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iEbe tribune. Only Republican Newspaper in tht County. HENDRICKS & COMPANY z trsiiisiiEcas- TELEPHONE No. 27. OFFICE Bissell Building, corner Laporte tad Center Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Plymouth, In diana as second-class matter. Plymouth, Indiana, June 10, 1909 ARMY UNEASY AS TO CUBA POSSIBILITY OF A RETURN TO TO THE ISLAND IS DIS CUSSED. Sugar Situation Regarded by Some as Showing Drift Toward Third Intervention. Washington, June 8, Uneasiness as to the Cuüxm situation i admitted here in military circCes. The opinion has been strong among army men ever since the American troops left the isJland that it would only be a question of time until they had to re turn. Now it is beginning to be fear ed that intervention will again ,be necesisary in a much shorter rime than "has been generally believed. In army circles everywhere 3 plainly said that the next time the army goes to Cuba the American flag will be run up to stay. In other words another American intervention would mean annexation. It is learned from an authoritative source that the sugar institution is nc of the chief difnetiflties of the is land. It is probably largely at the bottom of Cuba's trouble. The Cuban sugar market is not good. Those in a position to knorw say the planters .ire much dissatisfied. They think an nexation twould mean a market for their sugar and good times. Conse quently, it is feared itfrat as things go from bad to worse in Cuba ithere will be a revolution and that the sifgar in terests will be found backing it or at least in complete sympathy with it. Moreover the finances of the Cu ban government are in baa shape. A high official today described the Cu ban financial situation as serious. For some days there have been riwnors of growing apprehension on the pari of the administration. ' President Taft has been inclined, outwardly at least, to fake an opti mistic view of f'nc 'situation, and not long agio it cairn e from the W1h.it e House that changes for the batter were afoot, and it was thought every thing- iwould turn out all right. Now things have taken on a gloomier as pect. iBriefly, the Cuban trouble, as far as finances are concerned, appears to be extravagance and an utter incapac ity to majiage fiscal affairs wisely and eoonmicaily. President Gomez is s-liowirig' every sign of ' spending money (freely, and the indication are the Cuban congress will make appro priations far ibeyond the revenn.es. Wrih the island plunged 'into debt, taxpayers dissatisfied, the sugar pro lucers eager for American rule, and perhaps foreign creditors pressing their claims for settlement, it seems unlikely thatt the present government can Jong hold out. Tribute to Helen Gould. (Philadelphia Press.) Tributes efoquent in expression ami hearti'elt in sentiment "have re warded, the manifold philanthropy of Miss Helen Gould. Woras -of divines, educators and men and women inter ested in organized, charity are all out weighed by tlhe bequest of $100 to her by Private John James Bartlett, Bat tery F. Fifth Artillery. He was only a common soldierj (but he revered this gentle woman as "the friend of . all soldiers." From his little savings the poor fellow who died in the ser vice at Fort Sheridan, bequeaths his mite to a legatee many times a mil licmaire, knowing that she will dis pose o'f the money in a way to do the greatest possible good to the men of his own rank in the army. It is an episode which can not be considered without a tender thought Oi the dy ing man who was helpful in his last moments, by the grateful thoughts of a woman known to him only by the repute of her good deeds for his own kind. - Young Men Were Quick. 'Later developments prove that not only the counter-revolution and the Adarra massacres were brpught about Iby that tunning, conscienceless and treacherous ruler, 'Abdul Hamid, but nha-t he had plotted a massacre of all .foreigners in. Constantinople, in order !to provoke foreign intervention, with the-blame laid on the young Turks. But the young fellows were too quick for him. They hurled the Macedonian army on Constantinople the day be foje the massacre was to tike place. In other words, they copied the Roosevelt method of doing things on time. South Bend Times. Must Answer to Federal Court. Because -an internal revenue in spector recently found some empty cigar boxes without revenue stamps cancele'd at the Fear Cigar store in Anderson, W. C. Fear has been plac ed under bond of $100 .to answer for trial in the 'federal court at Indian apolis. 'Mr Fear sa:l that Lis clerks recently negJected to cancel stamps on empty cigar boxes and he did not .know it until a revenue inspector came. Republicans Win Judges. The RepiilbTIcewi"' party won the ma- jority;o-f place in die judicial elee- tion at Chicago Monday.. The Re publicans elected one judge in the Supreme Court and eight in the Cir cuit Court, while the Democrats won six places in the Circuit Court. A special election for one alderman was held in ihe Thirty-second Ward and the Republicans were again winners. INDIANA LAWYERS MEET. Thirteenth Annual Meeting cf State Bar Association to be Held July 7-8. Indianapolis, June 8. Alexander P. Humphrey, of Louisville, Ky., will deliver the annual address, of the thir teenth annual meeting of hc State Bar association of Indiana, Which will foe held at the Country Club next month. The program for the two days' session, on July T and 8, has jusit been issued. The subject of Mr. Humphrey's address will be "The Las't Year with the United States Supreme Court." The first session will be held Wed nesday morning July 7. At this ses sion the "committee on admission of members file report; Daniel W. Simms, o'f La'fayette, president of the assooiatrion, will deliver his address of "The Lanv a..d the Lawyers," and James S. Dodge o Elkhart, will read a paper on "IrfJiana Courts." Luncheon will .be served at the Country club, and in the afternoon Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis, will read a paper on "Modern Views of Compensation for Personal Injur ies," and William Dudley Poulke of Richmond, will read a paper on "The Trodble with the Law." This will also be a business session. There will be a dinner at the club at 6 o'cldck and a dance in the evening. On Thursday morning the address of Mr. Humphrey iw ill be followed by a business session and luncheon at the club. In the afternoon Emery B. Sellers of iMontice'llo, will read a pa per en "The State Bar association of Indiana," and Judge C. C. Hadley of the appellate court, will read a paper on "Lawyers and Courts." Officers rill be elected at this session. The annual oanquet of the association will be held at the Country club on Thürs day. i The officers of the association are as follows: President, Dan iV. Simm Lafayette; vice-president, John T. Dye, Indianapolis; secretary, George H. i.atchelor, Indianapolis; treasur e Frank E. Gavin, Indianapolis. WILL STOP SOME FEES GOVERNOR MASRHALL WILL CAUSE COUNTY OFFICIALS PAY TO DWINDLE. Executive Believes Bill Passed Over Hanly's Veto Will Not Stand. It is understood that Governor Marshall will use his influence with the newly appointed board of public accounting to have that board notify the sheriff and county clerks all over the state that they must stop pocket ing the special fees wbidh are paid into their offices and which they are allowed to keep according to the fee salary bill which passed at the re cent session of the state legislature over the vch.o of Governor Haniy who tried to kill the bill in. l'JOT. According to these two acta the clerks are allowed to retain the fees from many sources, in addition to their regular salaries and sheriffs are permitted to .keep the in and out fees received on the entrance of each pris oner to the jaiJ, or the exit of them from the same. Among the fees which the clerk of Marshall county is allowed to retain at present are part of the fees for naturalization papers, for marriage certificates, special coyt feesv and some others1. Governor Marshall Opposed. Governor Marshall is strongly op posed to allowing the county officials from pocketing any of the usual fees, and has issued the following state ment in regard to the act, which per mits the officials to take and accept these fees. "I believe both acts are unconsti tutional, and that the board of ac counting will be with me on this score. The constitution provides that when the Governor vetoes a measure arid it is not returned -before the leg islature adjourns that it shall be brought up (before the legislature a! its next meeting. These acts were not placed before the special session in September and I believe a failure to di this will prevent their being considered valid." "At any rate the state can well af ford to make a test case anrd I shall urge that the board shall demand that alJ county clerks and other officers cease to retain the fees allowed by the acts until the supreme court can pass on the "question." Barnhart. Proposes New Plan. Representative Barnhart will in troduce a bill providing for a new plan tf making federal appropria tions 'if he finds upon full investiga tion that his plan will stand the test of constitutionality. He proposes to make it unlawful for congress to pass any appropriation without a yea and nay vote in each branch. "If memoers of the House and Sen ate had t go on record on every ap propriation!, large id small, there would be a big saving to the govern ment," sa'id Mr. Barnhart. "There is a law cif this kind in force in Ohio. In that state the legislature cannot appropriate 50 cents without putting its members on record, and if a fed eral law of the same character is con stitutional the reform should be ex tended to aiply to all national appro priations." Now a Joke. James Small at Christ:ana, Nor way, the twenty-th.rcc-year-old sailor, who created a sensation by first con fessing that 'he aided '..Irs. Gunness, the LaPorte woman, in committing a number of murders and then, later killed her and her children, was sur rendered to the American consulate and will be started back to the Unit ed States on June 4. He :iisists he was joking. AD1 WISE 0 PLYMOUTH AS CANDIDATE FDR Indianapolis Dispatch Man Is Qualified Other Officers The following dispatch from In dianapolis to 'the South Bend News, announces tht candidacy of AdUn Wise of this city, for the nomination oi Attorney General, next year. Indianapolis, Ind., June 5. Believ ing that conditions are ripe for a Democratic victory in Indiana next year, a number of iwell known men are thinking seriously of he coming candidates for places on the state ticket. The old situation is about to be reversed, it seems, formerly mere were too -many Republican candi dates anfj too few Democratic ones. This time the Republicans are not tumbling over each other to land on the ticket. Rep.. John B. Faulkner of Michi gan City, who has representee' La- E'crtc county in the last two sessions and v. ho is one of ithc well known Democratic editors of northern In :!:ina more than likely willmake the ra:e f r secretary of state. A boom was started for him Iby some of his associates in the legislature who know his good qualities and it is growing nicely. Faulkner is not an office seeking politician and if he is nominated it will r..'t be through any strenuous ef forts cn his- part. However, his friends are becoming active as they think he would be a splendid man to head the ticket. He will make known his decision within the next few weeks as there are others who might want to run for the same place who could not make the race if they thouht he wanted to be a candidate. Marshall County Candidate. Marshall county will furnish a can didate for the Democratic nomina tjii tor attorney general. Represen tative Adatm Wise, who .was elected to the house at the special election in February, and who made a fine record is a candidate now for the place. He served in the legislature scver.il years ago and is not without a vantage state acquaintance. At this time he is withoirt opposition fol the nomination. - Y;c ran for representative on the ward and township unit platform making it known to all voters that he would savor the repeal of the coun ty option law. He was elected by a majority of nearly TOO which came ne?r being the highest record ever made in the county. He made no effort .whatever to deceive anyone as it his attitude which is regarded as Seing Jargel-; responsible for hi, ex cellent standing. Serator Carroll K. McCullongh, oi Anderson, is being urged to run for the roniination for state auditor. It is likely that he would become a can didate but he is a hold-over senator and he would ralher serve the rest of his term. He is confident that the Democrats will have control of the SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FORMER CROMWELL POST MASTER GETS SENTENCE OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS Wabash Deputy Who Was Short $2,600 to Serve Two Years in Government Prison. Thursday was a busy day for the federal court at Indianapolis and eighty cases were set for hearing dur ing the ekiy. No trials were held, but a large number of offenders en tered pleas of guilty and were assist ed fines and given sentences in the government prison. Former Post master Albert Poyser, of Cromwell, who pleaded gaiilty to having bten sJnort in his accounts whEle post master there, was sentenced to eigh teen tnicnfhs at the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Poyser stated that he had been in the gro cery business and also had a restau rant at Cromwell and that they prov ed to be losing ventures. In am ef fort to get solare and get on his feet again, he explained, he had paid some of lii bills, with postoffice money orders, failing to leave the money in the postoffice for the orders, how ever. About twenty orders had been drawn in that manner and he was about "$100 short in his accouivts. Claude D. Stitt, the former deputy postmaiater, who was short $2,C0U in his accounts and who surrendered himself to tlhe federal oflicens some time ago, after he had been a fugitive for weeks entered a plea of guilty and was -sentenced to the I'"ort Leav enworth prLspn tor a term of two years.. A number of other minor of fenders were given fines and short terms in the prison on Thursday. The Wardenship. Gov. 'Marshall a'gam reiterated, yesterxCay, hi policy in regard to the aphpointment o'f heads of state institu tions, wflien. he was as'ked about a re port that Mayor Fogarty, of South Bend, might be appoint ckl .warden at the s-tate prisont at 'Michigan City, to s'ticceed Warden James D. Reicl The governor sticd: "I shall not have anything to do with the appointment of superinten dents or wardens of any of the state Institutions These appointments are in the hands of the (board of trustees of the various imst'tutioins, and it is up to them to select 'the heads of the institutions. Tlhe boards must take the respoi sibility." SLATED Am. GEN. Says Marshall Co. for Position Picked Out. next session of the legislature and he wants to be there to help elect a Democrat to succeed Albert J. Bcv eridge in the senate. Republicans are Coy. Amorg the Republicans several prospective "candidates arc about to withdraw before the contests are op ened s they are afraid that the out look is not very brighJt for their party's success. Geonge Quick of Anderson, says that he has with drawn as a candidate for state treas urer. Carl Riddick was talked of iV secretary o'f state but is stiid to be weaketing. Wit'ii their party split on local op tion and the tariff it is said that many iinbiti jus Republican politicians art going to await a more propitious time l r running for state offices. Attorneys througluut the state are very much interested in the nomina tion t,i candidates tor supreme court judge. There will be two vacancies next year. The terms of Judge J. V. HaJley of Danville, and Judge Oafcar Montgomery, of Seymour, expire. Jude Hadley will not be a candi date for renomination but Jude Montgomery wants another term. 1: is not 1 kely. that Judge Montgomery will hive any opposition in the Re publican "convention. Several Republicans are bei'i.? dis cussed for Judge Hadley's successo, but it seems that there is a streng under current for Judge James Piety of Terre Haute, who is one of the leading members of the Republican party. It woatTd not be surprising if Jtrdge Piety should be nominated wirhor: much effort. Chance for Labor. In Indianapolis the labor element has a fine chance to nominate the Democratic candidate for mayor. Representative Charles Gauss is mak ing a light for the pla'ce and he stands a fine chance o'f landing. Gauss is a tinner and has made a comfortable fortune for himself and a large fam ily, lie voted for the Sune!ay bise- ball bill on the groi.nd that th; lab oring classes are entitled to Sunday recreation. He is a prominent Ger man a:'. I is in good standing w;th he labor f rganizatioii's. His chances of being nominated are said to be im proving every day. A .well known first district politi cian who was- at the state house re cently, said that Ex-congressman Foster of Evan's ville, will be a candi date f r re-nomination next year, and that l:c will win. The man -who gave out th.- information was appointed postma-.ter in one cf the first district county seat's by Senator Hemenway and he seemed to be sure of his grounds as to Foster's intentions. He said tfrat Charles WSttenbraker, e.f Evinsville, will not have a chance if he runs against Foster. WAS HANGED FROM BRIDGE NEGRO IRCUS EMPLOYE IS LYNCHED BY WHITE MOB AT FRANKFORT. Vengeance Meted Out Within Sight of Governor's Mansion, Who Ob jected to Being Disturbed. Frankfort, Ky., June 4. Within sight and sound of the governor's marJsi'cn, John Maxie, a negro attache of Howe's circus, after escaping dcat'h from the hands of his own race was 'later taken from jail by a white mcJb and lynched from a' bridge over the Kentucky river. 'Maxie was dis covered by Bert C. -Bower, Wichita, Kan., superintendent of laborers with the .show, in the act of ripping the canvas, and when ordered to desist turned on Bower and shot him in the abdomen. Swung From Light Pole. A mob of colored laborers tram the circus at once attacked Maxie and was endeavoring to lynch him when local officii a Is succeeded in getting him away and placing him in jail. While further attempts at a lynching wore feared, nothing wa-s done to prevent it and at ltSO a mob of mask ed men surrounded the jail, took the negro from Jailor Bridges and es corted hi m to the bridge across the Kentucky river that separates North and South Frankfort. There, while the negro pleaded for his life, a rope was placed around his neck and as he was swung from over the beam of an electric light pole his body was riddled with bullets. Following the lynchinig, Gov. Wil son, wh.oe mansion was close enough to hear the shots fired, was called from lxd hy telephone ami informed of the occurrence. He stated, how ever, that he could see no reason why he 'ihould be disturbed over a purely local affair. Bower, the white man who was rJhot, is probably fatally wounded. lie 'is a member of the F.Iks at Valdasita. Ga.. his former home. Relatives attached to the cir cms are caring for him. Tonight "'The Corner Store." G?t your seats now for lite "Cor ner Store" .tonight. Will Attend College. Messrs IJovd a;i'd. Cvrles Grcincr, Misses I,eatli Carman, Hazel Roscn1)iiry, and Frances MarUs will attend Valparaiso col-lej-; starting Monday. NEW CATHOLIC COLLEGE. Kentucky Nuns at Head of Project to Build a School for Girls. Frances R. Howie, granddaughter of Joseph üailey de Mas-sein or Jo seph Bailey, as he was knovn, who was the first person to secure a fur- 'trader's lfcense for the Calumet river, where he dealt wMi the Pottawot tamies, has deeded 135 acres of land, the old homestead and other build ings situated at Bailey's station be tween Porter and Chesterton in Por ter county, to the Dominion Order of Xuns, who-sc head house is at St. Catherine. Ky. The papers were pre pare',1 and iorwarded by F. II. Wurz- cr, attorney for Miss Ilo'we. The deed stipulates, that a school for .() girls shall be instituted at -the historical place and that an academic cure be given. The school tnustt be built within five years, but it is be lieved that everything will be ready in two. The principal school of the order is at Springbiel Ky. This will be the first time that Dominion Xuns have taught in this state. Have Wandered) from Subject. A movement is on foot in G. A. R. circles to dispense with memorial ad dresses in decorating the graves of the soldiers of 1801-63. In lieu there of it is proposed to have read, from year to year, tUie immortal speech of President Lincoln at Gettysburg. One of the reasons assigned in favor ot the .proposed change is that some of tlhe speakers have wandered too far 'from the safbject in while h the veterans feel really interested. Bryan's Chance Gone. If the south is going no turn Re publican or rather, if it is going to oe-giii voting Republican, for it hes been of that faith nationally for years Hrjan will ile in a bad way when he :t.:i next time. With the -solid south knocked from under him, his only electoral votes wouJd have to come from three or four little Rocky mountain states and even they are slipping, Indianapolis Independent. EUROPE WATCHING CONDITIONS IN U.S. MOBILIZATION OF CAPITAL HERE IS POINTED TO AS MENACE. Germany, England and France Have Problems to Deal With in Fi nance Reorganisation. New York June 9. Marked inter est aoroad in the currency problem of the United States was noted by Jacttb II. Schiff, the hanker, who re turned 'today on the steamer Lucania from a six weeks' trip in Europe. -Mr. Schiff sai? that everywhere he also encountered keen interest in tariff legislation, final settre'mejit of wthich was eagerly awaited, not only in the belief that it 'would signalize a reviv al ot commercial and industrial activ ity here, but would have an effect on the settlement of the currency problem. "It is particularly hoped," said Mr. Schiff, ' that with the tariff out of the way the solution df the currency problem wiQl be sought w3th energy, for it i.v already now feared thait un less this question- is promptly dealt with we sdi'all only be again heaping up new fuel, which, in times Vo come, will bring on another conflagration. Monetary System .Unsound. "As the first step toward this, tthe immense moholizmg of capital through the enormous absorption of new securities in the United States and the simultaneous heavy gold ex port is Ibeing pointed to.- While, with a ound system, we shouHd1 be in a poskicn to re'duce the volume of the currency to the decreased need's of commerce and industry, as it is the large surplus of paper currency, lot now needed can be -employed only in securities purchased, or 'it must dis place our gold by driving it to other countries; in fact, hoth are being dene, and after a while we start to pay the penalty. The report of the monetary, commission is eagerly awaited. "Condi t Hons Europe are far from satisfactory," said Mr. Schiff. "Ger many has a considerable task on hand in the reorganization of its fi nances. It finds muich difficulty i:i originating new taxes needed to sup port its' "huge military and ever grow ing naval establishment. English Taxes Increasing. "A similar situation prevails in England, where the liberal party ap pears to be losing ground, especially among ulie middle classes, because of ts ocialist?c 'terfdenclejs, which finds graphic expression in the budget now before parliament, throirgh which, it i 'contended, almost confiscatory new , taxes, especially on land, arc sought to be levied "In prance the jun resit of labor chiellv agitates the public mind at this 'fame, but the government has, though almost ra'dicaJ in cdmposition taken a firm stand and appears to be gaining the upper han'd." The Status of Smallpox. W'itlh almot 10,000 cases of small pox reported ikv the United States in the 'first four month's of the year by the ifederal marine hospital service, it certainly can not be said that smallpox asi an epidemic disease has been overcome. The great change is that the disease is no longer anything l?ke what it once was in violence. Most of the case are mild, and some arc so slight that the diagnosis ii difficult. Tlie exceptional cases of victims who have Ibeen vaccinated and who iret the dSsease in its worst form do not torve to alarm a com munity. And even fifty or a hundred cases of the mild form in one of the smaJler cities, no uncommon thing today, do not produce the panic tfli'at won I'd certainly restilt if the cases wert so -sxrvere as formerly. WILL WAR ON NEAR BEER ATTORNEY-GENERAL PREPAR ING TO ROUT BELIEF NOW EXISTING. State Official Declares Dealer is Not Protected in Sale Because of Label it Bears. In the office of the Attorney-Gen era'l preparations are being made to rout the belief which prevails, evi dently, in a iarge part of the "dry" territory in Indiana that "near-beer and similar malt liquors cata be .sold without a retatil üiquör dealer's li cen'se. The various "near-beers" now be ing sold in large quantities through out tue state are branded as contain ing a very small per cent of alcohol,' but analyses made by the sfate ohe.ni- ist of a number of samples purchased regularly reveal alcohol running as h.'gh as 'from 4 to G per cent, the k-Jtter making a very heavy beer of intoxicating quality. These "near beers" are scfld at soft lrink counters to children whose paireivts would not permit them to drink 'Deer, yet al low tlhem to drink this stuff at will A re sari t of this;' it was -said at the office of the Attorney-General, "tihat hundreds of children are areat in.g appetites for intoxicating liquor, contrary to the purposes of the Gen eral Assembly in enacting the license laws ,and in enacting the township and ward remons'trance ami the local option Jaws. The soft drink parior which sells 'near-beer' is doling infin itely more harm than the licensed saloon ever did because the children have free access to the drink." According to an unofficial opinion from the Attorney-General, the deal er is not protected in the sale of the "near-beer"bccause the label declares that it is not bottled for medicinal use. "The fact that a malt 'liquor is said bv its manufacturer 'to be designed for medicinal purposes doesn't pre vent its being considered a beverage by the I'ai.v," said an attache of the office. K "Various (whiskies are bottled almost wlholliy for medicinal use, but they are considered beverages and jrannot be sold except where- the sell er has been permitted by the statutes to sell them." The activities against the sale of the beverage have been accelerated by tlhe raid on a pool room in Bloom ington recently when several dozen bottles of the material were seized. the proprietors asserting that it was not beer, not intoxicating, and that therefore -he wjas not required fto. have a iicense in order to dispose of the stuff as a beverage. THE ORDER GROWING FAST. Woodmen of World Won 50,116 Members in 1908. Makes Excel lent Showing. Detroit, Mich., June 9. Reports read by Sovereign Clerk John T Yates at the opening of the biennia convention ot the sovereign1 camp Woodmen otf the World today reveal ed a remarkable growth of the orde during the year 1908. Ihe net in crease in membership during that year was 50,116, represnting an in crease of $03,152,100 in insurance cer tlficates. The total assets of the or der were given as $S,326,23S, o which' $7,230,943 comprises the emer gency fund. The liabilities were given a $694,344. The sovereign camp is the law making body of the order and will be in sesion here for ten days . The principal business is a revision of the constitution and by-laws and the con sideration of the erection of a build ing at Omaba, Neb. Delegates to hte number of 150 are present. The report of Supreme Guardian Emma B Manchester, of the supreme forest, Woodmen circle, the woman's auiliary, which is al'so in session ßiere showed even more growth anki pros perity. The report disc'Josed that. April 1, 1S99 the order had outstanding liabil ities of more than $30,000 and no re sources, while on April 30, 1909, the order, had an emergency fund amounting to $1,019,4S7. The mem bership December 31, 1908, was C0, 451, an increase of ll.GSO during the past tiwo years. Liquor Can Be Shipped The supreme court of the United States, in a case arising from New Albany, Ind., decided tha a state c n not regulate the shipment of irrtoxi catiirg liquor into its borders, as that is entirely a function for the govern ment to exercise under the interstate commerce clause of the constitution. A licensed liquor dealer alt New Al bany shipped liquor into Hart county, Ky., which is dry terrifory, and pre paid riie express charges. The con signee was W. C. Tharp resident of Hart "County. Tha rip was in the ha'liit of becoming -intoxicated and the defendants aren't in Hart county knew this when he delivered the -liquor. The commonwealth of Kentucky .rought suit against tthe coir, pa my to recover a statutory penalty of. $50 and 'the supreme court hoilds against the common we alt' Justice Brewer, in delivering the opinion of the court, said: "Liquor, however, obnoxious and hurtful it ma be in the judgment f'f .many, is a recogivizc'd artrcle of 'c-canmerce." The court lays down the following as it he law on the 'subject: 'The proposition! is well establish ed tQvat the right to send liquor's -from one state -to another and 'tihe act of sending the same is interstate com merce, the regulation whereof has been commitfted by the ejonsftitiftion to congress-, arnd hence that a state law winch demies such a rrj:hit or sib sranftially interferes with or (hampers the s'ame, es in conflict with the constitution." THELEM0NB0XHllIlKiSl WWW WWW SWWWWWv m FURNISHED BY m Howard Wilson went to Indian apolis on the excursion Sunday, and incidentally called on his best girl, so it is told. His girl was bestowed with tfocky fingers, or other means of at tachment, and Howard missed fhSs train. Fearing that something might again interfere, he arrived at the Union Depot at 5:00 o'clock the next morning to catch the 7:15 train. The return trip, and other incidentals cost $4.73. J A rather unusual sign was noticed on our streets -today. The proprietor of a certain- barber shop, located in a basement, had appealed in vain to the mayor and marshall, for the en forcement of 'the anri-spitting ordin ance, and for protection from rowdies expectorating in his basement, and so has taken tnis means to announce what seelms ito h,:.m, to be the trouble. A s'-gn. had been hung at the head of the stairs reading as follows: "$10 Fine for 9pJtti'ng Here. By Order of the 'Mayor." Just for fun the rowdies splattered up the sign with squirts of tobacco, and bbastafully did the trick under the nose of the marshal. Tuesday a sign hangs beneath the order of the mayor, to "this effect: "Excuse Spit Stains, The City -Mar-hal is Blind." Did you ever see a fellow who has had more exciting experiences in a quiet easy-going community, than our olid-time friend, Fred Goodyear, who resides caat of this city, and takes an occasional vacation, to Texas and other woe-begone spots? Tues day Fred was driving a cow, one of the homed species, toward this city. Attached to the cow, and in the rear by fifteen feet, was the honorable Mr. Goodyear, humming to himself a gay tune, even as the milkmaids were wont to do, for he was happy, and all was well with th'e world. Not so very long however for Fred's, beatific state cf mind was- disturbed by a series of honk, honk, honk, emanat ing in the near rear guard. The bo vine took frighk at the oncoming autlo and persua-ded Fred to hike down- the road at a 2:40 gait. Fred felt his knees weakening, and to put an end to the race with the smoke wagon, hit upon an ing-eneous scheme as only Fred could have thought of. A tree grewi near the road, which they were rapidly approaching. Fred prepared a -hitch, and when they drew even with th'e tfee- he flung the rope about its base. The cow stopped, but its place elf landfing was in a deep ditch filled with water, ami its po sition was' upside down. Whereupon, in order to save his cow from a wat ery grav, Mr. Goodyear was forced to plunge into tlhe ditch, and assist the same cow, in regaining dry land. Moral: If you are a cow, look out fcr Fred Goodyear. A few days ago, one Joseph Berry, familiardy known as "Joe" Berry, the horse buyer, who comes regularity to ths city, and stops at the Plymouth Inn, was stung by the fishing bee. Joe got the fever, and hungered for a fisihüng trip. Parphenalia and comvey- amces being obtained, for Joe don't stop for price when he gets a bunch, a trip was made to Maxinktucke" lake. All was well, until Joe lost his bal ance on the pier, and toppled into the lake, thereby raising its height four inches, and flooding all of the 'low lands in the vicinity. But that is jiot the end The next day, Joe was back in Plymouth, and .was met by Supt. Peter J. Kruyer, who invited Joe to join he and his son on a little fishing trip down the river. "All right," says Joe, "the river for mine, no more fishing in these here lakes. Just yes terday I fell into the lake down here at Culver." A stand was taken on the bank of the river, from where the lines weie thrown. In a few minutes Joe saw an- advantage, by climbing out on the limb of a tree. "Gosh, I hope I don't fall in tlhe riv er," again spoke Joe. The fishermen were quiet. Suddenly, KERS PLASH. Bingo. A head arose from. the muddy depths, from which issued a series of ill wishes' to everybody and every thing concerned with fishing. It was Joe. "Stung Again," he remarked, 2nd waded forth. A suit of knee pants belonging to the son of Mr. Kruyer were donned by Joe, and it Aas indeed a gay procession that filed back to Plymouth. "No more fishing for Joseph Berry. Beetle Destroying Trees. A new destroyer of trees whose presence in the state has been theo retically known for five years was an nounced 'this week as a discovered fact by Sitate Geologist W. S. Blatch ley. The new" desltroyer is known as the elm leaf beetle, and, as the name indicates-, it specializes on the elm tree. It is a desit royer of folia'ge, without .which tthe tree becomes weakened. Spraying three times a year is the only known remedy. The state geologist has returned Lfroni field work in .the southern part of the state, and reports his discov ery to have been made near Laconia, in Harrison county. The beetle wa-s imported into America about forty years agj arriving at PI'imor2. At its figured rate of progression it ar rived in Indiana five yeir- ago. The beetles emcovered near I ace nia art the lirs! recognized in t'.'e state. One Thousand Cars to go East. The Pennsylvania i-s transferring 1,000 empty merchandise cars from Chicago to Tittsburg and other points in the cast. The cars ''range from 30,000 to 80,000 pound capacity and have been in storage on the tracks jiear Chicago for seven I months. Of late business in Ithc east has picked up to wonderful extent, and as it is still somewhat light in the central west, orders were sent to the effect that the empties should be sent east at once, wheTe they will be loaded for points in the west. GRESSKER & COMPANY 9 Owner of the .only Abstract Books in J: he county. Abstract Ol Title u u I lands in Marshall county compiled V A promptly and accurately. w 9 James O. Ferner and wife to Chas. H. Stahl etal, lots 25 and 26 Ferrier's add Culver; $310. Winnie L Humrichouser and litis to Mary Lrwin, umi hf of part of e hi of se qr sec 19 to 3 r 4 also part of e hf of nw qr sec 21) tp 33 r 4 also part of sv qr sec 20 tp 33 r 4; $1. Theodore Cressner and wife to Ida May Nier, east 50 feet of lot 104 Wheeler's con ada Plymouth, $100. Vrm. Sperry and wife to Win. Grunewalt, south 20 acres of ne qr of ne qr sec 4 tp 34 r 2; $340 Drodie W Parks and wife to Harry Snydfcr, west 38 feet of lot 2 Parks add Bourbon; $000. Louis Cass Dillon and -wife to Joseph fcertrand-'Chafliey, tract in ne qr sec 1G tp 32 r 1 ; $G00. Alburtus Whitsell and wife to SamtieT E Medborn, lot 55 Zech iel's add Culver, $S00. Lewis H. Fielding and wife to Alonzo A. Schoonover, trustee, lots 1 and 2 ailsback's add Ar gos ; $400. . i J Albert B. Wickizer and wife to Freed Lipps etal, lot in Argos; $200. Elizabeth Duddleson to Eliza beth McFeely, etaL lot 3 Duddle son's add Culver; $235.00. Stephen S. Staley deed by exe cutor, ex deed to David AStaley part of lot 1 in nw qr sec 23 tp 33 r 2; $200. James A. Gordon and wife to Andrew B. Thomas, lots 23 and ?4 Logan's add Lapaz: $10G. Vernon Huff by gdn, gun deed to Grnrge Lender, und 1-81 of c hf o? ne qr of scc 18 tp 33 r 4; $53.GG. Frank Huff etal to Geo Lern ler, und -81 of east hf of ne qr sec IS tp 33 r 1; $4C9.33. David Hauck and wife to John C Berger, 1 acre in sw qr sec C tp 33 r 4; $150. Thomas Moslander and wife to Samuel M Welsh, lot 32 Central add Plymouth; $55. Elza Hawkins etal to Nelson Geiselman, lot G Hawkins add Culver; $200. Nelson Geiselman and wife to Arthur E Castleman, lot G Hawkins' add Culver; $235. James O Ferrier and wife to Mary Seese, lot 15 Ferriers' add Culver; $120. Maud N Dodpe to Fribley Brothers, south hf of lot 19 Bo lty's add Bourbon; $750. Peter E iDetrich and wife to Frank Wine and wife, blk 1 Ringle's 2nd add Bremen; $450. Charley Hoppe and wife to Mary Glass, west 45 feet of lot 11 and lot 112 Atheelrr's con add Plymouth; 5650. Era-tus M IMatthewson to Joseph F Harding, part of out lot 62 Cabell' add Plymouth; $1000. William Knobody and wife q c d to West .School (cwnship, 2 acres in siw corner df aw qr sec 3 tp 33 r 1; $75. Herbert A Labounty, and wife to Levi E Davis and wife, east hf of ne qr except north 4 acres, sec 34 tp 32 r I, $250. Levi E Davis and wife q c d to Lester B. La Bounty east hi of ne qr except north 4 acre se: 34 fp J2 r 1; $250. Louis C DilJon etal to Aaron J. As per and wife, lot in Culver; $180. Gilford E Kimmel and wife to An na Elizabeth Wilhelm, lot in Rut land; $1000. iMary Glass to Allen Whaley and wife, 3 acres in sections 5 and 8 tp 33 r 2; $1CC0 Sadie A Backstrom to Charles A Xelson, e qr of sw qr also south) 3 acres of ne qr of s,w qr all r se 29 tp 34 r 1; $1700. Eber G Burch and wlfc deed of correction to Henry L Marsh, part of sm qr of w qr, also se qr of sw qr sec 10 tp 34 also se qr of se qr sec 17 tp 34 r 1; $4800. Alfreta Whale- and bus to T. Ar te mas Horton, west hf of nw qr sec 10 tp 34 r 2; $5000. Anna R Horton and bus to .Mnud M McCraeken, part of lots lvand 4 block 8 Argos; $2000. Ita E. Rinehart and wife to Frank V Rohrabaugh. west hf of n-w qr, also west hf of ne qr of nw cr ec 33 tp 32 r 3; $7650. Anna , Elizabeth WiShelm and bus to Gilford E Kimmel lots 1 2 3 in original Burr Oak; $2700. . North Township Items. Plenty of rairu James Sh erfand visited at John Shi-dak er's near Inwood last Sunday. Mrs. Maud Shidaker of Cromwell, Ind., is visiting friends in this vkin- ity. George Tthorp and wife of Bour bon, visited at Teter Hoover's last Sunday. Peter Hoover is critidaJly iH with tuberculosis, die is not expected to recover. George Fickler and -wife of Lake ville, were visitors at Charles Wil liams last Sunday. Grover Kinible, -and family visited with George Elly west o'f Somth Bend last Saturday and Sunday. "Unole Jaky" 7 France is in a very critical condition. He is now paral yzed so as to be GielpJess. Albert Keyser's new barn- is nearly completed. .Mr. Talmtarr and, Mr. Burger are the carpenters. Samuel DaverrpoTt is having his residence remolded and changed. It will (be a fine farm residence when finish ed. David Rhoddnlberger has. his tiome a!out ootmpleted on Iks farm, where fhe house was burned a couple of months ago. y