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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Russell Sage's part in making a
president is recalled Shortly before
his death he told the story in his
own words, saying: I'm 1s4s | went
to the Philadelphia national conven-
ton as a representative from my
district to nominate a president |
had always taken a deep interest in
Henry Clay, and wanted him to be
nominated as the wing candidate for
the white house. Thurlow Weed
and William III. Seward we're rather
inclined to General Zachary Taylor
as a stronger candidate He had
made fame in the Mexican war and
by them was considered the strong
est candidate of all the wings
Out of the thirty-two WING dele
gates of the state had twenty-eight
pledged to Henry Clay Such was
the situation before the convention
began. In the convention General
Taylor received a majority of the
votes and | moved to make the NOM
ination unanimous. 1t was done.
Then the convention took a re-
cess to nominate a vice president.
During this interval leading friends
of General Taylor came to me and
said if / would fix upon a good man
for vice president they would vote
for him. l proposed Willard Fill
more as a compromise, respectable
candidate, who was neither abolition
ist nor proslavery, but simply an
old-fashioned wing. had the graft
fication of seeing him accepted and
nominated and later elected.
Immediately after his nomination
Fillmore, who was the New York
state comptroller, came to Troy and
personally thanked me for his nom
ination. That was in the autumn of
1s4s. My selection of Fillmore for
vice president made him president,
for General Taylor died in few
months after his Inauguration and
Fillmore succeeded him IN the white
house"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
Death of Jacob Fries.

Jacob c. Fries, died Thursda,
morning, July 10, a few minutes be-
fore z o'clock. Eleven weeks age
he suffered stroke of paralysis in
volving his right side. Mondav me /
ing he sustained second stroke
since which time he declined very
rapidly, and never fully regained
consciousness. Mr.. Fries was born in
Holmes county. Ohio, May Q, 1s4l,
and was the eldest child of Jacob and
Louisa (Huf) Fries, natives of .Ba-
varia. He came to German TOWNSHIP.
with his parents in 1s45 and was a
lifelong resident of the community.
At the outbreak of the war he re-
sponded to one of the earliest calls
for volunteers, and on September 10,
1861, enlisted in Co. X of the goth in
fantry. Receiving his baptism OF
fire at Shiloh, he participated in all
the actions in which his regiment
was engaged until after the terrible
engagement at Chicamauga, where
his right shoulder was shattered by a
rifle ball, leading to his discharge
from the army in May 1864. and leav-
ing him crippled for life. On Janu-
airy IS, 1865. he was married to hn-
ME Seller, VIII died May 10, sS91. On
Aug. s, 1898, he was married 10 Mrs
May Yoder. at South Bend. He is
survived by wife and FIVE children:
Mrs. George B. Curtis, of Attica,
Ind; Mrs. John c. Wilhelm, of South
Bend; Maude and Charles Fries and
Mrs Carl Ponader, of. Bremen; and
Yoder. He also leaves wo brothers
and three sisters, and many other rel
aiives. He was member of the Unit
ed Brethren church, of the Knights
of Maccabees, and particularly en-
thusiastic member of the G. A. r.
The president of the goth Regiment
organization, he was until few days
before his death busy with plans for
the regimental reunion. Mr.. Fries
was good citizen and kind neigh
Dor, with cheerful disposition tina.
made him many friends, and he will
long be remembered for his quail
ties of head and heart. Funeral SER
vices will be held Sundey at p. m,
in the United Brethren church. The
body will lie in state at the family
residence Sunday from 10 a. m. to p
m.-Bremen Enquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Superintendent Whitaker, of the
Indiana Reformatory, has completed
a special census of the inmates, to
show wha. proportion of them were
inmates OF some juvenile, Chart able
or correctional institution before
commitment to the Reformatory,
and he finds the proportion about %
per cent although he is confident
that some of the boys were diffident
in telling the facts, for fear it would
work adversely to their chances for
an early parole
The returns show that of the lib
inmates. n had been in orphans
homes, 3ae in houses of refuge and
154 in reform schools. OF the latter
number, 10 were in the Indiana in
stitution at Plain6eld This makes a
total of 243, not including those, of
course, who have been in penal insti-
buttons other than those intended for
minors.
Mr. Whitaker thinks these figures
tend to show that there is a con-
siderable proportion of natural de-
linquents, who can not be reformed,
and who should be, in his opinion,
cared for ly the State, but not in a
reformatory or prison, or in any in
stitution that would reflect on good
family name. but in some institution
of the same stamp as those which al
ready exist for the care of the in
sane, the feeble-inded, etc.
1T is a question of sitting" said
Mr.. Whitaker Il do not mean that
these figures simply imply that the
orphans homes and other like insti
tutions are not doing good work Far
otherwise; you simply never hear OF
those. who are brought back into
good society For that 10 we have
here from Plainfeld, there are prob
ably 500 good citizens turned out
by that institution. But there are a
certain number who can not be saved
to society. They are really, as mat
ter of course, diseased and not re-
sponsible for their actions. Those
coming to us from institutions of ju
veniles are chiefly of this class and
we can do nothing for them"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
TWO FORCES IN CLASH.
Temperance and Liquor Elements
Meet in Syracuse, Indiana.

Syracuse, Kosciusko county is ir
the midst of great excitement The
whole town is upset over the contes,
between the temperance element and
the liquor forces. Now the people
have the privilege of supporting two
saloons AS soon as the licenses ex-
pire the saloons must close up shop
as Nicholson law remonstrance is
in effect.
The latest development is regular
riot on the Syracuse streets, when
about so persons, nearly equally di-
vided an opinion, met and engaged in
series of quarrels.
"Chub" Slough BACKED both of the
eyes of John Miles, a temperance
exponent, and also cut Miles nose
Miles is confined to his home "a ner-
vous wreck, since the fracas.
Oliver Given, minister in the u.
B. churchs mixed up in the fracas and
was chased through the streets hat
less. His headgear was torn into
shreds during the pursuit.
John Howard, who organized the
temperance raid at Wawasee, is now
threatened with violence and will not
leave his home. He is charged with
trying to induce the Is year old SON
of William Ward. boy large for
his years, to get liquor at Wawasee.
Howard, SO it is said, sought to man
ufacture witness out of young
Ward.
The cry of the saloon men is that
they are being prosecuted The tenn
perance people do not hesitate to say
that they will stop the sale of every
drop of liquor in Turkey Creek
township.
The organization of two social
clubs is what has aroused the ire of
the reformers. They charge the law
is being openly violated by means
of cloak.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
Indiana's Big Wheat Yield.

lndiana's wheat crop this year will
show that the farmers of the State
have practically regained their old
time form in wheat raising. Pre-
liminary reports at the Office of JOS
H. Stubs, state statistician, show an
enormous wheat yield, due both to
the large acreage and to the excep-
tional yield per acre.
Time was when Indiana was a
wheat yielding state, but in the last
tics, the state has fallen far behind
in this particular. This year, how
ever, the yield is expected to be al
most as great as any on record.
That this is an exceptional year
as judged by the recent times-is
shown by the statement of the sta
tistician that the yield for 1906 will
be from 100000 to $4,000, 900
bushels in excess of the 1905 wheat,
crop of 1904 The cash value will be
from ss,oOO,OoO to 81, 900, 900 more
than it was last year.
These preliminary reports that have
been received at the flee of the state
statistician are regarded as pretty au-
thoritative. The large increase in the
acreage in wheat is shown, township
by township, and county by county.
Last year there was a total of 1914
119 acres in wheat in the state. This
year there will be over 2,160, 900 acres,
a gain of about 81 per cent. in acreage.
This is not matter of estimate, but
is assured.
The average yield per acre is yet
a matter of estimate. Last year the
average yield in this state was 1913
bushels to the acre. On this same
average yield, the wheat crop will be
increased from 2s,s09,521 bushels to
a9,160,521 bushels, an increase of al
most 1o,O00.o0 bushels.
The first dressings, however, in
dicate that the average will be even
greater than that last year. If so, the
yield will be all the larger, and on
what many regard as the conserva-
tive basis of twenty bushels to the
acre the yield will be in excess of
4a, OOO,O 900 bushels.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Norman Collosky, aged 81 v .
saved an Elkhart boy from watery
grave, though no one knew the lad
was in danger Collosky was attend
ing the Evangelical picnic at Stude-
baker park at Elkhart Wednesday
He went swimming in the river, and
being an expert swimmer, dived re-
peatedly in hole fourteen feet deep
Unexpectedly he came upon human
form, which he grasped and pulled to
the surface 1t proved to be May
nard, the 10-year-old son of Charles
Smith, who with others had been
wading about twenty-five feet up the
river, and whoru the current had
caught and swept away. The boy had
not been missed by his companions
and Cellosky's discovery was sur
prise 1t was also timely, as the lad
was partially Unconscious. He was
resuscitated after working with him
some little time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
CALL TO REVOLT.
Revolutionary Manifesto Is Issued
by Members of Douma.

Embracing each other and swear
ing loyalty to the cause of the peo-
pie, the Russian parliament, under
threat of military suppression, ad-
journed its historic session at vi
borg, but not until after it had un-
animously adopted a revolutionary
address to the people.
This document, which was drafted
by the group of toll and agreed to
by the members who heretofore have
been moderates, calls upon the peo-
pie TO resist the czar, TO refuse to
| pay taxes and TO refuse TO serve in
the army. Bonds issued by the gov
eminent, parliament declares, will
be valueless.
mo power can resist the united,
inflexible will of the people," con-
cludes the address '"Citizens, in this
obligatory and unavoidable struggle
your representatives will be with
you"
Thus the curtain has dropped on
|the final act of the drama of Russia
first parliament. The session ended
under a spur of a threat of Cover
nor Rechanberg to use military
force against the members and with
troops already converging on the
Hotel Belvedere, where the meeting
was held.
The assembled members of the
lower house, 1876 in number, hurried
ly adopted and signed the address
to the people, elected a perpetual ex-
ecutive committee headed by Prince
Paul Dolgoroukoff, vice president of
the house, to carry on the work of
liberation and adjourned amidst
characteristic Russian embracing and
kissing.
A few members, including Presi-
dent Mouromtseff, Ivan Petrunke-
vich and Count Heyden, returned to
St. Petersburg by evening trains.
The constitutional democratic CO.
horts intend to go to ST. Petersburg
in body but many of the radical
members, fearing their arrest on
their arrival at the capital, will re-
main for the present in Finland or
return by roundabout routes.
1t is reported that arrangements
have been made at ST. Petersburg TO
greet the deputies on their arrival
there with a formidable demonstra-
ton in their favor and that general
strike may be declared, but on these
points the utmost secrecy is main
tanned.
The address, which bears re-
maJkable similarity to the manifesto
framed by the council of workmen
last November, which landed its au
thors and the-editers of eight ST.
Petersburg newspapers in cells of
the fortress of St. Peter and ST. Paul.
strikes the government in its most
vulnerable point by declaring that
the administration and not parlia
ment is responsible for the delay in
the settlement of the agrarian CUES
ton and by proclaiming a cessation
of payment of taxes and of military
service and reputation of future
loans.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Nellie Leonora Hunter, the fifteen
mnths' old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. f. Hunter, tent missionaries for
the Church CT the Living God in Fort
Wayne, is dead The child suffered
with sore mouth from teething. A
doctor was called and prescribed, but
the parents, on account of their re-
ligious belief, refused to give her the
medicine. Two weeks later she died
of spinal meningitis, after being
grossly neglected
The Hunters were aware of the
fact that the child was growing weak
er daily and could not long survive.
When they called in doctor the sec
ond time it was too late and the lit
tie girls life was forfeited.
Hunter said to newspaper report
err: "The word of God teaches us to
trust in the Lord and we believe the
word of God. We called in a doctor
merely to conform to civic law. We
knew that our child was very sick
and we would have liked to keep her
with us, but the will of the Lord was
otherwise. We do not believe in med
icine or in trusting in doctor. The
word of God teaches us that in case
of sickness we must call in the cid
ers of the church and annoint the
head with OIL 1t is the privilege of
those who do not believe in the Bible
and therefore do not trust in the Lord
to trust in doctors, but they are in
the wrong and we are right. / have
been healed many times from rseious
diseases-diseases which dctors could
not touch-bu trusting in the Lord
and ! have seen others healed. know
that we are right. therefore, not only
from the word of God, but also from
experience"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
OBITUARY.
Ida White-Mcchesney.

Ida, daughter of p A. and d,
White and wife of Schuyler McChes-
ney, was born in North township,
Marshall county, Indiana, March 1,
1861, and died at her home in South
Bend, July 81, 1906. She was mar
ried to Schuyler McChesney, in Sep
TENDER, 1850. To this union was
born two daughters, both living. The
deceased was the only daughter of
a family of twelve children, of which
only four brothers, Edward of Hur-
on, South Dakota, Alvin of Bow
bells, North Dakota, Carl of South
Bend and Marshall of near Lapaz,
still survive. Mel her Edward nor
Alvin were here to attend the funer-
al. Mrs. Charles Force of near Ply
mouth is the only aunt living. Per-
haps no woman ever lived who was
more hospitable than Mrs. McChes-
ney. Everybody was welcomed to
her home and treated with all pos
sible kindness. 1t matlered not what
wrongs she suffered, a kind word
would solace all Ida was a membe :
of the ben Hurr' lodge of South
Bend. The body of the deceased was
brought to Lapaz at 1913 a. m. Mon
day. The funeral was held at the
Methodist church. Rev. Travis of
Grace church, South Bend, officiat-
ing. The remains were inferred ID,
the White cemetery 1-2 miley
southeast of Lapaz. The floral dis
play was grand. AT her request the
Lapaz choir assisted by Frank Wilt
fong OF South Bend furnished the
music. The family and friends wish
to extend their heartfelt thanks to
friends and neighbors for theri kind
ness during their sad bereavement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Alfred Belt, the richest man in
England, who recently died, made
the greater part of his money in the
diamond fields of South Africa. He
never engaged In speculation. His
wealth is estimated at from 35,OOO,-
900 to S5O,O00,O00 In this country
he would barely reach second class
among the plutocrats. Belts fifty
millions are hardly a bite compared
with Rockefeller's, Carnegie's and
others accumulations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Joseph M. Shut, of Huntington
county. had a foot almost shot off
Wednesday, evening by an ordinary
mud turtle. This seems a strange
statement to make, but it is true.
Shut and his son had been out
fishing for turtles and had captured
a number of them which were thrown
into the rear part of the buggy in
which lay loaded shotgun with the
muzzle toward the 'front.' Shut had
just got into the rig when one of the
largest of the turtles got foot
against the hammer and pushed il far
enough back to discharge the gun.
The charge entered Shuts right
foot above the heel and almost tore
it off. Physicians are trying to save
the member without amputation but
are by no means sire they can do SO.
Shut is as years of age and has a
family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
Charged With Rape.

Clarence Wilsoii, better known as
Red Wilson was arrested Thursda,
evening on warrant issued by JUS
tice Young on an affidavit by Sylvest-
err York, charging Wilson with raw
ishing Miss Pearl York at Pretty
Lake, July IL. Wilson is in Jail await
ing a preliminary examination and
there may be other arrests. Particu-
lars cannot be given at present.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26
Uncle Sam Interfered.

Ocville Hill, aged 40 years residing
near South Milford, Lagrange county,
made himself obnoxious to his sister
-in-law, Miss Lille Blair, with whom
he had some difficulty, by writing
obscene letters to her and sending
them through the mails. Hill said
he didn't know that he was violating
the law, but he was, and our Uncle
Sam won't stand it. So Hill was ar
rested and taken before u. S. Com
missioner Berkey and held under
bonds of $500 to answer in the federal
court in Indianapolis at its next Sep
TENDER term.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

he storm which passed north -.
Plymouth Sunday evening aid great
damage IN Elkhart, ot. Joseph and
LapoIte counties. Inc wind blew
down many trees but tne gr<- ,si
damage was done by lightning. Tie
bin. on the Ludlow farm soma
cast q Misnawaka, one OF the hnes-t
Jams IN d. Joseph county. WAS en-
tireiy destroyed with all ats con. efts
The iai &c barn OF Amos Shaun. near
Inarlotte church, south oil James
town, Elkhart county, was burnci ~
the ground, with three horses AMI
many farming implements and osis
Inc largest bank barn in Northern
Indiana, owned by William Moore
and located two and one half n,lSs
south OF Nappanee, was totally ~
stroyed.
Inc barn of John Mills, six miles
northwest of Elkhart on the St. 10
seph- Elkhart county line. was Dprn-
ca to the ground. One horse and
hte contents. including four buggies
and four sets of harness. were de-
stroyed. Walker Mills. the eldest
son, was severely burned in rescu;a g
the remaining stock. There was
800 insurance in the Bremen Fam
ers Mutual.
The second barn on the G. G. Cons
farm, northeast of Elkhart, burned.
The Elkhart fire department answer
ed the call, and although there was
no water, siyed the other buildings.
including the handsomely furai<hed
country home of Col. Corn, which
was saved by the use of cnsm Gals .
The John Mills barn. four miles
north of Osceola, also was struck
by lightning and totally consumed
1t was impossible to ascertain the
amount of damage in this case. but
the structure was practically new
one.
The Amos Schaum barn, three and
one-half miles southeast of Osceola,
was likewise consumed by the flames
following stroke of lightning. The
loss will be heavy.
Another barn further to the. south
of Osceola was struck and burned to
the ground. but the name of the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

James P. Goodrich. Republican
State Chairman, has appointed as
members of the executive committee
to serve with the State committee,
and in way divide with the State
chairman the responsibilities of the
coming campaign: Harry Starr,
Richmond, chairman; Elmer Leon
ard, Fort Wayne; Judge J. E. Piety,
Terre Haute; Charles G. Sefrit,
Washington, and John c. Zulauf, JEFF
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

Rockerfeller's right hand bower,
Henry ii. Rogers has been ordered by
the federal court to pay back at least
81, 500, 900 of unlawful gain in the dis
reputable Bay State Gas deal which
Tom Lawson laid bare in one of his
early 'frenzied finance" articles. This
decision of the federal court will
probably have the effect of hurting
another volley of TRADES at Presidens
Roosevelt "a madman bent on the de-
struction of the country's business in
terests."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

The editorial articles and newspa-
pers deal alphabetically with the
death of Lady Curzon of Kedleston.
They dwell on her intellectual force.
beauty, grace and tact and the bril-
liant success she achieved in India,
where, as vicerine. she worked with
heart and head for the welfare of the
people"
They also emphasize her benevo-
lent solicitude for the humber classes
and attribute much of Lord Cur7op's
success in India to her. The articles
point out that Lord Curzon has the
sorrow and sympathy of three great
countries in his bereavement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

The latest from Walter Wellman,
who is in charge of the Wellman-
Record Herald expedition to the
North Pole, he was at Danes Island
the farthest North any navigator has
ever reached This is only 600 miles
from his destination. 1t is expected
that 100 hours will be cnsumed in
reaching the pole. The start from
Danes Island will be made August /
and the return to that point by the
first of September There are twent,
four all told in that party.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

There has been healthy growth in
the public conscience in the last four
years Bribery few years ago was
conventional, unheeded, and uncheck-
ed-the public conscious was asleep.
Now bribery is treason-the treason
of peace. The energies of the public
conscience is extended from private
to public offender-Covernor Folk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

David Fox, six years old and Val
praise lad, is suing the Wabash Ry-
Co. for $1,000. A single torpedo was
left in an alley on the company's
right of way Fox, while playing with
other lads picked up the torpedo and
carried it to his home, a distance of
half a block and there in an endeavor
to open the same, struck it with a
hammer and said torpedo exploded, a
piece of metal striking the plaintiff
in the left eye with such force as to
destroy the sight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-26

A series of resolutions has been
adopted by the County Board of Ed
ucation of Elkhart county, to pres
ent to the commission appointed by
the Governor to consider laws:
1. Towns and cities (ineorpor-
ated)) should have nc choice in the
election of township trustee
2. Township trustees should live
outside of such towns and cities.
3. A person should be appointed
or elected to take charge of relief
work in cities, and also take chrge
OF the dog fund of cities and towns.
A. The president of the school
board of cities and towns should
have a vote in the selection of coun-
ty superintendent.
S. Advertising for bids for town
ship supplies should be dispensed
with
g. Public depositing banks should
be established and township trustees
should be relieved of the responsible
ity of public funds in case of loss,
when deposited in such bank.
Z. All road tax should be paid in
cash, and road supervisors should be
authorized to employ labor to work
or the highways, issuing orders on
township trustees for payment of such
labor.
8. Trustees should be allowed to
pay supervisors for more than forty
days service at So day, if actual
service is performed.
.. The pay of township trustees
shall be $500 day for time actually
employed, and no township advisory
board shall set apart less than one
hundred days.