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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
ROOTS TALK AT NEW YORK.
Declares the Issue To BE Shall We "Swap
Horses" Now?

Horses" Now?
New York. Oct. 31.-Cooper Union
was filled last night with people who
had come to attend a Republican meet
ing, the principal speakers being
Mayor Low, Governor Odell and Secre-
tary of War Root. Low eulogized Gov
ernor Odell and his administration of
state affairs. Governor Odell fol-
lowed in an address in which he cast
aside as absurd the prediction that
some had prophecied. Secretary Root
spoke after the governor had finished,
and his address was an aggressive de-
Tense of the whole administration pol
Icy, domestic and foreign, and also Of
the state administration.
The issue he presented a "Will
the people of the United States elect
a house of representatives with a Re-
publican majority to work in harmony
with the president and with the Re
publican majority of the senate, so
that he may go on as he has begun
with an effective government, working
put practically the plans for improving
administration and for the remedy of
evils along the lines upon which the
legislative and executive branches
agree? Or will the people elect a
house with a Democratic majority.
which will be hostile to the president.
will not agree with him upon am
course OF conduct, and will hinder and
embarrass him in all his efforts for the
public good during the remainder of
his present term of Officer"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
GRAND STAND COLLAPSES
Carries Down 1000 People, of Whom
T~hirty-Two Are More or Less bad
lv Hurt

Chicago, Nov. 3.-With a crash that
could be heard for blocks one of the
temporary grand stands erected for tbs
Observation-Disclosures foot ball game
Saturday collapsed, carrying down full
ly 1000 people. T~hirty-two people were
injured, nom of them fatally. Those
most severely hurt ire: William Web
ster, left ankle and left wrist cut; Sher-
man Haibert, Winona, Mimi, badly
bruised in abdomen; Herbert White
head and E. Z. Bliss, back sprained.
Walter Robinson, Princeton, Ills, head
cut and body bruised; w. l.. Wilson,
hands lacerated and crushed; Earl II.
Lynch, arm fractured; Walter Brandt.
back sprained; William Duffy, hip bad
ly cut; Fred Carpenter, II years old,
and E. E. Washburn, internal injuries;
Albert Johnson, three ribs broken and
face cut; w. r. Ray, st. Louis. in
ternal injuries; +. ". Waugh, TOluca,
Ills. scalp wound and face cut; w.
Weinert, right les broken; Frank Bart
ly, Bloomington, Wis.,, right leg broken;
Frederick Carleton and Mrs. A. z.
Ruth, internal injuries; f. G. Slater,
Hinckley, Ills, hips cut and internal
injuries; NJ. Spensley, Mineral Point,
Wis; knee-cap broken.
The stand, although not quite com
pleted, was declared correctly built.
and needed only a few braces (which
the carpenters were putting I'M when
the people begun climbing upon the
seats. The inspectors, two of whom
were present, could not stem the tide,
nor could the policemen present. The
carpenters were working as fast as
possible putting in the braces when
the seats all being full-the people be-
gan climbing up On the structure ev-
erywhere they could get, brushed the
carpenters aside. ard next thing Their.
was a crash. The stand was n that
had been brought along by the Wiscon
sin team.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
THE OLD DOCKING QUESTION
Company Man and q. NJ. w. Man Argue It
Before the Board.

Company Man and e. NJ. w. Man Argue II
Before the Board.
The arbitratOrs had an interesting
time at the CoalbroOk breaker at Car
bondale. They went to the top of the
great, black building and inspected all
the machinery, down to the ground.
They were much interested in the men
and boys who are employed in pick
ing slate and honey" from the coal.
From the breaker the now tired COM
misSiOners were escorted to the chute
where the coal, fresh out of the mine,
is sent to the breaker by means of a
"conveyOr"-an endless chain arrange
ment of scrapers. 1t is here where
ton between the employees and en-
ployer is found. The miners maintain
that they are often unjustly locked
by the docking bosses for the amount
of slate, honey, or other refuse found
in the coal.
A few feet away is the place where
the cars of the coal are weighed. After
the seven arbitrators lad watched the
weighing of coal for a while Clark in
CURED how many pounds constituted a
ton at this cOlliery. Superintendent
Dryden, of the Ontario and Western,
thought it was about $500 pounds,
but District President Nichols said it
was a little over 300 pounds. The
two began to discuss this, each main
tanning he was right. Nichols said
lat granting that $500 was correct
these figures are too high.
He said that when the companies
fixed $500 pounds to constitute a ton
so as to get out of it 1900 pounds of
pure coal the operators did not sell
pea coal in the market. Now they
have a market for pea coal, and about
three other sizes below 1t, and the min
ers' ton of $500 pounds has not been
decreased. Judge Gray was an inter-
ested listener to the discussion. While
the discussion was on the colliery
whistle blew the signal for quitting,
and the discussion ended. The party
then boarded the special train and
reached the Hotel Jarmyn here at $50
p. m.
President Mitchell came up from
Wilkesbarre last night. He was ac-
companied by Clarence c. barrow, of
Chicago. who has been appointed by
Mitchell as attorney to represent the
miners before the arbitration commits
sion. The two had a conference with
several members of the commission
last night regarding the submission
Of testimony. Mitchell returned to
W~ilkesbarre this morning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

GEN. JOHN NJ. WILSON.
the surface, up to the point where 1t
is sent to market ready for the use of
the The arbitrator had an
interesting day, and returned TO their
hotel at 6;30 p. IN. grimy from coal
dust and tired after eight busy hours
of observation and investigation.
They Put I'm a Good Days Work.
The trip was quite a novelty to
most of those in the party, some of
them never having pee in the hard
coal regions. The commissioners dis
played TIE greatest interest in every
feature of coal mining, and went about
their work in a manne that IA pleas
ing to both the mining superintendent
and the representatives of the mine
workers who were along. The seven
arbftrators had to endure many DIS
comforts, make their way through wet
places in the min IS, almost crawl along
some of the gangways in the workings,
and pass through clouds of coal dust
in the breakers. Notwithstanding this
their eagerness for information was
not diminished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

h is known as a thin vein of o
where they saw miners fire a blast.
The thin vein runs into the Clifford
mine. adjoining the No. ?. In the
Clifford a few hours before the COM
missioners arrived a Hungarian vas
killed almost instantly by the falling
of q portion of the root of the mine.
He was doubled up aud his lamp fail
ing to 60 out. set fire to his clothes, al
most roasting him alive. The vein was
explained TO the commissioners, who
asked many questions of the miners
working it. From there they returned
to the main gangway and inspected
an average vein-that is, a vein about
six or eight feet thick. In going to
some of the breasts" the commission
ers had to almost crawl.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Villas ON THE PROTECTIVE IDEA
Says 1t Is the Parent of Trusts and the
Republicans Can't Reform.

says IL Is the tarent oil trusts ana the
Republicans Can't Reform.
milwaukee,. Oct. 81. = Ex-United
States Senator William f. Villas made
his first speech I'm the present CAM
paign at the Pabst theater in this city
last night, under the auspices of the
Democratic state central committee.
The senator was greeted by a large
audience. He spoke principally OIL the
tariff and trusts and was frequently
interrupted with outbursts of applause.
He defined a tariff law as a law that
directs that a tax of a certain amount
shall be levied at the custom
house upon such articles named in the
act as shall be brought in from for
eign countries. Each article has a tax
of its own, not generally measured by
the tax upon others"
He said there was n beauty about
the tariff and that was that it was a
way of getting the most feathers
from the goose with the least squeal-
ing" otherwise there was nothing par
ticularly wrong in a tariff tax until it
came to be a p%ronibitive tariff and Their
he argued against it, declaring it the
parent of trusts and that the Repub-
lican party, which had produced it.
was not the party to deal with 1t prop
erly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
RIGHT HERE THEY HAD scNE Fun
Bishop, Judge and Others Don the Daily
Habit of the Miner.

Ouukc iii thlC LUZ tA0 LCA
Habit of the Miner.
Here the commissioners had a little
fun with one another. AS the mine
was wet and dirty the company off,
Gals provided rubber overshoes, over
alls, jumpers and miners sps for the
entire party. Judge Gil and Bishop
Spalding were the first don the uni
form of the miner, and s0cd naturally
took the remarks thrust at them by
their colleagues as TO whether or not
they belonged to the union. After the
party had been rugged out, and pro
yided with miners lamps, which they
either carried in their hands or fast
ened to their caps, the descent OF the
100 foot shaft was made.
At the foot Tor bottom) of the shaft
the president and another member Of
the Forest City local union of the min
ers' organization, who are employed in
the mine, Joined the party. Tn hos
pital at that point was inspectel and
then the commissioners got into 9 train
of six mine cars and werehauled about
q mile and & half under groun(. In a
sotthwester.y direction. Accompanied
by Superintendent May, President
Nichols, and one or two others, the
commissioners went down q plane to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
DETAILS OF faE DAYS WORK
One Mine and . Coal Breaker Carefall,
Inspected.

Yesterdays tour consisted Of an in
spection of No. 2 mine of the Hillside
Coal and Iron company, operated by
the Erie company, and the coal break
er of the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany. The former is located at Forest
City, twenty-five miles north of this
city, and the breaker at CarbOndale,
four miles south of Forest City. On
the run up the Lackawanna valley
the commissioners viewed with interest
the several mining towns situated
along the Delaware and Hudson rail-
road. The start was made from this
city at 10 a M In h party were the
seven commissioners, Recorders Nose
ly and Neill and our stenographers.
Accompanying them We're General
Superintendent r. A. Phillips, of the
Delaware, Lackawanna n Western
company; General Superintedet E. E.
Rose, of the Delaware and Hudson;
General Manager W. A. May, of the
Erie; General Superintendent j. r.
Dryden. of the New York. Ontario and
Western, and General Manager b.
Thorne, of the Temple Iron company.
These officials represented the COM
panies, and the mine workers were
represented by Thomas ID. Nichols.
president OF this district U. ~. W.;
Henry Collins, national organizer for
this district; Rev. Peter Roberts of
Mahanoy City, and James Macwiek, of
New York, the latter an expert. Be
sides these there was in the party
about a dozen newspaper correspond
eDts-
The rear car Of the special train was
use for observation purposes by the
commissioners ard they spent all their
time in it, both going and coming. In
the a vas n large map showing the
coal beds from Scranton up to the
northern edge of the field at Forest
City, which was examined with in
terest by all the commissioners, and
explained by Watkins. When the par
ty arrived at Forest City a short drive
was taken through the town to give
the commissioners an opportunity to
view the homes of the mine worker
and then the entire party was bundled
into three small cars. What is known
in the language IF the miner as a
'lokio," which is a small locomotive.
drew the aars 20 the No. 2 shaft a
mile dista ut Cwn the valley
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Stepped Against a Hot Stove.

A child or Mrs. Geo. T. Benson. wher
getting his usual Saturday night bath
stepped back against a hot stove which
burned him severely. The child was in
great agony and his mother could dc
nothing to pacify him. Remembering
that she had a bottle of Chamberlain'f
Pain Balm in the house, she thought
she would try it. In less than half az
hour after applying it the child wal
quiet and asleep, and ia less than two
weeks was well. Mrs. Benson is q vel
known resident Of Kellar Va. Pain Balu
is an antiseptic liniment and especial,
valuable for burns. cuts, bruises ano
sprains. For sale BY j. w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Smith Had Made Threats.
KILLED HIS LITTLE BOY
Brutal Deed of . Father, Who Later fake
His Daughter into the Woods.

-
Brutal Deed of q Father Who Later Takes
His Daughter into the Woods.
Cincinnati, Nov. "a special from
Inez, Ky. to The Enquirer says: Pleas
ant Spreading, held for killing his 4
year-old son and whose ~15-year-Old
daughter was missing, is threatened
with lynching Spradin's family consist
cd of wife, three daughters andson. WITH
his daughters and boy the father was
herding sheep last Friday. The boy
was unable to keep up with the 9TH
ers. The father placed him on a stone
beside a spring, telling him to wait un.
til his return.
The boy becoming tired of sitting
still began to peel the loose bark OF
a tree that overhung the spring. Pres
emily the father returned and noticing
the bark on the ground asked the boy
who had done it. The boy replied that
he had. The father picked up a stone
and struck the boy on the head,
knocking him down. Then, it is al
legged, he kicked the PROSTATE baby H
the head until he had killed him, anu
turning to his daughters threatened
them with a like fate if they ever told
what had occurred.
Later becoming alarmed he took his
eldest daughter and went to the moun
tains. A sheriff's posse captured him,
but the girl was not with him. She
turned up yesterday, barefoot and
ragged, after her escape from her ia
Their in the mountains. She was imme-
diately taken before the grand jury
and testified to how her father killed
the boy, threatening her life and that
of her mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Value of a NIother.a Love.

Marion, Ind. Oct. 31.-Judge Hiram
Brownlee, in ruling i'm the habeas cor
pus suit of Harry Leopold for the pos
session of his daughter Thelia, de-
clared that a mothers love and care
Is more benefit to a child than all the
money, clothes or support that a father
can give it. The child was given to its
mother, Mrs. Henry Heath, of Chicago.
Wabash-Mr. and Mrs. T. f. Payne
celebrated their golden wedding ami
yersary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Hoosier State Short Cuts.

Russiaville-The contract has beer
let for the new Methodist church, to
cost $4,000.
Angola-Fire destroyed five wooden
buildings in this town, causing a DAM
age of $1,000.
notwithstanding Nov. / an auto
mobile will be used to carry the mail
between Portland and Pennyille.
Warren-The home of Mrs. William
Lines was destroyed by fire. The son
Of Mrs. Lines escaped through a win
dow.
Muncie - vernVi Scott. an Swear
old boy. shot himself in til hand with
a toy pistol loaded With a paper wad.
Blood poison is fea. ed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Marion, Ind, Nov. 3.-The sudden
death of seven old soldiers, members
of the National Soldiers Home in this
city, has aroused the veterans sus-
picions that all is not right. Within
the past two weeks seven men have
been found dead in their beds Be
lieying that drugs have been placed in
the liquor a petition is now being cir
culated among the $500 members OF
the home to refrain from drinking For
nineIy days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
DERAHGED DIAbOLISM SMASHED THE ORGAN
Protest Against the Progress
ives" Is Made by One of the
OId-StyIe Members.
EVANGELIST GIVEN A HINT TO GO
Ante Election Predictions as Made hy
Both Parties-Sudden Deaths
of Veterans-Items.

Newcastle, Ind, Nov. 3.-There was
a sensation At the regular business ses-
sion at the Rich Square Friends
church when Exum White, a membe.
of the church, arose from his seat
went to the 0rgan and smashed it al
most beyond repair with the organ
stool. When asked why he did it, he
said that the spirit moved him. and
that the use of organs in churches was
contrary to the teachings of the Bible.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Man, Believed To BE Dying, Sends for His
Fiauce andIs Welded
I'm Red.

Asheville, n. c., Nov. 3.-John Glib
son, a wealthy man Of Cincinnati, mar
ried here yesterday Miss Henrietta Ce-
ella Wolfe, of Providence, r. l. Glib
son who was supposed to be in a dy-
ing condition, sat up in bed during the
ceremony.
They met at Saratoga a year ago.
Recently Gibson went to a sanatorium
In Asheville. His condition becoming
critical, he telegraphed for his nance.
After the ceremony Gibson began to
improve, and the doctors say there is a
chance for his recovery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Atrocious Deed Done by a Man
Who Was Not Successful
i'm Love.
USES DYNAMITE FOR VENGEANCE
Blows Up a Hcme, Tearing a Babe
to Fragments and Killing
Its Father.

Chicago, Nov. "a dynamite bomb,
the weapon Of a deranged assassin,
blew up the home of Joseph Kordeck
In Chicago Heights yesterday, killing
and injuring several others. The house
was set on lire and burned, while THAI
of a neigh5or caught fire and was
also destroyed The dead are Joseph
Kordeck, arms and legs blown off;
Lucy Kordeek, aged 2 years. body
blown to pieces. The injured are: Mrs.
Lucy Kordeck, flesh blown off right
side, injured internally, may die; seven
children, who escaped injured, but not
seriously.
Bomb Put Under the Bed Room.
The explosion occurred while the
family was asleep. The father and
mother, with the daughter Lucy, occu-
pied a room in the front of the cot
tage. On the other side were rooms
occupied by the rest of the family.
The cottage stood two feet from the
ground. on wooden posts. The bomb
was placed under the room occupied
by the parents, and the impact of the
explosion tore a hole in the floor, blew
the bed to pieces, dismembered Kor-
deck and scattered into fragments the
body of Lucy, who was sleeping with
her parents.
Remnants of the Babes Body.
Pieces of flesh the size of a mans
hand were the largest remnants Of tn.
child's body that could be found. The
force of the explosion was directly up
ward, and tore a piece of flesh from
Mrs. Kordeck's side and blew hen
thrcaph a window. The noise u
the rest Of the family, and they had
hardly time t. escape from the flames.
which soon destroyed the cottage. KOr-
decks body, torn to shreds, was founu
in the debris after the fire.
Smith Had Made Threats.
Charles Smith, a former boarder at
the KOrdeck house, who was paying
attention to One of Kordeck's daugh-
tiers, has been arrested charged with
the crime. The KOrdeck girl was to
have been married to another man
next week. Smith declares he is in
nocent. but the neighbors declare that
he made threats to them that If the
girl refused to be his wife he would
blow up the entire family with dyna-
mite. Smith was absent from his room
at the time of the explosion. His room
mate, Thomas Kobilinski, says that
Smith returned to his greatly ex-
cited shortly after the explosion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Three Trainmen Killed.

Baltimore, Nov. 3.-Three strainmen
were almost instantly killed yesterday
by the explosion of a boiler of a Balti-
timore and Ohio locomotive at Hale
thorp, seven miles west Of this city.
Those who were killed were: Engineer
z. w. Biggs and Fireman o. w. Hunt,
both of this city; Brakeman G. o.
Sailing, of Plane No. 4, Maryland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Testing Apparatus Burned.

Indianapolis, Nov. 3.-Fire, thought
to be of incendiary origin, destroyed
between $500 and $1,000 worth of the
most valuable testing apparatus in the
city health boards laboratory. City
Chemist Moffatt believes 1t was the
work of some dairyman, desiring to
cripple the board in its crusade against
impure milk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Boss Ghoul Now i'm the Hands Of
the Capital City Police Has
More to Tell.
WILL ROPE IN soME MORE DOCTORS
And All the Remaining Colleges, So
He Says-Sentiment of James
POund-News Notes.

indianapolis, Oct. 31.-Rufus Can
trell will testify again before the grand
jury today or tomorrow, and will i'm
plicate. he says, fifteen additional ply
sicians and un~dertakers of the city,
and every one of the local medical and
dental colleges of the city that have
thus far escaped the grave robbing
scandal. He also makes the astound-
ing statement chat one or two women
embalmers will be shown to be guilty
of completely in the purchase and con-
cealment of the stolen bodies. The big
negro was asked several questions as
to how deeply the women are impli-
Gated in the matter, but he refused to
talk any further about that part of
his testimony. which, he says, will
be presented before the grand jury.
Women as Guilty rs Men.
Several are as guilty as the men,"
was all that he would say. Doctors
connected with the medical colleges of
Fort Wayne. Louisville and Cincinnati
VIII Dc lulliICdlcO dlSO Ill ILLS ldteSt
confession, Cantrell says. He has been
unusually reticent about talking of his
connection with Louisville and the other
two cities, but he has finally made up
his mind. he says. to tell what he
knows about their connection with the
grave robbery business.
Cheaper to Move Than Pay Rent.
indianapolis, Oct. 31.-Judge Carter,
in the superior court. has granted a di-
vorce TO Josephine Atherton. She con-
WINGED the court that her husband,
Charles III. .atherton. was not a good,
kind, thoughtful husband. Il married
him ten years ago" said the wronged
wife. "He always said that it was
cheaper to move than to pay rent. The
consequence was that we packed up
and moved thirty times i'm the last ten
years"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Lacrosse, Wis, Nov. ga warrant
has been issued for the arrest of Jerre
Van Wormer, local representative OF
Firnley, Barnell & Co., brokers, charg-
ing him with embezzling $1,000. Van
Werner says the money was lost il.
the regular course of business and in
the scope Of his authority as agent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
MID DUSKY DIAMONDS.
About 100 Feet Below the Sur
face the Strike Commission,
Spends Some Hours.
1T SEES SOME PRACTICAL MINING
Even to Coming Next Door to Wit
Messing One of b Tragedies of
h Pit-Interesting Details.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 31.-The seven
commissioners appointed by President
Roosevelt TO adjust the differences ex-
listing between the anthracite mine
workers and their employers yesterday
made a tour of the extreme upper
coal field and saw every step taken in
the production of coal. from the time
it is blasted, hundreds of feet below
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Mishawaka, Ind, Nov. 3--Rosa, the
17-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Tompkins, of this place, has
disappeared. Six years ago her broth
er, then IA years old, vanished as mys
teriously and has never been heard
from.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
This Is Strenuous Foot Ball.

Mount Vernon, n. Y, Nov. 3.-Da-
vid Smith, a young negro, while trying
to make a touchdown in a foot ball
game, was stabbed twice by Matthew
Jenkins. a negro, and the fullback on
the opposing team.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06

Danforth, Ills, Oct. 81. = H.. B.
Eddy, of Chicago, travelling salesman
for the John V. Farwell company, of
Chicago, was struck and instantly
killed at this place by the Illinois Gen.
trak fast mail train, north-bound,
Wednesday. f,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
Reports Greatly Exaggerated.

Washington, Nov. "a cablegram
has been received at the state depart
ment from Governor Hunt, at San
Juan, Porto Rico, stating that the re-
ports of riotiRg on the island were
greatly exaggerated.