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VOLUME V
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1906.
NO. 24
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
Brick Nominated Fifth Time,
Making Four Nominations
By Acclamation.
The Thirteenth District Re
publican convention convened in
the opera house at Warsaw,
March 15, Chairman John L.
Moorman, of Knox, Starke coun
ty, calling the meeting to order.
The candidates for state offices
were invited to take seats on the
stage at the opening of the meet
ing. Vhen the roll of counties was
called for nominations, Hon. L.
W. Koyse said that Kosciusko
county with one voice would
nominate Charles O. Merica.
Xo other county presented a
candidate until St. Joseph county
was reached, when Fred Wood
ward of South Bend, presented
the name of A. L. Brick
A number of seconds followed
and Judge Royse then asked that
Mr. Merica be allowed to speak
to the convention.
Mr. Merica made a rousing
speech and was frequently cheer-
ed. He said he believed that any
man had a right to enter the race
for a nomination for any office.
He said that he wanted to go to
congress and would be a candi
date for the nomination from now
until the meeting of the next con
vention in 1903. He said he was
the candidate of Kosciusko coun
ty Republicans in this convention
and Kosciusko county had a per
fect right to present a candidate
if it desired to do so. He said that
he was merely acting as the rep
resentative of the Kosciusko
county Republicans, and that in
order to preserve harmony in the
party he would withdraw his
name from the convention and
move that A. L. Brick, of South
Bend, be made the unanimous
choice of the convention by accla
mation for Congressman from the
Thirteenth district. He was loud
ly applauded at the close of his
remarks.
The chairman then put Mr.
Merica's motion and Mr. Brick
was nominated without a dissent
ing vote.
After the adoption of resolu
tions and listening to the reading
of a letter from Mr. Brick the
candidates for state nominations
were allowed to make speeches of
two minutes each. Their speeches
were well received.
Mr. Merica was again called
out and made a rattling speech.
He stated that the speech he had
prepared for the occasion was net
appropriate and that he would lay
it away and speak extemporan
eously. He thanked the twenty
two friends from Kosciusko coun
ty who had suported him as well
as all other -members of the con
vention, stating that he had not. a
bit of respect for their sense aid
judgment in their selection. This
remark - created merriment. He
assured the convention of the loy
.alty of Kosciusko county in the
coming election and stated that
:the proper way to succeed was
jiot to "squeal" but to "root." He
complimented the state candi
dates and thanked the convention
for its attention. He was loudly
applauded at the close of his re
marks and the convention ad
journed. The convention was one of the
largest ever held in the district
and was entirely harmonious.
It marked Mr. Brick's fifth
nomination. He was first nomin
ated at Rochester in 1898, beating
Hon. L. W. Royse after over for
ty ballots had been taken. He
was again nominated in 1900,
1902, 1904, and now in 1906.. All
his nominations, except the first,
have been by acclamation.
"Laugh and Grow Fat.
.
Life is such a serious business
xrith the average mortal that an
opportunity for ä hearty laugh is
more than welcome to most peo
ple. "A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine," and so do the
humorous features of that great
metropolitan daily, The Chicago
Record-Herald. The first thing
that greets you on the first page
of every issue is the humorous
cartoon by Ralph Wilder, the
well-known artist, that frequently
'tells more at a glance than could
'hf conceived in a column of read
ing matter. Every issue contains
Un a humorous small story on
the editorial page, and the "Alter
nating Currents" column, written
by S. E. Kiser, one of the most
rmlnr humorous writers in the
country. In addition to all these
Ihe Sunday issue always includes
a comic section, guaranteed to
produce laughter.
Resources of Texas.
Most people are aware that
Texas is the largest state in the
-union, but few know that it has
more timber than Michigan,
more than Aiauama, more ma uic
.it more fruit land
man -
than California, more tobacco
land than Virginiamore oil land
than Ohio and more grape land
t-i-i oil of thf rest of the repub
lic t cVrt the resources of the
Lone Star state are practically
-unlimited and its vastness pre
sents an open door for rmlhons
OBITUARY.
Arthur B. Toan.
Arthur B. Toan was born at Ply
mouth, Indiana, July 31st, 1563, and
oied at Marinette Wisconsin, March
I5th, 1906. He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C E. Toan
nd his sister, Mrs. K. F. Brooke, all
of his city. Funeral services were
held at Marinette on Fridy afternoon
and concluded here with a short
service Sunday afternoon Aat the resi
dence of his parents, the Rev. Geo.
A. Pflug officiating. Those present
from out of the city were Mr. F.. A.
Brown and Mr. J. F. Hancock, pres
ident and vice-president of the First
National Bank of Marinette, Wiscon
sin; Mr. Frank Carney of Owen
Sound, Canada; Mr. Ira Buck and
son Chester of Peoria, 111., Mr. C. H.
Buck and ion Frank of Ridgway, Pa.,
Mr. V. H. Mann, Mr. W. P. Bowring,
Mr. C. M. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Reeve and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mc
Donald of Chicago; Mr. A. L. Wheel
er of Indianapolis; Mr. Lafayette
Crane ?.nd Mrs. George Arnold of
Laporte; Mrs. John Green of Ligon
ier and Miss Anna Houghton of Oak
Park, Illinois.
The following appeared in the
Daily Eagle-Star of Marinette, Wis
consin on the evening after his death
and shows' the high regard in which
he was held in the community in
which he had lived for the last eleven
years:
Arthur B. Toan, assistant cashier
of the First Nation.il bank, and a
prominent young business man, died
fiere his afternoon at half past twelve
o'clock, after a little over a week's ill
ness with pneumonia. His death
comes as a shock to his many friends,
who, ven to the last, hoped against
hope t.iat he would rally and recover.
He was taken ill a week ago Wed
nesday with what appeared to be the
grip. ' It soon developed into pneu
monia and he continued to grow
worse, nowithstfnding all the efforts
made to resist the progress of the
dreaded disease. .
A consultation of physicians was
held Wednesday but medical skill did
not avail and thfe end came diiring
the noon hour Thursday. He was
conscious at intervals during the
greater part of his illness. His father,
C. E. Toan, and his sister, Mrs. K.
F. Brooke of Plymouth, Ind., arrived
here this week and were with him
several dii before the end Dur
ing only the last two or three days
the grave character of his illness be
came known and the query was a
constant one," "How is Mr. Toan?"
or "How is Arthur?" This afternoon
the regret of all who heard the sad
news was keen and sincere. He had
friends everywhere. His death is a
loss to the community in which he
resided and it is felt by everyone.
He was a young man of splendid
moral character. Generous almost to
a fault, his friends were many and
warm in their esteem of him. He was
always interested in Marinette and its
welfare &nd he was ready and willing
at any and all times to work for Mar
inette or for any of his friends. No
appeal ever was made tp him without
the response being a whole-hearted
nd generous one. His disposition,
his personality won all who knew
him.
He was born in Plymouth, Ind., in
1865. He graduated from the high
school there and then went to New
York, where he was located for a
year. He then went to Lake City,
Minn., where he entered the bank of
an uncle and afterwards accepted a
position of trust and responsibility
in St. Paul. From St. Paul he went
to the Northern Trust Co. in Chicago
and then came to Marinette. He has
Deen with the First National bank
in this city since 1895. He is survived
by his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Toan of Plymouth, Ind.,
and one sister, Mrs. K. F. Brooke,
also of Pymouth, Ind.
The writer and his friends among
the young men take his going away
as a personal loss. Years of associa
tion with him only served to reveal
more and more his generous charac
ter. His life was an open book. The
pople with whom he came in contact
were the better for knowing him.
High minded and unselfish he left
behind him a memory that will al
ways be held up as an exmplification
of sterling manhood.
The funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at four o'clock at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Rede-
lings, where he has made his home
for years. Rev. W. B. Thorn of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, will officiate.
The remains will be taken over the St.
Paul road Friday evening for inter
ment at Plymouth, Ind., his boyhood
home.
Not Worthy of Indiana.
There will come a time when public
sentiment in Indiana will blush for the
talk that has been going around to
the effect that if a man breaks the
law to no greater extent and in no
different way from what others have
done he is thereby innocent of wrong
doing and entitled to some measure
of esteem and encomium. There is
only one attitude for the patriotic
and conscientious mind in these mat
ters, and that is that law is law and
wrong is wrong regardless of posi
tion, and if there has heretofore
been spineless and shameless acquies
cence in malfeasance, why then all
honor to the official who has the cour
age and the fidelity to raise a new
and higher standard of official life and
brave odium, if necessary, to defend
that standard and establish it once
and for all as the mark that must be
lived up to in all succeeding time.
Indianapolis Star.
STATE'S OLDEST MINISTER.
Rev. Samuel Murray Will be One
Hundred Years Old April 1.
The oldest minister in Indiana is
the Rev. Samuel Murray, who retired
from the pulpit only eignt years ago,
and has lived with his son, the Rev.
L.. E Murray, at 214 Ritter avenue,
Irvington . His hundredth birthday
will be April 1, 1908. He is of Scotch
Irish ancestry, and was, born in Penn
sylvania. When a child he removed
with his parents to Ohio where at
the age of thirty years he entered the
ministry of the German Baptist
church, called German because the de
nomination was organized in . that
country, but now generally Brethren
though the servicer- are usually in
English.
After preaching for several years in
Ohio he removed to Indiana in 1852,
and preached for more than twenty
years in the Pipccr-ek church, near
Peru, after which he preached for sev
eral years in the Salamonie church,
in Huntington county, and in other
churches.
He has had five wives, the last of
whom is in very feeble health and
will be eighty- ix years old on April
1, her husband's birthday. She is now
living with a daughter at Lanark, 111.
Mr. Murray has the following living
children: Jacob Murray, Peru; the
Rev. A. G. Murray, Methodist preach
er, Oklahoma; E. H. Murray, Roch
ester; Absalom Murray, rice plant
er, in Louisiana; S. G. Murray, lawyer,
Missoula; Mont., the Rev. L. E. Mur
ray, Christian church, Irvington; the
Rev. D. G. Murray, Methodist preach
er, Oklahoma; Mrs. Nancy Fisher,
Burnettsville; Mrs. A. B. Vere, Den
ver, ' Mrs. Susie Leedy, Irvnigton;
Mrs. W. H. Buchanan, whose husband
is a rice planter, Jennings, La.
Murray is now quite deaf and al
most blind, and confined to his room.
His mind, however, notwithstanding
Iiis advanced age, is quite clear.
The above from the Indianapolis
News is of local interest. Rev. Sam-
uei Murray was the officiating minis
ter at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. Nicoles, the parents of Mrs. A.
North of this city. Our readers will
recollect that Mr. and Mrs. Nicoles
celebrated their fiftieth wedding an
niversary at. Walkerton, a few weeks
ago.
Young Men's Class Entertained.
The young men, known as The
Young Men's Class of the M. E. Sun
day School, were entertained at a' six
course six o'clock dinner Friday even
ing at the home of,Mr. M. F. Taylor,
the teacher, Mrs. M. F. Taylor as
sisted by Mrs. William McGlothlin,
acting as hostess. Nineteen young
men are enrolled in the class. After
the elaborate dinner, while gathered
around the banquet tables, short talks
were made, which was followed by the
annual election of officers. Lawrence
Carvey was elected president, Samuel
Baker vice-president, Earl McLaugh
lin treasurer and Paul Singrey secre
tary. Mrs. Irish, the accomplished
pianoist and mother of Mrs. Taylor,
structive. The evening was spent in
assisted in rendering a musical ro
mance, which was amusing and in
music and social amusements. Mr.
Glen Seybold has consented to render
one 'of the beautiful songs tomorrow
at Sunday school.
Cheap and Good Road Making.
For economical improvement of
country roads nothing has ben found
tnat does the work as satisfactorily as
the split-log drag. A log about nine
feet long and 18 inhes in diameter i
sawed into two equal parts and con
nected by three mortised cross-bars
about three feet apart. The drag is
hauled at an angle of 45 degrees. By
shifting his weight- the driver can
make the crown of the road high or
low. The principle of road working
is to fill in the holes. The drag is to
be used as soon after a rain as pos
sible, and the combined smoothing
and puddling of the surface soon
makes a road that will be a surprise to
the uninitiated.
Freak Tree on Court House Tower.
One of the most remarkable freaks
of nature to be found in Indiana can
be witnessed on the tower of the court
house at Greensburg. This tree is
about fifteen feet high, six inches in
diameter of trunk, and has been grow
ing there for twenty years. It is sup
posed to have started from a seed
dropped in a crevice between the
stones, but what' the roots now feed
upon, or how the tree manages to
hold onto its perilous position
through storm and wind is a mystery.
and no matter how dry the weather
is, its foliage remains as green as
that of other trees more naturally sit
uated. The tower on which it grows
is 134 feet high.
Rockefeller in New Jersey.
There can be no longer a question
as to the whereabouts of John D
Rockefeller. He is esconced in his
fine country home near Lakewood, N
J., 'and as safe from process servers
as if he were in the middle of Africa.
The subpena isued for him by the Su
preme court of Missouri is not valid
in the State of New Jersey, so the
Standard Oil millionaire is frre to go
and come as he pleases, so long as
he does not pass the state line.
To guard against any attempt to
kidnap him and take him out of New
Jersey he has installed a powerful
searchlight at his country home, and
this right Ijght covers every road to
his house, so that no one could ap
proach under the cover of darkness.
Rev. Dr. Maxwell Dead.
Rev? Dr. John Andreson Maxwell,
presiding elder of the South B?nd
district, Methodist Episcopal church,
died at St. Vincent's hospital Indian
apolis Friday, as a result of an opera
tion for obstruction of the bladder.
Dr. Maxwell had been in poor
health for some time and a few weeks
ago went from his home in South
Bend to Indianapolis to take treat
ment. He was operated upon Friday
afternoon and his case proved more
serious than had been anticipated.
He failed to rally and after lingering
throughout the night passed away at
9 o'clock Saturday morning.
Dr. Maxwell 'was born in Jefferson
county this state, July 5, 1S41, the
second child and only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Maxwell, and his father
died when he was only eight years
old. His mother, however, gave him
careful religious training and as good
a common school education as could
be obtained in the schools at that
time.
When he was eighteen years old
he entered Moore's Hill college, but
at the end of two years, left it to as
sist in saving the Union.
In August, 1861, he joined Com
pany K, 26th Indiana volunteer infan
try, to aid in the union cause in ths
civil war. A body of 50 men, five
chosen from each company, was or
ganized for sharp shooting and young
Maxwell was among the unmber.
These men were armed with long
Enfield rifles and did a great deal of
scouting and extra s night marching
when in active service. He was
wounded severely in the br.ttle of
Prairje Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, his
regiment -losing over 200 killed,
wounded and missing.
For five months his wound dis
charged and it was a long time before
he could lay aside his crutches and
cane. As soon as he was able to
leave the hospital on crutches he be
gan a clerkship in the commissary de
partment. In April, 1863, he was
honorably discharged on a special or
der by Gen. SchoGeld to receive a
promotion and was immediately re
mustered as a first lieutenant of cav
alry. In this capacity he served with
credit and honor until the close of the
war. He was a disbursing officer for
over, a year, handling large amounts
of army stores and funds. Near Ihe
close of the war he served for three
months as judge advocate for a gen
eral court martial. About 73 cases
were tried, some being of great im
portance. Lieut. Maxwell was treas
urer of the military post at Fayette
ville, Ark. He was a member of a
commission of five officers which sat
as a board cf aibitration on disputes
as to property rights between soldiers
and citizens.
Returning home he re-entered col
lege, graduated with honors, and
three years later was called to a pro
fessorship in Moore's Hill college,
taking the chair of Greek and Latin,
where he taught until the fall of 1878,
excepting one year during which he
had a leave of absence, being pastor
at Charlestown, this state. For two
years bfore he resigned his profes
sorship he was vice-president of the
college, Dr. J. P. D. John being presi
dent. Dr. Maxwell resigned to re-enter
the pastorate, but served only one
year when he was unanimously elect
ed to the chair of Latin and history
in Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.,
where he taught until the summer of
1883, when he resigned to again enter
the ministry in which he remained
until death. He filled many important
charges as pastor, and was for two
years a resident of this city being
pastor of the church in Plymouth and
succeeded in raising ths money to
purchase the first' Methodist parson
age. During his pastorate he was
twelve years secretary of the North
west Indiana conference.
Two years ago last September he
was made presiding elder of the
South Bend district in which his ser
vice has been of the highest charac
ter. He was a prominent Grand Army
man and at one time, we believe,
lacked only a few votes of being
elected state commander.
He delivered the last Memorial day
address in Plymouth and it was one
of the best ever delivered in this city.
He had hundreds of friends in Ply
mouth in all the churches, among the
business men, the old soldiers, and in
fact, among all the best people of the
city.
He leaves a wife and three daugh
ters. The daughters are Mrs. Leah
Chamberlain, of Lafayette, Mrs. Rose
Dickey, of Washington, D. C. and
Miss Lillian Maxwell of South Bend.
Z. M. Tanner in Railroad Wreck.
The Monon Chicago flyer, running
CO miles an hour, plunged down an
embankment at Horse Shoe Bend,
nar Bedford, Ind., Saturday morning,
and a score of passenger were hurt,
but only one was seriously injured.
Z. M. Tanner of this city, was on
the train and his spine was injured
and his nerves badly unstrung, but it
is hoped that his injuries will not
prove serious.
That all the passengers escaped
death is indeed marvelous. The tracks
was torn up for 500 feet, When the
cars rolled down the embankment the
windows were all broken, the dishes
used in the dining car were smashed
into atoms and thrown the length of
the car, the mail in the postal cars
was scattered in all directions and the
clerks tossed about like egg shells.
The fact that it was a solid vesti
bule train equipped with all modern
appliances, probably had much to do
in preventing the loss of many lives
RICH ANARCHISTS.
Samuel Alschuler Says Danger
Lies in Disregard of Law.
"Anarchy in America is begin
ning at the top rather than at the
bottom. It is reaching downward
rather than upward."
This was the substance of the
remarks of Samuel Alschuler, late
democratic candidate for gover
nor, at the meeting of the Chris
tian Citizenship Association at
Sity-fourth street and Yale aven
ue, Chicago.
"The men who have been dodg
ing process servers, who refuse
to answer questions on the wit
ness stand 'on advice of counsel,'
who use high social, clerical and
other positions to wreck banks
and take vast sums which are not
legally theirs are the est expon
ents of anarchy in this country,"
he said. ."We can not object to
paltry side demonstrations of
lawlessnesss by strikers or the
submerged tenth when the "ele
vated" people show such disre
gard for the laws of the land as to
consider themselves outside the
the pale of regulation.
"Rogerism and Mostism are
not far apart. The extremes are
meeting and the sooner the good,
solid, wholesome, Christian mid
dle class begins to realize this and
to make war upon all violators of
the law the better it will be for
society.
"Anarchy is a peculiar plant. It
spreads more quickly from the
top downward than from the bot
tom upward. Defiance of the so
cial conventions by men of ,in
uence has a vastly more harmful
effect than the breaking of the
law by significant individuals. It
is safe to say that the dodging of
process servers by the overrich is
at the bottom of more lawless
ness and of more disrespect for
law than all the "holdups" with
which Chicago has been cursed
during the last five years.
A Tragedy of the Sea. .
The story of the disaster to the
steamer British King has few
parallels in the long and fearful
record of shipwrecks. Behind the
brief report of the tragedy, in
which many seamen lost their liv
es, is a tale of self-sacrificing her
oism and daring in the face of im
minent death which forms a rec
ord of thrilling deeds.
The ship sailed from New York
bound -on Antwerp. When out
two days it was struck by a
strong wind which gradually de
veloped into a gale. The captain
prepared the vessel for a bad
storm. Suddenly the gale became
a hurricane. The deck fittings of
the steamer were carried away
and the deck cargo of oil barrels
washed into the sea. Some of the
hatches were torn open and great
volumes of water poured into the
ships compartments. The engines
were disabled, the rudder was
torn away and the steamer left
helpless. All of the wreckage
and barrels gathered about the
ship and the sea drove them with
terrific force against the sides.
The captain, with a leg fractured
while trying to keep the vessel
afloat, stuck heroically to his task.
All efforts at repair were fruitless
and the ship drifted helpless in
the face of the storm. .
Finally a steamer was sighted
and then another. Succor was at
hand, but the storm was so fear
ful that boats could not be sent
to the rescue. Even with aid at
hand the seamen were facing in
stant death. Finally a volunteer
crew was chosen for a boat. This
first craft was wrecked and the
sailors after being themselves res
cued, begged for places in a sec
ond boat. A crew from each of
the ships, now nearby, finally suc
ceeded in making a succesful trip.
Twenty-nine men were rescued
by sailors who risked death, who
became real heroes in the deed.
The rescue in the face of such
a storm, of even a portion of
those on board the ill-fated ves
sel, is with few parallels among
the tragedies of the sea. As if to
clap the climax, the valiant cap
tain of the wrecked ship, who had
stuck to his post in spite of injur
ies, died after being taken from
the sinking craft. Truly the story
of the wrecking of the British
King is thrilling and fearful, but
the brave work of the rescuers
deserves a place among heroic
deeds.
Board for Epileptic Village.
Governor Hanly has appointed
the following members of the
board of trustees for the Indiana
Village of Epileptics: Charles L.
Henry, Indianapolis, Republican,
one year; Enoch G. Hogate,
Bloomington, Republican, two
years, Silas Hale, Democrat, Gen
eva, three years.
Mr. Henry is well known over
the State as being interested very
largely in traction companies. Mr.
Hogate is the dean of the law
school at Indiana University, and
Silas Hale, the Democratic mem
ber, was formerly a member of
the board of trustees of the East
ern Indiana Hospital for the In
sane. All three members are men of
known executive ability, and have
been interested in benevolences of
the State for a long time.
Result Was Foreseen.
Now that the congressional
convention is over it might be re
marked that the sentiment against
Mr. Brick for renommation was
not nearly as pronounced and
widespread as some of our Repub
licans profesed to think. Of course
the reader is aware that some men
are more able to judge accurately
the pulse of this district in that re
spect than others. Aaron Jones,
a man well skilled in politics, was
able to foresee the result. A. P.
Kent, the editor of the Elkhart
Review, long experienced in dis
trict ?.ffairs, and not particularly
in favor of Mr. Brick's rcnomina
tion, announced weeks before the
convention assembled that no
body could secure the honor over
the South Bend man, basing his
opinion upon the short time in
tervening before the convention
should make its selection. Sen
ator eBradsley, of Elkhart; Hon.
E. A. Dausman, of Goshen;
Rome Stevenson, of Rochester;
Judge L. VV. Royse and many
others conversant with the actual
sitation in the district,, could dis
cern it with an acumen born of
long experience.
However, it is no discredit to
Mr. Merica to have entered the
contest at the eleventh hour. It
is an honorable ambition to aspire
to represent the Thirteenth dis
trict in' the House of Representa
tives; but a sentiment in favor of
a particular candidate throughout
the various counties of the dis
trict cannot be created in a fort
night, a month, or perhaps a year.
There seems to have been no
doubt that up to within a few
days of the convention Mr. Meri
ca was misled as to the true situ
ation. The much-talked-of senti
ment against Mr. Brick in Ful
ton and Marshall, for 'instance,
faded almost ' to nothing. A
break in St. Joseph county was
really out of the question when
Aaron Jones preserved his
sphinx-like attitude and could not
be drawn into a race, the outcome
of which he could plainly see:
and even on a "dicker" Elkhart
county possibly could not be in
duced to give Kosciusko as much
support in the convention as she
would accord St. Joe.
No fault ca be found with the
Warsaw and Kosciusko county
friends who so warmly espoused
Mr. Merica's candidacy. Many
of these were his most ardent per
sonal admirers; men who know
his worth, his character, his tal
ent and ability; but his plans had
an airing in the Democratic or
gan that could not be otherwise
than harmful to his interest, and
it looked like some of those close
ly about him were giving away
information which would prove
more or less harmful informa
tion that certainly could do Mr.
Merica no 'good. Republicans
who know this has ben going on
for the last year cannot bu; see
the fallacy of this course It
must be said, however, that Mr.
Merica could not prevent it, nor
perhaps could it have been pre
vented through any other human
agency.
When Mr. Merica was called
upon after the convention had fin
ished its work, he in the com
mon vernacular, "made good "
His address was appreciated by
the Republicans of the district.
A good point he made was when
he assured the convention of the
loyalty of Koscisuk county, and
said that the proper way to suc-i
ceed was not to "squeal" but to
"root." Harmonv was what he
wanted and harmony among the
Republicans of Kosciusko county
is the desideratum at all times, j
Nobody can but admire Mr. Mer
ica's courage in facing such great
odds in his brief campaign
against Mr. Brick and it may be
that our townsman may be heard
from at some future time. War
saw Daily Times.
Ocean's Golden Treasure.
A large piece of silver bullion
washed up on the coast at New
port, Ore., has set agog the imag
ination of the denizens of that
storm-swept neighborhood, and
the days of Spanish galleons lad
en with wealth and the ocean pi
racies of primitive America are
recalled. , J. C. Crawford, an Al
bany photographer and scientist,
is the discoverer of the wealth dis
gorged by the ocean.
While searching for rare speci
mens of animal and mineral life
that arc to be found on the Ore
gon coast during the winter
months Crawford ran across a
large piece of mixed silver and
gold, symetrically shaped as if the
two metals had been melted and
run together in a vesel of some
kind. Speculation as to the source
of the rare find was immediately
rife, but that it came from' the
depths of the. ocean is, the only
certain information obtainable.
The fact that the two metals
are melted together as if they had
en thrown into a brass kettle or
some such receptacle would indi
cate that it is not from some of
the wrecks of wealth-laden ships
of recent days. Few miners of to
day would run their gold and sil
ver together in a single vessel. An
old miner estimated that the find
is worth several hundred dollars.
Crawford will have it assayed.
BIG HIATUS IN HIS LIFE.
Doctor Missing for Twenty
Eight Years Retuns..
. Dr. John Mahoney, a young
physician, disappeared from La
doga in. 1878 and a search for
years by friends failed to find any
trace of him. Saturday he got
off a Monon train at Ladoga.
No one recognized him and he
looked about as if bewildered. He
inquired for Dr. J. C. Mahoney
and was taken to the latter's of
fice, but there was no sign of rec
ognition between the two men.
Dr. Mahoney finally recognised
the stranger as his long missing
brother, but the latter seemed un
able to place him and called for
his little son.
The child was three years old
when his father went away and is
now a man of 31. Dr. Mahoney
has no idea of the lapse of time
nor where he has been during his
twenty-eight years absence. His
wife got a divorce five years after
his desertion and remarried in
Kansas, where she is now living.
Dr. Mahoney has the air of a man
who is clearly mystified by his
suroundings and cannot account
for the many changes that have
taken place, as he has no knowl
edge of being absent.
107 Years Old.
Mrs. Nancy Tigue, Lafayette's
"grand old woman," was 107
years old last Tuesday and enter
tained a party of friends who
called at St. Anthony's Home for
the Aged to see her. The wrinkled
old woman executed an Irish jig
with nimble feet and flashing
eyes andafter she had completed
the dance, remarked that she felt
as well as ever, except for a slight
weakness which came as the re
sult of a stroke of paralysis shs
suffered several years ago, but
from the effects of which she has
nearly recovered.
She is probably the oldest wom
an in the state of Indiana, and one
of the oldest in the United States.
Quite as remarkable as her ex
treme age is her strong constitu
tion and vigorous mentality. She
has a good memory and remem
bers distinctly seeing the British
soldiers returning from the battle
of Waterloo,
Mrs. Tigue has" lived for sixty
years in Lafayette and has seen
fully twenty more birthdays than
she expected. When she reached
the century mark people marveltd
'1 '? arr.azerr.ent has grown
greater each succeeding birthday
anniversary.
Death of Harry Chester.
Harry S. Chester, who chose a
Plymouth girl for a wife and was
well known by most of our citi
zens, died at his home in Elkhart
Wednesday morning, March 14.
The Elkhart Review says
A generous, genial happy soul
has taken its flight. A heart of
generous impulses has ceased to
beat. A man warm with the pul
sations of love for his faVows has
grown cold in death. A nature
that embraced in . its tenderness
the whole world and save to it
kindly mood and sympathv has
ceased expression. Harry Chester
warm of heart, sympathetic with
the suffering and disappointed,
poet in instinct and philosopher
in meeting the facts of life, tend
er, gentle and impulsive, has clos
ed his career, gone from his sor
rowing wife an I little sons and
entered into th: great beyond,
where his prophetic and, poetic
soul often wandet ed in specula
tive hopes and anticipation.
And to use a paraphrase of one
of his most popular poems: His
record keeps a burntn , even
though the light has gone out.
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Entertaining Fiction.
One advantage of reading a ser
ial story in a daily newspaper is
that an installment of convenient
length is received every day that
does not consume an undue
amount of the reader's time. An
installment of a high grade serial
story apppears in every issue oi
The Chicatro-Record-Herald, a
popular feature of that enterpris
ing Chicago daily. Among the
successful stories which have re
cently been enjoyed by Record
Herald readers are "Soldiers of
Fortune," by' Richard Harding
Davis; "The Thrall of Lief the
Lucky," by Ottilie Liljencranz!
"Tristram of Blent," by Anthony
Hope; "When Knighthood Was
in Flower," by Charles Major;
"Alice of Old Vincennes;" by
Maurice Thompson, and "Graus
tark," by George B. McCutcheon.
Every issue contains also a short
illustrated "human interest" story
on the editorial page. Readers
of The Record-Herald can depend
upon a never-failing source of
pleasant . entertainment in the
noteworthy fiction that is always
to be found in its columns.
Four Billions For War.
Access has been jrven to some
private statistics dealing with
German holdings of foreign se
curities, compiled with reference
to the fatherland's preparedness
for war. These holdings amount,
in the aggragate, to the enormous
total of $4,000,000,000, or four
times as much as the indemnity
wrung from France.
Indiana in Congrecs.
It is indeed gratifying to note
the praise that Speaker Cannon
gives, to the Indiana delegation
i congress.
That it ranks high, both indi
vidually and collectively, we have
admitted with no feeling tljat we
were engaging in an undue show
of state pride, but that "it is fully
the equal of any other delegation
in both house and senate" well
we have known that too, but
have preferred to let the outsider
proclaim the fact. And Speaker
Cannon is tne one who has pro
claimed this fact in the words
here quoted. For ability, indus
try and integrity there is no dele
gation that surpasses Indiana's
and we doubt if there is one that
equals it. It would be invidious
to single out individual members
of the delegation as most worthy
of praise. Better would it be to
take our 13 representatives and
two senators and say that they
make up al body that is hard to
beat. You can learn this fact out
side of Indiana as easily as here
at home for in the general legis
lative news of the day the names
of Indiana members figure with
conspicuous regularity and im
portance. There is hardly a big
thing pulled off that Indiana docs
not take a hand in it. This state
demands a high degree' of efic
iency from its servants in cong
ress. It has been used to it so'
long that it has become a part of
our fibre. The idler gets in oc
cassionally, but the idler doesn't
stay long. The Indiana politician
is famed the country over and in
the main his reputation is cne
of which he may well feel proud.
Death of a Picntcr.
Mr. W. D. Thompson received
word this, (Thursday) morning
of the death of R. F. Shirley,
known to many as Frank, at his
home in Rock Falls, Hi. Mr. Shir
ley was an earl' resident of Mar
shall county, having been born in
Fayette county, Ind., August 21,
1820, and came to this county in
1836. He was married to jane
Thompson, and they ownedN what
is knDwn as the Duddleson farm,
near Culvero His wife died some
five years ago. Mr. Shirley had
many relatives and friends in this
county, who will be pained to
hear of his sudden death. He
wrote a letter the latter part of
February stating that he was
making preparations to visit here
again this summer. Capt. Ed.
Morris of Culver is r.it
Mr. Shirley was sic!c only about
a week and not thought to be
dangerously ill until within a few
minutes of his death. The funer
al was held Thursday afternoon,
March 15.
Business Men Take a Hand.
. The busines men are now tak
ing a hand in the electric railway
situation at South Bend, trying
to get the council to let in the
I. L. & S. B. road that is surveyed
through Bourbon. The council
has so far thrown cold water on
the venture and the prospects for
the road are more remote than
they have been for some time. If
there ?ver was a big case of graft
in that vicinity the council of that
city has surely bit off a big chew.
South Bend business men want
the road and the council won't let
them have it. It his shown a poor
piece of business ability in the
promoters in not getting their
terminals clinched before they
went. so far. But, the deed is done
and we can only wait and see
what will transpire. This is the
first time we have lost faith in the
road. Bourbon News-Mirror.
Great is Indiana.
The controller of the currency
finds that prosperity exists in the
most abundant measure through
cut the state of Indiana. There
has been an enormous increase in
the deposits of national banks
during the last year. The great
est prosperity is in the rural dis
tricts of the state. FarmersMiave
made money from good crops and
high prices for stock and have
swelled the bank deposits. In In
dianapolis there has been a slight
falling off of deposits during the
year, but in the state at large the
deposits have increased beyond
all expectations. This is account
ed for in part by the fact that the
farmers, after a series of prosper
ous years, have been able to pay
off their mortgages and are put
ting their money in banks.
Ought to Have Rejoiced.
Susan B. Anthony died broken
hearted because she had not ac
complished the object to which
her whole life hid been conse
crated, but she took a wrong
view of it. v No life like hers fails
of its purpose if the desire is that
it may contribute to the triumph
of truth and right Miss An
thony's noble, disinterested and
untiring exertions have had an
immense influence on the welfare
of women in this country. That
it took effect in ameliorating
their condition and proving the
impracticability of woman suf
frage ought to have soothed hzr
dying hours as much as, any other
sort of success whatever. Chi
cago Chronicle.
,:of people.