Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 May 1907 — Page 1

TRIBUNE Recorders' Office febOG . "VOLUME VI PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1907. NO. 34

PLYMOUTH

GRAND G. A. R. PARADE.

Veterans and Thirteen Companies of Militia in Line at Ft Wayne. Ft Wayne, Ind., May 23. This was the "big day" of the State encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana. The business meeting of the encampment was held this morning, the parade of the veterans and State militia took place this afternoon and three campfires will be held tonight About thirty thousand visitors are in the city, despite the rain which fell again today. Encampment politics centers in the election of officers of the allied organizations, and the selection of the place of the next encampment There are earnest partisans at work for Marion and Kckomo, and it will take the vote to tell it. Milton Garrigus and Sol Pennington, of Kokomo, were in early this morning with their badges, and Mayor Arnett worked among the delegates wherever he could see a Grand Army button or cord. Governor Steele, of the Soldiers' Home at Marion, and the veterans from the home are giving their influence to Marion. Referring to Memorial day the commander said: "After all that has been said about Memorial day belong ing peculiarly to the Grand Army, and about its being a holy day, and not a holiday, that it should be infringed upon and our sensibilities wounded as was propised and by the men who were planning to do it was indeed hard to bejir. But, happily, there were men who, when advised of the situation, couid not be made parties to such a transaction, and we owe it to them that Memorial day now promises to be fittingly observed in every part of Indiana." After paying tribute to the W. R. C, the Sons of Veterans and their auxiliary. Mr. Brown said, in conclusion: "In my humble judgment, we hear far too many wailing, depressing notes in our Grand Army chorus. It seems to be a disease that is epidemic among us, and chronic with some, to be forever dwelling upon and bewailing the fact that we are all growing old, and that so many are passing away. Our Grand Army as a structural force is suffering immensely on account of this evil (I was about to say nuisance). Of 'course, all of us are older than we once were. Of course, some are passing away. But these' facts are not new facts, nor arc they peculiar to the Grand Army of the Republic. When has it ever been true that tine was not fleeting and human life evanescent and uncertain? And over against the fact that we are getting old, and that some are passing away, are other facts just as self-evident. One is that plenty of men older than most of us, if not older than any of us, have done and are now doing the best of service for humanity and some are filling responsible positions. The question for u's Is, as it is for every one young or old. What is the wise and creditable course to pursue in view of our situation? t Of all things it can not be wise or creditable tö become gloomy or disheartened as age comes on and friends fall by the way. Likewise to exaggerate the facts, and make them an excise for not being useful, or doing all the good we can, as we have opportunity, is still less wise or creditable. , : J "Over and over again we hear state ments as to how short-lived our Grand Army is to be, and how soon there will be no more of it. 'As a matter of fact, the Grand Army is good for several years yet. Or, if not somebody will be to blame. Life insurance tablets tell us that the last 1943. If that last comrade is as loyal to the Grand Army as many I soldier of the civil war will live until could name, we can see when the end of the order is to come. It has thirty-eight golden years yet to live!" Colonel Foster, in his reports, sho we'd that the total membership of the G. A. R. December 31, 1905, was 14,483; on December 31, 1906, 15,592, a gain of 1,104 last year. The losses by death in 190G were 509; by honorable discharge, 52; by transfer, 153; by suspension 831; by delinquent reports, 32;' a total of 1,577, leaving 14,015 in good standing and 15,809 on the rolls, including suspensions. For relief $996.14 was expended. The number of posts in good standing December 31, was 383, a oss of thirteen in the year. The receipts were $4,838.68, and disbursements, $3,40.51, leaving a balance of $1,398.17. A Child Lejd Them. Judge McClure in Circuit Court at Anderson set aside the divorce that he granted to Daniel and Myrtle Henderer, of Anderson. They filed a motion in ccurt asking that the divorce proceedings be vacated and that they be allowed to live together again without a remarriage. They explained that a reconciliation had come about through their love for their child. The court took the case under advisement for several days, and Friday struck from the docket the decree that was granted to Mrs. Henderer, and the couple with tieir child went to their new home in Anderson. A part of the proceedings in setting aside the divorce was that Mrs. Henderer was to file a dismissal of the charges made against her husband, on which the divorce was granted.

The South, the) Middle West and the Senators. A few days ago a list was published of the states in which diroct piimaries for the election o, United States senators have bcyi established. There were thirteen states with such a law when the legislatures began their sessions this spring, and live more have been added, of which Iowa and Washington are the latest. In addition, Pennsylvania has come within a single vote of adopting sucn a measure. Now, if one takes this list of states, including Oklahoma, and examines it id connection with a map, it will appear that fifteen of the eighteen the other three being in the far Northwest make a contiguous territory stretching from the southern Atlantic coast to the Rio Grande and bp .'hrough the Mississippi Valley to Lake Superior. Begin at Lake Superior and v.-e have Wisconsin, Illinois, low- and Missouri, making the northern spur, To the southwest lie Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. To the southeast we have Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. Out oi the whole äouth only Louisiana and North Carolina have yet to adopt the custom. The three remaining direct primary states lying detached in the Northwest are North Dakota, Oregon and Washington. The country is thus practically divided into three sections, of which two have still to adopt the new pi in One is the Northeast and the other is the West beyond the Missouri, bu both in the Northeast and the West the germ is at work, and results may be expected still mare rapidly in the next few years. The legislatures are thu being in part set free from the interference with their strictly legislative duties which the senatorial contest involves

They will not be entirely set free unless a constitutional amendment is passed, or unless the states adopt the still more radical plan in which Oregon has set the lead and pledge the legislators to choose the man who gets the most votes at the. polls even though they be of the opposite party. By this means a Democratic legislature could be made to elect a Republican senator and vice versa, and the legislatures would be really free to tend to .their proper business. Th strain on good faith might be near to the breaking point, but with the custom once established and public opinion strong the faith would doubtless be kept. Record Herald. Longest Bridge in World. Another step in the progress of the Pennsylvania railroad's New York tunnel extension and connections was taken this- week when plans for the East river bridge of the New York connecting railroad were submitted by Samuel Rea, vice-president of the company, to the Municipal Art Commission for its approval, in accordance' with the franchise granted by the city to the company. This bridge will form part of a steel viaduct more than three miles Ion connecting the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad system in the Bronx with the Long' Tsland and the Pennsylvania. With a sweeping curve the viaduct will pass over Hell Gate, Ward's Island, Little Hell Gate, Randall's Island and Bronx iKlls. It will be the longest and heaviest steel bridge in the world. Eighty thousand tons of steel will be used in its construction. It will carry four railroad- tracks imbedded in stone ballast, so as to render the structure noiseless. When the undertaking is completed the city of New York will enjoy for the first time a through all-rail route between New England and the South and West. Through trains from Boston may then run to New York Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, Palm Beach, New Orleans, Chieago, St. Louis, or any other Southern or Western city without leaving the rails. Heretofore cars for such through trains have been ferried aound New York from the Bronx to Jersey City. " A Scheme. This wild-cat scheme that is being advocated by S. E. Boys, of the Chronicle, to force the farmers to pay their road taxes in cash and turn the roads over to the state commission won't do. Why didn't he say state graft. That would have sounded just as well. The farmers all know what a road commission would be. The county commissioners turned 'town a fish commision lately. Did you hear about it? The farmers heard it and they don't want any road commission, and they won't have any. The control of the road work is the farmer's birthright, an inheritance from generations past, an inheritance left us by our pioneer fathers. This scheme is an attempt to coerce the 'armors' inherent rights. Any man that has horse sense knows the farm ers are the onl" men that are adapt able to the road work universally. The farmers in their respective road districts are familiar with every rod of the road; they always know the condition of the roads. Buddy, what do you think your state commission would know about this road matter? As to macadamizing, when the people think they are able they can do so. We have plenty of talent right here to boss the job when the time comes to build it. So you see, we won't have to employ any high guys or rake-offs to boss the job. James M. Greer, Sr.

OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY.

Miles H. Tibbetts Post Hears Sermon at Methodist Church. The first service pertaining to Decoration day was held Sunday in the Methodist church, when the Grand Army post proceeded in a body to hear a memorial sermon by Dr. C. A. Brooke, of Valparaiso, twice a pastor of the Plymouth church. The long rain and low threatening skies prevented what otherwise would have been a crowded auditorium. A number of the veterans were on this account unable to be present. The pulpit was adorned with flags and pictures of Washington, Lincoln, Sheridan and Grant, and vases of flowers stood on either side of the pulpit. The choir music wis of a patriotic nature, appropriate to the occasion. The morning prayer offered by, the pastor was filled with a patriotic sentiment of gratitude to God for the blessings of a fre and unitetl people, a heritage bequeathed to us of this generation by the young soldiers of . a former generation many of whom were not now living, but a number of whom still remained to en joy the benefits they had given to their country in the days of the c'vil war. The pastor is a patriot of the highest type, and although born and reaed where the institution of slavery existed, where the feeling for southern domination was strong, his whole heart beat for the preservation of the union and for the freedom and liberty of all the people of the United States. Dr. Brooke prefaced his sermon with some reminiscences of the ear lier days of the rebellion, when he held his first pastorate here. He said he remembered well the thrill that came over the country when it was announced that Fort Sumter had fal len. He remembered the feeling when the news came of the cattle oi mill Run. He was here when soms of the old soldiers that sat before Iiiin now then young men, some members o his congregation enlisted and went out to the service of their country; and now,' after the lapse of fortyfive j cars, we were met to honor the men oi those eventful days and to consider the march of progress that their deeds had mad'. possible, "i cannot tell,"" he said, "how much we owe to the old, soldiers of our country. I think that conflict' into which you entered for the life of the nation was more for humanity and for the uplifting of the nations of the world than any other conflict that ever occurred. We, and those that come after us, owe a debt of gratitude that ran never be repaid. We also owe our lasting gratitude to the faithful ones at home that cheered and supported those at the front." Christian American Citizenship. The subject of Dr. Brooke's address was "Christian American Citizenship." He based his remarks on a part of the 13th chapter of Romans: "Let every soul be subject to the higher powers." etc. It has been said that in the prosperous days of Rome it was the greatest privilege to be counted a Roman citizen. , But if it was a distinction to be a Roman citizen, how much more is it to be an American citizen! I think we may say that we have the best government the world has ever known; and that the stars and stripes represent more than any other, banner that is known. I think we' do not appreciate the benefits of the citizenship that we have today. I want you to thnk of the preciousness of our citizenship by the constitution. When we think of the blessings of our citizenship from that standpoint we cannot estimate their value. We go back to the Revolutionary days and we cannot possibly appreciate how precious was the price which purchased that whicfy we enjoy -today. No citizen of this country would exchange places with that of any other country in the world. It's citizenship is the best of any government under the sun. First, because it puts a value upon man. It puts the wreath of honor on the brov of very citizen. It gives him the ballot and thus makes him a factor in shaping the destinies of the nation. The power of that ballot stamps that man as a kingly man. Royal blood is found in the veins of every American citizen. THE VALUE OF A MAN. The world has been pressing down the masses, but here humanity is lifted up to a high plane 'and no ma stands above his fellows. It accordi the largest liberty to man that the world has ever known. Our constitution and our declaration of indepen dence recognize the fact that we arc here to build upon the stronges'. foundation. A man has the right tc. do as he pleases so long as he doe. right. As another evidence of our high citizenship, it affords the largest op portunties for our material wealth This is attracting the attention of the world; people are coming here from other countries because of the al vantages and privileges that they cannot get elsewhere. Our schools, colleges and seminaries give rare opportunities for intellectual development. Again Moral development. Our fathers came to this country because here they could worship Go I. It is a great thing, to know that a man can worship God with all restrictions taken away. There are more men of intellectual development than ever before. I am

looking into the faces of men that could fill the presidential chair. Again, this citizenship we enjoy is exhalted because it recognizes God as the source of all gdVernment. Our civil jurisprudence recognizes God in the operations of law. The court does not allow you a single word of testimony until you have recognizee God. Next Christian citizenship. It recognizes the authority of law. Lawlessness is one of the things that is not recognized. It is. an honest, clean citizenship. We hear a great deal about graft. Christian citizenship is honest from center to circumference. It recognizes the Sabbath day; it is always standing for right; it stands for the best in this government, just as it did in the sixties. Let the right prevail because it is right. That is the principle of true patriotism. That was the principle upon which you acted when you went forth to the war. It will not be long until the cross of our Christ and the flag of our country shall be blended. Christiancitizenship and patriotism should go hand in hand. ' Reform by the Bed Slat. Mayor Busse's advocacy of the bed slat as an agency of reform is merely another phase of a general proposition which is now indorsed by nearly everyone except professional reformers. It embodies the strictly practical as distinguished from the purely theoretical idea of reform. It is tangible instead oi academic. Except among the most inveterate and infatuated apostles of the uplift it is now conceded that humanity can not be regenerated en bloc. The job has to be done individually. The bed slat, actual or figurative, has to be applied to the human unit because it can not be applied to mankind collectively. It is the old case oi the bundle of faggots in "Aesop." The faggots can not be broken while m the bundle, but taken one by one the task is an easy one. If the race is to develop into ideal morality and righteousness and justice the process of evolution will be accomplished through the agency oi the man with the bed slat. He is the force that "makes for righteousness." He is the instrument of Providence for eliminating original sin from the the race. The bed slat typifies advancement, progress, regeneration. It might be suggestel that the bed slat is akin to the big stick, but the parallel would be inexact. . The big stick is not a moral agency save in a remote sense. One may go far by speakin; softly and carrying a big stick, yet such a one may do nothing at all for the advancement of virtue. On the other hand, one who carries a bed slat and uses it judiciously is certain to contribute largely to the emancipation of poor, weak humanity from the toils of sin. The bed slat theory stands in opposition to the moral suasion theory. It embodies the undeniable if unpleasant fact that the sinner may be whaled into a realization of his perilous state, while that result could not be accomplished by feeding him sugar plums during the next thousand years. It also means wha we have already outlined tl;at reform must begin with the individual, atd end there, for that mater, since society is merely an aggregation of individuals. The mayor's bed slat formula is, therefore, in accord with the convictions of the greatest and wisest of mankind. It is a proposition which the uplifters should (but will not) investigate and adopt.

Devil's Tower Reserve. President Roosevelt has issued an order setting aside the Devil's Tower, a peculiar geographical formation in northeastern Wyoming, as a national monument and a federal reserve, savs the St. Paul Pioneer under the care of the general land office of Press. Nearly 2,000 acres of land are set aside with the Tower. This reserve will be that district, no entries will be alolwed on it and every effort will made to protect the tower from injury. The Devil's Tower is a chimneylike mountain of rock that rises 800 feet above the surrounding country and for almost 500 feet is nearly perpendicular and devoid of any growth of vegetation. The top of the tower is large enough in area for a baseball team to play a good game and is covered with a scant Foil formed from !he disintegrated rock and bearing moss, cactus and ferns. Two men are known to have climbed this tower at the risk of their lives One of them was Jack Rogers, an old cowboy, and the other was Arthur Jabe, a young engineer for the Homestake Mining Company. The tower stand on the bank of the upper Belle Fourche river and has been for years one of the landmarks of the country. It was at one time included in an entry made by Miss Kent, an English woman, who filed on a homestead including this mountain. The, entry afterward was canceled. ' Hobos Indorsd Foraker. The national tramps' convention held at Chippewa Falls, Wis., after indulging in a flow of oratory against the police in variouscities and lauding Roosevelt and LaFollette, adopter a resolution favoring Foraker for President. The tramps were ordered from the city after the convention.

Hoosier Muse Ho Ida Court Lafayette, Ind., May. 22. Hoosierdom in these parts burst into a flame of spring poetry today. Even the farmers in their fields were culling rythmes about the tones that nature paints along the wild rice marshes and the boys on the street were humming "The Old Oaken Bucket." The occasion which aroused this fine frenzy in the state where the "gentle spirit of poiesy" was born, was the visit here of the leading lit

erary lights." They attended a "liter ary festival" given at Fowler hall, in Purdue university, tonight, in honor of Miss Evaleen Stein, a woman nature poet of Lafayette. George Ade came over in an automobile from his stack farm and participated. He said he wasn't much of a poet, but then a farmer who drove into town to buy a 25 cent seat and was charged $1.50 for admission, said, "I don't want to back out now, but it does seem steep. I never heard of any of those literary chaps and I wantd to see Ade. I hear he has made money out of his writin's. He wrote a poem about a stork, didn't he?" George said the farmer referr ed probably to George McCutcheon's "Graustark." James Whitcomb Riley, Charles Major, author of "When Knighthood was in Flower"; Meredith Nicolson, author of "The House of a Thousand Candles"; and Miss Stein, formed the rest of the brilliant cluster that set the audience laughing and weeping. President W. E. Stone of the university, said in introducing the entertainers, that no power of money or fame, but just the spirit of poesy, could have brought them together. Mr. Ade started things off in a way that did not seem quite relevant to "the gentle spirit" but pleased everybody. He read a story about "Mr. Dubley of the class of '89" who was appointed to make a speech at an alumni banquet. . "His interest in college matters had oozed" said Mr. Ade, "for he had lived in Chicagoi three years. He decided there would be no momentary inspiration for him. So he sat up late every night writing and writing. He practiced in the elevated, and people thought he was crazy. His speech contained such sentiments as this: You may shatter the vase if you will, but the scent of the roses will cling to "it, still,' referring to college loyalty of course. And again: "Keep always ihe hoJy torch ignited at the altar of youth." At the banquet Mr. Dubley found a mass of turbulent shirt bosoms, and when he arose to speak voices interrupted him often. When it came to the "scent of the roses," some one shouted "O, Lizzy," and when he spoke of the "holy torch," some one proposed three cheers for it. The story went on in this spirit of revil ing spring poetry. But when Mr. Ade was called to an encore he adm'tted that he had written "a little tiling which he would proceed to perpetrate." That he had perpetrated it before did not drown the delight of his audience in the "Story of the Lovelorn Microbe." Mr. Riley, dear to the heart of evry . Hoosier, clung more closely to the muse. He began with one of his older studies of dialect, the humorous sketch of "Trading Joe." Then he lapsed into a more sentimental vein in "Old Aunt Mary's." As he talked his kind old face took on the expression of a wistful boy and he sucked in his lips at the thought of the old ecstacy over 'Aunt Mary's" bread and butter. The bright road of his youth when he and his brother ran barefoot over the dusty paths, ived again. Againand again Riley was called back, to tell the story of the boy who decided he would not say his prayers any more if he got along one day all right, and that other story of the headless soldier in the wars who gave orders to be carried off the field. When he was through, some man of the spellbound audience recalled these lines of Fowler's: "It kan't be long, Jim Riley, 'fore ye've got to leave the toil of this short life, to mingle with the elements of soil. But ye'll make the old earth richer than sue ever was before, by the songs ye sunp her children in the happy days o yore. And she'll sing your old time ditties with gladness full and free of the olden, golden glory of the days ' 'at ust to be.' " Scherns Foiled. The plan of the railroads to compel passengers to buy their tickets before boarding trains by requiring then to pay an additional ten cents when cash fare is paid, was declared contrary to the two-cent fare law of Ohio jr. a decision of the circuit court rendered in the case of Marion Miller against the Toledo & Ohio railway. The court held that although a receipt for the ten cents had been tendered Miller entitling him to recover the excess within thirty, days, the legal rate of fare was being exceeded. Wayne Sentine. Old Soldier Disappears. Macy B. Malcolm, an ex-Union soldier, h mysteriously missing from his home in Westfield, Ind. Ke drew his ptnsion on Monday and on Thursday left his home, while the family was away and did not tell any one where he was going. He was seen for the last time Saturday walking along a country road near Tipton. Since that time nothing has becnheard from him. His family

NEGRO MURDERER CAPTURED

Brought to Bay after Months of Pur. suit and Surrenders after Desperate Battle. San Jose, Cal., May 25. In a desperate battle with two police officers, both of whom he wounded, Jesse Coe, a negro murderer, " wanted! by the Indianapolis: authorities, was captured last night and is now in jail waiting the v arrival of officials with proper requisition papers from the Eastern State. Coe's apprehension came through information received by Chief of Police Carroll, who sent Patrolmen Mullally and Guerin to bring the suspect in that he might be compared with the description sent broadcast over the country by the Indianapolis police announcing $1,500 reward for his arrest. The man at first submitted and entered the patrol wagon. When near the postoffice Coe suddenly shook off the hold of the officers, and, drawing a razor from his shoe, began to carve his way to liberty. Cutting and slashing he forced both officers from the wagon and Mullally, whose face was laid open by a razor, fell from loss of blood. Thnegro broke away and started to run, with Guerin close at his heels. Seeing his captor could not be shaken off he swerved suddenly and slashed Guerin across the back of the neck, narrowly missing the jugular vein. Guerin fired one shot from his revolver, the bullet striking the negro on the side of the head and staggering him. At this juncture the patrol came into action again and its driver, John Humberg, aided Gueriii to take the negro alive. All thre of these officers will share in the reward offered for the capture of this man, who shot and killed Police Officer Russell in Indianapolis Sept. 30, 1906. Guerin and Mullally searched their man in his. room at the New York hotel, but failed to tap his shoes, from one of which the negro took the razor he used with such effect Guerin is in bad shape as thf weapon cut across the back of his neck and severed some blood vessels in his neck. Mullally's face is laid open some ten inches and the flow of blood was so great that he fainted almost immediately Both officers are in the county hospital. The negro is Coe beyond a doubt. Every scar and mark indicated in' the cards sent out- by Chief Metzger of Indianapolis has been found. When confronted with his picture the negro did not waver, but said: "I never used a razor on the police in my life." The latter statement was made while one of his victims was being tended in a room not ten feet away. The scrofula scar on the back of the prisoner's neck correspoi-Js .exactly with that in the published description and no one comparing the negro with the photograph sent out by the Indianapolis police could doubt that he is the murderer. Chief of Police Caroll, in view of the known desperate character of the man, ordered the officers to bring him in on an alleged bicycle theft charge, and that he was not brought in dead is due to the action of Patrol Driver Humberg, who aided Guerin in taking the fellow, who resisted arrest even when the revolver of the patrolman had sent one bullet into him, and was about to make a good job of it. Humberg told Guerin t6 stop firing, and then covered the negro. Events , in murder case: Sept. 30, 1906 George Williams and Jessie Coe, negroes, shot Patrolman Charles J. Russell and Edward Petticord, the patrolmen dying at the City Hospital Oct. 1, 1906 Police push search all over country for Coe. Oct. 3, 1906 Williams indicted for murder of Patrolma Petticord. Oct. 12, 1906 Jury impose death penalty on Williams. Feb. 8, 1907 Williams' hanged at Michigan City. Sweet Innocence. This is the first yer.r "out" of a certain pretty little Baltimore girl, but she is promising. Not long ago at a dance a young man who had for some time been an ardent but bash ful admirer, succeeded in getting his nerve up to a point of asking her to sit out a dance with him in a little nook beneath the stairs, well screened by a bank of palms. "I I don't know whether I should do that," she said, twisting her fan in her hand's and looking up at him from beneath long lashes "but yes, I will." "Why -er, you don't think it would be im proper?" he said, blushing. "N no", she hesitated, "but the last time I sat there with a young man he kissed me." With a stidden light in his eyes the young man led the way toward the palm bank.--Philadelphia Public Ledger. Poor Jim. The grain elevator of the Goodrich Brothers, near Noblesville, Ind., was struck by lightning Friday night and destroyed by the fire which followed. Three thousand bushels of wheat, 1.200 bushels of corn and about 1,000 bushels of oats were also burned. The loss will amount to $15,000; half covered by insurance. James P. Good rich, of Winchester, chairman of the Republican state committee, owns the largest individual interest in the elevator. ' . ! ' I I ' i 1 ?J

Suit Against Officers of Owls. Spokane, Wash., May 24. Harry L. Leavitt, grand executive of the Brotherhood of Owls, organized at Walla Walla, Wash., last fall, and later transferred to Seattle, after one of the nests was taken over by another order, has instituted a suit for $25,000 damages in the Spokane circuit court against H. W. Mitchell of Cairo, 111., national organizer, and

John W. Talbot of South Bend, Ind., supreme president of the Order of Owls, alleging libel and slander. He charged that Mitchell and Tclbot conspired to injure the brotherhood by publishing statements that it had stolen the literature of the Order of Owls and was illegally organized; he declares the brotherhood is incorporated under the laws of Washington; that its ritual is copyrighted at Wash ington, D. C, and that it was not aware of the existence of the Order of Owls; he claims 71 nests and 50,OOO members. National '' organizer Mitchell, who came to Spokane a week ago, to institute nests bf the original order in this city and throughout the Pacific northwest, said: "I expected the' suit would be instituted and came prepared for it and we will fight We welcome this turn of affairs from the fact that it gives us an opportunity to show that the organizer of the brotherhood not only stole our literature, making it suit his purposes by the substitution of other names than those which appeared "in the editorial written by Fred W. Cook and published by The Star of Niles, Mich., months ago. He also copied everything else of public nature concerning the Order of Owls and substituted names of persons it Walla Walla. Finding our ritual was not a matter of public record he had his manual copyrighted. "It is, perhapss, an unusual coincidence that a man came to me a few hours before notice of the suit 'was served and offered double my salary if I would quit the Order of Owls and go into the employ of the brotherhood. The man said he was instructed to make the. offer by h: L. Lcavitt After I had flatly refused to entertain any proposition from these people,Mr. Leavitt and some officers of the local organization came to my headquarters and as llid not signify any intention of changing my mind, Attorney J. J. Gleeson, a member of the brotherhood, served the notice of suit I look upon this as an act of a desperate man, grasping at the last straw to carry through' a bluff. Her Demand was Explicit "Sign these papers or I will blow your head off." These were the words which greeted George Singer of Sioux. Falls, S. D., as he awoke from a sound slumber. Within a few inches of his face was the muzzle of a revolver held by Mrs. Annie Singer Jones Underwood, his stepdaughter and latest wife of William Underwood, who recently has gained considerable notoriety as a crook of almost national reputation. Underwood was arreste'd at Hot Springs, Ark., two or three weeks ago and brought back to Sioux Falls on the charge of obtaining $250 from a Sioux Falls bank by false pretenses. Mrs. Underwood resorted to the desperate measure in order to secure a part of the money required fcJr obtaining the release of her husband from jail. Mr. Singer knowing ßiat his stepdaughter wasi in deadly earnest and would carry out. her threat, quickly attached his signature to the note and mortgage which his stepdaughter held in her other hand. The mortgage and note were for $500., It is said in explanation of the wife's desperate action that i brother of Underwood had agreed to pay one-half of the sum required to get him out of his present scrape and Mrs. Underwood decided to raise the remainder and in an effort to settle the case against her husband and secure his release from custody she re sorted to force. Even in the event that Underwood succeeded in securing his release, his troubles likeiy would not be over, for he is wanted in Chicago on the charge of embezzlement, a reward of $200 having been offered for his capture on this charge, and in addition a former wife from whom he never was legally separated would also like to appear against him as the prosecuting witness on a charge of bigamy. List is Growing. The list of eligible names for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1903 is growing. Of eminent Southerners named in that connection we now have seven, towit: Judge Gray of Delaware, Governor Warfield of Maryland, Senator Daniel of Virginia, ("Invrnnr Smith n" firnrgia, Senator Culberson of Texas, Governor Folk of Missouri, and Hen ry Watterson of Kentucky. Any one of these distinguished gentlemen would make a creditable candidate. South Bend Times. Plymouth Church Now is Sixty. Preparations are being made to cel ebrate next month the sixtieth anni versary of the founding of Old Plymouth church of Brooklyn, famous as the scene of Henry Ward Eeecher's activities. Former Senator Stephen M.f Griswold, the oldest male member, joined the church in 1851 and has served as an usher fiftythree years.

OBITUARY.

The remains of Peter Brenner, mention of whose death was made in last week's paper, arrived fom Arkansas Tuesday and funeral and burial were held at the Jacoby church Wednesday. Peter Brenner was born in Cumberland county, Penn., May 30, 1828 and died at Jonesboro, Arkansas, May 18, 1907, being at time of his death 78 years and 8 months old. He leaves to mourn their loss an aged wife, one son and three daughters; the son, our former fellow townsman, H. A. Brenner, now of Estavan, B. C., and Mrs. F. W. Dutton of St. Louis, Mrs. Florence Walker of Middletown, O., and Mrs. B. B. Collins of Jonesboro, Arkansas, at whose home he died. These children were the product of a former marriage, his first wife having died many years ago and the present wife, who is now lying very sick at Culver is a sister to Richard Dawson, east of the city. About a year ago the health of this aged couple became so poor they were unable to care for themselves and though hard as it was to part from each other they thought it best and she went to live with relatives in Culver while Mr. Brenner went to live with his daughter as mentioned before, where he died. Mr Brenner was a good citizen, a man of kindly disposition, always pleasant and obliging, believing in equal justice to all, and we believe the world is better for his having lived in it. Governor Hanly -Back and Grectly ; Improved. Governor Hanly returned to Indianapolis Thursday morn inn after a three weeks' trip in the East He looked a different , man physically, and it was very evident that the trip had done him good. He had good color, his voice had its accustomed ring and his hand its old-time grip, and, though h looked as if he has not entirely regained his strength, he was much improved. Mrs. Hanly returned with the Governor. The fitjt act A the Governor on reaching the executive office n the State House Thursday, was to get in communica'Jon with Mayor John Boehne, at Evansville, concernin-j th; stike situation there. . "Mayor vBoehne tells me 'thit ths city is quiet; that the civil force tz has is sufficient to meet any probable needs, and that rhe people of the city are standing by him in support of a law and order program," said the Governor. "The mayor spoke about several boys stonin- a car and said that they were heavily fined." The Governor spent the morning in consultation with Col. Fred Gemmer, his secretary, getting in touch with the business of the office -that had accumulated during his absence. He said that he would take work slowly for a few days. "Atlantic City is a delightful place for a rest and recreation at this time of the year," the Governor said rcminiscently. "I made' tremendous gains during the time I was there, especially the first week. The weather was all that could be desired. jSeveral of my friends came there for a few days while Mrs. Hanly and I were there, among them being 'Bob' Trace well and Dr. H. W. Kellogg and his family." The Governor spent Sunday with Dr. Kellogg at Wilmington, Dd., and said that he was delightfully situated. "Dr. Kellogg is doing such good work in Wilmington that I did not have the heart to wish him back here " said the Governor. Thursday the Governor and his wife visited the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg. "It is a wonderful institution," said he, "a wonderful gift. We were fortunate in being there on the day we were, during the exhibit of oil paintings. I want- to go there some time and spend a week." Colonel Gemmer will probably take a vacation soon, now that the Governor has returned. He has had none since he has been iu Indianap olis and ihe Governor is of the opin ion that one is due. Maccabees at South Bend. Reports submitted at the opening of the great camp review of -the Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees indicate a falling off in membership of 150,000 during the last three years throughout the country, as a result of the new rates placed into effect The kn;ghts opened their meeting in the Auditorium Annex, with Great Commander Milo E. Meredith, of ' Wabash in the chair. About 150 delegates were present The tvomen met in the Place Hall. In addition to State officers, Supreme Commander Lilian Holister and Supreme Record Keeper Bina West, of the Lady Maccabees of the World, were in attendance. Groom of 80 Takes Bride 75. A romance covering a half century resulted Wednesday night in the marriage of A. I. Kinsey of Easton, Pa., to Mary B. Richman of Muscatine. The bride is 75 and the groom 80. She is a widow of State Senator Richman and the mother of Irving Richman, ex-consul td Switzerland. The two knew each other at school, but married each other's chums. Both lost their mates through death. Correspondence was taken up recently and nJw toward the close of life they are united. Mr. Kinsey is a millionaire.

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