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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-27
THE DECLINE IN SILVER
cELEsTiALs ARE FLOODING EUROPE
WITH WHITE METAL.
China'a Effort 10 Pay Her Indemnify
Fixes New Low Record in
Financial History

London. November 26--The continued de-
cline in the price OF silver causes some con.
siderable comment In financial circles Ac-
cordIng 10 the hest informed houses II Is
regarded as being directly due TO China s
flooding the markets with silver In pay
ment ~ the Indemnity 10 the powers.
Prior 20 the recent disturbances Chiua was
large buyer Of silver In London, but now
the balance 81 trade Is reversed and, In.
stead OF China takiug OF oliver IN return
for ten. silk and other articles Imported
Into the United Kingdom. she has 10 ship
silver In payment OF manufactured artl-
c.es. This alone. without tho large In
domnity disbursements, IS considered SUM
Client to account for the depreciation in
tho value OF tho metal II is pointed out
that even II China paid tho indemnity in
gold the result would ba the same, as she
would have 10 send the same quantity OF
silver TO Europe In order to huy gold. The
Chinese contention that they should pay
at the higher rate OF exchange nnds some
acceptance here by some who are only
alarmed at the prevailing condition on 90.
count OF their far Eastern trade and also
on account OF their commerce with India.
Rumors were rife recently that large
American syndicate was unloading silver
and that this was the cause ~ the decline,
but these ind no credence among the larger
Anglo-American firms.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-27
A HEARST PAPER
Is 10 Be Established at Washington az
Soon as Possible.
special to Tho POST


Special "a Tho Post)
Washington. November GO -ofhciai an.
nouncement was made today by Frank Nun.
sey. owner Of the Washington Post. that
the publication OF morning paper would
be discontinued rs him on the first II
next month. The evening edition viii be
Published IN enlarged form In this con.
nectlon It. "a stated that Mr. Munsey hns
been induced 10 withdraw from the morn,
ing Geld by william Il. Hearst. editor
OF the New York Journal, WHO will ar
range as soon as possible to begin the
publication Of morning paper here.
washington is at present without a demo
cratic paper and on this account It is be
Heved that the Hearst venture viii be
successful II Is generally understood that
the establishment Of the new paper Is D
Dart Of Hearst's scheme TO pose as The
National leader Of the democracy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-27
STATE DEPARTMENT INTERESTED.
Win investigate the Killing 81 Fitzgerald
by Hunter Of Guatemala.

WIN 'nvcetigate the KLINE 81 Fitzgerald
By Hunter Of Guatemala.
washington. November 20. lit Is inferred
here that the recent killing Of William
Fitzgerald in Guatemala city by Godfrey
Hunter. Jr.. is to be investigated by the
local authorities. cablegram has been
received at the state department from
Einited states Minister Hunter. father 0l
thp Young man who shot Fitzgerald, asking
nerraissiou for the appearance Of Bailey,
secretary OF legation, before the local
reurts 10 testify 10 the killing. The depart.
nept has replied waving al diplomatic
immnnities that would interfere With the
Curse ~ Justice. The effect OF this direc.
Am n Il expected, will put the local mn.
fhodties in position 70 az the response
tllifr fnr tbs shooting and q run.eh any
person found 70 b. fully.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-27
M, Hnnter's NIeeessor

Louisville, KY, November 26.-Acting on
the instructions Of the state department
r.eslie NJ. Combs today signed the oath as
minister 70 Guatemala 70 succeed pr GOD
F,sv Fiuter N has not vet been dehuitelv
sstsrsnined when MI Combs viii leave 20
take charge Of bis new position
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04

A great many things are said on
this subject today and, as man ap-
proaches the two-score line he breads
the possibility of being forced into the
background. A writer in the Cosmo-
politan says: "Middle-aged me nwho
feel despondently that the dead line is
drawn at forty ought to be encour-
aged by the opinions of Charles T.
Yerkes, who is undertaking to con-
guer London at 65. Young men are
in their apprenticeship. he says. till
the age of 40. At thatag theybegin to
see the steps they have made. and the
next ten years form the crucial period
of a mans career. Successes that
come when young man is still in his
twenties and thirties is due more to
to good luck than to good manage
ment. The fact that / lost a million
myself entities me to speak with au-
th0rity.' Mr.. Yerkes considers a
business man ripe at fifty, not before.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Mrs. Sarah Turner.

Mrs. Sarah Turner, widow Of the
late Levi Turner, of Argos, died at
Rocktield, Ind, Tuesday morning,
after long illness, aged 20 years and
% days.
Deceased was the mother of J. E.
and Charles Turner, of this city, and
made her home here several months
after the death of her husband. Be-
sides the sons above mentioned she
has two sons in Argos and daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. J. Rankin, of Los Ange-
les, Cal, who had been at the bedside
Of her mother for several months be-
fore her death.
Mrs. Tnrner was married July L.,
1858, and came with her husband
to Argos, from Carroll county,
In 1888. and Argos was her home at
the time of her death. She Went to
Rock field last winter to visit her
mother, was taken sick there and was
not able to return home. Her mother,
who is SO years old, is still living.
The remains were brought to Argos
for interment and funeral services
will be held there Thursday at $50
%. m.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Indians and Filipinos.

A United States marshal, with an
armed force of deputies is now i'm pos
session of the capitol building at Tishi-
mingo, seat of government of the
Chickasaw tribe In the Indian terri
tory.
He is there to keep the peace and
prevent the rival factions of. the
Chickasaw legislature, now assemb-
ling, from fighting for control of the
tribal government. His presence is
necessary because these Indians, after
several generations of contact with
civilization, are not yet able to govern
themselves sufficiently to refrain from
physical violence in their political dis
putes.
In the spectacle now presented at
MishimingO there should be an inspira-
ton of patience and charity to those
who find fault so freely and so bitterly
because we have not yet completely
established self-government in the
Philippines.
In all the external marks of civiliza-
cion the average Chickasaw is far
ahead of the average Filipino. Take
education, for example. Not over 10
per cent of the Filipinos can read.
Against this illiteracy of 90 per cent
in the Philippines is an illiteracy of
less than 16 per cent in the Indian
territory And the Chickasaws, taken
alone, have still a lower percentage Of
ilIiteracy.
Self-government cannot be taught
to people ignorant of it, in the life of
one man or of a dozen men. 1t must
be learned by accommodating experience
through many generations. The
American people are able as whole
to govern themselves because they
have inherited the experience Of
nearly 100 generations in the art.
Races which have no such Inherit
ance do not really know what self
government means. These Chickasaw
Indians, in spite of their formal ed
ucation and their 200 years Of contact
with the white man, do not yet fully
realize its meaning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Chinese Labor Needed at Manila.

1t is the opinion at the war depart
ment that Governor Taft'S remarks
at the board of trade banquet in Ma
nilla respecting the employment of
labor on plantations will form the ba-
sis of suggestion to congress at the
next session. that the act extending
the Chinese exclusion laws to the
Philippines be amended. 1t is con-
templated to remove the irOnclad re-
Striction which now exists and clothe
the Philippine commission with power
to regulate the entrance of Chinese
labor. The commission itself already
has given some attention to this SUBJ
ject and it is believed Prof. Jenk s in
veStigatiOn into the labor problem in
the Straits settlements and elsewhere
in the orient meet with its approval.
TIE proposed regulations il is said
will look to wisely regulated system
of admissions of Chinese as plantation
laborers under sufficient bonds i'm each
case, under proper systems of ldentifi-
cation and a condition that they shall
leave the Philippines after certain
periods Of time. Such regulations as
exist in Hawaii for the proper care of
the coolies would be incorporated
Governor Taft's representations on
this subject were in answer to press
ing demands from the American
chambers of commerce and employers
of labor in the Philippines for relief
from the present conditions, which it
is alleged prevent the development of
the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Samuel Wiener.

Mrs. Anna Wiener. wife of Samuel
Wiener, residing west of Lapaz. died
Sunday, August 3lst, 1902, aged y
years, months and Is days.
Mrs. Wiener was an excellent lady,
and was one of the Oldest residents of
the vicinity in which she lived.
She was born in Ohio, her maiden
name was Thomas and she was Sis
ter of Joseph F. Thomas, for many
years resident of this city.
She had been almost life-l long
member of the German Baptist church
and led consistent christian life.
She leaves a husband but no living
children. She was always mother
TO the fatherleSS and several adopted
children mourn the death of moth
er.
Her last illness was of about seven
months duration and was borne pa
tiently.
Funeral services were held ON Tues
day at IL O'Clock a. H., at the Ger
man Baptist church, northwest of
LaDaZ.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
INSTANTLY KILLED
Little Daughter of Joseph F. Kline
Meets Death at Crossing.
Wagon Demolished, Team Killed and
Small Boy Narrowly Escapes
Death Sunday Afternoon.

At the crossing of the Pennsylvania
railway, four miles west of town, near
the farm of Commissioner Fred Sci
der, at 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
the seven-year-old daughter of j. F.
Kline, farmer residing on the Rim
gle place, was instantly killed by a
fast train going east.
Mr.. Kline, with his son, aged IL
years, and his little daughter, went to
farm near South Bend Saturday to
get flock of sheep. They were re-
turning with the sheep, the father
driving Them. the boy and girl driving
ahead in the wagon.
Just as they reached the crossing
the boy saw the fast train coming at
lightning speed.
The track at that point has beer
lowered recently, making a steep in
cline at the crossing. The boy realiz-
ed the danger, sprang from the wagon
and seized the horses by the bits, but
the team was frightened, the wagon
was pressing down the hill against
them, and they dashed across the
track.
The train, running at speed of
more than a mile-a-minute struck the
front wheels of the wagon, killed both
horses, throwing them to the south
side of the track and the wagon to the
north side. The little girl, sitting
on the spring seat was struck on the
side OF the head and her head was
almost severed from her body.
In some unaccountable way the seat
was lifted from the wagon on to the
pilot, the lifeleSs body of the child fell
back on the seat and child and seat
remained on the pilot until the train
was stopped forty rods from where
the seat was lifted from the wagon.
The remains were brought to this
city where they were prepared for bur-
ial by Undertaken Bunnell, and were
taken to the home of the parents Sun
day evening. From there they were
taken to Bunker Hill for interment
Tuesday forenoon.
1t is reported that the whistle did
not sound nor the bell ring when the
train approached the crossing.
The child was bright little girl.
Her name was Agnes Irene, and sad
ness and feeling of horror pervades
the neighborhood in which the acct
dent occurred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
A Curious Snake.

Eli Rupe, while discussing with a
friend the other day the question as
to whether snake laid eggs. or not,
was enabled to prove that that they
did by blowing up quite number of
eggs shortly afterwards. and breaking
open one OF them found live snake
coiled up inside the shell. Allen
Fisher, who had discussed the SUBJ
ject with him, very willingly "owned
up" that the proof was clear and was
perfectly satisfied that at least some
varieties of the serpent species do lay
eggs. What was especially peculiar
in this case was the fact that the lit
tie serpent possessed two well-formed
heads. 1t lived about two hours after
the egg was broken open and Mr..
Rupe preserved its body in q small
bottle of alcohol. Warsaw Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
A National Corporation Law.

Those who think that a national
law regulating corporations is i'm
practicable may oe surprised to learn
that such law exists in Great Brit
ain. 1t was passed in 1862 and is
called the Companies act. Among
other things it requires every COM
mercial or manufacturing corporation
TO be registered. Any corporation re-
quired to be registered and not reg
iStered is an illegal association, and
its members cannot take advantage Of
any of the benefits conferred by the
act, such as limited liability, etc. The
register must contain first the memo
randum Of association, including the
name and objects of the proposed COM
pany and the place where its register
ed office IS situate; second, the arti-
cles Of association: third, list Of
members and shareholders, with a
statement of the amount held by each
shareholder. and other particulars;
fourth, any contract by which share
is issued otherwise than for cash.
These provisions do not differ ma
terially from those OF the cooperation
laws in most states, but the point is
the British law is national. Under
our constitution national corporation
law would not differ in principle from
national bankruptcy law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Democratic Confession.

The Hon. Samuel Alschuler, lead
ing Illinois Democrat, and his party's
last candidate for governor, in his
labor day speech in CT icago made an
interesting confesSionl
There is "a cry" he said, against
great combinations of capital, coming
from all parties, and while it is time
that something should be done, no
party has formulated remedy"
That Mr.. Alschuler's party has
formulated no remedy is evident.
Democratic leaders, from Mr.. Bryan
down-or up-are fervent in denuncia-
tion of trust evils, but offer no remedy
save destruction of all trusts.
Continually to shout "Wipe out the
trusts" is very easy. 1t is also very
cheap. 1t is pleasing to observe that
Mr. Alschuler, despite his apparent
despair, has brains enough to avoid
Mr.. Bryan's antitrust cheapness.
To preserve the good and repreSS
the evil of trusts is the problem. OF
a problem relating to an industrial
mechanism so vast and so complicated
there evidently can be no offhand So
luton. Only political quackS will pre-
tend to have completely solved the
problem.
Yet, while the democratic party, as
represented by its acknowledged lead
ers, confesSes inability to find reme-
dy for trust evils save in destruction
of all trusts without discrimination,
the republican party makes no such
confession.
On the contrary, the republican
party declares that the trust problem
can and Will be solved. and works
patiently and with every hope of sue
cess to that end.
That is the great difference between
the two parties. While the democratic
party denounces and despairs, the re-
publican party works and achieves
Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Labor Day in Chicago.

Labor day orators spoke to vacant
seats and wasted their eloquence in
vacant parks. Turning from the ira
dltional picnic, with its old time
spreadeagleism, its Mandatory rhetoric
and glowing promises. Chicago's ar
my of workmen marched together in
the mightiest organized demonstra-
tion in the history of trades unionism
and let pass almost unnoticed the dis
play of verbal pyrotechnics.
Not to listen, but TO act, was the
motto of every unionist. Eager for a
chance to show what mighty force
they are, the wOrkmen indicated that
they wished to do their duty by
tramping in the line. OF all the
speakers at the meetings Samuel AL
Schuler alone fathomed the minds of
the laborers. s'All over the land to-
day." be said, I'VE shall hear sounds
VI pOpuldl dCOOlO llOiil CuO pldOAOi III !,
but let me say that the labor speech
is only 'hot air. -
From the $50 auditors at Sharp
shooters park that heard this charac-
terization came a burst of applause.
''You re right yelled one and sIt's
So" shouted another. AS Mr.. AL
schiller continued to speak in this
strain it was plain to be seen that he
was giving voice to what the union
lists believed.
1.-THE speeches are sweet music to
the ear to-day" he continued, "but
tomorrow you will proceed to toll in
the same old way. The hot air you
are getting today will not help mat
tiers. This vast gathering of corpor-
ate interests will continue despite the
oratory. You may be called upon to
paw $40 ton for coal just the same. |"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
MOUNT PELEE AGAIN.
Over Two Hundred Lives Lost by Another
Eruption and Mighty
Tidal Wave.

Mount Pelee is dealing death and
destruction again. 1t has been in a
constant state Of eruption since Aug.
10. Last Saturday night there were
three eruptionS. At O'Clock in the
evening of that day the sky was
clOudleSs. Suddenly and without
warning one-half of the horizon was
obscured by pitch black cloud of
dust. This cloud was the center Of
most magnificent electric effects, the
flashes of light surprising the most
elaborate fireworks. Flames and
flashes continued to burst from the
cloud until nearly midnight.
Columns of flame shot out of the
crater of Mount Pelee to explode about
the cloud in showers of balls Of golden
fire, which fell through the darkness
in mvriadS of sparks. Three large
aureoles were seen in the sky over the
OpeuluS vi tue crater.
The village of Morne Rouge, near
the ruins of st. Pierre, was entirely
destroyed and over two hundred lives
were lost.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort de
France and the terrified inhabitants
fed in large numbers to the interior.
The wave was not severe and did but
little damage. At midnight Mt. Pelee
was quiet; shortly after this hour
there came another shower of ashes.
accompanied by vivid sheet lightning.
1t is impossible to approach the
ruined town of st. Pierre from the sea.
The few survivors in the village of lie
Carbet, on the coast, are terror strick-
en- and flying to the interior. Hot
water is pouring down on Lorraine
and BaSSe Pointe, villages east of the
crater. Horrible detonatiOnS were
heard, the ground rocked and quaked
and articles on tables were thrown to
the floor
From the mouth of the Mouillage
northward there is scarcely any sign
that that the city of st. Pierre once
extended a mile in that direction: and
over all the country up to Morne
Rouge is a thin coat of mud, like
light cOlored cement. looking as if it
had been plastered on by human
hand. The floor of the whole great
amphitheater seems TO be covered with
this mud, in two great fan-Shaped
formations. The rivers flowing
through this look like inky streams of
lava, and along their course and on
the borders of the sea hundreds Of
small jets of white steam rise into the
air like clouds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Shiras Has Not Resigned.

The attention of the President hav-
ing been called to the published
statement that Attorney General
Knox's name was being considered
with the view of appointing him to a
justiceship on the supreme bench to
succeed Justice George Shiras, it can
be said on the authority Of the Presi-
dent himself that not only does he
not contemplate such a move, but
Justice Shiras has not resigned. The
President classed all such statments
as without the least foundation and
and that they only come into his
mind when he sees them in print.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Won 100000 on Futurity.

John w. Gates in discussing the
victory of Savable in the futurity race
on Saturday, made the statement that
Chicago was richer by $500. 900 than
before the race. Mr.. Gates would
give no names but declared that be
knew of one man who won $40, 600 and
another who won $40, 900.
1.-THE $50, 900" said Mr.. Gates,
''does not include whatever nay have
been won by Chicago men who were
at the race track. 1t covers simply
what was won by men who were in
this city Saturday,"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Death of Mrs. Carey.

Mrs. George w. Carey, of Tippeca-
noe, this county, arrived at Marion
Friday night for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Herbon Strain, who
lives in a second story fat on South
Washington street. When Mrs.
Carey reached the top of the
stairway she sank to the floor and
then rolled down the stairway. She
was picked up dead. 1t is believed
that heart trouble was the cause of
her death. She was fifty-fve years
Old. George w. Carey is well known
here in Plymouth by many of our peo-
pie and all of them will deeply SYM
pathize with him in his great loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04

Senator Fairbanks fav0rs arbitra-
tion as the only means whereby salts
factory adjustment Of differences be-
tween labor and capital may be Sc
cured, and he firmly believes that Or
ganized labor will be the medium of
bringing about this system of settling
disputes without strikes or without
the arouslng OF bitter sentiment. He
does not believe in compulsory arbi-
tration, but in reasonable, fair out
spoken agreement between the two
factions in arriving at a settlement.
He thinks the formation OF civic fed
GRAFTON in which capital and labor
have an equal representation Will be
the instrument of bringing about the
adoption generally of a system of ar
hisrarion in all labor troubles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04
Quarrel Ends in Death.

Owing to domestic trouble In his
family Jacob Jones, prosperous
farmer residing near Michigan City,
killed himself Saturday. His daughter,
Mrs. A. Morris, was deserted by her
husband at Michigan City and she re-
turned home. A quarrel followed and
the old man attempted to kill his
daughter with an ak, but was pre-
vented by the arrival of his son, who
knocked down his father and took the
AK from him, while the daughter fed
to a neighbours. An hour later the
elder Jones went to the orchard with
a shot gun. He cooked both barrels,
placed the ramrod across the triggers
and with his foot exploded the gun.
Both charges passed TIN ough the
throat, causing instant death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04

There was not shade OF politics in
the deserved tribute that President
Roosevelt paid 70 the farmers and
their sturdy, vigorous contributions
TO national life and growth. 1t is no
new thing. but fact that all history
has proved that the life on the soil
has produced the best specimens of
manly citizenship, scholarly develop
ment and humane character that the
modern world has known.--Elkhart
Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04

The republican congressional COM
mittee has received very encouraging
reports from the west regarding the
political outlook and expects to make
republican gains in the house. Con-
ditionS are SO favorable that the idea
of establishing western headquarters
in Chicago has been abandoned, and
the campaign will be conducted en-
tireIv from New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-09-04

Representative Hepburn, of Iowa.
saws the county in which he lives il
Illustrates the prosperity and content
ment of the people generally. On
Aug. l the banks in the county, which
has population of $4,000. had in
dividual deposits of u.s. 900, an
average of sl10 for every man. wo-
man and child in the county, Against
such a condition as that democratic
stories are powerleSs.