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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The recent death of Princess Mary
Of Hanover by appendicitis and the
hardly less conspicuous cases among
people prominent in French, German
and English social life has caused
something OF populaTization Of the
topic in Europe. The European edi-
tion of the New York Herald, says:
All these cases proved to be fatal and
all were treated surgically. The cause
Of the fatility in each case was given
as delay in having the operation per-
formed. But itappears that the treat
ment of the disease by medicine IN
stead Of by knife has been having such
a record to its credit as to cause pop
ular discussion. French army statis-
tics recently submitted to the Acad-
envy Of Medicine show that the NOR
tality Of cases treated surgically is far
higher than when treated medically
and it is said that the medical treat.
ment is besides, far less dangerous,
The general form Of it is away from
opiates and toward the purge, on the
theory that the intestinal tract should
be thoroughly cleansed, while the pa
tient is placed In a position Of CON-
plete immobility .--IndianapOlls News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
The War in the East.

Owing to the impoSSibility Of get.
ting full details Of the engagement be-
tween the Russians and japanese. the
interest Of the American public in
the conflict bias Ianguished somewhat.
1t is evident, however, from the in
formation that does come from day to
day that some Of the most desperate
ly fought battles Of modern times
are being waged in the vicinity OF
Port Arthur now.
No one knows better than the Japa.
nese themselves that they can not af.
ford delay. If they would win they
must do so before Russian reinforce.
ments come by land or sea. They can
not play waiting game as Russia
can. A Russian fleet is now on the
way, due TO arrive in few weeks. and
troops are crossing Siberia constantly.
Therefore. it devolYes upon them to
do their utmost without loss of time.
They are making tremendous efforts
to capture Port Arthur, and if they
shall do this, though it may not de-
eide the war, as some think, it will
give them a great advantage and i'm
menSe prestige.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

j. A. Molter went to Rochester Tues
day to look after his political fences.
If they are In as bad fix as his fences
in this county they are beyond repair
ANDY" could hardly get votes
enough to elect him in this county if
there were no other candidate in the
field.
George G. Long and family of North
Dakota, who have been visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Zeh-
ner and other relatives in this city
and vicinity several weeks, left Tor
st. Louis Tuesday to spend week at
the Worlds Fair before returning
home.
John Drake, one of the wheel horses
of the democratic party for the past
thirty years was in town Tuesday. He
THINKS that he will not tear his shirt
this fall to elect Parker. In fact he
thinks Roosevelt is a better republi.
can than Parker. Mr.. Drake resides
six miles east OF Plymouth.
Mrs. Bollman, Mrs. Baylor, Mrs.
Hahn and Mrs. Disher will entertain
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Eastern
Star at lawn social at the home of
Mrs. DiSher, Thursday afternoon. July
IA. All members of the Eastern Star
and their friends are cordially invited
to be present.
o. M. Packard. late vice-president
Of the Capital national bank will make
what was formerly known as Porko.
polls, then as the Plaster Paris of
America, but now plain Cincinnati,
his future abiding place. Mr. Pack
ard will be identified with the Fifth
National Bank of that city.-Indian-
apolis Independent.
The International Harvester Com.
pany gave premium of four suit
cases, one each to the tour salesman
who sold the greatest number of ma.
chimes in the fourteen counties com.
posing the district in northern In.
diana and Michigan. Monroe Steiner
of Plymouth, heads the list. The
other men who got suit cases were L.
S. Deal and j. w. BookwaIter of Mich
lgan and S. I. Brubaker of Goshen.
Steiner always gets there when he
starts out to win.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
FURNISHED BY
; 6RESSNER & COMPANY
Owners of the only Abstract Books In
the county. Abstract of title TO all
lands In Marshall county complied
promptly and accurately.
TO,,JULY 9, 1904,

TO.JULY 9, 1904.
Otis d Kebert, to Hannah A Pear
man, n hf of lot 20 Brownlee's con add
Plymouth: $3.50.
Christian Manuwal and wife, to Val
entine f FlOSenzier and wife, W Inf of
ne q ex A In sw cor in sec 30, T 81,
Rs; s4S5O.
Maria Nina Bowel and bus to Aug
uSt aud Martha Ann WeiSSert, hf of
W hf of sec 20, T 30, r 3: $4,000.
George Koontz and wife. 10 Mary V
Scheetz, lot % Ringers Con add Ply
mouth; 800.
Ralph e and Lille Barrett, to
Frank and Cinderella Rush, lots 16
and IL, Burkett's add lion: $500.
Harlow NJ Sherland and wife, t.
Cyrus f Shafer, q 1922 A of W
1892 of hf of NV q, m R L;
$1,000.
WilliamShepherd and wife, to David
Matteson, tract in sw cor of sw q, sec
20, M R L; SIS.
David Matteson and wife, to Will
liam b Hess, tract in Sw cor of sw Q
of sec 20, NJ r l.; s1.OO.
William b Hess and wife, Q C D to
David Matteson. tract in sw cor of sw
q of sec 20, M r L; s1.0O.
Nathan Swihart, etal to Aaron Swi-
bart, lot 80, 80, Cramer'S add lion;
5000.
James III Poor and wife, Q G D to
Saran A Poor, W hf of ne ex n 26 a
Of sec &c. T "a, r l; $500.
Mary A. Weiser and hus wd tC
James III, Matchett, lot l Jackson &
add Bourbon; S65.
Evert E. Sellers and wife to Susan
Stonehill, his of Sc q ex School lot and
west 9 of SO t 33 3r $4,000.
Mixium E. Laid and Inns to iona
than Pickerl S hf of lot and lot
Rhodes add to Argos: s1275
Jonathan Pickerl q Cd to Basil r
Laid lot and S hf of lot s Rhode.
add Argos; 1925.
John E. Johnson and wife wd tt
Henry L. FARRELL and Edwin r. Mon
roe, und hf part of lot ? blk s Tyner
SIS.
Robert A. Marchant and wife Il
Christian Manual, lots Is 16 Il Is Is
20 Il % % "a % 26 81 20 IA and 2s
Corbins sub div Me.rills add to Ply
mouth: $1,000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The old elm tree at Corydon, under
whose spreading branches the conSti-
tuition OF Indiana was adopted In 1916,
is in danger of destruction, deadly
insect having attacked the elm trees
in that town, killing number OF
them, including several historic trees
in the courthouse yard, In which the
first capitol building still stands.
The constitutional elm," one OF the
largest OF its species in the state, is
one of the landmarks of Southern Ind.
lana and oae of the few remaining rel.
les of the days when Corydon was
the capital of Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Parker Can't be Elected.

The Springfield Mass. Republican,
democratic paper, thinks the conven-
tion made a mistake in nominating
old Mr., Davis. 1t sizes up the situ-
alton as follows:
"While West Virginia and Mary.
land are certainly necessary to the
democrats in order to elect the Parker
ticket. a short inspection Of the stu.
alton in the electoral college will show
that with the solid south and with
New York. Connecticut, New jersey
and Delaware added, Maryland and
West Virginia will not be enough to
piece out Parker majority Of elector-
al votes. The Is states of the solid
south will cast ISL votes, and IS mora
will be cast by New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and
West Virginia, making 227 in all.
The number necessary to elect preSi-
dent is 239, so that the combination
Of the south and east, which the
Parker-Davis ticket represents, will
be unable to succeed without help from
the country west Of the Allegheny
mountains and north OF the Ohio riv-
er, The democrats must secure at
least IL more electora, votes. Indi-
ana could supply them, or Wisconsin.
But Nevada, Colorado and Montana
combined could not do it. since they
cast but IL electoral votes. Tie fact
that neither Indiana nor Wisconsin
was asked to furnish the candidate for
vice-president may damage somewhat
democratic prospects IN those states. -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The depth OF meanness to which
some men will descend is almost be-
yond belief. There was the late Mr..
CoRklin Of Denver, for instance He
died not long ago. after leaving in.
struction that bis body should be ere.
mated and the ashes sent to a lady
whom he had wished to marry She
has just received the bequest enclosed
in a handsome silver box, but as she
had never wished to marry Mr.. Con.
kiln and had plainly told him SO, she
has no interest In his ashes and is not
pleased with the souvenir. A man
may have some ground for belief that
a woman is always ready to receive
gifts, but he ought to know that there
is a limit, and that human ashes are
beyond 1t.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
DITCH SALE.


State Of Indiana. Kosciusko County. in the
ko>ciusko Circuit Court. No 1905
Notice Is hereby given that on
Thursday. Aug. u, 1904,
at o'clock In the afternoon and from day
unto day until sold at his Office in the court
house, In Warsaw. Indiana. the undersigned
drainage commissioners of said county will
receive sealed bids for the construction OF
what is know the Dausman Ditch located
In hosciusko and Marshall counties. Indiana
described as follows:
MAIN DITH:
Commencing at the southeast corner of
southeast quarter "a of southeast Quarter
"a, section twenty-seven ca, township
thirty-four (34) north, range FIVE go east
running thence north 26O0 feet. thence i'm a
general westerly direction about A,4OO feet,
River. being $1,000 lineal feet in length. con-
tanning 457,576.l cubic yards.
ARM Mol:
Commencing at the northeast corner of the
northwest quarter "a Of southwest quarter
thirty-four (3D north. range FIVE (5) east,
running thence west 1880 feet thence north
$3.50 feet, whore 1t enters the main ditch. be-
~ Ing 200 lineal feet In length and containing
2O,53O 3 cubic yards.
ARM No. 2:
Commencing ss5 feet south and 800 feet
west OF northeast corner OF north west quar-
ter % Of southeast quarter "a, section
nine 90, township thirty-three (ssl north,
range i've (5l east. and running In q general
northerly direction 1890 feet where IL
enters the main ditch, containing s7.5O29
cubic yards.
Said ditch has been divided into stations
CT 100 feet each and specifications can be
seen at the Office Of said drainage com
Any person to whom a contract Is let will
be required to enclose names OF sureties with
bid. and give bond with Two approved free
hold securities for the performance of said
work and be or they viii pay all damages
occasioped by the nonfuifllment OF said con-
tract.
five per cent of amount due contractor
will be retained until the final completion
ana acceptance OF the whole work as surety
fulfill contract.
The right TO reject any and all bids is re-
served by said commissioner
4Ot2 SAMUEL C. FINK
hosciusko County, Ind. Drainage Com.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The council met Monday evening,
but no quorum being present recess
was taken until Tuesday evening,
when the council took up the regular
order of business. Mayor Knott and
Councilman Ness were both absent,
and Guy Baker acted as mayor.
The petition of VIM. O'Keefe to
tap sewer was referred to committee
on sewers and drains with instructions
to grant permission for same If his
property had been assessed and asses
ment paid.
Petition of J. W. Wiltfong and
others to gravel a portion of Miner
street was referred to the committee
on streets and alleys.
A petition of G. w. Knoblock etal
to open parts of Third Sixth and Syc-
amore streets was referred to the
com mittee on streets and alleys.
Ar. Underwood filed his written
application for appointment as water
works commissioner and said applica-
tion was referred to the committee on
water works,
The clerk reported that Emanuel
Shirar had filed his bond and qualified
as city sexton.
The city treasurer's report showed
a balance on hand in the various funds
as follows.
General Fund. -. $4,000. "a
Water Works Fund $500. 1434.12
School building " . 59O.14
Library - ...... 348.73
The city treasurer reported the
city Indebtedness as follows:
Temp. loans from city bank .s16s5o
School building bonds. 49,. 5000
Water works T" 49,. 1000
Total ...... $500. S26S5O
The new smoke stack at the CITY
water works was reported on and Asst
ley and Hess agreed to deduct s10.0
from their bill and to properly place
fasten and adjust the breech and the
council waved the defects in the same
and accepted 1t.
Councilman Carey submitted his
written report on adjustments and
settlement of delinquent water rents.
The delinquent water rent bill of VIM
F. Young for barber shop was author.
lied to be compromised at s35, and il
upon demand he refuse to pay that
amount the water works superinten.
dent was ordered to cut off his watei
supply.
The Council took up the bill fol
special police duty on July 4th and
two days were allowed each claimant
at $3.50 per day as fixed bv ordinance
Nearly all said bills were filed for two
days at 81 90 per day but the council
allywed only $3.50 per day. Council
then adjourned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
NOTICE TO NON RESIDENTS. No. I2i6:

NOTICE TO NON RESIDENTS. No. l2l62
state OF Indiana. Marshall County, IS:
In the Marshall Circuit Court. May term,
1904.
Louis Rutner 49,.
VS.
cob Fnnkhauser dece.s Quiet Title.
ed.
The plaintiff In the above entitled cause.
oy l.. N. Lauer. his attorney, has fled In my
ONCE his complaint against the defendants:
and, 1t appearing by the affidavit of a COM
petent person that the defendants the un-
known heirs, oevisees and legatees OF Jacob
fankhauser deceased; --Fankhauser.
widow of Jacob Fankhauser. deceased are
non residents OF the state OF Indiana: They
are therefore hereby notified OF the fllina
ana tendency OF said complaint against
them. and unless they appear and answer
thereto on or before the calling OF said cause
on Tuesday. the 18th day OF October 1904
being the End judicial day of the October
term OF said court, TO be begun and held
at the Court House Ia Plymouth Marshall
County. Indiana. on the Bird Monday OF DC
tooer, A ID, 1909, said complaint and the
matters and things therein alleged will be
heard and determined in their absence
Witness the Clerk and seal of said
lSEALl Court. at Plymouth. Indiana, this
2ith day of May. 1904.
JOHN r. JONES.
Clerk Marshall Circuit Court.
L. M. Lauer. Atty. STA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Any Old Thing Would 20.

Mr.. Henry Gassoway Davis, demo-
cratic nominee for the vice presidency,
is In his S1st year. After the trouble
over the platform and the difficulty Of
getting Judge Parker to stand on It,
the convention. in its desperation,
evidently concluded that "any old
thing" would do for the second place.
Indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Western Union Office at Esopus at
11:30 Saturday with impressive caution
as to keeping its terms secret. After
1t was sent the Western Union super
intendent at New York called up the
Esopus operator and required him to
personally verify the original telegram
by visit to Judge Parker himself.
The delivery of the message was be-
ing delayed until the authenticity Of
the dispatch could be proved beyond
question.
The operator called up Judge Park
er's house on the telephone and in
sisted upon talking with the judge,
himself (whose voice he recognized)
and told him of the situation. At Judge
Parker's request the operator read the
message to the judge and upon the lat
ter's assurance that it was all right st.
Louis received word 20 deliver it to
Sheehan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

PARKER Is SILENT NO LONGER
He Sends to the Convsntion What May BE
Called IN Ultimatum.

He Sends to the Convention What May Be
Called an UltImatum.
These rumors were sufficient to pack
the Coliseum when the convention
came to order after the recess. every
body agog for sensation, and it came
I'm due time. During the intermission
the leaders had got together and de-
cided that Henry g. Davis, of West
Virginia, was the man for vice presi-
dent. When nominations were called
for Davis; George Turner, Of Wash
ington: James II. Williams. of Illinois,
and William A. Harris, Of Kansas,
were put in nomination, ten minutes
being allowed for each speech.
The chairman was just about to or
der the roll call on vice president when
about p. m. South, of Arkansas, rose
with q motion to adjourn to 8 p. In.
in view of the rumors that were dis
turbing the convention. The chairman
ordered the roll call on vice president.
. but Culbertson, of Texas, secured rec
ognition and declared that ''for reasons
which are obvious to al the delegates
here it seems to me that we ought not
to proceed at this time to nominate a
candidate for vice president" He
therefore moved a recess to p. M,
which was agreed to amid the greatest
confusion and excitement, CLlbertson
having intimated that the presidential
nominee might vacate the head Of the
ticket
The delegates did not leave the hall.
but collected N conferences and in
quiry squads. the latter wanting to
know what it was all about This de-
veloped when at $50 the convention
was called to order again, the leaders
having again been in conference as 4
what was to be done.
However. It wasn't until $50 thai
those who had been In conference ovel
the Parker telegram appeared on thu
floor, and some time later before thu
telegram and the reply thereto agreed
upon was read. The telegram was ad
dressed to Sheehan and said:
II regard the gold standard as firm
" and irrevocably established, and
shall Get accordingly If the action o.
the convention Of today shall be rat1
fed By the people. As the platform
f. sileut on the subject my view
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

should be made known to the conven-
ton, and II they are proved to be un-
satisfactory to the majority / request
you to decline the nomination for me
at once, so that another may be NOM
mated before adjournment"
The reply agreed upon was as fol-
lows: "The platform adopted by this
convention is silent on the question Of
the monetary standard because it is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
HENRY @. DAVIS.

not regarded by us as possible issue
in this campaign. and only campaign
issues we're mentioned I'm the platform.
Therefore there Is nothing In the views
expressed by you in the telegram just
received which would preclude a man
entertaining them from accepting a
nomination on said platform"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
TAGGARr SEEMS TO HAVE A ClNcH
Only Parker Can Keep Him from Being
National Committee Chairman.

Only Parker Can Keep Him from Being
National Committee Chairman.
st. Louis July 1.-THE new nation
al Democratic committee met at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon with the
ayowed intention on behalf Of the sup
porters of Taggart, of Indiana, of or
ganizing by electing him chairman, but
complications arose. Chairman Jones,
of the old committee, boldly asserted
that such action as was contemplated
would be unprecedented, and In fact
illegal. 1t also turned out that at
late hour the convention adopted res
olution authorizing Chairman Jones, Of
the old committee. to call the new
committee together in New York city at
such time as he might suggest.
Colonel Guffey insisted that prece-
dent demanded that the committee
courteously await Judge Parker's opin-
ion. I'm fact he said, "the resolution
Of last night precluded any action unit,
Chairman Jones issues call for New
York" Senator Bailey said that the
matter should be settled at once. 1t
was customary for the committee to
meet Immediately after the adjourn
ment and elect, and resolution was
passed last Thursday to that effect by
the convention.
After nearly two hours Of debate
Bailey offered to compromise If the
committee would adopt resolution in
dorsing the candidacy of Thomas Tag
CART for chairman of the committee.
Mack. of New York, agreed to this and
the resolution was adopted. The COM
mittee will therefore met i'm New York
on the call of ex-Chairman Jones.
The national committeeman voting in
favor of the resolution either personal
ly or by proxy numbered thirty-nine,
and included New York, Illinois, Ohio.
Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, Michigan
Iowa, and all the southern states-in
fact every state whose representatives
on the committee had not left for home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Disobeyins His Doctor He Appears In the
Convention to Fight.

OlBODcyInB DOctOT ne APPc8TB IN tno
Convention to Fight.
Before the reading there was bitter
criticism of Judge Parker for having
kept the convention in ignorance of
his views until this juncture. Hill re-
Piled to this by saying that everybody
knew Judge Parker's views. After the
reading the flood of 0rat0ry broke. TIL
man opened and was not slow to ex-
press his anger at the Parker telegram.
He admitted that it was manly. but
said il should have been sent earlier.
While Tillman was speaking Bryan,
having heard Of the trouble, and throw
ing his doctors advice to the winds
sick, weak, hoarse, with fever in his
blood-appeared in the hall. Instant
~ there was an uproar and Bryan
sBryanT was the cry.
When Tillman concluded Bryan
rose. His face was pale and drawn
with illness; his voice was weak and
hoarse. He spoke with great effort,
but quietly and with self-control. AS
the speaker went on his voice grew
stronger and clearer. and as he mar
rated the story of his efforts to secure
the insertion in the platform OF fnan-
cial plank. the flush of excitement COW
cred his face and his gestures became
more frequent and more emphatic.
His speech was protest against an
attempt Of the candidate to write that
In the plat that was not there
as he characterized ii. He said he had
triedto find out where Parker stood.
and that instead Of everybody knowing
1t not even David b. Hill knew II, for
Hill had denied knowing 1t when
asked by Bryan In the resolutions COM
mittee. Bryan wanted to know. ad-
hitting that the gold standard was
fixed-which be denied-what Park
er's position is on reducing the volume
Of silver. asset currency; branch ma
tional bank, and national bank curren-
cy as against United States notes, and
said he would offer an amendment to
the reply to that effect
Bryan spoke twice. He said Judge
Parker's action was manly, but ii
would have been manlier to have
spoken earlier John w. Daniel spoke
in support of Parker, and John Sharp
Williams closed the debate. which had
been on the sending Of the proposed
reply to Parker's telegram. When be
had concluded Bryan rose and said he
would withdraw his amendment to the
reply and stated that Nebraska would
support any candidate New York want
ed for vice president. This brought a
roar of applause and the roll call on
the reply was ordered, resulting In IA.
vor of the reply-774 to 191.
The order of business then went back
to the roll call on vice president, which
was ordered, resulting = Davis, 654
Turner, 100; Williams. 165; Harris, So
A motion to make it unanimous for
Davis carried, the usual compliment
airy resolutions were adopted and the
Democratic national convention OF
1904 adjourned sine die.
Just before the convention adjourned
Chairman Clark and Temporary Chair
man Williams were made respective
.ly chairmen of thecommittees to notify
Parker and Henry G. Davis of their
nomination 1t was also announced
that the new national committee
would meet In New York on date t.
be fixed by the chairman.