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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
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that. If such physical objection dfd
not exist. whites could not be attracted
to the South to compete with tRe
blacks. A partial answer can be made
to your question if you will visit THE
big Swedish settlement in Alabama
where that sturdy ace has colonized
vast stretches of land with splendid
success and are raising fruit and gar
den Euck and grain. All these large
tracts of sugar cane and cassava, corn
and potatoes raised here this year were
planted and taken care of by North
ern people. 1 superintendent the con
struction of a number of houses dur
ing the past summer and with the help
OF my sons cleared up several acres Of
land with my own hands. Let me tell
you there is no doctor within fifteen
miles of Gateswood and we never need
one. We have the magic balsam Of
the pine and an atmosphere tempered
by the ocean which guarantees perfect
sweeps of grassy acres will pasture
thousands of sheep and cattle. Here
will be the garden spot Of the world.
Here We have neither grip nor bron-
chial diseases. We are out of the
white plague" belt, though, l know
as the value of these highlands become
known, the weaklunged people will
come from the north. We have a
good school and every religious de-
domination will soon have its own
way line that connects with the l.. &
N. R. R.. the greatest railway system
OF the south. We have no winter at
oil, nothing except q few days Of frost,
while billiards are unknown and our
summers are never so warm as you
have them in the North. When you
consider THAT the soil is productive
and yields abundantly of grain and
nearly everything that you raise in
the North; that we are in the fruit and
melon belt; that disease is unknown
among hogs, sheep and cattle; and
when you further consider that three
crops of vegetables can be raised ir
one year. that these things are being
accomplished by white people from the
North, who are happy. prosperous and
contented, It is then | think / have
answered your question most COM
pletely."
II is my observation that Mr. Muir
gives a fairly accurate view Of the
labor problem in the South. | find
that he and his neighbors have
brought their help from Chicago OIL
other points in the North. They are
determined to waste no time on the
race problem. While the South has
put up with the service Of incompe-
ten farm hands, the settler from the
North, finding that everything was to
his W liking as to climate and soil,
brought his own laborers with him.
last year one railway line settled fit.
teen hundred white families while
over v thousand immigrants were
scattered along other lines in the
South.
During the next few months, you
can be sure that there will be such an
immigration into the Gulf Coast as
California never saw in her boom days.
j. NJ. KEENEY, Jr.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
DUEulNG IN AMERICA.
The First Fata Meeting Was Upon
Historic Boston Common.

nc OaS &RO9
Historic Boston Common.
The first fatal duel fought in wha.
- now the United States was upon
Boston Common. between Benjamin
Woodbridge and Henry Phillips. on the
evening of July 3. 172S. These yorng
men had quarreled over cards at the
Royal Exchange tavern in King street
State street. and under the influ
ence of drink had agreed 10 settle their
differences with swords i'm the public
grounds above named. They met at a
iEttIe after s O'Clock in the evening. and
Woodbridge was mortally wounded
and was found dead the following
morning.
Both were gentlemen OF good social
position. Phillips was Il brother of
Gillian Phillips. who married Marie. the
sister of Peter Faneuii. the builder of
Boston's famous hall. Woodbridge had
not completed his twentieth year. He
WAS a young merchant who had re-
Gently been admitted TO business as q
PARTNER with Jonathan Sewall. one of
The most active merchants Of the place.
Henry Phillips. a young graduate of
the college of Cambridge. was about
four years older than Woodbridge. hav-
ing at the time of this melancholy az
fair completed his t~wcnty-third year
Woo.br.Is. was the son or a gentle
man of some distinction i'm Barbados.
one of the magistrates there. who had
formerly been settled in the ministry
as pastor in Groton. Conn.
The place Of meeting was OF the ris-
ing grounds of the Common. not far
from the great elm. rear where In the
olden time "a powder house stood.
Small swords were used. No one but
themselves participated. Woodbridge
fell MORALLY wounded and died on the
spot before the next morning. Phillips
was slightly wounded and at mid
night. by tlp aid of his brother Gillian
and Peter Faneuil. of famous memory
made his escape to tin. Sheerness. q
British man-of-war then lying In the
harbor. and before the sun of the mex
morning had fully discovered TO inter
Vested friends the miserable result OF
the unfortunate meeting he was or
his way to France. where he died in
less than a year Of grief and u broker
heart-United Service Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

For the Fever to Run Its Course Sick
Room Report a Little More En-
couragfne.

Washington. Feb. 9.-Thc following
bulletin is issued on Senator Hannas
condition: Senator Hanna's temporal
ture at s p. M. was 1O2: his pulse is
80 and regular; respiration, "A. There
has been less ~irritability of the stom-
ach and his general condition remains
good"
Senator Hanna's condition is a little
more encouraging. though the extreme
weakness which has been the worst
feature of his illness continues. He
had a fairly quiet day, and rested q
little better. The physicians say 1t Is
a case of waiting for the disease to
run its course, but that they are hope
full.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
READING IN BED.
A Custom THAI Has Been Followed
by Many Writers.

Johnson told Boswell once in the
course of a conversation, in which he
praised the ANATOMY" that IL man. if
inclined to melancholy. should have a
lamp constantly burning in his bed
chamber during the night land if YAH
fully disturbed take a book and read
and compose himself to rest" There
can be little doubt that in thus indi
eating an appropriate course for any
one afflicted with constitutional mel
ancholy" his own trouble he was
stating his own practice. Many a book
the wakefulN doctor must have turned
over in the silences Of the night. and
this increases the wonder that a desire
to read any particular work should
take him out of bed unusually early.
Gray must surely have been a reader
in bed. A man who wished to be for
ever lying on sofas. reading eternal
new novels OF Crebillon. and Mari
vaux." must have been familiar with
the faces Of his favorites in the night
hours. Elijah Fen.on. q now forgotten
coadjutor OF Pope. was accustomed to
lie abed at his lodgings. we are told.
and be fed withfa spoon. but Gray's
love of ease was not of this type. Gray
was a boOkman. and most bOOkmen
probably have INDUCED in the habit of
reading in bed. Lamb apostrophized
his folios as my midnight darlings,"
but those ".huge armfuls." as he calls
them, were not bedside books. They
were the compa mons OF the long hours
Of c%andlelight in the back room of the
quiet little ''gambogish cOlored" house
beside the Chase at Enfield. Wycher-
ley, q Of the artificial" dramatists
for whom Lamb wrote a quaint de-
Tense, made q habit Of reading himself
to sleep. Nightly he shared his pillow
with his favorite .authors-Seneca,
Montague and ROchefoucauld-and in
the mornings made a practice of writ
ing on those subjects which had caught
his attention during the previous
nights reading. with the curious
though not unnatural result. as Pope
has testified. that his writing was un
consciously . mere echo of his reading.
Somewhat later. when Grub street
1ourished. if so Inappropriate a verb
may be allowed. many a poor wretch
of a hack author was glad to write as
well as to read in bed for the all suffi-
cient reason that seemly clothes were
lacking for going abrOad.-London
Globe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
Two Men for Vice President.
TWO GIRLS DROWNED IN A FLOOD
Boy Has q Terrible Experience. but Is
Saved Whole Family Mar
rowly Escapes.

Petersburg, Ind, Feb. 1.-Two young
girls in q family named Young were
drowned in Il flood e Union, eight
miles west of here. The family. con
sisting of father. mother and four chill
dren, lived in a log hut on the bank
OF Indian creek. The flood was due
to Il storm, and as the waters surround
ed the house the family fed.
The father, mother and a daughter
waded the strong current, and the chill
dren were washed into deep water.
One of them, a boy, was carried
through two culverts and caught on a
stump, from which neighbors rescued
him. A dog belonging to the family
stayed in the hut and was found safe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
Relief II. One Minute.

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
IN one minute. because it kills the NIL
crobe which tickles the mucous mem
brane. causing the cough, and at the
same time clears The phIeem, draws out
the inflammation and heals and soothes
the affected parts. One Minute Cough
Cure Strengthens the lungs. wards Oh
pneumonis and ie q harmless and never
falling cure in all durable cases Of colds.
coughs q d'croup. One Minute Cough
Cure Is pleasant TO take. harmless aud
good slike Tor young and old. Sold by
all druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
MILLIONS IN TuRPENTINE
The High-Prieed Commodity Secured
In New Way and Fortunes
Are In lt.

Professor S. M. Tracy, who is the
government crop expert for west Flor
ida, and having in charge experiment.
al stations on the entire Gulf coast, Is
a northern bred man Of high education
and vast experience because he has
been engaged In mis- chosen profession
in the South for a quarter of a century.
He believes in the Gulf coast as being
the future market basket of the whole
country.
He said in a recent interview: "The
increase in wealth and population of
the South in the past five years, you
will notice by statistics. has outstrip-
ped the West or Southwest. This mar
velous growth is due to the fact that
the people of the North have become
acquainted with The fertility of the
lands in west Florida and south Ala
bana more particularly. My expert
the soil is singularly well adapted to
cotton, corr and upland rice, and that
nearly anything raised in the North or
Middle states can be raised in this sec
ton. 1t will be the great fruit and veg
etable section of the Union. Cheap
and easy fertilization makes it produce
crops SO fast that have been amazed
at it's possibilities. l believe that
much of this %cut-over land which has
been denuded of the long leaf pine,
~oxr co11fr1 ot -r;ooC oro--I e1A -
acre, will be selling at 500 to $3.50 an
acre in the next few years.
What makes the clearing Of this
country easily accomplished is due to
science which has developed a simple
process by which turpentine. resin oil,
creosote and other b~y-products along
with charcoal of a high class is pro-
inced from fallen fat" wood, pine
logs, and stumps wrested from the
around. the same being rich in oil.
rurpentire has become very scarce
snd will be worth more every year.
Twelve months ago 1t was worth 49c
and today SEC a gallon. 1t will never
be cheaper. There are distilling
tANA~S 6OAu6 up al OVCf tuO PAhCy
woods lands that are getting twenty.
i've gallons of high grade t~urpentine
from every cord of fiat" pine stumps.
The turpentine yields a profit of SIS
to $1S a cord. and the other products
enable the distiller to pay the settler
$3.50 q cord for the fallen timber OF
stumps that he clears from his lands
Many acres OF these cut-over lands
have three cords of fat stumps or logs
ON them. Therefore the settlers who
pay SO an acre for land get enough
to pay for the land and for clearing It
Inc once the LAM Is cleared. can sell
1t for from SIS to $35 an acre. I give
science the credit of accomplishing
much Of the wonderful developre emf
OF the Southern coast"
Professor Tracy lives at Biloxi, q
pretty little town on the Gulf coast
and has done much towards-calling the
attention of the people of the country
In general to the Gulf coast. He loves
The country and thinks it Is the finest
climate In the world.
o.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
A New Missourian Yell.

Joseph w. Folk. the ST. Louis law
yer, who has been making life a bur
den to evIldoerS Of the holder type,
visited Harding College, in Mexico.
Mo-, and addressed the girl pupils
At the close Of his remarks he was
somewhat disconnected when the girls
raised this yell: "Joe Folk, Joe Folk.
He's the man. If / can't vote my
sweetheart can."-Minneapolis Trib.
mo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
ESTIMATE OF THE COST
Down to &1a5.O0O .OOo-Money in the
Vaults is Safe. Isl

Down to &1a5.O0O .OOO-Money in the
Vaults is Safe. IS
The estimate of the loss by the fire
now is $125,OOO.OOO. A great cloud
was lifted when it was discovered that
practically all of the vaults and strong
rooms and safes of the financial con-
Germs whose buildings were destroyed
are unhurt. A tremendous loss in Sc
curities had been anticipated here, and
when vault after vault yielded UP its
treasures unframed the joy of the
guardians was boundless. From u
trust comp9ny's safe alone papers to
the amount of more than $500, 0CO, 900
were recovered.
Another surprise was the discovery
that two financial concerns whose
homes were directly in the ~fiercest
sweep of the flames were practically,
unframed. These were the Brown
Brothers bank and the Mercantile
Trust company. These buildings were
only four stories high and the flames
swept over them. Still another re-
markable freak of the fire was the re-
cape of the big government buildings
the city hall, the United States court
house, and the post Office building.
These buildings escaped without a
scratch.
Assistant Treasurer Dryden and
Cashier l.. III. Nice. Of the u. s. SUBJ
treasury, are taking every possible
measure to meet the necessities aris-
ing from the lack of banking facili-
ties When Dryden telephoned Sec
rotary Shaw he told him the situation
in detail. Shaw told him that the re-
sources of the treasury were at the
disposal of Baltimore and directed that
business be transacted Immediately at
the sub-theasury, regardless of the pub
lie holiday proclaimed until the 18th
instant.
For a time it was feared that a food
scarcity with an accompanying adj
vance in prices would occur, but 1t is
felt this apprehension has nc grounds,
Supplies are short, but railroad facil-
tiles have been unobstructed and mer-
chants now believe they will be able
to meet every demand.
A revival of. the fire in the lumber
yard of William d. Gill & Son, at the
extreme southeastern limit of the
burned territory, caused a new alarm
to be sent In. Four companies and the
fire boat Cataract responded and the
blaze was soon under control
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
List of Unclaimed Letters.

The following letters remain un-
called for in the post office at Plym-
outh, Ind, for the week ending
Feb. 4. 1904.
Douglas E. w. Light j. W.
Jones Charley Moore Andrew A.
Nichols Charles Niles Lael
Peed Henry A.
LADIES.
Finan Mrs. F.. Jones Mrs. Nora
Lucas NJ SIS Eta ODER Mrs. Martin
Please say advertised when calling
for these letters.
A fee of one cent will be charged on
the letters advertised.
j. a. YOCKEY, p. NJ.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
Endemic Among the poe..

Richmond, Ind, Feb. 9.-Dr. G. G..
Ferling. a local veterinarian, says that
the peculiar epidemic among dogs in
various parts of Indiana, and in Rich
mond in particular, Is not rabies. but
cerebro-spfnaI meningitis. Within the
last two months fifty or more dogs in
Richmond have died after q few days
Of suffering, and because Of their fever
ish condition and CLASSY eyes the dis
ease was called rabies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
viii BE Lynched IL Captured.

MiddlesbOro. Ky, Feb. 10.-John
White. who killed Officer Burns and
Flagman Sharp at the Opera House on
in a cabin ear East Mingo. White is
desperate negro and will resists ar
rest. The feeling is intense here, and
White will probably be lynched if he
Is CAPTURED.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

Washington. Feb. 3. = Edward F.
Jones. of Binghamtor. n. Y. colonel
Of the old Sixth Massachusetts, regi-
ment. who is now In Washington, ad-
dressed the following letter to Mayor
McLane: with a vivid recollection
Of a warm reception given to me on
the 10Th of April. 1861. by people of
Baltimore. l take pleasure in inclos-
ing my check for 800. which please
place in your relief fund"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

Anderson. Ind. Feb. 9. = The works
Of the Union window glass factory
are idle. Some of the workmen stated
that they were or strike, but Man
ager Faivre said that he had no notice
of any strike having been declared. He
added. however. that he had arranged
for an entire new force Of workmen,
to take the place OF the old force.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
DIPLOMATS Want Military Escort.

Washington, Feb. S.-The ambassa-
doris of the diplomatic corps have held
a meeting at the Russian embassy,
which was presided over by Count
.Cassini. the dean of the corps, and dis
Icussed the question of military escorts
for new ambassadors upon the occa-
sion of their presentation. 1t was the
sentiment of all present that IL protocol
providing for the reception Of ambas-
sailors was greatly needed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
With SIPS, 900. 900 to Recover
Its Citizens Go to Work
Hopefully.
RICHES IN THE VAULTS IS SAFE
Uncle Sam Promises Help Financially
Through the Sub-Treasury. u
Burned-Out Business Men Put Up
Their Signs In Any Old Place
Some Strange Freaks
of the Fire. si

Baltimore. Feb. 10.-Amid ruins still
hot aud smoking Baltimore has be-
gun its resurrection. With the dawn
of-day the apathy resulting from the
fire devastion gave way to energy, and
from the governor of the state to the
least private citizen the people OF this
distressed city aroused themselves to
meet the conditions that confront them.
The governor. the mayor. and various
municipal officials met and threshed
out the problems that are theirs by
virtue of public Office. From this CON
ference came a decision that Baltl-
more for the present needs III outside
help, but will endeavor with Ler own
and those of the state to
meet the emergency. 81
Hope Prevails ~Everywhere.
With equal %promptness the chamber
OF m held a general meeting
and issued a formal annou Iement that
reflected the prevailing hopefulness,
declaring there are already such evil
dences of recuperation that all are e
couraged in the hope of the early res
toration of every branch of trade"
The stock exchange members met and
decided to rebuild as soon as possible.
The same story can be told Of practic-
ally every commercial body, while on
every hand is evidence of private eff
fort toward rehabilitation.
Business Men go to Work.
Old buildings long unused, private
residences near the business section,
in fact every available structure bears
crudely lettered signs OF board or
cloth announcing that within is the
temporary Office of a firm. The names
on some of these signs are those that
rank high in the financial and com
mercial circles of the world, and In
these temporary offices men who for
years have known only mahogany
desks work on deal tables and plain
boards. Labor is in demand and the
newspapers already contain display I'D.
vertisements for men I o begin the
work of clearing the ruins.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

Rising Sun, Ind, Feb. 9.-The body
Of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, who was
a~ssassinated in her own home, has
been taken from the vault and buried
in the family lot at the cemetery. The
relatives present were the aged moth
er, together with DR.. William Gil
lespie, Mrs. Belle Seward and Earl
Seward. Members of the Woman's
Literary club, with many citizens, also
attended. ].
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
Hospital without Li<h. or Heat.

indianapolis, Feb. 9.-The Central
Hospital for the Insane, west Of this
city. is without heat. light and water.
There are 1900 patients in the institu-
ton, many of them suffering from ma
mia Of a dangerous type. The floods
In a creek between the city and the
Institution washed out the water
mains and. cut on the supply with no
chance OF relief till the food subsidies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

Moscow, Feb. 1O.zThe Muscoyites
are animated by patriotic sentiments
which have been strengthened by the
actual outbreak Of war. The local
Red Cross society Is besieged by svo-
men Of high and low degree, who are
wounded
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
AS TO ROBBINS FACTS
Miners Controvert Statements
Made by the Leader of
the Operators.
STATE U. N. W. NOMINATIONS
Flood Drives Out a Family and
browns Two Gir.s-HOosier
State News Items.

Terre Haute, Ind. Feb. 9. Indi-
ana coal operators and miners here
say that If Robbins. of Pittsburg, ZEAL
~ intends to go to the extent OF sus-
pending operations il The men do not
accept a reduction, Indiana and lii
nois will leave him and sign at the
old scale. They do not believe, how
ever. that Robbins is expecting a re-
duction, but that by the time the con
tract must be signed his purpose. that
OF s%tiffening the price of coal. will
have been accomplished Vice Presi-
dent Boyle, of the ndian miners.
points to the easy manner in which
all his contentious in the recent con
ference can be refuted as indicating
that he is not making a sincere fight
for a reduction.
Robbins Statements controversial.
The miners have obtained the on
nual report he made to his company,
which controls. all the Pittsburg dis
trict, in which lie told his stOckhold-
ers that & 4 per cent. dividend was
declared and that enough money had
beea. made during the year to make
possible the payment Of the same divi-
dend for several years, though the
mines should be idle. When Robbins
said that the 1900 coke ovens were
shut down, an emissary was sent out
of indianapolis to the coke field and
he learned that $4,000 of the 1900
ovens were in blast and since then L.
900 more have resumed operations.
Miners Onicers Nominated.
trict No. IL, the bituminous field of
Indiana, have all been made, accord
ing to the law which requires the nom
nations to be sent to headquarters in
Terre Haute sixty days before the an
nual meeting. There will be no op-
position to John Boyle for president,
to succeed George Hargrove, who has
decided that he does not want more of
the experience, and will go back TO
mining.
Two Men for Vice President.
To succeed Boyle as vice president,
the contest will be between William
Blakely, Of Linton, and Harry Moore,
o. Clinton. with perhaps others under
consideration when the convention
meets. The fact that Eargrove did not
decide to retire until after nominations
were in makes the result as to vice
president predetermined. Secretary
Treasurer Kennedy will practically be
without opposition for reelection to a
fourteenth term.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11

Pittsburg. Feb. g. Thomas r.
Rowe, president of the. American Flint
Glass Workers union, has sent out
ordering on strike all work.
men employed in factories controlled
by the National Glass company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-02-11
Mrs.. Post Found Guilty.

Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 10.-The jury
In the case of Mrs. Helen Wilmans
Post, charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. brought in a YER
dict OF guilty.