Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 September 1907 — Page 1

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PLYMOUTI RIBUNE HIP Recorders' )tTirC f, hnr, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1907. toliimi: VI NO. 49

In Prison ialf a Life; OutAfter servir ; sixteen years in state's prison me-half of her life Mrs. Wilhelm! ; a Baehr ws set at liberty Friday y the pardon of the governor of W. vconsin. She entered prison a girl v'fe, ignorant of the law, unable to speak English. She left it a broken, faded woman. Half of her life had been sacrificed to the greed of a husband old enough to

have been her grandfather. In 1891 Wilhelmina came to Wisconsin from Germany. She was then scarce 15 years old. Her parents took a farm in the woods, in Shawano, county, and a few months afterward she married a widower named Baehr, because her parents: told her to. Baehr was twenty-five or thirty years her senior and had children odder than she. lie was known as a grasping man, willing to do anything to get money. Wilhelmina became his household drudge. One night a traveler, Michael Sells, stopped at the Baehr home for the nigM. Apparently he had money. The greed of Old Man Baehr was excited and he resolved to put Sells out of the way. Accordingly, he told Wilhelmina to put poison in the food she gave Sells for supper. She did so and Sells died the next day. Confronted with arrest, Baehr put tr?e whole blame on his child wife and she was accused of the crime and put in jail. When her trial was called her husband advised her to plead guilty, telling her that if she did so she would escape with a light sentence in jail. The girl Iid as she was told. Instead of giving her a light jail sentence the judge sentenced her to state's prison for life. Even then she did not realize how great her punishment was to be, and on the fay that she was taken to prison she old her friends she would be back in seven months. Soon after she entered the state penitentiary her husband committed suicide, driven to it, it is claimed, by remorse for his act in compelling his wife to poison Sells. After his death the casr oif the girl wife in the state penitentiary was forgotten and she was left without friends. Two weeks ago several wealthy and influential citizens of Oconto county interested themselves in her behalf and a petition fofr her pardon reciting the facts in the case was laid before Gov. Davidson, He investigated for himself and became ccrvinced that justice had been satisfied. While it was proven that Wilhelmina actually put poison in the food of the guest, the fact that her hus band commanded her to commit the crime, that she was almost a child. ignoirant, and afraid of her husband weighed in her favor. It is believed she would never have been convicted, or at least would never have received so severe a sentence, had all the facts been brought out in a trial. Her plea of guilty, however, made the trial only a fotrmality. Mrs. Baehr will return to Shawano county, where those of her people who are still alive reside, and begin anew a life so sadly interrupted. She was a model prisoner, and learned to speak, read, and write English during the sixteen years she was in prison. The Indispensable Cow. More than 21,000 000 cows are milk ed in this country every day. That means much work for many men, many women and many children. It also means hundreds of millions of dollars of capital invested, manv, miU lions in profits to the dairymen and oceans of expense to the consumer But we must have milk and butter or life would not be worth the living and -we can not have these without the cow. The statisicians at Washington furnish us some startling fig ures on the subject. The annual out put of the country is 70,000.000,000 pounds, allowing an average of 3,500 oounds of milk to each cow. Over half of this product is required in making butter, a billion pounds goes into condensed milk, three billion in to cheese, while the rest goes to the calves, is sold a? crram or drank by the- people. There is enough to give each person nearly a pound, or a good-sized tumbler full, though many of course get much more than their share. In addition to this milk, each individual is supposed to eat twenty pounds of butter a year and with all our cowSj creameries and farms we cannot quite supply the demand, which necessitates the annual importation of about 45,000 pounds. New Candidate for President. And so Lieutenant Governor Chanler of New York is to be put forward as the choic- of the South for the Democratic presidential nomination Chanler was on the Hearst ticket last November. Hearst was beaten, but Chanler had abor 10,000 votes tc spare. He is spoken of as a man of excellent qualities of mind and heart. It might be well to inquire into his career and the trend of his mind on the issues of the day. Gives $10,000 for New Home. The Rev. Walter Clark of Cassopolis, Mich., has donated $10,000 toward the establishment at an old people's home to be controlled by the Brethren churclv The announcement of the gift was made at the closing session of the annual national conference of the Br-thren church at Winona. The conference also did away with the name "Progressive which has hitherto prefaced the title "Brethren." i I . i .

Canadians? Attack Foreigners. Following a riot Saturday evening in Vancouver, B. C, in which Chinatown and the Japanese quarters were raided and damage done approximating $13,000, a further demonstration occurred in which Kicki Yiro Ishii, chief of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce and head of the Japanese consular Saburo Hisamidzu, of Seattle,

were the central figures and in which riot a number of people were bruised and injured by broken boitles and flying bricks in the hands of a frenzied mob. Earort Ishii and Consul Hisamidzu finally made their escape from the mob and a report of the affair was immediately cabled to Tokio. Coincident with the riot was the ar rival of a steamship having on board at least five hundred Japanese. With a common impulse the mob surged to the water front and as soon as the Japanese came down the gangplank they were met by the rioters. Seven or eight of the Japanese were unceremoniously picked up and thrown into Burrard inlet. Still further rioting occurred when crowd of four thousand laborers started on the warpatht but these were finally quelled by the police af ter about twenty arrests had been made. Sunday night Chinatown was roped off and the quarters of the Orientals were guarded by the police. Baron Ishii gave out an interview in which he stated that he had cabled to Ambassador Kanako at London apprising him of the stirring events there. Indemnity from the city to the amount of $23,000 will be claimed. Mayor Bethune declares the indemnity will not be paid and the affair will be taken up with the dominion government. Saturday night's rioting was the worst in the history of western Canada, and international complications are looked for. Baron Ishii visited the . United States for the purpose of investigating the recent ani-Japanese demonstrations in San Francisco. While this was given out as the specific, abject of his visit, it was generally understood " that his mission was to make a thorough study of the whole Japanese question in the United States and to ascertain the cause and extent of whatever prejudice might exist against the Japanese. He spent some time in San Francisco, and, after traveling through the country, came to Brjtish Colunbia, where the conditions arising from the recent in flow of Jappnese and Hindoos into the Northwest has caused a serious disturbance of labor conditions. Gum Forest to Be Profitable. There has developed throughout southern California a renewed inter est in the planting of eucalyptus trees for commercial purposes. It is said by those who have kept in close tauch with the situation that several million young trees will be planted during the ensuing year. George B. Southard of Riverside, declares that within a few years this timber industry will be quite an im portant industry in fact as important as the raising of citrus fruits. Mr. Southard will plant 100,000 youn trees in the spring. These will be sugar, red and blue gums, varieties suitable for fuel, telegraph poles, and railroad ties. The Sante Te has made good progress on its eucalyptus ranch in San Diego county, and the success of the. Whiting forest near El Toro, is well known. One of the latest , movements fot the development of this timber in dustry is the formation of the Eu calyptus Timber company of Los Angeles, with a capital of $50,000. W. S. Thatcher is president. Thi company, which has just established offices ?.t Los Angeles has purchased ltH00 acres of land in Tulare county, and pl.'.nted red gums on every acre. The planting will be begun in Febru ary, after the ground has become well saturated from the winter rains Nursery headquarters are to be maintained at Greening Station, be tween Los Angeles and Whittier. A that point there are noiw growing more than 600,000 young red gum trees, and in addition, the compan" has purchased 1,250,000' trees of the same variety. Growths made in 1 ulare county, on small ranches, have proven tha the conditions there tor the rapid development of the trees are excel lent. Seven year old trees now meas tire twenty inches in diameter and arc bcig cut for telephone poles and domestic uses. Bribery Case Continued. The case of State of Indiana vs Shel Leland, for bribery was held in Justice Young's court Tuesday, and was continued until next Monday. I is claimed by the prosecution tha Leland offerekl Mrs. Leiter fifty dol lars to move her family out of town Mrs. Leiter and her two daughter are the principal witnesses agains Liberty Cross, who is awaiting tria for attempted rape. ' Leland's bond was set at $75. Editor Would Go to Congress. Charles W. Stivers, editor of the Liberty Herald, has authorized the statement that he will be a candidate for congress1 in the Sixth distric subject to the decision of the Repub lican nominating convention.

Ministers Assigned by Northwest

Indiana Conference. The northwest Indiana conference of th M. E. church closed its fiftyfifth session at Grecncastle, Monday. All interest centered in the appoint ments which were read by Bishop McDowell shortly before noom. The greatest interest naturally centered n the name of the successor of the Rev. E. A Schcll as presiding elder of the Crawfordsvillc district, whooc term of six years, as limited by the Methodist church law, has expired; The Rev. W. E. McKenzie, formerly a pastor in Plymouth, was chosen by Bishop McDowell to succeed the Rev Mr. Schcll and the appointment met with much favor. The Rev. Mr. Schell will go to Laporte to become he pastor pf the church there. Hundreds of Methodists who went to Grecncastle to enjoy Sund' y at the conference remained over vlonday to hear the appointments) read and witness the closing session of the conference. Every Grecncastle church, both white and colored, had a new face in its pulpit Sunday and ministers pf the conference were in vited to preach in all the Protestant churches and large congregations assembled in all of them. The following are the ministers selected for this, the South Bend district: Paul C. Curnick, presiding elder; Argos, D. A. Rogers; Bringhurst, J. K. Wyant; Burnet tsville, C. C. Harrold; Camden, C. W.. Ferris; Culver, Wayne Nicely; Delphi, A. W. Wood; bcervillage, David Handley; Flora, Frank Hovis; Hamlet, Julian .Ran kin; Idaville, J. J. Thompson; Kewanna, T. J.j Reder; Knox, E. V. Strecker; Laporte, E. A. Schell; Laporte circuit, H. L. Phillips; Leiters Ford, T. B. Markin; Lucerne, C. P Beebe; Monticello, J. M. Brown; New Carlisle, A. t IL Lawrence; North Liberty, U. M. Creath; Ply. mouth, J. M. Palmer; Richland Cen ter, W. L. Spencer; Rochester, J. G. Campbell; Rolling Prairie, Supplied; Royal Center, W. C. Aye; South Bend, First Church, M. H. Appleby and Samuel Beck; Grace, F. W. Hixon; Lowell Heights, W. R. Mikels; River Park, M. J. Perdue; St. Paul Memorial, W. F. Hovis; South Bend circuit, S. C. Rogers; Union Mills, R. D. Utter; Walkerton, H. P. Ivey; Yoeman, C. H. Hickman. Morocco to Pay France for War. Morocco must pay heavily for the massacre at Casablanca and the mili tary operatios following. After a meeting of the cabinet Monday morning Premier Clemenceau an nounced that the ministers had ex amined into the question of indem nities arising from the assassinations at Casablanca on July 30 and also from the pillaging that took place after the massacre and the repression of the trouble. The ministers, the premier said, looked into the precedents, notably the bombardment of Alexandria by the British in 18S2, and they had de cided to hold the Moroccan govern ment responsible for all indemnities, the smount of which, it was thought. should be settled by an international commission. The assassinations at Casablanca on July 30 marked the actual begin ning of what has now developed into a war. The Chaouis tribe entered t the town on that day, killed two guardians of the port six French res idents, three Spaniards, and1 one Italian, and looted a large number of shops and private Billings. Germany's reply to the French note relative to the formation of a Moroccan police from French and Spanish troops says that Germany assumes that the measure proposed is merely of a provisional character and without prejudice to the terms of the Algeciras convention. The reply of Germany calls atten tion to the opinion off the German representatives at Tangier that the appearance of foreign police there and at other Moroccan ports at the present moment is likely to result in the mountain tribes attacking the cities, with consequent danger to the lives and property of Europeans, un less efficient military support for the police is provided. In regard to the German claims for damages sustained! at Casablanca no difficulties, it is asserted, are like ly to arise. Quick Cure for Diphtheria. Announcement of the discovery of an antitoxin that will kill diphtheria germs in the living human organism within the short space of' three min utes has been made at the Ohio State university by Prof. Blylie, physiolog ical chemist. The discovery is ac credited to Theodore Wolfram, i German chemist now living in Co lumbus, Ohio. The antitoxin is ap plied by infusion ind can be applie( in any' quantity to the yoiungest pa ient. In Honor of Sauerkraut. The Iowa people are the only ones in th. world .who celebrate a festi val in honor of sauerkraut. This vear it comes on September 2f, and all who delight in this delicacy may fill full by attending at Webster City on the date named. Hundreds of quarts will be served at tables laid all along the principal streets. The object of "Sauerkraut Day" is to show the world that omoig its many farm productions, the Iowans give cabbage high rank, not yielding even to Holland or Germany. '

Opportunity Rather Than Salary.

That opportunity should be rated higher than salary by the young man entering business life is the opinion of John A. Howland in a recent arti cle. Rather an opportunity to rise than an extra dollar or two in the pay envelope. Among mechanics the piece-work system that prevails in many large factories is a detriment to progress. The young man without experience may sit down at an automatic machine and in a few days be come expert enough to earn a con siderable wage. Immediately all pos sibility of his ever becoming an ap prentice to the trade of machinist is blasted' out. Unless a young man may' have trained for a profession or specialized occupation, too little thought is given to the post-graduate training that should come to every one by association with an establish ed business where the imprint of practical business: methods is plainly visible. In seeking a position for this training, avoid a one-man es tablishment where the head of the house is supreme authority and the subordinates have no direct respon sibilities, for it is by assuming responsibilities that the ambitious man progresses. An example of this sort of young man is the general manager of -one of the vast mail order establishments of Chicago, who is ony twenty-seven now and entered the employ of the same firm when he was seventeen. It requires sometimes more lib erality in an employer to give oppor tunity to a young man than it does to endow a church or a hospital. Op portunity and a generous compensation combined at first thought appear to be anjdeal arrangement, but it is passible that such a condition would tend to lower the effort to attain greater things. South Bend Times. Alton To Go Free in Oil Rate Case. When Judge Landis reconvenes the Federal Court, Nov. 24, the special grand jury empanelled to investigate alleged infractions of the Elkins rate law by the Chicago & Alton Railroad will be discharged. The Chicago & Alton will not be prose? xuted for its participation in the re bates given the Standard Oil Company and for which the Standard Oil Company was recently fined $29,240,000 by Judge Landis. There is not the slightest difference or otherwise between District Attorney Edward W. Sitfif Chicago and Attorney General Bonaparte. Neither Mr. Sims nor Mr. Bonaparte is to resign nor are they to be cenuT".d by the President for the action taken by Mr. Sims when, on Tuesday last, he got Judge Landis to postpone further action in the Alton case. "Th ere never was the slightest misunderstanding between the attorney general and myself," said Mr. Sims, at his father's home in Bay City Sunday night. "I had rcceived'Mr. Bonaparte's letter of instructions prior to the opening of court Tuesday last with directions for me to read it to the grand jury. Because I did not do so it has been said I was in danger of being removed." It developed in Chicago Monday night that the person in the greatest peril was ex-District Attorney Chas. B. Morrison, now a special legal representative of the Government. It was Mr. Morrison, so the information instructs, who,-without authority from any one of the departmental heads from Washington, gave the Chicago & Alton its promised nolle prosequi. Mr. Morrison has been East to confer with Mr. Bonaparte, who is still his superior officer. Americans' See Gexman Army. The American officers who arc attending the German army maneuvers in Cassel, Germany as the guests of Emperor William were ten hours in the saddle Monday, riding up and down the lines, which extended nearly twenty-five miles, under the guidance of Major von Kocrner, the German military attache at Washington, who. had been detailed to attend the American officers. The latter left the imperial party and visited as much of the maneuver ground as the day's maneuvering would allow and reached a fine position for seeing the only engagement of the day, an infantry encounter between the tenth division of the Tenth Corps and a division of the Seventh Corps. The general impression formed by the Americans was that the German army is a splendid fighting machine. Some of the regiments did twentytwo to twenty-four miles during the day, marching with full equipment. All the men engaged hjd been training six weeks for the arduous work of the maneuvers sometimes going twenty-five mile marches sevcal times weekly. That, however, is true of all the troops in Germany. Emperor William bivouacked in the field. Baker in Europe. O. A. Baker better known as "Cig arette" Baker, who has been a nonresident of Marion since Representative Ananias- Baker exposed him in the house of the state legislature as a briber, is sojourning in Europe with his wife. It is said that he is abroad as a representative of the to bacco trust in whose employ he was at the time he took his hasty depart ore from Indiana and the United States.

Civil War in Morocco. Europe is now face to face with a state of civil war in Morocco, the dominion of which France and Spain essay to restore order and punish outlawry. Sultans Abd-el-Aziz and Mulai Hafiz, are reported oi have left the rival capitals, Fez and Morocco City, at the head of armies which had been levied in haste and which may decide within a fortnight the destiny of Morocco's monarchy. . The two sultans arc sons of the same father. They are daily issuing passiojiate appeals to the patriotism and rclignus enthusiasm of the nation, each denouncing rival as worse than an infidel and a traitor to Islam. Meanwhile the powers have not decided whether to recognize Mulai Hafiz as sultan of the south, seemingly awaiting the result of the appeal to the arbitrament of civil war. The irnmcdiate objective of these forces is the ancient city of Rabat, on the Atlantic seaboard, the prior possession of which great center of western Islam's national life probably would have an important if not a decisive bearing upon the struggle for supremacy. Half way between Fez and Morocco City, Rabat is the natural frontier port, dividing northern and fou.hern Morocco, and there the interest of the situation centers for the moment. The best way out of the difficulty is for Paris and Berlin to get tor gether and settle the new problem without outside co-operation. Very large supplies of arms and ammunition are reaching the Moroccan coast and the German gunmakers are not second in the business. Germany is wary of France, and France has quite ä task on its hands fn subdueing the rival Moors who may be likened to a quarreling man and wife, in that they will both join in van attack on the invading armies, whenever the oppoprtune moment arrives.

Message To Teachers In his first bulletin to the teachers of the state; for the school term of 1907-1003, issued Saturday, Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent - of public instruction, discussed the new standard for teachers and points out that inasmuch as the teacher is the school, he or she should attend to every duty, however slight, and not let a single opportunity go by without seizing upon it for the improv -ment of the school. Regarding this question Superintendent Cotton says: "The school exists for the child, but the teacher is the supreme factor in the School as an organization. This can not be written too large or too often. The school will be just as big, just as good, just as progressive just as successful, just as scholarly, just as cultured as the teacher. These new laws seem to tecognize this. If ever opportunity knocked at the door of the Indiana teacher it is knocking now. One thing he has to do, and that is to make good. This is the year of all years, to show what work and intelligence can do. Success now means almost anything in the gift of the people and a profession that is secure. For the first time in the history of education there was practical unanimity, for an advance in the wages and conditions of teachers and an advance was made. Whether this shall continue depends upon the teacher, Attention to "duty, close study of educational problems n their academic and professional pects, high regard for the welfare of the community and lofty ideals these can bring another advance t the calling. And this is the message of the department to every teacher in the state. Make this year the best year in the history of education. Bloody Clash is Feared. That the Mexican and United States Governments expect trouble on the Rio Grande border from socalled revolutionists about Sept. 15, the anniversary of Mexican independence is evident, for precaution is being taken to prevent any disturbances. Last year there were several demonstrations on the border about this time and arrests were made at Douglas and Naco, Ariz, and El Paso, l agle Pass, Laredo, Del Rio and San Antonio, Texas, and some of the prisoners taken at that time are still in custody. Antonio Villarcal, now in jail in Los Angclcs,and wanted in Sf. Louis, is one of these. To prevent a recurrence of the troubles of last year th Mexican border is being patroled by troopsi and secret service officers of the American Government at the request of Mexican Cover iment are watching the movements of. certain Mexicans in the American towns along the border. Dispatches from San Antonio state that a detail of United States troops has been made to parol the border until after the Mexican celebration. Carriage Makers in Combine. Carriage manufacturers of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois have formed an organization tO be called the National Association of Carriage Manufacturers, the purpose of which as stated is to control the prices f their product. An advance of 10 per cent to the trade has already been declaredL . i 1 i

Latest Theory of Appendicitis. That there has been an increase in the last generation or less seems fully established. Some investigators have thought that the increase was not in the disease itself, but in the accuracy of the diagnosis. Such investigations as that of Dr. Fenwick into the post-mortem examinations of the London Hospital are, however, not compatible with this interpretation. Dr. Fenwick found in forty years prior to 1884 only nineteen cases of trouble in the appendix shown in the hospital's records. The latest theory as to the reason for the increase in the disease has been advanced by Dr. W. H. Battle, surgeon to St. Thomas' Hospital in London. It is, in short, that when the roller process for making wheat flour was introduced, particles of iron began to be common in flour and that these particles, finding their way into the appendix, would form the neucleus for concretions that make the trouble. Such concretions were once commonly described as grape or apple seeds but are now recognized in the great majority of cases to be of entirely different character, being formed inside the appendix around some minue neucleus and not carried in from without. The surgeon does not claim that all appendicitis is due to the presence of such concretions, nor that iron particles are the nuclei in all cases where concretions do occur, but only that the great increase of appendicitis, is very probably due to the prevalence of iron particles in rolled flour. The remedy is not, as some flippant persons may think, the abandonment of the use of wheat flour, but instead the compulsory purification of flour from iron particles. This can be accomplished by the use of magnets as the flour passes from the rollers to the bags.

High School Reform Advocated. The superintendent of the Kansas City public schools is ah earnest opponent of the tendency to make high schools mere feeders or preparatory schools to colleges and universities instead of institutions" that fit students for life and are complete in themselves, and has recently said some forcibJe things on the subject to teachers in Cincinnati and elsewhere. He declares that formerly high school students learned whole subjects, but that now they learn pieces of subjects- that fit into the course of some college or university. The result is, he says, that our boys and girls have a little knowledge of many things, which amounts to little or nothing. Inasmuch as the great majority of pupils do not go to college the high schools turn out to the world a great number of graduates with scrappy educations. "The student," he goes on, "is taught a little grammar, a little geometry, a little Latin, a little botany. He knows a little about the humming bird a little about some flowers. The results reminds me of French soup which is all. flavors and no particular flavor it is- a regular hodge-podge. With this method of education the boy or girl gets nowhere. The mental effort is not great, but even what is put forth is wasted. Freedom for Philippines'. Prince Yi, of Corea, who has returned' to The Hague after his visit to the United States, had some good advice to offer America as to the policy it should pursue in the Philippines. The prince said: "The United States has a golden' opportunity just now of solving the Philippine question, making herself beloved and respected iby the Tagalogs and doing an action which would earn her universal popularity and be in the fullest keeping with her traditional reputation as the champion of freedom. "Give the Filipinas tomorrow their freedom, as' you have done with the Cubans. A policy such as that followed by Great Britain in South Africa is -that which surely pays the best. Announce to the world that the Philippines are to be sell-governed, with the United States as protector, and the Filipinos would thank and glorify you." lA Magazine's Blunder. In .the Century Magazine for September is an account of the last two weeks of President Lincoln's life told by David Homer Bates, at the time olf which he writes, cipher operator in the War Department telegraph office. In the course of the story he speaks of Robert Lincoln and his subsequent career and says: "During President Harrison's first administration he was secretary of war and in his second administration minister to England." It would be difficult to make two greater blunders in so short a sentence. Robert Lincoln's service as secretary of war was during President Arthur's administration, from 1SR1 at 1885, the appointment having been made by Garfield. President Harrison as every schoolboy knows, had but one term of office.

Detective Association Meeting. At the annual meeting of the Marshall County. Detective associatior Saturday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, H. II. Bonh'am; secretary, F. V. Goodyear; treasurer, John A. McFarlin. t - 1

May Have Garyj Girl's Slayer. Jacob Setver, 50 years old a tramp,

under arrest at Crown Point, Ind., is believed by Sheirff F. C. Carter to be the long sought murderer of 10 year old Lizzie Schroeder, who was found dying from a brutal asault in woods near het home in Gar' a few weeks ago. Setver was- captured after an exciting chase by a posse of Gary citizens, led by James Hillman in an automobile, following .n insult to Mrs. James Frank of Gary while she was picking blackberries. He wore blue overalls and slouch hat like the man Ella Schroeder4 sister of the murderer girl, saw near the ' scene of the crime. His shoies were studded with hobnails, such as marked the outStretched hand of the- dead girl. A force of deputy sheriffs is guarding the jail at Crown Pbint to prevent the possibility of a lynching. Mrs. Frank was picking berries two miles south of Gary when Setver stepped from the bushes and came upon her unawares. He made an insulting remark and Mrs. Frank struck him in the face with her fist. The strong woman's defense of. herself frightened the man and he ran. Mrs. Frank hurried to a neighbor ing farm house, where the excitement of her adventure caused her collapse. James Hillman and "Gib" Bullock of Gary, who were driving by, started in pursuit. While following the trail of the fugitive they met a party of Chicago autoists, who volunteered to take Hillman td Gary to arouse the citizens. Hillman spread the alarm through Gary, and a posse of several hundred excited men was soon formed. Hillman, wftfli Marshall Rose and Policeman Williams, in his automobile led the man hunt out into the sand dunes and scrvb timber. In the meantime Bullock, who! was doggedly pursuing the chase alone, ran upon Setver in an unfrequented woodland lane. He recognized him at once from Mrs, Frank's description. He asked Setver if he did not want to ride. He declined the invitation. Bullock thereupon sprang to the ground, threw a revolver intd the tramp's face, ,and ordered him to climb into the buggy. After driving several miles with his prisoner, he fell in with Hillman's ppsse and surrendered Setver to Marshal Rose. There were, cries of "Lynch him" from the crowd, but no violence was offered. The situation looked so threatening after the nej&s of the arrest had been bruited through Gary ; that the prisoner was hustled to Crown. Point. "Setver answers the description of the Schroeder murderer," said! Sheriff Carter. "He admits he was in Gary the day the crime was committed, but is unable to give a clear account of himself. I believe I have the right man at last." Mary Effie Apple. Death Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock claimed the spirit of Miss Mary Effie Apple, the young lady passing away at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jennie Boyer, at River Park. Miss Apple was born at Inwood, Ind., March 1, 1877 and went to River Park about two years ago from Valparaiso. The deceased had been in failing health for the past nine months and recently submitted to an operation for appendicitis. This left her constitution in a weakened condition and when tuberculosis of the throat set in, the end was only a matter of a short time. Miss Apple is survived by the sister mentioned above and by the following four brothers: Everly, of Washington; Charles, of River Park; Bert, of Walkerton, and Arville, of Inwood. The funeral was held at Inwood Monday afternoon. The deceased was a well known and very estimable young lady. Delegates to General Conference, There were some surprises in the election of delegates to the general conference of the M. E. church by the Northwest Indiana conference at Grecncastle, Friday. The ministerial delegates chosen are J. S. Hoaglanti of Greencastle, Edwin A. Schell of Crawfordsville, Paul Curnick of South Bend and G. W. Svvitzer of Lafayette. The lay delegates are Governor Hanly, W. .E. Carpenter of Brazil, Marvin Campbell of South Bend and Dr. Frank Simpson of Romney. Dr. Brown of Plymouth, was expected to enter the race, but did not get any votes. The general conference is held every four years in May. 'The meeting to which these delegates are elected will be held in Baltimore in May 1903 and will be in session four weeks. Jewish New Year 5668. The Jewish New Year 56G8, counting from the Hebraic account of creation began Sunday at sunset and ended Mondoy at sunset. The Reformed or Progressive Jews cele brate only one day, Monday, while the orthodox Jews observe twa days The reason for observing two days as New Year's day is given that in the olden time when there was less accuracy in determining the exact day the event was announcd by the kindling of fires on the hill tops. As rains sometimes extinguished these beacons it became the custom to celebrae two days in otrder to make sure and this custom among the orthodox Jews has continued.

A Hint From Bulgaria. Bulgaria is so young as an independent nation and so far remote from what we are pleased to call the centers of progress that we commonly think of what we can teach her and noit of what, we can learn from ' her. At a recent international congress of school hygiene, however, one of the speakers, an English woman, described the manner of medical inspection of school children universally used in Bulgaria and rtrrommended that its good features be adopted in England, a recommendation which received much approval from her hearers. m Twenty-five years ago only 10 or 12 per cent of the recruits in the Bulgarian army could write. Today 97 per cent, can both read and write, and the remaining 3 per cent, is ctunposed of nationalities other than Bulgarian. The .thoroughness oif this achievement in education is now being paralleled by the thoroughness' of the work of medical inspection, which was commenced four years ago. In each secondary, school a medical practitioner is in attendance as rany hobrs each day as is necessary. In girls' schools this attendant is a woman. There is a consulting1 room in each schorl building fully equipped. v The child on hs first admission to the school is given a thorough physical and medical examination. A complete record of the various tests is made, together wi'th facts about the parents' health and previous diseases. Evv.n the teeth are examined. Such an examination h repeated four times a year in the lower grades and twice a year in the upper grades. Any defects- are reported' to the parents for treatment by the family physician. The medical inspector visits each classroom every day and watches the children. On signs of sickness a child is sent home,' und if necessary made to stay there till well. A special list of pupils suffering from serious disorders, such as heart disease tis made, and special watchfulness toward theftn is maintained. In he girls' schools at Sophia it is said v that not a single case of infectious disease among the day' scholars in three years has got past the coinsult-ing-room and that 'here has been no case among the boarders. All children with tuberculosis- or even predlsposed to it are excluded from the schools and sent either to Sanatoriums or ta the open-air life and tonic treatment of the Colonies Scolaircs, provided for the-r benefit. The medical inspector ir. addition gives instruction in physiology, watches the

gymnasium work and gives special courses to teachers'. Very poor child ren are provided with free medical afttendanc and proper food. The record of each child is kept, in a separate book, and at the end of its school work its complete history from this point of view is on file. Pearl Butten Industry in Northern Indiana. The Bureau of Fisheries at Washington has ordered that an investigation be conducted for the purpose of ascertaining whether the waters in Lake Maxinkuckee are adapted to mussel growing. The rapid decrease in the mussel supply in the rivers of the central West, is seriously affecting pearl burton industry and capitalists interested in the manufacture of buttotns front mussel shells have asked the Government to ascertain whetherthe small interior lakes arc adapted to the production of mussels. If it is found! that mussels thrive irr Lske Maxinkuckee, the Bureau of Fisheries will undertake their propagation there on a large stale. The officers of the bureau have an impression 'that all the small lakes in northern Indiana might be utilized for mussel production purposes. If their ideas prove to be correct they say the time may come when the pearl button industry will thrive in the no.thern Indiana lake region. The lakes of Steuben county,. the officers of the bureau say, art evidently adapted to the growing of mussels and they will be experimented with after tbr possibilities of Lake Maxinkuckee have been tried out Indianapolis News. Relic of Past Naval Glory to bo Sold. When the navy department decided that "battleship No. 2?," sister ehip of the mighty 20,000 ton Delaware, should be named the New York, and the present armored cruiser New York was renamed Saratoga, it sounded the death knell of another famous old American man of war the C5 year old sloop Saratoga. The venerable Saratoga which made a name for itself in the suppression of the sJavc traffic and in the Mexican war, and which had among its commandants such famous sailors as Farragut, Shubrick, and Tatnall, is to be put up at auction, and when the auctioneer shouts "gone," thd old wooden hulk will have passed forever out of the service of the American navy. Millers Announcement. The announcement of the candidacy of Hon. C. W. Miller was made through the Indianapolis1 Star correspondent in the characteristically vigorotfs style oi the aspirant. He plainly says he is not waiting for the nomination for governor, but working for it in the state. In this as in other matters Mr. Miller is hustling, and believes in doing things in the open.

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