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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
SOME BIG FARMS
Several Large Land Owners in the Kan.
kakee River District.

The fourth largest farm in the
state of Indiana is John Brown S Lake
county place of -, 900 acres and the
whole is operated as one farm. Ia
Porter county is the NJ. z. Reeves
estate of 1000 acres, operated by Lee
G.. Howell. The Burke ranch has D.
600 acres and another large farm in
Porter county is the W. Z. Pinney s.
900 acre tract, which he farms on the
tenant plan. The StOwell farm OF -
900 acres comes next. The biggest
place in the state is just across the
river-B. j. Clifford IS place in Jasper
county, to which he is adding the
Nelson Morris place of %, 900 acres adj
joining. a wOman-Mrs. Jennie Con-
rad-farms 1000 acres in Newton
county, and personally manages every
bit of it. Drainage is making mil
liona;res of many owners of land in
the Kankakee marsh region.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
he would be retired to OYSTER Bay,

he would be retired to Oyster Bay.
AS President he has again jolted
politics out of its rut. But it is be-
coming evident that he is not working
in the dark, as his critics had sup
posed. He is showing surprising
knowledge of local conditions in his
appointments. They are not blum
dered into. Now observers are be-
ginning to speculate whether he is
not obtaining a hold on various states
which hostile politicians will not be
able to shake loose.
1t would be no surprise to those who
have watched Mr.. Roosevelt's career
to see him prove to be a politician of
the highest order, and practical in the
best sense of that term. So far the
Presidents career has been a notable
exemplifcation of the fact that high
political ideals may be combined with
hard sense and much sagacity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

One of the incomprehensible things
in human life is that so large pro-
portion of people will grudge paying a
reasonable fee to properly qualified
physician, but will cheerfully pay a
great deal of money to any quack who
comes along. The Woodworking, faith
full, honest doctor may have difficulty
in making both ends meet, but
theroOmS of the lOng-haired
fy-by-night quack are full of
patients and the patients are full of
faith. Health fakirs of all kinds
abound and the more preposterous a
travelling mountebank is in his pre-
tensions the more eagerly will his
dupes shower their dollars upon him.
The world dearly loves to be hum
plugged. No legislation can save the
people from their own credulity or
from the SharperS who so easily play
upon it. A state of mind cannot be
legislated away and the state of mind
that entertainS, even encourages, the
delusiOn of quackery in medicine can
only be left alone to feed upon itself
until the slow spread of common sense
clears the delusion away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The ways of the telegraph liar are
perplexed and past finding out. Some
time last November one of the most
accomplished of the tribe sent to a
Chicago paper a little pastoral idvll
wherein it was alleged that an old
man in this county who married a
Young woman discovered an infatua-
ton between her and his grown son,
whereupon he secured divorce and
helped the loving young pair TO wed.
This was extensively copied by In
diana papers. including those in this
city except THE TRIBUNE), though a
moments investigation at the court
house would have revealed the truth.
The other day the original fabricatoI
of the story ran across it again and,
perhaps not recognizing it as the pro-
duct of his own imagination, he dress
ed it up afresh, gave it later date,
and fired it in to the paper that first
printed it, which reproduced the anti
quated tale and started it on another
round through the press. Thus dc
the metropolitan papers give ''news. y
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Concerning John Shoemaker.

The death of John NJ. Shoemaker
recalls the fact that he was the first
ieweler and watch maker in Plymouth.
He came here from Laporte in 1856
and established himself in a little
frame building hastily erected for him
on the c. H. Beeve lot on Laporte
street, on that portion of the lot that
is now vacant. Ten years later he was
able to buy the Touring mill now oper-
ated by John carp. Mr.. Shoemaker
was an active, public-spirited Young
man and SO impressed himself upon
the people that at the age of 20 and
when he had been here not yet three
years he was made the democratic
nominee for county treasurer in 1858
and vigorously canvassed the county.
He was defeated by n. III. Oglesbee
and the two men, who had Travelled
together over the rough pioneer roads
of the county throughout the cam
paign, were warm personal friends
ever after. The friendships that Mr..
Shoemaker made as a young man in
Laporte and Michigan City half GEN.
fury ago were maintained until his
death. 1t was characteristic of him
that when, a few weeks ago, he sat
down to write the leading dates and
events of his career he was careful to
give more particulars concerning his
lifetime helpmeet than OF himself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Old Landmark Demolished.

The old St Joseph Catholic church
at Mishawaka, a landmark there for
many years ana the scene of MANY his
rOric occasions of interest in church
circles Of northern Indiana. is being
torn down 10 make room for new
buildings In the forty years during
which the church was in use there
were at its altar 1926 baptisms, PSI
marriages, $50 funerals and about
1869 combinations. Six priests said
their first mass in the old church,
among them being Rev. Simon VI.
Yenn, pastor of ST. Michaels in this
city. who celebrated solemn high mass
in July, 1889, Immediately after his
return from ordination at Rome.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

This, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. is the country of the individ-
ual, where every tub stands on its own
bottom and where every man is given
the opportunity TO make money if he
wills or do anything he prefers. Our
millionaires have won their way in
most cases with stout hearts and hard
work, just as our statesmen, poets and
artists have done. Emerson, in one
OF his rail-driving sentences. said no
man should repine for what his soul
desired. Let him take it and pay the
price. He can do it in the United
States as he can do it in no other
country in the world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
MET DEATH CALMLY
Composure of Gen. Alban in Directing
His Last Fight.

Just prior TO the attack by the
guuboats of the Columbian liberals
upon the Colombian government
steamers Lautaro and Chucuito. i'm
the harbor Of Panama, General Carlos
Alban, the former military governor
of that district, who was killed in the
engagement, was standing on the deck
Of the LautarO trying to induce the
chief engineer of that vessel to put
out to sea Immediately. This the
latter declined to do on the ground
that 1t would be imprudent with only
himself, blacksmith and three fire.
men in his department. While dis
cussing this point the first shot from
the revolutionary gunboat Padilla
struck the LautarO.
The Padilla was painted white.
She was steaming due west with the
suns rays directly astern of her. Her
crew and officers could see clearly
ahead of their vessel, while, owing to
the suns dazzling brightness, the
Padilla, herself, was not seen from the
LautarO until she was within 400
yards of that ship. There were about
$50 soldiers on board the Lautar0, and
Immediately the first shot was fired
from the Padilla stampede occurred
among them. But general Alban, re-
tanning his composure, made the
captain of the Lautaro take charge of
the guns, which had been mounted on
that vessel. He supervised everything
himself until he was struck by the
bullet that killed him. The captain
was wounded in the leg. The Padilla
had several of her crew killed or
wounded, and is believed TO have been
much disabled
The steamship Ioa, belonging to
the South American Steamship Com
pany, the same line that owned the
Lautaro, which was in the harbor of
Panama at the time, rendered inn
mediate assistance to the Lautaro,
which subsequently, sank. The body
of General Alban has not been recover
al
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
DANISH WEST INDIES
Where Old Glory Will Next be UnfurIed
in Token of Sovereignty.

The Danish West Indies, the pur-
chase of which, subject to the sane
tion of congress, has been agreed upon
by the department of state, are con-
sidered of great strategic Importance,
and especially SO in view of our int
erests in Cuba and Porto Rico. In
fact their control by the United States
is almost of imperative Importance.
President Grant saw their value and
took steps to secure them, as well as
Santo Domingo, in his first administra-
ton.
St. Thomas, the largest of the is
lands, is formed by a chain of high
hills running east and west. 1t is
thirteen miles long, measures three
miles at its greatest width, and has
an area of seventeen square miles.
The sea surrounding this island is fill
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
GLADSTONE'S ERROR.

Contemplating the enormous foreign
and domestic commerce that depends
upon the manufacturing industries CT
the United States and that has placed
this country ahead of all the nations
of earth in material prosperity, one
is moved to wonder what might have
been the situation had the counsels
given by the immortal Gladstone but
"a dozen years ago prevailed He was
the inspired apostle Of free trade and
his classic defense of that policy and
denunciation Of protection had much
to do with turning this nation over to
the free trade democracy in 1892. He
was compelled to admit and did frank
ly admit that his whole theory and
argument rested upon the proposition
that America should be nation of
farmers and that England should do
the manufacturing. When asked
what would become of our skilled and
unskllled mill hands he said that some
would find places in English mills but
that the greater part could take land
and raise foodstuffs for Europe. He
died without explaining what would
become of the farmers under such cir
cumstances, or how they would be
compensated for the decreased value
of their lands that would inevitably
follow, nor did he ever tell how lab
orers without means or without
knowledge of agriculture could slbsist
on the wild lands of the west. But
he saw clearly that when all is said
done the first result of American free
trade must be to close American fac
tories and the next must be to drive
the operatives to farms of their own
renting, or to the county farms.
Every theory that he advanced about
protection has in recent years been
completely negatived by the logic of
cold facts. Now, is it not likely that
Gladstone, honest man that he was,
would, If living, admit his error and
say that the protection principle has
been justified by events and that the
present comfortable status of the
United States is dependent upon it?
We think he would.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
HAS A POLITICAL ASPECT
Prince Henry's Visit Of Great Import.
ance in World Comfy.

Inc vienna newspaper UnaU SAYS
the coming visit of Prince Henry of
Prussia to this country has political
object is correct. There need be no
misapprehension on that point. And
simply because the visit has political
object, it merits more attention from
Americans than could be paid to the
ordinary tourist of a European royal
family. The object of the prince IS
coming to America is to bring the
United States and Germany into more
harmonious international relations and
to make their respective peoples more
cordial in their feelings toward each
other. To effect or to further such an
object is politics in the very highest
sense; and, inasmuch as effort along
this line, however undertaken, must
help to sustain the peace of the world,
by soitening international asperities,
it deserves to be regarded with the
utmost approval by the people of
America.
This country is highly fortunate in
having so large a number of citizens
of German extraction scattered over
its vast territory, since by their solid
worth the character of the German
nation NAV be made known. Although
Germany is ruled under system
which does not excite an American S
admiration, it is a familiar fact in
every American town that no Euro
pean coming to the United States
takes more readily to republican in
stitutions than a German. The large
German element in our population is
really safeguard of the Republic.
But. internationally considered, i. is
also a valuable asset in that it brings
the two nations into closer popular
touch and sympathy with each other.
Just as there may be buffer states be-
tween great empires, so our popula-
tiOn of German antecedents may be
said to act the part of buffer between
the United States and Germany in
any period of international irri-
tation.
Americans have great advantage
over the British in this respect. Dur
ing our late war with Spain, when
friction between Dewey and the Ger
man admiral was reported in Manila
bay, the situation was tempered to an
important degree by the mere fact of
our large German population and our
widely circulated German press of New
York, st. Louis and Chicago. Their
whole influence was inevitably conser-
vative in such a crisis. And SO, too,
in Germany lie motives of the people
of this country in going TO war with
Spain were better understood because
of the statements made directly to
the German people by such men as
Carl Schurz. But there is no infiuen-
tial German element in Great Britain.
and the result is that the peoples OF
those countries are less able to under
stand each other. The bitterness
against England now manifest in Eng
land might have been powerfully nit
igated had England been the home
of large and influential German pop
ulation.-Springfeld Mass Republi-
can.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
ROOSEVELT NO BLUNDERER.

The politicians who thought Mr..
Roosevelt a political blunderer because
he departed from traditional rules
have begun to wonder whether they
have not been mistaken. They fan
cied he was an amateur at the game
and so was bound to commit politics.
hari-kari. HE is kicking the party
to pieces, said leading congressman
a few days ago. IL is natural that
men trained in the old school of poll
tics should distruSt a man who adopts
original methods. But the President,
saws the Kansas City Star, has been
using his present policy for years. 1t
has been successful so far, and he will
probably not fail in the employment
of his ideas on the great scale to which
he is applying them.
When as a young college graduate
Mr.. Roosevelt went to the New York
legislature he refused to follow in the
rut of routine politics and the wise
ones predicted speedy end to his Ca
reer. Asa civil service reftrmer in
the days when reform was unpopular
he ruined himself again in the opinion
of experienced politicians. His con-
duct as police commissioner of New
York was supposed to be another blow
to his fortunes. In the Larger field Of
theIeoyernorship ofNew Fork he struck
out on a new line and It was predicted
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
caI,foru,a.oreoon EXCURSIONS.

Every day in the year. The Chi
cago, Union Pacific and North West
ern LiLe runs through first-class Pull
man and Tourist Sleeping Cars to
points in California and Oregon daily.
Personally conducted excursions from
Chicago to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and Portland, leaving Chicago on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lowest
rates. Shortest time on the road.
Finest scenery. Inquire Of your near
est ticket agent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Runyan & Co. Reeeivership.

The firm Of Runyan & Co.. road
builders, concerned in the litigation
recently occupying the time OF Judge
Capron S court on change Of venue
from Laporte county, has gone into
the hands of receiver as a result OF
that suit. About $50, 600 is involved
in the case and the partners disagreed
as TO certain phases of it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
The Plymouth Democrat has ha

The Plymouth Democrat has had
space to print twice column article
from the Chicago Chronicle. the text
of which is that Roosevelt is ''sadly
deficient in the admiral qualities
which go to make up great charac-
ter" but it did not have space to
print even once as much as two lines
in praise of Mckinley at time when
every other paper in the land was pay
ing tributes of patriotic respect to a
murdered President.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

"Why do people buy the popular
noyels?" is general question the
publishers would be glad TO have ans
wered. The novel is a good deal like
play-the publisher can predict its
career no more than can the theatre
cal manager prophesy about produc-
ton on his own boards. In this con-
nection the publisher OF Gilbert Par
ker's Fright of Way" have tried an
Interesting experiment. They adyer-
tised and asked the readers of the
novel To write their reasons for buy
ing the book. There were 1856 ans
wers from all over the United States
and from Canada. These answers may
be tabulated as follows: Seven hun
dred Ind eleven said they had heard it
favorably spoken of by friends who
had either read it serially or in book
form: 467 had seen it advertised or
both advertised and reviewed: ia had
read reviews of it: IS had read some
thing the author had written prev
iously and liked his style: ga had read
the serial themselves and wanted the
book in consequence; % replies gave
frivolous reasons. Ii the publishers
can get anything definite out of this,
they are more clever than the layman.
When the answers ard analysed, how
ever, itseems apparent that the adj
vertisement and the review give new
novel its start toward becoming pop
ular
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The Plymouth Democrat, which as
suredly has the best possible means of
knowing the facts, again confirms our
reports concerning the Independent
and its yappy little editor, who, says
the Democrat, has been ''unmerciful-
ly sat down upon" in every attempt
to dictate in party affairs in this coun-
ty, and it says: ''If he had any stand
ing in the party his idiOtic course
might do some harm: as it is, nobody
pays any attention TO his vapOrings. I"
We desire only to tell the truth in our
statements about political matters
and We rely upon the highest author
ity in reporting democratic meetings.
The Independent habitually contra
diets us while the Democrats reports
agree with ours. Plainly the Inde-
pendent is very ordinary liar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Two corporations formed to erect
dams across the st. Joseph river have
fallen into row that became SO un-
pleasant as to cause threats from the
war department to order the removal
of every bridge and dam on that river
in Elkhart and st. Joseph counties,
thus affecting South Bend, Misha-
waka and Elkhart most seriously.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

ed with small islets, called KEYS.
which belong TO it. About two miles
To the northeast lies the island OF ST.
John. and some forty miles TO the
south is tie third island, st. CroiX,
or. as it is perhaps more generally
known. Santa Cruz. The port Of 81.
Thomas is good one. and 200 vessels
can anchor there with safety.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Clinton township, Laporte county.
has within its borders neither a sa-
loon nor church and there has not
been pauper resident for over twenty
years. The town OF Woodruff Place.
in Marion county, has the same dis
tinction and in addition it contains no
place of business of any kind and every
street is beautiful boulevard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
a S. Carpenter. who has Ii

Ira S. Carpenter, who has long been
associated with G. f. Robb in the
ownership of the Michigan City News,
has sold his interest to III. r. Misener
and retired from newspaper work.
The paper has been highly successful
and we anticipate equal prosperity
under the new management. Mr..
Misener has been city editor of the
News for some years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

In appointing Judge Gillett, of
Lake county, to succeedJudge Baker in
the supreme court Gov. Durbin has
made an excellent choice, but in this
neck of the woods we think Judge
Biggs, of Warsaw, would have filled
the bill fully as we'll and there is much
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The agreement in committee that
rural route carriers shall receive a
salary of 5000 per annum is sure to be
adopted by congress and it is a de-
served recognition of the value OF
arduous services rendered the public
by class Of hard working men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The spectacle of the four great
powers of Europe quarreling among
themselves concerning the intensity
of their affection for the United States
is gratifying to the courted party.
even if it is a bit ridiculous. Miss
Columbia is getting to be a big girl
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Constipation aud health never 60 to-
gether, DeWitt's Little Early Risers
promote easy action Of the bowels with
out gripping or distress. Are safes Ut
gentle. thorough. Purely vegetable. j..
w. Hess,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS
Notes and Gossip From the World of
Letters.

Sidney Colvin, Stevenson's friend,
is reported to be "loaded for bar. I"
and ready to take shot at W. E.
Henley as soon as he gets a good
chance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The reported price of $3.50 paid
by j. Pierpont Morgan for the Faust
Schaeffer Psalter" of 1859 is probably
exaggerated, as it is the rule of the
Quaritch establishment that neither
the names of its customers nor the
prices paid shall be made public.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

The manuscript of the first Tagaloe
grammar for Americans is ready fol
the press. With it is an English
Tagalog and Tagalog- English dict
ionary The author is DR.. j. III. T
Stempel, who lived as a tutor in MA
Mia under the Spanish rule. The vol
ume was intended for university use
only, but the acquisition of the Phil
ippInes by the United States caused
the author to publish it in form that
will be generally useful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

An announcement which doubtless
pleases the young people is that CHM
& Co. are to begin publishing in Feb
ruary series of supplementary read
erS to be made up of material that has
appeared and is now appearing in the
Youths Companion. The first of the
series will be called 1.-The Wide
World, and will be devoted to child
life in Japan, Egypt, Holland, France,
Switzerland, Sweden, South America
and Alaska.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Miss Mary Johnston's audrey"
now running in the Atlantic, will be
out in book form in March. The cri-
tics seem to agree that in style she is
not excelled by any American novel
iSt. In this connection it is stated
that Miss Johnson was stepped during
her formative years in the classic Eng
liSh literature of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. Moral: To be-
come a successful romancer on Ameri-
can historical subjects steep yourself
in classical English authors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Henry Harland, who made many
friends blythe Cardinal IS Snuff Box, .
will have new novel out in March.
1t will be called 1.-THE Lady Para
mount" and will be published by
John Lane.