Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 August 1907 — Page 1

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THE - TOLUME VI PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907. NO. 40

TRIBUNE

COUNTY EXPENSES.

Over $90,000 Will be Required for the Year 1903. County Auditor Singrcy has given notice of the annual meeting of the county council which will convene a: the court house in Plymouth, Tuesday morning, September 3, for the purpose of fixing the tax levy fox the coming year. According to the estimate of Auditor Singrey over $90,000 will be required to run hc county next year. The largest item in the list of appropriation's asked fcr is the pay of the tax ferrets, which is estimated at about $12,000. It is said that when the taxes put on the duplicate by ferrets are distributed toi the state and townships, the county will not have money enough left to pay the ferrets, consequently the county will lose money by the work of the ferrets. If the council shoiuld refuse-to make an appropriation to pay the ferrets, their work would cease, consequently there will be a fight over this appropriation. . About $10,000 is asked to buy voting machines; the expense of circuit court is estimated at $0,675. The salary and expenses of the county auditor's office is placed at $3463.75, the clerk's office at $2335, while the expenses of thi treasurer, sheriff and recorder's oflkes are in the neighborhood of $2,500 each. The estimate for the county Superintendent of schooJs is $17G1, for the surveyor's office 1371 and for the county assessor $1000. f The pay of the township asseessorj and the expenses allowed by the board of county commissioners for public buildings, institutions, elections, bridges, . poor expenses and other items make up the total. In addition to this the council will be asked to appropriate $3003 for workdone by the tax ferrets and to make other appropriations of about $1,000 for moneys now due various funds and institutions. It will be one of the mos't important meetings of the council ever held and the various items will no doubt be closely, scanned and well considered before all the appropriations are made. Good judgment and economy will be expected, but the tax-payers are willing that appropriations for all necessary expenditures shall be made. Pope Factories to Continue at Work. The many plants af the Pope Manufacturing company, which was placed in the control of, a receiver Wednesday, will continue in' operation. This is the statement of Colonel Pope, who is at his summer home in Cohaset, Mass. In discussing the matter, he saiJ that the officials of thr Pepe Manr.i'acturing Coimpany were sick and tired with the way the banks tre?ted them in view of the fact that they had assets to the amount of many millions over and above liabilities. He? also said all the company jwed was 2,000,000 and that the banks would get what was due them when the company got ready to .pay them. "By going into the hands of a receiver," said Colonel Pope, "it will give us time to straighten out matters, also an opportunity to get rid of some property in the shape of mills in Milwaukee, Chicago and Cleveland we do not need and do not want "Then! the receivership will not hnrt our business. All we need noiv is jnst money enough to pay .our help during the next two weeks, when the whole matter will probably be cleared up and I guess we will have no trouble in getting that amount. "Our factories are yill running and will continue to do so, and our work will be delivered on time despite the receivership." Albert Rathbone, counsel for Alibert L. Pope, vice-president of th Pope Manufacturing Company, who has been appointed a receiver in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut said the troubles of the companies were the outcome of the present rigid monetary conditions. The plants employ 7,000 men. Receiver for the Popei Manufacturing Company. Announcement was made Wednesday that A. L. Pope, an official of the Pope Manufacturing Company, had been appointed receiver for his concern. The appointment was made Tuesday by Judge Case, of the New Jersey court. The company has branch concerns in Toledo and Indianapolis, and manufactures bicycles and automobiles. The capital stock is $22,500,000. The receivership vas due to the fact that the company could not get accommodations at its bank. This h the declaration of receiver Pope, who said: "The receivership is due to our inability ot obtain arcommodations from the bank. We .lave plenty of assets and are doing ai: excellent business. I have nothing more ta say at present, as the receivership came so suddenly." The stock is divided into $10,000.000 common, $2,300,97ß first preferred, 6 per cent, cumulative, and $8,636,100 second preferred, 5. per cent, cumulative. There is no bonded indebtedness. It was known at Hartford, Conn.. last Saturday that the local, concerji was discharging a number of its employes and rumors were then current that an assignment was pending. It is undersold that the condition of one of the subsidiary concerns is partly responsible for the" difficulty.

I Chinese Empress to Retire,

The empress dowagcf Tsi An has announced her determination to abdicate the throre at he next Chinese new year, which will occur some time in January, 190S. She desires, it is said, to hand over the cares of state to the emperor. A secret decree has been issued, calling a meeting of the grand council to make arrangements for the change. Tsi An was born in abject poverty, somewhere in the west of China, about 1S34, so that she is now 73 years old. As a , child she was sold as a slave, her purchaser ultimately adopting and educating her. In 1S50 when she was lf years old, the emperor, Hsien Teng, issued a call for secondary wives and she was one oi ten aspirants 5hoscn. Endowed with brains and beauty, she quickly became the emperor's favorite and secured her position by giving birth to a son. Tsi An quickly brought the entire court under her sway and ruled even the eld emperor. In 18G1 the emperor attempted to curb her growing power and a little later he "died" after a brief illness-. During the next fourteen years the dowager empress ruled as regent, and then her sen, Emperor Tung Shih, having attained his majority and having shown signs of resenting the control of the dowager empress snd of sympathy with foreign ideas and western civilization, he too, sickened, and in due course proclamations were issued by the dowager empress intimating that, like his predecessor on the' throne, he had become "a guest on high." He left a widow, ?nd there was every reason to believe that she would, ere many weeks were pat, give birth to a child which, in the event of its being a bo, would become emperor, and she, 'as its mother, the regent. So she, too with her unborn child,, was "removed" in the usual fashion. In January, 1S75, the empress, ignoring the laws of succession, had her baby; nephew, Kwang-su, snatched from his bed on a bitter winter night, carried to the palace, and proclaimed emperor. N After this several years clapi before the sway of the dowager cmpress was-again disputed, and it wa? iot until the return of the Mai qui? Tseng from represcning China in England, France and Russia that any serious orjxsition was offered to her predominant power. The mar-mis, who had come back imbued with European ideas. set.Jowork . to .initiate reforms, receiving the support of Prince Chun,' the father of the present emperor Kwang-su. Tscn fell ill in the usual fashion of those who incurred the enmity of the dowtger empress1, and died prematurely, being followed some months later to the grave by his ally, Prince Chun. In 1S9S the old empress wrested the reins; of government from the weak hand3 of her nephew Kwang-su and installed herself once more as ruler. Since then Kwang-su has been a virtual prisoner of the empress and it is certain he would have shared the fate of his1 predecessors had not the cunning empress become aware of the danger of violently arousing the displeasure of those powers which have spheres of influence in China. These are only a few of the victims of this terrible woman, who, in spite of her notorious participation in the appalling atrocities perpetrated on the foreigners throughout China in 100, and of her responsibility for the rttack on the legations of Peking, whose ocdupants were only saved from destruction at the hands of her followers with the utmost difficulty. nd at the last moment, was never theless so clever in'her uealipgs with the powers as to lead them to actually invite this maker of all the mischief to return in state to the capital under the most ample international guaranties for personal safety. Woman Fined for Kissing Helpless Man. Mayor Coleman of McKcesport, Pa , has the girls of that town thinking. Recently whe a man was arrested for stealing a kiss from a girl t(j whom he had not been introduced, the mayor fined the bold "thing" $1 and costs. This fixed the rate for stolen kisses for the men and the sex was pleased. No rebate was asked, but some discrimination was practiced. Mrs. M. Kierney, 30, a dainty matron of Allegheny, Pa., was in M.cKeesport Wednesday and saw a man in a street car who looked "just too cute for anything." Mrs. Kierney got a strangle hold on tbe defenseJess man and carried through an Olga Nethersole oscillatory act that caused a sensation in the street car. Policeman Peter Forbes resented Lthis unwarranted attack upon his kind and took the pretty visitor before Mayor .Coleman. The mayor fined Mrs. Kierney and costs. Moral: Don't take chances in McKeesport. Asphalt Company's Big Fine. Another chapter in the controversy between the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company; and the Vcnczulean govcrnmcn- came to an end Wednesday when the Civil Court of First Instance of Caracas found the company guilty of having extended assistance to the Matos revolution and condemned it to pay a fine of $5,000,000. The sum i3 the estimated cost of putting down the revolution. Another large sum is to be assessed later.

Brings a Relic of Babylon. The Rev. W. R. Miller, pastor of the Chicago church of Dunkards, arrived on the steamboat China at San Francisco, from an extensive tour of Europe and the Holy Land. He

brings an interesting and unusual ac count of travels, and among his trophies a brick from the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. This tablet, which is 2,500 years old, is thirteen inches square and three inches thick, weighing thirty pounds. On its under side is a thick layer of asphalt, which was at that time used as mor tar in building', lime being unknown. This brick has been stamped in the center with the inscription in cuneiform lttters, "Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, Restorer of Ezida and Esagila. First Born Son of Ncbojpdlassar." The center of every brick in the palace bears the stamp of Nebuchadnezzar in the wedge-shaped characters which arc the oldest in history dating back to 3S00 B. C. Many details of the construction of the palace, together with Babylonian history, have come to light with the excavatioji that is now being carried on in the ancient city by the German archaeological society under the su pervision -of Dr. Koldwey, who restored the ruins of Baalkel at the requesi of the German empire. Twc hundred men are, uncovering the ruins of the palace which is 1600 feet long. 1000 foot wide, and the only building in Babylon built of kiln-burned ' brick. The 'rest of the construction consis- of mud and sun dried brick, which accounts for the city's disappearance, as the brick was crumbled back to lust The palace has been buried under ' sand and gravel to the extent of seventy-five to ninety feet. Mr. Miller says that the present condition of Babylon justifies every prophecy made concerning it thous ands of years ago, when the wise men said that today the city would he barren and deserted. His prime object in going to the Holy Land was to reach the Seven Churches of Asia, referred to in the Pook of Revela tions. These were: Smyrna, Thyattra., Pergamus, Philadelphia, Sardis, Ephesus and Laodice all of which were viewed by him. Speaking of Palestine, Mr. Miller said: "It looks as though the Jews would finally come again into their own In Jerusalem alone there are 40,000 Jews and in all Palestine 75,000, which js more1 than the number taken into captivity." Bird on Long Trip. "Winona" a prized homing pigeon belonging to Harry Lathrope, of East Warsaw, is again in his possession, folowing an absence extending over a period of twelve months. About a year ago Mr. Lathrope start ed the bird foir Abilene, Texas with a view of having the Adams cxpriss agent at Abilene liberate it on it arrival. The bird never reached Abilene. At Randolph, Texas, it wa stolen from its cage by a person who apparently knew 'its value. The loss was soon afterward reported to Mr Lathrope, who at that time predicted that the bird would put in an appear ance in less than a month. After six months had elapsed Mr. Lathrope de spaired of ever seeing the pigeon again believing that it was being held in captivity. Considerable sur prise was occasioned when Mrs. Lathrope on going to the rear of her home Wednesday spied the. bird. It showed the effects of the trip of more than 800 miles. Despite the forced absence of twelve months, the bird seemed to recognize Mr. and Mrs. Lathroi.c. The pigeon's trip is considered a phe nomenal one in view of the fact that ifwas made after the bird had been away from Warsaw for a year. Warsaw Times. Sent? nent for Brown. Sentiment is rapidly developing in the Tenth district favorable to the nomination of Ho-. H. B. Brown, president of Valparaiso University, as the Democratic candidate for governor. There is the promise that the Democratic lenders in the district will give form to a movement which will bring Mr. Brown to the attention of the, Democracy of the state as one of the most available men in Indiana to make the race in 190S. He has been made cognizant of the sentiment which is being devc.opcd favorable to his candidacy, but has not yei indicated what his position will be. This is not the first time this educator has been brought conspicuously into the limelight as a political possibility, but each time Mr. Brown has frowned upon the enthusiastic efforts of his friends It wir.l be argued in hfs support that he is a splendid campaigner; has an extensive acquaintance in the state, which would orm the neuclcus of a superb organation and has ample means finanally to devote his time to the vigor ous campaign which it is believed he would conduct if made the party standard-bearer. Grain Spoils; No One to Cut It Farmers all over the Northwest are in despair over the . inability to get laborers to harvest their grain Wheat cutting has begun in many sections, and would be general were it not for the scarcity of labor. In many places it is said to be spoiling in the fields because no one can be hired to cut it. The railroads arc doing all in their power to relieve the situation, and several gangs of railroad lalmrcrs have been loaned to the farmers temporarily.. .

Taft Gives Platform Issues. Secretary Taft in a speech Monday night before the Buckeye Republican club virtually announced his platform as a presidential candidate. Mr. Taft made no formal announcement of his candidacy, but was introduced by Gov. Harris as the next president of the United States. Hes vigorously upheld the policies o.f the Roosevelt administration, indicating, his Ohio partisans say, that if nominated and elected as the ation's cxccuivc he will stand pat on the so-called Roosevelt doctrine. The secretary defended the rate legislation enacted by the last congress, and as was expected opposed government ownership of railways. He said the shameless violation of public right by transportation lines was responsible for the action by. congress. He also upheld the federal campaign against obnoxious trusts which destioy their rivals in business, then raise the price of their commodities to the public. He cited the Standard Oil and sugar combines as examplej of this class. In this connection he also assailed the evils of secret rebates. The secretary said he had no patience with the agitation for repressive measures, against capital as such, but asserted that only the corporations which violate the laws needed the attention to the federal government. He declared in favor of a graduated inheritance tax as a check on the evil tendencies 'of great fortunes held in a few hands. Secretary Taft upheld the principle of the protective tariff, but said where inequalities and irregularities were apparent they should be corrected to meet the welfare of the jjreat body of consumers. The secretary disputed the claim that Mr. Bryan first espoused the reforms earned out by the Raoeevclt administration, and said the cardinal principles of the two men were vastly different.

Flowing Wells in Indiana. Throughout Madison, Delaware, Henry, Hamilton, Tipton, Grant, Howard and Marshall counties in Indiana, there are hundreds of wells from which the water overflows at the surface. These wells arc being systematically studied by the geologists who arc investigating the wells and well waters of that part of Indiana for the United States Geological survey. More than half the flowing wells have been drilled fotr oil oi gas, arid the water flows out between the drive pipe and the casings. Such wells are generally located along the creeks or other' depressions in the surface of the plain, as sufficient head to raise the water above the surface is obtained only at low points. None of the wells on the perfectly flat upland plain yields flowing water, and for this reason the geologists . have concluded that although the water is reached in the Niagara limestone, it finds its way to that formation from beds of unconsolidated material overlying it in areas near the wells, and is not carried underground frorn distant areas. The water passes readily between the intercommunicating fissures and oher openings in the limestone which thus forms practically a single reservoir. The flows are therefore of local origin. The use of the flowing wells is advised wdiereever ihey are accessib'e to houses, and the water may be pumped up hill by hydraulic rams or windmills. It is also advised that wells not in use should be capped in order to conserve the supply. The water from hundreds of these wells is allowed to run' to waste, with the result that the depth of water in many wells- has lowered ten to twenty five feet iit the last fifteen years. Says Country is Still Safe. Contrasting social and governmental conditions in England .100 years ago with those of America at present, Rev. Newell Dvvlght Hillis at Winona Lake Wednesday, gave America far the better of the comparison. The subject upon which he addressed the Chautauqua was? "Oliver Cromwell and the Problem of Democracy." In -part he sid: "Don't think your country is going to the devil because of the life insurance scandals. For thirty-six days 1 have been traveling from coast to coast, and have seen but one drunken man." The graft and immonlity of today, according to Dr. Hillis, :s nothing as compared with the days of Cromwell. On his trip Dr. Hillis found that there was but one case pending in the Supreme Court in Kansas, and in another western town he found the jail was rented for a corn crib. Chicago Geits Convention Assurances arc said to have been received by local Democrats th.it Chicago will be chosen foir the Dnr.ocratic national convention of lios. Details of the space afforded for snts in the Coliseum were laid before National Committeeman Roger C. Sullivan Monday and a. conference whLh was expected to put the finishing touches on the plans was held between Mr. Sullivan and Chairman Thomas Taggart, of the national committee Monday afternoon. Further than that Mr. Sullivan made a brief statement which his friends construe as meaning beyond a doubt that it has been decided informally by the national committcmen, with nearly all of whom Chairman Taggart is frequently in conference, to locate the big conference at Chicago.

State. Prisons are Crowded.

The board of state charities which has been interested for some time in noting the rapidly increasing popula tion of the state prison at Michigan City and the reformatory at Jeffersonville, has issued the following statement: 'At this time the two in stitutions have a total of 2,211 inmates 1,052 in the state prison and 1,159 the reformatory. This is the highest population in their history. Their average attendance for the first six months of the fiscal year was 2,217, as against 1,99.3 for the same period in 190G and 1,913 in 1905. In looking back over the records for the last five years it has been found that the daily average number of inmates was 20.7 per cent greater in the first six months' of 1907 than in the corresponding period of 1902. "The natural inference would be that crime is increasing, but, as a matter of fact, fewer men are committed to prison now than there were five years ago. In the twelve months ending with June 30 1907, there were but 595, or thirty-seven less commitments. "It is a remarkable fact that while there has been a continual and rapi$ increase in the population of the state the last five years have witnessed an actual decrease of G per cent in the number of commitments' to the state's penal institutions for men. "It is therefore to some other source that we must look for the increase in the number of inmates in the prisons and this is found in the workings of the indeterminate sentence and parole laws. Those who have been studying the restilts obtained under hesc laws have seen how the tend to increase the 1 igth of time men are kept in prison. Another fact which has been brought out by reports from the two institutions is that fewer men' are being paroled. ' In 1902, 4G6 men were released on parole, while in 1907 there" were but 307. or 159 less men so released. "These are interesting figures, but the point to be emphasized is that notwithstanding a greater number of prisoners at the present time, the number of men committed to prison is nor only relitively but actually less now than five years ago." Spitler-Myers Reunion. ' The Thirl Annual reunion of the Spi:lcr-Mycrs family was held last Friday in Ridge Grove on the banks of Twin lakes. The weather was ideal and a crowd of aliout two hundred people 'were assembled, all of whom, with but few exceptions were related. Scores of large, well-filled baskets were brought and at noon one of the finest dinners ever seen was placed on a table eighty-five feet in length, to which everyone was invited to help themselves and it is needless to say that this was done with credit: There were pics, cakes, chicken, cold meats impossible to mention nJl the good things to be found otn that table. A splendid program was arranged for the afternoon consisting of songs, recitations, impromptu speeches, etc. The talks by various members brought to light much of the early history of both families. Among those from a distance; were: John Spitlcr and son-in-law, E. D. Allington and wife of Freeport, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers, Mr. and Mrs-. A. T. Keim, Mr. and Mrs. Pontious, Miss Garl and Peter Hoi em of Elkhart, Ind.; Mr. Allen Spriggle, Mrs. Mary Bachtel of Monroe Falls, O., T. Spriggle and wife of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Mrs. Mary Farris, T. Pressier, A. Pressler, Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Dora M. Klcimer, Cleveland, O., Mr. and, Mrs. Wm. Nichols, Mrs. J. Holem, Mrs. Catharine Sponssler, George Weyrick and three sons, Frank, Morris aid Irvin of South Rend, Rev. C. Ringehberg and family Niles Mich., Mrs. Harry Mead, IIudon, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Frank flyers Etna Green, and Rev. C. A. Spitler and family, Land, Ind. The officers for the ensuing year arc C. H. Grube, president,' Floyd Ilolem vice-president, and Wm. Strunk, secretary-treasurer. 'Leffert Family Reunion. Sunday at Lake Maxinkuckee 150 Lefferts, their wives', their sons .wives, daughters and sweethearts as sembled in the first annual reunion and report a rousing time. Leffert3 from various township and Lefferts from various counties attended and following the speech making' at the opening of the business session the following officers were chosen to serve the ensuing year and until the second annual gathering is held at Twin Lakes in August, 1908: President, Harmon Leffert; vice-president, Johrf Leffert; secretary, Leo Leffert; treasurer, P.arney Leffert; executive committee, Gabc Leffert, Thomas Goss, Solomon Hankee, Henry Leffert, Charles Wcidncr. Mrs'. Michels and Henry Leffert were the only two survivors left who came from over the pond. The big dinner was the main feature. In the afternoon boating was indulged in by the married folks, the younger generations made love and had their pictures taken. To Open the) Books. Present officers and ex-ofTcials ol Kosciusko county, as well as the republican and Democratic county chairman have petitioned the county commissioners to name a committee to make a thorough an'd non-partisan auditing of the lxiok and public records of the offices.

No More Historic Expositions.

With the .mismanagement of the Jamestown exposition the style of fair with which we have been cele brating more or less important historical eVents should come to an end The time has arrived when something different should b- devised. The country is tired of having the govern ment pay millions to enable private corporations' to give "expeditions." the chief features of which are exhib its ofcanned goods and near foods. Happily, there should be no occasion for another "fair" until 1920 when Boston may feel itself called upon to celebrate the landing of the Pilgrims an event of. sufficient dignity to call for something new in the way of commemoration. Oxford, Romsey, Bridgewater, and other English towns have been celebrating with elaborate ceremonies' their ancient histor . In no case did the government contribute to the expenses of the pageants which have been world shows there. In some in stances comparatively small towns have spent a million dollars, with no thought of direct money return for there was no admittance charge; everything was free to any one who would come to see. Let Boston or Massachusetts, take example from Oxford. Let the 300th anniversary of the coming oi the Mayflower be celebrated with a series of pageant which will be an example to all other American cities desiring hereafter to call attention to histori cal events which have taken place within their bounds. As Boston boasts of being a literary and art center let her poets and the tribe did not perish with Thomas Bailey Aldrich set themselves at work to produce the masques and interludes intepreting colonial scenes. Let some dramatic stage manager arise who shall properly arrange scenes, processions and tableaux. There is plenty of tim to set the stage. But let us have no mare of the style of "fair" which saw its beginning at the Phil adelphia centennial and which reached its zenith in 1893. f donfor on Alton Immunity. Attorney General Bonaparte Mon day made a searching investigation o determine if the Chicago and Alton railroad is entitled to immunity from prosecution for granting rebates to the Standard Oil company, which recently was fined $29,210,000 by United States Judge Landis for accepting rebates from this road. -'From .11 o'clock in the" morning until late in' the afternoon Mr. Bonaparte was in conference with District Attorney Sims of Chicago Charles B. Morrison, special attorney for the govcrnmen in the Standard Oil cases; Special Assisant District Attorney Wilkerson, and counsel for the Rock Island railroad, which owns a majority of the stock of the Chicago and AUon. At the conclusion of the conference the attorney general announces that he would make no statement until he had furher communicated with Judge Landis, which he hoped to do with out delay. The decision in the case. it is said will depend largely upon Judge Landis' reply. If the fact js es tablished that Special Counsel Morri son promised immunity, and the road carried out 'its agreement in good faith, it is said that the department of justice will - order proceedings against the road abandoned. A 'transcript of the testimony tak en in the Standard Oil hearing before Judge Landis in the United States court was brought here by District Attorney Sims for Mr.' Bonaparte's consideration, Mr. Sims left for New York immediately after Monday's conference, and counsel for the railread company declined to make any statement regarding what took place at the conference. "The attorney general has- given out a statement," said Mr. Mather, "and it certainly would be improper for us to say anything at his time. Mr. Bonaparte will communicate with Judge Landis before announcing his decision." Holtzman Gives Up Fight. John W. Holtzman and his allies in Democratic state politics have de cided not to make a fight for control of the Democratic state committee next year. This will be interesting news to the politicians and will be a source of disappointment to every person who loves an animated polit ical scrap. It became known Thursday that those who have indulged in visions of a battle royal between the Holtz man and Taggart forces with slippery elm clubs, meat cleavers and razor edged adjectives as weapons, have reckoned without their host. A truce has been declared and the state committee will be reorganized without any outcroppings of the old Holtzman-Taggart feud. Another fact tha't has contributed to this resolution is the prospective voluntary retirement of William H. O'Brien from the Democratic state chairmanship. South Bend Times. Marshall County Farmers Institute and Picnic Marshall County Farmers' Summer Institute and Picnic will be held at Culver at Assembly park Saturday, August 31st commencing at 10 o'clock Prof. Latta of Purdue University and Mrs. Margaret Rominc of Moorcsville will be the state speakers. Come everybody and enjoy a day on the banks of Maxinkuckee Lake. C. W. Newman, 1 County Chairman.

Mad Attack Made on French Works. Reports from Tangier Wednesday

state that a desperate attack was made on Casablanca by Moors. The tribesmen were mounted and num bered between four and five thousand; Their bravery was superb, as was also that of. the French troops. who drove them back after hard fighting. It was only; the bravery of the troops' that saved the town from invasion. The troops' were aided by a heavy fire from the ! warships. The tribesmen charged repeatedlv, dashing up almost to the French forces. They w;ere . repulsed with heavy loss of life. The French losses were inconsiderable, The Moors had carefully planned their attack. They first charged in regularly drawn fighting lines, but the French, holding the position of vantage, drove them back, unseating many saddles. . The Moor quickly reformed their fines and came dash ing back over their lead. Again they met with a terrible fire from the French, and at the vsame time the cruiser Gloria started her 'guns tc work. Shells rained down on tlie tribesmen, Wowing many of them to pieces Still the Moors were full of fight, and urged on by the leaders and with an indifference for death that was he roic, reorganized their lines and came on again. Again, the terrible fire from the jtroops an'd warships drove them back and again they reurned. Their losses were heavy, but the numbei of dead could not be learned. Sibobecker, the Governor of Casablanca, is a prisoner on one of the French w-arships. lie has been dismissed from office for having abetted the killing of Europeans. Much apprehension is felt in regard to the safely of Europeans The situation in Raba and Mogador is still critical. Gen. Druge, in command of Casablanca, has asked for 13,000 more troops. His present force is inadequate for offensive work and he wishes to drive the tribesmen out of the counry. Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon in an interview said: "The Government will send no more ' troops into Mcrocco, France not intending to embark upon a workn of conquest." . " A- Wonderful Record. The man who is content with a cow producing one hundred and sev enty-five or two hundred pounds of butter' in jTyeaT7"and who' thh.ks that one cow is as good as another, should consider what individual cows have actually done in carefully conducted tests. Colantha 4th's Johanna, a Hol-stcin-Fricsian, owned by Mr. W! J. Gillett, Rosendale, Wis., produced In sixty days from Dec. 27, 1906 to Feb. 24, 1907, 243 pounds, 2 ounces of butter. The test was conducted by officials of ihe Wisconsin College of Ag riculture. Just think of it! This cow produced in sixty days rcventy-five more pounds of butter than the average cow produces in a whole year. Figures will not lie either. You can't brand this a fake report of what the cow actually did as her performance is a part of the record of the Wisconsin institution. These men are not interested in giving out false reports. they arc there to give actual results. Of course this is a special dairy cow and sh.e got the best of care possible, but her performance is but proof that the nearer the thoughtful dairyman breeds his cows to her form, and ti nearer he cares for them as this cow was' cared for, the greater success will he have. This cow was not "played out" at the end of the sixty days either. Her yield of milk on the last day of the test was 101 1-2 pounds of milk conatining 3.6 unds of buttcrfat. Counts Funds are Short George Ivans, county treasurer of St. Joseph county, is $10,000 short in his accoiunt with the county, according to a statement just issued by County Auditor Sharp. In his last report Mr. Ivans showed that he had only $15,000 in the county treasury with which to meet expenses. As soon as this report was issued the auditor immediately published abatement in' which he declared that Ivans should have in the treasury not less than $25,000. The discrepancy in the account will lead to an investigation of the treasurer's boioks. Friends of Mr. Ivans declare that there has. been an error in keeping the county's accounts and that an investigation will exonerate the treasurer. Ivans is the first Democratic treasurer ever elected by the county and the shortage in his account is expected to cause a warm political fight. John Drew Dead at South Bend. John Drew, a respected citizen of South Bend, died at his home, 50 South Franklin street Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after an illness of several months. He is survived by his father Jeremiah Drew and three sisters, Miss Ella Drew, ''Mrs. J. T. Hagerty and Miss Mary Drew, all of South Bend. The funeral was held from S. Patrick's church Wednesday morning, Aug. 7. Interment at Cedar Grove cemetery. The Drew family is well remembered by Plymouth people they having lived here about fifteen years ago. Deceased, John, was a model young man, but was stricken by the white plague, which claimed him as a victim.

Loot Moorish . City. -A Tangier dispatch Thursday says that, it is reported that 200 horsemen have carried the gates of Mazagan and are lootting the European quarter. Most -of the" Europeans have made their escape before the looting began. ' . . Dispatches received all state that the situation throughout Morocco is very grave. An -uprising is reported to be in formation to overthrow tlie government in Fez. The, European population in Fez can not leave the city and are unable to defend themselves Native tribes in the vicinity oi Morrocco City are agitating fox an advance on Fez. They have promised to make Touley Hafid Sultan if he will lead1 them. , . ,The Jews are s'till fleeing from Casablanca to Gibraltar. No further fighting is reported from there. Vice Admiral Philibert has been Äsked by the French charge d'affaires to station warships in the, roads of Mogador, Saffi and El Araish. I The French cruiser Galilee, in Rabat sent notice to the natives that in the event of an uprising the Holy City of Sale would be , bombarded. After a consultation the tribesmen notified the commander of the warship that all foreigners would be safe. They then rode away from their camp to join -the natives about Casablanca. During the night of Aug. 11 a band of Arab ho rsemen made a dash on the force under Gen. Drude, and almost carried the advance posts. The fighting continued until daylight, then the natives were driven off. All Sundav was spent by the y Arab chiefs at Casablanca in great conference. iThe result of their deliberations' are awaited wnth much apprehension.' As soon as' reinforce

ments arrive Gen. Qrude will occupy successively tie towns of Ben Rechd.. Casa Mcdi Guna and Scttat, which are the centers of the wild rebel tribes. Ft Fedala where the Arabs have a large quantity of arms and ammunition stored1, will be bombard ed. Reinforcements are beginning to arrive in Casablanca. The transport Oasis has arrived, with the men sent from Algiers and Oran. The Span ish cruiser Rio De Tapla has also arrived and landed V force of marines. Three hundred Spanish infantrymen and several troops of cavalry are on their 'way to Cas?llanca from Cadiz. It is reported that Raisuli has suc ceeded ii getting away from the Kmass tribe and taking Sir Harry MacLean with him to Ashkoon," on the borders: of Beni Aros, where the brigand is preaching a holy war and exciting the natives toi revolt. Toil Necessary to Human Happiness. Writing to the-New York Sun, a correspondent compliins that man kind is not receiving due benefit from the invention of machinery, the telegraph, the telephom-, the locomotive. electricity, the printing press, etc etc., because they have not materially reduced tb- amount of labor which it finds still necessary to perform. He complains that we are not enjoying the better living that would be possible if manual labor could be eliminated entirely and machinery take its place. This is not an extraordinary demonstration of a perverted frame of mind in this day when the error that labor is not necessary to the happiness of man is being so seduously taught and w;hich is to be cred ited with so much of the envious untappiness and whining discontent which is making so many people miscrable. The fact of the business is that labor is essential to the happiness and well-being of all men and it requires but little reflection tot see that freedom from all necessity fot honest exertion would soon reduce the race to a condition of degeneracy which would place them below the beasts that perish. It is a great pity hat the old grannies, altruistic nin compoops and unscrupulous misleaders of mankind, who teach that it :s lesirablc that men should be relieved rom the necessity of 4oil, cannot be suppressed in some way. While it may be conceded that they mean well. ihey are doing great harm in the world by a teaching which is bringing about a deterioration of manly character. Square Deal. Duckx the Boat Rockers. Every summer some smart Aleck while out boating with friends' under takes to prove how great an ass he is by standing up in the boat and rockng it, just for the fun of scaring others. One such fool had the tables turned on himself by a young lady, a few days ago. They were rowing on a little lake and the chappy got up to rock the boat to make the girl i scream. This girl did 'not scream but after vainly protesting against his "action. she crawled - carefully ta where' the young man was swaying back and forth and sud lenlj; rescued up and gave him a vigorous box on the side of his asinine cars, which knocked! him overboard, into deep watCT. He cpluttered to the surface and the young lady backed the boat near enough for him to grasp the stern. Then she rowed toward shore until the water was waist deep and com pelled him to let go of the boat un der threat of rapping his knuckles with the oars. Then she rowed to the other side of the lake and let the dripping young man get back to his boarding house alone. If more such idioits were similarly treated there would be fewer "acci dental drownings."