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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
BRIDGE APPROACH coLLAesEs
Coupis OF Hundred Peopss IL Too Much
Weight-sj. MAJ Die.

Coupis OF Hundred Psopss IL Too Much
weight-si, Ma Die.
Eau Claire, Wis, June IA long
section of the Madison street bridge
approach went down under the weight
of between 80 or 2OO people Six
persons were seriously probably fatal
ly, injured twenty-five or thirty 9TH
ers were less Sc iously injured. The
names OF the victims have not been
learned. The accident occurred dur
ing an illumination Of the street car
nival booths along the main streets
Of the city. Hundreds-of people had
gone to the bridge to watch the illum-
ination from this vants ge point. Sud
denly a section Of approach forty feet
in length sank
The illumination was ended at once,
and every aid the city could give was
extended to the suffering. The Sec
ton of the bridge which COLLAPSED bad
dropped its 200 sightseers tv enty-five
feet into a bank of sand and debris.
on the river bank. For a half hour
the bank was confused heap of wom-
en-, children and men. Some were
moaning with their arpls or legs frac
tured. or suffering with the pain Of
serious or possibly fatal injuries. Those
who were less seriously injured and
those who were so fortunate as to es-
cape injury helped the police carry
away their unlucky fdrnds.
The most seriously iain.ed were Jen-
ME Kramer. face cut and ribs broken;
Mrs. ] III. Wilson, Lruised and cut:
John Jacobs, bruised and internally
injured: Hazel Rich. of Altoona. cut
and bruised; Mrs. Frank Hawker, bad
ly injured; Mrs. W. III. Wallace and
two children. all internally injured and
bruised: Miss Grace Smith. right wrist
fractured: - Everson. left arm
broken; wife Of DR.. Books, elbow
fractured and dislocated. hip hurt and
eyes injured; woman at Lamphere In
stitute, leg broken and back hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
FATHER NOW HAS THE MONEY
Fred Chase at Last In Full Possession a.
Guardian of His In
sane Son.

Lafayette, Ind. June ia tran
script of the proceedings in Judge
Rabb's court has been approved by
Judge DeHart, of the Tippecanoe cir
cult court. and the Moses Fowler Chase
case is again within the jurisdiction
of the Tippecanoe court. Judge De-
Hart has granted the petition of Fred
erick S. Chase, transferring from the
Lafayette Loan and Tiust company
SOB, 700 to his custody as guardian OF
his son, this being money which the
boy received from his grandmother,
the late Eliza Fowler.
1t will be expended in the interests
of the boy, who will remain in the
Indiana polls sanatorium indefinitely
All costs will be paid out OF this fund
subject to approval of the court. but
If the attorneys and the guardian fail
to agree as to fees, this must be deter
mined by suit against the guardian, as
in ordinary civil action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
BASE BALL SCORES


Chicago. June 17.-Following are the
scores made at base ball:
League: At Pittsburg-Chicago 8.
Pittsburg 6; at Philadelphia = New
York /. Philadelphia 2 = twelve In
nings; at Boston-Weather.
American: At New Chicago
0. Nes- York /; at Philadelphia-st
Louis 3. Philadelphia 8; At Washing
ton-Detroit 1, Washington s; at Bos-
ton Cleveland Z. Boston o.
Association: At Toledo-Milwaukee
1S. Toledo 5: at Indianapolis--Mln
neapolis 0. indianapolis 4 at Columbus
Kansas City 3. Columbus 3-ssven
innings. rain; at Louisville st. Paul
~. Louisville 4
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
TAiN{ HUNDRED NOW
Put Down - the Number of Lives
That Were Lost at Hepp.
ner, Ore.
NAY BE TWO HUNDRED MORE DEAD
One Hundred and Fifty Have Been
Buried Of the Victims.
Property Loss Figured as - 900. 900
List OF some of she Buried
lnctdents OF the Deluge.

Heppner, Ore, June H.-Estimates
OF the loss OF life by Sunday nights
food differ widely. but the number Of
dead is certain to reach 800. and II
may be swelled to 500 when all are
accounted for. One hundred and fifty
bodies have been buried at this writ
Ing, and II Is known that fifty are
missing. Still others who were stran-
ge:s in thc town are supposed to be
among the lost. People are coming here
from all directions i'm wagons and on
horseback and the work OF recovering
bodies and burying the dead is pro-
ceeding as fast as possible. The prop
erty loss will aggregate probably
million dollars. This is regarded as a
conservative estimate. One hund. ed
and fifty of the best residences were
swept from the earth. The debris Is
piled along the railroad track to the
height of freight cars. The relief work
as progressing at satisfactory pace.
Oiu IN DOes norolC WOfk
Among the incidents of the catas-
trophe was the saving of three lives
by Julius Keitley. 30 yea old, who
rode one mile and half on the roofs
of houses and pulled in three people
from the flood. James Herman, the o.
X. and N. agent, met his death at the
telegraph key trying to raise Portland
to inform the outside world of the inn
pending calamity. His little daughter
Katie. who was saved by remaining in
the station house, said her father and
mother were lost in the whirl Of the
mad wate:s. Katie stood by while
her father was calling the Portland Of
fee, when the food swept In the lower
floor and curled around him. Mrs
Herman rushed out of the house and
started for high point of ground.
Herman bravely sought to save bis
wife and both were lost.
Tom shutters Thrilling Adventures.
One of the most thrilling adventures
was that of Tom Shutter, who. with his
family, was carried down stream in his
house for a mile and half. His wife
and two children stepped into the up
per rooms. Below town the house
was shot across the creek to the west
side. where it lodged in debris 80
yards from the canon bank. Shutter
then took his two little ones on his
shoulder and swan 200 yards in the
boiling torrent. He landed the chill
dren and then struck out to the house
for his wife and rescued her.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
DID IT WITH COAL OIL
Another Illustration of the Fatal Certain
~ in Pouring Kerosene Into .
Lighted Stove.

Milwaukee, June 15.-An explosion
caused by pouring kerosene in light
ed stove at the store and residence OF
John Brozokowski. ia Mitchell street,
resulted in the death of two persons,
and other casualties.
The dead are: Annie BroZokowSki,
aged 10, and Tony Drozokowski, aged
2. Seriously injured Miss Gusta
Wolf, 20 years, left side and leg
burned. Other injured-John Brozo
kowski (shoemaker), Mrs. Annie Brozo-
kowski, Lena Prozokowski, Nellie
B: ozokowski( years., John Brozokow-
ski 40 years., and Martha BrozokOw-
skie III years.. All the injured with
probably one exception, Miss Wolf, will
recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Many Whole Families on tn, Roll; Also.
the Guests Of Hotel

Many Whole Families on tho Roll; Also,
the Guests Of . Hotel.
Following is a list Of the identified
bodies: -Krug and family. Thos.
Howard and family, James Jones and
family, Dr. McSwards, family Of G.
A. Rhea, Mrs. Carr's family, Mrs. Chas.
Andrews and children, Mrs. Robert
Baird and children. Wells, ST., and
family, James Matlock, Thomas Mat
locks family. DR.. Higg's children. Miss
Elliott, Miss Elder, William Cohen and
family, Mr.. Geiger. w. NJ. Walton and
family. Herbert Barthelomew's fami-
ly, John Meyers, George Noble and
family, Robert Kinds and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Dawson, occupants OF Hepp-
ner hotel, several Cinnamon, Mrs.
Charles Curtis, George Tinsley and his
wife and child, III. A. Boyd's family,
Mrs. W. III. Berg. Chris NJ Ashbaugh,
Carl Jones and family. George Sward-
ard, John NJ. Herman agent of the O.
r. and NJ and wife. G. +. Maitfield
and family, Bert Cabots and family,
Ben Patterson and family, H. G. Ger
zer and family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA THURSDAY JUNE l8, 1908

tors and supplies started for the scene
from this city. The citize-s of Port
land sta ted relief fund as soon as
the news Of the disaster spread ove-
the city. and within a few hours S5,-
600 was raised Supplies will be
rushed to Heppner as soon as they
can be assembled
Fifteen buildings in the town of Lex
ington, nine miles below Heppner on
Willow creek. were washed away. but
with no loss Of life, the Inhabitants
having time to save themselves from
the surging torrent. At lone. seven
teen miles away, a considerable dam
age was done to buildings. though no
loss Of life il reported from there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
Internal Machine Sent TO a woman.

Brazil, Ind, June 1I.-Mrs. NJ. E.
Neese, a widow. narrowly escaped
death from an internal machine which
exploded in her arms Mrs Neese no.
ticed queer shaped box lying on her
front porch with string attached to
it. When she raised ii by the string
the machine exploded. severely burn
ing her arms and chest and rendering
her unconscious for some time. The
police announce that arrests will be
made soon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

offered %, 900 II He Would Testify In Fa-
v0r Of Jett


When 1t did become known he was
first prisoner in his home and then
he fed the county until he could have
the protection of troops. His house
had been under the guard of a detail
OF soldiers for several weeks, and as
a more stringent precaution against
assassination he slept I'm camp at the
provost marshaPs headquarters.
Several days ago party visited him
at his home and made him a propo-
sition that II he would repudiate what
he had related on the witness stand,
saying that he testified to what was
not true because of the excitement
which he was under, he would be
given $1,000 by certain prominent
citizen, and that If he did not accept
this offer he would be assassinated
He encouraged his visitor to re-
turn in the afternoon, and stationed
two witnesses In a closet who over
heard a repetition Of the proposition
and the threat, which was accom-
panied by the tender of five $1,000
notes. No one has doubted that Even
was In actual danger, but few were
prepared for step as desperate as
that which came In the burning Of his
property, and it is generally believed
that the incendiary fire was due to
the statement made to State Inspector
Hines about the attempted bribery, as
well as Ewen's testimony.
The prosecution In the case Of Cur
tbs Jet and Thomas White has rest
ed and the defense secured a con-
tinuance until today on account Of
the absence of witnesses. AS the state
occupied only little over two days
in its testimony 1t is thought that the
case will go to the jury next Wednes-
day. The prosecution was compelled
to close without the attendance of ma
terial witness, because some witnesses
have fed and others are IN hiding.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Shelbyville, Ind, June 15.-Dougias
Morris, circuit judge, has issued tenn
porary restraining order against TWEEN
ty members of the labor unions Of
this city on the complaint Of Charles
e. Karmire, of the Shelbyville desk
factory, restraining them from going
upon the premises, doing injury to the
property or in any way interfering
with the employees.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Marion, Ind, June 15.-James Bu-
raker, aged IS. and his little grandson,
Charles Buraker. were killed by
Pennsylvania switch engine at Sweet
zer, six miles southwest of here, on
the Pennsylvania railroad They were
crossing the track when the switch en-
CINE struck them. The old man was
killed instantly and the little boy died
an hour later.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

New York, June 10. - Safe and
sound, after rough passage from
Geurock, Scotland, of sixteen days and
twenty-five hours, Sir Thomas Lipton's
latest challenger for the Americas cup,
the Shamrock III, is now lying at
anchor of Tompkinsville, Staten ISL
and, where she arrived in company
with the others Of Lipton's fleet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
LOCALITY OF TIE cArAoLYsM
Descriptions of the Valley That Was Swep
with Such Deadly vigor.

Descriptions of the Valley That Was swept
with Such Deadly vigor.
Heppner is the center of a large
farming and stock growing country.
The town Is built on the banks of the
Willow creek, in the neighborhood Of
the converging point of four other
mountain streams that drain a large
area Of rolling and billy country that
reaches from three to twenty miles to
the foothills. and along the course of
Willow creek itself for a distance Of
twenty-five miles to the baseo Of the Blue
mountains. To the east and west of
the town, running southwest and south
east. respectively, until they empty
into Willow creek, are two deep
gulches which run back some three
miles along the foothills as they mar
row to form the valley In which the
town is located
Flowing almost directly south to the
Willow creek, and joining II q half
mile or 50 above the town, is Balm
creek, which drains in It's course to
the foothills for a distance Of fifteen
miles a wide region Of hilly country.
Next comes the main water course,
Willow creek. with an area Of drain
age that extends northeast for a dis
tance Of twenty-five miles. to the Pine
mountains. Farther east four miles
is Hinton creek, that runs practically
parallel with Willow creek for a dis
tance Of twenty miles, having its rise
IN the foothills, and entering into the
most easterly gulch few miles south
Of Heppner.
All this drainage was precipitated
upon Heppner at once By sudden
and furious rain that prevailed in the
hills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
Is A PSYCHOLOGICAL WONDER
Sometimes Continues His Discourse
for Three Hours.


Nashville, Ind, June ia psyche
logical wonder in the person Of Rev.
John Cauffman has appeared in Ham
bien township, this county. Cauffman
is an Amish preacher and he halls
from Elkhart county. The remarka-
BILE thing about him is. that he osn-
not preach unless he is sound asleep.
Cauffman goes to the church at
O'Clock in the afternoon and there,
upon a cot, he will lie in a sound
slumber until o'clock, when he arises
and enters the pulpit. the congregation
meanwhile having filed the church.
Then he delivers a sermon, expound-
ing the Scripture in wellchosen words
and, to the edification and wonder of
his hearers, often continuing his dis
course for two and half end even
three hours. He uses both the Eng
lish and German language in his
preaching.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Greentown, Ind, June 15.-The 10.
cal plant of the National Glass COM
pany was destroyed by fire. While Su-
perintendent Barris was mixing ma
terial for the furnaces bag of nitrate
Of soda exploded. setting fire to the
building. The loss is estimated at $780,
600, with insurance Of $4,000. The
citizens of Greentown had just given
the company a bonus OF $1,000 to en-
large the works. 1t is not known
whether the factory will be rebuilt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
Upton to Keep A-Comine.

London, June 16.-Entertained by a
number Of distinguished men at
send-off dinner at the Savoy hotel. Sir
Thomas Upton said a hundred pro-
verbal reasons BODIED success for HIS
third attempt to capture the Americas
cup. But If, unfortunately, he failed
he would be. found at the starting
line year hence with Shamrock
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
REVENGE ON
Firebug Gets Even with a Man
Who Told Who It was That
Murdered Marcu:n.
HCTEL OWNED BY EVEN Is BURHEr
State or Things Appears to Exist II
Old Kentucky-Also . State
OF Terror.

Louisville, June 1.-THE city hote
at Jackson, KY, threestory builds
ing owned by Captain b. ]. Even.
the principal witness against Jett and
White, now on trial there for the as
sassination Of Lawyer ]. B. Marcum,
has been burned to the ground. There
were fifteen guests in the hotel, but all
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

escaped without injury. There was nc
insurance on the structure. and the
hotel, together with its furnishings and
the effects Of the guests, Is a total
loss. The origin of the fire Is un-
known, bLi the belief is general that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
Significance of the Fire.
Jackson, Ky, June 15.-The burning
Of Ewen's hotel is not only considered
incendiary, but also >as accessory to
the other acts Of intimidation in con-
nection with the pending trial of those
accused Of the murder of ]. B. Mar
cum. 1t has been openly predicted tha.
there would be the flashing of incen-
diary warnings; that arson would &C
along with assassination as disciplin-
ary measures might be needed in
Breathitt county. 1t is now stated that
other witnesses for the commonwealth
were not property owners, t3t .ha:
the jurors, who are farmers, and wit
nesses who could not be found when
detachments of troops were trying tc
bring them into court, are property
owners.
Looked Upon rs . Warning.
The burning of Ewens' property has
not only caused renewed fear for both
life and property, but also increased
the general doubt of conviction in eth
er of the pending cases. Captain B. J..
Even was the chief witness for the
prosecution in the pending trials Of
Curtis Jett and Tom White. Even is
the deputy sheriff who testified that
he saw Jet as he advanced with pis-
tol in hand to fire the last shot into
Marcum's prcstrate body as 1t lay in
the court house doorway. Through
fears for his own safety he testified
that he did not dare to allow Sheriff
Callahan and County Judge Hargis to
know what he had seen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Richmond, Ind. June 17.-GroveIIe
Bundy, patrolman, has been held to
the circuit court on charge Of shoot
ing with intent to kill. Bundy shot
Charles Moore, aged 18 Sunday. and
Moore is dead. The officer snot at the
boy because he was evading arrest by
running away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

indianapolis, June IL. = The tele-
phone inemen here are on a strike and
the company is employing non-union
men. Three strikers attacked George
Fl. Deane, a non-union man, and in
the trouble followed Deane drew a re-
volver and began firing. A. c. Havens,
a striker, was struck by bullet In
the right shoulder. Deane was ar
rested
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Chicago. June 16.--Billy Stiff. Of
Chicago, and Charley Burns, Of Cincin-
natl, fought four rounds In private on
a wager that Stiff could not put Burns
out in four rounds. Stiff had all the
better of the fight, and knocked Burns
down number of times. but Burns
lasted the four rounds by clinching.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Washington, Ind, June II. - The
home of John Stiles, a fa: :mer near
here, burned to the ground, and the
inmates narrowly escaped with their
lives. The house was burning fiereely
when neighbors broke down the door
and awakened the inmates. who fed
in their night clothes. Loss, $500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Vincennes, Ind, June 17.-Charles
Roberts and Charles Jerome. the two
alleged swindlers whose ope atious
here gained much notoriety for them.
forfeited $1,000 more to the state by
failing to appear and show cause why
they should not be taken to Kentucky
on requisition honored by Governor
Durbin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Springfield. ILL.,. June 16.-It Is ex-
pected here that the election Of Guy C.
Scott, Of Aledo. to the bench Of the IL
linois supreme court I'm the Fourth ju-
dicial district Will be contested. On the
face Of the returns. as made to Secre-
tary of State Rose, Scott was elected
by q majority of 45 votes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Washington, June 15.-Disregard Of
civil service rules in the Washington
postoff1ce is charged by Chairman
Proctor, Of the civil service commits
sion, In a report filed with Postmaster
General Payne In compliance with the
latters' request for a statement from
the commission concerning such viola-
tfona
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
FrightfuI Fate Sweeps Down on
Town of 1000 People
in Oregon.
TORRENT BURsrs OVER THE PLACE
HoryI AHp QUESTS 60 DOWN
WAols Familses Are Numerous In the
Death Roll-Wsu of water Twen-
u ROse High Rushes Over
the VIZ iley.

Portland, Ore. June 1o.-The most
appalling disaster in the history Of this
state occurred about p. M. when the
town Of Heppner was almost entirely
destroyed by flood. Heppner is the
county seat of Morrow county, and
has about 100 inhabitants.- The most
reliable reports at this writing state
that the loss of life at Heppner will
be at least 500, though the number Of
dead probably is larger. All the tel
egraph and telephone lines are down,
and no accurate information can be Sc
cured. A report from Iona. seventeen
miles from Heppner, states that 300
bodies have been recovered.
Wall of Water Twenty Feet High.
A messenger who arrived at Iona
states that wall of water twenty feet
which Heppner is situated and carried
everything before it. The flood came
with such suddenness that the inhab-
itants were unable to seek places Of
safety and were carried down to death
by the awful rush Of water. Almost the
entire residence portion of the town
was wiped out, but some Of the busi-
ness part, which is On higher ground,
escaped. Huge boulders weighing ton
were carried down by the current and
many people killed by being dashed
against the rocky bluff.
Two Hundred Bodies Recovered.
Early in the afternoon a thunder
storm occurred, covering a wide region
OF coustry. and later heavy rain
storm set I'm, many of the small
streams oyerfiowfng their banks In q
very short time. Bridges were swept
away like straws, and the darkness of
night soon made the situation more
appalling. AS soon as possible after
the terrible flood subsided the work of
relief was commenced by the citizens
Of the town. Dozens of bodies were
found lodged along the bends of the
stream, and n several places they
were piled over one another. Twenty
hours after the food 200 bodies had
been recovered almost within the city
limits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

ST. Petersburg, June 15.-The Rus
sian newspapers declare that the muir
derers of the Seryian monarchs ought
to be tried as criminals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

New York. June 1.-THE steamer
Saratoga. from Colon. brought the
body OF J. G. Ingersoll. late United
States consu; at Cartagena. Colombia,
who died Of malaria and dysentery
while on bis way home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Milwaukee, June 15.-The jubilee
celebration of the TSfnvereign Of Mill
waukee closed with mammoth picnic
at Schlitz park, In which many socie-
ties from out of town participated.
The festivities included parade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

New Lisbon, Wis, June 15.-The en-
tire business port ton of the town VI
Hustler, a village five miles west of
here on the Omaha railroad, was de-
stroyed by fire. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, partly insured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18
Cixil war I'm Africa Ended.

Tripoli, June 16.-The civil war In
Wadai is ended. Dudmorra has been
proclaimed sultan.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Washington, June e15.-Alvord Cooley.
Of Westchester, N. T.. has been ap-
pointed civil service commissioner by
President Roosevelt, to succeed James
r. Garfield, appointed commissioner Of
corporations
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-18

Anderson. Ind. June 17.-Local ar
rangements are complete for the state
convention OF the Eagles. which will
be held here tomorrow and Friday.