Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 September 1907 — Page 4

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Only Republican Newspaper in the County. HENDRICKS & COMPANY TELEPHONE No. 27. OFFICE Bissell Building, corner Laporte and Center Streets. Entered at the Postc&ce at Plymouth. Indiaaa as second-class matter. Plymouth, IncL, September 5, 1907. BUTTERINSKY. An Open Confession is Good for the Soul. At the business men's picnic at Pretty lake Tuesday Hon. Charles Kellison delivered the principal address after which Judge Hess and ethers were called upon by the presiding officer, Wm. Everly, for remarks. After all had finished speaking Metsker asked the privilege of delivering an oration. In the course was an "easy creature" to fool, that he had had a dream one night and while talking in his sleep he yelled out: "that's my jack-pot." The next morning his wife asked him what he meant by jack-pot. The little editor explained to his wife that Jack Pot was an influential politician from Walnut township and that in a dis pute with the aforesaid politician his friend, Ney .Stevens came to his assistance and "dealt" Jack a blow that landed him across the table. At this juncture Andy Molter hand ed Metsker a handful of shelled corn and the spectators yelled themselves horase. We cannot understand why Metsker should drag a reputable citizen down o his level as a gambler, when it is known that this' gentleman "hardly ever" plays the game com monly; called "poker." At least he has never been found "guilty'! as the aforesaid editor has on two separate occasions. Dinkenspetfll's New Project "I'll stay," says Molter, "no matter how many decoy letters I do get, and I'll ride in thexbo car to get Jiwn :ne fat man," 4Buc what!" "I've got the two! Jawn, the fat man, with his bottle in the Culver jug, and the editor of the hippecrit paper. Shall I or shall not start a show? "If I were sure I could kape the birds from fitin' over the ace and the corn I'd start on the damages I got of Bin Wallace for removing my perch and hurtin' poor Hannah, the widdie. Foj- what a Wallace could say for my show at the intrance would be grate. George the greate got three fine? in January and never was lost at all, at all. "The next curiosity would be the grand lot of farmers on the grand jury, who were pronounced danger ous citibens by the eidters, but the grand jury was in power and in pos session of the evidence and the eid tor of the hippicrit paper of Ply mouth is now also on exhibiton at the supreme court for not know Ins: that the farmers who were on the jury were the same farmers who paid the money into the treasury that was taken by this absent-minded bird on the inside of the tent, commonly known as Clay Wicked! Metsker of the Hippicrit Paper. Then after the coon band would play Old Kentucky Home, the crowd would be called to the stand of Clay Wicked Metsker and he will then arise with all power and majesty and in all his glory and give his experience (which is much) on gaod .roads, Sunday schools and indictments, in Iowa, . Missouri and Indiana, and then I think if that Dutchman would say "De show is not over ladies and gents, I bromise you dat before dis show is complete der jail must be emptied of dat schromp and another grand jury must at vonce be called. Dinkenspcill of de Tabernacle Better Arithmetic Needed. It is true that some of the bran ches1 of arithmetic once studied in the Chicago schools had little practical value. The study of partial payments acording to the practice in several different states was a waste of time. Bank discount is the subject which now is dropped. I is difficult to see that much time will be pained by this omission. Bank discount is simply an application of percentage, and the principle of it ojught to be learned in one lesson. The working of it gives excellent practice in multiplicatinon, addition, and subtraction, and if it hn gone hard it is precisely because the pupils' needed practice in those rules. What business men expect of graduates of the public schools is that they shall be able to add up a column of figures correctly and to calculate rapidly the price of any quantity of goods at any rate. This involves fractions, common and decimal. The more exact systems of business of the present day require the ability to figure out percentages of loss and profit. A successful business man must be able to tell at any time just what each part of his business is costing him or bringing him in. The margin between success; and failure may be less than 1 per cent, and the man who can do the closest figuring is the one who will win. Chicago Tribune. Ends Life Before Scold Wife. Because his wife';nsisted on quarreling with him after he had warned her to quit, James Wright, wealthy ( planter of Commerce, Ga., took a rope, went into the front yard, climbed a tree fitted the rope about his njrk, tied it to the limb, and then sprang into space. He strangled to deith in sight of his spouse, who was pleading with him not to kill himself, as sle would never quarrel with him again. Mrs. Wright frequently quarreled uith her husband, and the last time he warned her the next time he woulf kill himself.

BUSINESS MEN'S PICNIC.

Largei Attendance and an Enjoyable Day at Pretty Lake. The annual picnic of the Business Men's Association at Pretty Lake 'luesday was the largest in point of attendance that the association has ever held. Hacks and private rijrs were going all day and more than two hundred people enjoyed the day in the -hade and on the clear waters of the lake. The program was infor mal and social, with the purpose of relaxation from business, and to en joy the' day, men with their wives and with each other, to the largest possible degree. An excellent dinner, served by Kleckner Bros., was tht chief event of the noon hour. After dinncT the order of -the hour was speech-making, with the thought in view, aJidc from socialities as to how the business interests of the city could be best advanced. The rincipal address was delivered b Hon. L-harlcs K-ellisoai, who spoke as folMR KELLISON'S ADDRESS. Mr. Kellison after an introduction said: "TLe important question that naturally arises is in what way or manner do the business men of Plymouth propose to pnomo'e the social welfare and business interests of Plymouth by these mee'tings? If we are not going to make an effort to promote the business! interests of the city and community in any particular regard, then we are not going to do anything to accomplish that end and purpose, for if a man have no particular object in view, he has no obj.ct or purpose in view. Far too many of us live on the in comes that we are going to get; plume ourselves on the charity oi gifts that we are going td make, and congratulate ourselves on achi vements yet undone, while the treacherous sands of life are running away with i fearful speed. The social pleasures of such a gathering as' this, perhaps, are well worth the trouble and co oi the meeting, but who does not know that every siocial occasion is brightened and every social cup is sweetened by the consciousness of some duty done or worthy end attained? The lasting "impressions of life those that come to us in after years laden with the incene of true joy are invariably those that are associated with the remembrance of deeds done for the upbuilding of the community and the betterment of the world. Suppose we have a beautiful little city, as good in morals and in business integrity as the average, docs that imply that it can not be made better? Suppose that we have natural advantages that no other town in the county, possesses, does that imply that it can not be. made better? Suppose that we have .expended large amounts of public money, and imposed grievous burdens upon individual property owners in the city, in the past few years in the work of paving our streets, and in building sidwalks, does that imply that we might not have added far more to the business prosperity xf the to.vn by a much smaller expenditure of money in some other direction? Suppose that it is true thaf the territory from which our merchants and business men draw their trade is somewhat limited and circumscribed, does that imply that this condition shall remain forever? Suppose that it is true that there is an unjust or an unfounded prejudice existing in the minds of some oi the citizens' of Marshall county against the county seat, does that imply that the city can do ' nothing to remove and change that state of feeling? I do not hesitate to say that in my opinion, we can do half a dozen things within the next few years that would not cost us one tenth part of the money we have spent in laying brick pavement, that would do a hundred times more in promoting the business interests of the place, than all the pavement you could build in the next hundred yearst though you were to pave the streets with gold and precious stones. And we could do a half dozen things that wxnild not cost a quarter as" much as this persistent and unneces.rary paving mania that would tend to bring about a better understanding between the citizens of Plymouth and the citizens of the county residing, outsid- a thing that must be done if Plymouth is to ever enjoy that which rightfully belongs to her as the county seat of Marshall county. I am going to suggest a few of these things and place myself squarely on record on he subject. In making these suggestions and criticisms, I want it understood that I am not directing my remarks to any particular individual or individuals, but to the community generally of which I am a part. The first thing I want to call attention to is the lamenstaJfie.. fact that while Plymouth has the best location and grounds for the accommodation of a county agricultural fair that exists in the county, et it has1 not had or held such a fair in many years, whjle several other towns in the cotrnty are holding successful fairs every year. It won't do to say that it is the fault of the country people who go just as far every year in attending those neighboring fairs as they would have to go to attend at Plymouth. There is someth;ng wrong with Plymouth in this matter or these things could not be. Whether it is on account, of a lack of interest in the people of the town and of Center township generally in the matter of encouraging such associations, or whether it is because the people of Plymouth are unwilling to give a little of themselves to the work of creating a bond of sympathy between themselves and their country neighbors, I know norf, but that it is the fault of the people of Plymouth gen

erally, I fully believe and a.1 sort. Another thing 1 wish to 'all attention to is that while we have the largest town in the count and one of the finest little cities in the state, with uncqualcd facilities for a town park, wc have not one rod of ground in the city where our country friends and visitdts can go on any public day or occasion to sit down and rest their wearied and tired bodies. I say this, because our Court house is so far away from the business part of the city as to be impracticable, for the court house yard is virtually out of the city, and here we are, and have been for seventy-five years, without a single breathing place or spot in the city to invite visitors or with benches to afford a place of rest for those sojourning in our midst.

And all this time there has been, and is now, a place or spot within a stone's throw of th; business heart of the city where sufficient ground could he obtained at small cost to make. a , 'city park. ' ' ! If we were offered a public monument as a gift, wc would have no place to put it without going three or four blocks from the business outskirts of the city. I venture to say that such a condition as that does not exist in any other county seat in Indian!, and for that matter not in the county seat of any other state of the union. When I was a small boy there existed in the very heart of the town of Horncllsville, N. Y., my native place, a little park that did not exceed the size of one of our city blocks. It was the place where every public gathering was held, and where when the place contained a population of five thousand, base? ball games were played without let or hindrance. That park is there today and the town has grown to a city of fifteen thousand people, and it is practically thr only pane tl.c hy nas. In it center now arises the shaft of a beautiful soldiers monument, and around that center are playing fountains of water, and there is located a permanent band stand. It has benches and seats for hundredsof people at all times in the summer months, hitching racks around it for hundreds of teams, and nobody there thinks that anything is too good for those who come from afar to bring their produce to market, and to fill the coffers of her merchants with their gold. It is a pleasure to sit there in a summer afternoon or evening and to listen to the twice a week band concerts, to hear the plashing waters of the fountains and to look upon the beautiful flowers, and all that did not cost the city of Hornellsville one quarter as much money as the paving of a single street. So many fricids has that little park made for the city of Hornellsville in years agonc, that I verily believe l that were it possible for some calamity to come and ..wipe ,it oiit, that thousands of outside visitors would mourn its fate far more than they would were the finest business block in the city to be ravaged by fire or flood. I have in mind at this moment a strip of ground on the south bank of Yellow river, just east of the Michigan street bridge, that contains perhaps less than an acre of ground, that could be obtained at comparatively little cost. If Yellov river is not ruined by the pending drainage proceedings, and even if that calamity shotuld come to pasts', this plot of ground would make an ideal location for such a little park as I have in mind. i Along the water front of this little space is a fringe of grand old trees, watered and sustained bj the water of Yellow river, and with comparatively little more expense the whole space coadd soon be shaded by magnificent elms and maples that make our town the admiration of all who visit it. We now have elms and maples, in plenty, but, atas, they are all on private grounds, and we have not one shade tree near the business center that invites the stranger within our gates to rest and enjoy its shade. In such a park as that we could have a permanent band stand, which could be utilized as a speaker's stand on all public occasions. Here, too, we could have sparkling fountains and flowers. Here, too, we could have benches and rustic seats to invite the weary, and for the tired mothers v. ho love to sit and watch their children at play. And here, too we could have ample waiting and to. let rooms and privileges for visitors, kept at public expense for the benefit ofvOur country friendsi and pru'rons and for all who visited our city. Many of our citizens have given over the privacy of theii homes to strangers on public occasions' and quiring the privileges of toilet. I have seen ten thousand people in our city on more than one public occasion, and no toilet accommodations for such a multitude. Upon this subject I am radical and insistent. No man who is .anything of an observer has failed to sec how much these things are needed in every town. It is a shame and a scandal to any town that permits such things to exist, and especially in a town like Plymouth, with it water and sewer advantages. Do you tell me that such things will not be appreciated by those who are in the habit of visiting our town for business, pleasure, or trade? You could not make me believe such a thing in a thousand years. Such a park as that, perhaps, with a market and hitching place connected, would make more friends for Plymouth in one year than: all the pavement you can construct in a hundred years. The man, or set of men, who can not see that, are blinder than bats. The instincts of the human heart are such, that most persons cherish the memory of sympathetic acts and

deeds as long as life continues. A cup of cold water, or a crust of bread when offered in the spirit of kindly feeling, is never forgotten. It won't do to swell out our chests

and indulge in the delusion that wc ' must make nothing of our natural advantages. What the public wants are accommodations freely and cheerfully given, and not egotistical exchisiveness. The average man would rather go to a hotel, where he is greeted with warmth and consideration and where he receives a well cooked meal, than to a more palatial hotel where he receives the icy mit and stare and for dinner has nothing but fine linen and decorated chinaware. He would rather endure a fly in the dining room than an icicle down his back. There are many more things that I could mention, but a few things done and accomplished ate worth more than a mass1 oi things only talked about. If the things that I have mentioned Avere; accomplished they alone would do wonders for Plymouth in the next few years. I would like to see the movement to do some of these things started today, at this meeting, and never allowed to lag until victory perches1 on our banners. But I hear some one say, what can we do to accomplish these things? We are but a handful of the citizens o.f Plymouth? O, ye of little faith. There are more than enough here to start a world movement on any subject, if only we have the determination and the courage of achievement. The other day I was reading of a man in the state of South Dakota who is proposing on th 16th. of this month, unaided and alone, to organiz; and start a world-movement in trie vüv or lounaing or creating what he terms the flag of the world a flag that shall symbolize, not the hopes, the ambitions and the traditions of the people of a single nation, but one that shall symbolize the hopes, the aspirations -and ths best traditions of humanity throughout the earth. A man with such a conception as that and with such an undaunted vill and purpose, can not fail. He is bound to succeed, for the man who takes God and the right in partnership with him, is always in the majority. From that little beginning may come a flag and bond oi human sympathy among men that will do more to banish war from the earth than international peace conferences and international arbitration conventions. Long live the flag of the world, and long live Plymouth when her patriotic and determined citizens shall say, we will gain the good will of all of the citizens of Marshall county, we will have a successful county fair, and, by the eternal we must and will have such a city park Japanese Labor in California. The state commissioner of labor statistics in California i.- quoted as saying that white girls in the state are being robbed of employment as domestics and waitresses by Japanese, and that there are Japanese sweatshops in San Francisco which keep their employes working from fourteen to sixteen hours a e'ey and pay them bu $10 to $15 a month, with board. With regard to the first assertion it may be said that the demand for domestic help in California far exceeds the supply and that there is the greatest trouble in securing satisfactory servants, white or Japanese. The conditions arc such that if any robbery of employment is being done it must be under very peculiar circumstances. Possibly the commissioner has the idea of a minimum wage in his mind, some fanciful figure against which the Japanese should not be permitted to bid As for the sweatshops it may be that they exist and that abuses are practiced 'in them, since with all the demands for field labor there are white sweatshops and sweatshop evils all over the country. But it is a mistake to suppose tha Japanese workmen are not very much alive to their own intercut and shrewd enough in stipulating for good pav. They are given to migrating from point to point when there is a chance for an increase, and hey take their leave sometimes very abruptly. At present it is difficult to hohl them in certain kinds of ranch work at the going wage because of the demand for labor in the harvesting of grapes, and here is a significant stor from a California newspaper. In one grape raising district all the Japanese formed a union and asked for $3 a day. The employers demurred, argued, strove to bring about some sort of a compromise, but were calmly informed that it was $3 or spoiled grapes. A Tariff Commission. There is no longer any question concerning the intention of the administration to send abroad a commission of tariff experts to gather information concerning German, French and British tariff systems and consular methods of handling import and expor business. While an official announcement is till withheld it can be stated that the personnel of the commission has' been definitely determined and that the commission w'Ui sail on September 17. The commission will be headed by James B. Reynolds Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who has been in general charge of customs affairs for more than three years. The other two members will be Marion DeVries and Byron S. Waite, of the board of general appraisers at New York city. It is understood that lie commission's principal business will be to study the systems of foreign countries with which the administration has already closed new commercial and tariff arrangements, or with which it wishes to do so within the next year. The Weekly Tribune, the largest j and b?st newspaper in the county for $1.50 per year.

REMONSTRANCE FILED. Bourbcn Township Goes Dry. A remonstrance wis tiled in the County Auditor's office Friday evening containing the names of 335 voters against' the granting of liquor licenses. Eli Wagner's license expires and it is expected that he will again apply next Monday and the remonstrance war secured to prevent Wagner from continuing his saloon business. As the number of remonstrators is 30 in excess of the number required, it is more than likely that Bourbon township will be dry for two years at least.

His Unfilled Place, Richard Mansfield's place on the American stage will not be filled easily. Chicago Tribune. No, and for that matter it will not be filed at all. Nobody will try to fill it, nobody has, thought of auch Ji thing', as. iiHing ,it,.iuoboly.,has over .supposed there was any occasion for trying to fill it. Like every other man whose life is not lived in vain. Mansfield left a vacancy in many places that he filled. No successor to one that is dead and gone exactly fills' his place. The place he fills is his'own and not another's. Especially is this true of the exceptional mind, and even more especially o fthe artist. It would be as fitting to speak of Lincoln's place, or Florence Nightingale's, or Helen Gould's as it wouH be to peak of filling Shelley's place, or Rosa Bonbcur's, or Adelina Patti's, or Richard Mansfield's. It is a curiously but happily not a general notion that when the great man dies somebody or bodies must be standing around with the conviction requires instant qualification to fill his place. , He filled his place and it is full. There is another place for each to fill, each in his own way. Indianapolis Star. Punishment for Land Frauds. A United States district judge in California has sentenced two of the men connected with western land frauds to ten years' imprisonment in jail, with an accompanying fine of $1,000. The news of this penalty will be received with satisfaction everywhere. The frauds have contrnued for a long time. Prominent men have been connected with them and powerful influences have been active to protect those who have been active to protect those who have been accused of participation. In some instances the guilty parties have been permitted to go free. In other cases there have been small fines and a minimum penalty in the shape of imprisonment. When large amounts of money are involved and farreaching conspiracies for exploiting lands a small fine or im risonmcnt for a day o two have had no terrors. But a ten years' sentence is different. That is a real penalty. A few such cases will clear up the situation wonderfully. If the spirit gets abroad to punish the big offenders, there will be more care taken. Even if the imprisonment and fining of these two men represent but a small part of the punishment which should be meted out, there will be general satisfaction with the action of the court in making the penalty severe. There has been too much leniency in the past Caterpillar Bite May Kill Following a crusade by a Warsaw minister aginst the wearing of short s!eeves by women Mrs. .Hugh Kin gery is in a critical condition as a re sult of being bitten by a large caterpillar, which dropped from a tree upon her bare arm Friday while walking. An instant later, and be fore she had an opportunity to remov! the object she felt a sharp sting and discovered that she had been bitten. Mrs. Kingery is under the care of a physician. The poison from the bite has spread throughout her arm, which is swollen toi twice its natural size4 and it is feared that the poison may spread to the entire system and cause death.' Wa Entitled to a Pension. ' That veracious journal, the Milford Mail, tells of an old soldier who recently applied for apension: We asked him on what grounds he ipplied. His answer was, "Fright." He said at Pittsburg Landing he had every button shot off his coat. This he stood fai.ly well, but when the next shot cur his suspenders and let his pants down, then he was skecrcd. Late he asked for in increase, and when we asked on what ground he said "More fright." He said he v.. scared more than he thougnt, lor atter his supenders were shot off he learned that the Red Cross ladie were just to his left. Strikes in Germany. The year l!o was an exceptionally peacefully one, in the industrial sense;- in Amer'ca. Official and l.nbo. reports agreed thai it had seen few strikes of any importance, and even the number of minor and local difficulties, quickly adjusted,, was comparatively stiiall. Unfortunately this year, it is already plain, will have a icss civiable strike record. Not. only will the reports show more industrial disputes than last year, but their character and proportions will be far less favorable. Gaiiöfy Refused a Parole. Gov. Hanly refused a parole to Nathaniel Gandy, sentenced to a term of two to fourteen years front this county, Nov. 14, 1904, for criminal assault. Gandy is ir the Jeffersonville reformatory. Wantdd Hay and Straw in quantities to be baled on premises. Will pay best market prices. See me at Wickizer & Bondurant Co.'s office over Plymouth State Bank. aug22wtf Elijah Cannon.

g PASSING OF THE OLD SYS- g & TEM OF LENDING AND IN- tf VESTING PUBLIC FUNDS 8 8 FOR BENEFIT OF INTER- tt JS ESTED OFFICIALS. 8 & &' 5S VS f JS I Special Correspondence. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept '".Indiana

is now entirely without branch banks, according to announcements that come from the state auditor's office. Several weeks ago Auditor Billheimer ordered all the state and private brauet banks closed pursuant to an opinion by Attorney General James Bingham to the, effect that they were without lawful. existence For several days folllowlng the orcV er anonymous letters were received at the office tellling of banks that were tn operation .'"on the sly," but the auditor " huhfedf' dorn,l'the" banks "aad forced them to close. A total of eight branch banks closed their doors, the last being the branch bank operated by the People's State bank at Brownstown. This action was taken under a law enacted by the recent legislature which the Democratic politicians and editors delighted to criticise. This law has speedily enabled the auditor to rid the state of a dangerous and very undesirable class of banks where the people's money was not always safe. ; "System" Hss Short Life, It will be '.only a short time until the complete passing of the old system of lending 'and investing public funds for the benefit of the officials will be witnessed. It will be a great day for the Republican party whose representatives took the initiative for the purification of public offices. Almost from the earliest history of the state officials entrusted with public funds have Invested them In their ownbthalf. The result of long years of untrammeled growth was that the "system was .deeply Imbedded in the political side of public life. The hope of .obtaining this unfair reward caused"., many, good men to enter politics and do degrading things. Men became' willing law violators just for the sake of reaping a reward that did not belong, to them. f As bad as the "system was its Totarles were numerous "and powerful. When the Republican party took a definite stand against them tn Its platform a great hue and cry went up from one end of the state to the other. Tfctt was the beginning of the end of the system,- however, for in spite of the efforts of the Democrats the Republicans passed the public .depositories law, under which the public and not the officials will receive the investment of all public money. A State Financial Board. The depositories law will become effective Dee, 16. On that day the governor, auditor and treasurer of state will meet In the auditor's office to organize the state board of finances, which shall have charge of finding depositories - for the state's money. The city, county ant township boards of finance will be formed at' the same time, as the new. system is to supplant the old In every ! office. Governor Hanly will be chairman of the state board and Auditor Billheimer secretary. . The opponents' of the new plan predicted during the recent session of the legislature 1 that bankers would refuse to handle the public money, but the indlcstlcms are that there will he strong competition for It. There is no means now of estimating how mach . revenue the various forms of government will reap, but In long-time deposits 3 per cent Interest will be received; In other deposits. 2 per cent. " . The amount Is sure to be sufficient so far as the state's funds here are concerned, to. pay the expenses of many departments. Private BankeXelped. In order that private banks may become public depositories John C. Bill heimer, auditor: of state, Is sending letters to all the banks jn the state. telling them that they may be exam ined in advance of Dec. 1. The letter Is as follows : v "To the Private Banks of Indiana: "It has been decided by the state board of finance' that no bank 'will be accepted under the public depository law of 1907 except such as have been shown by reoent examination to be solvent and In good 'condition. The effect of this decision, is that private banks desiring to accept the benefit of the depository law must be examined by me through the hank department before they can do, so. Under the law of 1S07 governing private banks the ex aminatlons of such banks will not be commenoed.untU Dec 1. at the samt time the depository law becomes effecA. W tive. As a matter ' of convenience to any private baak. desiring to act under the depository law I will arrange to ex amine It in advance on receipt of a request therefor, and an agreement to pay the statutory, fee for examination. In order to prevent a rush In December, I suggest that such requests be sent to me early." Auditor Billlehelmer saye that up to date forty private banks have asked that they be examined before Dec. 1. The belief is growing that this new pleoe of Republican legislation will not only do away with a pernicious system, but will give the public more assurance thai its money Is handled lafcly. MARRIED. Reed-Collins. Ashford G.' .Reed of the state of Washington and Mrs. Margaret Collins, widow ofrthe late CaptiTn Joseph Collins-of- this city, were married in the' comnty clerk's office, Tuesday, September 2, by Mayor Logan. The bride .is an estimable lady, 73 years of age and her husband is a retired farmer of Washington, aged 75 years. The marriage va a Mir prise to the many friend of the bride in this city. They will make their home 'in' Washington. Marriage Licenses. Ora C. Kleckner and Maude Shaw, Harry W. McWhorter and Lola M. Thillips, Neal T. Craft and Tellio G. Baker, Ashford G. Reed and Margaret Collins, Oliver W. Rothcrs and Theresa Schule. Lewis B. Staley to Susan McLaren, Ora C. Kleckner to Maud Shaw.

Plan Peace in Far South. President Roosevelt and President Diaz simultaneously have telegraphed notes to the presidents of the five republics of Central America, offering the good offices of the United States and Mexico in bringing about a conference of the republics for a discussion of plans to maintain peace. The announcement that this action had been taken was made Wednesday by Acting Secretary Adee of the State Department. The exact time of sending the notes was not made known, but it is possible that replies from some of the countries already have reached Washing-ton, and it is believed that all will be there within a short time. Mr. Adee late Wednesday received Minister Godoy, charge d'affaires of the Mexican Embassy, and they conferred at length concerning the steps taken looking ta the settlement of Central American disputes, and

would admit that the Central American republics had been: invited to hold the conference at Washington, but Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, is. authoriy for the statement that such an invitation soon will be extended. In fact, he telegraphed President Zelaya to that effect. . In Washington diplomatic circles it is said that none of the Central American republics can afford not to accept the proffers, of mediation made by the United States and Mexico and that this means that permanent peace practically is assured. Pay Many Millions for Music America is a land of music. There ran be noidoubt of the accuracy of the statement in the face of the statistics made public by the census bureau. In 1905 there were C23 establishments engaged in the manufacture of musical instruments, with 35,220 employes, art aggregate capital of $72,223,379, and turning out manufactured products to the value of $09, 574,40. Illinois ranks second to New York, its output being valued at $13,997,728. New York's is $24,277,927. New York's lead is in the manufacture of pianos. Of the 231,957 turned out in 1905, New York produced 82,5."2 and Illinois 42,933. Illinois leads in the manufacture of reed organs with 57,219 cf the 114,675 produced. The Square piano is practically obsolete. None was manufactured for the trade in 1905, and only fortythree made on special orders. Mystery in Woman's- Death. Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs. Josephine Griffin at the county jail at South Bend. The entire police force has been working on the case but none of the puzzling features can be unraveled. In an unconscious condition and with her body covered with bruises, the woman was tossed from a buggy in front of the county infirmary last Sunday. The rig was then driven rapidly away and no trace of it can be found. Mrs. Griffin was unconscious when picked up and when she rallied was insane, not being able to give the authorities any clew as to her relatives or the circumstances under which she reached the county asylum. The only statement she could make was as ta her name. Success. There are in every successful career at least two phases of success. The first achieved when the ideals are erected and faith crowns them with- success; the second when the plans of idealistic faith are carried to successful achievement. The course of human endeavor is strewn with the wrecks of those who have tried to induce success without any fixed idea as to just what they wish to accomplish or who have abandoned the old ship of high ideals when the seductive waves of opportunism have- encompassed them. The most successful are those who possclss themselves of the highest ideals and fight most persistently to attain them. This is true in cverj' line of endeavor. Three Congressmen on Onion Day. Wolf lake, a small town, nin; miles from Columbia City, is making great preparations for "Onion day,'' set for August 23rd. There will be speeches by Congressman Gilhams. Watson and Adair; Gilhams in the forenoon; Watson in the r.ftrn.-on and Adair at night. Competiri r. s to best displays of onions is open to the world. Wolf Lake people believe they have Oneida county, New Y-rk beaten in quality of onions produced, and so have offered a prize from which no competition is barrel. Two ball games and a horse race wil' add to the attractions of the day;. Last year 5,000 people attended Onion da v. and this year a larger crowd is .:- pected. Worth More Than Land The Inmates of the Marion county poor farm finishe'd gathering the crop of onions at that institution Wednesday afternoon ,and incidentally revealed a bit of profitable farming that would probably be hard to equal. Half an acre, valued at about $200 an acre, was planted with onions. Wednesday it was found the ground had yielded just 200 bushels oi onions, valued at about $325, or more than three times the value of the ground. The onions will be used at the insitution during the coming winter. Miss Ida Boyer Married. Miss Ida Boyer a former residen! of this city, and Mr. Harvey A. Teeter of South Rend, were married at at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyer, Batavia, 111., a few days ago. An elaborate wedding dinner followed the cere mony and Mr. T eter and his bride are now on a wedding tour in Michigan. Thej will be at home in South Bend after Ooctober 1, " 1

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FURNISHED BY GRESNR & GOJTflNy Owners of tbe only Abstract Books ia the county. Abstract oi title to sil lands in Marshall county compiled promptly and accurately. JacobLower and wife to Gustus, Snyder, part of ne q of nw q sec 9 tp 34 r l; $125. William II. Huff and wife to Clinton J. Keyser and wife, lots; 4 and 5 blk 7 Huffs add Bremen; $250. William F. Dctwiler and wife to Lawrence Myers, part of lot 17G Polk & Serings' add Plymorrth; $2500. Amanda McFeely to Harvey McFeely, lot in sec 16 tp 32 r i; $300. Alonzo A Schoonover q c d to David A Kamp and wife, 20 acres in sw q of se q sec 19 tp 32 r 3; $1500. David Kamp to Osro Flitch er, 20 acres in sw q of se q sec 19 tp 32 r 3; Ola Kamp and hus , to Alonzo A Schoonover, 20 acres in sw q of sc'q sec 19 tp 32 r 3; $1500. : Isaac Purdy to David and aMry L Purdy, ne q oi se q sec 7 tp 33 r 4; $3000. Wesley Balsley and wife q c d to Clem Balsley, aprt of se q and sw q sec 32 tp 35 r 3 also n hf of ne q sec 5 tp 34 r 3 also w hf of ne q sec 5 tp 34 r 3 also w hf of ne q sec 14, tp 34 r 2 also nw q of nw q sec 4 tp 34 r 3 also e hf of sw q of sec 25 tp 35 r 1; $1500. Noah Leland and wife to Edwin S Turner und hf of 48 acres in ne q sec 11 tp 32 r 2; $1500. French Await Moorish Attacks. Latest news from Tangier says lhit Gen. Drude feels confident that h can repulse any attack of the natives with the force now under his command. He has so arranged his outposts that surprise is impossible and the warships have their guns trained fin t Tl r rillt ctrirfcf r-f tti rltw rsir1ir an instant's: notice to open fire on any attackers. The search for hidden loot is still poing on, and" a great quantity has been recovered. The French soldiers who yielded to temptation and helped themselves to valuable articles have been compelled to give up their plunder. The British in the city suffered most from the looting by the natives and will make a demand for comperation for their losses'. There much suffering now on account Oif the scarcity of food among the poorer classes. The prices demanded for the necessities of life are prohibitive, as far as the poor are concerned. ' Gen. Duchesne who commanded the French army at Madagascar, in an interview, estimated that it would require the services of 50,000 troops tot restore order in Morocco. France, however, does not intend to send any more troops than are absolutely necessary. She is not seeking conquest, but will insist on the observance of all her rights, and that the Sultan put his house in order. France will stay in Moirocco until her terms have been complied with. According to Gil Bias, the Spanish and French troops have gone to Morocco to stay. First they will .subdue the natives and in the end will keep the country. t ' Poe to Recruit Foreign Legion for Honduras. A cablegram received at Mexico City, from San Salvador says that Capt. John H. Poe who was at one time well known as a Princeton foot ball player and who recently has been fighting in the Honduran army, has left Salvador on the steamer San Juan fojr San Francisco, where he proposes to recruit a "forcigir legion to take part in the expected war between the Central American States. Poe held the rank of captain with the Hondurans. The best sources of information in Mexico City unite in declaring that trouble in Central America is certain. Guatemala and Salvador will be arrayed aginst Honduras and Nicaragua. President Figueroa, of Salvodor, and President, Cabrra, of Guatemala, have agreed that peace is impossible so long as Zelaya remains president of Nicaragua. Hie, Square DetaL Thr Fort Wayne News says: The independent oil operators, apparently encouraged by the awful swat given the Standard in the federal courts, have held a meeting and will inaugurate a crusade for a radical reduction in the freight rates on oil. It is not likely that in this endeavor they will enlist much public aid or even sympathy. What the people are interested in is not a cheaper freight rate on oil, but in the establishment of a non-discriminrtinff rate. They, want to see the independent operators get the same rate that the Standard gcts and it is likely that this will be affected! without a crusade run the'r part. A few more decisions such as th'it rendered by Judge Landis will entirely eliminate the rebate business. Indeed, there is probably nolf necessity for "a few more," The one already on record ought to suffice. Fear the United States, Trof. Bernard Moses ot the University of California, returning from a vear's sojourn in South America, I clijscs ,thcre is no reason to fear a South American alliance against the United States. Brazil, Argentine, Boliva and interior countries" he ays, "may have cause to fear the United States, the recent trouble n Gaute mala giving rise to the suspicion that Mexico and the United Stites may combine to control the western hemisphere but commercial relations will prevent any united action' on the part oi the southern countries against this counry. They could nat afford the loss in trade which would follow." Professor Moses dechre tha American diplomats, except at R!j Janciroo, are generally surpassed in ability by southern statesman.