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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
RUSSIA AND THE coNFEDERACY
st. Petersburg Editor Recalls q Story of
the Civil War.

the C1vll war.
st. Petersburg. April 9.-The Novoe
Vremya prints prominently an article
from a United States newspaper de-
scribing an interview between Emper-
or Alexander III and Wharton Barker
(the Philadelphia fnancier, formerly
financial agent of the Russian govern
ment in the United States, on the Oc-
casion of the review OF the Russian
feet at CrOnstadt in 1879. during
which the emperor told Barker of his
determination to consider Great Brit
ian's recognition of the Confederacy
as a casus belli. and for that reasch
sent the Russian fleets to New York
and San Francisco.
The Noyoe Vremya remarks: Rus
sta has not forgotten how to honor the
9a-- -->s::Ss1 IN 1868 by Russian squad
rons at New York and San Francisco.
The Americans who were at Cronstadt
that day know how to appreciate the
Russians friendship for America dur
ing the civil war"
The Novosti approves of the govern
ment's policy, but foresees that more
important measures are necessary to
provide for the war expenditure.
st. Petersburg, April 9.-The yos-
toony Vestiks' Hardin correspondent
says everything shows that on account
of unprepardness it has been decided
to operate on the defensive. 1t is be-
iieved that theJapanese will never pass
Mukden. In anticipation of the cut
ting of the railroad, the correspondent
says, families south of Mukden have
been ordered north
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
NEWS is NOT NEW INFORMATION
Censorship at the Front Is Very Active
and Nothing Gets Away.

Censorship at the Front Is Very Active
and Nothing Gets Away.
London, April 8. = The brief dis
patches from the seat of war in the
Far East appearing in the London
newspapers during the last few days
have all been of a curiOusly stereo-
typed character. indicating that an ac-
tive censorship is prevailing there and
adding nothing to the information con-
tanned in the dispatches of the Asso-
ciated Press. This applies particular
ly to points under Japanese control,
but from the Russian side also it is
evident care is being exercised to pre-
vent the news of operations leaking
out.
The Japanese fleet continues cruis-
ing not far distant from Port Arthur.
The Standards Chefoo correspondent
announces that steamer which ar
river there yesterday sighted japanese
warships off Wei-Hai-Wei. The CORE
spondent at Seoul of The Daily Tele-
graph cables that correspondent at
Gensan has telegraphed informing him
that it took him six days TO travel
! 1S3 miles from Seoul to Gensan, ow-
ing to the state of the roads.
A dispatch from Seoul says that q
United Statesan missionary, who has
just returned from northern Korea re-
ports having seen feet of forty
transports; some OF which were very
large, off Haiju, fifty miles north OF
Chemulpo. 1t is supposed that the
transports are carrying a part Of the
second japanese army, the first three
divisions of which are said to be de-
stined to land at Yongampho."
A St Petersburg dispatch says
''Three of the japanese fireships sunk
in attempts to block the harbor have
been raised and towed into the harboi
at Port Arthur, where they are he
ing armed withrapid-fire guns for serv
ice against the enemy"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
STRIKING DISTANCE
Marakof and the Japs, with Their
Squadrons, May Have Had
Fight.
RUSSIAN SAILS OUT CT PORT
With Togo Signaled in the Offing-
Gar Buying Warships and Mi
kado Looking for More
Soldiers.

Paris, April 9.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris says
that Admiral Makaroff went out from
Port Arthur this morning, Japanese
squadron having been signaled as in
the offing. 1t is rumored, the CORE
spondent says, that sea fight took
place, but nothing concerning it is Of
ficiaily known.
Japs Covering Landing Scheme.
London, April "a correspondent
of The Times at Wei Hal Wei, cabling
under yesterdays date, says: THE re-
suit of a weeks cruise leads me to be-
heve that the japanese fleet is engaged
in covering arrangements for a new
landing of the troops recently mobil-
lied. A close blockade Of Port Arthur
is not maintained, presumably because
of information regarding the state of
the channel. Certainly up to the pres
ent no Japanese transports have en-
tered the gulf of Pc Chi Li."N
Russia Seeks New warships.
Paris, April 9.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says that a French agent is negotiat-
ing for the sale of Argentine warships
to Russia, which is determined to have
a superiority over the japanese feet by
the end of July.
Japan Looking for Fighting Men.
Vancouver, b. c., April 9--Japan is
seeking Canadian South African veter-
ans for service in the war with Russia.
Secret service agents are approaching
men in various towns purportlng to Of
fer positions to Canadians in a Japan
csc corps Those who have served in
South Africa are preferred, but any
stalwart Canadian, it is said, will be
accepted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

when you buy cough medicine Tor
email children you want one in which
you can plsce implicit confidence. You
want one that not only relieves bnt
cures. You want one that is inquest
ionably harmless. You want one that
is pleasant to take. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy meets all these condi-
tions. There is nothing 30 good for the
coughs aud colds incident to childhood.
1t il also certain preventive and cure
for Group and there is no danger what
ever from whooping cough when It lie
given, It has been used In many cpl
denies of that disease with perfect sue
cess. For sale by all druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
Senate. and House IN Brief

Washington, April s. = The senate
listened to eulogies of the late Senator
Hanna. The galleries were well filled
and the speakers were given close at
tention. Those who spoke were: For
aker, Scott, Cockrell, Platt of Connect
cut. Cullom. Blackburn, Elkins, Fair
banks. Daniel, Perkins, Depew, Bever-
idge. Dolliver, Kearns and Dick.
The Swayne impeachment proceed
ing, which has been looked upon as
the only possible block to an early
adjournment of congress, has been
made special order in the house for
Dec. Is next. The bill extending the
coastwise laws to the Philippines was
pending at adjournment
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
Inundation Was Their Death.
TRAVELS OF A HANDKERCHIEF
Been Sent from One Member of Family
to Another for Many
Years.

Newcastle, Ind. April S.-A silk
handkerchief that has travelled thou
sands of miles is now in the possession
Of Harry T. Coffin, a local business
nan. 1t is known as the Coffin 'Ker-
chief" Years ago piece of cloth
came into the hands of member of
the family. and since then it has, in a
spirit of fun, been sent from one mem
Der to another. 1t has just reached
here from Coffin in Omaha, and in its
travels in tie last ten years has been
to the Philippines, Porto Rico and
many points in the United States.
It.was here last sumner at the reun-
ion of the Coffin family, and was hid
den among the effect of New York
er, who, when he found ii, started the
handkerchief on its way again. 1t will
be kept going as long as. there are Cot
fins to send it to, and it is now regard
ed as a valuable relic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

A bill has passed the house to pre-
vent the unlawful wearing Of the badge
of the G.. A. R. in the District of Co
lumbia.
The senate has confirmed the NOM
nation of George 3. Anderson, of ILL
nois, to be consul at Hang Chow,
China.
A farmer at Millville, Pa, has had
his wife arrested for cruelty because
she insisted upon playing "Hiawatha''
on a photograph against his protests.
Ex-Queen isabella Of Spain is suf-
fering from a severe attack of influ-
enza. at Paris.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
ACTION BY MORMONS
President Smith Makes a Pro
nouncement with Reference
to Unlawful Marriages.
INDORSED BY THE CONFERENCE
Declaring No Plural Marriages Have
Been Sanctioned Since 1890,
and Forbidding Them.

Salt Lake City, April IA notable
feature of the closing session of the
seventy-fourth annual conference OF
the Mormon church. just held in this
city, was the official declaration by
President Joseph +. Smith on the sub
ject CT polygamy. The statement fol-
lows:
No Illegal Marriages Sanctioned.
"Inasmuch as there are numerous
reports in circulation that plural mar
riages have been entered into con-
trary to the official declaration of Pres
ident Woodruff of Sept. Goth, 1890,
commonly called the manifesto, which
was issued by President Woodruff, and
adopted by the church at it's general
conference Oct. 6. 1890, which forbids
any marriage violative of the law of
tie land, l, Joseph f. Smith, presi-
dent Of the Church of Jesus Christ
Of Latter Day Saints, hereby affirm
and declare that no such marriages
have been solemnized with the sane
ton, consent or knowledge Of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints; and.
Declares Plural Marriages Prohibited.
II hereby announce that all such
marriages are prohibited, and if any
officer or member of the church shall
assume to solemnize or enter into any
such marriage he will be deemed in
transgression against the church and
will be liable to be dealt with accord
ing to the rules and regulations there
of and communicated therefrom.
JOSEPH f. SMITH.
president of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints"
Endorsed by the Conferences.
This statement received the full in
Gorsement of the church members as
sembled. who unanimously adopted
the following resolution, introduced by
Apostle Francis NJ. Lyman:
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints. in general conference as
sembled. hereby approve and indorse
the statement and declaration of Pres
ident Joseph +. Smith. just made to
this conference. concerning plural mar
riages. and will support the courts of
the church in the enforcement there
Of"
Forgotten Prophet Remembered.
A committee was authorized to take
steps toward the erection of a suitable
building as monument to the memory
Of the prophet, Joseph Smith. Al
though Utah abounds with memorials
o, Brigham Young there is at present
not a single monument or building in
honor of the founder = the church.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
Serious stomach Trouble Cured.

stomach, sour stomach and vomiting
spells. and can truthfuily say that
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets cured me.-Mrs. T. V. Williams,
Lainsburg. Mich. These tablets are
guaranteed to cure every CAGE of stom-
ach trouble Of this character. For sale
bv all druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
EE4..si OK THE TRUST TRAIL
Wants Some Evidence Supplied Congress
Against a Coal Monopoly.

Washing ton. April 8. = Hearst Of
New York has i,-troduced a resolution
calling on the attorney general to fur
nish congress certain evidence offered
by "a citizen OF New York in Octo-
Der, 1902, showing a conspiracy in re-
straint of interstate trade among the
anthracite coal railroads"
The prea mble of the resolution re-
cities that the monopoly complained
of has resulted in increasing the price
of coal 40 per cent and that this ag-
gregates a tax Of $5O,OO0,000 q year
ON the consumers Of coal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Santa Fe, N. NJ, April AT the
congress of the Pueblo Indians Of the
territory, held here, the recent de-
cisions of the territorial supreme court
declaring the Pueblos citizens and their
lands subject to taxation, was dis
cussed at length. A unanimous pro-
test against the decision was sent to
President Roosevelt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

81 have been subject to sciatic rheu-
matism for years." says E. II. Waldron,
of Wilton Junction. Iowa. my joints
were stiff and gave me much paiu and
discomfort. My joints would crack when
/ Strengthened up. used Chamberlain's
Pain Balm and have been thoroughly
cured. Have not had pain or ache from
the old trouble for many months. 1t is
certainly most wonderful liniment."
Nor sale by all druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
The bubonic plague is decreasing

The bubonic plague is decreasing
I'm Peru.
Smith Lafayette Russell, a retired
New York city business man, has en-
lowed the Duane NJ e. church in that
city with $4,000.
Charles G. Bennett, alias s. Francis
Jones, has been arrested at Detroit for
using the mails to defraud.
Lutheran clergymen of the middle
west are holding conference at De-
troit.
The United States canal commission
has arrived 1T Colon, Panama, and
1een enthusiastically received.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Evansville, Ind. April THE wat
er in the flooded districts of southern
Indiana continues to recede. One more
name has been added to the list Of
drowned in this flood. Henry Sievers
aged ID, fell from load Of wood while
driving through the back water in
Knox county a the wagon passing
over his body held him in the water
until he was drowned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Four wealthy Chinese boys sent to
Vancouver, B. c., from China under
the auspices Of the Chinese Reform
association, have been drowned.
A branch of the United States Naval
League IL about to be established at
Paris.
At meetings at New York of the
structural steel and steel plate pools
present prices were reafirmed.
There has been no change in the
railroad laborers' strike situation in
Panama. The strike is still on and
shipments tied up.
Colonel Thomas Marshall Green, on6
OF the most widely known historians
In the south, Is dead at Danyille. Ky. &
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
JAP IS lowering NEAR
His Warships Seen off Port Ar
thur by the Russians Since
Wednesday.
REPORTS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS
Great Fleet of Japanese Transports
Sighted Russia Calls for More
Soldiers-Censor Is Busy.

st Petersburg, April S.-The admir-
atty has received information that
japanese squadron has been cruising
OF Port Arthur since Wednesday.
Seoul, Korea, April S.-Telegrams
have been received here saying that
the Russians are occupying six of the
largest border towns on the Tumen
river in northeastern Korea. A Korean
project has sent in q report that the
Russians and Chinese who were at
Yongampho, Korea, have withdrawn
to Antung, across the Yalu river. The
Japanese authorities have no confirma-
ton of a reported engagement be-
tween Russians and Japanese at xvi
Sung.
Russia Wants More Men.
Paris, April S.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of The Petit Parisien ca
bles the following: "a colonel of the
general staff has informed me that a
general mobilization is in course of
preparation. In view of complications
which may ensue the police have been
instructed to prepare lists of all uni
versity graduates under 40 years old
capable of serving as reserve officers.
A portion of the reserves will be told
off to guard the trans-SiLeria railroad.
The decree ordering the mobilization
will be published shortly
We Prod the Bear Again.
st. Petersburg, April s. = Through
the United States government Russia
has again been requested by Japan to
allow the Japanese refugees on SAX
halin island to be transported to Jap
an. The foreign Office has already re-
turned a favorable response to this re-
quest, but the delay in the completion
of arrangements is due to the neces-
sity of consulting the military authori-
ties of the island. The United States
government probably will send neu-
trail ship to take the refugees off the
island
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Princeton, Ind, April T. y Frank
Reed and Oscar Cox, two lumbermen
who occupied small cabin in the bot
tom lands near this city, are believed
to have persisted in the flood Of last
week. They refused to abandon their
cabin when warned Of the high wat
ers. and have not been seen since for
more than q week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
SOME LONDON WAR NEWS



London. April 9.-There is no real
war news. A st. Petersburg special
seems to have gotten behind the inner
consciousness of the mikaGo, and =
by telepa!hy, perhaps = is enabled
to tell what the Japs are going to do
next, which the special says is to make
a supreme effort to bottle up the Rus
slams at Pert Arthur by firing twenty
five ''fire-ships'' at the harbor at once
in the hope that some of them will
stick in the right place.
Then there is rumor at Paris that
the Russians have been defeated on
the Yalu with heavy loss. This is con-
frmed from nowhere at this writing
a dozen hours or more since its publica-
ton Another correspondent has discov-
cred that the Russians will be ready to
take the offensive about next Friday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

indianapolis, April s. James L.
Reach, recognized leader of the
Cleveland Democracy of the state, and
chairman of the Democratic city COM
mittee, has declared in favor of Judge
Parker for the presidential nominee.
Reach had charge of the gold Demo
cratic organization in 1896, but is I'M
derstood to have voted for Bryan in
1900. His following will undoubtedly
line up strong for Parker.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Terre Haute, Ind, April S.-StrOther
Pierson has been nominated by the
Prohibitionists for mayor of the city.
Pierson was formerly proprietor Of a
saloon which gave the police much
trouble. Finally Pierson killed man
in the place, was tried for murder,
pleaded self-defense and was acquit-
ted. The saloon ceased to exist aft
err the fatality. Following the trial
Pierson joined the Prohibition ranks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
TWO IOWA BANKS FAIL
Owner of Them Says They Will Pay All Of
Their Direct Liabilities
in Full.

Marshalltown, Ia, April THE Elk
change bank, of Dow City, and the
Bank of Buck Grove, Crawford coun-
ty, have failed with reported total liza
bilities of half million dollars and
assets Of only $50, 900. Both are owned
by H. S. Greene, OF Dow City.
Greene says the assets are between
$4,000 and 100000 greater than the
direct liabilities, and depositors will be
paid in full. He says the direct liza
bilities aggregate only 100000. Specu-
lation in western cattle. is the cause
Of the failure. n. Wilder, of Dow City,
has been appointed receiver of the two
banks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
BLOCK COAL MEN OUT
Beginning Next Monday They
Strike to Force the Holsters
into the u. M. w.
SOFT COAL MEN WON'T WORK
Unit. an Agreement Is Signed with the
Operators-Story of Hand.
kerchiefcNOteS.

Brazil, Ind, April S. President
Houston. of the United Mine Workers
of district eight. has issued notice to
the operators of the black coal field
that all miners would cease work on
Monday, April IL. This general strike
was ordered by President Houston be-
cause the engineers had refused to join
the miners organization.
L. NJ. w. OmciaIs at Work.
Terre Haute, Ind. April 8. - The
officials of the Indiana miners organ
izations addressed mass meetings Of
miners in the fields where the men are
refusing to work until the scale is
signed. The action of the operators
in declining to proceed with the con-
ference so long as the men refused to
work, is intended to have the effect of
stimulating the sentiment for good
faith with the employers.
Effect of the Agreement.
The indianapolis agreement did not
bind the men to work only so far as
the miners representatives pledged
their effort to have the men continue
at work, but it is desired that the
lesson be taught at this time that it is
best for both sides to comply in good
faith with implied agreements.
Miners Refuse to Go to Work.
Linton, Ind, April S.-The miners
Of hn int xv;. %
ing voted not to return to work until
an agreement is reached and the scale
signed by the miners and operators
More than 1900 miners attended the
meeting which was addressed by Ma
tional Board Member William Blake
ley. At night the miners ordered their
delegates to return from the joint con-
ference at Terre Haute. This action
ties up the Linton field. Three of the
local mines are suspended as q result
of the recent flood and the remaining
mines will be idle as result of the
action.
Inundation Was Their Death.
Evansville. Ind, April 8. The
backwater food still affiicts the people
at Glass Ridge. in the Wabash bot
toms near Vincennes, and the funerals
of three persons whose deaths are in
directly due to the flood had to be
conducted in skiffs The dead are
Ethel Christy, May Butler and Chas.
Prince, the latter a prominent farm
er They were ffiicted with the measles
and pneumonia, and the water in their
homes caused relapses, resulting ia
tally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Manchester, N. H., April 7.-Bish-
op Charles H. Fowler, d. D., OF Buff
falo, declined to administer the sacra-
ment of the Lords supper at the open
ing session of the New Hampshire
Methodist Episcopal conferente here
because individual communion cups
had been furnished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
Low Fares To California via PennyIs-
vania Lines.

April 22d to 30th, inclusive, excur-
sion tickets to Los Angeles, account
General Conference Methodist Episcc-
pal Church, and to Sau francisco, ac-
count National Association of Retail
Grocers OF United States, will be sold
via Pennsylvania Lines. For partic-
uIars regarding fares. time of trains,
etc., consult nearest ticket agent OF
Pennsy lyania Lines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Greencastle. Ind. April 8. = Twelve
head of finely bred Shorthorn cat
tie were killed in bunch on the Big
Four railroad near here. They were
struck by the Knickerbocker express
in curve. bat the speed of the train
was so great that it was not injured
in any way by the terric impact. The
cattle belonged to Alex Lockridge's
herd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14

Seattle, Wash, April 7.-Counterfeit
half and quarter dollar are being man.
ufactured in China and then
shipped though Seattle into the United
States. The imitation is very nearly
perfect. The coin is Of the standard
degree of fineness, but it is short
weight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-14
Worlds Fair Excursions.

Coach day excursion to s.. Louis
Worlds Fair good for days S6.75,
round trip. Two days in each week.
First one May 18th, second on
Thursday May 10th. ard one each
Tuesday and Thursday following, to
and including June Both.
w. +. SMITH
Agent Vandalia Lire