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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Girl With Ten Personalities.

1t is believed the final stage has
been reached in the strange psycholo-
gical developments attending the case
OF a London girl who came to be
known as the girl with ten personal
tiles" and who presented phenomena
which baffled medical authorities
throughout the world.
The case was made public two
years ago and was the subject of
widespread discuss on, for, while in
stances of the sort are not uncom-
mon, several having been reported in
America, this is believed to be the
most remarkable of the kind. A. AL
bert Wilson, brain specialist of high
standing in London, who has had the
girl, who is now % years of age, un-
der observation since she was 13, an
nounces she now has settled down in
to what may be termed a permanent
stage.
When the girl was IS she contract
ed particularly severe form of in
fuenza. Recovering, her mind be-
came blank, and before the eyes of
DR.. Wilson she developed ten abso-
lutely distinct and clearly recogniz-
able personalities. They alternated
without any regular sequence, the pa
tent betraying ideas the accomplish
ment of which in any other of the
nine stages she was entirely ignorant
She had no sense of the lapse of time
between any of the personalities
In one instance she 1apsed from
one to another in the evening when
the lamps were lighted and on recur-
ring to the first stage several months
later her first question was. "Why
aren't the lamps lighted" although
at the time it was midday. People
she met in one personality were COM
plete strangers to her in another.
These changes always were accom-
panied by completely altered facial
expression.
Being taken to the seaside while in
one phase, she was taught to swim,
but on revisiting the spot while in
another condition she said she never
had seen the sea before and was ter
rihed at the idea of, entering the wat
er. Dr. Wilson appeared a different
person to her in each of her person.
alitics. She wrote letters in COM
pletely different handwritings, vary
ing from a babyish scrawl to the PEN
manship of an educated person.
While in one stage she could draw
beautiful intricate figures, but in all
the other nine she was unable to
trace even the crudest outlines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Got Scribbling Habit.

Caught with his pockets filled with
incoherent and threatening letters to
President Roosevelt, King Edward,
Kaiser William, Admiral Evans, King
Victor Emmanuel, District Attorney
Jerome, big Tim Sullivan and "The
Plain People" young man who
would only give the name of Cum
mings. is in Bellevue NJ Y, for OBJ
servation. Detectives who went into
an uptown telegraph Office found sew
eral OF he incoherent messages
scrawled II the pads. Inquiry devel-
ops that Cummings had been making
it habit TO come in and write num-
erous messages. The detectives ac-
cordingly waited for him.
One letter to President Roosevelt
read "Mr. Roosevelt, don't forget
King Alfonso; I'd like to hear him
tell how it feels to have a bomb
thrown at you while in an open car
riage with your wife. We will have
it out in Spanish and 1ta1ian No, l
won't smoke any of his cigarettes.
(Signed) Pinto"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

The railroads of the south have
been given until September / to make
restitution to Cincinnati lumbermen
of a sum of money running into
thousands of dollars overcharged on
lumber shipments during the past
four years.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission Wednesday asked the Gin
cinnati lumbermen's club to at once
notify it of failure on the part of
the railroads to make good the
claims. The lumbermen have SUBJ
mitted claims for excess freight col
lected on every car since the original
suit was brought and which led to the
decision of the supreme court that
the roads were illegally collecting 9
cent increase
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Wolford Saloon at Culver Raided

Saturday afternoon there were big
doins' at Culver. A large crowd of
picmcers were up from Logansport.
Although the town was supposed to
have been dry, numerous drunks
were in evidence 1t seems hat ever
since his license was revoked, VOL
ford has been receiving beer in sugar
barrels etc, and disposing of it at
his lunch room"
J. o. Ferrier a resident of Culver,
grew tired of the law breaking prae-
tlce, and started a crusade, which re-
suited in Saturdays raid Prosecutor
]. A Molter was called to Culver,
where he was joined by the town
marshal armed with a search war
rant and an axe and the town board,
and the party betook themselves to
Wolford's stand. The doors being
locked they were broken in. Refrig-
orators and adjoining rooms were
searched by the party, and they were
rewarded by finding a couple of sug-
ar barrels filled with live ones, and
wagon loads of dead ones. Hilarity
ran high The Logansport band lined
up in front of the saloon rendered
selections from How Dry | am and
Farewell, My Bluebell" Bottles
were thrown about the streets and
broken. Someone was said TO have
remarked Such extravaganza. All
of the parties interested went TO Gull
yer Monday, but no hearing has been
set as yet
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Business Mems Picnic.

For several years past the business
and professional men of Plymouth
have been laying aside their duties
once a year. and meeting at some of
the lakes for days outing The
members at recent meeting decided
to establish county organization,
and each town throughout the county
has been requested to take hand in
the formation.
L. G.. Harley of Plymouth was in
town Friday morning laying the mat
ter before those he could see and a
hearty cooperation is expected from
our citizens The picnic this year
will be held at Lake Maxinkuckee
and the date is Tuesday September
3rd
Mr. Harley stated that the women
folks were not expected to prepare
food for this occasion, as this import
ant feature was attended to by the
organization.
The membership fee, which is the
only cost in joining the organization,
is $10O
Let our business and professional
men hold meeting and take action
in the matter.-Bourbon Advance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Gov. Hanly Explains.

Gov Hanly has been put 10 the
trouble of explaining his Elkhart
speech, and it affords him the oppor-
tuuity to set himself right before the
people on the question of states
rights. 1t is not surprising to find
that his views on this srbject are in
accord with the most approved senti-
ment of the day an6 that there Is
nothing in them on which the rem
nants of the old secession crowd IN
the South can hang thread of COM
fort.
AS the head of great state Gov.
Hanly is naturally jealous of any un-
warranted federal interference. but he
does not forget that all the states are
dependent upon the general govern
ment for that cohesive principle
which differentiates state from a
nation and adds to- the strength OF
one the strength of all He wisely
advocates prudence in dealing with
questions arising between the state
and federal governments, but he is an
ardent admirer of President Roose-
welt and in the main an advocate Of
his policies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Rule Against Stock Watering.

The new Public Service Commits =.
sion in New York has adonted a
course that will go far to strengthen
public confidence in Wall street and
kindred securities. A call is male on
corporations for precise info .mation
before the board will permit an IN
crease of capitalization or indebted
ness. Notification to this effect has
already been sent out to transit, gas
and electric light companies in New
York Wall street should be able to
see that in a time when the prices Of
commodities generally are unusually
high the securities in the speculative
markets are low, and that special
causes must be responsible for this
exceptional state of affairs. 1t is clear
that investors in Wall street want ID
be assured that some of the practices
that have been INDUCED there to some
extent should be stopped in the in
tSiNol VI olO(hllOluClS 'dllQ III JuSll(C
to the public.
Public utility commissions have
lately been created both in the state
and the City of New York, and have
gone to work promptly. Hereafter
when a public service corporation
there proposes to, increase its capital
or stock full information must be
filed and complete publicity in all de-
tails will be required A movement
like this is the best thing that could
happen to the corporations, that think
their securities are unduly depressed
in this time of good prices in other
forms of property. Values on Wall
street have been lowered not on ac-
count of the demand for honest deal
ing but because confidence in square
dealing has been distributed in some
quarters The commissions order
will help Wall street, not hurt, its bet
ter elements.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Eeath of William WEIGH.

William w WEIGH one of the old
est settlers of Marshall county, died
at Rochester Monday night, aged "A
years. He was an uncle of James w.
Maxey, Mrs. Loyal Burch and Mrs.
VIM. Strunk of this city. He planted
the double row of shade trees for A.
L. Wheeler on South Michigan street,
doing the work for ten dollars.
The remains were brought TO this
city Wednesday forenoon and taken
to the home of William Strunk where
funeral services were held at $3.50 p.
m. conducted by Rev. Mr.. Smith of
the Reformed church. Mr.. WEIGH
was for many years engaged in ditch
ing and constructed many bitches in
this county, Kcsciusko and Fulton.
He leaves two sons, one at Indian
apolis and one at Terre Haute. and
a daughter at Rochester.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

The gas plant has issued 100000
of first mortgage gold bonds. These
bonds are secured by first, mortgage
on all the buildings, machinery, pipe
lines, franchises, cotracts and all the
property owned by the Gas company
in the City of Plymouth.
They pay per cent interest per
annum, payable semi-annually.
These bonds will be sold now for
CSC and in addition the Gas company
win give as a bonus to any citiz en- of
Plymouth who invests, 30 per cent of
the bonds purchased in capital stock
of the company.
This offer is made to the people of
Plymouth so that they will have an
interest in the welfare of the COM
pany
Call at the gas Office located on La
porte street, for further particulars.
auglsdtf L. P. Kleitz. Mgr.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Mother, Father and Baby Burned
Near Mentone

While kindling fire in the cook
stove at their farm home near Men
tone Thursday morning Mrs. Chas
Webster's clothes caught fire and she
ran into the bedroom where her hus-
band and two-year-old baby girl were
sleeping. All three and the house
were burned.
Two other little girls, who were
dressing in another part of the house
saw their mother afire as she ran into
the bedroom, and they hurried out
to scream for help
Their: was can of gasoline and
can of coal oil in the kitchen, and
it is supposed the woman, in attempt
ing to kindle wood fire with oil
used the gasoline, as the little girls
who escaped heard an explosion in
the kitchen just as their mother rush
ed out on fire.
The house was destroyed by the
flames and after the heat had subsid-
ed the body of the baby was found
in the little iron crib in which il
slept, its hands and feet being burned
off and the entire body charred The
charred skeletons of Mr.. and Mrs
Webster were. found at point that
indicated they. had gone from the
bedroom into another part of the
house and had suffocated in each
others arms.
The Websters were popular in
their community. and hundreds Of
neighbors and friends hurried to the
scene Of the fire TO offer assistance
and to try to console and help the
two little girls who were so suddenl,
made homeless orphans
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

The Lutheran congregation and
Sunday school will picnic at the Lake
of the Woods Saturday, Sept. Z.
Miss Ruth Packer of Misnawaka.
Ind, returned home after a weeks
visit with Miss Lena Myers.
Mrs. NJ. I. Peter and daughter
Esther, are in Columbus, Ohio, where
they will remain till after the Buck
eye Home Coming
Tho Old Settlers Meeting Satur-
day, August 81, promises to be rec
ord breaker. The Hon. Adam E.
Wise will be the orator. The famous
Plymouth band will furnish music.
Come one, come ALL
The twins, Lloyd Harry and Lloyd
Dollie, children of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Stoup, were born July Is.
Lloyd Harry died Aug. 10 and was
buried the following day; Lloyd Dol
lie died Aug. 81 and was buried Aug.
% The interment was held at the
FairmolEt cemeter
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

Michigan peaches are selling at
s24O a bushel.
Every day big day Great Fort
Wayne Fair, Sept II to 21 29w3
Miss Mary Deegan of Valparaiso.
is the guest of Mrs. James A. Hanes
Fred Wolford has returned to Gull
yer after spending couple days IN
this city.
Tomorrow at 1890 a. m. there will
be a very important service with the
clergymen from cut of the city pres
ent, choir of thirty voices, and the
fine new pipe organ. Rev E. W.
Averill, of Fort Wayne, fine speak
er. will preach and the Bishop will
consec-ate all the memorials Every
body is heartily welcome
All persons who are either present
or prospective Sunday School teach
ers will be interested in the Course
OF Study adopted BY the Stare Asso-
cation. A circle has been formed III
Plymouth and the first meeting will
be held ON mex. Tuesday evening at
80 in the u. B. church. The first
lesson New Testament Books and
Writers" will be given.
To re struck and nearly blinded by
an artificial bolt of lightning was the
mishap of John Powers, of South
Chicago Tuesday while he was fol-
lowing his vocation as scale cutter
in the Federal Furnace mills. The
fash that struck Powers came from
an electric controller. 1t was neces-
sary % remove the patient TO a doc
tors Office for medical care
The construction of the Panama
canal has reached state of gravity
due to the fact that construction
work is developing faster than was
contemplated when the estimates for
expenditures during the fiscal year
1905 were made. nearly a year ago.
The estimate is made that about S.
00O,0OO in excess of the appropriation
could be used to advantage in push
! ing forward the work during the
present year
Sherman WEIGH and wife came
Wednesday to visit few days with
his aunt, Mrs. Christina Moore, and
look over the scenes of his boyhood.
He is returning to his home in Indi-
annapolis from trip through the
great cities of the east and will go
home via Chicago Mr. WEIGH has
made a success of the hotel business
Of which he learned the rudiments
in the old Parker house when it was
the leading hostelry of this city
The lid is on gambling tighter in
Chicago now than before in twenty
FIVE years. 1t is a pity that Chief
Shippy's dominion doesn't extend al
SO over the excursion boats running
ont of Chicago On board of these
boats slot machines operate openly.
Women and school children are feec-
ed of nickles and dimes The excite
ment is SAID to sometimes run as
high as It did during the palnest
days of the old-time gamblers on the
Mississippi river boats.
Surveyor Percy Troyer of Mar
shall county, was in Knox Monday
! seeking information that would be
useful to that county in building
gravel roads Marshal, county has
plenty of building material located
conveniently over the county but as
yet very little good roads building
has been done. When the people
come 10 a full understanding of the
value of good roads much more in
terest will be manifested in that di-
rection.-Starke County Republican
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
DIR. Martin Hurt.

DR.. ]. S. Martin residing on Center
street was hurt by fall from the
top of twelve foot ladder Friday
morning at about 9 o'clock.
He was painting small annex on
the south side of his residence and
was about to step from the top of the
ladder 70 the roof of the porch when
the ladder slipped and caused his fall
No bones were broken and it is
hoped he is not injured internally
However he is badly shaken up from
the shock and will probably be CON
fined TO his bed for a couple of weeks
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Lydia A. McElvain.

Lydia Anne McElvain wife OF Al
bert H. McElvain, died at her home
on So phia street Wednesday, Aug.
81, at 5 p. m. aged So years, month
and days. She leaves besides her
husband. a stepd,ughter. Rebecca
Klcckner of South Bend, Ind.
Funeral at the residence at $50 p.
m. Friday
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Bar Drunkards at Warsaw.

Mayor Charles Rigdon has declar-
ed his intention of ostracising con-
firmed drunkards from Warsaw
Walter Myers, aged 30 years, who
was brought before the city chief
executive Saturday, was banished
from the place for a period of two
years He was placed aboard a Big
Four train by Marshal William Gar
ncr and at the request of Mayor
Rigdon was informed that if he re-
turned he would be obliged to sub
NIT TO the ball and chain and work
on the streets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
NOTICE

Kcitzman & Son, at the Blue Barn,
have built new addition to their
barn room, and ar new prepared to
care for larger number of horses
and vehicles. Everything under roof
and nice, clean place to hitch and
feed. Farmers should patronize
a barn like this.
Also two good livery horses to- let,
single or double, especially on SUM-
days. Call at the Blue Barn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Interurban Railway Election.

Tie County Commissioners will be
petitioned next Monday to call a
special election in Center townships
to aid the construction of an interur-
ban railroad through Plymouth TO
South Bend. The projectors. are the
same ones that were voted a bonus
in Walnut, Bourbon and German
townships about two years ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Joe Stein Sells Business.

The bottling works of Joe Stein
was sold to Carl Ebert Saturday for
a consideration OF $24OO, not includ-
ing the building. Possession was
taken Monday morning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Wanted

Hay and Straw in quantities to be
baled on premises Will pay best
market prices. See me at Wickizer
K Bondurant Co.'S office over Ply
mouth State Bank
ang22wtf Elijah Cannon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Court News.

The case of Philip r. DuComb, VS.
the company of Greenwalt and Price,
on contract, has been appealed from
Justice Kitchs court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Band Concert on Friday.

The Band Concert will be given ON
Friday evening this week The fol-
lowing program will be rendered:
March, Our Special. .... Jewell
Waltz Suit, worship to the Beauti-
full ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Codina
Serenade, I'm Loves Dreamland"
acknowledgements. Ripley
Overture, "The Elves" .. Kiefer
March. Denver Post -. Jewell
Polonaise, Voyage of Life" Collins
Waltz Suit, Loveland'' :. Holzmann
March, "Our Friends" 49,. Brgiione
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

The Weekly Tribune, the largest
and best newspaper in the county for
$50 per year
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

elijah Cannon.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-19

THE reason for SO many divorces is
that women do not spend enough
time studying the characteristics oil
their intended husbands, according to
Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon Walling. 1t is
not caused by the fact that modern
machinery and inventions have taken
woman's domestic work from her,
thus leaving her with lots of time on
her hands to fiirt and get into mis-.
chief The athletic girl is all right /
have nothing against her.
A young woman living in Nine
teenth street married a man she had
only known three months. One day.
in looking from her front window, she
saw him sitting in a back window of a
Twentieth street apartment, writing
letters and reading a newspaper COM
placently.
She asked him what he was doing
there. He replied he was visiting his
friend Johnson. Subsequently it de-
veloped that he had wife and family
there. Isn't this appalling?
The young woman came to me
heartbroken. What could | do? When
people understand that marriage is a
sacrament as the church knows ii to
be there will be fewer divorces, and
to a large extent there will be no
marital unrest.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-19

r. HE prevalence of divorces in the
Il United States is a reproach alike
to the country and to the church. is
the declaration of Dr. Robert Stuart
Macarthur. The American republic
has most unenviable prominence in
this regard, The detailed accounts of
suits for divorce, as these suits are
pressed in the various courts, are dis.
gusting in the extreme They bring
reproach alike upon American men
and women in all parts of our country.
These facts are admitted and at the
same time are sadly regretted by our
best citizens and our most devoted
churchmen and churchwomen.
The causes for divorce are numer.
Gus. They are not limited In re-
sponsibility, either to men or to
women. 1t is not a sufficient state.
ment to say that the broader educa.
ton OF women and their emanclpa-
ton from the greater subsection of
former years is the chief cause. as
Mrs. Anna Rogers says. The men
and women who rush into the divorce
courts elicit our contempt for their
vulgarity and coarseness, not to use
even stronger terms. 1t is difficult so
to control ones moral indignation be-
cause of the vulgarity of these dj.
vorce cases as to speak of them with
the restraint becoming a newspaper
article. How men and women can
stoop to charge abominable crimes
against each other in order to ,cure
divorces makes one ashamed of his
race. Idleness, lack of spiritual occu.
patton and suggestion, and vulgar con.
formity to low Ideals in life-these
are causes largely responsible for the
prevalence of divorce. Hasty mar
riage Is also somewhat responsible.
Many men and women rush into mar.
riage with less serious thoughfulness
than they would show regarding any
ordinary business transaction. The
clergy also are somewhat responsible
by the haste with which they of.
ficiate at marriages without knowing
the facts in the case of those who de-
sire to enter into this relationship.
Marriage must be made more hon
orable, It's obligations must be lifted
to higher level. In single word
the correction of the evils of divorce
as in the case of all other evils, must
in its flnality. depend upon higher
spiritual Ideals, nobler characters and
more religious conceptions of all the
duties and obligations of life in its
manifold relations. Uniform divorce
laws in the states would partially re.
move the evils of divorce. There is
no one specific cause-there is no one
specific cure, When men and women
realize their dignity and glory the
children of God and heirs of ct, nifty.
they will so order their lives that III.
advised marriages viii be rare, and
they will then so conduct themselves
In their married relations that di.
vorces will be practically unknown.