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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Historic Slippers.

Shoes and slippers have played an
important part in history and tradi-
ton. An instructive collection of
historic footgear is shown in The De-
lineator for October, including dress
slippers of Marie Antoinette and
many other quaint, curious specimens
of bygone centuries. The shoes of
the present day represent great adj
vance in the quality of comfort. it
would seem, but in elaboration and
artistic ornamentation they must yield
to the footwear of earlier times. The
shoes of the fourteenth century we're
guided or engraved ornately. Ladies
shoes of the fifteenth century were
wooden, curiouSly carved. The seven
tenth century was most prolific in
the different styles of shoes produced,
and the materials from which they
were fashioned were the richest. The
shoes of the Orient have always been
extremely elaborate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

Colorado Adjutant General States the Pol
Icy of the State.
Cripple Greek, Colo, Sept 26. -
Adjutant General Bell has given out
a statement outlining the future policy
of the military in the Cripple Creek
district. He declares that the troops
will be kept in the field SO long as in
the opinion of the governor there Is
any possible need for them, and that
LAW ard order will be strictly main
tanned to the very smallest fraction
thereof" He concludes his statement
as follows:
''ln regard to the street whisper
ings and murmnings to the effect that
other parts Of the state are about to
If it is necessary to muster into the
service under the law every available
able-bodied man in the state (aEd I
will be the judge of the able-bOdiCd-
nessg and il it bankrupts for few
days the state of Colorado, there will
be no strike disturbances or business
cessations while James II. Peabody Is
governor, and while | am his military
representative of the state of Colorado.
My term of office does not expire until
April /. 1905"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
No Compromise With Wrong.

Mr.. Roosevelt has not impressed
the country as a COMPROMISED. He is
a man of strong convictions, of ap-
proved courage and determination and
with very lively sense of the right
and the wrong of things. The Wash
ingtOn cOmprOmiSerS who want him
to compromise principle and violate
his oath evidently do not know him.
Miller should remain in the public
service and the miserable attack which
has been directed against him should
be made the subject of congressional
inquiry with view to undermining
the government printing office and
eliminating trades union nossbacklsn
from the establishment fol er.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Hard as Steel.

They are saying hard things about
the steel trust. 1t had to come to the
conclusion that it would 90 after
foreign markets. The first mark,t at
hand is Canada, which is getting to
lay steel rails on So, 900 miles of new
Pacific railroad. 1t was the miSfOr-
tune of the Consolidated Lake Superior
Company to be in the way, and it has
gone under, either by the machina-
lions of the steel trust or from its
own internal weakness, which is most
probable.
The current comment indicates
that outsiders think the steel business
ought to be run by the golden rule,
but the conditions which secure Sue.
cess in that tremendous business are
as hard and unyielding as the hardest
steel. The poorer mill. the lower or
older process and the weaker organi-
zation must yield to the better.-In-
dianapoliS Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Uncle Daniel Says Quit.

Uncle Daniel Oyermeyer, the most
widely advertised wife hunter ever
produced IN Indiana, is receiving so
many letters from ladies desiring to
marry, that he finds it impossible to
read them and asks US to publish the
following notice:
sDaniel Overmeyer of Monterey.
Indiana, fervently prays for deliver
ance from the pain Of receiving an
other single tale of love-letter, from
any lady Of manageable age. He
says he wants all to quit writing as he
is about to make his selection of life
partner. So ladies, be wise and save
your time and postage"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
The reply of the mil

ave members. The reply of the MIL
lers says:
"a request was made early In the
week by committee of employees to
arbitrate this question. We declined
to entertain this proposition. The
question was fully canvassed at that
time and our reply was distinct enough
TO be thoroughly understood. We have
no hesitation in saying further that we
prefer to shut down our mills if we
cannot find men willing to work at the
present scale of hours and wages.
1--WE have in the past made con.
cessions and sacrifices to our men,
raised their wages, shortened then
hours and at times run the mills at
loss to ourselves. We should be
pleased to have private conference
with you at your Office at any horr
you name, If in your opinion 1t is
necessary, but our decision is final."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
DEMANDS OF COAL MINERS


What Operators of the Colorado District
Are Up Against.
Pueblo, Colo, Sept. 26.-At the ses-
sioEs of the United Mine Workers
convention the following demandsw were
formulated and adopted by the conven-
ton. They will be presented to the
coal operators I'm district 10. and should
they not be acceded 10 a strike will
in all probability be declared at the
meeting of the national executive
board, Oct 5: Eight hours: all wages
to be paid semi-monthly and in cash
no scrip; increase of 20 per cent. on
contract and tonnage prices, 1000
pounds to a ton; no decrease in wages
where hours are decreased; more fresh
air in mines.
During the session an address was
made by President Meyer, of the West
ern Federation of Miners, In which
he roundly scored Governor Peabody
and General Sherman Bell. He char
acterized the former as the worst en-
envy the laboring man had In the state
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Echo of the Chase Case.

Lafayette. Ind. Sept 26. = Judge
Rabb, In the circuit court, advised the
attorneys for Moses Fowler Chase that
he would not file their bill Of excep-
tons or the records in the case. This
decisions bars the attorneys from ap.
pealing to the supreme court of Indl-
ana. The attorneys viii now apply
to the supreme court for writ OF
manda1us, compelling Judge Rabb to
sign the papers. so that the case can
be appealed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
KING EDWARD is KING
Making the British "Sit Up" by
His Action in Government
Matters.
INSISTS oN HAVING Els SAY
In the Matter OF the Cabinet and Also
That the Army Shall Be
Reformed.

London, Sept "a. The political
crisis has taken on phase which
lends to the present situation a his
torical and constitutional importance
Cf almost unprecedented interest. The
king has interfered, not unconstitu-
tionally or beyond the powers vested
in the crown, but In the exercise Of his
prerogatiyes to an extent never
dreamed of in the Victorian era.
Premier Balfour's continued presence
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
EX-SENATOR FAREWELL DEAD
I'm Failing Health, Passes TO the
Other Side.
/. United States

Chicago, Sept. "a. - United States
Senator Charles B. Farwell, for half
a century prominent in the political
and business life OF Chicago, is dead
at his home "a Lake Forest. He had
been in failing health FOR some time.
but it was only during the last few
days that his condition was regarded
as critical. Surrounded by the mem
bers of the family who had been able
to reach the bedside, he passed away
at a. m. yesterday. Advanced age
me was 80 years old-was the chief
cuse of death, congestion of the lungs
being the immediate carse. Ten days
ago Farwell fell from his bed, suffer
ing fracture Of the arm.
From the drudgeryof AM Illinois farm
n the '30's to a position In the front
rank Of the industrial world and q
seat in the United States senate Chss.
B. Farwell made noteworthy record.
Until he retired from the upper house
of congress he was an active factor in
Cook county and Illinois politics, ris-
ing from clerical position in the
county clerks Office to a nigh place
In the councils of the Republican par
ty. and attaining naSonal reputation
in the field Of Republican politics.
Meanwhile, Farwell bccane identi-
fed with the FarweIs company, ad-
vancing with the firm through all the
stages of It's growth At the time of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

Milwaukee. Sept. 26.-State Factory
Inspector August c. Backus is investi-
eating complaints regarding the fees
said to be charged by county judges
for child labor permits. These permits
according to Inspector Eackus werein-
tended by the legislature to be abso-
lutely free and nothing is charged for
them in this city. In some districts the
county judges are asking from 81 to
$50 for the permits
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
AWFUL ALTERNATIVE
Depends on an Engineers De-
cision When Speeding Along
Trough the Night.
DEATH WAS AHEAD FHE ERRED
Train Thugs Baffled If He Was Right,
and His Decision Was
Correct.

WoonsocEet, r. l., Sept. 26.-Because
the trained eye of Engineer George w.
Boss recognized, in the awkward swing
of q lantern. the work of q novice he
pulled thethrottle vide open and drove
his train swiftly by a danger signal
set dead against him, and frustrated
what is believed to have been an at
tempt to hold up the boat train at
Plummer's Ledge, lonely spot mile
north of Whitin's Station on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road. Four cars full Of passengers, I'M
conscious of peril met and avoided,
were landed safely in Providence, and
the engineer, who had assumed an aw-
fui responsibility, repaired to the Of
flee of Superintendent A. R. Whaley to
report that he had matched his judg-
ment against the ironclad orders of
the road and won.
Ten Men I'm the Geng.
That there was a deliberate attempt
by ten men to hole up the train there
is little doubt, but little was known of
the matter until Deputy Sheriff Bacon
was called into the case by Superin
tendent WhaIey, and fully armed took
his place by the side Of the engineer
and accompanied the train from Wor-
cester to Providence. He will ride on
the engine again tonight, and mean
time the police officials are securing
this section Of the state In an effort
to locate the gang described by the en-
gineer.
Engineer Strikes Problem.
c'he boat train drew out of Wors
ceSter at 6:10 D. m, and was due In
Providence at 7:25. 1t had reached
point within an eighth of mile
of Plummer's Ledge, where Engineer
oss saw green signal light, indi-
eating clear track. Suddenly tie
light changed to red and the engineer
closed the throttle and set the air
brakes. AS he did so a lantern was
swung across the track, but not In
the easy manner acquired by expert
enced trainmen, and it flashed across
the mind of Boss that the man who
gave the signal was not stopping the
train for any good purpose.
Solved 1t i'm Two Seconds.
For a second he hesitated, balanc-
ing in his mind the chances of wreck
ing his train If he went on and the
probability Of its passengers being
robbed, and perhaps killed, If he
brought 1t to a standstill. AS far as
he could see unobstructed track lay
before him. Another second and his
mind was made up, and he rushed the
train past the danger signal. Lean
ing out of his cab Engineer Boss saw
the man with the lantern jump from
the track, two other men standing OH
the ladder holding the stationary light
and tampering with the signal, while
seven other men were lined up along
the road bed.
Reports to the superintendent.
Immediately on reaching Providence
he reported the matter to Superintend-
ent Whaley, who at once started an
investigation Of all the circumstances
and later gave Deputy Sheriff Bacon
charge Of the case.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
FAIRBANKS TOMANACE
Move on Foot to Put the Senatol
in the National Repub.
Iican Chair.
popuL1srs BURY THE RATCHET
Capital City's Bad Streets-Womeu
Guard an Editor Who Is Threat.
ened-State News Notes.

indianapolis, Sept. ga movement
is on foot among prominent Republic
as here to have Senator Fairbanks
chosen to succeed Senator Hanna as
chairman of the Republican national
committee, and also to have Governor
Durbin nominated for the second place
on the ticket with President Roosevelt
The matter has been canvassed for
several days and it is said that many
of the leading Republicans of the
state, including the Republican dele
Cation incongress, are pledged to work
for it and that 1t will be suggested to
the president as soon as congress
meets in extra session.
Means Fight for Harry New.
A part of the scheme includes the
election of Charles r. Henry as na-
tional committeeman, to succeed Har-
ry s. New, the formers candidacy hav-
ing already been announced New
supposed he would be reelected with
out opposition, but has begun to make
a fight to retain the place.
Populists "Flop Together"
indianapolis, Sept &c. = Indian
Populists will hereafter recognize only
one party. Since 1896 there have been
the fusion element. which supported
William j. Bryan and middle-0f.the-
road element. which had its own ma
tional and state ticket. BY the union
of all elements the party hopes to cast
10000 votes next year.
Denver Programme Ratified.
Representatives of both state COM
mittees-tusionists and middle-ruaders
met at the Occidental hotel and rati-
fled the unity programme adopted at
the Denver conference of the two ma
tional committees several weeks ago
A committee composed of S. w. Will
Jams, of VinceDnes: 4. ]. Van Vorhis,
of Indianapolis. and A. P. Hanna, of
Waveland, was named to prepare an
address stating the new order of af-
fairs. Another meeting will be held
here in cbout sixty days.
Sues the City for Damages.
indianapolis. Sept. 26.-The poor
condition of Massachusetts avenue and
the chuck holes in its surface result
ed In making the city a party to a
$4,000 damage suit brought against
the Indianapolis Traction and Termin-
al company by John Riley The plaint-
iff was the husband of Ann Riley,
who was killed by a street car while
on her way to church. Mrs. Riley was
killed by stepping behind one car and
in front of another The complaint
says that the bad condition of the
street, which made it necessary for
Mrs. Riley to keep her eyes on the
ground. resulted in her death.
Curious Combine of Names.
indianapolis, Sept. 26.-Ivory Fox
worthy broke into coal shed in the
rear of Hagerty's saloon. at Sixteenth
street and Columbia avenue, at night
and stole an Owl slot machine. He
was taken to the police station on the
charge Of breaking open the machine
and appropriating 81 In nickels.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
DOESN'T HOWL AT LANsDowNE
Thinks the System Was to Blame for Er
rOrs in War Time.

Thinks the System Was to Blame for Err
rors in War Time.
After the long conversations he has
had during the last few days at Bal
moral with Lord Lansdowne, Brod-
erick; Lord Esher, who was president
of the South African war commission;
Lieutenant General Sir T.. Kelly-Ken-
ny and other military authorities the
king is said to have expressed the opin-
ion that Lord Lansdowne's record as
war secretary was due more to the
badness of the system then in vogue
than to any defect in Lord Lans-
downe's own judgment. King Edward
has not shared the keen public indig.
nation against Lord Lansdowne
aroused by the report Of the South
African war commission, and after a
minute examination of the circum
stances he is understood to have con.
scented to his lordship continuing as
foreign minister.
This decision has not prevented his
majesty from frankly telling the min.
listers that be wanted something done
to improve the military muddle, and
that he hoped some man would be ap
pointed who, with the commissions re-
port as a basis, would be capable OF
changing the system which rendered
inefficiency unavoidable.
The question of having some gener
al, notably Lord Kitchener, as head OF
the war Office has been keenly dis.
cussed at BalmoraI between the king
and the ministers, but the Associated
Press understands that the consensus
Of opinion was that such an appoint
ment would be interpreted as modi-
fed form of military Dictatorship
which the public would never sane
ton. Dealing with the surmises upon
Some Of the foregoing points, The
Morning Advertiser says: 1.-THE king
has in this national emergency re
solved to play the part Of ru.er In
stead Of being content with that OF q
6gurehead."
Meantime, all details of the) nego-
tiations for filing up the vacancies In
the cabinet are submitted to the king,
who for the) time being has trans
formed Bclmoral iuto the political cen
ter Of the empire from which, owing
to the unusual influences at work, sew
eral surprises may emanate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
So President Buchanan Abruptly
Adjourned the Convention
of Iron Workers
WITHOUT EITHER DAY OR HOUR
Parks Men Hold Session and Unseat
Delegate.
Labor Troubles on the Lake Settled,
Strikers Municipalities at
Minneapolis Decline to
Arbitrate.

Kansas City. Sept. &C. = Samuel
Parks, walking delegate from New
York city, caused split in the an
nual convention of the international
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers here in a fight to unseat
Daniel Brophy, delegate from union
No. 2. of that city, but who held
proxy from Scranton, Pa. The charge
was made by the Parks delegation
that Brophy's credentials had been
forged. and to prevent a freefor-all
fight that seemed imminent President
Buchanan adjourned the convention
without hour and without waiting to
put the question.
Parks Men Meet and Do Business.
When the usual time for the conven-
ing of the afternoon session had ar
rived President Buchanan failed to
put in an appearance He had, it de-
veIoPed later, purposely remained in
his room at the Coates House. Al
though the convention had been ad-
Journed by President Buchanan with
out hour Second Vice President War
den was placed in the chair by the
Parks crowd and called the gathering
to order Immediately a vote was
taken on motion to reconsider the
vote seating Delegate Brophy. Brophy
was unseated-5S to 10.
Voted to Notify Buchanan.
After the delegates had voted to un-
seat Brophy the chairman was re-
quested to notify President Buchanan
of the proceedings. and to invite him
to preside over the convention today.
Vice President Warden then declared
the session adjourned until 10 a. III.
today.
wfat Brophy and Buchanan Say.
Delegate trophy left the hall as soon
as the vote to unseat him had beeh
taken. 1.-The action this afternoon"
he said. lis unconstitutional. 1 still
claim my seat and will re-enter the
convention when President Buchanan
assumes the chair again." When notf-
fed by a reporter that the delegates
had reconvened with an adherent OF
Samuel Parks in the chair, President
Buchanan said: "As far as am con
cerned the convention is not in ses-
sion, nor will 1t be until the delegates
notify me that they are ready to meet.
The convention stands adjourned with
out hour l will rot recognize any OF
the acts of the gathering now in ses-
sion.-
Bropky Threatened to Shoot.
The cause of the adjournment of the
regular meeting was that when Brophy
started to enter the hall threatening
move was made toward him by the
Parks men. He put his hand to his
hip and said he would shoot the first
man who interfered- Soon after there
was wild uproar, threatening to turn
into a riot and Buchanan declared ad-
Journment. Parks announces his IN
tentiop Of making trouble when he
goes back to New York. He says
he will call a strike on many jobs
and that he will get even with the
men who he says sought to depose
him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Yellow Fever in Texas.

Laredo, Tex. Sept. 26.-The yellow
fever both in this city and Nuevo
Laredo. Mex, is on the increase. Re
ports from Nuevo Laredo are to the ef-
fit that there have been five deaths
and many new cases are reported
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Drons Dead at a Fire.

Princeton. Ind, Sept 26.-The bust
ness portion Of Winslow, twenty miles
from here, was destroyed by q $4,000
fire which started from gasoline ex-
plosion. The burned district COM
prised a block of frame and brick
buildings. Joseph Mil:ard, one of the
losers, dropped dead from excitement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
Federation and nriller,s Case.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The execu-
HIS adjourned subject to call without
taking any further action ON the case
or William A. Miller, the assistant fore
man In the government printing Office.
The matter has been left in the hands
of a subcommittee Of the executive
council. whose names are not disclosed,
with directions to make full report
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

st. Paul, Sept. 26..The Globe says:
1T was announced last night by
high official of the Northern Securities
company that no tender of the position
as counsel for the Northern Securities
company had been made to United
States Judge Grosscup. of Chicago, and
that such a tender is not and has not
been contemplated"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

Wallace, Ida, Sept. 26.-A car con.
tanning seventy-one Occur d'Alene min
ers has left here for Cripple Greek.
Colo. to take the places of the striR.
ing miners there. Most of them are
Missourians who were brought here
during the labor troubles of 1899.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

indianapolis, Sept. g. Indiana
Day" at the st. Louis exposition, will
be celebrated on Thursday, Sept. 10,
1904. Assistant, Secretary Alexander
was requested to ask Governor Dur
bin 10 fix the date and the governor
did 70.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
He Is No Puppet.King.

For many years cabinets have been
formed or ministerial vacancies filled
with the mere formal presentat ton to
the sovereign of the names of the new
ministers. King Edward has done
away with this tradition. He. has spent
the last few days in constant discus
sion with Balfour as to the advisabih-
ty from the point Of view Of the ma
tional welfare of the latter's suggest
ed appointments. Ministers now
holding office and those nominated for
Office have been summoned to Balmor-
al to join in these conferences, and all
have been subjected to a degree Of
Interrogation such as has surprised
even those who knew King Edward
intimately as Prince of Wales
Insists on Army Reform.
To such an extent is King Edward
holding his power of veto in reserve
that now he is almost regarded by the
inner circles as more the cabinet MAX
er than Balfour himself. Though, with
his usual tact, the king has refrained
from expressing any political views CT
infringing the initiative belonging to
the ministers, this has not prevented
him from expressing his genuine de-
sire, amounting almost to command,
that steps be taken to remedy the
scandals in the army administrator re-
yealed by the report Of the South
African war commission, and insisting
that the new cabinet shall be one
adapted to deal with that question.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01

SheIbyville, Ind, Sept. 26. = The
Rev. Mr.. Adams, on the Smithland
pike. has been annoyed by the rats get
ting in the haystack on his farm. He
set trap to catch them, and when he
went to it found the trap filed with
English sparrows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-01
shafrer Saws He Doesn't Have To.

Pittsburg. Sept. 26.-The charge up
on which committee of the Amal-
gamated Association is trying Pres1-
dent Shaffer is that he did not at
tend the sheet steel conference /.
Pittsburg month ago. Shaffer says
there is no clause in the constitution
to compel him to attend any meeting
but the annual convention; that he
called tie convention at the request
Of the vice presidents and it was the
duty of the vice president in whose
district the convention was held 70
preside. For him (Shaffer) to preside
would have been discourteous.