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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05


David r. Sherr'ck, former state au-
ditor, who was started for the Mich
igan City prison at noon Tuesday
to begin sentence of two TO four
teen years IN prison, spoke the first
words IN his own defense Tuesday
night. He @ssid:s
while / am aware" that what !
did can not be wholly justified by
reason of weli-established prece-
dent, vicious system that has been
in vogue doubtless since the organi-
cation of the State, yet / at least
get comfort from the fact that. as
the public knows, l have done moth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

A suit calling for sl25,ooo damages
was filed in the superior court at Fort
Wayne Tuesday by the Franklin in
surance and other companies against
.he Fort Wayne Gas company, Laura
Bass and others. The claim grows
out Of the burning of John Bass
country home, which was insured for
100000 The plaintiffs aver that the
varying gas pressure caused the fire
on night in February, 1901. 1t is
the largest suit ever filed in the coun-
~
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

The city council of B'affton in
creased the price of retail liquor Ii
eanse to $3.50 a year, which is the
limit, and the ordinance also requires
silat the applicant must pass an exam
ination before the city council in or
der to be licensed They will be re-
ouired to show that they are men OF
good moral character, who have not
violated the liquor law, and that they
will comply with its requirements.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

By the storm uprooting an apple
tree last week $4,000 of the treasure
hidden by George Patten forty years
ago near English, this state was un-
earthed. This find caused the search
to be renewed by his family and the
discovery of $4,000 more was made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05

Here is something for the boys and
girls. Take the figures i42sS7 and
multiply them by 2. 2, :. 5 and Q and
you will knd that the same figures
appear only differently placed. Null
tiply the original number by Z and
see what yoi sst.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-05
THE IMMORTAL ]. N.
Man Who Held Pressure" of Nation
Declared Insane.

Jacob Newman Free, ''the immortal
J. N" has reached the end of his
travels He was finally adjudged in
sane Thursday and will spend the re-
mainder of his days in the state hos
pital at Toledo He is now 7s years
old.
Thus passes a character known in
nearly every sizable town in every
state in the west For more than
half a century he lived as the birds
live No town or state could claim
him as its own In each he was at
home and among friends. 1t is his
claim, and it is not disputed, that he
knows more people personally than
any other living man.
For so years he has travelled up and
down and across the country, riding
free on nearly every railroad and liv-
ing without expense in the best hotels
the towns he visited afforded
He was dead headed on every rail
road. Still in his possession are a
hundred slips reading Good for j.
N" His most treasured possession
is slip of papers signed by the lead
ing officials of many-of the biggest
railroads in the country. 1t reads:
The Immortal J. N. pass him for
ever Good on all roads from now
until doomsday"
Hotel men in the towns he visited
did as much. He was never known
to have more than a few cents at a
time, but in so years of his wander
ings few landlords have been bold
enough to present him with bill
Once it is recorded hotel keeper
offered to throw off half the bill when
he learned his guests identity. "The
Immortal ]. N. glared at the land
lord; then declaring he would allow
no one to out do him in generosity,
he said he would throw off the other
half
He believes he is al apostle of
truth" pressure and keeper OF the
secret of the veil" For 80 years
he has been promising to lift the
veil'' and put ION the pressure"
Wherever he stopped in the course of
his migration his first announcement
was that he was about ito put the
pressure on" This pressure" was
some mysterious force which he
alone, he believed, prevented from
crushing out of existence all the life
of this continent.
No one has ever doubted that he
was insane. But his is an insanity
that up to now inspired only friend
ship and sympathy. But behind his
insanity and his SO years of aimless
wandering over the country is trag-
ic story
In his youth he was an infant phe-
nomenon. At four years OF age he
read almost all of the Bible, and dur
ing his teens he acquired aireading
and speaking knowledge of no less
than 13 languages. During the gold
craze in 40 he went west ard started
a Stage line. Within two years he
had accumulated a fortune of $4,000
A partner robbed him and then y.
NJ" moved back to Ohio and began
the study of law Within few years
he stood at the top of the bar of Gin
cinnati.
One day he was defending muir
derer. in whose innocence he very
strongly believed. AZ result OF his
eloquence the man was acquitted
The same day his client confessed
that he was guilty. "J. NJ" rushed
back to the court room and started
to explain, but the strain and excite
ment had been too much for him
He was stricken with apoplexy
Within a short time he recovered his
physical health, but never his mental
poise.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Reynard's Hidinu Place,

During run of the Essex Union
Hounds at Great Burstead, England,
the fox took refuge in brewhouse,
and seated itself on the copper of
boiling water. Finding his position
too warm, and being hard pressed by
the hounds, it fled to the roof and
sought safety among the rafters.
Chairs were upset, plates and
dishes broken and paint pots over
turned by the hounds. until the arriv-
al OF one OF the whips. who caught the
fox and liberated it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
pLuckY CONDUCTOR.
Captures Robber on Aiten-Burllnoton
Train.

st. Louis.-Conductor Everett b.
Haywood, who single handed over
came q train robber on the Alton-Bur.
lington fast train, reached st. Louis
Monday. He said that the man admit
ted to him that he had robbed the Rock
Island passenger train at almost the
same place November 7th.
Conductor Haywood says that the
robber snapped his revolver at him and
that probably the only thing that saved
his life was that the hammer de-
scended on his thumb.
Surreldering his revolver to the con-
ductor, the robber made a break for
liberty. Haywood followed closely, af
ter firing one shot. and grabbed him
by the coat collar as the robber was
trying to jump from the car. The rob-
Der slipped from his coat. and cling.
ing to the side rail of the car with one
hand, Haywood fought him into sub
mission on the steps Of the swiftly.
moving car. After he had been dragged
into the vestibulc again, the robber
continued to fight desperately and
Haywood says that he was compelled
to pound him over the head with the
captured revolver until he was sense
less.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Committee Of State Institutions.

Denver.-The senatorial committee
on state institutions appointed by the
president of the last Senate, started
from Denver Monday night on tour
Of inspection. This committee consists
of Senators Barela. Lewis. Anfenger,
Clayton and Taylor. The Normal
school at Greeley is the first place to
be visited, to be followed by visits to
the Agricultural college. the State uni
yersity, the School of Mines, the indus
trial school for boys at Golden and the
industrial school for girls at Morrison.
After that the senators will arrange
to visit the deaf and dumb school at
Colorado Springs. the insane asylum
at Pueblo, the state penitentiary, the
reformatory at Buena" Vista end the
soldiers home at Monte Vista.
The committee will make an elab.
crate report to the Sixteenth General
Assembly regarding the needs of the
institutions. Members Of the Legisla'
ture will be informed regarding the
number Of attendants. the cost. the
equipment and also recommendations
regarding improvements.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Aspen Editor Shot.

Denver.-An Aspen special to the
Republican says: Sunday morning at
AIS o'clock as c. II. Pitney, assistant
editor of the Aspen Times, was shov-
cling snow in front of his residence,
he was shot in the neck by Joe War
ner. Pitney was at once treated by
Dr. Robinson, who discovered that the
bullet had entered on the right side.
going around the windpipe under the
skin and coming out at the left side.
Just as Warner shot Pitney put his
hand on his face, throwing his head
back, and this act undoubtedly saved
his life.
An alarm was Immediately given and
officers took the trail of Warner, who
started down the river. He was fol,
lowed and captured and placed In the
jan at Aspen on the charge OF assault
with intent to kill. The trouble be-
tween Warner and Pitney. 1t Is said.
has been of long standing, and is al
legged to have arisen over attentions
paid BY Pitney to Warmers wife. Pit
ney is not seriously injured and will
recover.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
In the Shade Of the Sphinx.

The Egyptian pyramids will proba-
bly, lose much Of their magnificent
and legendary appearance in the near
future. The Egyptian government has
given permission for the erection OF
homes and hotels in the vast plain
stretching from Eskebich to the Nile
and covered with the ancient sphinxes
and structures. Already several soci
cites have been formed to avail them
selves OF the picturesque view for the
building OF large hotels. All around
the pyramids of Ghiseh there are to
be erected real American skyscrapers
from nine to ten stories in height.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Picauart shows Generosity.

Gen. Picquart. the defender OF
Dreyfus and now the French minister
of war. has defined his attitude to-
ward his old prosecutors in the army.
When an officer who was involved in
the conspiracy that banished Picquart
TO the border of the Sahara. entered
the minister's Office and began to
stammer out statement on the sub
iect Picquart stopped him, saying; Il
only know one thing and that is that
you have always been an excellent Of
6cer. You may be sure that l shall
DOT forget that"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
PRESIDENT HOME.
MAD DELIGHTFUL TRIP TO PAN.
ANA AND BACK.
PLANS SPECIAL MESSAGE
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Thor
oughiy Enjoyed the Trip-was Deep
" Impressed With United States
Navy. Panama and Porto Rico.

Washington.-Comple remark
able trip to Panama, during which he
travelled several thousand miles by sea
and visited, not only the Isthmus. but
Porto Rico as well. and voicing his
thorough enjoyment Of the entire voy-
age. President Roosevelt returned to
Washington at 10:42 o'clock Monday
night.
The trip up the Potomac ppon the
converted yacht Mayfiower. to which
he and his party were transferred from
the Louisiana at Piney Point Monday
afternoon, was made without special
incident.
AS the Mayflower pulled into the
dock at the rear Of the office OF the
commandant at the navy yard. Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, the presidents daugh-
ter. and Miss Hagner. Mrs, Roosevelt's
secretary, were awaiting to greet the
party.
Miss Roosevelt Immediately rushed
on board as soon as the gangplank was
laid, and affectionately greeted her
father and mother There was also at
the dock to welcome the President,
Captain Mccoy, U. s. A, ana Lieuten-
ant Commander Key OF the marine
corps, the presidents aides, the COM
mandant and other officials of the navy
yard and the Uruguayan charge
d'affaircs. The president landed within
ten minutes after the arrival OF the
Mayfiower
To those who met him he stated that
he had had delightful trip and that
he was feeling fine. The President and
Mrs. Roosevelt Immediately went to
the White House, which they reached
after IL o'clock. AS the President
alightad from his carriage he shook
hands with all the attaches and others
waiting on the portico.
Speaking of his trip the President
said:
I'VE had very pleasant very enjoy
able time, and l am deeply impressed
with the United States navy, with Pan
anna and Porto Rico"
TIE Panama canal. 1t was stated by
the President, will be the subject OF a
special message, and consequently on
that subject the President will say
nothing at this time.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
sNoWsLiDE IN SAN JUAN.
Carries Away Buildings on Mountain
Queen Property.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Telluride Monday says: Sunday after
noon q big snowslide ran into Masto-
don gulch, and made complete wreck
OF the Mountain Queen property, which
10 situated about four miles from Ami
mas Forks and not far from the Gold
Prince mine.
The slide carried of the bunk house,
blacksmith shop. boarding house, boiler
house, engine and compressor build
ings and machinery.
The damage will reach 10000. The
new compressor mad just been leveled
up and had just been put in working
order.
The entire plant was carried half a
mile down the gulch, and the marvel
Gus part of the disaster Is that not a
man was hurt and all were comfort
ably Quartered at Animas Forks last
night.
The Mountain Queen property is
under the management OF Fred V. Pod
fish, and extensive development has
been done on it this season. 1t Is one
Of the best mines in the San Juan
country.
At 8 p. m. there was exactly thirty.
seven inches Of new snow here and
more falling. The Silverton Northern
railroad has been blockaded between
Eureka and Animas Fork for three
days, but will be opened as soon as the
storm breaks.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
The OrioinaI Porous Plaster.

It's Allcocks, first introduced to the
people sixty years ago, and to-day un-
doubtedly has the largest sale of any
external remedy-millions being sold
annually all over the world. There
have been limitations. to be sure. but
never has there been one to even CON-
pare with Allcock' k's-the worlds
standard external remedy
For a weak back, cold on the chest
or any local pain. the result of taking
cold or over-strain. nothing we know
OF compares with this famous plaster
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
DEATH OF A. n. GARFIELD.
Colorado Pioneer and Relative Of Pres
ident Garfield.

Denver-Alexander Fl. Garfield OF
this city died of stroke of paralysis
at Morrison November Esd. He was a
relative and playmate of President Car.
field and one of the well-known pio-
neers OF Colorado. and at the time OF
his death was seyenty-nine years OF
age.
Mr. Garfield was a thirty second de-
gree Mason, a knight Templar and a
Shriner, and very prominent in Ma
sonic circles. As president of the
Colorado Lime and FluNing company.
the Leadville Lime and FluNing COM
pany, the Morrison Lime and FluXins
company and several other stone COM
panies, he was known throughout the
state among business men AS pioneer
mis- name is familiar to all the old resi-
dents o. Colorado. having been resi-
dent D. Denver for twenty seven years.
For twenty-sx years he has furnished
the smelters of Denver with fiux.
He was still actively engaged in bust.
ness and in the best of health. The
stroke which resulted in his death
came upon him suddenly Monday morn
ing in Morrison
Mr.. Garfield's widow and only daugh-
ter Mrs. Perry, were in Pasadena, Cali
fornia, at the time and instantly started
for Denver. For the past few years he
had spent a great deal of time in Cali
fornia, as have his widow and daugh'
ter.
Nj Garfield was born in Phelps, New
York, and moved to Painesville, Ohio
when about twenty-five years of age
with his people. Here he engaged in
the contracting and stone business and
was for years government contractor
He built a great many breakwaters and
lighthouses along the shores of Lake
Erie for the government, and erected
many federal buildings of various kinds
throughout the state.
President Garfield was his second
cousin and the two used to visit one
another frequently.
Twenty seven years ago Mr.. Garfield
left gainesville and came to Denver
where he has remained in business
since.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
VIII Preserve Mountain Sheep.

Denver. - Inquiries are constantly
being received by the state game com
missioner asking when there will be
an open season on mountain sheep. AT
present the question Of an open season
remains with the Legislature, and ua-
less a special law Is passed to that
effect there will never be time when
these sheep can be killed with i'm
munity in Colorado There are perhaps
two or three thousand mountain sheep
in Colorado. They are multiplying
somewhat rapidly. but 1t Is the desire
OF the game department to keep the
picturesque animals immune from the
huntsman's gun. Under the present
law, which Is rigidly enforced, fine OF
5000 is imposed for killing a mountain
sheen
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01

Sheer white goods. in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau-
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching. the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen. without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Aid colored People.

New York.-The annual meeting o.
the Armstrong Association, wh .ch
seeks to stimulate interest In the worF
Of Hampton and Tuskegce Institutes.
and the general industrial education OF
negroes, was held here Monday at the
home of the president, William J.
Schieffleip, Booker T. Washington,
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, DR.. Felix Ad-
ler and Principal H. B. Frizzell Of
Hampton Institute made short ad-
dresses. The report of the executive
committees showed that the member
ship 10 not far from q thousand and
that . committee has been created fov
imsyoving the industrial condition OF
the negrots In New York.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
voliva Threatens Zion,

Chicago.-Wilbur Glenn Voliva, sue
cessor to John Alexander Dowie as
overseer Of the Christian Catholic
Church, declared at the conclusion of
an exciting meeting at Zion City Sun
day night, that unless he was recog-
nized as general overseer Of the church
for life, he would abandon his follow.
ing to their fate and reorganize the
church. Voliva presented his new
plans for the government Of Zion. They
contained clause reading: Zion is
a theocracy. This means that God Sc
lects a leader who serves for life and
that through him God selects his sue
cessor."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Master Of Seventy language.

jeremiah Curtin, at present living
at Bristol, VT. is the master of "a
languages. He began life on a farm
but by diligent study acquired one Ian
guage after the other. He is at pres
ent doing special work. Besides his
many translations he Is the author OF
a large number OF books. He gradu
ated at Harvard and shortly after
ward President Lincoln appointed
him secretary of the legation at St
Petersburg.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Yale Football Receipts.

New Haven, Conn.-Yale will re-
ceive about $32, 900 as her share of the
receipts Of the Yale-Harvard game this
year and probably $4,000 from the
Yale-Princeton game. The receipts are
somewhat less than last year, because
Princeton's game was not In this city
nor Yale's in Cambridge, in which in
vtances the crowds are in the aggre-
gaze larger. Smaller games are ex.
peeAed to swell Yale's total receipts to
about 360, 900 for the season.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01

ing kidney trouble. My back ached.
my rest was broken at night. and the
passages of the kidney secretions were
too frequent and contained sediment.
Three eoAes of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me in 1897. and for the past
nine years l have been free from kid
ney complaint and backache"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
FosterMilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
A DOCTORS TRIALS.
He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other
People.

Even doing good to people is hard
work If you have too much Of it to do.
No one knows this better than the
hard-working, conscientious family
doctor. He has troubles Of his own
often gets caught in the rain or snow,
or loses SO much sleep he sometimes
gets out OF sorts. An overworked
Ohio doctor tells his experience:
About three years ago as the result
OF doing two mems work, attending a
large practice and looking after the
details Of another business. my health
broke down completely, and l was lit
tie better than a physical wreck.
Il suffered from indigestion and
constipation, loss of weight and appe-
lite. bloating and pain after meals,
loss Of memory and lack of nerve
force TO- continued mental applica-
ton.
II became irritable, easily angered
and despondent without cause. The
hearts action became irregular and
weak. with frequent attacks of palpi-
tation during the first hour OF two
after retiring.
Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananas
came for my lunch one day and
pleased me particularly with the re-
suit got more satisfaction from 1t
than from anything had eaten for
months, and on further Investigation
and use. adopted Grape-Nuts for my
morning and evening meals, served
usually with cream and a sprinkle of
salt or sugar.
my improvement was rapid and
permanent In weight as well as in
physical and mental endurance. In a
word. am filled with the Joy OF liv-
ing again. and continue the daily use
Of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and often
for the evening meal.
"The little pamphlet, The Road to
Weilville,' found in pkgs.. is invari-
ably saved and handed to some needy
patient along with the Indicated rem
edy." Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich. ''Thers's . rea-
soa."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Youthful Boston conaressmen.

All three of the congressman just
elected from Boston-Joseph F..
OCcnnen. John A. Keliher and An
drew J. Peters-are young men and
bachelors. 1t is the first time in the
history Of the city that husband and
father has not been included in Bos-
tons delegation to Washington and,
incidentally, it becomes the youngest
delegation that was ever sent froEi
any city in the country.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Sweet Thouohts,

An Archison father is very much
disguised. He recently bought his
daughter a SIS gold watch, and she
isn't as pleased with 1t as she was
with box Of chocolates a young man
sent her. The watch from her fathehr
means nothing, but the chocolates
seem to mean enough to cause her
to sit and look out into the dark and
think, and think. hours at a time
AtchisOn Globe,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
All in the Name.

A physician. writing to the British
Medical Journal. says: To-day thou
sands are taking aspirin without a
doctors prescription. If we had al
ways prescribed it as 'acidi salicylici
acetic' very feW would have remem-
bered the name; the same applies to
hundreds of Others"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01

By following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package of
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish Try it, 1t OF. for 10c. sold by
all good grocers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01

rying Squire" by
which he Is known
far and wide. hav-
ing already married
some l.i0O couples.
Ten years ago he
was deputy county
treasurer. AT that
time" said Justice
Law, Il was suffer
Ing from an annoy
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
hOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case ot Cats--4 that cannot be cured by Halrs
Catarrh Cure
FL. CHENEY & co, Toledo O.
We the undersigned have known r. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orablc all business transac tons and financially
able 10 carry oLt obligations made by his frm.
WALpING, kiSSAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O..
Hairs Catarrh Cure Il taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. sold by all Druggists.
Take HaILs Family Plls lar constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-01
Ficquart's Army Nickname.

Gen, Picquart was always so gentle
In his manner while about his regi-
mental duties that his nickname in the
French army was Georgette.