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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Plymouth Hive, Ladies of the Mod
ern Maccabees was organized Thurs
day night in the Modern Maccabee
hall, by Anna L. Gowdy, Deputy
Great Commander, Of Coldwater,
Mich. 1t starts out with good char
ter membership made up mostly of
ladies from the defunct order of Mod
ern Samaritans. The ladies of the
Modern Maccabees is an auxiliary to
the Knights and is exclusively a
woman's organization. 1t was organ
lied at Muskegon, Mich, in 1886 and
now has over $4,000 members. They
confined their operation to Michigan
until four years ago but they are now
licensed and doing an active business
in twenty-five states.
The following officers were elected
and installed: Past Commander,
Sarah Sponsler; Commander, Ida
Walburn; 1t. Commander, Grace
VanGilder; Record Keeper, Mabel
Kleckner; Finance Keeper, Cora
Hahn; Chaplain, Matte Fogue; Mar
shall at Arms, May Spencer; Sergeant,
Minnie Pogue; Sentinel Minnie
Klingerman: Picket, Althea Windisch
Organist. Cora Hahn, Physician, G.
A. Holtzendorff.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

The housewife who uses oil lamps
has now had a chance to learn the
tricks of the trade. The testimony
at the interstate commissioners hear
ing of the charges against the Stand
ard Oil Company has revealed, among
other things, how poor oil can be
made to burn we'll and how good oil
can be made to burn poorly by FIX
ing" the lamp. The tricks that the
Standard Oil Company used to the
injury of its competitors will be crit
ically studied by the housewife, be-
cause they will give her information
that she can use to profit in her own
business.
The wick, to begin with, should
hang straight down into the oil. Then
the oil will pass up more freely to the
flame, and better light will be OBJ
tanned.
The wick should be cut with as
thin an edge as possible. If it has
a broad burning surface at the top
the fame will be yellow instead of
white.
The chimney should fit tight to the
brass burner, so as not to let air in
where air is not wanted
The holes at the bottom of the
burner should be kept open, so as
to let plenty of air in where air is
wanted
The wick should not be turned so
high that it will char or smoke.
An old chimney lets a better light
through than new one, and shall
low bow! lamp is better for poor
grades of oil than deep bowl lamp.
The wise housekeeper will paste
these facts on her oil can This vii.
keep them in her memory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Loganspora, Ind, May 1O.-Miss
Bertha Parker, chief. telephone OPP
orator at Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee
through the Indianapolis police has
solved the mystery surrounding her
birth, and will go to indianapolis to
make her home with Thomas West
her father, whom she had never seen
until Sunday.
Her father was absent at her birth
and on the death of her mother the
infant was adopted by James B. Park.
er, wealthy Kokomo man, who gave
her his name Clews to her identity
were given the police by Miss Parker
six months ago, resulting in the re-
union at Indianapolis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
Makes Good Use of Wealth.

Duke Carl Theodore, of Bavaria, is
one of the worlds rich men who not
only make asnoble use of his wealth
but makes his life useful to the com
munity. He began life as soldier
but later studied medicine and after
taking his degree devoted himself to
treating diseases of the eye, and is re-
garded as one of the most skillful liv-
ing surgeons in such diseases. He
is 81 years old and possessed of a
large fortune His wife is trained
nurse, and she and her daughters are
actively engaged in assisting the duke
in his practice. He never accepts a
fee, from rich or poor, for his SER
vices, but on the contrary has spent
millions in building and maintaining
free hospitals. 1t has been well said
that there is no luxury in this world
like the luxury of doing good and the
happiness the duke and his family
must get from this use of their fort
une and their work is in strong con-
trast to the idle rich.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
STEEL COMPANY IS MODEL
Building of Beautiful Town at Gary.
Ind, Well Under Way.

Preliminary work on the biggest
steel plant that the world has ever
known has been begun at the site
of the new town of Gary III Lake
County and every branch of it is to
be pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible Two hundred men and
100 teams are now at work every
day, laying out the streets and aven-
ues of the new city, taking soundings
for the foundations of the immense
structures that will constitute the
buildings of the United States Steel
Corporation and getting everything
in readiness for the vast army of
workmen that will soon invade the
place and begin the work of construc-
ton.
The surveyors have completed the
preliminary engineering work, and
the new city will be built under the
supervision of A. F. Knots, while the
construction of the steel plants will
be superintendent by Second Vice
President Thorpe of the United
States Steel Corporation.
The test holes for the gigantic
plant, which will give employment to
$4,000 or 10000 men, have been bored
and show sand for fifty feet and clay
at seventy feet. The surveys have
also been made for the location and
dimensions of the streets. There will
be Two prominent streets in the city,
running at right angles to each other,
one to be known as Broadway and
the other as Fifth avenue, and each
will be 100 feet wide and marvel of
beauty. They will be paved with Wit
rihed brick, and all tie streets of the
city will be permanently improved at
the start. The city is expected to
have a population of at least 100000
when the work of manufacturing
steel begins, and the plans provide
for the accommodation of that num-
Der, with additional ground plated
for enlargements as they may become
necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Gigantic Relic of Chicago Worlds
Fair Wrecked by Dynamite.

ST. Louis, Mo-, May 11.-After two
heavy explosions of dynamite the
Ferris wheel was brought down to-
day and only tangled mass of iron
now remains of the monster wheel
which carried thousands and thous-
ands of passengers at the Chicago
and St. Louis worlds fairs.
In the morning a hundred pounds
of dynamite were placed in holes drill
led in the concrete foundations on
one side, but the explosion only
served to blow out portions of the
concrete. Drillers set to work to drill
holes for a still heavier charge, which
was touched off at APO p m Instead
of falling on one side, as vas expect
ed. the massive wheel, which weighed
4,2OO tons, crumpled up and sank to
the earth in almost the same space
that the framework occupied.
The boiler, engine and cars of the
wheel had been removed about
month ago and the contractors spent
considerable time in figuring how to
take down the massive frame struc-
tire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
THE MCCOY TRIAL.
Both Doleful and Funny Stories Are
Told on the Witness Stand.

The story of the failure of the A.
more than two years ago as narrated
by the depositors on the witness
stand contained many features OF
many kinds.
There was a touch of pathos in
some of the testimony and there was
vein of humor in part of it. The
peculiarities of human nature were
often displayed and the animosity of
some of the witnesses was made plain.
Many of the depositors were suffer
ers from the failure and others lost
their all. In many instances the tes-
timony was dry and undressing
but nearly every member of the Jury
watched each witness carefully and
appeared anxious to hear every word
1t is doubtful if in an Indiana court
there has ever been such a story told.
The money of public officers, of wild
ows, of orphans, of rich men and poor
men, wealthy farmers and poor sew
ing women, was all swept away
Guardians lost the money of their
wards, wives lost their husbands
money and husbands money belong
ing to their wives. All ranks of life
and all businesses were involved in
the failure.
The savings of a lifetime disap-
peared in few hours. 1t was a story
of tears, heartaches and regrets.
The comedy of the day was fur
nished by George w. Terwilliger, a
farmer living near Rensselaer,, who
was as funny in looks as queer in
name. He laughed heartily on the
witness stand at the slightest provo
cation, and kept Mr.. McHugh laugh
ing, too.
When Mr.. McHugh objected to one
of the questions asked, the witness
asked: "Shail l answer"
"Oh, yes replied Mr.. Sellers. HE
is just having slight spasm"
Guess he has 'em at regular inter
vals.' continued the witness, laughing
loudly, and the whole courtroom
laughed with him.
Mr.. Terwilliger lost about $40 by
the bank failure, and also regarded
that as funny.
The days tragedy was the appear
ancc on the witness stand, in the
afternoon, of Mary Hughes, age sew
enty-two years, an inmate of the Jas
per county poor house. Mrs. Hughes
is soldiers widow, and saved her
money until she had about $500 in the
Mccoy bank. 1t was not large
sum, but It was enough to keep her
the rest of her life The bank failed,
the money was lost. her home was
gone, and she went over the hills to
the poorhouse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Rochester is to have new bank
ing institution, the Rochester Trust
and Savings Co., with paid up cap
ital stock of 100000 and its leading
stockholders the strongest men, hnan,
cially in Northern Indiana Among
the stockholders are Rome c.. Steph-
enson, George W. Holman, ] E. Bey-
er, w. A. Banta, Editor Henry A.
Barnhart, and others, of Rochester;
w. l. Rannels, of Fulton; Jacob VOL
verton, John M. Studebaker and VIM.
]. Kellar, of South Bend; Ed. F. Mi
chael and Emmett H. Scott, of La
porte; and A. L. Stephenson, George
Il. Little and Thomas McNamee OF
Wabash. Mr.. Woolverton is presi-
dent OF the South Bend Savings and
Trust Go.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
BANKER SLAIN BY BROTHER
Slayer Barbados Himself in Shed,
But Meekly Surrenders.

W. Fl. Sylvester, president of the
First National bank of Montezuma,
Parke county, was shot and killed at
noon Thursday by Stephen Sylvester,
a brother, whose mind is believed to
be affected.
After the shooting the slayer ran
to his home and barricaded himself
in a shed he recently constructed.
Sheriff Carter and Marshal Boyd,
who arrived soon after from Rock
vile after hard drive across the
country, approached the house and
called on Sylvester to surrender.
After a moments hesitation he said
he would surrender if he was assured
safety. This assurance was given and
Sylvester opened the door, stepped
out and locked it after him. He hen
gave himself up to the officers, and
they started at once for Rockville
where he was locked in jail
He had been known as very &C.
centric character and it is believed
he built the stronghold in his yard
with iron roof and heavy walls in an
ticipation of the trouble. He told
physician of the family several days
before that he was determined to get
some money he claimed to be due
him. from his brother and he did not
care how he got it or what happened.
Stephen Sylvester was injured sew
eraI years ago by fall and his mind
has been affected since. The shoot
ing followed quarrel at the home
of w. H. Sylvester, the dead man,
who was one of the most prominent
men in the community. Stephen had
demanded money from his brother
and quarrel and fist fight followed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
RUSSIA Halls DAWN.
After Ages of Oppression People
Are Recognized in New Parlia-
ment.

The Russian parliament is now an
actuality. Absolutism has been rout-
ed, and the people, despised and
abused for centuries, have come into
their own.
So finely did the Fates weave this
magical skein that the contributing
events of thousand years were gath
cred and clustered into a period of
few hours. But history was made in
that brief period-a child was born
to Russia, and the people have named
it Freedom.
Strange parody on sinister past,
the car was sponsor at the cere-
mony! The imperial head of the gov
eminent, of the church, of the SOL
diery and peasantry, stood in the
great hall of the Winter palace and
speaking from the throne of the Ro-
manoffs, gave it quiet and resigned
greeting.
The masses received the speech
with wild shouts of applause. Con-
ditions were perfect for the event.
The weather was superb, the cap :
tai city sparkling with color and life.
Flags waved from every window and
a penant from every staff.
The speech was a S follows:
The Supreme Providence which
gave me the care of our fatherland
moved me to call to my assistance
in legislative work elected represcn-
tatives of the people. In the exp T.
tation of brilliant future for Rus
STA | greet in your persons the best
men from the empire, whom l order
ed my beloved subjects to choose
from among themselves.
A difficult work lies before you. +
trust that love for your fatherland
and your earnest desire to serve it
will inspire and unite you.
/ shall keep inviolate the institu-
tons which have granted, with the
firm assurance that you will devote
all your strength to the service of
your country, and especially to the
needs of the peasantry, which are so
close to my heart, and to the educa-
ton of the people and their economic
cal welfare, remembering that to the
dignity and prosperity of the state
not only freedom, but order founded
upon justice is. necessary.
l desire from my heart to see my
people happy and hand down to my
son an empire secure, well organized
and enlightened.
May God bless the work that lies
before me in unity with the council
of the. empire and the imperial dou-
ma. May this day be the day of the
moral revival of Russia and the day
for the renewal of its highest forces
Approach with solemnity the labors
for which / call you and be worthy
of the responsibilities put upon you
by the emperor and the people,
May God assist us.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

The bravest woman in Indiana has
been found In asking for divorce
she fearlessly demands the custody of
thirteen children, the youngest a
babe of but eight months.
This remarkable request is por
ton of the complaint filed by Mrs
Ellen Rittenhouse against Charles
Rittenhouse, a retired and wealthy
farmer of Ellwood, in the Madison
Superior Court. Mrs. Rittenhouse
AYERS that her husband has cruelty
mistreated her for twenty years, but
that she endured it until week ago
when he threw her from their home
in Ellwood. The court has restrained
Rittenhouse from disposing of any
part of his estate pending the settle
ment in court of the divorce case The
suit is great surprise to the friends
of the family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

ct seems not so long-only fifteen
years-ago when David Bennett Hill
came to Washington and took the
oath of office as United States Sena-
tor" said veteran newspaper cor
respondent last night; but since Mr..
Hill. was sworn in, death has cut a
previously wide swath in the ranks of
distinguished men who were in the
Senate with him at the same time
More than a score have gone the way
of Calhoun, Clay and Webster. Think
of them-Sherman,. Hoar, Hawley,
Vest, Vance. Voorhees,, Kenna, Cor
don, Colquitt, George, WalthaIl, Dav-
is of Minnesota, Plumb, Mcpherson,
Harris Bate. and as many others. -
Washington Post, Ind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Although congressional free seed
distribution were lately declared up
on good authority to be wholly with
out warrant in law, this consideration
evidently does not weigh with many
members of the house. By vote of
1853 to So that body yesterday again
voted to continue the free-seed graft.
As the reasons once put forward in
defense of the policy have been
shown to be invalid, the only explana-
ton must be that the congressman
yielded to some of the arguments
just put forward by statesmen to
whom the free seed privilege is dear
Possibly they were affected, for in
stance, by the burning eloquence of
Congressman Gaines, of Tennessee,
who said in recent speech:
Il believe that if We stop the pour
ing out of these few little seeds to
the farmers throughout this great
republic, thus preventing the seed
trust concern from conspiring against
the farmers, like the beef trust has
done, believe we will have the seed
trust But this keeps it down. 1t is
free trade in seed. That is what it is,
continent, free trade in seeds. That
seed used to be Republican doctrine
and it is good Democratic doctrine
today 1t is the only thing to hold
off a seed trust That is the main
point and that is why speak thus
today"
why is it," continued Mr.. Gaines,
eloquently proceeding, "that there is
not trust in these seeds. because the
government prevents it by buying
this seed and putting it into the lap
of the honset yoemanry of the coun-
try"
The impressive argument of the
Tennessee statesman may not con-
vince the average citizen, but it evil
IDENTIFY has prevailed with the cong
ressrnan. Let no one imagine that
the latter were influenced by a sor-
did desire to carry favor with constit-
uents. They merely seek to use free
seeds as an agency wherewith to com
bat monopoly and oppression. Per
haps later they will be found trying
to elaborate the policy. Why not
empower the congressman, for in
stance, to distribute free steaks and
free kerosene and thus break down
the beef trust and oil trusts? An APP
preparation authorizing each member
to give away anything he chose from
hairpins and matches to automobiles
and grand pianos would crush every
grasping trust in existence.-Logans-
port Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

If you are under forty years of age,
and have not yet made your fortune,
do not be discouraged You have
more or less time to prepare for bet
ter days and it is Cup to you" to inn
prove every minute. An exchange
says that the larger part of the great
frtunes of the country have been ac-
cumulated after their amassers have.
passed forty. In fact, the first forty
years of mans life are the prepare
toiy years, the years of training and
discipline A large part of this time
is laying the foundAtion-just getting
ready to rear the superstructure.
Many of us stumble around many
years before we get into the right
place, and then for additional years,
we make many mistakes. Most men
do not get wise until they have pass
ed forty. They may get knowledge
before this, but not much wisdom.
Wisdom is the ripening process. 1t
takes time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
Death of Isaac Miller.

Isaac Miller, brother of Jesse Mil
Ter, of North township, died at his
home in South Bend, Saturday morn
ing, aged u years and three months.
He had been a resident of South
Bend so years and had resided in the
house where he died As years. He
was blacksmith by trade but for
the past ten years had conducted. a
feed barn. His neighbors say that
they do not believe he ever had an
enemy. He leaves a widow but no
children.
Funeral services at the Wenger
church in South Bend, Tuesday after
noon, conducted by Rev. A. II
Kreighbaum.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

We cannot keep the governmenf
too close to the people. They are
the soursc not alone OF authority and
power, but also of wisdom and virtue.
Public men can make no greater mis-
take than to imagine that because =
man has been in Office long time he
is wiser and better than the people
whom he represents. The great prob
LENS of our national life and civili-
cation have not been settled in Cong
ress, but BY the people in their homes
and their places of business and at
the polls. Every Congress which has
solved great problems developed at
critical period in our history has been
elected in response to an appeal of
public sentiment. The closer the
government stands to the people and
the more it reflects enlightened public
opinion, the. truer it will be to Amer
lean ideals and the less danger viii
it encounter in its progress through
the years. The suggested extension
of the term of Representatives in
congress would be departure from
this principle which the country can
hardly afford to make-Denver Re-
publican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Mrs. Oliver p Morton, widow of
the war governor of Indiana, has pre-
scented to the state library the copie
of letters, kilograms, war orders and
other documents received and sent by
Governor Morton during that mem
orab1e time The copies were made
many years ago, and for the last sew
eral years they have been in the SAT-
ETY. deposit vaults of the Indiana
Trust company. Some of them bear
the signatures of President Arabian
Lincoln, between whom and Cover
nor Morton there existed the strong
est personal friendship.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
Career of Carl Schurz.

Carl Schurz was born in Germany
March 2. 1929, received university
education and socn became prominent
as liberalist. He was arrested fol-
his action with the insurrectionists
in 1S4s, but escaped and went to Lon
don and from there came to Amer
lea in 1852.
He went to Wisconsin, where he at
tanned prominence among the Repub-
licans Of that State, being called on
as an orator of the party on many
occasions. His speeches in both Ger
man and English proved strong in
drawing power and he was finally
given the nomination of the Republi-
can party for lieutenant governor in
1857, only to go down TO defeat with
the other candidates with whom he
was associated.
He was delegate to the conven-
ton at Chicago which nominated
Lincoln for president in 1860, and
was one of the most effective Repub-
lican speakers of that campaign.
In 1861 he was named as United
States minister to Spain, but held the
Office at Madrid only few months
returning to the United States in 1861
to resign his Office to enter the army
In May, 1862, he was made briga-
der general of volunteers, and as
such commanded brigade at the Sec
ond battle of Bull Run. He was soon
afterward promoted to be major
general OF volunteers and command
ed division at Charlottesville and
Gettysburg. He took part in the var
ious campaigns in Tennessee, resign
ing from the army early in 1865.
Afterward he acted as Washington
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une, leaving the national capital in
1866 to go toDetroit, Mich, where he
founded and for time edited the
Detroit Post In 1867 he left there
and went to st. Louis, where he be-
came editor of the ST. Louis West
liche Post.
In politics he has always shown
great independence and tits caused
him to make several changes in his
party affiliations. He was chairman
of the Republican national committee
which met in Chicago in 1868, and
was United States senator from Mis-.
souri, from 1869 to 1875. In 1872 he
took part in the organization of the
Liberal party and aligned himself
with the supporters of Horace Gree
ly, presiding over the Cincinnati con
vention which nominated Greeley. II
1876 he supported President Hayes
OF Ohio and was rewarded by being
appointed secretary of the interior
holding the position from 1877 to 1881
In 1881 he became editor of the New
York Evening Post, and held the DO
sition until 1884. In that year he be
came one of the leaders of the indie
pendent movement and supported
Cleveland for president. He has beer
frequent contributor to magazines
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Mrs. Clancy of South street, one
of the most popular ladies of Ply
mouth had birthday Saturday and
she ought not to have been surprised
when great crowd of friends rushed
in Saturday evening to help her cele-
brate, but she was, she was not ex-
pecting anybody, but she soon made
them all feel welcome and they made
her understand that they hoped she
would be for many years, as she is
now, an earnest helper in every good
cause. Ice cream and cake were serv-
ed and all had a pleasant evening.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17

Hearst calls the late Democratic
victory in New York city the crime
of last November" He says that it
has been shown by overwhelming
proof that in the election the will of
the people was defeated by fraud and
that the accusations of fraud were
supported by 1000 affidavits, 100 in
dictments and II convictions.