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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Neely's total shortage in the Cuban
postal misappropriation was S131, Alb,
says Inspector Gregory, who investi-
gated the matter.
Bribery in the city council that Cir
cult Attorney Falk declares 'appal-
ling has been discovered at st. Louis.
Balfour announced in the commons
yesterday that the British government
had received peace proposal from the
Dutch government relative to South
African affairs.
The total money loss by the explo-
sion in the Rapid Transit tunnel at
New York is estimated at less than
S15O.O00.
Senator Hoar has introduced. a bill
increasing to 500 per month the pen
sion rate for total blindness.
Emperor William has presented his
yachts Meteor and Comet to the Ger
man navy.
Eugene Dupont, president of the ex-
tensive powder firm of e. l. Dupont,
De Nemours & Co., is dead at his home
near Wilmington, Del, aged 81.
Over 200 soldiers have been frozen
to death in northern Japan
President Roosevelt sent a cable
gram of oOngratulation to Emperor
William of Germany on his birthday.
General Funston says about his
plans for the future: 81 have only the
regular army in sight"
Governmental business at Pekipg
will be practically suspended for one
month on account Of the Chinese New
Year festivities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
SCHLEY WITH THE PUPILS
He Visits His Namesake School and Put.
in Another Busy Day.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.--Admiral Schley's
visit to his namesake school yesterday
was a very enjoyable affair and the
youngsters were delighted Mrs.
Schley was along, and attention was
divided between her and the admiral,
who made a short speech. Later he
received an address from the German
Americans which was in the highest
degree eulogistic. In the afternoon
he held a general reception at which
many hundreds attended, and the day
was closed by a banquet at the Audi
torium rendered by the Chicago naval
battalion, the officers being the hosts.
1t was an elegant and thoroughly en-
joyable affair. The admiral i'm thank
ing his hosts for the hospitality which
had been shown him, took occasion to
express his gratitude most warmly for
the many kind attentions that had
been shown him since his arrival in
the city Saturday morning. From the
dinner the admiral was driven directly
to the armory of the First infantry on
Michigan avenue, where the Chicago
naval battalion was paraded for his
inspection. The admiral made a short
speech to the men, praising their work
and encouraging them to perseyere in
their study Of naval matters
This morning at $50 the admiral and
his wife took leave of Chicago en- route
fer Louisville
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
SOME SORT OF PROPOSAL
Made to the British Government to Enc
the War i'm South Africa.

London, Jan. 29.-Replying to a
question by I.abouchere lwho seemed
to have some inside information in
the commons yesterday Balfour said
that 10 oveltures of peace had been re-
ceived from any one authorized to
speak in behalf of the Beers. y com
munication was. however. received
late Saturday last from the Dutch gov
ernment. which was now under con-
sideration. Mr.. Balfour hoped shortly
to lay the communication and the re-
ply to it before the house.
That was all he would say. The
Petit Blue of Brussels, the organ of
the Krugerites. fatty denied last night
that the BOer delegates had charged
any one to make peace proposals, and
professed to be in entire ignorance of
the Dutch communication.
The Times, in an editorial, hopes
that the answer of the government to
the communication from the Dutch
government viii be clear and firm as
well as courteous and sympathetic.
I'VE can have no correspondence with
the Dutch government" says The
Times, (which might be twisted into a
precedent by other powers for attempt
ing to open communications with us
on the same subject Our answer to
the late President Mckinley still holds.
We can deal with nobody in this quar-
rel but the enemy who defied u.s.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
WORKS GREAT HAVOC
Explosion at n York Wrecks
Three Big Buildings and
Kills Six Persons.
ABOUT 100 OTHERS ARE INJURED
But None Seriousiy-Damages May
Foot Up a MiIli0n-TerritOry for
Seven Blocks Shaken.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The reserve
supply of high explosives stored at the
Park avenue shaft of the Rapid Tran
sit tunnel, now in course Of construc-
ton, blew up shortly after noon yester-
day. The giant blast killed six per-
sons, injured 100 others, and seriously
damaged all the property reached b!
the flying debris and The vibration of
the shock. The killed were: Cyrus
Adams, cigar man at Murray Hill ho-
tel; James Carr, waiter in Murray
Hill hotel; Lawrence Hine, Ansonia.
Conn; J. Roderick Robertson, of Mel
son, B. c., guest at the Murray Hill
hotel; Ralph Fl. Thompson assistant
engineer; Thomas Tubbs, master me-
chanic for the contractor.
The 100 or so injured are not serious
~ hurt.
Effect of the Great Explosion.
When the dynamite went off it tore
a great gorge in the street and sent
a mass of earth, splintered timoer and
twisted iron high into the air. Much
Of it went battering against the front
of the Murray Hill hotel, and although
the walls and main structure Of that
building stood the shock nearly every
room in the front of the house was
wrecked. The Manhattan Eye and
Ear hospital ON the east side Of the
avenue Jared nearly as badly, and had
to be abandoned by the management
The Grand Union hotel lost all its
windows and glass partitions, and
practically every front window in the
Grand Central station was shattered.
The great clocks on its front towes
were blown from their cases. Thousands
of windows some them seven blocks
from the tunnel shaft, fell In frag-
ments. 1t was the shower Of broken
glass and falling debris that injured
the greatest number.
How Robertson Was Killed
]. Roderick Robertson, of Nelson,
B. c., was killed by debris hurled
with the force of artillery into his
room at the Murray Hill hotel. He
was general manager in Canada for
the British Columbia Gold Fields COM
pany, limited. and a prominent citi-
zen in the community where he lived.
He was a Scotchman and left a wild
ow and four children. He was said to
have been quite wealthy. A peculiar
fact about his death was that he
asked for the room in which he was
killed, while another guest of the
house had only a short time before re-
fused to occupy the room.
Looks Like a Million Damages.
The damage may exceed S1,000,000
The first estimate on the Murray Hill
hotel placed the loss at 100000, but
later the hotel was abandoned as un-
safe. If the building is condemned
the loss on it alone will approach ST.
100000. The damage to the Grand
Union hotel was estimated at $4,000
and that to the Manhattan hospital at
$4,000. The loss at the Grand Gen.
trail station was entirely in glass. as
was that of the 100 or more other
buildings affected by the explosion. No
estimate was made Of the losses sus-
tanned by the Rapid Transit contrac-
tors. The cause of the explosion has
not been determined, but three men
are under arrest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
SCHLEY IS AT LOUISVILLE
His Trip to There from Chicago One Con
tinuOus Ovation

HIS IrAp 10 1nere from CnlcaSO One OOu-
tinuOus Ovation
Louisville, KY, Jan. 29.-Rear Ad-
miral Schley, under the chaperonage
of the board of trade and the Knight
Templars, will be Louisville's guest
until Friday next. He arrived here at
7:15 p. m. yesterday. He was greet
ed by an admiral's salute and a shout
ing crowd of many hundreds and es-
corted to his carriage by the full COM
mittee representing his hosts and driv-
en- to the residence of Marion E. Tay-
lor, president of the board of trade.
The trip from Chicago was one long
ovation, and so vigorous We're some Of
the hand clasps which the distin-
gulshed seaman received en- route that
his right hand was nearly 'out of busi-
ness when he arrived here.
The admiral made no speeches on
the trip, although at some Of the stops
he spoke few words of greeting.
Telegrams from every station along the
line, many Of them stating that the
schools had been closed to allow the
children to see the admiral, were re-
ceived. They asked that the admiral
appear on the platform, if only for
moment
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

congress in dealing with territory and
other property, did you include men as
other property. whose liberty and lives
and all rights are to be jeOpardized or
to be destroyed in this country. aud
whether they are property-whether
people are property: You bought them
at 81 head. il is true. but DID you in-
tend TO give them their liberty. as We
propose. or do you propose to hold
them under the bayOnet, under carpet
bag government more damnable than
you put on us in 1S6S?'
THAT is the old question" replied
Spooner. THE power to occupy in
habited territory involves the power, |
81 pose. TO change the allegiance. We
acquired Louisiana. No one ever pre-
tended that men and women were
bought and sold in that transaction"
At the conclusion of Spooner's re-
marks Teller offered an amendment to
the pending bin that provides that
the constitution and all laws of the
United States which are not locally
irapplicable shall have the same f5rce
and effect within the said Philippine
archipelago as elsewhere within the
United States Teller insisted that
there was not a foot Of ground outside
Manila where a citizen of the United
States could walk without the protec-
ton of bayonets, and he wanted to
know when the government is going
to bring about peace. and what the
policy is.
He said that the outrages and tor
lures committed in the Philippines Dy
the Spaniards had been increased since
the advent of the Americans into the
islands. as was always the case when
the Anglo-SaxOn succeeded the Ian
guild Latin in such an undertaking.
He said that a private letter from
an army officer in the Philippines had
been received in Washington. in which
an army officer was quoted as saying
with respect TO the establishment of
concentration camps: IF this thing
is to continue / will have to apologize
to Weyler." Another ofTlcer was quot
ed as adding: The time has come
when I'm ready to apologize to him
nOw'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
DECIDED ON A SCALE.
u. w. M. Asks 10 Per Cent. More
for Digging and Is Cents
Per Day for Drivers.
ITO CHANGE IN THE DIPFERENTIAL
Salaries of National Officers and Per
Diem of Board Men Are
Increased.

Indianapolis, Jan. 29.-The mine
day, after two hours debate, adopted
the scale as agreed upon by the COM
mittee. The scale recommended in Sc
cret session was for the general ad-
vance for bituminous mining of 10 per
cent. ON a run-of-mine basis. the diff
ferential Of Z cents-the old figure
between pick and machine mining; 10
cents a day increase for inside driv-
ers and a uniform scale for all out
side labor. Much of the discussion ON
the scale report was centered upon
the matter of the differential, many
delegates desiring it increased to 10
cents.
Scheme for Redistricting Adopted.
The committee on redistricting the
mining states reported the Lewis reso-
luton, which was adopted. The pur-
pose of redistricting the mining states
is that joint conferences may be had
in the various new districts and all
differences settled, if necessary, at one
and the same time. The national Off
GERS will bring about the new division
anu lOI cOuleIcuCeS.
Better Salaries for National Officers.
Most of the afternoon session was
devoted to a consideration OF the re-
port of the committee on constitution,
and one of the most important provis-
ions of that report will be for an IN
crease of salaries of national officers
all along the line. This met with more
or less opposition. but the recomenda-
ton of the committee was finally
adopted by an almost unanimous ris-
ing vote. The salary list as fixed will
give the national president, $500; ma
tiOnal vice president, $1.4O0; national
seretary-treasurer, 81, 500: editor of
The Mine Workers Journal, 81 200.
Boards to Get More Remuneration.
Members of the national executive
board are to receive $3.50 per diem,
payable whenever the members of the
board are employed in executive work
for the benefit of the United Mine
Workers. Members of the national
auditing committee get $3.50 day
while engaged in their cfficial duties.
Assessment to Aid : rikers-
The national exec lie board de-
cided to levy an assessment of 10
cents q month on cry member in
good standing for the purpose of bring
ing to successful and speedy termin-
alton the strikes now in progress.
Where district or local organizations
refuse to remit within sixty days neith-
er shall be entitled to representation
i'm the national convention. The con-
vention adopted this scheme.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
HAS A SPAT WITH BEvERIDGE
Comes Near Being a Case of "Lie Direct
Before 1t Ends.


This aroused angry protests on the
Republican side, and they demanded
the name of the aul.or of the letter,
which Teller did not know, and said
he would not tell if he knew. He pro-
ceeded to talk about censorship of the
press dispatches when he was inter-
rupted by quotations from Tafts re-
cent interview denying such censor
ship. He persisted that there was
censorship, when Deveridge interrupt
ed, declaring he was personally cogniz-
ant Of the fact that there was no GEN.
sorship at Manila. He was well ac-
quainted, he said with the Associated
Press correspondent in Manila, and
knew from him that the censorship
had been suspended. Why, therefore,
he said. Teller persisted in making ks
assertion concerning censorship was
not clear.
This irritated Teller, and he declared
that This is the first time In my ex-
perience that senator mas gained the
floor TO ask a question and then
charged the senator who yielded to
him with being a liar" BevCridge
ulSCldihCu 1ntCA4On VI
discourtesy toward Teller, but insisted
that he would now and at all other
times correct misstatements when they
were persisted in by other senators.
The Colorado statesman proceeded
without interruption for a time. But
he went ''up against it, when he de-
ciared with reference to the criticism
made by General Wheaton on Schur-
mans speech, that there is not a SEN
ator on that side of the chamber
[pointing to the Republican side] who
does not know that the statements in
that dispatch were true'
Instantly a half dozen Republican
senators, including Lodge, Hawley and
Platt Of Connecticut, sprang to their
feet, uttering protests against the Colo
radO senator's statements. THAT is
not true and i will not permit 1t to go
,lnchallenged." declared Lodge.
s.Then l will change it." said Teller,
'.and say that there is not senator on
that side who ought not to have known
that the statements in that dispatch
were true"
At the conclusion of the debate Pres
i1ent Pro TEN. Frye announced that
Hereafter he would enforce the rule re-
curing a senator who desires to inter-
rlipt another senator to first get the
recognition of the chair, and then per-
mission Of the senator holding the
floor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Washington, Jan. 29.-The senate
yesterday adopted The resolution for
an investigation Of the Philippine Situ-
and adopted a resolution to sell the
Congressional Record to the general
public at 50 for long sessions and 81
for short sessions. The bill for a new
executive department was passed. The
labor bureau was included in the new
department, which is called the depart
ment of commerce and labor. The in
terstate commerce commission is ex-
cluded. The census bureau is included.
a number Of private pension bills were
passed. a long debate on the Philip
pine situation indulged in and an eX-
ecutive session was Leld.
The house was not in session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
MACCABEES INTERESTED
Michigan Supreme Court Decides a Case
of Hives.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 29.-In an opin-
ion yesterday the supreme court af-
firms the judgment of the Washtenaw
circuit court overruling the obcjetonis
of the supreme hive, Ladies of the
Maccabees, to the bill of the great hive
Of that order asking for an injunction
restraining the supreme hive from in
terfering with the plan of the great
hive to go into other states than Mich
gan, and that the ritualistic and cere-
monial work be decreed to be the prop
erty Of the great hive.
The court says the bin is sufficient
in law. The supreme hive must now
answer and meet the questions Of fact
raised, on their merits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The police de-
partment has received word of the ar
rest in Cincinnati of Morris Affelier,
alias Herman Halderfer, on a charge
of forgery Affeider also is wanted in
Washington for the alleged forging of
Senator Beyeridge's name to three
checks upon which he is said to have
obtained $500 from local firms. He
was employed by the senator as a Ser
want and disappeared four weeks ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
HOTEL GUESTS TERRORIZED
Fire Next Door to the Linden Hotel Eats
Up Property Worth $3OO,OOO.


Up Property Worth 100000.
st. Louis, Jan. 29-Two hundred
and thirty guests of the LinGell hotel
were driven from their apartments
into the sleety streets at 10 p. III. yes
terday by raging flames which
wrecked the adjoining building at the
corner of Seventh street and Washing
ton avenue, anu for thirty thrilling
minutes threatened to sweep away the
Eostelry. Women were carried from
the upper floors by elevator and down
the stairway in a fainting condition.
Mothers with infants III their arms
groped their way through suffoCating
smoke.
Men dragged their trunks after them
down the broad stairways of the hotel
and clerks in the office hastily pro
cured the valuables of the guests from
safes and vaults and carried them TO
places of greater safety. The struc-
ture in which the fire originated was a
seven-story brick affair known as the
O'NeiH building. 1t was an ancient
and infammable structure. There
We're q dozen or more firms occupying
it, of which the largest concern was
the l.. Bauman Jewelry company. The
losses suffered by these concerns viii
approximate 100000. The Lindell
hotel was damaged by smoke and wat
er to the extent of $4,000.
About half an hour after the alarm
was given the fire communicated to
the roof and top story OF the Lindell
hotel. and the most imperturbable Of
the guests, large number of travel
ing men. began their exit. The hotel
force kept the roof from blazing up
for awhile and then the fire depart
ment got half dozen lines of hose to
the roof of the Lindell and from there
played right down upon the fire, which
put the hotel out of danger
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
John A. Hinsey Acquitted.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-John A. Hinsey,
former head of the insurance depart
ment of the knights of Pythias, was
acquitted Monday night Of charges of
misrepresentation of funds. This was
the result of twenty-three sessions
held by a committee of five past
chancellors of Inter-Domain lodge, of
which the accused is a member.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Got Wind of the Plot.

Sioux City, Ia. Jan. 29.-The police
received wind of plot to hold up
the opera house here Monday night
during the production of Janice Mere
dith" by Mary Mannering, butthe plan
was frustrated. Armed officers
guarded all the entrances during the
performance. Last year the theatre
was held up successfully.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Hoo.ier state Shortcuts.

Summitv lle-While dreaming In his
sleep John Wilson jumped from a Sec
ond-f1oor window, breaking both legs.
Kokomo-D. A. Woods, a we'll
known attorney, is prostrated by an
apoplectic stroke.
Evansville-Geor A. Cunningham.
Republican district chairman, who has
been alarmingly Ill. is convalescing.
Lafayette-Republican county pri-
maries will be held Feb. %.
Union City-Harvie Julian, 30 years
old. aroused himself In the morning,
only to dnd his wife dead by his side.
Dublin-The Richmond Traction and
Intsrurban company has been granted
Z franchise to enter this place.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Colored Jury Tries a Negro.

Shelbyyille, Ind, Jan. 29.-For the
first time, probably, in the history of
Indiana, jury of colored men is try
ing negro. The defendant is Will
lam Logwood, charged with burglary
of the home of Robert Smith, also col
ored. Logwood was captured after
having been beaten nearly to death by
members of the Smith family. He
asked for a jury of colored men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Washington, JAM 29.-The military
appropriation bill has been practically
completed by the house committee on
n.alitary affairs. The bill carries ap-
proximately $91 100000, which is
about $1O,DOO,O00 below the estimates
and about S26,OOO,OOO below the appro-
priations of last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Jail Delivery Prevanted by a Dog.

Anderson, Ind, Jan. 29.-Fifteen
prisoners on the second floor of the
Madison county jail were about ready
to escape yesterday when Sheriff
Houston discovered them A bull dog
in the jail was disturbed Dy the graf
ing of the saws when they were re-
moving the bars, and has barking led
to investigation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
President of the An Dead

Columbus, o., Jan. 29.-Herbert D.
Bennett, president of the Ameri AN
District Telegraph company, the I'LL
nois District Telegraph company and
the National District Telegraph cont
pany, died suddenly at his home IN
this city Monday Of heart disease. He
was only "a years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Widow wins a Fine Prize.

Cadillac, Mich, Jan. 29.-Mrs. Jen-
ME B. Smith. of this city, widow
with two children, has received word
from the Art Publishing company, of
New York, and one of the five names
she suggested for their new magazine
has been adopted. She will receive
their prize of $500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Three Killed and Four Hurt.

Chicago, Jan. 29-Three people
were instantly killed and four serious
~ injured by Michigan Central train
at crossing at West Hammond, Ind,
late yesterday afternoon. The dead
are Mrs. Mary Polek. Joseph Bojek
ald Joseph Swisgak. The party was
III closed carriage returning from a
funeral
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Probably Fatally Burned.

Roanoke, Ills., Jan. 29.-Mrs. Paul
Rivier was probably fatally burned
here Monday in an explosion of a gas
oline stove. Her husband and son,
who carried her into the yard and ex-
tinguished the flames by rolling her iI
the snow, were also severely injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30
Cashier CLOSES q Bank.

Bellwood, Neb, Jan. 29.-The Platte
Valley State bank closed its doors
shortly after noon yesterday and is
now In the hands of a state examiner.
The suspension was unexpected and
has caused much excitement A. H.
Gould, the cashier, is under arrest,
charged with forgery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-30

Lafayette, Ind, Jall. pa crowd
numbering nearly 1,00D greeted Admir-
al Schley during the short stop of the
Monon train here yesterday. The Pur-
due college yell was in lusty evidence.
All along the line after leaving Chi
cago the admiral was compelled to ap-
pear ON the rear platform.