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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
TALKS TO HAWKEYES
President Strikes the Home of His
Secretary of the Treasury
in Iowa.
FINDS rHE STATE WET IN SPOTS
Flight OF White Doves a Feature at
Denison-Other Points That
Were Visited.

Denison, Ia. June 3.-The special
party arrived in DenisOn on time. Dur
ing the morning hours heayily-laden
excursion trains arrived from all
points. The presidential party ard
other distinguished guests were driven
through the city past the homes of
Secretary Shaw and Representative
Connor, through cheering crowds, and
returned to the station, where they
found a crowd of not less than TO-
600 people. 1t was the largest crowd
ever seen in the city, and several ac:es
of Illinois Central yards over which
the company had a force of men dis
tributing gravel were packed with the
enthusiastic multitude of men, wom-
en- and children.
White Doves of Peace Circle Around.
The president was introduced by
Secretary Shaw, who was received by
the people of his home with a tre-
mendous ovation. The crowd went
wild when the president arose to
speak, and it was several minutes be-
fore the cheering ceased. Just as the
president arose hundreds of white
doves were released from the crowd
in front of him, and those emblems
of peace lowered about the presidents s
head and evoked an outburst of APP
plause The president spoke for near
ly twenty minutes and paid special
tribute to the Iowa members CT the
cabinet.
Pressure Was Great at the Close.
On the platform, aside from the
regular members of the presidents
party, were Senators Allison and Doll
yer. Secretaries Shaw and Wilson;
| Representative Connor, e. Rosewater
! (of the Omaha Bee, and a score of
distinguished IOwans. Special places
were reserved for the school children,
for the G.. A. r. and for the German
Veterans association. The best of or
der was maintained except at the
close. when the pressure was so great
that the special officers had to force
their way through the crowd to get
Il
the president to his train. Mayor j
T. Carey and Hon. ]. p. Connor were
in the carriage with the president
The CITY was handsomely decorated.
Gets on Another War Epigram.
The presidents train entered this
state ut Council Bluffs, and during the
early part of the day passed through
flooded dist: lets, and in his speech here
the president referred to the flood and
said that the american citizen is able
to win his way In the long rum" and
would soon recover from adversely
At Cedar Falls 5000 people greeted
| him; at Independence there was @
crowd and the president spoke for a
moment. At Manchester there was an
other big crowd and here the president
| said: Don't fight unless you have
to, but If you have to, let the Other
man know that there has been a fight
This is my whole doctrine In our for
eign policy"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Will Be the Total OF the Dead by
the Cyclone at Gaines
Vile, Ga.
ToPEKA's DEATH ROLL Is GROWING
Now Figured at Forty-Eight Known
Property Loss, $2,00O,000.
Loss of Life at Kansas City Still an
Unknown Quantity - Danger
Has Shifted to the ST,
Louis Vicinity.

Gainesville. Ca, June 3.-The 5000
Inhabitants of this city have just be-.
gun to realize the extern of the ap-
palling disaster of Monday. 1t now
seems certain that the death list will
not be much short of 1G0; perhaps
somewhat over 100. conside. ing the
number of dangerously wounded
whose chances for recovery cannot
now be calculated. Figuring from all
available sources, and giving cloaence
only to those reports which are be-
lieved to be Trustworthy the follow
ing is a summary of the effects of
the tornado in Gainesville and its
environs: One hundred killed; $50 in
jured, of whom probably twenty will
die; 500 homeless, their residences hav-
ing been wiped out of existence; prop
erty lose of about half a million dol
lars, none of which was covered by
storm insurance.
Known Dead Are Sixty Eight.
a concise and accurate statement of
the fatalities cannot be rendered for
several days. but the physicians in at
tendance believe that it will not go
very far above 100, although twenty
five or thirty are desperately injured
and may Gle within the next two or
three days. The death list so far CON-
piled includes thirtytwo at the Paco-
let cotton mills at New Holland. all Of
whom We're killed in the demolition Of
the company's cottages. and thirty-six
at the Gainesville cotton mills, near
the Southern railway station, where
the tornado first struck.
Lucky Picnic for the Negroes.
The entire pathway of the storm,
extending two miles from the Gaines
vile mills around the outskirts Of the
city to the Paco!et mills at New Hol-
land, is mass of ruins. The cottages
In the trail of the tornado between the
southern station and New Holland
were those of negroes. who Were all
absent from the city in attendance on
a colored excursion. so the loss Of. life
was less than it otherwise would have
been
Need 81 Clothinv and Anti -0sptics.
Business is almost entirely suspend
ed throughout the city, the attention
of everybody being given to the care
of the wounded and suffering. There
is no lack of medical attention, many
surgeons being present flom Atlanta
and other cities. There is great need.
however, of clothing, anti-septics and
other medical supplies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND HURT
Cyclone Strikes the Town without q Mo-
ment's Warning.


Among those who lost their lives
the following have been identified:
Mrs. Marshal Camp and child: Jack
Murphy, aged II. son of Widow MUIR
ply; Ulah Jackson, e. Lyle, Annie
Garrett and Claude Shedd.
Iniured-The wife and daughter of
W. Il. Sloan, lawyer, fatally: Mrs.
Tailey and daughter; Mrs. Jones and
j. II. Logan, badly: James Simpson.
Maude Gor1on. John Simpson, Anna
Schubert, Ola Miller, Edward Skinner,
Mrs. Doc Clarke, ]. E. Summerville,
Alonzo Ford, Doc Stoyall, Joe Schu-
bert, Milledge Hill, Willie Boone and
Perry Connor.
The cyclone first hit the town be-
low the Southern railway station. 1t
dropped unnoticed, and before any one
realized what was happening 1t had
ripped down brick buildings frame
houses, churches and school buildings
as IT they were structures of paper.
One OF the first large buildings to fall
was the Gainesville cotton mills. a
three-story structure. The third and
second stories were shaved of smooth
1y, and 1t is believed every person
working in them perished. About 800
were working in the mill at the time.
but the greater portion of them were
In the lower story and escaped.
In the five brick buildings on the
main street about eighteen people were
killed, most Of them employees in the
stores. A fire has started in this pile
Of wreckage and the fire department
is unable to get to it because of the
obstructions in the street.
AS soon as II e storm had razed the.
buildings those who were not disabled
Immediately went to work at rescuing
the victims. All the stores in the
business section that were not hit
closed their stores, and every male
citizen who could lend hand prompt
y joined In the work of rescue.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
FIGHT AGAINST THE eRoe SHOPS
Incident Thereof I'm Which . City Council
man Gets Under Arrest for stab
bling n Man.

Kokomo, Ind, June 3.-One coun-
Gilman is under arrest, and a saloon
keeper may die, as the result of the
fight going on in this city to drive out
grog shops. Harry Stewart is the
councilman. He got into an arguna"
over the question which i- ,pteres,ing
all the citizens. :Stis Norton CO
loonkeeper, wes the other disputant.
The talk Started over the method of
blanket remonstrances by which ef
forts are being made to kill the LIQUOR
traffic. =.
Just who was the aggressor has not
been discovered by the police. High
words were followed by the use of
clubs and knives. In the rough and
tumble fight which ensued, the saloon
man was stabbed three times. Then
spectators put stop to the incident,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Bridge reported 3 Wreck.

Kansas City, June "a dispatch
from Kansas City, Kan, says: 1T
is reported that the Missouri Pacific
bridge has gone down. A great crash
was heard In that direction and it
looks as though one span has fallen.
There were seventeen dead
engines on the bridge. No life was
lost"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Pr.sident Jnvite, L.bor Mem.

Butte, Mont, June 2.-Six represent
ative Butte union labor men will go
to Washington in the near future and
sojourn at the White House for
week or ten days as the guests of
President Roosevelt. The president
was entertained by the labor unions
In this city and invited some of the
labor leaders to Washington to talk
over the labor question.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
EGYPTIAN LEvEE BREAKS



Keokuk, Ia, June 2-The Egyptian
levee five miles below he. has broken
in twenty different places, and water
is running through the streets of
Alexandria. Territory ten by twenty
miles in the Clark county, Mo-, bot
toms, is submerged. Inhabitants on
the roofs are firing guns TO. help. A
government boat and men have been
semitic the scene from here. No loss
of life has been reported. The levee
In the Hunt drainage district on the
Illinois side is liable to give way soon.
st. Louis. June 2.-Bulletins from
the Missouri side Of the Mississippi
river. west of Alton, indicate that
twelve inches or more of water will
send the Mississippi floods over the
Ievees, joining the two rivers and max
ing watery expanse of fourteen
miles. This will cover 10000 acres of
bottom land said by the United States
agricultural department to be the rich
est wheat land in the world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
SCORES ON THE DIAMOND

Chicago, June 2.-Records at the
national game are reported as follows:
League: At Pittsburg-New York
10. Pittsburg 2. other places scheduled
Rain.
American: At New York-Boston
8, New York 2; at Washington-Phila-
delphia /, Washington 0; at Detroit
St. Louis Z, Detroit 6; at Chicago
Rain.
Association: At st. Paul-Indjanap-
oils 4, St Paul 0; at Minneapolis
Louisville Z, Minneapolis 8; at Mil
waukee-Rain.
Western: Generally tied up by
foods, etc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Macc.bee. on.r Help to rop.lA,@

Port Huron, Mich. June 2-Owing
to the fact that the Maccabees Of the
world having a large membership in
Topeka, Supreme Commander d. P.
Markey has wired the state depart
ment Of Kansas to draw on general
relief fund for all sums necessary to
care for the distressed members Of the
order and their families.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
COMING UP OUT OF THE WATERS
Des Moines Begins to Feel Like Herself
Again-situation Elsewhere.

Des Moines Begins to Feel Like Herself
Agsin-situation Elsewhere.
Des Moines, Ia, June Both the
Des Moines and the Raccoon rivers
continue to recede rapidly. The East
Des Moines business section is free
from water and conditions are rapid
ly resuming normal in the wholesale
and manufacturing dist let The vari-
Gus relief bureaus are caring for all
the suffere:s. Offers Of relief from
outside are being declined on the
ground that the city would be able
to meet the situation. Train service
has been resumed on all local rail-
roads.
Des Moines, Ia, June 2.-The crest
OF Iowa floods is rapidly moving south
east. Two weeks ago extreme north
west Iowa was visited by the greatest
flood in its history. Now southeast
ern Iowa Is experiencing similar con-
ditions. The Cedar river at Cedar
Rapids was the highest in history is
declining. The Iowa, Skunk and
tributary rivers emptying into the Mis-
sissippi in the vicinity OF Keokuk ara
spread out over vast territory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Fowler, Ind. June 3.-Tbe question
Fowler Chase came up In The FentoD
circuit court, most of the day being
taken up In getting jury. The court
room was packed with spectators.
Young Chase was in the charge of a
nurse, and muttered to himself as the
case prog: essed. The court is to de-
termine If the young mans father,
Frederick s. Chase. is to have charge
of both his son and the estate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Monroe, Wis.,, June 3.-The Oldest
twins In the United States, Mrs. Anna
M. Noggie, Of Monroe, and Mrs. Hiram
Johnson, Of Omaha, celebrated their
SSth birthday anniversary Sunday A
family reunion was held at the home
of the former In this city.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Sparta, Wis, June 3.-Samuel Mont
gomery, residing near Warrens, this
county, was arrested here charged
with assault and battery, and suspect
ed of causing the death of his wife.
Montgomery says his wife was killed
during a runaway of team which he
was driving on Saturday last.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Rochester, Ind, June 3. = An old
Seth Thomas clock In the Joseph
House family. near Fulton. stood on
a shelf without running for thirty
years. the weights resting on the bot
tom Of the old-timer. The other day
Mrs. Houses mother. 90 years old.
died, and as the family stood around
her bed, the distinct ticking of the
old clock was heard. 1t ran until the
hands had advanced ten minutes, and
then stopped short, never to 60
again."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Uncle Sam to supply supplies.

Omaha, June AT the headquar-
ters of the department of the Missouri
orders have been received from Wash
ington to furnish such supplies as
were necessary for the relief of food
sufferers of Missouri and Kansas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Prssidsnt ntIaFlxinr E..t.

Grand Island, Neb., June 2.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's train reached Grand
Island at IL p. m. A large crowd was
at the station to greet the president,
but he had retired during the run from
North Platte. The president made
brief speeches at Lexington and at
Kearney.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Topeka, Kan, June IA telephone
message from Junction City gives the
following as the list of the dead there
IN the food: Thomas Ryan; Albert
Myers. wife and five children. Nine
are reported downed in Council
Grove, but their names cannot be
learned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Emporia, Kan, June 8. - The
drowned at Council Grove, whose
bodies have been recovered, are: Ralph
Phillips, Ruth Woods Ia little girl,
and James Clements ian old mani.
Several children alemissing. The finan-
cial less at Corncil Grove was $1,000
OOO
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Quincy, Ill, June 3.-The Mississippi
river just above Quincy is six miles
wide. Water Is within one foot Of the
top OF the levees north Of here, and it
is feared that thousands of acres Of
growing crops may be inundated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Shelbyville, Ind. June 3.-Henry
King. aged 65 years. leader in the af-
fairs of his church for thirty-fve years
at Boggstown, Ind, many years
q deacon and superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday school, has been
sentenced to prison for forgery. He
pleaded guilty to forging a neighbor's
name for severnl hundred dollars. stat
ing that be had lived moral life,
neither using liquor, tobacco nor pro-
family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Middlesboro, KY, June a. "Tip''
Nelson, aged 20 years. was killed In
Lee county, Va, by John Reynolds
Their quarrel arose over q girl, and
Reynolds blew Nelson's head OF with
q shotgun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Bloomington, ILL.,, June president
]. II. Sexton, of the Three 1 League,
announces his intention of transferring
the Joliet club to either Springfield or
Aurora on June 20, owing to small at
tendance. Springfield will receive the
first offer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Floods Are Ab.tIup

Kansas City, Mo-, June 2. = Dis
patches from scores Of towns in Kan
sas report the floods abating, though
the rain is still falling In some places,
but the outlook is for better weather.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Gainesville. Ca. June 2.-Just aft
er the noon hour the city was struck
by terrific cyclone, killing proba
bly, 100 persons, unroofing the City
hotel and other large buildings, and
destroying the Gainesville cotton mills.
TIE greatest loss of life is reported
in the destruction of the cotton mills,
where about eighty persons are re-
ported killed and scores injured. Eight
cen persons were killed in the city
between the center of town and the
railroad station. where four large
stores were blown down. The storm
had driven many persons at wo. k in
the cotton mill when the cyclone
struck.
Terrible Wreck of the MIL.
The mill was three-story building
The first story was left standing, but
badly wrecked The second and third
floors We're completely demolished, and
the employees were caught under the
wreckage and mangled. 1t is esti-
mated that there are at least seventy
five bodies under the wreckage of the
third floor and it is not known how
many persons on the second floor of
the building were killed. The roof of
the electric car barn was lifted and
the building badly damaged. The rail-
road depot suffered also.
Other Havoc OF the storm.
The Southern depot was blown
down. The Gainesville Iron works
were demolished and several people
perished in the wreck The Gaines
vile cotton oil mills were blown down
The old Piedmont hotel, now used as
q school and apartment house, was
RACED and half dozen or more people
were killed in it. The Richmond ho-
tel was wrecked, and seve. al perished
along with 1t. One hundred and twen-
ty-five cottages, a school house and a
church were blown away in the negro
section of the town. Five brick stores
on the main street of Gainesville were
swept away. In all 200 buildings are
demolished here. The cyclone went
from Gainesville to New Holland and
1t is believed many people are killed
there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

Chicago. June 3-Four roads have
now made their peace with the Freight
Handlers union, three more following
the action of the Lake Shore road in
granting an increase of A per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
As Well as the Waters; He Swoops
Down on a Georgia
Town.
EIGHTY-FIyE PERSONS ARE KILLED
Many of These Are Little Children,
Mill Workers.
Topeka's Death Roll Shrinks Very
Considera bly-Kansas City Fig
ures Hers at Fifty-Much
Suffering i'm the Flood
Belt.

Gainesville Ca, June 2.-At this
writing the casualties resulting from
the cyclone are totaled as follows:
Dead, 50; fatally hurt, 40. The prop
erty less is about 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04

DANGER DOWN AT 81. LOUIS


st. Louis, June 3.-Thirty feet, the
danger point, has been reached and
passed By the flood that is coming
down the Mississippi river. The river
continues to rise rapidly, and a point
considerably higher than thirty-four
feet, which Weather Forccaster Bowie
had predicted would be reached by
tomorrow, or Friday, will be an &C.
complished fact. The first loss of life
attending the present food In this vi
cinity was the drowning of Mrs. WILL
lam Schmidt and her two children, in
an attempt to escape on a fat boat
from Catfish island, in the Missouri
river seven miles southwest of st.
Charles.
The effect Of the food already Is be-
ing felt here, as well as farther up
both the Mississippi and Missouri riv-
ers- No real damage has resulted here
yet, but the high stage predicted will
cause considerable loss here and on
the east side, in East st. Louis and
the hamlets lying In the bottoms along
the Mississippi up as far north as AL
ton. A higher stage OF water will be
disastrous to the railroad and other
business interests on the east side, as
well as residents, many of whom
have already been compelled to move
to higher ground.
In some places between here and AL
ton the river is ave to seven miles
wide, covering thousands of acres of
farm land in the great American bot
toms on the east side, destroying crops
and driving out the farmers The
greatestd damage yet reported is at Mis-
souri, point, the confluence Of the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers, where
several hundred farmers and their
families have been driven from their
fertile lands by the high water.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
TWO MEN ARE TO HANG
The Same Day Probably, If Gov.
Durbin Does Not Use His
Prerogative.
PRESIDENT Is INVITED TO STOP
At the State Capital if He Can Spare
the Time-Young Chase Trial
Has Begun-Items.

indianapolis. June By a decision
handed down by the supreme court
affirming the. finding of the Wander
burg county jury sentencing William
Jackson TO hang, Jackson will be ex-
ecuted in the Michigan City prison
June u, unless Governor DurDin
grants a respite. Ora Copenhaver, the
Indianapolis wife-murderer, and Jack
son will be hanged the same night.
Jackson was sentenced for the MUIR
der of Allen Blankenship, night watch
man at the Melrose MILL Evansville,
June 25 1903. He killed Blanken-
ship, in an attempt to rob him.
Wants the President to Stop.
indianapolis, June 3. Governor
Durbin has interested himself to see
il it is not possible to make arrange
ments for a brief stop in Indianapolis
by President Roosevelt on the occasion
of his passage through the city tomor-
row night. The presidents itinerary,
as given out, does not include stop
at any point in Indiana. Governor
Durbin thought it only right, however,
at least to invite the president to make
a brief stop here, and yeste. day sent
him a telegram to Emil Loeb, the
presidents secretary, at Fort Dodge,
Ia, inviting the president to stop here
if he could.
Has TO Change Engines Here.
The governor has received no in
formation rega, ding the presidents
stay in the city other than that there
will be shift of engines. This will
take several minutes. and federal,
state and city officials who have in
terested themselves in the matter be-
lieve it may be possible to have this
prolonged
Capital Gets No More Gas.
Indianapolis, June 3.-Patrons OF
the Indianapolis Gas company will
have until Monday in which to make
arrangements for other fuel than the
natural gas on which they have been
relying since warm weather began.
John r. Pearson, vice president and
general manager of the company, an
nounces that the company will dis
continue its service some time Monday
morning.
Unit Against the New Scheme.
indianapolis, June 3.-It is believed
that the Indiana delegation in con-
gress will stand as a unit against the
proposition to put the rural free deliv-
cry of mail under the contract system.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Capital Gets No More Gas.
Unit Against the Now Scheme.

Indianapolis, June 3.-It is believed
that the Indiana delegation in con-
gress will stand as unit against the
proposition to put the rural free deliy-
cry of mail under the contract system.