Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 September 1907 — Page 4

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Oaly Republican Newspaper in tke Coanty. XJE17DEICZS & COMPANY TELEPHONE No. 27. OFFICE Bissen Building, corner La port e and Center Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Plymouth. Indiana m seaond-dajs matter. Plymouth, IncL, September 19, 1907. Every farmer in Center and North township should turn out on election day and vote down the tax. J J9 Jl The taxpayers of Center township have not forgotten the Vandalia tax voted in 1883. Ihey will not forget the tax to be voted two weeks from next Saturday. J J The Logansport & South Bend interurban railroad propose to start at Plymouth and birild the line to South Bend. It is only two or three miles to the North township line and for this small strip of line they are asking Center township to vote them almost $30,000. This amount in itself will more than buy the right-of-way and build the road for the distance it runs in Center township. Jl Jß J Chicago Not to Have New Charter. By a vote of 121,479 to 59,531 the people of Chicago said they did not want a new charter. Its defeat was overwhelming, unexpected to its fiiends, and discouraging to the men who had worked to give the city the advantages of the proposed act. They always had in mind the possibility that the voters would reject the work of the charter convention and the legislature, but that it shouM be by such figures they had not dreamed. The opposition of the United Societies, with their false idea tihat their personal liberty was endangered, and of the small property owners who feared that their taxes would be raised, aided by the efforts of certain corporate interests which had reasons for disliking the act, proved too hartf to be overcome. Of the 361,968 registered voters, just about one-half, 181,060, took the trouble to vote, and 180,908 had no voice in the settlement of the question. The result proved that in an election commanding the interest of only half the voters the United Societies must be reckoned with in the settlement of a public issue which they make of interest to their membership. M They went in to prove that they possessed such political power and have the satisfaction of knowing that they do possess it however much the demonstration may have been to the injury o the city. The amendment to the Municipal courts act, which was not opposed, managed to escape the slaughter of its companion on the ballot and was adoptetf by a majority1 of 18.7T7 votes. It is doubtful if one voter in twenty wh.) marked his ballot against the Municipal courts act could have given a reason for doing so, but he went to the polls in a destructive frame of mind and made no distinctions. TheTe were not enough negatives, however, to defeat it. One man in every nine who voted on the charter proposition did not have enough interest in the question to vote on the Municipal courts act. Nearly J0.000 voters took the small ballot, made one mark on it, ignored the second question, and voted mere.ly on the main question. These figures are curious examples of the inconsistencies and eccentricities of a popular vote, but they indicate that a small army of men went to the polling places to do one thing, and the general results show that they did it. Chicago Tribune. FinJds Cure For Lockjaw. A case of virulent tetanus, or lockjaw, has been cured by the doctors of the Williamsburg (Brooklyn, N. Y.) Hospital. There are, it is said, only two other similar cures on record. ; Six weeks ago Mrs. Annette Koesting of Will amsfourgt was apparently in the first stages of lockjaw from a wound from a, rusty nail. Her agony was so intense that she was1 removed to the hospital. A council of physicians agreed that her. case was hopeless. Nevertheless Dr. Henderson of the house staff injected anti-toxin and has done so every day since. A month passed without apparent results. The treatment began to show signs of success about a week ago. On Friday Mrs. Koesting was allowed to leave her bed and she-wiil soon leave the hospital.

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Educating Aliens for Citizenship. Congress has given us better naturalization laws, and tflie question of immigration regulation and restr'ction i under active consideration, the committee that went to Europe to obtain new data thereon having returned and being about to prepare its full report to the national legislature. In various ways the quality of the newer Americans should show considerable improvement. But in addition to all that is being done or planned by Congress, the states and municipalities have duties, opportunities and resources od their own in this broad field of activity, and they can do a great deal to facilitate assimilation of the aliens that are pouring in annually and to make it easier for them to become intelligent and useful citizens. Of course, many cities, large and small, maintain night schools for adult immigrants, an'd1 the usefulness of these is undoubtedly great. The English language and other elementary studies are taught in them and the essential needs of the newcomers from continental Europe and other countries are thus supplied in a measure. But New Jersey and the Boston school board have, each in its own way "branched out" and undertaken novel tasks with the view of fitting aliens more directly and more thoroughly for citizenship and general conMuct. New Jersey has enacted a statute which' provides for the establishment of a special and novel type of school ior immigrants a school that will teach them not only the language of the country but something about our government our laws and institutions, our fliistory, our current politics nd moral principles. Attendance is not compulsory.but the idea is that the new schools should be made useful and attractive enough to render compulsion unnecessary even asusTning that it could legally be applied. The Boston school board is preparing a special "civic" text-book for the foreigners in its night and day schools, adult and juvenile. The textbook is to contain all the information that newj Americans necM particularly chapters abaut our threefold government, our naturalization laws, our elections, primaries, suffrage and corrupt practice acts. There will also be chapters dealing with the Boston libraries, museums, churches, etc., and impressing the desirability of cleanliness, obedience to sanitart and other lavs. It is not stated whether this admirable text-book is to be translated inta the various foreign languages. It should be, if the maximum of benefits is to be extracted from it. It is hoped that other cities will follow the! promising example of Boston. As to the larger New Jersey scheme, it should be watched with real interest. Offered Life to Science. Mrs. Harriet A. Martyn, who several days ago begged for an 'opportunity to sacrifice her life to science, died recently in Chicago without having her wish gratified. Without knowing of the woman's death, Prof. George Poe, of South Norfolk, to whom Mrs. Martyn wrote, stating that she was willing to be killed so that he could test his artificial respirator on her bodv, Monday replied to her request, declaring it could not be grante'd. This was the first, intimation any of Mrs. Martyn's friends had that she had tried to give her life to science. Some time ago Mrs. Martyn wrote the following letter to Prof. Poe: "This morning's papers tell of your wonderful invention and I will be glad to offer myself for the human experiment. I am a very healthy woman, 28 years old, and trust you will seriously consider my offer." Professor Poe did not seriously consider the proposition, but finally cecided to answer the letter, not knowing that Mrs. Martyn ha'cf since died. At the time she made the offer she was living at the Saratoga hotel in Chicago. Later she moved to other apatments where she died. It is understood that she was wealthy. Death of Jacob Hoi em. Jacob Holem, one of the old settlers of Marshall county, died at the home oS his son, Moses Holem, near Twin Lakes, Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, aged 91 years. Mr. Holem was born in Starke county, Ohio, in 1816, came to this county in 1844 and bought the farm in West township where he died and where he lived 03 years. He was an excellent citizen, a member of the Reformed church and in politics a life-long Democrat. His wife died eight years ago. He was the fatheT of Moses, Adam, John and Jeremiah Holem of this county and a brother of Peter Holem, who survives him. Funeral services at the Stuck church Saturday, at 10 o'clock a.m. conducted by Rev. Mr. Smith pastor of the Reformed church.

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Long Contest for Supremacy. Sixty-one years ago the little steam ship Europa of the Curtard line, with her old-fashioned engine crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York in eleven days and three hours. Her performance was heralded -'to the four quarters of the earth, for the Europa had broken the record of fourteen and one-half days, made by the steamer Great Western eight years before, in 1838. With the Europa's voyage 'began the lasting contest for the supremacy of the sea which led to the building of the fleet Lusitanla. The Lucania's record of five (lays seven hours and twenty-three minutes, made from Quecnstown to New York in 1894, was not broken until the Lus'itania arrived in New York Friday. The Lucanra, the flagship of the Cunard line fleet, on that trip made an average speed of 21.81 knots oyer a course of 2,779 miles. While the Lucanra was holding the Queenstown record the North German Lloryd and American1 lines began to battle for the western record from Southampton to New York which was held for three vears between 1893 and 1896 by the steamships Paris, New York and St. Paul, of the American line. The St. Paul in 1896 made the voyage from Southampton to New York a "distance of 3,0."0 miles, in säx days and thirty-one minutes. Then the North German Lloyd company put over the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the first of the greater ocean steamships now traversing the Atlantic, and the new vessel in 1897 became the marine wonder of th woirld when she hung up a record of five days, Jwenty-two hours and thirty-five minutes from Southampton to New York. . The big Kaiser, as she is familiarly called in shipping circles, created a new record in 1899, when she steamed from Cherbourg, France, to New York, a distance of 3,050 miles, in five days, eighteen hours and fifteen minutes." This record was lowere'd in the same year by the Kaiser to five days, seventeen hours and thirty-seven minutes. The HamburgAmerican line captured the blue trophy of the sea from her rival in 1900, with the steamship Deutschland, which made the distance from Cher bourg to New York in five days, twelve hours and twenty-nine minutes. The Deutschland lowered her own record 'by six minutes in 1901. The Krön Prinz Wilhelm, the new ship oif the North German Lloyd line, slipped across the Atlantic in 1902 in five days, eleven hours and fiftyseven minutes, which was the banner record until the next year, when the Deutschland again wrested the honors as the fastest ship afloat, by clipping off three minutes from the rec ord time of the Krön Prinz Wilhelm The Deutschland made on this re markable voyage an average speed of 23.51 knots. Purdue TanTc Scrap. Friday, September 20, has been fixed as- the date for the big Purdue tank scrap. The fight will coime off earlier than usual this year owing to the destire on the part of the faculty and students to end the hostilitie? between the freshmen and sophomores at the earliest day possible. In former years the serai was t not fought until the eve of the first football game. Thursday night a preliminary scrap occurred on Stuart field at the university, 300 first year, men being engaged. The struggle lasted forty-five minutes, at the end of which time 115 freshmen had been strung on a chain anl led through the streets of West Lafayette. Early in the evening the freshmen organized and waited for the sophomores to come out to fight. The freshmen were 150 strong and were led by members of the Junior class, a rivalry between the Juniors and Sophomores being responsible for the Juniors' interest in the freshmen. The first year men marched around the street and finally organized on Stuart fiel'd. They found the sophomores awaiting their arrival at the bandstand. At 11 o'clock a battle royal was fought. After the freshmen had been defeated, they were required to dance and sing and their hands and faces were painted black. Hoboes Under Arreet. Six hoboes were taken into custody in Elkhart Saturday night by Lake Shore Detective Young, Peter Hanprick and William Grand, two of the number were charged with having attempted to, wreck a Lake Shore train in the Elkhart yards. The others are (held as witnesses to the crime. The sextette had been driven from the company's grourfds' previous to finding obstructions on the tracks. A desire for revenge is believed to have been the motive for placing-scrap iron on the tracks.

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Voliva Overseer for Life. Wilbur Glenn Vohva was formally elected Sunday to the position of General Overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion for life. This act was by general ecclesiastical conference, held in a tent at Zion City, and the vote of 1,262 was pronounce'd unanimous. The formal motion of Theodore Forby, sub-editor of the Zron Herald and a Voliva lieutenant, had been prepared before the conference met. As soon as Voliva, took his place as presiding officer of the meeting he recognized Forby and it took the latter half an hour to read his motion. In it he outlined the history of the church from its foundation by Dr. John' Alexander Dawic, dAvelling at length on the theocratic form of government. Finally he said: "Be is resolved that we reaffirm the principles of theocracy am, recognize Wilbur Glenn Voliva as duly appointed overseer and God-given leader for life, and that we pledge him our support." In almost the same breath Mr. Forby added: "I move the adoption of the resolution." Voliva put the motion and called for remarks. There were several who responded and each ended with praying for the tl'ivine blessing of Voliva. The full vote was cast for Voliva. In his speech of acceptance Voliva anounced that a massmeeting would be held Monday, at which he would announce his pfans regarding the pilgrimage to the New Mexican ranch where the new Zion City is to be established. He further said that he 'would have to hate $10,000 in the next ten days and called on all his faithful followers to contribute. Receiver John C. Hately and Judge K. M. Landis did not escape a tongue lashing from the overseer. As to Hately, Voliva declared he knew no more about business tMn a 16 year old boy, and said his business career in Zion City, Consisted in "selling a fc?w old hoxses, discharging a few em ployes, and giving the Zion lace fac tories to Marshall Field & Co." The faction in Zion City affairs headed by John A. Lewis, named by Dowie in his will as his lawlul suc cessor, will have a genetal conference next week. Numerically it is not so strong in Zion City as is the one headed by Voliva, but it has a greater support from the affiliated churches throughout the world. Secretary Taft's Tour. Secretary Taft's present "swing around the circle" will be the most notaiblc any American official has ev er taken, and will probably be farreaching in its influence. He will start the Filipinos oji the way to selfgovernment by opening their first general assembly. He will call on the emperor of Japan, Czar Nicholas of Russia an'd Emperor William of Germany before returning home. It has not been anounced what topic he will discuss in the various courts he will visit, nor what message he will deliver, but undoubtedly the far eastern situation will be the leading subject, both as to present policies and the future. How far he will be clothed with authority to speak for this government is not stated, but there is some significance in the preparations that are being made by the different foreign governments to receive him semi-officially. He will undoubtedly be admitted to the inner circles, and -when the world history of the next 'decade shall be written it may be found that his name appears in many places and in large type. Whatever he may do officially either at Pekin, St. Petersburg or Berlin will come out in time, but it is likely his" mission will be to pave the way to official action rather than to himself act officially, and .the fruits' will be in the treaties yet to be made. The trip will help make this country known to the world. It will put us in closer touch and on iriendher terms with other nations. And it will be a great experience for Mr. Taft. Acquit Rev. Tinsley. The charges of heresy against Rev. Charles W. Tinsley, pastor of the M. E. church at Youngstown, -were not sustained by the East Ohio conference examining committee and will be dropped. The report which was adopted by unanimous vote of the committee found that Rev. Tinsley had been misquoted in sensational newspaper reports, which caused some members to believe he vTenied -the miraculous birth of Christ. The evidence found and Tingsley himself testified that he believed the teachings; therefore the committee finds he is "not guilty" of unministerial or unchristian conduct. Wantidd 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.

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In view of the fact that we've enlarged our Cloak and Suit department, adding as much as half the regular space to meet the demand of our increasing sales, we are in much better sh ipe to wait on. the trade. IB ALL 'COMPANY.

Rev. I. Imler is! New U. B. Pastor for Plymouth. The annual session of the St. Joe conference of the United Brethren church closed Sunday evening after a five days' session1 in the new $13,000 church at Fulton, Ind. Bishop Matthews presided, and in his charge to the pastors, asiooig other things said: "Cry out, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet and show the people their sins. God is speaking to you and to me. God wants a revival of righteousness but not of emotion. There are 'dangers and duties for the hour. God has written his law upon the consciousness of man. He wrote his law upon the consciousness of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and he could not do otherwise than assess the fine of $29000.00 aginst the Standard Oil Company. Commercialism says "Will it pay?" but God says "Is it right?" The judiciary of the country and the legislative bodies are generally standing with God." Reports read by representatives of the various churches showed an increase of 1K500 members tfuring the year, and the church's finances are reported to be in a prosperous condition everywhere. At the close of Sunday's meeting the following assignments of pastors and presiding elders were announced for our district by Bishoip Matthews: I. O. Oyler, presiding elder; Freeman and Etna Green, D. E. Lutcn; Bristol, J. A. Palmer; Cherubusco, L. M. LcCount; Columbia City, L. L. Shafer; Decatur, L. A. Strangler; Donaldson, E. H. Hutchinson; Ft. Wayne, B. F. Byrer; Laketon, Noah McCoy; Monroeville, J. L. Powers; North Manchester, Edgar Grove; Ossian, E. S. Miller; Plymouth, I. Imler; Silver Lake, J. F. Spitler; South VVhitely, E. Yaeger; Tocsin. M. Z. Mullikan; Warsaw, J. L. Goshert; Warsaw Circuit, J. W. Cummins; Washington Center, S. P. Köster; Zancsville, J. N. Shilling. J. E. Grimes is presiding eMer of the Elkhart district and J. W. Lake is assigned to Bremen; I. S. Cleaver is given the Elkhart circuit; H. E. Butler goes to Fulton, A. F. Keesey to Walkcrton, and Samuel Snyder to Wakarusa. Rev. Imler comes to Tlymoiuth from Lucerne, Ind., where he has been resi'd'ing. He is about 53 years of age, and is held in high esteem in the town from which he comes. The Weekly Tribune, the largest and best newspaper in the county for $1.50 per year.

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With this, our first Fall announcement, we wish to impress the buying public of the great collection of New Fall Merchandise we are displaying, and the reasonableness of their pricings. Never in the history of our business has such a great collection of merchandise been shown by this firm, which, in all, is a distinct benefit to the purchaser. It has always been our custom to carry large enough assortments to suit the most particular buyers and to dispose of same during the season; but this fall we've more than doubled our buying, which means that we must double our sales. In the following lines you will find that we are in the lead:

UNDERWEAR OUTINGS HOSIERY LINENS In Justice Court. Early Sunday morning a prominent merchant of Plymouth and his clerk were arrested by two fish commissioners, for fishing Avith a seine in the river above the dam. Those who arc "wise," refuse to divulge the names of the parties concerned. They were arraigned before Justice Young, and paid a fine amounting to $G9. Andrew Wichellock residing near Lake of the Woods, -was arrested for fishing with net, and was fined $33.75. Monday afternoon a man giving his name as Omar Lane, entered one of the saloons on Lapoite street, and pulleVi a bottle of carbolic acid from his pocket, and said, 'Goodbye, boys, this is the last you will see of -me." He did not drink the acid, however, and was chased out of. the place. When brought before Justice Young 'he said that he had a wife now residing in the old Windsor hotel, .wham he thought the world of, but she h?.( been treating him very badly of late and he had resolved to end his life, to make his wife sorry. His wife's maiden name he said, was Florence Miller. He was locked up in jail until the effects of over indulgence in fire water should wear off. The case of Slate of Indiana versus Shell Leland for attempt to bribe witnesst in Liberty Cross case, to leave town, was concluded. Justice Young found that the evidence was sufficient, and bound Leland over to circuit court under bond of $100. Leland at first refused to furnish bond but later changed his mind. Mrs. Shell Leland was found guiltyvof assault upon the person of Chas. Miles, constable, and was fined with costs, $11.70. Miles arrested Leland in the bribery case, and so incurred the Vrath of Mrs. Leland. Monday Miles was engaged in painting A. R. Clizbc's residence on North Michigan street, when Mrs. Leland passed. Whether words passed between the two, is not known, but Mrs. Leland kicked over a bucket of paint, which was otr the ground, and seizing a board delt Miles a few hot ones. And so the plot thickens. In Justice Court. Jn Justice Unger's court Thursday, A. H. Morsches) pled-guilty to a charge of intoxication and paid a fine with costs amounting to $10.50. The charge of assault and baitery against A. H. Morsches was dismissed by Prosecutor Modter. Court Newa. George Thomas and Idh Thomas have brought suit against Peter P. Weaver to secure quiet title on estate

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Physicians Shroud Illness of Cleveland in' Mystery. Ex-PresKlent Grover Cleveland went for a short drive Saturday afternoon at Princeton, N. J. He was occomipanied .'by a trained nurse, who has becrr in attendance on him for seme time. ' Dr. George Carnochan, the local physician who is in attendance an the ex-president, refused to discuss the illness of Mr. Clevelan'd' in any way. Dr. Carnochan is merely acting under orders from Dr. Bryant of New York, who has been Mr. Cleveland's physician for many years. Mrs. Cleveland has gone to the summer home of the ex-president in New Hampshire to bring the children back to Princeton. They are expected to return in a day or so. A friend of the former prendent said that Mr. Cleveland was suffering from a bad case of stomach trouble and Chat the physicians had strictly tforfo?dden him to eat certain things. According to this friend, Mr. Cleveland had acted stubbornly in disobeying the orders of his doctors. Little has been seen of Mr. Cleveland in a public way for about a year. Following an established custom, a large number of students marched to his home on the last class day and were rcceive'd by him briefly and informally. This is the last that the students have seen of Mr. Cleveland. A Military Hanging. Detail of the first military hanging in the Philippines, that of Sergeant Taylor, of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, have just been received at the War Department at Washington. Taylor, after twenty years in the army murdered Lieut. Robert M. Calvert, of Indiana, his commanding officer. A member of the sergeant's company owed him $4. Taylor gave him a few hours to pay up and then started after him with a gun. Lieutenant Calvert tried to dissuade him from his murderous plans, and finally remarked: "Sergeant, you are trying my patience." "Yes, and you are trying mine," came the answer with' a bullet from Taylor's pistol. Calvert dropped dead. The tfcath sentence of Court-martial was' approved by President Roosevelt. The papers were returned to the department commander for execution. With a command of troops : the prisoner was marched several roiles from Hollo to Albura, and ere on a srnffnlrT bnib over the snot I where Lieutenant Calvert -was shot, Taylor was hanged. '

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John L. Speaks. "Take it from me; there's something wrong with the present breed of human kings. Why did Root have to go up to Muldoon's? The Secretary of State is doped as a wonder with the think tank, but he's off when it comes to muscle and brawn. "What the parents of this big country of ouri have got to do is to get wise to PresMent Roosevelt; inject a little strenuousness into their offspring and bring up children that are not mentally topheavy and physically weak." This and other bits of philoophy wers handed out by John L. Sullivan. "Devote about a third of the time the kid put in school, cramming their heads full of useless knowledge to physical exercise, and we will have a race of men and women that thirty years from now will be fit for any old thing," continued the actor and ex-champion. "Let me tell you, continued big John L, "I can go into any, burg an'd spot there the brainiest five hundred men there. I would simply look for five hundred hollow-eyed, stoop shouldered feUow with mucky complexions and lopsided walk." WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. Learn the Cause of Daily Woes aid End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep. . When urmary disorders set in Women's lot is a weary one. There is a way to escape these woet. Doan's Kidney Pills cure such ills. Have cured women here in Plymouth. This is one Plymouth woman's testimony. , ' Mrs. M. E. Pershing of Michigai. street, Plymouth, Ind., says: "Kidney complaint in a bad form has been a constant annoyance to me for some time. The pains in the small of my back and over the region of the kidneys were sharp, excruciating and persistent. At times, I had dizzy sensations and feelings of faintness. These many ailments together with the kidney disorder run me down arvd got me into a weak and enfeebled condition. Hearing Doan's Kidney Pills well spoken of and seeing them highly endorsed in our newspaper, I got them at Hie Tanner Pharmacy and took as per directions. I gave them a most thorough test and found that they' were all their owners claimed for them. They corrected my trouble, removed the pains and aches and put my general health in a much improved condition." For salr by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foftter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y. sole agents for the United Lp" Remember the name Doan's and take no other.-

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