Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 December 1908 — Page 1

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NINE POSTOFFICES IN MARSHALL COUNTY AFFECTED BY RULING

All Postmasters of Fourth Class are Placed Under Civil Service Rules Made Life Tenants.

Nine postofficcs in Marshal", county are affected by the ruling of President Roosevelt, by which all fourth class postoffices in Indiana a:. J thirteen other states, are pla:I on the civil service lists, malting them hold office for life, or rntal th?v r sign or are forced out by breaches of the law. These offices affected by t'is ruling are, Hibbard S. J. Reed postmaster, Donaldson, S. J. Burgener postmaster, Rutland Edward Snyder postmaster. In wood, Fred Bell postmaster, Burr Oak, Samuel Aley postmaster, Tippecanoe A. C. Rhodes postmaster, Lapaz David Shaffer postmaster, Ttegarden Clyde Devine postmaster, Tyner David Miller postmaster. The appointment of Eh-e above mentioned postmasters is taken from congressmen and senators ,and they will now bold office as civil service employes. THERE IS NO MIDDLE MAN REV. WAREING IN SERK!ON SAYS MAN IS EITHER GOOD OR 3AD. Tide of Lecture Was "Not Good Enough' for Heaven, Not Bad Enough for HelL" One of the finest sermons eer delivered in any church in this ciry was the lecture given by Rev. E. C. Wareing at the Methodist church Sunday evening. "Not good enough for heaven, not bad enougb for heir' was fhe topic. - In excellent argument the pastor disproved the idea that "There is so much' good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us. etc. He maintained that a man "s either good or bad, and that there i not, or cannot be a middling in humanity. The sermon was delivered wifh the easy charm, wCiich is characteristic of Rev. Wareing, and held the unwavering attention of the congregation from the introduction to the conclusion. The church v. as crowded to its capacity, visitors ' te ing present from every church in the city. The sermon delivered las: night was planned three weeks ago, and discussion of the topic lent to the size of the crowd. Rev. Wareing spoke in part as follows; : ! Rev, Wareing Sermon. Text "Before Hun shall be gathed all Nations and he snail separate ' them one from the other, as a shepherd dh'ideth the sheep from the goats." When the first scientists went through South America they found an. animal which seemed, to be a cros Rev. E, C. Wareing. between the sheep and the goat. They were not able to classify it, as it seemed to be "half sheep and half goat and for a better name they called it Alpaca. One of the scientists having been trained somewhat in Biblical problems declared he was not so much interested in what they were going to do with it as what God was going to do with it. Said he "I can tell what He is going to do with the sheep and the goat baft what is he going to do witfh the alpaca, which seems to be as much a sheep as it is a goat, and as much a goat as it is shee? Here is a sheep which is not distinctively a sheep, and a ga: which is not distinctively a gat? What will God do wkh it when He separates tlje sheep' from fhe goats: That S.cjentist touched 4 problem with which many men hav puzaled their brains. What is God going to do with the man who is neither dis tinctively good nor distinctively bad, wio is borh good and bad, both sheep and goat. When he presents himself before the Great Judgment seat of Christ and the sheep are be ing separated from tlic goats and this;

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man presents himself wno is of neither class, vvha will tfhe Great J.idge do with him? Will be place hina on the righf hand with the sheep or on the left hand with the goats? Or wil he place hrm :n a class by himself ' and say "Let there be not only sheep v . (Continued -to page 8.)

Plymouth J. A. Yockey postmaster, is the only second class postoffice in Marshall county. The requirement is that the annual total of receipts must be $8000, or more. Bremen James Ransted postmaster, Culler, B. W. Wiseman postmaster, Argos Frank Pickerl postmaster, anil ßourbon J. F. tMartin postmaster, are all in third class. They must have annual receipts of from $1,900 to $8,000. All others of the county belong to the fourth class. A postoffice of the first class must have annual receipts of $40,000 or over. The nearest examples of tCw's class are Ft. Wayne, South Bend and Elkhart. Concerning the ruling of the president Louis Ludlow, in the Indianapolis Star, writing "from Washington, in part says: "At one stroke President Roosevelt blanketed 1,084 Indiana postoffices under the civil service and removed them perpetually from the dominion of the representatives, who, no doubt, will be greatly astonished to learn of the wiping out of so much of their time-honöred patronage by executive order. "The postoffices affected are of the fourth. da ss. Every postoffice in Indiana of tfoat class was put under the civil service blanket, which means that 1,084 Indiana postmasters were made postmasters for life, provided their behavior continues up to the standard and they care to hold on. The salaries paid to these "officials range from almost nothing up to $l,f)00 a year. The president also stretched the civil service blanket over the fourth class postmasters of thirteen other states," and altogether he brought 15475 fourth class postmasters under the civil service regulations. The states blanketed are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, NewYork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. "It is announced if the plan works satisfactorily in Indiana and the thirteen other states it will be extended over the entire country.

"Tft prospect that the south ulti mately will be brought under the blanket will arouse a storm of protest in that section, for, if fourth class oostmasters are to 'be chosen&y competitive examination, there wiJI be no way of preventing colored men who make the best grades from getting the postoffices. Nor is it likely that people who are southern born and bred will ever consent to receive their mail from colored postmasters. "This Is one of the reasons why no southern state fs included in the president's executive order.- There were oeher reasons also which governed the selection of states in which the experiment is to be tried first. The northern states named are chiefly represented in congress by Republi can congressmen. The fourth class postmasters now boldjng office in those states are the creatures and friends of those congressmen "While it is natural to expect the congressmen will not take kindly to the abolishment of their patronage, nevertheless the knowledge that their friends in office are to be made post masters for life will have its soothing effect. "Another factor that prompted the selection of these particular states is that in them the offices of the fourth class are more remunerative, as a rule, than offices of the same grade in sparsely settled states, and there fore they are of more attraction, which is likely to bring out applicants enough to engage in a competitive examination in case of a vacan cy. "It is recognized it will be dfficult to work up an eligible list of appli cants for a l'ttle postoffice tfhat pays only enough to keep the postmaster in chewiirig tobacco, such s are found on the western plains and some of the southern states, which is a problem which will have to be faced as the civil service is broadened. In the United States at large there are 54,312 fourth class postoffices, and when all of them are uncfer tCie civil service cover the civil service com mission will have no more worlds to tnquer, as undc the terms of the civil service lw there will be no other classes of government em ployes that can be reached by civil service." Went to Rochester. About fifteen members of the Brotherhood of the Presbyterian church, went to Rochester Monday evening, the guests of rhe Brother hood at that town. Judge Hess de livered an address, his subject being. "That Little Ewe Lamb" - Rev. Wareing addressed the Brotherhood meeting at the. Orhpeim Sunday afternoon. He took his text from a postal card which be had received on which . were the words "Do it now! Don't be a dead one! Thj talk was spicy, original and wcl delivered.

TO CONTROL YELLOW RIVER.

Expert Says Farmers Should Build Levees Near Kankakee to Prevent Overflow. According to Mr. McEathron, five government engineer who has been inspecting the valleys of the Yellow river and Kankakee ,the easiest way for land owners aloi'g Yellow river to prevent the stream over-flowing is to build levees on each side of the channel five miles up from its con tinence with the Kankakee. It is his opinion that the dykes should be twenty-four feet wide u the mouth of tlhe stream and five feet high. They should be constructed 200 feet back from the stream, on each side whkh would make a channel large enough to carry the water at all times. On the north side of the stream the levee should extend about 2 miles east of the Jackson township line, but on the south side the embankment should etxend to the J. J. Cannon farm. Flowing between such levees, Mr. Mc Kathron says the river will keep it self clear of sand and debris. The cost for both levees should not exceed $10000. The plan certainly looks feasible, and it is to be hoped will furnish land owners along this stream the protection they need. ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTS OFFICERS J. A. YOCKEY IS CHOSEN RE GENT FOR THE COMING YEAR. Council Now Has Sixty Members Officers Will be Installed in January. At the regular meeting of the Cyrcne Council No. 944, of the Royal Arcanum Wednesday evening, tne annual election of officers was held. Tiie following were chosen: Joseph A Yockey regent, Ben M. Seybold vice regent S. N. Stevens orator, B. H Lauer, secretary, L. Tanner collector, F. M. Burkett treasurer, W. H. Conger chaplain, Jacob toltz guide, F. M. McCrory warden, Ccphus Fire-. stone sentry. Representative to Grand Council, Joseph: A. Yockey, L Tanner alternate. The officers will be installed at the first meeting in January, when a banquet will be served. The Arcanum Council in this city at present has sixty members, is a growing organi zation, and a firstclass insurance society. EXPOSED THE GRAND JURY. Not For Fraud or Criminality But to the Smallpox Scared Some Top, The grand jury which is now in session at the court house has been exposed. It happened Saturda ana it was Jerry Leiter, a resident of North Plymouth wbo did it. No, Jerry didn't reveal a ca-e of bribery against the grand jury, neither did he show forth any official corruption, but what he did was to appear before that indicting body, with his face badly disfigured win a nice case of smallpox in full bloom- The six grand jurymen were there, witnesses were ther the prosecuting attorney was there, all were exposed. As the proceeding of the jury are secret, it is not known what happened to Jerry, PLENTY OF COMMISSIONERS. Laporte County Has Two Boards, Both Transacting Business Claim Time is Not Out, LaPorte county lias two boarJs of commissioners. Fred Peters and Ernest Reetz Republicans, took their seats. William P. Miller and Charles Baumartegn, Democrats, also held their seats Monday Miller and Baumgarten recognized Pwters, while Peters and Reetz recognized Miljer. The old board organized by electing Miller chairman, while the new bqirj selected peters. B,oth bqards passe J on the bills and liquor licenses. Peters had the books and entered up the minutes of the sessions. He presented his resignation as trustee of Center township and when he and Reetz elected Herman Miller to fill the vacancy. Auditor Miller took orders from bath boards, so long as there was no conflict. It is expected that the trouble wjll immediately fine its way into the courts. Mrs. LouU Trowbridge. Mrs. Louis Trowbridge died at her home 3 miles north of this city, Monday afternoon, aged 35 years. She is survived by her husbano, one son i2 years old, her mother Mrs. Gottlieb Schaal, four married sisters and three brothers. The funeral was held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon At Fair-' mount. B. M. Seybold" Appointed J. P. The county commissioners met for December session Monday. B. M. Seybold was appointed Justice of Peace out of; three applicants. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of H. L. Ungcr; prosecuting attorney-elect.

GRAND JURY INDICTS 124

RECORD NUMBER OF TRUEi BILLS ARE FOUND BY THAT BODY. Enoch Myers of Rochester, is Appointed Special Judge in Wolford Case; The Grand Jury reported its work done and was discharged by the court Monday evening. They reported 124 indictments, a record number. The condition of County Jail, Infirmary and Court House, were reported first class That the grand jury and district attorney worked bard and long i bown by the large number of true bills found. William Foltz was excused from petit jury service because of sickness, and Lafayette Dykes was excused by reason of -deafness. In the case of State of Indiana versus Fred Wolford for conducting a blind tiger at Culver, as appealed from Justice Voreis court, the defense asked for change of judge. By agreement of botCi parties, Enoch Myers, an attorney of Rochester, was appointed. The attorneys, ifor the; state are Prosecutor J. A. Molter, Matthew and Parker, for defense Kelllion and Martindale. The state expects to dispose of this case which has been standing for several months during this term of court. In the case of State of Indiana versus Francis M. Lemert, for blackmail, defense was granted a continuance. In the case of L. G. Burr and Otis Bower, versus Aaron Burns, l'ranklin Overmyer, Amos Friends. Fercy J. Troyer, surveyor of Marshall county, and Fred H. Myers treasurer of Marshall county, for petition and motion to have amount and validity of lien declared, plaintiff Burr asked for change of judge. L M. Lauer of Plymouth, was, agreed upon as special judgt Two case of Reuben S. Ackles versvs the Plymouth Lighting Co.. an account, and for damages, were settled out of ocurt. and were dismissed. Tuesday afternoon George E.Weningcr of Plymouth was given a divorce from his wife, Nellie P. and iven custody oi three children. Weninger said that they were married on Oct. 18 189), and separated on Nov. 3, of thi-i year. Previous to this time hrs wife left him three times, remaining awiay from 3 to is months. He said his wife had been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment, also that she has been associating w'th lewd men and women; that she had been visiting a certain resort jn Plymouth, and wiile there would drink intoxicating liquors There arc three children, RaymcnJ 14, Hazel 11, and Mildred 0, -over whom he was given custody. Julia A. Starner of Bremen, was granted a divorce from her husband, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, intoxication, and association with lewd women. SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS. St. Boniface .Society of St Michaels Church Holdjs Annual Election J. E. Bergman, President. T.e St. Boniface Insurance Society of St. Michael's Catholic Church held annual election at its regular meeting Sunday evening. The officer chosen were; President, J. E. Bergman, Vice-President, W. G. Heiilricks Treasurer, idfem Ball, Recording Secretary Alpha Wade. Financial Secretary, Andrew Richard. German Secretary, Conrad Bergman Marshall, Anthony Molter, Color bearer, Bert Bushman, Assistant bearers, Charles Scheetz and Joseph lluba. Orator, Geo. Hendricks. Infant Taylor. Floyd Earl Taylor, infant son of Clyde Earl and 'Pearl Taylor, was barn April 191th, Easier Sunday, and died at Rochester December 3th, H0H. He was an excepti vally strong and bright little boy and, wa.s pever sick until his last W'ieis. Unlike most babies, he nev j cried when hurt but was always g 3(J ana a companion already to 'hi-, parents, especially to his mother, wfqo was left alone with him during the Jong hours when her husband was &t his place of business. Floyd, by his sweet, sunny nature and by his goodness, emphasized the teaching of fhe Savior, "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven" The funeral services were held at the residence, 212 V. Fifth street, conducted by Rev. A. M. Smith. Rochester Republican. The mother of the deceased child, is a former Plymouth girl, being a daughter of (Mrs. J. V. Astley, and and a sister to Mrs. Earl Van Curen. Knows Not "Doe' and "Roe." William Victor O'Donnel!. prose-cutor-clect for the Ninth judical district, says that when he takes his office he will whqly ignore "John Dqe" and "Richard Roe," names that heretofore, nave taken up much space on the court dockets. He said be would call a spade a spad.e on all occasions, will play no favorites and that all will look alike to him. He intimated he would try to introduce miny reforms in the administration of the office. J

XMAS SHOPPING TIME NOW.

Lines Have All Arrived and are Displayed and Merchants are Waiting. Christmas is coming. This announcement is a common one, but have you thought about the fact that three weeks from today, Friday, is December 25, Christmas day? No of course, you have not. At least very few have, for business men report that the buying is not in anything like full swing yet. Don't put off until the last minute what can just as well be done now. The Plymouth stores and windows are full of pretty and useful Christmas presents. Now is the time, and Plymouth stores the place. ' Make your selection and make it at once. Have it laid aside if you do not want to pay for it now, but at least get the dickering and choosing over and don't put it off until the Wednesday or Thursday before Christmas and drjve yourself and the business man nearly wild trying to wait upon you and the hundreds of others who 'have been too buy" to attend to it before. The Christmas goods are all in and :n all instance are displayed. Make your selection before the lines are broken and thus benefit yourself. Do it now! ENUMERATION OF VOTERS IS MADE CHANGES IN POPULATION NECESSITATES REAPPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT. However Such Action is Not Expected From Neat Session Power Divided The state auditor has completed, for the use of the coming general assembly, the enumeration of voters for 1009, on which the legislature must base its legislative and congressional apportionments, if such apportionments are made. The changes in populatiorT in the state have been such that reapportionments are due, but politicians regard it as altogether unlikely that any will be juade. The fact tU'at trie Senate is Republican and the house Democratic explains this. An apportionment act must take the arpe course as any other act of the legislature and it is not believed that any program of reapportionment can be arranged that will meet the approval of both houses. In case an apportionment is made, however, the enumeration shows that Marion county will probably gain one state senator and two representatives. The average population for the fifty senatorial districts under the new enumeration is 14,903. Marion county's enumeration of 73,965 is practically five times the average named. The county now hafour senators. The average found for the 100 representatives in the lower-, house 7,452. The county's total vote, divided bv ten, is only a little less than this. There are no weight representatives from the county. It ha leen suggested, too, that this county might gain its representation in congress. The average for each congressional district is now 37,325. The seventf.i district, Marion county, ha 7-VJ8G vutcs, making a surplus of more than 15.000 votes. In case of a reapportionment the county will probably be made one district by itself and part of a district with anothet county, since, under -the law, a county cannot be divided for congressional apportionment. The increase in the population of the county since the enumeration of 1903 has been 14,714. The total vote of the state is shown to he 745,227. of which 17,005 is colored. Several of tlhe congressional districts, as at present organized, wilt be far short of the "average of 57,325 and will be subject to redis-tricting, of course, if the legislature succeeds in reaching a program satisfactory to both houses. The first district has 50.972 voers; the second, 54,935;' the third, 43,047; tho fourth, 47,443; the fifth, 3,714; the sixth, 56.Q71; the eiglxth, 60,773; the ninth, 33,736; the tenth, C7,507; the eleventh, 36,496; the twelfth, 52,003; the thirteenth, 61,102. Several districts show a slight falling off in the number of voters. The gain of 8,000 jn the fifth i the largest, aside from the seventh. ves for Vermont. Frank South worth of the firm of Sourh'worth & Son, left for Boston. Mass., Monday morning, from where he went to Barre, Vermont, to place the order for the sculptural work on the Pottawatomie monument, which was awarded them by the monumental commission last week. Woodmen Have Love-Feast The local chapter, Modern Woodmen of America, treated themselves to a Iqve-feast at their rooms Wednesday evening. An oyster supper with the regular adjuncts, was served. About forty members were present. A flashlight picture of the a.ssembla'ge was takenHospital Must Have $8,000. If the town of Mishawaka, with 10,000 population, cannot raise $S,000 within the next few weeks the proposed $40,000 hospital wbidh the Sisters of Mercy were to have erected there will not be built. The society already has $32,000.

POSTOFFICE FIGHTS WARM

INDIANIANS SCRAPPING FOR JOBS AT NORTH MANCHESTER AND BREMEN. Postmaster Garber Accused by Opponents of Giving Away Whisky on Election Day. Senators Beveridge and Hcmenway find several ugly postoffice fights on their hands at the opening oi Congress. Charges have been preferred against Postmaster Jefferson Garber, at North Webster, who seeks reappointment. The charges made by Milo Kline are .that Postmaster Garber carried a flask of whisky in his pocket on election day and gave it away by the drink to those who were thirsty. Many citizens of North Webster 'have petitioned the Indiana Senators, asking for the reappointment of Postmaster Garber and say this constitutes his first offense, asserting that Garber rs sober and industrious himself, and that he has made a splendid postmaster. The department is asked to overtook this offense and reappoint Garber, at the same time giving him a deserved reprimand. Fourteen Candidates. (Postmaster Jonas Grossnickle, of North Manchester, is asking for reappointment. Mr. Gros-snickle is just completing his first term. There are anywhere from three to fourteen candidates after the office. Among the more prominent in the race are S. A. Noftzger, David Whisler, Samuel Hamilton and J. B. Williams. Pretty4 fair sized postoffice scrap? have istarted at Bremen and Winona Lake, there being candidates out for each office. The Indiana senators will majce a choice at each place a? soon as possible and stop the fights. Representative Charles B. Landis has recommended Charles Fee for postmaster at Cyclone. This is a fourth class postoffice, but JMr. Landis was assured by the Postoffice Department that his recommendation would be acted on as the Civil Service Commission -fs not ready to apply the civil service law. Representative John Cheney also obtained, another appointment in thr postoffice Kne in Indiana before the change takes place. He has recom mended Mrs. Eliza Bond for post nrätresä at Oalctowa. -. - ' The postoffice at Boggstown, Shel by co'tnty, will be discontinue! on December 31, and superceded by rural delivery service, mail ; to Fair land. Indiana postmasters appointed on Monday wre: Balbec Jay county. Benjamin L. Dewees vice J. J. Eber ly, removed; Cedar Grove, Franklin county, Edwin J. McCafferty, vice E. W. Beckett, removed; Gessie, Ver million county, John W. Hay, vice J. Banks, resigned; Lake Statio Lake county, A. Ester Babcock, vice F. C. Jefferson county, Don Carlos Loch ard, vice C. M. -Golden, removed. Rurail carriers appointed: Linton, William D. Bredeweg carrier, Herbert A. Bredeweg 'substitute, Route 1; Solsberry, Walter Alexander carrier, Benton Glover Substitute Route 1. MARRIED PLYMOUTH GIRL. Mount Zion Miller Becomes the Hus- ' band of Mrs. Jessie Caffer of Plymouth. Jeremiah Anglemeyer the Mt. Zion mill-r, has at last found a lady who will meet Hi is requirements as wife and helpmate. The bride is a charming lady from Plymouth, Mrs. Jessie Chaffer - who has the appearance of a woman of exceedingly pleasant disposition. The wedding took place at the Anglemeyer home, Saturday evening, where they will reside. Congratulations are forthcoming from the friends of Mr. Anglemeyer, who is one of the solid, square toed citizens of Fulton county. 'Roebester Republican. GYMNASTICS FOR LADIES. Mias Jessie Haberkorn of Ft. Wayne, Will Open Physical Culture School in Opera House. Miss Jessie Haberkorn of Ft. Wayne, a graduate of the Burnham Normal School of Physical Educa

tion, at present a teacher of gymnas-plTc

tics in the Y. W. C. A. at Ft. Wayne, will open a school of Physical Culture for ladies at the opera house in this city. Monday evenings will be for young ladies and Tuesday evenings of each week for married ladies. Friday evening, December 4th, will be opening and registration night. If a class is organized. In this city, the lessons y.-ill ibe started at Once and will consist of calisthenics, light and heavy gymnastics, fancy steps, dumb bell, and Indian club, and wand exercises, gymnastic games as basket Jball, battle ball etc. , Fear San Jose Scale. The State Horticultural society brought its forty-eighth annual meeting to a close at Indianapolis by voting to ask the legislature to appropriate money -to give the state entomologist assistance in the work of inspecting nursery stocks. The society is alarmed at the spread of the San Jose scale.

PLYMOUTH CLUB-Y0MEN WILL AID IN WAR AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS

Ladies of the Saturday Club Will Have the Sale of Red Cross Christmas Stamps.

The ladies of the Saturday Club of Plymouth have entered into an active campaign to assist the Red Cross society in its efforts to raise funds with which to effectively combat the "white plague," and sales places for the Red Cross "Merry Christmas" stickers, for' use on Christmas packages will be found in most of Plymouth's business houses. 'Mrs. Frank Brook president, and Miss Alice Klinger secretary of the Saturday club have supervision of the work that is being done in Plymouth in the effort to record a large sale of tJhe Red Cross stamps in the city. Actively enlisted in the work are all the members of the club, who expect to devote much time to the cause during the intervening weeks up to Christmas time. In connection with .the effort quite RUN CLOSE TO BILLION MARK IS AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FROM PRESENT CONGfcESS, Departmental Heads File Estimates of Needs by Various Branches of Governmental Service, Appropriations aggregating $824,108,048.01 .will be necessary for various branches of the government service during the coming fiscal year, according to estimates of the departmental heads sent to congress MonJay by the secretary of .the treasury The following is tfhe apportionment: Legislative, $13,178,177.95; executiven $415,510; state department, $4, 320,934.72; treasury department, $190,896,654.11; war department, $234,093,150.10; ' . navy department, $137,510,387.99; ' interior department, fbo,532 .JSl'.l'E; -:s:cff.cc department, $f,711bV0; 'd'eparlment'Vf agriculture. $18,817,626; department of agriculture H8,817,C26; department of commerce and labor, $13,043,845; department of justice, $9,890,020. Total $824,408,948.01. Important Individual Items. The amount that wa9 estimated f")r the current fiscal year was $766,503,272.96, and the amount appropriated for this year at the last session of congress was $832,629,393.14. Among the important individual items in the estimates for the coning fiscal year are: Increase of the navy, $23,840,700; navy - ordinance $7,020, 405.79; coal and transportation for the navy, $5,000,000; navy yards and stations, $9,811,730; pensions,' $161,018,000; Isthmian canal $35,886,1)0.53; fortifications and other works of defense, $17,263,251; rivers and harbors, $41,943,198. LAKE ERIE WRECK. Trucks Under Tender Leave Track and in Few Minutes Would Have Caused Serious Accident The Lake F.rie passenger train due here at 5:57 p. m. o'clock met with trouble, Wednesday evening, about two and one hlf miles north, of Plymouth, that delayed the train nearly six Ihours. The cause of the trouble was that the forward trucks under the tender left the rails and ran along on the ties. That a most terrible wre'ek was narrowly averted by the timely stopping of the train, which was in charge of Conductor Ream was afterward shown when the fact was discovered that the trucks had run along on and torn up the ties for a distance "f about one fhalf mile. When the train came to a standstill the tender rested at an angle of 45 degrees and it was evident that in another short space of time the coal car would have left the track and a horrible wreck ensued. The passengers who were shaken up by the sudden appliance of the air brakes were soon nearly all on scene and many remarks as to the luckiness of the train being stopped just then were passed between them. Tlhe wreck train was called from Peru and the engine pulling the passenger train was first taken to Plymouth. The wreck crew then soon had the tender back in position and the train proceeded about six hours late. Old Engine to Play With. The New York Central lin.s have donated to rurdue university at Lafayette for museum purposes an old Eddy locomotive;engine, the only one of its type in existence. The engine is a curiosity, having been built in Springfield, Mass., back in the thirties. The old relic bears the name "Marmosa," and the number "39". The engine was loaded on a flat car and arrived in Albany Friday night from Worcester, Mass., and passed nr Vi XTm T r r t- C rtt-i1 on rnnt to LaFayette.

an extensive advertising campaign has been started. Placards have been ordered for distribution and generous publicity is to be given to the movement. Only a few weeks ago the Red Cross society originated the plan of raising revenue through' the sale oi "MeTry Christmas" stickers, bearing the name of the society. The venture proved successful in the several states in which it was introduced last year. This year every city and hamlet in the United States will offer the stamps for sale and it is believed an immerue revenue with which to carry on the work of the society will be raised. From the proceeds of the stamp sales the Red Cross society hopes to create a fund wfoich will go far toward establishing a colony for tuberculosis patients, through the medium of wbich effective work in the way of stamping out the "white plague" is expected to be. accomplished. Concerning the sale of the Red Cross stamps which' the club ladies will sell, Miss Alice KHnger said, The Delaware Red Cross Branch originated the Red Cross Christmas stamp for the benefit of the tuberculosis work. This year the stamp is m red and green and was kindly designed by the artist, Mr. Howard Pyle and is sold for fhe benefit of the Red Cross anti-tuberculosis work. The little stamps do not carry mail, but the good wishes that-they bear

I to the friend on whose letter or packj age you may place them, wull carry also some of the Christmas cheer and good will to many sorrowing homes where the terrible scourge of tuberculosis now holds its sway. The stamps are a penny each and can be had in any number at that price, or 24 for 25 cents and 49 for fifty cents, in little stamp books from the local Red Cross or from Red Cross "headquarters, at Washington. D. C. Let all our letters and all our TageVöuringTtTrs season ot good wall to men, carry the little Red Cross Christmas stamp. WILL START ON LONG TOUR. Dean of Notre Dame Law Depart, merit to Visit the Old World. Col. William Hoynes, dean of the law department at Notre Dame university, visited a number of friends in Goshen, while enroute to Lagrange to spend a day withv udge Ha nan and family. He has just returned from Plymouth where he met witih the commission whi:h was chosen by the last legislature to select a site for the monument to be erected to the memory of the Pottawattomie Indians. Col. Hoynes will leave about the first of January on a tour through Europe, a portion of Asia and the Northern part of Africa. He will spend considerable time in Egypt. Owing to his arduous work at the university he finds 'that It Is necessary to spend some time in rest and recuperation and he concluded that this would be an opportune time to visit the orient, to which he has been looking forward for many years. Goshen Democrat WATER 20 CENTS PER GAL. Indiana University, in Town Where Supply is Exhausted, Expends $50 a Day. During the present water famine in Bloomiugton merchants are importing distilled water, which finds a ready sale for drinking purposes at 20 cents a gallon. AlpCia Hall, the dormitory of Indiana university has contracted for its water supply which is to come from wells near the Home artificial ice plants in the south part of the city. The university is oaying $50 a day for its water supply. The college receives water in Standard Oil tanks from Gosport, and is also getting it from the Hotell Spring north of Bloomington. New Stamp Approved Approval has been given by Postmaster General Meyer to the new special delivery sltamp to be placed on sale withm the next ten days. It measures about one incb square and is of a dark -green color. Running diagonally acros its face is an illustration of an olive branch, the leaves of which entwine a Mercury foot, symbolic of peace and haste. Attend Chicago Excursion. Among the crowd of Plymouth people w?io took advantage of the excursion to Chicago Saturday were, Mrs. G. A. Williams, Mrs. Sarah RosenJbury and daughter Miss Hazel, Mrs. Paul Butcher, "Mrs Fred Hill, Mrs. Mary Schroeder, Miss ' Bertha

I Hoover and Wm. Nichols.

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