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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Taft's Success Assured.

ROME, June 17-The complete
success of the negotiations be-
tween Judge Taft, governor OF
the Philippines, and the Vatican
on the subject of the friar lands
in those islands appears assured,
for out of the five Cardinals com
posing the subcommittee of Car
dinals favoring the governors
proposals. Cardinal Steinhuber,
a Jesuit opposes them.
After the completion of the ne
gotiationS an acute conflict is eX-
pected between the Vatican Off
cials and the Filipino religious
orders regarding the disposition
of the money which the United
States will pay for the lands.
The Vatican considers that the
money ought to be given to the
propaganda, of Society of Cardi-
nails, having the care and over
sight of foreign missions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Bodies Cut to Fragments.

MANILA, June 1.-THE bodies
of a sergeant, two corporals, and
four privates of the Fiftieth cav
airy, who were captured May 80
by ladrones at Binangonan, Rizal
province, this island, have been
recovered.
Most of the bodies had been
hewn limb from limb, and it was
found impossible to recognize
four of the dead men.
A number of arrests in the
matter have been made, and nine
men have been absolutely identi-
fed as belonging to the band of
ladrones which captured the
Americans. The identified men
include two members of the po-
lice force of Teresa, Morong
province.
The American soldiers were
buried yesterday together. 1t
was impossible to make seperate
interments.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Discredited at Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 16-
Regarding a story emanating
from New Orleans to the effect
that General Gomez received a
S25, 900 bribe from the admins
tration to withdraw from the Gu
ban campaign, thereby permit
ting the election of Estrada Pal
ma, it was stated Saturday night
by an official close to President
Roosevelt that he had never be-
fore heard of it.
Secretary Hay said that not
until his attention was called to
the story Saturday had he re
ceived the slightest intimation of
it from any source.
Secretary Root thought the
story was undoubtedly an exag-
Grafton of General Woods action
in granting a pension to General
GOmQz
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
MIND IS A TOTAL WRECK
George W. Hattie Deranged-Business
Troubles theO Cause.

GOSHEN, Ind, June IL
George w. Hattie. whose large
property interests are involved
through his marriage to DR.. An
ma Grover Kaufman, and who
recently filed suit here for recon
veyance of $4,000 worth of
Goshen real estate including the
Hotel Hattie. on the grounds that
the deed recorded was stolen
from his private drawer by his
son John E. Hattie, landlord of
the hotel, is mentally deranged
and may be sent to Long Cliff
asylum. Saturday night Hattie
aroused all of the hotel guests
while pleading with his three
children for the return of the
property. Yesterday morning
he took possession Of the dining
room and prevented breakfast be-
ing served until the officers re-
moved him by force. His raw
ings so disturbed "a church SER
vice that the congregation was
dismissed early and a crowd of
several hundred people gathered
Hattie insists that he has been
left practically penniless through
the acts of his children and his
mind is no doubt a wreck. The
reconveyance suit will not be
tried until September. Hattle's
conduct has caused a sensation
here.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19

men the hours and pay they ask
for they will not consent to go
into the mines and preserve the
operations.
1.-The collieries will fill if the
strike is not soon ended, and the
mines will begin to squeeze or
cave in. All the timbermen are
out, and the timber that holds up
the roofs of mines will soon be-
gin to give way.
sSThese squeezes it will cost
thousands of dollars to repair,
and probably will be the cause of
the abandonment of many costly
operations.
"When the investors pockets
begin to feel it a change in the
attitude of operators will come,
and the miners can wait for the
change"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
and tipped them at 1870.

and tipped them at 130. He
threw back his chest and said:
Feel those muscles. Do they
feel like those of consumptive?
They were hard and indicated
that his muscular system was in
supurb condition.
''It is true that 1 have gained
but seventeen pounds, but then |
am of slight build. That gain,
however, all seems to have been
in hardening material. My mus
cles were fiabby. Now they are
like bands of steel" l take
that kind of a gain in weight 10
indicate exceptional health, for
it is the weight of a strong,
healthy person.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Reciprocity Question.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Sev-
eral senators who have a knowl-
edge of the condition of business
in the senate said today that con-
gress would adjourn by July /.
One of them, who has been an
earnest advocate of reciprocity
with Cuba, said: whether we
reach an agreement with Cuba or
not we will adjourn by the first.
If there is no agreement by that
time it will he useless for the
senate to remain here trying to
reach an agreement. If an
agreement is reached we can
pass a bill by the 1st.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
A GOSPEL Automobile.

MUNCIE, June 16.-Jesse Ste-
vens, captain of the Gas Belt
Auto club, has started a SUBJ
scription for the purchase of
what he calls gospel automo-
bile," his plan being to raise
$4, 900 with which to buy a large
vehicle from which a gospel
campaign may be conducted.
The proposed vehicle would
have a Platform large enough
for a chorus of twenty-five, to-
gether with ministers. The ma
chine would go from place to
place over the state, where meet.
ings might be desired.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Kills Herself by Cremation.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, June 16-
Mrs. George Parker, wife of a
farmer of Lima township, killed
herself in a dramatic manner to-
day.
Going to the kitchen she poured
a quart of kerosene over Der
head and clothing and touched
a match to the oil.
She was instantly enveloped in
flames, and her shrieks brought
her husband to the scene. He
was powerless to aid her, and
was almost cremated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
BRITISH SHIP SUBSIDY
Proposed Combine Said to be a Grab.
bing Scheme for Millions of
Dollars.

LONDON, June 16-The i'm
preston is gaining ground that
the real foundation for the report
ed British shipping combine is a
job to secure an enormous subsi-
dy ftom the British and Canadi-
an governments. This purpose,
indeed, is no longer disguised,
and the question now is whether
public opinion can be brought to
give a grudging assent. or rath-
er, if the government has suffi-
cient courage to withstand the
opposition of the already over
burdened taxpayers.
The figures proposed are S2,-
500, 900 annually from Great Brit.
ain and 81, 900, 900 annually from
Canada. 1t almost goes without
saying that this largesse will nev-
er be granted. The naval author.
tiles are already saying plainly
that the war values of fast mer-
chant vessels is much overesti-
mated. They say there are cruis-
ers in nearly all the navies which
will overtake the fastest of them
and that they are utterly defense
less against ordinary shell fire.
The big subsidy, if given,
therefore, must be based solely
on trade reasons. It is extreme.
ly doubtful, even in the present
state of public resentment against
Americas aggressive enterprise,
that popular sentiment will ap-
prove of such an outlay. 1t must
be remembered, now that the
war in South Africa is finised,
that the present government has
lost its hold on public support,
and the rebellion of its own sup
porters may at any time develop
dangerous proportions. 1t is no
longer unpatriotic to attack the
party in power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Leaders Unable to Determine
Which Route Will Win
in Senate.
Panama People Claim to Have Forty.
Two Senators, and Friends OF Mic
aragua Plan Count Forty
Followers.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June Is
The canal bill be brought to
vote Thursday. The leaders on
both sides are still unable to de-
termine which of the routes will
be adopted in the legislation that
will receive a majority vote.
Senator Platt of New York and
Senator Quay have taken the
leadership in the fight for Nicar-
aqua, and, with their resources
as political managers, have given
the friends of the Panama bill no
little uneasiness today. The poll
Of the Panama people is as fol-
lows:
Aldrich, Allison, Beveridge,
Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Clark of Wyoming, Cullom, De-
Doe, Depew, Dietrich, Dillingham;,
Dolliver, Dryden, Elkins. Fair
banks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger,
Gamble, Hale, Hanna. Hans
brough, Hoar, Jones of Arkan-
sas, Kean, Kearns, Kittredge,
Lodge, McComas. McCumber,
McLaurin, of South Carolina,
Mcmillan, Millard, Platt of Con-
necticut, Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Scott Spooner, Warren,
and Wetmore. Total, AZ votes.
They also claim the votes of
Bacon, Dubois, Foster of Wash
ington, and Jones of Nevada,
which would give them forty-six
votes, or majority. But they
admit that these four votes are
still to be regarded as doubtful.
The friends of the Nicaragua
route claim the votes of Bailey,
Bard, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Carmack. Clapp, Clark of Mon
tana, Clay, Cockrell. Culberson,
Daniel, Foster of Louisiana, Glib
son, Harris, Hawley, Heitfeldt,
McEnery. McLaurin of Mississ-
ippi, Mallory, Martin, Mason,
Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Mel
son, Patterson, Penrose, Perkins
Pettus. Platt of New York, Quay,
Simmons, Simon, Stewart, Tall
aferro, Tillman, Turner, Vest,
and Wellington. This makes
total of forty votes which are re-
garded as certain for the Hepburn
bill.
They also believe they will
have the votes of Bacon and
Foster of Washington. Senators
Dubois of Idaho, Jones of Neva
da, Rawlins of Utah, and Teller
of Colorado are absolutely on
posed to any canal legislation.
They may vote for the Spooner
bill if they regard that as prac-
tical veto on all canal legislation.
Otherwise they will vote against
that bill and also against the
Hepburn bill. AS the situation
stands, neither bill has a decided
majority of the senate.
When the isthmian canal bill
came before the senate yesterday
speecnes were delivered by
Messrs. Perkins of California,
Gallinger of New Hampshire,
Stewart of Nevada, and Morgan
of Alabama. All advocated the
adoption of the Nicaragua route,
except Mr. Gallinger, who made
an argument in support of the
Panama route and who said his
Investigations convinced him that
the Panama route was the most
healt hful of the two.
The arguments of the senate rs
in support of the Nicaragua route
were made especially on the
ground of feasibility and busin ess
wisdom. Mr.. Stewart and Mr..
Morgan both contended that the
health conditions in Nicaragua
were superior to those in Pana-
ma.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
ROOT IS RESPONSIBLE
Secretary Of War Admits that Gomez Was
Paid. and Takes All Responsibility.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Sec-
retary Root has assumed full re-
sponsibility for the payment of
meney to General Gomez by
General Wood during the Amer
lean occupancy of Cuba, and if
congress asks for an explanation
of the matter he stands prepared
to furnish what he regards as
the most convincing proofs that
the payments were dictated by
the wisest craftsmanship.
At the war department an in
terview was given out as coming
from "a high official" of the de.
partment. This is the usual fic-
ton observed in issuing an Off
cial statement, and it is known
that the following words are
those of Secretary Root:
1.-The condition in Cuba two
years ago were precarious. Not
Cuban believed that the United
States government ever would
withdraw from Cuba, and the
half famished veterans of the
Cuban army were in dangerous
mood and clamoring for their
pay. General Gomez was the
head and front of their army and
had served the revolutionary
cause as it's principal leader with
out having received a cent of
pay. General Wood thought,
and Secretary Root thought aft
erward, that General Gomez was
entitled to consideration, to a
home which was supplied him
and in which he entertained his
comrades and to an income,
which might be set down as a
small Offset to the money due Co.
mez from the CUBAN republic.
That the Cubans themselves re-
garded the matter in the same
light was shown by the passage
of the present Cuban congress,
among the very first of its acts,
of a bill providing a liberal pen
sion for General Gomez. 1t is
believed that, but sor this as
sumption of the costi os Gomez
living expenses, the conditions in
Cuba must have paralleled those
in the Philippines, and the Unit
ed States government, after
fighting Spain to secure freedom
for the Cuban, might have been
obliged to turn on them the force
of her armies.
"The necessity being present;
in General Roots view, the only
other point was the legality and
propriety of the payments. He
soon satisfied himself that there
was not the slightest doubt on
that point. The military gov
ernor was obliged to assume the
responsibility for his disburse-
ments and to exercise his dircre-
ton.
General Brooke did this, and
after him General Wood. and
Secretary Root now fully ap-
proves of everything they did,
including the payments to Gen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19

SYRACUSE, Sicily. Jnne 49,
Strong earthquake shocks, ac-
companied by a sound of under
ground rumblings, were expert
enced here last night. The in
habitants of Syracuse became
panic stricken. The disturban-
ces did no damage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19

CAPE Town, June lex
treme cold, accompanied by
storms of unprecedented severi-
ty, continue to prevail in Cape
Colony. Thousands of sheep
haue perished and the telegraph
wires are down and buried in the
snow drifts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
CROP PROSPECTS GOOD
Plenty of Corn, and Great Shortage In
Wheat Is Not Likely.

NEW YORK, June 16.-So far
as actual news developments in
Wall street last week were con-
cerned, they could hardly be con-
strued as arguments for higher
prices.
The government crop report
for June showed less favorable
prospects for wheat than was
expected, the acreage of spring
and winter wheat being largely
reduced and the condition of win
ter wheat detiorated.
The wheat crop of the country
was thus estimated by govern
ment experts on June 1 as more
than 100000, 00Obushels less than
last year, and as since that date
the weather has been unfavora-
BILE, the crop had undoubtedly
been curtailed.
The rains throughout the west,
which were welcome in May, are
most unwelcome now, while in
the south the cotton crop, on
which such store mas been set. is
is assailed with serious drought.
On all the produce and cotton
exchanges prices of options for
future delivery of grain and cot
ton have risen.
There is evidence that the coal
strike is harmfullv affecting gen.
eral business, and laboring men
throughout the country are con.
stantly asking for higher wages,
and threatening to make trouble
if they do not get them.
The monthly statement of the
statistics of national imports and
exports, issued Wednesday last,
showed that our exports of man
ufactures continue no greater
than last year, and that our ex-
ports of foodstuffs for the twelve
months will, owing to the very
high prices at which these prod
ucts are held in this country,
show very large decrease.
It looks now as if our foreign
trade balance" for the fiscal year
will be much less even than has
heretofore been supposed.
The rate of interest for the use
of money for fixed period goes
to harden, indicating a fear on
the part of the cautious borrow
ers and lenders that the demand
for money at the harvest season
this year will be, for a variety of
reasons, larger than usual.
Nevertheless, the average price
of stocks in Wall street did not
decline last week, but advanced,
and the simple fact is that there
is still no change in that general
condition of affairs which, for
more than a year back, has made
it easier for spectators to put
stocks up than to put them down.
Genuine reasons for "bulllsh-
ness" however, are not lacking.
Let it De supposed that the wheat
crop will turn out to be one of
$50, 600, 900 bushels instead of
$50, 600. 900 bushels, as last year;
the crop will still be large, and
will compare favorably with
those of previous seasons.
Crop prospects, taken as a
whole, are not bad. The corn
acreage Is far greater than ever
before known, and the outlook
for this grain is, so far. excel
lent.
There is no pause or depres-
sion in any branch of business,
or any inducement for investors
to sell stocks which they have
bought and paid for. What may
happen in the future is hard to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Satisfactory Progress in South Africa.
internnent|

A dispatch from Lord Kitchen
er, dated June IA, says that
1884 Beers have surrendered
since Friday, June 13, and that
everything is progressing most
satisfactorily.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
1t Cured Robert E. Davis. of
Derby, of that Dread Dis.
ease, Consumption.
HE LIVED OUT OF DOORS
Was His Own Physician. and DR.. Hurty
Sanctioned His Course of Treatment
Remarkable Case.

DERBY, Ind, June 17-By liv-
ing and sleeping out of doors in
hot weather and in cold, and by
a rigorous diet and vigorous sys-
tenn of outdoor exercise, Robert
E. Davis, of Derby claims that he
has practically cured himself of
consumption. What be says is
substantiated by Derby physi-
clans and people and by his own
appearance.
Davis has his Office in build
ing overlooking the Ohio river,
and from It's double-deck veran-
das a wonderful panorama of the
Indiana hills, the sweep of the
Ohioand Kentucky shores beyond
is spread out at his feet. From
the valley in winter arise the
chilling breezes from the ice.
bound river gorge, and in summer
clouds of vapor that have gener-
ally been regarded as thoroughly
impregnated with chills and fe-
yer. On this veranda, with its
three sides open and a ten-foot
roof that only extends out the
four-foot width of the porch,
Davis has lived and slept since
Jan. 9, in all kinds of weather.
One or two nights. when the rain
was directly from the east and
the wind so heavy ths.t it would
drive it in on him he was COM
PEELED to move his cot into the
doorway Of his office, but be left
the door and all of his windows
open.
He slept in the open air during
all the cold weather of Janu-
ary and February, when the Ohio
river under him froze, and the
snow swirIed in and buried him
and his cot. When he moved his
bed out of the house, January 9,
he was, he and local physicians
claim, in the second stages of
consumption. He weighed 113
pounds, and he had just had his
second heavy hemorage. Blood
oozed into the lung cavity most
of the time. His pulse was up to
12O, ane he was bed ridden daily
by hectic fever that arose toward
noon, and which, reflected the in
fammation of the lungs on the
cheek. He says his circulation
was so poorthat though herubbed
his flesh heavily with rough tow
els he could not raise the glow
of color. The only way he could
know that he had any blood was
to cut himself, scratch his flesh or
bring it up from his lungs.
He says the physicians told him
that he would have to go west,
but in reply to this he stated that
he could not. He says they then
insisted that he must have a
change Of climate. He says he
found 1t by moving his bed and
his daily and nightly existence
out out of his bedroom and his
Office, into the open air of Indi.
ana.
AS he told this he was walking
over the hills from his home in
the country to his Office in the
town. He had a ruddy color, a
good coat of tan, and so good a
supply of "lung capacity" and
muscle that the hills of Perry
county did not seem to worry
him.
At the top of one hill he sat
down under a tree so that his
pulse could be tested. Instead
of 120 it was beating sc. Later,
when seated in his doorless and
windowless Office, it showed but
75. -
ga little high yet" he said,
'But it is better than 120, and /
will have it down to SO or ~ in a
month more"
He walked over to the scales
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-19
Nearly 100000 Men Idle and
Leaders Claim Number is
Increasing.
WILL COST $1,000, 900 A DAY
Operators, Workmen, and Business Firms
Begin to Feel the Result Of the
Great Struggle.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, June 16-
The strike of the miners in the
anthracite coal regions of Penn
sylvania has now been in pro-
gress FIVE weeks, at cost of al
most $50, O,OOO,O 900 in cash. The
figures are likely soon to reach
an average of 81, 900, 900 day.
S. M. Sexton of the United
Mine workers official organ, the
Journal, publishes the following
official synopsis of the organized
strikers in both soft and hard
coal districts.
Anthracite district, 147, 900
men out, 95 per cent of the en-
gineers, firemen, and purnpmen
out: railroad men refuse to ham
die non-uniOn coal.
In the Virginias, total number
of miners is $4,000; total number
idle, $4,000; gains being made
daily.
In Michigan, every mine work
er idle; no sign of settlement.
Men lying in ambush shot and
severely wounded Charles Rob
inson, coal and iron policeman,
at the Olyphant colliery of the
Delaware & Hudson Coal compa-
ny yesterday morning. He is
now in the Lackawanna hospital
with a rife ball in his right
lung.
There had been trouble at the
colliery Saturday night. A crowd
of men, mostly foreigners, had
gathered aud approached the
guards throwing stones.
The guards fired over their
heads and frightened them away.
Later two of the guards were ar
rested and held under bail for
carrying weapons.
After that there was no further
trouble until Robinson was MAX
ing his rounds. Then three or
four shots rang out, and he fell
wounded.
Other guards rushed into the
field from where the shots were
fired, but the shooters had es-
capped. The company is now u.s.
ing its best detectives to find
them. A reward of 1000 has
been offered for their arrest.
No arrests have yet been made
of men suspected of dynamiting
the Applegate house in Hazleton
yesterday, or of ambushing the
officials at the William A. collie
ry, Duryea, Wednesday night.
Warrants are out in each case,
however, and arrests are expect
ed at any moment. The firm of
A. Pardee & Co. has offered a
reward of $500 for the dynamit-
erS.
President Mitchell had long
conference yesterday with Pres
ident Gilday of soft coal district
No. 2, from Morrisdale, Pa, who
came TO consult him about trou-
BILE at one of the mines in the dis
trict.
President Mitchell directed
him to declare a strike, assuring
the support of the union. What
mine it is he would not say. Gil
day says the soft coal men in
dorse. the anthracite strike.
Opinion here is tnat matters are
slowly shaping their course to-
ward call for a national con-
vention.
Mr.. Gilday says he is confident
the anthracite men will win in
their struggle.
When asked how the miners
expected to win. in view of the
fact that they have practically
reached the limit of their resour-
ces in this region in pressing the
operators, and the latter still
stand out firmly, he replied:
"By the slow destruction of
mine property. By that 1 mean
if the operators do not give the
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