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IiiE PLYMOUTH TRIBUNEVOLUME VIII PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THUKSDAY. MAY 13, 1909. NO. 32

FIRST OF

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Twelve Local HorsesMatinee Races

Special

At a meeting of The PlymouthDriving Club at thc city hall

Thursday evening, it was decid-ed to have the first matinee racesof the season at the local racetrack, on May 29th, when a ballgame between the Clippers andHammond Colts will be played.Another game with the Colta willbe played cn the following day,Sunday May 30th. Saturday.May 29th, will be made a specialday, with the races and ballgame. It is probable that theband will furnish music for theoccasion The base ball gamespromise to be especially interesting asi the locals defeated theHammond Colts two games outof three hard fought battles lastsummer.

A committee consisting ofMessrs. J. Lott Losey, John J.O'Ryan and John Leland were

LARGE CLASS

IN CONFIRMATION

THIRTY-ON- E ARE RECEIV-ED IN ST. THOMAS EPIS-

COPAL CHURCH.

Bishop White of Michigan CityPresent Addressed Men's

Club Monday Evening.

Sunday was a day that will

not soon be forgotten by the peo-

ple of St. Thomas church, for i;

was a day of blessing. In spite,f the rain in the morning largcongregations greeted the bishopof the diocese, Rt. Rev. JohnHazen White, at 7:30 and 10:30

m. The beautiful Easter musicwas repeated at 10:30 a. m. andthe biihop delivered a very prac-tical sermon on the Christ whocame to save the lost. He alsogave the children of the Sundayschool a talk on the subject ogrowth. In the evening the seating capacity of the church wasovertaxed to accommodate .thosewho desired to hear the bishopand to see the large class con-firmed. The bishop's sermon wason the power of God to enrichand enoble the life of everybody,and he showed that everybodyneeded tta help of God. He alsouddressed the class to be con-firmed with much good advice asto their future life in the church.The music all day was of an tinusual excellence.

Those confirmed were Mr. andMrs. Geo. Shrider, Mr. and vMrs.C. M. Walker and son xVlonzo,Mrs. Joseph Stein and daughterAzelia, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Baker, aMr. and Mr. Chas. Lewis, Mr.and Mrs. Chas. Morcombe, Mr.and Mrs. L. C. Fellows, Mrs. L.Forgy, Miss Dessie Whiteman,Louise Corbin, Helen Armstrong, orRuth Vinall. Julia Shrider, Eva toGalloway, Frances Love, FernSnoeberger, Ruth Davis OliverAger, Paul Miller, Gilbert Vinall,Cleo Klingerman, and HaroldSuseland. Several were prevent-ed by sickness, who will be confirmed today or later. The num-ber confirmed last flight was thirty--

one. tThe bishop remained over till

.Monday evening when he ad-

dressed the Men's club of thechurch on a trip abroad which hemade last year, in connectionwith ithe banquet at the Ply-mouth Inn.

Sunday was an inspiring dayfor the people of the Episcopalchurch ?.nd pastor and people areto be congratulated on the not-able advance their church is mak-ing in this community.

FROM SENATOR BEV- -ERIDGE.

United States Senate,Washington.

May 3, 1909.My Dear Mr. Thayer:

I have your letter of April '2Gthand am pained to learn of thedeath of Senator John W. Parks.I entertained for him through lifethe warmest friendship and re--1.

r.nd I share with his manyfriends in Marshall county andelsewhere in the State extremesorrow that we have lost so oodand so righteous a citizen in ourstate.

You will confer a favor uponme if you will express to his fam-ily my deepest sympathy in theirbereavement.

Sincerely,Albert J. Beveridge. he

Mr. George H. Thayer, Jr.,Plvmouth Novelty Mfg. Co.,

Plvmouth, Indiana.

HELD 29IH

Will Participate inTo Make Event

Day.

appointed to arrange the races,and classify the horses intoclasses A, B. and C. Theseclasses will be made to divide thehorses as nearly as possible according to their speed, it beingthe intention of getting the mostclosely matched horses in the respective classes. The followinare the r.ames of horses whichwill L tntered in the racingbouts, viti the names of theirowners: Rich Brown, J. R.Losey; Bobby Bov, William Ormond; Fed Sign, Ed Rankin;Captain Addington, Herbert Gib-son; Daii, John Taber; MajorMason Jr., A. J. Bowell; Delia,John Wilhams; Doctor Brody,John W. Wolford; Fred Wilkes,Fred Hatfield; Naughty Boy,Charles Fogle; Jack, John J. O'-Ryan, and Heno, William Or-mond.

At present there are 108 mem-bers to the Driving Club. It isthe intention of the club to holdmatinee races throughout thesummer.

At a meeting Thursday even-ing it v as voted to allow 3 com-plimentary season tickets to clubevents, one to each of the Ply-mouth newspapers. It was un-animously agreed not to allowanyone not a member of the club,to drive upon, or use the racetrack The report of the secretaryand treasurer were read and ap-proved. Warrants were ordereddrawn on the treasury for all billsheld against the club. The line-up in base ball team, will contin-ue the same. The next game is.vith the Kokomo Colored Stars,on next Sunday afternoon.

Class Gives Surprise.Reuben Rhodes was surprised

by the members of the Class of09, at his home-o- n east Sophiastreet Friday evening,in lienor oi.lis nineteenth birthday. Thirtymembers of the class, all except-ing two, were present. CarlSteinebach of the Bourbon H. S.class of '09 was also a guest. TheMisses Floy Leonard '07, LyrelMorris '08, Jennie Parks '10, Car-rie Rhodes and Ethel Fanning,'12 assisted in entertaining theguests. The home was beauti-fully decorated in purple andcream, the class colors, with thenumerals '09 plentifully' sprinkl-ed in.

In the contest of modelingchewing gum, Miss Leath Car-men drew the first prize, a pen-a- nt

with the class numerals de-

signed thereon Another gameconsisting of forfeiting beans waswon by Glen McLaughlin. Inthis each guest was armed with

number of beans, and turnswould be taken to ask, each otherquestions. All questions had tobe answered, and wlien the an-swerer was forced to answer yes,

no, a bean had to be forfeitedthe questioners. The girls

maintain that Glen asked suchhorrid questions that they wereforced ito answer no, with a ven-geance.

The surprise was a completeone on Reuben, who was dis-patched home from his father'sstore to fix a stove pipe, which isalleged to have fallen at about7-- 30 o'clock.

Favors consisting of P. H. S.pennants on canes, were given.

Epworth League Reorganizes.The Epworth League was re-

organized and officers elected forthe ensuing year at the Metho-dist church Monday evening.The folio-win- officers were elect-ed: President Mr. Kring, 1st vicepresident, which is the depart-ment of spiritual work, Mrs.Tyra Southworth ; 2nd vice pres-ident dept. of world evangelism,Lester Zumbaugh; 3rd vice pres-iiden- t,

dept. of mercy and help,Miss Cora Hallock; 4th, literaryand social, Miss Ethel Fanning;secretary, Iva Disher; treasurer,Ralph McCormick; organist,.Miss Overmeyer, chorister, MissBlanche McCov.

Twenty-fiv- e Years Ago.Twenty-fiv-e years ago Friday,

Mr. Fred H. Kuhn, was electedchef of the fire department inPlymouth, which position he isfiling today, just as ably as ever.Plymouth has been extremelyfortunate in "having the depart-ment in charge of so efficient aman.

Lady Base Ball Team.A game of base ball has been

chartered with a ladies team, toplayed here on a week from

Wednesday on May 19th. Theteam will 'be the Ä1 P. Gibbs,Ladies' Base Ball Club.

CULVER BOY

IS PAROLED

NATHANIEL GANDY SEN-TENCED IN 1904 IS RE-

LEASED.

Twelve Persons Have Been Par-doned or Paroled by Gover-

nor Marshall.

Twelve persons sentenced toeither the Indiana state prison orthe Indiana Reformatory, havebeen pardoned or paroled byGovernor Marshall, as a result ofrecommendations made by thestate board of pardons in its Ap-

ril nice" ing. In the list are two"lifers," sentenced for murderDora Bartlett, of Terre Haute,and Thomas Hobbs of Perrycounty.

Hobbs was sentenced for life;with his son, from Perry count v,February 18, 1887, for a murdewhich occurred at a picnic whichthe Hobbs family were attending.A was represented to the pardonboaid that all the principals inthe affair were intoxicated.

T?:e Bartlett woman kept a report Terre Haute, and shot an-- i

killed a visitor to the place whenhe flourished a revolver andthreatened to shoot. Her pleawas self-defens- e. She was sentenced to the woman's prisonMay 29, 1902. She has been paroled.

Pardons were granted to 'thefollowing: George Salter, colored, sentenced for from one tofourteen years to the Indiana ory

from Clark countv torrand larceny. He was taken t:

the reformatory in Iebruarv1903, and was paroled May 21,1901.

Leslie Durham was sentencedto the Tndiana reformatory fromrountain City, February 22, 190G,for assault and batterv with intent to Kill. ' Durham, who wasi cripple, 'shot Holland with r.

small caliber revolver, innictmqa slight flesh wound. He wassentenced for from two to fourteen vears.

Paroles were granted the fol- -

lowing:Thomas B. McCormick, sen-

tenced to the state reformatoryfrom Laporte county May 7, 1903for grand larceny. . McCormickhas a brother in the newspaperbusiness m Ohio,and it was largely through the activities of thisbrother that the parole wasgranted.

Andrew Morris. sentencedfrom Clay county November 9,1907, for criminal assault; withMorris was sentenced Xöuis Ru- -ellewho was paroled last January. Morris is 19 years old.

Ralph Drake, sentenced for lifeirom Bartholomew county in Oc-tober 1894, for murder in the sec-ond degree. Drake's crime wasfound by the board of pardons '.ohave been caused by intoxicantsand infatuation for a Woman.

Nathaniel Gandy, sentenced tothe sta": reformatory from Mar-shall county, November 14, 1904,roi from two to fourteen yearsfor criminal assault.

C. A. Garver, sentenced to theIroiana reformatory from Elk-ha- rt

r..uniy, October 27, 190.for forgery.

Kirl I' ze, sentenced to t' e In-

diana reformatory in February1908, for criminal assault. Theboard found that Boze was thevictim of drink, and that lie wasbearing all the punishment for acrime in which he had only asmall part.

George Cambron, an insan?prisoner at the state prison, whowas sentenced for from two totwenty-on- e years for manslaugh-ter. Cambron is wanted at theSouthern Illinois reformatory forviolation of parole, and will bearrested on this charge at thestate prison door.

William Wellin" sentenced tothe Indiana reformatory fromHenry county, March 25, 190S.Mrs. Welling represented to theboard that it was she instead ofher husband who committed thecrime for which Welling was sentenccd. The woman, was; sen-tenced with her husband andsentence was suspended.

The pardon board refused torecommend executive clemencyfor Carl Farina, sentenced to thestate prison for manslaughterfifteen months ago, after killing aGreek, who, he believed, had attempted to alienate his wife's af-

fections.Among fifteen other cases in

which clemency was denied werethose of William Loftus, sentenced from Lake county for con-spiracy to commit a felony;Thomas Davidson, sentencedfrom Whitley county in 1890 formurder in the first degree, andTesse Sluder sentenced for lifefrom Clay county April 10, 19ÖG,for murder.

The recommendations of thepardon board were carried out bythe governor in every case.

Special Judge Appointed.Judge F. E. Powscr of Kosci-

usko county, has been appointedsnecial judge to try the case ofMaud L. Denman. versus GeorgeDen man, for divorce.

ENTERTAIN BISHOP.

Men's Club of Episcopal ChurchHold Banquet Monday Even-

ing Bishop Speaks.

At G:45 p. m. Monday eveningwhen the men of the Episcopalchurch and their ladies sat downat the Plymouth Inn for their'banquet all diairs were filled tothe number of seventy-fiv- e. Af-

ter a most delicious supper Mr.Herbert Hess the toast master,called the banqueters to ordcfjRnd the program of the eveningbegan. Interspersed among thespeeches were vocal solos fromMrs. Maude Houghton, MissLouise Corbin, Ralph Bowell,Ray Lemert, Knight Hou.ghtonand a duet by Masters KnightHoughton and Ray Lemert, whoavere all accompanied by MissFlorence Johnson.

Mr. Herbert Hess paid an clo-que- nit

tribute to the ladies in his'ntroductory remarks, and thenintroduced our honored guest ofthe evening the bishop of the dio-

cese, Rt.Rev. John Hazen White,who spoke most entertaininglyon his trip to Europe last summer. His remarks were listenedto with the closest attention andgreat enjoyment for the period ofan hour and a half, and all feltthat they had not only been de-

lightfully entertained but thatthey were much instructed aswell. The rector told some amus-ing stories of his personal exper-iences, and a number of othersiwere called upon for responsesincluding several of the ladies.At ten o'clock the company de-

parted feeling tn"at it was thefnost enjoyable banquet of theEntire season.

Will Leave for Europe.Tuesday evening the surviving

members of the old MaxinkuckeeLake View Club were entertain-ed at a fine supper, music etc. atthe residence of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Hill, in honor of Mrs. H. G.Thayer who leaves Monday noonfor Europe to visit her daughter.Mrs. Angie Thayer-Youn- g Themembers yet living are Mrs. II.G. Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. W. .

Hill, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Toan,and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mc-Donald. Those who are deceasedare Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wivtcr-velt- ,

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Buck:Mr. and Mrs. Horace Corbin andMr. N. S. Oglesbee. The mem-bers were all Plymouth peo;.le,and h?vinj ' purchased fifteenacres of eligible lake front onthe ro:th shore, and erected alarge jhd commodious Ciubhoue and several cottages,spent the summers then jron1878 ;.-- 1900 when the disposedof heir property to the Ysp-dali- a

Rcilroad company for 10,-00- 0

ar I disbanded the organiza-tion. It is quite remarkable tlyiteight families and quite a numberof children, and large financialinterests to manage, livo 1 togeth-er more than twelve years v;th-ou- t

any unkindness springing upbetween them. At ten o'cIjckthese old time club folks badeMrs. Thayer,, one of the mosthonored and lovable members, anaffectionate farewell and a safejourney across the oriny deep.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S

E

The local union meeting of theY. P. S. C. E. was held at theChristian church Sunday even-ing at C p. m. The object of the

was to adopt the presentconstitution and elect officers forthe ensuing year. Miss JuliaYockey the president, being ab-

sent on account of sickness, MissHoover had the

in charge. The. Union in Ply-mouth consists of four societies,the Re-form and United Jkcthren. Eachsociety was well represented andthe meeting was fromthe very beginning. Suggestionsfor the betterment of the citywere called for by Mis's Hooverami Rev. Miller spoke of a unitedevangelistic movement conductedby the C. E. Union of the citv.Mr. Jacox and Miss BerthaHoover spoke of open air meet-ings. Mr. Frank Andrews cravehis experience of such meetingsand Mr. Jacox offered the use ofthe portable organ of the

society, and the lawn meetings were heartily indorsed. Rev.Yager spoke on the social sidcof the society by nuttinc the" A 9

viounger at work, andMrs. Frank Bos worth suggesteda meeting for the ol 1 people thatwas heartily agreed to. Miss

ARE HAPPILY WEDDED.

Frank Buck and Miss JeanneOglesbee Formerly of This

City Married in Chicago.

H. E. Buck of this city received word moining of themarriage of his brother, FrankBuck to Miss Jeanne Ogleslbee aPlymouth, which occurred at thehome of Ira D. Buck 5744 Monroe, Ave, Chicago, Monday evening. Miss Oglesbee-i- s the daughter of the late Nathanand a sister to the late Rollo B.Mr. Buck Avas also a former restdent of being the sonof the late Chester C. Buck.

Miss Oglesbee left this city fora western trip with Mrs. Herbertt'.uck last fall, and returning visited with relatives' in. Chicago.Mr. Buck has leen employed inNew York City.

The marriage of Mr. Buck toMiss Oglesbee is the culminationof a happy romance dating backseveral years.

Mrs. Alice Merrill.Mrs. Alice Merrill, formerly of

this city, died at her home inBay City, Midi., onMay .th, and was brought tothis city for burial Saturday. Atthe time of her death she was 53years and 23 days oldl

She was born in West township, Marshall county, and wasthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Daniel Barber. She resided inPlymouth and Marshall countyuntil 1882, when she went toMicTiigan to teach. For severalyears she was a school teacherin Bourbon, and other schools inthis county. In 1889 she wasmarried to Charles A. Merrill,who survives her. No childrenwere born to their union. Twobrothers, Dr. Timothy Barber, ofCharleston, W. Va., and WilliamDaniel of Bay City, Mich., andone sister, Mrs. Bessie Carr ofSpokane, Wash., are the livingrelatives.

The body was brought to thiscity Saturday and intermenttook place in the Barber ceme-tery, G miles west of this city, inWest township. The funeralwas held from the residence ofJ. W. Montgomery, on northCenter st. Saturday morning. MrsMerrill has many friends tomourn their loss, here.

Many MortgageA total of 1138 mortgage ex-

emption affidavits, have been fil-

ed with County Auditor C. M.Walker, 20 less than were filedlast year. A number have beenpresented for filing too late, thelast day for filingbeing April 30th. The auditorand assistants are now engagedin making out certified copies ofthe mortgages held by residentsoutside of the county.

Attends Funeral of Relative.W. E. Bailey went to Peru Fri-

day morning to attend the funer-al of his sister-in-la- w. Mra Clark

who died at Long Beach,Cal.. a week ago Friday. ClarkBailey was a former resident ofPlymouth, and is well knownhere. He is an attorney at Peru.His wife has been spending sev-eral months in California, in thehope of regaining her health.

SOCIAL CHRIS- -

HOLD BEENG

Myrtle Hoover was chosen tocarry a message oi indorsementand an offer of assistance to theCivic club of the city. A mosthearty vote of thanks was dis-patched to the sick room of thepresident, Miss Julia Yockey forher untiring effort to make thelocal union a success during thepast year.

At the close of this most spirit-ed mass the followingofficers were elected for the com-thi- s

year Miss BlancheRichards, vice president Mrs.Iiyrd Uetz, secretary Mrs. BessieVanGilder, treasurer, Miss MerlePos worth ; lookout committee,Mrs. 15essie VanGilder, Mr. Al-

bert Savage, Airs. Frank Bos-wor- th

and Air. Kline. Good Liter-ature committee Air. Frank An-drews and Miss Bessie Miller.The society will meet in twoweeks at a p. m. in the Presby-terian church to arrange for thedistrict convention that will takeplace at Warsaw June 24 and 25.

--.verv member of each societvwas asked to keep these unionmeetings in mind as this unitedeffort of young people of the cityct Plymouth can be made a realspiritual uplift during the sum-mer months to all the churchesof the city.

Presbyterian, Christian, Brethren and Re-

formed Churches Are Membersof Ele6l Officers

meeting

Gladys meeting

Presbyterian, Christian,

interesting

Presby-terian

members

Tuesday

Oglesbee

Plymouth,

Wednesday,

Exemptions.

exemptions

Bailey,

meeting

Union

SPECIAL CARBURNED AT DAVIS

PLYMOUTH SURGEON ISCALLED TO, DRESS IN-

JURIES OF V. PRES.

Car Caught Fire From Explo;sion and Was Consumed

Train D Clears Wreckage

Dr N. B. Aspinall received atelegram at 7:15 o'clock Fridaymorning calling him to Davis, astation east of Valparaiso. Whenhe arrived....he found

-that a spec

lai car, attached to the Pennsylvania flyer had caught fire andhad heen humeri tr th tr,,cFirst Vfce President J. P. Turn- -ner. hn hppn ininrfvf Kr nnplosion which had caused thefire. The injuries consisted of abadty cut and bruised arm. Theflyer was held at Davis, until thearrival of Dr. Aspinall, who wascarried to the scene on Number2d, due here shortly after 7:00 o'--clock.

The fire caught from an explosion in a gasoline tank, whichimmediately spread the rlämcsthroughout the car. Vice President 1 timer was injured by glassthrown by the explosion.

Train D; from Plvmouth incharge of Ueorge Shrider, wassoon on the scene and engaged inremoving the wreckage trom thetrack. The wreck train from FtWayne arrived shortly before thework was completed and aided iithe work.

Sues for DivorcePearl M. Myers ha-s-. filed a suit

against her husband Leonard CMyers for divorce. She residein Plymouth and charges cruelami inhuman treatmpnt ThA

complaint of the plaintiff aversthat they were married at Bour- -

Don on November 2, 1905, andnave one &on. now two vrar ni I

which has not bn named. W Ir;,u : . t t. .M",u-- u uuuiuon unin tneispring of 1906, when they movedto Plymouth. They lived togethernere unin September 190G whenthey separated. Later she wasprevailed upon to live with himat bouth Bend and later at Plv

.ii rmoum. sne alleges Uiat he wasguiKy ot cruel and inhumantreatment, that ne would frequently become intoxicate! andquarreler, with ana abused her.

Maggie J. Burerer cruardi an ofan Lml Hazel Bhir.has broudit

Mut against Closes Mossis amiwife, Charlesi M. Fletch er amiwife, and J. Norman Collins andwife, to toreclose morttraire andjudgment, ami to appoint receiver.

Common School Graduates.The county superintendent of

schools. A.I

has decided to hold anoiner ötn vear examination onSaturday May l.,th at the Bre- -

ot-iioo-is ior tne nenent

ot those-

pupils whose gradesI

were nearly high enough to passU the previous writings, but whotailed on one or two branches,following are the names oi the

in berman.

tnvm nn" " "Twho have passed in the formerwAa.i.i,iaiiun oi mis year.

Lola U. Feldman, Glenn Barts,brnest Laudeman; Ida Graver- -son, Bernice Berg, Owen Stine.Grace. McConnel, Lulu Schlosser,

At "rc , m VwStme; Grace Linn'.uac OLUiu, .Mary aausman. VaI- -

T 1 . I

lci uuiiuurani. uertrucie .Miter,Lreorge Keyser, .Mason Huff. Oscar Beyler, Callie

. .Kipfer, Nellie

T w 1 --v Iuiaecker, Koland Ditty, Lloyd" Vv.lv.ume Kimer. U S

Hoople, Mary Lyons, Warrenbnyder, Lyman Kmoblock. Wil- -is Dietrich. Avis Mnssrr V' - - " v" " I- -

Moore, Fern Kline. Oliver Pfeif- -

in, arm caitn ÖChlllZ.

Chanev Esnich.At the U. B. parsonage on Fri- -

tlay evening May 7, 1900, Mr.Charles E. Chaney and MissMamie Espich were united, in theholy bon'ds of wedlock, Rev. S.H. Yager officiating. Mr. Chaneyis one of Plymouth's industrious

mousIy

this andChaney will take a short wed- -dine tour after which thrv w;iimake Plymouth their futurehome. May they have a

happy life is the ofthei

AnA t?.,,i t -- .1 u.l...vw.u a uiiviai Ul xsaiuci IX aI III. I

and Edward Hahn ofOgden, Oho arrived in this cityluesc ay oauenc t ie uneralofhe, brother the late Prof. Dan- -

n;knt10 Wff-eIy-

'North Sunday evening,where he had irone in expectation

regaining-

his failinc. Ihealth. Ihe remains1 1 . . .1 , .1funeral Wednesday.

Lonhrmed at St. Thomas Churchihe name of Wm. A. Rich- -

iiionu was inadvertently omittedirom the list ot those confirmedSunday night at the Episcopalchurch, and on MondayMary Rankert, - Anna

ana Strang werealso confirmed. These additionsinaKe iniriy-iou- r in an confirmed.'

t

PL10UIH IUIFR01 DUTY AT

Sergeant Commandery of CompanySpent Week at Michigan CityEnj-oyed Their First Active Service

The sergeant commandery,detachment of Company I, of thisc,t' returned at about 3:30 o'--

1,?c1k. Sim1.ay afternoon fromMichigan City, where they hadbeen on dut? since last turdanoon' K"a"dng the breach in thewffrn ml of the state Prisn"l ,U1 Jas uloWT1 ÜOVvn Dy tnes Aursay evening, April

'Hl1' Seventeen men, under?wnma.n of Sergeant George Pi- -

in, ivmiuiceu company r., oiSouth Bend, which had thirty-thre-e

men present. The com-bined force was under the com-mand of the South-Ben- d officers,vho were Captain Calvert, FirstLieutenant Kimble, and SecondLieutenant Rogers.

The local boys got their firsttaste of actual duty, and returnedto this city well pleased withtheir experiences, ami say that inspite of the freezing cold of thenrst three days and the subsequent heat, then back again,they enjoyed themselves toutmost and are narrating theirexciting experiences while onduty to their jealous friends today.

The 1 lymouth detachment arrived in Michigan City a little1after noon on Saturday, May 1st.lriey vere immediately detailedto the prison grounds, by streetcar, where they were at .once. . ? . v.ft.JS JmT. fworKcu memDers oi

. ,t-- w inine nunaretiniMeet prison wall had beenblown down and the services ofthe militia were required toguard the breach, while convictswere employed in buildingstockade, outside of the wall.This stockaide was completedSunday morning and the gigantictask of rebuilding the brickstone wall, will also be done byconvict labor.

The militia were encamped justoutside of the wall and slept inbibley tents, of which sixbeen erected. These tents wereshipped from the adjutant general at Indianapolis, and eachheld eight men on cots. The boysspent their time on guard duty.In the day time fifteen wertkept on the line, twenty-fou-rpaces apart. These men were reheved everv hour, their guard

or every hour. During the night,Fnnr ., ..OM i- -f .t,v'1 tv.ii vn. rvv.pt vtu lilt uaiu

line, being on dutv two hourseach, or three reliefs. When onthe list for night guard duty, themilitiamen were required to sleepJn th

r u . riv vj ui lllv.se. uiic ui wiiiv.li wasnicknamed Hotel A FrPr n,,tahd the other Fort Smudge. Thederivation of the names goes withthe history of the adventures ofthe bnv Hotel rle Kr,nfWas so" named because of the factthat onc "nute the guards werefree? nrr n denth hv inrli: , nn.l"J " ' -

the next were roasting. Hut itwas all kind'Ni of fun." o tlievsaid. Ft. SnuuW was rliristpnpd

" -

from Lieutenant Kimble who onemnrit whnn rn . ntv oc nffirnr rfthe Guard, was able to burn upthree himdrrd imtimh nf rnnl in

r: 1 1 i .,i iniv, iv.ni iv.it UIIVI llllvTU IMC U41Uhon Sf with ivJ-iir- nlcrwhefH-rmr-d flip memhprs of thguard. Besides the night sen- -

tries there was the Officer of the

r, cant, VC lard,hnd two Corporals of the GuardIi was the duty of the corporalsof the guard to rouse out eachrelief guard, when hour arrived.

The. Plymouth boys unani- -

iatIles- - une evening UDtporalKmr Crawford, Sergeant GeorgePifcr' Corporal Frank N Powell,an1 Pvate Ossie Starr, havingsccured their liberty, started for1,ie Clty. Upon reaching theirdestination they soon espied four"peaches," who were watchin.trthem. They approached, and one

Iittlc fclknv was This ..... toomuch for 0 whoturned and fled. In the act offlvi"K Private Starr lost h It.rcVealing the spot where once

ia? injiui iv.Jii a crODS OIi'k. n ...fv iMiv. 'uim wiMi 10 ec.a.: i 1.:. i . . . .

uianc a. 1111, a riijni, anam r 1 c who

,vishe , a lock 'f h--

r

Stricken by Paralysis.Mrs. John Widman, residing

one and one-ha- lf miles east ofthis city, who was stricken withparalysis at 9:00 o'clock Mondaymorning, by which the entire leftside was paralvzed, is no better.and is in a critical condition,Mrs is a daughter of1'eter Kicliard Sr., of this city.

young men and Miss Espich is a agreed that of their sev-you- ng

lady well known and well cntee Mr. Ossie Starr, was theliked in city. Mr. Mrs. man who made the hit with the

longand wish

many friends.

William

fastwere

wa, held

Mrs.Miss

imioucs Kussel

andtheir

and

had

men

their

Widman

RETURHI

IGAfJ CITY

The daughter of the regimentwas a red headed girl, who didn'tmfcke a hit with Company I, atall, at all. Hie bays had a numberof interesting experiences which,they greatly enjoyed, and unitein saying that "its great, to bea soldier." The Plymouth boysshowed up well in duty, and wereespecially complimented by Capt.Calvert as to their promptness,obedience, ability etc. The Ply-mouth boys who were in the ser-geant cemmandery were- - Ser-geant George Pifer, CorporalsGuy Crawford and William Shir-e- r,

and Privates J. Boggs, EarlDeacon, Clarence Klingerman,Charles Kerr, Tracy Liggett.Henry Linderman, Eddie Simp-son, Frank Overholt, HermanPitts, Oscar Starr, Arley Trow-bridge, Festus Turner, CasselDrake and Frank-- Powell.

MANY POSITIONS

ARE FILLED

GOVERNOR MARSHALLMAKES SIXTEEN AP-

POINTMENTS.

Father Ellering, of ColumbiaCity, Made Trustee of State

School.

Indianapolis, May 10. Sixteenof the twenty-fiv- e or more ap-pointments due to be made byGovernor Marshall before June 1were announced by-th-e governorSaturday and comissions issue!to the appointees.

The law creating the Antietammonument commission , providedthat it should be composed of fivemembers, one from each IndianaRegiment which took part in tfcbattle. The appointments are asfollows:

James M. Brown, cf Franklin,Seventh Indiana infantry.

Nathan D. Cox, of Spencer,Fourteenth Indiana infantry.

Captain Nelson Pegg, of Win-chester, Nineteenth Indiana in- - .

fantry.Major W. W. Daugherty of In-

dianapolis, Twenty-sevent- h Indi-ana infantry.

William N. Pickerill, of Indian-apolis, Third Indiana cavalry.

On the' state board of veterin-ary medical examiners John J.Herron, of Tipton, was reappoint-ed and William F. Myers, of Ft.Wayne, was named to succeed A.H. McGlasscn, of Madison. Bothappointees are Democrats, as wasMcGIasscn.

A. M. Ragsdale, of Indianapolis, was appointed amember ofthe state board of embalmers, tosucceed. J. H. McCully, of Ida- -ville, and John G. Chambers, ofLexmgton, was named to succeedGeorge L. Watson, of Cayugi,on the same board Ragsdale andChambers are Democrats.

Mrs. Mary R. Harper of Fort '

Wayne, was commissioned tosucceed herself as a member of ,

the board of trustees of the, Indiana School for Feeble MindedYouth, and Ibe Rev. Anthony M.Ellering, of Columbia City, aDemocrat, was named to succeedEdward M. Wilson, of FortWayne, a democrat, on the sameboard.

On the state board of medicalexamination and registration Dr.John F. Spaunhtirst, of Indian-apolis, a Republican, was namedto succeed Dr. J. E. P. Holland.of Bloomington, also a Republican, and Dr. b. B. Smelser, ofShirley, was named to succeedDr. J. C. Webster are Republicans.

The vacancy on the state boardof examination and rernstratirvn0in optometry caused by the resignation ot Dallas b. Green, ofFt. Wayne, was filled by the appointment of Kent. K. Wheelöckof that city. Wheelock is a Dem-ocrat. Green was a Republican. "oreen resignea a year ago.

Jerome J. Keene of Indianapolis, a Democrat, was appointedon the state 'board of pharmacyto succeed A. F. Heineman, ofValparaiso, a Republican. Th-appoint-

of a Democratchanges the political majority c. .

Ihe board.

Team Did Not Come.The Kokomo Colored Stars,

who were to play the local teamhere Sunday did not arrive, ow-ing to the inclement weather.

Appointed Jury Commissioner.Jiule Bernetlia Friday af-

ternoon, appointed Michael Ryanjury commissioner, to replaceCharles Ulrich, who is no longera residenr.

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