Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 2, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 October 1906 — Page 1

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FOSTER GROVES' LETTER,

Read What He Says About Boys and " Look for Proof in ' the Future. In last week's Chronicle Editor Boys says the statement of Foster Groves that he, Boys, said he would rather see everything go to hell than have Hendricks rule it,"is ever word of it a falsehood. We have never trade such an expression to anybody anywhere nor at any time." Below is Mr. Grove's letter to Thomas Medbourn, and the readers of this paper can look for further proof which will prove that anything the Chronicle says is unworthy of belief. Millers City, Ohio, Oct. G, 19C. Mr. Ihos. Medbourn, Culver, Ind. My Dear Friend: Your letter of Oct. 3rd was for warded to me here by Mrs. Groves from Mentone, Ird. My' folks live there but 1 am not at home very much. I will be here until the 20th of this month then I expect to return home. You don t . know how glad I was to hear from you. I had expected to write you a letter in a few days. I was getting anxious to know how you felt. You have expressed my views exactly, and I enly hope you and your friends will express yourselves at the polls. I had a talk one day vnth Boys in 1 ippecahoe while 1 was there and we were talking regarding Mr. Hendricks as county chairman. He said to me; "WE WOULD RATHER SEE EVERYTHING GO TO HELL THAN TO SEE HENDRICKS RULE IT." Was not that a noble expression for a man who was expressing himself as wanting harmony in the Republican ranks? That was a good way to get it wasn't it? I asked him why they recognized Hendricks until after the congressional convention: "lust to keep him from fighting Brick." 1 said to him you fellows did wrong. You knew that Hendricks would not work with you, but you fellows could work with him. I have no love for Hendricks personally. His getting control of the convention and getting elected county chairman is only a part of the program in all conventions. If Mr. Hendricks was smart enough to down them; then they should have been men enough with a loyalty to the boys on the county ticket (or rather would be put on) for the success of the ticket in Marshall county, to load in Mr. Hendricks wagon, starting out with a determination to again win the boys out in Marshall county, as it should have been and could have been. What would the honors have been' for Mr. Hendricks to have been county chairman and carried the county Republican? Had there been no more honor in store for him than there was for me it would have been an empty honor. I can't do much towards the defeat of that ring in Plymouth but will cast my Vote and what influence I am able to bring to bear to the defeat of those responsible for this deplorable condition in Marshall county. Let them understand the cannot- stab uk the back and expect us to be their friends. I may get down that way before election. , I expect to go out to Frank Gams' some Sunday and if I do I will let yon know or h:ve Frank let you know and would like to have you come nd see ' me. Give my regards to all the boy? and tell them I am with them. With best wishes. As ever your friend, F. Groves P. S. Write me at Mentone and if I am not there Mrs. Groves will forward to me. In another column will be found the letter which Ex-Chairman Groves wrote to S. E. Boys in reply to the Chronicle's deuial last week. It is mighty good reading for the voters of Marshall county. Denatured Alcohol Regulations. The commissioner of internal revenue has issued regulations controlling the manufacture of denatured alcohol and its uses, pursuant to an act of congress which goes into effect June 1, 1007. The commissioner says there will be two classes of alcohol, first, that which is completely denatured, which will pass into general use and be purchased without limitation, as against private consum ers, and, secondly, specially denatur ed alcohol, in which the material de manded by the needs of manufacturing interests will be regarded. Denatured alcohol will "supplant a large consumption of wood alcohol, and the price, it is believed, will not be more than 35 cents per gallon. The denaturing process will have to be accomplished on the premises where the di'tilling is done, in specially designated bonded warehouses. Death Penalty for Negro. George Wiiiiams, an Indianapolis negro, will be the .next victim of the hangman's noose in the Michigan j City prison. After one of the" shortest murder trials on record in Indiana, where the death penalty has been inflicted, Williams was found guilty Friday night of murdering a policeman, Patrolman Edward J. Pet tigrew, of the Indianapolis force, and the extreme penalty ws pro nounced. The presiding judge will wait ten days before naming the date of the execution, which must be at least 100 days from the date of the sentence. Then Williams will be taken to Michigan City to await the corning of his doom. Keeping Up the Fight . Notwithstanding his defeat in the state convention, representative Bur ten, of Ohio, is keeping up a sturdy fight for reform in the Republican paity. His friends claim that the people are with him in his efforts to smash the old machine. It was only by combining forces that Senators Dick and Foraker could out-vote him in the Dayton convention, and even then they had to compromise with the reformers in the matter of the platform. In the case of the people versus the bosses the people are winning everywhere.

Disease and Death in September. The monthly Bulletin of the State Board of Health just issued, says: The health of the state in September was not so good as in August.

Cerebro-spinal-meningitis was extraordinarily prevalent for September, the number of cases not being known but there were fifty deaths from the disease. There were nine fewer typhoid deaths than in. the same month last year, but more cases prevalent. The disease existed in every county in the state but most of the cases were mild. As usual, only a proportion of the cases are known, because many which are in a mild form are diagnosed as "malaria," "stomach disorders," "bowel disorders," "low fever," etc. The labratory has been extensively used this month for making typhoid blood tests and numerous typhoid cases have been discovered which otherwise would have passed as some other complaint. This gave the physicians and health officers opportunity to prevent the dissemination of the disease from such mild cases. Rheumatism was the second most prevalent disease. Then follows Tonsilitis, diarrhoea, typhoid fever, iholera morbus, cholera infantum, bronchitis and dysentery. Pneumonia was reported as 13th in area of prevalence and influenza 15th. Small pox was reported as present in nine counties, 51 cases in all with two deaths. The counties reportirg this disease were , Fulton, 6 cases; Jeffer son, 6; Johnson, 1; Miami, 4; Mont gomery, 3; Shelby, 5; Starke, 6; St. Joseph 1; Sullivan, 8; with 2 deaths; Wabash 1. In the corresponding month last year there were 65 cases in 5 coun ties with no deaths. .Therefore, there is an increase by this comparison. Pneumonia which caused 133 deaths in September 1905 caused only 03 this September. The all-prevailing and ever destructive consumption did its usual work, 291 falling from this cause. There were 95 cancer deaths, 196 by violence, 426 from diarrhoeal diseases and 31 from diphtheria. Diphtheria commenced to appear unusally the last week in September, and will probably increase in virulence in October. The State Board has sent out circulars to the counties urgnig that anti-toxin be furnished free to poor people. It is now known that if this remedy is used promptly in the early stages of the disease, there is no need of children dying from diphtheria. It is also known that epidemics can be absolutely controled by the use of immunizing doses. When diphtheria appears in a family and there are other children, an immunizing dose-of 50) to 100 units of anti-toxin should be used to each well child. Politics in Pennsylvania. A careful study of the political sit uation in Pennsylvania leads the Chiga Tribune's staff correspondent, Raymond Paterson to the conclusion that the Keynote state is on the schedule for a revolution in November. He sees signs that tell him that the people of that commonwealth are on the eve of a great revolt and predicts the defeat of the Republican state ticket by the fused Democratic and Lincoln Republican parties. This of course means the wrecking of the old machine which for many years has been invincible ,and the undoing of United States Senator Boies Penrose, who inherited the machine from his late political creator, the late Senator Quay. The big state has been rolling up Republican majorities that exceed the quarter of a million bulk election after election, but a people convinced that it is the victim of politics and politicians, corruptionists and grafters and aroused to an indignant sense of wrongs can easily overcome majorities. The awakening in Philadelphia has caused the balance of the state to somewhat stir itself. Top of Head Cu'. Off. Ernest Cornwell, aged 16, an apprentice telegraph operator, at Milford Junction, was instantly killled in front of the B. & O. station Saturday night. In company with three companions, he went to the junction to jump a freight to go to Bremen where the young men had girl acquaintances. They attempted to board a fastly moving freight, and all caught it but Cornwell, who fell under the wheels after losing his hold on a handle in some manner. The top of his head was cut off above the eyes, as cleanly as cleaved with a heavy sabre. The lad was from Standish, Mich., where his father, Chester Cornwel', and mother reside. The accident was witnessed by a number of travelers Damage to Cotton Crop. President Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton association, estimates that between 40,000 and 50,000 bales of cotton were . killed in Georgia alone Wednesday night. J. S. Akers, of the cotton firm of Akers & Inman, stated that at least 40,000 bales of cotton were destroyed. In addition to Georgia, killing frosts formed Wednesday night in South Carolina, North Carolina, Misscouri, Alaama, Tennessee, Arkansas and in fact in most of the states east of the Mississippi river. It is estimated that the cotton crops of the states suffered as much as did the crop of Georgia, and it is approximated that in the neighborhood of 500,000 bales of cotton were destroyed Wednes day night.

TAKES AN APPEAL.

Garn Takes Chairmanship Case to Supreme Court. An appeal on relation of Francis E. Gam against the election commissioners of Marshall county, has been filed in the supreme court. The relator filed on Sept. 29 hi the cricuit court his petition for an alternative writ of mandate, upon which an alternative writ was at once issued to the board of election com misisoners for Marshall county an to John R. Jones and Francis M Burkett, members of such board. commanding the apellees in the pre paration of the official county ballot to be voted for in November, to place certain candidates for county officers to be printed in the second column of such official ballot under the designation Republican ticket and under the eagle as a device, and that no names of other persons be printed in said second column as can didates for the same offices as the persons named. On Oct. 4 both members of the board, Jones and Burkett, filed thir demurrer to the alternative writ. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the demurrer was sustained by Judge Bernetha and the attorneys for the relator. Gam, re fused to plead ovr and permitted judgment against them. The relator nrayed an appeal to the supreme court, which was granted and the bonds 'duly filed, transcript prepared and the case was filed in the supreme court Friday evening, with a motion that,-on account of its great Import ance, it be advanced for immediate consideration. The court ordered the cause advanced, directed the appellee to file ä brief within 10 days and the appellant to file a reply bri ;f within two days, so that he case can be disposed of before election. It will be seen that this is simply an attempt of the bolters to get a writ of mandate without a trial o the case on its merits. They know that the law and the evidence are all against them when Ihe facts were fully presented. This case could have been filed more than three months ago and would have been filed then if th; bolters had not known that the courts would decide in favor of Hen dricks when the Tacts were presented. It is a game of bluff on the pnrr of Jim Goodrich, who does not want to be beaten by country politicians, and he is using Republican money from every county in Indiana o pay Garn & Co., to keep up the fight and disrupt the Republican party in Marshall county. - Ditch Economy. Marshall county people will be interested in the plan of County Surveyor Brett of Wabash county who has decided to use iron stakes as a means of saving money. After using iron stakes in making surveys for ditches he has diceded to adopt them for every ditch, and henceforth with the surveying of each ditch iron stakes will be set The plan is one that has never been tried before, and it is more than probable that other counties will adopt it. The iron stakes, which are cut from old gas pipes, being obtained at a low cost, are set in the exact center or trough of the ditch 100 feet apart, with the top of the pipe as the profile of the ditch. The stakes are set 18 inches in the ground and are permanent. By this system the cost of an additional survey every time a ditch is cleaned is saved, making a saving of $30 to $50 nn good-sized ditches. When the ditch is cleaned, after the stakes have once been set, no profile or schedule of cuts is necessary, the tops of the stakes making a profile, and the ad ditional trouble and eitpense of pre paring these is eliminated. Culver Citizen. The Power of Tax Board. - The appellate court in a decision recently handed own held that the state tax board has no power to in crease the valuation of the improve ments on real estate in a county, nor to increase the assessment of property in a city, town or township, when the other property of the same kind in a county is not revealed. It was decided that an, order of the board in 1893 for an increase of 50 per cent in the valuation of improvements on lands in. Fountain county, and five percent increase in the value of improvements in the cities of Attica and Covington was void, and the collection of the increased taxes was enjoined. The court says that the state board can deal with proper ty only ly counties and only by gen eral classes, as real property or personal property. Football Shocks Lipton. Sir Thomas Lipton Friday saw his first American game of football at Ripon college, where a special game of football between the first and second teams had been hastily arranged on Sir Thomas' expressed desire to see the American game. At the conclusion , of the game Sir Thom?.s shook hands with the players and adressed them briefly. He complimented the boys on their spir it, but deplored the roughness of tne game, saying that the rugby fcam afforded as much exercise and enjoy ment without brutality and dangei. He hoped to see the rugby game introiced in this country and said he would like to give a cup for the pur pose.

The Next Great Step.

The President's great Harrisburg snfrti nur npwc frnm Washlncrtnn says, was intended as an outline of thf wnrk that h r1circ th nxt . j l .nrtrrrcc tr r 1 r. in ire Iraner cpcctnn. previous to which there shall be a campaign of education for a twelvemonth. The central point is the control of swollen fortunes. He spoke particularly of the vast accumulations of wealth by railroads and other great corporat.ons. iut oack ot tliic flntiVif 1cc Iia hfte in mint rnn. .... " " " -- v. snip ,ina is ine menace, ine msM . t . ,i rrt t ; dent's words were: ins our clear dutv to see. in the interest of the people, that there is adequate supervision and control over me Dusiness use 01 me swollen iortunes of today, and also wisely to determine the conditions upon which these fortunes are to be transmitted and the percentage that they shall pay to the Government, whose pro- . i : ' 1 Li., it tecting arm alone enables them to exist. Once we do that the supervision . will inevitably extend to great for - tunes in whatsoever use. Our friend - ly critic, the London Spectator, to which we have frequently referred in this connection, spoke directly to this point weeks ago. It averred that we should inevitably have first to restrict the tariff in all of its enormous exactions and then that we

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... ...... - - - - t i '"' ov-"ww ttl AUi an article regarding some remarks recall his suggestion for a progres- d the way I have been they woute due University last January was that I should have made in a letter sive tax to see the tendency. It is Jlufighey'wo quadrupled, making it the largest to a friend of mine. Now Mr. Boys the wealth in its use, not its owner- had their verdict to render over scho1 of its kind the country. ihi nLe?PC, utake any ,parl

should have to restrict the accumula- superficial regret or sadness at the I manner before Thanksgiving day,' respect for every man that you nomtions of wealth, simply because even collapse of their national govern! .000,000 would easily be added to of'sorrv fnMh'pni Vh ntivic3!

now these accumulations were becoming such as to threaten the national lite. Its language, in part, was: In ,h. third generation . multimillionaire might held several hun - dred millions sterling and be master of all means of communication in three of four States, even if not of any of the lesser legislatures. What the new scheme of distribution is to be we cannot pretend to foresee; but that testators disposing of vast sums will be restrained from be - queathing more man a nxeu amount .a .1 to individual legatees we think exrfrJlnrrlv nrnliaMe ' ceedingiy pronaDie. Thus, it is no mere Roo.eveltian hemispheres see that the tremend-1 ous play of forces in our unhampered life here has brought, .bout con uumns uiai can noi riiaurc. wur growth has. been so vast and so en.ormous that in the accumulation, of

scheme that the 1 resident pro- to cxcite the susceptibilities of the though the response of the different Vou people sat around and let Mr. pounds. "The spirit of the times South American brethren, who nat- companies was immediate, the fire "n";0n andgbe dectedSLn??!?" shall teach .him speed." He sees uraliy vicw the proceedings in Cuba had secured such a start that only man; not knowing what was' gong plainly as thoughtful men in both wjtn a certain -alarm and aDorehen- by the most desoeriite efforts were on and after it was all done, then eot

wealth we have produced forces that 7 , ."' wealth we have produced torces tnatjmust be always m evidcncc untll u uncontrolled, mean ruin for us and is decjded wnat shall be th f.nnl

for those related to us. Europe does fate of Cuba That is a matter for smoke. The large plate glass win- other or both. That is a part of polnot escape. The crux simply is that congress to deal with. dows ar cracked, and the steel ceil- LV" uC ", n"Wl1!, toward thc

concentrated wealth as it is today with us constitutes a menace to civilization unless it be wisely guarded -Indianapolis New, : Our October Snow. The snow which fell to the depth of fully twelve inches in Tlymouth if none had melted while it fell and for 24. hours la-' on the ground six inches deep did not extend west more than forty miles, but the fall tvnc hvv nnrth nf ik anH temll 100 miles east The South Rend Times savs- On the morninir of October 10 Nor hern ' Indiana awoke to find her lanc'scaoc wrapped in a mantle of snow. Nat- . ar - ure had spread the ermine blanket! with tr.ntl hand and tucked it rare-1 f.,11 ,rn.,nrl m(tAw'fnr,ct 3n,l - i.l" e tivated field. It had not been preceded by frost and the foliage had I scarcely begun to take on its au-1 nm rnlnrincr 9o nlant tre and I hrubs presented their full-leaved al V Vtv pk W-'W frraa.' aaav enrfarp to rereive the falling enow I It descended gently, and with damp adhesiveness clung to bush ?.nd tiee until each became a crystal banner , . . I The storm happened in this wise:! The atmospheric disturbance which, originating in the Gulf of Mexico, swept P the Mississippi valley, de veloping hurricane force in the gulf states and ending in a gale on the Great Lakes, reached Northern Indi ana on the 8th. It was manifested here by a strong south wind, ending in n rnnifal Oinwer with thunder I and ngntning. n was louowca on xnei . , . .. ... . m , I Ofh hv a drizzlini? mn with a breeze I frtn tl, n .rth nd falling tprrnprat- - J - " 1 " " " I ,TU m,. th nlm nf ih, rf. stored eauilibriutn a temperature ofl freezing and the remaining moisture was nrecioitated in snow to be owed by warmer weather. The snow has wrought some dam n.-nnrh hav- Wn hrnWn &- down by its weight, and a few shade rees have been virtually ruined. But ' J ' l on the whole, it will prove a great blessing. Its warm covering protect-1 ed from the frost that accompanied! t. Its moisture will water the field? and feed the sorines For the fall I pastures and growing wheat it sup nlies a want that was beginning to be sorelv felt, and though it may for a time inconvenience the husband . : ' tUm i man and the orchardist, yet its benefits far exceed its disadvantages and thus, like most of nature's gifts, we find a blessing in this October snow Got $250,000 Order. What is regarded as the heaviest individual order for concrete machines in the world was negotiated this week by the Ideal Concrete Machinery company, of South Bend, with a large eastern concern, which deals extensively in concrete machine and construction supplies, the order .mounting to $250,000.

DENIED NEW TRIAL.

Motion Overruled for a New Trial in the Stinger Murder Case. : Judge Bernetha Monday afternoon I . overruled the motion for a new trial I :. i- n.n! .t i e l ' " "1 . inc Juüße askeü Kettinger lit he ,ldU anyming 10 say ana ne repnea, 1 1 i . i . i- . . 1 nave Decn treated tair ana right but , think that if each Qf the .- ; I ct J . i . i i men uau uuereu ine persecution 1 I . - aan,. The judge then sentenced Retting -

er to imprisonment tor lire. Heinardiy a county in the State that is

... ..I was taken to the state prison Monday evening and his number is 944. 1 Our Course in Cuba. Correspondents in Cuba agree up on one feature of the situation in that island. They find that there if iyj such thing as patriotism in I r f . . I Cuba no such sentiment as would prompt English-speaking people to make any sacrifice to avert foreign 1 intervention. The Cubans are indif - 1 ferent. I They feel no regret over the suicide of the Palma government. They manifest no idea of resistance, to United States interference They singly do not care. They have no idea of national pride. The only people who disülav even ment are the bandits and bushwhackers who hoped to establish themselves in power by driving Pal-

m, ot nA th..c crt;n o u- .lon the subject of selection and care

,ot lhe (reasury. h' ! " orT 1 American intervention with disfavor! because it upsets their plans The rest of the Cubans are entirely un. moved. This is a situation which renders the course of the United States troveminent difficult and delicate. There is, however, but one thing to do. The 1 administration at Washington will have to go on and carry out the provisions of the Piatt amendment . . tecause it has no power to do anylning ejse care should be taken not sjon At the same tjme there . ,d . bc and thcrc win not ,be anything ,lke temporizing or makeshift methods of administration in Havana, ti,- ,inm;,n nf .. tt-:.i c... We can no, cou oredict what congress will do, but this much is certain that the American people are not g?i maintain d mg army m vuoa to keep rival lac-j tions ot tne adventurers from cut-1 ,in "ch, oth"'s tl!'" !" druggies for possesion of the Cuban cash box. That would be an im-1 possible situation. Yet there is only one alternative. I If we do not choose fo act as the! I f-A-At.tl W v . a. am J ab 1- a- V. I uc tween these bushwhacking "patriots"! I we sna11 nave to assume e attitude I I a( -t tL. T C iL I ,,,4Mtl luwlu mem. n incy i I a 1 f fl fl "ol ru,e ncmscves we snail have to rule them. y"u ik". wie sun-1 auon as 11 ndouDieuiy appeals to I . A.v.n c it.. a i . - "" n"w.4ii jjcopic. i Ihey are dissapointed and disgusted I at th miscrab'e failure of Cuban f clt-Kovernment- Tney are no g- ' K 1 1 rtVC a pcipciuai inuiuuuii u" f .e.r very irom uoor. J "i uau-wajr iuws- "" 1 be jbjndoned " and . that mi issues suau ut uicu. v I When congress meets it will be its duty to take the matter up and con - .. . . , sider it most seriously. Chicago I Chronicle. . I Goes to Philippines. The chief item of interest in the I academy the past week was the deI f I A XT . f iU.i I 7 ... . . V? . . ,

4 nu,ppmes' lle naa J0mea tne lacjcare to be found in opposition to so u,ty on,y three wfcks aSo aftr re-(just and necessary a law. Indianap-

- 7 . - . , Second r egiment, U. S. infantry. 0 J n 1 . -: 1 .1, u 1 1u,u rtuu 1 ufttu ,u u,c ,,uw n T :a-a u-.l v.aa... ucv.uu mai ik. 1,.11.'. 1. :M UIo rAA I.'?. I "u,ul"s l" wru ,ttt wcrc lu lu u,t. su "c rc" fol-lca,led his rcsiKnation which had not

yet been acted on and left immedi-lboys

lately to rejoin his old command. He I sai,s from an Francisco Oct. 15 as I.. o i j I ine oecuiiu is now siauuiicu ui mc Philippines. Very naturally every.m m Um nnAmrrr rmrrrmtm käs A. ! at-out",J' ,l,lls u,u,l.",s h11 w.v... ;si a,reaay won ine warm inenasnip

cm.it iai.u.ijr, anu iusc siL.aporie couniy in me ncxi icn years,

long career m the army made him an mvlmdmc -uu'"" l" 8taff of the academy.-Cuiver nAn Unwise Order. The order of the postoffice department that the stamP of time of re ceipt of a letter in local postoffices be omitted was unwise. There are a hundred reasons why that stamp should appear. The time of receipt of a letter at the postoffice and its delivery to tf e person addressed is often a very important feature in a discussion over business incidents. A petition for a rescinding of the order will probably be sent from various parts of the country, especially the large cities. Elkhart Review.

The Seed Corn Special.

The announcement that a seed corn special is to be run over the various divisions of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad during the week of Nov. 13, under the direction of the Purdue University Experiment Station and The Farm g win come as welcome news' to the agricultural interests of the State. i , ... This kind of educational work was instituted by The Farm Star about a year ago. ine interest aroused by I hrct train in n c in it t, U-.I 1 -.- ...... ö nwi mc i Tu. . , ... x uc aguauon in xavor ot Detter 1 seed corn has spread until there is not paying some attention to the subject. In twelve counties "Boys iorn v-iuds, witn an enrollment so I large as to surprise even the most enthusiastic educators, have been in operation during the last season and rom lhe Ports that have been made I public, it is plain that they have been I -L : iL.:, .i i I showing their fathers how to raise I coraThe train th,'s year comes at a l most opportune time; results will I come that will show in the next sea - son bank accounts of the growers who accept the advice of the corn exPerts- It is estimated that if every corn Slower in Indiana would carePick ou the corn that he intends to use for seed next summer and would store it in an approved tnc va,uc of Indiana's corn yield I next year- II is the intention of the corn authorities to dwell particularly f r. The Bremen Fire. The Bremen Enquirer says one of the most damaging fires that the business district of Bremen has suffered for many years occurred Wdnesday night. About midnight the rear part of Huff & Company's big I hardware store was found to be on I - "re, the discovery being made by Mrs. S. M. Babcock, whose rooms , are directly across the street. The alarm was at once given, and althe, flames confined to the rear of the building and after an hour's stubborn resistance 'finally extinguished. The building is half a block long. The rear half of the lower room is comI Ufl .,! ,-.i .v. c y.M. a,(y -,.u tures m the front part badly damaged bv the intense heat and th inf. that no d6ubt aided in confininir the fire to the lower floor, is ruined, The origin of the 'fire 'is in doubt, it appa tIy start5n t a ; t far removed trom anything likely to start a blaze. The b"i,di thr-story .trueture and one of the finest business blocks in town. A Duty for the Legislature. It would be profitless to inquire wny inaiana nas sucn pituuny inad "T fl equate statutes for prosecution of law-breaking trusts. Legislatures If . t . . I nave come and gone and neglected or I . - bungled the work, while Attorney General Miller, at least, has urged I me; enactment oi taws like tnose oi adjoining States where convictions I I, i nave been naa. Doubtless one excuse that will be I urged cm behalf ofprior Legislatures I is the fact that public opinion had I not V been aroused On inese SUD-1 jecjs as it is aroused today, it is more prODaDie mat tne real expiana-1 tiotij must be found in the activity ot trusts emissaries in aeieaiine ine salutary measures, urged by Mr. MilHer. I All this, however, is neither here nor there. The thine is now for the neglect to be remedied. Here is a plain and inescapable duty for the I coming legislative session. And it is I one that will doubtless be discharged, t- i r . "11 I rcw memDers OI e,l,cr Pari t - r . 1 i-aponc VOUnry onxesu ! ? i ti..j... t..l.i i roiessor nnsue oi xuruue nas i r ; .r .I t a oi inspecuun inrougu i uapone county, examining more than 100 plots of corn grown by the! who are competing for prizes I

for best acres. In one case a boylnessed by a number of the bridal

lis competing with his father, and his

corn averages is ieei nign wnne matimey lett tor a tour to Kochester, M.

Ä , . , . . .. ., I 0f the old man averages only seven . M 1 -1 I J. TU ! , It

--jicci on same aim aiunsiuc. xnisiiowed oy me very Desi wisnes 01

Mcorn growing contest is expecica 10 resuu m auumg nunurcus ui muus- i ands ot bushels to the corn crop ot Doubtless this is true, and the fact snoudi stimulate many outer counties to go and do likewise and thus increase the corn crop of the state crop oi tne state by several million bushels in a like period. Indiana Farmer. Township Convention. The republicans of Center town-1 ship met in convention at Bissell's hall, Saturday afternoon, October 13, and nominated the following For Advisory Board, Amos Miller, Leroy Staley, D. L. Dickinson. For Justices of the Peace; George W. Gerard Herbert E. Hess, W. H. Conger, John J. Staley. Fos Constables. William York, George W. Boweil, Elmer Young, D. C. Smith.

MR. GROVES ANSWERS BOYS.

Ex-County Chairman Scores the Chronicle and Its Ring of Bolters. The following letter was sent to S E. Boys by Ex-Chairman Foster Groves in reply to the Chronicle's denial last week. The letter KnMtc i . Nr itself. Millers City, Ohio, Oct 12 190G "ymoutn, lna i jn your jssue Gf ue nth n h .. i" -" "ism i luaoudji couniY. now ever I want to sav nne thin. v in reeard to a certain tntpm.nf nave aenrea. i am going to make II tV Pub,lc statement of this fact now and jfoot it feels the best You madetht remark to me standing on the sideI walk by the drug store in TiDoecaQULD THER7 FTFVitpv6 THING GO TO HELL THAN SEE HENDRICKS RULE IT." I ou made those remarks to me and I furthprmnr vnn IrnsM.r jt them to me; and there is no use of right down to the nostorW aft. leaving you and told Milo Ritter Nust wnat you had saiu. I also made fEEf LT" r J Lai P!?ct and claimed 'right from the start you people were making a great mist;Jce ant 1 claim it yet. Mr. Hendricks Viends 0LhtounbldltlaewreSbut I am a friend of the boys on the county ticket. I -have the greatest has come up, when it could halt been avoided, and every man on & cP"D'can ticket elected in the I""1.1"- "vc uirown in S? T ' I know it. You know why it was done. and what it was done for. Had you fcf n1iartSU;n!tSHf ?Un abi to the harness and done everything ? your power to eect the county SS?" i,lLtat.?.uStr1a;n iTendncks "in brder to do so.-There I is always two sides to everv nues- .. . . . ,on' and tn,s IS tne time. when you feTh aTöfn ml opinion, inere are others who will see your mistakes when it is too late and you as well. - I "P and ,made a ßreat biS kick a Mauc! ,.wien . you ,should have had howling fSud .rtfr. lUndriikf after he got the nomination, is all fot- You .and ever other man that has ever had anything to do with a COnvmtimt-knows there is-al ways an kinds of tricks used to control a convention, either one sid or tho Su you fellows who wear the bell and when 'ol jmned over the fence le1 deTeafor thV Rublicin ticket in Marshall county this year! lean be laid to a few of vou fellows 4J "fit on the Sr50ftn0e ,hd and then have a Your truly. F. Groves Election Pointers. An election board consists of the inspector and two judges. The clerks re not members of this board A . Ä 1 H a ! - f 1 1. 1 w quaniitauuns oi mc mcmucrs r . oi an election board tne law provide the following: "No person shall be K'uie as n mcmucr oi me ooara oi elections wno nas anytning o: value ii.. i it i f or waBercu un mc rcsuu oi sucn an election, or is a candidate to be voted for at such an election, or who is a father, father-in-law, son, son-ui-iaw, graiiuiauier, granuson, urowi er, uroiner-.n-.aw, uncie, nepnew, ursi ur sccuua cousin, oi any canuidate at such election Married. Colmey--NcNiff. One of the prettiest weddings of the season took place in the Sisters chapel at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning when Mr. Charles Colmey and Miss Mary McNiff were united in marriage by Rev. Father Tremmel. The bride was gowned in white net over soft silk trimmed with real lace. Her veil fell from a wreath of smilax and she carried a shower of white bridal roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Julia Walters of Columbia City, wore

a gown of white. Mrs. Edward Biggens of this city, performed the duty

of best man. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of the bridal couples friends. Mr. and Mrs. Colmey left for a tour to Rochester, N. Y. and other points of interest followed by the very best wishes of their many friends. On their return they will begin housekeeping in their beautiful home on north Center street. May their years be long and happy. Tells of French Grafting. p R Thomas, son of Walter Thomas, formerly master mechanic of the Michigan division f th R,r Four, now a master mechanic in one C . w a a w ay ' fy of the iarcest chons on the Panama canal, writes that the cause of the failure of the French government to build the canal wa due to graft. He is an engineer and has made a careful study of the conditions. He says: "The French spent millions of dolars for useless stuff. I could write a book on French graft. They bought hundreds of thousands of small dump cars, which hold about ten shovels full of dirt each. These are now being used for fuel."

Bills of State Importance. At least eight bills to be introduced into the Indiana general assembly

in January will be the echo of the fifteenth annual session of the State Conference of Clarities and Corrections, which was held at Muncie. Following the favorable report of the "tuberculosis .commission" appointed by the last legislature a bill will be introduced providing for the establishment of a OUte colony for the treatment of consumptives. Another bill will provide for the establishment of a system of; state workhouses, the apportionment of the state into at least five workhouse districts for these institutions for committment of all persons now receiving jail sentences to these workhouses, and leaving the jail places for only temporary detention. A third bill will provide that judges may suspend sentence on 11 first - offenders, no matter what the charge, the present law limiting the suspension of those under twenty years. The one so favored will be placed under the supervision and jur isdiction of the state reformatory and penal institutions, which will be cmJpowered to take him in the same as a paroled convict if he commits a breach. A bill providing that a juvenile court shall be established in every county was drafted, but it may be changed limiting the compulsion to all cities over 20,000 population. An other bill kindred to this one will confer on the juvenile court judge of Indianapolis jurisdiction not caly over children, but over all who con tribute to their delinquency and will provide that they be tried in that court Retiring President W. H. Whittaker's advice will eb followed, and a bill will be introduced providing for the sterilization, of at least all persons given to making criminal assaults, or of degenerates or confirmed criminals. It will be so Ignited in the hope that it can be amended and serve as the basis in future year of extending it to many other classes of defectives. A bill will be presented changipg the one-to-three years' indeterminate sentence to one-to-?:ght-years. and another will provide that it shall be a felony for any citizen to pass an article of any description through the bars to a prisoner, or to inflame iis or her mind. Pennsylvania's CcpitoL Pennsylvania's new capitol is likely to become noted for more than the President's great speech at its dedication. , TbaL-CT f or the n-'.lcn, but the building is with the state, and in the good old Pennsylvania way. The appropriation for the buildi-? was $4,000,000 and it was boasted that it was built within the apropriation, since it had been "constructed" for $.1,000,000. But here as in many cases it depended on what was meant by words. , It seems th?.t the folk that used this word meant one thing and the people another. For after construction came equipping and furnishingand there is whjere the r.ay regime came in also. Until lately no one thought of inquiring what the cost of furnishing and equipping the building had been. But a meddlesome Democratic State Treasurer who, by virtue of his office, was a member of the building committee, has shown that the total cost of the four-mittion-doUar building is $13,000,000 that between $,000,000 and $9,000,000 was spent in equipping and furnishing; th?t is more than twice what the "construction" of the building cost. The grossness of the extravagance of the corruption may be felt in the fact that for chahdeliers alone $1,000,000 was spent. The affair wa ; worked apparently by way of a difference of functions. There .was a building commission which was able to provide literally for building and for mural decoration for $3,000,000; and it so construed its .functions to the limit leaving everything that concerned the equipping and furnishing of the building to the State board of buildings and grounds. This we should say was a case of what the slang term "cold deck" describes. We do not know the law under which the new building was built, but that a building com mission should consider that it discharged its task when it built and decorated walls and put on a roof, and left everything else for an extra charge that should make it possible for the building to be used, looks, as we say, like "ringing in a cold deck" on the people. Indianapolis News. Will Make Twenty-nine Speeches; W- J. Bryan will deliver twentynine speeches in Indiana on the three days tour which he will make on October 22: 23 and 21. There will be twelve on the first day, en the second and seven the third day. i?he first; day will be spent in the southwestern part of the state, beginning at Brazil and closing at Evansville. The ' second day will be devoted to the gas belt cities. He will make the first speech of the day at Tipton, and then swing around the circuit, closing at Greenfield for the day. In the evening he will address the big mectih? at the Vest Washington street baseball park in Indianapolis. On the third day he starts in at Lebanon at 8 a. m. and makes a tour of the north central part of the state, winding up in the evenin at Ft. Wayne, where the big Twelfth district meeting will be held in the Princess rink. This wlil complete the three-day trip.

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