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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Editor With a Premon;tion.

Fit Wayne, Ind, Arpil 27.-Virgil
Geiger, editor of the Churubusco
Truth, who recently resigned the of
fee OF postmaster of the Churubusco
which he held only one month, adj
nits to premonition that he will
die with his boots on" In his is
sue last week he says, in commenting
on remark in a COLUMBIA City paper
that he was ne frightened into re-
signing: Right you are, Brother
Adam, for we have always had a pre-
monition that if we ever died we
would die with our boots on. There
is one thing, however, that we want
to say before we shuttle off this NOR
tai coil, and that is, we do not fear
any one who is so cowardly as to
write anonymous letters, fire barns
or burn poor dumb brutes. Law
breakers and thugs do not alarm us
and all we ask of them is 10 let us
alone, mind their own business and
stand from under" Mr. Geiger re-
signed the office of postmaster be-
cause his telephone and newspaper
interests required all of his time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Food Inspectors Work.

The state has begun to realize that
the work of the food and drug and
general sanitation inspectors is under
way At Lawrenceburg, Ind, the
whole community is aroused over the
orders OF Inspector Bruner represent
ing the laboratory, that no COWS shall
be fed on slop from distilleries. This
is one of the big businesses of that
city, which supplies to Cincinnati
thousands of gallons of milk every
day The board insists that the plain
letter of the law, forbidding the feed
ing of such stuff shall be obeyed,
however, or the stuff worked into a
better shape
South Bend, Richmond, Terre
Haute, Lafayette, Fort Wayne, other
larger cities of the state and many
of the smaller ones, including Hunt
ington, Hammond, Michigan City,
have already been visited by the in
spectors. Already warning notices
have sent to grocers, druggists and
hotel men, in these various cities.
The laboratory has given out no
names as yet in these towns, and
probably will not until some of the
people affected refuse to heed the
warnings.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
The Council Didn't Know Metsker
Was a CRATER Did It?

AT the February II, 1906 meeting
Mister Metsker presented bill for
publishing the city delinquent tax list
and presented an illegal bill for pub
fishing what is called headings and
footings." City Attorney L. NJ.
Lauer, called the councils attention
to the matter and warmly denounced
Metsker for attempting to graft and
quoted the law, as we quoted it Fri
day; the council finally allowed his
bill and passed the following resolu-
ton: 1t is moved and seconded that
hereafter the council will not allow
any claims for the items commonly
called heads and tails in the adver-
Using of the list of delinquent lands
and lots" The roll was called as
follows: Tanner, aye; Locher, aye;
Hahn, aye; Cole, aye; Deeds, aye;
Ness, aye; Baker, aye; Ulrich, aye.
Thus seven Democrats and one Re-
publican voted unanimously, not to
allow Mister Metsker to graft in the
future in the publication of the city
delinquent tax list. Is it any wonder
that he should call the "old council
grafters?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
High Official May Retire.

Comptroller of the Treasury H. J.
Tracewell, who halls from Indiana
and has the backing of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks and Senator Hemen-
way, is, according to rumor, slated
for retirement to private life. The
President and Secretary of the Treas
ury Cortelyou Will not discuss the
subject So far as can be ascertained
the office has been conducted to the
satisfaction of the administration 1t
is most responsible one. because all
questions of legal nature arising out
of a disbursement of appropriations
made by Congress are decided by the
Comptroller of the treasury. Mr..
Tracewelps friends assert that he
would be inclined to welcome retire
ment, as he wishes to resume his
practice of the law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Frankfort, Ind, April 24-That
much happiness often results from
temporary adversely and einbarrass-
ment has been proven by the reunit-
ing of a brother and sister after a
separation of many years. Tt. sister,
Mrs. Joseph Gross, is one of Frank
forts most estimable women, ard
the brother is Will Miller, a printer,
who at present is employed on the
Rossville Journal They met today
after having lost all trace of each
other for years, the brother believing
his sister dead.
Mr.. Miller was seized with the
wander-lust for several years, and
since then he has visited many parts
of the world, not remaining long in
one place, but always responding to
restlessness. Finally his family lost
all trace of him, and he lost trace of
his brothers and sisters Several days
|ago he came to Frankfort, and spent
a few days here, not knowing that
his sister, Mrs. Gross, resided here.
On the day he left this city, by an
unfortunate coincidence, bicycle
was stolen about the time Miller left
Some one reported to the police that
Miller had been seen in the vicinity
of the wheel, and IS he was a strang-
er, he was at once suspected of the
theft, though unjustly SO as it was
afterward proved. But in view OF
the good that resulted directly from
that erroneous suspicion, Miller is
now rejoicing.
One Of the local papers published
the fact that he was under suspicion,
and Miller in Rossville read of this
he at once wrote letter to the sher-
if, declaring his. innocence The let
ter was published in the paper. Then
Mrs. Gross picked up the paper and
read about Mr. Miller, and she at
once came to believe that he was her
brother.
Going to the telephone she called
up the Rossville Journal and Miller
himself answered. He was cate
chised at length regarding his family
and his replies proved to Mrs. Gross
that he was her brother. When Mil
Ter was informed of the fact he was
lstunned by the surprise and joy Mrs
Gross took the FIRST train to Ross
Vile, where a pleasant reunion was
held between the long separated
brother and s;ster.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Colonel Scriven, chief signal officer
of the departmnt of the east, scouts
the idea that the automobile can do
the work of the army mule So the
Missouri mule, which is the bone and
sinew of our national military
strength, may lay back hts generous
ears and emit reverberating heehaws.
He is not to be supplanted. Science
with all its boasts can not dethrone
him from the proud estate which he
has so we'll earned The mule start
ed in life badly handicapped in the
matter of ancestry. Through his own
unaided efforts he won military rec
ognition and rank which is enviable.
Exalted in war and indispensable in
peace, the Missouri mule shall ever
hold his place of honor. be it at the
lannon's mouth or between the corn
rows
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
HEARST HAS A SCHEME.
Plans to Force Democrats to Name
Him for Presidency.

Chicago, April 24-People who
thought that William Randolph
Hearst, when he was defeated for
Governor of New York last fall. had
quit his desire to be president of the
United States, will have a chance to
revise their opinions, according to
the Chicago Tribune. Mr.. Hearst
has not abandoned his ambition. He
has simply changed his plans for at
tanning it.
This change of plans is calculated
to make all sorts of trouble for Will
liam Jennings Bryan 1t does not
mean that Mr. Bryan can not have
the Democratic nomination for presi-
dent, if he can get it. 1t does mean
that, after he has got it, it will be OF
no value to him as a means of enter
ing the White House.
The Hearst program, as outlined
in the last few days in New York
and Chicago, is extremely simple. 1t
is a repetition of the one he worked
so successfully in New York last year
when he forced the Democratic party
organization of that State to make
him its candidate for Governor This
time he intends to force the Demo-
cratic organization of the country TO
make him its candidate for President,
or else face the same dilemma which
brought Tammany hall and all the
rest of the party in New York into
line last fall.
But, briefly, it is that he will break
away from the national Democratic
party as he did from the local organ
izaiion in Chicago and New York.
He will have himself nominated for
President by national Independence
League. Then the Democratic party
can indorse him, or not as it-sees fit.
The news was brought to Chicago
by a man who is in close touch with
Mr.. Hearst in all his political plans.
He expressed it in these words:
"Mr. Hearst soon will break away
entirely from the Democratic arty.
He will advocate the formation of a
national party tina. will represent
ideas which, he claims, constitute
true democracy.
This means that branches of the
independence League soon will be
started in every state in. the Union.
Then d national convention OF lie
independence League will be called.
1t will be held before the regular
Democratic national convention.
"Then it will be up to the Demo
cratic national convention. 1t will be
in exactly the same position as the
Democratic State convention in Buff
falo last year. 1t can indorse Mr.
Hearst, with chance of winning, or
name a candidate of its own with a
certainty of defeat"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Peace in the Labor World.

The world of industry looks CRATE
fully forward to a peaceful May; and
the reason it does so is because of
the new system of longtime signed
agreements between organized en-
ployers on one hand and organized
employees on the other hand. 1t is a
new and benehcent order in the in
dustrial world, and it has come to
stay.
Labor and capital nave learned
through bitter experience the fearful
cost of strikes and lockouts. The
misery on one hand is equalcd by the
waste of capital on the other hand
But this has been known for a long
time and there seemed nevertheless
no way of translating this general
conviction into permanent peace The
solution has been found in the device
OF a signed agreement, local, district
or national, between the masters and
their men-Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
MOTT ICE

To the party or parties that are
making themselves SO very busy at
lacking my credit, and reporting me
to the wholesale manufacturers OF
doors. sash, ETC., as not being a re-
tail dealer in doors, sash, etc., and
thereby trying to get the. wholesale
houses to refuse to fill my orders for
doors, sash, etc, and compelling me
to buy my stock on the retail market,
l beg leave to inform them that am
retailing doors, sash. etc., and will in
form them that the shipment that
they tried to stop for me in Chicago,
is here, and that | am not compelled
to buy it from a retail dealer here
as this informant thought he would
make me do.
To the General Public.
! wish to say that l can fill any
and all orders for Doors, Sash, In
terror Finish, Mouldings. Columns,
Mantels. Hardwood Flooring, etc. in
short order. | make all special size
doors and sash to order in my mill
here and it only takes few days to
get them out.
/ do not belong to any lumber
mans combination or association,
and fix my own margin of profits, and
will give you prices that are right
and not prices that are fixed by an
association and a lot of public
squeezers.
j. S. NESS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Weariss of 500, 900 Job.

Resigning a position that pays
100000 a year, the larges. paid to
any man in Boston, Frederic Perry
Fish is no longer president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and will return to the prac-
tice of law.
He is succeeded by Theodore N.
Vail, one of the men prominent in
the early history of the telephone
business and identified with it ever
since
For years Mr. Fish wa noted as a
patent attorney. He occupied a
unique position in that field and was
probably the best known man in that
line in TIE country. Large as was his
salary when he was made president
of the telephone company, his in
come, he told his friends, from his
professional practice was greater.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE,

To the citizens of The Second Ward
of the City of Plymouth Center
township. Marshall County, and
State of Indiana
The undersigned hereby gives not
ice that he will apply to the Board Of
County Commissioners of said
county, at their next regular term, to
be held at the court house, in the city
of Plymouth. in said county, COM
mencing on the arst Monday OF
June A. D. 1907, for license to sell
spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, in
a less quantity than a quart at time,
with the privilege of allowing said
liquors to be drank on the premises
where sold, for one wear. The prem
Uses where said liquors are to be sold
and drank are described as follows.
towit: On the first floor of two
story frame building situated on the
west end of the south fifteen (15) feet
of lot number six Co and the north
FIVE 90 feet of lot number FIVE 50 of
the original plat of the town (now
city, Of Plymouth. Center township.
Marshall County, Indiana. Said room
is situated on the east side of Michi-
gan street and fronts west on said
street, and the dimensions Of the
room are thirty-nine (39) feet and
three ca inches east and west by
eighteen (1s) feet and eight (s)
inches north and south, with CELL
ing eleven (11) feet and six (6) inches
from the floor. with one door in the
center of said room at the west end
and one door at the southeast cor
rer ana one door north of said last
named door and leading to a back
room Of said building / also give
notice that ! will apply to said Board
for the privilege of selling lunch, soft
drinks, tobaccos and cigars in the
above described room.
GEORGE II KRIJYER.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Our Texas lands will meet your
wants. We will sell you land for
$3.50 to $4,000 per acre. We have
some fine sections that we will ex-
change in part for property. Our $685.
600 acre tract is. suitable for coloni-
zation purposes and great induce
ments will be given the actual settler.
This land can be had for $3.50 to
SIP per acre
We are not talking Texas from
hearsay. but have CAREFUL, investi-
gated the district for three years, and
know the land we represent Come
in and arrange to go with us. May
9TH and 2lst, and see for yourself.
FRANK JARRETT. local agt. rep
resenting
Swtzer. Lentz & Warrick,
Warsaw. Ind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
GUILTY OF BUYING VOTES.
Man Convicted of Violating Pure
Election Agreement Disfran-
chised and Fined.

Charlottesville, Ind, April "a
Shortly before noon today George
Kepler was found guilty of vote buy
ing by a jury composed of six Re-
publicans and as many Democrats,
fined 81 and DISTINGUISHED for ten
years. Prior to the last election an
anti-vote-buying agreement was en-
tered into by Democrats and Repub-
licans. On election day Kepler and
Frank Maxwell, deputy auditor, were
arrested charged with violation of the
agreement. 1t was alleged that they
bought Fred Leips's and Andrew
Sawyer's votes. Democratic watchers
followed Kepler, Leips and Sawyer to
an unfrequented street near she coun-
ty jail, where Kepler dropped two IS
bills out of a buggy. Sawyer and
Leips were near the buggy and darted
forward to grab the money. Bert
Ezra, Democratic watcher, came on
the scene unknown to Kepler or the
vote sellers and warned Sawyer and
Leips not to touch the money or they
would get in trouble. eas.
They hesitated and before they
could get the greenbacks Ezra secur-
ed the money. Sawyer and Leips
implicated Kepler. Maxwell and KEEP
Ter were arrested The case of KEEP
Ter was set for trial once before but
when the day of the trial came the
prosecuting witnesses, Sawyer and
Leips, had left and the trial was post
poned. Later Sawyer was arrested in
Terre Haute and brought back and
placed in Jail Leips also was arrest
ed later and both were held in Jail
as witnesses and testified in the case
just concluded.
Political friends of the defendant
and Mr.. Maxwell say il is a plot on
the part of Democrats and that Saw
yer and Leips we're in league with
them. There are two factions of Re-
publicans here, "antis" and ring
sters.". The "ringsters" assert that
the "antis" were in with the Demo-
Gratis in securing the arrest and con-
viction. Harry Fine. prosecuting at
torney, is Democrat The case was
given to the jury at o'clock last
night. They balloted all night, nine
to three for conviction, and until 10
this morning. Then the Jury came in
for further instructions.
Judge West reread the original in
structions and the jury retired, and
after five ballots found Kepler guilty
A new trial will be asked by the de-
PENDANT The case against Deputy Au-
ditor Maxwell has been postponed
until May. The case has caused
bitter feeling, and it is intimated that
some Democrats may be prosecuted.
The defendants are among Craw-
fordsville's most prominent people.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
FARMS FOR SALE.

1875 acres miles from town; good
improvements and good land, at SEQ
per acre.
100 acres miles from town; good
Improvements and good land. A bar
gain at SIS per acre.
90 acres near Lapaz at bargain at
SIS per acre.
10 acres Just outside of city; we'll
improved, at $1,000.
81 acres miles from town. This
is bargain at $1,000.
120 acres miles from town. This
is snap for some one soon, at only
$22.50 per acre.
I also have other farms for sale,
and some farms for trade for city
property.
/ also have many good bargains
in city property of all kinds, such as
dwellings, lozs and store buildings.
If you have anything for sale or
trade, or in the way of insurance call
and see US.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
DIR. Bell and Airships.

DIR. Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, is reported as saying TO an
interviewer in London that the prob
lem of aerial navigation has already
beer solved by Americans and that in
a short time it will possible to cross
the Atlantic in less than twenty
hours. But it does not follow that
DIR. Bell is right about that because
ne invented the telephone. A tele-
phone is not an airship-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
In Search of the '"We."

AT last" says William Jennings
Bryan, Eve are going into a cam
paign united on the right side of the
questions" Great! Now if the Amer
lean people only knew who, 1--WE" are,
what the questions are and what the
right side of them is, how happy
they would bel -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Frank H. Hitchcock. first assistant
postmaster general, whose excursions
into the south created more or less
interest among Republicans, returned
to Washington Wednesday.
He was disinclined to talk politics.
but when urged to do SO said:
There has been a good deal of
talk to the effect that the south was
drifting away from President Roose-
welt. This is not true. AS far as
my observations went there is no evil
dence to justify the reports that there
is disaffection from the administra-
ton among southern. leaders.
THE south, as size up the situa-
ton is for Roosevelt They believe
in him personally and approve of his
policies. AS a matter of fact, they
want the president continued in
Office"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Death of R. S. Shafer.

R. S. Shafer died at his home in
Tyner Saturday morning. The de-
ceased was n years of age and had
been sick for some time. He was a
prosperous farmer of Polk township.
The funeral will be held at Tyner
Monday at p. m. Interment in the
Tyner cemetery
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Richard&Bro
RBLINQUISHnENTS.

We have some fine relinquishments
in Oklahoma that the man of limited
means can handle, and secure home
of 100 acres of first class land, cheap
and on easy terms. For full infor-
nation see or write US.
SWITzER, LENTz 4 WARRIcK
Warsaw. Ind.
FRANK JARRETT. agt. Plymouth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Cascasweet for babies Is the best
remedy for collie, summer complaint,
diarrhoea and sour stomach. 1t IS
especially good in cases of teething
when irritation affects the stomach
and intestines. Sold by all druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
Cook With Gas.

The cleanest most economical and
up-to-date method of cooking. apr1o
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Ready-to-wear garments at sharp
reduction this week at The Bee Hive.
my1d2
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Pretty dress goods never were sold
so cheap. This week. The Bee Hive.
my1d2
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

For Sale Cheap-Kitchen range
Good condition. Call at this office
apr30w1d6
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02

Tor April ~, winch resolutions were
unanimously adopted by the COM
mon council and approved by the
mayor, all of which is a matter of
record and may be seen by any one
who will go and examine the records
in the Office of the city clerk. Yet
Mr.. Metsker says these resolutions
are illegal and are so considered by
every attorney in Plymouth. Mr..
Metsker, did you ask Mr.. Martin
dale's opinion of the legality of the
resolutions? If you did not then you
have not the opinion of every law
yer in Plymouth on this subject.
Notice of the passage os these res
olutions was ordered by the CON-
mon council to be published in the
Chronicle and the bills for the pub
LEGATION of these notices were allow
ed by the council without a dissent
ing voice, and the bills did not have
to be cut down any either by the
council on account of over charges.
The Democratic members voted with
the Republican members on the pass
age of these declaratory resolutions
and for allowing the bill of the
Chronicle for publishing notice of
their passage, and yet Mr.. Metsker
has the audacity in the face of this
record to charge the proceedings as
being partisan and reckless because
not published in his pr err.
Mr.. Metsker has become very in
dependent all at once for he says
that he asks no favors of this coun-
Gil. Well may he come to this con-
clusion after writing that nefarious
and villianous article in his Dog-fen-
mel paper. When will Mr. Metsker
have another brain storm?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-31
TREASURY INCREASE.
Tax Collectors are Turning in Their Money.

Money.
 There has been a very perceptible increase in the office of the State Treasurer in the last few days, due to the fact that people generally through out the State are paving their taxes, and returns are being promptly made by the tax collectors.
 Over S1OO.0OO were received at the Treasury yesterday. which is the larg- est amount received in long while The total amount collected since the commencement of the fiscal year, Oct' l. and which has been turned into tne treasury, is $426.S79.59. which Is sev- eral thousand dollars ahead of the same date last wear.
 The rush will commence today in all of the counties of the State as th1s IS thc last day on which taxes can be paid without paving interest at the rate of s, per cent. A majority of the tax payers put off paying their dues to the State until December 31. and as re- sult the tax collectors have more than they can do to receipt for the money and it is often the case that property owners are allowed to pay their taxes on January 1 without extra fees where the office of the collector has been so crowded that he cannot wait on all that come to pav.
 There will be one source of revenue that will be missed this year, the whis- key licenses for the State. Over fifteen counties have gone dry since last Jan uary. and one of these the largest in the State. This will make serious difference in the amount of money to come into the State Treasury on the first of the year.
 The proceeds of the sale of guano tags are turned into the treasury through the Agricultural Department and is not included in the figures quoted. The tags are being sold now ] to the manufacturers.