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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-09
) ALOCAL NEWS 3

Miss Lois Humrichouser is visiting
at Warsaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p. Drummond
visited in this city last week.
Indianapolis had 200 cases of ty-
phoid fever during the month of May.
DR.. McGlll and wife came down
from Chicago last week to visit at
Brightside.
Mrs. Andrew Bowel and Mrs. Hub
bard went to Argos last week to visit
relatives and friends.
Sidney Becker came hon. from
Chicago last week to attend COM
mencement and visit his parents.
Harry Lackey has moved back to
Plymouth from Walkerton. He is
employed in the Ellis cigar factory.
Mrs. Frank Tanner spent several
days with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jcsu Mitchell, at Argos last week.
A majority of the alumni of the
Plymouth schools were here for com.
mencement and the alumni reunion.
James Taylor, of Newcastle town.
ship, Fulton county, was recently
baptized at the advanced age Of "a
years.
1t is evident that Illinois has no
political bocs, but the old adage of
two many cooks spelling the broth is
recalled.
N. N. baltimore, a prominent
hardware man of Mentone, died last
Tuesday from taking an overdose of
headache tablets.
A concert for the benefit of the Mo-
Fart Club will be given June 14th, at
the Church Of God. under the able
leadership Of Prof. MacHenry. A rare
treat is promised the public.
Prof. Craig shook western dus!
from his feet Friday morning and left
Bourbon for his home in Baltimore
This will very likely be his last expsr-
fence ia this neck o. the woods
Bourbon Advance.
John w. Nichols the jolly West
township democrat who was badly
beaten for trustee called at our Office
to say that be was defeated because
be did not get votes enough, that hs
would rather be beaten now than IL
November, that he did not want The
Office anyway
DR.. Brown with his wife and sor
left for st. Louis last week to spend q
week a. the great exposition. They
are among the first to visit the fail
from Plymouth, but q number Of per
sons viii 60 this week and next week
The doctor informs us that he gets
very reasonable hotel rates.
Jacob Vollmer of Bremen, and Ny
ron Chase Of Polk township, have beer
appointed by the court as members al
large, on the Board OF Review. The]
With the county treasurer, auditor
and. assessor compose the board o.
equalization, which convenes the frs1
Monday. In June to remain in session
thirty days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-09
f, He Lost No Time.

Mr.. Gladstone was much bothered
by young, unknown authors, who
sent him their published works for
his Judgment. So his secretary was
instructed to use this ingenious formu-
Ia OF acknowledgment: my Dear lSir
Mr.. Gladstone instructs me to say
that he is in receipt of your book, for
which be returns thanks. Be assured
that he will lose no time IN perusing
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-09

J. R. Hewitt and family are visit
ing in Michigan.
Mrs. George Shrider and daughter
spent Friday in Chicago.
DR.. Charles y. Wiltfong came over
from Chesterton. Porter county to at
tend the alumni reunion.
James f. AngIin, of Fort Wayne,
spent Thursday evening In this city
and remained over night.
Grandma Wade, Mrs. Pershing and
Marie Leonard, who were on the sick
list last week. are improving.
Forty-one new cases of typhoid
fever were reported at indianapolis
for the first two days OF June.
Frank Walter, of Bremen, has re-
tired from the saloon business after
conducting a saloon twenty-four years.
1t is reported that an old man
caught bass weighing u pounds at
at Lake of the Woods few days ago.
Mrs. Kershaw. of Argos, visited her
granddaughter, Mrs. Eldridge Thomp-
son, Thursday and remained over
night.
DIR. Knott did not attend the con-
terence of delegates to the republican
national convention at Indianapolis
Thursday.
Miss Ava Darratt, who had been
visiting week with Miss Effie Con.
ger, left for her home at ST. Paul.,
Mimi, Friday.
The council and mayor of Laporte
are having friction because Of the ef-
forts of the mayor to have a metro
poIitan police force and in order to
spite him the council recently cut the
salary OF the city marshal from 1926
to s472 per year.
The druggists OF the state are or
ganizing movement to secure a law
that will reduce the alarming use and
increase Of the habit Of narcotics by
those who are so unfortunate as to
have come under the influence of that
fearful bondage.
The Culver Citizen says the primary
election delegate method OF the dem.
ocratic party for nominating candi-
dates in this county is and was lnten-
ded to be wholly to the advantage OF
Center township. Under this method
it would have required 395 more votes
TO nominate Falconbury than Voreis.
Miss Elsie Barber Ut Plymouth,
spent several days last week with bel
her mother living northwest of town.
Miss Barber had the misfortune to
leaye her purse, which contained sew
eral dollars and some valuable arti-
cles, In the train when she slighted at
the depot, and will likely not recover
It.-Bourbon Advance.
DR.. Charles Miller and wife of Guth-
RE, Oklahoma, spent q week at the
Worlds Fair and then ran up to Ply.
mouth for visit Of q few days with
the DOCTORS mother Mrs. S. w. Mil.
Ter and bis sister Mrs. Boggs Of Argos
and other relatives here. They go
from here to Chicago, for visit OF
two or three days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Miller before returning home.
It is reported that the Gar OF Rus.
STA has been going to mediums and
consulting spirits to find out how t.
whip the Japs. While he was thus
engaged the Japs have gone right
along winning victories and many PEG
pie think the Gar is crazy; but right
here IN America and even In Ply
mouth we have people who are intel
llegent and apparently sane, Who con
suit mediums and spirits with no bet
ter results Than the Car gets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-09
Mrs. Mary Beyler has gone to North
Manchester to spend the summer.

y 49,
Manchester to spend the summer.
The amount of school fund on hand
In this county. June 1, 1904, was
s753.7S.
Miss Maude Van Scoik, of North
Liberty, is visiting Mrs. Van Scoik In
this city.
The rain fall for the month of May
was about four inches; the snow fall
was not recorded.
With the advent of June the Geor-
gla peach crop appears on the market,
and the Indiana peach crop will grad
uate in a few weeks.
Chicago is to have a new 81, 900, 900
twenty-story tneater. absolutely
firepro0f" of course, as all the others
are and ever have been.
The state conyention0of the Indi-
ana Epworth League will be held at
Greencastle, Ind, beginning on
Thursday evening, June ls.
The Argos Reflector says H. c.
Brewer wife and son left for Denver,
Colorado, Wednesday, in the hope OF
lettering the sons health.
A Pennsylvania woman who died
the other day left $500 for her pet
dog. 1t ought to be easy enough for
some sharp lawyer to get that.
A young farm hand named Towns
,, was drowned IN Mud lake in Green
township by the upsetting of his boat
while he was fishing last Tuesday.
Benjamin L. Martin, of Richmond.
claimed to be Indiana's oldest Mason,
is dead. II this thing keeps on, the
''cidest Mason" supply may run out.
Julia. daughter Of Mr.. end Mrs.
George w. Shrider ran into an OBJ
struction and was thrown from her
wheel Tuesday evening, breaking her
right arm.
John r. Jones has gone to Texas
and John Q. capron has gone to Okla
homa to look up the chances fol
profitable investment in real estate
and oil fields.
Dora Shaffer returned from Chica-
60 Sunday night having successfully
undergone the operation. She was
not expected home SO soon and 1t was
a pleasant surprise for the family
Bourbon Advance.
One of the strangest incidents re-
corded for sometime is that of Chi
cago man who tried to commit suicide
by jumping into the lake and wa
frightened out Of the notion by q
policeman with revolver.
W. Preston McHenry, who has spent
three or four yeaB teaching music In
South Bend, Plymouth, Goshen and
EIkhart, has decided to leave South
Bend and locate In Detroit. He viii
spend the summer at Sault Ste. Marie
| Some insight into the enormous
wealth of Judge James Cheney, ths
aged nulti-millionaire, who recently
died in Fort Wayne, was gained vher
the county assessor paced on the ia,
duplicate 1914, 900 sequessered prop
Ierty.
| Fred Walmer has returned to Bour
bon after being gone four years, on
month and twenty-three days. He en-
listed in Chicago, April Z, 1900. ant
since that time has crossed the At
lantic and Pacific oceans and has Wis
lited almost eyery civilized country OF
the globe as well e. some that are 90
civjlized, He collected many curiou
while be was gone. The Unlte'
States navy Is not . bad school for
young nan:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-09

Rev. IA. Fl. Zilmer is holding
meetings in Blackford county.
Misses Daisy Apple and Lolita Rit-
ter are visiting in South Bend.
The new Presbyterian church at
Walkerton will be dedicated Sunday,
June II.
Miss Maud Koontz and Mrs. Frank
Lamson were passengers on the train
to Culver Saturday.
F. w. Bosworth is attaching 4 fine
porch to his brick residence on South
Michigan street.
Master Fred Sarber has gone to
Mishawaka to visit week with his
sisters in that city.
There has been al earthquake shock
at Port Arthur and the paragraphiSts
are talking about the city being well
shaken before taking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Pinkey came
down from LapOrte to visit over Sum-
day with the family of Harry Brown.
The JapS announce that Port Ar
thur will be taken June 20, the day
that the national republican conven-
tion convenes in Chicago.
Prof. E. E, Petty Of the Winona
Summer School attended the alumni
reunion and banquet. His wife is a
graduate of the Plymouth schools and
was Miss Honore Parks.
Mr.. Platt, the aged New Yorker
who allowed himself to be blackmailed
to the tune of $685., 900, was known in
the household of the blackmailer as
Mr.. Green, and no wonder.
Mrs. Mary Carmichael, agent Of the
state board ofcharities, has returned
to Indianapolis after spending week
in this part of the state finding
homes for Brightside children.
Mrs. G.. B. Warner and baby have
returned to their home at Indianapo-
lis. They had been visiting Mrs. War.
ner's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
POmeroy and other relatives in this
city and vicinity.
The republicans of North township
will choose delegates to the county
convention, Saturday June IL. The
south precinct convention will be held
at Linkville and the north precinct
will meet at Lapaz.
A Pennsylvania man killed himself
because hiss dinner was not ready
when he got home. Some people are
so inconsiderate; there was no real
reason why he should spoil the meal
for the rest of the family.
Albert Smith, of Whitley county,
pursued a six-foot blue racer snake in.
to thicket, but before be could strike
1t the reptile turned upon him and
struck at him. In attempting to elude
the attack Smith tripped over a root
and fell and the snake wrapped about
him and bit him on the hand. 1t then
escaped. The hand is swollen, but
the wound is not thought to be dan
gerous.
Probably the sharpest contest In
the present campaign will be electing
he members of the next congress.
The democracy express great hope
IN securing majority in that body
and have set their stakes accordingly.
With a democratic house, President
Rooseveltlwould not be able to carr
out his many developed policies, and
liz they can't secure all they desire
| they would rather get half LOAF
than no bread at all.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
FAsTFRTIDE
win Be Celebrated By Local Command
cry Knights Templar BY Special Ser
vices at First Presbyterian Church
Easter Sunday Morning.

Clarksburg Commandery, No. l3
Knights Templar will commemorate the
Eastertide by special services to be held
in the First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. The pastor OF the church.
Rev. w. NJ. Hudson will preach spec
ial sermon to the knights. 1t is the
time.honored custom of this branch Of
the ancient order Of Masonry to com
memoratc the Eastcrtide. The higher
degrees of Masonry follow the custom
of commemorating the Passion Week
with special ritualistic observanccs
commencing on Maundy Thursday. The
knights Templar degree is the highest
degree represented by the local Masonic
lodge and their customs will be follow
ed out as stated above.
All Sir Knights are requested to meet
at Masonic hall promptly at lois o'cloclS
Sunday morning in full uniform without
swords. The commandery will march t.
the church in body in time for the SER
vices which commence at lO.45 o'clock
An invitation is extended to all visiting
Knights Templar TO join the local com
mandery in these exercises.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
TWO LADY
EVANGELIST
Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Miss Minnie Shay
Win Conduct Services Tonight at
Goff Methodist Episcopal Church.

AT 7.so O'Clock tonight at Gof NJ. E.
church there viii be special exangelis-
tie service conducted by two Philadel-
phia evangelists. Mrs. Lizzie Smith and
Miss Minnie Saay. Mrs. Smith and
Miss Shay have worked much together
in the evangelistie field and with great
success. Miss Shay needs no introduc-
tion to clarksburg audience. Her lab
ors here in the recent successful revival
meetings at Gofr NJ. E. church won for
her host of friends. Miss Smith viii
preach tonight and this will be the only
opportunity to hear this gifted and con-
seerated worker. as she goes on to
Philadelphia on No. 4, leaving here at
9.45. Miss Shay will sing in her own
inimatable way several selections. Mr..
J. II. bowman will have charge of the
congregational singing and Misses
Blanch Hursey and Nellie Fletcher viii
sing duet entitled "Unanswered Yet"
All are cordially invited to attend at
7.30 p. m.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
w. VA. MINERS
SIGN SCALE
All Danger of Strike is Over and Men
Go to Work at Once Under the Re
duction in Wages-Agreement For
Two Years.


Charleston, W. Va, April 1.-The op.
orators and miners of District 20. II,
reached an agreement last night and de-
signed scale for the next two years.
1t provides for reduction of five and
fifty-fiye hundreth per cent. in the price
of mining. 1t went into effect to-day.
Operators of tine gas coal seams on
Armstrong and Cabin Creeks refused to
enter into the agreement owing to the
fact that they hitherto enjoyed differ
ential Of five cents ton in pick mining
and the miners refused to allow the diff
ferential to be embodied in the agree
ment. 1t is thought some compromise
will be reached and the miners of these
two creeks will 60 to work,
Operators in the New River field
had posted notices of reduction of five
cents on ton in mining coal and ten
pen cent. in the payment OF those who
work by the day. The reduction went
into effect to-day.
The men agreed TO il and there will
be no trouble. The union has no hold
in the New River field and the operators
deal with the men individually.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
SPECIAL TERM
OF COURT
Held Here By Judge Mason Friday
Several Matters on the chancery
Side Considered and Orders Entered.

A special term of circuit court eonyen-
ed here Friday morning with Judge j,
W. Mason sitting. The term lasted but
one day.
Sale was confirmed in the cause OF
Mary v. Criss vs.. Howard Criss and
Others.
Final decree was entered in the cause
Of Abraham Hinkle and Catherine G.
Hinkle, against Felix L. Hall and others.
The final report of the special com
missioners in the cause of the James
Clark Distilling Company against Clar-
cnec W. Ash and Others was filed and
approved
In the cause of Mary E. Mcmillan,
guardian, against Albert Mcmillan and
others, it was shown that 0. S. McKin-
ley, trustee, had not paid the purchase
money for certain coal lands, although
the plaintiff has made the deed directed
by tine court. and rule was issued
against said Mckinney, returnable May
10th.
In the cause of Joseph E. Barnes
against Jasper y. cofrman and others.
it was ordered that money due the heirs
Of Felix ]. Coffman, deceased, be paid
to the general receiver of the court.
The report Of the second sale in the
eause of Eusebius 7. Parker against
Francis NJ Thompson was received and
the sale confirmed.
William Z. Smith was appointed spec.
ial receiver of the estate of Waldo Payne
deceased. and required to give bond of
81, 200. lie gave the bond.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
ALL.
TOMMY ROT
Coach YOst Says About That Story
About Unprofessional Conduct and
Old at That--Was Investigated
First of February and he Was Vim
dicated.

Harris Yost, the Michigan Universit,
foot ball coach was here Friday from a
visit to his people in Marion county.
He returned in the evening to Grafton
where he has been staying most of the
time since coming back to West Virginia
was his intention to leave for Ann
Arbor so as to begin outdoor practic,
the Monday after Easter, but the
weather has been so bad in that section
that the date of beginning this prac-
tice has been deferred, and he may moi
leave for week or so.
He pronounces that story that went
the rounds a few weeks ago about his
acting mprofessionally with Rose, OF
California, as mere tommy rot, and stat.
ed that II was absurd on its face. The
matter is old any way. 1t was taken
up the first of last February and thor.
oughly Investigated. The investigation
resulted in Yost's yindication.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
BIG MACHINERY CONCERN
MAY LOCATE HERE
GOOD WELL ON BENNETT FARM.

On the east side of the Folsom dis
triet, in this county, the South Penn Oil
company's No. . on the Mary Benneti
farm is producing 70 barrels day at 80
feet in the Gordon.
The same company has completed it.
No. so on the Robinson tract and has o
Is barrel pumper in the Gordon sand.
The following shows the production Of
the best deep sand wells in wetzel ant
Harrison counties: South Penn Oil Co
Genine Robinson, No. 4s, 135 barrels
Wesley Robinson. No. 4, l95 barrels
Jesse Ashcroft, No. ?. 2s5 barrels: ce
phus Higgins, No. 2, 100 barrels; Saral
johnson, No. 4, los barrels; f. Whit
lach, No. l. $50 barrels ana G. +. Rob
inson, Nos. and 4, l35 and IG5 barrels
respectively.
In the scdalia district, in Doddridg,
county. The South Penn has complete,
its second test well on the S. A. Low,
farm and win have a very light pumpcr
unless 4 shot helps.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
Nearly Twenty Seven Million Ton
of Coal Mined in this State Isasf1
Year With Phenomenal IncTeaSS
the Past Few Years. ass
Our State Contains rIore OF the Black Diamond tlf
Great Britain Entire and Leads in Production
South OF nason and Dixon Line

1 Baltimore, Nd, April lAs s6o III
hv nm art;,,o hv t,rcd.,.; 8, i q &. IS Il,
i a:-,,, \, z 4.
p"s' = ''''s 'ss" 81 s. < s''s a''3 y
iaeturers record tne output g oosi
ehe United states last yeay exeeeae{.
tpa' o ereat britain nearly hS''''''''
tons. Ihis IS an advanced stage 49, ll|'|
progress IN coal prodnstien Maisls al9
peen made N THIS country n feeeaE
The part which the South nas pl7yf'' lI!' 3'!
il Is well shown by the growth # tl!s5
West Virginia mining output r,'gHi
S59.Sf9 tons IN 1850 70 22'd4l,2W loI1z
m 1900, and zosS2''2f tons m i
other Southern States show 'sIlcFenses'
put none Of them SO much Az S<est
virginia. me total Southern inpaue-
ton n 1850 was d'oi9's2i tons: Y 'a''''s
1887 es2 tons and in 1903 Y y ''''2 * ~ Y
tons. (.
The totals Of the United States shoNl
Ii,osol9S tons n'ncd n iso''' y .'>'''
ls2 tons in 1000, and s54 ga $50 u lA't'-
IN tle twenty years hci wecn 'SS9 ana
ioVot while the total output feT VIZ VIZ
country increased from 7l:o7o '4s fcs
2os os9'ls2 tons, or lo3olso39' eqnal III g
2.s per cent that ior the Souti' insfeay'
ea ron eois's2i 70 sS'2' as2 Or y;
ass,lol, equal 2 ~ per cent ~ 'te
next three years the increase Tor nc (
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01


Thomas G. Brady, the well known and
highly successful promoter, returned on
Friday morning from New York. where
he spent several days looking after an
other big industry for Clarksburg.
Mr.. Brady conferred with several lead
ing manufacturers and capitalists of taat
city. concerning the matter of locating
mammoth industry here. Theipro-
posed enterprise will be large maririn-
cry factory, the exact character Of gliich,
he says, he is not vet in position e dis
close. In point Of the number os men
that It will afford employment, Il viii
be, il it materiaIizes. the largest IN
clarlSsburg, and one Of the largest in tne
state. AT the start iF win require
600 employees and tais will be doubled
within few months after operations
begin.
While il was not definitely decided
as TO whether it would be located here
Mr.. Brady received assurances that make
him very hopeful and he believes II
viii soon be one Of Clarksburg's indus.
tries.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
ATTRACTIONS
Booked For Appearance at Traders Grand
Opera House During the First Part
of April Are Nearly All High Class
Productions.

Several excellent attractions have
been booked for appearance at the Trad
ers Grand Opera House during the first
part Of April. The following are the
engagements scheduled for the coming
three weeks:
''The Volunteer organist," Tuesday
April 5.
Miss Alberta eallatin in Ghosts
Thursday, April Z.
West Virginia University Glec Club
Monday. April,ll.
The Black Patti Troubadors, Thurs.
lay April u.
Shakespeare. @othello,' Monday, Apri'
IS.
Keller, TIE Nagisiau. Wednesday
April 20.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
YOUNG LADY
WILL RECOVER
Miss Williams, Who Attempted Suicide
by Drinking Carbolic Add. Is at The
Kessler Hospital and Will Soon Be
Well-But She Still Wants to Die.

Miss Agnes Williams, the young lady
who tried to suicide by taking carbolic
acid at her room in the home Of Claude
HALEY, on Clark street, in Glen Elk, at
eleven o'clock Thursday, VIII recover.
She was removed to the Kcssler hospital
at late hour Thursday evening and the
next morning she was greatly improved.
so much so that interest in life came
back to some extent, although she still
maintained that she had no friends ano
wanted to die. The attending physis
clan remarked to ner that she was the
most popular girl in town that morninr
and she laughed heartily Her mouth
and throat are fearfully burned but III
will be able to leave the hospital in .
few days at most.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-01
BAZAAR
Given by Ladies' Aid Society Of Golf N.
E. Church Thursday Night Was
Hugh Success Both Socially and
Financially.

The semi-annual bazaar held in the
lecture room of the Gofr NJ. T. chaircii
Thursday evening was a very successful
and enjoyable affair. 1t was given un'
Ter the auspices of the Ladies Aid So
eicty. OF which Mrs. w. T. Merriman /
the president. Easier souvenirs o.
many kinds and delicious candies were
sold from prcttily appointed tables, Re.
frcstments were served by the ladies q
The fourth department of the Epworti
League, in charge of Mrs. Harvey v
Harmer. There was a large number
present and the evening was very pleas
antly spent. From financial stand
point the bazaar was as much Of a sue
cess as ii was socially.