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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
w A Mt TO VOTE.
Movement in England Looking Toward
General Female Suffrage

General Female Suffrage.
our women are as determined as
ever. if not more so. 10 have their
rightful votes In war times domestic
reforms must wait. and among them
woman suffrage. But there is no rea-
son why the interval should not be
utilized for consolidation and prepar-
alton for resOlute action when war is
behind us and the time cries aloud for
the repression Of old scandals. This
IS what the woman suffrage people
nave been doing. Once upon a time
the movement was single and solid.
Then came the home rule split. and the
women, protesting their independence
of parties, followed the men and split
also, says the London Mail. Two wom-
an suffrage societies arose. both non
political, but one for Liberals. the
other for Conservatives and Liberal
unionists. Time went by. home rule
rancor softened, and the ladies. ever
eager for the truth, resolved that there
really was no object in having two
woman suffrage societies, and that
hencefOrth there should be-but one, as
OF old. Women have been stung by
the retrOgrade exclusion of women
from the new municipal councils
thanks TO the house of lords and the
singular acquiescence of the commons.
after the yeoman service done by wom-
en- on the vestries; their spirit has
been stirred and they are in earnest
Meantime practice in voting for local
bodies is training women for greater
things.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Peter Surprise is the most aged man
IN Indiana and one of the oldest in the
country. With the coming OF the new
year his life covered the nineteenth
century, and dipped into the eighteenth
and twentieth centuries.
He came to what is now Lake cOun-
ty, Indiana, eighty years ago, and he
has lived there ever since. He was
born in lower Canada in 1892.
Mr.. Surprise is most industrious
worker. Scarcely day passes that he
does not find something useful to do
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Rev George Reiboldt OF Brownsville
has been appointed by Bishop HartzeH
of the Methodist church in South Al
rica 10 take charge OF the new school
established in the province Of Zambe-
zia, and has started on his long jour
ney. The mission school has inst been
endowed with $4,000 in money and
$4,000 acres of land BY the British gov
eminent
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
A south African Joke.

Tommy Atkins had taken a Boer
prisoner, and, the two getting friendly,
talked about the prospects of the war.
You may as well give it up; you will
never win said the Boer. Zoos
Why" asked Tommy. Because we've
the Lord on our side," said the Boer.
"G'arn,' said Tommy, with great con-
tempt; why, we've three lords on our
side, and one OF ems made a bloomin'
bass of 'imseIf East London (Cape
Colony Dispatch.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Benjamin r. Sackett The Chicago
travelling salesman under arrest az
Richmond on "A charge of bigamy. was
arraisned. He pleaded not guilty AMI
waived preliminary examination. His
bond Was placed at 81 .OO0 and he was
forced TO 90 TO jail temporarily or
least Sackett still maintains that h.
IS not legally welded 10 his so-caileJ
first wife.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Liped i'm Three Centuries.

wonderful tales about this country
in the infant days and Of the great
men who are now historic memories,
but whose doings he followed when
they were throbbing with life and
stirring the world with the greatness
Of their deeds. The centenarian ex-
poets to live several years more of
healthy happy life. He thinks he can
hold out to be 40. and so do most Of
his friends.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

The Boston department store AT
Princeton. owned by Nathan Reisman.
suffered fire damage of $4,000 on
stock. The insurance on stock IS So
600 The building. owned by Mrs. T.
K. PaXtcn. was damaged $1,000 fully
insured. The fire originated in the
CLOAK department. probably from eli
ctf -trn
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Two Kemarln.le on IadIe..

TWO remarkable old women in Fort
Wayne can boast of having lived in
three centuries They are Mrs. Mary
Rank. born Aug. 30. $500. and Mrs.
Catherine Cooper Skinner. born Nov
-, in the same year. They were born
in tho eighteenth. have lived through
the nineteenth and are beginn.ne the
wentjeth century.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Coroner Rennce eXhumed the body
of John Bauerlein. who died unaer pc
culiar circumstances. and a post-mor-
TEN disclosed a fracture Of the skull
and blood clOts on the brain Bauer
lein occasionally drank TO excess. and
it is said that be was elected quite
recently from a saloon with such vio-
lence as 10 cause the injuries com
planned of.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Charles Ely and Fred Mecklenbe-g
Michigan City fishermen. started OFT
on Lake Michigan to lift their hooks
a storm came up and their boat and
fishing tackle were found east up on
the beach Ely was d years old and
leaves a family. Meeklenbere was -
and unmarried
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

to the priyy council and appointed to
tary for foreign affairs. On the reor-
ganiZation OF the cabinet during the
late fall he was raised to the Office OF
war secretary in place of Lord Dans-
downe, who was transferred to the
portfolio of foreign affairs. Mr. BrOd-
rick is a Young man, but evidently a
determined one
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

QudilS in large numbers are being
taken from Scottsburg TO Louisville
and sold \ sack containing 300 was
put off the train at the Fourteenth
street depot the other evening. Thomas
*oIlich. huckster. Of Scottsburg. was
arrested by Jefersonville authorities.
and heavily fined in police court for a
like of1ense- He has taken an appeal
10 the circuit court.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Maurice Thompson Improving.

Maurice Thompson of Charlottesville
has improved quite rapidly during the
past few days. and is much stronger
Ii is now thought that he will he able
10 leave for the south some time dur
ing the present month His daughter.
Mrs. A. b. Ballard has returned 10 her
home in Tampa. Fla.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
n
CenfurY'S
Progress

In January. 1901. the Indian canoe
was practically the only floating We
hicle on the great lakes, which holds
one-third Of all the fresh wafer in the
world. Today the lake fleet numbers
several thousand steel steamers, with
seventy shipyards on the shores OF the
lakes 10 add constantly TO the num-
ber
In January. 1901 there were in the
world less than 80 shipbuilding yards
Today there are more than seven hun
dred shipbuilding yards. turning out
a total OF l 900 vessels yearly.
The first iron war vessel built in the
world was the United States steamship
Michigan. which is still in duty on the
great lakes.
The total value OF the agricultural
products OF the United States in 1900
was 500. 600 coo In 1900 it will be ap-
proximately $4,000, O00. 0OO while the
farms Of the country are worth five
times as much.
One hundred years ago It took a
month to cross the Atlantic. Now the
trip is made between two Sundays.
In January, 1901. there were 905
postoffices in the United States and
1875 miles of postal routes. In 1889
there were $4,000 postoftices and 497.
900 miles of postal routes.
In January. 1901. it cost twenty-five
cents to send a single sheet by mail
a distance of 400 miles. Today let
ter containing several sheets may 90
as many thousand miles for two cents.
In January. 1901. the total exports
of the United States were S31 600 900
This year they are $4,000, 100000.
In January, 1901, there was not a
cooking stove in the United States
Now We are beginning to cook without
fire by the aid OF electricity.
Within the century the population OF
the world has doubled. The popua-
ton OF the United States has been
multiplied by fourteen.
The first practicable steamboat was
built in 1902. and the first railway 10
comOtive in 1904.
In January. 1901, man could trave
only by coach or on horseback Today
there are more than 100000 miles oil
railroad track In the United States
alone. being more than six times the
mileage of any other country.
In 1915 it cost forty cents to send q
letter from New York to San Fran
cisco.
In January. 1851 there were not more
than thirty colleges and other institu-
tons q higher education in the United
States. At the close OF last year there
were $50, with total OF 1000 prof s.
sors and teachers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
IsisI op Forms His Cabinet.

Bishop Alerding of the Wabash dio-
cese. who Was conseerated the latter
part OF November has just completed
the formation OF his cabinet. Tha
priests honored with selection as his
counselors are Rev Henry Meissner.
Peru. Rev b. Wiedman. New Haven:
Rev. J. II Ochterins Rev. J. +. De-
laney. Very Re- J H. Guendling and
Rev. J. Battle. Fort Wayne The APP
pointments are FOR three years.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

threatening to eX-
pose other scandals
of the Boer war.
has out recently
entered upon his
duties as British
war minister. In
1895 Mr.. BrOdrick
was appointed 10
his first post of
prominence. that Of
under secretary for
war Three wears
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

A number of short stories by Will
liam Waldorf Astor that have appeared
from time to time in the English mag
azines have now been collected and
will shortly appear in book form in
this country and in England under the
title of "Pharaohs Daughter and Other
Stories"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Valuable Farm Changes ownerS-

William Maxwell of Champaign H.,
has purchased the large farm of Lafay
cite PiXler. in Tippecanoe township.
near Delphi. paving $4,000
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
n Daring British official.

William st. John BrOdrick, who has
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
A WEEK IN INDIANA.
RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR
SEVEN DAYS.

Rev George Rsibolts Of Brownsville.
starts for Africa to Take Charge OF a
Methodist School-Two Michigan City
Fishermen Drowned.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

to earn his nights repose." He is
more active and spry when at his work
than most men who are 40 years his
junior. He still retains possession OF
his faculties. aud is never so happy as
when. his labors done, he can sit and
tell the young folks OF 60 or 70 his
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

quisate with the new title of Ava add
ed to his old one of Dufferin. In 1883
he became ambassador to Rome and
in 1891 he was transferred to Paris
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

Bridges Smith, mayor of Macon, Ga.
made his first money selling newspa-
pers on the streets.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
IesseniRg the Burdens.


In that day of which / speak taxes
vii, be a mere nothing. Now our bust
ness men are taxed for everything. City
taxes, county taxes, state taxes. United
States taxes stamp taxes, license taxes.
manufacturing taXes-taXes. taxes
taxes. Our business men have to make
a small fortune every year to pay their
taxes. What fastens on our great in
dustries this awful load? Crime. in
dividual and official. We have to paw
the board of the villains who are in
generated in our prisons. We have to
take care of the orphans of those who
plunged into their groves through
beastly Indulgence. We have to sup
port the municipal governments. which
are expensive just in proportion as the
criminal proclivities are vast and ire
mendous. Who supports the aims
houses and police stations and all the
machinery OF municipal government?
The taxpayers
But in the glorious time Of which
speak grievous taxation will all have
ceased. There will be no need OF sup
porting criminals. There will be no
criminals. Virtue will have taken the
place Of vice There will he no orphan
asyiums, for parents will be able to
leave a competency TO their children.
There will he no voting Of large sums
of moneys for some municipal i'm
proVement. which moneys. before they
get to the Improvement, drop into the
pockets Of those who voted them. No
oyer and terminer kept mp at vast ex-
pense to the people No impaneling of
juries to try theft and arson and muir
der and SANDER and blackmail. Bet
FER factories, grander architecture,
nner equipage. larger fortunes, richer
opulence-"a morning without clouds"
Churches Not Large Enough.
In our great cities the churches are
not today large enough to hold more
than a fourth of the population. The
churches that are built-comparative
few of them are fully occupied. The
average attendance In the churches Of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Like n Hopeless Task.

i know that sometimes it seems a
hopeless task. You toll on in different
spheres. sometimes with great discour-
agement. People have no faith and
say: 1T does not amount to anything.
You might as we'll quit that" Why.
when Moses stretched his hand over
the Red sea. it did not seem to mean
anything especially. People came out,
| suppose, and said, Aha" Some of
them found out what he wanted to do
He wanted the sea parted. 1t did not
amount to anything, this stretching
out of his hand over the sea. But after
awhile the wind blew all night from
the east, and the waters were gather
ed into a glittering palisade on either
side. and the pillows reared as God
pulled back on their crystal bits. Wheel
into line, o Israeli March, march,
Pearls crashed under feet. Flying spray
gathers into rainbow arch of victory
for the conquerors to march under.
Shout Of hosts on the beach answering
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
He Iikens 1t to Morning without
Clouds" - Wonderful Things to lie
Achieved Through the Grace OF God
-Lessening the burdens.

Copyright, 1907. by Louis Nlopsch, y. y
Washington, Jan. TN this dis
course DR.. Talmage tells something of
what he expects the next hundred
years will achieve and declares that
the outlook is most inspiring; text, II.
Samuel xiii, 4, y morning without
clouds"
What do You expect Of this new cen
tury?" : the question often asked Of
me, and many others have been piled
with the same inquiry. IN the realm
OF invention I expect something as
startling As the telegraph and the tele-
phone and the y ray In the realm Of
poetry [ expect as great poets as Long
fellow and Tennyson. In the realm Of
medicine / expect the cure Of cancer
and consumption. in he realm OF re-
ligiOn / expect more than one Pente-
cost like that OF 1887. when 100000
souls profeSsed to have been converted.
] expect that universal peace viii reign
and that before the arrival OF the two
thOusandth year gunpOwder will be out
0f use except for blasting rocks or py-
rotechnic entertainment. ] expect that
before this new century has expired
the millennium VIII be fully inaugur-
ated The twentieth century will be
as much an improvement on the nine
tsenth century as the nineteenth cen
tuTy was an Improvement on the eight
zenith But the conventional length OF
SermOuie Discourse will allow US only
time for one hopeful consideration. and
that viii be the redemption OF the
cities
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
civic Pride CommendaDl@.

have noticed that man never likes
city where he has not behaved we'll
People who have free ride in the
prison van never like the city that fur
nishes the vehicle When | find Argos
and Rhodes and Smyrna trying TO
prove themselves the birthplace OF Ho-
mer. / conclude right away that Homer
behaved well. He liked them and they
liked him. We must not war on laud-
able city pride or with the idea of
building ourselves up at any time 10
try TO pull others down Boston must
continue 10 point TO its Faneuil hall
and 10 It's superior educational advan
tagss. Philadelphia must continue to
point 10 lis independence hall and its
mint and its Girard college New York
gust continue to exult in its matchless
aarbor and its vast population and its
institutions Of mercy and its ever
widening commerce. Washington must
continue to rejoice in the fact that il
is the most beautiful city under the
sun.
If ] should find Il man coming from
any city having no pride in that city.
that city having been the place of his
nativity or now being the place of his
residence. I would feel like asking him
right away: What mean thing have
you been doing there? What outrageous
thing have you been guilty of hat YOU
DO nc. like the place."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Good OverbaIances Evil.

know there are sorrows and there
are sins and there are sufferings all
around about us but as in some bitter
cold winter Gay when We are thrash
ing our arms around Us 10 keep our
thumbs from freezing We think of the
warm spring day that will after awhile
come. or IN the dark winter night we
look up and We sec the northern lights
the windows of heaven iHumined bv
some great victory just so We look Up
from the night of suffering and sorrow
and wretchedness in our cities. and We
see light streaming through from the
other side, and We know we are on the
way To morning more than that. on
the way TO "a morning without
clouds"
1 want YOU to understand. al Won
~hO are toiling for Christ. that the
castles of sin are all going to be cap
tured. The victory for Christ in these
great towns is going TO be so complete
mat not man on earth or an angel
IN heaven or a devil in hell will dis
pute it. How do I know? l know it
just as certainly as God lives and that
this is holy truth. The old Bible is
full OF IL. The nation is to be saved:
of course. all the cities are to be saved
and with me whether we are toiling
on toward defeat or toiIing on toward
victory.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11
Let those refuse TO sing
Who never knew our God.
But children of the heavenly King
Should speak their joys abroad.

Praise We the Lord; let everything
with breath praise the Lord In the
glorious time coming in our cities and
in the world hosanna Will meet no.
sanna and halleluiah hallelujah.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

In JapuaIy. 1861 there were not more
than thirty colleges and other institu-
tons q higher education in the United
States. At the close OF last year there
were $50, with total OF 1000 prof5s
sors and teachers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

The first practicable steamboat was
built in 1902. and the first railway 10
connective in 1904.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-11

In January. 1901, a man could travel
only by coach or on horseback. Today
there are more than 100000 miles OF
railroad track in the United States
alone. being more than six times the
mileage of any other country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-12-07
Thirty Years Ago.

For the week corresponding with this
in 1871 the paragraphs below comprise
i'll part items of occurrence then new:
Record of cold weather in the first half OF
the week was made 1.-THE thermometer rang
ing several days intentionally among the
high numbers bc'o" zero
The remains of John Miles Standish were
inferred in Allegany cemetery Saturday, Dec.
2. the Free Masons officiating.
The county commissioners met Tuesday
and elected George A. Thruston, of Cumb Der
land, attorney, and DavissOn Armstrong, of
FrOstburg, clerk,
A III ner (name not given) going to his
work at Midlothian Tuesday morning had
his ears so badly frozen that on rubbing them
they dropped off.
The accession of Rev. S. H. Griffith to the
rectorship of ST. Johns p E. Church is re
ported
a pretty poem entitled only Old Letters, -
by Miss G. B. Trout, of Front Royal, Va,
and a native Of Frostburg, is published.
Announcement of dedication of NJ. f
Church December II, is made.
Judge Pearre qualified IN Hagerstown and
at once took his seat on the bench.
Messrs. Douglas Percy Nelson Beal A
K. Hitchins, Alden Clary Thomas &. Nc
Culloh and Lloyd Lowndes, jr., directors OF
the Frostburg Gaslight company, united in a
Tribute of Respect to the memory of John
Miles Standish.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-12-07
Good Order.

Bailitf Fisher had quite big feather
placed i'll his cap by the Council Mon
day evening for bringing i'll nearly
enough money from fines, imprison-
mcntS, etc" to pay his own salary.
He deserved it, too. His fidelity to duty
shows that he is a profitable servant of
the public and consequentially an effect
i've law-and-ordcr paciticator. One of
the best cures for bad behavior is to
make it expensive to those who indulge
that sort of thing.
A few weeks ago justice John Cham
berS had Il case of 'diSorderly on Sun
day before him, and he made the fine
good and heavy. In assessing the dam
age done he stated that too much ''blood-
ed" talk and conduct had lately married
the Sabbath day on Union streets and
that, for one officer of the law, he had
determined to break it up by imposing
fines bigger and bigger until they reach
ed the limit.
Pretty nearly the entire town will
back him up i'll that policy
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-12-07
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
Those Who Owe.

With the aim of getting a little ready
money for the Christmas holidays the
JOURNAL sends out mcHt0runiu with this
issue to the few who are in arrear.
He that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord or words to that effect; but
whose payeth the poor that he oweth be-
fore the great Christian festival will cX-
emplfy "liberty'S only perfect law" or
words to that effect; "he being not for
getful reader, but doc,' Of the work, "
or words to that effect" shall be blessed
H''-nOt for This deed.
So, fellow sinner, look at the n,cnor-
1Hd"n, compare its import with the moral
law, down with the dust, and get one
of the JOURNALS illuminated ac5nowl-
mentS.
Since the foregoing was written one
of the brightest and best citizens living
on Georges Creek writes:
Enclosed find cheek for s..
Please credit subscription to MINI>G JoUR-
NAL with amount and keep sending it right
along.
Were it not for bread, meat, etc, the
JOURNAL could live joyfully on the i'm
port of that latter paragraph.