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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
She Won the Prize.

A doll luncheon, given in a Western
city and participated in by twenty
young women, had init much of fun
and novelty. All the guests came
dressed as dolls, prizes being awarded
for the best representations. The
young woman who took the first prize
deserved it, without doubt. She had
herself done up in tissue-paper was
put in a large pasteboard box, and
was delivered by express at the house
at the luncheon hour, addressed to the
hostess. During the unwinding pro-
cess in the parlor she made no sign,
and when head, arms, feet, and body
had been relieved of the unfolding
paper, a perfect French bebe was re-
vealed, who said, Papa" and ''Mam-
ma" in a nice little machinery voice,
and who stepped out of the box and
across the floor with the minciDg gait
of a walking doll. All sorts and con-
ditions of dolls were there-ChineSe.
Japanese, and darky dolls, with baby
and nurse dolls, and a clever initial
ion of a rag doll. One girl went as a
worsted doll, dressed in a knitted
wool skirt and golf sweater, golf stock
ings, and worsted booteeS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

! SEQ M0RTUhRy -
o. w. Babcock.

Owen Wilbur BabcOck was born in
Client. n, Y, Dec. Is, 1919, and died
in Bremen Feb. 20, 1904, aged 81
years, 2 months and 15 days. He
came west in 1860. Five years later
he married Sarah Ellis, and located
in Plymouth. He was a contractor,
and superintendent the construction of
the court house. built the engine
house. ward school house. Centennial
opera house, Buck and TOan building,
and other buildings in that city. He
has lived in ST. Louis, Chicago and
other prominent cities, where he
worked at his trade. He came with
bis wife TO Bremen last year. to re-
tire on account Of advancing age and
i'll health. He was a kind and affect
tomato husband aud father, and a pa
tient sufferer during his long illness.
He leaves a wife and two children
Charles Owen Babcock, of Chicago,
and Mrs. H. w. Lawson, of st. Louis,
one son died in infancy. He also
leaves a brother, John, at Saratoga,
N. Y, aged 81 years. Funeral SER
vices we're held at the family residence
on Monday, conducted by Rev. L. o.
Oyler.-Bremen Inquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
Inland Wireless Telegraphy.

Wireless ~telegraphy has been the
means of bringing b cities of Chi
cagO and St. Louis in closer connect
ion with each other. George S. Pig
gOtt OF Chicago is the inventor of a
wireless system which he claims re-
auires neither a great height to oper-
ate effectively nor expensive stations
for operation. Mr.. Piggott recently
made manifest his scheme by trans.
mittiDg a message from his home in
Chicago 10 that of a friend in st.
Louis, where the proper instruments
for receiving messages had been in
stalled. The inventor also made
many other experiments with his sys.
TEN, about Chicago and to points in
Wisconsin, and all Of them resulted
successfully. The inventor is now
preparing for a transatlantic test.
He contemplates leaving this country
early next summer for England.
There he expects to set up a station
and experiment with messages across
the Atlantic. Owing to the inexpen-
.siveneSS Of the stations and the small
amount of commences necessary, Mr..
Piggott hopes to have his invention
taken up by the proper authorities,
who will install more stations for the
further development of the device
Philadelphia Record,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

within. Then / wondered what a hol-
low mockery, the human struggle for
gain, for show, for style; was it really
intended that sacred hoard of golden
dust should be more closely guarded
than the same material in the form of
the little body now being ratified to-
ward the potter's field? Would those
walls CT granite in the two Christian
buildings, towering TO dizzy heights,
Out-live and out-Shine the little crust
of bread poor Fingers had begged
for a starving baby? The answer came
to me like a flash-but / dismissed it
with a laugh, as absurd to think Of,
at least yet for a few Thousand years.
Argos Reflector.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

There does not seem to be much
prospect of a fall in prices. Wheat
is now above the dollar mark. 1t is
supposed that the wal In the East
has a good deal to do with keeping up
the price OF wheat. OF course spec
ulation has something to do with the
high price. But the general belief
seems to be that the war has had a
'sbull'' influence on all provision pr;-
ces. Hogs are to be higher, and Of
course corn will be also. The price
of flour has been raised to IS a barrel.
All Of which means that the cost OF
living is likely to be high during the
coming summer. Pork products have
already increased in price 30 per cent,
and it is thought that they win go
still higher. But viii wheat be s1.00
when this years crop is ready for the
market? Somehow the prices always
manage to be the highest when the
producer has no supply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
Cali for Township Conventions.

To the Republicans of Marshall
County:
Pursuant to the call of the chair
man of the 18th Congressional
District, the republicans of the sever
al townships Of Marshall county are
hereby called TO meet in mass conven
tion on Saturday March 5th, 1904, at
2:30 p. M. at the places hereafter
named for election Of delegates for the
following conventions. For the con-
g~ressional convention to be held at
Knox. Starke county, Ind. March
18th, 1904, at 100 p. 10: for election
of delegates to senatorial convention
of which date and place of meeting
will be published later; for election OF
delegates to state convention TO be
held at Indianapolis, date Of which
convention will be published later.
Marshall county is allowed to cast
Is votes IN each OF these conventions
divided amongst the different town.
ships as follows:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
New York Press Has an Idea.

The New York Press has conceived
a fine idea for the printing of war
news that should recommend itself to
yellow journalists throughout the
country. The editor comments on
the fact that some contemporaries
have been using poster type SO long to
attract attention to matters of no
consequence that the same type fails
to arouse interest in the progress of
the war. They have saved nothing
larger for the big news. The sugges-
tion offered is this: Adopt two colors
yellow for japan and purple for
Russia. II japan is ahead to-day,
print the scare heads in yellow ink: if
Russia is on top, print them in purple.
This, thinks the Press, will be an IN
slant cue-and cure-for the public.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The ratification by the senate OF
the Panama canal treaty by vote OF
sc to IA. was followed by the sigma
ture Of President Roosevelt and al
ready the necessary organization OF
the canal commission is in progress
and before the next presidential cleo
tion the work on the canal will be
progressing under the auspices Of the
United States, guarded by Yankee
soldiers and paid for by United States
money. Thus the dream of centuries
for an isthmian canal is to be realized
by reason Of Yankee push and enter
DriSe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Bourke COcAran is back in congress,
having been chosen at a special cleo
tion in New York Tuesday as the sue
cessor OF Mayor Mcclellan. MI. Cock
ran has served several terms in the
house, so he will not be new to the
business. He a make as long, elo-
!quent and windy a speech as any mar
in America without saying anything
Of importance. consequently he is just
the man the democrats need in con.
grecS at this time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Major George Feiser of South Bend,
inspected Company l in the armory
last evening. There was a good at
tendance and the major highly COM
plimented the company. In his re-
marks he said that Company / is one
OF the best drilled companies in the
state and at present is about 100 per
better than last year.
The boys we'll deserved this high
compliment. The company is compos-
ed Of the best class of young men in
and about this city.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
DICK WILL SUCCEED HANNA.

General Charles Dick was nomln-
ated by acclamation for both the un-
expired and regular terms for United
States senate to succeed the late Sem
ator Hanna at the caucuS of the Re-
publican members of the Ohio legis-
lature. The name of General Dick
was the only one presented. AS the
republicans have a large majority in
both bra C General Dick elect
ion is assured and the ballotiug on
March l will be only a formality.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Notwithstanding that the Japs and
Russians are very hot at each other,
there is a very noticeable GOODNESS be-
tween them.
In fact the aquatic plants so much
desired to put in the globes and aquar-
iums for our japanese goldfish are
frozen under the ice and at present it
is impossible to get them for love,
money tears, threats or ~entreaties.
But we have a positive promise that
as soon as the ice breaks up in Lake
Baikal we will have a good supply of
such plants. Even now we have some
extra globes and more coming. Watch
out for our special sale Of goldfish, etc.
FORBES SEED STORE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

While the Southern papers are not
saying so much just now as they did
last month in regard to Organism.
there is no change in their attitude.
Whenever there is occasion to speak
they do so with forth right directness.
They leave no doubt that the South
is utterly weary of Bryan and the poi.
icy he stands for. They want the DEM
Ocrats at st. Louis to turn their backs
on the past and face the future.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

"Old Adam Forepaugh, said friend
of the veteran Snowman. s'once had a
big white parrot that had learned tC
say:
'One at a time, gentleman, one
at a time-don't crush.'
1.-The bird had, Of course, acquired
this sentence from the ticket taker OF
the show. Well, one day the parrot
got lost in the country. and Mr.. Fore
paugh leaped into his buggy and
started out post-haste to hunt for it.
"People here and there who had
seen the parrot directed him in his
quest, and finally, as be was driving
by a cornfield, he was overjoyed to
hear a familiar voice.
HE got and entered the field, and
found the parrot in the middle of a
flock of crows that had pecked him
till be was almost featherless. AS the
crows bit and nipped away the parrot.
lyinff on his side. repeated over and
over:
"'One at a time, gentleman, one
at a time-don't crush. New York
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
A Diplomatic Triumph for Japan.

The new treaty between Japan and
Korea has caused general surprise in
the diplomatic world, and may have
an important bearing on the far East
ern situation. 1t is another evidence
Of the alertness and shrewdness Of the
japanese government. A Washing
ton dispatch says the negotiation of
the treaty is regarded there as one of
the cleverest of the many diplomatic
moves that have been made in connec-
tion with the whole Eastern question.
A formal protest filed by Russia a
few days ago with all the powers made
a strong point of Japan's violation of
international law in landing troops in
Korea, in attacking Russian warships
in the neutral port of Chemulpo and
otherwise violating Korean neutrality.
Now comes japan and produces a
treaty with Korea by which the lat
ter places herself under the protection
of Japan and grants her exclusive mill
itary rights and privileges. The
treaty removes Korea from the list of
neutral powers and virtually recogniz-
es the protectorate of Japan. 1t puts
the stamp of Korean approval on all
the acts that Japan may have done In
apparent violation of Korean neutral
ity and relegaLes the question of main
tanning Korean independence exclu-
slvely to Japan.
The treaty Sidetracks Russia as far
as her claim to interfere i'm Korean af-
fairs is concerned. The latter will, of
course, ignore it, but it is a very ef-
fective answer to her contention that
Japan has violated Korean neutrality.
1t knocks out the bottom of her recent
protest, and is a di plomatic triumph
for acknowledgements Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The selection of Gen. Charles Dick,
of Ohio, as successor of the late Mar
ed States senate from that state, meets
with general favor, and no doubt
would be in full accord with Senator
Hanna's wishes we're he alive. Gen.
Dick was his trusted friend and Han
mas political programme will be car.
REID out as far as be is able.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The negro farmer of the South is
generally pictured as dull, s~lovenly
clad, without foresight or thrift, al
most as lazy and irresponsible as his
mule. The picture may in some cases
be fairly accurate; but certainly it
would not be w a c~aricature of the
farmers who are here to-day. They
are roughly but cleanly dressed, as be-
fits their occupation; they talk about
as correctly as the average farmer of
Schoharie or Delaware county, in New
York. They are as alert in appear
ance as their Northern neighbor; and
are far superior to the poor whites
who lounge about the railway stations
in the western Carolinas and in nor
thern Georgia. In their discussion
they go directly to the point, and
show hot only power OF expression,
but sharp observation. or course,
these men who take the trouble to at
tend institutes are above the average:
but they are conclusive pToof-of a
fact which no longer needs proof
that a growing number Of the negro
farmers are factors of weight in the
industrial, the intellectual, ard the
moral life of this community. Polit-
icalIy, they may be a negligible guam
tity, but though deprived OF a vote,
they are in every true sense worthy
builders of the commonwealth.-Tus-
kegee Letter in New York Post,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Prof. Brown of the Northern IndI-
ana Normal School at Valparaiso, has
been repeatedly spoken Of by Demo.
cratic newspapers of Indiana as the
most available mar for that party tC
run for governor. But the following
which we take from last weeks CheS.
terton Tribune, we are inclined to
think President Brown will not train
In that procession in the contest we
are just entering. The Tribune says
81. B. Brown. president Of the Nor.
tbern Indiana Normal school, an.
nounced publicly in chapel last week
that in bis opinion Theodore Roose-
velt would be nominated for president
by reclamation and that he intended
to cast bis vote for him. This express
sion signifies that Mr.. Brown has no
aspirations to be the democratic can
didate for governor of Indiana"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Japan has started into the war with
a presumption that she is going to
win, and that she is SURE of increased
influence and power as a Consequence.
Several weeks before war began Japan
sent orders to a Philadelphia concern
fol. twenty locomotives, to be used on
a military railroad which she intended
to build, and which she is apparently
building, from Fusan. on Korea's
southern coast, to Seoul, that coun-
try S capitss. The order for the loco
motives is being pushed with all pos
sible speed. Some of them have al
ready been shipped, and the remain
der will 60 this week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

President Roosevelt, who has had
considerable experience in naval mat
tiers and is now in a positirn to thor
oughly understand the international
situation, does not deem it necessary
to increase the United States naval
force in Asiatic waters. He therefore
has issued orders to that effect and
will rest the case on bis judgment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
Twenty Feet Of Snow Recorded.

AS a reminder that this is not the
only winter in this neck Of the woods
that has ever been experienced of the
''old-fashioned sort" it may be given
out as a reminder that 20 feet of snow
on the level vas experienced in the
settled portions of America February
"a, I'LL. The Oldest inhabitant is
welcome to ''dig up" against that
record
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The immense deficit in the rural de.
livery branch of the postal service is
estimated at from IS, 900, 900 to 3d.
ooo, 900 for the coming fiscal year and
is likely to prevent the rural carriers
from securing as large an increase in
salary as they richly deserve. This
deficit rises like Banquo's ghost to
brighten the congressman at every
turn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
Tombs Of Chinese Emperors.

China's request that the tombs of
her emperoIS at Moukden shall not be
desecrated is eminently reasonable and
deserves respectful compliance. 1t is
reported that she makes it substant-
tally as a demand, upon which her
neutrality in the war is conditioned.
That, too, is reasonable. She might
be foolish to join in the war, even if
the tombS were desecraIed, but at
least she would have ample provoca-
ton to such a course. We must re.
member that the present dynasty at
Peking is of Manchurian origin. Monk
den was its old home and capital, and
is now its "holy city," There are the
tombs Of many generations of emper-
ors ADD princes, to which the imperial
court goes once a year in solemn pill
grimage to worship at the ancestral
shrineS. Under the Chinese system of
ancestor worship. these tombs are
among the most sacred objects in the
world, and the dissertation of them
would be as monStrous and as exasper-
ating as the %deflement of the Holy
Sepulchre at Jerusalem would be to
the Christian world. The Japanese,
who share the Chinese faith to some
extent, will, of course, treat the tombS
with respect If thew occupy Moukden.
Whether the Russians will do so is an
other question, the answer to which is
not SO confidently tn be given.-New
York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Had Senator Hanna lived it is not
likely he would have served as chair
man of the national republican com
mittee. his health being such that he
did not care to assume the responsible
tiles of the irksome position. but he
would have been a power in republi-
can councils in any event.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Wallace II. Ham, a prominent Bos-
ton insurance man, confeSses to hav-
ing embezzled 1886, 900 from his COM
pany, a church and a hospital OF
which he was treasurer. His confess
sion was induced by an accidental de-
mand for securities which he could
not produce.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The service pension bill naay not be
passed at the present session of Con-
gress, but such legislation is coming.
The idea is to bestow a pension upon
every man who served as much as 80
days in the army or navy. regardless
Of whether or not they are suffering
from wounds or disease. It is esti-
mated that this would place at least
200, ooo new names upon the rolls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
resentation Indicated below
Total vote
Necessary to choice, 90.

Necessary TO choice, 90.
Delegates to this convention shall
be selected in the various counties of
the district not later than March 10,
1904. The committee also suggests
that wherever it is cDn venient dele
gates and alternate delegates TO the
state convention be chosen at the
same time and place the congressional
delegates are chosen.
By order or the Thirteenth Con-
gressional District Committee. this
18th day of February. 1904.
JOHN L. MoORMAN,
Chairman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
The Korean government has ordere,

The Korean government has ordered
its troops to join the japanese in the
field. Rumor comes from st. Peters
burg of a Thursday night attack at
Port Arthur. General K~ouropatkin
refuses to move to the far East until
there shall be 400, 900 Russian soldiers
available.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

August w. Machen, George E. Lor-
enz and Samuel A. and Diller B. Croft
have been found guilty of conspiracy
to defraud the government ia the pos
cal case in Washington. An appeal
will be taken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
FOSTER GROVES,
County Chairman,
The ratification of the Panam cana

The ratification Of the Panam cana
al treaty marks one of the great
epochs in the nation history. The
building Of the great waterway be-
mus is a great stride in trade, in CIV
ilization and in all ways in human
destiny.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Have you indigestion, constipation,
headache, backackhe, kidney trouble?
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will
make you we'll: If it fails get your
money back. That's fair. IS cents,
tea OF tablet form.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

Lulu Stanhope, st. Louis; II used
to have a horrid complexion. l took
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea and
am called 1.-THE .prettiest girl in the
city. IS cents. Peoples Drug Store
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The indications are that Hon
Charles P. Drumond can have the
democratic nomination for governor
If he wants it. He would put up a
vigorous campaign, but would not be
benefited in the least.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
Congressional Convention.

The republicans of the 18th Con-
greSSional District are hereby called
to meet in delegate convention at the
new Knox opera house, in the city of
Knox, Indiana, at 1:30 p. NJ. on March
Is. 1904, for the purpose of nominal
ing a candidate for congress from the
18th Congressional District, a nation
elector and two delegates and two al
ternates to the National Republican
convention to be held in the city of
Chicago, on the 2lst day of June,
1904.
Each county is entitled to the re-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
District Meeting K. O. 7. NJ.

A district meeting of the Knights
OF MaccabeeS will be held at the opera
house at Plymouth Thursday evening
March Sd. The Hartford City degree
team, composed of thirty-two mem
bers, will be present and will cunfer
the degree upon fifty candidates. A
street parade and fireworks will pre-
cede the meeting and at the close of
Of the work a banquet will be given.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03
TOWNSHIP No. Del Place of Meeting
Total Delegates ID

German and Bourbon t)wnships will
each elect one delegate and one alter
nate who will have have authority to
cast one and half votes each.
1t is hoped that the republicans of
Marshall county will all turn out to
this meeting.
FOSTER GROVES.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-03

The Tribune gives all the news all
the time.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-07
Do you need Furniture, Sewing Machines, Trunks, Stoves, Granite and Tinware, and CEockery? At reduced prices, at Feusi's Hardware Store.

Last Sunday afternoon a merry crowd of young folks, 13 in number, and occupying three boats, went for a picnic to Sheep Creek. They arrived at their destination all right, but then their misfortunes commenced-for it rained. A camp fire was built, not "under the bamboo tree" but under sheltering helmlock, and lunch was eaten just as eagerly as if it was l1o in the shade. The crowd returned in the evening rather damp, but happy, Those who composed the party were: Misses Ethel Erickson, Rosie Conrad, Alma Gribble, Sena, Laura and Mary Cray rock and Bessie Johnson; Messrs Sam Keist, John Penglase, Jack Henson, Earl Willems, Milton Kelly and Carl Erickson and Phil McKanna.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-07
A Juneau woman died and wag being

A Juneau woman died and was being carried by four pail bearers. In pass ing a sandy part of the road they stumbled and fell and jolted the woman back to life. She lived several years after that and died. Again the pail bearers marched to the graveyard, and when they reached the sandy spot the husband rushed forward and said: Steady boys, steadym