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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

months the reputation OF that port
has been greatly injured, because it
has no merchants at hand ready to
buy out a large caravan when It ar
rivcs. The caravans often carry goods
to the value of tens Of thousands OF
dollars, and big capital is required
to handle their trade. The last cara
van which called at Ga bes had to put
It's wares upon the steamers there and
ship them to Tripoli.
In Tripolitana, all such companies
must have their armed escorts, and
every individual see in this part Of
|. the desert has gun strapped to his
back. passed several caravans COM
| ing in and going out, during a ride
| which l took on a camel along one OF
| the caravan routes a few days ago.
the only roads ] could see We're the
fresh camel tracks. but these must be
/ 5obliterated by every sand torm and,
lin some places. for quite a long dis
tance, there We're no tracks at all.
| Nevertheless the Arabs and Bedouins
can travel two thousand miles over
such wastes. and not once lose their
| way. The Journey to the Soudan takes
many months, and the freight must be
/ valuable to stand the cost.
In the Fezznn.
/ have heard much about the great
! GASES centres from the merchants OF
Tripoli. They tell terrible stories OF
| the horrors OF the desert, and of the
| gloomy villages scattered through 1t
1 Between here and the Fezzan there
is wide plain of hot stones, upor
which travellers almost roast as they
\ hurry across. This plain, known al
4 the Hammada Is about as big as
/ Kentucky and its altitude is near tina
1 of the Blue Ridge mountains in Vir.
/ ginia.
The Fezzan. which lies on the othel
side of the Hammada, also covers
/ large territory 1t is shallow de
4 and there by GASES. 1t lies just abou
a eight thousand miles north of LAX
Chad, and the chief caravan routes t
y -Knka and Boru pass through it.
a The trans-Sahara trade OF the pas
has largely consisted of slaves, an
q slaves are carried from the Sou
dan by that route through the Fee
4 zan to Tripoii to-day. From here the
are Struggled to Tunisla, Algeria an
= Turkey, finding ready market i
Il the harems of those cities. They ar
y often taken on the steamers. as tn
y nominal wives of their masters. n
Mohammedan will tolerate any in
Itauiry into his family arrang cement.
- and sucilEa statement prevents inves
II tigation. Not long ago the numbe
u of slaves carried across the deser
]. Through the Fe2zan amounted to a
many as ten thousand per annun
Land it is said that the route fror
vi there to Lake Chad can even no,
4 be followed by the bleaching bone
of the human beings who have die
!. on the way. The capital of the Fee
zan is Murzuk, a gloomy city con
about seven thousand peopl'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

and even with peaches and pears. On
the ground itself vegetables were
growing. and saw even alfalfa and
grain of different kinds. This. garden
was in the charge of a. Bedouin and
several of HIS wives. The women were
boiling dates in a pot. about the size
of an applc-butter kettle, over a fire.
out in the open. ! don't know whether
they were making date butter or date
honey. or whether they were merely
cooking dates. for sale in the markets
The women were loaded with jewelry.
l bribed one with a franc. and she
let me take her photograph. The 9TH
, ers were more bashful. and they wrap
ped themselves up IN their shawis
when the camera was pointed their
way.
The Onsis of Bnrbnry.
The oasis of rripolitana, or Barbary,
az 1t is often called. contain prac-
tically its whole population. They are
scattered over g. territory one-ninth as
large as the United States. and they
have altogether about one mllion peo-
pie A large number of Hhem, such
as Mechia. are found along the shores
of the Mediterranean: others are
| further south in the desert. in great
depression known as the Fezzah, and
| in addition there are others in the
1 beds of dry rivers, where the water
supply comes from springs or arte-
! sian wells. There are caravan routes
ileaning from Tripoli to ALI of these
4 cases, and also routes crossing the
i,desert 10 the Soudan from oasis to
4 oasis.
/ Tripoli is. in fact, the commercial
/ metropolis of the Eastern Sahara. II
/ lies almost directly north of Lake
iEChad. and its routes across the des-
/ ert are the shortest; although by no
1 means the safest. The roads over the
4 Sahara lead not only to Lake Chad
! but also to Tuat and Timbuktu. SO
i that Tripoli gets much of the trade OF
i the French Sahara as well.
The French decidedly object to this
and they are now making special in
4 ducements for the caravans to land
4 their wares at Gabes in Southern Tu-
I.nisia, They have policed the Sahara
4 with their camel soldiers. and are now
l sending escorts with such of the cara
4 vans as pass that way. So far they
4 have not created the requisite market
q at Gabes, and within the past few
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Takes to a Higher Court the SIS, 24o,
600 Oil Fine.

Judge Lands iii the United States
District court Saturday morning
signed the bill of exceptions for APP
peal TO the Court of Appeals of the
Standard Oil company's $29,24O,O 900
fine for accepting rebates from the
Alton railway. -
The text of the bill of exceptions
was agreed upon at "a conference held
Friday afternoon with Judge Lands
by John S Miller. representing the
Standard Oil company, United State
District Attorney Sims, and Special
Counsel Willcerson AT the confer
ence Mr.. Miller caused surprise by
announcing that the three commod-
ity tariff books of the Alton. railway
for the years 1908, 1904, and 1905
which were offered in evidence or
the trial and excluded. are mysteri
ously missing.
After a long discussion Statement
was agreed upon which will be in
serted in the bill of exceptions, show
/ ing that the books were offered II
evidence at the trial, and that they
were excluded, and that they con
tanned commodity tariffs of the rail
| road
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
A Good Sigr.

The announcement that the Anti
Saloon League proposes to stand by
Governor Hanly in case he is as
sailed for espousing the cause OF
good government IN the recent cam
paign in Columbus, o., reminds us
that public men are not always sup
ported when they do their duty. The
memories of the people are very
short. and they are rather prone to
forget the good things that a man
does and to remember the mistakes
he may make. There are many de-
mands, and they are insistent, for
honesty and courage in public men
many demands that they enforce the
the law, and put an end to corrupt
practices. But too often when pub
lie officer begins to do these things
the very men who have demanded
that they be done cfiticise the meth
DDS, object to this or that act, and
end by forgetting altogether the wise
courageous and patriotic action that
NAV have been taken But they dc
not forget the mistakes. On the
contrary, they are so keen to re-
member them. and often argue thai
the very action that they demanded
is itself mdstake-Indianapolis
News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
~ -
See ms To Like 1t.
tor Tribune:

Editor Tribune:
AS you found space to tell your
readers that F. A. Forbes was bun
coed" will you kindly also say in
your paper that should the gentleman
from Culver, or any other gentleman
from Culver, Podunk, or Oshkosh,
wish to 'bunco" us again on the same
terms, he will find us still doing bus
mess at the old stand, north Michi-
gan street, opposite Ball & Co, where
we will greet him with the glad
hand" anytime he wishes to call
again. Yours truly,
F. A. Forbes
Mr.. Forbes wishes TO convey the
idea that the Tribune in its article
Monday stated that he was buncoed
by gentleman from Culver, Podunk
or Oshkosh. This is not fact. We
stated and wish TO reiterate our state
ment that if Metsker of the Indepen-
dent sold him or pieces of yellow
paper Axe inches for S. he buncoed
Mr.. Forbes out Of over S499.
We do not wish to be understood
either that the bunco stearer lives at
Culver, Oshkosh or anywhere else
than Plymouth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Sears Roebuck Co. Indicted.

A DesMoines. Iowa, telegram says
According TO a ruling OF the federal
court Friday Sears, Roebuck & Co.
of Chicago, must stand trial on the
criminal charge of using mails to de
fraud. The company is charged with
offering genuine white lead paint for
sale that had no lead in it, and an
other charge is claiming jewelry hav-
ing alleged genuine sapphires and
pearls which had neither, but were
cheap limitations of jewels. The
transactions were carried on through
the mails. The federal court holds
that the company must stand trial the
same as anyone getting money under
false pretenses through the use OF
the mails.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
CUT BY SHRINKAGE IN VOTE.
Number of Delegates to Republican
State Convention Next Year Will
Be 373 Less.

! The delegate vote of the several
counties of the state at Republican
conventions, based on the customary
apportionment OF one delegate for
every 200 votes and fraction over 100
votes cast for the head of the ticket,
has been figured out by Carl W. Rid
dick.secretary of the Republican state
committee A comparison of the del
egate votes of last campaign with the
coming campaign shows a shrinkage
of nearly 400, or i'll other words, at
the next state convention there will
be 373 less delegates than had 70 be
cared for at the last Republican state
convention
The figures for the counties COM
prising the Thirteenth Congressional
district are given as follows:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Battle Fleet Begins Long Trip.

Battle Fleet Begins Long Trip.
The great fleet sailed from Fort
Monroe Monday-the battle fleet,
as the president OF the United States
has styled It, 1t made no fuss or
feathers about the business OF getting
away There were ceremonials made
necessary by the presence of the
president to see its departure, but
these were completed in short order,
and then the grim battleships, sixteen
of them. all modern in type, sugges-
tive OF strength and power. steamed
their way out to sea and started on
heir long voyage to the PACING
ocean.
No such aggregation OF fighting
craft ever left an American port be-
fore. There were 10000 officers and
men, aboard sixteen armor ciads
whose tonnage makes a startling to-
tai, and whose guns number more
! than 800.
The circumstances under which the
voyage was determined, the mystery
surrounding the ultimate purpose oil
| the dispatch of the fleet the wide
spread comment aroused at home anC
abroad over this notable expedition
and the picturesque features connect
ed with its departure, all served tc
make Mondays event historical
President Roosevelt on the bridg:
OF the cruiser yacht the Mayfiowei
personally led the magnificent foui
mile line OF fighting vessels during
the first stage OF the voyage. From
the anchorage ground in Hampton
roads to the Horseshoe bend o
Chesapeake bay his eagle crested fai
of blue pointed the way to the fleet
new home at the Golden Gate.
Then when the wide reaches of TIL
sea were visible through the Wild
| swung capes of Virginia, he turne'
aside and coming TO anchorage re
viewed rhe passing pageant.
The blue of the sky, the stretcl
| of green sea miles, the glistening o
spotless bulls the curl of foam crest
ed bow waves, the cheering OF sail
ors af9oat and friends ashore, tn
breeze blown strains of "Auld Ian
Syne" floating across the waters. tn
blare of trumpets, bhe ruffle of drum
rhe fash of signals. and the boom Q
saluting cannon marked the departur
| | OF the fleet
There was not ship in the lin
old enough TO have smelled the pow
der or taken the shot of Manila O
Santiago-stories written scarce tie
years ago in the history of nations
All were modern of design and arms
ment-examplesJ of the aggressiv
: seagoing navy which the presider
has declared to be so essential TO til
peace of the country.
/ Attaches of foreign legations an
en bassies at Washington and man
correspondents who have seen Wa
! service on foreign journals freely d,
| clared that Mondays naval displa
was the most impressive they ha
ever seen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Break in Cabinet is Tider Over for
Time.

The threatened break in the Cabi-
net has been tded over temporarily
but the Cabinet situation is still very
tense and no one can tell what may
happen when Secretary Taft returns.
Secretary Cortelyou Friday said
that he had done nothing for which
he is reproved either by his con-
science or his sense of official propri-
ETY. That being the case. he will
stand pat" and will not allow the
implied presidential rebuke of his ac-
Invites in lining up Southern dele
gates for Roosevelt to sever his con-
nection with the Cabinet.
Nevertheless it is considered high
w improbable that there can long re-
main two presidential candidates in
the administrations official family
each vying for votes, without devel-
oping more friction that will lead to
the retirement either of Cortelyou Oh
Taft The politicians at Washington
look for something to drop soon
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Republican Reorganization.

The Republican state committee
has decided on the following plan OF
reorganization of the Republican
party throughout the State of Indi-
ana:
The Republicans will meet in their
respective township, precincts or
wards, as may be determined under
the rules adotped ,on Friday or Sat
urday, the 10th or 18th days OF jan
nary. 1908, at such times and places
and under such rules and regulations
not contrary to the rules of the state
committee, as the township chairman
may fix for the purpose OF transact
ing the following business:
Il. For the election of one pre-
cinct committeeman for each voting
precinct throughout the state, ex-
cept that when different basis and
time for the organization has during
the past years prevailed in any coun-
ties of the state, and in all counties
governed by the primary election law,
the previous customs and the pro-
visions of the primary election law
shall be followed as to the organi-
zation of the committee in such coun-
ties.
90 For the election of delegates
and alternates to the district conven-
tons to be held on Tuesday, the 14th
May OF January. 1908. at the places
hereinafter designated, for the selec-
ton of a district committeeman for
each congressional district IN Indiana,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
the various conventions.
| The committeeman so selected shall
constitute the members of the Re-
publican county committee, and such
committee shall meet on Monday
| Jan 13. 1905. at the county seat oil
| their respective counties, at such time
and places as shall be determined
and published by the county chairman
for the purpose of organization, by
the election from their number oil
otherwise of chairman. vice chair
man. secretary and treasury, and thu
officers OF said committee. together
with three or more persons TO be aD
pointed by the chairman. shall con
stitute the executive committee o
the county committee for the count!
so organized.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Danger from Bond Secured Notes.

The American public has become
so hardened to the idea of bond-se-
cured currency, with no proper rela-
ton to gold, and, therefore, no auto
maic elasticity, that we fear there is
little chance of creation of simple,
sound and uniform system of curren-
cy. If American bank notes are is
sued to an unlimited extent on Sc
curity of railway bonds. we may have
to study again the history of Laws
Mississippi scheme. and of the
French assignats, which were proud
ly described as paper money based
on the firm foundation of landed
property.-London Economist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19

Owing to the shutting down of fac
tories because of the financial strin-
gency twelve saloon men of Muncie,
have closed their places and others
are expected to follow their example.
Mr. and Mrs. l. NJ. Snoeberger, of
Joliet, H., went to Warsaw this
morning to visit relatives. They have
been wishing in Plymouth with Mrs
Snoeberger's father, Henry Auker-
man..
Congress shows no disposition to
break lis back with hard labor before
the holiday adjournment. After the
holidays the members will be too full
OF turkey and plum pudding to exert
themselves.
Harry Thaw has cost the city of
New York 100000 already, and an
other trial with attendant expense is
ahead. This is lot of money for a
man who wouldn't bring 10 cents ii
he were put up at auction.
Little Coral Lnkenhelt. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Linkenhelt, has
been dangerously i'll of pneumonia
for two weeks, at their home in Elk
hart She is now somewhat improved
but is not yet out of danger
|. VIM Ritchey of Delong. who was
killed by an Erie train on a crossing
near Leiter's Ford, Friday, was a
man abont SIS years of age He was
engaged in the livery business at De
Long and leaves a wife, one son and
one daughter. s@
Large cities are complaining of the
scarcity of competent teachers. The
cause is largely the attempt of school
authorities to widen the scope of
school effort to include nearly all
possible avenues of effort after the
student has closed his school life.
Five of the thirteen Republican dis
trict chairmein win not seek re-elec-
ton They are W. w. Lambert, of
Tie Fourth; Owen L. Carr, of the
Sixth: Marion Evans, OF the Elev-
enth Clarence F. Bcknell. of the
Twelfth and John II. Terhune, o;
the Eighth
Fort Wayne has some saloon-keep-
ers who resent criticism. The News
had asserted that the conviction of a
certain violaItor of the law was a good
thing, and while the. convict was out
on bond he assaulted the editor. C.
F. Bicknell. in his office. Mr.. Bick-
nell came out on top.
Some newspapers drew moral and
social lessons from the murder of a
baby by its mother because she was a
convict's wife and was ostracised
from society. Chagrin took the placs
of moralizing when it was afterward
learned that she killed the child be.
cause her illicit lover demanded it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19

No one who knows Theodore
Roosevelt's honesty and earnestness
should ever have doubted that he
would adhere to his solemn declara-
iron OF three years ago 1t did him
no credit, but the reverse, TO sup
pose that in the face of that declar-
alton he would be secretly conspir-
ing for his own denomination. The
pity of it is that he should have been
forced TO reiterate SO plain a state
ment of his purpose.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Only seven shopping days before
Christmas.
S. c. York has gone to Culver for
weeks visit.
w F. Leonard transacted business
at belong Monday
Ellsworth Sholtz has gone to Grow
ertown for visit of few days
Mrs ]. R. Windaman has gone to
Teegarden to visit with relatives
Henry Steinbaugh of Bourbon
spent Sunday with his son in this
city.
Harry Cole, OF Walnut, spent Sum
day with relatives and friends in Ply
mouth.
Miss Lucy Martin has gone to
South Bend where she will spend sew
eral days
Otto Seidel, the Fort Wayne coun-
Gilman who shot himself Thursday.
died Saturday night. c
New York passed through another
blue Sunday and the lid was screwed
down in several other cities
Mrs. l.. E. Harris and son, Victor,
have gone to Peru, Ill.,. to visit Mr..
Harris, who IS employed there.
Andrew Bowel has bought the in
terest of his partner in the Grand
hotel and is now sole proprietor
Wn. Thrush wife and child re-
turned to Coshocton, Ohio, Monday
after visit in this city with Chris
Fisher and wife ~
If the circulation would expand
about Christmas time like the Sunday
school enrolment, 1t would help a
great many people,
1t seems little strange to hear
Denver Boosting about giving the
Democrats 100000 in gold after all
that was talked in 1896
Mesdames Mary Medbourn and De
Moss returned TO their homes at Gull
yer, Monday morning, after having
spent Sunday in this city.
Mrs. Samuel Hayes and Mrs. A.
Warlich have returned to their homes
at South Bend, after a couple days
visit with Mr. and Mrs. D. c. Cole
William Nash of Canton, Ohio,
who had been visiting Mrs A c. and
r. A. Hume and other relatives here,
several days, returned home Satur-
day.
George Soicc, ohio is employed at
the government recruiting station at
Logansport. spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Soice,
in this city.
1t is said that Governor Cummins,
of Iowa, will announce himself as a
candidate for the Republican presi-
dental nomination. 1t seems 10 be
free for all race
W. F. Bailey went to Warsaw this
morning with a. draft for $1061 for
Washington Fitch. who has a matur-
ed life policy in Mr. Bailey's COM
pany, the Union Central
The reports of green bugs in the
wheat fields Of Oklahoma at this
time are wholly unfounded, accord
ing to the director of the Oklahoma
agricultural experiment station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Old Charges Dismissed.

The statement has been given out
at Rensselaer, that the. last of the en-
bezzlement cases against T. ]. Nc
Coy, the bank wrecker, now serving
tenn in prison, and against his
father, Alfred Mccoy, now OF Queen
City. Mo, have been dismissed in the
Newton county circuit court This
bars further criminal prosecution
against the McCoys. growing out OF
the wrecking OF the bank at Renssel-
acr
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Death of Mrs. lula Hill.

Mrs. Julia A. Hill died Monday
morning at the home OF her daugh-
ter, Mrs Mark Emerson, in North
township, age1 73 years.
She was one of the old residents OF
that vicinity, and had made her home
with Mrs Emerson for several years.
Funeral at Paramount church We'd
nesday afternoon. funeral cortege
leaving house a one o'clock
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Gives a Big Wheat Order.

A Greek who gave his name as
Lzeras created a sensation in grain
circles at Baltimore, Md, Friday,
when he ordered the exporting firm oil
Gill & Fisher to buy him 1,5OO,0 900
bushels of wheat and ship it to Ath-
ems. He referred to Brown Bros OF
New York. Should the order be fill
ed it will require five steamers to
carry the grain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Turkeys and Chickens.

We will pay 12c for best young
Turkeys until Dec. gath. Keep your
poor Turkeys back there will be
market for them later. The supply
of Chickens is very heavy all over
the country. We don't look for any
better price until this supply is work
ed off. We are buying all the time
Will go with the market.
!. SWINDELL * BIO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
A Ration of Buttermilk.

AT the dinner of the famous Grid
iron Club in Washington, ID. C.. last
Saturday night, no cocktails were
served, out of Difference. to the IA
nous cocktail episode in which Vice
President Fairbanks, one OF the clubs
members. figured in this state las,
summer The wce-president wa:
served a ration oil buttermilk. Such
are the attributes OF fame.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
In Justice Court.

The case of the state versus John
f. Rigney, deputy fish and game
commissioner. for hunting upon the
enclosed land of Andrew ]. Thayer
without permission, which ease was
set for hearing Tuesday, was by mo
ton of prosecuting attorney continu-
ed until January s. Reas on was the
absence OF witnesses. The case oil
state versus VIM F. Ormond. on
same charge, has been set for Jan. 6
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Mrs. Burger Struck with Paralysis

Mrs Burger of Lapaz, was
stricken with paralysis Thursday at
IL o'clock. She had gone to South
Bend to visit her daughter. Nora
Huston, and received the stroke just
as she was entering her daughter :
door. She is speechless and in help
less condition
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
Total

All counties in the state show n de-
crease in delegate votes except three
counties in the extreme southern end
Of the state, viz: Dubois with seven
delegates, Ohio with three and Posey
with twelve.