Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 43, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 July 1909 — Page 1

THE TRIBUN

PLYMOUTH'

VOLUME VIII

GIVES HISTORY OF S Wm. E Curtis Tells

Monument to Chief at Twin Lakes -on September 4th.

William Iv Curtis 'the special correspondent of illte Chicago Record Herald give's, the following account of plan to lnnor the former rulers cf America, the Indian.- at Twtn Lakes. Marshall County, He says: "The celebrations of the anniversaries of Hendrik Ihidson and Sieur ChampSain are serving an important purpose in reviving a interest in .historical events- and in stimulating the study of our own short past as a nation. In collecting material for a series of articles upon monuments which h'ave beert erected to American Indians I have found that much more attention has been pari to fhe subject 'than I had sryposed, and there are historical societies supported by public apprcprationi in many ui the States as we'd as private organizations .which ar-e keeping alive stories df heroisim ami sacrifice among the aborignes as r.vell as the explorers cf the continent and the pioneers of our civilization. '"Within t'he last year no less than five new momimenfcis have been erected to American Indians, the mast of ihem have been a tardy recognition of nobility of character an-1 obligations .tor services rendered thr whits race, while- others have been erected to emphasize wrongs that cmnot be otherwise redressed. The latter is particularly true of a monument which is to lue dedicated Sept. 4 next at Twin Lake station on the Vandalia Railroads in Marshall County, Ind. near the center of the former reser vaticm cf the Menominee band of the Pottawattomie Indians, who were driven from their homes by military force under the authority of the government of the United States amid circumstances of merciless injustices. The -rocrmmerrt, which is now being f iit into potsiticn, consists- of a pedestal of Barre granite ten "feet high, sup-porting a statue seven feet high, of an Indian chieftain in ceremonial dress. It bear the -follow ing ins-crip tion. . "'In memory of Chief iMenomiraee and hi band of 59 Pottawattomie Indians, removed from this reservation Sept. 4. 1833 by a company of soldiers under the command of Central Jolrn Tipton, authorized by Governor David Wallace.' "The monument .will be dedicated on the 71st anniversary of the eviction with appropriate ceremonies and v ill be unveiled by a gran'drdailghtes a the late PotV:vrattomie chief, Po-ka-gen of Hartford, 'Mich. Darnel McDonald Instigator. '"The movement which resulted in the erection of this monument was inaugurated and lirected by Daniel McDonald -former editr of the Plymouth, Indiana Democrat, who has been a student of the Indian history and Iegendry of Indiana for many 3 ears, and in 1905, while a member of the legislature, introduced a bill or an appropriation for this ipupose. After many d scour a garments the bill became a law 'March 12, 1907, a com-mid-ion was appointed to carry out the -p'an ami a corrtra'ot for the construction of the monument was awarded. "The territory new included within the boundaries of Indiana, Illinois and Michigan was once the home of Pot t a; watt cm ie Indians, wlio belonged to the Algonquin 'family, and were related to the Ghippewas the Ottawas and ther tribes occupying adjacent territory. Nearly all of their tand's were ceded to the United States with the exception of a small reservation in what is now Marshall county, Indiana, and in 1S.11 the legislature di Indiana tpa.-Ntd a joint resolution requesting congress to get the rest of the Indians out of the state. Commissioners were appointed hy the se-crrttary of war, who met the Indian chiefs of the Pottawattomies on lite Tippecanoe River, where they conducted' a treaty Oct. 26, 1S32 by which (the Indians ceded all of their Jands with the exception of small individual reservations, and article 3 provided that they should be moved to a tract of country on the Osage River in what i now Oklahoma, the government paying all expenses o! removal. "The first migration took place at once and within two years all of the tribe had gone peaceably except Menominee and his band, whose village was on the north bank of Twin Lake. Marshall County. They refused to gto. Chief tMenotninne had refuses! to -sign the treaty and persistently refused to relinquish his rights or permit his village to be removed. He had a good title which could not be denied, but the government commissicners warned him that if he did not go voluntarily he would be removed by force. Old Chief Meets President. "He made a most dignified but pathetic speech to the commissi oners, appealing to the president of- the United States for protection and claiming that the later did not know

'Recorder's Office .-!;

POHOWATOWilE of Plans to Unveil the truth and had been imposed up on. "He does not know that I have refused to sell my lands and still re fuse,' said old Menominee and when he knows the truth he will leave me to my own. He would -mot force me from my home, and graves of my trrbc and my children who have gone to the Great Spirit, nor allow you to tell me that your braves will take nie. tied like a dog, if he knew the truth. I have not sold my lands. I will not I sell them. I have not signed any trea-1 tv and will not sisrn any. Nevertheless, old Memominee and I . ... , I ais tnoe -wvre (torciDr removea. i

I.iAHSHaLL

Spiads of soMier rounded up all thehird four children, Mrbh Krinig and

families, their 'hdmes. were torn down I and destroyed, and, on the morning of September 4, 1838 orders wer civen to move and the mournful rwrty started on their western march. They were accompanied by Father I Petit, a French prie who had been their missionary tor several years, and had conducted services in a log chapel erected by Rev. Theodore Daden, the first catholic priest or dained ins the United States. Nearly all of the -tribe had accepted Christiamity and where communicants and cn the morning of the departure I Fher Peti celJhra.tefl miss and the I

Indians joined in sintging the hymnlwaie anU two

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place our confidence in Thee." Fathei Petit has left us a description of the ;:ene and says rt was heartrending. but over our dying mission we pray ed for the success of those thej wen Id cstaJblisrn in the new .Hinting ground. "Menominee was a religious man and had always- taught his classmen t axfid the use of intoxicating liq uors ii. to cheat or .ie jr steal, but i j livv '.v peace with all mon. partic-t.!-"I :th the wlnte. "Tiic eviction was .-auplete, and it was official, nie chiefs were origin a ;y treated as priv.i;,. but at Fat'her Peth's reqivest they, were al lowed to take their phee with the rest ott the tribe. It was .t mournful proces-sion. "First went the flae of the United State, borne by a dra-l goon, then the baggage in wago.is. then a vehicle for the chiefs after which folltofwed the main body of th tribe, men, women and children mounted en horses', marching in file, Indian fashion, while on the flank: were dragoons and volunteers urg ing on the weary and unwilling, often with mast violent words and gestures. The sick were in wagons under an awning of canvas, which,! however, far from protecting them from the stifling heat and dust, onlj deprived them of air, and many died. Six miles from Danville, 111, there I was a halt for two days. When we I quitted the siptft, Father Petit wrote "we left six graves under the shadow of the cross." The suffering that fell :o the lot of these poor Indians on this horrible journey cannot be adequately described, but may be judged fr -m the fact that their numbers were reaucea oy 100 "Detore tney reached their new reservation on the Osgae river. Father Petit saw them sa'ely established and then started on his return trip. At St. Louis he siiccumibed to malarial fever and the nervous strain of the ordeal and died. His remain were removed to Notre Dame. Ind., where they lie in the cemetery attached to the university. "The Illinois. leisiTarure at its re cent session apprdpriated $1000 to pay the expense of an investigation and report a to the practicability of acquiring Starved Rock at Ottawa. UK as a state reservation and park. Death of Jefferson Dunnuck. Jeneirson Uunnuck, died At hitzgerald, Ga., cn last Friday and was taken to 'Bremen -for' burial today, taken to Bremen for burial Monday Deceased wa 33 years of age. and has been a resident of North Townsnu tor twenty years, ueatn wa caused from catarrh of the stomach With his family 'Mr. Dunnuck had been sipenkling the summer ir. Georgia. He is survived by his wife and tw daughter. , Ed-na and Rose The funeral will "be held at the Evan gelic church in Bremen tomorrow- at at 11 a. m. Interment at the Bremen cemeterv. Theodore Cressner Improved. Theodore Cressncr was returned to his home in this city, Friday even ing, atter navwg Leen dorvJined in the Mercy Hospital at Chirago, for the past nine days. 'Mr. Cressner is rcrcrted a'- being mitch improved ami In better heaäeh than hie has ex periencevj fror the p-as-t ccntple of weeks. Dissolve partnership. Samuel McDonald Iras -purchased the 'half interest owned by this brother Jdhn McDonald in the restaurant -on MVhigan street, and is now operating the restaurant as sole owner.

HEFLICK BROUGHT HERE.

Plymouth Man Who Was Arrested in Mishawaka Being Confined in. Local Jail. John S. Hetlick who was. arreted . . , in AlisinawaKa a icw uays- ago, i a demented state anil wi1k could not give a connected aiccouni or. nimsc-u was returned to 'Plymouth Saturday. i . r . vr Officer Koust of MiMhawaka conducted the man to this city and left him at the county jail, in charge of Sheriff Voreisc Heflick told the police, when he 'was nrst locketl up, mat nis manner lived near Hymourh and that her name was- craig. iuk onicer renin u that the man 'had misinformed him and that no such 'family lived thete. The demented man was 'a familiar figure about Plymouth, till he skipped out a few weeks ago. He was at ne time a bartender. Kring Family Feasts. The tirst reunion of the Krin,? Family was held at the home ot Emanuel Krinig and wife four miles nonth-easc ot Plymouth Saturday, July 24. 1099. A large gathering of iricr.ds and relatives- were present f. t." 1 i." u.-:f n-ej vu-, 'uia.iiuci imih auu wire ami orne cniid, lUvm-ir is.nng and wife and liour chil'dren, Henry Kring who resides in Arkansas, Edward Kring wife and four children, Ira Kring andi wife and three children. from Xagipanee; John Ilecknell and ji.iie ami two ciTWüiren, unarjes necw- ... t , t T .l nell and wife a'nd son, Jerry Milier uid 'wife. -Mrs. Wesley Krnrg and Ihn-ee children of -South Bend two laiitf'.iters of WiM Krinig from Souih Heu. I, Samuel Frick, Wm. Frick and A!if red Frick aivd wife and two childrei df South Benkl, -Hiram Uaughnan and w.rfe and one son and family Sf tiiüi Beixl Simon Schemutker and children and two Chicago. Clarence Kring and wife a:ikl three c'Wildrein, Mr. a if J Mrs. Berlcy, Verna' Shafer A!J Hepler, George Miller Photog rapher frdm- Nappanee iwho took the ictufc of the entire conijwny. There vcre 70 pccpl-e who sat dow to the is st table- which w ere set The full length of the barn rlo.r, and twelve ir fourteen were seated at the second al;!c. AI) dkl justice fo the sipread. Alv'-ch t'he ladies haid prepared, and t wias one of the best ever eaten in Mans hall County. AW werft home feel-r-g tht they had a jolly good time One w!ho was. there. A Needed eforrriT' A negro who seriously wounded a sheriff at Paris, Tenn, has been lynch:J by a well organized mob which ot'ücud the hanging in a very order ly manner. Under the circumstances M . t J .t w u.J have iDesn lutiie uor rne oiicers to have endeavored to protect the negro, and but lrtrle resMance .vas offered by them. What Paris, Tenn, evidentJy needs j an emergency court and jury which a 1 ' an Le Kept permanently in a sort f fire headquarters wrth trained i-orses, drop harness and all. Let this oiirt on wheels be notified whenever i lynching Ts to be held. Then, at a moment s noUce, it can race to the scene, hear the evidence, if the mob has time to offer any, pass sentence df guilty and fix the penalty at death Heretofore a few . conscientious go.xl -citizens have feTt some, quailms that an orderly mob can nbt take a prisoner from jail and hang him from a convenient tree without violating the law. But with this court on wheels., everybody would be within .he law, even if justice did have to mi with its tomgue hanging out to keep up wth frs own execution. InlianapoCfi's Star. Boy's Body Turns to Stone. The body of Jes-se Mayes, a ten year oia cowered ooy, is graauany .urniirg to ston in the morturary at 3t. Francis Hospital at Trenton, N. J., .vhere it is being kept until it can be sent to the boys home at KnoxviUe, rennesse e. The by became ill during a visit wo months ago with a party of ju !!ee singers from the Anderson c'l .-ed Reform School of KnoxviUe. He vas taken to the hospital and died n a few days. The body was embaim ed and word was received from the South that it should be kept untU sent W. A couple of weeks ago it was noiced that the body was becoming lard. A number of physicians who have examined t'he body say that rt t a geimine case of petrification. Still Claims Boy's Body. Lake Michigan still refuses to sur render the bbdy of Harold Banks . -ne ot the little victims its treacnercus waters claimed Thursday. It the opinion of Captain Egle, of the 'ife saving station, that the body fel nto a hoffe, presumably made by the .rruption.s of the sand suckers, and 'hat it is- held there while the under tav and waves pass over fthe hole. In his opinion the boldy will not come to the shore until the sea subsides I which .may be sev-cral days. Dairies in Bad Condition. ' Inspection of South Bend dairie Ias ilisclosed condition's- far from sat isfactory atxl calling for immediat aCton on the part of the authorities I according to Frank W. Tucker, state food nspe'etor. Of the ten dairies whkc'h- he -has so far visited in com p.'iny with 'local official'.- only two wx-re found passtatxle, and these two did not come up to the laiw.

PLYMOUTH. INDIANA.

LEG BROKEN IN COLLISION MOTORCYCLE AND WAGON COME TOGETHER RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY Accident Happened at Center Street Viaduct Farmer Was Driving on Left Sidle of Road. A serious aocident occured at 7 o'clock Friday night when a motorcycle riikk-n by George Henwlricks, collided with a farm wü-gon, just south of th-e Pen-nslvania railway viaduct over Center street. The hub of the wagon struck the cycle rrdcr on the left leg, causing a compound fracturf di the Teg below the knee. -Botfa of the bones were broken, and the bon-e protruded through the flesh, making tflie woicnd more scrious. The rider wtasi throwti from the motor-cycle and th-e ma-chine wias quite badly wrecked. A pT.iysicFa was im-niediateiy stminioned, and the injured man was taken to the office df Dr. AspBnall. where the wound wois treated. Wagon on Left Sidle of Road. The cause of flhe: accident was the fact that the farmer was driving the spring wagon in the left side of the roa'd. The motorcycle in company with two others was going south under the viaduct. Ttii-s- passage is)ex"tremely ditigerotts from the fact that an oncotmLng rig cannot be seen from ciyhor s?da Young Hendrrcks was in the leakl, on t3ie motorcycle which was stolen last week, ami only recovered Sunday. He made a wide turn in passing under the viaduct, and then kept to the ri'gGit hand side. The horse and wagon was not observed until the motor-cycle was upon it. The wagcr.i was hirgging rhe 4orr".i "de of the rttiidj or on u-s ldft hand sivle. The cycle rider turnel quickly to avoid hiitting the horse, and the hub cf the wagon struck the 'left leg breaking it. Hod the wagon been on the right hand side, the accident would not have occured. The name olf the farm er was not obtained, as Ihe paused on!y a minute before lri)ving on. Aaron Worth; Draws Crowd The little Weslyan church in this city was crowded at all services from Saturday evening unhi'l 9:30 Sunday evening. Kev. Aaaron Worth, the pio neer df the chuweh, in Indiana, was the attraction. He is several years more t'han three score and ten, but seetms to have Idst none of his old time vigor. He is, a Billy Sunday, Sam Jones and 'Moody cömbned, and no matter how long he preaches he holds- the attention of every person in .his audience from the first sen tence until the close of hi!s sermon. Jackson and Roosevelt Andrew Jackson, while president, had no hesitancy about- left'tm-g congresa umle-nstaml wihat sort of leg-'s lation he tWored and even demanded f the law-makiW .rKJwer WHirn fongress hesitated or reifuseJ to listen to his wi-sfhes 'he resorted to methods which the critics of IVesrdent Ro-J,e-velt wKuld have cliaraicterized as ex tra -too nsti tut iomai!1, arbitrary, arirogant and autocratic. But -When "Old Hick ory felt that he was in the right, 'suci pcotests gave him very little concern.

YELLOW RIVER DITCH CONTRACT

IS AWARDED LAST THURSDAY

Nappanee Drainage Company Will Dredge Yellow River for Fourteen Miles Several Bids Were Received.

Bid's for the construction of the Frank Milner ditch, known as the"Yellow River pitch," were received in firs office of county surveyor Percy J. Troyer at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The contract was awarded to the Nappanee Drainage Company at 3:30 oclmtck Thursdlay afternoon. Severn bids were received. A large number of dredge men- and engineers weTe present wüten the bids were opened. The bids- received were as follows: Charles Stcrnlburg and Sons, Chicago, for dredge work ton and- one half cents per cubic yard, 'for scraping work, 12 aiHd one-half cents per cubic yard. Boyles and Lizenby Winimcic ten and owe-half cents per cubic yard for dreldging tcs and one-half cents per ciubic y rd for scraping. J. J. Brumbaug Elkhart, 9 coil s kt cubic yard, for dredging no bid on scraping. A total bid of $22,800 on flic drcklging. Oyde "A. VaR LaGrange, dredging alone, 11 cents per cubic yard. The Nappanee Drainage Co., eight and three-fourtibs cents per J cubic yrtl for both dredging and scraping of the total job for the lump, iwn of $23,271. F. B. Wade, Geneva, Indiana, dredging work alone eight and orve-ba-lf cents per cubk yard. What Work Consists of. The propowd dredging consis.ts of the deepening, amid widening of Yellowfiver, flor n distance of fourteen miles from the fork made by the junction of the Dausman and Atmey cJitc'h-es eleven miles above Plymouth, to a puiiiit three mile's below the city. The river will be deepened1 and in sonne places widetieAl. In some pla'ces

THURSDAY. JULY

WILL ATTEND STATE SHOOT CAPTAIN JOHNSON AND CORPORAL POWELL WILL REPRESENT PLYMOUTH CO. A List of Marksmen Who Will Complete in Three Regiment Competition. Commanders of the three regiments of infantry of the Indiana na tional guard J.ave-'made the announcement of the men who will represent these regiments in the state rirlie and revolver shoot at Fort Harrison range July 27 to August 2. Those who will represent the Third retgiment are: Major Josernh R. Harrison, team captain, and Major George W. Treyermuth team coach. The members of the team are: Hrst Lieutenant Altert Black; Company A; private H. A. Thrush, Company II; Sergeant W. T. Van Auken, Company B. 'Secoird Lieutenant Valevens L. Clear, Company A; Sergeant Dallas Wilford, Company D. Sergt, George W. Ginder Company K; 'Private Emmett Douglas.- Company H; Musician Warren Good; in. Company B; First Lieutenant John Cram, Oc "npany B; Corporal C. P. Mickey, Company li, and Corporal Clarence Baldwin, Company A. The alternates are: Quartermaster Sergeant Guy Hisden'brook, Company A; Quartermaster Sergeant G. C. Lowe, Company C. and First Lieu tenant Earl A. Smith, Company G Other tnird regiment competitors will be: Sergant G. -Denison, Com pany is., bergea-nt -Major oeorge W. Coe, Second battalion; . Sergeant James Crain, Company B. Corporal J. B. Ruch, Company G; Captain Orville B. Kilimen, regimental staff; Corporal Paul Bowman, Company K Sergeant C. P. Chaffee, Company E; CaptaVn Carl -Be-ver, Company H; First Lieutenant Guy E. Kimble, Company F; iMmsician S. F. Garber, Company G; Corporal Frank Powell Company. I; Private Fred Barber, Company C; Sergeant John B. Glar gloff, Company M; First Lieutenant T. D. Woodworth, Company M. and Captain Orlando Johnson, Company 1. Kern's Course. In a recent banquet speech at I.i dianapohs, John Kern declared with a good kal of vehemence that henceforth) brewers and saloon kectp ers -must not undertake to use the Democratic par - for their ?eTlish and mister purposes. Such notification may have been in order on this occaion, but it is a great pJty that Jchn W. cf.dn't think of this 'n 1907, when he' joined the brewing interests" in the foolish work of defeating the then pending high M cense bill. He knew then as well as he knows i r;v wiat what antl lw,h-" who. l,e ai- knuws- wuio it was that struck -Billy Patterson. Mr, Plank Injured, . Char.'es PKink was called to his home in Sixith 'Ifend 'Monday by telegram which stated Ithat his father had bee:i injured. What the Vnjuries consist tif, is not known. a new course will be cut for the river Through the city of Plymouth, the dredging will be done by scraping die river be-J. The course of the dredging includes the removal, of the old mill dam, known as the Zenner mill dam, in the north part of the city. A toal of 2f5,9.)4.5 cubic yards- of dirt must be removed from the bed of the rivet in the consumation of the dredge. The length of the river to be dredged, lhas been divided into 753 stations of whdeh 003 stations are to be dredged, and 4S to be scraped. When Work Will be Done The lowest bidder on the dredge was interviewed Iby a representative of the Tribune Thursday afternoon, aii4 6tated the fo'Hi. jwing irr reference to their plans, should either receive the n.tra-ct. Mr. W. J. Dtitlir-'gham, estimating engineer for the Nappanee Drianajje company sai. 1 that if Ins company received the contract, workj would be begu on the river by Oecember 1st of this year. The size of dredge t. hi used will be as- follows: length 10 feet, widMv 38 feet, boom OS fect, diper handle 50 feet. The will have to be jncreased as the work progresses down stream. A force of about fourteen men will be employed on the dredlge and four to cut th right of way. If the weather is fair the work will progress at the rafe of about one mile in month. Mr. Dillingham states that hi c nnpany would not scrape the river in the city, but liiave a much better plan, wfh?ch they will keep secret. He stjted that it iwuld be imssi-bl to je: teams in the river to scrape the bed

29, 1909.

WHO TOOK THE DOUGH. Helped Himself to County Money Then Hid) it in the Barn. All d'ay Tuesday, Sheriff Miller, County Clerk Ed Murphy and others of Rochester were on a 'hunt trying to locate the sneak thief, wlto'somc time Monday jiiight raiser a window on the soutfh side Jl the court house climbed inito the vault of the comity cleiVs. office and helped ihimswlf to $."0.00, several checks and a post of fice order. No clew to the thief was found un til after dark, when -Murphy was call ed to the Tedephione and a timorous voice asked if there was money missing from the clerk's office. The answer being "n the affirmative, the voice iid, "You will find ?t in your barn," This proved to be true, for the money order, and checks were found in the same box stolen. 'Who took the money no one knows and the case seems cne for Sherlock Homes to unravel. Legal Reform Needed.. When lawyers are asked, as they were in Illinois by 'Mr. Gilbert re cently what they "have done in a 100 years to simplify and improve the administration of justice they must either frankly answer nochinir o t t x n..- . preserve eicjq-ucni sucircc. uui i.vcie is ground for hope that they will be Uirre'd to action in the next several years. The evils of the law's delays, absurdities artd technica1tes are noi only becoming unendurable, but tht advance of efficiency and method in all other departments of activity simply malceis it impossible -for jurisprudence to lalg belhind and become a byword and reproach. It is a gratifying fact that eminent judges and successful lawyers are beginning to use plain Engüislh in dis cussing the question and to voice the public's protests and demands for immediate reform. The other day Justice Brewer spoke strongly on the grave injustices an!d disgace of our procedule and specifically characterized as outrages the reversal of verdicts on fivial or technical grounds and tht Iwaste cf wctks ox even months in impaneling juries that cm the whole are no more representative than those selected in a few hours' by fair and business like methods. Governor Exercise ClemencyMoved by the condition of the mother, Mrls. Robert Stephens, Gov ernor Marshall has decided to release from t'he Indiana iloys' school at Plain-field, Charles 'Stephens, sixteen ears. oHd, and allow 'him to return to bis parents. Affidavits signed by phy siaains to the effect that the mother is worrying o.-er her son's detention in the reform school to such- an ex tent that her mental condition-is im paie-d Iformed the basis of the gover n:r's action. A three page petition, signed by Judge Mc'Mahan, who ordered the boy committed to the insti tution because ihe Mas inL-orrigible, and many other Valparaiso citizens, was filed asking for the lad's release S::penintendent York of the school, also favored his release. Young Ste phens has been at the school since June 11, 1908. The New Tariff. As a matter of course, Tresidem Taft will not get such a tariff bill out 'of the conference committee as he would like to have drafted; that has been entirely clear from the beginning. But he is going to get all that can be obtained. In the framing of a tariff, under the exiiting order of things, it's 'largely a matter of give and take &r take and give. 'It has ever been so, and will continue so until the details of the tariff adjustment are turned over to a competent commission composed of men of intlexiLi'e integrity. ;South Bend Times. England Invaded at Last. T'he straits of Dover have been for centuries to Englan'd wfliat the moat was to medieval castles, a guard against surprise from enemies. Jüdin. Cae.siar crpsse'd them 2000 years ag and England became a Roman province. A little more than a thousand years later William the Norman sailed across and established the monarchy that still remains. Tfie ipaniG: armada tried it, but failed, and Napoleon frightened Englishman into hysterics by threats of a pas-sage. A tunnel under the straits has been persist en tly -tipposed by England in a nightmare dread of invasi.m. Hence it is worthy of note that on Sundaj morning, July 25, a Frenchman named Louis Bleriot, actually sailed above these sit ra its in a sh'p from Calais to Dover and landed safely on English soil. It was a peaceful invasion and won the prize of $5ooo offered by an English newspaper. Taken to LongcUiff. Sheriff Daniel Voreis accompanied Mrs. Clara Lockwovxl to LonjjfclifT, Monday where admittance has been obtained for the wdman. She hasbeen today wlhere admit la mce has been obtained for the woman. She has been sn inmate of the County In'firmir for the last four vearc. . L. 0. T. M. Entertained. The Ladies of the -Maccabee of this city, to the number c;f 15 wvre en tor -tained at supper, by 'Mrs. Frel Corse at her home one antl one-half miles west of town, Friday evening. A most enjoyable time was enjoyed.

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Attorney General Bingham Crowd at Methodist Church-

County Civic League is Organized.

"The county' option, law, is going to remain on the .statute books of thr staste cf Indiana. TJve peapile of Indiana will- see that, that Law is mot, and never will be repealed. The County Opton law is guhig to liberate the people of Indiana from that which has been destroying the lives, and characters of too many ot" its citizens. It is that business which has been destroying businest-, paralysing trade, ruining labor, desnonizmg fathers, making maniaics of morJhers, harlots of daughters, and criminals of sons, it muzzles the press of the couniryt and corrupts 'the politics of the state and nation. It is time to drive out this monster, and now that it is driven t.uui .Hai Miajr .uniii- ivtiv it uui. These in part, were words of Attorney vienerai ningnam, wuio ai-aressea a meeting of temperance people of the couty, at the -Mctftodist church, Saturday afternoon for the purpose of forming a county organization, for the e.nforcementof laws and paiticularly the liquor laws of. t'he stale. The meeting was opened at "3 o'clock by Attorney W. H. MattTnew, who in a brief address reviewed the tcmperence work in Marshall couruty, and outlined the plan for perfecting ait organ.: zarion in the county, for he enuorcement of tine liquor laws. Blind Tigers Rurming. Atty. -Matthew stated thait A-ond had ccJme to hint, that ibGirtd tigers were s-ccntcd in various outlying tdwns and vicinities ck" the coury. It Was- the purpose of the county organization to ht-r.f: H.t tthe Hind tiger an'd "slay him in his den." Atty Matthew introduced Atty general Bingham who ep-cike on "lalw enforcement, and estcciaCly enforcement of liquor laws." The speaker stated that he believed .that the tmatimous opinii'on öf people cf the sitate was against iSquor. Everyone is famiiliar with the effects of intcirjpeTecxe. Tire reason that more has not been accomplished against the drink evil,, is that the goefd people of fTne sta.- nave bee-n divided in their .-L'nC'on as lb how the traffic should be sii'iipre.sedi, while the liquor peo pie have been united as of one mind. The progress of the temperenice aun-emert was related, in the statement, that in 'Sie year 1 b 1 2 an Episal cor.vTerence was he'd in this territory, at -which a restVlution was in HELIOGRAPHS IN FORESTS. Experiments Will be Made to Find Means of Protecting Ties Against Fires. Washington, D. C. July 28. Experiments will be made during the summer with the -tandard heliographs' which are notw used in the war department! for signaling on the rational forests. One of these experiment s -w ill be on tCie Kaniksu national 'orest in Idaho and the other on the S-:ani!'a;is (forest in California. It is intended to discover whether .hese iwStruments will be of use on tional forest to report fires or Iran-mit other messages in areas A.ere there is no quick method of iJinmunication. The conditions of climate and latitude, well a the sp-ecies of 'nilanimable trees in two forests are sufficiently different to determine Aihethcr Ihe instrument is suited to st me localities and not to others. Easy and mick communication to all parts of a forest must be had if lire is to be kept down. Anyone who knows of the learrul damage wrought bj- forest fires on private and unprotected lands each year, will easily see that through rire patrol, use of telephone lines and other means of ccm'iiunication stich as is maintained on ;hc 11)5 million acres contained in "he national forests, the losses can V reduced to a , miipmifm.' t For the administration and protection of the 14S national f" sts in 10 st aft cs an-d territories and Alaska, the government spent $2,520.098.02, rr about one and one half cents an ?.cre f r the caledar year 190S. Of this anK-unt $5112,109.19 was s'pent for permanent improvements including the construction of 3,400 miles of trails, 1( miles of wagen roads, 3.200 miles r( telephone lines and forty miles of fire lines. Death from Tetanus. Thus far the Chicago Record Hertihl h:as reported 133 deaths from tetanus as the result of 4th of July accidt-aits. All but two were in oiher parts of the country than Chicago, where a sane celebration Aas enforcl where a sane celebration was enforclaws. Death of Infant Wade. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. I-M. Wade, of Chicago, was 'brought to this city for burial iMonduy. The child was born Sunday -morning and lived six hotirs. Mrs. Wade was- for 'merly. Mists Clara Richard of thi; city.

NO. 43

Ii AUA STATUTES

Addresses -Marshall tnoducedv providing that all clergymen engaged in the sa!e or handling of EnitoxicaitwTg liquors, he declared mot in good standing. The restitution , faüJed to pass In 1816 the resolution only succeeded in. pas&ing, by having, malt liquors excluded (from the resoPKurion. Nohy we have the county option law, the greatest laiw if its kind ever passed by any legjsSafcuTe. A law abidÜng saloon-keepers according to the Atdomey Central Bfingham W-S the exception and not the rule. The offenders must be prosecuted arid the laws enforced. Court Reform Needed. The speaker contirruetd "that the next thing needed a'flter the liquor traffic wa dispensea wMt, was a reform in the court praceedirre in fhis state. An instance was given in the prosecxltjon of breweries', brought by tthe Attorney Generat Suits to revoke the chanters of several brewing companies were brought in June of 1908. The issued of those cases, (have not yet been made, up, thlanks to present court methods. Since then the county optflon law has been passed, almost aH of tlhe statte hai Moted otut Q&q-uor, anl in all probabilities tlhe sitate would be entirely devoid of 1quor, -before the issues were made in the brewery xsases. To sliow what a hoM the brewerieis- have on tlhe state, fbe speaker stated that of 759 saloon's in 'the city df IndianapoSis, all but ' 79 were dwned and controßlexl by the breweries. Organize League. The meeting proceeded -tot organize a county ci vie league, with a president secretary and treasurer, and" vice-pres rldent in each township of the counlty. TCie coject wl be co-operation ini the enLrotncement of the lawts and esfpecially th K-quor latws m Marshhll tyMARRIED IN PLYMOUTH. Rochester Woman Asks (or Separation from Her Husband Charging Desertion. ThroAtgh her attorney, Julias Rowley, Mrs. Christie Steel of Raesfer has filed with the Clerk of the Circuit vxjurt a petition for divorce from her husband, Silas Steel residence unknown. In her complaint Mrs. Steel, who is more familiarly known in- Rochesr ter as )Mrsv Bright, states tihat she and the defendant were married m Plymouth fin (MaTch 1891 an'd lived together in jealce and iharmemy until April 1902, tw'hen) wtlh-out just cause or reason the ffaithle-ss Silas, disappeared never to return, nor has he oontnibuled to (her sosprxirt -since hat time.' Mrst Steel further states that hr occupatiotk is thtat cjf a housekeeper and that she has -been a resident of Rochester for the past fifteen- years. No children- wore bom to union, arad she asJas- a legal separation. The Tobacco Trust. Editorially the Fort Wayne Senfnel noted this cecentfy: "The tobacco trust is "jail to have tmrried its heaviest ar cilery to "Washington to resist the (Charge led by the Intrepid Beve ridge. Somebody must have spiked the bSg guni The Beve ridge amendment for raEsimg the tax on tobacco has been fully accepted by the finance ccimtmttee and in all probability will become the, hw." Senator Bevtridge dil' good job when he rnercilessJy dissected the greedy, grasp trig cormorants composing the American Tobacto Trust. If exatt justice were come, every motrher's son s ctf them woti'ld be befand the bans. South Ber.d Times. Race Program Issued. The program race events of the northern Indiana and northwestern Oßwo fafcrs cfircuit issued 1st meetings beginning in LaPorKe August 24 and continuing until fhe; week Sf October 6, wnen the last meeting wdl be held in Bourbon. Purses are announced totaling $40,000. The association embraced in the circuit are Laporte. North Manchester, Lake county, Fulton county, Montpelier (Ohio), Elkhart, Valparaiso, Bremen, AnoJia, Hicksville (Ohl) Kendallvtlle and Bourbon. Pet Dog Killed. "Cu's" the terrier belonsginig to Harry Grube, was struck by a strange automobile passing through the crty Sunday. The dog wa-9 a highly valued pet. Entertains Saturday Club. 'Mrs. 01errrge Thhyier was. hostefss to the Eadieis of t2i Salftrday Chsb, at her cottage at 'Maxinlcuckee lake day. Adjudged Insane. Mrs.. Maggie Wal ley of CuUer and Mrs Clara Lock wood, aged 42, of the County Iwfirmiry, Wave- been adjudged insane, and application has been made for theffr atitta-nce to Looycitfl.