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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Giving Crime a Chance.

Richard Walton, the negro who IS
supposed TO have killed Mrs. Lillian
White Grant after robbing her, left
the penitentiary five months ago at
ter a seven-year term. 1t Vas the
third time he had been IN Joliet, and
he was known to be a professional
criminal. The pardon board had
nevertheless released him, with little
more than half his expected period
of imprisonment expired, because he
had been on his good behavior in
Jail.
Now, though Walton is a man who
can behave we'll in jail, he is a man
who cannot-or, what comes socially
to the same thing, who will not-be-
have we'll out of jail. A month or
two of roltine-labor in the employ of
the man to whom he was paroied
palled on him. He broke loose, and
has since then been committing rob-
berries and "hold-ups," as he himself
confesses. The result is-unless a
great mistake is made by those who
regard him as guilty-the brutal muir
der of a respecte woman who had
long lived an unusually useful life in
Chicago.
What should society do with men
like Walton ? Is it not clear that,
instead of turning them loose at in
~tervals to give them a new chance
for crime, it should keep them where
il will De safe against their depreda-
tons? Attorney General Bonaparte
has been much criticised for suggest
ing that man who has been a fourth
time convicted of a grave offense
should be put to death, and we are
far from indorsing lhat special form
of punishment. But certainly in Wal
tons case, assuming him guilty, it
would have been vastly better to take
his life thar to set him free to take
the life of Mrs. Grant. The eSecu-
ton of professional criminals is not,
however, necessary i'll order to pro-
tect society from them. There is no
reason why a special inquest on the
professional criminal habits OF such
men should not be made after a third
or fourth conviction. Then If it be-
came evident that they had syste-
matically adopted crime as a means
of gaining a living they could be Sc
questered for life.
If Walton's case were isolated such
cor illusions would be faulty. But
Walton's case is one of a great type.
Society should rise TO a more intelli-
gent method Of dealing with the type.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Guggenheim's Forces Fire on the
Surveyors.

A dispatch 10 the Post Intelligent
Ger of Seattle, Wash, from Valdez,
Alaska, says that forces of the Gug-
genheim railroad, the Copper River
& Northwestern, shot and wounded
six surveyors and workmen employ
ed by the .Alaska-Nome railway, in
Keystone canyon, fifteen miles from
Valdez Wednesday. The party was
making a preliminary survey for the
Nome railroad, which is planned
from Valdez to the summit. They
had advanced about one hundred
yards up the canyon when they were
surprised by an ambush of the Gug-
genheim men headed by Edward
Massey, an ex-United States marshal
Hassey called TO the surveyors and
ordered them to stop, saying his men
would shoot if any further advance
was made. The surveyors believed
Hassey was blufing and continued
working. They were met by a fusil-
lade of bullets.
1t is reported tina one man is dead,
and that three more may die OF their
wounds. Deputy United States mar
shals armed with rifles left Valdez
Immediately for the scene to capture
the guilty persons. One of the men
shot is named Hickman. Popular
feeling is running high and citizens
are talking of wreaking summary
justice should the men who did the
shooting be caught.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Norsemen Would Lift Cup.

The Swedish Yacht club has sent
an inquiry TO the New York Yacht
club as to whether a Swedish chal-
lenge for the American cup would
be accepted. The prospective chal-
lengers are William OLSON, IA mill
lionaire marchant, and M. Myhlberg-
err, a banker, whose yacht, Santoy
has won several races.
The Royal Swedish Yacht club is
one of the largest in the world, hav-
ing 1000 members and 600 boats.
The honorary president is King o.
car, and among the members are
Prince Wilhelm, Crown Prince Gus
tav, and Admiral Prince Oscar Ber-
nadette. The club recently celebrated
its seventy-ffth anniversary.
During the last decade a number
of Swedish designers have built
boats, but their efforts have been di-
rected principally to small craft.
Their products, however, have out
pointed many boats purchased in the
United States.
In response to the Royal Swedish
Yacht clubs inquiry if a challenge
for the American cup would be &C
cepted from that organization, Sec
retary George Cormack of the New
York Yacht club sent a copy OF the
deed OF gift and a copy of the clubs
recently adopted resolution, which
stated clearly the Interpretation put
on the deed by the New York Yacht
club.
According 10 this deed the Royal
Swedish Yacht club can challenge,
and there is not the slightest doubt
that the members of the New York
Yacht club would be pleased to have
a challenge from that organization
The challenge. however, must
meet a yacht ninety feet on the water
line, and one that has been built for
speed without any restrictions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Home of Gray's Elegy is Offered
For Sale.

Stoke House, Buckingham, Eng
land, where the Poet Gray lived and
wrote his famous "Elegy,' is to be
offered for sale next month, and
sharp competition for it is expected.
The estate has many historic associ-
atoms. dating back prior to the reign
of Edward III, when Amicia de
Stoke brought the property by mar
riage to Robert Poges. 1t descended
in female line t o Hastings Earl
Huntingdon, who rebuilt the house in
Queen Elizebeth's time, when Sir
Christopher Hatton, the queens
chancellor, lived there. Only a frag-
ment of this old house remains, the
presnt mansion having been built in
1889.
1t is asserted that Gray, when at
college. was accustomed to spend his
vacation with relatives residing there.
AT that time It was known as West
IhN NOhtoSS' INShtudiy ~ OSSdiiS
his permanent home, and no doubt
he was inspired by its beautiful sur
roundings when he composed his i'm
mortal "Elegy."
Close to Stoke House is Stoke
Poges Church, celebrated as the
place indicated in the churchyard's
elegy. 1t is situated on a wooden
eminence overlooking Windsor Cas-
tie, Elton College and the Thames
Valley.
Many visitors, both English and
American, come to worship at the
shrine of Gray and woe betide the
person unable TO recite the "Elegy."
Just outside the churchyard is a mon
ument in the shape of a sarcophagus
containing on each face a few lines
from the "Elegy" or some other OF
his poems, erected by John Penn.
In this same neighborhood, Will
liam Penn, founder of Pennsylvania,
lies at rest in a small Enclosure called
"Jordan's Burial Ground" used by
the .Quakers for their dead. Ameri-
cans naturally feel an intense rever-
ence for this tiny Gods acre and
many are the visits from across the
Atlantic to this secluded spot on the
f-,r~o - Cl.1t~I Hill L.. -.
dants of the followers of the man
who set up, in the Seventeenth cen
fury, a colony from which was des-
tined to rise the State of Pennsyl-
vania. Permission was sought by the
state many years ago to remove the
body of William Penn to America
but the applicatio was not success
full.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Two Killed at Columbia City.

Two men, brothers-in-law, met a
tragic death on the evening of Sept.
20, in Columbia City, being struck by
a Pennsylvania railroad train at a
crossing. Ed. Robinson, former pro-
prietor of a Columbia City r~estaur-
ant. and F. Z. Depew, Democratic
candidate for county assessor last
year. were the victims. They were
driving home at the time and it is
thought that the noise made by a load
of fowls on their wagon prevented
the men hearing the trains approach.
Depew's body was carried on the pi-
lot some 200 feet east of the ross
ing. while Robinson was hurled so
feet in the same direction, along the
embAnkment, and never moved after
striking the ground.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
How Good Things Might Be.

If all the men at the head of cor
porations, big and little, would just
make up their minds to adhere close
ly and strictly to fair play and the
square deal in their business opera
tons, the next four or five years
could be made the best, most satisfy
ing and most prosperous in the his
tory of this singuarly blessed land
The conditions, as clearly and pleas
ingly stated by Melville E. ingalls,,
are altogether favorable. Nature has
been lavish in her Dounties. The
public health is good. Demand for
commodities continues to be great
Labor is fully employed at renumer-
alive wages. All we need now is an
honest exemplification of fair play
and a square deal. Fairness and JUS
tice between man and man. And
why should not this be the inviolab1e
rule? There is plenty TO go round
None need suffer.-South Bend
Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Nothing In II.

Some time ago this paper gave an
article on the so-called "~soul-veigh-
ing" experiments. The National
Druggist notes that if such a test is
to be of any value whatever the body
of the decedent must be placed be-
fore death. entirely nude, upon a pair
of balances. delicate to the minutest
fraction of a grain. Every particle
of moisture and the secretions of the
body escaping at the moment of
death must be taken c~ognizance of
and weighed with the corpse, and that
by an expert, with years of expert
ence, the exhalations of the body
with the rest. The manifest impossi-
bility of this feat, that is TO say.
with an apparatus known TO and like
ly to be operated by such physicians
as curry public notice as those who
have given the matter out for publ
cation-men altogether unknown to
the great body of physicians of the
country, is apparent"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Guards Fire on Cuban Outlaws.

The small band of rebels which
had been traversing the country in
the vicinity OF Mayari, in the north
ern section of Santiago province, has,
according to late dispatches again
exchanged shots with the pursuing
rurales. The latter are close on the
heels of the bandits. While there
are signs of unrest in various parts
of the island, the opinion prevails
here that no serious disturbance is
likely.
In commenting on the situation
the Diario de la Marina says: a
combination of unpleasant circum-
stances having no link one with the
other appears to make the situation
at first sight more serious than il
really is. Each one of the problems
that at present confront the admin.
istration-the yellow fever epidemic
the conspiracy of PARA. Miret and
Ducassi, the existence OF bands OF
outlaws in the country and the rail
way strike-is of an alarming char
acter, but except for the tendency OF
che tsttike to become general and
stop railway communication through
out the island, these events are oi
no greater Importance in themselves
THE conspiracy was a very ride
ulous one. and ever If it had sue
ceeded in inducing some fools to
take the field it would have been nip.
ped in the bud. The Mayari band o.
outlaws can not be considered Of
more Importance than many Other
previous bands of guerrillas who
have occasionally appeared in Cuba
Their is no reason, therefore. for ex.
traordinary alarm. OF for believing
Cuba is on the brink of an abyss"
Gov Magoon has determined
to deal with outlaws and insurrec.
tionists with a strong hand. The
orders of the rurales, it is stated
are to capture, kill or drive then
into the ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Verest Lager Goold, whose father
was an Irish magistrate. and whose
brother, Sir James Stephen Goold,
lives in South Australia, where he
works as a laborer on a railroad, has
written to the judge at Monte Carlo,
Ind, confessing that he and his wife
Violet, murdered Emma Levin, the
Swedish woman whose dismembered
body was found in the baggage of the
Goods on their arrival August 6, at
Marseilles, from Monte Carlo. Goold
said the crime was planned by him
self and wife. Being at the end of
their they resolved to rob
the woman, Intending only to knock
her into insensibility and take her
money and jewels but the woman
screamed, %whereupon she was killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
St. Louis Ready for Visit.

St. Louis is festooned and decor
ated ana all in readiness for the be-
ginning of the program for carnival
week, the principal event Of which
is the short visit on Wednesday Of
the President of the United States,
who will stop there for five hours
on his voyage down the Mississippi
River from Keokuk Ia, to Memphis,
Tenn. The city also will have within
her gates as honored guests the Gov
ernors of twenty-three states, the
members of the Inland Waterways
Commission, congressman from al
most every state in the Louisiana pur-
chase and other dignitarieS.
On Tuesday the visiting Governors
will arrive, and on that evening they
will view the Yelled Prophet'S pa
geant from the balcony of the Plant
ers hotel. Wednesday morning the
river celebration begins with the ar
rival of President Roosevelt from
Keokuk, on the steamer Mississippi.
The President is due to arrive at the
Eads Bridge at 10 a. m. The entire
decorated fleet OF thirty-hve steamers
and 1eO or more power boats will es-
cort him down the river to the land
ing, and a few engage in a parade
along the water front for an hour.
Immediately after the landing of
che Mississippi carriages will convey
the President and his party to the
Jai Alai Building, where the Presi-
dent is scheduled TO deliver an adj
dress at IL a. m. From the Jai Alai
Building the party of guests will be
taken to the Jefferson hotel, where
a luncheon will be served to 100. At
3 o'clock the President will review
| the Missouri Naval reserves.
The tributary fleet will escort the
| Presidents steamer as far as Jefferson
| Barracks, where a parting salute will
be fired. Several of the steamers
| carrying delegations to the Lakes-to-
| the-Gulf deep waterways convention
/ will continue in line behind the Mis-
| sissippi.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
New Honors for Taft.

The visit of Secretary Taft to
Japan, which has assumed the aspect
of a triumphal tour, was made the
occasion Tuesday of further remark
able demonstrations. AT a luncheon
given in the secretary's honor by
Foreign Minister Hayashi at the
Koshikawa Korekuyen arsenal, the
most brilliant function of his visit he
met Japan's leading statesmen.
Whenever he appeared on the streets
he was surrounded by thousands OF
cheering Japanese.
Later in the day he was given an
ovation at Yokohama, where he went
to hold a reception for the Ameri-
can residents of the city. He then re-
turned to Toxic.
The luncheon at Toxic brought to-
gether a notable gathering of Jap
anese officers who gained renown in
the recent war, and other prominent
leaders. Sharing the head of the
table with Secretary Taft was Field
Marshal Prince Oyama. Those pres
ent included General Marquis Nod
| zu, Count Katsura, a member OF the
military council of the empire; Adj
miral Baron Gombel Yamamoto,
General Count Oku, chief of the gen.
eral staff of the army; Admiral Togo,
chief of the general staff Of the navy,
and General Count Nogi.
The tables were decorated with
flowers and the pavilion showed the
American and Japanese flags IN
twined. The toast TO President
Roosevelt elected great applause,
and in reply Secretary Taft proposed
the health of the Emperor of Japan.
The Japanese normally are lack
ing in display of emotion but Mr..
Taft's speech in which he said a war
between America and japan would
be insanity" continues still a theme
of universal Conversation. All the
editorial articles praise it, and a num-
Der OF prominent Japanese business
men have said they regard it as an
official and final declaration. 1t had
a buoyant effect on the boursc.
Secretary and Mrs. Taft, on going
to Yokohama, were the guests of
honor at a brilliant reception at the
American consulate, under the aus
pices of the Asiatic associations.
Features Of the entertainment were
the presentation of a silver tea SER
vice to Mrs. Taft from the City of
Yokohama and the exchange of
friendly speeches between Secretary
Taft and prominent Japanese.
The entire city council, headed by
the mayor of Yokohama, was pres
ent, as were the governor of Sufa,
the members of the prefectural NUM-
cipal assemblies and a number of
representatives of the diplomatic
corps at Tokyo and the consular
corps at Toxic.
In his speech Mr.. Taft emphasized
the reciprocal nature of the COM
merce between the United States and
Japan which, he declared, precluded
any idea of hostilities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Letter to w. E. Bailey.
Mr.. w. E. Bailey, Genl. Agt Union
Central Life. Ins. Co.:

Mr.. w. E. Bailey. Genl. Agt Union
Central Life. ms. Co.:
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Of eighteen years, the optional set
Element date guaranteed in the policy.
/ was surprised of course a short
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/ am well pleased with this trans
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press to the company my sincere
thanks for the very fair and liberal
treatment it has always accorded me
and / recommend the Union Central
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Josiah Jacoby.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Baptists To Be United.

The union of the Free Baptists of
the United States with the regular
Baptist church will probably be COM
pleted at the SD general conference
pf the former organization, which be-
gan at Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday. The
Baptist church has already voted in
favor of the union. There are so, 900
Free Baptists and 10000 Baptists
in the United States.
The main difference between the
churches was over slavery, the Free
Baptists hokling slavery a sin. This
issue has disappeared, although the
separate organizations have continu-
ed since the Civil war destroyed the
issue.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Pay Tribute to Washington.

A large delegation of the Polish
National Alliance of the United
States, which has been in annual cor-
vention at Baltimore, Md, Thursday
laid a floral tribute at the foot of the
statute of Washington in the plaza
east of the capitol and placed a
wreath before the busts of Kosciusko
and Pulaski. the Polish patriots, in
the capitol building. Later the dele
gates were received by President
Roosevelt at the White House.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Big Rise in Mississippi.

Recent heavy rains, which have
caused a rise of four feet in the chan
mel, will interfere with the inspec-
ton OF the upper Mississippi river by
the inland waterways commission and
President Roosevelt. The commits
sion left St. Paul Friday and joined
the president at Keok,k. All along
the upper river, from Keokuk to St
Paul, nearly every dam and piece OF
Improvement work done by the gov
eminent in recent years is under wat
er.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
About as Close as 1t Ever Comes.

An unreliable newspaper published
somewhere in Marshall county stated
last week that there were onlys7 sur
vivors Of the 9th Indiana regiment
living. This statement is absolutely
false as there are ten living in thi:
county as follows:
Washington Kelley, lieutenant Lu.
Their Johnson, John G. Leonard, Da.
vid Thomas, Jesse Williams, Nelson
Bailey, George Dawson. Charles l.
Andrews, Nose Richards, and Jone:
Grant.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Employed to unload hard coal from
a Lake Erie & Western railroad box
car. and being injured i'm a car at In
dianapolis while he was earning S.
a day, Alfred Townsend has sued
the railroad for $40, 1000 DANCES. His
complaint alleges that in unloading
a certain car on August Is, 1906, he
ran a twentypenny spike, old and
rusty, through his knee in such a
way that gangrene set in and his
right leg was amputated five inches
above the knee. He says the spike
with other equally old and equally
rusty spikes, was put there by rail-
road employees and that the company
is, therefore. responsible for making
him a cripple for life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Hay and Straw in quantities to be
baled on premises. VIII pay best
market prices. See me at Wickizer
& Bondurant Co.'S Office over Ply
mouth State Bank.
~aug22wtf Elijah Cannon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Strayed Notice.

A stray buck sheep was picked up
on the Laporte road Monday noon
Owner may have same by proving
property and paying for this notice
Call at this office. DIV
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Hugh T. Miller in the Race for Gov
ernor.

rnor.
The Columbus Evening Republican
of Tuesday says:
we are authorized TO announce
that Hugh T. Miller, of Columbus, is
a candidate for the Republican nom
ination for Governor. Mr.. Miller
was born forty years ago on a farm
sixteen miles northeast of Columbus,
in Nineveh township, Johnson coun-
ty- His father, John c. Miller. who
was a well-known minister of the
Christian church, and his mother are
both dead. He was married in 1900
to Nettie Irwin Sweeney, of Column
bus. and has one child a daughter.
He was reared on a farm and re-
ceived his early education there,
completing it at Butler college where
h was graduated in 1888. Beginning
in 1889 he taught al Butler for ten
years excepting in 1892 and 1898,
when he was studying on leave of alb
sence in Paris and Berlin. His work
was in French and German, but after
returning from Europe he was given
the department of history. Resign
ing his chair in 1899, he went to Co
lumbus to take a position in Twins
Bank, of which institution he is now
vice-president. He is also secretary
and treasurer of the Columbus &
Southern Traction Company, and has
been associated with the Irwins with
the reopening and running of the
starch plant at Edinburg. which was
closed by the trust several years ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
relieve backache. weak kidneys, and
inflammation of the bladder. Sold by
L. Tanner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

The jail delivery last night de-
monstrates the necessity II changes
to prevent other prisoners from es-
Gaping. A large leavy iron fence
should be built around the Jail and
any one found inside the enclosure
could be prosecuted for attempting
to aid the escape of prisoners. The
commissioners will undoubtedly take
action at their next meeting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

1t is not expected that the preda-
cious fmanciers of Wall street will
find any comfort in the string of
speeches now delivered by President
Roosevelt. The only hope for Wall
street lies in a contrite and eternal
reformation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1907-11-29
CHESTNUT HILL

Regular correspondence.
Milton and Ulis Holland have
returned from their recent trip to
Paducah, Ky.
There was a good attendance at
Sunday school last Sunday. Let
the good work go on.
We are having fine weather this
week, and no one appreciates it
more than the busy farmer.
Mrs. p. Ell. Holland and little
son of Arkansas are here on visit
to her daughter, Mrs. Marvin PAT
ford.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.
All of us have something to be
thankful for, and the day should
be generally observed.
CHESTNUT HILL, November 26.