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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION
FIVE MEN KILLED AND ELEVEN
INJURED.
Roundhouse Demolished and Other
Engines It Contained Wrecked
Shook Up the Town.

Macon, Ca, Jan. 2.-The boiler of
an engine of the Central Georgia rail
way exploded at the shops in this
city today killing five men outright
and badly injuring II others, three
of whom probably will die. The
heads of two of the victims were COM
pletely severed and were found 100
feet from the bodies. The explosion
wrecked the roundhouse in which the
engine was standing.
A negro painting the roof of the
roundhouse was blown 100 yards, his
body being reduced to an unrecog-
nizable mass of human flesh.
Alderman L. Willis, who was pass
ing at the time, was severely injured.
The shock broke every window in
the building at the corner of Poplar
and Fifth streets, five blocks away.
Following is a list of casualties:
The Dead.
JOHN M. MCDONALD, machinist.
URIAH CORNELIUS, colored, help
er.
JAMES O'NEIL.
One unidentified.
Injured.
Alderman Robert l.. Willis, badly
scalded; W. M Wilson; Edward Hem
brick; Henry Fox, machinist; Peter
Hammond colored; doc" Meadows,
colored; P. H. Keller: w. NJ White;
James Handley; one unknown white
man.
The explosion wrecked three loco
motives and demolished the building.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
Burned to Death.

Search Light, Nevada. Jan. 2.-On
the evening of December 20 Search
Light hotel took fire and before any
assistance could be rendered the Place
was mass of ruins. Mrs. Bullock,
lessee of the property, and her two
children, a boy and girl, were burned
to death. Essie Wheatly, q years
of age, was so badly burned !; at
life is despaired of.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Result of Cuban Election for Presi.
dent.


Havana, Jan. 2.-The central board
of scrutiny has made public the fol-
lowing returns of the elections held
in Cuba on December 81: Thomas
Estrada Palma, nationalist candidate
for president of Cuba, has IS electors
while General Bartolome Maso, demo-
cratic candidate who withdrew from
the campaign has eight electors, Senor
Palma secured the unanimous dele
cations from the provinces of Pinar
del Rio, Havana, Matansas and Santa
Clara, and one elector from Puerto
Principe and five electors from Santi-
ago. General Maso secured three
electors from Puerto Principe and five
from Santiago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
Sampson's MaIady.

Washington: Jan. 2.-Admiral
SIMPSONS malady progresses slowly,
but very steadily towards the end.
Medical science cannot check it.
symptoms of arterial degeneration
have appeared, such as are incident
to his malady, injecting great uncer-
tainty into the case. Moreover the
patient is becoming less tractable and
responsive to treatment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
kEITH'S THEATRE FIRE.
After Hard Fight the Blaze is Sub
dued.

New York, Jan. 2.-The Morton
house and Keith's threatre at Union
square and Fourteenth street were
threatened with destruction by fire
early this morning. One hundred
frightened patrons of the hotel were
forced by smoke to make hasty exit
from their rooms and a great deal of
excitement was caused in the neigh
borhood by fear that the fire would
spread. Twenty-Five firemen were
overcome by smoke and the fire de-
partment worked three hours before
they had the flames under control.
Loss was estimated at $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
REPORTED RELEASED,
Miss Stone Said to Have Been Ljber-
ated on New Years.

London, Jan. "A dispatch to the
Central News bureau from Vienna
says report has been received there
via Sofia to the effect that Helen M
Stone, the captive American mission
ary, has been released. The report
lacks confirmation
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
Weather.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Montana:
Cloudy Friday with rain or snow in
west portion and warmer in north
east portion. Saturday fair with cold
er in western portion; easterly 10
southerly winds
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-03
Billiard Expert Dead.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Eugene Carter,
the billiard expert, died here today of
lung trouble, aged 48 years. He had
been ill four months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
II EQUIPMENT.

The main buildings are about 266
feet from east to west by 100 feet from
north to south, built mostly Of brick,
with composition roof. They are
very substantial buildings, exception
ally we'll adapted for the work. Fac
tory experts, such as fire insurance
men and factory Inspector . pro-
nounced this to be n of the most
complete and up-to-date factories in
the state of Indiana. 1t is fully
equipped with first class machinery,
which enables it to do good work
economically. thereby enabling the
company to successfully meet compe-
tition.
The large fire proof boiler room,
with cement floor, contains the 100
horse power boiler, heaters, pumps,
well, etc. The main factory and the
dry kilnS, are heated by the Sturte-
want System. The air is heated by
! being forced through a coil of steam
pipes enclosed in sheet iron case, the
pipes being heated by steam from the
! boiler and exhaust from the engine.
The hot air is then forced into dry
kilns and through the factory by a fan
operated by the vertical engine, which
is an economical and effective method
of heating.
The power for operating the factory
is furnished by one Of the latest i'm
proved "BaSs-C orliSS" engines, l50
horse power, with IA foot drive wheel.
The machines in the machine shop are
all connected by galvanized iron pipes
with the Arlington & Curtis Dust Col
lecting System, by means Of which the
dust and shavings are carried to the
boiler room, where they are used for
fuel, thus keeping the factory free
from dust.
There are five large dry kllns, the
capacity of which is about 5000 feet
of lumber. The lumber is unloaded
from the side track and carried to
these kilnS. From here it is taken to
the different cutoff and rip-saws and
cut to the proper sizes. 1t then passes
through the machines where it is
planed, shaped On the edges, carved,
and the various operations performed
that are necessary to make the CON-
pleted article. These parts are then
put together and carried to the finish
ing room.
The machine shop contains the la
test and best machines for wood work,
many of which are almost marvellous
in the quickness and accuracy with
which they peform the various opera
tions for which they are designed.
There are a large number of mach
ines in operation, most of which must
be seen to be appreciated. There are
a corner cutting machine, automatic
glue jointer, t~enonlng machine, pla-
ners, double end automatic cutoff
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

But few directions there are i'm
which human inquiry can be more
profitably extended than in tracing
back through past years the develop
ment of industry. The past furnishes
leSsol rs for the future and ~inculcateS
the truth that the natural law OF prop
erly directed human endeavor is one
of growth, and that energy and indus
try achieve results that overreach
the expectations of those enjoying
their fruits.
Perhaps in no department Of life
does natural ability and enterprise
demonstrate their powers more than
in mechanical work. The history of
the growth of a manufacturing indus
try always proves interesting to the
reading public. Several instances of
manufacturing expansion are to be
found in Plymouth, and as one of the
most notable we cite the
PLYMOUTH NOVELTY MANU-
FEATURING COMPANY,
located at the north end of Walnut
street, on the line of the Vandalia
railroad. This company owns six
acres of land, extending from the
Vandalia right of way to Michigan
street, having its own switch for re-
ceiying material and shipping its fin
ished product. 1t employs about so
hands. and has paid out more than
s21, 900 for labor during the past year.
It's principal business is the manufac-
ture of wood work
FOR INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CON-
PANIEs.
There is a very strong demand for
these articles, and but few factories
are engaged in producing them. This
company manufactures the complete
wall cabinets, which are in general
use, selling its product to the teie-
phone manufacturers, who make the
metal parts and complete the tele-
phone by placing them inside the tel
ephone and attaching them to the
outside, selling the completed teIe-
phone to the local telephone exchanges
or to the farmers throughout the
country.
The rapid growth of the telephone
industry during the list ten years is
really remarkable, and shows the
quickness Of the American people to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

In 1858 this government sent a
special commission and a powerful
fleet to demand the payment Of claims
and other satisfaction from Paraguay,
whose president-dictator had assumed
a defiant attitude toward the Upited
States. He yielded at last moment
and it was not necessary to deliver
the blow which had been prepared.
II he had not yielded we should have
adopted measures as severe as any con-
templated by Great Britain and Ger
many agaiuSt Venezu,3.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

saw, band re-saw, ROYAL Invinclble
four cylinder power feed sander, six
spindle boring machine, for boring six
holes at once, and adjustable so as to
bore these holes from three-fourthS of
an inch to two feet apart; automatic
lathes for making all kinds of turn
ings, sanders. saws, etc.: all of which
constitute an equipment which is
complete and substantial, and well
adapted for the manufacture of cabi-
net work and other products of this
factory.
After the articles are carried to the
finishing room they are subjected to
an improved process of staining and
vanishing, which produces a finish of
fine quality.
The shipping and Grating room is
at the northwest corner of the plant,
and extends out to the side track, the
goods, being loaded into the cars from
a platform extending along the north
end of the shipping room.
The work is well systematized. mod
ern and up-to-date methods being in
use. The factory is lighted by cleo
triclty, furnished by a dynamo run
from the engine shaft. This dynamo
has been run for over two years with
out costing n cent for repairs. The
same may also be said of the Bass
Corless engine, which is a splendid
piece of mechanism, within itself.
The COmpany'S relations with its
employees have always been very close
and friendly, Their.comfort has been
very carefully considered in the build
ing of the factory, which has high
ceilings, admirably lighted, thorough
ly ventilated and comfortable both
winter and summer. Hot coffee is fur
niShed without charge to the en-
ployees at noon.
There is every indication that the
business of the company will enjoy a
substantial growth. The Superinten-
dent is Mr.. Charles A. Worthington,
who has had large experience in prac-
tical ood-working, in the Pullman
shops, Chicago, Evansville, Michigan
/ N;fv ord olcanhoro
THE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
are well-known practical business men
and residents of Plymouth, and are as.
follows: Geo. H. Thayer, Jr., Pres.
s. Manager; j. w. Thayer, Vice Pres
ident: w. H. Young, Treasurer; H. G.
Thayer, Secretary.
The benefits accruing TO Plymouth
and surrounding country by having To-
Gated in our midst this valuable man.
ufacturing plant are at once apparent,
giving employment as 1t does to a
large force of men who spend their
earnings here, and also affcrding a.
ready market for timber at highest
prices. Such enterprises should be ap-
preciated and carefully fostered by our
citizens.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
A Troublesome Question.

The increasing number of clerks in
some of the departments at Washing
ton who are too old to be useful is
more and more the cause of serious
consideration. The commissioner of
pensions reports four hundred so old
and broken down that one hundred
young men could do more and better
work. There are scores of them who
can do no work, yet they draw
salaries. 1t has always been thus to
some extent, but the condition was
never as serious as at the present
time, due largely to the infirmities of
ex-union soldiers who have been in
the departments for years. Most of
the very old men have saved nothing
from their salaries. Washington
seems not to be a good place for sav-
ing, and many Of these men have
lived in the faith that the government
will take care of them, They are the
victims of a sort of paternalism. The
narrow routine of their lives units
them for any other employment. !.
1t is asked why these men are not
dismissed when they cease to be USE
full. The answer to such a question is
that those who ask it would be the
last to do the dlsmissing if they were
at the head of bureaus, 1t is a fine
trait in humankind that few men have
the heart to turn men and women
over to pauperism. Assuming, that
it is quite out of the question to dis
miss the old and feeble, the question
as to what shall be done with them is
more and more pressing as the num-
Der of those who are unable to work
increases and the work in the depart
mentS drags.
Sooner or later, and sooner rather
than later, congress must take this
important subject up to prevent the
Gripping of the civil service by the
retention of an increasing number of
clerks and other officials in the depart
ments and in the postal service all
over the country. In the meantime
intelligent and ambitious young men
are warned to keep out of the subordi-
nate positions in the civil service.
Sale Bills printed at Che TRIBUNE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

The death of Mrs. Grant comes in
the fullness of years and honor. She
was a true helpmeet to the great man,
her husband, and the beauty of their
lives in unison was no less a tribute to
her than to him. She has exemplified
the finest traits of womanhood, and
amid all the stormy scenes retained
always the respect of the people. She
was much like the general in her
simplicity and frankness ard sturdi-
ness. She loved place and power and
the pomp of things, but she never lost
her head or her footings; first and
last, she was clear-sighted, unspoiled,
self-contained. Her later years we're
years of peace and plenty. She had
lived to see her children and her chill
dren's children embarked in life as
she could wish, bringing to her the
cancellations Of honor and attainment.
Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
Where Wheels Hum and Productive Labor Tells
The Plymouth Novelty Mfg. Go.
Manufacturers of Telephone Wood Work for Independent
Telephone COmpanies-Growth of the Telephone Bust
ness-One of the Grear Industries of the Country
Rapid Increase of Use OF Telephone by Farmers.

seize upon and make practical use of
any invention that has in it an ele-
ment OF real value and utility.
TIL telephone today is an almost
indispensable part of modern business
life, multiplying as it does the efficien-
cy CT the individual many times, ena-
bling him to transact more business
in one day than without it he could
do in several days. 1t also makes pos
sible a more rapid and economic inter-
change of thought between persons
separated by long distances. This is
shown by the growth of the local ex-
change in Plymouth. 1t started less
than ten years ago with but 20 SUBJ
scribers and now numbers over $50,
with other subscribers urging the in
s%tallation of telephones faster than
the manager can perform the work.
This is found to be the same in many
other enterprising localities.
This development has taken place
ince the expiration of the patents
owned by the Bell Telephone Co., on
the manufacture and use of the tele-
phone apparatus. Since the expira-
tion of these basic patents the Bell
company has endeavored to retain its
hold by the use Of subsidiary patents,
and a strenuous fight has taken place
between the Bell Company and the In
dependent Telephone Manufacturers,
as all outside the Bell Company style
themselves.
In some interesting figures on the
growth Of the use of the telephone in
the United States, a recent editorial
in Telephony" states that at the
end of the present year, 1902, there
are 6.51l telephone exchanges, of
which 2,s11 are Bell, and 3,70O are
Independent, operating 1885, 900 tel
phones, of which 1900, 900 are Bell,
and 1 1850, 600 are Independent, requir-
ing the services of 70 ,436 persons, of
which the Bell companies employ
40, 1874 and the Independent 3S,572.
1t is considered that the telephone
industry is yet in It's infancy, and that
this great growth from a small begin
ming, ten years ago, will continue for
for many years to come, until most Of
the farmers in the United States will
be connected by telephone with their
nearest towns, and their neighbors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
Style Of a "Dorotby Dodd"
The speech of ex-President Cleve

The speech of ex-President Cleve-
land in favor OF educating the negro
and giving him an equal chance with
white people, seems to have struck
home among democrats, both north
and south, as no other speech ever
did. The South Bend Times has a
half dozen editorials along that line
this week. Such articles look strange
in the Times although Editor Stoll
has been for years me of the fairesU
and ableSt democratic editors in the
United States. We are glad to see
that he has come round right on the
negro question.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

There will De a steady business for
manufacturers with local telephone
exchanges. These exchanges allow
10 per cent per annum for deprecia-
ton, because they expect TO renew
their plants at least every ten years.
SUPERIOR PRODUCT.
In this large and prosperous bust.
ness the Plymouth Novelty Manufac-
turing Company has already achieved
a well merited recognition for the Su.
perior quality of its product. It's bus.
mess is based upon contracts with
some of the largest and strongest of
the Independent telephone manufac-
turers. Among these are the Strom-
berg-Carlson Telephone Manufacture
ing Co., which is incorporated for
So. 900, 600, and employs about 1900
hands in its Chicago and Rochester.
n. Y, factories. 1t owns a large
building devoted exclusively to the
manufacture of telephones. Its main
office is in Rochester, n. Y.
The Plymouth Novelty Manufacture
ing Company also numbers among its
customers other leading telephone
companies, which are large and sub.
stantial concerns, and which have a
good opinion of the Plymouth product.
Noticeable among these is the Chica-
GO Telephone Supply Company, of
Elkhart, Ind, which has recently
moved there from Chicago, having
been presented by the people of Elk
hart with five acres of ground, with
large factory buildings, 800 feet long,
60 feet wide, and two stories high,
with office building and power plant.
This company employs about 200
hands, and will no doubt double this
number within the next year or two.
They buy a large amount of their
wood work of the Plymouth Novelty
Manufacturing Company, which
makes for them not only the wall
cabinets, but also switch boards. which
are quite elaborate pieces Of furniture,
requiring accurate work and high
finish, magnetic boxes etc. This COM
panyalso has a substantial trade with
Marshall Field & Company, whole
sale, and other jobbers of special
goods, such as folding tables, kitchen
cabinets, etc. The Oliver Typewriter
Company buys its base boards of the
Plymouth Novelty Manufacturing
Company, its last order being for
20, 900.
The Plymouth Novelty Manufacture
ing Company buys bolts and logs of
farmers. They use the oak In the
product, and all other kinds of logs
and bolts in the manufacture of GRAFT
ing. These bolts and logs are cut in
to lumber on the saw mill owned by
the company which is located at the
east end of the main factory, and
operated by the same power which
runs the factory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

The president SAYS: every man
must be guaranteed his liberty and his
right TO do as he likes with his prop
erty or his labor SO long as he does not
infringe on the rights Of his neigh
bors." This is eminently sound and
logical, but there are any number of
people who refuse to accept it as such.
South Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

Great Britain has ordered cessation
OF violence against Venezula, pending
peace negotiations. Bowen proposals
are received from Washington and are
under Consideration
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
Ube Uribune.
The Only Republican Paper in the Count,
Plymouth. Ind, December IS. 1902.

Major Glenn of the Fifth infantry
is on trial before court martial at
Manil, a charged with the illegal kill
ing Of seven war prisoners.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

Sale Bills printed at the TRIBUNE
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
Fine Dine Of Christmas handhercbiefs

No one item does the dry goods section make such large prep
arations for as the holiday Handkerchief supply. Visit our great
Handkerchief show and be pleased.
Children's Fancy Handkerchief. for common use. 49,. lc
Children'S Fancy HdkfS, from Sc to. SC
Ladies' HeustitChed, with initial, for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SC
Mems soft Japponette, with initial, 3 for .................. 25c
Mems fine Cambria, with initial, , for. ........ 25c
Mems fine all Linen, with initial Observation-Disclosures. sc
100 styles Ladies fancy Hdkfs, up from Observation-Disclosures. SC
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
Mew Dress Datterns for TIE Holidays

Right in this department is where your gift buying will be
longest remembered. We have marked down the price on many
pieces of Dress Goods for the holiday trade.
All wool Cheviots, 36inch goods, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. soc
All wool, 40inch Panama Suitings Observation-Disclosures. 39c
Fine all wool Whipcord Sunings for. SOC
Fine all wool 3SinCh Grantele Cloth for. -. .......... Soc
For this month only, our Sl00 Henrietta for ..... -. 49,. 15c
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
1nicp Line Xmas rugs

What home is there with too many Rugs?
Bright new styles in Moquet Rugs, for
SO to-. . .S3.4o
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18

There will De a steady business for
manufacturers with local telephone
exchanges. These exchanges allow
10 per cent per annum for d%eprecia-
ton, because they expect TO renew
their plants at least every ten years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-18
LOSS BY FIRE.
A Separator and Five or Six Hundred
Bushels of Grain Burned.

While threshing grain for Max
Weiner on his farm in Summit town.
ship Monday evening, a spark from
the engine set fire to a stack of grain
and in a few minutes several stacks
and separator were in ashes. The
threshing outfit belonged to John
Nickly and Fred Hochdeffer. The
grain was the property of Max Wein-
er and between FIVE and six hundred
bushels were burned.
The grain had been stacked near q
large barn, which was packed with
hay, and it was by hard work and a
favorable wind that the barn and
contents were saved by the hands
present.