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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
Astonishing Insurance Figures.

Few people have any idea of the
enormity of the insurance business of
the United States. 1t not only
exceeds that of any other country, but
is twice as great as that OF all the
rest of the world combined. At the
present time there is in the United
States about s12, 900, 900, 000 of life
insurance in force, including assess.
ment business. This means over $50
for every man. woman and child in
the country, or $500 for every family.
The annual risks written by the fire
insurance companies are estimated at
$50, 900, 900, which is $3.50 per capita
or 81, $50 per family. Thus it will I've
seen that every family in the country,
on an average, has insurance assets of
over $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
A Remarkable Family.

Mr.: and Mrs. 1. Stone residing three
miles north of Inwood and six miles
east of Plymouth, have been having a
kind of family reunion Midsummer.
George Webb and wife, of South
Africa, are here for vacation. Mr..
Webb is a native of that far away
land, and he and his wife who was
Miss Stone before she went to Africa,
have saritarium at Cape town and
cared for soldiers of both armies dur.
ing the recent Boer war.
Mrs. Anna Reprogle another daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Stone, is also here.
She has--spent five years in Africa and
three years in England. Her husband,
George Reprogle, was here for two
months, but is now In Ireland
establishing a sanitarium where his
wife will join him when her vacation
is ended.
Charles l.. Stone ana VIE VINO nave
charge of a school at Hazel, Kentucky,
have been spending their vacation here
and left for Kentucky today via Chi.
cago. They are a building up an Inn
portant school at Hazel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone certainly have
reasons to be proud Of their children
and the children are justly proud Of
their parents, who are among the
Oldest settlers and best people OF the
neighborhood in which they reside.
The family are members OF the
Seventh Day Adventist church anc
were educated at Battle Creek, Michi'
gan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
Should Be Looked Into,

The summer junketing OF customs
officials at the expense of the govern
ment ought to be stopped. From the
United States District Attorneys Of.
fee to the Board of United States
General Appraisers, carefully laid
plans are made every spring to con-
vince the Secretary of the Treasury of
the Importance OF this officer going to
Europe to make Investigations, an
other officer going to California. an
other officer going to the great lakes,
etc. 1t is so manipulated, as a rule,
that the officer has a private secre-
tary accompany him. The results OF
the junkets now in progress and con-
templased should have the careful
consideration of Mr.. Secretary Shaw
as to the results attained by these of.
ficers who have asked for this extra.
ordinary assignment during this year
and previous years. Every official
who seeks an assignment of this kind
should be carefully questioned as to
the necessity Of it, and investigation
should be made as to whether the
the summer trip of these officers
should be paid for by the government.
American Economist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
Big Family Reunion.

There will be reunion Of theJacOby
and Ray families in the Jacoby woods
east OF Plymouth, Tuesday, Aug 5, at
which all old settlers will be welcome.
The occasion is the 60th anniver.
sary Of the birth Of John Jacoby, who
was born in Schulykill county, Penn
sylvania, August S, 1922. Mr.. Jacoby
is one Of the survivors Of the pioneer
community, who settled in the forests
OF Marshall county, and for long
series of years identified themselves
with its growth and improvement.
John Jacoby came to this county fifty
five years ago, and has resided on his
fine farm east of this city more than
fifty years. Mrs. Jacoby, whose
maiden name was Serena Ray, is
descended from revolutionary ances.
tors and was Dorm in Union county,
Ind, over 70 years ago.
Next Tuesday will be meeting Of
old settlers that will be long remem'
bered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
Trustees OF District Meet.

The township trustees from the
counties comprising the Thirteenth
district of Indiana held their annual
meeting at Rochester last week and il
was a very interesting session.
Charles Jackson, trustee of Rochester
township, was elected permanent chair.
man. and President w. H. Banta OF
the Rochester Normal University well
coined the visitors to the city.
The trustees were almost unani'
mously in favor of free text books, as
were also the superintendent. In
paper on needed legislation, John II
Pulling, of South Bend, advocated
that the law should be so changed as
to make the trustee the truant officer
as we'll; that the trustee should sue.
coed himself; that he should be com.
PEELED to furnish all his schools with
libraries, and that the poor FUND
should be handled by this officer. He
opposed the election of county super.
intendent by popular vote, and favor
ed school consolidation,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Paul Van der WORT, past comman-
der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, died at Puerto Principe,
Tuesday of paralysis of the heart.
He was born in Ohio in 1916. He en-
listed for the three months service in
the Sixty Eighth Illinois infantry, and
re-enliSted in Company NJ. Sixteenth
Illinois cavalry, and with his regiment
in the Ninth and Twenty-Third corps
and the cavalry corps of the military
division of the Mississippi. He was
discharged Aug. L, 1865 as segeant.
Past Commander Van der WORT
joined the Grand Army in Illinois in
1866, and was Assistant adjutant
General to Department Commander
Hilliard. He resigned the position on
his removal to Omaha, where he was
mainly instrumental in the reorganiza-
tion of the department of Nebraska,
to which be was assigned as provision
al commander.
On the formation of the department
he was elected department comman-
der. He was elected senior vice COM
mander.in-chief in 1878 and comman-
der-in-chief in 1882.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
MARRIED
Sehell-Klinserman

At the United Brethren parsonage
in Bremen, Ind, Sunday, July 20,
1902, the Rev. Mr.. Oyler united in
the bonds of holy matrimony, Mr..
Bert Schell, of Plymouth, and Miss
Jennie Klingerman, of German town
ship.
After the nuptial knot was tied the
happy couple drove to the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Klingerman, four miles southeast of
Bremen, where a nice wedding din.
ner had been prepared.
They came to Plymouth Sunday eve-
ming and will make their home in this
city. Both are excellent young peo-
pie and have the gratulations and
good wishes of many friends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee delivered a lect.
ure at Winona Thursday afternoon on
peace and war in the United States
and Cuba to a crowd of 1000. In his
narrative of events leading up to the
war with Spain Gen. Lee reiterated
his belief that Gen. Blanco and the
Spanish authorities at Havana had
nothing to do with the blowing up Of
the Maine, and that all the informa-
ton of the project was purposely kept
from them. He asserted that it was
still his belief that the scheme was
carried out by three or four young
Spanish officers skilled in the prepare
ton of explosives who were sent out
for that purpose, and who even sue
ceeded in keeping all knowledge of
their identity from the Spanish
authorities in Havana. Gen. Lee re-
ferred to the repeated efforts on the
part OF Spanish officers to brighten
him from his post as consul general,
and how he bluffed them until ne was
ready to depart for the United States.
He also told ofthe underground meth
cd OF assisting Lieut.. (nOw Gen. }
Funston, then in wounded condi-
tiOn. to get to the United States after
serving with the Cubans under Gen.
Gomez, Funston having met him
among his enemies in Havana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Col. ]. B. Maynard, who for 80
years has been a resident of Indiana
polls and connected with the Sentinel
of that city, chiefly as political writer.
died Monday at the age of SO. He
was at one time associated with Henry
Watterson in the publication of the
Louisville Courier-Journal. Perhaps
the one thing that made his name
most widely known throughout the
country was his startling editorial one
day in the Sentinel on the supreme
court of this state, beginning:
damn their cowardly souls.'' The
Sentinel did not regain the prestige
thus lost for many years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
The present state administrator

The present state administra tion
goes on lettering its record in the ef-
ficient and economical management of
state institutions. The recently is
sued quarterly bulletin of the state
board of charities and corrections
show that during the six mouths peri
cd ending with April 30, 1902, s42,-
124. 80 less was expended for the main
tenance of the correctional and charlt-
able institutions than during the cor
responding period Of 1901. At the
state soldiers home, girls industrial
school and the reformatory notable de-
creases in the per capita cost OF MAIN
tenance are shown. A vote for repub-
lican legislative candidates is a vote
against the state debt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

A London dispatch says that food is
dearer in England than it has been at
any time for quarter Of a century.
Bacon, the poor mans luxury, has
risen in price between one-third and
one-half. This is due to the fact that
the farmers of the corn belt In the
United States are getting the highest
prices for many years for hogs, while
the number of hogs has fallen OF
rather than increased. The bountiful
corn crop Which is now promised will
affect prices 20 some extent if there is
a large number of pigs to feed. The
increase is the result Of natural causes:
II farmers turn to hog raising again
SO as to largely increase the number,
there will be lower prices,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The Minneapolis Tribune suggests
that the duty on wheat might be abol-
ished. AS the surplus wheat crop is
always exported. and Canada exports
its increasing crop, it really can make
no difference to us whether it passes
free by way Of Quebec or as flour by
way of Boston and other ports to Eur
ope. We would sell little wheat to
Canada, but as Canada's crop would
not affect the price there could be no
objection to the abolition of the duty
on wheat, particularly if it should be
asked by leading wheat-growing
state.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
The Carnival Craze.

Valparaiso Messenger: 1.-THE carni-
val craze continues to sweep over the
state. The smaller cities and towns
are now being afflicted. There are
mighty few merchants in any of the
places where carnivals have been held
who would welcome another. And
even the people can not look back with
any degree Of pleasure to the enter
tainment and feel that they got full
value for the money expended. Tie
carnival is fad that is likely to be
short lived, just as the street fair had
its short day. BY and by the old fash
toned fair will hold the boards. J"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

West Point has furnished but a
small part of the officers commission
ed in the army during the past four
years. Since april, 1898, 1871 lieu
tenants have been commissioned in
the regular army, only 276 of whom
came from West Point. The men
commissioned during that period are
as follows: Six hundred and sixteen
were volunteer officers in the Spanish
and Philippine war, Ala were enlisted
men in the regular service and
volunteers promoted from the ranks
and SIP were from civil life. The
war department proposes to give
scientific instruction to the 1872 of.
ficers who did not graduate from West
Point.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
HAVE SHELVED BRYAN:

The democrats of this congressional
district adopted, no resolutions. The
convention of the 41st judicial district
adopted no resolutions. The demo-
cratic convention in this county and
In all the other counties of the
Thirteenth district did like wise.
This is in accordance with the plan of
the gold democrats to shelve Bryan by
silent consent and tacitly indorse the
policy Hill and Grover Cleveland,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
State Auditor Hart SAYS the rec

State Auditor Hart says the recent
payment of d, 200, 900 on the state
debt will not SO deplete the state
treasury that money will be lacking
should additions or new institutions
for the insane and epiIeptics. 1t
should be remembered, he says, that
over $500, 600 of the 81, 900. 600 has
just been paid to Indiana by the gov
eminent. 1t should be remembered,
too, he says, that the payment on the
debt will save the state $50, 200 year
interest, which would go far toward
furnishing additional rooms for de-
pendents. 1t is his opinion that with
the present state levy there will be
plenty Of money in the state treasury
available to pay any appropriations
sdesired by the next legislature.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
BERNETHA THE MAN
Democratic Judicial Convention Nom
mates Fulton County Man.

Fifty-seven prominent democrats
including the delegates from this
township, North and Bourbon left
Plymouth Tuesday forenoon for Ro-
chester. The delegates and workers
from other townships swelled the
number in attendance from this
county to about eighty, yet with "a
delegates and all this assistance, Full
con county's !23 delegates out-gen-
eraled them and won glorious VIC
tory, nominating Harry Bernetha for
Judge on the AID ballot.
This final ballot was as follows: Ber-
netha 80, Martindale %, Kellison 2.
Myers 2, Montgomery /.
Democrats of this county naturally
feel Inundated. All Of them knew
before the balloting commenced that
neither Martindale nor Kellison could
be nominated, and all of them knew
that either Judge Capron or Adam
E. Wise could be nominated; but it
was argued that Judge Capron had
held the office long enough and was
too old any how, and that Wise was
not lawyer enough to make Judge.
Still the convention nominated a
man no better qualified for the POSI-
tion than Adam E. Wise-a man who
can never learn as much as Judge Ca
prom knows.
Mr.. Kellison positively refused to
allow his name to be presented before
the convention, yet his friends per-
sisted in casting their votes for him,
and his chances for receiving the NOM
ination were as good il not better at
any time than Mr.. Martindale's.
Mr.. KelllSon's name was not pre-.
sented, but he got votes on every bal
lot and. got IL votes on one ballot.
Judge Capron got IA votes on two
ballots.
The friends of Martindale attribute
the result to the friends Of Kellison,
yet they knew before the ballotting
began that Mr.. Martindale could not
be nominated, but that they had it
in their power to name the nominee if
they chose to do so.
On the final ballot Bernetha receiv-
ed 10 votes from Marshall county,
from German township, 3 from Bour-
bon and 2 from Green.
The final ballot was taken at $50
p. m.
This district should have a good
Judge, a man who is honest, conscien-
tious and has a thorough knowledge
of law. Partisan politics should never
enter into the selection Of a Judge,
and the republicans should now nom-
mate a man in every way qualified for
the position and the people should
elect him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Representative Hepburn, in an in.
terview, expressed the opinion that
the greatest trouble in combinations
known as trusts is the large amount
Of stock issued which represents nc
value. To eliminate the evil he sug-
geSts federal taxation of such stocks
to get rid Of them the same as the
federal tax on the notes issued by
state banks drove them out of circula-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The war which is on between the
Pennsylvania railroad managers and
the Wabash, led by George Gould, is
not in line with the prediction Of
general combination of which so much
has been said. The Pennsylvania is
trying to keep the Wabash from the
Atlantic ports, and Gould is said to be
behind the movement to prevent the
Pennsylvania from expanding $40, OOO,.
900 to tunnel into New York City.
Tt is a good sized fight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
Where Democracy i, Dominant.

Gunton's Magazine estimates that
1900 children under fourteen years
of age are working in the mills OF
North Carolina, more than one-third
of all the hands employed. In the
states Of South Carolina. Georgia, Ala.
bama and Mississippi there are g.
0s0 children under fourteen yeaas OF
age, working ten, twelve and fourteen
hours a day. Children are at work al
young as six years, and their physical
aud mental condition is described az
pitiable by all who have investigated.
-Lawrenceburg Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Senator Platt, ina recent interview,
revealed the secret of his political sue
cess. Speaking for the benefit OF
young politicians, he said: ''Never
give anyone the right to say that you
have broken your word to him. Be
careful about making promise, but
when you have once passed your word
stick to it though it may be to your
own detriment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

"virginius killed his daughter to
save her chastity; Cleveland stabbed
his party to prevent its return to the
paths Of virtue. And now, still gloat-
ing over his political crimes, he invited
the party to return to him and apollo
gize for the contempt which it has ex.
pressed for him. Will it? Not until
the principles of Jefferson and the
works Of Jackson cease to expire
From William ]. Bryan's Lincoln in
terview of June %.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The mayor of San Francisco an.
nounces oficially that if the fact
should be established that the Jeffries.
F1tzsimmons fight was a put-up job,
no more prize fighting will be tolerat.
ed in that city while he is in author.
ity. The San Francisco chief magis
trate wants the bruisers to fight in
dead earnest or not at all.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Monday evening July %, 1902,
Hyperion Lodge Nc. III, Knights Of
Pythias installed the following Of
ficers: H, G. Thayer, chancellor COM
mander; G. G.. Love, vice chancellor;
]. w. Logan, prelate: ]. A. Yockey,
master of the work: r. Thomson.
master at arms; Vincent Miller, inner
guard; L. S. vanGilder, outer guard.
Past Chancellor G. M. Slaytef, was in
stalling officer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

No matter what the politicians do,
the people will nominate Theodore
Roosevelt for the presidency in 1904,
as they did for the vice.presidency in
1900. II ever providence took hand
In political nominations it was in the
choice of vice president in the last
campaign. Suppose-well suppose
any Of the other prominent candidates
had been selected. Elkhart Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Representative Beidler, of Ohio, re-
Gently told q. good story. He said:
"These purists in language who shout
SO much about grammar always make
me think of the fellow out in my dis
trict who was fishing off a dock and
fell into the water. Some people
nearby helped him out and one of the
rescuers asked, How did you come to
fall into the waters
" I didn't come to fall into the
water, replied the man. i came to
fish.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

One of the results of the coal strike
is manifesting itself in the banking Of
blast furnaces. The supply of coal has
given out, and now the industries must
cease, compelling hundreds Of men to
be idle. The operators say that when
men are tired of striking the mines
will be opened. Meanwhile between
the upper and neither grind-stOnes the
public is being ground.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

In his latest speech, Mr.. Bryan said
the people will not trust party that
wabbles in its platforms. That fact
was illustrated in 1895 and 1900, when
the democratic party Topped into
populism.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

While IN New York w. J. Bryan
told a reporter that "our present
prosperity is not universal" The In
dianapolis Journal suggests that he
has got his share, anyhow. Six years
ago he was not worth cent, and now
he is said to be worth 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

William r. Merriam, director OF
the census, estimates that the next
census will show the population OF the
United States to be 100, 900, 000. This
estimate will include the Philippines
and other outlying possessions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

King Edward has decided to make
one more effort to be crowned and has
fixed Aug. as the date of the cere-
mony. 1t will be as near as possible
on the scale of magnificence first pro-
posed, and the rehearsals in the streets
of London have been resumed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Montana's fame is chiefly identified
with mining, but its wool clip this
season will sell for 5000, 900. There
is no telling how much the west will
produce when irrigation is added to
its resources.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The Indianapolis News says that it
is little hard on Indiana taxpayers
that our insane hospitals are so good
that people from other states ship
their insane friends here TO be treated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

That the price for July oats was
above the quotation for corn in the
Chicago grain pit was not due to a
natural demann, but to the effort of
clique. And yet there are those who
personally affirm that the pit is useful
in regulating prices.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The democratic candidate for gov.
ernor of Maine met Mr.. Bryan in
Boston and escorted him throughout
his trip. No democratic candidate fol
a state office in Indiana, would do any.
thing so reckless as that this year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

1t is easy for the democrats to talk
of antitrust laws now that they are
out of office but the public will not
forget their failure to pass such legis-
lation when they were in power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The democratic remedy for m0nOpo-
lies would be to make the country SO
poor that there would be nothing to
monopolize. Mr.. Voter do you Sant
to try that experiment again?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Governor Durbin and his Official as.
sociates paid another million dollars
on the state debt last Monday. That
is the republican way of doing things.
Gordon Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The wisdom and craftsmanship of
the republican party keep knocking
democratic paramount" issues to the
rear faster than a Billy Goat Bryan
can butt them to the front.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

1t is reported in Washington that
Congressman Watson and Lands are
in more demand as stump speakers
outside of Indiana than any other
men in congress.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The democrats. Of North Carolina,
in state convention, bid Billy Bryan
and his Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms good by. Organism seems TO
be growing like a cows tail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

The socialists Of tae Thirteenth dis
trict held a convention at Elkhart
Monday and nominated Elliott T.
Anderson as their candidate for con.
gresS in this district.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

Democracy will always find it an
uphill business trying to capture a
live country with dead issues. The
people are not buzzards, yet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31

One difference between Organism
and Cleyelan1ism is that the people
dropped one before they tried it and
tried the other before they dropped it.