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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Walked to Congress.

Louisville, Ky, January 12.-
walking Munnell Wilson, rep
resentative from Hopkins county,
has his legs to thank for the seat
he holds in the lower branch of
the states law-making body. He
is confident that he will be able to
repeat the trick in the 2nd cong
ressional district and thereby
gain the post now held by Cong
ressman A. 0. Stanley.
During the thirty years preced-
ing the November election, Will
son, commonly called Walking
Nun by his friends, went foot
back from one end of the county
to the other.
He called the Madisonville
boys dudes, and that tickled the
common people. There were two
other candidates for representa-
tive from Hopkins county. Ex-
cept to say that they didn't rep
resent anything of anybody, and
were not even capable of making
good dudes, he left them severe
ly alone. On the other hand, his
two opponents, while apparently
never taking him seriously, took
occasion to throw all sorts of mud
at the man who scorned to visit
his constituents in a ruber-tired
buggy or motor car, preferring to
depend on his pedal extremities.
But Wilson walked into the
county court house with a major
ity over both his opponents. And
he did it by making a house-to-
house canvass, passing out candy
to the little ones, tobacco to the
men and a linguistic bouquet at
the mothers because Of such a
baby"
Bubbling over with the success
attained and perhaps just little
inflated because of it, walking
Mum got busy with the congress
sional bee, and before anybody
thought he was even dreaming OF
such thing, he announced for
Congress from the 2nd district.
He was to walk from Madison
vile to Frankfort, and as every
county in the district was right
on his road, he started earlier
than would have been necessary
to reach Frankfort, and he walk
ed over the entire district. He
says he will be elected without
doubt, and furthermore, that
when he is elected, he will walk to
the national capital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Presbyterian Church Makes
Showing.

The officers and members OF
the Presbyterian church held
their annual business meeting
Wednesday night to hear reports
from the several auxiliaries of the
church and to elect officers. Two
elders and two trustees were
chosen. The trustees reported
that the finances were in a good
condition, a bill of $75 being
the only account due and unpaid
This amount was promptly pied
ged, so that the church stan Is
without a bill against it. The
past year had been one of unus
ual expense incident to the pur-
chase of the manse and interior
improvements. The sums applied
to the foreign benevolences were
considered as gratifying. An as
sociation of men, for moral, men
| tai and social improvement, ha:
been formed. Reports showed
that the Sunday school, ths
Young Womens' Society, Ladies
Aid and the Christian Endeavor
were in encouraging shape, bu
the Junior endeavor society wa
not as satisfactory as the rest. z
condition of harmony existed
among the oficiary, the variou
arms of the church, and the mem
bership which was made the sub
lect of graduation and praise a
the mid-week meeting Thursda,
night. The church starts III tn
new year without any handlcar
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
DROWNED IN TWIN LAKE.
Nett Lowry Goes Through the
Ice to a Watery Grave.

Sunday afternoon Nett Lowry
aged about twenty years, eldest
son of Nelson Lowry, residing
near the Vandalia crossing, was
drowned in Twin Lakes at the
first lake east of the railroad eros
sing.
Young Lowry had started at
about 3 o'clock to visit friends
and had taken his skates to cross
the lake on the way. The ice
gave way and he went through
an opening. Fisherman at dis
tance saw him 60 down and made
efforts to reach him, but were
prevented by the treacherous ice.
The alarm was given and the
neighbors gathered and in boats,
breaking the ice before them, res
cued the body with hooks and
ropes, which had gone straight to
the bottom in fifteen feet of vat
er. 1t was about two hours be-
lore the body could be raised to
the surface.
The sad death of the unfortun-
ate young man has cast gloom
over the entire neighborhood and
comes as an inexpreSsible grief
to his parents. The father is one
of the older settlers.
A cousin of young Lowry met
a similar fate in one of these lakes
about twenty years ago.
The funeral will be held Tues
day at l p. m. at Trinity church.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Carneeie's Immigrant Test.

Andrew Carnegie is an immi-
grant who has got on very we'll
in this country, and his opinion
as to the ideal immigrant for the
present day, when importations
are so vast that we may pick and
choose. is of interest. He declares
substantially that if he owned
America and was running it as
business operation" he would
encourage the newcomer accord
ing to his earning capacity. AS
the view of an employer who can
live as he likes and where he
likes, this is all very well. But
the average American must live
as a plain citizen, depending for
his happiness upon the public in
stitutionS. which take their char
acter from the mass.
A nation is in no sense like a
factory, and a government is not
Joint stock concern. The whole
people of a nation must be moved
by other motive than the money
profit and loss of the country OF
the individual. Great ideals must
engage the people and great
causes arouse them. 1t is a COM
mon belief that the American
people have distinct national
character to preserve and streng-
then, national destiny to fulfill
and national duties to discharge
New blood which lends itself tC
assimilation is welcome, but il
! should have other capacities thar
mere muscle. The old idea that
established order are prone tC
oppressed of every land still
holds good. But the oppression
meant is political tyranny. So
cial derelicts and kickers agains
this country is a haven for the
mistake our political freedom To-
license to selfshness. The wealth
which the immigrant gains here
belongs here as part of the ma
| tons resources for the mainten
ance of the very institution:
which make the earning of ii pos
sible. Mere muscle will com,
| without encouragement. Th,
kind backed by conscience i
what we should insist upon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
UNDER GRANT OF 1886.
Full Blooded Indian Claims Kos
ciusko County Land.

What may seriously affect the
title to four important estates in
Kosciusko county in the vicinity
of Clunette, has been developed
in the recorders office in the for
NAL filing in that office a few days
ago, of the power of attorney
granted to Thomas Topash, full
blooded Indian attorney of Do
wagiac, Mich, by Elizabeth Mix
and Julia Alexis, sole heirs of
Mary Ann Ben-Ack, who claims
by virtue of a deed filed by the
power of attorney, the original
title to Kosciusko county lands.
The original grant was made un-
der the presidency of Andrew
Jackson in June of 1886. This
land is supposed to be a part of
the present estate of Robert Wal
lace, Joel Hall, A. II. Anglin and
+. Zimmerman.-Goshen Demo
crat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
KUHNS AT CHURUBUSCO.
Says He Has Saved Up Nearly
$4,000 With Which He In
tends to Go in Business.

Marvin KuhnS intends to toe
the mark strictly, according to a
statement in the Churubusco
Truth, which has this to say con-
cerning his visit TO that town a
few days ago:
Last Thursday, in company
with Peter Reed and his brother
in-law, William kessling, Marvin
Kuhns made Churubusco a visit
and for several hours he had no
trouble in gaining an audience.
In conversation with Truth
representative he stated that
while he was a "trusty" at the
Columbus penitentiary and had a
good many advantages not ac-
corded other prisoners, he was,
nevertheless pleased when he
was granted his liberty. During
the last two years he had charge
of the souvenir stand at the
above institution and has cleaned
up and saved nearly $4,000 with
which he expects to invest in
business either in Churubusco or
Albion, and to settle down to
be peaceful, law-abiding citizen
the remainder OF his days. The
reports that have gone out from
the neighboring press that he is
in poor health is false as he is
looking fine and remarked that
he was good for fifty years yet.
He is now in his thirty-eight
year, having received his SEN
tence when but 22 years Of age.
Northern Indianian.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
More Railroad Rumblings.

President Perley. of the |. l.. Il
S. B., telephoned to Chris Knoe-
pile last Friday that they will be
ready to begin work on the line
the first of next week, If the
wather is favorable" saving
clause. The company claims to
have secured the right of way for
the entire line with the exception
of the strip through German
township.
Mr.. Swigart, of Logansport,
has been encouraging the tagging
spirits of the Bourbon people by
letter in which he assures tbs II,
that the road will certainly be
built this year and on the line OF
the original survey through Ar
gos, Bourbon and Bremen.-Bre
men Enquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
ACCIDENT TO ED OLWELL
Leg is Broken by Falling from a
Car.

Operator Ed. J. Olwell, of the
Pennsylvania company at Fort
Wayne and we'll known in this
city, having been stationed at the
telegraph station here, fell from
a car at Fort Wayne Saturday
night breaking his right leg two
inches above the knee and badly
dislocating the knee.
Olwell attempted to board a
car to ride to his clearinghouse.
He was carrying his lunch bas-
ket and an overcoat and as he
stepped uopn the platform of the
car it was hit by switch engine,
causing him to lose his balance.
He was unable to tell just how
the leg was broken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Death of President Harper.

President Harper of the Chica-
go University died Wednesday
afternoon of cancer of the intes-
tines. He had faced death for a
year knowing that his disease
was incurable, but he worked un-
til the close of the last school
year almost with the same vigor
that he displayed in organizing
one of the greatest educational
institutions in the world. He
took charge of the University
fifteen years ago, when it had less
than 200 students, and lett 1t
with 5000 students and an en-
dowment of more than twenty
million dollars. 1t is now one OF
the greatest universities of the
world and William Rainey Harp
er will go down in history as one
of the worlds greatest educators
both as a scholar and on account
of his great executive ability.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Wealth Made Corey Poor.

William Ellis Corey, million
alre head of the big steel trust,
has achieved a great shining heap
of what men call golden success.
But, in the hre-test of life, il
has suddenly turned to dross,
leaving upon him a burden of dis
appointment, anguish and dis
grace. Wealth is only a mockery
to heart that is homeless, to a
mind racked with vain longings
and to a soul that knows not self
respect.
We have heard much of the
men whom Carnegie has made
rich. Let us think a little of the
men he has made poor. He helped
Corey and several others into
millions, but the millions have
destroyed their manhood. In the
more precious treasure they have
not gained, but lost.
The gospel of success has been
preached SO persistently, and sue
cess has been so completely iden-
tilted with wealth in the public
mind, that our point of view as a
people seems hopelessly distort-
ed. We have come to feel that
money-getting is pursuit beside
which all other forms of human
activity are secondary and insig-
nihcant.
The case of Corey and a dozer
other recent cases very like it
recall us to the fact that wealth
not only does not make the man
but often unmakes him.
In poverty and struggle, Ellis
Corey was a manly fellow. He
and his brave wife shared togeth.
er toll and anxiety. happiness anc
hope. But prosperity is harder
to bear for some than poverty
When Corey's millions came they
transformed him. The faithful
wife was forgotten for butterfly
of the stage.
Gilded places of pleasure that
opened at the clink of his money
allured him from his home ties
atrophied. He sacrificed the JOY:
that endure, for bright bubbles
that have burst as he graspeC
them. And at last he is involved
in a scandal that stinks through
out the land.
If this is success, then what i:
failure?
The glitter of gold-ah, many
has it dazzled and fooled Many
has it blinded to the fact tha
there is no wealth which count:
which lies within, and that in tn,
realm of human misery there i:
no poverty SO sodden and dead
ening as poverty of the soul.
He who builds his success" il
gold alone and forgets the great
er things, starves his soul.-in
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Bremen High Schools Protest.

The members of the 1906 class
of the Bremen high school sent a
protest to the state board of edu-
cation against being deprived of
any benefits that a commissioned
high school might give, for no
fault of theirs, and after they had
completed three and one-half
years of the four year course. In
reply, State Superintendent Cot
ton has written that while the
state board of education did with
draw the commission from your
high school, it was not the inten-
ton to deprive the present class
Of the advantage of the COM
| mission. The members. of the
class interpret this ambiguous
statement to mean that they will
be given the benefit of all the
supposed advantages, the same
as if the commission had not been
taken away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Rev. L. S. Smith at Hammond

The Methodist church at Ham
mond, of which Rev. l.. S. Smith
is pastor and Rev. d. NJ. Wood
presiding elder, has fully planned
to erect during the present year
handsome $4,000 church. The
main room will seat 2S5 persons
with the ladies parlor and the gal
lery opened it will accommodate
800, and with the Sunday schoo
room will seat 500. Announce
ment of the project as an estab
lished fact has been made by the
pastor.
The news of the prosperity O
the Hammond church under the
pastorate of Mr.. Smith will be re
ceived with qualification by hi:
many friends here. Mr.. Smith
was one of the most popular pas
tors the M. E. church in thi:
place ever had and his retention
at this charge was longer thar
that of any other one of his pre-
| decessors. He was ably seconded
by his wife in all branches o
church work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
BANKS ELECT OFFICERS
First National and Plymouth
State Bank Show Gratifying
Years Work.

The stockholders of the Ply
mouth State bank and the First
National bank have elected direc-
tors and officers for the ensuing
year. The reports submitted at
the stockholders meetings show
ed each institution to be in a
flourishing condition. The busi-
ness of the past year has been
gratifying and the banks think
the outlook good for the future
and with the favorable prospects
ahead they expect to do an in
creased business the coming year.
AT the State bank the follow
ing named officers were elected,
there being no change in the di-
rectorate or officers:
President-David E. Snyder.
Vice President-C. II. Mat
tingly.
Cashier-Oliver G. Soice.
Directors-Theodore Cressner,
Samuel Gretzinger, Henry Hum
richouser, John Blain, David E.
Snyder, c. T. Mattingly and o.
liver G. Soice.
At the First National the fol-
lowing named officers were elect
ed, there being but one change in
the directorate
Presidential. A. O. Packard.
Vice President-L. Tanner.
Cashier-Jas. A. Gilmore.
Directors-M. A. O. Packard,
l.. Tanner, Moses M. Lauer, Jas.
E. Haines, D. c. Knott.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
The Weather Situation.

AT this time last year the ice
houses had been filled. So far lit
tie or no ice has been cut. The
"cold wave! promised for today
by Devoe's weather map did not
arrive, and with the continued
warm weather the prospect for
ice cutting is not good. The
first snow of consequence fell
just a year ago Thursday. Two
years ago the first snow came on
Thanksgiving day and sleighing
lasted 105 successive days. The
thermometer at 10 Friday regis
ed 81 degrees above zero, a most
remarkable state of affairs for the
18th day of January.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
"a Very Graceful Tribute"

Says an exchange: 1T was a
very graceful tribute from a very
graceful speaker when Senator
Beveridge referred the other day
to one of our sons of Indiana as
our distinguished and renowned
vice president, who presides
with dignity, frmness, justice
and kindly grace over hte great
est legislative body of the world,
who has the enthusiastic support
of us all, and around whose ban
ner, if he wishes or will permit
us, we will rally to man striv-
ing to win for him the supreme
honor of our party's nomination
for the presidency at the next
national convention. We are
proud of him and of all the others
we have sent to the service of the
nation" Such words as these re-
fleet honor upon the man who
utters them as we'll as upon the
man in whose behalf they are
spoken"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Mr.. O'Keefe's Report.

MIR. O'keefe, on retiring from
the office of county treasurer,
made a report to the county COM
missioners touching the matter
of interest on public funds and
incorporated in the report his
views as to the proper assign
ment of such funds. The report
shows that for the year 1905 he
received as interest on public
funds, $132O.56, which makes a
total of $4296.34 received by him
and turned into the county treas
ury during the four years of his
incumbency in office. In his re-
port Mr.. O'Keefe says:
THE interest on all public
funds belongs to the people and
not to the treasurer or custodian
of these funds, and if the county
attorneys and the governors of
the state would perform their
duties to the people, the various
treasurers could not keep the in
terest on the public funds.
The interest on the state
funds in the hands of the state
treasurer for the year 1905 would
amount to about $45 900, and this
amount should be paid into the
state treasury.
I'm Marion county the interest
on the public funds is worth $685.
600 annually, or 100000 for the
past four years"
Mr.. O'Keefe is probably the
only county treasurer in Indiana
that ever covered back to the
county's credit the interest re-
ceived on public loans.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18

Business men of South Whitley
have organized commercial
club.
Charles Foster, of Goshen, lost
a thumb while hunting on Thurs
day near Ligonier.
Wilbur Hare was arrested at
Garrett and taken to Goshen to
answer to charge of wife-beat-
ing.
Thirty cattle and eleven horses
periShed in the burning of the
barn of c. Eberhard near Elkhart
on Thursday.
The Huntington postoffice has
been unable to issue money or
ders for several days because its
stock of blanks is exhausted and
supplies have been delayed in ar
irving from headquarters.
The Lafontaine Oil & Gas COM
pany is endeavoring to locate the
person who placed a crow-bar in
the we'll which that company is
sinking there and which makes
the uncompleted we'll valueless. it
being impossible to get the bar
out of the hole.
Soon after burying her hus-
band, Mrs. Michael Burns, of
surance company the amounthg&
Frankfort, found a policy that her
husband had ben carrying in an
insurance company, the amount
being $1,000. She examined the
policy and, according to her cal
culation, the policy had been al
lowed to lapse, and she had given
up all hope of getting a dollar of
the money. However, she toolr
the policy to the local agent, who
forwarded it to the home Office
with a certificate of the death Of
Michael Burns, giving the day
and the hour of his death. Thurs.
day evening Mrs. Burns received
a check from the company for
$797.37, this being the amour,
due her upon the policy which
/ had been saved to her by a clans
! she had overlooked. The pol;cx
would have been void had Burn,
died 40 minutes later than ~,
time given in the death certificsfs
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
DIR. Knott at Home.

DR.. Knott was brought home
Friday from St. Bernard's hos
pital, Chicago, where for the past
two weeks he had been taking
treatment for blood poison. 1t
was found necessary to amputate
the index finger of his right hand.
The doctor was resting measurab-
" we'll today, but the trip had
been quite an effort and caused
an increase of pain in the arm
The doctors general health is
good, he has good appetite ane
IS gradually gaining strength. He
hopes within a week to be at ms =,
Office to do office work, but vii
not probably for a month yet b
able to do outside work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-18
Would Better Have Paid Fare.

He sought the cheapest way to
ride, did Walter Thomas, OF Ply
mouth, and when he went to
Bourbon he tucked $40 in crisp
bills into an inside pocket and
hoped onto the blind baggage.
He reached Bourbon without mis-
hap. looked around for a job that
didn't answer to the call, and
then prepared to ride back TO Ply
mouth on the head end of pas
senger train. But when he jump
ed for the homeward bound train
he missed his footing and fell be-
meath the wheels. Only one hand
was struck and only three fingers
were lost. He was not badly hurt
in any other way. But he has
learned a lesson, no doubt, that
the best way is the honest way
that greed often promotes suffer
ing. There was no necessity oi
his stealing a ride. He could have
paid his fare, and should have
done so. But he was taking
short cut in the money storing
process and is crippled for life
1t is a terrible thing TO know tha
neighbor has been manned; tha
the wheels have destroyed
mans hand. But when the who'll
story is considered Walter Thorn
as will receive less sympath,
than the man usually gets wht
has been permanently injured. L
he had been willing to give tn
railroad company what was due i
he would be safe and sound toda,
and entitled to vast amour
more of respect from his fellow
man.-South Bend Times.