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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Indiana Cities Shocked.

Boonville, Princeton, Owens
and other Indiana cities trembled
Friday in a succession of earth
quake shocks which lasted from
three to FIVE minutes. The rock
ing of the earth appeared to be
from west TO east as nearly as the
frightened people could Judge. Al
Boonville the court house tremb-
led so violently that the county
officers were panic-stricken and
ran from their offices. They were
Joined in the streets by other cit
liens who had been driven from
their places of business and
homes. At Owensville there were
three distinct shocks and the
people were greatly frightened.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Welded at Kokomo.

Miss Mayme Becker returned
from Kokomo where she attend
ed the acknowledgement we'd
ding. Among the people there
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Berg
man and family and Gertrude
Eagle.
The newly married people are
well known in this city, as Miss
Bergman formerly lived here and
Mr.. Toomey, who is a travelling
man, comes through here quite
often. The couple left Kokomo
Wednesday evening for an ex-
tended trip throughout the east
Peru Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
LIE GIVEN TO BRYAN.
Roger Sullivan National Com.
mitteemah Hurls Fiery An
SWer.

Roger c. Sullivan has issued
his response to the philippe de
livered by William Jennings bry-
an at the Jefferson Club banquet.
In formal statement that fairly
bristles with personalities, the
national committeeman flung the
lie direct at the Nebraskan, re-
peatedly accusing him of stoop-
ing to deliberate untruth or an
equivalent OF the kind we expect
from the shifty word-juggling
pettifogger."
In his counterblast, which was
given out at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York, Mr.. Sullivan
disputes the 'truthfulness, hon
esty and sincerity of every
charge on which he was arraign-
ed when Mr. Bryan appealed to
the Democrats of Illinois to
drum the national committeeman
out of office. He denies that Mr..
Bryan wrote him letter asking
him to Withdraw because he had
obtained his office through fraud.
He asserts that in scorning the
Endorsement of the Peoria con-
vention the Nebraskan deliber-
ately distorted the truth by say
ing that he told the delegates in
advance not to take such action.
Mr.. Sullivan takes up the his
tory of the contest of 1904 be-
fore the St. Louis convention,
and after a bitter denunciation
of the charges of fraud, which he
says were false in inspiration
and false in suggestion" he hurls
a challenge at the Democratic
leader.
AS a "test of Mr.. Bryan's sim
certify he proposes to put il up
to the delegates who sat i'll the
Springfield convention of 1901.
His scheme is to have a poll OF
these delegates made by the chief
justice of the Supreme Court OF
Illinois. If a majority assert that
Sullivan was elected to the ma
tional committee by fraud. then
he will resign. If majority Go
not support the accusation OF
fraud, then the converse of the
proposition is to be worked ont.
Mr.. Bryan retiring as presiden-
tial candidate, because no man
is fit to be candidate for that
high office who goes out in pub
lie and lies about any member
of his party"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13

The Argus Bulletin in great
glee has announced that w. r.
Hearst will speak in Laporte
some time during the campaign.
On Labor day Mr.. Hearst spoke
in Syracuse, N. Y. and in that
speech declared that he believed
that the principle of protection
was correct" Would he come to
LaPorte and make similar state
ments? We think he would do
lit if he came here Is this the
kind of Democracy, the Argus
Bulletin advocates. We will see.
|-Laporte Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13

The following grand and petit
jury were drawn by the juror
commissioners for the September
term 1906 of the Marshall Circuit
Court.
Grand jury: Frank Bates,
Charles Boggs, Michael Keitch,
Jonathan Wilson, Newton
Young, and Solomon Stockman.
! Petit jury: A. ]. Campbell,
Guy Ames. John Myers, John
Anderson. Christian Fisher, John
'Engcl. VIM. G.. Goodwin, War
rem .. M. McFarlin, Eli Freese,
Samuel Davenport, ]. H. Bot
sett and John Downing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13

MIR. and Mrs. w. +. Young re-
|ceived telegram Monday night
stating that their niece, Mrs.
Lura SEWERS Dietrich died at
Lookout Mountain, Tenn, at
I 80 p. m. and the remains would
leave for Plymouth Tuesday ev-
ening.
The announcement was a
shock to our citizens and espec-
tally to the younger people Of
Plymouth.
Mrs. Dietrich was born at Val
|paraiso, Ind, Dec. %, 1879, came
to Plymouth when a little girl
land made her home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Young. She was graduate
of the Plymouth high school
class of 1900, and later married
Oliver Dietrich of Bremen. The
remains will reach Plymouth
Wednesday night. Exchanges
please copy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
The Trial of Frederick Rettinger,

The case of the State of lndi-
ana against Frederick Rettinger
for murder is set for trial the first
Tuesday of the September term
1906, being September Is, 1906.
and the following jurors were
drawn as a special venire to be
used in this case in addition 20
the regular panel: Levi May,
Vim. b. Sull, Arley Body, David
McGriff, Jonathan Pickerl, Chas.
Moslander, Chas- c. kanarr,
VIM. d.. Thompson, Geo. Har-
baugh, James L. Mosher, VIM. l..
Berlin, Jacob Myers, Sylvester
Unger, Frank d. Triplet, Jasper
Curtis, Edward Biggens, Thomas
Miner, u. S. Williams, Frank
Ruffing, S. A. Shaw, Daniel Nor
lock, Chas. Lawrence, Valentine
Lidecker, Edward Hawk, Daniel
Savage, Jesse H. Bennett, Frank
Boggs, Charles H. Stahl, James
Nj. Strang, John Jordan, Marshal
Logan, Jacob Richards, JOHN
Shanes, John H. Burkholder,
Geo. Hutchings, Basil Laid, VIM
Welbourn, Geo. Kline, Frank f.
limbaugh, Chas. 9. Rust, John
V. Lawrence, Jesse l.. See, Lar
kin L. Evans, Henry Y. Shirk,
Geo. w. Beltz, Seymour Lock
wood, Clark Thompson, ]. F.
earn, Henry E. Wininger, James
M. Stuck, Lonnie Stevenson,
Daniel Grossman, Clarence Stay
ter, Peter Helm, Jacob Martin,
Harmon Knoblock, John Gott-
schalk, jr, Philip Heinke, Gilbert
Coar, III. A. Place.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Will Dam St. Joseph River.

Charles A. Chaplin has been
given franchise allowing him to
build a million dollar dam in the
St. Joseph river near Berrier
Springs, Mich, fourteen miles
north OF South Bend, for purpos-
es OF generating electric power
for South Bend and surrounding
towns. The overflow will make
a lake one mile square.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Watched by a Body Guard.

Night and day, wherever he
goes, John d. Rockefeller is
closely watched over by body
guard. This secret service oi
the worlds richest man grows
with his travels. In Cleveland
this summer it has consisted OF
bat FIVE men. Rockefeller re-
CARDS himself as practically safe
here. because he thinks the peo-
pie of his home town are more
friendly than those in other parts
of the world.
The body guard IS composed
of ex-dectectives who are thor
oughly familiar with the meth
DDS of assassins, and in whose
loyalty Rockefeller places impl'c-
II confidence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Baby Dropped off Fast Train

Thrown or fallen from the
Pennsylvania New York-Chica
go nineteen-hour flyer, 2
months-old boy baby was picked
up in the weeds and bushes east
|of Lima, Ohio, Sunday in per-
feet health and uninjured, having
alighted in soft clay and marsh
lands. The babe was gowned in
costly linens, marked in French
monogram, and is being cared for
temporarily by good family vi
til an investigation can be made
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
OBITUARY.
Minnie Grace Hossler.

Miss Minnie Grace Hossler
was born in Green township
Marshall county, Indiana, Octo-
Der II, 1887. Baptized in infan-
cy.
In November 1892 her father,
Wesley Hossler, died. In De-
cember of the same year, Minnie
with her mother, moved to Ply
mouth and she was educated IN
the city schools and grew q
young womanhood. In December
1904 she began to learn telegra-
ply, her progress was such that
she was given a responsible po-
sition with the Wabash railroad
in December 1905, which she
held with success to the time OF
her sickness. AT the age of six
teen Minnie gave her heart to
God and united with St. Paul's
Reformed church of which she
has been an earnest member
since. She was an active member
of the Christian Endeavor soci-
ETY. in which she gave expression
to her Christlike faith.
Sickness compelled Minnie to
leave her post of duty July Is
when she came home. Since Au-
gust 3, she was confined to her
bed and endured her continual
suffering with patience and while
she greatly desired to recover
and work at her chosen profess
sion, she realized all and resigned
herself to the will of the Master
who called her home September
6, 1906, aged Is years, 10 months
and "a days.
There survive her, her mother
Mrs. Mary A. Vanvactor and sis
ter Ethel c. Hossler, stepfather
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Zehner with many relatives and
friends.
The many floral offerings sent
by friends show the high esteem
in which Minnie's friends held
her. Many messages and letters
of sympathy were received by
the family from Minnie's fellow
workers.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at 2 80 p. m. at St
Paups Reformed church by Rev
S. E. Klopfenste;n of Culver. In
terment at Oak Hill cemetery.
A rose in a garden bloomed one
day
Till leaf by leaf it withered away
But its fragrance rare,
In the evening air
fingered family for many a day
A soul was born in the world one
day,
a little while and It went its way
But the JOY it brought,
And the love it taught
1t left behind to live Away.
Those from a distance who at
tended the funeral were Mrs. FL.
la P. Carpenter, Lafayette, Ind.
Mrs. Bertha Akhurst, St. Louis
Mo-; Mr.. Cyrus Zehner, wife and
two children, Miss Trella Gross
man of South Bend; Mrs. Grace
Rough, d. Grossman, Niles
Mich; Mrs. H. ]. Jackson, Mrs
Vanskoik of North Liberty, Ind.
Mrs. S. S. Unger, Mrs. Saloma
Ringenberger, Walkerton, Ind.
Edward Zehner, Monterey, Ind.
Isaiah Grossman, Miss Nora
Grossman, Bourbon, Ind; Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Grossman, Mrs
Warner, Mrs. Johnson of Argos
Ind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Commissioners Proceedings.


The board of county commits.
sioners met in regular session
Monday and continued in session
for three days.
After auditing allowances
made at the previous session the
board took up the matter of the
Merida Swoverland ditch and
dismissed it.
In the matter of the road peti.
ton of VIM. Craig, of Center
township, the case was continA
ed until the next meeting of the
board.
In the matter of the Wallace
Shenefeld ditch, of German
township, the case was continued
until the next meeting of the
board.
In the matter of the Wallace
Sheneheld ditch, of German
township, the board ordered that
Wallace Shenefield and Lewis
Macomber shall not have the
right to drain into the ditch. The
board further ordered that the
ditch be established according to
the report of the surveyor.
Liquor licenses were granted
to Jacob Rentschler and Loire G.
Capron, of Plymouth and Eli
Wagner of Bourbon.
George P. Morlock, trustee OF
West township, made applica-
ton for head stone for Oliver
P. Smith, deceased soldier, and
the board referred the matter to
the nearest G. A. R. post.
A petition was filed asking fol-
a bridge over Yellow Bank creek
in Polk township, and for the
wideising of the bridge over Vel
low river in Bremen, and the
board ordered that the same be
ADVERTISED for bids.
The contract for a driveway
and certain other Improvements
about The court house square
was awarded to John Flosenzier
The board of school trustees
of the town of Culver filed their
report and the board ordered
same to be placed on file.
O. L. Grossman, trustee OF
Walnut township, asked for adj
ditional relief for David Burns
and wife and the board granted
the trustee the right to expend
fifteen dollars as additional relief
to said poor persons for the per-
iod ending December 81, 1906.
Daniel Jacoby presented his
resignation as drainage commits
sioner, and the board appointed
Charles Porcher to serve out the
unexpired term.
w. r. Zechiel presented an ap-
LEGATION for appointment to Pur-
due university.
John II. Burkiiofder, OF Polk
township, was appointed as
school fund land appraiser in the
first commissioners district and
John V. Lawrence received a
similar appointment for the third
district.
The petitions for bridges in
Green and German townships
were continued and the board
adjourned.
The names of the inspectors OF
elections appointed by the COM
missioners were published last
Thursday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
The Blight of "Well Enough"

MICH occupying HlSii places III
business do Ineir Work, as a rule,
with commemorate thorOughneSs.
There are lapses, OF course, but
this Is the exception. Men In
public office seem to need the
spur OF catastrophe to impel
lnem to do their duty. a we'll
known fisherman once SAID
Pubic office is a public trust.
ct public office seems to be re-
gardea as place where the DIS
posal OF routine business Is the
nnalIty OF effort. This is tact
that cannot be tiouted, as the Cit
ing OF a few instances will show.
1t can be SAID with truth that
there are also exceptions, but
these exceptions only accentuate
the rule more declsively.
The loss of over a thousand
lives from an excursion steamer
IN the last river, New York city,
was necessary to call attention IL
the laxity OF the inspectors APP
pointed by the government. The
IRE in the Iroquois Theater was
required to secure proper inspec-
ton, which then brought about
reforms that make theater-going
safe SO far as human care can in
sure safety. The Stensland col
lapse showed that the state bank
ohcials were remiss in their du-
ties, and will make the examin-
alton of banks more thorough.
The mishap of young woman
in one of the hotels in the
downtown district reminded the
police that places of that descrip-
lion were fiourishing in a section
where they were under the ban
of the law.
The most recent case to bring
this stagnation in oficialdom to
the attention of the public was
the murder of boy of s years
of age by half-intoxicated boy
|of IL. The murderer, minor,
had secured beer from a saloon.
This was in all probability the
Dasic cause of his horrible crime.
He should not have been able to
buy beer. The law forbids the
sale of intoxicants to minors.
The police know the law. Sa-
loonkeepers know the law. 1t is
a law that bears strikingly upon
the fundamentals of society. But
it was necessary that a shocking
crime should be committed in or
der OF force into the brains of the
police the fact that a law, the en-
forcement of which was one OF
their clear duties, was being vio-
lated. The license of the offend
saloon-keeper was revoked and
his place closed. But the crime
had been committed. The human
sacrifice had been made.
1t is the duty of public officials
to be more than mere automa-
tons. They should know the OBJ
| Legations of their Office. Vic
lence, murder, hideous torture
and wholesale theft should not be
necessary to bring to their atten-
ton the plain duties of their po-
sitions. Public opinion should
have some practical method of
showing in a drastic manner the
most unqualified disapproval OF
a neglect that cannot be desig-
mated by any other term than
criminal. Men are elected or APP
pointed to serve the public with
out fear or favor.-Record Her.
laid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Card of Thanks.

We extend our sincere and
hearty thanks to kind neighbors
and friends who assisted us dur
ing our daughter, Miss Minnie
Hossler's sickness and death. Al
so for the kind words of sympa-
thy and floral offerings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram VanVactor
Miss Ethel c. HOssler.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Gut for Fairbanks.

The Star League of newspap-
ers-the indianapolis Star, Ter
re Haute Star and Muncie Star
are out in favor of Vice-Pres-
ident Fairbanks rs Republican
candidate for the presidency in
1908. The editorials hold that he
possesses the moderation beht-
ting one in charge with the vast
responsibilities of the presiden-
tial Office"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Death of Tohn Aker.

John Aker, ST., an old resident
of this county, died at the home
of his son John in Polk township
Sunday evening, September 9th
in his seth year. Funeral SER
vices at the Blissville church at
l 80 p. m. Tuesday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Large Yield of Onions.

w. f. Everts, south of Fort
Wayne, is harvesting 10000
bushels of onions from fifty acres
in Adams county. He says that
the crop this year is the finest
that ever went to market. The
land is timber muck, not subject
to overfows. The onions grew
from red seed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
No Relief For the Gang.

Judge Larry, of Logansport, in
announcing his decision Friday
in the Garn-Hendricks case, and
in refusing to grant an injunction
against Hendricks, said that af-
ter giving the law of the case
careful examination, he had
reached the conclusion that the
Craftsmanship of county central
committee was not public office
within the meaning of the law
that the courts, therefore, had no
jurisdiction or power to try and
settle the title to such place or to
enjoin any person from claiming
such Office; that if disputes arose
in such cases in regard to making
up the official ballot, the duty OF
deciding which candidates or
sets of nominees should go on
the official ballot under the regu-
lar party emblem devolved on
the county board of election com-
missioners and that this was no
question for the courts.
He held that there was nothing
IN the complaint, which by the
way had been prepared by the
attorney of the Republican State
Committee, that entitled the
plaintiff to an injunction, but he
intimated that it might be that
the court had the power to de-
termine just one question in re-
gard to the privileges and pre-
negatives of county chairman,
and that was as to which of two
claimants had the right to NOM
mate the clerks, judges poll book
holders and watchers at the sew
eral election precincts in the
county, and therefore he would
hold the case on the docket for
consideration at the final trial.
which is likely to never take
place for we think the gang must
be heartily sick of the whole mat
ter by this time.
Of course Mr.. Hendricks ex-
poets to win even on that point.
if the case ever comes to trial.
The question of who shall hold
the poll book and act as challen-
gers at the election is matter
of SO small Importance in this
county that Hendricks would not
bother himself about it were it
not for the fact that he knows
that he is the regular and right
full chairman of the Marshall
county Republican committee
and he proposes to vindicate his
rights in the courts, if the court
holds that he can decide any
point in the controversy however
trivial it may be.
The convention will be held as
called by the rightful and lawful
chairman Of said committee. Mr..
Hendricks.
OF course Merrill Moores, who
is fair attorney, never expected
any honest judge to decide in
their favor, but the plan was to
get the case in the hands of some
biased or prejudiced Judge who
would issue a temporary injunc-
ton and hold up the rightfuI au-
thorities until after the election.
After that they did not care what
became of the case.
Disinterested lawyers think
that the judge would have been
entirely right if he had kicked
the last vestige of the case out of
court, as he did more than nine
tenths of it, and that is likely to
be the final result
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13

Alonzo Davenport, well
known farmer and stock raiser
below Richmond, has 1000 head
Of fattened hogs about ready tor
market. This is without doubt
the largest bunch. of marketable
hogs being fed by any one farmer
in Wayne county, if not in the |,
state. Recently he was offered
S6 a 100 for the lot; and at an av-
erage of 800 pounds a head ne
would have received nearly $22'-
900.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-14
F. ]. Cory, WATERFOWL ...... 80
FIN. Enrich, Pennington..... 20
w. H. Parker, Deadwood. -. $40

F. j. Cory, WATERFOWL .........3 2
FIN. Enrich, Pennington. 20
w. H. Parker, Deadwood. -. $40
For Governor,
S. H. Elrod, Clark. 476
Coe l. Crawford, Huron. 500
We quote from the Yankton Press
and Dakotan: "When Mr.. Crawford
made his appearance on the platform
he was met at the wing by Mr.. Elrod
and escorted to the front of the stage,
both sharing in the applause which
was given unanimously. Then
ensued q Gene not witnessed since
the sanguinary contests before state.
hood. For full five minutes Mr..
Crawford stood awaiting the exhaus.
ton of the applause which knew nc
bounds. He was the peoples choice,
denied them once but again
demanded. He was the peoples
champion, and the people were APPROX.
ing him. The scene was wild with
enthusiasm and all the pent up feel.
ing of years OF contest. There are
other reformers in South Dakota but
none who stand in just the same rela.
ton to the cause as this man who first
sounded the cry in the interest of the
whole people for the people, for the
principles which the people had
sought to embody in law and practice.
Once he had stood on that same plat
form defeated but un%conquered. Now
he was victorious and the people
through him were speaking to the
world. Whatever may be the future
political destiny OF Coe l. Crawford he
enjoyed for the moment this realizing
sense of approval of two of the hardest
contests ever made in the history Of
the reform movement. When he
spoke it was of the victory OF a princi-
pie, dearer to him than ever the
thought of personal victory, sweet as
that was to him after all the strenuous
contest that had preceded it. In
graceful Acknowledgement Mr.. Elrod
pledged himself Loyalty to the man
who two years ago had met defeat at
the hands of the convention and had
the grace to come to the support OF
the whole ticket. 1t was a notable
turning of the political tables and an
incident which will remain long in
memory"
The remainder of the ticket was
nominated in quick order and at
about the same ratio Of the first vote
taken, the nominees being those
named in the ticket which appears in
another column. The convention
adjourned at 2 O'Clock a. M, Wednes-
day morning.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-14
June 14-21l
Order to Show Cause Why a De-
cree to Mortgage Real
Estate Should Not Be
NnIn

State of South Dakota,) In County Court
Sss within and for said
County of Brookings county.
Order to show cause
In the matter of the estate why a decree to
of John J, Koch, deceased mortgage real estate
should not be made.
Mile Koch, the administrators Of the estate
of John }. Koch, deceased, having filed her
petition herein praying for a decree to mort.
gage the following described real estate, of
said decedent for the purposes therein set forth
viz northeast quarter of section. twenty-four
GA in township one hundred and twenty-one
U2D range siKty-one (6ll:
1t is therefore ordered by the Hon. Fred W.
Dricken. Judge of SAID court, that all persons
| interested in the estate OF the said deceased,
appear before the said county court on Mon
day, the 25th day of June, 1906, at ~ o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, at the court room of
said county court, at the court house in the
County of Brookings, to show cause why a
decree should not be granted to the said Mile
Koch to mortgage said real estate of the said
John j. Koch for such sum, rate of interest, and
for such length of time as the court may deem
necessary.
And a copy of this order be published at least
two successive weeks in the Brookings Register,
a newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in said BrOokings county, ). D., prior
to said day of hearing.
Dated this 2nd day of June. 1906.
FRED. W. DRICKEN,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
F. E. ~YoUNGBURG,
Clerk of County Court.