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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Twenty-seven thousand women in
New York city support their hus-
bands. Most of these will insist on
staying in that great city, where the
cost of living is high and competition
active, and would spurn the offer OF
easier existence in smaller centers of
population.
1t is pitiful to see the evidence of
sacrifice, of little short OF absolute
want that are manifest among the
more intelligent classes in that great
city One may sit an hour in win
dow where the thousands are passing
and see the sure proof that struggle
is the chief factor in the existence of
the most of these thousands Apparel
proves it first, but in the lines of
faces of men and women are written
deeper the facts of superhuman eff
fort to keep out of the dependent
classes, and desperate contest with
the social and industrial forces that
iiidhC Vi iiidi CNCh inOUCi dtC cu~ttso.
The worst of it is that many of
these people whose lives are thus
made a round of worry are victims Of
their own individual desires TO par
ticipate in what they term the wider
lief of great city. They see on all
sides the avenues that lead TO tenn
porary enjoyment and pleasure, eth
er social or individual, and rather
than run the risk of changing the op-
portunity for this form of gratifca-
ton and social rivalry for a quiet
pleasure. or an existence in which
fewer but warmer friends may be
found, they will starve their bodies.
feed their souls on indigestible foods,
worry over the means for securing
actual existence, and become only
wasting elements in a great city's
whirl and excitement. One cannot
help feeling a pity for these deluded,
foolish people who waste real energy
and have useless worry in a great
city rather than divert it to product
i've results where there is less waste
of human effectiveness and less alb
ject povDrty of soul, and fewer dis
appointed hopes.-Elkhart Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Something to Think About.

Otto Seidel. the Fort Wayne coun-
Gilman who had been on an almost
continuous drunk since his election
to that position and who, in a mo-
ment of remorse, shot himself with
suicidal intent, succeeded better than
was believed at the time he commit
ted the deed. The shot proved fatal,
contrary to earlier reports which in
dicated that he would recover Seidel
was threatened with removal from of
fee on account OF repeatedly appear
ing in the council chamber in an in
toxicaied condition. This threat
seems to have touched him in ten
der spot His constituents have
something to think about. They
must have queer notions about coun-
cilmanic fitness and qualification
South Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Cortelyou's Statement.

From his SickrOom Secretary Ol
the Treasury Cortelyou issued the
following statement: December IT,
do not know that | am called upon
to make a statement at this time,
but, in view of the various rumors IN
circulation as to the alleged political
activity of friends of mine in my in
terest, will say that have not been
a candidate for anything but the con-
filence of the people in the discharge
of my duties as Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Il have not in person sought, moi
have the friends whose names have
been mentioned in this connection
sought, to influence political move
ments in my interest; | have not, nor
have they, used any influence, directly
or indirectly, to secure ploitical sup
port for or against any candidate for
the presidency, and accusations that
such mas been done are unqualltiedly
false.
In no office. in no one of three de-
partments with which | have been
connected, have | authorized or per-
mitted officials or employees to at
tempt to influence any such move
ments, nor shall | do so.
"In common with many other citi-
zens, | have decided views as TO poll
ces and as TO candidates, but ] shall
refrain from expressing them until
believe il is proper for me to do So
Upon this statement | am entirely
content to leave the people to draw
their own conclusions regarding such
rumors as those TO which | have re-
ferred.
IF in the future shall decide to
be a candidate for any Office ! shall
be prepared TO say so frankly and
state the grounds upon which l ask
for support.
'1n the meantime | shall try, as
have tried in the past, to conduct the
Treasury Department for the benefit
of the people of the whole country
and absolutely without regard to
whether any action | may take in the
line of my duty may adversely affect
my personal or political welfare.
George b. Cortelyou
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Sees Big Future for Siberia.

The unparalleled volume OF emigra-
tion to Siberia was the subject OF an
hours analysis by prince Vassilchok-
off, minister of agriculture, before
the duma committee at St. Petersburg
Wednesday.
The minister said that since Jan.
OF the present year a total OF s64,-
900 emigrants had passed Tchelya-
binsk bound eastward. This was 0
times the yearly colonization prevail
ing UP to 1906, the average then being
about $4,000.
Prince Vassilchokoff painted q
glowing picture of the possibility OF
Siberia some day outstripping Amer
lea in productiveness. He said hat
this year the government had been
taken unawares and the accommoda-
ions for the emigrants were insuffi-
cient, but he promised that transpor-
tation facilities would be greatly i'm
proved in 1905
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Cost of Our State Charities.

The board of state charities, in q
statement just made public shows
how nearly the Indiana state institu-
tions were able to complete the last
fiscal year within the appropriations
made by the last legislature.
"The four institutions" the board
says, which do not have an allow
ance for excess population are the
Sailors Orphans home, the Institute
for the Blind and the Girls school
and Woman's prison The first three
had small balance remaining at the
end of the year, but the funds of the
girls school and woman's prison fell
short by $9,61542. This amount was
made up by the governor from his
contingent fund.
THE state prison was granted a
specific appropriation by the last leg
islature of $4,000 and the reformatory
one of $4,000 to guard against defc-
1t in the maintenance fund Both the
regular and specific appropriations
tor maintenance were used and in ad-
dition the state prison spent $1O,-
4a4.O4 and the reformatory $l5,6767 ~
from their allowance for excess pop-
ulation. The Indiana boys school
used up its regular maintenance fund
and was forced to call on the COVER
nor for an additional amount of S.
600. TIE four insane hospitals used
all their maintenance appropriations
and portion of their additional al
lowance and had small balances at the
close, of the year
THE school for Feeble Minded
youth used all its regular appropria-
ton, as well as part of the amount
which became available for excess
population. The maintenance expen-
dItures of the school for the deaf
consumed all its appropriations for
that purpose and all but $11.27 of the
allowance for excess population
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Higher Pay is Urged to Build up the
Army.

The principal reason why it is diff
cult to get men TO enlist in the army
and to stay in it after they have en-
listed is that they are the poorest
paid and hardest worked troops on
the American continent, according to
a pamphlet of 100 pages issued by the
War Department in response to re-
quest from the last Congress. Cuba
and Chile, which arc rot looked upon
as the most progressive nations, pay
their sofiiers more than the United
States. while the British-Canadian
troops and officers get far more and
have fewer expenses, according TO the
report.
The report is profusely illustrated,
one picture showing a company o. in
fantry consisting of nine men start
ing out on a hike" of twenty-one
days. There should have been sixty
FIVE men in the company. Less fire.
quent changes of station. fewer
courtsmartial, restoratior of the cam
teen, building of gymnasiums, estab-
lishment of attractive post exchanges,
and above all, higher pay, are recon-
mended as necessary to build up the
army.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Currency Reform Bill is Promised
Soon

A currency reform bill will be re-
ported to the Senate shortly after the
Christmas holidays by the committee
on finance This promise was given
in the Senate Wednesday by Chair
man Aldrich of that committee in
counterng a maneuver on the Demo
cratic side of the chamber directed to
force the immediate adoption OF the
Culberson resolution directing the
committee to make an investigation
to ascertain the cause of the recent
furry and report means to prevent
the recurrence of such disturbances.
Mr.. Aldrich explained that his COM
mittee was now engaged in an nves-
tigation of the measures taken by the
government and the banks to meet
conditions which existed last fall.
The committee hopes to be able
to report legislation which in its
opinion will be helpful when these
crisis occur in the future said Mr..
Aldrich. Experience shows that
these stringencies occur periodically.
The recent disturbance did not arise
from legislative acts or omissions ard
.a,islatiOn cannot prevent recurf ,ncc
n the future We may do someth NC
. neliorate conditions in the future,
and | can assure the Senate that early
in January, after the holiday recess,
the committee will report bill"
In calling up mis- resolution Senator
Culberson referred TO the message
of the President, in which he sug-
gested the necessity OF legislation in
the near future, and said that either
the President had changed his mind
or that Congress was loath to carry
out the recommendation
Il have noticed" he said, that
statements from Mr.. Roosevelt have
not always been received with the
same degree of welcome as were
those of his illustrious predecessor,
George Washington
1T is said by some," said Mr. Cul
berson. that the recent trouble was
due to the Vaccinations of stock
gamblers, who would cripple COM
merce in order to force the money
which was in the interior back to the
East, where it might be used for their
speculative purposes"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Resting the Land.

Does resting land increase fertility ?
This important question can be an
swered by either yes or no. While
resting land by throwing it into a
pasture or summer following it, does
not increase the amount of plant
food, land thus handled will produce
decidedly better crops.
While land is being continually
cropped to grain, the supply of plant
food that is made available from year
to year by the workings of nature is
reduced. On the other hand, when
this land is turned into a pasture,
while the growing grass will rse up
a certain amount of plant food, the
greater part of it is being returned
to the soil in the shape of the excre-
ments from the animals that are be-
ing pastured. Thus it is that the
plant foods that are being liberated
by nature are really being held in
store for the future crops, and when
this pasture in following years is
turned to the growing of a crop OF
corn, there is enough plant food in
readiness to grow a bouncing crop
and the farmer says that the fertility
of that field has been increased. No.
not that The pastureshas, in reality
decreased slightly the fertility OF
that field but. at the same time, there
is present more available plant food
inasmnch as that that is being liber-
ated is not being used but stored up
1t is also true that while the soil
may not co'fain really more plant
food, the humus content may be in
creased md the mechanical condition
of the soil vastly improved, which
has as much to do with crop growing
as the plant food in the soil Not
enough attention, as rule, Isl given
to this important matter-the me-
chanical condition of the soil. The
law that says that change OF work
rests mankind is also true when ap-
piled to agriculture
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Nurse Tells of Druce Death.

A curious confirmation of the story
that there were always vague rumors
OF mock burial i. the Druce family
at London Friday came from one of
Herbert Druce's own witnesses, Miss
Bailey, who entered the family as a
nurse to the present Defendant when
little boy, grew to mature age in
the establishment and became house
keeper and now in old age lives on a
pension provided by the Druces. The
nurse is "a years old and she has
never been married.
She swears that T. c. Druce died
in her presence. fn December, 1864,
and that she actually held his hands
during the death agony and that,
therefore Herbert Druce told simple
truth in swearing that his father died
in 1864 and is guiltless of the perjury
charged against him by his nephew,
George Hollamby Druce.
If T. c. Druce died in 1864 it fol-
lows that he was not the fifth duke
of Portland, who lived until 1879, and
consequently that the litigation in the
civil courts concerning the Portland
title and the Howard de Walden es-
tate must fall The home office con-
sented to opening the Drrce grave in
Highgate Cemetery, the assent to
that course being given in accord
ance with the legal requirements by
the owner of the grave, Herbert
Druce 1t is understood that the
grave will probably be opened short
ly after Christmas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

When Uncle Sam acquired the
Philippine Islands he learned from
the Spanish charts that there were
about 1900 of them The question oI
making new charts was taken up BY
the United States coast survey, and
the result to date has been to arouse
great distrust of the Spanish maps.
DIR. c. Z. Yeagle, who has been
attached as surgeon to the coast sur
vey steamer Fathomer for the last
two years. arrived at San Francisco
from the Orient Thursday on the lin
er China. DIR. Yeagle says the Amer
lean survey. which will not be COM
pleted for ten years, already shows
that there are 1900 islands in the
archipelago.
The American surveyors found the
Spanish charts full of remarkable in
accuracies and further surveys are ex-
pected to reveal many more islands.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Worlds Wheat Crop Short.

One of the worlds greatest ports
for exporting wheat has been Odes-
sa, Russia, from which Southern
Russia usually sends millions of
bushels into the markets of the
world, in competition with American
wheat. A significant fact affecting
this years market is that Odessa in
stead of exporting wheat is actually
importing it FROM America. This is
worse than the proverbial carrying
Goals to Newcastle" 1t illustrates
the worlds shortage which forces
prices up and keeps them there. The
whole world is dependent on our
grain this year as perhaps never be-
FORE
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Estimates and Appropriations.

Chairman Tawney of the house
committee on appropriations has
made a statement which contains
some suggestive figures. The esti-
mates for the present fiscal year sub
mitted to congress last winter ag-
gregated $S96,O00,OOO. Those Just
submitted for the next fiscal year foot
up $997,O0O,O00. In the opinion of
the chiefs of the different departments
the requirements of the government
have grown IL per cent, or $1OO, ,OOO,-
00U in one year
The estimated revenue for the next
fiscal year is $S7s,OOO,OOO. These es-
Inmates at long range are sometimes
far out of the way. They may be SER
'ously affected by unexpected changes
in conditions. If the money asked for
by the departments were to be voted,
and the estimated revenue were col
lected, there would be a deficit, after
making all allowances, of $s3,OOO,-
900. Chairman Tawneys commen-
tary on these figures is that they
show the practical impossibility of
congress at this session undertaking
new projects or authorizing new gov
ernmental services the appropriations
for which would have to be met out
of the revenue for the next fiscal ye.r.
AS the increase in the estimates in
good part is due to the larger sums
asked on behalf of the army and navy
it is conjectured that the committee
on appropriations will cut down
greatly the figures submitted by the
war and navy departments. But some
increase in appropriations for the
army and navy is necessary. 1t is
claimed by the men familiar with
army conditions that it will be skel-
eton soon unless the soldiers are bet
ter paid. Congress must maintain
the efficiency of the army.
There should be no extravaganza
in appropriations. There should be a
serious attempt to harmonic receipts
and expenditures, so that there may
be neither a deficit nor a surplus. The
present surplus is altogether too
large But the pruning knife need not
be applied exclusively to the military
estimates, even though there is no
war in sight. There may be exuber-
ant civil estimates which will furnish
the committee on appropriations an
opportunity to display its skill in
keeping down expenses-Chicago
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
200 Imprisoned in Wrecked Mine.

Between 200 and $50 miners were
entombed by 4 terrific gas explosion
IN the Darr mine of the Pittsburg
Coal Company at Jacobs Creek, Pa.
Thursday. The force OF the explosion
and the position in. which the men
were caught leave no hope that any
of them will be taken out alive.
Only one man of the hundreds who
went to work that morning has escap-
ed alive from the shoft He was Jo-
seph Mapleton, a pumper, who rushed
out of side entrance, bleeding and
badly injured
This was the third mining catastro-
phe within the month in that btu
minous mining region, the fatalities
in the accidents at Monongah, w.
Va, Fayeste City, Pa, and the local
shafts totslling almost 600 In all,
this latest crash brings the total min
ing deaths of the year TO over 2,O0C
That the loss of life in Thursdays
accident was not much larger was due
to the fact that many of the workers
in the Darr nines had lain off for the
day to celebrate St. Nicholas day IN
the local Greek Catholic churches.
The cause of the latest explosion
has not been definitely explained. 1t
came without a minutes warning and
was of such force as TO demolish
buildings near the diggings and to
be felt within radius OF several
miles
The workers had no opportunity to
leave the shafts and were caught be-
low the wreckage, where it IS feared
they may be suffocated. even if they
were able to escape the first terrific
blast
Up to late hour Thursday night
the rescders had been able to pene-
trate but small way into the ruined
mines and only thirteen bodies had
been recovered. All of these were
badly mutilated and three of them
were headless, showing the force OF
the explosion and the small chance
which the other workers had TO es-
cape death.
AS was the case at the recent Mo-
nongah disaster, the explosion fol-
lowed a brief shut down, the Darr
mine having been closed Tuesday and
Wednesday 1t was just 1870 o'clock
when the tenth trip of loaded cars
had been brought out TO the tipple,
that there came I'll awful ruDbling
sound followed immediately by q
loud report and a heavy concussion.
AT the same time there came out OF
the mouth of tse mine an immense
cloud of dense smoke and dust that
floated across the Youghiogheny riv-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Large Suicide List During November.

More men than women became
tired of living in November, accord
ing to figures compiled, by DR.. ]. N.
Hurty. secretary of the State Board
of Health. Vital statistics for Indi-
ana for November show that there
were twenty-six suicides in the State.
OF this number nineteen were men
and seven were women. In Novem-
Der of last year thirty-two persons
committed suicide in Indiana.
Statistics for this November show a
slight decrease in the number of ac-
cidental deaths In November, 1907,
there were 1877 accidental deaths and
in November of the preceding year
there were 145 accidental deaths. OF
the accidental deaths last November
steam roads caused thirty and street
and interrurban cars caused four. In
November, 1906, the number of
deaths due to steam roads was forty
one and the number due 70 interur-
ban roads and street cars was four.
A slight decrease is shown in the
total number of deaths by violence
when compared with similar deaths
in November of 1906 The total num-
Der of deaths by violence in Novem-
Der, 1907, was 176 and the number in
November, 1906, was 1s4.
There were almost twice as many
murders during November of this
year as during the same month last
year, the number of murders for the
two months respectively being thir-
teen and seven OF those who were
murdered ten were men and three
were women Seven men and two
women who were murdered died from
gunshot wounds One mans throat
was cut and three men were killed by
blows on the head.
Grmshot deaths also seemed to be
a favorite suicide route Eight men
who committed suicide died of gum
shot wounds Three men and two
women hanged themselves; one man
drowned himself and seven men and
FIVE women took poison.
1t is shown in the record of acci-
dental deaths that other causes in ad-
dition to steam and street and inter-
urban roads were as follows: Crush
ing injuries, 12; burns and scalds. 26;
gunshot wounds, g.; drowning 2;
horses and vehicles o; falls II; cleo
trici;y, 3, and poisons, Z. Other ac-
cidental deaths were due to various
causes not classified.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Murdered by Robbers.

kilograms from Kansas City. Kan,
report that Louis r. Sternberg, aged
AZ, was attacked by robbers Saturday
night or Sunday morning in his gen.
eral store in that city and was beaten
to death. A heavy bolt and the dead
body with the head crushed in told
the story. The victims wife, Matte
Sternberg was attacked in the living
apartments back of the store with
meat cleaver and her death is ex-
pected to result.
Sternberg was raised in Laporte,
where me lived for many years having
At one time been in the junk trade.
His father, Isaac Sternberg. and sis
ter, Mrs. NJ Wiener, are residents of
Laporte. The body will probably be
taken to Laporte for burial
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Cuba's Progress

The increase in the population of
Cuba as shown by the preliminary
figures of this years census is as
good a proof as one could desire that
the overlordship which the United
states has exercised has been in its
essential features wise and benevo-
lent Eight years ago the census
taken by the United States officials
showed a population of 1,572,797 To
day the population has risen to q
02s,2S2, an increase of 30 per cent.
Even if the count this time is more
dicates degree of prosperity which
is certainly remarkable.