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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
The Price of Coal.

Francis L. Robbins, spokesman for
the coal mine operators in the inter
state convention at Indianapolis, has
said that a certain company with
which he is familiar sold coal for %
cents a ton less in 1904 than IN 1903
and that last year further reduction
of nine cents was suffered. Now, if
Robbins is correct and coal has been
sold at a lower rate by mine operators
what conclusion is to be drawn? The
price to the consumer has been going
higher.
The situation which caused the
statement made by Robbins was pc
culiar John Mitchell, arguing for a
raise of wages for mineworkers, de-
clared that such was due the miners
because coal had increased in price
His position was challenged and the
declaration that the product was be-
ing sold at lower figure was made.
Robbins offered to prove the point
by opening the books of the company.
AS result John Mitchell was hunili-
ated in debate and the consumer has
been set to thinking and pondering as
to just why coal has increased to him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Plea for the Old Party Paper.

THE Value of the Editorial Page"
was the subject discussed by Geo. B.
Lockwood of Marion at the Republi-
can Editorial Association meeting in
indianapolis. Mr.. Lockwood's paper
was plea for the maintenance of
the old party paper in the smaller
towns. "The passing of the metro
politan party organ is fact" said the
speaker, "but metropolitan conditions
do not exist in the small towns" In
his paper Mr.. Lockwood made the
following indirect reference to Gov
Hanly's attitude in recent state offic-
ials' troubles:
"The best partisan in public place
is he who does not hesitate to apply
the lash to official delinquents in his
own party. And this seems to be the
view of the present day Republicans
leadership" This was warmly ap-
plauded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens.

Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens mother of
Attorney S. N. Stevens of this city,
George d. and Forrest Stevens and
Mrs. Hattie Drake of Argos, died at
her home in Argos, Friday evening
January 26, aged 60 years. Death was
caused by neuralgia of the stomach
after an illness of less than a week.
Deceased was born in Seneca coun-
ty, Ohio, came to Indiana fifty years
ago and had been for over forty years
resident of Argos. She was the
widow of DR.. Finley Stevens, who
died in 1890, and was noted all her
life for her hospitality and readiness
to assist the sick and distressed and
all who were in need of help for any
reason. She had been for fifty years
a member of the M. E. church and
her home was always a home for the
preachers and all others who were
engaged in doing good work for man.
knld. She was in every respect
noble woman and as wife, mother,
friend and neighbor, won the respect
of all who knew her.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon
conducted by Rev. B. H. Beall of
South Bend, assisted by her Argos
pastor and other ministers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Death of Mrs. Culev.

Mrs. Mary A. Culey died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. R. D.
McGriff, west of Argos, Saturday,
morning, January 81, aged 62 years,
5 months and 16 days.
Mary A. Willis was born in Clark
county, Ohio, but had been resi-
dent of Plymouth more than 40 years.
She was united in marriage with
Charles Willard in September 1868,
and to this union three children were
born; one died in infancy and two
are yet living. The residence of her
son c. S. Willard, we are not now
able to learn, but her daughter, Mrs.
McGriff, at whose home she died, is
left in this county to mourn the loss
of mother.
Deceased was married four times.
Her second husband was George
Boyce, father of the well-known Boy
ce family of Green and Walnut town
ships. Her third husband was w.
R. Haskett, who was for several
years street commissioner of Ply
mouth After his death she married
Clinton Culey, who died III the. fall OF
1902 Her first husband, Charles Will
lard, died in Chicago over twenty
years ago.
At the age of Is years she united
with the Baptist church, but after her
first marriage she and Mr.. Willard
united with the Methodist church.
She left Plymouth Wednesday fore
noon apparently in good health, but
on arriving at the home of her daugh-
ter seemed to have slight cold,
which rapidly developed into general
congestion ending in death Saturday
morning. The remains were brought
to this city Sunday and inferred in
the Stringer cemetery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
The State Convention.

The Republican state convention
will be held in Indianapolis Wednes-
day and Thursday, April IL and 12
1t will be composed of 1,s41 delegates,
921 being necessary to nominate
Twelve counties will have $50 dele
gates, leaving 1,211 delegates to be
divided among eighty counties. The
big Twelve, are Marion, St. Joseph,
Allen, Vanderburg, Vigo, Madison,
Laporte, Lake, Delaware, Grant, Elk
hart and Cass, if they could stand
together, they would only have to
gain 274 votes to control the conven-
ton absolutely.
Marion county has 176 delegates
there are twenty counties in Indiana
whose combined representation in the
Republican state convention will be
less than Marion countys. Ohio
county will have but three delegates
and Brown four. Small as their rep
resentation is, conditions may arise
that will enable Ohio and Brown
counties to cut as much of a figure
in the convention as any of the large
counties
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Hits Nail on the Head.

The New Castle Courier hits the
nail on the head in referring to the
sort of site that should be selected
for the new State Epileptic Village.
1t says the Indianapolis News insists
that the payment of any price in ex-
cess of twenty-five dollars per acre
for land upon which to locate the Ep-
ileptic Village would be exorbitant.
There is land in Indiana that can be
bought cheap, but where is it, and
what is it fit for when you get it? The
News talks about furnishing light en-
ployment for the inmates. Fancy the
lightness of their toll in clearing
away a jungle of trees and under
growth in some isolated spot of clay
and powders, for it is only such a
place as the price named by the News
would buy If the idea is to Danish
the states unfortunates beyond the
pale of civilization, then the News is
right But we do not believe the
legislature so intended.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Mrs. Mary Beiler.

Mrs Mary Beiler died Sunday jan
uary 30, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Noah Marsh, aged SO years, Z
months and days She was born in
Ohio, came to Marshall county almost
40 years ago with her husband, Sam
uel Beiler, and resided in West town
ship most of the time until her death.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs.
Jonathan Wolf and Mrs. Noah Marsh
of West township and Mrs. A. Bruck-
hart of North Manchester; two sons
Samuel Beiler of West township and
Sinclair Beiler of Oklahoma who is
now visiting in this county. She was
a good christian woman who had been
almost all her life member of the
German Baptist church, Funeral
services and interment at the church
of that denomination at IL o'clock
Tuesday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Sherrick Deficit Increased.

The committee appointed by the
Governor to investigate the State
Auditors Office, consisting of James
Noel, of Indianapolis, and William B.
Durborrow, of Williamsport, have
made a report - Governor Hanly,
showing that the amount still unpaid,
and due the State, from David E.
Sherrick, ex-Auditor of State, is $780,
S4702, an amount about $1,000 in ex-
cess of what has commonly been
thought to be the sum due.
Based on the figures sumitted to
the GoverrOr at the time of the Sher-
rick exposure, after subsequent pay
ments made had been credited, the
amount due was figured at about $43,.
900. This amount had been raised
and was ready to be paid over to the
State, but payment was delayed to as
certain whether or not that was the
sum needed to square the account
Now that it is known that about ST..
900 will be needed, further negotia
tions will have to be made by Sher-
rick and his friends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Logan Family Reunion.

The five Logan brothers and F.
NJ. McCrory and their families held
a reunion Sunday at the home of Gid
con Logan at Lapaz and a royal good
time was had by all. The boyho cd
pranks were gone over and one would
think to hear the recital that there
was time for little else At noon
Mrs. Logan invited all to the dining
room for a dinner that was fit for a
king after which the time was spent
in bible discussions and singing in
which all who could sing joined with
full zest until time came to depart
for home. Such meetings are green
spots in the desert of life and should
be dotted in often. A sixth brother
Marshall was detained at home
much to his regret.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
General Joe" Wheeler.

The death of Gen. Joe Wheeler
came all too soon. He had completed
his sixty-ninth year He entered
West Point at eighteen, in 1854, and
served in the regular army until the
outbreak of the civil war, when he re-
signed to serve the Conofederacy. As
officers from the South, he believed
his first and highest loyalty belonged
to his State.
Wheeler, by reason of his youth,
had the good fortune to live till a lat
er time of reunited sentiment and
larger patriotism and happily become
a conspicuous exampler thereof He
was member of Congress for eigh-
teen years, consecutively up to 1899.
He jumped Chat rather describes his
impression) into the Spanish war and
so for a second time was favored by
fortune to serve the Union, and his
experience and efficiency were no
small features in the brief operations
in Cuba. But best of all for him, and
for us { as also in the case of Gen.
Fitszhugh Lee), he thus became a
popular figure in the North as he had
been for two generations in the
South. He belonged to the whole
country, emphatically after the Span
ish war-Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
SENATE WANTS ITS OWN WAY.
Does Not Relish Idea of Dictation by
Lower Branch.

An acute sitaution is threatened in
Congress, the parties to it being the
House and Senate. The House lead
ers are determined upon a course
which, if pursued, will result in cris-
is on railway rate legislation. In a
nutshell it is this:
The House says, IF we pass a rail-
way rate bill which is recommended
by the President, Endorsed by the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
acquiesced in the unanimous vote OF
Democrats and Republicans in the
popular branch of the legislature, the
Senate might just as we'll make up
its mind to accept it We represent
the wishes of the people, and we don't
intend to give in.
That is serious talk and presageS a
good fight.
The House will pass bill that goes
farther than the Senate now expects
to go and the railway interests are
upon the Senate to modify
the bill. The railroads look forward
to having the bill shaped when It gets
into conference committee. The point
that is now being made by the House
leaders is that the unanimous express
sion of the popular branch of Cong
ress, voicing the direct sentiment of
the people and made more emphatic
by agreement between the two great
parties, would give the House confer
ees the right to insist upon the agree
ment of the sentiment to the House
bill.
lnsistence by the House conferees
upon this attitude will certainly pro-
woke an interesting situation The
Senate is very prone to holding out
for its own way. 1t regards the House
as largely the formative agency in
legislation its duties being to top the
timber and rough hew it, the Senate
later to shape it into effective and en-
during form. 1t will be a new SEN
sation for the Senate to find the
Houose daring to suggest that its ac-
ton is the perfection of wisdom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Death of Mrs. NJ. /. Rickle.

Mrs Mary J. Rickle died Wednes-
day at the residence of her son-in-
law, Peter F. Sarber in Polk town.
ship, aged 81 years, 10 months and
3 days.
Deceased was born in Ohio, but
came to Kosciusko county over 60
years ago where her husband, Mich
ael Rickle died fourteen years ago,
and where she resided until about
five months ago, when she came to
Polk township to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Sarber.
She was the mother of eight child
rem, two sons and six daughters all
of whom are living except one
daughter.
The remains were taken to War
saw Saturday morning and funeral
services were held at the u. B.
church in that city, of which she had
been member many years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Rockefellers Wig.

1t was not through vanity nor a
desire to keep his head warm that
John D. Rockefeller adopted a wig.
One of his close friends is responsible
for the statement that the oil king
did it to disguise himself The news
paper cartoons had mace his bald
head and sharp features familiar to
the public and he was constantly an
noyed by gaping crowds. Mr.. Rock
efeller has made several trips since
he got the wig and has escaped the
attention that he formerly drew His
closest friends have to look twice
to be sure it is Mr.. Rockefeller. 1t
is considered possible that the pro-
cess servers in the Standard Oil in
vestigation may have passed Mr.
Rockefeller on the street without
recognizing him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
ENJOYS LIFE AT 1o4 YEARS.
Oldest Man in Ohio Recalls Early
History of His State.

Probably the Oldest man in the
state of Ohio is Daniel Spires, who
is enjoying life at the age of 1O4
years at his home near the old
Spring Grove camp grounds in the
southern part of Columbiana county
Mr.. Spires recalls vividly the days
when he attended school in Lisbon in
an old log schoolhouse 80 years ago,
and when the town was scarcely IL
years old. He also has distinct rec
ollction of having driven a six-horse
team through there 80 years ago on
his way to the northern part OF the
state.
Though a negro, Mr.. Spires was
never in slavery, but has long been
prosperous farmer. He lives with
his wife, who is rs years old, and
their son, in a beautiful country
home He has two sons in the gov
ernment service in the west.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
The Hope Beyond.

The steamship Valencia, with 154
souls on board, stranded Monday ev-
ening on the west side of Vancouver
island. 1t is an iron bound coast, and
almost uninhabited, and in such tenn
pests as then ragged receives the full
fury of the mighty Pacific's surges.
Speedy help from shore could not
be expected 1t could come only by
vessels, sent out from the Puget
sound ports, many miles away. The
ships boats were smashed by the
waves or lost in the boiling breakers.
A few men got ashore, but had to
tramp miles over the hills even to
give notice of the disaster. For most
of the Valencia's people there was
nothing but to cling to the shattered
wreck and hope that rescue vessels
would reach them.
The news reached Vancouver Tues
day night, and vessels were sent out,
but owing to the tempest and fog
failed on Wednesday to find the
wreck, or were unable to reach it.
Wednesday evening a few more got
away from the wreck on a raft, and
Thursday morning were picked up.
But the wreck had disappeared.
Those on the raft report that when
they left the remaining survivors
were in the rigging singing Nearer,
Ny God. to Thee"
The rest is silence. From the Val
encia and the 121 human beings who
perished with her the last word is
that broken yet triumphant strain ex-
pressive of the Christian souls hope
and trust.
In vain does science demand
proofs. In vain does the skeptic
sneer and the fool say in his heart
There is no God" In the light of
faith the soul knows better, and
knows that it was not born to die as
the body and be no more.
When the last dread hour comes
when help on earth from man is vain
the soul turns in faith to its Maker
feels its Immortality, and is sustained
and soothed in its dark descent into
the valley of the shadow by the trust
that ever abides, but the certainty ol
life immortal, by the hope that lie:
beyond the grave.-Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
REGAINS LONG LOST WATCH.
Timepiece Had Been in Sharks
Stomach Forty Years.

Frankfort, Ind, Jan. 22.-Abraham
Littleton, a pioneer citizen of this
county, now in Pensacola, Fla, re-
covered the silver watch which he
lost at the time of the blowing up of
the ill-fated Sultana on the Mississ-
ippi during the civil war
Mr.. Littleton was on the Sultana,
and while he escaped, mis- clothing
was blown off, In one pocket was a
large silver watch, which, with the
clothing, was lost in the river.
A few days ago Mr.. Littleton join
ed shark fishing party of Pensacola
and large shark was caught. A
young surgeon in the party opened
the stomach and among other things
Mr.. Littleton's long lost watch was
found. 1t had such characteristics as
to be easily identified by Mr.. Little
ton.
The watch had evidently been in
the sharks stomach more than 40
years and is in good state of pres
ervation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
The State Convention.

1t is probable that the Indiana Re-
publican state convention, to be held
April IL and IL, will have two presid-
ing officers-a temporary and a per-
manent chairman. While there has
been no general rule heretofore, the
state chairman has usually called the
convention to order and introduced
the permanent chaorman.
Representative c. B. Lands and
Representative Brick are mentioned
for presiding officers of the conven-
tion-one as temporary chairman
and the other as permanent chair
man. The names are not used au-
thoratively, as the state convention,
of course, has the right to choose its
own presiding officers, but it seems
likely that one or both of them will
WELD the gavel on convention day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Kidney Taken from Body.

An operation with an unusual feat
ure is reported from Roo ,evelt Hos
pital. A patient had been suffering for
some time with stone in the kidney.
The exact location of an obstruction
of this sort sometimes is determined
by the X-rays before the etheriza-
ton of the patient The surgeon in
charge of the case decided to find
the stone which was small, by put
ting the organ to the rays after TAX
ing it out of the body.
The patient, after being etherized,
was laid face down. A sweep of the
knife over the affected part revealed
the kidney Within a minute the sur
geon had the kidney out as far as he
could get it readily He held is in his
hand and with the Horoscope found
the almost microscopic stone, to
which the lance opened a channel A
moment later the forceps gripped the
little stone and the attending doctors
were inspecting it.
Within about seven minutes after
the first stroke of the knife the kid
ney had been put back in place and
the slit in the back sewn together.
Fifteen minutes later the patient was
back in his room.
The operation is said to be one of
the first in which an affected organ
has been reached by X-rays after re-
moval from the body. It's quickness
and thoroughness, it was said by a
doctor preSent, were assurances of its
success
The same doctor said he did not
see why the liver, or some other vital
organs, COULD not be examined in
the same thorough manner. The op-
Grafton seemed to him to presage
splendid possibilities in surgery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
MARRIED.
Trembley-Wunderlich.

Mr.. Samuel Trembley and Miss
Winnie Wunderlich were united in
marriage at the home of the brides
parents in Columbia City Thursday
January 25, 1906, at three O'Clock in
the afternoon, Rev. w. S. Howard,
rector of St. Thomas Episcopal
church, Plymouth, officiating.
The bride is we'll known in Ply
mouth, having made her home in this
city for almost seven years with her
aunt, Mrs. James w. Thayer, and
hundreds of friends here wish her a
long and happy married life.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Thayer attend
ed the wedding and the happy bride
and groom will visit in Plymouth al
ter wedding trip of several days in
the south.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Indiana Weather.

Prof Moore, head of the Weather
Bureau, declines to stand for the
theory that the spots on the sun are
responsible for the remarkable mild
mss of the early winter. He has the
more reason for refusing to accept
this explanation of the peculiar mete-
rrological conditions in that the same
spots were held accountable by anna
teur weather sharps for the cold
weather of last winter and the winter
before. 1t stands to reason that the
discolorations on the face of the lu-
minary even assuming them to be
tremendous volcanoes or storm
clouds, could hardly pIow both hot
and cold, and they may therefore be
eliminated from the equation. But
in any case, why puzzle over the
why's and wherefores OF the weather? ?
Why not accept and enjoy it as it
is? Indiana, particularly in its CEN
trail and southern portions, has been
especially favored. Farther north,
and even west and east, there has
been less sunshine and more rain.
Even now, the long threatened cold
snap is far more mild in this climatic
belt than the official predictions indi-
Gated. The winter on the whole has
been very agreeable, and Indiana, as
usual, has reason to congratulate it
self because of its place on the map.
indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
QUEER OLD IDOL IN BARN.
Relic of Some Ancient Tribe that was
Recently Found.

Is it a relic of the Indians, an old
god of the Aztecs or Incas, or is it
a diety that was worshiped by most
historic and mysterious people! asks
the Philadelphia Press. That is the
question that is perplexing many of
the citizens of west Philadelphia and
which an expert of the archaeological
department of the university OF Penn
sylvania could not answer concerning
a crude stone idol found hidden
among straw in the barn of G p.
Groves Sons, 421s Lancaster avenue.
Had the idol been dug up the nat
ural supposition would have been
that it were undoubtedly relic OF
he Indians, but the fact tha it was
carefully hidden precludes this idea.
1t is generally thought the idol was
stolen from some university and hid
den by the thief until it could be
carried away
1t is certain that the image was
not neWn WITHIN recent years, lOI
the action of water and contact with
hard substances have worn crevices
and lines over the carving The stone
is a hard species of limesone, and
the worn and battered face gives evil
dence of great age.
The face is nearly round, with
prominent cheekbones. In the two
pits representing eyes is hard sub
stance, which is thought to be ce
ment This gives rise to the suppos
ition that jewels once filled the sock
cts of the eyes. The nose is but a
triangle carved in the rock Eight
teeth and a line form the crude
mouth The face is that of typical
idol of an ancient people, and the
whole head eighteen inches in length.
The rear portion converges to point
and traces of cement suggest it was
once cemented in wall.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-01
Once a Mighty River.

That the Kankakee river was at
one time FIVE miles wide and at least
100 feet in depth was the statement
made by Prof w. d. Pence, of Pur-
due University, before the Indiana
Engineering society at Indianapolis
Friday.
In discussing Recent Develop
ments in the Drainage of the Kanka-
kee Marsh" Prof Pence took up the
geological formation of the marsh,
showing that it originally was formed
by glacial action and was a mighty
river At tn present time it is big,
sluggish creek which is rapidly being
drained by a series of canals and
bitches.