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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
How They Did It.

Further developments as to the
failure of the Bank of America at
Chicago show the processes by which
the stockholders were swindled.
Judge Smith not only paid for his
stock with borrowed money, which
he drew out and repaid the next day
but he also continued to borrow OF
the bank as fast as money was depos-
tied The loans were on notes signed
by his wife or his servants-but he
got the money. The other director
pro6ting was F. S. Creelman, who
invested $4,000 in the stock, but
within 4 few days had borrowed
nearly 100000 on worthless securit-
les. Creelman seems to be an old
hand at swindling his associates in
business, his previous transactions
having been in southern lumber COM
panies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Mccall Is Dead.

John Augustine Mccall, former
president of the New York Life In
surance Company, recipient of a
100000 a year salary and until a few
months ago looked upon as the fore
most insurance man in America, if
not in the entire world, is dead at the
n J., of a broken heart He died
Sunday afternoon discredited and de-
nounced and the closing hours of his
life were filled with bitterness Only
his family remained faithful and be-
lieved in him to the end.
Mr.. Mccall was 60 years old and
in strong health and spirits when the
Armstrong legislative committee was
called together to investigate the af-
fairs and methods OF the great life
insurance companies His breakdown
and death were caused directly by the
sensational revelations which follow
ed--revelations that called down on
McCall's head the wrath of an angry
nation and forced him in haste to re-
sign and to sell under the hammer his
beautiful summer palace at Long
Branch, n J., which cost him close
to 81 100000.
Nor does it end here. While Mr.
Mccall lies dead at Lakewood, exc
cuted as it were by outraged public
opinion, James W. Alexander, former
president of the Equitable Life, strip
ped of his fortune, is seriously i'll and
not expected to live, and Richard A.
McCurdy, former president of the
Mutual Life, is preparing to exile
himself from his native country in or
der to escape legal proceedings
which, however, he probably has de-
layed too long to do, as steps to force
him to refund money belonging to
the Mutual Life are already about to
be taken When the proceedings are
over it is predicted by many that Mr..
McCurdy will be left practically a
poor man to begin life all over again.
Mrs. Mccall is now under medical
care. She had become worn out by
the long vigil at her husbands bed
side and when he died she practically
collapsed, although it is thought her
condition will not develop seriously.
| The life insurance investigation
served to open the eyes of the coun-
try to the wrongs that were being
committed against the policyholders.
In this manner great public good was
accomplished and radical reforms are
certain to follow, but there is an ex-
ceedingly tragic side to the inquiry.
Men once occupying high positions
are near death and others are in ban
ishment because of the expose With
out doubt the disgrace in every case
was merited, yet no matter how much
deserved the results are tragic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Worlds Gold Production.

The world last year produced the
largest amount of gold in its history,
the output being $37s,745,OOO. The
gold mined in the nations of the
earth during 1905 is apportioned as
followed:
Transvaal, $1O4 100000; United
States, $s6,335, 1000; Australia, $685.
$4,000; Russia, $24 100000; Canada,
$14, 100000; Mexico, 1880, 900; In
dia, $685. 900; Rhodesia, $4,000, 900;
West Africa, $3,165,OoO; all others,
$2s, $1,000; total, $37s,745,OO0.
This is vast wealth to be sure, but
as the New York World remarks, the
yearly product of the gold of all the
world is much less valuable than the
hay or the eggs or the wheat or the
cotton of this country alone. But
these perishable products pass away,
while gold is almost indestructible.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
For the Good Of the Party.

Daniel T.. Storms secretary of state,
who is charged with malfeasance in
office and who is being urged to hand
in his resignation for the good of the
Republican party, made serious mis-
take when he declared that he must
not be sacriced for the good of the
party OF all the Republicans in In
diana, Mr. Storms is the last one who
should express such sentiments as
that, for if there ever was man the
party had been over-partial to he is
the one. Twice did Mr.. Storms re-
ceive the nomination for secretary of
state at the hands of the Republican
party without the slightest opposi-
ton, and twice did the votes of the
Republican party elect him to that
high office. Not content with sal
airy of $4,000 a year, Mr. Storms be-
trayed the trust which had been so
implicitly confided in him, and SO CON
Quoted his Office that, when the tint
came for him to account to the state
for trust-moneys in his charge he was
compelled to go among his bondsmen
and his personal friends and solicit
financial aid. Nor is this all. Mr..
Storms shortage was so great that,
in order to make his settlement, GER
tain leading Republicans took hand
in the matter and made personal ap-
peals to various Republican leaders
over the state to contribute of their
means in order that the good name
of the party might be preserved.
And yet Daniel f. Storms says he
must not be sacrificed for the good
of the party!
One of the strongest partywOrk-
ers in the state wnen asked to give
up $500 of his money to relieve the
Storms situation and thus spare the
party the shame and humiliation of
an exposed, corrupt official said, as
he put on his coat and started for his
train eff you know any reason why
my wife and children should be de-
prived of $500 of my money in order
to shield a common gambler, why
draw on me for it," He was drawn
on for the $500 and the draft was
honored--,honored to save the name
of the Republican party.
And yet Daniel E. Storms says he
must not be sacrificed for the good
of the Republican party!
If Daniel f. Storms has a spark OF
gratitude in his breast he will write
out his resignation and hand it over
to the governor at once. The party
has done too much for Mr.. Storms
as it is, and he has no right to hang
on like leech, sucking its very life
blood. threby compelling the party to
shoulder the burdens of an extra ses-
sion of the legislature, called merely
to impeach and remove him from of
fee. Mr.. Storms is already too great
a burden. Let it stop at that and let
men who have it in their power force
him to stand aside, "for the good oi
the party" if for no other reason
Starke County Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
DENOUNCES FOSTERS BOOK.
DR.. Straton of Chicago Says 1t is
Vicious, Destructive and Untrue.

False culture and the perverted
pride of so-called intellectual criti-
cism of the Bible were declared by
Rev. John Roach Straton of the Sec
ond Baptist church Sunday to be the
paramount foes OF the Christian relig-
ion. His remarks referred to the re-
cent book of Professor Foster of the
University of Chicago.
In analyzing Professor Foster
treatment of his theme DR.. Straton
pointed out as its two preeminent
fallacies the professors contention
that religious truth could be reached
only through the mind and that the
theory of evolution as propounded
by Spencer and his followers is in
fallibly proved Dr. Straton main
tanned that faith and love are the
courts of last appeal in matters OF
religious faith and that an attempt
to reduce God to a principle or law
energizing nature places him lower
in the scale than man with the intel
lectual processes.
Perhaps the greatest foe of Chris
tianity, greatest because it is most
respectable, is what we term false cul-
ture," said the speaker. Nov true
culture is not in any sense antagonis-
tic 70 Christianity, nor is Christian
ity in any sense antagonistic to true
culuture. Yet here is a culture, vain
and arrogant, which is one of its
deadliest foes.
'The book by Dr. Foster of the
University of Chicago which has stir
red such furore is an illustration
Say what we will about the learning
displayed or about the pleasing per-
sonality of its author, the fact stands
that the book is as vicious and des-
tructive and untrue as any that the
misguided mind of man has produc-
ed 1t not only denies every one of
The fundamental things on which the
church and the whole structure OF
modern society rests but it negatives
everything on which the moral order
of modern civilization is founded"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
A Warning to the Public.

Men from Chicago dressed like far
mers have been caught selling tainted
hams in Indiana They buy tainted
hams from the packing houses, doctor
them up, ship them to any point, then
hire horses and wagon and peddle
them at 2 to cents under the market
price per pound. The hams appear
to be all right until slices are put into
the frying pan and then the taint fills
the kitchen. The meat is unfit to eat
Many of these tainted hams were sold
in Columbus, Greensburg, Mt. Yer
non and other places.
The above is a paragraph from a
letter received today from DR.. J. N
Hurry, Secretary State Board Of
Health. Publicity is given the matter
in order to protect the public from
being imposed upon. Police officers
will please watch for strangers ped
ding hams.
DR.. L. D. Eley, Secy.
Marshall County Bord of Health
Plymouth, February IS, 1906.
Bremen, Bourbon, Argos and Cul
yer papers please copy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Value of Trading in Your Home
Town.

A right that belongs to every citi-
zen is the privilege of spending his
earnings in whatever manner and
where he wishes as long as he keeps
within the law. No one will dispute
the farmers claim that he can send
his money to any place that he wish
es and buy goods he needs wherever
he wants to. But there is an eco
nomic side of the question that should
not be overlooked. This resident of a
community should be active in furth-
ering the interests of the place he
calls home He is working contrary
to his own good when he sends his
money to the distant city for supplies
he knows can be secured in his home
town. The dollar sent away goes out
of circulation and ceases to be a fac
tor in the building up of the commu-
nifty from which it is sent
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
To Drain Kankakee Land.

Mayor Lemuel w. Darrow, c. E.
Tuesberg, of Laporte, and others in
terested in Kankakee land met at
Knox Feb 9th, with expert hydralic
engineers, to discuss the question OF
diverting the flood waters of the Kan
kakee to the Tippecanoe river by a
channel eight miles long to be dug
from Yellow river, short distance
east of Knox, to the village of Ora on
the Tippecanoe in Starke county
Another route that has been surveyed
and which is under discussion starts
from the lower end of English lake
in Starke county and communicates
with the Monon river in Pulaski
county.
The surveys that have been made
show that either route is practicable
and it is only matter of compare
tive cost, as between them 1t is ex-
pected that the work will be com
menced early in the spring.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Congress Votes Money to Purdue.

The House, by practically unani-
nous vote, has passed the bill intro
duced last December by Representa-
tive Adams, of Wisconsin, providing
for increased annual appropriations
for all of the agricultural experiment
tai stations throughout the country
one of which is the station at Purdue
University These stations were es-
tablished by the Hatch act, of 1887.
under the operation of which forty
eight States and Territories are at the
present time each receiving $4,000
annually for their agricultural expert
mental stations.
The act just passed provides for an
increase of $4,000 to each station for
the year ending June 80, 1906, and an
annual increase of the amount for five
years by an additional sum of $4,000
over the preceding year until the to-
tai increase shall amount to the $751;
600 annually to each station. In other
words, at the end of FIVE years, each
of these stations will be getting $780,
600 annually instead of $4,000 The
total additional appropriation requir-
ed for the first year will be $24O, 900
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
In the Spirit of Democracy.

Nicholas Longworth went to the
proper public office in Washington on
Thursday afternoon and asked for a
license to marry Alice Lee Roosevelt.
He answered a series of questions as
to age, color, nativity, parentage, etc,
of Miss Roosevelt and himself, de
clared that neither had ever been
married before, took an oath that
these answers were true, paid the leg
al fee of S. and departed with the
desired document
About the whole transaction there
was absolutely nothing extraordinary.
1t was exactly what other men are
doing, at every county courthouse in
America, every hour of every busi-
ness day in the year The entire
commonplaceness of the proceeding
is what makes it really interesting.
For Nicholas Longworth is men,
Der, respected and influential as his
merits warrant, of the American
Congress, a legislative body with
more direct power over the welfare
of mankind than any other on earth.
And Alice Lee Roosevelt is the
daughter of the President of the
United States of America, chief
magistrate with greater power than
any other in the civilized world.
Many people who pass as educated
and intelligent-even many such
Americans-think and say that all
civilized nations and their govern
ments look alike to them-that the
aims, thoughts, and motive impulses
of all civilized races are practically
identical. The folly of such an opin
ion clearly appears when we reflect
how differently the business of such
a marriage license, among persons of
similar position, would have been
performed in any other country on
earth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Britons as Beef Eaters.

A recent publication by the depart
ment of agriculture shows that Great
Britain imports more meat animals
and packing-house products than all
the other countries of Europe conf
bined The value of such British inn
ports for 1904 was $3.50. 100000 Near
ly all the live meat animals imported
in Great Britain come from the Unit
ed States and Canada The British
fresh beef trade seems to be drifting
away from the United States Five
year ago &c per cent was supplied
from this country, 2 per cent from
Argentine and % per cent from Other
countries. In 1904 55 per cent came
from the United States, 80 per cent
from Argentine and % per cent from
other countries. In 1904 55 per cent
came from the United States, 80 pei
cent from Argentine and 6 per cent
from other countries. Argentine
with a population no larger thar
Pennsylvania, is fast establishing al
important rivalry with the United
States in furnishing to our most inn
portant customer not only fresh
meats but breadstuffs. Philadelphia
Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
UNCLE SANS BIG NAVY.
A Squadron of 1000 Guns New
Ready for War.

The navy of the United States has
been growing steadily, and its pres
ent strength will shortly be impressed
on the country by the formation of
a great squadron, with over 1000 guns
and total tonnage in battle ships
on the fighting line of 2O1,45O. Rear
Admiral Evans squadron of iirstclass
battle ships will be increased to fif-
teen when the vessels last completed
are added. The newest battle ships
are the Rhode Island, Virginia, Geor-
gia. New Jersey, Louisiana, Connect
icut and Minnesota Most of these
have had their trial trips Those al
ready in commission under Admiral
Evans are the Missouri, Maine, Ala
bama, Illinois, Kentucky, Kearsarge,
Indiana and Iowa Only a few of
these floating fortresses have been
tested in war, but they represent
modern ideas in the construction of
battle ships of the most powerful
class.
One officer will soon be in COM
mand of these fifteen battle ships,
with an aggregate of 1Oss heavy guns
of the latest approved patterns. In
addition, FIVE armored cruisers, big
ships with 1855 tonnage, are in COM
mission. Ii is claimed that the North
Atlantic fleet is about to become
equal to any the world has seen in
formidable fighting strength The
total tonnage of battle ships and
cruisers will be 264, ,Os5, which will be
enlarged to 293,OS5 before the end of
the year by the new armored cruis-
ers Washington and Tennessee Nav
al work has been going at an effect
i've rate in the last few years. Lack
of active preparation in naval affairs
can not be charged to any of the
Republican administrations that date
from 1897. The chief object of the
American navy is the conservation
of peace in accordance with national
duty and honor 1t must be able to
protect the country, and 1t looks at
this time to have the needed qualif-
cations
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Ought to Be a Warning.

One result of the disbarment ver-
dict at Goshen ought to be warning
to smooth" attorneys who imagine
that their profession protects them
from the penalties liable to be in
icted upon ordinary mortals for in
fractions of the law, remarks the
Mishawake Enterprise. What is
sauce for the goose" ought also to
be Sauce for the gander" ought also
to be sauce for the gander." There
is too much of tendency among the
legal fraternity to wink at sharp prac-
tices on the part of certain class OF
adopted by layman might land him
behind the bars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
PROJECT OF LONG AGO.
Pertained to Present Scheme to
Drain Starke County Marshes.

The drainage scheme, now taking
tangible form, to turn portion of the
Yellow river into the Tippecanoe,
has developed the interesting fact
that as far back as 1880 the govern
ment caused survey to be made over
the same line as that viewed by
Messrs. Tuesberg, Darow etal last
week The OBJECT had in view was the
construction of a canal which would
connect the waters of Lake Michi-
gan with those of the Wabash river,
thus affording an all-water way from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mex
leo.
The old Wabash & Erie canal was
then revolutionizing commercial life
in the valley of the Wabash and the
fever for constructing canals was at
its height. Nothing but the prelimin-
ary survey of the Lake Michigan Wa
bash canal was ever made and the
men who backed the scheme and ran
the lines have long since passed off
of the stage OF action and nothing is
left to tell the story of their hopes
and trials and despair except few
brief notes in the department of the
interior at Washington. However,
this is a different age from the one
in which the canal builders of almost
century ago wrought, and there is
strong probability that year or
two at most will see the waters OF
Yellow river forsake their channel of
centuries and turn aside to become
the servant of man who is ever
achieving yet never satished.-La-
porte Argus Bulletin
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
FIGHT LEVYING OF TAXES.
Starke County Land Owners Take
Ditch Assessments Into Court.

What promises to be an interesting
legal battle is the suit of number
of land owners to restrain county
officials from selling the property for
the taxes levied TO meet the bonds
ISSUED by the Kankakee Reclamation
company The complaints allege
they are being deprived of their prop
erty without due process of law, con-
tending that the law under which
the Reclamation company proceeded
IS invalid. The parties to the action
did not petition for the establishing
of the drain, for which $4,000 bonds
were issued in Laporte county and
S40,5 in Starke
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Secure Valuable Lands.

In the Kosciusko county circuit
court, Friday the case of George
Schoonover ct al versus the state of
Indiana was disposed of, the plaintiffs
being given judgment and the title to
certain lands along the Kankakee
river quieted as against the CLAIMS OF
the state. These are part of the lands
living within the meander line as cs-
tablished by the United States gov
ernment survey many years ago when
the waters of the Kapkakce spTeaj
out for miles on each side of the
thread of the stream, making large
portion OF the valley lake for the
greater part of the year. .,'lorney
Charles c. Kelley of t;.is city.
brought the suit for MT Scho"nove;
ct al, and he proceeded under Il ST.
preme court decision of ten years ago
WHICH was written by Judge Howard
of South Bend then a s"pr=me court
Judge. Under this decision an owne
of a portion of a section Of land ly-
ing within the meander zone is en-
titled TO all that land lying between
his lands and the opposite side of the
section Judge Royse occupied the
bench at Warsaw and rendered judg-
ment in accordance with the supreme
court decision above referred to. By
this decision, George Schoonover,
who owns 35 acres on the east side
OF the south half of section 25, Davis
township, becomes the owner of the
entire south half of the section, 800
acres, worth every cent of $50 per
acre. 1t is completely drained with
the exception of Lateral bitches and
can easily be put into cultivation. w
II. H. Coffin, another party to the
suit owns 81 acres of the same section
and also on the east side thereof. By
Judge Royse's decision Mr.. Coffin's
property lines are extended to the
west side of the section and his title
to the 81 acres carries with it the ow-
nership of the rest of the quarter sec
ton, thus giving him 90 acres more
of land equally as valuable as thai
of Mr.. Schoonover and lying adjacen
thereto on the north line of the same
Specimen brothers. the owners of lot!
and in section Sc, of Davis town
ship were also parties to the suit
They were the owners of 1O7 acres o
land in the south side of section 36
and by the decision they come into
possession of all of the west half o
section 3d., except the southeast o
the southwest, containing 40 acres
The decision gives them 213 acres o
very valuable land. The difficulty II
quieting the title to these meandel
lands lies in getting the state to per
NIT the suit to be brought, or in othe
words to enter its appearance. Th'
state enjoys certain privileges in lie
gal matters which are denied the in
dividual, one of them being its i'm
munity from law suits, for unless tn,
state so chooses suit cannot b,
brought against it. Mr.. Kelley ha
put in five years in getting the stat
to consent to the bringing of the suit
The state asked for 60 days in whicl
to appeal the case, but it is not likel,
the supreme courts will again be ask
ed to pass upon the matters.-Stark
County Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22

Clarence Nulf, fireman on the loc-
al freight, fell from the top of the
tank while the engine was taking wat
er at Wanatah, Thursday evening,
dislocating his left hip, injured the
spinal cord, broke three ribs, and sus-
tanned internal injuries that make his
condition serious. He was brought
to Plymouth on No. "a, and DR.. As
pinall accompanied him to Fort
Wayne and placed him in the hospit-
al. Nulf is % years old and unmar-
ried. His home is in Fort Wayne.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
A Real Miser.

The word miser means "the miser-
able one" Such literally was Miss
Maria Corsa, of Fordham, New
York. who died last Sunday of star
vation and exposure She was of one
of the old Knickerbocker families
and her property-inherited-is esti-
mated at a million of dollars. Yet
she lived alone in one room of large
house, denied herself the comfort o.
FIRE and at the last even of the foot
necessary to support life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-22
Card of Thanks.

The children and sister Of Mrs.
Catherine Winrott Stansbury, Mr.
Frank Stansbury and Mesdames J. S
Harsch, John A. Yockey, John R
Green and M. E. Pershing wish to
than their many kind friends and
neighbors for assistance and sym
pathy in their bereavement by the
death of loving mother and sister.