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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
Is tine Safe Deposit Safe /?

Chicago, July 22.-The alleged theft
of some $4,000 out of safe deposit
boxes in the Masonic Temple vaults
has opened the question how it was
stolen, and whether safe deposit boxes
are safe. The proprietors of the vaults
say the fault is with the holders of the
keys-their own carelessness-while
the losers Of the money talk of suing
tho voulf compauv
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
Show Tent wrecked by Wind.

Madison. Ind. July Plat the OPEN
Ing of Robinsons show the great tent
was blown down and in the panic
many persons were injured, breaking
I'D the performance. None of the IN
jured are considered in a dangerous
condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
Miss TAYLOR To Be Heard.

Washington, July 22.-Justice Hag-
ner has issued a rule ordering Secre-
tary Of War Root to show cause by
July % why a peremptory mandamus
should not issue requiring him to re-
store Miss Rebecca j. Taylor to q
clerkship in the war department. Miss
Taylor was dismissed last June be-
cause she had publicly criticised the
Philippine policy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
younr woman Burned tc Death

Mitchell, Ind. July 22.-AIiss Nellie
Grant, aged % years, was burned to
death Sunday at TIE home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Built, at
Lawrenceport She went to the barn
to get eggs and in a few minutes she
ran screaming to the house, her cloth
ing ablaze aud the barn also on fire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

via l.. E. & W., L. S. & NJ. S., and
Lehigh valley route only s16.10 only
for the round trip. Stop over at San
dusty, Chautauqua Lake and Niagara
Falls without additional charge. For
full particulars call on any ticket
agent, L. E. & w. r. r.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

Tell us why druggist offers you a
substitute for the Madison Medicine
Co.'S. Rocky Mountain Tea. Does he
love you or is he after the biggest pro-
fit? Think it over. J. W. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
McLaurtn DecIines the Oner.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, July 22lPresi-
dent Roosevelt is in receipt of letter
from Senator John L. McLaurin, OF
South Carolina, declining the proffered
appointment to the vacancy on the
bench of the United States court of
claims-probably because the press
hostile to him is saying that he has
sold himself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
ADVICE GIVEN BY Villas

lie Thinks There Are Some Dead Issues
Protection the Live One.
milwaukee,, Wis, July 22-William
F. Villas was recently asked by a. F..
Warden, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, to give his
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
FARMS ARE WASTE OF WATERS
Scenery Along the Mississippi Pictures a
Loss of Six Million Dollars.

Loss of Six Million Dollars.
Keokuk, Ia, July 21.-Exploration
of the flooded districts of the AIissis-
sippi river from Keokuk south shows
conditions beyond the appreciation or
realization OF any but people of long
experience with the Father of Waters
in his most destructive mood The sit
uation is growing worse hourly, and
great conha grafton in a great city
would not be more rapidly destructive
of values than the flood 100 miles be-
low keOkuk. There is absolutely not
the slightest chance of stopping this
dOZen-timeS most costly flood in the
history of the great river above ST.
Louis.
The correspondent of the ssoci-
atad Press went all over the worst
damaged area yesterday in the steam
er Silver Crescent, and found every
where the greatest crops ever known
under water deep enough to float a
steamboat. People at the river cities
gave an immense mass of details all
to be generalized in losses aggregat-
ing many millions of dollars; hun
dreds of farmers rich ten days ago,
penniless and homeless, hundreds
watching and praying that the great
levees may hold, which are now their
bulwark against additional millions of
loss and many cases of penury.
Careful estimates of the territory
covered and generalization of the
statements of best informed people
indicate the loss up to yesterday of
about S6.OUU.000, with every prospec:
of S2,000,000 or 100000 additional
Most of this loss is ON the Missouri
side of the river between Keokuk and
Hannibal. Passing the water-lapped
lumber yards of Keokuk. The nouth
of the Des MOines river is seen to be
nearly two miles wide.
Alexandria is protected so far by
the Egyptian levee, the breaking of
which would send four feet Of water
all over the town. Gregory is sub
merged except the white church and
the railroad track. Other towns and
cities on the islands are beyond the
danger line
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
The MARKETS
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO, July %.
CASH MARKET

CASH MARKET.
Wheat
No. 3 red, 774c.
No. 3 red, 71t@73tc.
No. 9 hard, 73@73tc.
No. 3 hard, 72@724c.
Corn
No. 3, 66@66tc.
No. 9 yellow. 654@664c.
No. 3, 64!@65!c.
No. yellow. 64t@654c.
No. 4, 62B@63!c.
Oats
No. 4, 55@57c
No. 4 white. 55@57c.
No. 3. 45@ acc.
No. 8 white, 52@60!c.
No. 2, 40c.
No. 9 white, 6Ot@63!c.
Hay
Choice timothy, SIC. 50@17.5 so.
No. 1, 1500@16.00.
No. 2. S13. 50@i4.50.
No. 8, Sl1.50@12.50.
LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, July %.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

Receipts for today are esuma-
ted at $4,000 cattle, $4,000 hogs
and 16, 900 sheep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
HOW THE STATE DEBT
HAS BEEN SCALED DOWN

. The great reduction of the
q state debt which has been &C.
= complished during the present
. era of Republican control has
= been effected through no policy
= of nigoaroliness, and there has
= been a substantial reduction,
. rather than an increase of the
q tax levy.
= Here is one item going to
q show how it is that the admir-
. istrations of Governors Mount
q and Durbin are able to make
= so good a showing. In 1895,
. when the Republican party
. came into control of financial
= affairs in Indiana, the auditor
. of state received 10 per cent of
. the fees Of his office. The same
q rule obtained in other state Of
= fees. The fee and salary law
. passed by the Republican leg
q isIature of 1895 took away
q these perquisites. In the insur-
. ance department of the state
= auditors office alone, the coIIec-
. tons from 1855, including the
= present year, aggregate one
= and three-quarters millions of
= dollars. The state auditors
. commission on these fees under
= the old order of things, would
. have been more than $4,000,
q representing dead loss to the
= state.
q 1t has not been so very
. many years ago that state Of
= ficiaIs received all the fees.
= Under such system there
. would have gone into private
. Golfers during the past seven
. years from the state auditors
. office alone more money than
= was expended in the construc-
. ton of the state capitol.
y Republican legislative candi-
. dates in Indiana stand for a
. denial of the theory that pub
. lie office is private graft. A
. vote for them is a vote to en-
. dorse economy, honesty and
. sound business methods in the
= administration of the states af-
q fairs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
THE PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. July %.

South Water street reports the
following prices on staple pro-
duce:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
photographic
POINT ERS


What most recommends the Hon.
Thomas Taggart for the Craftsmanship
of the national committee at this time
seems to be the fact that his custom
airy smile did not desert him when the
election returns of 1896 and 1900 were
broken on him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

lucky Is out in a statement in which
enough to see United States senators
elected by direct vote of the people"
AS an experimental step in this direc-
ton, Senator Blackburn might induce
himself and his associates in Ken
lucky Democratic leadership to permit
the election of governors il his state
by the same method.
C. w. Wellman has been handing
the reorganizers some hot ones
through the Sullivan Times. Respond
ing to a statement of the Spencer
Democrat that the Indiana Democrats
are thoroughly united" Mr.. Wellman
says: If the reorganizers had not
been able to control (the Democratic
state convention at Indianapolis) by
chicanery, trickery and fraud, for GER
tainly they could not do so by num-
bers, they would have bolted the tick
ct. And now since the boilers are in
control, it seems to be taken for grant
ed that the loyal Bryan Democrats
who stand for principle vii. now swal-
low the dose and support the ticket"
One would almost imagine at times
that all the free silver burghers had
not surrendered their arms and taken
the prescribed oath of allegiance to
the powers of Wall street.
During the decade ending with 1900,
taking out of account the years 1893,
ga, 90 and 90, for reasons well remem-
bered, the expansion of Indiana indus
trial interests extended to almost ev-
cry branch of manufacturing. The
following comparative figures, taken
from the census returns of 1900, show
to what extent this growth prevailed
in varied lines:
Establish Wage Value of
| &c
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

There seemed to be. a pretty even
division of opinion among the Indiana
Democratic editors gathered at French
Lick as to which one of two corpora
ton lawyers, Hill and Olney, ought to
lead their party in the onslaught
against plutocracy in 1904.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
PRODUCE.
THE PLYMOUTH MARKETS

Following are the quotations of
local dealers on the various pro-
ducts named:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
Most Serious Feature Of Which Is
the Loss of a Number
of Lives.
MANY CHILDREN ARE ON THE LIST
Tornado Sweeps Down on the City
with Terrible Effect.
Watery Devastation of Farms on the
Observation-Disclosures Loss of
100000 in Crops
Floods in the East.

Baltimore, Md, July PA tornado,
accompanied by thunder, vivid light
ming and a heavy rain, suddenly burst
upon Baltimore at ! so p. m. yesterday,
coming from the southwest. with the
net result that eleven persons lost
their lives, hundreds of houses were
unroOfed, trees in the public parks and
streets were torn up by the roots,
many buildings damaged and several
people injured. The storm exhausted
its fury in less than 10 minutes. The
damage done in the business part of
the city was comparatively slight, be-
ing confined to the blowing down of
signs and injuries to roofs. 1t was in
the residence portion of the city along
the river front and IN the harbor
where the wind spent its violence.
Most of the Dead Are Children.
OF those who persisted nine were
drowned in the harbor from open
boats, one was killed by a falling tree
and one by live wire. The following
is a list of the killed: Drowned in the
harbor-ROy Eateman, y years old;
Joseph Cain, 10 years; John Cain,
years; Thomas Carroll, 81 years; Har-
ry Mccormick, 10 years; Mrs. Mary
SchuleR % years; Harry S. Schiller,
10 months; Olive Schiller, years;
Charles Schiller. years. Killed by a
falling tree-William Cornish, cOlOred.
Killed by a live wire-Charles Schae-
fer.
How Some of Them Died.
The first three victims on the above
list were out in rOwbOat on the
river with three other companions.
When the storm broke the boat was
capsiZed. three being drowned and
three rescued The boy killed by a
live wire had, in company with two
other boys, gene into a shed for pro-
lection, when the shed blew down and
a live wire fell on one of them, re-
sulting in his death. The drowning OF
Mrs. Schiller and her children was the
most pathetic incident of the hurri-
cane. Michael Schiller, with his wife
and three children, accompanied by
his brother-in-law, Joseph Cook, and
his wife, had gone out into the harbOr
for sail in a thirty-foot boat. The
boat was capsized and those drowned
were shut up in the cabin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

The Brooklyn Eagle suggests as a
Democratic presidential candidate for
1904 someone who may have had pos
tive opinions, but who has not OBJ
truded them" The man who has pos
tive opinions usually numbers among
them the opinion that he ought not
sneak around the back alleys with his
convictions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

Senator J. G. Blackburn Of Ken
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

In instituting comparison between
itself and the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan, formerly recognized Demo
cratic leader in this state. the Indian
apolis Sentinel says: "The Sentinel
has always been a bimetallist, but
never a - fool" This is probably
what Senator Bailey of Texas would
consider an insult.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24

Owners Of the only abstract books In the
county. Abstracts of title to all real estate
In Marhall county compiled promptly and
accurately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05
Memorial Day Services

Maj. Cole, of Whatcom, failed to ar
rive to deliver the Memorial day address
as advertised, because of the wretch
ed service rendered by the gasoline
substitute boats on the steamer Buck
eyes mail route. Even had the Buck
eye been on, the major would have
been too late for the valley exercises,
but he could have spoken here i'm the
evening. He left Whatcom about 6
o'clock the morning of the 30th on the
gasoline launch Clara, which "broke
down" after running short distance
and it was noon when she managed to
wobble back to the Whatcom dock.
Another gasoline craft started about 2
O'Clock and reached here about 8 i'm the
evening. Notwithstanding this disap-
pointment there was quite a good pro-
gram of exercises at the valley church,
including short address by Thaddeus
Smith, of Port Townsend, and an ex-
cellent recitation of the "Blue and the
Gray" by Miss Ella Thacker. The
little fund subscribed for paying the
expenses of Major Cole, had he been
here, will be diverted by the G. A. r..
post to the purchase of a new flag.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05
BARNUM TO WARBASS
THE GREAT SNOWMAN WANTED SOME
ZEAL FLAT HEAD INDIANS"
A Little History of oyster Planting In
San Juan County-Capt. warbass' Oys-
ter Project at Great Salt Lake Thirty
three Years Ago

In looking over some of his old pa
pers few days ago for some CORE
spondence relative to the oyster indus
try, in which he has long been inter-
ested, Capt. Warbass came upon a let
ter which he received over thirty years
ago from p. Il. Barnum. 1t is written
upon one side of an unruled sheet of
note paper, bearing the monogram of
p 'inted in brown ink. There is no date
line, but the imprint, in green ink, of
an elliptical rubber stamp reads, "P.
r. Barnum, 43S Fifth Avenue, New
York, Nov. 10, 1871" Following is
the letter:
Mr.. f.. ID. Warbass-Dear Sir: / have
been advised by Mr. Granville Stuart to
write to you for the information / seek,
viz: TO inquire whether there are any
real Flat Head Indians who fiatten their
heads so that they would present a
marked popularity to a casual observer,
and if SO whether / could obtain two or
more for public exhibition-leave to do
so, etc. If you will kindly furnish me
what information you can on the subject
you will much oblige,
Very truly yours,
z. Il. BARNUM.
Capt. Warbass replied to the letter
and furnished the information sought,
but was unable to send to the great eX-
hibitor any "real Flat Head Indians"
because of the unwlllingness both of
the Indians and the lndian agents,
most of the Indians at that time being
upon reservations under govcrnment
control. He says, however, that when
he first came to the coast, half cen-
tury ago. receding toreheads were char
acteristic of the Indians and it was
customary to fiatten the heads of pap
poses by keeping narrow strip of
wood tied tightly across their forheads.
With the march of civilization through
the wilderness and the establishment
of government control over the IT,
dans the practice was gradually dis.
continued.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05
OYSTER CULTURE
Its Beginning in This County-An Early
Project at Great Salt Lake
continued

frOJect AT Gfedt Salt Lako
Referring to the recent mention in
the ISLANDER and Bellingham bay
papers of his planting native oysters in
one of the Griffin bay lagoons over
forty years ago, Capt. Warbass says
that it came about in this way: Prior
to 1860-he has no idea for how long a
period there were a great many ma
tive oysters in small lagoon near the
site of the American military camp on
San Juan island and also a great many
in a small bay on the north end of
Lopez island, long since filled up. The
winter of 1S60-61 was so cold that these
shallow Iagoons froze to the bottom
and the oysters were all killed. During
the summer of '61 Capt Warbass sent
some Indians to the Samish flats to
get a supply Of seed oysters and they
brought over two or more sacks which
were planted in the large lagoon in
Griffin bay, about four miles from Ar
gyle. The experiment was successful
and for many years natlve oysters nave
been quite plentiful there and large
quantities Of them have been taken
away by the Indians and sold.
In 1868 Capt. Warbass was at Great
Salt Lake, Utah, with friend, with
whom he made a trip to the mouth of
the American river, fresh water
stream of considerable size flowing into
the great lake, the water of which Is so
salt that it will not support any form
of life. 1t occurred to Capt. Warbass,
however, that the mouth of the river
was an ideal location for propagating
oysters and he and his friend tested
the temperature of the water and sent
some of it east for analysis to determine
whether it possessed the essential re-
quisites for oyster culture. The report
was so favorable that they were highly
elated, and having secured concess-
ion from Brigham Young giving them
all the land and water rights they
<ro.t.....a -, tffo,,ft pa0el
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05

quarrying of this rock is one of the
most important industries In this
county.
In farming proper wide difference
exists between present conditions and
those of two years ago. On all of the
islands the farmers have gotten as a
rule out of debt. They are now paying
cash for what they buy. They have
cleared more lapd. They have mended
fences, built barns and generally I'M
proved their places. They are still
keeping on this work.
San Juan, Ortas and Lopez islands
have the main farms. San Juan island
is devoted to grain, hay, stock, fruit
raising and dairying. On Orcas island
darying, fruit farming, stock raising
and the raising of grains and hay are
the chief forms of agriculture. Lopez
island is the most level of the group
IT'S farms as rule are newer than those
of the other two, and on them are more
new .comers. Grain, hay dairy cattle
and fruit are raised here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05

Separated as it is from the mainland
by the salt waters which surround it,
this archipelago is dependent on steam
boat traffic for communication with the
rest of the world. For that reason ii
has not been the scene of so heavy an
influx of immigrants as have counties
on the mainland. For another reason
the homeseekers have not sought it oul
i'm so great numbers. The lands of the
larger islands have long been farmed-
they are among the older cleared farm
lands of western Washington. They
are rich. Their owners are satisfied
with them. The farming communities
and the towns themselves are for these
reasons more conservative than many
others. So it has come to pass that the
wave Of immigration has not swept
over them. At the same time, how
ever, in looking about the state for
dwelling places, many homeseekers
have found this county; and finding it,,
they have been charmed with the op
portunities it offers them. Between
200 and 800 have already settled in the
county with view of staying. OF this
number Lopez island has the most
Many have gone to Orcas island. Some
are on San Juan and a few on the
smaller members of the archipelago
On all these Islands, however, a gen.
eral progression in all lines of industry
has been i'm evidence. The farmers
have climbed from debt to unincum
bered holdings. They have brought in
better stock. Their orchards have been
improved. Their flocks are larger. In
1900 the population of the county was
1928. 1t is now more than 1920. Since
1900 the business of the county au-
ditOr's office has nearly doubled. The
universal movement of making smaller
farms of the large ones has been in evil
dence to some extent. In short, the
archipelago has felt the same Influences
pushing it forward as have other parts
of the state, and although these may
have come slower, they have perhaps
been for that reason all the more last
ing in their effect.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05

The spring salmon run is on in earn
est, and are higher now than ever be-
fore known in the history Of the fish,
ing business. They are worth cents
per pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-05

The San Juan archipelago, of which
San Juan county is composed, lies be-
tween Rosario strait on the east, the
Canal de Haro OH the west, the Strait
of Juan de Fuca on the south, and the
Gulf of Georgia on the north. The
waters about surrounding it and those
separating the different islands are
right in the path of the salmon as they
run to the river mouths. They are
alive with this fish during the season
when it may be taken, and consequent
Iy on the shore lines are built many
fish traps.
The islands themselves have fertile
soil, especially in the valleys. Here
farming is extensively carried on and
large crops of grains, grasses and fruits
are raised. The hillsides are many of
them bare of timber. In such places
they are covered with rich grasses, on
which sheep, cattle and horses Craze
both summer and winter. In places
edges of limestone crop out and the