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PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1906.
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SPEAKER CANNON IS CANDID.
He Says Federation of Labor "Is Not
the Whole Shooting Match."
A delegation from the Federation of
Labor called on Speaker Cannon this
week with a memorial urging the im
mediate enactment of certain labor
measures now before congress.
Speaker Cannon received the dele
gatio in the lobby of the house of rep
resentatives. After the memorial had
been presented the speaker addressed
the delegation.
"It is impossible for a committee
not to have many men of many ideas
in its make-up," said the speaker, re
ferring to the charge that he packed
the labor committee, "I select the
committee with all fairness. In your
annual meetings you doubtless find a
great variety of opinion. If you don't
have a lot of damns, I miss my guess.'
President Gompers replied, saying
that the majority members of the lab
or committee have not shown ordi
nary intelligence in their treatment of
matters affecting labor. "The general
policy of congress has been to ignore
the requests of labor," Gompers
concluded. Cannon replied that he did
not think such a criticism just. He
also enjoined labor organizations to
consider that they have great a re
sponsibility resting on them as has
congress.
"You are not the whole shooting
match, but a good shaf e' of it," said
Cannon. He congratulated the dele
gation on its representative character
and urged that the members should
remember that all men should be at
liberty not to join their organizations
and that all at present members
should be at liberty not to continue
thtir membership. He expressed his
sympathy with the desire of organized
labor for better conditions, but said
it must always be remembered "by
each of us that our special ties mon
opolize our attention, and cause us to
forget ether interests quite as impor
tant. Legislation, policy and admin
stration, he urged C2n only progress
as fast as they gain majority support.
No Labor Party Necessary.
If Mr. Gompers urges the formation
of a labor party, as he intimats that
he will do if congress does not com
ply with all the present demands of
the labor interests, he will prove to
be an unwise leader. Political parties
organized to promote a single cause
or special interests really accomplish
littl in furtherance of their cause, and
often do harm to it. Thrre have been
labor parties before, but they have not
helped labor, and working men as a
class have taken but little intrest in
them, preferring to seek legislation
through the dominant organizations.
The Prohibition party has accomplish
ed little if anything for the cause of
temperance, all restrictions of the
ljquor traffic having been brought
about by the temperance element in
the other parties. The truth is that it
not possible to limit t!e interests of
wtrkingmen or of temperace men or
of any other class of citizens to the
matters that directly affect their re
pective occupations or pet reforms.
Every intelligent American is con
cerned with affairs of so much wider
scope that he can not feel himself
properly represented by a party with a
single purpose.
The Government and the Mob.
It was inevitable that sooner or lat
er the men who indulge in lynching
would find themselves in collision
with the national government.
Now and then the government of
a state has 'been able to give some of
these criminals an unpleasant ut 01
nervs, but for the most part state
authorities can not find out who is
. guilty and state and county officers
are loath'to punish the neighbors they
know for such acts even when the
officers themselves wholly disapprove
of the action.
The case of lynching the negro
Johnson in Chatanooga, sentenced to
be executed and sentence stayed by
the supreme court of the United
States for further consideration, and
then seized from the keeping of the
United States marshal ly a. mob
Krinrrc -fn far' fr face vith ft ail-
thority and, power' of tlie" jilted
States.
The 'rioters are likely to rind that
the federal judges are of different
mettle fröm most of the s. rnagis
trates and that the class of uorneys
who bully or wheedle state officers
are wholly without standing in feder
al tribunals.
The Measure of a Man.
The RevLyman Abott delivered an
address at Harvard University recent
ly in which he condemned the too
prevalent idea that the measure of a
man is the amount of money he can
make. "If as a people we are to ac
cent this theory as true," .he said,
"let us change the stars in our flag
to dollar marks, and cur motto from
"In God we trust' to Be successful,
honestly if you can, but be success
ful"
This is forcible language, but Mr
Abbott coes still further. Temper
nnce orators," he declares, "have saiu
that the saddest tragedy of life-is that
afforded by a bright young man go
ing forth into the world and blasting
hU hones by drunkenness. IJut it
seems to me that the picture of a
voune man leaving college with high
ideals oi manhood, entering business
and there learning to conform to busi
ness, standards, losing a conscience
and moral discernment, is a far sadder
tragedy, and one as frequently seen,
if not more frequently, than the oth
ers."
The President and Organized Labor.,
President Roosevelt received a large
delegation representing organized lab
or. There were addresses delivered
both to and by. the President. On the
question of the anti-injunction bill,
now pending, the President told the
delegation that he thought it was
right, but that laboring men could de
feat it easily enough inasmuch as
many of the capitalists are opposed
to it. The latter are fighting it be
cause they think it goes too far in
limiting the power of the courts,
while Mr. Gompers and his friends
are .fighting it because they think it
does not go far enough. The President
thinks that the proposed law is "a
most admirable one. But what he says
on the general subject of injunction's
is specially interesting:
As for the right of injunction, it is
absolutely necessary to have this
power lodged in the courts; though,
of course, any abuse of the power is
strongly to be reprobated. During
the four and a half years that I have
been here I do not remember an in
stance where the Government has inr
voked a writ of injunction against a
combination of laborers. We hac
invoked it certainly a score of times
against combinations of capi'al. 1
think possibly oftener. Thus, tho-igh
we have secured the issuance of in
junctions in a number of cases
against capitalistic combinations, it
has happened that we have never
tried to secure an injunction against
a combination of labor. But, under
stand me gentlemen, if I ever
thought it necessary, if I thought a
combination of laborers were doing
wrong I would apply for an injunc
tion against them just as quick as
against so many capitalists.
Gilbert's Prospect Bright.
If Newton Gilbert of Ft. Wayne,
is not heard of as a member of the
Philippine Commission within a few
years his friends will be much mistaken.-
The authorities who are man
aging the Philippines are looking for
young men of energy, intelligence
and precision like Gilbert, and he
goes to the far away archipelago
with some powerful friends to shove
him along. Smith of California, who
will take charge of the insular Gov
ernment as its governor general, on
July 1, is a warm personal friend and
admirer of Gilbert.
When Secretary Taft called Gil
bert to the War Department to ten
der him the judgeship, he said:
"This place is yours if you will
take it. How long time do you want
to consider it?"
"I don't want any time,' replied
Gilbert. "I accept it right now.
How to break the news to his aged
father and mother was a matter of
first concern with Gilbert. He de
cided that he would Jell them with
his own lips so he left almost imme
diately for Ft. Wane and went from
there to Angola, where they live.
Not until after they had heard from
hm the story of " his appointment did
he permit it to be published in the
district organ at. Ft. Wayne. Gilbert
has never liked the congressional
job.
A Government Victory.
So general has been the desire to
see the Chicago packers convicted
and punished in their own persons
that Judge Humphrey's decision may
be thoughtlessly regarded as a defeat
for the Government, whereas it is
really a triumph. The decision and ac
companying verdict follow the lines
laid down recently by the United
States öupreme Court, to the effect
that pleas for immunity may avail for
individuals, but not for corporations.
The trust, therefore must go to trial.
It is not easy to see, moreover, how
any single defendant, in the event
of personal prosecution, could have
been restrained of his own immunity
privilege. Perhaps the most salutary
effect of the whole proceeding is the
severe fright that has been thrown
into the packers. They have &U been
greatly worried and can haidly f nil
to be guided hereafter by some
wholesome respect for the law and
fear of punishment. Multitudes of
corporation officials all over the land
will hesitate before violating the law,
by reason of the troubled dreams and
social tribulations that have visited
these Chicago packers. Indianapolis
Star.
The Croton Dam Finished.
The Croton dam for New York
city's water supply is finished after
14 years of labor and the expenditure
of $7,700,000. It is the largest work
of its kind in the world. - It is as
large as the three largest of Europe
put together. It is 2400 feet long,
310 feet high, 216 feet thek at the
base and ten iet at the top. The
water "it impounds will form a. lake
twenty miles long two miles wide
at its upper end and 2,400 feet at
the lower. It will contain thirty-four
trillion gallons of water. To appre
ciate how much this is, try to count
it." At the rate of 100 a minute, ten
hours a day, 3G3 days in the year, it
would require over 155,000 years.
Yet New Yorkers trt expected to
use that water many times over.
State Should Not Hesitate.
U any of the ex-auditors of the
State of Indiana owe money to the
State they should be given the oppor
tunity to produce just as they would
if they owed a private corporation or
individual. If the State owed the ex
auditors they would not hesitate to
go into court and ask for their mon
ey. Why should the State hesitate?
Delphi Journal.
David Wiser Killed.
David Wiser, a well known citizen
of Plymouth for more than thirty
years, was struck by the west bound
fast train of the Lake Shore railroad
at South Bend at 1.20 p. m. Thursday,
and was so badly injured that he died
shortly after ten o'clock at night at
Epworth hospital.
Mr. Wiser had been making his
home at Elkhart with his son, for
about three weeks, but had been in
Plymouth for a few days and left here
at 11:50 a. m. Thursday going to
South Bend on the Vandalia.
It is said by people who witnessed
the accident that Mr. Wiser crawled
under that gates at the Michigan
street crossing of the Lake Shore
road. He stepped out of the 'vay of a
train east bound and in doing so step
ped in front of the west bound train
which vvas running at a high rate of
speed in an endeavor to make up lost
time. It is alleged that the high rate
of speed is the only thing that saved
Mr. W'iser from instant death. He
was picked up fully 50 feet from
where the accident occurred.
It is said that as Mr. Wiser crawled
under the gates several persons called
to him, but he paid no attention to
the warnings of danger.
His face was cut, one hip was
crushed and he was probably injured
internally, but he was not much dis
figured. The remains were brought to this
city on the 11:30 a. m. train, Friday
and were taken to the home of hSs
sister, Mrs. Ed. Biggins corner of
Plum and Nursery streets1,' near Oak
Hill cemetery, to await funeral ser
vices and interment Saturday after
noon. In Memento.
Raymond Dean Holley was born in
Mentone, Indiana, June 16, 1888. Five
years ago his parents moved to this
city from Rochester and have since
resided on West South street. At once
Raymond entered the public school,
and was in the junior class, graduat
ing in 1907, up to January of this
year. About this time, influenced by
several causes, 'he quit school and
took an examination in preparation
for entering the navy. Being in an
excellent physical condition, the ex
amination was passed, and he appren
ticed himself until of age. It seems
this whole naval business is a great
misrepresentation. For the next few
weeks he was detailed at Norfolk, Va.
Here the boys are treated as so many
criminals, being subjected to the
greattbt hardships and guarded like
prisonns.
He had been here only a short time
when he began to decline in health
and seeing the mistake he had made,
wrote a scries of very pitiful letters
to his parents. Every effort was made
i.o release him from this mock, train
ing, but without avail. In vain was
our congressman and even the presi
dent implored to use their influence.
After being at Norfolk four weeks he
was removed to Newport, Rhode Is
land. His health still declining un
der the rough treatment and from
great worry, he was stricken with the
deadly cerebro spinal meningitis.
His father was notified of the bpy's
critical condition and last Saturday
made the trip to see his son. His fate
was sealed however and after linger
ing nine days, he quietly passed away
Thursday about 2:10 a. m.
Ray when in school was of a quiet
studious disposition. He always stood
high in his grades as in the estimation
of his school mates and teachers. It
is of such boys as this that we expect
to make our future nation, and it is
very sorrowful to see such taken away
in the middle of young manhood. In
this city as well as in Rochester he
leaves a legion of bereaved friends.
Death of Henry Chapman.
Henry C. Chapman, the first hard
ware merchant of Argos, died at his
home in Newark, New Jersey, Wed
nesday, March 21, 1906, aged CG years,
1 month and 22 days. He. came to this
state with his parents in 18G3, and cs-
tamlished a hardware store in Argos
on the site now occupied by the Slay
ter Hardware Company. He remained
in Argos two years and then returned
to Newark where he has since resided.
He was a brother of Charles D. and
Theodore Chapman of Argos, and
also had two sisters residing there.
D. Frank Redd's Good Position.
1 Prof. D. Frank Redd, former prin
cipal of the Plymouth high school,
has secured a position that pays him a
salary of $1,700 and there are per
quisites that will probably , give him
$2,000 a year. He has been appointed
supervisor of the schools of the Six
Nations and also has supervision of
other government institutions at Tal
lequah, the capital of the Cherokee
nation, and has moved his family to
that city, which will be his headquar
ters.
Cutting Expenses
W. W. Atterbury, general manager
of the Pennsylvania lines, who spent
the ereater part of last week in Pitts
burg, confirms the report that officals
of the company have been given or
ders to cut down expenses in all de
partments. Inspectors have been ap
oointed to look into the methods
used in the shops and elsewhere, to
suggest means ol reducing expenses,
and by the first of April it is stated
that he company will have fewer men
on its pay rolls than at an other
time in rears. The forces wil be in
creased only as the general manager
is convinced that men are urgently
needed.
Prison Machinery Makes Twine.
Michigan City Dispa'tch: The de
partment at the state prison in which
the most interest centers at this time
is tb new binder twine factory, and
the Lioard of control is satisfied that
it will prove a successful venture.
The twine is made in balls; each
weigh five pounds, there being 500
feet in each ball. The tvme is of
extra fine quality, the sample being
pronounced by experts who have ex
amined it to be as fine as any ever
in the city. At the present time and
until the delicate machinery is finally
adjusted the prison is turning out
only about two tons a day, but the
capacity of the plant is five tons a
day, and within a short tme it wlil
be running to its full capacity. There
are fifty convicts at work in this de
partment, among them being the no
torious Gus Rahke of Indianapolis.
Members of the board say that the
farmers of the state, will be able to
buy . their binder twine this year
cheaper than ever. The orders may be
placed direct with the authorities at
the prison. In lots of from 50 to 100
pounds the price will be- 10 cents a
pound; from 1,000 to 10,000 pounds
the price will be 9 3-4 cents per
pound. Last year binder twine sold
at most places in the state at from
12 to 15 cents a pound.
The farmer will be permitted to
form pools and an entire neighbor
hood can make one order large
enough to supply the wants of all
and the twine will be shipped them
direct from the prison factory.
To Build Plant at Shoals.
A suit which has been pending for
nearly three years between a com
pany of Peru business men, composed
of Jerome Herff, Joseph Andres,
Wm. Hart and others, and a rival
company, for the purpose of securing
a site for an immense water power
plant at Shoals, has been decided in
favor of the Peru company. At the
time the company started in to ob
tain possession of the site by con
demnation proceedings one of the
landholders, backed by a possible riv
al company, fought the proceedings
and the case has gone from court to
court until the final decision of the
past week. The power plant will be
erected this summer, and the har
nessing of the waters at that point in
the river Nwill generate not less than
4,000 horse-power. Almost every
body in Plymouth knows Joseph An
dres and knows that he usually suc
ceeds.
Nestor of Whalers Dies.
Captain Charles Grant of Nantucket
Mass., the oldest whaling master in
the United States and the most suc
cessful the world has ever known, died
at his home at the age of 92 years.
He suffered a paralytic stroke and re
mained in a semiconscious condition
up to. a few hours before his death.
Captain Grant was the most re
markable whaleman on record, but al
though he made several large fortunes
in his lifetime he died a poor man.
He was born in Nantucket June 14,
1814, went to sea when 11 years old
and spent a total o fifty-six years of
his life on whaleships. Every voyage
was successful, and when he took
command of the Walter Scott in 1844
at the age of 30 years he had helped
to bring into port nearly 30,000 barrels
of sperm oil.
More Housecleaning.
According to the report submitted
to Governor Hanly by the committee
investigating the State Auditor's Of
fice, J. O. Henderson and A. C. Daily
former auditors, owe the State $115,-
630. Of this sum Mr. Henderson is
charged with 91,962, and Mr. Daily
with $23,667. Both gentlemen deny
that they owe the State anything,
though each profess a willingness to
adjust whatever indebtedness there
may be found to be. The Governor
has instructed the Attorney-General
to institute proceedings for the re
covery of these amounts, and this
will be done by Mr. Miller unless
a satisfactory answer is received
from the men wthin a reasonable
time.
Cofün WithHickory Bark Top.
Jacob Martin, a pioneer "Old Hick
ory' Democrat of St. Joseph county,
has made the following unique re
quest to be carried out after his
death. "When I am dead and ready
to be laid away in the long, last
sleep, I want to be laid away in a
plain, rough coffin covered with hick
ory bark. I have been a Democrat
al my life, and I want men who have
been lifelong Democrats to be my
pallbearers. I don't care who is se
lected to preach my funeral sermon,
but it is my request that John Hart
man say what he can about what has
been good in me during my lifetime,
and in the event that I should outlive
Mr. Hartman, then I want J. B. Stoll
to do this for me."
. Bot She Was Dead.
"Who ever saw a perfect man?"
asked an Atchison revivalist. "There
is no such thing." Every man has his
faults plenty of them." Of course
no one had ever seen -a perfect man
and consequently the statement of the
revivalist was received with silence
Then the revivalist continued: "Who
ever saw a perfect woman?" At this
juncture a tall, thin woman arose. "Do
you mean to say, madam," the evan
gelist asked, "that you have seen a
perfect woman?" "Well, I can't just
'say that I have seen her," the woman
replied, "but I have heard a powerful
"lot about her my husband's first
wife.' Kansas City Journal.
Heart on Wrong Side.
William D. Crowell, one of the
well known farmers of Jefferson
township, Whitly county, is not like
other men when it comes to a matter
of vital organs. In the first place
his hsart is located on the right side
instead of the left side of his breast
The right lung wasted away six years
ago and about that time his heart
seemed to take a notion to move
over and occupy the portion of the
thoracic cavity made vacant by the
disappearance of the lung, and today
it is performing its function there,
just as effectually as it did when it
occupied the opposite side of the
chest.
Mr. Crowell gets along fairly well
with one lung. Although he cannot
do much work or indulge in violent
exercise without becoming winded
He says several physicians are very
anxious to get a peep at his one lung
and movable heart, but they will not
be given the privilege to do so until
he . is through with them. He does
not complain of the affliction; nor
is he "touchy" about the matter, but
is philosopher enough to make the
best of it. His health is fair, all
things considered, and he belongs to
a family of marked longevity, he is
undoubtedly good for many years yet.
A Fated Family.
'Edward Barnes, aged forty years,
died at a hotel in New Carlisle, Sun
day morning, March 18, of injuries
rceived Saturday night when he was
struck by a Lake Shore passenger
train, No. 20, near that place The
horses which he was driving were
killed and the wagon in which he was
riding was demolished.
Barnes had sold $235 worth of
wheat in New Carlisle and started
home very much intoxicated. He
turned his team down the track at
the crossing, and was overtaken and
killed! Wrhen found he was uncon
scious and in a sitting position on
the engine's pilot. One report sug
gests that re was robbed, perhaps
murdered ,and then put on the right
of way.
A young wife and three children
survive. About three years ago
Barnes' brother1, Hiram Barnes, was
killed when his wagon was struck
by a Lake Shore train at a crossing,
and his wife was injured but their
little child miraculously escaped
though hurled 100 feet. Five years
ago an uncle, George Wood, met
death in a similar grade crossing ac-
For Popular Election of Senators.
The Ohio legislature, which has
been busily considering the relation of
the United States senators to the peo
ple, and which has strongly indorsed
popular election, now has a new prop
osition before it tending toward that
end. A Horse committee has report
ed favorably a resolution providing
for the creation of a committee to
seek to procure the co-operation of
the necessary two-thir.ds of the states
to secure a constitutional convention.
Passage of the resolution will be
wlcomed outside of the state as well
as within it. Both houses of the Iowa
legislature, on Governor Cummins'
suggestion, have passed a resolution
for a convention of the states to meet
in Des Moines next summer. Many
of tl c states, which have already gone
on record individually, are anxious for
leadership which will unite them in a
movement that cannot be ignored by
senatorial obstructiveness.
Leadership is absolutely necessary.
It is only a question which state will
take hold first. The state that does
stand in the lead will make itself a
name in history. Record Herald.
To Dismiss Judge Anderson.
Representative Brick of South Bend
says he thinks it would be wise to in
troduce a bill in the house to abolish
the federal court now at Indianapolis
and dismiss Judge Anderson. Mr.
Brick says the Indianapolis lawyers
have made it plain that there is no
federal court business at all in the
Hoosier state and there is no use of
paying out the public money just for
the fun of keeping Judge Anderson In
a job when he has nothing to do. Mr.
Brick says that in the future if there
should ever develop any federal
court business in Indiana that all the
people should take it up in Chicago
and have it disposed of there. Mar
ion Leader.
While Mr. Brick is in the dismis
sing business he should oust Jim
Goodrich and John Moorman if he
wishes to have a sure thing to get
back to Congress. Goodrich and
Moorman have thrown down the bars
and have assured all bolters and dis
organizes that they will assist them
in any effort to disrupt the Republican
party. .
How to Prevent the Oat Smut.
The Purdue experiment station
gives the following remedy for oat
smut: "This loss may be simply and
cheaply prevented by the use of hot
water or chemicals. Probably the
best method, and one now extensive
ly used, is to treat the seed grain
with a vak soluton of formalin. Se
cure at the drug store a half pound
of formalin, (formalcdhyde) add to it
thirty gallons of water. Spread the
seed grain on the barn floor and
sprinkle the solution over it, making
it thoroughly damp. Shovel together
into a pile, cover with sacking or
other convenient material and leave
for two to twelve hours for the
chemical to act. Sow at once, or
spread out and dry and sow after a
time."
Diet Leads to Religion.
Dr. Emil G. Hirsch in his address
at Sinai Temple in Chicago, Friday,
made a strong plea for a dietary re
ligion.
"The connection between the stom
ach and moral tendencies, commonly
called the heart," said Dr. Hirsch, "is
much closer than is commonly sup
posed. '
"Thai the stomach and morality
are :losely connected can not be de
nied. The dietary religion of the old
Hebrew represents something more
than a fancy. A wel-fed man is rare
ly an immoral man. A man whose
rel igion begins at his dinner table is
rarely a drunkard as the Jews have
proved.
We have few Jewish drunkards be
cause the wine at the Jewish table
is blessed and there are none who
would so far transcend Jewish dis
cipline as to abuse a blessed article.
That diet has something to do with
both religion and morals can not be
doubted. The religion which is born
in the kitchen, which is inculcated
at the board and which is made a
part of the daily life is sure to be
a better religion than that which has
its habitat in the temple and works
only on Sunday or on spectacular oc
casions.
"The place for religion and morals
alike is not in the temple but in the
home. Even the observance of re-
igious practices are meaningless un
less they have the backing of a pri
vate observation ,the force of a pri
vate inculcation."
District Chairman Moorman.
The Wabash Plaindealer says the
chairman of that district has shown
that he is unfit for the position.
Many members of the state organi
zation seem to be working this year
to "feather their own nests" instead
of trying to advance the interests of
the Republican party. The statement
of conditions in the Eleventh district
pplies exactly to District Chairman
Moorman.
The Plaindealer cays he has dis
played his utter unfitness for the
chairmanship. If the generalship he
has displayed in the last two months
is to be an earnest of the management
he is to give the party in the campaign
tq come, then the quicker he retires,
and makes place for a man who will
devote himself solely to achieving re
sults for the Republican party, the
better it will be for the party organi
zation. 1
While this fairly portrays Moorman
it also applies to Jim Goodrich and
Secretary Riddick.
Chairman Goodrich at Home.
State Chairman Jim Goodrich, the
man who says that a precinct com
mitteeman cannot be removed until
charges are preferred and proven, but
all the officers of a county committee
may be removed at a meeting secretly
called, of which these officers have
been given no notice and when no
charges have been made and no com
plaints entered by any body, seems to
stand at his home just like a dishon
est man stands among honest men
everywhere else.
The Winchester Journal, the leading
and most influential Republican paper
published in Randolph county and the
home city of Chairman Goodrich, has
this to say of that gentleman: "Jim
Goodrich is the attorney for three
railroads, and is the attorney for more
monopolistic corporations than all
the other attorneys of this county.
Thus either his wealth permits him
to spend much time at Indianapolis or
else these corporations do not be
grudge his absence from his office."
Lid is Placed on Goshen.
Rev. A. S Menaugh, Democratic
councilman, Monday night caused
the introduction and passage of a
resolution in the council chamber at
Goshen ordering the entire force to
enforce the Nicholson liquor law.
seeing that screens and blinds are
removed at 11 o'clock and all day
Sunday, so that the public may have
an unobstructed view of saloons.
In addition the resoluten provides
that the police proceed at once and
prosecute all billiard hall proprietors
who allow minors in their places and
and all slot machine owners. The
druggists and cigar store keepers
who have been permitting dice gamb
ling also come within the scope of
the resolution which was voted for
by every councilman excepting one.
James O. Smith, a Democrat. This
move toward reform is( the most pro
nounced one ever taken in Goshen.
Will Try for Statehood Alone.
Oklahoma people are saying now
that if the statehood bill does not go
through at this session they will try
for separate statehood themselves
next year. A good many of them
never did want Indian Territory made
a part of the new commonwealth, and
if it is decided by Congress that New
Mexico and Arizona-need not be join
ed together they will ask to be allow
ed to "go it alone" also. Many com
plications may grow out of congres
sional delay in this matter.
Shocked by Exposure of Crime.
Many people are more shocked and
enraged by the exposure of crime
than they are by the crime itself. As
long as things are kept quiet they are
quiet too. But when the explosion
comes they learn all of a sudden how
atrocious the business is. We believe
that there are many business men
who saw nothing wrong in the insur
ance business till the public fully in
formed, decided it was wrong. Prob
ably they were greatly surprised at
that decision. Indianapolis News..
Spends 1 20,000 in $150 Suit.
Gregory D. McLean, a farmer, tes
tified in the circuit court Saturday, at
Kansas City, that in the last four
years he had spent every cent of his
modest fortune, $20,000 in trying to
recover compensation for the loss of
six steers worth $150. Now he is seek
ing permission to continue the suit
as a pauper, the state to pay the costs.
Judge McCun? denied his petition.
Four years ago a neighbor of his
shipped a carload of cattle to Kansas
City and six of McLean's steers got
mixed up in the bunch. McLean fol
lowed the cattle to the stockyards
here and recovered three head. Then
the value of the other three. $75.
Later he brought suit against the
St. Paul railroad for damages and. ex
penses incurred in making the recov
ery. He asks $1,500.
Ths Proposed Sptllinj Reform.
Mr. Carnegie, writing in behalf of
the proposed spelling reform, says
America leads in the matter and al
ways will lead; "We already have
'plow' as against the British 'plough,'
he sayst " 'honor' against 'honour'.
'humor' against 'humour 'program'
against 'programme,' and so on. This
sounds very well as an argument, but
the fact is that all the superflous let
ters are restored in Americaan books
intended for circulation in England as
well as in this country. The conse
quence is that American readers are
constanty contronted with British
spelling and the progress and reform
that Mr. Carnegie boasts of are on the
back track. Before the spelling re
form organization goes any further it
ought to make sure that its efforts
will not be upset by the publishers.
Sound Like Ancient History.
Fifty-seven years ago there started
a caravan of Hoosiers for the gold
fields of California. The party of 39
men started from Mishawaka on St.
Patrick's day, and as there were no
trans-continental railways then they
went in a train of 14 wagons, each of
which .was drawn by three yoke of
oxen. The entire country -was wild
with gold fever at that time, and the
trip was a long and perilous one.
Vone of these men accumulated the
hoped-for fortune, and there are only
two known survivors of the party
now.
Tags in Mail May Cause Trouble.
Plymouth people who have sent to
bacco tags through the mail enclosed
with letters will do well to discon
tinue the practice. Complaints in
volving 200 persons have been lodged
with Postoffice Inspector Fletcher by
the government, allegations being
made that these persons have sent
first-class mail ' in packages contain
ing mail of a lower class and at a
rate lower than legal. The com
plaints are the result of an investiga
tion by the postal authorities of mail
recived at certain tobacco houses in
the east
Sherrick Seeks Hew TriaL
Attorneys for David Sherrick, for
mer state auditor, convicted in the
criminal court a few days ago of the
embezzlement of $120,000 of itate
funds, filed their motion for a new
trial with Special Judge James Mc
Cullough Thursday. Supporting the
motion are affidavits made by three
persons, all of whom declare that
Louis Held, one of the members of
the jury, which convicted Sherrick,
expressed the opinion before he was
chosen as a juryman that Sherrick
was guilty of embezzlement and ought
to go to state's-prison.
Congress to Adjourn in May?
In connection with a dicussion of
the railroad rate situation some con
sideration was given 'at the White
House to the probable date of -the
adjournment uf congress. Represen
tative Hinshaw, of Nebraska, said
the members of the house were look
ing forward to a comparatively early
adjournment. "If," said he, "the sen
ate should dispose of the rate bill
within two weeks, as now seems
probable, the members of the house
see no reason why we should remain
here beyond the 15th of May.'"
Will Report Soon.
The committee that has been at
work in the office of Daniel E. Storms
secretary of state, will probably re
port within a few days. None knows
what, in the way of irregularities, if
any lias been found. The report will
be made to Governor Hanly who will
then expect an accounting. Storms
has until April 1 to make good the
shortages that are supposed to exist.
On that day he will retire from the
office and Fred Sims of Frankfort,
will take his place.
The Effect of Music
A fire broke out in a Methodist
church in Hartford, Conn., one day
last week during a, crowded service.
A panic was imminent when a young
lady, Miss Florence L. Readett, with
marked presence of mind, stepped
to the piano and started a ragtime
air. Several others caught her spir
and began singing, what could hardly
be called sacred music. The effect
was wonderful. The startled church
members forgot the fire, and passed
out in an orderly manner, v
Card of Thanks.
We desire to . extend our sincere
thanks to . the kincV friends and neigh
bors who rendered assistance during
the sad hours of our bereavement.
I. Holly and family.
AIMS DART AT WOMEN.
Pastor Says Female Who Bets and
Drinks is Close Relative of
'Sport.
"Your scented and powdered club
woman with her cigarette and wine
cocktails and her prizes won at euchre
and her wagers won at derby is no
distant relative to the swaggering,
steady nerved, gambling, horse racing
sport. She would doubtless deny the
relationship, but they are nearer than
first cousins."
This startling charge was made
Sunday by Rev. Milton B. Williams,
pastor of the First M. E. Church,
Oak Park, in a sermon on "The Lat
est Social Folly." He added that he
could see no hoi for a panecea for
social evils through woman suHrae,
when such as he had described would
be given sway at the ballot box.
"It is asserted that in the fashion
able world increasing numbers of
women are becoming addicted to the
use of expensive Egyptian, Russian
and Turkish cigarettes," said the
preacher. "They are daily growing
bolder in the matter of smoking in
public. A subtle moral deterioration
is now everywhere prevalent, especial
ly in upper society.
"It is occasion for alarm to every
lover of humanity when he sees any
thing that threatens to lower the
standard of womanhood. For any
thing that degrades or cheapens wom
anhood strikes the human race at the
cradle, and in degrading the home
strangles the hope of the nation. The
women of the wealthy class are cer
tainly the prey to influences that
threaten their destruction. What Di.
Eliot of Harvard said of the so is of
the rich is true with greater emphasis
of their daughters.
"Bred too often in luxury and idle
ness without the training that fits
them for homebuilding in the future,
to often they step out of pampered
youth to engage in a career of in
trigues in which divorce , is apt to be
a frequent incident, and where they
violate in thought and deed all 'the
solemn functions of life. Thus they
launch life's bark over a sea of folly
without pilot, helm or haven.
Idolized or Cpit Upen.
Wholesome as the present rae
against corporations is in many of
its aspects, it is nevertheless a psy
chological mood of the public nind,
and nothing is surer than that such
moods change, at tmes revolutionary
and without warmer, i Over in Gre-t
Britain the anti-imperialists, who
were in danger of mob violence dur
ing the Boer war, have been put in
to power by an overwhelming vote.
Not less consistent and impulsive are
the people of the United States. Men
who are spit upon in one decide are
idolized in the next. Bryan and
Hearst may be the embodiment of
the national will in 1S03, or they may
be the most interesting exhibts in a
museum of professed but discredited
reformers. Indianapolis Star.
Crooked Ktnkrlite River.
The government engineers say that
the Kankakee is undoubtedly the most
crooked stream in the world. They
estimate the distance by river from
South Bend to Momence Rock to be
240 miles, or about three times the
straight line distance. The view is ex
pressd by the government engineers
that the great tract of over 4C0,C0O
acres will eventually be drained and
made tillable by private enterprise. It
is pointed out that the territory has
the best shipping facilities of any area
of similar size in the world. The
marsh proper is crossed, by thirteen
railroads.
Doctors Will Work in Chifta.
Physicians in Germany propose to
divide the day and night between
them. They object to being subject
to the call ot their patients at any
hour of the twenty-four. The pat
ient is not to be left in the lurch,
however. His opportunity to spend
his money on medical attendance is
not to be curtailed. The German doc
tors propose, as a matter of simple
pustice to themselves, a day of tvelve
hours. This means night and day
shifts, and as doctors need rest the
same as other human beings, and can
do their best work only when they
have it, the change proposed se-ims
to be as clearly in th lay interest as
in that of the profession.
Cool Girl Saves Childs Life.
At the risk of her own life Miss
Mabel Reeves Thursday saved the
l;fe of a young girl whose foot was
caught in the switch frog of a railroad
track at Anderson. Hearing the
screams of the prisoner and seeing a
train aproaching, Miss Reeve stepped
on the track and, with her knife, cut
the laces of the girl's shoe so that the
imprisoned child was able to with
draw her foot. Both stepped from
the track barely in time to avoid be
ing struck by the locomo'ive.
Brick a Conferee.
At the close oi the congressional
debate the statehood rule was adopted
by a vote of 175 to 165 ,and the
speaker appointed Hamilton of Mich
igan Brick of Indiana, and Moon
of Tennessee, conferees.
Storms Owes p.CCD.
Daniel E. Storms who resigned his
position as secretary of state, to take
effect April 1, is found to be about
J8,000 short in his accounts. He will
probably pay it before he retires from,
ofuce next Monday.