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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

1t would be profitless to inquire
why Indiana has such pitifully mad
equate statutes for prosecution of
law-breaking trusts. Legislatures
have come and gone and neglected or
bungled the work, while Attorney
General Miller, at least, has urged
the enactment of laws like those of
adjoining States where convictions
have been had.
Doubtless one excuse that will be
urged on behalf ofprior Legislatures
is the fact that public opinion had
not yet been aroused on these sub
|jects as it is aroused today 1t is
more probable that the real explana-
ton must be found in the activity
of trusts emissaries in defeating the
salutary measures urged by Mr.. Mil
Ter.
All this, however, is neither here
nor there. The thing is now for the
neglect to be remedied. Here is a
plain and unacceptable duty for the
coming legislative session. And it is
one that will doubtless be discharged
Few members of either party will
care to be found in opposition to so
just and necessary law.-Indianap-
oils Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Married.
Colmey-NcNif.

One of the prettiest weddings OF
the season took place in the Sisters
chapel at z O'Clock Tuesday morning
when Mr.. Charles Colmey and Miss
Mary McNif were united in marri-
age by Rev. Father rrcmEicl. The
bride was gowned in white net over
soft silk trimmed with real lace. Her
veil fell from wreath of smilax and
she carried shower OF white brid-
al roses. The bridesmaid, Miss
Julia Walters OF Columbia Iity, wore
a gown of white Mr.. Edward Big
gems of this city, performed The duty
of best man. The ceremony was wit
messed by number of the bridal
couples friends. Mr.. and Mrs Col
mey left for tour to Rochester, N
Y and other points of interest fol-
lowed by the very best wishes of
their many friends On their return
they will begin housekeeping in their
beautiful home on north Center
street May their years be long and
happy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Damage to Cotton Crop.

President Harvie Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton ASSOCIATION, esti-
mates that between 10000 and 5O,-
900 bales of cotton were killed in
Georgia alone Wednesday night ]
S. Akers, of the cotton firm of Akers
& Imam, stated that at least 10000
bales of cotton. were destroyed. In
addition to Georgia, killing frosts
formed Wednesday night in South
Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri
Alaama, Tennessee, Arkansas and in
fact in most of the states east of the
Mississippi river. Ii is estimated
that the cotton crops of the states
suffered as much as did the crop OF
Georgia, and it is approximated that
in the neighborhood of 100000 bales
of cotton were destroyed Wednes-
day night
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

Ernest Cornwell, aged 16, an ap-
prentice telegraph operator, at Mil
ford Junction, was instantly KILLED in
front cf the b. & o. station Satur-
day night In company with three
companions, he went to the junction
to jump freight to go to Bremen
where the young men had girl ac-
quaintances. They attempted to
board lastly moving freight, and all
caught it but Cornwell. who fell un-
der the wheels after losing his hold
on a handle in some manner The
top of his head was cut off above the
eyes, as clearly as cleaved with a
heavy sabre.
The lad was from Standish, Mich
where his father. Chester Cornwel'.
and mother reside The accident was
witnessed by number of travellers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
The Power of Tax Board.

The appellate court in decision
recently handed own held that the
state tax board has no power to in
crease the valuation of the improve
ments on real estate in county, nor
to increase the assessment of prop
erty in a city, town or township,
when the other property of the same
kind in a county is not revealed. 1t
was decided that an, order of the
board in 1893 for an increase of 80
per cent in the valuation of improve
ments on lands in Fountain county,
and FIVE percent increase in the value
of improvements in the cities of At
tica and Covington was void, and
the collection of the increased taxes
was enjoined. The court says that
the state board can deal with proper
ty only ly counties and only by gen.
eral classes, as real property or per-
sonal property.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
TAKES AN APPEAL.
earn Takes Craftsmanship Case to
Supreme Court.

An appeal on relation OF Francis
E. earn against the election conf
missioners of Marshall county, has
been filed in the supreme court
The relator filed on Sept. 80 in
the circuit court his petition for an
alternative writ of mandate, upon
which an alternative writ was at once
issued to the board of election com
misisoners for Marshall county AMI
to John R. Jones and Francis M.
Burkett, members of such board.
commanding the apellees in the pre-
paration of the official county ballot
to be voted for in November, to
place certain candidates for county
officers to be printed in the second
column of such official ballot under
the designation Republican ticket
and under the eagle as device, aud
that no names of other persons be
printed in said second column as can
didates for the same Offices as the
persons named
On Oct 4 both members of the
board, Jones and Burkett, filed their
demurrer to the alternative writ. On
Tuesday. Oct. Q. the demurrer was
sustained by Judge Bernetha and the
attorneys for the relator. earn, re-
fused to plead over and permitted
Judgment against them. The relator
prayed an appeal to the supreme
court. which was granted and the
bonds duly filed, transcript prepared
and the case was filed in the supreme
court Friday evening. with a motion
that, on account of its great import
ance, it be advanced for immediate
consideration. The court ordered
the cause advanced, directed the ap-
pellee to file a brief within 10 days
and the appellant to file reply brief
within two days, so that he case can
be disposed of before election.
1t will be seen that this is simply
an attempt of the boilers to get
writ of mandate without a trial o.,
the case on its merits.
They know that the law and the
evidence are all against them when
the facts were fully presented
This case could have been fled
more than three months ago and
would have been filed then if the
boilers had not known that the
courts would decide in favor of Hen
bricks when the facts were present
ed.
1t is game of bluff on the part
of Jim Goodrich, who does not want
to be beaten by country politicians,
and he is using Republican money
from every county in Indiana 20 pay
earn & Co., to keep up the fight and
disrupt the Republican party in Mar
shall county.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Football Shocks Upton.

Sir Thomas Upton Friday saw
his first American game of football
at Ripon college, where special
game of football between the first
and second teams had been hastily
arranged on Sir Thomas expressed
desire to see the American game AT
the conclusion of the game Sir
Thomas shook hands with the play
ers and Addressed them briefly. He
complimented the boys on their spir-
it, but deplored the roughness of the
game, saying that the rugby game
afforded as much exercise and enjoy
ment without brutality and danger.
He hoped to see the rugby game M
tro'uced in this country and said he
would like to give a cup for the pur-
pose.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Goes to Philippines.

The chief item of interest in the
academy the past week was the de-
parture of Captain Wygant for the
Philippines. He had joined the fac
ulty only three weeks ago after re-
signing his Office as captain in the
Second regiment. u. S. infantry
Born and raised in the army, how
ever, Captain Wygant decided tina,
the ties holding him to his old lie
were too strong to break, so he re-
called his resignation, which had not
yet been acted on and left immedi-
ately to rejoin his old command. He
sails from San Francisco Oct. Is as
the Second is now stationed in the
Philippines. Very naturally every
one at the academy regrets this de-
cision upon his part insofar as i
affects them ecause Captain Wygant
had already won the warm friendship
of the entire faculty, and because his
long career in the army made him an
invaluable addition to the military
staff of the academy-Culver Citi-
zen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

The commissioner of internal rev.
enue has issued regulations CONTROL
ing the manufacture of denatured al
cohol and its uses, pursuant to an act
of congress which goes into effect
June 1, 1907. The commissioner says
there will be two classes of alcohol.
first, that which is completely de-
natured, which will pass into gen
eral use and be purchased without
limitation, as against private consum
ers, and, secondly, specially denatur
ed alcohol, in which the material de
manded by the needs of manufactur-
ing interests will be regarded De-
natured alcohol will supplant a large
consumption of wood alcohol, and
the price. it is believed, will not be
more than 35 cents per gallon The
denaturing process will have to be
accomplished on the premises WHERE
the distilling is done, in specially
designated bonded warehouses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
The Next Great Step.

| The Presidents great Harrisburg
speech, our news from Washington
says, was intended as an outline o
the work that he desires the mex
| Congress to do in its long session
previous to which there shall be ;
campaign of education for a twelve
month. The central point is the con
troll of swollen fortunes. He spok,
particularly of the vast accumula
tons of wealth by railroads and 9th
er great corporations. But back Of
this doubtless, he has in mind con
troll of all fortunes. One has only to
recall his suggestion for a progress
the wealth in its use, not its owner
ship that is the menace. The Presi-
dents words were: 9
1T Is our clear duty to see, in the
interest of the people, that there is
adequate supervision and control over
the business use of the swollen for
tunes of today, and also wisely to
determine the conditions upon which
these fortunes are to be transmitted
and the percentage that they shall
pay to the Government, whose pro-
tecting arm alone enables them to
exist"
Once we do that the supervision
will inevitably extend to great for
tunes in whatsoever USE Our friend
ly critic, the London Spectator, to
which we have frequently referred in
this connection, spoke directly to
this point weeks ago. 1t averred
that we should inevitably have first
to restrict the tariff in all of its en-
ormous exactions and then that we
should have to restrict the accumula-
tons of wealth, simply because even
now these accumulations were be-
coming such as to threaten the ma
tional life. It's language, in part,
was:
I'm the third generation multi
millionaire might hold several hum
dred millions sterling and be master
of all means of communication in
three of four States, even if not of
any of the lesser legislatures. What
the new scheme of distribution is TO
be we cannot pretend to foresee;
but that testators disposing of vast
sums will be restrained from be-
queathing more than fixed amount
to individual legatees we think ex-
ceedingly probable"
Thus, it is no mere ROO seveltian"
scheme that the President pro-
pounds. "The spirit of the times
shall teach him speed" He sees
plainly as thoughtful men in both
hemispheres see that the tremend-
Gus play of forces in our unhamper-
ed life here has brought, about con
ditions that can not endure. Our
growth has. been so vast and SO en-
brmous that in the accumulation of
wealth we have produced forces that
uncontrolled, mean ruin for us and
for those related to us. Europe does
not escape. The crux simply is that
concentrated wealth as it is today
with us constitutes menace to civ
ilization unless it be wisely guarded
Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Will Make Twenty-nine Speeches.

w J. Bryan will deliver twenty
nine speeches in Indiana on the
three days tour which he will make
on October %, % and 81. There
will be twelve on the first day, Ten
the second and seven the third day.
The first day will be spent in the
northwestern part of the state, be-
ginning at Brazil and closing at
Evansville. The second day will be
devoted to the gas belt cities. He
will make the first speech of the day
at Upton, and then swing around the
circuit, closing at Greenfield for the
day. In the evening he will address
the big meeting at the West Wash
ngton street baseball park in Indian
apolis. On the third day he starts
in at Lebanon ut a. m and makes
a tour of the north central part of
the state, winding up in the even
in at TT. Wayne, where the big
Twelfth district meeting will be held
in the Princess rink. This will COM
|plete the three-day trip.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18

George Williams, an indianapolis
negro, will be the next victim of the
hangman's moose in the Michigan
/, City prison. After one of the short.
est murder trials on record in Indi-
ana, where the death penalty has
been inflicted, Williams was found
guilty Friday night of numbering q
policeman, Patrolman Edward J. Pet
tigrew, of the Indianapolis force
and the extreme penalty was pro
nounced. The presiding judge will
wait ten days before naming the date
of the execution, which must be al
least 100 days from the date of the
sentence. Then Williams will be
taken to Michigan City to await the
coming of his doom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Disease and Death in September.

The monthly Bulletin of the State
Board of Health just issued, says:
/ The health of the state in Septem-
Der was not so good as in August
| Cerebro-spinal-m was extra
ordinarily prevalent for September,
the number of cases not being known
but there were fifty deaths from the
disease There were nine fewer ty-
phoid deaths than in the same month
last year, but more cases prevalent.
| The disease existed in every county
in the state but most of the cases
we're mild. AS usual, only a proper
ton of the cases are known, be-
cause many which are in a mild form
are diagnosed as malaria" "stom-
ach disorders" bowel disorders"
low fever" etc. The labratory has
been extensively used this month for
making typhoid blood tests and nu-
merous typhoid cases have been dis
covered which otherwise would have
passed as some other complaint. This
gave the physicians and health Off
GERS opportunity to prevent the dis
semination of the disease from such
mild cases.
Rheumatism was the second most
prevalent disease Then follows
Tonsilitis, diarrhoea, typhoid fever,
cholera morbus, cholera infantum,
bronchitis and dysentery. Pneumo-
MIA was reported as 18th in area Of
prevalence and influenza 18TH Small
pox was reported as present III nine
counties, 81 cases in all with two
deaths. The counties reporting this
disease were Fulton, cases; Jeffer-
son, 6; Johnson, 1; Miami, A.; Mont
gomery, 3; Shelby, s; Starke, 6; St.
Joseph 1; Sullivan, 8; with deaths;
Wabash 1.
In the corresponding month last
year there were IS cases in coun-
ties with no deaths Therefore, there
is an increase by this comparison.
Pneumonia which caused 1873 deaths
in September 1905 caused only %
this September The all-prevailing
and ever destructive consumption did
its usual work, 291 falling from this
Cause There were 95 cancer deaths,
1876 by violence, 426 from diarrhoeal
diseases and 81 from diphtheria
Diphtheria commenced to appear un-
usally the last week in September.
and will probably increase in viru-
lence in October. The State Board
has sent out circulars to the coun-
ties urging that anti-toxin be furnish
ed free to poor people. 1t is now
known that If this remedy is used
promptly in the early stages of the
disease, there is no need of children
dying from diphtheria 1t is also
known that epidemics can be abso-
lutely controlled by the use of immu-
nizing doses. When diphtheria ap-
pears in family and there are other
children, an immunizing dose of 500
to 100 units of anti-toxin should be
used to each we'll child.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
DENIED NEW TRIAL.
Motion Overruled for a New Trial
in the Rettinger Murder Case.

Judge Bernetha Monday afternoon
overruled the. motion for new tria
in the Rettinger case and the defense
filed exception.
The Judge asked Rettinger if he
had anything to say and he replied
| have been treated fair and right
by the court and thank him for it,
but ] think that if each of the jury
men had suffered the persecution
have suffered and had been persecut-
ed the way | have been they would
have given me manslaughter | am
satisfied they would do SO if they
had their verdict to render over
again.
The Judge then sentenced Retting
er to Imprisonment for life. He
was taken to the state prison Mon
day evening and his number is 944.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Our Course in Cuba.

1 correspondents. In Cuba agree up
on one feature of the situation in
that island. They find that there is
no such thing as patriotism in
Cuba-no such sentiment as would
prompt English-speaking people to
make any sacrifice to avert foreign
intervention. The Cubans are indif-
ferent.
They feel no regret over the sui
eide of the Palma government. They
manifest no idea of resistance to
United States interference. They
simply do not care. They have no
idea of national pride.
The only people who display even
superficial regret or sadness at the
collapse of their national govern
ment are the bandits and BUSH
whackers who hoped to establish
themselves in power by driving Pal
ma out and thus getting chance to
loot the treasury. These people view
American Intervention with disfavor
because it upsets their plans The
rest of the Cubans are entirely un,
moved.
This is a situation which renders
the course of the United States gov
eminent difficult and delicate There
rs, however, but one thing to do. The
administration at Washington will
have to &C on and carry out the
provisions of the Platt amendment
because it has no power to do any
thing else. Care should be taken not
to excite the susceptibilities of the
South American brethren, who nat
urally view the proceedings in Cuba
with certain alarm and apprehen-
sion.
At the same time there should not
be and there will not be anything
like temporizing or makeshift meth
DDS of administration in Havana.
The dominance of the United States
must be always in evidence until it
is decided what shall be the final
fate of Cuba. That is a matter for
congress to deal with.
We can not, of course, predict
what congress will do, but this much
lis certain-that the American people
are not going to maintain a stand
ing army in Cuba to keep rival fac
tons of the adventures from cut
ting each others throats in their
struggles for possession of the Cub
an cash box. That would be an inn
possible situation.
Yet there is only one alternative
III we do not choose 70 act as the
perpetual umpire and peacemaker be
tween these bushwhacking patriots"
we shall have 70 assume the attitude
of master toward them. If they
can not rule themselves we shall
have to rule them.
That is the plain logic of the situ-
alton as it undoubtedly appeals to
nine-tenths of the American people.
They are disappointed and Disguised
at the miserable failure of Cuban
self-government They are not go
ing to have perpetual revolution
going on at their very front door
They will insist that halfway meas
ures shall be abandoned and that
the real issues shall be faced
When congress meets it will be its
duty to take the matter up and con-
slider it most seriously.-Chicago
Chronicle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
The Seed Corn Special.

The announcement that a seed
corn special is to be run over the
various divisions of the Lake Erie
Il Western Railroad during the week
of Nov. IS, under the direction OF
the Purdue University Experiment
Station and The Farm Star, will
come as welcome news to the agri-
cultural interests of the State.
This kind of educational work was
instituted by The Farm Star about a
year ago. The interest aroused by
the first train was SO great that the
attendance at the corn school at Pur-
due University last January was
quadrupled, making it the largest
school of its kind in the country.
The agitation in favor of better
seed corn has spread until there is
hardly a county in the State that is
not paying some attention to the
subject. In twelve counties Boys
Corn Clubs" with an enrolment so
large as to surprise even the most
enthusiastic educators, have been in
operation during the last season and
from the reports that have been made
public, it is plain that they have been
showing their fathers how to raise
corn.
The train this year comes at a
most opportune time; results will
come that will show in the next sea-
son bank accounts of the growers
who accept the advice of the corn ex-
perts. 1t is estimated that if every
corn grower in Indiana would care
fully pick out the corn that he in
tends to use for seed next summer
and would store it in an approved
manner before Thanksgiving day.
$1,0oo,00o would easily be added to
the value of Indiana's corn yield
next year. 1t is the intention of the
corn authorities to dwell particularly
on the subject of selection and care
of seed corn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Bills of State Importance.

AT least eight bills to be introduc-
ed into the Indiana general assembly
in January will be the echo of the
fifteenth annual session of the State
Conference of Charities and Correc-
tons, which was held at Muncie.
Following the favorable report of
the tuberculosis commission" ap-
pointed by the last legislature bill
will be introduced providing for the
establishment of etate colony for
the treatment of consumptives.
Another bill will provide for the
establishment of system of state
warehouses, the apportionment of
the state into at least FIVE workhouse
districts for these Institutions for
commitment of all persons now re-
ceiving Jail sentences to these work
houses, and leaving the jail places
for only temporary detention.
A third bill will provide that
judges may suspend sentence on all
first offenders, no matter what the
charge, the present law limiting the
suspension of those under twenty
years. The one so favored will be
placed under the supervision and jur-
Isdiction of sne state reformatory and
penal Institutions, which will be en-
powered to take him in the same as
a paroled convict if he commits a
breach.
A bill providing that a juvenile
court shall be established in every
county was drafted. but it may be
changed limiting the compulsion to
all cities over 10000 population. An
other bill kindred to this one will
confer on the juvenile court Judge
of Indianapolis jurisdiction not only
over children. but over all who con-
tribute to their delinquency and will
provide that they be tried in that
court.
Retiring President w. H. Whit
takers advice will eb followed, and a
bill will be introduced providing for
the sterilization of at least all per-
sons given to making criminal as
saults, or of degenerates or confirm
ed criminals 1t will be so Emitted
in the hope that it can be amended
and serve as the basis in future years
of extending it to many other classes
of detectives.
A bill will be presented changing
the one-to-three years indeterminate
sentence to one-to-c;ght-yea~s. and
another will provide that it shall be
felony for any citizen to pass an
article of any description through
the bars TO prisoner. or to inflame
Siis or her mind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-18
Keeping Up the Fight.

Notwithstanding his defeat in the
state convention, representative Bur
ton, of Ohio, is keeping up a sturdy
fight for reform in the Republican
party. His friends claim that the peo-
pie are with him in his efforts to
smash the old machine. 1t was only
by combining forces that Senators
Dick and Foraker could out-vott
him in the Dayton convention. and
even then they had to compromise
with the reformers in the matter Of
the platform In the case of the
people versus the bosses the people
are winning everywhere.