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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
zMe~oue1< N0uJeAre<C
Amor Message Mention.

Our consular system needs improvement.
Alaska SHOULD have delegate in the
Congress.
There should be a comprehensive revi-
sion of the naturalization laws.
l recommend the enactment OF law d.
rected against bribery and corruption in
Federal elections.
There is no enemy of free government
more dangerous and none insidious as
the corruption of the electorate
/ especially commend TO your Immediate
attention the encouragement of our mer-
chant marine by appropriate legislation
The prime duty of the man is TO work,
to be the bread winner; the prime duty or
the woman is to be the mother, the house
The harbor of Honolulu should DO
dredged The Marine Hospital Service
should be empowered to study leprosy In
The cost of doing government business
should be regulated with the same rigid
scrutiny as the cost of doing private
business.
/ call attention to the great extrava-
gance in printing and binding government
publications, and especially to the fact
that altogether too many Of these pubiica-
The Canyon Of the Colorado should be
made a national park; and the national
park system should include the Yosemite
and as many as possible of the groves OK
giant trees In California
There Is no objection to employees OF the
government forming or belonging TO unions;
but the government can neither discrimi-
nate for nor discriminate against nonunion
men who are In Its employment, or who
seek to be employed under It,
No subject is better worthy the atten-
ton Of the Congress than that portion OF
the report of the Attorney General deal
ing with the long delays and the great OBJ
struction to justice experienced in the
cases Of Beavers, Green and Gaynor, and
Benson.
If a race does not have plenty of chill
dren. or IL the children do not grow up,
or IL when they grow up they are I'M
healthy In body and stunted or vicious in
mind, then that race Is decadent, and
no heaping up Of wealth, no splendor OF
momentary material prosperity, can avail
| In any degree as Offsets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND OOINGS OF THE WORLD.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain,
Stock and Money Markets.
A Night and Day Bank Organized IN
New York City.

Impressed by the need for an institution
where money may be obtained at any hour,
prominent New Y ork financiers and COM
mercial men have organized the First
Night and Day Bank and safe Deposit
Company. The names of men prominent
in the business and social world appear in
the organization committee ard the capital
stock of S250,000 already has been sub
scribed. The concern also will have a
working surplus of $3.50, 900. The plight in
which many travellers of wealth often find
themselves because they are unable to
draw cash in eases of emergency, suggested
the organization of the bank. 1t is likely
that 0akleigh Thorne of the North Ameri-
can Trust Company, will be president of
the new institution.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Airship is a Success.

George E. Heaten of Alameda. CAL, the
inventor and designer of the airship ''Cali-
fornia Messenger" has demonstrated not
only that his airship will fly. but likewise
that it will 60 where it is hidden regardless
of conditions of wind. The airship made
another ascent, Heaten spending an hour
I'm the air and travelling at will in any di-
rection he desired. The mechanism for
directing the ship worked without hitch
of any SORT
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Dynamite at Zeigler.

Zeigler, ILL.,, special: Two fires which
had been lighted and which had Been
burned TO within an inch of thirty five
sticks of dynamite were found in place
Just over the pipe line which connects Zeig-
Ter with the pumping station. The dynamite
was found placed Immediately over the
pipe line, $50 rods from the pump house.
The pipes are buried sixteen inches under
ground and had the explosion taken place,
Zeigler, its mine, its electric light plant
and the searchlight would have been put
ont of busineSs
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Convicted of Piracy.

Joseph Kirwin, who last summer robbed
woman passenger on the steamer West
ern States. between Detroit and Buffalo,
was convicted of highway robbery on the
high seas, or piracy, in the United States
District Court at Detroit, Mich, and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life. Kirwin
Is 26 years Old His victim was Mrs.
Sweeting of Jackson, Mich. He used
chloroform in perpetrating the robbery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Express Robbery in California.

The Santa Fe Overland" No. was held
up between Daggett and Ludlow, Cal. Ex-
press Messenger Roberts was shot. He is
suffering too much to give an idea of the
amount of money stolen. The robber, sup
posed to be a negro, wearing cap, entered
the rear door of the car, breaking the chain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
S15,OOO,OOO Worlds Fair Buildings
Are Sold for $3S6,OOO.

st. Louis special: 1t was stated that a
contract for the sale of the eleven big ex-
hibit palaces, stock barns, festival hall,
the coIonade of states, pavilions, aerodrome,
bank, intramural railway, hospital, press
buildings, police and fire stations, with
other Worlds Fair structures that cost SIS
100000 will be signed with Chicago
wrecking company for 1886, 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Indicted for Killing Man Who Tried

Constable William f. France OF Peters
burgh, Ind, who last August shot and
killed Thurlow Weed Grim, when the lat
ter attempted to escape from custody, has
been indicted by the grand jury for murder
I'm the second degree. France was arrested
and later released on 5000 bond.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
James Noble Tyner Dead.

James Noble Tyner of Indiana, once
postmaster general, and at various times
secretary of the Indiana senate, represen-
tatiye in congress, first and second assistant
postmaster general and assistant attorney
general for the postoffice department, died
of paralysis at his home in Washington
He was Is years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
All Happy.

Mrs. Jimjones-I understand your
three daughters are all happily mar
ried-
Mrs. Samsmith-Well, two of them
are married happily and the other one
is happily divorced.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Empire Express i'm Wreck.

The New York Central's Empire State
Express ran into a freight wreck two miles
east of Little Falls, N. Y. The freight
broke in two and came together, spreading
wreckage over four tracks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
PuplIs DRAW Color Line.

A race war is threatened in the Pitts
burg high school. Two young ladies of
the school have refused to study or asso-
ciate with a colored classmate and they
have been told they must apologize to
everyone or be expelled. The parents
threaten serious things if the girls are
expelled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
three instantly KILLED.

Three men were instantly kill and
ten or more were hurt in COLI on
the Pennsylvania railroad. Ps,ss- lger
train No. q, north-bound, struck s work
train about three miles north Of Oolum-
bus, Ind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Small-Pox in Ohio.

Twenty-Five new cases of smallpox are
reported from Kingston, Ohio, making
ninety in all. Kingston has population
of about 900, and smallpox has been cpl
demic there for some time. No deaths have
occurred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

Inquisitive Suitor-Has your auntie
any heir, Johnnie?
Johnnie-She's got a whole lot-but
nearly all of it comes out Of tn bureau
drawer.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Bippest Oil Gusher i'm Texas.

A gusher with an estimated capacity of
5000 barrels of oil daily, was developed at
Saratoga, Texas. The well is the best ever
brought in at this field.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Mosey for Church-None for Fam

Mrs Emma Clemens wants divorce
from George Clemens, leading figure in
the First Baptist Church of Mishawaka,
Ind, whom she married thirty years ago,
alleging that he gives all his money to the
church and fails to provide for his family.
They are the parents of thirteen children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

BODY of Paul Kruger Lying in State.
A dispatch from Cape Town says: The
body of the late president of the TransvaaI
Republic, Paul Kruger, is lying in state In
the Huguenot memorial building, where il
is daily visited by great crowds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
The Army.

Within the last three years the United
States has set an example In disarmament
where disarmament was proper. By law
our Army IL fixed at a maximum Of one
hundred thousand and q minimum Of sixty
thousand men. When there was insurrec-
tion In the Philippines we kept the Army
at the maximum. Peace came In the Phil
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Pensions.

claim upon the Nation such as no other
body Of our citizens possess. The Pension
Bureau has never In Its history been man
aged In q more satisfactory manner than Is
now the case.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

isation, though not rapid. is perhaps ali
that could be hoped for In view Of the CIR.
cumstances. Within the past year many
tribes have shown, In a degree greater than
ever before. an appreciation Of the mecca
sitv Of work. This changed attitude is in
nsft due to the policy recently pursued Of
reducine the amount Of Subsistence to the
Indians. and thus forcing them, through
sheer necessity, to work Tor Z livelihood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
The Bureau of Labor.

Much can be done BY the government
in labor matters merely by giving pub
licity to certain conditions. The Bureau
of Labor has done excellent work of this
kind in many different directions.
shall shortly lay before you in a special
message the full report of the investi-
CATION of the Bureau o. Labor into the
Colorado mining strike, as this is a strike
in which certain very evil forces, which
are more or less at work everywhere un-
der the conditions of modern Industrial
ism, became startlingly prominent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

The Bureau of Corporations has made
careful preliminary investigation of many
important corporations. 1t will make q
special report on the beef industry. The
policy of the bureau is to accomplish
the purposes of its creation by co-opera-
tion, not antagonism; by making oon-
structive legislation, not destructive pros
ecution, the immediate object of its in
Quiries; by Conservative investigation Of
law and fact, and by refusal to issue
lncomplete and hence necessarily inaccu-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08
Irrigation of Arid Lands.

During the two and a half years that
have elapsed since the passage Of the re-
clamation act rapid progress has been made
in the surveys and examinations of the op-
States and three Territories Of the arid
West. Construction has already been be-
gun on the largest and most important of
the irrigation works, and plans are being
completed for works which will utilize the
funds now available. The larger problems
have been solved and IL now remains to
execute with care, economy, and thorough
ness the work which has been laid out
Each project is taken up on the ground BY
competent men and viewed from the stand
point of the creation of prosperous homes
and of promptly refunding to the Treasury
the cost Of construction.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
WAS BLAIR UNINsURABLER
New York Life Insurance Company
ContestinE. the Payment OF
Policy for 100000.

ST. Louis, Dec. 21.-Attorney F. A.
SchoAeld, Of Hannibal, Mo-, appointed
to take dispositions In the suit OF the
Mutual Life Insurance company, Oh
New York, to cancel the 100000 policy
held by the late James L. Blair, OF st
Louis, began the taking Of testimony
at the federal building yesterday. The
cancellation of the policy is based on
the grounds that Blair concealed the
fact that he was uninsurable at the
time he took out the policy in 1907
because Of forgeries, embezzlements
and other crimes: also on the ground
that Blair intended, when he took out
the policy, to commit suicide In case
his alleged crimes were discovered.
During the period from 1894 to l9OS
Blair received from Dick Bros. & Co.
about $4,000. During the same
period his personal expense amounted
to more than $4,000 and be paid out
about 100000 for interest, in addition
to upwards Of $4,000 for real estate
and about $4,000 or $1,000 for life
insurance, while his receipts from his
profession were about $4,000. A sum-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
Appeal Of Contest Cases.

The wholesale thro wing.out pro-
cess which obtained In the contest
cases before the board Of commits
sioners has. not appealed to the aver
age citizen as what should have been
done. Without doubt the board
lived up to the letter Of the law in
strict conformity with its provisions
as the members interpreted 1t, but 1t
will be q good deal Of satisfaction
to have higher court give a ruling
on the matter.
1t is ridiculous to say that in Enter
prise, for instance, Of 241 voters who
came to the polls and voted town
ship ballot 119 did not vote 1t cor.
rectly and 1872 shall decide the cleo
ton; or that in Detroit Of 81 who did
the.same thing only 81 have a voice
in the ofiicerships. In Abilene OF 1854
voters 256 are placed in the position
Of being unable to mark correctly q
Justices ballot on which were but five
names, four in straight party column
and one independent.
The ruling that the slightest ex-
tension of a line over the limits Of
circle or square invalidated the entire
ballot does not seem just the right
thing for such extension Is no more an
ident fication mark than would be an
odd placing Of the cross mark in circle
or square; no more than was the writ
ing Of judges name on every ballot
cast at Detroit, which was not except
ed to by the board.
The voters Of Abilene and Center
township want final ruling on what
constitutes legal ballot under the
present law and We are glad that such
appeal will be made as will determine
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
Who ID Mosher?

A party in Wichita who styles him
self a "citizen Of Kansas" and who
aubscribes himself G. W. Mosher pro-
iesses great indignation because Prof.
W. T. Vernon Of the Quindara SCHOOL,
an educated, cultured and eloquent
colored gentleman. has been inVit.d
to sneak at the Kansas Day club.
inst who this man Mosher 10, Is not
known outside Of Wichita but judg'
ing from the tone Of his letter 1t Is
apparent that he is strongly inoccu-
lated with Democratic virus Ills
vardamanisms seem to be obtaining
their principal circulation through
the medium Of q rank Democratic
newspaper. Mosher says he voted ,
for Roosevelt but under protest-and
it is reported that be was an ardent
supporter Of Judge Dale and otner
Democratic candidates. Mosher AYERS
that he belongs ste the Anglo-Saxon'
the highest race in everything that !
makes the world worth living In"
No one would have suspected such q
thing after reading the TRADE per-
sonal abuse and vile epithets con-
tanned in his letter to Del Valentines
these would indicate q member oil
some tribe Of supreme inferiority'
Prof. Vernon will not be compelled ia
resort to abuse or billingsgate in
order to demonstrate his eminent MT
ness to associate with gentlemen Of o
public political gathering.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22

Il is Characteristic Of Kansas to
howl about selling gas to Missouri
but it is most unbusinssslike oblec-
ton. The state should look upon gas
as upon wheat or corn and should
seek . marke. regardless Of the state
line. It can make no difference to
the gas well owner whether the gas ID
piped to Kansas City or to Topeka
II the state waits until manufactures
come to the gas region, the oPpor'
tunity will To lost for the gas will In
one way and another be wasted and
lie value gone. Kansas should sell
every foot Of gas wherever the mar
ket opens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22

The Democratic candidates ior
county officers must kick themselves
for mot bringing contest suits over the
recent election. In the Abilene con-
test 1915 per cent Of the votes were
thrown out. This would tmsan 1898
votes out Of the 4726 cast 10 the
county and 1t would have given al
most any Of the Democratic candi-
dates q lighting chance, as marks 10
the circle wore on the large majority
OF the ballots cast.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
THURSDAY, DEC. "a 1904.
"Put the magic word 'Christma'

"Put the magic word Christmas
on an article" says a leading journal
Of the advertising profession land
it instantly is elevated far above the
comm % considerations Of barter and
trade, Of cost and value, and becomes
q thing to conjure with" And so II
is. 1--WE can spend ten dollars on
Christmas presents, is announced in
the family executive council, "lets
90 and get 1t spent" The business
methods that obtain for eleven months
in the year to require a dollars re-
turn for dollar paid out have no
place Of honor In the twelfth; they
give way before the magic OF gilt and
paint and tinsel and the gay attire In
which the holiday gift is wont to deck
itself when it goes forth to command
a buyer. And perhaps it is better so'
after all. II the giving Of Christmas
presents is the expression Of love and
friendship then the question OF in
trinsic value has no theoretical place
in the transaction; the "all-day
sucker" is as certain vehicle for the
conveyance Of love and esteem as the
silk embroidered smoking jacket that
is warranted to be what it cost. And
If present giving has become sordid
exchange Of goods 10 which father
gives mother plush lined toilet set
in return for the, Celluloid cuff box be
knows mother 10 going to unload on
him--ii the prime purpose OF the
Christmas present is to show that the
giver Is not "short" nor willing TO be
the beneficiary in one'sided dona'
ton party, then it is equally we'll II
real values are hard to locate 10 the
rush Of Christmas shopping; for the
parties to so iguoble q practice de-
serve to be ..bit."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22

An Interview with J. Q. Royce
states thst the businessmen OF Lsaven-
worth want Warden Jswett kept In
hence Mr.. Hoch viii probably keep
him. The businessmen Of Leavsn'
WORTH are not running the state
They have not been the friends Of Mt
HOCh at any stage Of the game moi
viii they help make his path easy
Mr.. HOch will be held responsible fol
the conduct Of the state institutionI
for the next two years. Everything
that Is done viii be charged up Y
him. he viii BE- very uswiss Il b
falls TO place in charge Of them hi
frisnds and men Who are intsrssssd Il
he uuoosss Of bis adnlnIStrstion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
Tho Telephone and the Farmers.

The Reflector is making a big pretense now
of being for the farmers in the telephone
business News.
The REFLECTOR is not "for the
farmers" nor is It "for the towns
people" In this telephone business In
the sense that it is opposed TO the
interests Of either.
1t does not believe that the BUSH
nessmen Of town can afford to antag-
onize 800 or 1000 well-to.do farmers
who are within our trade territory.
Nor does 1t think that the farmers
should ask the businessmen to do
more than is fair to get their trade.
The interests are mutual.
II any considerable number OF
farmers properly organized wants to
build telephone exchange in this
town the council should not refuse .
franchise. This Is o free country and
the man who will live up to the con-
ditions OF others should have the
same chance. But 1t would be an
unwise and needless expense for the
farmers to do this. No businessman
wants two phones in his office, to say
nothing Of having three. Neither
does he want to pay for two or three
when one will do the work.
Some arrangement should be de-
vised by which the farmers lines can
come to town over the Independent
exchange and be used by the sub
scribers in the city. We do not
think 1t Is fair that the merchants
should pay all the expense attendant
on this. The farmers have something
to gain as well as the merchant. The
farmer who telephones in and finds
that wheat is up two cents bushel
and hence sells two hundred bushels
makes more out Of the information
than the grain buyer who takes bis
wheat. The farmer who telephones
to the merchant for merchandise to
be sent to him IL benefited as we'll as
the merchant. It is worth OF least as
much for the farmer to reach the ner-
chant as II is for the merchant to
reach the farmer. Hundreds Of long
distance messages are sent to the
Abilene exchanges every day yet 1t is
seldom that there is any disagreement
as to who shall pay the tolls. The
person who gets the business pays.
In social matters, the caller pays.
Il seems to us that there should be
reached an amicable arrangement BY
which the iarmera' lines could be run
into the Abilene exchange, Abilene
and the farmers sharing the expense
equally, and q nominal toll charged
for each message inside the county,
probably lower than thatnow obtaining
on toll messages, the natural course
Of business to regulate the payment
II any farmer prefer, however, 10
have an open line 70 the Abilene sz-
change let him pay an addsd rental
per month for the exchange service
Ten cents has bean suggested - this
hgurs. II = merchant desire 70 have
an open line 70 the farmsrs' phones
let hin pay a sddsd rsnal ior ths
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22

that the murdered woman found in
Cheyenne canyon several days ago
may be Sadie Durant, woman who
came to Pueblo late in October from
California. She left Pueblo December
8 with the expressed purpose Of going
to Victor for a short visit and has not
been heard from since that time. Her
description answers that Of the dead
woman. But little is known OF her In
Pueblo. 1t is stated that she was
separated from her husband and
feared violence In case he should hnd
her.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22

exchange per month. The matter
should be settled on fair basis for
all.
Another thing, no committee OF
twenty men can settle it. Let there
be one Of five, two for the farmers and
two for the merchants with one from
outside the county. They can fix a
basis in two hours.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-22
Agn9N WEEKLY REFLECTOR DECEMBER PAGES

May it bring good cheer to every one
bat 1t is by right the children's day
DO not mar It for them BY destroying
their belief In Santa Claus. All their
lives long they will thank you for
him. All their lives long he will be
real to them II he first comes down
the chimney of their fathers house.
Topeka Herald.