fourth; Ply mouth, fifth; Hammond, sixth; Elkhart seventh; Goshen 8. Iva Glass represented Plymouth. Her selection was "A Plea for Cuba," by Senator Thurston. Miss Glass was at a disadvantage by being last on the program of eighteen speakers, and it was near 11 o'clock when it came her time to speak. Under the circum stances she did well. Four hundred or more people heard the contes.ants and entrusiasm ran high. Each school had a large dele gation present and the "rah-rah-rah's rent the air. This new interscholastic movement ! has shown that it is popular and there is no doubt in the minds of its di rectors that it will be permanent. This first meet was really an experiment and changes will be necessary. It will have to be put on another basis, and this the directors will have time to devise during the coming year. The plan of having eighteen schools represented on the program cannot be satisfactory. It tires the audience, lasts too late, and places at a disadvantage the speakers on the latter lart of the program. The present plan is too bul'cy and must be re duced. Better Country Mail Service. rural mail service the free delivery system outside of cities and towns will cost about $33,000,000 in the next fiscal year the twelve months beginning with July. This sum, says the Cleveland Leader, is much greater than the cost of the rural free delivery ever was in any equal period. The increase is due in part to the extension of privileges which have not yet been granted to millions' of Americans living on farms. The free delivery will cover a large area and accommodate more people. In part the increased cost is caused by a general advance in the pay of rural carriers. They needed and deserved the increase, lheir work is otten exceedingly hard. It means long hours and no little heroism, in the worst weather, to make the daily round of a route from ten to thirty miles or more in length. It implies floundering through mud in chilling fall and early spring rains. It calls for brave fighting with winter blizzards and snow drifts. The mail carrier must furnish his horse or horses and his wagon. He cannot do rtuch other work. And under the more liberal new schedule of compensation he will never receive more than $900 a year From that limit the pay will range down to $396 for very short routes. . ' This is a service which ought to be in the hands of good men, as it is, with few exceptions, and they must be fairly paid, or as fairly as circumstances permit. Journal Gazette. Has Many Husbands. That the woman whom he married in Elkhart on July 10, 1895 was the undivorced wife of another and that she has since remarried without having observed the formality of procuring a divorce from either of her former husbands, are the allegations made by Jerome Grant, who has petitioned the superior court for annulment of his marriage. The plaintiff alleges in his complaint that at the time he married the woman, who gave her name as Anna Dixon, she was the wife of George VanRote and that after their separation in 1905 she married a man named Boyer with whom she has since been living at Donaldson, near Plymouth. In neither case, the plaintiff alleges, has the woman procured a divorce before remarrying and he asks for annulment of his marriage on statutory grounds. Warsaw Union. We are willing to father all that are really ours, but really neighbor this is one of which we must disclaim knowledge. Effect of Salt on Cows. Almost every cow owner is in the habit of feeding salt to his cows either periodically or regularly , by having a supply somewhere that the cows can reach. Regardless of how firmly a custom may become established someone is sure to ask in the terms of the Chinaman "what for?" This has been the cause of many,-a cow being deprived of salt, ew 'no are in the habit of feeding it to cows could give any more specific reason for doing it than to say that the cows enjoy it and that being the case salt must have a beneficial effect. The Mississippi Experiment Station has made, a practical test of the question, which shows conclusively

LUDWIG IS SENTENCED.

Defendant Will Appeal. Motion for New Trial Overruled Albin Ludwig, the Mishawaka man convicted of the murder of his wife, was sentenced by Judge Funk late Wednesday afternoon to a life term in the states prison at Michigan City. The sentence followed a motion for a new trial by Ludwins attorneys. The motion was taken under advisement and overruled. Counsel for the defense took exception to the court's ruling on the motion and were given CO days in which to file a general bill of exceptions. Ludwig then prayed an appeal to the supreme court, which was granted. Ludwig will be taken to Michigan City in a few days. Bangs "Hubby's" Nose With Slipper. Because, she said, her husband would not resist the glances cast toward him by a pretty stenographer at his offices in the K. of P. building, and because he will not take her out with him, but has left her shut up in a room, first at the Claypool and then at the Commercial hotel, bottled-up anger and indignation in the heart of Mrs. Lloyd W. Smith, aged 13 could bear no more. Mrs. Smith is pretty and talks with pronounced Southern accent and' she admits it she hit her husband with a shoe one with a patent tip ind a French heel. She admitted it with a little shudder of horror while she rubbed her red eyes with a bit of handkerchief. Then she looked between the bars of a cell at Police Station and told the last "heart-rending" detail. She struck her husband while he slept. When Patrolman Miller appeared in the turnkey's office with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Smith nervously pulled two sparkling diamond rings from her fingers. "Please please," she asked Matron Reisner. "Won't these get me out of jail?" Smith was less excitable. He handed Turnkey Stout a big $300 gen from the bosom of his shirt, gave him a roll of bills and told him to call a bondsman. He was told the charge was assault and battery on his wife and the bond was $100. The Smiths' domestic affairs have been in a turmoil for some time, according to the pathetic little story of Mrs. Smith. On the. turnkey's slate Smith's occupation is given as that of a "promoter." He has- offices in the K. of P. Building. But when Mrs. Smith was asked what her husband's business was, she leaned forward confidentially: "He's just a grafter," she said. "He never did a lick of work in his life for me or any one else." The Smiths have been in Indianapolis since last February, when they were married. They lived first at the Claypool, but recently Mrs. Smith says her husband affairs have not prospered. They moved to the Commercial, where rates are more "reasonable." There Friday evening Mrs. Smith says she found her husband in bed and "When one has been hit and beat," she said, "one feels like hitting back, and and I I did. I picked up one of my shoes and hit him on the nose. He woke up and beat me." Smith says his 18-year-old wife made his lip bleed. When the police came he was beating the slender girl. Counter charges were preferred, and both were taken to jail. Mrs. Smith says the trouble all started because Smith had been attentive to his stenographer, who lives on College avenue. She says her husband has a wealthy mother at Plymouth, Ind., who has supplied him with money. Indianapolis Star. It's Schofield Instead of Smith. The family disturbance started by Mrs. Floyd Schofield hitting her husband on the nose with a Frenchheeled slipper was settled in Police Court at Indianapolis Friday, when Police Judge Whallon assessed a fine of $25 and costs and thirty days in the Workhouse against "hubby" and let the wife go under suspended fine. She left the court for the home of her husbands parents in Plymouth, Ind., and Schofield was returned to his cell slated for the Workhouse. Mrs. Schofield sobbed copiously in Tclating her story to Judge Whallon, and begged that she be punished instead of ' her husband, but the judge could not see it that way. When the Disease Let Go. An old man was just recovering from an operation, and as he lay re gaining consciousness he heard the doctor say to a nurse regarding some powders to be given him, "If one every hour is too much give him a half one every half hour." The old. gentleman raised himself up ort his elbow and said: "Say, doc, that reminds me of a man that had a Newfoundland dog His wife got so tired of having him (the dog, not the man) track up the floors and porches that finally she made her husband take the dog to town and sell him. That afternoon he returned radiant. 'Well," he said I've sold him for $25!' 'Good!' cried his wife. "I can get that hat now.' 'But,' continued the man, 'I bought two puppies with the money.' " The doctor looked at the nurse and said: . "I think he'll recover." P. S. He did. Judge.

APPEALED THE CASE OF THE STATE OF INDIANA vs. METSKER AND BOYS APPEALED.

It is now Up to the Editors to show the Supreme Court that "Grafting" is not a Crime in Indiana.

Tho Democrat and Chronicle in their weekly editions came out with heavy leaded headings announcing that the indictments against them for filching, in overcharges foi public printing, had been quashed by Judge Bernetha and the parties making the charges had taken to the woods without looking back; but not so, for before the day closed, even before the ink was dry with which they proclaimed their joy, notice of appeal to the Supreme Court was duly served on the county clerk and the defendants attorneys. It will now be in order for Metsker Boys & Co. to turn their slanderous sheets on Prosecutor Molter for giving us the pleasure of learning what the supreme court of the State thinks of the sufficiency of the indictments against this precious pair.

Again Ananias. The Weakly Chronicle, edited by Ananias Boys, devotes a half column to copy from The Democrat, giving Treasurer Grant's statement of bills allowed the Democrat and Plymouth Republican away back in 1897 and since, purporting to show that Mr. Hendricks collected $18.50 too much for some legal printing by which Mr. Metsker seeks to exonerate himself from blame for overcharges on the legal printing he has done. What the Chronicle has to do with Metsker's fight at this time is more than we can see except that "the wicked flee when no man pursueth,"---the guilty conscience theory; though it has been demonstrated to a certainty that Boys has no conscience. If he is willing to admit they are 'brothers in crime' then we will waive criticism. So far as Metsker's statements are concerned they are worthless, coming as they do from a make believe man who has been convicted by the courts as a common liar. Not that Boys is not just as wilful a liar as Metsker, but he has not been convicted yet; that's the only difference. Now the fact in this matter is the Plymouth Republican was not owned by Wm. G. Hendricks in 1897 when he claims the illegal claims were collected and further, if the Metsker, Boys combine will show where Wm. G. Hendricks' name is attached to a voucher for illegal and excessive charges for any public printing, city or county, he will refund any and all excess and illegal money so collected. Mr. Hendricks would hardly have called attention to the stealings of Metsker and Boys had he been guilty himself "but he has ever dealt fairly with the public and in this matter was seeking to shield the taxpayers from filchings of dishonest pretenders. In Commissioners' Court. In commissioners' court a license was granted Ed Bright to sell liquors to the dear people of Inwood for the period of one year. License was also granted" John J. Siplc and Lawrence O. Kamp tö sell liquors in Argos. The same remonstrators appeared against the allowance of licenses to these parties, that appeared in March but the commissioners decided the remonstrance was not sufficient for want of majority of names and the licenses were granted. Charles Porcher was reappointed drainage commissioner and ordered to qualify under the law of 1907. Application for headstone for grave of George Haag cf Polk township, who was a soldier, was referred to the G. A. R. Post for consideration. The Plymouth Gas company was granted the use of bridges on which to rest mains so long as injury was not made. Extension of time of payment of repair on the Lockwood ditch and arms to same, the C. L. Morris, the C. E. Thornburg, A. A. Kinsey, Maple Swamp and the D. K. Harris, was extended until the fall payment of taxes. The petition of trustee of Center township, for an arch over the arm of the Brink ditch, was granted. The Patrons' Mutual Telephone company was granted the right to erect lines on highways .with usual restrictions. The resignation of David Stuckey J. P., of Tippecanoe township, was received and placed on file. The construction commissioners of the John Engel and Watson ditches filed their final report which was approved. The petition of Cecilia Lindquist ct al for vacation of highway in Green township, was referred to W. J. Benner, Nate Bunch and Alfred Huff viewers for report. In the matter of the petition of Philip Sickman et al, for vacation of road in Union township, viewers made favorable report to which George Osborn et al., filed remonstrances and the board appointed Wm Lawrence, Henry Grossman and Jacob Ringer, reviewers. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank the kind friends who lent their aid during the recent illnes and! death of our husband and father, Archie R. Phillips. Mrs. A. R. Phillips and children.

Are Free From Debt There were twelve counties in Indiana that had no indebtedness in the year 1906, according to the figures compiled by Mary A. Stubbs, chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics. The counties on this honor role are: Parke, Posey, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Wabash, Bartholomew, Clay, Davies, Dubois, Franklin, Lagrange and Lake. Two counties, Decatur and Orange, had some indebtedness, but had amounts in. their respective sinking funds in excess of the indebtedness, hence having a surplus. The bonds outstanding against Decatur county amounted to $-3,000, but the amount in the sinking fund was $3,054.98, making a surplus of $54.98. The indebtedness of Orange county, including some small county warrants amounted to $15,511. SO, but the sinking fund had $21,088.01, hence there was a surplus of $5,580.21. The gross debt of all the counties in the state was $9,234,933.98 in 1903, as compared with a total gross debt of $3,437,680.49 in 1005. The sinking funds of all counties amounted to $398,225.38 in 1900 as. compared with $440,438.86 in 1905, letving the net debt in 1906 in excess of that of the year previous, $8,911,459.36, as compared with $7,997,231.63. The net debt of Marion county was the largest, in 1906, the amount being $2,048,C50.54, and that of Vanderburg second largest, $643,466.60. The bonds outstanding against the counties in 1906 amounted to $8,427,"95.48. Marion county had the largest issue or bonds against it, in the sum of of $2,063,000. Vigo was second with $578,409.25. The following counties had no bonds outstanding against them: Bartholomewt Clay, Clinton, Davies, DeKalk, Dubois, Franklin, Gibson, Henry, Howard, Lagrange Lake, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Noble, Parke, Posey, Scoii, Steuben, Sullivan, Tipton and Wabash. County orders were outstanding to the extent of $833,998.41. Floyd county had the largest amount of such orders against it, $175,520.44 and Vandcrberg county the second largest amount, $98,154.81. Forty-three .counties had no county orders against them at all.

Who Wants to Macadamise? The Chronicle this week advocates the building of macadamized roads in this county, to take the place of the gravel roads. This may be a step toward advancement and truly there is none more desirous of improvement than The Tribune, but let us look to a few things that must come along with this improvement. The farmers must foot the bills, and we are willing to let them have the lion's share at least, of when they want this improvement to begin. They make use of the roads for fourrfifths of the service it gives the public and haul ninety per cent of all loads hauled thereon. The cost of macadam roads is approximately $7000 per mile and Marshall county is credited with 320 miles of gravel road; now you farmers can figure a little and then say when you want to begin. We would suggest that the Chronicle wiseacre buy a hundred acres with a half mile of ditch, to pay for and make the money off of the farm to pay it with and talk of macadam roads afterwar ds. Admits His Crime. Metsker Thursday evening in the Independent admits "grafting" in small amounts, and seems to think if he keeps within one dollar each time he cannot be convicted. We always claimed that he is what might be called a "cheap thief," as the amount he took and kept from the poor carrier boys ranged in amounts from 3 to 50 cents. Now since Metsker has made an "open confession" if he will publish another letter from "sister" we will drop the matter for the present. Rebus. If a cheap skate gets 60 cents overcharge on each bill he files and if he files two bills each month, how long will it take to pay $300 attorneys' fees? That is of course, if Mr. Heydc allows them to go through, and Dr. Jeykell signs another statement that al.' his bills are just and true, etc.

SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.

Bright Day Brought Many to the Several Places of Worship. Church services Sunday were well attended, the fair weather being appreciated by all who were disposed to attend. At St. Paul's Reformed the pastor spoke from Acts 5:38, 39. Gamalial logically reasoned that if a teaching be not of God it would come to naught. Thaddeus, before this, had aroused the people, but as that work was not of God it came to naught. The present age has witnessed many new doctrines---Dowisim, Eddyism, etc. The stability of Christianity had been demonstrated by it having withstood the opposition of ages. Christian influence and power had greater influence over man than worldly power. This power comes from God, and a reliant trust in him will bring one through all opposition. The opposition to the bible had been a means of spreading its doctrines throughout the world. The speaker referred to its spread in Japan, China, etc., as showing its vitality and stability. The secret of christian success was to live right with God and all mankind. So let us live that out lives shall be steadfast and secure, honoring and glorifying God. The congregation of St. Paul's is well pleased with the initial work of its new pastor. His wife, who joins in much of pastoral duty is making her way into the hearts of the people. Mr. Smith, has revived the regular services at the Jacoby church and, with others, has reopened the Sunday school at that point, that had lapsed for a year or more. At the Wesleyan church the revival under the charge of Evangelist Hodges, will be carried on all the present week with meetings afternoon and evening. At the United Brethren church quarterly meeting was held in the morning, with sermon by Presiding Elder Oyler. At night Mr. Landis had purposed to occupy his pulpit, but he was unable to, and Mr. Love preached in the pastor's stead. At the Church of Christ, Evangelist Martindale, assisted by his wife, held services to good congregations. Mr. Martindale will continue his meeting during the week, and his wife will lead in the singing. At the Presbyterian church Mr. Pflug spoke in the morning to the Women's Relief Corp post, who were present in a body. At night an illustrated lecture on Korea, the hermit kingdom. The Methodist congregation report a delightful service Sunday. It was announced that a memorial service to the G. A. R. will be held on the morning of the 26th. Dr. Brooke, of Valparaiso, has been invited to preach the sermon. The baccalaureate sermon to the high school will be delivered in the M. E. church on the second Sunday in June, by Mr. Crowder, and in the evening the pastor will preach a patriotic sermon to the militia company at their request. "Me Too Piatt to the End. Apparently the laurels of Burton, Harriraan and other injured innocents who have been telling the people what a bold, bad usurper President Roosevelt is have excited the jealousy and ambition of poort old Senator Piatt. His interview on the subject of his present and past "feelings" toward Mr. Roosevelt is certainly very frank for the once eminent "easy boss" and apostle of the gospel of silence and darkness, but, in reality, it tells us nothing new. Who has not known all along that Piatt did not like Roosevelt when he "selected" him for governor in order to prevent Republican defeat? Who has not known that a governor Roosevelt failed to raise himself in Platt's esteem by his strenuous advocacy of such measures as the act for the .taxation of franchise values? And who has not known that it was in order to get rid of Roosevelt that Piatt worked day and night to force a vice presidential nomination on him? That Piatt is "sorry" he made that mistake every time he thinks of the matter, or is reminded of it by some act that makes him and his class squirm, we are quite prepared to believe. But the sorrier Piatt is the gladder the people are that he unwittingly rendered them so great a service. The good that comes out of evil is often of the unintended and unconscious kind. If Piatt had made his confessions two years sooner, he would have caused something of a sensation perhaps. Today he is too insignificant and. negligible to attract more than passing notice. Record Herald. The Shoemaker's Last The following is taken from a hand bill issued by a provincial bootmaker: "The shoemaker is a man of great learning. He is a doctor as well as a suregon, for he not only heels but performs many cutting operations. He is a fishmonger, for he sells soles and heels. He is a schoolmaster, for he gives good understanding. He is a good speaker, for he always works the thread of his argument, waxes warm to his subject, and holds all to the last." Card of Thanks. We hereby express our thanks for the kindly assistance of friends during the late sickness and death of our wife and mother. Peter Richard and family.

Notre Dame Has a Good Team. Notre Dame Ind.t May 9. The un

iversit'y track team left here today for Bloomington where Notre Dame and Indiana will compete for athletic hon ors Saturday afternoon. Notre Diine is confident of winning the meet, al though it is felt h ere that the score will be close. It has been over three years since Notre Dame and the down-state men have met in a track contest, and the result is awaited with great interest not only at Notre Dame and Indiana but throughout the state. In the last meet between the schools Indiana won but the Bloomington athletes do not stand as good a show of winning this year as they did four years ago, when they defeated Notre Dame in an indoor meet here. Smithson, Scales, Keach and Woods form the backbone of Notre Dame's team. Smithson is a hurdler of great ability. He has twice broken the indoor world's record in the fortyyard low hurdles and is able to run the sprints and quarter-mile is exceptionally fast time. Scales is his running mate and it is thought that between Smithson '-and Scales Notre Dame will be able to land all the points in the hurdles and many in the jumps and sprints. Keach is a strong man in the dashes, though this is his first year on the track. He is fast and is developing rapidly. Wood is putting the shot in excellent style and is counted on to win that event Saturday. While the varsity track team is at Bloomington an exciting time will be had bn the cinder path at Notre Dame. The northern Indrana schol astic meet will take place here with fourteen high schools competing. Warsaw, Michigan City, Plymouth, Goshen, Hammond, Elkhart, Crown Point, Laporte and South Bend have entered a list of stars an'd the rivalry among the schools, is gnat. Four teen events are on the program, including a mile delay race. Gold, sil ver and bronze medals have been rrovided for those who win first, second and third places in each event A banner will be awarded to the winner of the relay race. The representatives of the various high schools will come to Notre Dame in .special cars from their respective cities. To make the excitement complete Notre Dame and Michigan will wage a royal battle for baseball honors at Ann Arbor. At the present time Notre Dame is the most prominent college baseball team in the west, having defeated nine colleges on the diamond and having lost no games Illinois is among the teams taken into camp by the locals. Life Sentence for Mrs. Alice Lawson. Mrs. Alice Cooper Lawson, who killed her husband, has been found guilty of murder in the second degree and she will serve a life sentence in the Indiana Woman's Prison at Indianapolis, unless she is granted a new trial and the finding of the present jury is changed. The verdict of the jury was return ed at 8:15 Thursday morning, and it caused surprise, as the general opin ion was that Mrs. Lawson would re ceive at the most only a manslaughter sentence. The Lawson trial began April 15 and has been in progress ever since. The crime for which Mrs. Lawson will go to prison was committed late in the afternoon on September 1, 1906, when she entered the saloon of her husband, Charles A. Lawson, 428 Columbia street, Lafayette, and shot him to death. The only witness of the shooting was the principals' little daughter, Ethel. Mrs. Lawson plead ed self-defense, and this was the basis of her defense throughout the trial. Her remarkable composure was a marked feature. Hundreds of women have visited the courtroom every day, and more interest was taken in the trial than in any trial in that county for years. The Influence of Temper on Health. Our English contemporary. Capital and Labor, which is generally correct in its assertions, thinks that, while excessive labor, exposure to wet and cold, deprivation of sufficient quantities of necessary and wholesome food, habitual bad lodging, sloth, and intemeprance, are all deadly enemies to human life, none, of thera are so bad as vio.ent and ungoverned passions. Men and women have sur vived all the former, says . the writer, and at last reached an extreme old age; but it may be safely doubted whether a single instance can be found of a man of violent and irascible temper, habitually subject to storms of ungovernable passion4 who has arrived at a very advanced period of life. It is, therefore, a matter of the highest importance to every one desirous of preserving 4a sound mind in a sound body," to have a special care, amid all the vicissitudes and trials of life to maintain a quiet possession of his own spirit. Old Man Weds Schoolgirl. The life of a widower being "dis tasteful to Thomas Chadwick of Leipsic, Del., aged sixty-four, a retired farmer having a comfortable home and fat bank account he pro posed marriage to Elsie May Bennett, a seventeen-year-old school girl, and was accepted when Miss Ben nett's widowed mother offered no ob jection. "I certainly love him," said the girl bride in no uncertain tone wTie questioned by the young Methodiit preacher who performed the ceretaony. .

CHEAP FARE HURTS TRAINS.

Traffic Men Say New Two-Cent Rate Will Affect Service. "I shall be astonished, if the passenger equipment of the whole country does not get down to something nearly approaching the wooden seat effect in passenger trains which we find in the countries of Europe. The Illinois state legislature has left us passenger traffic manag rs no argument with which to go before our executive heads when the question., of superior equipment is raised. The have put us down and out." This unpiomising view of the passenger business of the countryt in view of the sweeping action of state legislatures in reducing fares to the 2-cent basis, was expressed by G. J. Carlton, passenger traffic manager of the Chicago and Alton railroad. Local railway officials who are now awaiting the action of the Illinois legislature without hope had only pessimistic predictions of future ser vice conditions to dispense. Most of them were little disposed to dis cuss the situation at all, saying that ' the public would have to discover for itself whether "such legislation is judicious." Mr. Carlton, however4 did not hesi tate to predict that an enforced re duction of fares will result ultimately in vastly impaired service and he used the "wooden bench" as a symbol of lean times in the railroad business. He said that the Alton had for a year voluntarily reduced the passenger rate in the most densely populated area of its trackage and had doubled ' the service as an experimtnt This experiment, he said, had demonstrated to the satisfaction of the officials that a 2-cent rate can not be made to pay expenses even under favorable circumstances. "It is obvious," he said, "that the day of experimentation with improv ed equipment is over. If we could make no money at 3 cents a mile it is clear that we can make none at 2 cents. The fight for better passenger service has always been; an uphill fight for pasenger traffic officials. The men who have money invested in railroad securities and who are close to the executive heaxls have always looked on the passer. tr bu::r.t:3 C3 an expensive form of zdvertizlr. Ve m not go before our executive l.ziii now with proposals to if rcr i t service. Such proposals would be greeted as ludicrous." While passenger traffic officials are reticent about discussing the probable action of their roads, 'it is an open secret that a test case is being con templated to determine the validity of restrictive legislation. This action will probably be directed against some western.1 state and vnll be brought- by one of the interested roads for alL Ex-Gov. E. G. Rosa Dead; Saved An-drc-Jchnsca , Albuquerque, N. M.f May 8. Edmundf G. Ross, ex-governor of New Mexico and former United States Senator from Kansas, second victim of the "fatal Lane succession," whose vote in the United States Senate prevented the impeachment of President Johnson, and who was practically driven from Kansas a ruined man, died here today. In the most dramatic incident of American political history, the President of the United States was defendant, prosecuteJ by the House of Representatives before the chief justice of the Supreme Couct, s'tting as trial judge and a jury composed of the Senate. At the close of the trial seven Republican senators voted with the Democratic minority against impeachment, the seventh and deciding vote being that of Senator Ross. For this act in the face of threats of political annihilation, social ostracism, financial ruin and assassination, all but the latter become Ross portion. The case of Ross is probably one of the most pathetic, and the wreck of his life the most complete that ever Occurred in Kansas politics. Followin his forced retirement from the senate and the Republican party Ross came to New Mexico and began working at . the "case" in a printing office. Years later President Cleveland appointed him Governor of New Mexico. He served four years, later returning to the printing office, where he remained practically up to the time of his death. Ship on Rocks; ICO Drowned Montevideo, Uruguay, May 8. At least 100 of the passengers and crew of the French steamship Poitou of the Transports Maritimes Line from Marseilles, April 6, for Buenos Ayres' were drowned yesterday when that vessel was wrecked off the coast of Uruguay. A violent storm had been raging; for f everal days when the ship went ashore off Rincon de Herrers, near San Jose Ignacio, otherwise known1 as Punta Piedras. The Poitou struck sixty meters from the shore during the height of the gale. Panic broke out on board the vessel when she grounded and a great number of terror stricken persons jumped overboard. Some of them swam ashore, but many were drowned. Many others died of exhaustion. The coast here is almost a desert, and there were no provisions or shelter for the sufferers. Nevertheless the few inhabitants' worked vigorously and saved many passengers, trsir.j lassos to rescue them from the breiiger.

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