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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
So Week, Board, Buggy and Com.
pany of a Girl.

Cristie Wright, wealthy farmer
living four and one-half miles north
west of Elwood, Ind, in Upton coun-
ty, went to towG Friday morning to
look for farm laborers To use his
own language, Mr.. Wright "is up to
his neck in work, the threshing. the
haying and the weeds in the corn all
demanding attention at one time"
He was unable to get men, though
he said he would pay two good, stout
young men 50 week and board for
the netx four weeks, furnish a horse
and buggy to drive into town each
evening after work hours, if desired.
and that one of his girls, who are not
ed for their beauty and versatalitv,
might accompany the men for COM
pany and incidentally to see that the
man did not run away with the horse.
Asked what might happen if the
men would run off with buggy and
girls included he gave sly wink
and said 81 don't know whether
would be loser or gamer by such a
deal as that"
Mr.. Wright is one of the most re-
liable farmers in that section of the
State, and his word is said to be as
good as a gold bond
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

Making the seasons biggest find,
Leon Bouchner .nussel digger,
Friday afternoon discovered a 1900
pearl while cooking some shells
which he had thought were valueless.
Bouchner has been employed at the
Blackford Glass Factory, which re-
Gently shut down for the heated term.
He decided to spend his vacation Dig
ging mussels, and with his good find
Friday. realized small fortune
The big pearl weighs forty grains
and measures over an inch in circum-
ference 1t is perfectly round and has
whitish pink hue The gem was
found in what i known as three
ridge mussel, just short distance
below Vincennes, and is the biggest
that has been discovered there this
year.
Although the pearl business has
been exceptionally good in that vicin-
ity this year. some of the musscl
diggers below Vincennes are being
compelled to- abandon the business
because the crude, oil from the
Bridgeport fields has formed in a
scumlike coat an inch thick on the
water. The odor is very offensive
and the glare so brilliant as almost
to blind them.
John Cannon, one of the diggers,
has about lost his sight from that
cause, an other similar cases have
been reported.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Establishes Precedent.

The department of justice has re-
ceived a copy of an opinion which il
considers of unusual Importance. re-
Gently delivered by Judge John L Nc
Call, sitting in the United States dis
trict court at Memphis. Tenn
The case was that against the Stand
ard Oil company charged with know
ingly accepting and receiving conces-
sions and rebates from the Illinois
Central and Southern railroads. The
Standard fought the service made
upon its manager at Indianapolis on
the ground that it was outside of the
Tennessee jurisdiction, and, further,
that it was not mad upon the highest
official of the company at that place
The company claimed to be foreign
corporation and declared that it had
not a residence nor an agent in Ten
nessee Judge Mccall made ruling
that thus far stands alone He held
that under section ZIG of the revised
statutes, enacted in 1879 and amended
in 1893. his court had the right to is
sue all writs not specifically provided
for by statute which may be neces-
sary for the exercise of its jurisdic-
ton.
Judge Mccall ruled against the
Standard Oil company in the strong
effort it made to have the service
wiped out.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

President Roosevelt has begun a
flank attack on the Tobacco Trust,
which, it is said, threatens to do more
execution than the direct attack in
the courts. There is more than one
way to hunt an octopus, in the belief
of the President. and the new weap-
ons he will use will be regulations of
the International Revenue Bureau of
the Treasury Department.
One of the new regulations will
provide that when cigarette dealers
pay tax of "a cents per 1000 and
upward they must take oath that they
have not contracted, and will not
contract, to handle the goods of any
one concern exclusively. 1t is more
over, made the collectors duty to see
that this agreement is. carried out
Through exclusive contracts Of the
sort claimed the American Tobacco
Company is alleged to have largely
built up its control of the cigarette
trade.
Another new regulation is design
ed to prevent differentiation for in
ternal revenue purposes. The tax IS
"a cents for cigarettes which sell for
no more than 50 per thousand, and
double that amount for cigarettes
selling from So to $4
1t is alleged that the company has
been getting around this by selling
subsidiary distributing concern at a
figure little below SO. The subsid-
iary concern then sells to the retail
trade at figure which results in the
cigarettes bringing in from 50 to 81
per thousand In this way high-pric-
ed cigarettes pay but "a cent tax
A large share of the bushes of the
American Tobacco Company, the
head Of the trust, is in cigarettes.
More than 1000, 900 O0o of them were
turned ort by the trust last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Woman Real Boss; Man Only a Non
entity.

Mere man must take a back seat
He has been classified, tagged, and
set into proper place by Magistrate
Walsh of the Harlem police court
The justice says woman is the real
boss and man is nonentity, being
made of tough fiber and lacking in
the finer sensibiities. He has not the
real ability to rule. But woman has.
After having shuffled the deck, cut
the cards. and drawn hand filled
with hearts, the magistrate has this to
say of the game of love:
"The woman shotld rule the home
She is mans master All down the
ages, man has fattered himself that
he was the lord of creation, but he
has never been. Woman is, always
was, and always will be the ruler OF
man.
"Woman should rule the home
Why, it isn't even a question of
whether she should or not-she simp-
ly does, that's sll She is the real
master"
His honor said he believed anything
that threatened the wife's independ-
ence was inimical to her best inter
ests.
'When wife's independence is
lost, her will is gone. When her will
is gone love becomes involuntary
That is not love at all"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
No Men Left in Town; All Come to
America.

The lure of The United States as a
land of opportunity and wealth to the
people OF Hungary has brought OUT a
curious state of affairs in the village
of Kerisova, near Lugos, that at the
last census had population of $500.
One by one the male residents of
Kerisova heard the call across the
water. and they emigrated in patches
until the mayor was the onlv adult
male to remain in the village
Finally he also succumbed 20 the
reports of good wages and golden
chances in America sent back by his
fellow townsmen. and. packing his
trunk, he made his way to the emf
grant ship at Fiume.
AS result of this exodus of males
the women of Kerisova have JUST
elected young woman to the posi-
ton of mayor, and other female resi-
dents have been elected TO fill the re-
mainder of the municipal offices. The
statues in Hungary provide that no
woman shall hold public Office, and
according to the letter of the law.
the presence of the women in Office IS
illegal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Farmers Get Busy.

There is a section in the ditch law
enacted b the last legislature which
provides that all farmers on whose
ground the open bitches are located
shall keep them clear of weeds and
all rubbish from June to August. The
first part of August the contracts are
let for the cleaning out of the bitches
and it is intended that all bitches shall
be free from weeds so that the parties
who take the contract will not have to
cut the weeds and remove the rub
bish before the ditch can be cleaned.
This provision of the law is called
attention to by persons who have the
ditch work in charge so that the farm
ers will have time to get their bitches
free from rubbish before the con-
tracts are let.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Starving Chinese Resort to Canni-
baliSru.

Pitiful tales of the famine in China,
where 100000 natives in the hunges
stricken provinces along the Yang
Tse- Kiang River have undergone the
ravages of slow starvation until death
or the relief expedition delivered
them from their sufferings are told
in letters which have just been re-
ceived at the Presbyterian board OF
foreign missions from William II.
.Gleysteen, who headed relief ex-
pedition from Peking.
Mr. Gleysteen says thousands OF
Chinese existed for months on the
bark of trees and weeds. In their
dire distress some are said, to have
practiced cannibalism.
Describing the scenes as he viewed
them from launch on the grand
canal, Mr. Cleysteen states that at
points along the canal swarms of
women and children surrounded the
boat and begged for food. Mothers
held up their skeleton babes, and lay
bare their shriveled breasts. as evi-
dence of their great need. Thousands
of emigrants crowded the landing
places waiting to be taken to the
cities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Russian Woman Hanged.

With the observance of the great
EST privacy Madame Fromkina, who,
in March last. attempted to assassin
ate General Rheinbot, the exprefect
of police. and who, in May, made an
attempt to murder the inspector of
the political prison in Moscow,
wounding him with pistol which
had been mysteriously smuggled into
her cell. was hanged in Moscow at
sunrise Thursday.
The authorities made every effort
TO persuade the woman to plead Tor
the mercy of the emperor, but this
she obstinately refused to do.
Her parents interceded with the
throne in her behalf, but their efforts
were unavailing.
Madame Fromkina was not charg-
ed with actual murder, but of making
several Intellectual attempts to kill Of
6cials. 1t is believed her mind was
unbalanced and that she suffered
from hysteria
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
The Blind Tiger Law.

A decision of great interest
throughout the state of Indiana was
rendered at Bedford. Ind, Friday af-
ternoon by Judge Issenminger in the
case of the state VS. the local lodge
of Elks. The police some time ago
conhscated beer glasses and other
paraphernalia found in the rooms of
the club and arrested Rural Richard
SON. the custodian The judge order
ed the discharge of the custodian and
the return to the club of the beer
glasses and other articles which were
forcibly taken by the authorities. The
decision AYERS that it was conclusive
ly shown that the beverage was for a
banquet at "A social session of the
lodge and that none of it had been
bartered, sold or given away. This is
said to be the first case of the kind
decided since the passage of the law
by. the last legislature.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
1t Works All Right.

Certain labor leaders, Judging from
reports receievd at Washington, are
somewhat exercised over the effort
of the government to divert, through
the division of information, the
stream of immigration toward states
and localities where settlers are most
needed They fear that such labor
will take the place of domestic labor
or be used for strike-breaking pur-
poses in case of emergency.
Terrence w. Powderly, chief of the
division of information, declared
that the division had been created to
properly distribute immigrants in the
United States He said that irifor-
nation bearing on ecc iOmlc condl-
tions was now being received from
many states and territories in the
Union. There was no intention he
declared, to induce the government
to concern itself in the strike-break-
ing business.
Requests for desirable immigrants
are coming in from several states.
One came from the Fulton Fire Brick
company, of Fulton, Mo-, asking for a
colony of about twenty-five laborers,
boys and men, whom they propose to
employ the year round. The prefer
ence of the company is for Germans,
Danes or Swodes.
An Evansville, Ind, man who owns
200, 1000 acres of land in Boliver coun-
ty, Miss, wants about 500 laborers.
He offers house rent free, to furnish
land and seed, a team to cultivate
the land with. horse feed, implements
and timber for frewood, and will di
vide the crop equally with the ten
ant when the cotton is ginned
Another big planter near Green
vile, Miss, asks for 100 able-bodied
cotton pickers, preferring Italians
from the agricultural districts of
Northern Italy, to whom he will pay
GO cents per 100 pounds for picking
cotton the first year and later on will
farm on equal shares.
Since the establishment of the in
formation division great many per-
sons seem to have the idea that it is
to be general bureau of govern
mena al information, and dozens of
letters of the crank" variety are
pouring into Chief Powderly's Office.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Filipinos Ignore Vote.

The approach of the first Philippine
general election July 80, when a Phil
ippine congress will be chosen, is
marked by apathy throughout the is
lands in spite of the efforts made by
party leaders to bring out the vote.
Reports from the provinces indicate
that less than 10 per cent of the entire
voting population has registered. 1t
is estimated that the total registered
vote is less than 10000.
The complexion of the campaign is
kaleidoscope Four months ago the
independent factions, which united
under the name "nacionalistas," ap-
peared to control the situation. and
the progressives, Secretary Taft's old
federal government party, did not
seem to have much OF a following
outside of the office-holding element.
The situation is changed, however,
and today prediction would be futile
The "nacionalistas" have been split
up by factional fights, and the chances
of the progressives seem to be good.
The coming elections give definite
realization to the long contention for
Philippine home rule, by the estab-
lishment ia Philippine congress, or
assembly, representing all the islands
except those OF the warlike Moros
and other non-Christian tribes. Five
years ago the United States Congress
passed an act authorizing the estab-
lishment of a Philippine congress, or
whenever the President shall be salts
fed that conditions of general peace
have been established.
The condition of peace was official
ly certified to the President by the
Philippine commission and census
was therefore ordered TO FIX the basis
of representation Meantime the
Philippine commission adopted an
election law and on March 20 last
President Roosevelt issued the exec
.utive order for an election, the date
of which was fixed for July 30.
The assembly will consi of eigh-
ty-one members, apportioned on the
basis of one delegate for each 10000
persons, but the full membership may
be increased to 100. To some extent
it corresponds TO the lower branch of
The American Congress. The Philip
pine commission will act as an upper
branch or senate. The delegates hold
office for two years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Hard Luck for Fisherman Brings
Him Rich Treasures

The misfortunes of III n.
nesday, resulted in his beI~mIng pos
SCISSOR of a bag of gold and silver
Moorehead was on a fishing trip
Before noontime he had stepped in
a hole and sprained an ankle, upset a
canoe and nearly drowned.
With no fish, he was making a
short cut for home 1t led him
through grounds where a cottage
was burned four years ago. Briers
hid the path and the cellar excava-
ton. He tumbled into the cellar and
got up to vow that he never would
go fishing again
Then he saw a silver sngar bowl
nearby. Investigation disclosed more
silver, including big and little pieces
and in a crevice was bllck box. 1t
contained watches and many rings.
some Of them set with diamonds.
The goods found by Moorehead
are valued at from s2,500 to $4,000
and are supposed to have been hidden
by thieves.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Elijah Hayes Dead.

Elijah Hayes, wealthy and cccen-
trio nonagenarian, long a resident OF
Warsaw, died there Thursday Mr..
Hayes was originally blacksmith,
then he followed mercantile pursuits
for many years He had by prudent
business management and frugality
accumulated cor rsiderable means,
which he invested in various city
properties Mr.. Hayes was an ardent
admirer and intimate personal friend
of the late Bishop McCabe and while
the latter was secretary of the mis-
sionary board of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. Mr.. Hays decided TO
that body the bulk of his property. re-
serving but an annuity OF $1,000 for
the support of himself and wife
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
American Railways Most Deadly ir
All the World.

administration, has prepared COM
parative table of statistics of those
killed and injured by railways in va
rious countries.
He finds that both absolutely and
relatively the railroads in the United
States are the most deadly. The
United States has more mileage than
all of Europe, but, even taking that
into consideration. the United States
holds preeminense in proportional
figures.
Out of every 10000 employees the
relative figures of killed are: United
States, 261; England, 1913; Switzer-
land So; Russia, e; British India,
81; Belgium, Al.
Out of every thousand railway en-
ployes the ration of the number in
jured each year is as follows: United
States, 43.5; Switzerland, 25.3; Eng
land, 11.s; Belgium, II; Germany "a.
Herr Cutlery finds that in single
year, the fiscal year of 1902, 376, 500
were injured in the United States, of
whom 10000 were employees, and $500
were killed, of whom 5000 were en-
ployes.
In the matter of travellers injured
France holds the lowest record in the
world. United States shows pro-
portionately ;orty times as many in
jured as Russia, twenty-five times as
many as Italy, as England twenty
Belgium eight, Switzerland four, Ger
many twice.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01

1t costs country newspaper mon
ey every time it makes stand on any
question. says an exchange.
Any other citizen can do so without
injuring his business, because he is
not put on record. When news
paper publishes anything, it is there
in black and white and no way tc get
around it. If the editor advocates
improvements, the mossbacks go af-
ter him and sometimes stop their
paper. If he opposes Improvements,
the progressive sort get on his frame
and call him a back number. If he
boosts the churches the liberal ele-
nient call him crazy and if he doesn't
the church people say he's going to
the devil If he publishes local news,
some say it is all nonsense and if he
doesn't he gets it in the neck from
those who look for the short items
If he publishes politics the opposition
gets into his hair and il he doesn't he
is charged with being afraid to stand
out for his opinion If he condemns
mail order houses. there are some
people who ask him to attend to his
own business as they have right to
trade where they please. If he pub
fishes mail order ads the home mer-
chant goes after his gore. No coun-
try paper can come square out and
stand up for its rights without max
ing enemies and losing money, and in
the run of year or two will incur
ONE criticism from nearly every
body.
Bat this should not be discouraging-
rhe newspaper that undertakes to
please everybody will please nobody
and if it is honest and sincere and
thoughtful the public viii respect it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Hundreds of Boys Gather at Winona
Lake City"

The boys city at Winona lake Fri
day became a beehive of industry
Hundreds of youths from all over the
middlewest put in an appearance dur
ing the forenoon.
Somewhere between Houston. Tex
and Winona lake there is lost to- the
Winona lake boys camp management
package containing 300 pounds ol
negro man. He is big George
Ware, famous cook of the Lone
Star state" "Big George" started
for Winona lake several days ago
His arrival is awaited impatiently
The first boy to reach the camp
started from his home in Salt Lake
City several days ago. His name is
Frank Emery and he is a Mormon
His father is c. F Emery. sheriff OF
Salt Lake City, He left home with
huge box of dainty lunch prepared
by one of Brigham Young's grand
daughters.
The Portland Qnd) bankers who
will hold the brigade's cash came on
Thursday and plunged into the thick
sof the camp work for there were no
depositors in sight and the bank was
not ready to receive money.
Reports coming from the various
delegations would indicate that the
fight for the mayoralty will be close
one. Frank Abbott of Goshen, Ind,
son of a wealthy lrmberman at that
point, who is waging campaign, has
the support of the delegations from
northern Indiana.
The boys city is now under mill
tary rule and will be until after the
city election according to the an
nouncement made by Judge Willis
Brown of Salt Lake City, the origin
ator of the idea. There was held a
meeting of the en-ire population of
the city in the auditorium Saturday
morning. VIII the plan of electing
and nominating the officers was made
known. The two issues are: "Will
the majority of sports in the boys
city be land or water sports"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Mississippi Governor Declares for
Old Stars and Bars.

"The stars and bars for me. Away
with the Stars and Stripes" This is
the remarkable statement attributed
to- Governor James K. Vardaman, OF
Mississippi, in campaign speech at
Brok'llaven, Miss, according to dis
patch. A message added that howl
ing, hooting audience cheered the re-
markable utterance.
81 would rather be under the Stars
and Bars, today with Jefferson Davis
as president. than in the u. S. with
President Roosevelt as head of the
nation" Vardaman continued. "The
rebel rule was preferable to trust die
tatin The man behind the plough is
a nobler creature than the crooked
politicians who pander to wealth .
Political enemies of Governor Varda-
man, according to the dispatch are al
ready charging him with preaching
sedition-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-01
Sentenced for Life.

The jury in the Albert Traylor
murder trial at St Petersburg, Ind,
after being out eight hours, Friday
night at O'Clock returned verdict
of guilty and Trayior was sentenced
to the Michigan City prison for a
term of ninety-nine years. The trial
began week ago last Monday and
had to be adjourned twice on account
of death.
The crime for which Traylor was
convicted was committed on the af-
ternoon of Sunday, May 10 last, near
the little town of Otwell, ten miles
north of Bedford Traylor was being
sued for divorce by. his wife, ard his
step-mother, Mrs. Martha Traylof,
was the principal witness against
him. Court adjourned Saturday after
noon until the next Monday and the
Traylor case was only half finished.
The next day Traylor began drink
ing, and to numbe' of acquaintance
he said that his stepmother had not
treated him right and that he would
get even That afternoon he went To
the home of Mrs. Traylor armed with
a shotgun. He approached the house
from the rear and as Mrs Traylor
came to the door he emptied the con-
tents of the shotgun into the woman.
fatally wounding her in the neck and
shoulder. She lived until the next
Wednesda, night. Traylor immediatel
gave himself up to the police. In his
defense he contended that Mrs. Tray
lor mad shot at him twice with a re-.
volver before he fired at her. The de-
fense contended that Traylor was in
sane at the time the crime was COM
mitted. More than $50 witnesses
were examined during the trial