The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-25
Fred Anderson, of Donaldson. was

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wife to Chicago Sunday for treatment
by Chicago specialists. She spent
several weeks at theLarwill sanitarium
without material benefit.
The condition of the very Rev. A.
B. Oechtering. of Mishawaka, was not
improved yesterday, Symptoms of
cancer of the stomach have developed
and 1t is feared his recovery is Impos-
sible.
The Atlantic cable is playing an
important part in current history.
Without it weeks or months would be
required to effect international agree
ments that are now made in a few
hours.
o. f. Ridgway has received a letter
from the superintendent at the hospl-
tai atLongcliff saying that R. C. Ridg-
way shows signs of Improvement and
it is believed that his reason will be
restored.
The state board of education will
meet Jan. Is, when immediate school
legislation will be discussed. Tic
board will then formulate bills OIL
school matters to be presented to the
legislature.
Mrs. o. A. Carpenter has returned
to her home at Battle Creek, Michi-
gan, after a visit Of several weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Zehner and other relatives in this city
and vicinity.
Ronald Thompson, of the state un-
iversity, Miss Honore Parks, of Terre
Haute, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Young,
of Milwaukee. and Martin Reber, of
South Bend are among those home for
the holidays.
Some of those who call themselves
the salt of the earth cannot resist the
temptation in the scarcity of fuel to
push up the prices, having forgotten
the utterances of the Bible against
those who harass the poor.
G.. S. Boyce and Herrick E. Ste
phens, of Elkhart, members of the
Samaritan Supreme congress, met with
the Plymouth Samaritans Monday
evening and gave instructions in the
unwritten work of the order.
The infant daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos York, residing just south
of the city limits on the Mattingly
farm, died Sunday, of crebro spinal
meningitis. The remains were inferred
at Trinity cemetery Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Virgins, of Wayne county,
Ohio, who has been visiting her broth
ers, Robert and Jerry Liggett and
other relatives here, has returned
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Liggett
accompanied her and will spend the
holidays in Ohio. 9
1t is understood thatat project of
HI. E. Bucklen and others to build a
Toledo Chicago electric road via Elk
hart, South Bend, Laporte, Valpa-
raise and Hammond has been aband-
oned. There was never any reason
able assurance that the road would be
built.
Strikers and troops recently came in
conflict at Bostoff, Russia, the troops
getting the worst of it, about 800 be-
ing killed and 1000 wounded. We
should think that the name OF that
town, so far at least as the soldiers
are concerned, ought to be changed to
WorStOff.
Acknowledgement w. L. Taylor has
instructed auditors and ~treaSurerS 10
every county in the state to allow
mortgage deductions this year. Over
80, 900 were filled last year. An at
tempt is under way to kill the law,
but it will not reach the higher courts
for some time yet.
The health authorities of Chicago,
in reviewing conditions there and else
where. state that diseases unfavor-
ably affected by unreasonable weather
claimed so many victims last week
that the mortality rate reached a
higher point than has been attained
In any previous December.
Marconi's success In transmitting a
wireless message across the Atlantic
has come sooner than was expected.
A year ago the greatest distance COW
cred by a wireless message was 100
miles and most persons. Thought it
would be a long time before a message
would be sent across the ocean,.
The weather bureau of the United
States issued a bulletin in 1900 from
which n may learn that the number
of lightning strokes in 1889 causing
damage In the United States was
5,527; value of property destroyed,
SO, 016, $40; number of daths, 562; per-
sons injured, $40; number of live stock