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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

An armed military escort to pro-
tect him is the immunity which Gov
ernor Beckham and Commonwealth
Attorney Robert Franklin offer to
Ex-Governor William S. Taylor to re-
turn to Kentucky from Indiana 20
testify in the coming fourth trial of
Caleb Powers, charged with compile
ity in the murder of William Goebel.
Following the receipt of letter
from Governor Beckham in which
the executive pledges his every aid
to Franklin in his offer of immunity
to arrest of Taylor to return to Ken
lucky, the prosecutor addressed and
mailed letter to Ex-Governor Tay-
lor in which he offers him a military
escort should he desire it, in order to
furnish absolute guarantee of i'm
munity to molestation while in Ken
lucky on the mission named.
The letter TO Franklin is direct
reply to the statement issued by Tay-
Tor several days ago. In concluding
Franklin says:
Referring to your proposition
made in the published statement OF
Aug. %, hereinbefore mentioned in
so far as they relate to trial of your
self, ] desire to say that the COM
monwealth of Kentucky, so long as l
continue to prosecute its pleas. will
never agree that you shall name the
judge. select the jury and prescribe
qualifications for witnesses who may
testify against you. When you are
brought to trial on the indictment
now pending aginst you in the Frank
lin Circuit court, if | be then the
prosecuting officer, the procedure
shall be according to the laws of
Kentucky for such cases made and
provided"
In letter addressed to Common
wealth Attorney Robert Franklin,
Governor Beckham assures that Off
ella of his cooperation with him in
seeing that William S. Taylor is pro-
tected from arrest and allowed to re-
turn to the State of Indiana if he
will come to the Scott Circuit Court
at Georgetown, KY, to testify in the
next trial of Caleb Powers, charged
in the murder conspiracy cases.
The Governor declares that he an,.
the commonwealth attorney can
absolutely insure" Taylor such i'm
munity and safe return to Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
CRUDE Family Reunion.

The Indiana Grubes great and
small, held their annual reunion a,
the farm of Henry CRUDE, which j:
the old CRUDE homestead, l-2 mile:
southwest of this city, Thursday.
Members of the family had been
arriving for several days, until there
were about $50 seated at dinner in
the orchard, lin the shade of the old
apple trees"
One of the the main features of ths
day was ball game between the
CRUDE Giants and Twin Lake white
stockings. which was called at the
end of the 9TH inning because of the
lateness of the hour. and resulted in
victory for the Grubes-score s
to 8. Clinton and Bert CRUDE twirl-
ed for the Grubes
The game was followed by liter
airy and musical program. Remarks
were made by John Behmer, George
Miller. H. S. CRUDE and others.
A few weeks ago a discovery was
made by Clinton CRUDE. residing in
this city. which may add large list
to his family He is employed as
mail clerk between Pittsburg and
Chicago. While sorting some mail
in Pennsylvania, he CHANGED to no.
tice letter addressed to CRUDE. He
jotted down the address and wrote
to that party. 1t developed that there
was TO be a CRUDE reunion at home
stead near Punxsutawney. Pa, which
was held and attended by 252 per-
sons Upon investigation it was
found that both branches of Grubes
were supposed to have come from
Bucks county, Pa.
Among the out of town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Miller of
Rochester. Mrs. Frank Shelly of
South Bend. John Belmer of Akron.
Ohio; Mrs. Ed Behmer, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kleimer of Cleveland, o.;
Mrs. Carrie Roscoe arid daughter, of
Aurora. ILL.,; Miss Vera Kaufman OF
South Bend, Miss Iva Kaufman of
Buchanan, Mich; Mrs. Hattie Glenn
ems of Bakertown. Mich; Jonathan
Pontius of Lakeville. c. Albert and
granddaughter of Elkhart, and 9TH
ers from Plymouth, Culver, Hibbard,
and the surrounding countr
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Errors in Newspapers.

The club women of Davenport,
Iowa, are wise in their day and gen.
Grafton. Instead of essaying bridge
or discussing the end of the vogue
of the long sleeve. they summoned
a great question which they ably de-
bated and then adopted the following
resolutions:'
Don't go to the managing editor
and ask that legitimate news story
be kept out 1t would be as unreal
sonable and just as indicate to go to
the banker and ask him to- give you
money, or to the lawyer and ask him
to give up one of his cases. A
newspaper is business enterprise.
When you ask it to keep out news
you ask it to injure its own bust
ness"
Don't say, Il can't understand why
the papers make SO many mistakes !"
If you had ever been in the business
you would say instead. think one OF
the miracles o. the age is that news
papers can do the amount of work
under that amount of pressure and
make SO few mistakes"
Newspaper men generally will open
coy corner in their hearts for the
women of Davenport. They are not
only lovely but sweet and gracious.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Extensive Plans for Brazil.

A syndicate has been formed in
this country TO develop two railroad
systems in Brazil The plans embrace
the building of about 1000 miles of
connecting links. which will result in
Accommodation Of over six
thousand miles of railways and the
opening up of vast coffee growing
and agricultural territories.
Before all the railroad projects of
the syndicate are carried out they
will represent an investment of fully
$50 100000, and other undertakings
which the same group of capitalists
has in hand in Brazil in electric trac-
ton, lighting, and harbor improve
ments, will, it is estimated, bring the
aggregate figures almost to s1sO,OOO,-
900.
Among those primarily interested
in the syndicate are Sir William Van
Horne, chairman of the board of di-
rectors of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way; Percival Farquhar, vice presi-
den. of the Guatemala railway COM
pany; Frederick S. Pearson, formerly
chief consulting engineer of the New
York street railway system; William
Lanman Bull of the New York bank
ing house of Edward Sweet & Co.;
and Minor c. Keith, vice president
of the United Fruit company.
The syndicate has acquired control
of the San Paulo and Rio Grande
railroad, which connects the state of
Sac Paulo with that of Rio Grande
do Sui. The line is to be extended
so as to permit of connection be-
tween Rio de Janeiro, the capital of
Brazil, and Montevideo. the capital
of Uruguay. Another section, six
hundred miles long, will be built in
land from Francisco to Iquaza Falls,
thus opening up Paraguay and giving
rail communication by way of the
Brazilian coast. The Sac Paulo and
Rio Grande line is said to represent
the future railway interests of south
ern Brazil, in many respects the rich
est and most valuable portion of that
country
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Army to go in Palace Cars.

General Coxey, of Coxey's army
fame, is to raise new army. I'm
like his first battalion, the soldiers
he will now recruit will not march
across country to the capital, but will
ride in Pullman cars and enjoy the
best the land affords. The general
does not make plain just where he is
to get the munitions for this warfare,
but says they will be forthcoming
The object of the new crusade will
be the conversion of the people to
the doctrines of municipal and state
ownership of public utilities, and in
arguments for his campaign the re-
cruits will be schooled. A call will
be sent out at once for enlistments,
which will not be confined to the ho-
BIO class. Contributions to the treas
ury will also be solicited.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Fleet for Pacific Sure.

The Atlantic battleship fleet will
start for the Pacific next December,
according to an official statement is
sued by Secretary Loeb at the direc-
ton of President Roosevelt. The
statement was made following con-
ference between the president and
representatives of the navy depart
ment 1t follows:
"A conference between President
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Newberry,, Rear Admiral
Brownson, chief of the bureau OF
navigation, and Rear Admiral Evans,
commander of the Atlantic fleet, was
held TO decide some of the details
in connection with the fleets going
to the Pacific
The fleet will consist of sixteen
battlcships and will start some time
in December, going through the
straits of Magellan and up to San
Francisco, and probably will visit
Puget sound The question of the
route by which it will return has not
yet been decided.
THE destroyer hotilla will leave
for the Pacific about the same time
as the feet, but will not accmopanv
it."
The officials who attended the con-
ference refused to tell the object OF
their visit on their arrival at Oyster
Bay Secretary Newberry and Rear
Admiral Brownson came early and
went at once to Sycamore hill. They
would not be interviewed. Admiral
Evans got in later When lie got
notification TO join the conference
he was fifty miles off the Chesapeake
Capes, on his flagship, the Connect
cut, which is maneuvering with the
First and Second division of the At
lantic feet.
What are you here for? someone
asked the admiral.
Il wish to -h-ll you would tell me
what | am here for" he replied.
The reporters told the Admiral that
they would see him later, to which he
replied. mot if ! see You first
The reporters were given to un-
derstand that the presidents visitors
we're to leave Oyster Bay on the 6:22
train. but they learned that the navy
department experts stole march on
them by going in one of the govern
mens automobiles to Syosset, seven
fmiles from there, on the Wading riv-
err division of the Long Island rail-
road, where they caught train at
5:22 o'clock, which didn't get then,
to Long Island City much before
they could have arrived on rhe 6:1o
train from Oyster bay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Will &c to Notre Dame.

The Rev John Cavanaugh c. S.
c., president of Notre Dame Univer-
sity announced that DR.. James C.,
Monaghan of Borrkland, suburb OF
Washington. has accepted the chair
of economies at the university DR..
Monaghan is now chief of the consul
lar reports of the Bureau of Stats
tics in Washington. He was gradu-
ated from Brown University in 1885.
Being an admirer of Grover Cleve-
land, he stumped the country for Mr..
Cleveland in the campaign of 1884
He held the position of consul at
Mannheim, Germany, from 1885 to
1880 DIR. Monaghan studied in Held
clburg University and then returned
to the United States, where, in 1890,
he took up the study of law and
newspaper work, He will arrive at
South Bend to begin his duties with
the opening of the school year at
Notre Dame, September ~.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29

Walter Donisthorpe, alias Wilson,
former valet of King Edward VII,
died Tuesday morning at the house
of correction in Milwaukee Wis.
On June Is Wilson appeared in the
police court on the charge of having
stolen a coat. He admitted the charge
told the court h. was a ply steal
wreck, and asked for years SEN
tence so that he might be straighfen-
ed out The court gave him six
months.
After he went to prison his record
became known He told fellow pris-
oners that he was son of the Rev.
Fred Donisthorpe of Lyston, Leices-
ter, England, but had acquired the
morphine habit and was now wreck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Child Murdered; 5000 Hunt Fiend.

The biggest man hunt in the hist
DRY OF the central west is in progress
in the country around Gary
Five thousand men, fully armed,
are securing the country in search of
a wretch who ill-treated then muir
dered Lizzie Schrader, the 9-year-old
daughter of William S. Schrader, a
Gary resident.
The tragedy reached its climax
when the mother. seeking her child,
found the bruised and bleeding little
body lying in pool of blood in a
bclump OF bushes on the lonely prairie,
one mile west of her home
A leash of bloodhounds, owned by
F. E. Farley postmaster at Crown
Point, Ind, under his direction, fol-
lowed the trail of the murderer for
distance of twelve miles, in a north
easterly direction from the scene of
the crime. They ran in a winding
way through the underbrush until
they cameSto road one mile east
lsaf the Hammond railroad yards,
where the scent was lost
Monday mornino as was her Gus
tom, Lizzie left the home to bring
her father his dinner That was the
last seen of her alive
Growing impatient and somewhat
anxious at the child's delay, her
mother started out for the pit where
her husband was at work, calling for
the child as she went along the path.
Midway on the path she came upon
her daughters garments, and, sup
posing the girl had gone into the
bushes to. pick berries, she entered
the tangled underbrush, still calling
to her.
| She had proceeded only a short
distance when she heard means, and,
parting the bushes before her, looked
upon the unconscious form of her lit
tie girl lying in pool of blood.
Seemingly aroused at her mothers
shrieks over the awful discovery, the
child opened her eyes. just as the
frantic mother reached down to take
the little mutilated body in her arms
the girl uttered moan and expired
at her breast
II
Crazed at the terrible tragedy that
had befallen her the mother dropped
the body of her child and ran shrek
ing to the place where her husband
was at work. Hearing her cries
Schrader called to his companions,
and they rushed to the place where
the girl lay.
Picking the child up, he carried
her to their home and notified the
police, DR.. George W. Hoskins, the
county coroner. sent to Crownpoint
the county seat. for the sheriff and
the bloodhounds, standing guard over
the body of the child for two hours
until he citizens and the dogs arriv.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Grenades of War of 1912.

While examining the contents OF
the ordnance storehouse at Fit Nc
Henry at Baltimore, Lieut. J. L. Hol-
combe, of the One-hundred- land
twenty-eighth Coast Artillery, dis
covered several boxes of old hand
grenades which are supposed to be
more than one hundred years old. ,
The missiles are of the earliest
make used by the United States Gov
eminent, and were probably placed in
the historic old fort when it was first
erected, in 1912 Owing to the way
in which they were packed the gren-
had had only the slightest trace OF
rust upon them
The discovery of the weapons re-
calls a bit of the ancient history OF
the country. In explaining their use
Lieutenant Holcombe said that the
grenades were handled only by the
grenadiers of the ship, who, walking
out upon the yard arms of the old
fashioned fighting vessels, threw
them into the ranks of the enemy.
An explosion followed which created
havoc.
They weigh about four pounds and
are shaped after the fashion of the
bombs used by anarchists and are
iron and loaded with gunpowder.
Several days after the discovery
one of the new recruits at the fort
was found trying to dry the powder
in one of the missiles by roasting it
on the fire A report was made to
Lieutenant Watson, in command of
the post, who said that he intended
to write to the authorities and ask
permission to dump them in the mid
die of Chesapeake bay, as they were
so old-fashioned that they would be
of practically no use whatever in
modern warfare
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Culver Boat Teams Win.

Two boat teams from Culver Mil
itary Academy defeated picked fresh
men crews from the United States
training ship Franklin Saturday after
noon in races held at Hampton
Roads.
There were 400 cadets at Norfolk
from the Culver Military Academy
with their troop of so cavalrymen
riding coal black horses, TO attend
the Jamestown exposition, and they
made an imposing appearance The
cadets paraded at Washington Mon
day noon and in the afternoon were
given an automobile trip to points OF
interest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Shells Spread Death.


Two sharp engagements bs-.een
the French and the Moors took place
Monday Afternoon About six miles
from General Drude's camp recon-
noitering party of Spahis came in
touch with the enemy, who opened
heavy FIRE on the cavalrymen. The
latter replied with effect. but retreat
ed, under instructions, with the object
of attracting the attention of the
French commander to the Moors' adj
vance. Re-inforcements with artil-
lery were promptly forwarded to the
scene of the fighting and the Moor
ish force was driven back into the
hills. No loss on the French side was
reported
The Moors began TO form for an
other attack when about three miles
away, but few weli-directed shells
quickly dispersed Them The Arabs
suffered heavily from the shell fire
during the fighting.
As a result of the reconnoisances
made by General Drude. the Arabs
have entirely drawn off, and normal
conditions in Casablanca are being
resumed
A dispatch from Tangier says
large body of native cavalrymen has
been seen bearing down on Casa
blanca from the direction of Morocco
City.
The French newspapers are ener-
getically discussing the recent inter-
view between the French ambassador
to Germany, Jules Cambon, and
Prince Buelow. the imperial chancel-
Tor at Norderney. which is now Deem
ed to have been of the greatest i'm,
portance. Extensive speculations are
made regarding the scope of the in
terview and its probable effect on The
opinion that there was something
more specific behind the meeting than
an exchange of amicable sentiments.
as alleged in the official statement on
the subject, and it is intimated that an
understanding was reached on the
subject of Morocco
The Journal AYERS that in spite of
diplomatic notes the skeleton of Al
geciras rattles in every joint under
the irresistible pressure of circum-
stances"
The consensus of opinion appears
to be that Germany .propabIy has
agreed not to oppose France being
given freer hand in Morocco should
the situation warrant it.
Dispatches received here from Ma
drid say that the Spanish cabinet has
taken action on the subject of Nor
occa, but add that the step taken is
of such delicate character" as to
render it impossible to publish de-
tails
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Name Mail Car Thief.

George Bell, known throughout the
country as a mail pouch robber, is
being blamed by secret service men
for the theft of the two registered
mail pouches which were stolen from
a Burlington train between Denver
and Omaha Sunday morning.
Bells sensational escape from two
postoffice inspectors in Philadelphia
three years ago is fresh in the minds
of officials Several of the govern
ment's best detectives went to work
on the case at Omaha Wednesday
The first clew was found Wednes-
day when it was learned that large
package supposed to- have contained
the stolen money was sent through
the mails last Monday from I; point
east of Denver to a man in Chicago.
Two secret service men have been at
work since Monday examining every
package that passed through the To-
cal postoffice.
Bell is said recently to have been
seen in the West, and his wife is
known to have lived in Omaha for
some time. The police of Omaha
know both Bell and his wife, having
come in contact with them wher Bell
was arrested three years ago sor. a
mail pouch robbery in western Ne
braska. Captain Dunn, chief Of de-
tectives, says the robbery looks like
Bells former work and that all cir
cumstances appear to connect him
with the case.
Bell, after his arrest three years
ago, was taken to Philadelphia. and
escaped through car window
Inspector Thompson feels sure tina.
Bell directed the Burlington robbery
and expects to apprehend him, be-
cause nearly every secret service man
in the country knows him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Caroline Lauer.

Mrs. Caroline Lauer, whose maiden
name was Marks, was born in Felke-
shausen, Saxe-Weimer, Germany on
February Is, 1884 and died at her
residence in Plymouth, Indiana, on
Aug. 26, 1907, aged 70 wears. 6
months and IL days.
Mrs. Lauer left her native town
and came to America in 1853 locat-
ing in Cincinnati, Ohio with her par
ents, brothers and sister. At the lat
ter city in September 1853 she was
united in marriage to Mayer Lauer,
and they took up their residence IN
Plymouth. Indiana where they con-
tinued to live together until Mr..
Lauer's death which occurred in this
city May 20, 1904
To this union was born six child
rem, those surviving their mother be-
ing Benjamin NJ Lauer of Usage
City, Kansas; Leopold M. and Moses
NJ Lauer of Plymouth, Indiana, and
Mrs. Jacob Speyer of Lexington, KY
Among Che lolder residents and
early settlers in Plymouth Mrs. Lau-
er was we'll known, to- the younger
generation not so well, as she was
an invalid and closely confined to her
home for many years. In the early
days she devoted much time to char
table enterprises among Plymouth Is
worthy poor. being one of the found
ers of The Hebrew Ladies Aid Soci-
ETY.. an organization which dispersed
aid to all without respect to creed.
Although Mrs Lauer had been an
invalid for more than twenty-five
years, she patiently and with remark
able fortitude accepted her situation
and during all her years of suffering
she remained a firm believer in the
Jewish religion, and to the last fol-
lowed its beautiful teachings and
manifold promises TO the faithful
During the last few weeks of her
life she maintained intact wonderful
intellect and her active mind retained
clear conception Of past and cur
rent events in an unusual and keen
degree.
All of her survivIngi children were
here at the time of her demise.
The funeral services will be held
at the residence on South Michigan
street Thursday. August Goth. 1907
at 2:30 o'clock p. m. and will be con
Quoted by Rabbi Feurlicht, of Indi-
annapolis, Indiana. and interment viii
be at Oakhill
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Nappanee Youth Shows that He is
Real Desperate.

Harvey Holderman, the Nappanee
youth wanted for looting b. & y.
merchandise car at Walkerton, three
weeks ago has been captured at his
home in Nappanee. He returned tc
visit his mother Surprised by the
authorities, he climbed out of sec
ond story window, and attempted to
make his escape Armed with a re-
volver and knife, he put up a des-
perate fight. He emptied the six
chambers of the revolver at the
posse, but fortunately his aim was
bad One bullet passed through ali
officers hat. The youth was finally
caught and lodged in Jail, until the
authorities of St. Joseph county could
arrive from South Bend, to transport
him to the county jail there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Taft's Versatility.

Secretary Taft having delivered his
keynote speech at Columbus, Ohio.
and the same having been given wide
publicity, he does not repeat what he
said at the beginning of his tour.
Instead, he touches upon other SUBJ
jects in the speeches which he deliv-
ers at other points. For example.
when he addressed a large mass meet
ing in Oklahoma, he discussed at
length the new constitution that is
soon to be voted upon by the people
of that applicant for admission to
statehood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-29
Typhoid Due TO Weeds.

Because number of cases of ty-
phoid fever have recently developed
in Anderson, dispute has arisen as
to whether the disease is due to wat
err from the city's plant, or from an
unusual weed crop in the city. Dr. S.
c. Norris. the bacterologist for the
city water plant asserts that the wat
er is in good condition and contains
no germs or bacteria to an extent
that would cause illness. The city
health department maintains that
weeds are responsible for fever and
the city health officer has begun work
with a two-horse moving machine to
cut down weeds ON vacant lots and
in some remote alleys and streets