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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
MILLER
ACQUITTED
Of CHARGE
JURY RETURNED AT 3:45
SATURDAY P. M. WITH
VERDICT NOT GUILTY.
Was Accused by Grand Jury In
dictment of Stealing Chick
ems from Wilde Hickman

After celebrating for one hour
the jury in the case OF State of
Indiana versus Daniel Mi. :: re
turned at 3:45 Saturday after
noon with verdict OF Not
Guilty"
Miller was CHARGE with pe;it
larceny. He was alleged to have
stolen twenty-four chickens, from
the premises OF Wildo Heckanan
who resides one mile northeast
OF Bourbon. and later selling
them to the Stoffer and Stack
house General Store at Bourbon.
The case has occupied the at
tention OF the circuit court. fol
the past few days, and was at
tended by a large number OF spec
tators. Attorney s. y. Stevens
represented the defendant, and
States Attorney III. l.. Unger was
assisted by Atty Adam T.. Wise.
The defense was based chiefly
ujbon the technicality that the
warrant charged Miller with
stealing chickens, belonging TO
Mrs. Wilde Hickman, while
the chickens in question were in
reality the property OF her huS-
band. The eggs from which the
chickens were Matched were pur-
chased and set by Mrs Heckaman
and the attorneys for the state
maintained that the chickens
were the personal property OF
Mrs. Hickman, and cited the in
stance that in most cases where
chickens were kept on farms the
chickens and eggs belonged to
the wife. and money derived
from their sale. was regarded as
belonging exclusively to the wife.
Another feature of the defence
was an alibi, in which Miller and
his wife testified that Miller was
at home ON the night OF August
90. 1909, when the chickens were
alleged to have been stolen. An
other witness for the defence tes-
tilted that Miller kept chickens OF
mixed variety, including black
chickens and Plymouth Rocks.
Miller maintained that the
chickens which he sold to the
firm of Stoffer and Stackhouse OF
Bourbon, few days alter the al
legged theft of the Heckaman
chickens. were his own property,
and not stolen from Hickman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
FLOOD CLAIMS VICTIMS.
Hundreds Reported Homeless,
Due to High Water Near
Cleveland.

Cleveland. O. March AT
least two dead. many hundreds
homeless. scores OF factories pre-
pairing to close down, and proper
ty damage reaching into hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars
these are the main results OF the
floods. which have devastated the
state of Ohio during the last two
days and which have not yet
reached their full volume.
From all parts OF the state
come stories of submerged vii
lagos. whole counties under
water and people being driven
from their falling homes.
Floods are doing great damage
in the west and also in New
York. Fears of damage are felt
in southern Ohio and southern
Indiana cities on the Ohio river.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
PLYMOUTH'S WEATHER.
Summary of Month of February
in This City by Observer for
u. S. Bureau.

The cooperative meteorological
observer OF the United States
weather bureau informs us that
there were eleven cloIdv DAYS.
nine clear days and eight partly
cloudy days during the month of
February in this city. The total
snow fall was a little more than
five inches and the total precipi-
tation including rain and melted
snow was one and two-thirds
inches. The warmest day was
February -, when the mercury
registered f, in the shade. The
coolest day was February 90,
when six degrees below zero
was registered. The mercury
touched zero on the 2ith and was
three degrees below zero Febru-
AIRY Is. The average temperature
was above the average of the past
% years. anil the precipitation
was less than the average. The
coolest February day during the
past % years was February 9,
1899, when the mercury register
ed % degrees below zero; the
warmest day was Febi uary 16.
1883, which marked 20 degrees
above zero. The coolest Febru-
arys were 1885 ana 1905 when
the mean temperature OF the
month was Is degrees. The aver
age OF the month for % years
has been 2S.5 degrees. The aver
age precipitation for February
is about three inches. This year
only two-thirds of an inch OF rain
and melted snow fell until Feb.
'26. when we had one inch OF rain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
= y x =
MARRIED..
x X X x
EnIxar Darror

Floyd F. Foker of Mishawaka
and Miss Gertrude Bayer of
Bourbon. were united in marriage
by Rev. S. III. wager, at the L. B..
parsonage on last Saturday. Mr..
Foker is a printer by trade, and
is we'll known in the city where
he resides. Miss Bayer is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch
Bayer Of Bourbon. They will
make their home in Argos. where
the groom is employed in the
Wickizer-McClure plant.
Hostetler-Linn.
Theodore n. HOstetler OF Mylo
North Dakota, and Miss bessie
Linn. OF Center township, Mar
shall county, were married by
Rev. ]. +. Pressnal, Monday at
ternoon. The groom formerly re-
sided at Elkhart, Ind. The bride
is the comely daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Emanuel Linn. They
will reside in Mylo, y. Dakota.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03

DdlSley, nOrtn III rods OF he or
OF ne or, 5-34-3, German tip $500.
Carl +. Ponaler w 4 to Her
man Widrner Jr., Lot 81 Foltz
con. addition to Bremen $2600.00.
Lottie Hampton ct al w d to
Susan r. Splitter, Plat OF lot 81
CaIbbells Addition to Plymouth,
$4,000.
Jane Z. Covert w d to Henry
A. Litzenberger Lots sc, 81 and
So Original plat of Culver $40.
Henry A. Litzenberger w d to
Ira Faulkner Lot SO Original
plat Culver $500.
Charity l.. Scatter and hus., W
1 to Earl r. Taber, Part of Lot
% Williams Addition to Argos.
S1500.OO.
Earl r. Taber, trustee . L u
to Louzena Scatter. Part of Lot
90 Williams Addition Argos
$4,000.
Charles f. Lewallen and wife
w d to Myron f. Trump, tract in
1921. Tippecanoe tip $4,000.
James a. Klingerman w d to
\. O. Shively Part of Sc or of Sc
or. %. 35.1 Polp tip $4,000.
Jacob S. Laudeman and wife
w d to Noah Dougherty und., hf
interest in East hf of ne or of ne
or. 20-34-4 German tip. $34S0.00.
Martin V. Kitch w d to Jacob
S. Haudeman. East Inf of NV or
1878. German tip. $7200.00.
Iva Pearl Mikels ct al w d
to Melvin and Sarah Coil und..
two-thirds of ehf of ehf of NV or
32-34-4 Bourbon .p., $2533.33.
'Catllrine Hushower ct al w d
to Charles Berger, part of Inf of
ne or 81, 81, 4 German township
S4794.OO.
Catherine Husllower ct al w 4
to Philip Roth. part of ehf of ne
or 81, 81, /, German township,
$2306.0O.
Arthur l.. Helm, w d to Elias
Ewald Und., Inf int. in a lot in
Bremen $4,000.
Edwin Z. Snyder andAwife w d
to Frederick f. Schroeder, 10
acres in Sc or of sc or 1888
Bourbon township $3sOO.OO.
Frederick c. Schroeder and
wife w d to Edwin Z. Snyder n
hf of Lot Sc Original plat Ply
mouth $2500.00.
Jennie Coleman ct al w d TO
Franklin Overmyer Lot in Burr
Oak $4,000.
John w. Burkett by Gdu. DEED
to Franklin Overmyer Und., one
fifth of II acres in NV or of z,
81. l Union tip $4,000.
Herschel p. Berlin w d to Fer
iinand Sparks. part OF Lot "a
Fair View addition to Plymouth
$4,000,
James w. King and wife w d
to Walter A. Miller, % acres in
21-33-2 S6sO5.O0 Center township.
Harcmrt c. Corbn. w d to
William K. Corbin, part of lots
) and 6 Niles addition to Ply
mouth, $230O.00.
Clifford +. .Kimmel and wife w
d to Allen B. Cummins and wife
10 acres in ne or of sec 8 NJ r l.
$4,000 North township.
Marcus d. l.. Whiteman w d
to Drucilla Whiteman 30 acres
in NV or 80, 81. 3, German TIP.
$1.0O.
Martin Y. Kitch w d to Della
NJ. Kitch lot 10 Block 10 Mar
tins Add. Bremen 1880.
John w. Kitch ct al w d to
Martin ". Kitch, lots 10 and IL
Block Is Huffs, Addition to Bre-
men $4,000.
Catherine Henderson w d to
Alice NJ. Griggs Lot in Plymouth
$4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Elkhart Lands Lake Shore Shops.

The city OF Elkhart is wild with
JOY over the announcements that
the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad has finally de-
cided to build its car shops there.
This will MEAN an expenditure OF
S3,OOO,OOO, the employment OF
5000 men and an increase OF TO-
600 in the population OF the town.
The car shops will cover an area
of about rs acres and will be the
largest on the road between Chi
cago and New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Show Cattle Sold at Auction.

Frank VanNatta OF Fowler
sold 80 fine Hereford cattle at a
public sale Tuesday, some OF
them being prize winning show
cattle. Although there was a
COOL attendance OF live stock
men. the cattle sold at lower
prices than expected. averaging
between $40 and $50 head.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03


The petition of Wm Craig, for
the vacation OF a street back of
his residence was premptorily
dismissed by the council, upon
the report OF city attorney w. B.
Hess. Hess stated that Craig had
petitioned each of the last three
city councils, for twelve years,
concerning the vacation of an al
legged road. He had taken the
matter up with the township
trustee. the county commission
ers. and once prosecuted a resi-
dent OF his neighborhood, for OBJ
structing the street. Craig lost all
OF the appeals, because OF the
groundlessnesS of his contention.
The city attorney further report
ed that ex-city clerk OldS, has
stated that he would copy al OF
the ordinances passed during the
administration of the last council.
into the Ordnance boo. The dog
tax ordinance. has not yet been
completed by the city attorney.
The electric light situation on
east Laporte street. where the
Ineighborhood has been complain
ing Of insufficient lighr. was re-
ferred to the light committee.
The council entered into dis
ousSion of the removal of the old
water fountain on Michigan
street at the river bridge. Tie
previous council gave permission
to c. \. Reeve upon his petition.
to remove the canopy, and move
back the fountain from the mid
die OF the sidewalk, where it has
caused much annoy ance. Reeve.
however. having severed his con-
nection with the Saving Bank, let
tne matter drop. The street COM
mittee was instructed to take ac-
ton. in the removal OF the foun-
tain.
The city marshal was instruct
ed to see that proper ratings
were built in the approach to the
basement to the Shaded Drug
store on Laporte street, which is
NOW considered dangerous.
Permission was given to Oliver
Splitter. to remove tree from his
lot in the city cemetery.
Bills were presentef and allow
ed as follows. after which the
council adjourned to meet on
Thursday evening. at 7 o'clock.
Lindquist and Co. repairsS 2.s5
I-;ndquist and Co. repairsS 2.15
c. O. Tribbey, coal $50
w. \. Blonck expert 31.3O
Charles Suter. labor 5.33
c. l.. Morris. lumber 11.S0
c. o. Tribbey. coal 102.1S
c. ID. Snoeberger, account S.93
!. NJ. Leech. brick 1882
Price and Rosenburv bal 2.05
Total 1871
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03

different candidates are taking.
Much information Is received at
the Anti-Saloon league headquar-
tiers about the activities I'd the IL
quor people. and this will be dis
tributed to the communities
where it will be most useful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Married in Clerks Office.

Jacob +. Rhodes agel % OF
Tippecanoe and Miss Laura +.
Hartman. aged Is of Tippecanoe,
were united in marriage. by JUS
tice of the Peace Clarence +.
Holloway in the Office of. county
clerk ]. c. Whitesell Thursday
afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA-
TON.

State of Indiana,
Marshall County, IS:
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been ap-
pointed Administrator OF the
estate of Mary A. Chambers,
late of Marshall County, Indiana,
deceased. Said estate is suppos-
ed TO be solvent.
Edward Hartsock, Admr.
F. c. Martindale, Atty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03

Suffered dav and night the
torment OF itching piles. Nothing
helped me until | used Doan's
Ointment. 1t cured me perman.
emily. Hon. John r. Garrett.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Take Southern Trip.

DR.. c. c. DUR and wife. left
TUESDAY for Tulsa, Okla. where
they will spend couple OF weeks
with the family of d. Frank
Redd.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03

A healthy man is king in his
own right; an unhealthy man is
an unhappy slave. Burdock Blood
Bitters builds UP sound health
Keeps you well.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
No. 203S
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA-
TON.

State of Indiana
Marshall County, SIS:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed
Administrator of the estate of
Lewis Wedding late of Mar
shall County, Indiana, deceased.
Said estate is supposed to be
solvent.
Elmer F.. Wedding, Adnnnistra-
tor 5. n. Stevens, Attorney.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Streets to be Cleaned.

The regular meeting OF the city
council was held Monday night
ait the city hall. Councilman Van
glider was absent. Upon the mo
ton of Councilman Swinlell il
was voted to give the street and
ALLEY committee. AMI the sewer
committee power to supervise the
cleaning OF the streets and sewers
for thirty days. The streets Of the
city are in a deplorable condition,
owing to the long accumulation
OF dirt, which was impossible to
remove because OF the long pres
ence OF ice, ON the streets. With
the present thaw, the council will
attempt to push the cleaning OF
the streets and sewers as rapidly
as possible. The committees were
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
WATER SUPPLY Of PLYMOUTH
GOOD AS Is YEARS AGO
Superintendent of Water Works H. A
Armstrong Says Head of Water is
Being Lowered in Other Parts of
State--City Council Holds Meeting

The head OF water from which
the water supply for the city OF
Plymouth is pumped, has not
lowered in the past twenty-five
years, is the opinion OF City
Water Works, Superintendent
Harry \. Armstrong, who re-
ported some valuable informa-
ton, which ne gained at a meet
ing at the Indiana Sanitary
Water Supply Co., in Indian
apolis OF the water works super
intendentS OF the state. on last
Friday. Papers read at the meet
ing, and conversation with super
intendentS OF water works plants
from other parts OF the state,
shows that the head of water Is
lowering. This i. not true to such
extent in the northern part of the
state, as elsewhere. Beginning al
the north. central portion OF In
diana and thence south. it has
been shown. that the head Oh
water has been lowered from 4
Ito - feet in the past few
years. The lowering OF the water
has become a momentous ques-
| ton to stations which pump
their water from the ground. as
lis done in Plymouth. believe
that we have as good supply Oh
water in Plymouth now. as we
ever have had. Mr.. Armstrong
further reported what rates fol
water use. were in other cities
and an explanation of the filter
ing systems used. when the water
supply is obtained from a lake. OF
from other surface water. An
interesting situation is the one al
Fl. Benjamin Harrison near In
dianapolis, where after an extend
ed system OF liberation, and treat
ment, sewer water. Is converted
into excellent drinking water
The idea OF converting sewer
water into drinking water seems
impossible. but is done neverthe-
less. The rate for water in other
cities ranges from 20 to 81 cents
per 1000 gallons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
Craig Matter Dismissed.

authorized to hire such help in
the work as is necessary.
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All Kinds of Groceries.
TAKES THOR AGENCY

We have accepted the agency
for the Thor Motorcycle for
Plymouth and Marshall county
for the year 1910. We have on
hand. models c and + OF the 1910
machines, of 3 II and 4 horse
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kENEFIC

o. & G. Ry Co., and the officials are doing
all IN their power to induce manufactures
and other industrial enterprises to locate
here. 1t is time for you to get in on the
ground floor now.
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truck, and camels are at the same rate
per carload, but only four can be put in
one car. Full grown elephants are trans
ported by special agreement, and elephant
calves not more than four and one-half
feet high are charged cents per mile.
Passenger Traffic
In travelling over India / have found
the cars universally well filled. Every
train has it's first, second and third class.
es. The first is made up of British Off.
Gals, Americans and well to do Epglish-
men, with now and then a rajah. or some
high native official. The second has the
poorer classes of the British, army Off
GERS of second rank, with now and then
a soldier or so, and perhaps well to do
natives, and the third class carries the
masses of the people, and, as have al
ready said, it brings the profits 1t con-
stitutes two-thirds of the traffic. the rate
being considerably less than one-half cent
per mile During the past year more than
two hundred million passengers were car
ried at that rate, and the traffic is in
creasing greatly from year to year.
AS to the women passengers, those of
the first and second class have cars espe
cially for them. A Hindoo lady dare not
show her face without losing caste, and
no Mohammedon woman goes about with
out her head yelled. The ordinary COM
partment for such people has windows OF
blue glass; which permit the women to
look out, but through which the men can
not see in. The women come to the de-
pots in closed chairs or palanquins. They
pull their shawls over their faces as they
walk through the stations, and at the
same time may leave their ankles and
calves entirely bare The ankles oftep
have rings of silver and gold on them,
and the slippers below may be of gold
thread. In some of the compartments the
windows are so fixed that the women
cannot see out. and upon one train which
took me up the Himalaya mountains we
had car covered with canvas as thick
as tent of a circus. This was filled with
Hndoo ladies going up to Darjeeling.
They were riding through the finest seem
cry of the world. but for all that they
might as well have been tied up in leather
bags and sent on as mail
The Ants Eat the Ties
One of the greatest enemies Of the rail-
road in India is the white ant. This insect
eats the ties, the telegraph poles and ev-
erything wooden. 1t chews up the posts
at the stations, and II a pile Of timber is
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left unprotected it will soon be carried
away or so followed out that 1t drops to
pieces on touching. / have travelled thou-
SANDS or miles over India and I have vet
to see many telegraph poles other than
those made of galvanized iron The most
common pole is a tube three or four
inches in diameter, and about ten feet
In height. This has iron brackets with
glass insulators to which. the wires are
fastened. In other places the poles are
MADE or iron rails, like those used for the
road, Two of such rails being fastened to-
gether by iron bars a foot wide In some
or the stations the fences are of iron rails
and now and then one sees fences OF
stone posts with barbed wire attached.
Railway Employees
The general idea at home Is that the
British hold all the offices of East India.
rms Is not So Many good places are in
the hands of the natives although the
most important ones still go to the Brit
ish. There are altogether more than q
half million Hindoos and other East In
dians employed on the railroads They
are the laborers who build the roads, and
at the same time many of them have i'm
portant positions in connection with the
traffic. There are Indian station agents
and Indian brakemen, with now and then
an Indian engineer. Not few of the
conductors are natives and nearly all the
telegraph clerks are Hindoos or other
East Indians. who have graduated in the
government Schools. Altogether there are
about 1000 Europeans and 10000 Eurasians
employed. The engineers receive good
wages the best of them getting $500 per
annum. Other officials are on the whole
poorly paid, and the laborers work for
a few cents day. The employees on the
roads have MUCH worse time than those
who do similar work in our country. The
heat is terrible, and it is not uncommon
for engineers to die of apoplexy while
handling a train.
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comforts and rugs and mack them away
under the seat or on the racks overhead.
On the Train.
The Indian cars are comfortable enough
when not crowded Al other times thev
are abominable They are made on tba
English plan, about two-thirds the length
of our cars and a. little bit wider Each
car is divided into compartments which
look more like long boxes than anything
else. The passengers sit on leather cush-
ions facing each other, with glass win
dows and glass doors at each side. On
some of the cars there are lavatories and
on others none. Within the past year the
railway board has taken up the ques-
ton of adopting new cars, and the Gen.
trail India road has coaches now some
what like ours. It's cars have corridors
running along one side of them from end
to end. Into the corridors open two berth
compartments which are fitted with cleo
trio fans, electric lights and BELLS There
are servants compartments connected
with the cars. At each end of the coach
is a bath room with q tub sunk in the
floor, and one can have a wash while he
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train In India everybody who is any
body travels with a servant. In fact II
Is almost impossible for an Englishman
or American to get along without one,
and in figuring up your railway Iares
you must add to the fare of the class by
which you travel a third-class fare for
your servant This servant speaks En-
glish. He acts as your interpreter, sees
to the hiring and paying of your CABS,
and waits upon you at the notes. IN
many places you will get nothing to eat
IL YOU have no servant. Your bed Is not
made, your boots are not BACKED, and
you may clap your hands and ring and
ring without getting an answer, Ii you
have a servant he sleeps on the stone floor
outside your door and fights with the
other servants to get the best for you
II YOU do not watch him he will cheat
you right and left and always gets a
commission of 10 per cent upon all that
you buy.
India's Forty Threves
The most of these servants are
which Ali Bahia robbed. I know they rob
me. 1 have already had three in my en-
ploy during this present trip to India
The first almost froze to death at OAR
feeling He had not enough muscle to
get what 1 wanted and after 1 discharged
him found some wooden clothes missing
The second was black liar with tur-
ban as big as a peck measure. He was
partially clad in European dress and
got rid of him because my pajamas and
stocking were fast disappearing There
was also a little trouble as to a gold SOW
ereign which lost and which he at once
picked out of the outside pocket of my
overeoat. / now have a tall, fine-looking
Aryan, with a swarthy complexion, an
enormous black mustache and height of
six feet. He wears costly turban and
long gown belted in at the waist. / pay
him 80 cents a day, but, of course, he has
his commissions.
This man will manage our trip. He goes
in advance through the gates, and when
we reach the cars we find that the best
seats are covered with our pillows and
bedding. Everyone carries his own sleep
ing conveniences while travelling. The
cars have leather-covered benches, and
the passengers make their own beds. AS
rule the women have cars to them
selves. that the men can undress and put
on their pajamas as nightfall comes on.
In the morning the servants roll up the