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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
GEN. LEW WALLACE is DEAD.
Lawyer, Soldier, Diplomat and Author
Passes Away at His Home.

Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 16--Gen-
eral Lew Wallace, author OF the great
"Ben-Hur" died last night shortly
after o'clock.
General Wallace's death marked re-
lease from suffering protracted over
several months of time. An attack
of stomach trouble undermined his
robust health and for three years he
had been suffering a decline. All his
life man Of unusual vigor, both men,
tai and physical, the strain of an ag-
zravated attack of Indigestion told Sc
verely on him during the last few
weeks and he -bseape SO emaeiated
that his appearance alarmed his
friends. His seventy-eight years gave
little encouragement for his recovery,
and after a brave struggle, the brave
lawyer, soldier. diplomat and author
passed away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
DIED OF HIS BURNS.
Crumstown Resident Victim of Ter
rible Mistake from Haste.

Edward Kepler, who was seriously
burned at his home at Crumstown last
Thursday morning by the explosion OF
gasoline can, and who was taken to
Epworth Hospital for treatment, died
at that place Sunday noon at 1910
o'clock, after suffering intense pain
from his burns for three days.
The particulars OF the accident arc
given by relatives of the deceased as
follows: Kepler had oversight in the
morning and calling his wife told
her that they must hasten, and that
he would start the fire while she was
dressing. Going TO the kitchen Mr..
Kepler intended to start the fire with
kerosine, but in the darkness picked
up the gasoline can instead. After
lighting the FIRE he started to pour
some of the OF. over the fuel and an
explosion followed, the contents of
the gasoline can squirting over him
and completely covering him with
flames.
Mrs. Kepler heard the explosion
and her husbands cry for help and
W IlS SlQ[ tilCQ Ndih W
smother the flames Her efforts were
useless and she dragged the burning
man through window and in break
ing the glass was horribly cut. She
finally succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, but not until she herself had
been badly burned.
Mrs. Kepler is still in serious
condition as the result of her burns
and cuts. the latter, however, being
more serious The most severe cuts
were about her arms and limbs, the
wound requiring several stitches to
sew them up. Her injuries are not ex-
pected to prove fatal.
Edward Kepler was born December
IL, 1875. and was % years, 2 months
and days of age at his DEATH Be-
sides his wife, Cora. six brothers.
Francis. Adam and Fred. residing at
Plymouth. Samuel, of Talma Ind,
Manuel. of Denver. Col and Louis,
of this city survive him. The remains
were brought to this city Tuesday for
interment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Davis were compile
tely surprised Thursday night when
several of their friends and neighbors
called to remind them of their 10th
wedding anniversary They were pre-
sented with two handsome chairs by
their daughter, Mrs Harry Swanson,
of Atwood, who planned the surprise.
A social good time was enjoyed by
ALL. Light refreshments were served
and on departing the guests wished
them many more happy years OF mar
ried life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
May Declare War on Stan lard Oil.

The House may declare war on the
Standard Oil Company.
Representative Guirl, sponsor Of &
drastic antitrust bill introduced iii the
House several days ago, has been the
recipient, as we'll as many other mem
bers of the House, of letters from
many men having oil Interests in
this state, asking that an amendment
be made to the bill striking at the
Standard Oil monopoly.
The amendment will probably, If 1t
is made, provide that any cut by the
Standard Company in one city or
town for the purpose of driving ort
competitors shall hold good all over
the state
At the present time the Standard
Oil people can cut price of oil to a
minimum in one part of the state and
in another part, where there is no
competition, boost the price.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
HOCH SIGNS THE BILL.
State Oil Refinery for Kansas Is Now
A Certainty if the Law is Valid.

Topeka, Kans., Feb. 2o.-The de-
sire of Kansas for an oil refinery of
its own was realized when Governor
Hoch signed the bill appropriating
100000 for the erection and malnten-
ance of a state plant, which was pass
ed for the avowed purpose of fighting
the Standard Oil company. In re-
turning the law to the legislature after
affixing his signature thereto Govern
or Hoch sent with it a long message
in which he touched on the general
question of trusts mo greater guess
ton" said he, 'confronts the Amer
lean people than the control of these
great aggregations of capital"
1T is due to this state to say says
Governor Hoch, that this movement
has not been conceived. as many sup
pose and some charge, IN the spirit OF
socialism" Governor Hoch contin-
ued: "It is not an attempt to establish
a monopoly, but it is an attempt TO
compel a monopoly already existing
to be decent
ct is only an attempt to make COM
petition possible, and not to destroy
competition, as socialism does, and
when its purpose is achieved: when
private capital can come to Kansas
and find investment in oil rehneries
with fair chance of success, and
when normal conditions have been
restored, then the state will
not only be willing, but will be glad.
to retire from the refining OF oil and
leave the business, as we'll as other
lines of industry, in the hands of pri-
vate competitors. where it is legiti-
mately belongs *This is not an at
tempt to drive the Standard Oil COM
pany from the state, nor to deprive 1t
of its rights; it is not an attempt to
establish a monopoly. but an attempt
to compel a monopoly already exist
ing to be decent
" Atimely and significant illustra-
ton of the coercive character of these
modern combinations of capital
was furnished in the recent kilograms
of the manager of the Standard Oil
company. petulantly and arbitrarily
withdrawing its patronage from the
producers in the oil fields. Were that
order maintained thousands of good
people would soon be bankrupt and
homeless. An economic condition
which makes it possible for one man
with a stroke of his pen to bankrupt
thousands of his fellow citizens is in
herently wrong"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Not in Thirty Years.

NJ P. Dennison, superintendent of
the indianapolis and Michigan City
division of the L. E & W., said that
in the thirty years he has been on
that road, most of the time in an
official capacity, he has never known
the company to be so baffled by cold
weather and snow as during the re-
cent storm. There is generally
moved on the L. E. & W. 1000 to
$500 loaded cars day, but for two
days not over 500 cars were handled.
Much the same reports come from
the northern division of the Monon
and from the Michigan division of
the Big Four.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Relief Measures to Be Vetoed.

Governor Hanly will veto the nu-
merous relief bills passed by the leg
islature, throwing the loss by the
broken banks upon the treasurers and
trustees who had the public funds on
deposit. Several bills for the relief Of
town, city, township and county Off
GERS in Elkhart, Lagrange, Steuben
and Dekalb counties have been passed
to reimburse the officers in question
for public funds deposited by them in
failed banks Governor Hanly main
tains that the bills are demonstrations
al, besides he claims they would es-
tablish a dangerous precedent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23

Lafayette, Ind, Feb. 21-Just as
County Clerk Earl was about to issue
marriage license to Bert Shuey and
Hazel Gaines, messenger boy ap-
peared with telegram and interrupt
ed the proceedings. The message was
from the father of the would-be bride,
and contained the following state
ment: Don't issue license to Bert
Shuey and Hazel Gaines. They are
under age" The youthful lovers were
turned down although the license had
been ready to deliver They came
form cambridge, Ind. A train was
three hours late, and this is all that
prevented their wedding.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Which One?

A preacher at Plymouth did not in
tend to cast reflection on the choir,
but he certainly did put his foot into
it, when on a Sunday not long ago,
most of the singers had bad colds and
their seats were empty he selected a
hymn he thought the entire congrega-
ton could sing and said:
Since Providence has seen fit to af-
flict the choir with bad colds let us all
join in singing Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow"
Most of the choir were so mad they
talked or resigning-Warsaw Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Must Have Permit.

A change in the state game laws is
proposed by senate bill No 90, ia
vorable report or which has been
adopted 1t proposes to make it nee
essary for hunter to obtain the writ
ten consent of any landowner before
hunting on his property. Oral con-
sent only now is required
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23

sPeople who are waling along the
road and are overtaken by the rural
delivery mail wagons, should remem-
Der that however much the driver
would like to give them ride he does
not dare to do So Uncle Sam has de-,
creed that no one shall ride in the
wagons but the mail carrier, and he
must be obeyed. There are sections
of the country where that ruling
means more than it does here, but it
had 10 be made general
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Liked Her Valentine.

A popular Goshen young lady. who
is employed as stenographer in the
office of Goshen factory, Tuesda >
received Studebaker wagon tongue,
on which she paid $1.65 express
charges as Valentine. AS the lady
in question is not a gossip, she took
the joke good-naturedly, placing the
mammoth tongue in her apartments
and decorating it with many beautiful.
Valentines she had received from
other sources.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Indiana Chief Becomes A Citizen.

After thirteen years of litigation in
the Miami county court the case OF
Gabriel Godfrey, the aged chief of the
Miami Indians, against the commits
sioners of Miami county has been
compromised. The attorneys for Cod
troy have accepted the commission
ers' terms by which Godfrey is ex-.
empt from all taxation and is award
ed the rights of citizenship. The
case has been in court for over thir-
teen years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23

At the annual meeting or directors
of the Bremen Agricultural Society,
the dates selected for the next fair
was Oct. 3, 4, 5 and 6. DeVoe, the
1ong-range weather forcaster, lpre-
diets cold wave for the 3rd, storms
for the 4th and 5th, and rain for the
9Th. Hence, we may reasonably ex-
pect fair weather.zBremen Enquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
shredding Said to be Unp.ohtable.

Some farmers who have tried Shred
ding for one or more years are COM
planning that it does not pay the cost
of putting il up, that horses do not
eat a third of it, and saw that they Will
not put up any more. If this is true it
is pity it was not discovered sooner.
1t would have saved several thousand
dollars paid for machines and several
hundred hands and arms
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Ancient Locomotive Rests at Purdue.

Lafayette. Ind, Feb. 21.-Purdue
university added to its collection last
week an old locomotive, the Daniel
Mason" built in 1858, and owned by
New York. New Haven and Hudson
railroad. Withthe Daniel Mason" is
an antiquated passenger coach. The
gift comes from Samuel Higgins.
general manager of the New Haven
railroad
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
The Methodist Supper.

The supper given by the ladies of
the Methodist church at the home
of David J. Vanvactor, about three
miles southwest of town, was attend
ed by a large crowd from this city.
The sleighride and supper were enjoy
ed by all and over S25 was cleared
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23
Another Subsidy in Whitley County.

Columbia City, Ind. Feb ls.-The
taxpayers of Thorn Creek township
this county. yesterday voted a sub
sidy of $4,000 to the Huntington,
Columbia City & Northwestern rail-
way company. The vote was 141 TO
40
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-02-23

The following list shows the ten
largest State banks in numerical order
of the 166 State banks in Indiana, as
furnished by the auditor of state in
his annual report on State banks and
trust companies under his supervis-
ion for the year Just closed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
RIOTING in CHICAGO
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS AND NON.
UNION MEN INDULGE IN
BLOODY FIGHTS.

Chicago, May 2.-Rioting and blood
shed in all parts of the city, resulting
In the death of one man and the in
jury OF scores of others, marked the
progress of the teamsters strike to-
day. While the strike did not spread
to any new establishments the mobs
seemed to throw all restraint to the
winds and attacks were made on non
union drivers with a recklessness that
stunned the police.
One man was dubbed almost to
death within a square of police head
quarters. Four miles away men were
shot down in the streets. At hundred
places between these two extremes of
distance there were assaults and fights
in the streets. Blood was shed in
State street, in the heart of the fash
ionable shopping district, and furious
riots took place almost in the door
ways of the leading hotels of Chicago.
Nonunion men were pelted with
stones, bricks and almost every other
conceivable sort of missiles. They
were dragged from their wagons,
beaten, dubbed and stamped upon.
The mobs followed the wagons on
which they rode and but for the splen-
did service rendered by the police
force the list of dead would be twenty
instead of one.
In return the nonunion men, though
hopelessly outnumbered in every con-
flict, fought desperately. In several
instances they drew their revolvers
and emptied them into the crowds that
pressed around their wagons, pelting
them with stones and threatening their
lives. The colored drivers, especially,
were quick with their weapons.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
PENSIONS EDUCATORS
CARNEGIE MAKES GIFT OF TEN
MILLION DOLLARS TO PRO-
VIDE ANNUlTlES.

New York, April 28.-A gift of $1O,-
100000 by Andrew Carnegie to pro-
vide annuities for college professors
who are not able to continue in active
service has been announced by Frank
A. Vanderlip, vice president of the Ma
tional City bank Of New York. Pro-
fessors in the United States, Canada
and Newfoundland will share In the
distribution of the income of the fund.
United States Steel corporation 5 per
cent first mortgage bonds for $40 0,000,-
900 have been transferred to a board
of trustees and steps will be taken at
once to organize a corporation to re-
ceive the donation. Mr.. Pritchett,
president of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, and Mr.. Vanderlip
have been selected by Mr.. Carnegie to
obtain data on the subject to be pre-
sented at the first meeting of the
board of trustees, which will take
place on Nov. Is.
Presidents of all the leading univer-
stiles of the United States and Canada
are included in the membership of the
board of trustees.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
AROUND The STATE
Life Prisoner Pardoned by Elrod
Court to Settle Point Touch.
ing Railway Rights
Peaceful Sanborn County-Law.
renee to have 100000 Court
House e-Recent Rains

Chamberlain, which has been the
base of operations Of the Milwaukee
road In it's extension work from that
point to the Black Hills and thence to
the Pacific coast, is, it is said, soon to
become the goal of extension work on
the Huron branch of the Great North
ern. 1t is stated that in a few days
articles OF incorporation will be an
nounced from Pierre of a company re-
Gently organized to extend line Of
railroad from Huron to Chamberlain.
The incorporators are well known and
prominent capitalists of St. Paul, Wa
tertown, Huron, Alpena and Chamber
lain. The proposed line would, in ef-
feet, be continuation of the Great
Northern direct from the Twin Cities
to the Missouri valley, crossing the
Milwaukee road at Alpena. The activ-
ity of the Milwaukee company in ex-
tending west from Chamberlain, but
more particularly north Of Armour, is
also supposed to have been an inspir-
ing factor.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
Recent Rains Benefit Crops.

Recent rains throughout the agricul-
tural portion of South Dakota have
proved very beneficial and came just
at the right time, following the COM
pletion Of the work of seeding. While
the spring has been cold and back
ward the weather throughout the seed
ing season was favorable and the farm
ers made good progress. The cool
weather since seeding was completed
has given the grain good root and with
the rains and the coming of warmer
weather small grain and other crops
will make rapid growth. While the
growth of small grain is backward as
compared with former years the excel
lent root and the recent rains will
push it ahead very rapidly when warm
weather comes and by June l the
growth should be as great as is GUS
tomary at that period.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, April 81.

Sir Mark Wilkes Collett, former
governor of the Bank of England, is
dead in London, aged eighty-nine.
An eastern buyer has Just pur-
chased 100000 pounds of wool at
Great Falls, Mont, at 23lsc per pound.
The farmhouse of Charles Berweger,
who lives near Ashland, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire and his one-year-old
child was cremated.
Permission to extend the Minneap.
oils Street Railway companys line
into Fort Smelling has been granted
by the war department
Hans Biersach, aged twenty-five, is
dead at Milwaukee of cerebro spinal
meningitis. This is the first fatality
to occur from the disease in Milwau.
kee this year.
Mrs. Mary Stockdale, a pioneer of
Flint, Mich, aged ninety-one years, is
dead, leaving an estate OF $25O,OOO
with no relatives nearer than nieces
and nephews to claim it,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
eIGELoW NOW A BANKRUPT.
Former Milwaukee Bank President
Has No Cash on Hand.

Milwaukee, April 28.-The latest
step in the career of Frank G. Bigelow,
the former bank president, who de-
faulted in the sum of about $1,500000,
Is the filing of petition in involuntary
bankruptcy. The revised schedules
show a total liability on the part of
Mr.. Bigelow of $3,277,OO0, of which
$1,975,O00 is wholly or In part secured.
The filing of the schedules revealed
the fact that Bigelow, who has been
looked upon as a model of business
sagacity, pursued decidedly loose meth
DDS in the transaction of his private
business. He was not positive of the
names of several Of his creditors and
had no memoranda with which to re-
fresh his memory.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
Wednesday, NAV 3,

Expert calculations show that the
peasant debts remitted by the recent
Russian imperial decree amount to
about $45,0OO,OOO.
Charles Edward Speed, president of
the First National bank of Pittsburg,
and widely known throughout the
financial world, is dead.
Articles of incorporation of the
United Shoe Machinery corporation,
with capital stock of $4,000, 900,
have been filed at Paterson, N. j.
Nearly 1000 women from all parts
of the country Tuesday inaugurated at
Philadelphia the eighth annual con-
gress of the Women's Whist league.
Bishop Favier, whose defense of the
Peitang cathedral was one Of the brill
liant episodes of the Peking siege dur.
ing the Boxer troubles, is dead at
Peking.
Work on nearly all the large build
ings now under construction in Brook
lyn has been stopped by strike of hod
carriers, briclllayers and plasterers'
laborers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
BOWEN CALLED HOME
MUST EXPLAIN CHARGES AFFECT.
ING ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF STATE LOOMS.

Washington, April 29.-Secretary
Taft has received instructions from the
president to call Minister Bowen, now
at Caracas, to Washington; also to
send Mr.. Russell. now minister to
Colombia, to Caracas, and Mr.. Barrett,
now minister at Panama, to Colombia.
1t is stated that If Mr.. Bowen's ac-
ton relative to the charges affecting
Assistant Secretary Loomis are not
subject to criticism it is the presidents
purpose to send him as minister to
Chile and then probably as ambassa-
dor to Brazil.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
Life Prisoner Pardoned.

Governor Elrod. on recommendation
Of the board of pardons, has granted \
pardon to James R. Hicks, who was
serving a life sentence on the charge
Of murder for robbery. He has served
eleven years. The records show that
when a mere boy Hicks. in company
with his uncle and another man, were
arrested and tried on charge OF MUIR
der for robbery. The uncle was
hanged, it being shown that he fired
the gun that did the killing. The
other man turned states evidence, re-
eeiying sentence of ten years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
Standard oil Suit Dismissed.

In accordance with the stipulation Of
the attorneys in the case which has
Just been filed in the United States
court at Sioux Falls the suit instituted
by the Standard Oil company for the
purpose of testing the legality of an oil
inspection law enacted by the legisla-
ture. at it's session two years ago has
been dismissed at the cost Of the oil
company, it being specially provided.
however, that no costs are to be paid
to the state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
NOW OFF PORT DAYET'
RoJESTvENSkY'S FLEET OF WAR.
SHIPS NOT FAR FROM
kAMRANH BAY.

Saigon, French Cochin China, May 1.
The Russian squadron is lying off
Port Dayet, forty miles north of Kam-
Ianh bay, and in Biuhkang bay (near
Kamranh bay), outside of territorial
waters. Russian, German and British
transports are off Cape st. James,
near Saigon, and in the Saigon river.
The French naval division has been
mobilized to preserve neutrality In
French waters.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRE.
Immense Beet Sugar Plant Destroyed
at st. Louis Park, MINI.

Minneapolis, May 3.-The immense
plant of the Minnesota Beet Sugar
company at st. Louis Park, Minneap-
oils suburb, comprising nine buildings,
was razed to the ground by fire during
the afternoon. The total loss entailed
is about 100000, and the, insurance is
about 5230.00o.
From the time the fire started as a
small blaze in the laboratory in the
west wing OF the plant there was not
The slightest chance e. saving the prop
erty.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
State Against a Railroad.

A case of farreaching Importance as
bearing on the rights Of railroad COM
panies to condemn state or school land
for railroad purposes will come up
for trial shortly in the state circuit
court at Sioux Falls. The matter di-
rectly involved is as to the right of
railroad companies to condemn and
utilize land previously occupied for
state purposes or granted to other
railroad companies.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
PERFECT ORDER PREVAILED.
Outside Of Poland No Disorders oc
CURED in Russian Territory.

st. Petersburg, May aside from
the expected May day disorders in Po-
land, where revolutionary parades led
to sanguinary encounters with the po-
lice and troops in Warsaw, Lodz and
other industrial centers, perfect order
prevailed Monday throughout Russia.
There was no sign even of a desire to
stir up trouble. indicating the baseless.
ness of rumors that had been current
for some time of plans of rioting and
pillage on the second day of the Easter
holidays