The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-04

The report of Supreme President
William NJ Fogarty to the supreme
convention of the Young Mems In
stitute, favors the establishment of a
Young Mems Catholic Association
modelled after the general plan OF the
Young Mems Christian Association
Laura Weiss four years old, was
visiting her grandparents at Misha-
waka, Tuesday and while engaged III
cutting out comic pictures with d
pair of scissors tripped ard fell and
the point of the scissors punctured
the jugular vein causing her death in
a few minutes.
R. c. Kloepfer and family have
moved to Logansport. They have
been residents of Plymouth over
thirty years and leave hundreds of
friends. The German Evangelical
church, of which they have been
members during all the time they
have resided here. will feel lonesome
without them.
Eli Miller and wife have gone to
the far west to remain for some
time Mr.. Miller will go to Idaho
FIRST and his wife will go to Nevada,
to visit her father. They will then
meet in California where they will
visit Mrs. Miler's sister, and then
Mr.. Miller will join a stone mason's
gang and build stone abutments for
railway bridges Bourbon Mirror.
The known dead who have met
death in connection with the riots at
Atlanta, Georgia since last Saturday
night number one white man and
eighteen negroes. To this number
might be added the name of Mrs
Robert p. Thompson, an estimable
white woman who dropped dead
Monday evening after seeing two ne
groes shot and beaten in front of her
home.
Philip Sickman, the Republican
candidate for county commissioner in
the third district, is one of the best
farmers and best business men in
the southwest part of the county and
should receive the votes oi the best
men of al parties If voters vote for
the best man nominated in that dis
irict, Mr.. Sickman will have 1000
aore votes than both the other can
ties.
1t is shown by the monthly state
ment of foreign commerce issued by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor that during the month of Au-
gust there was a substantial increase
in the expectation of American food
stuffs, which includes meat and meat
products, despite the black eye which
the outcry about packing methods
was thought to have given this class
of trade
Joseph Birdsell, zone OF the best
known manufacturers in South Bend
a resident of the community since
1864 and president of the Birdsell
Manufacturing company, known
Throughout the world as the largest
clover huller factory in existence
died Thursday afternoon at 3:4'
o'clock after an illness with Bright's
disease covering period OF three
months. He was 62 years old.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel is keep
ing up its fight on Mayor Hosey
with unflinching and unwavering
courage If persistence wins, the eff
forts of this Democratic newspaper
against a Democratic executive
should bear fruit The Sentinel new
er misses an opportunity to plead fol
law enforcement and TO tell the pub
lie just where and how the mayor o.
Fort Wayne is neglecting his duty
/ Metsker has a two column article
to prove that the jury should have
allowed their sympathy for Rettinge'
to influence their verdict, instead O
the law and the evidence The jury
had taken an oath to do their duty
and they had respect for that oath
They no doubt have as much sym
patty for Fred Rettinger as Metskei
has, but tl.ey were men who felt i
incumbent upon them to do Their
sworn duty.
People who argue that capital pun
lishment does not lessen the number
of capital crimes, should reflect tina
the system of capital punishment
does not have a fair show in thi
country. Our laws and the practice
of our courts are such that out of 10'
persons charged with murder onl,
1.-TWO are convicted and but one exc
cuted. In Germany they convic
about s5 per cent of prisoners charg
err with homicide. In the year 190'
there were 80 cases of homicide il
Germany there were s976 in thu
United States during the same per
iod.