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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
Had No Monkey Ranch.

Francis B Keene tells the fol
lowing good story of a man who
was riding on his bicycle through
thinly settled section of Mime
sofa. Something went wrong
with his wheel, and he had
to dismount and trundle it along
for several miles before he came
to house. He fastened up and
raped at the front door. A tall
rawboned Swede appeared.
"Have you got a monkey
wrench? n sked the wheel man.
No" said the Swede, cay not
have monkey ranch.
DO you know where can find
one?"
"Vel, Ay don't, Nels Nelson,
seven, eight miles up de road, he
got cattle ranch; Ay got sheep
ranch, Ay tank man must be a
dam fool to hav a monkey ranch
en- deeS country"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
Headquarters for Thomas Trlbbey
and Albert Weber, buyers of Live
Stock.
California illustrate

Copy of the illustrated monthly,
The Chicago 400, journal of travel
and topics, reaches us by the courtesy
of the Chicago & Northwestern R'y.
1t is one of the finest illustrated pub
locations that we have ever seen. The
tinted half-tones rival those of the
finest magazines, and the letter press
of the whole edition is as perfect as
that of any publication ever issued,
pictorially and descriptively mirroring
CALIFORNIA; wonderful scenery. Copy
delivered free on application, or mail.
ed to any address upon receipt of two
cents.
A. H. Waggener, % Fifth avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

butcher, they say, went into the
basement to discover the leak
carrying light, and in this way
exploded the gas which had &C
cumulated in the roem. Another
theory, which was not generally
accepted, is that the boilers first
blew up aid started a small
blaze, which exploded the gas
mains in the street.
The gas mains began explod
ing all along the street. and the
buildings were shaken and wreck
ed for blocks. The flames from
the first gas main which explod-
ed shot high into the air and
reached, with the aid of the wind,
the adjacent buildings. The
flames reached out and caught
the weather-wOrn tlmberS. The
dry and rotten wood was a feed
ing place for the fire and in an
instant the flames had enveloped
the structures. With a roar the
buildings collapsed and the occu-
pants. with one exception, were
carried with it to the basement.
The adjoining building, a two
story structure, Jared up, the
next building was wrapped in
flames, and then another struct-
ure caught fire. 1t seemed that
the whole block would be wiped
out before the firemen could at
tempt to bring the blaze under
control.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
ENGLAND'S DANGER
Conditions in the Emerald Isle Constitute Serious Menaee-Bris
Answer to Dutch Regarded as Opening the Door to Peace the
Premlers Assertions to the Contrary Notwithstanding

LONDON, Feb. MANY vel
informed politicians have &
shrewd suspicion that in spite OF
certain unpromislng surface indi
cations the Anglo-Dutch inter.
change of communications NAV
yet prove the starting point OF
peace negotiations. These per
sons smile at Lord Salisbury's
assertion in his public address
that he could not imagine the
idea or motive that prompted the
maneuver of the authorities at
The Hagne They say that the
Dutch government never expect
ed to accomplish anything except
to draw out the British ministry
with reference to its attitude to-
ward the Boer delegates without
exposing the latter to the posi-
bility of a rebuff and consequent
loss of prestige both in Europe
and South Africa.
The politicians in question re-
gard as a mere rhetoric the pro-
nouncement issued at The Hague
purporting to commit the dele
gates to a refusal to approach
Lord Lansdowne direct. They
assert that this action is designed
merely to prevent a too sudden
disclosure of the real motive OF
the Dutch cabinet and predict
that eventually the Boer dele
gates will avail themselves of the
door left open to them by the
British foreign secretary. 1t is
thought that the decision of the
Boer diplomats, to let matters
drlft a While, IS partially lntlu-
enced by the temporarily un-
broken progress of British arms,
which might predispose the
kings advisers against any rep
reservations which the delegates
are authorized to make.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
n KILLED-lOO INJURED
Chicago Buildings Shattered by
Explosion of Gas.
Rescue Prevented by Rapid Spread of
fl0meS-ArCher Ayenuo and TWENTY
Second Street the Scene of an Ap-
polling Disaster Last Evening.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6-Twelve per-
sons were killed, scores of others
injured, three houses blown to
pieces, and a dozen others partly
wrecked by explosions of natural
gas at Twenty-se street and
Archer avenue at $50 o'clock
last night. The wreckage caught
fire from the burning gas mains,
making it impossible for firemen
or police to make any search OF
the RUNS for the bodies of the
victims.
The neighborhood up to mid
night was filled with distracted
men and women, who were anx.
iously seeking for some trace Oh
wife, child or husband.
The twelve persons unaccount.
ed for are almost certain to have
been killed. as they were all in
the building where the first gas
explosion took place, and as the
structure was built of wood and
was literally torn into splinters
by the shock, they had almost
no chance OF escaping.
The first explosion occurred in
the two-story frame building at
376 Twenty-second street. occu-
pied as a meat market and dwell.
ing by Otto Trostel, with his wife
and five young children. Besides
the Trostel family, a servant
girl, two men employed IN the
butcher shop, and two women
customers are all thought to have
persisted.
Successive explosions of the gas
in the mains along Archer ave-
nue. partly wrecked every build
ing for two blocks. and nearly a
hundred persons were more or
less injured by falling glass and
timbers. Some of them were
taken to hospitals, while others
went to physicians offices and
had their wounds dressed.
Police and firemen were both
undecided as to what was really
the cause of the disaster. 1t is
believed by every one in the
neighborhood that there was. a
leak in the natural gas pipes
which heated the boilers used by
Trostel for the manufacture of
sausage in the basement. The
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

LONDON, Feb. THE main.
tenance of our position in ireland
is the most vital object the en-
pire has, and it can only be at
tanned by strenuous exertions. .
This sensational statement. re-
vealing governmental knowledge
of an alarming condition of af-
fairs in Ireland, by Premier Sal
isbury at dinner at the Consti-
tutionai club given after he UNI
yelled a life size marble statue of
Queen Victoria. 1t preceded a
declaration that the existence Of
hostile feeling in Ireland was a
signal that the efforts of the
government in South Africa, up
on which depend in no light de-
gree the glory and continuance
of the empire, must not be relax
ed.
Continuing, the premier asked
if the Irish people loved the gov
eminent better than they did for
merly, and replied himself that
they did not. He said the feel
ings of hostility which had been
expressed were more uncompro-
missing than any expressions
which had ever issued from the
lips of Parnell or O'Connell.
An Irish government with the
power to accumulate arms and
ammunition, he said, would con-
stitute a more serious threat
than that of the Beers. While
the orthodox leader of the l.b-
eral party had declared himself
IN favor of home rule, the semi
orthodox leader of that party,
whose utterances were harder to
interpret. while he had not pledg-
edhimself to home rule, had studi-
ously avoided any pledge from
which the contrary might be IN
ferred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
STEHDy-STRENGTH-SbEE
These are Three Words to 60niurs With
They arc Closely Connected With DR..
Il. W. 6hase's Nerve Pills sc Says a
Plymouth Citizen.

Steady nerves-refreshing elsep--re-
newed strength-these are a trio that
practically control the enjoyment of life
they are the keystone Of the arch per-
fecting manhood and womanhood to the
fullness OF life.
Mr.. B. M. Seybold OF Miner ST.. Plym-
mouth. Ind, ssys:-"As general and
nerve tonic can recommend DR.. A. W.
Chase's Nerve Pills We got at j. w.
Hess's Drug Store. They proved with
US capable Of steadying and quietlng the
nerves-of giving restfuIl sleep and gen.
orally acting as tonic to the System at
large"
DR.. A. W. Chsse's Nerve Pills are sold
at SOC box at dealers or DR.. A. w.
Chase Medicine Co.. Buffalo. New York.
See that portrait and signature of A. W..
Chase M. D. are on every package. 2
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
Guardians Sale of Real Estate.

Notice is hereby given that James Nj.
Schroeder, guardian o. Amos Bigler, will sell
at private sale at the law Office of Samuel
Parker, on Laporte street in the City OF
Plymouth, Marshall County. Indiana, on
Saturday, February 22, 1902,
at II o'clock a. M, the following described
real estate in said county to-wit:
The northeast quarter of the southeast quar-
ter Of section 30, township IS, north, range
east, 40 acres. This real estate is appraised
atS1,10 and cannot be sold for less.
TERMS Or SALE: One-third cash. one-third
in one year and one-third in two years. de-
ferred payments to be secured by notes bear
ing six per cent interest and mortgage on
said real estate.
JAMES NJ. SCHROEDER.
lst3 Guardian.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
They CRUSH THE POWERS

oppressive summer is quite gone. FADING
leaf, whitening tree and the rustling corn IN
the fields are signs of the season. Fog,
frost, rain, snow,-they are coming. You
remember last winter; Of 1900 and 1901.
The weather was cruel. Ali the thous.
ands it killed, and the hundreds of thous.
ands it MANNED and crippled Oh, the
rough grasp it laid on men at work, women
ct home, and children in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that began before Thanksgiving
Day are racking and tearing them still; yes,
and growing worse as they dig deeper into
the poor, tired throat and lungs. Many
were cured by using Benson's Porous Plas-
tiers. For the soothing and healing power
of these Plasters is wonderful They con-
uuer the complaints
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

Commencing March 1st and daily
thereafter, until April 30th, 1902, the
Wisconsin Central R'y-will sell Set
tiers tickets from Chicago to points in
Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washing
ton, and British Columbia, at greatly
reduced rates. For detailed informa-
tion inquire of nearest ticket agent or
address G. c. Hill, ID. p. A, go
Clark ST., Chicago, ILL.,; or Jas. G..
Pond, Gent Passenger. Agent Mil
waukee, Wis. S5t15 15t3
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

Every day in the year. The Chi
cago, Union Pacific and Northwest
ern Lille runs through first-class Pull
man and Tourist Sleeping Cars to
points in California and Oregon daily.
Personally conducted excursions from
Chicago to San francisco, Los Angeles
and Portland, leaving Chicago on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lowest
rates. Shortest time on the road.
Finest scenery. Inquire of your near
est ticket agent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
LOW FARE SOUTH
To New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola
Via Pennsylvania Lines.

Excursion tickets to New Orleans,
La, Mobile, Ala, and Pensacola,
Fla, for Annual Mardi Gras FeStivi.
ties, will be sold via Pennsylvania
Lines February Sd to 9th, inclusive,
good returning leaving those points
not later than February 18th. Any.
body may take advantage of the low
rates, and any Pennsylvania Lines
Passenger or Ticket Agent will furnish
full particulars upon application.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

No other plaster, no other medicine or sp-
plication, can compare With them. Coughs,
colds, backache, rheumatism, lumbago,
enza,.they all go down before Benson,
Plasters Like . snow image In the sun.
You can't throw money away on Benson'a
Plaster. Everybody is going to use them
this season. But make certain You get the
genuine. AL druggists, or we viii prepay
postage on any number ordered In the
United States on receipt Of Csc. each.
Seabury Il johnson, Mig. Chemists, ny.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
Saved Him From Torture.

There is no more agonizing trouble
than piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles at once. Unequalled for skin
diseases, cuts. burns. bruises, wounds.
j. s.. Gersll. st. Paul. ARK. suffered
for years with psotruding, bleeding piles
and could find no relief until few boxes
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve complete
ly cured me. None are genuine dut DE
Wits.
J., w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
SHERIFF SLAIN BY BANDITS
Robbers Loot Arkansas Bank and
Commit Murder.
Officer Heard Thieves at Work and
HftOCRed Them, Receiving q Fatal
Shot In the First VOlIeJ-L Large Re-
word Offered by the Governor

LITTLE ROCK Ark, Feb. g.
The town of GAINESVILLE, John
son county, is greatly excited
over bold and successful bank
robbery which took place about
3 o'clock yesterday morning.
Sheriff John W. Powers was shot
and killed by the robbers. The
exact amount secured by the
thieves is not known, but it Is
supposed to be between $1,000
aud $4,000
Sheriff Powers, who roomed in
a building adjoining that of the
Bank of GAINESVILLE, was awak-
ened shortly before 5 o'clock by
a terrific explosion in the bank.
Selling pistol in each hand he
rushed to the bank. The rob.
bers. five in number, were pre-
pared for him, knowing his pres
nearby, as they opened fire the
moment he appeared. The
officer was wounded III the first
vOlley, but he stood his ground
and returned the fire, sending
half a dozen bullets at the rob
bers. The wounded sheriff then
managed to get back to his room
where he died within twenty
minutes. When citizens began
arriving at the scene Sheriff
Powers was dead and the robbers
had vanished.
The interior of the bank was
wrecked, the men having used
dynamite to break open the vault
door. A trail of blood leading
from the bank is construed to
mean that Powers injured one or
more of the robbers. He was
shot three times himself and any
one of the wounds would have
proved fatai.
Governor Davis has offered
reward of S.. 900 for the arrest
and conviction of the bank rob
bers, and the Arkansas Bankers
association offered reward of
5000. A vigorous search is be-
ing made for the fugitives, but it
is believed they have escaped in
to the mountains.
Sheriff Powers was one of the
most widely known officers in
Arkansas. He had been sheriff
of Johnson county for twelve
years. and would have been re.
nominated without opposition
for another term in the demo
cratic primaries Feb. 10. He |
had a splendid reputation for
fearlesSness, was a crack shetland
had run down a large number of
criminals.
All towns between here and |
Fort Smith have been wired to
be on the look -out for the rob-
bers, and no efforts will be |
spared to capture them, al
though a battle is expectedshould
the fugitives be overtaken.
GAINESVILLE is fifty miles east |
of Fort Smith, on the Little |
Rock & Fort Smith railroad. 1t |
is thought the robbers escaped |
into the mountain Businesses of |
Newton county. where are Meth
er railroad nor telegraph facili-
ties.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
7. Rheumatic B Bss

Successfully tried by thousands of Rheu-
matte sufferers, who will testify to the merits
OF this Great Remedy. Now Is the time TO
take it. Regulate the bowels, gives good
appetite. A weeks treatment 81 90. Sold
by j. w. Hess your druggist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
Petition Of Bankrupt For His Dis
charge.


In the matter Of
Oscar z. Porter. In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. J
District of Indiana. IS:
On this 3rd day Of February, A. D., 1901 on
reading the petition of the bankrupt for his
discharge it Is ordered by the court, that a
hearing be had upon the same, on the 18th
day OF February, A. D.. 1902 before said
court. at Indianapolis, in said district. at
nine o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice
thereof be published twice in the Plymouth
Tribune..sa newspaper printed In said dis
trict, and that all known creditors and other
persons In interest may appear at the said
time and place and show cause, II any they
have, why the prayer of the said petitioner
should not be granted.
And It IL further ordered by the court. that
the clerk shall send by mail to all known
creditors copies OF said petition and this
order. addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness, the Honorable John q Baker,
Judge of said court, and seal there
(sEALl of at indianapolis, In said district
the 3rd day of February, A. d..
1872 NOBLE G. BUTLER, Clerk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

1t adds pleasure to the life beauti-
full. Doubles up ones allowance of
bliss. That's what Rocky Mountain
Tea does. 32:cts. J. w, Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
lDANlSH WEST INDIAN ISLES
Value and Importance of The
New Possessions.
Foreign Relations Committee informs
Senate Of Their Strategic Position
as Relates 10 rliIitury and CONNER
cal Nee 6SSifieS in View of Canal.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. s.
The recent favorable report by
the senate committee on foreign
relations Of the treaty for the
ceSSion of the islands of the Dan.
ish West Indies was accompanied
by a written statement made by
that committee to the senate.
This report contains small dia
gram showing the location OF the
three islands and the positions
relative to Porto Rico. and gives
numerous facts relative to the
islands. 1t shows that during
the year 1900 the islands export
ed to the United States sugar,
nolasses, and distilled spirits
amounting to SOS, 945, and that
during the same period the ex-
portations from the United States
amounted to 1921, 524.
The annexation of the islands
was sought by the United States
years, ago, and as far back as
1867 Denmark declined to sell the
islands for 100000, but made
a proposition to part with them
for So, 00U, 600. Secretary Sew
ard offered $500, 600, which was
declined. He afterward agreed
to pay that amount for the is
lands of ST. Thomas and St. John.
but the trade fell through be-
cause of the complications which
arose.
AT that time Denmark insisted
that the consent of the people in
the islands should be formally
given before the sale should be
consummated, and when the vote
was taken there were only TWEEN,
ty three out of a total of over
LOO ballots against the cession.
When the treaty was returned to
the senate of the United States it
was tied up there for two years,
and ultimately failed of ratifca
ton.
Continuing, the report says:
These islands, together with
Porto Rico, are of great import
ance in strategic way, whether
the strategy be military or com
mercial ST. Thomas is the nat
ural point of call for all Euro
pean trade bound to the West In
dies, Central America, or north
ern South America. These is
lands, together with Porto Rico,
form the northeastern corner of
the Caribbean sea. and are of
great importance-in connection
with the American isthmus.
where canal will be constructed
between the Atlantic and Pacific
They are CT first importance IN
connection with our relations to
the region of the Orinoco and the
Amazon, and with our control of
the Windward passage. In view
of the isthmian canal and Euro
pean settlements in South. Amer
lea, every additional acquisition
by the United States is of value
Porto Rico is densely populated
Its roads are poor. 1t has a long
coast line without ports for large
vessels. 1t is consequently very
difficult Of defense. San Juan is
the only harbor capable of forti-
flcation, and this is only suita-
BILE for vessels of light draught."
Explaining the provision in the
treaty for continuing the pen
sions to retired local function
aries, it is stated that the total
amount required annually for
this purpose will not exceed
81, 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

Genuine Rocky Mountain Tea made
by the Madison Medicine Co., is made
of rare and costly herbs not found in
any other preparation, therefore get
the kind you read about. 35 cts. J.
w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

Weknow Of no way in which We can be
OF more service to our readers than to tell
them of something that will be of real
good to them. For this reason we want
to acquaint them with what we consider
one of the best remedies on the market
for coughs colds, and that Alarming CON-
plant, Group. We refer to Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. We have used it with
such good results in our family so long
that it has become household neces-
ity. By its prompt use we haven't any
doubt busthat it has time and again pre-
vented Group. The testimony Is given
upon our own experience, and wesuggest
that our readers, especially those who
have small children. always keep it in
their homes as safeguard against
croup.-Cam len Is. Co. Messenger For
sale by j. w. Hess. Druggist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

The average age of men and women
has been increased 80 per cent. during
the last decade. People have been
taking Rocky Mountain Tea. A life
preserver. j. w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13
The Last Heard Oft

MY boy took the Group one night"
says +. ID. Reynolds, Mansfield O. I'VE
feared he would die, but Ooe Minute
Cough Cure quickly relieved himand he
went TO sleep A Absolutely safe Acts
immediately. Cures colds, Group, grip,
bronchitis, throat aud lung trouble of all
kinds J. w Hess.
During the winter of 1898 was so lame
IN my joints, in fact all over my body.that
could hardly hobble around. when |
bought bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. From the first application |
began to get well. and was cured and
have worked steadily all the year.-R.
Wheeler, HOLLYWOOD, Ny. For sale dy J.
w. Hess, druggist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-13

Change n Ime OF Trans on Pennsylvania Lines.
Under new schedule III effect sNov. oath,
1901. passenger trains over the Pennsylvania
Lines leave Plymouth Station as follows: