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The Forrest City times., 1905-11-10

gone to China during the last few years and secured wealthy husbands" she said. "It Is their own business and l don't see why the authorities should raise any objections to their going They are surely better off than they would be here"
 Do they marry Chinese?9 she was asked.
 "Oh, no; they marry white men. There are thousands of single white men in the Chinese cities who want wives from their own lands"
 The woman in question, it is said. takes periodical trips to China and receives and entertains women wis. itors from the orient in the United States, ostensibly to enjoy vacations during the heated term in the Chi. nese city. The visitors, it is declared, are the women who do the actual work of transporting the girls from Amer. lea to China at so much apiece. They visit San Francisco, New York Phila. delphia, Montreal, and every large city where it Is possible for them to pur sue their nefarious vacations without too much police interference. The woman does not deny her oriental ac. quaintances, but she does deny thai girls are obtained by her and sent to China.
 Hard to Reach Offenders.
 Washington officials first notified ths local authorities of the nefarious prac- tice which was going on, as there is no federal law under which punish ment could be meted out to the of lenders They can be reached, how. ever, under an Illinois law, and if sufficient evidence can be obtained tha guilty one can be sent to the peni- tentiary on the charge of abduction.
 The difficulty which has prevented the officials from taking action is that the victims shipped out Of ths country never return to tell the tale At Hongkong or some other Chinese port they are met by agents of the band and sold into slavery in the in terior far beyond the pale of Euro pean and American civilization that fringes the seacoast.
 A number of persons have been sent to the penitentiary under the federal statutes for importing women into the United States, but the authorities have never been able to reach persons operating in the other direction.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
MONTHLY DEFICIT SIS.
That is the Average Loss on eacf
Rural Mail Delivery Route.

While the rural free delivery mail
service is one of the greatest boons
the farmers of Indiana possess, but
few persons have any idea OF the en-
ormous loss to the government which
this service entails. The average de-
ficit on account of rural free delivery
is $25 per month per single route.
There are 2,O01 routes in Indiana.
A little computation shows that the
average monthly loss to the govern
ment for maintaining rural free de-
livery in Indiana is S5O,025 and the
annual loss is something like $780,
300 While the deficit is growing
larger as more routes are established
the farmers of Indiana need have nc
fear of curtailInent of the service
Rural free delivery has come to stay
BY next March, if not sooner, the
postal authorities hope to have Indi-
ana as nearly covered with rural
routes as the topography and other
natural barriers will permit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
MARRIED.
Grufre-Stockrnan.

Mr.. Oran A. CRUDE and Miss Anna
Stockman were united IN marriage
Wednesday, Sept. IA, 1905, by Rev. c.
A. Splitter at his home IN this city.
The marriage ceremony was at 430
p. m, and only the parents of the
groom, his brother, Clinton H. CRUDE,
Mrs. Bessie Perkins of Bourbon, a
sister of the bride, her uncle, Mr..
Nofand, and a few other relatives
were present.
Mr.. CRUDE is the youngest son of
Henry S. CRUDE, of West township,
and is Familiarity known as Bert"
He is teacher IN the schools of his
township and is respected and popu-
lar.
His bride is the daughter of the
late George Stockman, who was trus-
tee of Bourbon township when he
died. She was one of Bourbon's most
popular young ladies and Mr.. CRUDE
is congratulated on winning an ex-
ceffent wife. They viii make their
home in West township.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
The Cigarette Doomed.

One of the prominent Sunday
Schools of our city yesterday, had on
its blackboard the following motto:
The Cigarette must go,
The Plymouth Boys say so.
This was repeated and adopted. and
was commendable in the boys. They
showed their loyalty to the Superin-
tendent Senator Parks who was the
author of the Anti Cigarette law IN
the last legislature and their good
sense by taking stand against the
Coffin Nails
Statistics were read showing the
very large number of factories, busi-
ness houses, railroads and other cor
-porations over the country who have
said that they will not employ Gig
arctic smokers in any capacity
Among the most prominent are the
Union Pacific railroad, Swift & Com
pany, Marshall Field & Company,
Lehigh Valley Railroad. U. s. Army
& Navy, Carson Perie & Scott, c.
R. & P. Railroad, Central Railroad,
John Wanamaker, Morgan & Wright
Tire Company, The Western Union
Telegraph Company and many Life
Insurance companies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
M. E. Conference.

The Northwest Indiana Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
at its meeting elected the Rev. A. H.
DeLong. of Thorntown; the Rev w
R. McKinsey, of Plain6eld; the Rev.
A. T. Briggs, of Attica, the Rev ].
c. Martin, of Kentland, and the Rev
c. A. Brooke, of Flora, as special
committee to look after the interests
of the Indiana Hospital and Deacon
ess Home at Indianapolis.
The following appointments were
recommended to the presiding bish-
op: Dr. S. B. Town, or Greencastle;
field agent of DePauw University
Greencastle; the Rev. A. H. DeLong
of Thorntown, assistant field secre-
tary of the Indiana Hospital; the
Rev. w. P McKinsey, of Plainheld
chaplain of the boys school; Rev
w. f. Hickman, Chautauqua, n. Y.
president of teh board of trustees ot
the Chautauqua Institution; H. n
Ogdon, of Cincinnati. field agent o.
the Western Methodist Book Con
Germ; Henry R. Ostrom, of Green
castle, conference evangelist, and DR.
H. A. Goblin, vice president of D.
Pauw University.
The next conference will be held a
Lebanon in September, 1906.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
The Bitters-Freneh Wedding.

In chronicfing the marriage of Har-
~ Bitters of Rochester and Miss Jen-
ME French Of Green township, we
did not mention the fact that Editor
Bitters did not know that his son
intended to marry, but the editor is
sensible man and after expressing
his surprise he says: Harry has won
a jewel in claiming the hand of this
charming little lady and although the
writer is as yet favored with only a
slight acquaintance, we know she is
endowed with those gifts nature only
bestows on her choicest children, ard
we welcome Jenny to the republican
family and the Bitters household with
love and affection, and fervently hope
that this step will be as fruitful of a
life of unalloyed pleasure as we are
in the conscious pride of our happy
children
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
High Tide of Prosperity.

The year 1905 stands out as a rec
ord-breaker- "a year of superlatives
in the business world" as Dun puts
it. Prices of the sixty most active
railway securities have reached the
highest point on record; the output
of pig iron in teh first half of 1905
not only far surpassed any preceding
six months production, but exceeded
every full year prior to 1898; prices
of hides are at the highest position
since the civil war; wool quotations
have not been as strong since the
early SOS; shipments of footwear
from Boston are close to the maxi
mum, and, including all shoe centers
teh movement this year is beyond
precedent Foreign commerce in Ju-
ly surpassed the corresponding
month in any previous year-St
Louis Post Despatch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
DECLINE IN DRINKING.
1t is Marked and Notable III This
Country.
Does hard times or prosperity

tend to make people temperate in
drink? Does heavy drinking or So
briefly 1t most natural into general
prosperity. Statisticans OF the Lon
don board of Trade attribute the de-
crease i'll Englands drink bills in the
last FIVE years to the hard times But
the United States has still greater
decline in drink bills TO attribute to
prosperity.
For the first time in almost dec
ade the annual report of the Com
mission of Internal Revenue shows
a decline in the amount of whisky
consumed in this country. The fig
ures now made public show that the
decline from last year was 7O4, $40
gallons.
So prosperity and heavy drinking
do not necessarily go together. The
contrary is the case in this country
today There has been a decided
revival of reform sentiment in the
cities al over the land The first
effect has been upon the Sunday sa-
looms. In ST. Louis alone, in the last
four months of lid" reform, Sunday
drunks, as shown by arrests, have
decreased IS per cent There is hard
1y city in the country in which the
lines are not drawn more strictly
about the saloons than they were a
year ago.
The figures will encourage temper
ance advocates to believe that the
causes for the decline are to be found
in the growing law enforcement and
the increasing intelligence and self
care of the people.-Grand Rapids
Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21

There was an adjourned meeting OF
the city council Thursday at which
J. S. Ness and others, presented a
petition to vacate a part of South
street, which was referred to a special
committee O. p BARS petition to
tap Harrison street sewer was also
referred
Petition of H. A. Myers to have
pipes laid on Fifth street was referred
to water works committee.
Removal of tree at corner of Wash
ington and Center street was ordered
City Attorney reported that city
can make no legal deed for real estate
asked for by Anna NJ Hoham.
Plans and specifications for curbine
Washington street were filed, the
usual allowances were made anc
council adjourned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21

Sir-The Sherrick episode reads
like chapter from "The Plum Tree"
and emphasizes a feature in public
life that has long demanded remedy.
"Good fellows" who will divide"
public treasure are encouraged 10 run
the gauntlet of grafters, bleeders,
boodlers and hangers-on, while the
average citizen stands by and silently
permits, if he does not indorse,
work" that can only mean loss and
dishonor Nor can he, Pilate-like,
wash his hands OF the result No
doubt Sherrick has done wrong and
should be punished and so should
all who have participated in the af-
fair, evn in the smallest degree. If
the State of Indiana never realizes
cent on the worthless securities and
stocks, small will be the pity She
has no right to allow the system to
exist, and the loss that falls to you
and me as private citizens will be
but a farthing of the fine we are pay
ing for every day the thing continues.
This is the opinion of E. E. Fowler
of Greenwood, Ind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Baker Was Not Mistaken.

During the time Hon. Ananias Ba-
ker was in close quarters in the Indi-
ana legislature, when the exposure
of the American Tobacco Trusts
briber was being effected, there were
those who turned the cold shoulder
on Ananias and referred to him as a
very inconsiderate and insignificant
parsonage One of these high life
brass collared gentlemen was Dave
Sherrick, the now disgraced default
ing State Auditor, who approached
Mr.. Baker laid his hand on his
shoulder and said: "You have made
great mistake, Mr.. Baker, great
dmistake!' 1t is thus noticeable thai
the Tobacco Trusts briber was not
the only one who thought a "mis-
take" had been made-Rochester Re.
publican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Brief News Notes.

Secretary Taft sailed for America
from Yokohama, after giving out an
interview in which he says he found
no sentiment in Japan hostile to
America.
Seven inches of water fell in one
day in western part of Missouri and
the floods devastated towns.
Manchuria ports will be open to
treaty powers with equal rights to
all, according to Chinese imperial
decree.
Baron Komura, Japanese envoy to
the Portsmouth peace conference, i'll
in New York of typhoid fever, is bet
ter according to Mr.. Stato's bulletin
Gratitude to Cole Younger for saw
ing his life during the civil war is re-
ported to have prompted Senator Ell
kins of West Virginia to finance an
electric railway into Kansas City
which the bandit is promoting.
James R. Keene gives out an inter
view in New York in which he says
the nations industrial outlook never
was brighter, but predicts that the
small merchants soon will be forced
to give way before great combina
tions of capital.
Railways place orders for more
than $3.50, ,o00,0 900 worth of new equip
ment in an effort to meet the busi
ness which prosperity has rolled up
and steel prices may be advanced
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
A Smooth swiudler.

A smooth swindler has been doing
business for day or two in Laporte
The plan of the fellow is to appear
in the guise of an agent for picture
frames. With a frame under his arm
it is said that he walks along until he
spies house where the occupants
are away. He then goes to the next
door neighbor, relates that he was
to deliver frame at the vacant house
and that $3.50 is due. In several in
stances the swindler collected from
the good neighbors. OF course no
frame had been ordered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21

Charged with embezzlement of
State funds, David E. Sherrick was
placed under arrest at 1.30 o'clock
last Friday at his home in the Car
Teton flats on West Pratt street by
Detectives Lowe and Lancaster.
His arrest followed as result OF
disclosures in his accounts which
came to light Thursday. Governor
Hanly charging him with defalcations
to the amount of s145,o00.
In ousting Mr.. Sherrick from Of
fee Hanly alleges that the Auditor
had been guilty of "a plain and mex
cusable violation of the law, and a
gross betrayal of public trust" in in
vesting and loaning funds belonging
to the State to the amount of $145,.
00o This sum, the Governor alleges
was misused, having been invested in
private affairs
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
M. E. Conference Assignments

Bishop Charles Fowler Monday an
nounced the following appointment:
for the Northwest Indiana 1 E
Conference:
South Bend district: Fohn A Max
we'll, presiding elder, Eringhurst, c
H. Hickman; Burnettsville, A NJ
Bowen; Camden, w. w. Wilson; sup
ply; Culver, Wayne EE ~ DfipIi
A. W. Wood: Door 'Vfl1ase- :;
Hamlet J.. E. Watson, supply; IDA
vile, H. L. Phillips, sippl, Rowan
ma, P G. Howard; Knox, E. w
Stretcfier; Laporte, J. G. Campbell;
Laporte circuit, J. J. Thompson; Lett
er's Ford, T. B. Markn, Lucerne, c
E. Beebee; Monte clio, S. P. Co1vin;
New Carlisle, A. H. Lawrence; North
Liberty, U. M. Creath ) Plymouth J
S. Crowder; Ricffland Center, J. K
Wyant; Rochester, w F. Switzer
Rolling Prairie, T. J. Reader; Roya
Center supply; South Bend
First church, NJ. II. A7pleby; Grace
church, c. c.. Travis; Lowell Height:
church, B. H. Bealf;f River Pari
church, =; St. Paars Nen4oria
church, w. F. Hovis. South Bent
circuit Union Mslfs, +. S->Hov
is; Warkerton, H. P. lveys ffeman
W. A. Smith.
DIR. Samuel Beck, 5sansial agen
of Preachers Aid Society.
E. s. Schumacher, field agent o
Anti-Safoon league.
Rev. Defos M. Wood. a forme
Plymouth preacher remains presiding
elder of the Valparaiso district Othe
preachers we'll known in Plymouth
are Rev. L. S. Smith, Hammond; c
A. Brooke, Flora; ]. A. Clearwater
Coatesvifle; A. T. DeLong, Bowler
W. E Mckenzie, St. Pauf's churcl
Lafayette; Rev. Owen Wright i
transferred from Argos TO Francis
vile.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
A Historical Year.

The next year in American history
should be one of the most prosperous
the country has ever known From
all corners of the nation come re-
ports of bumper crops of every
thing. Corn. wheat, fruits-al1 seem
to have produced to the greatest pos
sible extent and the farmers must, of
necessity be prosperous, and when
the farmers are we'll off it is usually
a sign that all business will flourish.
With all Our boasted great manu-
featuring enterprises and business in
stitutions, the solid, stable wealth OF
the country rests upon the farm.
Land cannot be burned up; land can
not be destroyed and land values,
while they may decrease, will in
crease again in time In particular
localities-as in a great oil field or
mining region-other forms of indus
try may appear to overshadow that
of the farmer, but taking it through
out the length and breadth of the
land. it is the farmer and his business
that are wholly dependable, year ir
and year out So, here's long life tc
teh farmer and his crops! May they
never grow less important.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Remove Heart to Get Bullet.

The removal of mans beating
heart from his body and its replace
ment after bullet had been extract
ed from the region adjacent to it has
just been accomplished by the ply
sicians at the Germantown, Pa, Hos
pital
Frank Robinson, 23 years old, of
Germantown, was shot on Sept 7 by
a policeman while the latter was try
ing to arrest him. The bullet entered
Robinson's chest. Physicians remov-
ed two ribs, exposing the heart to
view. No evidence of bullet could
be seen, SO surgeon removed the
organ partly from the body.
The bullet was found imbedded ir
1.-THE flesh within fraction OF an incl
of the heart, upon which it had caus-
ed pressure. The heart was then re-
placed and the ribs returned and COW
cred with flesh. There is every prob
ability that Robinson will recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Political Comment.

1t is quite apparent now why the
Hon. Mr.. Sherrick. auditor of state,
became SO deeply interested III the
bill that was up before the Indiana
legislature last winter empowering
him to appoint agents in every coun-
ty in the state to inspect the banks
for the purpose of ascertain;ug
whether or not citizens listed all the
money on hand or on deposit with
the assessor. The bill provided lib
eral fee for doing the work and had
it become law, Sherrick could have
easily cleared up $4,000 or $4,000.
When accused of having mercenary
motives, Mr. Sherrick was greatly
shocked and most emphatically as
serted that he was induced TO use his
inuence for ihe bill simply to control
men, who we're knowingly lodging
the tax collector to bear their share
of the public burden. But the light
/ that has just beenlet in on the record
of the very honorable and higli-mind-
ed Sherrick tells a different ssory.-
Columbia City Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Shaw's Son Works for Living.

William P. Shaw. son OF the Sec
retary of the United States Treasury,
Monday arrived in Seattle from Alas
ka, where he spent the summer work.
ing in a salmon cannery. The young
man was sent north by his family
with the idea that it would do him
good to hustle a little for himself.
He worked his way TO Alaska by act
ing as waiter on a boat, and then
hunted for a job when he got there.
A hard job in salmon cannery was
the best he could find, and this he
held all summer. Young Shaw IS a
graduate of Culver Military Acad-
emy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Death of James w. Wolf.

James W. Wolf, one of the promi-
nent teachers of Polk township, died
Friday morning, Sept. Is, aged %
years.
Mr.. Wolf had been employed to
teach in the Laporte schools and had
commenced work there when he was
stricken with typhoid lever and re-
turned to the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Wolf, two miles
west of Tyner where he died
He was one of the most popular
young men of Polk township and his
untimely death has brought sorrow
to many friends as we'll as to his
parents, TWO brothers and sister.
Funeral at Tyner at o'clock Sum-
day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
The Passion for Victory.

Influence is good thing and some
thing all ought to desire. But it is
not a good thing in itself Ali de-
pends on how it is gained and how it
is used. The man who uses it best
is always the one who is willing, if
honor and good morals demand it, to
put it in pawn. and even to throw it
away. Those who are so careful to
save their influence in order that they
may use it in some great crisis, gen.
orally find that when the crisis comes
their influence is gone They have
traded it away They have lost it in
their very effort to hold it.
There is nothing more belittling
than the struggle between two men
for mere power. For they are likely
to lose sight of everything but the
victory which they desire to win
The history of the worlds great con-
querors proves this. The struggle
for riches and social position proves
it, too. We, all of us, know how de.
basing to many men is mere party
strife Always the question is, not
what should be said and done, but
what can be said and done withou,
impairing the chance of victory. The
effort too often is not to sustain some
great principle, not to win victor,
in its behalf, but to get Office. Sc
it is that party platforms are almos
never sincere and truthful The reas
on is that they are designed to catcf
votes, and that means to get vote:
under a misapprehension on the par
of the voters Victory, and victor,
for its own sake, without regard Il
its significance, is what is sought b,
both.
we need to get little more ideal
ism in our politics. We need men wht
will re fuse to win unless they cal
do it honorab1y and on frank ant
courageous declaration of principles
The struggle should be for principle
and causes. Such struggle as tha
is inspiring and uplifting. Any othe
kind is debasing. There is no cam
paign in which it would not be bette
for the people to have one party viii
rather than the other. And yet thos
who seek power, and influence, AM
Office, and victory often seem to b.
chiefly anxious to get away from
principles and thus to destroy the sig
nihcance, and value of the victor,
won-Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Guess What they will Say.

A Brooklyn husband. whose wife
went before a magistrate and COM
planned of the cruelty of her husband
alleging that he went for weeks at a
time without speaking word to her,
has been ordered to sit with his wife
in the front parlor of their home two
hours every Sunday afternoon and
hold converse with her. The line of
talk that these two will hand out in
these Sunday Afternoon sittings will
likely be. of sort to make a neat
volume of conversational gems.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21

If it were indeed Mr.. Witte who
was responsible for the abolition OF
Russian retalitory duties upon Amer
ican machinery he must be credited
with craftsmanship and good sense.
The retalitory tariff wrought some
injury to American manufacturers,
but, it bore most heavily upon the
people who were supposed to benefit
by it. The Russians either had to
pay extravagant prices for American
machinery or they had to accept in
ferior machinery male in other coun-
tries. In either case they were the
losers. In abolishing the schedules
which caused this condition of af-
fairs Mr.. Witte rendered his country
men service. The idea that he was
influenced by gratitude to the Amer.
ican people is pleasant but not credi-
bic. Tariffs are not regulated by
sentiment
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-21
Bremen Fair.

The Bremen 18th annual Fair will
be held October 3, A, 5 and 9th, and
the indications at this time are that
the same will be hummer this
year. The management is making
spes;al preparations to meet its pa
irons half way in the form of amuse-
ments and entertainments.
Entries and inquiries relative to
both exhibits and races are coming
thick and fast, and from all present
indications we will have the best ex-
hibits and races in the history of the
society. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public in general to
pay us visit and convince your
selves of our good intentions and
hospitality.