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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
Postofflce lire 9ularties.

The dismissal Of Clarence NJ. Slay-
ter does not seem to have improved
the service at the pOstofice. A letter
for G. G. DUR was put in Miss Anna
Dunn's box: q for Mr.. Burrill in J..
G. Bunnell's box; one for city treasurer
in county treasuer's box: letter for
Mary Brown. PerrySburg, Ind, in
Anna Browns box; letter for B. NJ.
Seybold in John Oilers box; letter
for Mrs. Carrie Biddle in Herman
Alleman'S box; letter for Mrs. Lou
Lampson taken u and opened; letter
for Mrs. c. S. Cleveland and a paper
for William O'Keefe in Tribune box:
two letters mailed at pOStOffice Tues
day morning for parties in his city
had not reached them at noon TO-DAY.
Mr.. Slayter did not distribute this mail
and could not tell anybody about it
for he is not a part of the p~ostotfice
force. Several other mistakes are re-
ported with request to not mention
names.
There are also several complaints
that letters have been delivered en-
rural mail routes but we suppose the
postmaster will say that is the fault OF
the mail carriers and accuse them of
giving us information.
Deputy Postmaster Porter did not
distribute this mail.
Persons who think they cannot
stand this kind of service much longer
will soon find it bettered by reporting
mistakes to this office.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
A Sad Death.

Monday of last week Mrs. Charlotte
Hess, wife of j. o. Hess, was 30 fear
fully burned at her home in South
Bend that she died on Thursday. She
was compromising some ,varnish for
furniture and was heating the material
ia a pan on a stove and it buDbled up
and ran over the top of the pan,
Mrs. Hess attempted to lift the pan
from the stove but the yarnish on the
stove ignited and thus ignited that in
the pan In her hands. She dropped
the blazing mass at her feet, her
clothes caught fire and she was fatally
burned.
The remains we're brought to this
county Friday and the funeral SER
vices were held SUNDAY at Argos Chris
tain church.
Deceased was the daughter ofAdam
Listenberger, was 20 years old, and
was a lady respected by all who knew
her. 4 1ssi
The young husband and bereaved
parents and other relatives certainly
have the sympathy of the entire COM
munity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
CIoken Rail Sends a Load OF
Pssseng rs Into the Ditch
On the { e -Four.
FURRY GILL FOR MEDICAL EELP
Which Is Li.patched to the Scene Of
the Disaster.
WrecEinG,Crew Is Also Started-Train
Said To Be a Total Ruin After
Plunge Down a High
Enbankment.

Indianapolis. Nov. 2S.-The st. Louis
flyer on the Big Four left indianapolis
this morning and is said TO be a total
wreck. The train struck a broken rail
one-half mile west of Avon and five
and one-half miles east of Dan
vile, in Hendricks county. thirty miles
west of here. At this point the road
runs along a high fill. The entire
train. as reported, plunged down the
fill, AID brought up in a corn field, a
pile of ruins.
Physicians Are Summoned In Haste.
A message has been received here
from Danville asking for all possible
medical aid, and eight or ten physi-
clans were summoned. They, with Su-
p~erintendent Van Wrinkle, of the Big
Four, left for the scene ON a special
train at once.
Many Passengers Are Wounded.
A telephone message from Danville
states that al available physicians
from there have been called TO the
wreck, but no word has been received
further than that the entire train was
in a corn field at the bottom Of a
steep e~mbankment, and there was no
doubt that a great many were injured
1t was not known there whether there
were any dead, or how many were in
jured. :.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
Many Passengers Are Wounded.
TRAIN FULL OF PASSENGERS
Nay Not BE So Bad - 1t Looks, Accordtng
to . Telegram.

to Telegram.
The train was almost filed with
passengers wien it left here, the travel
or the train from this city being un-
usually heavy. The first word OF the
wreck was received here from the train
master at Nation, Ills. The Bright
wood wreckiDg train was ordered out
and two special cars were made up
to follow. These special cars con-
tanned Superintendent J. G. Van
Wrinkle. of the / ig -Four, and eight or
ten physicians.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle
said as soon as he reached the Un-
ion station TO leave for the scene If
the wreck: 1T looks pretty bad to
me. There must be a good many hurt
or they would not want so many ply
~sicians." As Superintendent Van Win
kle was boarding the train TO leave
for Avon he received this message
from Danville: -Four sleepers de-
rallied. Send three sleepers to transfer
passengers"
Superintendent Van Wrinkle said he
thought from this the wreck was not
so bad as he feared at first. The
wrecking train arrived from Bright
wood and Immediately left for the
scene of the wreck. General Surgeon
Ford, Of the Big Four. with a corps of
physicians were on the train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
A. on Bank Robbery.

The Akron bank was raided, Wed
nesday. morning. The bank is the
property of Messrs. William Patterson,
Fl. D. and Fletcher Stoner. 1t is
provided with one of the best fire and
burglar proof safes in the county, the
safe attesting its quality in resisting
the explosions and holding the cash.
About 800 O'Clock Wednesday
morning four masked men entered the
Akron telephone office and took the
operators, Roy Leininger and Harry
Showalter, securely bound them and
ordered them to be quiet and they
would not be harmed, otherwise they
would returned and stuff their mouths
with rags. The transmitter was cut
off the switch board so that no tele-
phoning could be done from Akron to
surrounding towns and then the slick
Dicks went to DIR. Frank Petry's Office
and tied him up in a like manner.
made him tell where he kept his re-
volve-, which was taken and then
commenced operations on the bank
safe. A spike bar was taken from the
hand car house which was used in try
ing to pry the safe open after the ex-
plOsions failed to accomplish the de.
sired result.
The safe had two outside fre-proof
door which were blown off, two steel
doors and the inside vault on which is
the time lock. The robbers were
evidently frightened away as they left
the spike bar sticking in the door.
The noise of the explosions aroused
the occupants of the Hoover hotel and
Albert Scott stepped out on the porch
to investigate when a couple of shots
in the direction of the hotel warned
hin that it would be safer for him to
retire SO he made a haSty retreat.
After leaving the bank building the
craftsmen went to John Arter'S barn
and stole his team, harness and buggy
and made good their escape. The
team was found four miles north of
Akron Wednesday mornlng.-Roch-
ester Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
Beggars and Prosperity.

"When beggars own bank stock the
country is in no Hanger of going to
ruin for lack of prosperity"
So said DR.. Hills of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, in his Thanksgiving
sermon.
He had in his mind the kind OF
beggars who solicit aims or a ''loan''
in the streets or from door to door,
pleading poverty and dire distress
with some degree Of truthfulnesS-in
some cases.
HE idea was. Of course, that the
country u be prosperous when PEG.
pie are able and willing to give SC
literally t. beggars tnat they a be.
come owners of bank stock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
KNOWS NOCOLORL|NE
President Roosevelt Tells a South
CaroIinian His Position
on the Point.
WILL NOT BAR A MAN OFFICIALLY
For the Sole Reason That He Is Black
Another Kline of ..Open
-. Door" is Indicated.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-The president
has sent the following communication
to a prominent citizen of Charleston,
s. c. 1t is marked personal and
dated at the White House, Nov. 26,
1902:
MY Dear SRI am in receipt Of
your letter of Nov. 10, and of one
from Mr.. -@. under date of
Nov. IL. in reference to the appoint
ment of DR.. Crum as collector of the
port of Charleston. In your letter you
make specific charges against DR..
Crum, tending to show his unftness
in several respects for the Office
sought. These charges are entitled to
the utmost consideration from me, and
1 shall go over them carefully before
taking any action.
Then He Draws the Color Line.
after making these charges you
add, as a further reason for Opposi-
ton to him. hat he is a colored man,
and after reciting the misdeeds that
followed carpet-bag rule and negro
domination i'll South Carolina you say
that "we have sworn never again to
submit to the rule of the African, and
such an appointment as that Of DR..
Crum to any such Office forces US to
protest unanimously against this insult
to the white blood and you add that
you understood me to say that l would
never force a negro on such q COM
munity as yours.
Blank Puts the Color Line.
NJ Il. - puts the objection
of color first, saying that first, he is
a colored man. and that Of itself ought
to bar him from the Office In view
of these last statements I think I
ought to make clear to you why l am
concerned and panied by your max
ing them, and what my attitude is as
regards all such appointments. How
any M could have gained the idea
that l had sale l would not appoint
reputable and upright colored men to
Office when objection was made to
them solely on account of their color
l confess / am wholly unable to un-
derstand. At the time of my visit to
Charleston last spring / had made,
and since that time l have made a
number Of such appointments from
several states in which is. consider
able colored population"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
MAKES us POSITION PLAIN


Declines to Prescribe . Man Officially Be
cause He L. Black.
The president then cites several in
stances where he has appointed col
Ored men to office; says he will strive
in all cases to appoint only men of
capacity and high character; says his
policy is to recognize negroes of good
repute wherever their numbers war
rant the recognition. and that he can
not make an exception in South Caro-
lima. He then continues: Il do not
intend to appoint II unfit man to Of
fee. So far as 1 legitimately can 1
shall always endeavor to pay regard
to the wishes and feelings of the peo-
pie Of each locality; but / cannot con-
sem to take the position that the door
of hope-the door Of opportunities
to be shut upon any man, no matter
how worthy. purely upon the grounds
of race or color.
Such an attitude would, according
to my convictions, be fundamentally
wrong. If. AS you hold, the great bulk
of the colored people are not yet fit
in point of character and influence to
hold such positions it seems to me
that it is worth while putting a premi-
um upon the effort among them to
achieve the character and standing
which will fit them.
1.-The question of negro domination
does not enter into the matter at all.
The question raised by you
and Mr.. - in the state
ments to which refer is simply wheth-
er it is to be declared that under no
circumstances shall any man of color,
no matter how upright and honest, no
matter how good a citizen, no matter
how fair in his dealings with all his
fellows, be permitted to hold any Of
fee under our government.
Il certainly cannot assume such an
attitude, and you must permit me to
say that in my view it is an attitude
no man should assume, whether he
looks at it from the standpoint of the
true interest of the white man of the
south or of the colored man of the
south-not to speak Of any other sec.
ton of the Union. 1t seems to me that
it is a good thing from every stand
point to let the colored man know
that IL he shows in marked degree
the qualities Of good citizenship-the
qualities which in a white man we feei
are entitled to reward-then he will
not be cut of from all hope Of simf
lar reward.
without I,y regard as to what my
decision may be on tie merits Of this
particular applicant for this particular
place I-feel that 1 ought to let you
know clearly my attitude on the far
broader question raised by you and
Mr.. --; ar attitude from
which / have not varied during my
term Of Office"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
dedicated to Free America"

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-Adolf Won Mcneil,
the noted painter, has finished a paint
ing of Frederick the Great in the
Year 177S," the year in which Fred
erick recognized United States indie
pendence. The painting is inscribed
Dedicated to Free America" Won
Mcneil has arranged to reserve the
Of German-American hospitals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
If the puzzlers want to tackle some

If the Suzzlers want to tackle some
thing real hard, left them try to build
a triumphant democratic pyramid out
of the solid south, Nevada and Rhode
Island.
The state hoard of-education will
hold a special meeting Dec. Is, to de-
eide whether the text books now used
i'm public schools shall be r~eadopted,
revised or replaced with a new series.
Another blow at matrimony! The
postmaster general has decided that
women postal employees who get
married will be too busy thereafter 10
work for the government. He says a
woman ought not to marry a man
that she has to support by working
for somebody else,
The robbery in the postotfice at
North Lansing, n. Y, recently,
brought out the interesting fact that
the postmaster, Roswell Beardsley has
served in that capacity at North Lam
sing since 1928. Mr.. Beardsley is SO
years old and is undoubtedly the old
est postmaster in the United States,
both in point of years and of service.
Interest in the gas and oil business
is being revived at Bremen, and it is
likely that another attempt to find
one or both will be made. Jacob
Bauer is trying to secure leases on
enough land north of town to justify
a company in undertaking the work,
and already has the promise of about
5000 acres.
1t is reported that Otto Albert and
Miss Nettie White were married at
the residence of the brides parents,
near Argos, Wednesday afternoon.
Noy. 26, but as we did not receive an
invitation or any wedding cake We
were at first inclined to doubt it.
However Otto is a nice young man and
we congratulate him on having won
for a bride one of Marshall county S
faireSt and best young ladies.
The young friends of Miss Irene
Kuhn gave her. a birthday party
Thursday evening to remind her that
eleven long years OF her life had pass
ed and she would only have a few
more birthdays before she is a young
lady. 1t was a merry crowd and no.
body enjoyed it than her father,
Fred H. Kuhn, who said it was a
pleasant holiday evening that carried
him back in imagination to the happy
days of childhood.
The Bonham family had a Thanks
giving reunion at the home Of Homer
BOnham in this city. There were
present j. NJ. Bonham and family,
and Mrs. j. ]. Trombo, of Albion, NJ.
d. Stanley and family and Mrs. w.
Fl. Stuart and daughter, Of Avilla, j.
F. Spohn and family of Goshen, and
Mrs Bonham, of Albion, who is the
mother Of the BOnham family. 1t was
a pleasant gathering at a pleasant
home and was enjoyed by all present.
What does crushed oyster shell do
for poultry? 1st. 1t grinds up the
grain and other coarse foods. Gravel
will do the same but seldom contains
enough lime. Oyster shell is nearly
all lime. End. AS the shell is worn
away, the carbonate of lime it con-
tains acts as a digeSter for the other
foods and also furnishes the egg shell
material for laying hens and bone ma
terial for growing fowls. Bird. Hens
that don't get it will lay, but they
will never do their best without OyS-
ter shell or something of a similar ma
ture. 4th. Since Forbes has receiv.
I ed a car load and is selling it at IS
vents, 40 n need say it is tO) ex-
pensive ST.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

A concerted effort is to be made to
get the legislature to provide for the
establishment Of a second normal
school. We trust the members will
not be stampeded into hasty action.
The whole question should be inves-
tlgated in the most careful manner.
One thing is certain, that during three
fourtns of the year, at least, the pres
ent normal school does not have half
the number of pupils it could success
fully teach, and that in the other
fourth of the year it had not been
taxed beyond its capacity to provide
Observation-Disclosures News.
Tell vout- uaipbbOrS ahOut fbp OoOd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

The Hague, Nov. 2S.-A dispatch
from Achin, Sumatra, announces that
Lieutenant Dekok and forty-fve
Dutch troops on board a barge on a
river In the interior were recently at
tackled by a band of Achinese, with
the result that the barge sank and the
lieutenant and twenty men were
drowned. rezes. 81 e
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

Mrs. Austin'S famous Buckwheat
makes the finest Buckwheat cakes.
Ready In a moment. Asks for Mrs.
Austin's Buckwheat. Refuse substi.
tntes. 39t24 8t4
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
MARRIED
SlouSh.B Bishop.
penSive

At the Presbyterian parsonage in
this city, Friday evening, Nov. %. by
Rev. o. S. Thornberry, Mr.. Arthur
E. Slough. of Bourbon and Miss Dora
L. Bishop, of Bremen.
The happy couple are among Mar
shall county's best young people, and
have the good wishes and congratula-
tions of hosts of friends. They will
make their home In Bourbon.
He Needs Some Other Job.
Nolen L. Chew Of Noblesville, dep
uty auditor Of the treasury for the
postofice department., has come tc the
conclusion that there isn't much in a
college education. 1t is his duty to
oversee in a general way the men who
are employed at the postofice building.
One of his employees is a manual Ia
borer who is a graduate of Har-
ward university. He is a single
man about thirty-ive years old. Mr..
Chew says that he is not a bit more
proficient In scrubbing floors and
cleaning spittoons than several EN-.
ployes on bis force OF African descent
who never saw the inside of a college,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

MoweaQua, Ills, Nov. 28.-Tom G.
Pointing has sold his FIVE stock farms
to Jesse G. Adams, the Hereford cat
tie breeder; consideration, $4,000.
Adams is the owner of the famous
$4,000 bull Dale.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
Che Iribune.
HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers.
Plymouth. Ind. December a, 1902.

Advertisements TO appear in THE TRIB.
UNE must be In before Tuesday noon to In
sure their appearance in the issue of thu
week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
lutheran Hospital Dedicated.

Lacrosse. Wis. Nov. 28.-The new
Lutheran hospital was dedicated here
yesterday with impressive ceremonies.
Bishop o Robe. Of Winona, off,
ciated. 3 Seas
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
WEEDS

Consumption is a human
weed fourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes inn
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
SCOTS Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption SO
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
ment you will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

Tell your neighbors about the good
qualities of the Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04

have better fire protection than the
volunteer system affords.
David Brumbaugh, al insurance
agent, formerly of Kewanna, was in
Rochester Monday. He vas married
last week, to lady In the northern
part of the state and was accompanied
here by his bride. They will reside
in Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
A hunting party from Argos con-
sisting of Harrison Brewer and two
sons and NJ. L. Corey went to Stilwell
Wednesday to embark in a house boat
and drift down the Kankakee river to
where it crosses the Nickel Plate. Per-
maps this Is fun such weather as we
are now having
Insurance men have sent out letters
of warming to merchants to be care
full in their window displays during
the holidays season. The careless
ness in arranging the decorations in
many instances has caused fire, max
ing a loss to both merchants and in
surance men.
The first taste of winter is a pretty
severe one after enjoying such a long
stretch of pleasant sun shine. If this
is .ssquaw winter" we may reasonably
expect to have a pretty nice "Indian
summer" when it starts in and we
would not object If the latter kind OF
weather should continue till the first
of February.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-04
Sells His Live stock Farms.

which / have not varied during
term Of Office"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-02
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS !
Fifty-Nine Naval Cadets Re
ceive Their Diplomas.
FROM THE HANDS OF PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT.
Address To The Graduates By George
7. Winston, of North Carolina
HOnOrS Fairly Won.
A BRILLIANT BALL TONIGHT THE
DEN0UEMENT.

RlFTY-NINE YOUNG MEN RE
L ceived their diplomas this morning
from the hands OF Pres,d Mt Roosevelt
as graduates OF the United States Naval
Academy. Tomorrow the young men
will separate. each going 10 his oW home
to laval. orders tor sea duty, which
orders will probably be to consign them
TO the far { fl Philippines. Each leaves
the Naval Academy with the trophy Of
oilIgent study and work OF iour years
his diploma-and with the prospect o
again meeting at the end OF two years
for final examination to determine who
will receive commissions as ensigns in
the United States Navy.
ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT.
The special train containing the Presi-
dental party arrived almost on schedule
time over the Pennsy lvania railroad, at
$50 a. m. The train consisted of two
Pullman cars, the Theodore" and the
"Olympia. The Presidential party con-
sisted OF President Roosevelt, his daughter
Miss Alice Roosevelt, Surgeon General
Rixey, Commander and Mrs. Cowles,
and the naval and military attache of the
German Embassy at Washington.
The President was met on the plat
form by Superintendent Wainwright and
his aide. Lieutenant Zlegemeier. The
party was escorted to carriages
through a line of marines, who
saluted as the President passed, and the
Baltimore Pairolmen, twenty five OF whom
under Marshal Farnan, arrived here at 8
O'Clock this morning for the protection
OF the President and to do guard duty.
Crowds lined both sides OF the streets
and cheered as the President passed.
Very much more enthusiasm was shown
today than on the occasion of Prince
Henry's visit TO the Academy.